Remulla still Cavite Gov, Maliksi concedes, calls for reconciliation
By Maricar Cinco
Could the 2013 elections end the decades-old political rift in Cavite?
Could the 2013 elections end the decades-old political rift in Cavite?
Malacañang described the 9-3 win of Team PNoy in the Senate race, as well as the overwhelming victory of administration candidates in local polls, as a resounding endorsement of President Benigno Aquino III’s ‘straight path’ agenda.
How much is a Filipino’s vote worth these days? According to the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel), candidates are offering up to P3,500 for a single vote in Ilocos Norte, P3,000 in neighboring Ilocos Sur, P2,000 in Zamboanga Sibugay, and P100 in Tawi-Tawi.
It was the last week of the 90-day campaign period and senatorial candidate Risa Hontiveros was visibly tired from the daily grind, particularly the road trip that took her as far north as Nueva Ecija and as far south as Batangas all in one day.
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Throwing out the three controversial “common” candidates has if anything improved the chances of the United Nationalist Alliance because a streamlined team would work better in a campaign, according to some UNA senatorial candidates.
The way to a man’s—or woman’s—heart may be through the stomach but candidates should be forewarned that serving the voting public food and drink on the eve of Election Day may well be construed as vote-buying.
Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. shrugged off, on Thursday, potshots taken by President Benigno Aquino III against him in a speech endorsing the Liberal Party’s local candidates for Cavite province, call them “all politics.”
Three reelectionist senators from Team PNoy have become the first targets of the black propaganda machines revving up for combat as the campaign for the 2013 elections begins on Tuesday.
Most politicians are “betting on jueteng” to help finance their election campaign. Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Alan Purisima told Inquirer editors and reporters over dinner on Wednesday that the illegal numbers game has become a fund-raising activity of sorts for politicians running for government posts.
Let the circus begin. The election period officially starts today (Sunday) but candidates for national positions can only start campaigning on Feb. 12, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. said Saturday.
Beware the Ilocano vote—not just in the so-called Solid North but all over the country. Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday warned reelectionist senators who ratified the sin tax bill of a backlash from voters not only from northern Luzon but from their relatives and friends scattered all over the country.
Commission on Audit (COA) Chairman Ma. Garcia Pulido-Tan has assured politicians who will run in next year’s midterm elections that she would not allow the agency to be used to persecute them or destroy their chances of winning in the elections.
