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Gordon to media: Where have all the debates gone?
“We should have more debates.” Bagumbayan standard-bearer Sen. Richard Gordon said on Monday that with the campaign period entering the homestretch, media companies should be organizing more debates, particularly among presidential candidates.
Bagumbayan standard-bearer Sen. Richard Gordon said on Monday that with the campaign period entering the homestretch, media companies should be organizing more debates, particularly among presidential candidates.
“The media is losing by default and...
Administration supporter to ‘shock’ nation in LP move—Aquino
An administration stalwart will join Senator Benigno Noynoy Aquino III's camp next week in a move that would “shock” the people, the Liberal Party standard-bearer himself revealed on Tuesday.
An administration stalwart will join Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III's camp next week in a move that would “shock” the people, the Liberal Party standard-bearer himself revealed on Tuesday. "Next week ho ay magugulat kayo. Isa sa mga stalwarts sa kasalukuyang administrasyon ay sasama ho sa kampanya...
Aquino widens poll lead
Numbers can still change depending on local bets.
Ahead in all areas and socioeconomic classes, presidential candidate Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III has widened his lead over rival Manuel Villar, whose numbers dropped significantly over the past two months, results of a survey conducted last month by Pulse Asia Inc. show.
Thirty-seven percent of the respondents, up by a percentage point, said they would vote for Senator Aquino, Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer, had the elections been held...
Erap camp to Comelec: Disqualify Villar over campaign ads
The camp of Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino standard bearer, former President Joseph Estrada, today dared the Commission on Elections to disqualify any candidate who has violated the Omnibus Election Code, particularly the limit set on airtime for his or her campaign advertisements.
“This is an acid test for our poll officials, and if they fail this one, then the results of the May 2010 national elections will forever be put in doubt," PMP spokesman Ralph Calinisan said.
Calinisan was reacting to...
Davao's Duterte mum on backing Noynoy, but it’s ‘an open secret’
Incumbent Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Friday declined to confirm talks that he was supporting Liberal Party standard bearer Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III."That remains to be announced," Duterte told GMANews.TV when asked whose presidential bid he was backing.However, his campaign paraphernalia suggest otherwise. At the proclamation rally of the Dutertes' party, Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod, Aquino's posters were plastered alongside the posters of the Duterte father-and-daughter tandem.Duterte...
Solon seeks a stop to Arroyo ads in Pampanga
Liberal Party senatorial candidate and Akbayan Rep. Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel has filed a petition with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to stop President Macapagal-Arroyo from using any mass media in her campaign to win a congressional seat representing Pampanga.
In a five-page petition, Baraquel said Arroyo has been using the government's machinery and resources in her advertisements in Pampanga.
“The use of taxpayers' money for one's vanity ads, especially if they are designed to court...
Over 6M Filipinos will find it difficult to vote
Over six million Filipinos who are “functionally illiterate” will find it difficult to vote in the upcoming first ever national automated elections in May, a group said on Monday.
These six million Filipinos who find it difficult to read, write, compute, and comprehend may be unable to vote effectively on May 10, according to election watch dog Compact (Compact for Peaceful and Democratic Elections).
Tomas “Butch” Africa, former administrator of the National Statistics Office, said that 16 percent...
Pacquiao faces tough political fight, analysts say
Boxing champ Manny Pacquiao will return home this week to a hero's welcome but his next challenge may see him go down for the count as he steps into the even more bruising ring of Philippine politics.Pacquiao's latest victory has earned the superstar even more acclaim and wealth, but analysts warn that adulation and big spending may not convert to votes when he runs for a seat in Congress in May national elections.“It will be a harder battle than all the battles he has waged in the ring,” said...
Arroyo gov’t concocted power crisis—Estrada
Former president Joseph Estrada on Wednesday claimed that the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo “concocted” the ongoing power crisis in Mindanao and expressed fears the crisis could "derail national and local elections.”“The current power crisis in Mindanao could have been avoided,” Estrada said in a press conference.“But the Arroyo administration not only did not take any concrete steps to avoid the calamity. It actually concocted the crisis as another means to line up the pockets...
Teodoro, Gordon talk about health, mum on sex life
Administration candidate Gilbert Teodoro served notice to the public about his health, but remained mum about his sex life.Together with Senator Richard Gordon, presidential standard-bearer of Bagumbayan party, Teodoro faced health professionals in a recent forum in Medical City in Pasig City and answered queries on his physical condition.But asked if he still has a sex life despite the heavy schedule of the campaign, Teodoro said, “That is within the protective sphere of privacy.”Gordon, however,...
Aquino scores removal of parents’ posters along Manila road
DAET, Camarines Norte – Why don't they also remove "Ninoy Aquino" from NAIA?This was the reaction by Liberal Party standard bearer and Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III to government moves to remove banners that had pictures of his parents along Roxas Boulevard in Manila because these supposedly helped his campaign.The only son of the late Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. and president Corazon Aquino said the authorities were "stretching" the meaning of the Omnibus Election Code in claiming...
Gordon, Fernando, Villanueva told to remove oversized billboards
-The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has warned presidential bets Sen. Richard Gordon and his vice-presidential partner Bayani Fernando, and Bangon Pilipinas standard bearer Bro. Eddie Villanueva to take down their oversize billboards, lest they risk election offense charges. Comelec Spokesman James Jimenez Tuesday said the poll body have been monitoring the outdoor advertisements of candidates and found out that Gordon, Fernando, and Villanueva have billboards that exceed the mandated size.Jimenez...
