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On July 28, 2021, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) special bids and awards committee (SBAC) announced that a Parañaque-based company had won the bid for the transport of election supplies for Halalan 2022. The lowest calculated bidder, F2 Logistics Philippines Inc., won the project, which comes at a cost of 1.61 billion pesos.

Always in dread that Caligula will put his horse in the senate, a critical question we never avoid to ask is: Will the Commission on Elections be credible each forthcoming election?

The results of Pulse Asia's June 7 to 16 survey, showing high dissatisfaction rating in the government's response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, sends a strong message for a review of the Duterte administration's action plan, particularly with the increasing number of new infections from the more contagious Delta variant.

Boxing champ and Sen. Manny Pacquiao and President Rodrigo Duterte used to be allies.

Sen. Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao wants to run for president in the 2022 elections. But based on his stated plans for the country, he seemingly has the illusion of becoming a superhero instead.

After a 10-year hiatus, Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. is trying to make a political comeback by offering himself up as a vice-presidential running mate to Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, one of the administration's potential contenders for president in next year's elections.

Those egging President Rodrigo Duterte to run for vice president in the May 2022 elections are doing a grave disservice to the country. Mark them for their self-serving push.

If there's one thing that critics of the administration can do to make sure that their discontent leads to the opposition or independent candidates winning in the 2022 elections, it would be to encourage people who are not happy with the government's handling of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to participate in the upcoming electoral exercise.

With the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) unlikely to go away soon, the main battleground for next year’s elections will certainly be on social media. Some early birds have, in fact, started advertising on Facebook, the most popular social network in the world, primarily for name recall.

Amidst the disaster of unabated rise of COVID-19 cases (breaching the 5, 000 mark last Saturday, the highest daily increase since Aug. 26, 2020), the Filipino people are being set up for another tragedy: an attempt to bastardize the Constitution for President Duterte to continue being in power after his term ends on June 30, 2022.

Incumbent legislators would do the country a great service if they seriously take a closer look at a provision in Republic Act (RA) 9369 that rendered premature campaigning a thing of the past.

The title of this column is borrowed from Jose Rizal’s masterpiece, Noli Me Tangere, which historian Ambeth Ocampo best explained in his 2016 opinion piece to mean “one is pretending not to appear interested in something, though in reality one is desperate to have it.”