Text and photos by HOMER TEODORO TARLAC City – If President Benigno Aquino III visits Tarlac Cathedral in his home province this Lenten Season, he might notice the red ribbons — instead of yellow — that adorn the church fence. He might also notice the 2-by-8-feet tarpaulins that hang in front of the church enumerating whom
By MIKHA FLORES THE oversized tarpaulin bearing the names of senatorial and party-list candidates who were for and against the controversial Reproductive Health Bill will remain hanging outside a Bacolod church after the Supreme Court stopped the Commission on Elections from taking down the campaign material. The high court issued Tuesday a temporary restraining order
By MIKHA FLORES THE Commission on Elections has asked the Catholic Church to serve as role model in following election laws by removing an oversized endorsement poster outside a Bacolod church. In a one-page letter dated Feb 27, Law Department Director Esmeralda Amora-Ladra asked Bacolod Bishop Vicente Navarra to lead by example and remove the