During elections, name recall oftentimes trumps track record, and this season many candidates in central and northern Luzon are seriously running for public offices using names that they believe will make or break their political fortunes.
Supporters of opposing candidates nearly came to blows after Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, who is seeking reelection, and rival Ian Mark Nacaya traded accusations of impropriety and negligence of duty during a heated forum here on Friday.
In boxing, fighters normally wear gloves so they don’t inflict too much injury on each other. When gloves are taken off during an election, expect the match to be cruel and nasty.
At least 42 barangay captains and officials of Cebu City’s 80 barangays gathered yesterday at the Rama ancestral home in barangay Basak, San Nicolas, Cebu City as a prelude to their campaign kick-off.
Playtime’s over. Commission on Elections chairman Sixto Brillantes on Sunday vowed to crack down on erring candidates who continue to flaunt election rules regarding illegal campaigning and illegal campaign materials.
Age has not stopped former Sen. Richard Gordon from talking fast and furious.
Some Catholic bishops have advised pro-reproductive health (RH) law candidates thinking of seeking their “blessings” as they begin their election campaigns Tuesday to “forget it.”
An official of the National Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday confirmed that they had arrested one of the candidates for the Chief Justice position for a tax-evasion case.
Aspirants to be the next Ombudsman jostled on another on Wednesday to deliver their respective pledges to improve the credibility of an office, which they unanimously claimed to have been affected by the controversies that had bedevilled the last months of former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez’s term.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is planning to introduce campaign finance reform in the country by creating an office that would validate the campaign contributions and expenditures of candidates. It has even invited a high-ranking official of the US Federal Election Commission (FEC) to help show them the way. Comelec Commissioner Robert Lim said the [...]
