Grace Poe surprised to land number one in Senate race
By Totel V. de Jesus
Grace Poe is thankful for landing on the top spot in the ongoing canvassing of votes for the Senate.

Grace Poe is thankful for landing on the top spot in the ongoing canvassing of votes for the Senate.

Team PNoy senatorial candidate Grace Poe admits that her chance of winning in the May 13 elections will be slim if she is not the daughter of the late actor Fernando Poe Jr., or FPJ.

Poverty is the number one concern that candidates should focus on, INQUIRER.net’s survey reveals on Thursday.

“The law applies to all, otherwise none at all.” Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim’s motto had some violators on Saturday and they’re no other than his Vice Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno and five councillors.

Team PNoy senatorial candidate Risa Hontiveros said she has no romantic relationship with Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs (Papa) Ronaldo Llamas.

Representative Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara admits he feels slightly pressured whenever he’s compared to his father, incumbent Senator Edgardo Angara.

To ensure safety of shops and shoppers, mall owners should install more sensors in entry points, INQUIRER.net survey results said Thursday.

Three children, two of them left asleep alone in their home, were killed when fire razed a slum area in Quezon City on Friday night. At least 150 families were left homselss.

Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo admitted she decided to run based on “gut feel” but rest assured, she knows her advocacies clearly and so are the measures she will propose once she get elected into office, she told in a radio interview Saturday morning.

Manuel Morato, a former official of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), is now in the custody of the National Bureau of Investigation, radio reports said Friday midnight.

A man for everyone, that’s how the late Secretary Jesse Robredo was described by Fr. Kulandairaj Ambrose of the Missionaries of the Poor, one of the officiating priests in the recently ended concelebrated funeral Mass late Tuesday morning in Naga City.

Informal settlers to be affected in the clearing of rivers and flood ways will be housed in government-funded medium-rise condominium buildings in the next five years, Atty. Chito Cruz, general manager of the National Housing Authority (NHA) told Radyo Inquirer 990 AM early Wednesday.

Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) chairman Ramon Alikpala clarified issues Wednesday morning on alleged unlawful cancellation of employees’ benefits and regarding accusations on him and members of the board still receiving bonuses and perks.