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Written by julie on 10 February 2010
Share For Senator Ana Consuela “Jamby" Madrigal the only female presidential candidate in the upcoming May elections promised there will be no overdoing in her kickoff campaign. There will be no big promises and announcements. No “hakot" (paid and bused-in) crowd, but just to present herself to people as an [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 10 February 2010
Share In Calamba Laguna, Senator Manuel Villar Jr. on Tuesday , started his 90-day campaign for presidency rendering a song which was sang by Willie Revillame’s hit "Ikaw Na Nga. Revillame said that he was not paid to campaign for Villar. "Hindi ko binebenta ang kaluluwa ko. Walang halagang pinag-uusapan. Sa mapagkakatiwalaan [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 10 February 2010
Share Turning the other way, not following the traditional campaign rallies, Bayani-Gordon tandem or better known as the "transformers" decided not to take on celebrities to draw crowd. They prefer to go around promoting their candidacies themselves. In Mr. Bayani Fernando’s point of view, employing actors would be [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 09 February 2010
Share Regardless of the ban on political materials on footbridges, the streamers which thanking the president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will stay, ordered by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said on Tuesday. The said streamers was given to them by NGOs. It will just go to waste if they did not put them up. According [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 09 February 2010
Share Presidential hopefuls are still vague in their position whether they are in favor of the Reproductive Health bill still pending in Congress. Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines are encouraging voters not to support candidates who are pro-RH bill, believing the bill once passed into law, would promote immoral activities, especially [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 08 February 2010
Share National Bureau of Investigation(NBI) said on Sunday, that it had received information on the senator’s whereabouts,but the NBI refused to say for it might impede their operation in going after Lacson. A warrant of arrest has already been ordered by the court. Lacson, who is facing charges for the slay of Salvador [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 08 February 2010
Share Irritated with traffic, a drunk driver made a counterflow in EDSA, causing strings of accidents. He admitted to the police that he was furious with traffic, and he just lost. He didn’t care for the cars in front of him. About 20 vehicles were hit, he was taken out of his car to be [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 08 February 2010
Share Seems like pound per pound boxing champ Manny Pacquiao reached his limit. He and his wife Jinkee Pacquiao finally faces a new intrigue implicating Krista Ranillo once again. The latest intrigue is that Manny and Krista are seeing each other and sharing an apartment together. There were even reports saying that they were [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 06 February 2010
Share Republic Act(RA) 9679 or better known as the Home Development Mutual Fund Law mandates a monthly contribution if P100 from members for such benefits as savings, short term loans and housing loans. It covers Filipino workers working abroad or here in the country currently under foreign employers. The said law derived negative [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 06 February 2010
Share A warrant of arrest has been ordered by the Manila court for Senator Panfilo Lacson. He left the country on January 5, two days before he was formally charged in court, connecting him with the murder of publicist Salvador "Bubby" Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corvito. The arrest warrant was issued by Judge Myra [Continue reading]