Political News April 9, 2013

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09 April 2013

 

LP NEWS

 

Young voters hold key to May polls, says Grace Poe - Inquirer Tech-savvy young voters are likely to significantly influence the outcome of the May 13 elections, an administration senatorial candidate said Monday.
‘No change in Senate leadership’ - Star Team PNoy campaign manager Sen. Franklin Drilon on Sunday denied reports there were plans for him to replace Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile in the 16th Congress.
Koko bares new meaning of his initials - Star Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III revealed the new meaning of his initials during his speech at the commencement exercises of the University of Perpetual Help Las Piñas yesterday.
Elders contribute more to nation building’ - Star Former senator Ramon Magsaysay Jr. believes that senior citizens should remain productive members of society and not just fade into the sunset after reaching the age of retirement.
Bill for OFWs pushed - Star Re-electionist Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, who is running under the Team PNoy party of President Aquino, said he will push for the passage of a bill that seeks to create a Department of Foreign Employment that will promote and protect the rights of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are being abused by their recruiters and employers.
Drilon endorses Belmontes, Bautista as LP bets - Star Team PNoy campaign manager Sen. Franklin Drilon on Sunday denied reports there were plans for him to replace Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile in the 16th Congress.
Reduced PCOS machine units cause fear among Hong kong OFWs – Bulletin Team PNoy re-electionist Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano is asking Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the former British colony to exercise their right in choosing their leaders amid fears of disenfranchisement of Filipino migrants due to a shortage of ballots and Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines.
Aquino to visit Maguindanao, campaign for LP bets - Bulletin  President Benigno S. Aquino III is making his third visit to Maguindanao this week, this time for partisan politics aimed at boosting the campaign of the Liberal Party senatorial, regional and provincial  bets  in the province.
Cayetano: Cha-Cha a double-edged blade - Journal Team P-Noy re-electionist Sen. Alan Cayetano yesterday said the incoming 16th Congress should only revive the controversial Charter change (Cha-cha) if this would get the support of the majority of Filipinos.
Related News	Ekonomiya madidiskaril sa ChaCha - Abante
One college grad for every poor family - Journal Reelectionist Senator Loren Legarda yesterday said that each of the 3.8 million households that are beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program  (4Ps) should have at least one college graduate per family.
Sonny Angara bumawi sa simbahan - Remate Matapos mapabilang sa bansag na ‘Team Patay’ o mga mambabatas na pumabor sa Reproductive Health Law, tila bumabawi ngayon si Aurora Rep. at team Pnoy senatorial candidate Sonny Angara sa simbahang katolika.

 

UNA NEWS

Free cell phones in campaign rally - Inquirer Martell Soledad, a candidate for councilor in Valenzuela City, has added cell phones to the array of giveaways—T-shirts, baseball caps and trinkets—during election campaign rallies.
‘Dirty Harry’ crashes ‘Asiong Salonga’ show - Inquirer Forget Dirty Harry. He’d rather be known by his new moniker, Harry Fatter, a healthy wellness advocate who still is, however, the controversial crime-fighter in the fashion of the Clint Eastwood character.
Estrada still owes P307.6M–gov’t lawyers - Inquirer Government prosecutors have disclosed that former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada has yet to hand over P307,602,835 of the P734.99 million in ill-gotten wealth  that the Sandiganbayan Special Division ordered forfeited in favor of the state following his conviction for plunder in 2007.
Related News	Graft court presses Erap on P700M plunder judgment - Malaya
‘3 kings’ of Valenzuela City open campaign in style - Inquirer The “Three Kings of Valenzuela” blasted their opponents as they launched their campaign in style on Sunday night during a six-hour proclamation rally with the senatorial slate of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA).
UNA questions NGO group’s actions - Bulletin Instead of getting censured, Kaya Natin, a non-government organization (NGO) supporting Team PNoy candidates, deserves praise for distributing gift certificates worth P1,000 each to several thousands of public high school students for them to use in buying school supplies last March.
Related News	5,000 witnesses to certify P13-M Kaya Natin vote buy - Tribune Palace distances self from Kaya Natin vote-buying claim – ABS-CBN News Vote-buying pinalagan - Abante
PCIJ’s offshore report clear demolition job against JV, says Erap - Tribune Former president, now Manila mayoralty bet Joseph “Erap” Estrada yesterday branded as a clear demolition job the latest report made by the  Philippine Center of Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) which dealt  with the alleged offshore investments of certain senatorial bets, his son, San Juan Rep. JV Ejercito Estrada included.

