Political News April 22, 2013

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22 April 2013

 

LP NEWS

 

Madrigal gets full backing of Villar family - Inquirer More than three years after she started an ethics case against then Senate President Manuel Villar over a questionable road project in southern Metro Manila, former Senator Jamby Madrigal on Saturday night received the endorsement of Villar and his family before their local leaders and supporters in Las Piñas.
Related News	Jamby, Villar family now in good terms - Star Jamby, Villars reconciled – People’s Journal
This political ‘late-bloomer’ seeks more than just follow in father’s footsteps - Inquirer Being the son of a senator, Aurora Representative Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara admits feeling a big “pressure to  deliver” the first time he ran and won a seat at the House of Representatives.
Escudero ‘will not lose sleep’ over text linking him to rice smuggling - Inquirer Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero  shrugged off  a text message being  circulated linking him to rice smuggling in the country, saying  he would  not lose sleep over it.
Related News		Chiz ayaw paapekto sa black propaganda – Abante Tonite
Senate bets urged to educate voters - Star Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara of Team PNoy has urged his fellow senatorial candidates to participate in intelligent debates and electoral forums to educate the voters.
Aquino vows infra projects for Cebu - Star President Aquino yesterday vowed multibillion-peso infrastructure projects for Cebu, as he led the groundbreaking of the P3.7-billion Mactan Island Circumferential Road.
Special report: Team PNoy still ahead – Business World A reelectionist hold on the top three was finally broken, however, with two would-be senators now battling for third as a scandal apparently affected the erstwhile holder.
UNA urged to offer options – Manila Standard The opposition United Nationalist Alliance should offer the people honest options rather than false promises, re-electionist senator Aquilino Pimentel said on Sunday.
Bam ratsada uli sa survey – Pilipino Star Ngayon Muling umarangkada si Team PNoy senatoriable Benigno Bam Aquino sa survey ng StratPolls para sa Abril.
Chiz: No regrets in loving Heart – People’s Journal Team P-Noy re-electionist Sen. Chiz Escudero admitted being caught in the middle of two huge rocks bumping into each other for loving a girl from show business while he is very busy in politics.
Loren: Let us act as one – People’s Journal Senator Loren Legarda, a staunch environmentalist, said as the world commemorates Earth Day today, the government, public, business groups and other concerned stakeholders should reflect upon and be more aware of the present state of our environment in this fast-changing and challenging times.
CSC kinalampag sa red tape – Abante Tonite Kinalampag ni Aurora Rep. Edgardo 'Sonny' Angara ang Civil Service Commission (CSC) na paigtingin ang kampanya nito laban sa red tape matapos bumagsak ang 150 ahensya ng pamahalaan sa anti-red tape test.
Grace Poe: 'Di ko inendorso si Isko – Abante Nilinaw ni Team PNoy senatorial candidate Grace Poe na hindi niya inendorso ang kandidatura ni Isko Moreno, ang running mate ni dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada, sa pagtakbo nito bilang vice mayor ng Maynila.

 UNA STORIES

 

Enrile hails capture of 2nd Boston bombing suspect - Inquirer UNA senatorial candidate Jack Enrile on Sunday hailed the capture by US security forces of the second Boston marathon bomber, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Team PNoy links to Arroyo cited - Inquirer Toby Tiangco, United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) campaign manager, on Sunday said he could easily come up with the names of many people in the administration camp who enjoyed close ties and worked with the former President before jumping over to the new ruling coalition.
Related News		UNA: Former Arroyo allies now with LP – ABS-CBN News Gloria’s tell-tale marks all over Team PNoy — UNA – Tribune Ex-GMA allies now with LP -- UNA – People’s Journal Libong Ex-GMA allies nasa LP na – UNA – Abante Tonite
Maceda, Enrile want Sin Tax Law amended - Inquirer The law which imposes steeper tax rates on tobacco and alcoholic products may face amendments in the 16th Congress if two opposition senatorial bets make it to the Senate.
UNA condemns NPA slay try on mother of Senator Guingona - Inquirer The opposition on Sunday said that it condemned the slay attempt on the mother of Senator Teofisto Guingona III.
Estrada: ‘Manila buried in P3.5-B debt’ - Inquirer Former President and Manila mayoral candidate Joseph Estrada assured Manileños on Sunday of full transparency in the utilization of their taxes to finance urban renewal and make Manila a center of trade and commerce once more.
Marcoses, Enriles no longer at war – Jack Enrile - Inquirer Despite the notion that enmity runs deep between the Enriles and the Marcoses, Cagayan Representative Jack Enrile on Sunday said that the two clans are no longer at war.
Congress spends P68-B 'pork'- ABS-CBN News Senators and congressmen have spent a total of P68.6 billion in pork barrel funds from 2009 up to last week. The biggest recipients are Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Edgardo Angara and Jinggoy Estrada.
Related News		Congress spends P68-B ‘pork’  - Star
Maceda: The older, the better for the Senate – ABS-CBN News United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) candidate Ernesto Maceda may not be as young as some candidates for the senatorial posts, but he believes the wisdom that comes from being a veteran politician is what the Senate needs.
Mitos: Aquino gov’t forcing SUCs to increase tuition – ABS-CBN News United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) senatorial candidate Mitos Magsaysay said it is only now during the Aquino administration that state universities and colleges (SUCs) are being forced to increase tuition.
Zubiri tuloy ang laban sa pagkasira ng kalikasan – Pilipino Star Ngayon Bukod sa kanyang matapat at malinis na serbisyo publiko, itutuloy din ni United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) senatorial candidate Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri ang kanyang kampanya para mapigilan ang pagkasira ng kalikasan.
Related News	Laban para pigilan ang pagkasira ng kalikasan, tuluy-tuloy –Abante Tonite
Forum ng mga kandidato, muling inisnab nina Erap at Isko – Abante Tonite Sa ikatlong pagkakataon, muling inisnab ng magkatiket na sina dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada at Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno, kamakalawa ang inorganisang candidate's forum ng Archdiocese of Manila.

