Fwd: Political News May 5, 2013

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05 May 2013

 

LP NEWS

 

FPJ’s parental guidance shapes Grace Poe’s plans for the poor - Inquirer Eyebrows were raised when the Liberal Party announced Grace Poe’s inclusion in the Team PNoy coalition slate that also accommodated candidates from the Nacionalista Party and the Nationalist People’s Coalition.
Related News		TV ad banks on punning Poe’s name - Inquirer
Sonny Angara: Corona conviction a public service telling me to do more - Inquirer As the first anniversary of Chief Justice Renato Corona’s removal from office draws near, Aurora Rep. Edgardo “Sonny” Angara maintains that ousting the former top magistrate was a “public service” and played down the criticism that it was not the prosecutors but the defense that secured Corona’s conviction.
Escudero gets ribbing from Kris Aquino about presidential ambition - Inquirer A lively political rally with short political spiels and a huge crowd bouncing to music from a pop rock band so impressed Kris Aquino she said this should be the way to go in the 2016 campaign for her friend, Senator Francis Escudero, if he decides to make a bid for the presidency then.
Related News		Kris naglambing kay Chiz - Abante
Despite barbs, peace talks must go on — Hontiveros - Inquirer Despite the escalating word war between Malacañang and leaders of the local communist movement, Team PNoy senatorial candidate Risa Hontiveros still wants the government to pursue peace talks and maintain open communication lines with the rebel group.
Concert series rallying voters’ support for Team PNoy launched - Star Civil society groups supporting President Aquino have launched a nationwide concert series rallying voter support for the administration coalition Team PNoy to ensure a long-term implementation of Aquino’s reform and anti-poverty agenda.
Angara urges investors to invest in Bataan tourism - Star Senate aspirant Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara encouraged investors yesterday to put up tourism-oriented industries in Bataan and produce Filipino brands in the province’s free port complex in Mariveles.
LP won’t allow rivals to ride on Noy’s popularity - Star The Liberal Party (LP) is not going to let any candidate not allied with the administration get away with attempts to ride on the popularity of the President to boost their campaigns.
Blame game – Bulletin Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said yesterday that Malacañang is not to blame for the poor ranking in the senatorial race surveys of presidential aunt, Margarita “Ting-Ting” Cojuangco. Lacierda was reacting to Cojuangco, a candidate of administration rival United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), who had said that the Palace view of her husband’s possible involvement in the Sabah standoff has affected her standing in the surveys.
Aquino clarifies his CamSur bet - Bulletin “Le-ni.”This is how President Aquino had to clearly syllabicate and repeat the nickname of his choice for Liberal Party (LP) congressional bet in Camarines Sur, lawyer Leonor Robredo.
Related News	Robredo’s widow reveals rampant vote buying in CamSur - Journal
Election not a proxy war - Standard Vice President Jejomar Binay should not treat the 2013 elections as his own proxy war with President Benigno Aquino III, presidential cousin and senatorial candidate Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV said on Saturday.
Black propaganda vs LP, NPC bets in Team PNoy heat up - Star The Team PNoy alliance of the administration Liberal Party (LP) and the Nacionalista Party (NP) for the May 13 elections is disintegrating as the “black propaganda “ against LP senatorial bet and Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) member Sen. Loren Legarda heated up.
Related News	Mudslinging scored - Journal
Red tape driving away investors — Magsaysay - Journal Team PNoy senatorial bet Ramon Magsaysay Jr. has urged government to ensure investors of easier business in the country by cutting down red tape.
Kris, other celebrities join Team PNoy bets on road - Journal For the final stretch of the campaign period, celebrities will join some Team PNoy candidates in their last hurrah next week.
Lim: Manila kilala sa buong mundo! - Journal “Ngayon lang ang kauna-unahan na nagkaroon ng ganyang karera ng mamahaling sasakyan. Pinili nila ang Maynila dahil ang Maynila daw kilalang-kilala sa buong mundo. Hindi daw kilala ang bansa natin bilang Pilipinas kundi ang sinasabi sa’n kayo pupunta? Ah, sa Manila. ’Yun ang katotohanan kasi noong araw pa, dahil capital ng Pilipinas ang Maynila, lahat ng pumupunta sa ibang bansa ang sinasabi, galing sila sa Maynila.”
Loren insists she's not sole owner of Manhattan condo - Journal Senator Loren Legarda has insisted her controversial condominium unit in Manhattan, New York is not solely hers despite US public documents saying otherwise.
Bam pasok sa ‘timbangan’ ng MGG – Pilipino Star Ngayon Pasok si Team PNoy senatoriable Benigno Bam Aquino sa listahan ng Top 12 senators sa mock poll na inilunsad ng Movement for Good Governance (MGG) matapos ang forum na “Timbangan 2013.”
Team PNoy, solido pa rin – M’cañang - Remate Nananatiling solido ang Team PNoy bilang malakas na partidong babanggain ng United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) sa eleksyon, Mayo 13.
‘Top 3’ ng Team PNoy winarningan – Abante Tonite Walang plano ang liderato ng Liberal Party (LP) na kausapin nang perso­nal ang tatlong nangungunang senatorial candidates ng Team PNoy na sentro ngayon ng intriga subalit nagbabala sa mga ito si Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas II na baka magkaroon ng epekto ang intrigahan sa kanilang political career.

