Just another joke, Palace says of Duterte’s warning to Bicol politicians

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 10:47:57 +0000

Just another joke, Palace says of Duterte’s warning to Bicol politicians

Once again, President Rodrigo Duterte should not be taken seriously when he told Bicol-based politicians they would lose financial aid if…

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Rise of alternative leaders in 2019 polls offer hope for Philippines

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 04:43:59 +0000

The dean of the Ateneo School of Government said there’s hope in the country’s economic standing and emergence of alternative leaders in 2019 elections.

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Time is up for Erap in Manila? Isko Moreno thinks so

Joseph “Erap” Estrada’s time as Manila mayor is up.

This was the bold declaration of his former ally and Vice Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso in a radio interview on Tuesday as he criticized the seemingly slow progress of the nation’s capital city through six years of Estrada’s leadership.

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Gatchalian: Bill penalizing nuisance candidates not ‘anti-poor’

Gatchalian: Bill penalizing nuisance candidates not ‘anti-poor’

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday defended his proposal to punish nuisance election candidates, saying it is not “anti-poor.”

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SWS: Survey sponsor’s fielded names, number of choices affect results

Survey results vary depending on the names and number of choices provided by the poll sponsor.

This was the clarification of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) after INQUIRER.net noted in a report Friday that a survey commissioned by the Lakas–CMD (Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats) showed a different set of probable “Magic 12” from the survey sponsored by Presidential Political Adviser Francis Tolentino even when both were done from September 15 to 23, 2018.

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Tindig Pilipinas fields an ex-soldier, a rights defender, and a ‘bakwit leader’

Tindig Pilipinas fields an ex-soldier, a rights defender, and a ‘bakwit leader’

The soldier, the human rights defender, and the Bangsamoro woman leader. 

These, in gist, are the three first-time senatorial candidates that cause-oriented opposition alliance Tindig Pilipinas presented before the media on Friday in Quezon City.

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Tale of 2 SWS surveys on same period: Different ‘Magic 12’

Tale of 2 SWS surveys on same period: Different ‘Magic 12’

Two commissioned senatorial surveys of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) conducted on the same period presented two different sets of probable winners.

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