Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday defended the Senate Committee on Finance’s decision to slash the budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in 2022 as he took exception to Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa’s tirades against those who...
Opposition senatorial aspirants Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno and Teodoro 'Teddy' Baguilat Jr. visited San Pedro and Los Baños in Laguna province over the weekend to hold sectoral consultations, saying that these are important in effectively addressing the various concerns faced by Filipinos. Human...
The Senate Committee on Finance is pushing for an increase in the funding of the Department of Education (DepEd) and State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in the proposed P5-trillion national budget for 2022. Sen. Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate finance panel, said the budget increase for DepEd...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima said the West Philippine Sea should be among the top priority issues that all candidates in the upcoming May 2022 national elections. At the same time, De Lima said Filipinos should help defend the country’s sovereign rights by electing candidates who can assert...
Opposition Senator Leila De Lima said on Saturday, Nov. 20 that the law which allowed substitution of candidates became an "opportunistic" tool in the hands of "party hoppers" in ways that the public has never seen before. Senator Leila de Lima (Senate of the Philippines) In a statement, De Lima...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has reiterated its support for both national and local candidates to undergo drug test in order for them to set good example to the people. At the same time, PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos said that he had already instructed the PNP Drug Enforcement Group to...
Thousands of presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo’s and her running mate, Sen. Kiko Pangilinan’s, volunteers came out in 62 provinces and 354 cities and municipalities to hold a nationwide lugaw-feeding program to help raise awareness about Team Robredo-Pangilinan (TRoPa) and reach...
Malacañang has welcomed the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to suspend its "investigative activities" on the Philippines' war against illegal drugs, which has become the signature of the current Duterte administration. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "We welcome the...
Some call it street art, others graffiti, but either way, Vice President Leni Robredo’s supporters have turned to painting murals to let her know they are with her in her fight for the presidency. A mural painting depicts Vice President Leni Robredo as “Babaylan” in ‘Maribojoc, Bohol....
Kris Aquino has penned an open letter for Senatorial aspirant and former Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista. This, after the actor-politician was "confronted" by her fiance, former Secretary of the Interior and Local Government Mel Sarmiento, talking about their past on social media. She told the...
President Duterte assured members of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-LABAN) that he will not abandon the ruling party, saying his decision to run under a different party is a strategic political move. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during one of his events in Oriental Mindoro...
President Duterte said there will be no coalition between the ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) and Lakas-CMD (Christian Muslim Democrats) because of the latter’s link with presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. President Duterte and former...
