PDP-Laban President and Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi (File photo) MANILA - The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban) party has expressed alarm over the massive flagging of Facebook (Meta) Philippines of the party's official posts and photos as well as various pages of its national and local candidates. In a press statement, PDP-Laban president and Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi pinned the blame on the opposition, saying the move was supposedly done as part of efforts to discredit the accomplishments of the Duterte administration and maliciously influence voters' decisions ahead of the May polls. "It is alarming that a foreign media company is blatantly controlling and censoring in violation of our freedom of speech and the right to information and expression of not only our citizens but as well as many of our government institutions. This is a direct attack on the rights and sovereignty of Filipinos," Cusi said. He challenged Facebook to stay "n
Former senator and presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and vice presidential aspirant Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (File photo) MANILA - From the looks of it, the tandem of BBM-Sara will win the elections on May 9, 2022. This was the statement issued by Partido Demokratiko Pilipino Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban) Secretary General and Cabinet Secretary Melvin Matibag at a press conference in Quezon City on Tuesday. The bold announcement of Matibag was anchored mainly on the overwhelming support of its more than 100,000 members and candidates nationwide and the unquestionable results of trusted surveys of the PDP-Laban's front-running presidential candidate former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte. "Our more than 6,000 candidates, mostly incumbent governors, mayors and congressmen, are hard at work campaigning for the victory of BBM-Sara and the entire PDP Laban slate. That wi
MANILA - The National Power Corp. (Napocor) has increased its capacity additions in missionary or off-grid areas from 13.66 megawatts (MW) in 2016 to 88.53 MW as of December 2021, or more than sixfold in the past five years under the Duterte administration. It has also added 321.5 circuit kilometers (ckt. km) of transmission lines in missionary areas from the 776.03 ckt. km in 2016, bringing the total existing transmission lines as of December 2021 to 1,097.6ckt.km, Napocor officer-in-charge (OIC) senior vice president and chief operating officer Melchor Ridulme said. In its report to Finance Secretary and Napocor Board chairman Carlos Dominguez III, Napocor said it has also increased the transformer capacity of its substations serving missionary areas from 170 megavolt amperes (MVA) in 2016 215 MVA as of December 2021. "The Napocor plans to expand capacity additions in missionary areas to 106.58 megawatts and its transmission lines to 1,125.46 circuit kilometers, along with incre
President Duterte is urging political parties to follow the law and shun violence, warning them that the government won’t allow terrorism to mar this year’s elections.
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