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By Ellen Tordesillas Malaya The great thing about last Monday’s election is that, Grace Poe topped the senatorial elections. It must be ego-shattering for the three re-electionists – Loren Legarda, Chiz Escudero, and Alan Cayetano –whose desire for the number one slot is not a secret to the public. Other pluses about Monday’s polls are the re-election of Antonio Trillanes IV and Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel Read More …
By Llanesca T. Panti The Manila Times IF there was one big surprise from Monday’s elections, it was the way Team PNoy Senate bet Grace Poe-Llamanzares leaped to the top of the Senate race. Even Llamanzares did not see it coming, since Sen. Loren Legarda had consistently topped pre-election surveys. The former chief of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board believes that her Read More …
“Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry.” — John George Nicolay By Alex P. Vidal Candidates who wound up in the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th places in both the senatorial and city council elections must have spent sleepless nights and mental anxiety after the May 13 midterm elections. If they weren’t strong, they could end up in the emergency room. Read More …
By NESTOR MATA MALAYA ‘It’s just the fourth day after the national elections, and yet in kaffeeklatsches the talk is that Aquino is already a political lameduck.’ It’s only the fourth day after the mid-term national elections, and yet in Manila’s kaffeeklatsches the talk is that President Noynoy Aquino looks like a political lameduck. And someone was even heard asking, naughtily, “Does Noynoy have even Read More …
By Erick San Juan In the midst of the mid-term election fever and the tensions that went with it after the voting hours and during the canvassing of votes, our country was once again put in a very critical position with our neighboring countries. Most Filipinos were caught unaware of the dangers posted by the incident that happened last Thursday when the Philippine Coast Guard Read More …
China questions Japan’s sovereignty over Ryukyu islands, heightening tension over existing Senkakus islands dispute By Justin McCurry Tokyo Guardian China is attempting to open a new front in its territorial dispute with Japan by questioning Tokyo’s sovereignty over the island of Okinawa, home to 25,000 US troops. The two countries are already pushing rival claims to the Senkakus, a chain of uninhabited islands in the Read More …
Scarborough Shoal, a mecca for fishermen, is claimed by both countries, and the fight over it and other territory in the South China Sea threatens to entangle the U.S. By Barbara Demick Los Angeles Times MASINLOC, Philippines — The fishermen were sailing the azure waters off the Philippine coast when Richard Caneda saw the morning sunlight glinting off a vessel “bigger than the biggest ship Read More …
PerryScope By Perry Diaz The day before Election Day, the opposition United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) proclaimed Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay as its candidate for President in 2016. Now that’s what you call preemptory move against anyone who might be toying with the idea of running for president. At UNA’s final rally – “miting de avance” – in Tondo, Manila, last May 10, Binay was Read More …