Vice President Jejomar Binay is adamant about undergoing a physical exam to prove that he is not afflicted with the same disease that was reportedly responsible for the rapid deterioration of the late President Ferdinand Marcos’ health.
“Prove them wrong” was what Vice President Jejomar Binay advised his eldest daughter Nancy whose election as senator out of nowhere has made her the subject of “vicious” criticisms.
As investors and analysts ponder whether the Philippines would remain in a sweet spot beyond 2016 when the country elects its next President, New York-based think tank Global Source listed four “viable” presidential contenders from the administration party who could challenge incumbent Vice President Jejomar Binay.
Even if his senatorial slate was soundly beaten by President Aquino’s candidates in the recently concluded polls, Vice President Jejomar Binay is still the man to beat for the presidency in 2016, according to United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) campaign manager Toby Tiangco.
Vice President Jejomar Binay walked out of the polling center looking satisfied.
Amidst the uncertainty on whether the opposition can achieve a full-slate victory this midterm elections, Vice President Jejomar Binay and his family cast their votes in Makati City Monday.
Monday’s senatorial contest is widely seen as a face-off between President Aquino and Vice President Jejomar Binay to determine who is the bigger vote-getter.
No less than Vice President Jejomar Binay has vowed to help transform Caloocan City as the “next Makati City” should the United Nationalist Alliance’s local candidates led by Oscar “Oca” Malapitan win.
It’s clear to former President Joseph Estrada and the other leaders of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) that Monday’s elections are just a preliminary battle in the bigger war three years from now.
Just two days before voters finally make their decision on who they want to take on 12 of the vacant seats in the Senate, opposition leaders took a swipe at administration slate’s 12-0 pronouncement.
In a city where one family has wielded political power for the last 27 years, somebody has to stand up and uphold the principle of checks and balances, according to reelectionist Makati Vice Mayor Romulo “Kid” Peña Jr.
Vice President Jejomar Binay denied Wednesday that the reason the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) did not hold a rally here was because of fear that it might not be able to gather a big enough crowd in the political bailiwick of his bitter political rival, Interior Secretary Mar Roxas.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has suffered its biggest humiliation at the hands of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
