Former vice president Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) Not one, not two, but three former vice presidents have opted not to attend President Marcos' third State of the Nation Address (SONA) this coming July 22 at the House of...
Former Vice President Jejomar C. Binay on Tuesday, May 3, said the development of Mindanao will be central to the country’s sustained economic growth. Binay, who is running for senator, said he would push for laws and policies that would increase government spending for social services and...
By Liezle Basa Iñigo and Patrick Garcia PANGASINANFormer Vice President and UNA senatorial aspirant Jejomar C. Binay urged the government to cut the red tape and streamline the approval process for new power plants to help prevent a return to the crippling power outages in the 1990s. Binay visited...
The Lacson-Sotto tandem is still considering the list of its 12-man senatorial slate and to say former Vice President Jejomar Binay and Senator Richard J. Gordon are already removed from its senatorial line up ‘’is totally wrong.’’ This was the statement issued today, Feb. 15 by Vice...
Former Vice-President and senatorial candidate Jejomar Binay has grants for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) which were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic so they can continue giving salaries to their workers even when alert levels are raised. Binay said the money can be given directly to...
The inclusion of former Vice President Jejomar Binay and incumbent Senator Richard Gordon in Vice President Leni Robredo's senatorial line-up will not affect the cases filed against them, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Monday, Oct. 18. Former Vice President Jejomar Binay, former...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. thought there was nothing wrong with candidates for senators in the 2022 elections joining more than one slate, saying inclusiveness has always been part of human nature. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Enemies no more? Vice President Leni Robredo thinks that former Vice President Jejomar Binay and Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, two politicians who have not been the best of friends during the pre-Duterte era, being part of her senate slate is an "achievement" for a "divisive" country like...
Ex-Vice President and now senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay slammed on Wednesday the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for their failure to distribute Social Amelioration Packages (SAP) to over six million beneficiaries. Binay, in a statement released Oct. 13, accused the DSWD of...
Senator Nancy Binay admitted Saturday, October 9, considering the possibility that two members of their family would occupy seats in the Senate after the May, 2022 elections. Former Vice President Jejomar 'Jojo' Binay (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Binay disclosed that she and her father, former vice...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay For more than five years, ordinary citizens had to contend with the egregious display of officious behavior by some of our public officials. From the highest ranks of leadership down to the second and third tiers of the bureaucracy, the space...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay By the time this column sees print, Metro Manila would have been under Alert Level 4 for one week. An official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) described the situation over the weekend as “good,” but his...
