Famous noontime show host Willie Revillame is said to be running in the upcoming 2010 national elections. But the Nacionalista Party said that Revillame is not among those being considered to be the running mate of Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. NP spokespersons Gilbert Remulla and Adel Tamano said that the Villar-Revillame team-up was not even [...]
Romulo: “I have voted for the Aquinos all the time”
September 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo expressed his support for Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. News broke out that Romulo is favoring the late president’s son in his presidential bid came the same day that Commissioner Jaime Jacob of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC) announced that he was resigning his post to support LP’s standard bearer. Jacob’s [...]
Teodoro Orders Probe on Spy Training Exercises On Civilians
September 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro vows that “heads will roll” at the Armed Forces if any has been found guilty in conducting spy training exercises on civilians like National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera. Teodoro, who is also the standard-bearer of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD in the 2010 presidential elections, ordered an investigation and said that the act [...]
Ronnie Puno: Gibo-Ronnie Tandem is a Winning Move
September 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Gibo-Puno is the team to beat in the 2010 polls. After the National Executive Committee of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD chose Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro as their standard-bearer, members of the committee also expressed their preference to Interior Secretary Ronnie Puno as Teodoro’s running mate. Puno thanked the national executive committee for declaring him as the [...]
Lacson Exposed Estrda’s Misdeeds
September 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The return of Cezar Mancao to the Philippines brought back the controversial murder of PR man Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel Corbito. Mancao has accused Senator Panfilo Lacson and former President Joseph Estrada to be the involved in the said murder case. And because of these, Lacson in his speech at the Senate [...]
Lakas-Kampi-CMD Might Adopt Villar as Its Standard-Bearer?
September 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Vice President Noli de Castro still has not expressed his willingness in running for the highest position that is why Lakas-Kampi-CMD is thinking of adopting Sen. Manuel Villar as its standard bearer in the 2010 polls. This information is according to a member of the ruling coalition’s executive committee. “The possibility of Villar’s being adopted [...]
Korina Lashed Out At Mar’s Detractors
September 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
People usually perceive broadcast journalist Korina Sanchez as a tough woman. And it was I think the first time when I saw Korina broke down in front of the public. The outburst of her emotion is regarding the detractors of her fiancé Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II. Last Tuesday, Mar made it to the headlines [...]
Arroyo Wants De Castro as Lakas-Kampi Standard Bearer
August 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has finally chosen the standard bearer of the Lakas-Kampi administration coalition for the 2010 national elections. Vice President Noli de Castro revealed in an interview last Thursday on the launching of the Philippine Urban Consortium in Mandaluyong that Arroyo invited him to join Lakas-Kampi. He however said that he did not make [...]
Ramos Declines Lakas-Kampi-CMD Post
August 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Many talks of party coalitions are rampant especially now that the 2010 National Elections is nearing. However, former President Fidel V. Ramos declined the position of chairman emeritus of the newly-merged administration party Lakas-Kampi-Christian Muslim Democrats. Ramos held a press conference at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport before he left for Thailand. He distributed copies [...]
Yellow is Puno’s Color
August 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ronnie Puno was constantly seen and photographed clad with bright yellow, a popular color during the 1986 People Power Revolution. But according to Puno, his choice of color was not a sign of commemoration nor mourning. It was just a matter of aesthetics. “My advisers told me [...]
Imee, Bongbong Marcos Visit Cory’s Wake
August 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Ilocos Representative Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos and her sister Maria Imelda “Imee” Marcos came to the wake of former president Cory Aquino earlier showing their sympathy. The Marcoses are known political rivals of the Aquino family as it was former president Ferdinand Marcos who is blamed for the death of Ninoy Aquino, while it was Cory [...]
Ronnie Puno at Peace and Order Meeting
July 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronnie Puno recently visited Region XII to speak before the Regional Peace and Order Council meeting. The meeting was held at the Phela Grande Convention Center. Other attendees include Cotabato Province Governor Jesus Sacdalan and Sarangani Governor Migs Dominguez.
Ronnie Puno: Loose Guns an Issue in 2010
July 27, 2009 By 1 Comment
DILG Secretary Ronnie Puno disclosed last friday that with 1.1 million loose firearms around, problems may occur in the next year’s national election. During his visit in Davao city, Secretary Ronnie Puno urged owners of loose firearms in the region should immediately avail of the amnesty program until October 3, 2009. He also noted that [...]
Pro-Arroyo Banners in Metro Manila
July 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A day before her last SONA, banners of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo hung on footbridges and overpasses in some parts of Metro Manila showing her said “achievement” in education. Across Manila and Quezon City, the banners on the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) footbridges and overpasses “thanked” Mrs. Arroyo for financing the education of at [...]
