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PRECINCT 175-A prepares for its VIP voter
Precinct 175-A of the Central Azucarrera de Tarlac Elementary School was all set and ready to receive its most important voter in tomorrow's election until members of the media appeared and inspected the place. »Read More
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Aquino, Benigno III
HE was born in Manila on Feb. 8, 1960, the third child and the only boy among five siblings. Raised in a family where politics was the major business and privilege the natural consequence of wealth, he went to school at the Ateneo where he finished a degree in Economics. Politics was not his first »Read More
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De los Reyes, John Carlos
BORN to a political family, the Gordons of Olongapo City, John Carlos “JC” de los Reyes is ironically spurning dynastic politics to advocate what he calls the “principle-based politics” of his party, Ang Kapatiran. De los Reyes, who turned 40 last Valentine’s Day, knows first hand the pitfalls of traditional politics in the Philippines. His »Read More
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Estrada, Joseph
OUSTED president Joseph Estrada believes that returning to power is his destiny. He wants vindication and, just like his box-office hits where he usually plays the underdog, Estrada thinks the electorate will put him back in the presidency in May. But the current campaign of the country’s 13th president for a return to Malacanang is »Read More
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Gordon, Richard
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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Madrigal, Ma. Ana Consuelo
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Perlas, Nicanor
ENVIRONMENTALIST and organic agriculturist Nicanor “Nicky” Perlas III has never held public office, but he believes in earnest that the country needs his brand of “new politics.” The 60-year-old native of Iloilo and former student activist has put out a thick document detailing his six-pillar platform of government in which he stresses that “everything is »Read More
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Teodoro, Gilberto Jr.
GILBERTO Teodoro Jr. is what everybody wants to be: rich, good-looking, intelligent and accomplished. He is one presidential candidate many say they would like to vote if only he were not aligned with Gloria Arroyo. The only son of former Social Security System administrator Gilberto Teodoro Sr. and former Batasang Pambansa member Mercedes Cojuangco-Teodoro attended »Read More
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Villanueva, Eduardo
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Villar, Manuel Jr.
HIS rags-to-riches life story is something Nacionalista Party standard bearer Manuel “Manny” Villar hopes will inspire the millions of poor Filipinos to improve their quality of life. This is the running theme of his TV ads, the latest of which boldly claims that he is the person who will end poverty in the Philippines (“Si »Read More
