Partido Reporma presidential candidate Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and vice presidential aspirant Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday appealed to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to make the rules on campaigning more realistic and practical in accordance to the Inter-Agency...
Unstable power supply in the country does not only endanger the actual May elections but is also a serious electoral issue, reelectionist Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Senator Risa Hontiveros (Photo courtesy of Hontiveros Office) Hontiveros said this is something policymakers...
Senatorial candidate and former Quezon City mayor Herbert “Bistek” Bautista on Wednesday backed calls proposing that the national government buy back Petron Corporation to help temper fuel price increases in the country. Bautista said he supports the plan to buy back Petron, which was once...
Presidential hopeful Senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao rode the cheapest long-distance public transport to deliver his message of hope to the ordinary folks in his first sortie in Metro Manila since the start of the campaign period. Presidential bet Sen. Manny Pacquiao speaks before a huge crowd of...
Priests from the Archdiocese of Manila will hold a “penitential walk” on Thursday, Feb. 17, to pray for the voters as they choose the country’s next leaders in the May 2022 polls. Photo Manila Cathedral FB “We ask our fellow Filipinos to be ‘maka-Diyos kaya makabayan,’ to discern their...
With about three months to go before the May 9, 2022national elections, Filipinos are in no way “married” to their perceived chosen candidates, so they can expect to be wooed to change their minds until the second they cast their votes, vice presidential bet and Senate President Vicente...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday, Feb. 16, signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Vote Pilipinas for the May 2022 polls. Screenshot/Comelec FB Comelec Acting Chairperson Socorro Inting led the signing at the Manila Hotel together with other poll officials. "This Memorandum of...
Eastern Visayas region’s most influential political party, An Waray partylist, has declared its all-out support for the senatorial bid of Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero in the upcoming May 2022 national elections. Party-list Rep. Florencio “Bem” Noel, personally relayed to...
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas has appealed for a Lenten season of “reparation rosary for truth, integrity, and wisdom” starting Ash Wednesday, March 2 until Holy Wednesday, April 13. Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan (CBCP / MANILA BULLETIN) In a pastoral...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday said he is honored to still be part of the senatorial slate of Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III’s ticket. “I’d like to say, I am honored ot be part of the slate. Kilala ko sina (I’ve known) Sen. Lacson at...
Former Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista on Tuesday said he will pursue a measure that would provide tax relief for those in the entertainment industry should he win in the upcoming May 2022 senatorial elections. Bautista, who is running for senator in the upcoming polls, noted how entertainers...
Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar has once again emerged as the top choice among the senatorial candidates based on the results of the latest RP-Mission and Development (RPMD) Foundation, Inc. survey. Senatorial candidate Mark Villar (Photo from Mark...
