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2022 on the horizon: The leadership race in the coming 18th Congress

Edmund S. Tayao
Posted at Jun 12 06:43 AM

Nothing is certain in politics, not in our kind of politics.  Read more »

2022 polls not yet on Pacquiao's mind

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 05:52 PM

MANILA – Sen. Manny Pacquiao on Thursday said running for a higher post in 2022 is not yet on his mind. Read more »

OPINION: Nic Gabunada’s amazing social media network

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Apr 01 02:07 PM

After the 2016 elections, Nic Gabunada, head of Rodrigo Duterte’s social media in the 2016 presidential campaign, expanded and strengthened the network he organized during the campaign. Read more »

OPINION: ‘Pres’ Sara in 2022 is Duterte’s insurance from ICC arrest when he is out of Malacañang

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Feb 24 02:58 AM

There is no need to revise the Constitution to allow President Duterte to continue being in power after 2022. His daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio succeeding him in Malacañang will assure his protection. Read more »

Sara 'a rising star' in politics: Arroyo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 20 07:00 PM

"Let me just put it this way: historically children of presidents do rise," House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said on Wednesday. Read more »

May balak bang tumakbo sa 2022 sina Leni, Sara, Grace Poe?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 10:36 PM

Lumulutang na ang posibilidad na tatlong babae ang maghaharap-harap sa halalan sa 2022. Read more »

Panelo says he won’t be surprised if Sara becomes next president

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 08:47 PM

MANILA - The spokesperson of President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said he would not be surprised if Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte becomes the country’s next president, amid talk that she is being groomed to succeed her father.   Read more »

Ex-Starbucks CEO aims to oust Trump in 2020

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 28 05:02 PM

Billionaire former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said in a TV interview that he is looking into running against Donald Trump in 2020 as an independent presidential candidate. Read more »

Robredo opposes Bongbong's move to examine precincts outside 3 pilot provinces

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 04:23 PM

The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo has accused the side of losing vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos of “skillfully,” if not “deceitfully” circumventing the rules of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) by moving to conduct a technical examination on clustered precincts outside the 3 designated pilot provinces. Read more »

Pacquiao says he'll be campaign manager for PDP-Laban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 09:22 PM

Senator Manny Pacquiao said on Monday in London that he will be the campaign manager of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) party for the 2019 mid-term elections.  Read more »

OPINION: C’mon, Bongbong Marcos, why would Leni Robredo have to cheat in her home province?

Raïssa Robles
Posted at Aug 19 05:47 PM

It’s like accusing the Marcoses of cheating to win in Ilocos Norte. So, why accuse Robredo of cheating in her very own bailiwick? Here's why. Read more »

Robredo: Marcos 'lying' about PET-revisor outing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 02:53 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday told former Senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to "stop lying" about a pool party attended by her employees and head revisors of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET)  Read more »

Pro-business candidate wins Colombian presidential election

Helen Murphy and Stevan Grattan, Reuters
Posted at Jun 18 06:39 AM

Right-wing candidate Ivan Duque won Colombia's presidential election on Sunday, beating leftist Gustavo Petro in a victory that reassured investors but raised the prospect of changes to a landmark peace accord with Marxist rebels. Read more »

PET orders Marcos, Robredo to explain gag order violations

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 05:50 PM

Bongbong Marcos and VP Leni Robredo were ordered to explain within 10 days from receipt of notice of the show cause order why they should not be held in contempt for violating the gag order on the vote recount. Read more »

Imee Marcos hits Robredo camp for downplaying missing audit logs

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 11:55 AM

Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos on Tuesday took a swipe at the camp of Vice-President Leni Robredo for downplaying the importance of the May 2016 automated counting machines audit logs.  Read more »

PET issues gag order on Marcos, Robredo poll protests

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 22 07:30 PM

The Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has ordered the camps of Vice-President Leni Robredo and former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. to refrain from discussing their respective poll protests in public.    Read more »

Pacquiao for president? 'Masaya na ako sa posisyon ko'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 17 10:57 AM

MANILA - Senator Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday did not directly confirm if he had plans to seek the presidency in 2022, saying he is content as a member of the Upper Chamber.  Read more »

Russia’s top court upholds election ban on Putin presidential rival

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 30 10:13 PM

Russia's election commission ruled that Alexei Navalny cannot register as a candidate due to a controversial embezzlement conviction. Read more »

OPINION: It's Mueller Time

Manolo Quezon - The Explainer
Posted at Dec 05 12:03 AM

In the United States, pundits and politicians and the public are all wondering if both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence could end up impeached.  Read more »

Duterte: Cynthia Villar helped me during 2016 campaign

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 09:37 PM

MANILA – President Rodrigo on Thursday said Senator Cynthia Villar supported him in the May 2016 presidential campaign.  Read more »