Nacionalista Party standard bearer and Senator Manuel Villar warned voters here against candidates for president who came from rich families and have had no track record of leadership.
Villar did not name names but obviously referred to his closest rival, LP standard bearer and Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, and the latter's running mate, Sen. Manuel Roxas II, whom he referred to as “hacienderos” in his brief speech on Saturday.
“Ang kalaban ko ngayon, dalawa pong haciendero, [may]malalaking...
2 dead, 1 hurt in C5 road accident—report
2 people were killed and one was injured when their car
smashed into an electric post along the C5 Ortigas flyover early Saturday, according to a radio report.
Quoting police, radio dzMM identified the fatalities as Ramon Garcia, 28, and the driver of the Audi with plate number PM222; and John Paul Uy, who was at the passenger’s seat.
John Michael Ong, who was seated at the back of the vehicle, survived and was taken to Medical City. All were residing at Valle Verde in Barangay (village) Ugong...
Yellow ballot boxes out; black plastic in.
Say goodbye to the iconic yellow ballot boxes.
The steel ballot boxes, which witnessed much of the Philippines’ bloody election history, will be decommissioned when Filipinos vote for their new batch of leaders on May 10.
The Commission on Elections on Tuesday unveiled the ballot boxes that will be used in the automated national elections in May, saying it will be harder to steal than the yellow metal boxes used in the past.
Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal said the new ballot box measures...
3 Presidential bets to waive rights to bank secrecy
Senators Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III and Ma. Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal and Olongapo city councilor JC De Los Reyes pledged Tuesday to waive their rights under the Bank Secrecy Law to open their accounts to the public if elected president.
Appearing at the Second Integrity and Human Rights Conference at Hotel Intercontinental Manila, Aquino said he would do so to prove his sincerity in fighting corruption.
But he said he would not presume that members of his Cabinet would do the same, as bank...
Aquino gripes over ‘biases’of forum moderator
Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III protested what he described as unfair treatment of a journalist, who acted as moderator of a presidential forum sponsored by a group of businessmen in Pasay City on Tuesday.
During the forum by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Aquino took a subtle dig at how Tony Lopez of BizNewsAsia showed his supposed biases for his closest rival in the presidential race, Senator Manny Villar.
Lopez introduced Villar as former House speaker, former Senate...
Madrigal to make amends with Judy Ann
Calling herself and popular actress Judy Ann Santos "victims of politics and politicians," Sen. Maria Ana Consuelo "Jamby" Madrigal said on Tuesday she did not mean to offend the actress when she said she regretted tapping a celebrity as an endorser when she first run for the Senate in 2004.
Santos was Madrigal’s top celebrity endorser in 2004.
Madrigal blamed the camp of Sen. Manuel "Manny" Villar for pitting her against her celebrity endorser during the 2004 senatorial polls.
Madrigal assailed...
Sen Trillanes, general granted temporary liberty
Detained Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and 17 others who have been charged with rebellion for seizing and taking over a hotel in Makati City in 2007 have been granted temporary liberty by a local court.
Judge Elmo Alameda of Branch 150 of the Makati City court set P200,000 bail each for Trillanes and the 17, including Brigadier General Danilo Lim, who is running for senator in the May elections under the Liberal Party.
Aside from Trillanes and Lim, allowed to post bail were Captain Gary C. Alejano;...
LP bares Villar land controversy
The Liberal Party unleashed Friday a land conversion bomb against Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Senator Manuel Villar.
In a press conference at the Iloilo Golf and Country Club in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo, Former Senate president Franklin Drilon said Villar’s company, Crown Communities Iloilo, bought 12.7 hectares in Jibao-an, Pavia, Iloilo from farmer beneficiaries and converted this first-class irrigated rice land into a residential enclave, Savannah Subdivision.
Drilon said Villar had obtained...
Villar seen to get Bro. Mike’s nod.
NACIONALISTA PARTY (NP) standard-bearer Sen. Manuel Villar arrived here Saturday afternoon to meet with Filipino migrants and influential lay Catholic leaders, including Bro. Mariano “Mike” Velarde of the charismatic group El Shaddai.
