For making the claim—since debunked—that House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez cost taxpayers P1.8 billion a year in travel expenses, program anchors Jeffrey Celiz and Lorraine Badoy have put Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) in the crosshairs of Congress, which is now seeking to revoke its franchise. Under Republic Act No. 11422, which extended SMNI’s franchise for another 25 years, the network should “conform to the ethics of honest enterprise; and not use its stations or facilities
While the Marcoses and Dutertes are locked in conflict, who are the emerging alternate leaders outside of these two political dynasties? How will the reconfiguration of alliances between these two families, affect political personalities who are either opposed to them or independent of them? It’s still more than four years away from the 2028 presidential elections, but it’s worthwhile observing how the political horizon is fast shaping up this early. Three women stand out as leading figures of the mainstream opposition at this point. There’s obviously former vice president Leni Robredo whose electoral support of 15 million voters in the last elections
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