More groups have expressed their intention to join the call for Vice President Leni Robredo to run for president in the 2022 elections, Team Leni Robredo (TLR) said. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) In a statement, TLR convenor Joseph Quesada said there was now a snowballing of Robredo's possible...
"An extra hour is not enough to decide our future." Students from the De La Salle University (DLSU) and Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) denounced Commission on Elections' (Comelec) decision to reject voter registration extension. (DLSU / AdMU) On Wednesday, Aug. 18, Comelec extended voters hours...
Is "politics" behind the supposed unmerited attacks against the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in connection with findings made by the Commission on Audit (COA) in its 2020 audit report? DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III speaks during the Aug. 19, 2021 virtual press briefing while under...
A group of students asked the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to “reconsider” its decision to not move the deadline of voter registration and extend it for two more months. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) “Comelec needs to heed the young voters who want the registration to be extended,”...
Leyte Fourth District Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez on Wednesday confirmed she talked with Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson about running for senator in the upcoming May 2022 elections but maintained she is a member of the Partido ng Demokratikong...
The country is blessed to have President Duterte as its leader due to his hard work, according to religious leader Apollo Quiboloy. Pastor Apollo Quiboloy prays over President Rodrigo Duterte during the latter's visit to the Kingdom of Jesus Christ's headquarters in Davao on August 17, 2021....
The Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino -Laban (PDP-Laban) is not forming an alliance with Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte’s Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP), at least not yet. This was disclosed by the party Secretary-General Melvin Matibag, who is part of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi’s wing in the...
The Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) has revealed the names of some Cabinet members they are considering including in the party’s senatorial slate for the May 2022 national elections. Melvin Matibag, PDP-Laban secretary general and a part of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi’s...
Two senators on Tuesday deplored the Department of Energy’s (DOE) indifference in arresting any possibility of rotational brownouts happening in the upcoming May 2022 national elections. “This is unacceptable! Kaya tayo merong DOE ay para siguraduhing meron tayong kuryente (The reason why we...
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Sunday, August 15 dismissed the accusations hurled by the camp of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi against Sen. Manny Pacquiao saying they are “over-acting and corny.” Pimentel is reacting to the threat of Cusi’s camp for Pacquiao to explain why he...
Despite the encouragement coming from his peers and party mates, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he is leaving the fate of his political career to “God, Allah, and to the Dutertes.” Go, who is being considered to be the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) camp of Energy...
Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director-General Jeremiah Belgica reminded local government officials to not politicize the distribution of financial assistance and vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as these activities were important in overcoming the present health crisis....
