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Without the proper biometrics data voters will not be able to vote in 2016. Photo by MARIO IGNACIO IV

Low turnout of PWD voters in metro-wide mall registration

Jul 05, 2015 11:53 AM

[metaslider id=32200] By VERA FILES THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday launched a satellite voter registration and validation in several shopping malls in Metro Manila, but turnout was low. A combination of heavy rain and lack of information dissemination hampered the registration of persons with disabilities and other voters. In five areas, Comelec personnel […]

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July 4 satellite registrations at SM malls

Jul 03, 2015 2:35 PM

The Commission on Elections will hold satellite registrations at five SM malls in Metro Manila on July 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Persons with disabilities and senior citizens will be given priority. The participating malls: SM North Edsa: Quezon City- District 1 only SM Megamall: Mandaluyong- All districts SM Southmall: Las Pinas- All […]

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Will Aquino frustrate Roxas’ presidential dream again?

Jun 17, 2015 10:53 PM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE call of Liberal Party’s Caloocan Rep. Edgar Erice for Sen. Grace Poe to be more transparent on the issue of her residency in the Philippines signals the drawing of the line between Poe and the Liberal Party’s presidential bet, Interior Secretary Mar Roxas. Erice was quoted as saying that […]

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BEST: Binay-Jinggoy Estrada in 2016

Jun 15, 2015 8:28 AM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS VICE President Jejomar Binay won’t be where he is now if he were not an astute political operator. His strategies reflect a good grasp of the factors involved in the political game. He must therefore have sensed that things are not going right for him after three of the political […]

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Live entertainment woos QC voters on registration day

Jun 14, 2015 3:20 PM

By JAKE SORIANO Photos and video by DANIEL ABUNALES IT was not a typical scene during voters’ registration. Hundreds of prospective voters from Quezon City, including persons with disabilities (PWDs), lined up early morning of Independence Day at a covered court in Barangay Bagumbahay. But while waiting for their turn, they were treated to a […]

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Poe overtakes Binay in Magdalo survey of Lingayen-Lucena corridor

Jun 02, 2015 10:55 PM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE latest survey conducted by the Magdalo Group among voters in vote-rich Lingayen-Lucena corridor has Sen. Grace Poe leading the 2016 presidential race. Conducted two weeks ago (May 18 to 20) among 3,000 respondents, the Magdalo survey, just like what they did in their national survey last April, had two […]

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Will Erap carry the torch for UNA if Binay withdraws?

Jun 02, 2015 9:42 PM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THERE are those who believe that if Vice President Jejomar Binay does not push through with his announced presidential bid in 2016, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada will carry the opposition torch. I seriously doubt it. And it all boils down to money- at least P10 billion needed to finance […]

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LP won’t need Grace if Binay withdraws

May 20, 2015 6:33 AM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS WE trust Sen. Grace Poe would be astute in dealing with the reported courtship by the Liberal Party for the 2016 elections with no less than President Aquino and Interior Secretary Mar Roxas leading the wooing. Although the talks were about the 2016 elections, Grace said there was no […]

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Citizenship issue to be raised vs Grace Poe if she runs for president

May 13, 2015 8:59 AM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS SOME of those who have ambitions to become president in 2016 are reportedly thinking of ways how to stop Grace Poe, whose political trajectory is consistently ascending since she was elected senator two years ago. This has become urgent with President Aquino’s recent meeting with her on the possibility of […]

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