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Explaining the political alliance of Miriam Santiago and Bongbong Marcos

PD October 16, 2015; MD October 22, 2015 by Mark Pere Madrona

After flirting with the idea for over a year, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago officially declared her presidential bid during the 2016 elections this week. The senator had previously sought the presidency in 1992 […]

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ABS-CBN apologizes to UPLB over coverage of Binay’s campus visit

PD September 19, 2015; MD September 19, 2015 by Mark Pere Madrona

The University of the Philippines Los Baños Student Council (UPLB USC) blasted media giant ABS-CBN for errors in their reportage of Vice President Jejomar Binay’s visit to the campus last September 15. The […]

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SWS, Pulse Asia: Poe, Duterte gaining ground as 2016 presidential front runners

PD June 19, 2015; MD June 20, 2015 by Mark Pere Madrona

Senator Grace Poe has overtaken Vice President Jejomar Binay as the front runner for the 2016 presidential elections. That is according to the most recent survey conducted separately by Pulse Asia and […]

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Human rights issues hound Rodrigo Duterte’s presidential ambitions

PD May 27, 2015; MD May 28, 2015 by Mark Pere Madrona

Now serving his seventh non-consecutive term as the Mayor of Davao City, Rodrigo Duterte has long earned a national reputation for his iron-fist approach to criminality. In 2002, he was even described in […]

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Will Liberal Party junk Mar Roxas again, this time for Grace Poe?

PD May 23, 2015 by Mark Pere Madrona

This time six years ago, then-Senator Manuel “Mar” Roxas III launched his first infomercial for his long-anticipated 2010 presidential bid. The 30-second ad shows Roxas riding a pedicab driven around by a […]

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LET HIM FINISH HIS TERM: Why President Aquino should not resign

PD February 28, 2015 by Mark Pere Madrona

More and more groups are calling for the President’s resignation, but they have misgivings about the possibility of the Vice President taking over. If this scenario sounds familiar, it’s because it already happened […]

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Update your COMELEC biometrics record in 10 minutes!

PD December 15, 2014 by Mark Pere Madrona

Last Sunday, I accompanied my mom and my aunt to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) district office to have their biometric information taken. Though the next national and local elections are still 17 months away, there’s absolutely no […]

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In attacking Binay, Cayetano uses a familiar game plan

PD October 11, 2014 by Mark Pere Madrona

Alan Cayetano began hinting about a possible presidential run in 2016 even before he officially won a second term in the Senate last year. Speaking during the final campaign rally for his […]

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Alan Cayetano’s first ad for the 2016 presidential elections?

PD May 28, 2014 by Mark Pere Madrona

Voter registration for the 2016 national and local elections may have just began early this month, but the jockeying for votes is already underway. Take a look at Senator Alan Peter Cayetano. […]