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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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 05:12:12 +0000
President Duterte’s attacks against Diokno and Hilbay were “below the belt, dirty and vindictive,” fellow candidate Neri Colmenares said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 23:09:58 +0000
Opposition senatorial candidates on Friday threw their support behind the unprecedented move by two former government officials accusing Chinese President Xi Jinping of crimes against humanity in the International Criminal Court (ICC) for what they said were Beijing’s transgressions in the South China Sea under his leadership. Former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay described the action […]
Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 02:23:44 +0000
Honesty has to be an issue, not only in the May 2019 elections, but in all aspects of life, former solicitor general Florin Hilbay said.
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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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