Ilocos Norte Representative (2nd District) Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. INQUIRER photo
The opposition party Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL), led by Ilocos Norte Representative (2nd District) Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. sealed an alliance with the Nacionalista Party (NP) Friday.
Rigoberto Madera, 61, who identified himself as a "Messiah", files his certificate of candidacy. NIÑO JESUS ORBETA
Over 20 aspirants for the presidency and the Senate have filed their certificates of candidacies (CoC), including a “messiah,” a quantum physics professor, and a retired general.
Boxing champ Manny Pacquiao basks in the sounds of cheering by fans during his victory parade Friday. PHOTO BY LYN RILLON
Former Ilocos Sur governor Luis “Chavit” Singson is still convincing boxing champion Manny Pacquiao to run for a partylist seat in Congress saying that, as in boxing, he will surely win.
Senator Jinggoy Estrada at Malacañang lobby after attending a luncheon meeting hosted by President Arroyo. EDWIN BACASMAS
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada announces on Friday he will no longer be a guest candidate in the senatorial slate of Sen. Manuel Villar's Nacionalista Party.
Bayan Muna Representative Satur Ocampo. INQUIRER photo
The alliance between the Nacionalista Party (NP) of Senator Manuel Villar and the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) party of the Marcoses has brought “complications” that could get in the way of the left-wing organizations’ support for Villar in the May 2010 election, two partylist lawmakers said Friday
Eight years after his father, former President Joseph Estrada, was forced out of Malacañang, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada was back in Malacañang Friday for the first time since that fateful day in January 2001.
Read Full StoryPRESIDENT MACAPAGAL-ARROYO’S own deputy spokesperson is running for public office under another party and doesn’t mind slugging it out with the ruling party’s candidate.
Read Full StoryTHE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (Comelec) has rejected the bids of Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) and Courage to be accredited as party-list groups and join in the 2010 elections, citing lack of constituency.
Read Full StoryThe camp of former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada now believes he won’t be disqualified from running for president next year following recent statements by Malacañang which apparently wants him to run to further divide the opposition.
Read Full StoryWhat they lack in qualification and resource, they make up for in enthusiasm and grandiose plans.
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