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Facing the public for the first time, the mother of Senator Manuel Villar Jr. on Monday defended her son from his critics who supposedly peddle lies to derail his presidential bid. Breaking her silence at a press conference in her Las Piñas City home, Curita "Curing" Bamba Villar lashed out against those who accuse...
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MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has started shipping the ballots to be used in the May 10 automated elections to various areas nationwide. The distribution of ballots to municipal and provincial treasurers’ offices in Mindanao and Luzon started last Saturday, Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal said yesterday.
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With the race to Malacañang nearing the homestretch, presidential bet Sen. Benigno Simeon “Noynoy" C. Aquino III has gained a double-digit lead over his colleague and main rival, Sen. Manuel “Manny" B. Villar, Jr., in the latest BusinessWorld-Social Weather Stations (SWS) Pre-Election Survey. The April 16 to 19 nationwide poll, conducted three weeks before...
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MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is preparing for a random manual auditing of elections results, according to Henrietta de Villa, head of the poll body’s committee on random manual audit. She said part of the plan is the deployment of an additional 3,500 public school teachers to ensure the accuracy of...
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Nacionalista Party standard bearer Senator Manuel Villar Jr. on Friday admitted meeting Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) officials but he never "twisted anyone’s arm" to benefit a publicly-listed real estate company his family controls. He made this clarification on Friday, a day after former president Joseph Estrada and his allies accused him of pressuring corporate...
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