Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez and Senator Robin Padilla finally met Tuesday morning, March 21 to discuss the controversial subject of Charter change (Cha-cha). But the two weren't alone--the meeting took place within the larger gathering of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng...
"We will appeal to the Supreme Court." Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III issued this statement in reaction to a decision of the second division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) that former Energy Secretary Alfonso. Cusi and his faction are the ‘’true’’ and original...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc denied on Friday, Jan. 27 the Motion for Reconsideration (MR) Ex Abundanti Ad Cautelam filed by former Senator Manny Pacquiao and Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on the Resolution of the Commission Special Second Division. MB file photo In...
There is chorus of support from the House of Representatives for the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), and the voices are coming from different ends of the political spectrum. Clockwise: PBA Party-list Rep. Migs Nograles, Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio Gonzales, Quezon 1st district Rep. Mark...
The Nationalist Peoples’ Coalition (NPC) will throw its support to incumbent House Majority Leader Rep. Martin Romualdez as the next Speaker of the House of Representatives in the upcoming 19th Congress, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Sunday, May 15. Sotto, who ran for vice president...
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) senatorial candidate Salvador Panelo gained the last-minute endorsement of El Shaddai over the weekend. Salvador Panelo (Photo from PCOO) El Shaddai, the biggest Catholic charismatic group in the country with eight million members, announced...
Questions about the declaration of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi’s faction as the legitimate members of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban), as well as Smartmatic’s data breach, the reshuffling of some election officers in Mindanao would be “hanging over the heads” of...
Former chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo can accept the possibility of him not winning a Senate seat in the upcoming May 9 polls. Salvador Panelo What he won't be able to accept is for the country's children with disability (CWDs) to not have a champion for their cause in the Senate...
Aspiring president Senator Manny Pacquiao on Friday shrugged off the Commission on Elections (Comelec)'s ruling that recognizes the PDP-Laban Cusi faction as "true and official." Senator Manny Pacquiao FB page Pacquiao, a member of PDP-Laban's Pimentel wing, said he is now more focused on wooing...
The Pacquiao-Pimentel faction of the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP)-Lakas ng Bayan (Laban) on Friday (May 6) will contest a decision of the special second division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) recognizing the faction headed by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi as the true and official...
The Special Second Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) ruled in favor of the faction of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi recognizing them as true and official members of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) party. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Photo from DOE...
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) senatorial candidate Salvador Panelo has guaranteed a "surprise" on May 9, election day. Former chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo (center) helps former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo blow her birthday cake during a UniTeam...
