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 the May 10 elections, saw Mr. Aquino —
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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 random manual auditing.
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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 regulators to exempt him from a ru
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MANILA, Philippines – The trust ratings of Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and running mate Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II have surged in the homestretch of the campaign for the May 10 polls, according to a recent survey by independent pollster Pulse Asia Inc.
Results of the survey conducted from March 21 to 28 among 3,000 respondents showed Aquino leading the pack of
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ROXAS CITY, Capiz , Philippines – Liberal Party (LP) presidential candidate Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III disclosed yesterday that he had received information about “special operations” or cheating being planned by certain groups to manipulate the May 10 elections in Mindanao.
He said that local officials, including those not allied with the LP, have pledged not to participate in any plan to chea
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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is preparing for manual counting and tabulation of votes after it was reported that some automated voting machines may fail during the May 2010 elections.
The Comelec is in the process of printing 30 percent of the papers needed for manual canvassing nationwide.
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MANILA, Philippines – Nacionalista Party (NP) vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda on Sunday challenged all those who are running for the 2 highest positions in the country to undergo physical, psychological and emotional tests.
According to Legarda, tests like these will help determine if a candidate is emotionally ready to take on the important task of serving the country.
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MANILA, Philippines – While the focus of election campaign coverage has mostly been on the quantity and cost of political advertisements, one aspect that deserves an equally important analysis is the theme of the ads.
The choice of ad themes has been strategic. The political ads of Sen. Manuel Villar Jr., the biggest campaign spender in the past months, best exemplify this.
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MANILA, Philippines (2nd UPDATE) – Liberal Party (LP) presidential candidate Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III and a Catholic priest have both denied the authenticity of a document purporting that Aquino suffered from clinical depression in the mid-1990′s.
A “document” with the header of the Ateneo de Manila University’s Department of Psychology surfaced on the Internet on Thursday.
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SAN FERNANDO, Philippines – Just a day after President Arroyo gave orders for ruling party Lakas-Kampi-CMD to ensure a win for presidential bet Gilbert Teodoro Jr., officials in her bailiwick of Pampanga vowed to do just that by mobilizing their sizeable local machinery.
Regional executives said the Arroyo bailiwick is “solidly behind” Teodoro’s candidacy, with around 70% of local officials able to deliver
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