
Bonz Magsambol
Journalist and Vice President at Rappler
Journalist covering the Philippine Senate, the Vice President, and the education sector for @rapplerdotcom | lecturer, UP @devcom | views are mine
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1 week ago |
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MANILA, Philippines – Reelectionist Senator Imee Marcos said on Tuesday, April 15, that Vice President Sara Duterte’s endorsement of her candidacy is not a “reward” for leading the Senate probe into the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte based on a warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC). “Hindi ko naisip yun. Hindi rin niya naisip. Talagang nag-uusap na kami noon, noon-noon pa,” Senator Marcos told reporters. (I never thought of that. She didn’t either.
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1 week ago |
rappler.com | Bonz Magsambol
MANILA, Philippines – Reelectionist Senator Imee Marcos has secured the endorsement of Vice President Sara Duterte after exiting her brother’s Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas slate. In a campaign advertisement posted on Monday, April 14, Duterte appeared alongside Senator Marcos, urging the public to support the senator’s bid.
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1 week ago |
rappler.com | Bonz Magsambol
Under the scorching heat of the sun on Tuesday, April 8, Kiko Pangilinan and his campaign team gathered in Plaridel, Bulacan, for a motorcade as they prepared to barnstorm through the vote-rich province. Pangilinan, seeking a Senate comeback, hopped into a pickup truck as he wooed Bulakenyos for their votes. He waved to the crowd, many of whom asked where his wife, megastar Sharon Cuneta, was.
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2 weeks ago |
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3 weeks ago |
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MANILA, Philippines – Virgilio Garcillano, former commissioner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and key figure in the “Hello Garci” scandal during the 2004 elections, died on Saturday, March 29. Comelec Region 10 director Renato Magbutay confirmed Garcillano’s death to Rappler via a phone call. Magbutay said Garcillano died after collapsing in their comfort room after 8 pm, Saturday night, in their farmhouse in Barangay Imbatug, Baungon, Bukidnon.
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