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The sect also goes by another name, Ina Poon Bato Simbahang Naglalakbay.

Muhammad Ali, arguably, was the best boxer of all time. For my generation at least. Not only could he “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee”, he was, as he was always boasting, “pretty” - while opponents like Joe Frazier were “ugly”.

We continually ask that question in earnest, because even her detractors cannot answer it objectively.

One of the most pointed attacks being levied against the leading candidate for president is one word: Magnanakaw (Thief).

It has happened not just once but twice already that the Marcos camp knew about the decisions of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) ahead of the public, fueling speculations that it is getting insider information pertaining to the petitions against presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.

I had tried very much to understand where Aimee Ferolino Ampoloquio was coming from.

When a candidate promises to build more infrastructure and provide funds for livelihood and small businesses if elected, he or she must tell voters where he or she would get the money for these.

It was a baptism of fire that not only tested her mettle, but ultimately changed the political equation in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental.

If we are to believe the surveys, it appears that Vice President Maria Leonor "Leni" Robredo's agenda for people living in the laylayan (fringe) of society has yet to have considerable impact on the targeted population segment.

Just a day after Jessica Soho made a big splash in her brand of presidential interviews on Jan. 22 over Channel 7, Boy Abunda followed with his own concept of presidential encounters on Jan. 24 onwards on his YouTube channel.

How many of you have given this a thought: what would you have asked the presidential candidates had you been in the shoes of Jessica Soho - or even Tito Boy Abunda, for that matter?

Ferdinand Marcos, the dictator, loved writing diary entries.

It seems too easy for the camp of presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to accuse multiaward-winning broadcast journalist Jessica Soho of being "biased against the Marcoses." Many surmise that this is because Soho is known to ask tough questions begging to be answered.

​ If you’ve been following the political developments in the United States since 2016 - or even longer before that - then the latest tugs of war between Donald Trump and the Biden Administration should be keeping you riveted.

Actor Robin Padilla assails political dynasties, yet he endorsed the candidacies of the Duterte children.

When one aspires to be president of the country, it is correct to assume that one must submit one’s self to public scrutiny. A presidential candidate is fair game and running for chief executive must be treated as a job interview before the sovereign people.

When the first Ferdinand Marcos was ousted from power almost a month short of forty years today, the Philippines could have been plunged into civil war.

So many things were not quite right in the Manila Bulletin news report about the alleged hacking of the Commission on Election (Comelec) website.