 

 

OTHER STORIES

 

President ‘very good’ again in SWS poll - Inquirer President Aquino’s net satisfaction rating rose in March, a reversal from last December’s double-digit dip, the latest survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.
Related News	Aquino, Binay, Enrile still enjoy high approval ratings – Pulse Asia survey - Inquirer Noy bounces back in ratings survey - Star Binay, Aquino ratings soar - Bulletin Most Pinoys satisfied with key leaders – Business Mirror Aquino, Binay maintain lead – Business World Pulse Asia, false Asia? – Abante Tonite
1st Inquirer forum pits incumbents, ex-senators - Inquirer Seven sitting or former senators take to the stage Wewdnesday to lift the veil on the Senate’s inner workings, in the first of three Inquirer Senate Forums.
NCRPO: No Metro election hotspot - Inquirer The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said there were no election hotspots in Metro Manila, despite the recent killing of a political leader in Taguig City and a reported scuffle between an aspiring councilor and the staffer of a rival politician in Caloocan City on Sunday.
PCGG: Imee Marcos probe out in 2 weeks - Inquirer The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) will come up in two weeks’ time with its preliminary findings on the offshore trust of Ilocos Gov. Imee Marcos and her three sons in the British Virgin Islands.
Josons aim for political resurrection - Inquirer In the political history of Nueva Ecija, no other name but Joson wove what seemed like a magical spell among the electorate for the last 50 years.
Groups urge SC to rethink ruling expanding party lists - Inquirer Civil and militant groups on Monday urged the Supreme Court to overturn what they branded as its “unpopular” decision allowing nonmarginalized sectors to participate in the party-list elections, saying that the ruling has virtually hammered the final nail on the coffin of a tool for social justice.
Related News	Comelec can still disqualify bogus partylist groups, says lawmaker - Inquirer Comelec urged to defend decision against ‘fake’ partylist groups - Inquirer Party lists insist on ouster of 54 others - Malaya
Mindanao power crisis may worsen next month—Napocor - Inquirer State-run National Power Corp. on Monday warned that the continued decrease of the water level at Lake Lanao would force it to limit the power generation from the 700-megawatt Agus power complex starting next month.
El Shaddai group aims to show its power in vote  - Inquirer Filipino Catholic groups are trying to muster million votes for senatorial candidates who oppose the Reproductive Health Law Congress passed last year.
Related News	Catholic groups launch white vote movement - Star Catholic groups unite to endorse own senate bets - Bulletin Is there a Catholic vote? We’ll show you, says El Shaddai head- Malaya
Bro. Eddie vows to work for ‘genuine change’ - Star After two failed attempts at the presidency in 2004 and 2010, Jesus is Lord founder and Bangon Pilipinas Party chairman Eddie Villanueva is seeking a Senate seat on May 13.
Senate bets cool to legislated wage hike - Star  With Labor Day barely a month away, incumbent and aspiring senators alike are cool to a legislated wage hike for the country’s work force.
Lawyers from PNP to probe high-profile poll violence cases - Star  Lawyers from the Philippine National Police (PNP) Legal Service will investigate high-profile and sensational cases of election-related violence.
Related News	Poll violence toll: 39 - Malaya
Comelec reminds BEIs not to be cowed by political bets - Bulletin The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Central Visayas yesterday said members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) will be given a briefing days before the May 13 elections.
Solons decry paltry burial help to vets - Standard Lawmakers said on Monday that the government should find ways to improve the plight of the remaining 3,750 World War II Filipino veterans as the country commemorates the “Araw Ng Kagitingan” (Day of Valor) today, April 9.
One-on-one poll contest for rivals in Iloilo City – Manila Times This highly urbanized city in Western Visayas is a best example of the administration candidates of the Liberal Party and its allies slugging it out with the contenders of the opposition United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) and the independents.
Noy boasts of achievements in poverty reduction - Tribune In the aftermath of the millions of Filipinos living below the poverty line, thousands of typhoon victims quartered in the various evacuation centers in Mindanao and the hundreds of beggars, young or old, roaming in the major streets of Metro Manila, President Aquino bragged before the diplomatic corps his claimed achievements in  fighting poverty and malnutrition of the poor people in the country.
‘Clash of the titans’ in Negros - Journal Politics is rearing its ugly head in Negros Occidental with police being caught in the middle of a heated fight between rival politicians, some of them being supported by the Nationalist People’s Coalition of business tycoon Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco, an uncle of President Benigno S. Aquino Jr., the Journal Group learned yesterday.
‘Amboy’ angat sa Hagonoy - Journal Base sa pinakahuling survey sa bayan ng Hagonoy, kung ang halalan ay idaraos  sa araw na ito, si dating ABC Chairman Raulito  “Amboy” Manlapaz na ang magiging bagong punong bayan.
Pulitiko sa droga dumadami - Abante Patuloy ang pagtaas ng bilang ng mga pulitiko na nasasangkot sa ipinagbabawal na droga, ayon sa Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).

