Fw: Political News March 27, 2013

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27 MARCH 2013

 

LP NEWS

 

Escudero falls in latest poll; Cayetano now No. 2 - Inquirer Still reeling from the controversy brought about by his girlfriend’s parental disapproval of their relationship, reelectionist Sen. Francis Escudero found himself in another challenging spot.
Related News	Chiz rating hurt by UNA withdrawal of support – Manila Times Big drop for Chiz in latest SWS survey – ABS-CBN News Legarda, Cayetano tied for No.1 in SWS survey - Journal Team PNoy bets lead 9-3 - Journal Steady votes nakatutulong kay Cayetano – Pilipino Star Ngayon Legarda, Cayetano agawan sa No. 1 spot – Abante Tonite
SWS survey shows admin candidates ahead in voter preference - Inquirer Administration candidates continued to have the edge in terms of voter preference, results of the latest Social Weather Stations survey show.
Angara to file bill of rights for new graduates if elected - Star Senatorial candidate Juan Edgardo Angara plans to file a Bill of Rights for New Graduates if he is elected.
Delivery of benefits for elderly pushed - Star Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano yesterday pushed for the delivery of all benefits intended for senior citizens, particularly those who are living outside urban centers.
Magsaysay’s rating improves - Star Former Sen. Ramon Magsaysay Jr. has slowly climbed up the rankings in the senatorial surveys, and to further boost his bid, he now has a celebrity endorser.
Chiz apologizes over Heart - Star Sen. Francis Escudero apologized yesterday to the public and some private individuals who were dragged into the controversy involving his girlfriend actress Heart Evangelista and her parents.
Related News	Chiz Hurt By Heart’s Parents - Bulletin Chiz to heed Miriam's tip on wooing Heart's parents – ABS-CBN News
Bam Aquino Joins Bayani Challenge - Bulletin Starting last March 23 and ongoing until today, a new kind of People Power is being shown in 37 sites of 33 different provinces as 100,000 volunteers from across the nation work together to ensure that no Filipino will be left behind in the national pursuit for progress and sustainable development. This is Bayani Challenge.
High School For Sports Pushed - Bulletin The chairman of the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education is pushing for the passage of a bill creating a Philippine High School for Sports (PHSS) that would maximize the potentials of the youth as world-class athletes who would represent the country in global sports tournaments.
LP to UNA bashers: Just spell their names right - Malaya The administration’s senatorial ticket Team PNoy expects the United Nationalist Alliance to step up its negative campaign against its senatorial candidates in the next few weeks because of the consistent showing of nine of them in surveys.
UNA beats Team PNoy to the draw on truce call - Standard Administration candidates on Tuesday called for a Holy Week truce with opposition candidates as the nation marks the Lenten season.
Major victory naamoy na ng Team PNoy – Abante Tonite Kasunod ng lumabas na pinakahuling survey ng Social Weather Station (SWS), nakakaamoy na umano ng tagumpay ang Team PNoy kahit meron pang mahigit isa't kalahating buwan ang campaign period para humabol ang mga nasa ibaba.

 

UNA NEWS

 

