Trillanes eyes presidency in 2022 elections

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Trillanes to gun for presidency if Robredo doesn’t run in 2022

Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV is running for president in 2022, but only if Vice President Leni Robredo will not aspire for the highest post in the land.

Leachon urges gov’t: Let private sector roll out expiring AstraZeneca doses

Former adviser to the COVID-19 National Task Force Dr. Tony Leachon urges the government to allow the private sector to roll out vaccines that are expiring in June.

Fisherman who asked Duterte in 2016 debate says President became a joke too

After President Rodrigo Duterte said his jet ski promise was a ‘campaign joke,’ the fisherman who asked him in 2016 how he can help fishermen in the West Philippine Sea says the President has become a ‘joke’, too.

Potential bets start advertising on Facebook as 2022 campaign shifts to social media

A report from the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism says some potential candidates already began advertising on Facebook, more than a year before the May 2022 elections.