Sara Duterte’s senatorial bets a no-show in debate with opposition

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:44:16 +0000

SENATORIAL candidates of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte’s Hugpong ng Pagbabago did not attend the debate with candidates from the opposition coalition Otso Diretso at Plaza Miranda this Monday. “Siyempre…READ

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People Power? Gutoc says Mindanaoans ‘powerless’ due to martial law

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 07:35:42 +0000

People Power? Gutoc says Mindanaoans ‘powerless’ due to martial law

Senatorial candidate Samira Gutoc on Monday called on Filipinos to remember the spirit of the Edsa People Power Revolution, amid claims that Mindanaoans are ‘powerless’ due to the existing military rule.

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Otso Diretso pursues debate with Hugpong: Set time, date, place

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 06:59:04 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Otso Diretso senatorial candidates on Monday said I they are still willing to hold a debate on key national issues with administration-backed rivals.

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LOOK: Otso Diretso Senate bets show up in Quiapo, Manila

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 05:32:06 +0000

LOOK: Otso Diretso Senate bets show up in Quiapo, Manila

MANILA, Philippines – Opposition Senate candidates on Wednesday opted to reach out to the people in Manila’s Quiapo district after the debate they proposed failed to materialize. 

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Labor leaders raring to debate with fellow Senate candidates

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 04:20:45 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — “Magsama na lang sila.”This was the challenge of Labor Win alliance senatorial candidate Leody de Guzman to rivals from the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) and Otso Diretso camps, claiming that their platforms are no different from each other.

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Tañada wants law penalizing election candidates skipping debates

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 03:58:42 +0000

Former Deputy Speaker Erin Tañada said that he will support the crafting of a law which will penalize national election candidates who would skip debates sanctioned by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and religious groups.

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People Power message: Democracy has no political color

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 23:22:00 +0000

People Power message: Democracy has no political color

The “unknowns” on the opposition senatorial team for midterm elections in May have a message for Filipinos as the country marks the 33rd anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution on Monday: power resides in the people and democracy has no political color.

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Chel Diokno on life vest joke: Would Duterte or Arroyo give it away?

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 11:11:47 +0000

Chel Diokno on life vest joke: Would Duterte or Arroyo give it away?

Human rights lawyer and senatorial candidate Jose Manuel “Chel” Diokno on Saturday shot back at critics of his life vest joke, saying they should also ask President Rodrigo Duterte and House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo if they would be willing to give it to someone else on a sinking ship.

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Labor bet on Hugpong vs Otso: It’s just choosing the lesser evil

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 10:37:46 +0000

Leody de Guzman

A labor leader gunning for a Senate seat in the May 2019 polls urge voters not to choose between the Otso Diretso and the administration-backed slate — which he said is just choosing the “lesser evil.”

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Labor bet on Hugpong vs Otso: A choice between the lesser evil

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 10:37:46 +0000

Leody de Guzman

A labor leader gunning for a Senate seat in the May 2019 polls urge voters not to choose between the Otso Diretso and the administration-backed slate — which he said is just a choosing the “lesser evil.”

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