Otso Diretso banks on late groundswell of support

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 21:22:32 +0000

Don’t write off Otso Diretso just yet. Despite their dismal showing in recent surveys, candidates from the Otso Diretso coalition are banking on a “come-from-behind victory” buoyed by the “last-minute discernment of voters,” Sen. Francis Pangilinan, the group’s campaign manager, said on Thursday. “We will not stop campaigning, we will not stop convincing and wooing […]

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Robredo: ‘What will happen to gov’t funds, donations for Marawi rehab?’

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 07:33:22 +0000

Robredo: ‘What will happen to gov’t funds, donations for Marawi rehab?'

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday said many residents of Marawi City “could not get on with their lives” as they await for the next move for the restoration of the war-torn city.

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Poe tops survey; 10 HNP bets in ‘Magic 12’

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:22:16 +0000

After topping a survey of probable senatorial winners yet again, Sen. Grace Poe said she was grateful for the people’s continued support

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Robredo: Bishop David, Ressa show human rights fight is ‘not a lost cause’

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 06:53:58 +0000

Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday lauded Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David and Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa

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Robredo: It was Filipinos, not ‘Yellows,’ that made Edsa revolution happen

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 10:41:16 +0000

It was not the “Yellows” that made the Edsa People Power Revolution happen but the unity and the will of the people, Vice President Leni Robredo reminded the crowd during the commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of the EDSA revolution at Immaculate Concepcion Parish here Saturday.

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Leni to voters: Don’t be afraid of the strong

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:09:34 +0000

Leni to voters: Don’t be afraid of the strong

“Let us not be afraid of the strong because the power is in the hands of every Filipino. If we all do something, nothing is impossible,” Vice President Leni Robredo said on Thursday as she rallied Cebuanos to support the opposition slate in the May polls.

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Robredo chided over ‘speculative’ statement on Chinese nationals

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 07:28:35 +0000

MANILA, Philippines  – Malacañang on Monday chided and asked Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo to stop speculating about the government’s alleged special treatment of Chinese nationals.

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Leni: Chinese woman’s taho-throwing incident a ‘wake-up call’ to PH

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 06:58:13 +0000

The behavior of the Chinese woman who threw taho at a police officer is not only an insult towards authorities but also towards the Philippines and Filipinos.

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