Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 06:34:25 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the proposal of the military and police to extend martial law in Mindanao, sources told The Manila Times. The Palace sources said Duterte has requested…READ
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The Sandiganbayan on Friday acquitted former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla of plunder charges in connection with the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel scam. The court’s First Division…READ
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Read morePRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the creation of a national task force that would address the armed conflict by local communists, a Malacanang official said. In a statement, Palace spokesman…READ MORE
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Read moreSEN. Panfilo Lacson on Friday expressed hope that retired Gen. Leonardo Rey Guerrero would “not suffer the same fate” of outgoing Customs chief Isidro Lapeña. President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday announced the removal…READ MORE
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Joseph “Erap” Estrada’s time as Manila mayor is up.
This was the bold declaration of his former ally and Vice Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso in a radio interview on Tuesday as he criticized the seemingly slow progress of the nation’s capital city through six years of Estrada’s leadership.
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Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday defended his proposal to punish nuisance election candidates, saying it is not “anti-poor.”
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If their parents had their way, the Binay siblings should just either drop their mayoralty bid in Makati City or quit from politics altogether.
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Citing “recent developments within the party,” Senator Nancy Binay has decided to take a leave of absence as president of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA).
Filing the certificate of candidacy (COC) is only half the battle. The electoral hopefuls will now have to wait until December 15 for the release the final list of candidates by the Commission on Elections.
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The most trusted presidential aide, a former soldier, and reelectionist senators, including those leading in the Social Weather Stations (SWS) senatorial surveys, were among those who formalized their entry to the 2019 midterm elections on Monday, October 15.
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