A lawmaker has filed a bill seeking to ban the promotion of online gambling in the country as public concern grows about the dangers that it poses to Filipinos. Camarines Sur 3rd district Rep. Nelson Legacion has filed House Bill No. 2360, which aims to ban all advertisements and sponsorships promoting online gambling platforms across...
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Are candidates funding their own campaigns?
(Last of two parts) As early as January last year, Sen. Imee Marcos already aired 271 TV and radio ad spots worth P21 million based on published rate cards or before discounts. Every month after, President Marcos Jr.’s sister appeared on Filipino voters’ TV screens and spoke in radios across the country. She gradually increased...
Candidates aired P4B worth of TV, radio ads before filing
(First of two parts) Ads worth more than P4 billion have already aired on TV and radio stations across the Philippines even before candidates filed their certificates of candidacy (CoCs) last October. Close to a hundred candidates for senator, party-list and district representatives, other local positions, as well as political parties, had TV spots worth...
Camille Villar ramps up FB ad spending before filing candidacy for senator
Like her father, mother and brother before her, Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar is entering the 2025 senatorial race with more resources than her rivals for her advertising campaign. She has billboards and posters all over the country, and has ads on TV. She is also among the top ad spenders on Meta, formerly Facebook,...