LEGAZPI CITY, Sept. 12 (PNA) — Senator Alan Peter Cayetano is optimistic that the Liberal Party will get him as Mar Roxas’ running mate in the 2016 presidential election. In an ambush…
Category: Current Issues
Comelec to also hold debates for VP, local candidates
By Jelly F. Musico MANILA, Sept. 10 (PNA) – Aside from presidential debates, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will also conduct debates for vice presidential and local candidates to give the voters…
Coloma denounces act involving Roxas in negative campaigning
By Joann Santiago MANILA, Sept. 10 (PNA) — A Palace executive on Thursday decried the allegations connecting Interior and Local Government Secretary and Liberal Party (LP) presidential bet Mar Roxas to the…
Sen. Escudero admits he and Poe yet to make a decision
By Leonardo V. Micua DAGUPAN CITY, Sept. 10 (PNA)–Senator Francis Escudero said here he and Senator Grace Poe have yet to make a definite and final decision if they are seeking higher…
It’s final: Duterte out of presidential race
By Lilian C. Mellejor DAVAO CITY, Sept. 7 (PNA) — Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has declared with finality that he is not running for president in the 2016 national elections. “After talking to…
Comelec sets Oct. 12 as deadline for transfer of registration from absentee voters to local list
MANILA, Sept. 7 (PNA) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded overseas absentee voters, who plan to vote in the country in the May 2016 polls, that they have only until Oct….
No Lakas-NUCD offer to Duterte but FVR offers Rizal as beacon of governance
By Lilian C. Mellejor DAVAO CITY, Sept. 6 (PNA) — Mayor Rodrigo Duterte dismissed speculations he discussed with former president Fidel Ramos, who heads the Lakas/National Union of Christian Democrats/Christian/Muslim Democrats (Lakas/NUCD/CMD),…
No extension on nationwide registration –Comelec
MANILA, Sept. 6 (PNA) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has urged the people of voting age to take advantage of the remaining weeks of the nationwide registration for them to register…
Sec. Roxas urges Visayas mayors to join him in his mission to carry on ‘Tuwid na Daan’
By Annabel J. Petinglay ILOILO CITY, Sept. 3 (PNA) -– Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas has urged Visayas mayors to show their support to his mission…
UPDATE: Pope Francis back at Apostolic Nunciature after Quirino Grandstand mass; crowds now at 6 million
By Priam F. Nepomuceno & Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan MANILA, Jan. 18 (PNA) — Pope Francis is now safely inside the Apostolic Nunciature, Taft Avenue after conducting mass at the Quirino Grandstand,…
Crowds at Quirino Grandstand ballooned to 4 million
By Priam F. Nepomuceno & Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan MANILA, Jan. 18 (PNA) — Despite the rains Sunday, the number of Filipino faithfuls and those eager to see Pope Francis in person…
Crowds at Quirino Granstand, side streets now at 2.5 million
By Priam F. Nepomuceno & Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan MANILA, Jan. 18 (PNA) — People who have flocked to see and hear Pope Francis say mass at the Quirino Grandstand, Rizal Park…
(Feature) Street children share joys and wishes as they send-off Pope Francis Monday
By Leilani S. Junio MANILA, Jan. 18 (PNA)– Mark John Samson, 11, and a third grader at the Maceda Elementary School in Sta. Mesa, Manila felt blessed when he learned that he…
Pope Francis urges world to ‘Learn How to Cry’ for suffering children
MOSCOW, Jan. 18 (PNA/Sputnik) — On the last day of his Asian tour, Pope Francis asked those present at a youth rally at a Church-run university in the Philippines to “learn how…
Pontiff cut short Leyte visit due to ‘Amang’
By Sarwell Q. Meniano PALO, Leyte, Jan. 17 (PNA) — Stormy weather cuts Pope Francis visit in Leyte, skipping lunch with disaster survivors. The pontiff arrived at the Archbishop Residence around 11:40…