Roxas remains confident of Cebuanos’ support

Liberal Party standard bearer Manuel “Mar” Roxas II yesterday belittled the one-million vote difference promised by One Cebu party to Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, saying it was made by “discredited politicians.” He was confident that the…

Hero casting

Yesterday’s Interactive Forum with Media Leaders held at the Social Hall of Cebu City Hall was long on exposition and short on real substantive answers from Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama, who to his credit, was his…

Recto backs Metro Cebu Dev’t Agency for Cebu

Liberal Party (LP) senatorial candidate Ralph Recto wants to push for the creation of a Metro Cebu Development Authority (MCDA) to help address Metro Cebu’s traffic woes. In an interview at the Capitol on Thursday, Recto said…

Local bets start campaign trail

BOTH the Liberal Party (LP) Cebu chapter and their ally the Alayon party of the Gullas family launched their campaign sorties in Argao town and Carcar City respectively yesterday. At the Argao town plaza, incumbent Cebu Gov.…

Magpale unfazed by survey results

ALL politics is indeed local. A recent survey conducted by Social Weather Station (SWS) in Mandaue City, Cebu showed Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale of the Liberal Party (LP) tailing behind a Mandauehanon, former congresswoman Nerissa Soon-Ruiz of…

Local bets kick off campaign

RALLIES, motorcades and torch parades will be the highlight of campaign activities as local candidates and their parties kick off  their opening salvos tomorrow. “We will go on with our campaign even without a presidential candidate,” said…

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…

Tit-for-tat

There were fireworks all right in last Sunday’s PiliPinas presidential debate at the University of the Philippines Cebu (UP Cebu) but it was a slow burn, no thanks to Vice President Jejomar Binay’s decision to bring notes…

Village chief, job order employees face raps for campaign tarps

A councilman of barangay Tabok in Mandaue City filed a complaint against their village chief and three job order employess for allegedly using a government vehicle in putting up campaign tarpaulins of Liberal Party (LP) candidates. Councilor…

KathNiel, Mar and Leni’s children lead LP rally

WITH celebrity love team KathNiel (Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla) and the children of presidential tandem Mar Roxas and Leni Robredo,  the Liberal Party (LP) yesterday courted Cebu City voters. The rally, held at the open grounds…

HAKOT CROWD?

A truck carrying Liberal Party (LP) supporters wait outside the Dumanjug gym.  (CDN PHOTO/CHRISTIAN MANINGO)…

Davide: No loyalty check within LP Cebu

DESPITE the recent defection of some former allies to the opposition, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III said there is no need to conduct loyalty checks within the Liberal Party (LP) ranks in the province. Davide said he…