By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS IS President Aquino that desperate that just to boost the chances of his “Annointed”‘ he had to insult Sen. Grace Poe and his mother, former President Cory Aquino? In his speech endorsing Interior Secretary Mar Roxas for president in the 2016 elections, Aquino shared: “Sa paghahanap nga po, kinausap natin ang
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 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
By ELLEN TORDESILLAS SENATOR Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., one of the three senators charged with plunder before the Ombudsman in connection with alleged anomalous use of Priority Development Assistance Fund, related Monday an incident that took place in December 2012, a few days before the conclusion of the impeachment of ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona.
THERE’S a compelling reason for President Aquino to make sure that that he would be able to influence the people’s choice of his successor otherwise he would suffer the same fate that befell the two presidents before him. His predecessor, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, is in jail – hospital arrest, actually- facing plunder and electoral sabotage
FOREIGN Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario has recommended to President Benigno S. Aquino III the designation of Secretary Manuel "Mar" Roxas as his Special Envoy to the 9th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) to be held from Sept. 21 to 25 in Nanning, China, a press release by the Department of Foreign Affairs said.