 

 

OTHER STORIES

 

Teddy Casiño: Leftist but not communist - Inquirer Teodoro “Teddy” Casiño swears he’s neither a member of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) nor a lapdog of Jose Maria Sison, the self-exiled founding chairman of the Maoist movement.
Brillantes set to end suspense over job - Inquirer Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. is set to answer this question when he reveals on Monday his decision on whether or not he will stay on to oversee the second automated balloting on May 13.
Related News	For now, Brillantes is staying – Malaya Palace, PPCRV hope Brillantes will decide to stay on as Comelec chair – GMA News
Antidynasty movement moves into Singson country - Inquirer The civil society group, Movement Against Dynasties (MAD), on Sunday took their crusade to the province controlled for the last three decades by the influential Singson clan.
Pangasinan race: Bataoil, brother face vote-buy raps - Inquirer Reelectionist Pangasinan Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil and his brother, Lingayen Councilor Ramon Bataoil, are facing charges for grave threats, kidnapping and violation of election laws.
Campaign coordinator of Batangas bet for Congress shot dead - Inquirer A campaign coordinator of a re-electionist candidate for Congress in Batangas was shot dead while on board a motorcycle traveling along San Juan town in Batangas Sunday noon, police said.
Delivery of poll ballots starts - Star Two private mail firms started delivering ballots and other election paraphernalia in Luzon and Mindanao last Saturday.
House leader calls probe on Mindanao power shortage – Tribune House committee on good government and public accountability chairman and Iloilo City Rep. Jerry Treñas yesterday said the incoming 16th Congress should dig deeper into the power problem in Mindanao following allegations that local electric cooperatives are actually the ones creating an artificial power shortage for selfish economic gains.
Church launches voting guide – ABS-CBN News The Catholic Church formally launched yesterday the Kilatisin ang Karapatdapat na Kandidato (KKK), a video presentation to guide voters in choosing the right candidates in the coming May 13 elections.
Related News		Church launches voting guide - Star Bishop moves vs patronage politics – Business Mirror
Solon kinasuhan sa paggamit ng pork barrel sa kampanya – Pilipino Star Ngayon Posibleng makulong si Caloocan City 1st District Congressman Oscar “Oca” Malapitan matapos na pormal na magsampa ng kaso sa Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) ang mga taong ginamit nito upang makakuha ng pera galing sa Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) o pork barrel ng kongresista.
Related News		PNoy kinalampag sa kaso ni Recom; Malapitan kinasuhan sa Ombudsman – Abante Tonite
Last 3 sa 'magic 12', nagsisikuhan na - Abante Kung may nagaganap na siraan ng mga kandidato para makuha lamang ang pagiging topnotcher ng senatorial race sa May 13, 2013 elections, umuusok na rin ang siraan ng mga kandidatong nag-aagawan sa 'last three slot' sa Senado.
Youth groups give Aquino admin a failing mark on environmental protection - Remate This is how militant youth groups rate the Aquino administration’s dismal performance as regards environmental protection.

 

 

EDITORIAL

Where are the billionaires and the superrich? by Neal Cruz, Inquirer Many people found it strange that Kris Aquino, the queen of massacre movies, paid a bigger income tax than the superrich Filipinos. While it explains why Kris does not have any difficulty changing gigolo-husbands, it does not explain why the richest Filipinos paid less.

More on the new partylist decision by Fr. Joaquin Bernas, S.J., Inquirer The controversial party-list cases have been remanded by the Supreme Court to the Commission on Elections for review. What the Comelec is required to do is to decide two related questions: (1) Which organizations may participate in the party-list system? (2) Who are qualified to represent the party-list organizations?

Awestruck Noy – Editorial, Tribune The yellow headlines said it. First it was the 6.6 percent economic growth, then a count off on the record run of the stock market index, a ratings upgrade to investments level follows, then lately it was the Time magazine’s 100 influential people’s list.

Poll bet endorsers take center stage – Editorial, Malaya Most candidates believe and perhaps rightly so that an endorsement by movie and television personalities is a sure-fire formula to win.

Brillantes insults the foreign service by Ellen Tordesillas, Malaya Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes told reporters last week that he will ask President Aquino to name him ambassador to a country in Eastern Europe once he leaves the election body.

Brillantes should resign – Editorial, Manila Times The Commission on Elections chairman launched a propaganda ploy to win public sympathy by whining about the difficulties caused by his critics, including the Supreme Court of the Philippine Republic. He has threatened to resign.

From a distance – Editorial, Standard From thousands of miles away, it is easy to see things differently.

Think pieces, not tweets by Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, Standard One of the effects of the Twitterization of the electoral campaign is that candidates now squeeze answers to important policy questions in 140 characters. I came to realize this after I trawled the Web sites of senatorial candidates for their platform on education. I found none.

Brillantes looking for excuse for looming PCOS failure? by Jarius Bondoc, Star The top defender and the critics of the PCOS were equally aghast, though for different reasons, with the Supreme Court ruling last week. The SC had barred the Comelec from curbing campaign advertising airtime. Seeing it to be overstepping the Comelec’s job, chairman Sixto Brillantes right away offered to resign. Suspicious, the poll watchdog Kontra Daya asked what Brillantes’s real motive was to want to leave. Was he in fact evading a looming failure of Election 2013 due to the PCOS (precinct count optical scanners)?