The 2016 election: Mistakes and lessons
"Hubris spelled disaster for Roxas and Poe." The 64 percent of the electorate that didn’t vote for the PDP-Laban ...
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Cusi: Sara not considered as Bato substitute
The faction of the ruling PDP-Laban party allied with President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said they never considered his daughter, ...
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Malacañang version of PSE backdoor listing
"The idea of a vice-presidential run by President Duterte is completely devoid of subtlety or mystery." Anyone who ...
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Duterte 2022 VP candidacy: The legal inhibition
"One cannot do something indirectly what one is prohibited from doing directly." During the last five years, the ...
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House coup rumor junked
A lawmaker on Wednesday doused cold water on the reports Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano is facing ouster as a result ...
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Setting an example
The Commission on Elections has ordered administration candidates for senator to take down the oversize campaign materials featuring PDP-Laban party ...
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An extravagant campaign promise unfulfilled
Weak candidates are disposed to make extravagant promises in order to get the voters’ attention, and the weaker the candidate, ...
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Changing parties again
About 15 Liberal Party members from different regions in the country take their oath of membership in the PDP-Laban party, ...
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