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Villar profitably combined politics and housing
PING GALANG
GMANew.tv
One of Manuel Villar’s websites, www.mannyvillar.com.ph, proclaims among other trivia his early legislative initiatives as a new member of the House of Representatives back in 1992: the New Foreign Investments Act and the restructuring of the Central [...]
Continue Reading →Chaos hatched to disrupt May 10 polls – Binay
By Jose Rodel Clapano
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay claimed yesterday that Malacañang has hatched a scenario of chaos to disrupt the May 10 elections and extend President Arroyo’s hold on power.
Binay, running [...]
Continue Reading →Villar featured in Forbes Asia Magazine
By Christina Mendez
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – If elected president, Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Sen. Manuel “Manny” Villar Jr. will be the first businessman elected into the highest office in the land.
Forbes Asia magazine recently ran a story on Villar’s candidacy, his [...]
Continue Reading →SWS: Binay now tied with Mar; Noynoy widens lead
By Helen Flores
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) vice presidential candidate Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay has tied with Liberal Party (LP) bet Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II in the latest survey by the [...]
Continue Reading →300,000 teachers disenfranchised
By Rainier Allan Ronda
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday to act on the complaints of some 300,000 teachers on their possible disenfranchisement in the May 10 polls.
The DepEd said the Comelec failed [...]
Continue Reading →Monsod: Problem of incompetence, it’s solvable
By TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—Former Commission on Elections chair Christian Monsod Wednesday doused anew fears of a jittery public that glitches in the testing of counting machines would lead to an election failure.
“The good news is that this (glitch) is [...]
Continue Reading →Vulnerable elections (1): Memory cards
by Prof. Giovanni Tapang, PhD
Kontra Daya
Posted on 04 May 2010
With the May 2010 presidetial elections coming in only two months, citizens groups have raised their concerns regarding the conduct of the first nationwide automation of our elections. Groups such as the anti-fraud and [...]
Continue Reading →Manila prelate ‘supports Comelec’ amid automation problems
KIMBERLY JANE T. TAN
GMANews.TV
Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales on Wednesday expressed support for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) amid the problems being encountered by automated election system.
“We support them with prayer and ask the good Lord to protect them, to guide them,” [...]
Continue Reading →Reporters barred from interviewing Villar
AMITA O. LEGASPI
GMANews.TV
Reporters covering the Nacionalista Party campaign were furious Wednesday night after they were barred from getting near presidential bet Senator Manuel Villar Jr. and interviewing him after at least four hours of waiting.
The organizers of the NP rally [...]
Continue Reading →Palace backpedals on option to postpone poll
By RG Cruz
ABS-CBN News
MANILA, Philippines – A spokesman of President Arroyo on Wednesday backpedaled on his earlier statement expressing support for a delay in the automated elections on Monday over glitches in preparations.
Deputy presidential spokesman Gary Olivar earlier told Agence France-Presse that [...]
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The Straight Path Needs to Turn a Corner
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and…
- Identity Matters
Identity Matters
How the principle of "shared destiny" shapes the way voters behave.
In the West, identity politics is often equated with minority interests. Barack Obama in 2008 won the presidential contest by…