Villar was to meet with Couples for Christ leader Frank Padilla and other CFC elders Saturday night. On Sunday he is to attend the Chinese New Year celebration of El Shaddai’s Hong Kong chapter.
Shortly before she herself flew to the former Crown Colony, Villar’s...
Aquino denies backing Binay’s VP bid
Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III dispelled speculations he is supporting the vice presidential bid of Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay and not of his running-mate, Senator Mar Roxas.
“Ako, kinakampanya ko po ang aking running-mate, si Mar Roxas. Klaro po na pag ako ay may pipunupuntahang lugar ay kasama ko si Mar Roxas. Ang platform po namin, kami ni Mar Roxas ang gumawa (I campaign for my running-mate, Mar Roxas. Wherever I go I am joined by Roxas. We formulated our platform together,” he said.
Aquino...
Villar : I did no wrong so why should I ask him for help ?
Senator Manny Villar today said he did not approach Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile for help on the C-5 road controversy.
“Wala akong hininging tulong at walang ibinigay. No help was asked and none was given, “Villar said.
Villar also belied Enrile’s claim in a radio interview this morning that he offered to help Enrile with "anything" during one of their meetings about the C-5 road controversy.
Villar said he saw no need to ask help from Enrile ...
NP senatorial bets launch campaign minus standard-bearers
Without its standard-bearers, the Nacionalista Party's (NP) senatorial ticket kicked off its campaign with a motorcade in various towns in Laguna on Tuesday.
But only eight of 12 NP senatorial joined the motorcade, which started in Binan market.
In attendance were Senator Pia Cayetano, former congressman Gilbert Remulla, lawyer Adel Tamano, Bayan Muna Representative Satur Ocampo, Gabriela Representative Liza Maza, Ramon "Mon-Mon" Mitra, Gwendolyn Pimentel, and Susan Ople.
Absent were guest...
Teodoro vows to lead a "Positive Campaign"
He will leave the mudslinging and brickbats to his rivals and embark on a “positive campaign” of political reconciliation and uplifting the Filipinos’ morale, administration candidate Gilbert Teodoro said Tuesday as he sets off the start of the three-month campaign for his presidential bid.
In pinstriped green and white polo and jeans, Teodoro showed up at the Lakas-Kampi headquarters along EDSA at noon with running mate actor Edu Manzano and four of his six senatorial candidates.
He faced the...
Its Carnival Time
Candidates waved from motorcades, pressed hands with housewives and teenagers, and pleaded at Masses for God’s blessings as the most extravagant political carnival in Philippine history rolled off Tuesday.
The country’s richest politician and the son of its democracy icon are locked in a tight battle to win the hearts of some 50 million voters, who will go to the polls on May 10 in the Philippines’ first automated national elections.
At stake in the elections are the posts of president, vice president,...
Aquino: I will redistribute Hacienda Luisita in 5 years
Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III Tuesday promised to redistribute the 6,453-hectare Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI) within five years as prescribed by the new agrarian reform law.
In a press conference at his father’s ancestral home in Concepcion, Tarlac, where the Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer formally launched his candidacy, Aquino said that the hacienda controlled by the Cojuangco family of his late mother President Corazon Aquino was virtually bankrupt.
The presidential candidate did not give...
Voters told: Shade whole ovals, do not 'overvote'
The right way to vote in the May elections is by fully shading the ovals opposite the printed names of candidates in the ballot, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Tuesday.
Comelec legal chief Ferdinand Rafanan also said voters should not ``overvote’’, or voting more than is necessary. For instance, if one is voting for the President, the voter should only shade one oval opposite the candidate he’s voting for. If he shades more than one oval for the President, the counting machine will...
Villar allies no-show in Senate, stall vote on ethics rap
Allies of Senator Manny Villar were a no-show on Wednesday when the Senate resumed its session to discuss and probably vote on the ethics committee complaint that was filed against him.
Only 11 senators showed up at the session hall, not enough to conduct business.
Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile, who presided over the session, said the absence of the opposition group in the Senate was an "attempt" to prevent the disposition of the C-5 road project controversy.
"Some members opted not to attend...
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