2010 elections

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 »

MANILA, Philippines - Only 10 senatorial have so far made it to the Liberal Party (LP) slate, while rival Nacionalista Party (NP) has come up with so far five candidates for the May 2010 polls.  read more »

THE DEPARTMENT of Justice has endorsed the arrest of other Ampatuan family members, including two high-ranking officials, as they are now considered suspects based on statements of witness, acting Justice Secretary Agnes VST Devanadera said on Friday.  read more »

DAGUPAN CITY—Radio and television stations in Pangasinan went off the air for a minute starting 7 a.m. on Saturday to mourn the mass murder of at least 24 media practitioners in Maguindanao.  read more »