VARIOUS civil society organizations staged a rally on Padre Faura in Manila yesterday to protest the Supreme Court decision allowing President Gloria Arroyo to appoint a new Chief Justice during the election campaign period. The High Tribunal had voted 9-3 to give the president the power to appoint, saying the constitutional provision barring the president
SECTION 22 of Comelec Resolution 8758, which implements the Fair Election Act (Republic Act 9006) is very clear where political posters can and cannot be posted. Common Poster Areas. – Political parties, party-list groups, organizations and/or coalitions thereof, and independent candidates may, upon authority of the Commission, through the City or Municipal Election Officer (EO)
REP. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo of the second district of Pampanga gave up his re-election bid in favor of his mother, President Gloria Arroyo, who has made an unprecedented move of an outgoing president running for a congressional seat. But it doesn’t mean Mikey will be out of the House of Representatives. It has been
Text and photos by MARIO IGNACIO EIGHT of the nine presidential candidates running in the May elections attended a forum organized by broadsheet Philippine Daily Inquirer at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City Monday. The forum, dubbed “1st Edition Presidential Debate,” was attended by Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, Councilor JC delos
THE Commission on Elections held a test run Saturday of the automated voting system to be used in the May elections. Voters in select precincts in the cities of Quezon, Taguig, Baguio, Cebu and Davao took part in the mock elections. But instead of the names of actual candidates, voters chose among a list of
Text and photos by MARIO IGNACIO THE Manila city government unveiled a monument to former President Corazon Aquino on Monday, her 77th birthday. Mayor Alfredo Lim led the ceremonies, which had Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III as guest of honor. The 15-foot monument, sculpted by Eduardo Castrillo, stands across a monument to her husband Benigno
FLOATS depicting the Maguindanao massacre and giant effigies of boxing champ Manny Pacquiao and his celebrity mother Dionisia hogged the limelight at the 2009 Lantern Parade of the University of the Philippines Diliman campus Friday. But it was the College of Engineering, celebrating its centennial next year, which won the best “lantern” for its entry, a
CONGRESS convened Wednesday its historic joint session to discuss the declaration of martial law in Maguindanao following the Nov. 23 massacre that left 57 people dead, including 30 journalists, in the country’s worst election-related violence. Legislators grilled Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera, Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno and Philippine National Police Chief Jesus
NEVER again to martial law. Justice for the victims of Maguindanao massacre. Stop killing journalists. These were the resounding messages in Wednesday’s media-led indignation rally at the Chino Roces (formerly Mendiola) Bridge held to demand justice for victims of the Nov. 23 massacre in Maguindanao and protest the imposition of martial rule in the province.
LIBERAL Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and his running mate, Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II, filed late Saturday morning their certificates of candidacy at the Commission on Elections. The party’s senatorial candidates—former Sen. Franklin Drilon; Representatives Teofisto “TG” Guingona III, Ana Theresia “Risa” Hontiveros-Baraquel and Rozzano “Ruffy” Biazon; former Rep. Nereus “Neric” Acosta;