Politics

MANILA, Philippines – Senators Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Manny Villar are the top choices of Filipinos as the next president, the latest survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.

Nacionalista Party president and standard-bearer Sen. Manny Villar yesterday welcomed Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo and Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza as the party’s guest senatorial candidates.

MANILA, Philippines – Liberal Party (LP) presidential candidate Sen. Benigno Aquino III’s lead in opinion polls has “significantly dropped” to single-digit levels while Lakas-Kampi-CMD standard-bearer Gilberto Teodoro Jr. surged to a double-digit mark for the first time since entering the race, according to results of the first survey taken after the Dec. 1 deadline for…

MANILA, Philippines – Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III has again topped the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations on the preferred presidential candidates of Filipinos in the May 2010 elections. Aquino’s candidacy for the highest position in the land was approved by 47 percent of 1,200 registered voters, surveyed from Nov.…

MANILA, Philippines – One in two Filipino adults is dissatisfied with the performance of the Arroyo administration, bringing its new net satisfaction rating to -20, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in its recent survey.

MANILA, Philippines — Four out of five Filipinos said they would not support a presidential candidate endorsed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, according to results of a Pulse Asia nationwide survey released Thursday.

GENEVA — Investigations into the deaths of 57 people in an election-related massacre in southern Philippines must be the start of a major reform process in the country, two United Nations human rights experts said on Wednesday.

Last week, we saw that there have been two parties called Lapiang Manggagawa (LM, Labor Party) — one formed in the 1920s which acted as a stepping-stone to the formation of the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (PKP) in 1930, and the second founded on the initiative of the PKP in 1963 as a legal means…

Like all other human institutions, the Supreme Court (SC) is also imperfect and liable to make a mistake. Hence when it reconsiders a previous decision which is presumed to have been made after utmost research and careful deliberation, it is usually a good and reassuring sign of its humility in admitting and correcting a mistake.

MANILA, Philippines – Aspirants for elective posts can no longer be liable for premature campaigning after the Supreme Court ruled that that offense has already been removed from the statute book.

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This outsider was surprised not so much by the fact that Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. has declared his intention to run for the presidency as by the fact that he has done so under the banner of the Lapiang Manggagawa (LM, Labor Party). There have, in fact, been two LMs, neither of which seems to have…

Gilbert Teodoro’s proclamation as the ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD’s nominee for the presidential elections in May 2010 marked the end of the elimination process and ushered in the political equivalent of the Final Four.

Just a few days in the defense office, with Defense chief Norberto Gonzales seated, and already the military is engaging in partisan politics,directing warnings to the electorate against voting for communists this coming 2010 elections and campaigning actively against party list groups with leftist leanings.

MANILA, Philippines – Even with just a few months left in her term, President Arroyo’s performance and trust ratings continue to dip, according to the latest Pulse Asia survey on the country’s top national officials.

THE November 2009 results of the first Manila Standard Today Poll show Benigno Aquino III as the primary choice of registered voters nationwide for the highest national elective post, and three weeks before the filing of certificates of candidacy with the Commission on Elections. Beyond the race, it is important to know the rationale behind…

44% for Aquino, says Pulse Asia in recent survey If the elections were to be held today, the Liberal Party tandem of Senators Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino 3rd and Manuel “Mar” Roxas 2nd would win by big margins, results of a recent survey showed. Based on the results of the survey conducted by Pulse Asia last…

From a high of 60 percent, it is now down to half or 30 percent. While maintaining his lead over other presidential aspirants in the latest survey conducted by The Issues and Advocacy Center, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino’s popularity is seen to be on the decline which the Center described as a “stationary dive.”

LEFTIST party-list groups are divided over a dispute at the Hacienda Luisita, the candidacy of Senator Benigno Aquino III, one of its owners, and the future of agrarian reform.

MANILA, Philippines—The Liberal Party standard-bearer, Sen. Benigno Aquino III, topped a survey conducted by Ibon Foundation Oct. 2-8, but he had a much smaller lead over his fellow presidential aspirants.

OUSTED President Joseph Estrada yesterday named a motley lineup of 11 senatorial candidates for the United Opposition, including Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Makati Rep. Teodoro Locsin Jr. and actor Edu Manzano.

MANILA, Philippines – Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno Aquino III has emerged as the top choice of Filipinos for the country’s next president, results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed.

Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino 3rd again led all candidates for president in next year’s elections in a survey that sought to determine the top three candidates most preferred by the public to succeed President Gloria Arroyo.

More than six in 10 Filipinos were dissatisfied with the performance of President Gloria Arroyo, results of the latest survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS) said.

MANILA, Philippines – Six out of 10 Filipinos remained dissatisfied with the performance of President Arroyo in the past three months, bringing down her new net satisfaction rating to a “bad” -38 as discontent worsened outside the capital and across all economic classes, the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.

MANILA, Philippines – Liberal Party standard-bearer Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III topped the latest nationwide survey on the 2010 presidential hopefuls conducted by Makati-based polling firm StratPOLLS Inc.

MANILA, Philippines – Speaker Prospero Nograles disputed yesterday the results of an “informal survey” supposedly showing that Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is the top choice among House members for the presidency.

1. Money Villyear What’s in a name? This is something that a lot of wise people ask themselves. And that is what I am asking myself now . . . will this man, whose name resounds money, moolah, dough, piedad, pera, datung, cha-ching, or whatever you call those bills and coins that make the world…

MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, Liberal Party standard-bearer in next year’s elections, has emerged as the top  choice for the presidency among members of the House of Representatives.

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Former Cebu Gov. Emilio “Lito” Osmena has confirmed that Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III emerged as top contender in a survey on presidentiables he conducted recently in the province of Cebu.