When popularity, deep purse spell victory in party list race

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 21:34:39 +0000

It’s no surprise that groups that enjoy high name recall and those that can fund a nationwide campaign have made it to the top 10

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Tulfos not out of the woods yet

(Editor’s note: The following letter to the editor deals with the ongoing case involving former Tourism Secretary Wanda Tulfo-Teo and her brothers Ben and Erwin. It was written by one of their siblings.)  Type the word ‘TULFO’ in the digital space and an algorithm of countless information is at one’s fingertips. In the not too […]

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Teo ‘unaware’ brothers behind P60-M tourism ad contract, hosts of TV program

FORMER Tourism secretary Wanda Tulfo-Teo on Tuesday admitted that she was “not aware” that her brothers were behind the company that negotiated a P60-million tourism ad contract with the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) and that they were the hosts of the program where the ad appeared on state-run PTV-4. Teo made the admission before the Senate […]

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Tulfos to face charges if P60M won’t be returned, says Tourism chief

TOURISM Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat gave her predecessor and her siblings six months to return the P60 million payment for advertising placements on their television program aired over state-run PTV-4 or charges would be filed against them before the Office of the Ombudsman. Romulo-Puyat issued the warning when she presented her department’s proposed P3 billion budget […]

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WHAT WENT BEFORE: DOT ads in ‘Kilos Pronto’ TV show

The Commission on Audit (COA) reported in April that the Department of Tourism, under then Secretary Wanda Tulfo-Teo, had paid P60 million for ads in “Kilos Pronto,” a public service program on state-run PTV 4 produced by Bitag Media Unlimited Inc., a company owned by her brother Ben Tulfo, who also cohosts the program with his brother Erwin.

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Trillanes mulls plunder raps vs Tulfo siblings

SEN. Antonio Trillanes 4th is considering filing plunder charges against the Tulfo siblings for their alleged refusal to return the P60 million paid to them by the government for airing tourism promotion projects in their television program. The senator’s statement stemmed from Ben Tulfo’s announcement that he would not return the money, no matter what […]

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