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  • Mar Roxas on a final debate major challenge

    Mar Roxas on a final debate major challenge

    [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Manuel “Mar” Araneta Roxas II is a Filipino politician as well as the grandson of former Philippine President Manuel Roxas. He is a candidate in the 2016 Philippine presidential election. He served in the Cabinet of the Philippines as Secretary of the Interior and Local…

  • Davao City Mayor Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte on a final debate major challenge

    Davao City Mayor Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte on a final debate major challenge

    [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Rodrigo “Rody” Roa Duterte, nicknamed Digong, is a Filipino lawyer and politician of Visayan ancestry. Duterte is one of the longest-serving mayors in the Philippines and has been mayor of Davao City, a highly urbanized city located on Mindanao island, for 7 terms, adding up to…

  • Miriam Defensor Santiago on a final debate major challenge

    Miriam Defensor Santiago on a final debate major challenge

    [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Miriam Defensor Santiago is a Filipino politician, famous for having served in all 3 branches of the Philippine government – judicial, executive, and legislative. Santiago was called as among The 100 Most Powerful Women in the World in 1997 by The Australian magazine. In year…

  • Grace Poe on a final debate major challenge

    Grace Poe on a final debate major challenge

    [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Mary Grace Natividad Sonora Poe Llamanzares is a Filipino instructor, businesswoman, philanthropist as well as politician. She is the adopted daughter of actors Susan Roces and Fernando Poe. She served as chairperson of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) from 2010 to…

  • ‘Final debate a major challenge for presidential candidates’

    ‘Final debate a major challenge for presidential candidates’

    [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] The 3rd and last presidential debate to be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the Phinma-University of Pangasinan in Dagupan City would be a lot more challenging for the candidates, according to Malacañang. Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office Undersecretary Manuel…

  • Marcos sustains lead in latest ABS-CBN survey

    Marcos sustains lead in latest ABS-CBN survey

    Senator Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. maintained his solo lead in the vice-presidential race based on the ABS-CBN survey by Pulse Asia taken 3 weeks prior to the May 9 elections.   The poll was conducted from April 12-17 nationwide on a sample size of 4,000 respondents and an error margin of +/-1.5. Nationwide, 29% picked…

  • Imelda campaigns for Bongbong in Tacloban

    Imelda campaigns for Bongbong in Tacloban

    [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Ilocos Norte Representative and former first lady Imelda Marcos campaigned for her son vice presidential candidate Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in her hometown on Saturday. The former first lady said life became more difficult for Filipinos after her husband then president Ferdinand Marcos left…

  • Hackers forged Palace website

    Hackers forged Palace website

    [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Hackers forged Palace website – MALACAÑANG on Saturday said a preliminary investigation by the information technology department of the Office of the President (OP) showed that the use of the server “mail.malacañang.gov.ph” appeared to be a “malicious forgery.” In a radio interview, Communications Undersecretary Manuel…

  • Duterte on Trillanes: ‘Be careful with that idiot’

    Duterte on Trillanes: ‘Be careful with that idiot’

    [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Friday minced no words against Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV who said that the tough-talking mayor told him in a casual conversation how he had shot people in the head while on their knees. “I don’t know him. I only…

  • Duterte widens lead in latest ABS-CBN-Pulse Asia survey

    Duterte widens lead in latest ABS-CBN-Pulse Asia survey

    [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Davao City Mayor Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte increased his lead over his rivals in the latest Pulse Asia presidential preference survey done for ABS-CBN. A total of 34 percent chose Duterte in the survey conducted from April 12 to 17 on 4,000 registered voters. It was…

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