Drilon tagged as next Senate chief

Victorious members of Team PNoy agree: Senator Franklin Drilon is a shoo-in as the next senate president of the incoming 16th Congress. Re-elected Senator Koko Pimentel and Senators-elect Sonny Angara and Cynthia Villar gave this assessment Monday night during Team PNoy’s thanksgiving dinner, noting that Drilon has more than enough votes needed to secure the senate presidency. Incoming... 

Palace congratulates 6 new senators

Malacañang congratulated the six new senators proclaimed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) last Thursday. “The people have spoken and we congratulate the senators on their new and renewed mandate,” deputy presidential spokeswoman Abigail Valte said. Incoming search terms:new senators (6)new elected senators (3)new elected philippine senators (2)new philippine senators (2)philippine... 

Poe maintains lead in Comelec count

Team PNoy Senate bet Grace Poe-Llamanzares maintained her lead in the partial official count of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). As of 9:20 a.m. yesterday, Poe is still at No. 1 with 4,729,889 votes. Reelectionist Sen. Loren B. Legarda remained at second with 4,343,113. Incoming search terms:comelec official count (2)gordon honasan (1)koko pimentel latest news (1)partial official... 

Team PNoy confident

Team PNoy Senate bets will scatter to different directions in the country to vote today, all confident that they have fully covered all campaign destinations, even the tobacco-producing Solid North regions that they failed to visit as a team. Incoming search terms:bam aquino senator (1)team pnoy candidates (1)team pnoy senator candidates (1) Read More »

Loren, Nancy, Poe in Top 5 of survey

A few days before the elections, nine administration senatorial candidates and three opposition bets were named as probable winners in the May 13 elections, based on the pre-election survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS). Incoming search terms:top senatorial survey (3)latest election survey (2)sws survey senatorial candidates (2)legarda (2)recent senatorial survey may (2) Read More »

Angara bow kay Coco Martin

APAT na beses nang nakasama si Coco Martin sa campaign sorties ni senatoriable Sonny Angara. Una sa university tour nila sa iba’t ibang eskuwelahan. Pangalawa sa Laguna kung saan nag-ikot sila sa iba’t ibang bayan nito. Pangatlo sa Luzon kung saan nagpunta sila sa Pangasinan at Tarlac. Pang-apat sa Visayas kung saan nag-mall tour sila. Nag-jamming sa pagkanta sina Coco at... 

Showbiz connections

THIRTEEN ‘REGAL BABIES’ — Last Monday, Highspeed enumerated Mother Lily Monteverde’s 13 “Regal Babies” of 2013. Not showbiz but this year’s senatoriables — reelectionists and newcomers — jittery generally as the May 13 elections near. Incoming search terms:showbiz connections (4)latest of camille villar (3)mother lily and gringo honasan (2)nancy... 

Solar presents ‘Miting de Avance’

JUST before the elections, Solar News Channel’s news.PH presents “Miting de Avance“ that gives candidates a chance to give their stand and principles on different issues and tell people why they run for the elections. As the final campaign rally, it is the candidates’ last appeal for the people’s support. Incoming search terms:team pnoy miting de avance (4)miting... 

UP graduation

Senator Edgardo J. Angara on Sunday urged the new graduates of the University of the Philippines (UP) to “fulfill a purpose greater than themselves” at the University’s 102nd General Commencement Exercises at the Diliman campus in Quezon City. Incoming search terms:UP Diliman (4)up graduation (3)2013 University of the Philippines graduation news (1)graduation (1)news uplb graduation... 

Filipinos face water crisis – solons

Manila, Philippines – Filipinos face a water crisis in five years, Team PNoy Senate bet Edgardo “Sonny” Angara and Bagong Henerasyon party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy warned. They called on Congress to swiftly act on House Bill (HB) No. 4137 they authored that would address the water security problem the country faces in the next five years. Incoming search terms:water crisis...