Enrile pitches for gov’t protection of consumers - Tribune United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) senatorial candidate Jack Enrile yesterday urged government to protect consumers from “unreasonably” high prices of basic consumer goods as well as services. “Government has the responsibility to keep the prices of food and other basic needs within the reach of the common tao,” said Enrile.
Related News	Consumer protection hiling ni Enrile – Pilipino Star Ngayon Consumer protection, giit ni Enrile - Abante
Enrile says practical shooting on target – ABSC-CBN News UNA senatorial candidate Jack Enrile yesterday expressed confidence that the sport of practical shooting will continue to bring honors to the country while fostering responsible gun ownership among Filipinos.
Tiangco mum on SWS survey; UNA shifts to Pulse Asia – ABS-CBN News United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) spokesperson Toby Tiangco kept mum on the results of the recent Social Weather Station (SWS) survey saying he will only react after the survey firm reveals who pays for its poll surveys.
DoLE lauded on Kasambahay IRR - Journal United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) senatorial bet and Cagayan Rep. Jack Enrile recently commended the Department of Labor and Employment for its initiative in holding publicconsultations on the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the recently-signed R.A. 10361 or the Batas Kasambahay.
Jack Enrile: Enough food for 100 million - Journal “When  it comes to a constantly growing population, the problem is the ratio of food supply to consumption. We need to have food that will be enough to feed 100 million Filipinos,” United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) senatorial bet and Cagayan Representative Jack Enrile said, as he cited a recent study stating our population will reach 100 million by the end of 2013.
Enrile support - Tempo United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) Senatorial bet and Cagayan Rep. Jack Enrile recently expressed his support for the plan of Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chief Loretta Ann Rosales to go to Kuala Lumpur and meet with her Malaysian counterpart.
Erap hugas-kamay kina Chiz, Grace - Abante Hugas-kamay ang kampo ni dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada sa usap-usapang may kinalaman ito sa pagbaba sa survey ng Social Weather Stations (SWS) ni Sen. Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero at ng ina­anak nitong independent candidate na si Grace Poe.
Bayong ng Munti 'hit na hit' – Abante Tonite Tagumpay ang implementasyon ng plastic ban na ginagaya na sa halos lahat ng panig ng Pilipinas dahilan para masungkit ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Muntinlupa ang isang parangal dahil sa pagpapatupad ng ordinansang may kaugnayan sa nabanggit na programa.

 

 

OTHER STORIES

 