 

UNA NEWS

 

Kris Aquino may be X factor to mess up Magic 12 – Inquirer A senatorial candidate of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) on Saturday belittled the impact President Benigno Aquino III’s younger sister might have on the Team PNoy ticket at this stage of the campaign.
Related News	Maceda downplays ‘Kris Aquino factor’ - Inquirer
UNA hits fund misuse in Iloilo - Inquirer Campaigning in Iloilo this week, Vice President Jejomar Binay and the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) may very well have thought that they had uncovered unmistakable signs that all is not straight and righteous in the Aquino administration.
Enrile team assails dirty tricks - Star The campaign team of United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) candidate for Sen. Jack Enrile today denounced the series of incidents of a suspicious nature that have occurred in the past days.
Brillantes must resign if he fails to show source code – Gordon - Star Former senator Richard Gordon asked Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Sixto Brillantes to resign if he fails to show the source code for the elections next week.
Related News	Comelec must reveal source code – Gordon – Manila Times Source code ng 2013 elections hawak ng international firm – Abante Tonite
Binay: Investors require LGUs to have comprehensive land use plan – Bulletin Some investors now require local government units (LGUs) to have a Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) before they start a business according to Vice President Jejomar C. Binay.
Estrada promises improved waste management - Bulletin Manila mayoral candidate and former President Joseph Estrada promised to improve waste collection in the city and solve flood woes if elected into office.
Erap bares horror stories of city hall employees - Bulletin Manila Mayoral candidate and former President Joseph Estrada on Saturday revealed some 'horror' experiences of disgruntled city hall employees who related lamentable change in work assignments that left them 'demoralized'.
Related News	Demoralisasyon ng mga empleyado sa Manila City hall, serbisyo publiko apektado - Remate

 

OTHER NEWS

 

