For those who claim that the administration's anti-illegal drug campaign has never snagged a "big fish", President Duterte begs to differ. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte, in a speech on Thursday night, Oct. 21 at the Quezon Convention Center in Lucena City, Quezon Province,...
Money matters in politics, and that resource has been a key difference in the lead up to the May 2022 elections when compared to the previous polls in 2019. (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who by his own admission is a frustrated senatorial candidate, gave this...
Although Vice President Leni Robredo is reportedly a bottom-dweller in election surveys, her spokesman Barry Gutierrez, is perplexed that rival presidential candidates are attacking her as early as now. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) The spokesman noted that many of Robredo’s rivals in the...
Volunteers from Vice President Leni Robredo’s home region of Bicol held a “pink caravan” on Saturday, Oct.16, to show their support for the opposition leader's 2022 presidential bid. The "pink caravan" in Bicol (Photo from Vice President Leni Robredo’s Facebook page) The caravan was...
Facing the difficulty of lack of machinery and resources, Vice President and presidential aspirant Leni Robredo needs all the help she can get. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Unlike other presidential bets who had been preparing for years, it seems she had none at all for her campaign. In...
While hardly two days old, Vice President Leni Robredo's push toward Malacañang in 2022 has been awash with pink. and conspicuously devoid of yellow. PINK GLOW--Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Francis Pangilinan bump fists during a press conference on Oct. 8, 2021 (Photo from OVP) This may...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque defended himself and his colleagues from the Cabinet from criticisms that they turned a coronavirus (COVID-19) milestone event into a campaign sortie when they heaped praises for a possible vice presidential candidate. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque speaks at...
President Duterte has revealed one of his "things-to-do" after he goes back to being a civilian next year: to prepare his defense for his case before the International Criminal Court (ICC). President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during his "Talk to the People" public briefing on Monday, October 4, 2021....
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año on Thursday, Sept. 30, brushed off fears that granular lockdown may be used by rogue politicians to harass or commit abuses against their rivals as the May 2022 national election nears. Under the Alert Level System...
Editorial Election watchers are now predicting that this upcoming campaign for national elective posts will not only be one of the most divisive in our history, but may also become one of the most wasteful. In the absence of crowd-drawing rallies or mammoth miting-de-avance near election day,...
President Duterte has vowed before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to make accountable individuals who "acted beyond bounds" in operations connected to the Philippine government's war on illegal drugs. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his speech before the UNGA on Wednesday, Sept 22,...
Last month, we received another wake-up call from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change through its latest assessment report. The report highlighted that climate change is undoubtedly caused by human activity, and its impacts are already happening and will become more severe with every...
