President Duterte has signed into law the measure extending the deadline for the registration of new voters for the 2022 elections for another 30 days. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The original deadline for the voter registration period was on September 30, 2021. Based on Republic Act...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno" Domagoso dismissed on Friday rumors that he is a “secret candidate” of President Duterte. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso campaign team / MANILA BULLETIN) Domgoso said the people peddling such rumors are likely “high on drugs.” “Hindi...
Supporters of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio have turned to God to help them convince her to seek the presidency in 2022. Followers of the Catholic and Islamic faith concluded Friday, Oct. 1 a nine-day ‘novena caravan in various churches and a mosque in Luzon, hoping that Mayor Duterte will...
Opposition senators on Friday, Oct. 1, slammed President Duterte's plans to block officials in his Cabinet from attending hearings in the Senate. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Senator Francis Pangilinan said Duterte was "desperately trying to cover up" the alleged...
President Duterte said he will visit Marawi City to mark the fourth-year anniversary of the war-torn city's liberation from terrorists. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement days ahead of the anniversary of Marawi's liberation from pro-Islamic State (ISIS)...
President Duterte urged the public to not get more than the prescribed coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine shots, saying not only are they depriving the people who are yet to get vaccinated, it is bad for the body. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang file photo) Duterte made the statement as the...
Retired Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has good things to say about Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso even if the latter didn't end up getting 1Sambayan's endorsement for the presidency in next year’s polls. Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso...
Instead of joining next year’s presidential race, former Speaker and Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday, Oct. 1 offered contenders his help drawing a five-year plan to battle COVID-19 and resuscitate the economy. Former Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano “So I’d like to thank everyone...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III maintained on Friday, Oct. 1, that the upper chamber still respects its co-equal executive department even if President Duterte would bar officials from attending their legislative inquiries. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Office of Sen....
A visibly furious President Duterte revealed that he has ordered Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea to prepare a memorandum directing those under the Executive Branch of government to "not obey" the summons coming from the Senate, saying it is overstepping its jurisdiction. President Rodrigo...
President Duterte again found "colorful" ways to verbally attack Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairman, Senator Richard Gordon, during the former's "Talk to the People" public briefing on late Thursday night, Sept. 30. President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Senator Richard Gordon (Photos from...
For the first time, President Duterte floated the idea of visiting the United States of America (USA) to thank the Americans for donating coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement following the arrival of 5 million...