 

 

EDITORIAL

 

Caribbean ‘piggy banks’ by Juan Mercado, Inquirer “Follow the smell of money.” Investigative reporter Amitabha Chowdhury worked by that rule in his Ananda Bazar Patrika exposés of murky contracts in India. Chowdhury won the 1961 Magsaysay Award for Journalism.

Will Risa or Dick make it? Survey says… by John Nery, Inquirer Supporters OF Risa Hontiveros were the first to point this out to me. She was doing worse at this stage of the campaign in 2010, they said, and yet she still came tantalizingly close to winning then.

Free-for-all looms for party-list seats by Federico Pascual, Star Welcome to the super rich, the over-represented and even political parties — and goodbye to the dreams of the truly marginalized sectors to become lawmakers themselves to enact laws to benefit them.

Cynthia Villar happy as No. 5 by Domini Torrevillas, Star With 32 men and women seeking election to the Senate, Cynthia Villar should be happy about being No. 5 best choice by respondents in the recent poll surveys. But she has new additional reason to feel elated: the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance has included the Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area (LPPCHEA) in its list.

Impressive showing by Elinando Cinco, Bulletin Formulas employed by local opinion poll firms in arriving at results are often received with skepticism by many observers. But when a senatorial candidate leapfrogs six rungs higher than his previous place, even the revered American pollster, the Gallop Poll, will have to lend credence to such a remarkable feat.

Jack: Farmers’ friend by Ducky Paredes, Malaya I am  intrigued by the ideas of Cagayan Congressman and United Nationalist Alliance candidate for senator Jack Enrile.

Definitely not a ‘trapo’ by Ernesto Hilario, Business Mirror Among he senatorial candidates in the May midterm elections, it is probably re-electionist Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano who can really claim to know the lay of the land, or the actual situation at the grassroots level.

Crunch time for senatorial candidates by Oscar Lagman Jr., Business World When the results of the August 2012 Social Weather Station survey on the senatorial candidates showed him as the topnotcher, re-electionist Sen. Francis Escudero said, “It’s still a long time before the elections and a lot of things can happen. It will still change.” In reaction, I wrote in this space that not only can a lot of things happen, the candidates, their campaign managers, and their dirty tricks operatives will make things happen.

Osmeña’s wealth by Jojo Robles, Standard In the spirit of bipartisanship, I offer some details from the statement of assets, liabilities and net worth of Aquino diehard and chief Congress scourge Senator Sergio Osmeña III. The Cebuano senator with solid ties to both Malacañang and the Lopez family has been making a name for himself lately for his unrelenting pursuit of certain big businessmen over and above the enthusiasm shown by regulators and other branches of government.

The trouble with ‘daang matuwid’ by Rep. Danilo Suarez, Standard The recent Supreme Court decision that granted 54 petitions for certiorari and prohibition filed by party-list groups that were disqualified by the Commission on Elections might be a most welcome development for the petitioners, but the decision carries with it a number of serious implications.

