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President Rodrigo Duterte endorsed three administration candidates anew after a survey for the senatorial race showed that they failed to make it to the top 12 bracket. The recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that Duterte’s former Presidential Political Affairs Adviser Francis Tolentino ranked 17th on the survey. Former Special Assistant to the President […]
Senator Win Gatchalian has backed the plan of government to take over the beleaguered Palawan Electric Cooperative (PALECO) to solve the worsening power supply problem of the province. Gatchalian made the call after President Rodrigo Duterte recently gave PALECO a stern warning that the national government would be compelled to take over the power distributor’s […]
Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go has vowed to craft legislative measures that would help raise the quality of life for Filipinos, if given a Senate seat in the 2019 midterm polls. During his visit to fire victims in Barangay 485, Zone 45 in Manila recently, the former presidential aide led the […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III, chair of the Senate trade, commerce and entrepreneurship committee on Thursday said the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte will deliver on its commitment to “shatter” the country’s longstanding telecommunications duopoly. Pimentel also commended the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) for reaching the final […]
Former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said that if given a Senate seat, he will continue the campaign of President Rodrigo Duterte against illegal drugs through legislation. As the former top presidential aide, Go visited fire victims in Pandacan, Manila, where he said, he encountered a child named Christian, whose parents are both […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III highlighted the independent foreign policy and war against drugs of President Rodrigo Duterte in his remarks before the 10th General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) in Moscow, Russia on October 25. Pimentel participated in the meeting with the theme “The Role of Political Parties in Reducing […]
Presidential Legal Counsel and Spokesperson Salvador Panelo believes former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher ‘Bong’ Go will win ‘overwhelmingly’ in the senatorial race next year. “I think he will win overwhelmingly,” Panelo said in an interview over CNN Philippines. With no less than President Rodrigo Duterte accompanying him, Go filed his certificate of […]
Special Assistant to the President Bong Go urged members of the Lex Talionis Fraternitas, the fraternity of President Rodrigo Duterte, to help in the administration’s fight against corruption. “I ask the members of Lex Talionis Fraternitas to help the President as he addresses the problem of corruption in our society. There are people in the […]
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles ended speculation about a possible run for the Senate, saying on Wednesday that he would not be running for senator in the 2019 polls and would instead support the senatorial bids of fellow Mindanaoans in the Administration slate. “I am grateful for the support of all […]
With Metro Manila accounting for close to 40 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) while having 12 percent of the Philippine population, it is time for the country to consider a “different approach” to ensure that the 88 percent of Filipinos living outside the National Capital Region (NCR) could also reap the benefits […]