All 12 senatorial candidates of Team PNoy were full force at a miting de avance Friday at the Amoranto Sports Complex in Quezon City, their last hurrah before the midterm elections on Monday.
“Majority” in the Senate are alleged “adulterers,” Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said on Friday.
Former Akbayan Representative Risa Hontiveros’ senatorial bid got a boost Friday from two known feisty senators, who like her, have strongly fought for the passage of the Reproductive Health bill.
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano was not “involved in any away” on the smear campaign against Senator Loren Legarda, his sister-senator said on Friday.
Re-electionist Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim said he is willing to withdraw from the mayoral race if he fails to prove that he is a Filipino citizen, an old issue that has been resuscitated by his rival, former President Joseph Estrada.
Hundreds of people mostly wearing yellow shirts flocked at the Plaza Hernandez in Tondo, Manila on Thursday for the miting de avance of re-electionist Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim’s team.
A feverish President Benigno Aquino III showed up at a meeting with local leaders in Quezon City on Thursday.
Former Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri topped the mock election held on Wednesday by employees of the Senate.
Senator Ralph Recto has asked the Commission on Elections to recall its resolution that prohibits cash withdrawals of more than P100,000 starting this Wednesday until May 13, blasting the move as a “curtailment of economic freedom.”
A mock election was held in the Senate on Wednesday to get the pulse of its employees just five days before the May 13 elections.
Senator Franklin Drilon warned the electorate on Wednesday against selling their votes and accepting money or free transportation allowance, food and drinks “directly or indirectly”, saying it would “undermine the integrity of the election.”
Senators rebuffed the resolution of the Commission on Elections imposing a ban on cash withdrawals of more than P100,000 starting this Wednesday until May 13, with some saying it might be a violation of several laws.
Two more Team PNoy senatorial candidates have been endorsed by the White Vote Movement being headed by El Shaddai Bro. Mike Velarde.
