In his website, Jejomar Binay claims that he was “not born into wealth and political prestige, nor did he taste the privileges accorded to the scions of the rich and powerful.”
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Vice President Jejomar Binay was right when he called the Aquino administration as callous and incompetent. How would one call an administration that refuses to raise the salaries and wages of rank and file workers and...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld So keenly anticipated by much of the media, the “break” between Vice-President Jejomar Binay and President Benigno Aquino III has not come to pass. On the contrary. Despite the attempts of the usual Binay opponents...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Because he thinks his current problems are at least partly the doing of some Aquino administration personalities, among them his putative rival in 2016, Manuel Roxas II, Vice-President Jejomar Binay has criticized...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld There might very well be a conspiracy afoot to prevent the election of Vice-President Jejomar Binay to the Presidency in 2016. It doesn’t release Binay from the responsibility of credibly answering the accusations...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld His numbers may be falling and those of one of his putative opponents rising, but Jejomar Binay is at this point still the leading candidate for the Presidency in 2016. Binay still topped the list of preferred...
The contractor that built the allegedly overpriced Makati parking building has also figured in a number of government infrastructure projects, including a pet project of Senate President Drilon: the Iloilo Convention Center.
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Vice-President Jejomar Binay is right. This is not the time for finger-pointing -- at least not yet. The people of the provinces that have been devastated by typhoon Yolanda have to be helped, and helped quickly. As...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"The government has no right to call Filipinos squatters in their own country. It has the responsibility to provide its citizens with decent social housing and ensure that they have access to social services." – Kadamay
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Migrant organizations and advocacy groups supporting migrant rights are appealing to Vice-President Jejomar Binay to address the needs of Filipino au pairs in Europe. They also said the vice president was seriously mistaken if...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"We are not garbage, and we don't want to be reduced to a life of begging. What we want is to have our homes, our lives and our dignity restored."
News Release July 23, 2010 Three days before Pres. Benigno Aquino III’s first State of the Nation Address, he is yet to pay attention to women’s demand for decent and secured housing especially for the urban poor. Up until now, no concrete reply has been made by...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat MANILA -- There are numerous news items related to it; television programs are teeming with it; political parties and groups are already gearing for it. The 2010 elections are in the air. Senators Manny Villar and Mar Roxas were...
Makati City’s reelectionist mayor Jejomar Binay and his camp have prevailed over maneuvers by his opponents, first, to strip him of his powers; and later ease some of the candidates on his slate off the race. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO BULATLAT ELECTION WATCH...
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