Karapatan (LOGO/File Photo) Human rights group Karapatan has denounced the plan of President Duterte to run for vice president in the upcoming national and local elections in May 2022. With this plan of Duterte, it is " undeniably clear" that he " wants immunity as a shameless ploy for impunity,"...
House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Representative Rufus Rodriguez on Monday called on critics of embattled Senator Manny Pacquiao to give him some peace of mind as he prepares for his fight against American boxer Errol Spence Jr. on August 21. Rodriguez said Pacquiao's critics and allies...
Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino -Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) executive vice president Karlo Nograles on Monday urged the camp of Senator Manny Pacquiao to heed the call of the party leadership and cooperate with them as they prepare for the upcoming May 2022 national and local elections. Nograles...
President Rodrigo Duterte’s remarks that the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP)- Laban had been asleep for 100 years and only woke up when he ran for president in 2016 is but an exaggeration, Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said on Sunday. “We know what it meant, that’s just a...
Amid whispers of a possible stab at the senatorial race in the May 2022 national polls, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III appears to be eyeing an active stint as chairman of the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Government Group instead. (File photo/...
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Sunday, July 18 maintained that Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi is still an expelled member of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) even though it was President Duterte himself who swore him as the party’s president. Pimentel,...
Senator Sonny Angara on Sunday said he is elated to see that more Filipino youth are gaining courage to register and vote in the upcoming May 2022 elections. “It bodes well for our democracy that our people are getting more involved in the electoral process by registering to vote in spite of the...
Think-tank group Stratbase Albert del Rosario Institute (ADRi) said on Saturday, July 17, that the maritime dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea should be “an issue” that will help shape the outcome of the May 2022 elections. Dr. Renato De Castro, a professor in international studies...
If President Rodrigo Duterte appears in the “unauthorized” meeting and assembly of the Partidong Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP)-Laban, it would send a message that he is only following the lead and initiatives of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said on...
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Thursday, July 15 hit back at presidential spokesperson Harry Roque for saying the membership of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP-Laban) party would be reduced to a “jeepney-sized” group should they oust President Duterte as the party...
Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP)-Laban executive vice chairman and Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Wednesday said members of the party who are questioning Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao’s standing in the ruling political party should first “look at themselves in the...
Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP)-Laban executive vice chairman and Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Wednesday, July 14 said he can vouch that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) can easily resolve the ruling political party’s problems in the event their leaders fail to meet...
