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Villar vows to implement AFP, PNP modernization
By Christina Mendez
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Nacionalista Party (NP) presidential bet Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. has vowed to implement the modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National [...]
Continue Reading →Lakas to remain dominant party
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Although plagued by defections, the ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD remains the dominant political party, according to Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesman James Jimenez.
Jimenez was responding to a pronouncement from Comelec Commissioner Rene Sarmiento [...]
Continue Reading →RP politics has turned nasty – FVR
By Jaime Laude
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Former President Fidel Ramos said local politics has turned nasty and is no longer good.
“Garapalan na (It’s brazen),” Ramos said in an interview Thursday night at the [...]
Continue Reading →Aquino, Roxas: Bolante must be stopped
By Philip Tubeza, Felipe V. Celino
Philippine Daily Inquirer
ROXAS CITY, Philippines—To the top two candidates of the Liberal Party, Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante of the fertilizer scam saga stinks to high heavens and must be stopped from [...]
Continue Reading →Andal Ampatuan Jr. is for Villar
abs-cbnNEWS.com
MANILA, Philippines (1st UPDATE) – Andal Ampatuan Jr., principal suspect in the Maguindanao massacre, is for Nacionalista Party (NP) presidential candidate Sen. Manny Villar.
During his transfer from a detention cell at the National Bureau of [...]
Continue Reading →Villar firm’s high-end project sits on land for poor
By Aries Rufo
abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak
LAST of 3 parts
MANILA, Philippines – Presidential aspirant Manuel Villar may have built his P25-billion wealth on providing low-cost homes, but the practices of acquiring properties where real estate projects now [...]
Continue Reading →Villar firm faked titles through ‘layering’: ex-lawyer
By Aries Rufo
abs-cbnnews.com/Newsbreak
SECOND of 3 parts
MANILA, Philippines – A case involving parcels of land, where a property developed by one of the real estate companies of presidential aspirant Manuel Villar Jr. now stands, [...]
Continue Reading →Mindanao execs warn of May 10 special operations
By Aurea Calica
The Philippine Star
ROXAS CITY, Capiz , Philippines – Liberal Party (LP) presidential candidate Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III disclosed yesterday that he had received information about “special operations” or cheating being [...]
Continue Reading →Villar, Noy both GMA bets – PMP
By Perseus Echeminada
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – A campaign manager of former President Joseph Estrada has tagged Nacionalista Party (NP) standard-bearer Sen. Manuel Villar and Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III [...]
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The Thai experience (or why P-Noy …
The Philippines it seems is engulfed in all things Hollywood at the moment. With the filming of the Bourne Legacy taking place in Manila filling the nightly news with human…
- Learned Optimism
Learned Optimism
Reality checks are always needed by over-confident governments.
Martin Seligman the founder of positive psychology uncovered a pattern of behavior that he believes is responsible for greater resilience and happiness among…
- P-Noy strokes the Nation's 'Pleasure Zones'
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…
