Newly-elected Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos led a group of well-wishers in a courtesy call to speakership contender, House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez at the latter's Makati City residence Thursday afternoon, May 12. Majority Leader Martin Romualdez (left) and Ilocos Norte 1st...
House Deputy Speaker and reelectionist Rep. Eric Martinez has been proclaimed the winner in the race for Valenzuela City's 2nd district congressional seat. House Deputy Speaker and Valenzuela City 2nd district Rep. Eric Martinez The local Board of Canvassers officially proclaimed Martinez as the...
Toni Gonzaga-Soriano (Photo by Noel B. Pabalate) Toni Gonzaga-Soriano reminisced the election campaign on social media as she reminded the public to stand up for what is right. "In the end.... Stand up for what you believe is right. Even if it means standing up.... alone," wrote Toni on Instagram...
President of China Xi Jinping has congratulated presumptive president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. for his impending victory in the 2022 national elections, adding that he is ready to develop a "good working relationship" with the former senator. The statement of President Xi Jinping translated...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año is hoping that the next administration will support the government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign and the continue to sustain the gains of the government's anti-communist insurgency program through the National Task...
Presumptive president Bongbong Marcos has invited United States (US) President Joe Biden to the former's inauguration on June 30, 2022 in Manila. US President Joe Biden (AFP) This was one of the details between the phone conversation between Marcos and Biden, which took place at 9 a.m. (local time)...
It appears that the question of whether or not opposition standard-bearer Vice President Leni Robredo should concede defeat in the Palace race doesn't matter much to the camp of presumptive president Bongbong Marcos. Presumptive president Bongbong Marcos (left) and Vice President Leni Robredo...
President Duterte is not keen on sending his well-wishes to his apparent successor until the Commission on Elections (Comelec) officially proclaims him as the 17th president of the Philippines. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made this statement following the recently concluded...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte -- The Marcos clan has secured key political posts in Ilocos Norte after the May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections. Joining re-elected Governor Matthew Marcos Manotoc are First District Congressman-elect Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro" Marcos, who got 108,423 votes, and...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte views the just-concluded May 9 election as a "highly credible" one, and praises the Commission on Elections (Comelec) because of it. (Photo from LRay Villafuerte's Facebook) “While there were isolated cases of poll-day hitches, the conduct of this...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said the 24-member Senate has a bloc of almost a dozen independently elected senators who are looking forward to working productively with the new administration for the good of the Filipino people. Zubiri, a re-electionist, has made it to the "Magic 12",...
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has affirmed its ruling that dismissed a petition against presidential frontrunner Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. which sought to declare him as a nuisance candidate. Comelec/MB In a four-page resolution dated May 11, the COMELEC en banc denied the Dec. 22...
