Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 05:14:50 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Opposition senatorial candidates Samira Gutoc, Erin Tañada and Florin Hilbay have conceded their defeat in the midterm elections but vowed to remain vigilant as two other fellow Otso Diretso candidates are still within striking distance of the winners’ circle.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 21:31:49 +0000
LUCENA CITY — Otso Diretso senatorial candidates on Friday vowed to speed up the return of the multibillion-peso coconut levy fund to the country’s coconut farmers once elected into office.
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Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 21:22:32 +0000
Don’t write off Otso Diretso just yet. Despite their dismal showing in recent surveys, candidates from the Otso Diretso coalition are banking on a “come-from-behind victory” buoyed by the “last-minute discernment of voters,” Sen. Francis Pangilinan, the group’s campaign manager, said on Thursday. “We will not stop campaigning, we will not stop convincing and wooing […]
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 06:08:49 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The opposition remains unfazed by the supposed rift between senatorial candidate Mar Roxas and former president Benigno C. Aquino III, stressing the need to focus on the issues of ordinary Filipinos with only 25 campaign days left before the May 13 elections.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 03:55:51 +0000
Opposition senatorial candidates Gary Alejano and Samira Gutoc under the Otso Diretso banner have remained hopeful despite not making
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 02:14:18 +0000
There is a need to include women in combatting terrorism and in the decision-making and discussion of peace and security issues in the country, opposition senatorial candidate Samira Gutoc said on Friday as the country celebrates the International Women’s Day.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 05:25:32 +0000
Marawi civic leader and senatorial candidate Samira Gutoc said on Thursday the “yellow, DDS” issue is only divisive to Filipinos.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 03:00:12 +0000
Otso Diretso candidates visited the General Santos City public market on Thursday to kick off their campaign in Mindanao.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 04:59:29 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Otso Diretso senatorial candidates on Wednesday came to the defense of progressive students and assailed National Youth Commission (NYC) chairperson Ronald Cardema for asking President Rodrigo Duterte to revoke the scholarships of “anti-government” students.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 05:03:20 +0000
Adults who exploit children should be held liable for their crimes instead of the children who were used for criminal activities, says Samira Gutoc.
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