PCG Commodore Jay Tarriela (File photo) The issue on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is proving to be a defining factor in the upcoming May 12 midterm elections as the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) urged voters to elect candidates who would fight for them and the country’s rights in the disputed...
BACOLOD CITY – Sen. Francis Tolentino pushed the removal of the 12 percent Value-Added Tax on power rates to reduce the cost of electricity and lower the prices of goods and services that rely on power. TOLENTINO In an interview at Nature’s Village Resort in Talisay City, Negros Occidental on...
BACOLOD CITY - More than 30,000 people attended the two-day campaign rally of the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial slate in Negros Island on Feb. 20 and 21. AT least 8,000 people from Negros Occidental flocked to the Victorias City Coliseum where senatorial candidates under the...
President Marcos has signed Republic Act (RA) No. 12123, resetting the first regular elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to Oct. 13, 2025, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin confirmed. The law, signed on Feb. 19, states that the future elections in BARMM will be...
BACOLOD CITY – Reelectionist Sen. Francis N. Tolentino has sought support for the province of Siquijor under the newly created Negros Island Region (NIR). “Siquijor should not be left behind,” Tolentino said. TOLENTINO. (Glazyl Masculino) During a media interview in...
Mayor Abby Binay “Ako po ang magiging boses ninyo pagdating sa Senado.” This is the pledge of Makati City Mayor and senatorial aspirant Abby Binay to the public on Thursday, Feb. 20. She cited her long experience in addressing basic needs of the people as the mayor of Makati City and as...
(File photo) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said it is prepared to ensure the peaceful, credible, and orderly conduct of the midterm elections on May 12 after the directive given to the troops by President Marcos Jr. AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla said the military will...
(L-R) Climate Conflict Action (CCAA) Conflict Alert OIC Phoebe Adorable, CCAA Executive Director Prof. Francisco “Pancho” Lara Jr., and CCAA CEMS-ERN Liezl Bugtay speaks during the CCAA Year-Starter Analysis Press Conference discuss the rising conflict incidents in the BARMM from 2011 to 2024...
DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental – Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas candidates supported by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said they are confident on winning Negros Oriental in the elections. Former Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr., former Senate President Vicente...
Like during the campaign run of the now-defunct "UniTeam," an alliance formed by President Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte during the 2022 elections, Marcos has once again turned to advocating for unity in solving the country's problems as he endorsed his senatorial bets in Dumaguete City....
The Mamamayang Liberal (ML) party-list, which named former senator Leila de Lima as representative, has revealed prominent celebrity Nadine Lustre as its supporter and ambassador. Former senator Leila de Lima and actress Nadine Lustre (Photos courtesy of ML Partylist) In a video released Thursday,...
Survey firms disseminating election surveys must now register first with the Commission on Elections (Comelec). This is according to the seven-page Comelec resolution No. 11117 promulgated on Wednesday, February 19. “During the election period, any person, whether natural or juridical, candidate,...
