Opposition coalition 1Sambayan is still open to include Manila Mayor Isko Moreno to its list of nominees in the May 2022 polls, one of its convenors said on Wednesday, August 18. Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso (Jansen Romero / MANILA BULLETIN) In an online media forum,...
Former Commission on Audit (COA) commissioner and 1Sambayan senior convenor Heidi Mendoza on Wednesday, August 18, said that the pandemic cannot be used as an excuse to “relax internal controls and audit” because it will lead to corruption. Former COA commissioner and 1Sambayan convenor Heidi...
President Duterte’s perceived personal attacks against Manila Mayor Isko Moreno might be the administration’s “signal” to its troll armies to start the “demolition operations” against its political enemies, former Ombudsman and 1Sambayan convenor Conchita Carpio-Morales said. 1Sambayan...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Monday, August 9, said he, too, respects Vice President Leni Robredo's rejection of Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson's proposal to unify the opposition for the 2022 elections, even as he believed that the vice president should not have shot it down right...
If there is one thing former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales remembers about the late former President Benigno Aquino III, it is that he had always asked her to “keep your independence” and “go after the corrupt” since her job entailed looking into the dubious practices of government...
Convenors of opposition coalition 1Sambayan believe that the traits exhibited by the late former President Benigno Aquino III are what the country needs amid a raging pandemic and the collapse of the country’s moral and democratic institutions. 1Sambayan (Photo courtesy of Neri Colmenares) Former...
Senate Minority Leader and Liberal Party vice chairman Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, August 3 rejected assumptions that Vice President Leni Robredo has given up a possible presidential bid in the upcoming May 2022 national elections. Drilon reiterated that the Liberal Party’s objective is for the...
A former Education secretary criticized President Duterte’s last State of the Nation Address (SONA) for failing to mention the “education crisis” in the country and claiming that it was able to “provide quality and accessible education” despite the absence of face-to-face classes for more...
Social media giants Facebook and Twitter should require their users to include their real names on their accounts so they will be more responsible and refrain from posting fake and malicious news, as well as in attacking groups and personalities on the platform, retired former Supreme Court Senior...
Opposition coalition 1Sambayan announced that it will reveal its candidates for the 2022 elections in September, its lead convener said. Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio (1Sambayan/Facebook) In a virtual presser, Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio...
Although political dynasties are prohibited under the Constitution, the lead convenor of an opposition coalition on Thursday, July 15, said Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio can run for president in the May 2022 polls succeeding her father, President Duterte. Retired Supreme Court Senior...
Opposition coalition 1Sambayan lead convenor Antonio Carpio on Thursday, July 15, admitted that the opposition will stand to gain from the current infighting happening within the ranks of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban). 1Sambayan (Photo courtesy of Neri Colmenares) The...
