Campaign poster nailed to tree violates Marcos decree, not poll laws

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/13/2015

A POSTER bearing the image of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Allan Peter Cayetano is nailed to a tree along S. Osmeña Road in Cebu City. Is this premature campaigning? Commission on Elections (Comelec) provincial…

Carcar, Danao lead wealth list

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/13/2015

Carcar City’s Mario Patricio Barcenas and Danao City’s Ramon Durano VI are the wealthiest of seven city vice mayors in Cebu province based on their Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) released by the Ombudsman-Visayas.…

Comelec explains campaign rules

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/12/2015

  A poster with the image of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Allan Peter Cayetano is nailed to a tree along S. Osmeña Road in Cebu City. Is this premature campaigning? Lawyer Ferdinand Gujilde, Cebu…

‘Equal air time to campaign’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/25/2015

Broadcasters in Cebu were urged to  follow  legal limits of political ads for  the 2016 election – 60 minutes per station for TV ads and 90 minutes for radio. But on their own, they would rather police…

Look beyond campaign propaganda, voters urged

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/27/2015

Filipino voters should look beyond the campaign propaganda in the  stream of commercials of politicians who will run in next year’s elections. “There are those who say they just want people to feel their presence or to…

Comelec to hold dialogue on campaign spending

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/16/2015

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will hold a dialogue with local political parties to address overspending during the campaign period. Provincial Comelec supervisor Lionel Marco Castillano said their Campaign Finance Unit (CFU) will come to the province…

My husband is the best candidate, says Korina

Norman V. Mendoza 05/24/2015

Broadcaster Korina Sanchez said her husband, Interior Secretary Mar Roxas was the most qualified candidate for the presidency in 2016. She was in Lapu-Lapu City on Friday to distribute rubber slippers to indigent children, which is her…

Riding out the storm

11/09/2014

Vice President Jejomar Binay’s refusal to appear in last Thursday’s Senate blue ribbon committee hearing may or may not plunge his popularity to record low levels. But it will send the wrong signal to the public which…

Binay’s market tour ‘a campaign sortie’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/08/2014

Amid a firestorm of corruption allegations, hundreds of supporters lined the streets as Vice President Jejomar Binay walked through  the  public markets “to meet the people” yesterday morning. The activity appeared like a campaign sortie as Binay…

Nationwide FOI signature campaign tomorrow

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/30/2014

Cebu media will join a nationwide launching of a signature campaign for the immediate passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill. A sign-on event and a forum on the FOI will be held at the Rajah…

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