Politics

90-day campaign for nat’l posts starts Feb. 12

By Ferdinand Patinio/PNA MANILA -- The 90-day campaign period for senators and party-list representatives will officially start on Tuesday, February 12. With this, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded candidates and their supporters to...

No use of public funds for campaigning: PRRD to gov’t officials

By Earl Jed Roque/PNA MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte ordered government officials not to use public funds for campaigning in this year's mid-term polls. "Just to do away with those issues and...

Duterte orders AFP, PNP to stay neutral in May polls

By Connie Calipay/PNA LEGAZPI CITY -- Days before the start of the official campaign period on February 12, President Rodrigo R. Duterte renewed his call to uniformed personnel to remain neutral, and...

Various sectors in NegOr uphold clean mid-term polls

By Mary Judaline Partlow/PNA DUMAGUETE CITY -- Key leaders of the church, government, and non-government sectors in Negros Oriental on Wednesday vowed to collaborate with each other to attain a clean, honest,...

Voters have last say on bets engaged in premature campaigning

By Ferdinand Patinio/PNA MANILA -- The voters have the final say if they find the actions of the candidates promoting themselves ahead of the campaign period as offensive, the Commission on Elections...

Roque can’t be substituted: Comelec

By Ferdinand Patinio /PNA MANILA -- An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Friday former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque Jr., who officially withdrew his senatorial bid for the May 13 mid-term elections,...

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