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Why doesn’t Roxas just pay fine for SOCE non-filing?

Jun 20, 2016 12:00 PM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS WOULD it be a less stressful option for Mar Roxas, Liberal Party presidential candidate in the May 9, 2016 presidential election not to file at all a Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE)? He didn’t win anyway so there’s no position that he would be prevented from assuming because he does […]

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Panelo wants to be ambassador to London?

Jun 15, 2016 5:30 AM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS WE are going to miss Atty. Salvador Panelo as presidential spokesperson. Incoming president Rodrigo Duterte has a new spokesperson in the person for Ernie Abella, a former pastor. In the announcement of Peter Laviña, spokesman for the Duterte transition team, of the latest cabinet appointments in his Facebook page, he did […]

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Despite shortcomings, int’l nonprofit lauds Comelec for PWD-inclusive polls

Jun 10, 2016 3:20 PM

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL AMID reports of people with disabilities (PWDs) and senior citizens climbing a flight of stairs to vote, an international nonprofit group finds this year’s elections “disability-inclusive” compared to previous ones. In its assessment, The Asia Foundation (TAF) lauded the Commission on Elections for its widened scope of accessible polling places (APPs) […]

2016 elections, accessibility, PWDs, TAF

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Duterte spokesmen’s damage control statements add insult to injury

Jun 03, 2016 7:02 AM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS TO control the damage wrought by President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s verbal assault on media during his press conference Tuesday justifying the extra-judicial killing of journalists, Peter Laviña, spokesman for Duterte’s transition team said media, his principal’s remarks were “taken out of context, misinterpreted, and misunderstood.” That is adding insult to […]

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Cayetano’s Leni remark shows he is not “in” in Duterte’s power group

Jun 02, 2016 9:47 PM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS AFTER Congress, acting as National Board of Canvassers, declared last Friday Rodrigo Duterte of PDP-Laban as winner in the presidential contest and Leni Robredo of the Liberal Party for the vice-presidential race in the May 9 elections, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, Duterte’s running mate, told media that a cabinet position […]

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The President’s live presscon is not under MTRCB’s jurisdiction

May 31, 2016 12:33 PM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS PUTANGINAS are staple in incoming president Rodrigo Duterte’s language. His supporters love it. Mas malutong ang mura, mas malakas ang palakpak. Those were in rallies during the campaign. If parents brought along their children to those events, that was their sole responsibility to expose their children to those kind of gutter […]

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Congress sets proclamation of Duterte and Robredo

May 29, 2016 11:32 PM

Rodrigo Duterte, presidential candidate of the PDP-Laban and Leni Robredo, vice-presidential candidate of the Liberal Party will be proclaimed Monday (May30) as the winners for the top two positions in the May 9, 2016 elections in a joint session of Congress. Duterte emerged as winner of the presidential race with 16,601,997 votes, more than […]

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VIDEO: PWDs happy with South Cotabato elections, but want more improvements in the future

May 26, 2016 11:12 PM

By AMIEL CAGAYAN and EMMANUEL CAGAYAN MARBEL, South Cotabato – There were no assigned accessible polling places (APPs) in South Cotabato during the May 9 polls, but persons with disabilities (PWDs) who voted here said their experience was better than in previous elections. In lieu of APPs were express lanes, where PWD voters, as well […]

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‘Tampuhan’ hints friendship so deep between Duterte and Quiboloy

May 24, 2016 12:31 AM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS ONLY ten days that Pastor Apollo Quiboloy and incoming President Rodrigo Duterte haven’t talked with each other and the “Son of God” is already hurting. Sharing with media the Pastor’s hurt feeling, Quiboloy’s spokesperson, Mike Abe, said the last face-to-face meeting of the two was at 3 a.m. of May […]

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Comelec proclaims winners despite issues, protests

May 19, 2016 6:27 PM

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL AMID protests to stop the proclamation of winning candidates, the Commission on Elections proceeded to declare the Senate Magic 12 today at the Philippine International Convention Center. Newly minted senators Joel Villanueva, Emmanuel Pacquiao, Ana Theresia Hontiveros, Sherwin Gatchalian and Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa de Lima join returning senators Franklin Drilon, […]