BY ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS FILIPINOS just love elections. A total of 130 have filed certificates of candidacy for president in the May 2016 elections and 19 for vice president. There are 172 who are vying for the 12 slots in the Senate. The five reelectionist senators – Franklin Drilon, Ralph Recto, Teofisto Guingona III,
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THIS is hilarious. July 27- President Aquino delivered his 6th and last State- of- the- Nation- Address declaring his “Tuwid na Daan” a huge success . Just like in a TV show, he thanked a number of people including his clothes designer and hairdresser. Those who were not able to see
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS IT’S not only Sen. Grace Poe who surged as shown in the results of Pulse Asia’s survey of the people’s pulse for the 2016 elections conducted two weeks ago. Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said he is happy that his score increased by 150 percent! From four percent last March which put
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
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
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS ALL these investigations on the alleged corruption of Vice President Jejomar Binay are primarily to level the playing field for the 2016 presidential elections. That’s because surveys showed that Binay is way, way ahead of other politicians who have ambitions to run for president in 2016. When Pulse Asia asked
