By SHERRIE ANN TORRES VERA Files (Second of three parts) IF you think party-list representatives are as poor as their marginalized constituents, better think again. Many party-list representatives are in fact even richer than some district congressmen. Of the 21 out of the 55 party-list representatives who submitted their Statement of Assets and Liabilities and
By SHERRIE ANN TORRES (First of three parts) IN 1998, the Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives or APEC decided to plunge into Philippine politics through the party-list elections. That year happened to be the first time that Filipino voters would be electing a party-list group, on top of an individual politician in their congressional districts,
REP. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo of the second district of Pampanga gave up his re-election bid in favor of his mother, President Gloria Arroyo, who has made an unprecedented move of an outgoing president running for a congressional seat. But it doesn’t mean Mikey will be out of the House of Representatives. It has been
