VP Duterte as the new face of opposition? Not so fast, says LP

Krixia Subingsubing, Tina G. Santos 06/21/2024

MANILA, Philippines — After Vice President Sara Duterte announced her resignation as education secretary, anti-Marcos and pro-Duterte forces saw her as the new leader of the opposition. Not so fast with that, Liberal Party (LP) spokesperson and…

Opposition bares Sona wish list

Julie M. Aurelio, Melvin Gascon - @inquirerdotnet 07/23/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Ahead of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s second State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III sought an explanation of what the government intends to do with the prices,…

Warning: Lacson

John Nery - @jnery_newsstand 08/10/2021

  Sen. Ping Lacson ran for president in 2004, and lost badly. He received about 3.5 million votes, some 10 percent of all votes cast, placing a distant third. In the eyes of some, he cost movie…

Opposition: Purists vs pragmatists

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 08/09/2021

The crusade to unite the opposition under a single presidential candidate is facing a divisive issue between pragmatists and purists. The pragmatists are led by Vice President Leni Robredo, while the purists are spearheaded by former senator…

Ahong says opposition wants to make his administration look bad

Futch Anthony Inso 07/27/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan believes that the opposition in the city council wants his administration to look bad, especially as the 2022 elections draw near. Chan made such a statement after he accused…

Missing ingredient: Negotiations

Segundo Eclar Romero - @inquirerdotnet 07/02/2021

It looks as if history will repeat itself. What prevents the opposition (persons out of power) and the administration (persons in power) from consolidating their forces for the election is the aversion to alternative dispute resolution (ADR),…

The opposition’s dilemma

Randy David - @inquirerdotnet 06/20/2021

By “opposition,” I simply mean here the many groups and individuals that are determined to prevent the Duterte regime from perpetuating itself beyond the 2022 presidential election. I do not use the term in the context of…

Labella hits back at opposition councilors: ‘Where were you during the pandemic?’

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella seems to have had enough of the criticisms from councilors of  opposition party Bando Osmeña Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK) over the 2021 annual budget. Read: Labella eyes P10B for…

Cebu City’s P10.4 B budget for 2020 sources funds from SRP sales

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council has passed the P10.4 billion budget for the city for 2020 in a regular session on December 18, 2019, through a division of the house. Nine Barug-PDP Laban approved…

Gealon on opposition dads intervention on SRP lot issue: It’s a desperate move

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Lawyer Rey Gealon, Cebu City Legal Office head, said the intervention attempt of the opposition councilors on the withdrawal of the petition for declaratory relief by the City against the 2015 sales of…

Opposition councilors intervene in sale of SRP lots

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The opposition councilors of the Cebu City Council from the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) have filed in court an intervention for the withdrawal of a petition for declaratory relief for the sale of a 45-hectare…

Catholic clergy leads fight vs death penalty

07/24/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The Catholic clergy on Tuesday led the opposition to the restoration of the death penalty being pushed anew by President Rodrigo Duterte, saying capital punishment did not deter crime and was a backward step…

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