Election

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 »