Even to this day, many Tarlaqueños are wondering why President Aquino did not go all-out for his candidates in his home province the way he did for his senatorial candidates in Team PNoy.
Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto and Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle led the golden anniversary celebration of the diocese of Tarlac with 50 other bishops from across the country.
A mayoral candidate was gunned down by two men while waiting for his turn to speak in a community meeting in the remote upland village of Iba here on Monday, police said.
Who can crush the Binays in their home turf? Not presidential sister Kris Aquino, or so she believes, as she has announced her plans to run for public office in 2016 not in Makati, where she has long been a resident, but in her home province of Tarlac.
Popular TV host Kris Aquino said she is considering a mayoralty or gubernatorial post in Tarlac in case she decides to run for public office in 2016.
President Benigno Aquino III, bothered by cough and cold, took a rest on Labor Day in his hometown in Tarlac on Wednesday before joining a political rally and seeking another dialogue with disgruntled trade union leaders.
The “Team Patay/Team Buhay” posters have reached many provinces and Tarlac is no different as its San Sebastian Cathedral also greets churchgoers with its own such posters.
Former Tarlac Governor Margarita “Tingting” Cojuangco’s bid for a seat in the Senate may be with the opposition but this did not necessarily mean that they had a rift with the Aquinos as she insisted on Thursday that “family comes first.”
Tarlac may be the perceived bailiwick of the Aquinos but the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) on Thursday said it was confident that they could still “harvest” enough votes from the province with the help of former Tarlac Governor Margarita “Tingting” Cojuangco.
Only if we let God into our lives can we break out of the “tombs” of poverty, injustice and violence into which we have fallen. This was the call made by Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle on Saturday as Christians in the Philippines and around the world prepared to celebrate Easter Sunday.
Most were happy, others were overwhelmed, and still others were confused, even angry, as the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on Wednesday released the final list of 6,212 beneficiaries of the sprawling sugar plantation owned by the family of President Aquino, which was ordered distributed to its workers by the Supreme Court.
Not all is well in President Aquino’s home city.
The family of President Benigno Aquino is much closer to losing ownership of large portions of its Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac. Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes said on Friday that 6,300 farm workers have made it to the final list of beneficiaries of lands in the sugar estate that were ordered distributed by the Supreme Court in April last year.
