The camp of Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao on Sunday dismissed reports of President Duterte directing Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi to organize, convene and preside over the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP)-Laban council meeting this Monday. This was after presidential spokesperson...
With the threat of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, an official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has urged the public to look at voting during "off peak" hours in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB "During the voting hours, there is usually a rush in the arrival of people....
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is thinking of acquiring additional ballot boxes for the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner Antonio Kho explained that many ballot boxes remain unavailable due to the pendency of several poll protests. "We still have protest cases so the ballots...
Vice President Leni Robredo believes the opposition should field a single standard-bearer to increase its chances of winning against President Duterte’s anointed candidate in the May 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Although she has yet to make a final decision on her...
Despite not revealing her political plans next year, Vice President Leni Robredo is the subject of the political conversation in Camarines Sur as a manifesto signed by members of a local political party showed support if she decides to run as governor of her home province. Former Camarines Sur Rep....
A Palace official’s claim that administration candidates will have sheer advantage in the upcoming May 2022 elections affirms the opposition’s belief that the Duterte administration would be using the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines for their own political agenda. “Mukhang ginagamit at...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, May 18, claimed that the administration bets for the May 2022 polls will win because of the way the government has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. During his virtual press briefing, the Palace official praised the government’s pandemic response....
Nothing is clear yet on Vice President Leni Robredo’s political plans for next year, but she stressed that she’s still open to running as the country’s president despite rumors of her seeking a local post. VP Leni Robredo (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) Although it’s former Senator Antonio...
Vice President Leni Robredo needed to move her residency from her hometown of Naga City to the nearby Barangay Carangcang in Magarao, Camarines Sur not because of her political plans, but because of the properties left to them by her parents. VP Leni Robredo (OVP photo) When her mother, Salvacion...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, May 14 denied he is campaigning for the May 2022 elections prematurely through Facebook and other social media platforms. Gatchalian said any information posted on his Facebook and other social media accounts are regular postings of his office in his capacity...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is doubling efforts to encourage more first time voters to register through the poll body’s online voter registration platform “iRehistro.” John Paul Martin, city election officer, said that while application for registration in some Comelec offices...
The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms has approved the committee report on the substitute bill that seeks to strengthen the field offices of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). The draft substitute bill on House Bills Nos. 511, 1669, 4853, 4985, 5190, 5270, 5305, 5524, 5563, 5649...