Senator Risa Hontiveros warned on Friday, Feb. 16 the leaders of People’s Initiative for Modernization and Reform Action (PIRMA) of possible criminal charges should they continue their refuse to disclose the identities of the donors behind the controversial “EDSA-pwera” TV ad.“Mahaba...
Senators said that individuals who want to withdraw their signatures from People's Initiative (PI) signature sheets should no longer be required by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to explain their reason for retraction.Senator Imee Marcos, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Electoral...
Sen. Grace Poe said that the focus on the joint voting by Congress made the so-called People's Initiative for Charter change (Cha-cha) flawed at the onset and that the attention instead should have been on explaining the provisions that required amendments in the 1987 Constitution. Sen. Grace...
People’s Initiative for Reform Modernization and Action (PIRMA) National Lead Convenor Noel Oñate said that they sought the help of House Speaker Martin Romualdez as well as other congressmen in their signature drive for their People's Initiative (PI) push to amend the 1987 Constitution.PIRMA...
The Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation on Tuesday, January 30 moved to subpoena a certain Atty. Anthony Abad who is reportedly behind the signature campaign for Charter change. It was Sen. Francis Tolentino who made the motion to subpoena the lawyer during the...
Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday, January 30 said those who are claiming that the Senate has no business meddling with the People’s Initiative (PI) signature drive are shameless. “Sinumang magsabi na walang paki ang Senado sa usapin na ito, isa lang ang masasabi ko: ‘Walang gamot sa...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Friday, Dec. 9, that it was seeking to improve public participation in government accountability by holding town meetings.
Photo by Davao del Sur Provincial Information Office
The DILG Davao Region (Region 11) recently held the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has been mighty impressed with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s "articulation of the Philippine position on various issues" so far in the ongoing 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and related summits in Cambodia.
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Presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is still unsure whether or not he will join the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) presidential debate later this month.
In an ambush interview at an event Tuesday night, March 1 in Pasay City, Marcos Jr. personally answered for the first...
President Duterte is happy about how Filipinos are working together to make the country's pediatric vaccination program against the coronavirus (COVID-19) be an easier experience for the children.
President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot)
In his pre-recorded "Talk to the People" aired late...
Senator Imee Marcos is worried that mock elections held last year did not thoroughly run through COVID-19 pandemic protocols and might lead to voters losing their way at election centers and being disenfranchised in the May 9, 2022 elections.
Marcos, who chairs the Senate Electoral Reforms...
Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday called on Congress to convene the joint congressional oversight committee (JCOC) at the soonest time possible to discuss mechanisms on how to prevent a failure of elections from happening in the upcoming May 2022 polls.
Last week, Marcos, who heads the Senate...
