Posts Tagged presidential
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, frontrunner in the presidential race, said he might consider raising taxes if elected if the budget gap was not cut quickly by moves to crack down on tax evasion. Aquino, son of former president Corazon “Cory” Aquino who died last year, vowed to arrest tax dodgers and big smugglers in a campaign that he hopes would collect 150 billion pesos (US$3.3 billion) in unrealized taxes. He said he would strengthen an existing carrot-and-stick mechanism at the country’s two main tax agencies to raise the Philippines’ perennially weak revenues.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
SENATOR Noynoy Aquino, scion to great wealth and bearer of a great name, depicts his presidential campaign as a battle between good and evil. It’s also about substantive change, he says, especially a change from failed traditional politics to good governance.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesNacionalista Party standard-bearer Manny Villar on Sunday dared his rivals in the presidential race to reveal their political campaign donors as he criticized those who claim to be running a ‘people’s campaign.’ “Show us who your donors are and we’ll tell you what interest to you is dearest,’…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesIt’s called water conservation in the time of El Niño. Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Charito Planas on Friday brought out a pail and a basin during a televised Malacañang briefing and gave simple conservation tips…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesWhy count out the best man in a presidential debate? Gilbert Teodoro’s allies in Malacañang on Wednesday expressed gripe why only Senators Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III and Manuel Villar are the only candidates being considered in a showdown of campaign platform to show the public who deserves to be the country’s next leader. Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said Teodoro, standard-bearer of the administration party Lakas-Kampi-Christian Muslim Democrats, said their bet have always stood out from the field of the presidential aspirants in debates
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
DEPUTY Presidential spokesman Gary Olivar said Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) administrator Ma.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
AROUND 4,000 delegates are expected for the 11th National Parish Renewal Experience (PREX) convention this Feb. 19-21 in General Santos city, South Cotabato. The convention,…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
02/13/2010 The Philippine National Police (PNP) has maintained its standing as among the Top 10 national government agencies that have complied with the requirements of the governments anti-corruption plan. The PNP shared fourth place ranking with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority among 117 national government agencies, government-owned and/or-controlled corporations and government financial institutions recognized by the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC) as compliant with the requirements of the Integrity Development Action Plan…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, Philippines–He will leave the mudslinging and brickbats to his rivals and embark on a ‘positive campaign’ of political reconciliation and uplifting the Filipinos’ morale, administration candidate Gilbert Teodoro said Tuesday as he sets off the start of the three-month campaign for his presidential bid. In pinstriped green and white polo and jeans, Teodoro…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Campaign posters went up and jingles blared at election rallies Tuesday as the Philippines’ richest politician and the son of its democracy icon began a tight race to succeed scandal-tainted President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Senators Manny Villar and Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III - son of the late Corazon Aquino - are promising a clean government and fresh start for the Philippines after nine years of Arroyo’s tumultuous rule dotted with coup attempts and corruption allegations. With at least a dozen…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
ENQUIRY 02/07/2010 That is the question posed by my friend Fel Maragay in his article on former President Joseph Estradas chances as a consequence of the decision of the second division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) throwing out the disqualification cases against Estrada. The question wrongly assumes that the survey results showing Estrada to be lagging behind in the presidential race are true and correct
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
BLURBAL THRUSTS 02/07/2010 In kindergarten class, the way I understand it, teachers tell their pupils not to put square pegs into round holes because they just wont fit.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
01/30/2010 COTABATO CITY North Cotabato Vice Governor Emmanuel F. Piñol will appear Monday before the Special Committee on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity of the House of Representatives to give his insights on the renewed peace negotiations between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, Philippines Gilbert Teodoro found himself in the hot seat at a youth forum Friday when he and other presidential candidates were asked whether they would make President Macapagal-Arroyo accountable for anything anomalous that happened in her administration. At the forum at the De La Salle University (DLSU)-Manila campus, moderator Ted Failon asked the presidential hopefuls: ‘Is there something for which President Arroyo should be held accountable? How should she be made accountable?’ At first, Teodoro, the administration presidential candidate, hesitated to give an answer, saying his previous working relationship with the President bars him from doing so.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesGilbert Teodoro found himself in the hot seat on Friday when he and other presidential candidates were asked whether they would make President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo accountable for anything that happened in her administration after anyone of them succeeds her. In a forum at the De La Salle University in Manila, master of ceremonies Ted Failon asked the presidential hopefuls: “Is there something for which President Arroyo should be held accountable? How should she be made accountable?” At first, Teodoro, the administration presidential candidate, hesitated to give an answer, saying his previous working relationship with the President barred him from doing so
