Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi on Wednesday said the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) wing which he leads will remain the dominant party despite President Duterte’s decision to withdraw from the senatorial race and Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go’s move to drop his presidential...
The Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday signed the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022. Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate finance committee panel, said both houses of Congress agreed to increase the proposed budget of...
The bicameral conference committee has set the proposed budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) under the proposed 2022 national budget to P17.1-billion. Senate Finance Committee chair Senator Sonny Angara disclosed this after the Senate and House of...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday said he is saddened by President Duterte’s decision to withdraw from the senatorial race in the upcoming May 2022 elections. Go issued the statement after the Commission on Elections (Comelec) confirmed that the President formally withdrew his...
President Duterte will walk away from politics after June 30, 2022 after all. FULL CIRCLE--President Rodrigo Duterte (left) officially withdrew his Senate bid in the May 2022 polls on Dec. 14, 2021. (Office of the President) Malacañang, through Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, confirmed on...
Officials, teaching, and non-teaching personnel were reminded by the Department of Education (DepEd) “not to engage” in electioneering and conducting partisan political activity in relation to the forthcoming 2022 National and Local Elections. (JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “We...
Those waiting for the official list of candidates in the May 2022 polls may have to wait a bit more. Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, Dec. 14 announced that the list of official candidates will not be released this week. "The list of official candidates will not be...
President Rodrigo Duterte is no longer running for senator in the May 2022 polls. Photo courtesy Comelec Duterte arrived at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Intramuros, Manila on Tuesday, Dec. 14 to formally withdraw his certificate of candidacy (COC) for senator. His COC was filed by his...
Malacañang tried to appease the public Tuesday, Dec. 14 over the backlash on the new P1,000 banknote featuring a Philippine eagle design that will be issued alongside the existing bill thas has portraits of World War II heroes Vicente Lim, Josefa Llanes Escoda, and Jose Abad Santos. (Ali Vicoy/...
Acclaimed film director Brillante Mendoza is among those not happy with the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) not submitting an entry to the foreign film category of the 2022 Oscars. He told us in a recent interview: “May pagkukulang sila (FAP) doon.” “Pero ‘wag tayo basta maghusga....
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go formally withdrew his candidacy for president on Tuesday, Dec. 14 at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office. Senator Christopher "Bong" Go at the Comelec office on Tuesday, Dec. 14. (Ali Vicoy / MANILA BULLETIN) Go personally withdrew his certificate of candidacy...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, Dec. 13, thanked human rights advocates as they endorsed her and eight other senatorial candidates in the 2022 elections. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Aside from Robredo, the organizations under the coalition group HR Vote 2022...
