TARLAC CITY—With two of the most influential political personalities in the country coming from Tarlac, how are local alliances in the province shaping up? It is still President Aquino’s home turf as Tarlaqueños await his confirmation of local candidates. But Tarlac remains very much the political nest of Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr., the President’s [...]
Businessman Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco, President Aquino’s uncle, has asked his allies in Negros Occidental to support only seven senatorial candidates in the May elections.
When the phone rang one day in May 1979, he was not to know that he would be caught in one of the most tumultuous chapters in Philippine history.
Coconut farmers should not expect to receive any cash from the proceeds of the controversial coco levy fund that the Supreme Court recently ruled belonged to the government which must use it for the benefit of the farmers by resuscitating the struggling coconut industry.
Disappointed with President Benigno Aquino III’s continued silence on coco levy issue despite the recent Supreme Court final ruling that the multi-billion pesos 24-percent block of sequestered shares in San Miguel Corp. (SMC) belong to the government for its use to benefit the coconut farmers, a peasant group warned that the administration candidates will be rejected in next year’s election.
President Benigno Aquino III’s uncle, businessman Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco, held a rare press conference here to assure his nephew of continued support until his term expires in 2016.
Coconut farmers on Thursday trooped to the Supreme Court and demanded a full recovery of the multi-billion coco levy funds.
The clash of political ambitions in Negros Occidental is turning allies into enemies and is threatening to tear apart a formidable group that had been formed by businessman Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco, President Aquino’s uncle, to dominate politics in the province.
Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza, a former counsel of the food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. (SMC), has been nominated to replace ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona, a member of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) disclosed Thursday.
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan—Provincial and town officials, who were former Lakas-CMD members, on Monday joined the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC), making it the dominant political party in this vote-rich province. But Gov. Amado Espino Jr., who led the exodus, said their joining NPC was aimed at consolidating support for the Aquino administration. “The NPC supported the President [...]
The Supreme Court has voided two executive orders of deposed President Joseph “Erap” Estrada that sought to privatize the 27 percent share in San Miguel Corp. (SMC) stock that had been bought with coconut levy funds, ostensibly to help coconut farmers and the country’s agriculture sector.
Senator Joker Arroyo on Wednesday called for the immediate cash distribution to coconut farmers of assets now estimated at more than P100 billion acquired using a coconut levy collected from them during the martial law years.
Impoverished coconut farmers cannot wait forever for the Supreme Court to ease their plight.
