If the ruling party wanted to ensure continuity of the reform agenda, President Duterte has suggested the search for a presidential candidate who will not venture into corruption. President Rodrigo Dutete leads the signing of bills during a ceremony in Malacañang on June 24, 2021. Accompanying...
President Duterte feared that the Philippines will implode if former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV becomes the next president, saying his staunchest critic was stupid and has illusions of grandeur. President Rodrigo Duterte and former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (Malacañang/Trillanes Facebook)...
President Duterte said he was now seriously considering running for vice president in the 2022 elections but said he prefers that the winning president should be his friend or he would be reduced to inutility. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Duterte made the statement as he led a...
Estranged half brothers Jinggoy Estrada and Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito could again face off for a Senate seat in the 2022 elections. Former Senator JV Ejercito (Cesar Tomambo/Senate PRIB) This surfaced as a possibility after the two sons of former President Joseph "Erap" Ejercito-Estrada expressed...
Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada said on Wednesday that he is hopeful that the Supreme Court will decide on his alleged involvement in the anomalous Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam before the filing of the certificates of candidacy for next year's elections in October. Former Senator...
Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada said on Wednesday that he might run for senator again in the 2022 elections but he only wants one candidate from their family to run for the position. Former Senators JV Ejercito and Jinggoy Estrada In an interview with ANC, Estrada, when asked if he would run again...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has lauded the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) for establishing its own survey unit ahead of the 2022 national elections. (Photo from Ateneo.edu) Launched on June 30, Boses, Opinyon, Siyasat, at Siyensya para sa Pilipinas (BOSES Pilipinas) aims to provide a...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque hoped that God will finally allow him to run for senator in the 2022 elections, saying God told him that someone from Central Luzon might be needed in the Senate. President Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang) Roque made the statement as he attended...
An official of the National Unity Party appeared to be balking on the idea of popular Manila Mayor Isko Moreno running for president. However, the former actor running for vice president in tandem with Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte is clearly more than welcome based on a media interview with NUP...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the People's Reform Party (PRP) will support the candidates of Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) in the 2022 elections but insisted that Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio should run for the presidency. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque speaks at the 'Run Sara...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “Has the political pot started to boil?” A colleague in the local government sector asked me that question last week when we met at the inauguration of the LRT Line 2 extension project. He said he felt that politics in the country “has started heating up,”...
Senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao is confident that he will not be ousted as the legitimate president of the Partido Demokratiko ng Pilipinas-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban). Senator Emmanuel 'Manny' Pacquiao (Screen grab from May 25, 2021 Senate plenary session/Senate PRIB) In an online press...
