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By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service There will be a new Senate president possibly within the year, Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Thursday, May 3. In a press conference at the weekly Kapihan sa Senado, Lacson said Senate President Koko Pimentel would eventually replace Senate President Koko Pimentel, who has already said he was to make preparations for his Senate run in the 2019 elections. “I understand that there’s already an agreement or understanding between […]
(Eagle News) — Senate Majority Leader Tito Sotto on Thursday, April 26, said he was open to assuming the Senate presidency if majority of his colleagues wanted him to do so. “I’m open to that if they give it to me. Sino naman ako para tumanggi?” Sotto asked at the Kapihan sa Senado. According to Sotto, a possible change of leadership in the Upper House has already been discussed, with sitting Senate President Koko Pimentel […]
(Eagle News) — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, April 23, admitted the Liberal Party was urging former presidential candidate Mar Roxas to run for senator in 2019. He said, however, that Roxas, who has since moved away from the public eye since losing the 2016 presidential elections to then-Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, has not yet decided. “He is also enjoying his private life,” he said. He said that so far, they were still […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate President Koko Pimentel on Thursday, April 19, released a list of individuals being considered for the senatorial ticket of ruling party PDP-Laban for the 2019 midterm elections. Among those being considered, Pimentel said, were re-electionist Senators Sonny Angara, Grace Poe, Cynthia Villar, JV Ejercito and Nancy Binay. Also being considered were Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, Reps. Ace Barbers, Albie Benitez, Carlo Nograles, Geraldine Roman, Rey Umali and Pia Cayetano. […]
(Eagle News) — “They can always try. They can always fail.” This was the response of Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panel when asked to comment on the Liberal Party’s plan to create a “resistance” coalition in time for the 2019 polls. “There is nothing new there. They’ve been resisting this administration,” Panelo said. He said even then, it was a “free society.” “They are welcome,” he said. In a statement on Tuesday, LP President Senator […]
(Eagle News) — The Liberal Party is eyeing to form a coalition that would reportedly “vigorously resist the slide to authoritarian and anti-democratic rule” in time for the 2019 polls. In a statement, LP President Senator Francis Pangilinan said they hope to “help build together the broadest coalition of groups and individuals united behind defending our freedoms and our civil and political rights.” He said for this, “we will need to work with other groups […]
(Eagle News)–Senate President Koko Pimentel on Sunday bared his own senatorial bets for the 2019 elections. In announcing the inclusion of Senators JV Ejercito, Cynthia Villar, Sonny Angara, Nancy Binay and Grace Poe in a possible PDP-Laban senatorial ticket, Pimentel appeared to have taken heed of Ejercito’s earlier complaint members of the Senate majority were left out of Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez’s own lineup. Alvarez, PDP-Laban secretary general, had said possibly included in a PDP-Laban list […]
(Eagle News)–Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Thursday said that he would prod Special Assistant to the President Bong Go to run for a Senate seat in the 2019 elections. “I’d like to convince someone to run for senator. I’d like to convince Christopher Lawrence Go—do you know him?” Alvarez said in a speech during the oath-taking of new members of the ruling party, PDP-Laban, in Negros Oriental. Alvarez made the statement even if Go has already […]
