MANILA, Philippines – Nacionalista Party (NP) presidential candidate Manny Villar on Tuesday said his detractors and presidential "blue-bloods" should apologize for saying that his family was not as poor as portrayed in his TV ads.
Villar issued the challenge after copies of the death certificate of his brother, Danny, as well as the transfer certificate of title (TCT) of the Villar home in San Raf
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Lakas-Kampi-CMD standard bearer Gilberto "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. has quit as chair of the administration party to focus energies on his presidential campaign, days after various provincial allies defected to the camp of Nacionalista Party presidential bet Manuel Villar Jr.
“Effective immediately I am resigning as chairman of our party to focus all my efforts campaigning for the presidency of the country as t
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MANILA, Philippines – Liberal Party presidential candidate Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino has arrested a slide in support while his nearest rival, Manual "Manny" Villar of the Nacionalista Party, lost ground ahead of elections on May 10, an opinion poll showed on Monday.
The Businessworld-Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, conducted on March 19-22 before the start of campaigning for Congress a
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Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno Simeon “Noynoy" C. Aquino III has opened up a nine-point lead over his nearest rival for the presidency, fellow legislator and Nacionalista Party bet Sen. Manuel “Manny" B. Villar, Jr., based on the results of the latest BusinessWorld-Social Weather Stations Pre-Election Survey.
Mr. Aquino picked up a point to score 37% and further benefitted from a six-poin
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ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan , Philippines – Liberal Party (LP) presidential candidate Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III said he is prepared to take to the streets to protest a Supreme Court ruling allowing President Arroyo to appoint the next chief justice despite an election ban on midnight appointments.
“That is one of the avenues we are exploring, but there are others. But the other avenues have to wa
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MANILA, Philippines – Six candidates for the vice-presidency traded barbs and renewed old rivalries during a nationally televised debate at La Consolacion College in Manila Sunday evening.
Sunday’s event, the first of its kind on ABS-CBN, was a far cry from previous debates as the six contenders pulled no punches against their rivals while hundreds of their supporters cheered.
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MANILA, Philippines – Senator Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III and Senator Manny Villar are the presidential candidates in the 2010 elections that have generated the most mentions and posts on the Internet, according to a study released Wednesday by NetBooster Asia, an online marketing and advertising agency.
The study, which surveyed information about five presidential candidates, shows that the most
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Election officials on Monday warned candidates in the May 10 polls against using Manny Pacquiao’s expected victory motorcade to campaign.
Candidates were particularly advised not to put their campaign materials on the vehicles that would be used in the motorcade as these vehicles are not considered common poster areas by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
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This historic city of Texas finally welcomed boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, who arrived in Dallas late Monday night five days before squaring off with Joshua Clottey for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title.
The 31-year-old southpaw was with trainer Freddie Roach, strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza, along with a host of others who make up the bloated manifesto of 141 people that boarded t
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MANILA, Philippines – If the May 10 senatorial elections were held today, re-electionist senators Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada and Miriam Defensor-Santiago would top the race, results of the latest Pulse Asia survey revealed Wednesday.
The survey, conducted last February 21-25, showed Revilla getting 53.6% of votes, which translates to a statistical ranking of 1st t
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