Despite Vice President Leni Robredo’s personal doubts about her own viability as a presidential candidate in the upcoming May 2022 elections, she is still the opposition’s symbolic leader who is considered a strong presidential contender, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Thursday, July 22....
Leyte 4th District Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez will be seeking a seat in the Senate in the 2022 elections. Incumbent Leyte 4th District Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez files on October, 2018 her certificate of candidacy for reelection in the 2019 midterm polls. (Marie Tonette Marticio/MANILA BULLETIN...
Frontrunners in pre-elections surveys should not get too confident about their places as results could still change in the months before the May, 2022 elections, Sorsogon Governor Francis "Chiz" Escudero said on Wednesday, July 21. Former senator and Sorsogon Governor Francis 'Chiz' Escudero...
Senator Christopher ‘’Bong’’ Go on Wednesday, July 21, said that President Duterte is focused on COVID-19 response and the economy even as the selection process for the 2022 national elections slowly goes into high gear. Senator Christopher 'Bong' Go (Office of Sen. Bong Go/MANILA BULLETIN)...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said he wishes that detained Senator Leila de Lima will not get convicted for her drug charges before the election season or else her plans to seek reelection will be foiled. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and Senator Leila de Lima (Manila Bulletin File...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III has enumerated nine possible senatorial candidates that he and Senator Panfilo Lacson will support in the 2022 national 2022 national and local elections. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III Sotto, who had just confirmed his and Lacson's plan to run...
With a year left in his six-year term, President Duterte is still popular among majority of Filipinos, Malacañang asserted Wednesday. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque tried to downplay the drop in the President's survey ratings last June after...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said he will focus on his role as Malacañang's spokesperson before deciding if he should run in the 2022 elections. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Roque made the statement after a supposed initial list of President...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque asked Vice President Leni Robredo to wait and see who will be elected as the country's next president before vowing fair treatment to any person. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and Vice President Leni Robredo (Manila Bulletin File Photos) Roque made the...
A day after President Duterte threatened to sue him for claiming that China has interfered in the 2016 elections, former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario curtly replied by encouraging the Filipino people to vote for the candidate who is good for the Philippines and “not one who is...
President Duterte is not inclined to apologize to Senator Manny Pacquiao over his recent tirade despite a widening rift with the erstwhile political ally. President Rodrigo Duterte raises the hand of Senator Manny Pacquiao during the latter’s courtesy call to the President in Malacañang on...
The upcoming election tandem of Senators Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and Vicente "Tito" Sotto III will not be campaigning against the Duterte administration but will be pushing for reforms that the current government failed or did not do enough. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III (left) and...
