The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has already made its move to trim down and filter the aspirants for the national position in the coming May 2022 elections. From the total of 569 aspirants, Comelec Education and Information Department Director Elaiza Sabile-David said in a webinar on Thursday,...
Presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao said he would be pushing for massive tax cuts on personal and corporate income taxes instead of imposing additional taxes to fix the country’s budget deficit should he become the country’s next leader. Pacquiao said he would do this while shoring up...
Just a day after Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez flagged a “misleading” press release from the camp of former senator and presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., he said on Thursday, Nov. 4 that "misleading" articles are sometimes part of...
Ahead of the two-day visit by Vice President Leni Robredo to Negros Occidental, a youth group there on Thursday, November 4, unveiled their youth agenda and expressed their support for the presidential aspirant. Vice President Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN) Negros Youth for Leni...
Kontra Daya has given their take on the unending issue of vote buying that has been going around for weeks and said that while it is wrong to encourage voters to take the money, they should not be judged should they choose to accept it. In an interview on ANC, the poll watchdog convenor Danilo Arao...
Kontra Daya is set to release their policy research on the country's party-list system for the May 2022 elections where they will identify party-list groups that are controlled either by political dynasties, big business groups and those that are engaged in "dubious" advocacies. In an interview on...
A group of teachers on Wednesday, Nov. 3, challenged presidential candidates for the 2020 elections to present an “all-inclusive platform” for education. JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN “We hope these politicians do not consider our teachers as mere voters or operators of...
Presidential aspirant and Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Wednesday said he is not in favor of the petition for disqualification filed against former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. saying those who are critical of him should just vote against the former lawmaker. Dela Rosa, who...
The looming May 2022 national elections may have raised a few concerns for some citizens especially government employees like whether or not they can express publicly their support for a particular candidate as well as their limitations in doing so and the University of the Philippines (UP) -...
President Duterte is now considering running for the Senate in the upcoming May 2022 elections, vice presidential candidate and Senator Christopher “Bong” Go confirmed on Wednesday, Nov. 3. “He is considering...pinag-aaralan niyang mabuti. Kung makakatulong ba sa bayan...he might....
The camp of presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday said the welcome the loyalty shift of one of the senator’s volunteer group, MP Nation, which recently bolted out and threw its support behind another presidential candidate, Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno. “We are relieved that...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque is certain that Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) stalwarts will comprise most of the members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) who will be designated by Malacañang. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's Facebook) Roque...
