DAVAO CITY – North Cotabato Gov. Nancy Catamco has promised 100 percent support for Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte should President Duterte’s daughter run to succeed her father in the 2022 elections. In a 3:26 video posted by a Facebook group called Kabataang Cotabateño, Catamco said the...
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi on Friday, July 16, called on his partymates in the Partido Demokratiko ng Pilipinas-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) to end "hostilities" within the political group. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Photo from DOE Facebook page) Cusi, the party's vice...
If they can do things to a "Manny Pacquiao", what more can they do to ordinary and poor Filipinos? This was the lament of Senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao on Friday, July 16, as he commented on the issues hurled against him amid his rift with President Duterte and the upcoming 2022 polls....
With the 2022 presidential election fast approaching, former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario on Thursday called on the Filipino people to choose a leader who will offer good governance and political will and reverse President Duterte’s policy of “loving and embracing” China. ADR...
Neither poll surveys nor President Rodrigo Duterte’s counsel will be enough as factors that would convince Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte to join the 2022 presidential race o stay out of it. Mayor Sara Duterte Hugpong ng Pagbabago secretary general and former Davao del Norte Governor Anthony del...
Senators on Sunday bewailed the unused appropriations under the 2020 General Appropriations Act (GAA) that have been marked by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) as “For Later Release,” saying the fund could have been used to address critical government projects that are in dire need...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III, acting chairman of the Nationalist People's Coalition, is willing to campaign for Senator Panfilo Lacson to become the party's standard bearer in the 2022 elections. Sotto III floated this Monday, June 21, as he disclosed that leaders of the political party have...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Sunday, June 20 said unity is paramount for the opposition as they decide on who to support in the upcoming May 2022 presidential elections. Pangilinan, president of the Liberal Party, the former ruling political party, said it is important for them to set...
Senator Richard Gordon on Friday said he believes the next leader of the Philippines should bear in mind that the presidency must be earned and not inherited. Gordon said this was an advise he gave out to other political leaders in the past like former President Benigno Aquino III. “Remember I...
Senator Richard Gordon on Friday said he is looking for a vice presidential running mate for the upcoming May 2022 elections. Gordon, who is considering running for president in 2022, disclosed he is already mulling the possibility of pairing up with a vice presidential candidate should he decide...
Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao should declare his intent to run for the presidency in the May 2022 elections in the coming months, Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel, his partymate in the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban), said on Thursday. But Pimentel said it would be best...
In the event that Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio runs for the presidency or vice presidency in the upcoming May 2022 national elections, such move is clearly within the definition of a political dynasty. Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, a stalwart at the ruling Partido Demokratikong...