Aquino tripping on ‘stay-cation’ at Palace - Inquirer President Benigno Aquino III would rather stay at his official residence by the Pasig River this Holy Week watching “Jesus Christ Superstar” than smell the flowers and pine trees of Baguio City, which he no longer finds cool, perhaps, literally and otherwise.
‘PCSO, DAR balked at Magna Carta’ - Inquirer In their rush to approve the Magna Carta of the Poor, lawmakers put in funding provisions that raised questions from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), President Benigno Aquino III said on Tuesday.
Related News	‘Magna Carta for Poor is Mission Impossible’ - Star Aquino Wants More Realistic Pro-Poor Bill - Bulletin Senators defend veto on Magna Carta for the Poor – Business Mirror More practical pro-poor bill sought – Business World CBCP blasts Aquino – Manila Times
DOJ to probe abduction rap vs bet for governor - Inquirer Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Tuesday said she will assign a state prosecutor to investigate allegations that Sultan Kudarat Mayor Tocao Mastura, who is running for Maguindanao governor against reelectionist Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu, had abducted in 2007 a woman and had asked her husband to pay a P5-million ransom and hand to him a land title in exchange for her release.
Traders’ group vows to heed Aquino call for correct taxes - Inquirer President Benigno Aquino III’s message to Chinese-Filipino businessmen last week couldn’t be clearer than when he spoke in Chinese and uttered these words: “Hui sin pa la tyo she.”
Workers back Casiño, to campaign on days off - Inquirer Independent senatorial candidate Teddy Casiño found support from the labor sector, specifically from rank-and-file employees at the Cavite economic zone.
Aquino: Higher Mindanao power rates inevitable - Inquirer Already grappling with “rotating” brownouts every day, millions of Mindanao residents will eventually have to pay more for their electricity consumption, President Benigno Aquino III said on Tuesday.
Related News	Mindanao power woes resolved in 2015, but... - Star Aquino Assures Smooth Mindanao Elections - Bulletin Eight-hour blackouts to haunt Mindanao – Manila Times Noy wants emergency powers for electricity crisis - Tribune
Gov’t, MILF still hold meeting ahead of talks - Inquirer The Aquino administration and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) wish to conclude their peace deal as soon as possible despite the postponement of the scheduled talks in Kuala Lumpur on March 25.
Related News	MILF warns of more violence – Manila Times
Comelec to unveil PCOS demo center at Intramuros office - Inquirer The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to unveil a permanent Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) Demonstration Center at the poll body’s main office in Intramuros, Manila for the public to learn about the process of the automated voting.
Comelec not targeting anti-Aquino partylist bets – poll exec - Inquirer The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Tuesday that it was not singling out any partylist group when it filed charges of campaign rule violation  against certain candidates as alleged by militant labor groups.
Greco Belgica: Young and innovative - Star The youngest among the 33 senatorial aspirants has boyish looks and innovative programs for reform that have caught the public’s attention, which  just might catapult him to the Senate.
Budget cut for state schools not final – DBM – Star The P900-million cut in the budget of state universities and colleges (SUCs) next year based on the indicative budget ceilings set by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is not yet final.
Related News	Anti-poor state university policy under fire - Standard Solon slams DBM for boasting budget for SUCs increased - Tribune Casiño says DBM figures on SUC budget increase misleading - Remate Solons na ayaw bawasan ang SUCs budget dumarami - Remate
More funds to be poured into infrastructure next year – Star The Aquino administration is pouring more funds into infrastructure next year.
HK ruling on Pinay maids’ residency contradicts Chinese law – Binay - Star Vice President Jejomar Binay believes the decision of Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal to bar two Filipino domestic workers from acquiring permanent residency status is contrary to the basic law of the Chinese territory.
Espino, Braganza no-show in peace pact signing - Star At least 30 candidates in Pangasinan signed a peace covenant on Monday afternoon at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the St. John the Evangelist but the two gubernatorial bets were a no-show.
UP Failed To Ease Tuition Through Charter — COA - Bulletin  Financially burdened University of the Philippines (UP) could have avoided imposing much-criticized tuition schemes had its charter been fully implemented since its approval over four years ago.
DOST Certifying 155,000 Election Inspectors – Bulletin  The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is on course to complete this week the certification of 155,000 Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) nationwide to serve in the automated election system (AES) on May 13.
Poll bets warned on campaign ban - Standard The Commission on Elections on Tuesday urged the public to play snoop and rat on candidates who will campaign on Holy Thursday and Good Friday.
More worries for senatorial bets up - Tribune Aside from the Church’s Team Patay and Team Buhay campaign, senatorial candidates now need to worry over the drive envi-ronmental group Green-peace will launch in support of environmentalist bets and against those who disregard the environment.
Two political clans in Cavite are up for grabs for key positions in local posts - Tribune Two leading political clans in the province of Cavite are up for grab for key positions in the local race. Gov.  Juanito Victor “Jonvic” Remulla who is seeking his second term needs to outsmart former Gov. Erineo “Ayong” Maliksi who is aiming to regain the seat he holds for three consecutive terms (nine years).
‘Lawmakers’ pork barrels should be allocated for poor students’ - Tribune It is proper that the pork barrel funds of lawmakers should be allocated for poor students. This is meant to raise the standards and quality of education in the land which is becoming a privilege. According to Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz, everyone knows that it is not made public where pork barrel of lawmakers is being spent and it is just proper that it should be apportioned to the needs of less fortunate people in the society like education.
Local bets told to remove campaign materials before March 29 – GMA News Local candidates in the May 13 elections are urged to remove any material that can be linked to their campaign before March 29, the official start of the campaign period for them.
‘Anti-dynasty isyu desisyunan agad’ – Pilipino Star Ngayon Agarang desisyon sa petisyon sa pag-disqualify sa kandidatura ng “clear and obvious cases of political dynasty” gaya ng pamilya Villafuerte sa Bicol, Duterte sa Davao, Pineda sa Pampanga at Gatchalian sa Valen­zuela.

 

 

EDITORIAL

 

4 political dynasties slugging it out in Cavite by Neal Cruz, Inquirer Political dynasties are proliferating in spite of the constitutional ban on them. In Cavite, home of President Emilio Aguinaldo, matinee idol Leopoldo Salcedo, bandit Nardong Putik, and kapeng barako, four families are fighting it out for local positions in the May elections.

‘Beware of false prophets’ by Marcihu Villanueva, Star This is the case of the presidential veto on the Congress-approved Magna Carta for the Poor. The words for the title of the proposed legislation sounded so noble and magnanimous. Thus, there was such bitter crying over it when it got presidential veto. Certainly, however, the reasons for the veto are well meaning.

Real life soap operas by Tony Katigbak, Star This past week, we were treated, or shall I say subjected, to two real life soap operas in the news. One was the headline grabbing family feud between a seemingly spoiled little rich girl actress and a rising senator aspiring to one day be the president of our country; and the other, a once again tearful daughter of a former president on the news again sharing all of her personal problems on national television for everyone to see.

