November, 2009

A FESTIVE mood prevailed at the premises of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) head office in Manila yesterday morning as three presidential contenders, cheered by thousands of supporters with bands in tow, alternately filed their certificates of candidacy (CoC) for next year’s elections.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines – Partylist group Bayan Muna (People First) filed its manifestation of intent to participate in the 2010 elections before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Secretariat and named its three nominees for Congress on Tuesday.  read more »

PRESS Secretary Cerge Remonde was “attacked” with paper balls and harsh words on Monday when he attended an indignation rally on the Maguindanao massacre in Mendiola to personally convey Malacañang’s solidarity with various groups seeking justice for the 57 victims.  read more »

Says his anti-communist party 'will provide balance' in the political landscape  read more »

Retired Army Major Jovito Palparan Jr. of Bantay party-list group on Monday said he is seeking a senatorial seat in next year’s elections to continue his battle against left-leaning candidates and government officials.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines--Bantay representative and Retired Army Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. filed his candidacy for senator with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines – After winning a seat in Congress as a representative of a party-list group, controversial Ret. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. filed his certificate of candidacy for senator at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in Intramuros, Manila.  read more »

Manila: House members Satur Ocampo and Liza Largoza-Masa filed their candidacies Sunday  in a move that marks the first time in more than two decades that senatorial candidates identified with the left had attempted to seek mandate on a national level.  read more »

Thousands of media men belonging to various media organizations and sympathizers held a rally Monday at the Mendiola bridge in San Miguel, Manila to condemn the November 23 Maguindanao massacre which claimed at least 57 lives, including those of 30 media men.  read more »

Accompanied by their respective families, members of the Nacionalista Party’s slate for the 2010 elections led by standard-bearer Sen. Manuel “Manny" Villar Jr. filed on Monday their certificates of candidacy (COC) amid a festive frenzy around the Commission on Elections’ head office in Manila.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines – Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Sen. Manny Villar led his party’s bets in lodging their certificates of candidacy at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in Intramuros, Manila.  read more »

TWO MORE presidential candidates formalized their bids for the presidency today at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) head office in Intramuros, Manila.  read more »

They’re running together ‘in spite of politics,’ says Loren  read more »

THREE incumbent senators, an incumbent congressman, a detained military officer, a lawyer, and scions of political clans are among the senatorial candidates of the Nacionalista Party.  read more »

MILITANT CONGRESSMEN filed their candidacies for senator with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday.  read more »

Two contenders for the presidency in the 2010 elections and their vice presidential and senatorial candidates filed their candidacy with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday, the eve of the deadline.
Sen. Manuel “Manny” Villar Jr., who filed his candidacy together with his running mate, Sen. Loren Legarda, said that his Nacionalista Party was the only one that represented all sectors of society, including environmentalists, overseas Filipino workers, laborers, soldiers and Muslims.  read more »

As the deadline for the filing of certificate of candidacy draws closer, more established personalities trooped to the Commission on Elections (Comelec)... to officially file their documents for the 2010 elections.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines—Senator Manny Villar's Nacionalista Party (NP) on Sunday revealed its senatorial bets for 2010 which included three incumbent senators.  read more »

Congressman Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna (People’s First) and Congresswoman Liza Maza of Gabriela Women’s Party filed their certificate of candidacy. The two progressive party-list representatives seek to bring at a higher level their parliamentary struggles by running for the Senate. Manila, Philippines. 29/11/2009.  read more »

With more than a hundred supporters chanting their names in front of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo and Gabriela, Women’s Party Rep. Liza Maza on Sunday filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) as independent senatorial aspirants.  read more »

MANILA, Philppiines - Partylist representatives Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna and Liza Maza of Gabriela this morning filed their certificates of candidacy for senator at the Commission on Elections in Manila.  read more »

MANILA - Left-wing party-list representatives Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza filed their certificates of candidacy (CoCs) on Sunday at the Commission on Elections main office and said that they are not closing their doors to the possibility that they would run as guest candidates of major political parties.

Ocampo and Maza have served in Congress for three terms as representatives of Bayan Muna and Gabriela, respectively.
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MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE) Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Representative Satur Ocampo and Gabriela Representative Liza Maza marched from Liwasang Bonifacio to the Commission on Elections office in Intramuros and filed their certificates of candidacy at around 11 a.m. Sunday.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) Ilocos Norte Representative and Deputy Minority Leader Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. filed his candidacy for senator with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Saturday.  read more »