Clash in Taguig, bombs in Antipolo - Inquirer Political tensions got physical and potentially explosive in two cities with a few days to go before the May 13 elections.
Related News	Police classify Antipolo an election hot spot - Inquirer
Power for polls sought in dam town - Inquirer The town hosting the Pantabangan Dam has suffered from blackout since March 7, prompting a candidate, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to request a power company to restore power at least for the duration of the May 13 midterm elections.
Left’s lone Senate bet gets share of star power - Inquirer Militant lawmaker Teddy Casiño knew from the start that endorsements from show biz personalities could bolster a candidate’s chances of winning an election.
Stars of show biz descend on Camarines Sur for actor Aga - Inquirer A bevy of actor Aga Muhlach’s show business friends has descended on the fourth district of Camarines Sur starting Thursday to help him campaign for his congressional bid in the district, popularly known as the Partido area.
Polls a season for cases, too - Inquirer Election time is apparently the same season for the filing or revival of corruption charges against politicians.
Maguindanao bet assails bid to link him to MILF - Inquirer Maguindanao gubernatorial candidate Tucao Mastura of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) on Saturday slammed as another dirty political tactic reports that he is using his perceived ties with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to advance his political bid.
Comelec urged to uphold ouster of party-list groups - Inquirer Election watchdog Kontra Daya has asked the Commission on Elections to uphold the disqualification of 38 party-list groups the Comelec had earlier barred from running in next week’s elections.
Related News	Election watchdog appeals to Comelec - Bulletin
Church failed to sway poll watchdog members–PPCRV - Inquirer The attempt to turn members of the election watchdog group Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) into “partisan” campaigners for the elections has apparently failed.
NPC not pushing for 12 Team PNoy candidates - Inquirer A leader of the Nationalist People’s Coalition on Saturday said Saturday the party had long decided to turn its back on the Team PNoy coalition ticket, opting instead to campaign exclusively for its members and an independent ally running for the Senate.
Kris Aquino: ‘Game over’ for opposition in Tacloban mayoralty race - Inquirer Florencio “Bem” Noel’s mayoralty bid got a boost from President Benigno Aquino III’s youngest sister and popular TV host, Kris, who declared that the mayoralty contest here was already “game over.”
Bet pokes gun at voter who refused handshake - Star A mayoral candidate found himself spending the last few days campaigning inside a jail cell after he was arrested for poking a gun at a voter who refused to shake his hand.
Group endorses Cayetano - Star The Abono party-list found an ally in re-electionist Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano in its fight against rice smuggling.
Hospitals to campaign for pro-health Senate bets - Star The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines (PHAP) has embarked on a campaign to display in front of hospitals the names of senators who support health reforms.
Señeres optimistic on Senate win - Star Contrary to results of pre-election surveys, Democratic Party of the Philippines (DPP) senatorial candidate Christian Señeres believes he has a chance to land in the magic 12.
Grenade lobbed at Pangasinan mayor’s house - Star Unidentified men hurled a grenade at the house of Urdaneta City Mayor Amadeo G.E. Perez IV yesterday morning but it did not explode, a police official said.
Disqualification case filed vs governor, congressman - Star A disqualification case has been filed against Pangasinan Gov. Amado Espino Jr. and first district Rep. Jesus “Boying” Celeste for allegedly detaining the supporters of a rival candidate and preventing them from distributing his campaign materials.
Politics heating up in Maasin - Bulletin Two opposing political groups here are not only fighting for local seats but are also hotly contesting similar claims of winning a 12-0 victory for the administration’s Team PNoy’s senatorial slate in the May 13 elections.
Presence of foreign observers in the May 13 polls mulled - Bulletin Officials of the Australian embassy recently met with representatives of the Commission on Elections in Central Visayas (Comelec -7) to discuss election-related issues, including the sending of foreign observers and the poll body’s preparations for the May 13 elections.
Civil groups sue gov’t for violating right to suffrage – Manila Times Members of civil society groups on Friday filed a complaint against the government, citing the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in particular, for the alleged violation of their right to suffrage.
Bishop: No Catholic vote – Manila Times Cagayan Valley’s most outspoken Catholic cleric, Bishop Ramon Villena, on Saturday said there is no such thing as a Catholic vote.
Poll action plan cited - Journal Law enforcement agencies have mapped out an action plan to ensure free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible conduct of the May 13 automated national and local elections, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda assured the people.
Probe Bacolod poll cheating plan – DOJ - Journal Department of Justice Secretary Leila M. de Lima expressed support for the National Bureau of Investigation to probe the plans to sow terrorist activities in the upcoming May 2013 elections.
Tight race for gov in Aurora - Journal The main protagonists for the governorship of this province are locked up in a tight race with a little over a week before the May 13 elections, if a recent survey is to be believed.
Bayan Muna endorses Jun Magsaysay - Journal Militant party-list group Bayan Muna announced on Saturday that it is endorsing former Senator Ramon ‘Jun’ Magsaysay Jr. in the upcoming May 13 elections.
Pagbilang sa ekis ‘di depekto – Comelec - Abante Nilinaw kahapon ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) na hindi maituturing na isang depekto sa pagbibilang ng precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machine sakaling basahin pa rin nito ang marka na “x” sa loob ng oval sa balota sa halip na i-shade o itiman ito.
Sakripisyo ni PNoy sa ‘Team’  ‘wag sayangin – Roxas - Abante Kung kinaya ni Pa­ngulong Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III ang pagsasak­ripisyo at pagtupad sa pa­ngakong bibitbitin nito at ikakampanya ang buong Team PNoy, dapat lamang na suklian din ito ng bawat miyembro ng Team PNoy ng katumbas na katapatan at pagiging mabuting ‘team player’.

