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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Feb. 22, defended Communications Secretary Martin Andanar’s attendance at a PDP-Laban sortie. According to Duterte, Andanar, the son of Wencelito Andanar, a PDP-Laban stalwart, was exempted from the ban on government officials campaigning as he was an “ideologue” whose guidance was crucial. “The law says they can campaign,” Duterte said. He said he “did not allow the other members because they might, they will be campaigning if they want […]
(Eagle News) — Personal na ikinampanya at sinuportahan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang labing isang kandidatong senador sa ilalim ng grupong Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) at iba pa sa isinagawang kick-off rally ng grupo sa Sapang Palay, Bulacan. Kabilang sa kanyang mga ineendorsong kandidato ay sina Maguindanao Rep. Zajid “Dong” Mangudadatu, dating PNP Chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, Sen. Koko Pimentel, dating Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, at dating Presidential Adviser […]
(Eagle News) — Maghahain na rin ng kontra demanda ang Partido Demokratiko Pilipino, Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) kontra sa mga miyembro nito na nag-aklas laban sa partido. Kasunod ito ng desisyon ng Commission on Elections na kumikilala sa mga miyembro ng grupo ni Senador Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel bilang mga lehitimong miyembro ng Partido Demokratiko Pilipino, Lakas ng Bayan o PDP-Laban. Ayon kay Pimentel na siya ring Presidente ng PDP-Laban, kasong kriminal, Disqualification at Falsification of Public […]
(Eagle News) — The number of senatorial bets running under the PDP-Laban ticket is now down to “five or six.” This is according to Senator Koko Pimentel, who had said he had sent an initial list of 24 possible senatorial bets to President Rodrigo Duterte, the PDP-Laban chair, in August. According to Pimentel, the number was reduced after some decided to run for other posts such as Quirino Rep. Dakila Carlo Dax Cua, who said he […]
(Eagle News)–The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan has eight “very possible” senatorial candidates for 2019. According to Senator Koko Pimentel, PDP-Laban president, these were: 1. Special Assistant to the President Bong Go 2. Rep. Karlo Nograles 3. Secretary Francis Tolentino 4. Senator Koko Pimentel 5. Rep. Monsour del Rosario 6. Rep. Dakila ‘Dax’ Cua 7. Rep. Dong Mangudadatu 8. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque He said these were the names that were “introduced” in the PDP-Laban […]
(Eagle News)–The Hugpong ng Pagbabago has denied urging members of other national parties to join them instead. In a statement, the Davao-based party formed by Davao Mayor Sara Duterte said that in fact, it advises its supporters outside the Davao Region to “form their own local parties or join other national parties” such as the National Unity Party, the Nacionalista Party, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan and the Nationalist People’s Coalition. It did not […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to meet with officials of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan. Duterte, who is chair of the ruling party, will at the same time meet with Rogelio Garcia, who claimed he had been elected the new party president in an assembly at Amoranto stadium in Quezon City on July 27, and his group. The meeting will reportedly take place today, Thursday, Aug. 9. Pimentel has said Garcia’s group would face […]
(Eagle News) — PDP-Laban president Koko Pimentel on Thursday, Aug. 2, said the ruling party was “healthy” and in its “golden age.” Pimentel gave the assurance during a top-level meeting of the party in Quezon City, days after a faction claimed they “elected” their own set of party leaders–Rogelio Garcia of Region 12 and Willy Talag of Metro Manila as president and secretary-general, respectively. This was after Pimentel recently stepped down as Senate President, and […]
(Eagle News) — The ruling party Partido Demokratikong Pilipino is holding a “top-level leadership meeting” on Thursday, Aug. 2. The meeting takes place following reports of several of its members allegedly going rogue and electing their own set of party officials. But in a television interview, PDP-Laban president Senator Koko Pimentel said the meeting, which he will preside, was a regular meeting conducted by the party. He said he has also asked lawyers for what actions […]
(Eagle News)—-Davao Mayor Sara Duterte said the regional political party she created was “set to create alliances with other groups to help each other.” The Davao mayor, who is also the Hukbong ng Pagbabago chair, said, however, that HNP was engaged in talk with “local parties” and not national ones. She said it would be a “difficult decision to go national and I am not ready to decide on it right now.” She said “even […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will call for a caucus of the leaders of PDP-Laban following factions in the ruling party. Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said in a radio interview that all these members, after all, had enabled Duterte to secure the presidency. Go made the comment a day after the group led by Willy Talag, chair of the membership committee of PDP-Laban-National Capital Region, “elected” its own set of leaders. The “election” took […]
(Eagle News) — Magpapadala ang ruling party na Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-LABAN) ng kinatawan sa North Korea ngayong linggo. Ayon kay Raul Lambino, PDP-Laban vice president for international affairs, ito ang kauna-unahang pagkakataon na magkakaroon ng party to party contact sa pagitan ng Manila at Pyongyang. “This is strictly party-to-party diplomacy. The invitation was extended to us months ago, and we feel that this visit could not have come at a better time,” […]
