People & Politics

Mudslinging has no place in political arena: Bong Go

DAVAO CITY — The political arena deserves only fair election campaigns and should discourage mudslingings, former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher “Bong” Go said Saturday. "I personally discourage mudslinging. If the...

Retired police general offers Baguio ‘a breath of fresh air’ as mayor

BAGUIO CITY — He is not a politician, nor a celebrity. But his name rings a bell, since he headed the investigative body that probed the bloody massacre of 44 policemen in...

Comelec files 95 petitions vs. possible nuisance bets

MANILA -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has motu proprio (on its own) filed 95 petitions against possible nuisance candidates before its Law Department, its spokesperson said on Thursday. “As of Thursday, 95...

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...

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...

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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