Roxas takes survey slump in stride, vows to beef up campaign

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 15:37:04 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Former Interior Secretary and opposition senatorial candidate Mar Roxas on Friday vowed to work harder in seeking a return to the Senate, after taking a few weeks off the campaign trail to look after his newborn twins.

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Poe tops survey; 10 HNP bets in ‘Magic 12’

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:22:16 +0000

After topping a survey of probable senatorial winners yet again, Sen. Grace Poe said she was grateful for the people’s continued support

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Opposition senators to Duterte: Arrest encroachers, drug lords, not critics

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 03:46:16 +0000

Instead of arresting critics, President Rodrigo Duterte should arrest foreign encroachers and bigtime drug lords, opposition senators said.

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Alejano to Duterte: Just resign if you can’t handle country’s woes

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 03:15:30 +0000

Alejano to Duterte: Just resign if you can't handle country's woes

Opposition senatorial candidate Gary Alejano dared President Rodrigo Duterte to just step down from his post if he can no longer handle

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Opposition senatorial candidates back complaint vs China’s leader

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 23:09:58 +0000

Opposition senatorial candidates back complaint vs China’s leader

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 […]

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Tañada: I’m not a communist, I’m a human-rights lawyer

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 03:06:23 +0000

Tañada: I'm not a communist, I'm a human-rights lawyer

Senatorial candidate Erin Tañada denies he is a communist after President Duterte attacked him for defending communists.

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‘Otso Diretso’ to stick with door-to-door campaign strategy

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:41:00 +0000

The opposition senatorial slate Otso Diretso said they will stick to their door-to-door campaign strategy despite the results of a recent survey which showed that most of their bets still suffer from low voter awareness.

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‘Otso’ Senate bets: Supporters from LGUs wary of inclusion in narco-list

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:09:05 +0000

MALABON, Philippines – President Duterte’s recent release of the narco-list, or the list of elected officials supposedly involved in the illegal drugs trade has prompted some local government unit officials to withdraw public support for the opposition Senate candidates.

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