Miriam to NP, LP: Stop the mudslinging

By Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star)
Link: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=566617&publicationSubCategoryId=63

MANILA, Philippines - Re-electionist Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago has called for an end to the mudslinging between the Nacionalista Party (NP) and the Liberal Party (LP), whose two presidential aspirants, senators Manuel Villar Jr. and Benigno Aquino III, have been swapping charges over Villar’s origins as a poor boy and Aquino’s mental health.

“I am calling for a halt to all these mudslinging. Some people are already commenting that this has become the dirtiest campaign in recent history and I join that view,” Santiago said after delivering a speech at the NP rally in Valenzuela last Tuesday evening.

“Can we please discuss issues here? In Politics 101, we are all taught that we must discuss fully every issue… but never dealing with personalities like where Villar really lived exactly in Tondo because he might have been living in a rich man’s enclave in Tondo,” said the feisty senator, who is seeking re-election as guest candidate of the NP, Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino and the administration’s Lakas-Kampi.

Teodoro tops mock polls among state scholars

By Jaime Laude (The Philippine Star)

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=558742&publicationSubCategoryId=63

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 54 percent of the votes cast by 300 students, followed by Liberal Party’s Sen. Benigno Aquino III who received 19 percent; and Sen. Richard Gordon, 12 percent.

The PSHS, the country’s premier science high school, admits about two percent of around 18,000 applicants yearly.

“They may not yet be voters, but like all other Filipinos they are stakeholders in next May’s elections,” Teodoro’s campaign spokesman Mike Toledo said.

“These PSHS students are keenly aware and capable of separating the chaff from the grain when it comes to a candidate’s qualifications,” he said.

Villar gets Magdalo Group backing

by Rene Acosta (Business Mirror)

http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22269:villar-gets-magdalo-group-backing&catid=26:nation&Itemid=63

 

THE group of junior military officers headed by Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, which tried to oust President Arroyo in 2003, has thrown its support behind the presidential candidacy of Sen. Manuel “Manny” Villar of the Nacionalista Party (NP).

The decision by the group, which has 400 national and local chapters with more than 50,000 members, to support the candidacy of Villar was announced on Wednesday by discharged Air Force lieutenant Ashley Acedillo, the group’s spokesman.

Acedillo said that aside from Villar, the Magdalo Group also endorsed the candidacies of Sen. Mar Roxas II for vice president and Ariel Querubin, Pia Cayetano, Jinggoy Estrada, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Toots Ople, Gilbert Remulla, Adel Tamano, Danilo Lim, Ruffy Biazon, Vicente Sotto, JV Bautista and Joey de Venecia for senator.

Lim welcomes Magdalo endorsement

by Katherine Evangelista (INQUIRER.net) 

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100224-255175/Lim-welcomes-Magdalo-endorsement

MANILA, Philippines—Former Brigadier General Danilo Lim on Wednesday welcomed the support of the Magdalo group of soldiers for his senatorial bid.

"I am grateful that they have endorsed my candidacy and have pledged to continue to do so," the detained former military general said in a statement.

"However, their support for Senator Manny Villar's presidency runs counter to my present situation having been adopted and supported by another party," Lim said.

The former military official is a guest candidate of the Liberal Party, whose standard-bearer is Senator Benigno Aquino III.

LP thanks court for jailed bet’s 3-day liberty

by HANNAH L. TORREGOZA (Manila Bulletin)
http://mb.com.ph/articles/243176/lp-thanks-court-jailed-bet-s-3day-liberty

Sen. Francis Pangilinan Friday lauded the Makati Regional Trial Court’s decision granting detained military Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim a three-day liberty to attend his school’s founding anniversary.

Pangilinan, Liberal Party spokesperson, thanked Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda for allowing Lim, a senatorial candidate of the Liberal Party to leave Camp Crame where he is currently detained for rebellion charges.

“We welcome the decision of RTC Makati Judge Alameda to allow the temporary liberty of General Danny Lim, our official candidate for the Liberal Party to attend the 75th founding anniversary of his alma mater, St. Louis School of Solano, Nueva Vizcaya,” said Pangilinan.

Erap-Binay nakabuo na

ni Ray Marfil

from Abante Tonite

http://abante-tonite.com/issue/jan1210/news_story7.htm

Bagama’t namumuro ang mga guest candidate, ipinagmalaki ng tambalan nina dating Pangulong Joseph “Erap” Estrada at Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay ang pagkakumpleto ng 12-man senatorial ticket.
Sa isang press statement, inilabas ng Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) ang bumubuo ng 12 pangalan sa pagka-senador kung saan apat ang ‘inampon’ mula sa ibang kampo. Kahit nakaumang ang pagkadiskuwalipika sa presidential race, ipinagmalaki ni Estrada na magiging katuwang sa pagpapaunlad ng bansa at magpapanumbalik ng kapangyarihan sa masang Pilipino ang mga napili nitong senatoriables. Katulad ng inaasa­han, nanguna sa senatorial ticket ng PMP ang ori­ginal members ng partido, kinabibilangan nina Se­nate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Senate pro-tempore Jinggoy Ejercito-Estrada Jr., businessman Joey De Venecia, Cong. Rodolfo ‘Ompong’ Plaza, Cong. Apolinario ‘Jun’ Lozada Jr., at ex-Cong. JV Bautista. Nasa senatorial ticket din nina Estrada at Binay si dating senador Francisco “Kit” Tatad na naunang nakasamaan ng loob ng dating Pangulo matapos kuwestyunin ang political dynasty, sa panahong magkasama ang mag-inang sina dating senadora Luisa “Dra. Loi” Ejercito at Jinggoy. Tumayong guest candidate sa PMP sina Sens. Miriam Defensor Santiago, Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., dating senador Sergio “Serge” Osmena III, General Danilo Lim at Atty. Gwendolyn Pimentel.