All five presidential candidates on Sunday night will gather at Capitol University of Cagayan de Oro for the first round under the auspices of the Commission on Elections to give the millions of people watching television and a few hundreds more in the audience a view of the contenders. The […]
The campaign promises start to pour. It all began yesterday. We heard the candidates talk, fast talk about what they intend to do, the promises each will leave in every campaign podium around the country, just before election day of May 9, 2016. To our readers, you can play with […]
The Race to Malacanang opens, campaign season begins. Happening now are the opening salvo of all five presidential, vice presidential and senatorial teams and candidates for the May 9, 2016 elections. Five separate proclamation rallies are being held on strategic places around the country, also based on political preference and […]
The Philippine Commission on Elections OK’s candidacy of Duterte. This after the Comelec First Division unanimously denied the four disqualification cases filed against presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte for lack of merit. Dismissed petitions include one filed by Ruben H. Castor. The Petition to Deny Due Course and/or […]
Update. This is how much the presidential candidates for 2016 elections have spent so far. 1. Liberal Party presidential hopeful Manuel Roxas topped as the biggest ad campaign spender, so far. Roxas has spent P774 million covering the expenses for political advertisements from January to December 2015 2. United Nationalist […]
Unsolicited opinion: Let the people decide – Ramos If former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos will have his way, he will allow the candidacy of Grace Poe Llamanzares and Rodrigo Duterte unhampered. He made the statement when asked about the cases filed on disqualification for Senator Poe and Davao city […]
DAVAO CITY, Nov. 27 — Update. Mayor Rodrigo Duterte filed his Certificate of Candidacy for President with the Commission on Elections in Manila through his lawyer Salvador Medealdia at 11:55 Friday morning. This developed after Duterte withdrew his COC for mayor with the Comelec here at 11:40 am Friday. After […]
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte filed Thursday his Certificate of Candidacy (CoC) for mayor, finally ending all speculations he would eventually plunge into the presidential race in 2016. Duterte issued a special power of attorney for his executive assistant Lawrence “Bong” Go and City Administrator Melchor Quitain to file his candidacy at […]
Duterte’s daughter, executive assistant, councilors shave head to convince him to run Former city mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio posted a photo of her with a shaven head with several hashtags on Instagram, stirring netizens to believe it could be a sign of bigger things to come. Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s executive assistant […]
Senators Grace Poe Llamanzares and Francis “Chiz” Escudero are jointly filing today their Certificates of Candidacy for president and vice-president, respectively, at the national offices of the Commission on Elections in Intramuros, Manila. Not to be out done, the Liberal Party official standard bearers Sen. Mar Roxas and CamSur 3rd […]
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Monday afternoon announced with finality that he is not running for president. “..this is indeed a beautiful day to end a wild dream,” Duterte said at the end of his unsigned press statement. But for his supporters in Davao, Duterte said he will seek a re-election […]
DAVAO CITY, Feb. 27 — “Hindi (No). I never said it in a very categorical way.” This was the statement of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte when sought if he declared intention to run for president during his “Listening Tour” on Federalism in Dagupan City. In an interview on Wednesday night at […]
The Duterte administration will continue to choose the diplomatic way in addressing the territorial dispute with China, this despite the United Nations (UN) Tribunal decision favoring the Philippines. President Rodrigo R. Duterte said on Thursday he will consult several people, including former President Fidel V. Ramos, to help the government […]
This is the segment of the interview with the press in Malacanang of President Rodrigo Duterte on mining. The transcript of that “conversation” follows below: Second is mining, huwag ninyong anuhin si Gina Lopez by publicity. Hindi siya marunong…She is not an incompetent, she is a bright lady. And she […]
Vice-President Leni Robredo denies awareness and involvement in any effort to oust President Duterte. On Friday, the website www.lenirobredo.com posted a statement from the vice-president herself: 30 December 2016 I am not aware of, much less am I involved in, any effort to “oust” the President. Furthermore, I categorically deny […]
This is the full transcript of the media interview with President Rodrigo Duterte at the Rizal Hall of Malacañan Palace on August 1, 2016: Two urgent matters that I will bring to the attention of the people of the Philippines. One is the lackadaisical attitude of some big business to […]
Don’t want to watch the playback video coverage of the just concluded 3rd and last presidential candidates’ PiliPinas Debate 2016 held in Phinma University of Pangasinan in Dagupan City? Then, take your time and dig in to the text only, the transcribed version of the dabate here as provided by […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday assured that justice will be served to the five members of the Carlos family who were brutally murdered in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan last week. The President expressed the assurance after personally extending his condolences to Dexter Carlos whose wife, mother-in-law and three children […]
