Three-term senator and incumbent House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda vowed on Saturday, April 30 to continue to pursue a pro-labor legislative agenda that would grant Filipino workers here and abroad additional protection and more guarantees for their welfare and benefits. (Shivendu Shukla/...
Voters are not required to bring their vaccination cards and face shields at polling precincts on Election Day, May 9, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia clarified on Saturday, April 30. (Comelec/MB) “No need for vaccine card. No face shield required,” Garcia...
Independent senatorial candidate and Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan II has ranked 10th in the recently released RP Mission a nd Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD) senatorial survey for the May 2022 elections. The survey, conducted...
Filipinos run the risk of losing more than what they bargained for, if they continue to treat the country’s elections like an ordinary gamble, where they keep on mindlessly betting on someone who they think is most likely to win instead of voting for the most qualified candidate who can make...
Independent presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson was the target of fake news spreading Friday that he had canceled his campaign events in Bicol, particularly in Naga, Camarines Sur. Local organizers cited information reaching them that local media who were to attend Lacson's...
Voters with Covid-19 symptoms may still cast their votes in the May 9 polls, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya assured Friday, April 29. Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya / DILG photo He stressed that a new normal committee formed by the Commission...
The governors of Cavite, Laguna, Antique, Negros Occidental, Zamboange del Norte,and Southern Leyte all told presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos the same thing: He will win in their respective provinces on May 9, and he will win big. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA...
Independent presidential candidate Senator Panfilo M. Lacson today (April 28) hinted at a possibility of his and his running mate Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III pulling a major upset in the coming May 9 elections. A press statement from the Lacson-Sotto tandem stated that survey frontrunners...
Despite the threat of a new Covid-19 surge, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that postponing the upcoming May 2022 polls will not be an option of theirs and vowed to push through with it no matter the circumstances. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "Hindi tayo pwedeng bumali sa mandato ng...
Incumbent Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said on Wednesday, April 27, that when he was building his lineup for vice mayor, congressman, and councilors for the upcoming May 2022 elections, he chose those who stand with the changes Pasigueños need and believe in doing what is best for the next...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc has signed a resolution asking President Duterte to declare Election Day, May 9, as special non-working holiday, Comelec Chairperson Saidamen B. Pangarungan announced on Thursday, April 28. Comelec Chairperson Saidamen B. Pangarungan (Office of...
Senator Francis Tolentino strongly suggested Thursday, April 28 to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) that they hold the May 9 elections and Covid-19 vaccinations at the same time. This would afford millions of voters the chance to be vaccinated before or...
