Vice presidential candidate and Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Sunday vouched for his decades-long experience in public service as he urged voters to choose him during the ending of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) first vice presidential debates. Sotto, who is running in tandem with...
Labor leader and Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) presidential candidate Leodegario “Ka Leody” De Guzman put forward five solutions for how the Philippines would weather another Covid-19 surge. Ka Leody De Guzman (PHOTO FROM KA LEODY DE GUZMAN FB/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, after he was asked if he...
Partido Lakas ng Masa vice presidential candidate Walden Bello roasted absentee candidates, describing the act as undemocratic, and even asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to penalize these candidates. VP bet Walden Bello after the Comelec debate (Screencap from Walden Bello's video on...
"May the last man standing be a farmer." Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Photo courtesy of Team Kiko) This was how aspiring vice president Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan concluded his attendance in the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) vice presidential debates Sunday, March 20. Pangilinan...
Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan got into a heated argument with former Congressman and academic Walden Bello as he defended his move to abstain during the vote for the Rice Tariffication Act (RTA), saying he pushed for alternative measures because he knew exactly the impact of the RTA. Former Congressman...
Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte and Buhay Party-list Rep. Jose “Lito” L. Atienza were the only vice-presidential candidates absent during the PiliPinas Debates 2022 held on Sunday, March 20. (Photo courtesy of Office of Chair. Pangarungan) Atienza, who underwent knee surgery in February, said...
"Kapag hindi humarap, nirerespeto ba kayo (If they didn't show up, are they respecting you)? Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Photo courtesy of Team Kiko) Aspiring vice president Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan asked this to voters as he took a swipe at the absence of Davao City Mayor Sara...
If another Covid-19 surge takes place in the Philippines again, aspiring vice president Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan said "corrupt and incompetent" officials dealing with the pandemic must be replaced. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Photo courtesy of Team Kiko) During the first round of...
Vice presidential aspirant Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan said he would not touch the 1987 Constitution to give the vice president more power or responsibility even though the post is considered a spare tire if something happens to the sitting president. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan...
Smartmatic, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) poll technology provider, should be wary of its employees and vet them carefully, senators on Sunday said. Sen. Imee Marcos, who chairs the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms, made the call after the panel’s discovery that a Smartmatic employee...
Vice presidential candidate Lito Atienza will still be able to use the e-rally platform of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Comelec/MB This despite his non-attendance in the Pilipinas Debates 2022 of the poll body at the Sofitel Tent in Pasay City on Sunday, March 20. In an interview, Comelec...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will review the policy on withdrawal and substitution of candidates after the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB "After this elections, what we really need to review is the issue of nuisance candidates, substitution, and withdrawal," Comelec Commissioner George Garcia...
