On Thursday, lawmakers in India made history by electing the first president of the country to come from one of the country’s tribal communities. This could increase the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party among underrepresented groups in advance of the general election in 2024. When Droupadi Murmu, a former teacher turned politician who is 64 years old, enters …

Philippines – The Senate and the House of Representatives gathered in a joint meeting as the National Board of Canvassers to authoritatively count the decisions in favor of president and VP and in the end declare the champs for these surveys. Without precedent for the historical backdrop of the nation’s mechanized decisions, Congress will be working nonstop to solicit the …

Philippines – A new disqualification case has been filed against presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. before the Commission on Elections (Comelec). The disqualification case was filed by a group from the so-called Pudno Nga Ilokano (The Real Ilokano) group, which claimed that its members were martial law victims. The petitioners were Margarita Salonga Salandanan, Crisanto Ducusin Palabay, Mario Flore …

More than 200 groups across the country are urging Vice President Leni Robredo to run for President next year. The groups held a virtual gathering on Monday to highlight Robredo’s leadership during the pandemic. The program featured recipients of Vice President Mike Pence‘s initiatives and the signing of a manifesto supporting Robredo should she decide to run for higher office. …

President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has decided to run as the governing political party’s vice-presidential candidate in next year’s elections, the ruling PDP-Laban party said today, setting the foundation for the leader to remain in power beyond his term. The PDP-Laban party made the declaration ahead of a national assembly scheduled for September 8, during which it is likely …

METRO MANILA – Malacañang said on Monday, that President Rodrigo Duterte is not keen on extending his term beyond 2022, while noting that amending the constitution is the only way that the national election in 2022 will be postponed. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said that the President is not interested and he will leave the decision to the Filipino people …

MANILA – Former speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has declared that the Duterte administration’s pandemic response “a failure”. The statement came in from his local radio program in Davao del Norte, Alvarez said that he prefers the next Philippine President to not be just a man who shows courage but also someone who has brains. He did not endorsed anyone he might …

METRO MANILA – Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. posted on his twitter account yesterday that there was no “exchange” in the absolute pardon given by the president to the convicted killer US Army personnel Joseph Scott Pemberton. There is no exchange. I clinched that purely on my charm with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. I insisted that it …

The Indonesian government said it would delay the planning of a new capital city development plan in East Kalimantan. Minister of National Development Planning/Head of the Indonesian National Development Planning Agency (PPN/Bappenas) Suharso Monoarfa said the postponement of the development plan was carried out because the government was still focused on solving the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, North Penajam Paser Regency …

MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) yesterday urged several members of cause-oriented groups to avoid mass gathering during President Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 27 to lessen the spread of the coronavirus disease. PNP Chief Gen. Archie Gamboa made the appeal to groups planning to conduct physical protest to avoid gatherings and just do the …