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NPC members urged to campaign for its senatorial bets 

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 02:41:19 +0000

NPC members urged to campaign for its senatorial bets 

MANILA, Philippines – With  less than three  weeks before  election day,  the Nationalist  People’s Coalition (NPC) met and urged its members  to campaign  for the party’s  senatorial candidates in  the forthcoming elections. In an Instagram  post   on Wednesday, Senator  JV Ejercito posted a photo with party chairman  emeritus  Eduardo “Danding”  Cojuangco and  NPC senators  […]

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Triple whammy enrages Poe: No water, no power, no internet

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 08:34:26 +0000

Triple whammy enrages Poe: No water, no power, no internet

Barely few days before the Lent, Filipinos are already suffering from a modern-day Calvary–water shortage, brownouts, and no internet.

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Pope: Women have ‘legitimate claims’ for justice, equality

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 11:39:21 +0000

Pope: Women have 'legitimate claims' for justice, equality

VATICAN CITY  — Pope Francis said Tuesday that women have “legitimate claims” to seek more justice and equality in the Catholic Church, but stopped short of endorsing more sweeping calls from his own bishops to recognize the “urgency of an inevitable change” to give them leadership roles.

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Reelectionists, pro-admin candidates in top 15 – survey

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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 23:19:26 +0000

Reelectionists, pro-admin candidates in top 15 – survey

Reelectionist senators and those seeking to regain their Senate seats, many of them supporters of President Duterte, dominated the list of candidates likely to win in the midterm elections in May, according to results of the latest Pulse Asia survey released on Friday.

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‘Fear more if press is silenced’ — Poe

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:10:48 +0000

'Fear more if press is silenced' — Poe

A free press helps guard government institutions, and attempts to silence and intimidate watchdogs may have a chilling effect on press freedom, Sen. Grace Poe warned.

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‘Controversy,’ consultations hamper release of NPC’s Senate slate  

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 07:03:55 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Ongoing consultations and a controversy over the choice of  candidates have prevented the  Nationalist  People’s  Coalition  (NPC)  from releasing its own senatorial  slate on the first  day  of the campaign period.

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Poe: Stricter rules on accessing SALN a setback in transparency

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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 05:52:20 +0000

The House of Representative’s move to require plenary approval for any request for a statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN) of lawmakers could violate the Constitution and a “setback” in delivering greater transparency in the government, Senator Grace Poe said Tuesday.

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