By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS IT was almost midnight when Sen. Grace Poe made it to retired Col. Ariel Querubin’s birthday at the Clubhouse at Camp Aguinaldo last Monday. But she looked happy and energized. She told the remaining few guests that she came from the proclamation rally of former President Joseph Estrada, who is running
By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL DESPITE getting the high court’s nod to run as president, Senator Grace Poe continues to be hounded by issues on her citizenship. This was evident as she lost her cool Sunday, when her allegiance, particularly her supposed renouncement of her Filipino citizenship, was questioned by Vice President Jejomar Binay during the
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS IT was an obviously elated Grace Poe that came to the Liwasang Bonifacio to celebrate International Women’s Day organized by the militant women’s group, Gabriela, yesterday. She had just received word that the Supreme Court, voting 9-6, junked the disqualification decisions of the Commission on Elections on the issues
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS TWO stories that generated passionate exchanges in social media the past days underscore how new media is being used to demand transparency and honesty from candidates and their staff in the campaign for the May elections. The first story was about the shoes of Brian Llamanzares, son of presidential candidate Grace
By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL AMID unresolved issues on her citizenship and residency, Senator Grace Poe has stepped up her campaign for votes and support in the countryside, banking on a promise of a “government with a heart” for the poor and the marginalized. The independent presidential candidate kicked off her campaign in Manila, but has
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE “Eliminate Grace Poe” from the presidential race crusade has benefitted Vice President Jejomar Binay who has regained the lead in the latest survey of candidates for president in the 2016 elections by the Social Weather Stations. Liberal Party standard bearer Mar Roxas, whose allies in the Commission on Election
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS “THE President and I talked for about five hours. I could sense the very difficult position PNoy is in right now. I understand and sympathize with his predicament and situation. I consider him a true and sincere friend and he has my utmost respect. He reiterated his desire for all of
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 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
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
