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Iloilo City candidates go for Cha-cha
By MELVIN PURZUELO Green Forum-Western Visayas ILOILO CITY. —It’s yes to “Cha-cha” and to mining for all three congressional candidates here. In a debate aired on Bombo Radyo last Saturday, Iloilo City Rep. Raul Gonzalez Jr., Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas and former Iloilo City Mayor Mansueto Malabor were asked about Charter change, specifically the »Read More
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Mangudadatu rejects revenge, seeks gun-less society
By ABDULBASIT BENITO Bangsamoro Center for JustPeace in the Philippines Inc. BULUAN, Maguindanao. —If he wins, he will turn Maguindanao into a gun-less society. Buluan Vice Mayor Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu promised this during the Gubernatorial Candidates Forum and Dialogue held on April 6, the first of a series of dialogues between candidates and civil society »Read More
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Davao Church goes multimedia with voter ed
By BELINDO AGUILAR Cor Jesu College DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur.–Go to mass and learn how to vote. This is the message of a unique brand of voter education campaign that the Church and civil society groups launched here, with a month to go before elections. Before every mass at the Mary Mediatrix Cathedral in »Read More
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Politics seen in MMDA’s changing colors
By RIZIEL ANN AGALOOS CABREROS and CAMILLE PABLO DE JESUS (Part 1) SINCE the start of the year, the once all-pink wire mesh fences and footbridges along Metro Manila’s major roads have been gradually repainted green in line with the Metro Green project of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) under its new chair Oscar »Read More
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Resignations rock Lakas-Kampi
By CAROL ARGUILLAS MINDANEWS A day after Lakas-Kampi-CMD presidential candidate Gilbert Teodoro resigned as party chairman, Sarangani Governor Miguel Dominguez and Francis Manglapus yesterday tendered their resignations as party president and secretary general, respectively. In his letter to the national executive committee of Lakas-Kampi-CMD, Dominguez said: “I hereby tender my resignation as party president effective »Read More
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Like district congressmen, party-list reps enjoy perks
By SHERRIE ANN TORRES (Conclusion) WHEN it comes to the perks of being a lawmaker, party-list representatives are no different from congressional district representatives. Every month, they, too, receive a monthly salary of P35,000. Every year, each of them are also entitled to P70 million from the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and at least »Read More
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LP rings alarm bells on ‘Gloria forever’
Forty days into the election, the Liberal Party on Tuesday sounded off the alarm of what it said appeared to be a government scheme for a failure of election in May. »Read More
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Marginalized who?
By SHERRIE ANN TORRES VERA Files (Second of three parts) IF you think party-list representatives are as poor as their marginalized constituents, better think again. Many party-list representatives are in fact even richer than some district congressmen. Of the 21 out of the 55 party-list representatives who submitted their Statement of Assets and Liabilities and »Read More
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Magdalo member launches campaign behind bars
FROM behind bars, former Lieutenant Senior Grade James Layug formally launched on Sunday his campaign to represent the second district of Taguig City in the House of Representatives with a motorcade by his supporters. “It is my conviction to fulfill our hopes and dreams. We, the people of Taguig, should have better employment, improved healthcare, »Read More
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Will the real party-list group please stand up?
By SHERRIE ANN TORRES (First of three parts) IN 1998, the Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives or APEC decided to plunge into Philippine politics through the party-list elections. That year happened to be the first time that Filipino voters would be electing a party-list group, on top of an individual politician in their congressional districts, »Read More
