Dead man biggest winner
By Ramon TulfoA dead man, Fernando Poe Jr., the “King of Philippine Movies,” was the biggest winner in the midterm election just concluded.
A dead man, Fernando Poe Jr., the “King of Philippine Movies,” was the biggest winner in the midterm election just concluded.
Call it 2004 redux. Senator Loren Legarda said Tuesday the partial results of the May 13 senatorial elections reflect what should have been the outcome of the 2004 presidential election.
Not another child of show biz. Eyebrows were raised when the Liberal Party announced Grace Poe’s inclusion in the Team PNoy coalition slate that also accommodated candidates from the Nacionalista Party and the Nationalist People’s Coalition.
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.
Team PNoy senatorial candidate Grace Poe on Tuesday visited the resting place of her father, action king Fernando Poe Jr. before attending the proclamation rally at Plaza Miranda.
THE CITY of Manila on Friday unveiled a bronze monument to the late Fernando Poe Jr. to mark the eight death anniversary of the action king.
The eighth death anniversary of the late actor Fernando Poe Jr. was marked Friday by the unveiling of a monument in his honor along Roxas Boulevard and a Mass that followed at his tomb at the Manila North Cemetery, where rivals for Manila mayor who have been taking swipes at each other–incumbent Alfredo Lim and deposed President Joseph Estrada–shook hands.
“Let’s go to FPJ’s tomb. There might be actors there,” a boy was overheard telling his companion Thursday, referring to the resting place of action star Fernando Poe Jr., one of the more prominent people buried at the Manila North Cemetery.
The late Fernando Poe Jr. often cooked gambas and adobo, his daughter Mary Grace Poe-Llamanzares fondly recalled.
Although his family was traumatized by his grandfather’s death from a stroke amid rumors of being cheated in the 2004 elections, Fernando Poe Jr.’s grandson acceded that the woman accused of stealing the presidency in the election should be treated humanely.
Now comes a descendant of “Panday.” A grandson of the late actor and an unsuccessful presidential candidate, Fernando Poe Jr., on Tuesday joined the fray involving Malacañang and the Supreme Court by asking Chief Justice Renato Corona to keep his hands off cases involving former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Grace Poe-Llamanzares, daughter of Fernando Poe Jr., said former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, should be held accountable first before she should be allowed to leave the country.
Fernando Poe Jr., an almost president, seemed better off than two men who actually were.
