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More local officials are switching sides and now support presidential frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr., his Partido Federal ng Pilipinas bared yesterday.

Labor leader and Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) presidential candidate Leodegario ‘Ka Leody” De Guzman’s solution to corruption in the government? Stop dynasty candidates and candidates with cases of theft and corruption from running for office. Ka Leody during the Comelec debates on Sunday, April 3

It was a sly shift of outgoing President Duterte in his talking from local politics to geo-politics.

The late senator, Miriam Defensor-Santiago saw qualities in her one-time Senate colleague Bongbong Marcos that would make for a fine presidential candidate. The late former senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago (left) and presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Photos from MANILA BULLETIN/ Lakas-CM

ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Should there be runoff elections in the Philippines? This question has emerged in light of the fact that in all five post-EDSA elections, the winning candidate obtained less than a majority vote. In three of those, the winners won by a considerable margin, even while fal

Presidential candidate and former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Thursday said there is a need for the government to revisit the pandemic preparedness bill previously filed by his former running mate and late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. Marcos Jr. cited the importance of Santiago'

Late last year, Sen. Panfilo Lacson broached the idea of returning to the 2-party system, which has characterized our political landscape after the war and until the snap election of 1986 where President Ferdinand Marcos and Cory Aquino squared it off one-on-one in the presidential race, and Sen. Salvador Laurel versus…

The People’s Reform Party (PRP), the poltical party mainly identified with the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, has officially adopted Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio as its vice presidential candidate in the upcoming May polls. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio (Photo from HNP M

Vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan) MANILA - The People's Reform Party (PRP) has officially adopted Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte as its vice presidential candidate in the May 9 national and local elections. Lawyer Narciso Santiago, the party president, made the announcement Wednesday. Santiago is the husband of the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. "Ang buong paniniwala namin at ng buong PRP, siya (Duterte) ang karapat-dapat na Vice President ng ...

Yes, our generation did f__ up. But so did the tyrant whose daughter is now campaigning with – and for – a family that her grandmother once bravely fought.