Chiz Escudero

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By JOSE BAYANI BAYLON MALAYA ‘The only way to elect Grace Poe to the Senate was to try to get as many of the FPJ voters in 2004 to vote for her in 2013 as an extension of his failed presidential bid.’ IF the partial and unofficial count of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting is to be believed, then the senators-elect who will Read More …

Vice President Jejomar Binay

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 …

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Source: The Philippine Star  MANILA, Philippines – Team PNoy leads the 2013 senatorial race with nine of its candidates in the top 12 spots, based on partial and unofficial tally from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as of 12:28 a.m. Tuesday. Team PNoy candidate Grace Poe was ranked first with 11,783,599 votes followed by another Team PNoy member, re-electionist Loren Legarda with 10,673,848 votes. Re-electionist Read More …

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PRESS RELEASE February 23, 2013 Liberal Party senatorial candidate Ramon Magsaysay Jr. today appealed to Filipino voters to find time to know well the candidates in this year’s mid-year elections and dismiss irrelevant issues being raised during the campaign period. “I call on our voters to study the profile of their candidates, their characters and platforms of government,” Magsaysay said, as he stressed that the Read More …

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Source: philstar.com  MANILA, Philippines – The United Nationalist Alliance has dropped from its senatorial ticket re-electionists Loren Legarda and Francis “Chiz” Escudero and former Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) chair Grace Poe-Llamanzares. “The United Nationalist Alliance has decided that it is no longer obligated to include the names of Chiz Escudero, Loren Legarda and Grace Poe-Llamanzares in its list of candidates,” Navotas Read More …

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AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo The Philippine Star  This early we’re seeing cracks in the UNA (United Democratic Alliance) organization. Their act of making such a big fuss about the three “adopted” senatorial candidates — Loren Legarda, Chiz Escudero and Grace Poe — strikes most folks as the whining of a kid whose candy was taken. Why can’t UNA accept the Read More …

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By Ron Gagalac ABS-CBN News BOHOL, Philippines (UPDATED) – The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) today said it may drop their guest candidates from the senatorial ticket if they will continue to snub the party’s campaign sorties. UNA leader and Vice President Jejomar Binay said there’s a “high probability” that they will delist Senators Francis Escudero and Loren Legarda and former Movie and Television Review and Read More …

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Source: The Daily Tribune Non-appearance in rallies of common bets irks ‘3 Kings’ Enough is enough. The Three Kings of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA)’s patience has finally snapped. For not bothering to appear in the UNA rallies and coming up with statements that they are independent candidates and can’t be dictated by any party, UNA threatened to drop its three common candidates from the Read More …

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile

PerryScope By Perry Diaz The recent scandal involving the “cash gifts” – or, bonuses – given by Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile to 18 senators has brought to the forefront of debate the very existence of the Philippine Senate as a productive legislative body.  Has it outlived its usefulness?  But even its “usefulness” in the past is now being questioned! Yes, it has gotten that Read More …

This handout photo taken last Saturday by the Philippine military’s Western Command shows the US Navy minesweeper USS Guardian stuck in Tubbataha Reef.

By Pia Lee-Brago and Alexis Romero The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – Amid concerns over a potential environmental disaster, an assessment team from the United States Navy has arrived in Palawan to work on the extraction of a US warship that ran aground at the protected Tubbataha Reef in the Sulu Sea last week. Lt. Commander Ralph Kris Hooper, public affairs officer of the US Read More …