FACT SHEET: Why does the BARMM parliamentary election matter?
For the first time, the BARMM will have an election to fill 80 seats in the Bangsamoro parliament in May 2025, simultaneously with the midterm national elections.
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FACT CHECK: Comelec umatras sa pagbabawal ng premature campaigning sa 2025 eleksyon
Mula sa pagsasabing ipagbabawal nito ang premature campaigning sa 2025 polls, sinasabi ngayon ng Comelec na hindi nito masusuway ang batas noong 2007 na nagpawalang-bisa sa paghihigpit.
FACT CHECK: Comelec backtracks on banning premature campaigning in 2025 polls
From saying it will ban premature campaigning in the 2025 polls, Comelec now says it cannot circumvent the 2007 law that repealed the restriction.
FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Marcos sa ‘bumabang’ poverty index sa BARMM nangangailangan ng konteksto
Bumaba talaga ang mga datos ng kahirapan sa BARMM mula noong 2018. Ngunit nananatili itong may pinakamataas na insidente ng kahirapan sa bansa sa 34.8% noong unang kalahati ng 2023, ayon sa PSA.
FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim on ‘decreased’ poverty index in BARMM needs context
Poverty figures in the BARMM have, indeed, decreased since 2018. But it remains to have the highest poverty incidence in the country at 34.8% as of the first half of 2023, according to PSA.
Ban POGOs, WPS is ours, says Marcos in 2024 SONA
An immediate ban on POGOs, underscoring of a bloodless fight against illegal drugs, and a reaffirmation of a commitment to defend territories in the West Philippine Sea are key pronouncements that earned President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. three standing ovations during his third SONA on Monday, July 22.
FACT CHECK: Jay Sonza mali tungkol sa hatol kanila France Castro, Satur Ocampo
Hinatulan ng Tagum City RTC sina ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro at dating kinatawan ng Bayan Muna na si Satur Ocampo dahil sa paglalagay panganib ng buhay ng mga menor de edad, hindi pagkidnap gaya ng pahayag ng dating broadcaster na si Jay Sonza.
The people’s SONA 2024
Outside, not so far from Batasang Pambansa, where the president delivered his third SONA, protestors braved the rain Monday to deliver their version of the state of the nation.Most prominent were placards shouting their demand for higher wages.
SONA 2023 PROMISE TRACKER
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. launched his administration’s Bagong Pilipinas battlecry in last year’s SONA, as he declared that “the state of the nation is sound, and is improving.”
SONA 2023 PROMISE TRACKER: Peace Process
Recognizing the “deep-rooted” social and political grievances of the armed conflict, the Marcos administration has agreed to resume peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.