Osmeña and Lhota by Gary Olivar, Standard Osmeña has parlayed his durable good looks, famous name, and colorful history into three terms in the Senate. He’s proud to call himself “Mr. Maverick”, presumably because of his penchant for investigating people left and right, and not because of his dizzying history of political party-hopping: from Lakas-Kampi to LP to PPC to PDP-Laban and today, I believe, nominal independence.

Up for grabs by Pasto Apollo Quiboloy, Standard In what is the country’s biggest job fair this year, 18,022 positions are up for grabs in the elections that will be held five Mondays from today.

No to vote buying by Mabel Villarica Mamba, Manila Times The first and last time I joined the elections as a candidate was in 1995 when I won and served as vice mayor of Marilao, Bulacan. I got married in 1997 and I didn’t run for reelection in the 1998 elections because Manny and I decided one politician in the family is enough.

P40B or bust – Editorial, Tribune The  Magna Carta for the Poor would have created specific targets for government to ease the level of poverty in the country, foremost of the programs was the setting up of 5 million units of shelter for the poorest Filipinos to provide them with a decent home and the dignity that goes with it.

SWS, you amaze me! by Charlie Manalo, Tribune Last week, the Social Weather Station (SWS) released the results of its survey conducted Dec. 8 to 11 last year showing at least four in every five adult Filipinos, or 81 percent, said they were satisfied with their life, including 33 percent who said they were “very satisfied” and 48 percent who were “fairly satisfied.”

Alan’s remarkable pitch for OFWs by Ryan Ponce Pacpaco, Journal The idea of Team PNoy re-electionist Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano creating the Department of Foreign Employment to further promote and protect the rights of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) deserves strong support from the public.

‘Immediately executory’ by Paul Gutierrez, Journal It came as a surprise to the Estrada family that on the Liberal Party’s sortie in Laguna province last week to help boost the  campaign of its local bets headed by Rep. Egay San Luis (LP bet for governor), Pres. Noy Aquino took potshots at Laguna Gov. ER Ejercito, the incumbent and UNA candidate who is up for re-election.

Comelec alam ba kung ano ang ‘random manual audit'? by Jarius Bondoc, Pilipino Star Ngayon Apat na abogado at isang accountant ang bumubuo sa Commission on Elections. Pero bagamat mga college postgraduates, tila mga mangmang sila. Ayon ito sa mga propesor sa University of the Philippines at Ateneo de Manila University na bumubuo ng AES (Automated Election System) Watch.

Totoong tao si Tino by Bong Padua, Remate Eleksyon  na naman at kapag dumarating ang panahon na ito,  pangkaraniwang maririnig sa bibig ng mga tumatakbong politiko ang walang kamatayang salitang ‘pangako’.

Si Cataquiz of San Pedro at si Peewee of Pasay by Raul Valino, Remate Masayang Masaya si Mayor Calixto Cataquiz ng San Pedro noong isang araw.

Gamit sa eleksyon ang pera ng bayan by Vic Viscocho, Remate Parang katapusan na ng mundo ang asal ni Olongapo Mayor Bong Gordon sa pagbebenta ng mga pag-aari at pinagkakakitaan ng lungsod.

Enough food for 100m Filipinos by Arlie Calalo, Remate With  his rallying call: ‘Murang Pagkain, Maraming Pagkain,” United Nationalist Alliance senatorial bet and Cagayan Rep. Jack Enrile appears to be heading the right track as he insists that food security program must be spared from politics.

Jeannie Sandoval, bagong pag-asa ng taga-Malabon by Lily Reyes, Remate Nagkaroon ng  bagong pag-asa ang mga taga-Malabon dahil may  masasandigan na silang isang babae sa katauhan nitong si Jeannie Sandoval, kandidato bilang vice mayor ng lungsod ng Malabon.

Lokohan sa kampanya by Horacio Paredes, Abante Maraming klaseng paninira sa kampanya.

Ano raw? by Harvey Keh - Remate Noong nakaraang linggo ay nag-akusa ang campaign manager ng UNA na si Cong. Toby Tiangco sa grupo naming Kaya Natin!