Philippine Politics

JGL Eye: FATHER KNOWS BEST

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) WAS HIS FATHER PRESCIENT WHEN HE BARRED CHIZ FROM POLITICS? “IF YOU LIVE BY THE CONTRACTOR, YOU DIE BY THE CONTRACTOR” CHICAGO (PM) – THE LATE Agriculture Secretary and later Congressman Salvador “Sonny” H. Escudero, III, my...

NUMBERS OF OFFICIALS TO BE CHARGED IN FLOOD CONTROL SCANDAL ARE CLIMBING

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) 21 OFFICIALS INITIALLY CHARGED ALMOST ALL SENATORS HAD “LARGE, UNPRECEDENTED” INSERTIONS IN 2025 BUDGET THE LIST OF SENATORS DOES NOT YET INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CHICAGO (PM) – If Sen. Ping Lacson’...

3 CONTRACTORS DONATED TO PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES – COMELEC

By FERDINAND PATINIO (Philippine News Agency) 52 CONTRACTORS SO FAR CONFIRMED TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO 2022 CANDIDATES CANDIDATE ACCEPTING DONATIONS FROM A GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR FACES 1-6 YEARS JAIL TIME (NO PROBATION) PLUS DISQUALIFICATION FROM HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE CONTRACTOR ALSO FACES ...

54 PARTY-LIST PARTIES WIN IN 2025 ELECTIONS

THESE REPRESENTATIVES HOLD OFFICE STARTING JULY 28, 2025 MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, May 19, proclaimed the victory of 52 out of the 54 party-list groups who won in the 2025 midterm elections. There were 155 parties which took part in the balloting. T...

7 BBM CANDIDATES WIN SENATE RACE AS NATION INCHES TOWARD OLIGARCHY

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) BUT STILL UNLIKELY TO SINK VP SARA! 4 PAIRS OF SIBLING SENATORS CAN ACQUIT AN IMPEACHED OFFICIAL RE-ELECTIONIST Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go of former President Duterte’s PDP-Laban Party topped the senate race dominated by seven (...

COMELEC PROCLAIMS 12 SENATE WINNERS

By Ferdinand Patinio and Joyce Ann L. Rocamora (Philippine News Agency) MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) officially proclaimed on Saturday, May 17, 2025, the 12 winning senators just five days after the national and local midterm elections. The proclamation...

JGL Eye: SORSOGON GOVERNOR CHARGED WITH ACTS OF TERRORISM; ADMITS CODDLING NPA’s, PRIVATE ARMY

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) ON THE EVE OF ELECTIONS, FOR FEAR OF THEIR LIVES, RIVALS FLEE TO MANILA! CANDIDATES ASK PROVINCE OF SORSOGON BE PLACED UNDER COMELEC CONTROL! CHICAGO (PM) – IN 2016 when I covered the presidential elections in Sorsogon City in the ...

GOV. LEE MANHANDLES ALLEGED MINING TRESPASSER

CHICAGO (JGL) – A driver suspected of trespassing in a mining concern in Castilla, Sorsogon in the Philippines, was manhandled by Sorsogon Gov. Raul R. Lee in a video clip that is going viral.