Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 15:37:04 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Former Interior Secretary and opposition senatorial candidate Mar Roxas on Friday vowed to work harder in seeking a return to the Senate, after taking a few weeks off the campaign trail to look after his newborn twins.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 10:16:02 +0000
DETAINED Sen. Leila de Lima asked the Muntinlupa court handling one of her illegal drug cases to grant her time out of prison to vote during the midterm elections in…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: WILLIAM DEPASUPIL, TMT| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 02:18:09 +0000
ABOUT two million registered overseas Filipino voters (OFVs) will cast their ballots starting on Saturday as the law-mandated month-long overseas absentee voting (OAV) opens in 85 Philippine posts in various…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:49:30 +0000
REELECTIONIST senator Cynthia Villar and Representative Pia Cayetano emerged as the top choice of millennials in the senatorial race, according to an online survey conducted two months ahead of the…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 11:20:44 +0000
FORMER Laguna governor Emilio Ramon “ER” Ejercito may still run even after the Sandiganbayan’s Fourth Division convicted him and others of graft in connection with a supposed insurance deal in 2008…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 08:18:19 +0000
A candidate running for a local position in Tarlac is in hot water for slapping an election officer (EO) during the Commission on Election’s campaign (Comelec) against illegal campaign materials…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: GLEE JALEA| Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 07:54:36 +0000
FOUR opposition candidates for senator were barred from the disputed Scarborough Shoal off the coast of Zambales on Monday. Four of the senatorial bets who held their sortie in Masinloc…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 12:20:03 +0000
FORMER vice president Jejomar Binay on Tuesday maintained his undivided support for his daughter and incumbent Makati Mayor Abigail “Abby” Binay, even after his son and namesake, Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay Jr.,…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:19:04 +0000
MANILA City Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada was a “no show” in Monday’s signing of a peace covenant for local candidates organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Parish…READ
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 08:12:49 +0000
Former Senator Wigberto Tañada on Tuesday said he does not know what the future will hold for the Philippines if the administration-backed
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