Politics

Comelec can junk DQ case vs. Pimentel sans hearings: lawyer

MANILA -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) can motu proprio (on its own) dismiss the disqualification case filed by lawyer Ferdinand Topacio against re-electionist Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, even without requiring...

No party-list, just political parties in Federal gov’t: ConCom

SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – There would be no party-list, just political parties in the Federal form of government, according to lawyer Susana U. Ordinario, a member of the Consultative Committee (ConCom)...

Pichay hits IPU for ‘political partisanship’

MANILA -- House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Prospero Pichay Jr. on Wednesday slammed the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) for "political partisanship" after it remained mum when former president and now Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo...

Comelec exec calls out poll bets engaging in early campaigning

MANILA -- An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday called out candidates in the 2019 mid-term elections campaigning as early as now. Comelec spokesman James Jimenez reminded those who filed...

US Still Determined to Pull Out of Key Arms Treaty With Russia

The Trump administration appears determined to pull out of a key 1987 arms control agreement with Russia, in the wake of talks Tuesday between national security adviser John Bolton and Russian...

DILG urges 2019 poll bets to take drug tests

TACLOBAN CITY -- Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Officer-in-Charge Eduardo Año has called on candidates for next year’s elections to submit themselves to drug tests as proof of support...

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