(Eagle News)–Davao Mayor Sara Duterte on Friday, Aug. 2, said she would “pray for wisdom” before deciding if she would run for President or not. “Before I think about that, I should ask God first, ‘Is this for me?’” the presidential daughter said in a television interview. According to the Davao mayor, “based on life experience, everything will be easier if it’s the plan of God.” “Siguro para hindi tayo magkamali, we need to pray […]
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Senator Miriam Santiago announces presidential bid
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said she will run for president in the 2016 elections. She added that her running mate is someone who has already declared his or her candidacy. Santiago said the Philippines will be a “much better country” if she will become president in the “near future.” “Today, this country suffers from the malaise of plunder. Plunder is when you look at a person and the person looks at you and you feel like eating […]
Pacquiao won’t rule out presidential bid in future
Boxer and Sarangani Congressman Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao has begun to set his sites outside the ring as focuses more and more on the political arena. Already a congressman in the Philippines, the southpaw has launched a campaign for a spot on the 24-seat Senate in Manila with general elections scheduled for the late-spring of 2016. “I mean if you ask me I don’t have that in my mind [running for President of the Philippines]. What […]





