After flirting with the idea for over a year, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago officially declared her presidential bid during the 2016 elections this week. The senator had previously sought the presidency in 1992 and 1998. While her announcement received very favorable feedback from her social media
The University of the Philippines Los Baños Student Council (UPLB USC) blasted media giant ABS-CBN for errors in their reportage of Vice President Jejomar Binay’s visit to the campus last September 15. The student body promoted the hashtag #ABSCBNSaySorryToUPLB to support its cause, and as of September 19, it
Senator Grace Poe has overtaken Vice President Jejomar Binay as the front runner for the 2016 presidential elections. That is according to the most recent survey conducted separately by Pulse Asia and Social Weather Stations (SWS), the results of which were published yesterday and today,
Now serving his seventh non-consecutive term as the Mayor of Davao City, Rodrigo Duterte has long earned a national reputation for his iron-fist approach to criminality. In 2002, he was even described in a Time Magazine article as “The Punisher.” His tough guy image is bolstered
This time six years ago, then-Senator Manuel “Mar” Roxas III launched his first infomercial for his long-anticipated 2010 presidential bid. The 30-second ad shows Roxas riding a pedicab driven around by a young boy. Upon hearing the boy’s life grievances, Roxas memorably said: “Anak, itabi
More and more groups are calling for the President’s resignation, but they have misgivings about the possibility of the Vice President taking over. If this scenario sounds familiar, it’s because it already happened before. In the immediate aftermath of the “Hello, Garci” scandal in June 2005,
Last Sunday, I accompanied my mom and my aunt to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) district office to have their biometric information taken. Though the next national and local elections are still 17 months away, there’s absolutely no need to wait until the last minute to get this done. For one,
Alan Cayetano began hinting about a possible presidential run in 2016 even before he officially won a second term in the Senate last year. Speaking during the final campaign rally for his wife, Taguig City Mayor Lani Cayetano, the 44-year-old senator told the crowd: “Ayaw
Voter registration for the 2016 national and local elections may have just began early this month, but the jockeying for votes is already underway. Take a look at Senator Alan Peter Cayetano. Cayetano won his second term last year, getting the third highest number of
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is once more set to begin the registration of new voters. with exactly two years left before the 2016 national elections. The COMELEC will accept applications for voter registration beginning tomorrow, May 6 until October 31, 2015. According to COMELEC