Political News March 30, 2013
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30 MARCH 2013
UNA NEWS
Enrile may skip UNA sorties - Bulletin
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile may no longer join the big rallies organized by the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) in the provinces because of his ailing vision, his son Cagayan Rep. Jack Enrile said.
Binay backs bigger SUCs’ subsidy - Bulletin
Vice President Jejomar C. Binay has backed calls to increase the government subsidy in state universities and colleges (SUCs).
Kandidatura ni Erap suportado ng UNA - Remate
Sa Linggo na ipagpapatuloy ng United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) ang panunuyo sa mga botante kasabay nang paglulunsad nila sa kandidatura sa pagka-alkalde ni dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada sa Maynila.
OTHER STORIES
Campaigning begins for local candidates - Bulletin
It’s the turn of the local candidates to woo voters with the start of the 45-day campaign period for local candidates today, March 30, to run until May 11.
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Official campaign season for local elections begins – ABS-CBN News
‘Waling-Waling’ named Nat’l flower - Bulletin
The bill was principally authored by Sen. Edgardo J Angara, a former Senate President and former University of the Philippines (UP) president. Co-author of the measure was Legarda.Angara explained that sampaguita “is not endemic or native to the Philippines unlike ‘waling-waling’ which is pure Filipino and endemic to Davao, Cotabato and Zamboanga.’’
The local administration party will officially launch its campaign on Black Saturday. Dubbed “Team Pinoy,” the local administration party is a grouping of three political parties: The Liberal Party (LP), Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP), and the locally-organized Adelante Zamboanga Party (AZaP).
Comelec to delineate functions of citizens' arms for May polls – GMA News
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is in the process of further clarifying the functions of the four citizens’ arms it accredited for the May 13 midterm electios.
Candidates discouraged from using plastic campaign materials – GMA News
Aiming for an environment-friendly campaign, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to partner with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to discourage candidates from using plastics.
More than half of senatorial candidates are from Metro Manila – GMA News
The Senate is supposed to represent the entire Philippines, but most of the current batch of senatorial aspirants hail from Luzon, with only four candidates coming from the Visayas and Mindanao, data culled by GMA News Online showed.
Commission on Election chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said the poll body's law department has submitted its recommendation on the issue about the controversial online contest, with an IPad as prize, allegedly held by senatorial candidate Jamby Madrigal.