February 17, 2010
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA WHO CAMPAIGNS THIS WEEK IN THE PANAY PROVINCES EXPRESSED HER DEEP CONCERN THAT UNLESS URGENT ADAPTATION STRATEGIES ARE TAKEN, EL NINO WILL DEVASTATE THE REGION’S AGRICULTURE, AND FOOD AND WATER SUPPLY.
“Three provinces in the Visayan region have started to feel the effects of the El Nino phenomenon through below normal rainfall and drought since August 2009: Capiz, Aklan and Guimaras,” she said.
The Department of Agriculture has already warned that the prolonged drought would drastically cut […]
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February 17, 2010
NACIONALISTA PARTY (NP) SPOKESMAN AND SENATORIAL BET ADEL TAMANO SAID SEN. NOYNOY AQUINO’S DISPLAY OF IRRITATION DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL FORUM OF THE PHILIPPINE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (PCCI) WAS “OMINOUS.”
Tamano said that such stance was inappropriate for a candidate aiming for the highest elected office of the land.
Aquino blew his top at the forum moderator, BizNewsAsia publisher and president Antonio Lopez, for being “biased” in favor of NP standard-bearer Manny Villar, who was “introduced and treated more […]
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February 17, 2010
SEN. LOREN LEGARDA IS ADVOCATING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CRISIS CENTER FOR THE COUNTRY’S STREET CHILDREN, PUSHING FOR THE PASSAGE OF SENATE BILL 230 TO BE DISCUSSED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS WHEN CONGRESS RESUMES SESSION IN JUNE BEFORE ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE. LOREN STRESSED THAT “AS THE POPULATION BALLOONS AND SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHICS AMONG FAMILIES CHANGE, IT IS THE GOVERNMENT’S MORAL OBLIGATION TO SAFEGUARD THE WELFARE OF FILIPINO CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY THOSE GETTING LESS OR NO CARE AT ALL.”
She lamented […]
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February 17, 2010
MANILA, PHILIPPINES—NOT ONLY DO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MANUEL VILLAR’S POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS DOMINATE THE AIRWAVES, HIS CAMPAIGN MATERIALS ALSO REIGN IN THE STREETS.
This observation resulted from the field research conducted by the Consortium on Electoral Reforms (CER) since the start of the official campaign period for national positions on February 9.
“Among the candidates it is again Manny Villar who has the most propaganda materials posted,” said Gladstone Cuarteros, coordinator of CER field monitoring project during the launch of the “Pera’t […]
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February 17, 2010
ROXAS CITY–THE WOMEN WERE SIGHTED REACHING OUT TO HIM, ASKING FOR A KISS OR A HUG. SOME WERE CHANTING “MANNY! MANNY!” WHILE OTHERS SANG TO THE FAMILIAR TUNE OF HIS CAMPAIGN JINGLE.
This was the sight that greeted Sen. Manuel Villar, Jr., though he was no celebrity, when he arrived in this city together with his running mate Sen. Loren Legarda and the whole senatorial slate of the Nacionalista Party.
The province of Capiz is known to be the bailiwick […]
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