There are no fresh reports about Bautista being arrested and jailed. The last report about the former COMELEC chair said he was in the United States.
STATEMENT: In an interview in Mati, Davao Oriental on March 2, vice presidential candidate Francis “Chiz” Escudero said the Philippines is one of the remaining five countries in the world without a K to12 Education System. Asked about educational reforms the country needs, he said, “Isa na lamang sa limang bansa sa mundo ang Pilipinas na
BY ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THESE are the political alliances shaping up for the 2016 presidential elections. Interior Secretary Mar Roxas for president and Sen. Chiz Escudero for vice president for the Liberal Party; Vice President Jejomar Binay and Gawad Kalinga founder and chairman Tony Meloto for the United Nationalist Alliance; and Senators Alan Cayetano