The second round of the Philippine presidential debate on Sunday at the University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City, had been delayed by one and one half hours. The Visayas-leg of the PILIPinas 2016 said to be extended than the first in Cagayan de Oro City […]
DAVAO CITY — Presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte will release all political prisoners if leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines – National Democratic Front (CPP-NDF) say “yes” to come home and sit down with government for talk peace. Duterte said coming home for the negotiations will be his only […]
As the President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s inauguration rite nears, more drug personalities are either busted or meet their death in the hands of police officers. Is this mere coincidence or cops are upstaging their buddies to be recognized of their loyalty to the new Malacañang tenant? Senior Insp. Bernardo Peñero and […]
Leading presidential candidate Senator Grace Poe engaged Vice President Jejomar Binay in heated debate on Sunday over issue of corruption that tainted the candidacy of the vice president. During the second Presidential Debates 2016 held at the University of the Philippines (UP) Performing Arts Hall inCebu City, Poe was asked […]
President denies Yasay is quitting as DFA head, for now MANILA – It has to be the chief executive himself who has to put off the fire on the persistent rumor. President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Tuesday denied the rumor that Perfecto Yasay is on his way out as Department […]
Duterte’s daughter, executive assistant, councilors shave head to convince him to run Former city mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio posted a photo of her with a shaven head with several hashtags on Instagram, stirring netizens to believe it could be a sign of bigger things to come. Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s executive assistant […]
Whatever happened to the Canadian garbage loaded on the ship destined to be on its way back to Vancouver? Remember how Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was so “infuriated” and postured for media consumption he declared (garbage) war on Canada and Trudeau. Well, as always, it was all more of posturing […]
This is the law which many could have been waiting for. Carnapping in the country will soon be a non-bailable crime with a longer stay in the prison for offenders. It is because the new anti-carnapping law will soon take effect 15 days after its publication. These are the salient […]
President Rodrigo Duterte has designated Undersecretary Rosalina Bistoyong as Officer-In-Charge of the Department of Agrarian Reform. She will occupy the vacated post of Rafael Mariano whose nomination was rejected by the powerful joint congressional Commission on Appointments last September 6. Bistoyong is a career executive service professional in the government […]
All five presidential candidates on Sunday night will gather at Capitol University of Cagayan de Oro for the first round under the auspices of the Commission on Elections to give the millions of people watching television and a few hundreds more in the audience a view of the contenders. The […]
Leni meets Rody. Watch first “formal meeting” of Vice President Leni Robredo with President Rodrigo Duterte. VP Leni had her first courtesy call with the newest of Malacañang tenant. The Bicolana leader seemed awed by the power that be in the Palace, just watch her demeanor. She mostly showed utmost […]
Are we in for some bombshell from “protagonists” President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Lilia de Lima? It seems the bickerings will linger for sometime. As the government initiative on the war on drugs continue, Duterte on Tuesday said that Malacañang is now in possession of a matrix that shows the […]
What’s next when truth is twisted and served as fake news? On Monday, President Rodrigo Duterte doused cold water on the fake news article published maliciously by a dubious, fake news web site, obviously supportive of the administration but into overdrive attack against critics, particularly vice-President Leni Robredo.
Yes. it is 100% verified, not true. False rating that Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte got an invite to visit Covid-19 plagued Beijing from Chinese President Xi Jinping. It is also 100% false that Duterte ever mentioned jet skiing to Wuhan, peeing in Beijing and eat coronavirus, even as a […]
Don’t want to watch the playback video coverage of the just concluded 3rd and last presidential candidates’ PiliPinas Debate 2016 held in Phinma University of Pangasinan in Dagupan City? Then, take your time and dig in to the text only, the transcribed version of the dabate here as provided by […]
Watch here the full coverage of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s first State of the Nation Address at the Batasan Pambansa complex in Quezon City. Live stream event could start earlier for backgrounders, some behind the scene details and more, but the program proper starts about 2:00 PM, July 25, 2016. […]
This is hilarious. Senator Leila de Lima get back at the recent tirades from President Rodrigo Duterte with this message: “Stop harassing me. What do you want from me? Do you like me?” The lady senator who has become the “apple of the president’s eyes” expressed on Monday that “Duterte […]
Watch the fast paced version (Cbanga360.net version) of the discussion by the lower chamber of the Philippines’ congress, the House of Representatives on the proposed 2018 budget of the Commission on Human Rights. Follow the discussion as the representative from the Party List Sagip, the Honorable Rodante Marcoleta take the […]