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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 »

Legarda, Escudero top Quiboloy’s picks

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Controversial televangelist Apollo Quiboloy named Thursday 12 senatorial candidates that his religious group, Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name, will be supporting on May 13.

Posted: May 11th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

Susan Roces endorses Escudero anew

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Susan Roces. FILE PHOTO

The widow of the late actor and one-time presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr. has again endorsed the candidacy of re-electionist Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero.

Posted: May 10th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

P500,000 for every town

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Half a million pesos for each of the country’s town for education.   Sen. Francis Escudero has pledged to deliver this out of his pork barrel funds to help fill gaps in the country’s educational system.   The total package for educational assistance for each of the country’s 1,494 municipalities would reach P747 million, about [...]

Posted: May 9th, 2013 in Headlines,Regions | Read More »

Escudero gets ribbing from Kris Aquino about presidential ambition

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Sen. Francis Escudero. INQUIRER.net file photo

A lively political rally with short political spiels and a huge crowd bouncing to music from a pop rock band so impressed Kris Aquino she said this should be the way to go in the 2016 campaign for her friend, Senator Francis Escudero, if he decides to make a bid for the presidency then.

Posted: May 4th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

In home province, Escudero detractors call him liar

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POSTERS like these have sprouted all over Sorsogon, the supposed bailiwick of the Escudero family, calling Sen. Chiz Escudero a liar and stirring rumors about a supposed falling out between the Escuderos and some of their allies. JONAS CABILES SOLTES/INQUIRER SOUTHERN LUZON

Two weeks before the elections, posters calling Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero a liar appeared out of nowhere in Sorsogon City, which along with neighboring towns is the bailiwick of the Escudero family.

Posted: May 3rd, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Headlines,Photos & Videos,Regions | Read More »

Kris Aquino opts to appear at Escudero sorties

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Kris Aquino. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Popular TV host Kris Aquino will appear for the first time in the senatorial sorties to campaign for reelectionist Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero this week.

Posted: April 30th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

Escudero, Trillanes declare P4M in net worth

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Senators Antonio Trillanes IV (left) and Sen. Francis Escudero: P4 million networth. FILE PHOTO

Two reelectionist senators just beat the deadline for filing their statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN), with each declaring a net worth of a little more than P4 million.

Posted: April 26th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

Escudero unfazed by black propaganda spread via text messages

Sen. Francis Escudero: Unfazed. INQUIRER.net FILE PHOTO

As if Sen. Francis Escudero’s troubles of the heart were not enough, his political enemies are working double time sending derogatory text blasts in the wee hours on an almost daily basis.

Posted: April 26th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

Heart to heart: Let’s focus on affairs of state

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THE HEARTTHROB  Re-electionist Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero pleads with the electorate to remember what he’s known for before Heart Evangelista. EDWIN BACASMAS

He has been reluctantly thrust into the show biz limelight owing to an affair of the heart. But with just a month left before the midterm polls, Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero is hoping to train the electorate’s eyes back to the affairs of the state—a turf where he hopes to remain in the next six years and even beyond.

Posted: April 14th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Nation,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Escudero calls for lifestyle checks on customs, BIR execs

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Senator Francis Escudero. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

After challenging his colleagues and other government officials to waive their bank secrecy rights, reelectionist Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Friday called for intensified lifestyle checks on government officials of agencies where corruption is perceived to be rampant such as the Bureau of Customs and the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

Posted: April 13th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Senatorial bets vow to give anti-dynasty bill a hearing in Congress

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Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III and Former Senators Ramon Magsaysay Jr.

Senatorial candidates who participated in the First Inquirer Senate Forum on Wednesday vowed not to oppose an anti-dynasty bill should the measure be considered in the next Congress.

Posted: April 10th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

Senate may override Aquino veto of Magna Carta of Poor

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Reelectionist Sen. Francis Escudero on said senators are discussing a possible “Senate override” to overturn President Benigno Aquino III’s recent vetoes of certain bills, including the proposed “Magna Carta of the Poor,” that the senators apparently consider important.

Posted: April 5th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »

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