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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
MANILA, PHILIPPINES–IT’S ALL ABOUT FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Monday the poll body would just have to keep the presidential candidates informed about its preparations for the automated balloting in May.
Election Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal said the concerns raised by the candidates at a forum were prompted by “a new way of voting and a new way of counting votes.”
“I guess the best way is just to inform them of what’s happening, the […]
CRITICIZING THE COUNTRY’S POOR TRACK RECORD OF PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF JOURNALISTS, VICE PRESIDENTIABLE LOREN LEGARDA REASSURED THE COUNTRY’S MEDIA PRACTITIONERS OF HER SUPPORT FOR JOURNALISTS’ WELFARE BY PUSHING FOR BETTER COMPENSATION, BENEFITS AND HAZARD INSURANCE.
“We’ve been labeled by the world as the worst place for journalists–even worse than Iraq–and last November’s Maguindanao massacre was just one of the most gruesome criminal incidents our journalists faced in line of duty of keeping the country informed. Our media practitioners deserve […]