Pope: Avoid Greed, Political Dynasties by Fr. Bel San Luis, SVD, Bulletin Addressing  a vast crowd last Palm Sunday, Pope Francis I urged them to shun corruption and greed and reach out to “the humble, the poor, the forgotten.”

A Quota System In Education? (Conclusion) by Sen. Manny Villar, Bulletin I found some bits of information from the website of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), which are relevant to the issue of mismatch between education and the job requirements of employers. The agency notes worrisome trends toward the deterioration of our human capital.

Politicians of every color by Dahli Aspillera, Malaya  A recent poll shows that three-fourths of rural voters will accept money from politicians.  Good!  Why not?  Take all the P500 that politicians are passing around, the sack of rice, the bags of groceries, whatever the politicians are offering as bribe.   But do not vote for a bad guy.  And he will never know.  That evil one will never, never find out that you did not vote for him.   These “gifts” (or bribes) most likely came from his grafting and corrupting; what the politician is giving away is from taxpayers’ money anyway.

Silent Wednesday by James Jimenez, Business Mirror The campaign period for local candidates officially starts on Good Friday, although actual campaigning should begin only on the day after, or Black Saturday.

In contrast to Trillanes by Ed Javier, Business Mirror Two soldiers who took part in the infamous Oakwood Mutiny of 2003 received their sentences last week. First Lieutenants Lawrence San Juan and Rex Bolo are facing jail terms of from six to 12 years. The Regional Trial Court in Makati found them guilty of mutiny and coup d’etat charges.

Politics and showbusiness by Greg Macabenta, Business World Of late, the national dailies and broadcast networks have been reporting news that they apparently believe are of more importance to the Filipino masses than poverty, unemployment, criminality, and the RH law.

A pause from politics by Alejandro del Rosario, Standard Exuding confidence, the loquacious Dick Gordon, who can out-talk anybody except probably Miriam Defensor Santiago, urges voters to question candidates on their platform of government. Rule out those who sing and dance on the stage and make buffoons of themselves. Gordon would rather hear senatorial candidates speak out on the Mindanao crisis, unemployment, rising criminality and how they plan to address issues of national concerns.

Let’s see results -  Editorial, Tribune A review should be initiated, by Congress perhaps, on the effectivity of the costly conditional cash transfer (CCT) program which even the World Bank (WB) had assessed lately to have limited impact on the conditions of the poor.

Don’t bet on it by Ninez Cahcho Olivarez, Tribune Senatorial candidates from the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) who upped their rankings in the Social Weather Stations (SWS) March survey, which was improbably conducted in just three days on a face-to-face basis, shouldn’t be jumping for joy — not with such manipulated yellow surveys. They may just be dropped again in the next two surveys. It’s still the same Team PNoy bets in.

Buy the people; fool the people; off the people by Daedalos, Journal “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time,” so admonished late US President Abraham Lincoln.

Alan Peter, pursigidong mag-number 1? by Mario Fetalino, Jr., Journal Ang usap-usapan ngayon, may mas matindi pa daw na labanan sa senatorial race kesa sa Team P-Noy versus UNA. Ito raw ay ang tahimik na giyera pero naglalagablab na labanang Loren Legarda, Chiz Escudero versus Alan Peter Cayetano.

Is Sen. Chiz being ‘demolished’ this early? by Itchie Cabayan, Journal Having been able to follow the Chiz-Heart-Ongpaucos telenovela recently, I just can’t help but entertain the thought -- although I hope I am wrong -- that there may be politics involved.

Survey at ransom by Allan Encarnation, Remate Marami ang nagsusulong na ipatigil ang survey na ginagawa ng Pulse Asia at SWS para sa mga kumakandidato ngayong paparating na eleksyon.

Anong nangyari sa pangako? By Bernard Taguinod, Abante Tonite Noong 2010 presidential campaign, napag-usapan na ang brownout sa Mindanao at marami tayong narinig na solusyon ang mga kandidato noon, pero bakit hanggang ngayon ay problema pa ang brownout sa rehiyon?