HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz In an ideal world, the partylist system would attract outstanding leaders from mass movements, civil society, non-government organizations, cause-oriented groups and parties of the poor and the marginalized. But we don’t live in an ideal world. The traditional politicians,...
United States President Joseph Biden called presumptive president Ferdinand Marcos Jr., now leading by 16 million votes in the polls, to congratulate him and share his desire to strengthen the two countries’ alliance. Presumptive president Bongbong Marcos Jr. (left) and US President Joe Biden...
SINGAPORE DELIGHTS Clockwise from top left: Fried Pomfret with Taucheo, Chap Chye, Curry Yong Tau Fu, and Wagyu Rendang at One Kind House My affair with Singapore is a slow burn. And yet, although I consider Hong Kong my gateway to the world, it was to Singapore that I first went on a work trip....
Do you remember retired colonel Bonifacio Bosita of " back-rider tsinelas " fame? (Photo from Calleja Ryan Oneal's Facebook) He will soon be Congressman Bonifacio Bosita after the impressive performance of his party-list, 1-Rider, in the just-concluded May 9 national and location elections. Partial...
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III and House Speaker Rep. Lord Allan Velasco have confirmed that the vote consolidation and canvassing system (CCS) machine has reflected zero votes garnered for any of the presidential and vice presidential candidates, and is ready to canvas votes...
Vice presidential candidate and Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday, May 9 said the Senate and House of Representatives are ready to receive the first few copies of election returns and certificates of canvass (COCs) that would be sent to Congress itself. According to Sotto, some of these...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Tomorrow, May 9, is the Filipino people’s rendezvous with history. The choices we make will determine the direction of our country for the next six years, and even beyond. Indeed, the current electoral campaign is one of the most...
Win or lose, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said on Thursday, May 5, that the fight doesn’t end on Election Day because she needs the Filipino people alongside her to fulfill her promise of good governance, transparency, and accountability. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks to...
Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez is prodding leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate to meet with the people of presidential and vice presidential candidates as well as their political parties to discuss the conduct of a speedy canvass. (Photo from...
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Wednesday (April 4) said he has yet to see the request of two detained Pharmally Pharmaceuticals corporation executives to be released from the Pasay city jail and planted instead under house arrest. ‘'Ang nabasa ko ay ang report sa dyaryo na dinedemanda...
The house-to-house campaign team of Vice President Leni Robrebo and Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has a new member: Jodi Sta. Maria. Actress Jodi Sta. Maria campaigns for the Leni-Kiko tandem and Senate bet Chel Diokno in Marikina. (Photo from Pepe Diokno via Twitter) Sta. Maria, an actress...
A total of 1,481,683 individuals were inoculated with the vaccine against Covid-19 as the national government stepped up the drive through the house-to-house vaccination, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Monday night, May 2. In a briefing with...
