Profiles 
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Binay, Jejomar
AFTER a second three successive terms as local chief executive of the country’s financial district, Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay believes he is ready for the big league—in fact, ripe for the presidency. On Nov. 11, 2008, his 67th birthday, Binay announced his intention to run for president in the May 2010 elections as the standard »Read More
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Fernando, Bayani
RICHARD Gordon and Bayani Fernando are two former mayors who believe they can replicate on a national scale what each had done for his hometown. Gordon, mayor of Olongapo City for 10 years, takes credit for modernizing the city notorious for being a haven of bars and nightclubs for American servicemen stationed at the U.S. »Read More
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Legarda, Loren
WHILE most candidates have chosen the more popular anti-poverty and anti-corruption issues as their campaign platforms, Nacionalista Party vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda dares to be different. She has chosen environmental protection as her main advocacy, an issue many Filipino voters may not easily relate to and may consider “politically irrelevant.” But to Loren, as »Read More
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Manzano, Edu
WHEN Eduardo Barrios Manzano was 17, he swore allegiance to the United States of America. Now, 54, Edu, as he is popularly known, is aspiring for a position that puts him a breath away from being president of the Philippines. Manzano is the vice presidential candidate of the Arroyo administration’s Lakas-Kampi-CMD . Former Defense Secretary »Read More
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Roxas, Manuel
THERE is a saying that goes: If you want to make God laugh, tell Him about your plans. If Manuel “Mar” Araneta Roxas II had told God about his plans, he must have made Him laugh. Roxas apparently wanted to join the world of business and finance. Born on May 13, 1957, he was schooled »Read More
