Religious groups that wield tremendous political sway with their bloc-voting members are moving to further widen their influence in Congress through the partylist system.
Civil society groups allied with President Benigno Aquino are rolling out the “big guns” from the entertainment industry in its final push for Team PNoy candidates a few days before Election Day.
Senator Teofisto Guingona III blamed the New People’s Army for the assassination attempt on his mother, Gingoog City Mayor Ruth de Lara Guingona on late Saturday.
President Benigno Aquino III is funneling P20 billion into projects to be identified by mayors belonging to the country’s most indigent provinces as part of this administration’s bid to fast-track the escape of poor families from poverty.
The Liberal Party is urging the Commission on Elections and the Armed Forces of the Philippines to stop communist rebels from harassing and extorting money from candidates for local government office in one of the poorest regions in Mindanao.
The bloc-voting Iglesia Ni Cristo is expected to play a key role on who’s in and who’s out in this year’s senatorial elections especially in the tightly fought bottom three slots of the 12-seat race.
The proclamation rallies of the two major coalition slates will be a battle of matinee idols and beauty queens.
A vote for President Benigno Aquino III’s senatorial bets is a vote for permanent peace in Mindanao.
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will revoke the franchise of provincial and Metro Manila bus companies that will violate the Commission on Elections ban on campaign ads and banners on buses and stations during the campaign period.
Across the country, Filipinos will hear more of “Gangnam Style,” the phenomenal hit of Korean rapper PSY, with the start of the election campaign for the midterm elections.
Lawmakers are concerned that Filipinos are eating more meat and chicken and less fruits and vegetables based on a government study covering 30 years.
It’s “open season” against non-Liberal Party (LP) governors in vote-rich provinces.
Even long-retired government officials are not safe from the Office of the Ombudsman’s intensified crackdown on the errant reporting of statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN).
