By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has denied receiving any “offer” from Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to run as the latter’s vice-presidential candidate in 2016. But Marcos did tell the media that any team that has a Marcos and a Duterte in it would be strong; “It’s just…
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Elections: They’re all about money
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Do those television advertisements trumpeting the virtues of individuals who have either announced their intention to run for elective office in 2016, or whom many assume will be candidates next year — or even those who keep saying they’re not interested — constitute what’s usually referred to…
The Circus | It’s coming …although it never really left
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Will Vice-President Jejomar Binay still run for President in 2016 despite his falling approval and preference numbers? Who will be his running mate, if ever? Wily tactician that he is, Binay is thinking of getting Senator Grace Poe, who has been rising in the surveys as the…
Premature
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago says it’s premature for her fellow politicians to be declaring their plans for 2016 this early. Millions of her countrymen, concerned over unemployment, energy costs, crime, even where the next meal’s coming from and where to bed down for the night, are certainly…
Election watchdog slams govt’s indifference on need to review automated elections
Unless all the problems of accuracy, transparency and credibility of the voting and counting system are addressed, AES Watch warned that the results of the next automated polls “will remain to be contested and the proclaimed winners will continue to hold office under a shadow of illegitimacy.”