If elected president, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino:Body to Probe Arroyo
If elected president, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III Monday said one of his first acts in office would be to set up a commission that would investigate the various scandals that had engulfed President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
“We want to set up an office or commission that will create a mechanism that would provide closure to all the issues surrounding this current administration,” Aquino said in an interview over GMA Channel 7’s Unang Hirit.
The Liberal Party standard-bearer said the commission...
Aquino on Danding Cojuangco: `We're no longer enemies'
Some may have accused his uncle of being behind his father's murder, but Liberal Party standard-bearer Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III has said he no longer considers his uncle, businessman Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco Jr. as an enemy.
Aquino said on Monday morning that their families had been estranged politically since 1967 but "his generation" in the Cojuangco clan had never "taken personally" their political differences.
He also cast doubts on suggestions that Cojuangco might have been...
17M ballots printed for May polls—Comelec
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday that about 17 million ballots have already been printed for the country’s first ever automated elections in May.
“Right now, we have printed 17 million out of the total 50 million ballots. The newly printed ballots are to be used in polling precincts mostly in Visayas and Mindanao and some Luzon areas,” said Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal, who chairs the steering committee on automation.
With a fifth printer set to arrive by March 20...
Manny Villar "Pacquiao’s victory shows importance of perseverance"
Senator Manuel Villar, Nacionalista Party standard-bearer, lauded Pacquiao for the perseverance that made him the greatest boxer in the world.
In a statement on Sunday, Villar said Pacquiao’s win over the Ghanian boxer Joshua Clottey was yet another proof that with "perseverance, anyone can overcome any obstacle."
Villar’s statement tries to bring to mind his own rags-to-riches campaign message, which has been using the "Sipag at Tiyaga" (Industry and Perseverance) slogan.
"Isang halimbawa si...
Danding still mum on supporting Aquino
CAMILING, Tarlac -- Even as his daughter and younger brother show support for the presidential candidacy of his nephew, Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, businessman Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco Jr. remains mum about the candidate he is supporting on May 10.
On Saturday night, Cojuangco, chair emeritus of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC), said he would rather not be involved in politics anymore.
"Matanda na tayo, ayaw ko na makialam sa pulitika (We're already old. I don't want to...
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Senator : Senate of the Philippines
14th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines
Member : House of Representatives
(1998-2001; 2001-2004; 2004-2007)
Deputy Speaker : House of Representatives
13th Congress of the Philippines
(November 8, 2004-February 21, 2006)
Vice Chairman : Liberal Party of the Philippines
(March 17, 2006 to present)
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(2004 to March 16, 2006)
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Legarda stands by claim Roxas offered her a deal
Vice-presidential candidate Loren Legarda is standing by her claim that her closest rival, Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II, had approached her with a deal to make her withdraw from the race.
Roxas has denied Legarda’s allegation, saying she was “pulling all stunts” to protect her Nacionalista Party presidential running mate, Sen. Manuel Villar.
Legarda Thursday reiterated the claim she made in a radio interview last Wednesday that Roxas had approached her in February with a proposal that her political...
Aquino, Villar race tightens
Two months before the May 10 elections, the presidential race may have narrowed down to Senators Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Manuel “Manny” Villar Jr., but nobody has a clear lead yet, a political analyst said Tuesday.
“You may have a lead, but it does not necessarily mean that this will be maintained. But it appears that it’s a one-on-one between the two,” Ramon Casiple said of Aquino and Villar.
In the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, Aquino of the Liberal Party (LP) and...
Aquino, Villar face pastor’s ‘divine wrath’
The two front-runners in the presidential race Tuesday failed to show up at what had been billed as a major debate, and the wrath of the “Son of God” came down upon them.
Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III of the Liberal Party (LP) had excused himself, citing sinus problems, while Nacionalista Party (NP) candidate Sen. Manuel Villar was tied up in a series of meetings, aides said.
Six other candidates—former Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, Senators Richard Gordon and Jamby Madrigal, former...
Santiago blames low ratings on married name
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago is very much in the race this May election. But people might not find her in the list of senatorial candidates if they will look for “Santiago” come election day.
The re-electionist senator’s name is listed instead as Defensor-Santiago in the special paper ballot that the Commission on Election (Comelec) will use in the country’s first-ever full automated election.
Saying that other married female candidates might find themselves in the same predicament, Santiago...
Comelec seeks proof to exclude Arroyo son, Reyes from partylist
The Commission on Elections urged those who want Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes and Pampanga Representative Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo out of the party-list race to immediately file a complaint against them with the poll body and present evidence that the two do not really represent "marginalized sectors" in Congress.
Election Commissioner Rene Sarmiento said they would need evidence in order to disqualify nominees submitted by the party-list groups themselves.
He said that with 187 accredited...
Villar tried to buy me out of presidential race - Gordon
Bagumbayan presidential bet Sen. Richard Gordon revealed yesterday that Nacionalista Party (NP) standard-bearer Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. tried to buy him out of the presidential race and promised to give him a Cabinet position of his choice if the latter is elected president.
In a one-on-one interview with broadcaster Mike Enriquez over radio dzBB, Gordon continued his tirade against Villar, saying the NP bet’s attempt at buying him, which occurred a week before Feb. 9 or during the time when...
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