People & Politics

Incumbent South Cotabato execs launch reelection bids

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Cotabato Governor Daisy Avance-Fuentes and other top incumbent officials in the province formally launched their re-election bids on Wednesday afternoon. Fuentes, who is seeking a third term, filed her...

GenSan’s top opposition pols shun 2019 elections

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- This city's opposition stalwarts are taking a break in the 2019 elections. Candidates of the Achievers with Integrity Movement (AIM), a local political party founded by former city mayor...

Ex-SoCot guv files COC for mayor of Koronadal City

KORONADAL CITY -- Former South Cotabato Governor Arthur Pingoy Jr. will attempt another comeback in the 2019 mid-term elections by eyeing the city hall seat here. Pingoy filed his certificate of candidacy (COC)...

Bacolod City mayor welcomes 2 challengers to re-election bid

BACOLOD CITY -- Mayor Evelio Leonardia has welcomed the two challengers to his re-election bid in the May 2019 elections. “I cannot choose my opponents. Whoever are my opponents, I will still do...

Orderly filing of COCs in Iloilo: Comelec

ILOILO CITY -- The five-day filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) in Iloilo was peaceful and orderly, the Commission on Elections here said. At exactly 5 p.m. on Wednesday, both the city and...

Albay gubernatorial post now a four-cornered fight

LEGAZPI CITY — The gubernatorial race in Albay is now a four-cornered fight between reelectionist Al Francis Bichara (PDP-Laban), Vice Governor Harold Imperial (Liberal Party), lawyer Zacarias Zaragoza, a retired Commission on...

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