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MANILA, Philippines — The Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) led by President Marcos formalized its alliance with the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) yesterday, marking the revival of a UniTeam alliance for the 2025 midterm elections.
With his signature bombast, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told a crowd of cheering supporters in January that his successor was a drug addict. The man who replaced him, Ferdinand «Bongbong» Marcos Jr, shot back, saying the former leader must have hurled the insult in an opioid-fuelled haze.
MANILA, Philippines — Several individuals and progressive groups applauded the recent Supreme Court (SC) decision granting the petition for a writ of amparo for former Bayan Muna Partylist lawmaker Seigfred Deduro.
MANILA, Philippines — Teachers' group Alliance of Concerned Teachers has asked the Department of Education to provide supplemental funds after it advised schools to hold its end-of-school-year ceremonies indoors to avoid exposure to heat.
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s political party on Wednesday inked a formal alliance with the country's dominant party, laying the groundwork for the launch of his administration's senatorial slate ahead of the 2025 midterm elections.
MANILA, Philippines — A coalition defending the country’s sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) will conduct another civilian-led mission to Panatag Shoal, also known as Bajo de Masinloc, next week, its organizers said on Wednesday.
Mr. President, dear colleagues, twenty years ago this month, a phone call changed the course of our country's history. To jog our collective memories, recorded phone calls between a presidential candidate who was then trailing behind the votes, and then-Election Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano, resulted in the biggest electoral crisis that this country has seen.
MANILA, Philippines — House leaders warned the Senate on Wednesday that it is “losing its integrity” by continuing to investigate an unverified document linking the president to illegal drug use – words that reflect the lower chamber’s suspicions that a full-blown destabilization plot against the Marcos administration is underway.