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Villar, Aquino exceed ad airtime limit, says private watchdog
By Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE) The two leading presidential candidates in the May 2010 elections have already exceeded the 120-minute air time limit on political advertisements alloted to them in each [...]
Continue Reading →Perlas best bet to solve water woes, survey shows
By Ma. Ceres P. Doyo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—The water problem must be addressed holistically, said one presidential candidate. Another said clean water was a human right. Watersheds must be safeguarded, stressed yet another. [...]
Continue Reading →Gordon to impose higher taxes on tobacco
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Bagumbayan standard-bearer Richard Gordon would impose higher taxes on tobacco and sees nothing wrong with government giving out condoms to prevent the spread of AIDS.
Speaking to doctors at the presidential forum [...]
Continue Reading →Expats, envoys think Gordon is best person to run RP
By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines—Foreign business executives and members of the diplomatic community in the Philippines believe Senator Richard Gordon would be best person to run the country in the next six years. [...]
Continue Reading →Gordon, Villanueva: Why pick on us?
By Edson C. Tandoc Jr., Tina Santos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—Bring it on.
Sen. Richard Gordon is not taking down his huge billboards on EDSA and on South Luzon Expressway despite an order from the Commission on [...]
Continue Reading →Ruling elates Palace; absurdly shocking, critics lament
By Christine Avendaño, Dona Pazzibugan, Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang was predictably elated by the Supreme Court ruling allowing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to appoint the next Chief Justice, but former Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo described [...]
Continue Reading →Villar’s trust ratings fall 11 pts
abs-cbnNEWS.com
Noynoy stable; Erap up 7 pts
MANILA, Philippines – The public’s trust of Nacionalista Party (NP) presidential candidate Sen. Manny Villar fell by a big 11 percentage points in the latest survey of Pulse Asia on trust ratings of [...]
Continue Reading →Teodoro tops mock polls among state scholars
By Jaime Laude
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Administration presidential candidate Gilberto Teodoro Jr. has topped a mock presidential election among students of the Philippine Science High School (PSHS).
Teodoro got more than half or [...]
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Learned Optimism
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P-Noy strokes nation’s ‘pleasure zones’
Here we go again. As the Philippines enters 2012, the stage is set for another round of reality TV/courtroom drama to unfold as the trials of former president and now…