 

EDITORIAL

 

A vote for the disabled by Rina Jimenez David, Inquirer The United Nations estimates that in any country, 10 percent of the population is composed of disabled persons—the blind or visually impaired, the deaf or hearing impaired, the physically disabled or wheelchair-bound, and the developmentally or mentally impaired.

Elections: Are we ready to roll? by Babe Romualdez, Star We had a conversation with Commission on Elections chairman Sixto Brillantes the other day and he informed us the final testing and sealing of the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines in some schools went well.

A blessing in disguise by Carmen Pedrosa, Star It has forced us to question the system through which we choose our leaders. The Smartmatic-PCOS election fiasco may be a blessing in disguise.

Poverty, Dynasties: Main election issues by Former President Fidel Ramos, Bulletin The May 13 national and local elections are characterized by innovations in the automated electoral system, and the disqualification of a number of “party-list” parties pursuant to new Comelec implementing rules and regulations. Also, probably because Comelec has prescribed strict rules limiting candidates to just so many minutes of airtime on TV and radio, media networks have managed to engage and publicize senatorial “wannabes” (including those running independently) in various dialogues, debates, and public affairs programs in the effort to “level the political playing field.”

The game of slinging mud – Editorial, Standard A leading senatorial candidate this week cried during a press conference she called to “clear her name” after allegations surfaced that she failed to declare a property in the US for many years.

Wasted tears by Bong Austerio, Standard There are more than 20 other hopefuls all doing whatever it takes just to get into the magic 12 in this year’s senatorial elections. Most of the other candidates have developed stomach ulcers, have not had sleep for weeks, lost their voices, been dehydrated, exposed themselves to heat stroke, lost weight, are badly sunburned, etc, etc.

Si P-Noy, Kris at ang 12-0 dream? By E.B. Montano, Journal Anong malay natin na magkatotoo ang P-Noy dream na clean sweep ng Team PNoy, o 12-0 win.

Maynila sa mga kuko ni Erap by Atty. Joy de Castro, Journal Ang ating mga mamamayan ay naghahanap ng lider ‘statesman.’ ’Yung pinuno na matapos hawakan ang pinakamataas na posisyon sa pamahalaan, ay ’di na kumakandidato upang muling humawak ng kapangyarihan at ang hangad at kasiyahan na lang ay magsilbing gabay sa mga bago at susunod na lider ng bayan.

Magpakita ng ebidensya – Editorial, Abante Tonite Sa ilang araw na lamang na nalalabi para sa 2013 midterm elections ay patindi pa nang patindi ang batuhan ng putik sa pagitan ng mga kandidato, mapa-lokal man o nasyunal.

Family business by Bernard Taguinod, Abante Tonite Kung mayroong mga pamilyang umiikot lang sa kanilang angkan ang mga malalaking negosyo, ganito rin ang nangyayari sa mundo ng pulitika

Hindi nila makikita ang boto n’yo by Grace Padaca, Abante Sa isang Linggo, bawal na ang ma­ngampanya. Kinabukasan kasi, Lunes, ay araw na ng eleksyon.