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Senator Revilla backs down, ends Cavite political drama

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Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.  INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Senator Ramon Revilla was expected to train his guns at Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II at a press conference scheduled on Friday in connection with the police cordoning off the Revilla mansion in Bacoor, Cavite, on Election Day on May 13.

Posted: May 25th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

Of 6 incumbents, Cayetano, Trillanes, Pimentel are the biggest gainers

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All six reelectionist senators got a fresh mandate from the electorate in the just concluded midterm elections but it was Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano who gained most in terms of political capital after the recent campaign, a political science professor told the Inquirer on Friday.

Posted: May 25th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »

UNA urged to concede Team PNoy victory to quell cheating rumors

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Senator Franklin Drilon. FILE PHOTO

Senator Franklin Drilon on Thursday called on the United Nationalist Alliance to concede Team PNoy’s election victory in order to discourage conspiracy theories and allegations of irregularity regarding the May 13 mid-term elections.

Posted: May 23rd, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

Magsaysay shows magnanimity in defeat

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Former Sen. Ramon Magsaysay Jr. on Tuesday wished the 12 newly elected senators well, calling on them to stick to the highest standards of integrity, accountability and public service.

Posted: May 22nd, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »

Aquino: No to Charter change

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President Aquino: People power FILE PHOTO

President Aquino has a ready answer for those tirelessly reviving Charter change (Cha-cha) at every opportunity: No.

Posted: May 22nd, 2013 in Banner Story,Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »

Drilon hems, haws on question of change in Senate leadership

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There will be no leadership change in the Senate when the new Congress convenes in July, Sen. Franklin Drilon told reporters last week.

Posted: May 19th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »

Grace Poe surprised us–Drilon

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Even the administration coalition didn’t expect Grace Poe to top the senatorial elections. Team Pnoy campaign manager Sen. Franklin Drilon told reporters their own surveys indicated Poe might land in the Top Five but did not predict she would bag the No. 1 slot.

Posted: May 18th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »

Koko Pimentel slams early Comelec proclamation of senators-elect

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Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

The anti-election fraud campaigner on President Benigno Aquino’s senatorial ticket has questioned the propriety of the Commission on Elections’ early proclamation of six senators-elect, five of them administration candidates, calling it “premature” and “wrong.”

Posted: May 17th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

Team PNoy also wants explanation from Comelec

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The administration’s Team PNoy on Thursday called on election officials to explain the alleged glitches that had slowed the official canvass of Monday’s polling.

Posted: May 17th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »

Young guns poised to take over Senate

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Young guns including Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara (in photo) appear poised to invade the Senate. RYAN LEAGOGO/INQUIRER.net

Young guns appear poised to invade the Senate.

Posted: May 16th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

Bam is the 4th Benigno Aquino in Senate

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Benigno Aquino IV.

Going by the partial yet already substantial count of both the Comission on Elections and the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting, administration candidate Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV stands to become the fourth so-named senator in Philippine legislative history.

Posted: May 16th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

Palace: Coalition bets to give us comfortable majority

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Communication Secretary Ricky Carandang. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Malacañang expects the senators who ran and won under the administration’s Team PNoy coalition to support President Aquino’s big-ticket legislation like the organic law for the Bangsamoro autonomous region that will seal the government’s peace deal with the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

Posted: May 14th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

Aquino’s final request: 12-0 for his chosen bets

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LAST HURRAH  Closing its grueling three-month campaign, the Team PNoy senatorial slate holds its “miting de avance” at Amoranto Stadium in Quezon City on Friday. With President Aquino are (from left): Bam Aquino, Antonio Trillanes IV, Sonny Angara, Aquilino Pimentel III, Grace Poe, Francis Escudero, Jamby Madrigal, Alan Peter Cayetano, Risa Hontiveros, Ramon Magsaysay Jr., Loren Legarda and Cynthia Villar.  INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

“Go out and vote tomorrow (Monday),” Malacañang urged Filipinos on Saturday, acknowledging that the midterm elections are a referendum on President Benigno Aquino III’s administration.

Posted: May 12th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Nation,Photos & Videos | Read More »

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