I’M hoping that the third and final presidential debate will tackle more substantive issues like the Spratlys dispute between the Philippines and China, the economy and peace and order in Mindanao. I think the debate should focus…

Binay supporters distribute campaign T-shirts, posters in Sta. Fe town

SUPPORTERS of Vice President Jejomar Binay and Sen. Gringo Honasan were in Barangay Hilantagaan to distribute T-shirts and post campaign materials in Sta. Fe town, northern Cebu Friday morning. This despite a Commission on Elections (Comelec) order…

SPARE HOLY WEEK FROM POLITICS

There is a clear separation of Church and state particularly in matters involving politics. But in this case, both the Catholic Church hierarchy and the head of the Commission on Elections in Cebu are sending the same…

DENR tells candidates to remove campaign materials from trees within 72 hours

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued a 72-hour notice to all candidates to remove all campaign materials on trees effective today. The notice signed by DENR Regional Executive Director Isabelo Montejo came as the…

Campaign season starts

Today is supposed to be the opening of the campaign season for national candidates, and there are developments aplenty, not least of which concerns a presidentiable still facing disqualification but still has plenty of fight in her.…

Comelec to start removing illegal campaign materials

SEVERAL campaign sorties scheduled this month will mark the start of the campaign period for national candidates. The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), which recently formed a partnership with the Garcia-led One Cebu Party, is tentatively scheduled to…

Campaign stunt

Whatever can be said of that “Binay Country” streamer that was on display at the South Coastal Road during the Statio Orbis or “Stations of the World” Mass of the International Eucharistic Congress last Sunday was already…

Comelec says posters, ads allowed until start of campaign period

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) clarified anew that it has no jurisdiction yet over print and broadcast campaign materials made by this year’s candidates. Comelec provincial election officer Ferdinand Gujilde said a Supreme Court decision ruled that…

Sustained drive vs. trafficking pushed

ADVOCATES against gender-based violence are pushing for a sustained campaign against human trafficking and webcam child sex tourism. During a forum held at the University of the Philippines Cebu recently, Prof. Henry Francis Espiritu said their advocacy…

Campaign squabble

With the Commission on Elections (Comelec) clearing Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to run for the presidency, it  looks like he  can afford to be generous and heed former president Fidel V. Ramos’s advice to act more…

NGOs campaign for Leni

A network of non-government organizations (NGOs) gathered in Cebu yesterday to launch a campaign movement for Camarines Sur Rep. Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo, who’s running for vice president. Convenors of the movement called “Cebu for Leni” said…

‘Don’t nail or hang posters on trees’

Trees are not posts on which to nail or hang campaign materials. The candidate who is promoted this way will be held liable for violating  two national laws against damaging trees in public places, said officials. Several …