Vice presidential candidate Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Sunday rejected insinuations he has forged an alliance with the Duterte administration. Sotto insisted that he has remained independent in his stand on issues, and has always been neutral, as far as he is concerned. Sotto...
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...
Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday admitted that their camp is still hopeful that President Duterte would one day finally agree to endorse the candidacy of her brother former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. The senator said that while Marcos, Jr. is leading the presidential surveys for the...
A group from the vote-rich province of Cavite has expressed its backing of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte's vice presidential bid in the May 2022 elections. Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (Screenshot from Mayor Inday Sara Duterte's Facebook) Throwing its full support...
Presidential candidate Senator Panilo Lacson will focus on micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) because 99.5 percent of Philippine enterprises came from the sector. This was Lacson’s answer to a question on what he would attend to first should he win in the May 2022 Palace race....
Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr., the congressman who pitched giving a Philippine president a maximum of two five-year terms, wants to know if the Palace aspirants in May 2022 favor his proposal. (Photo from Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr.'s Facebook) In a statement Friday,...
Bracing herself for a "bigger challenge", vice presidential candidate Mayor Sara Duterte bade her beloved city of Davao farewell Thursday, March 17, during her impassioned Valedictory and State of the City Address (SOCA). Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte delivers her...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, March 17, said only 105,000 and not five million ballots were found to be defective. Comelec/MB "How many were found defective so far from the (initially declared) 5,288,268? It is 105,350 ballots," Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said in a...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson continues to win respect among his fellow presidential aspirants as boxing icon and fellow Senator Emmanuel 'Manny' Pacquiao officially went on record to say he would vote for him if they are not running for the same position. A press statement...
"You cannot stop people from wanting to serve." Presidential candidate and UniTeam member Bongbong Marcos had this to say on the topic of political dynasties during the Kapihan sa Manila Bay news forum Wednesday morning, March 16. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and his son Sandro...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) asked the incumbent local chief executives (LCE) on Wednesday, March 16, to organize their Local Governance Transition Teams (LGTT) before April 7 for a smoother turnover of power ahead of the May 9 local and national elections. DILG...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday, March 16 said President Duterte is taking extra efforts to ensure that the upcoming national and local elections in May would be peaceful and credible in order to make sure the results reflect the will of the Filipino people. Go recalled that the...
