He knew even then that the key to winning the elections was “convincing the lower classes that the person running had their interests at heart.” But that has been a problem for him.
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Jeepney drivers hold nationwide protest vs jeepney phaseout
So far, only two units have been delivered in an approved fleet management group. Its machines overheated and conked out in less than one month.
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Sugar workers reject Mar, Bongbong
“Both Mar and Bongbong are despicable representatives of everything that is wrong and rotten in the circus called the Philippine Elections.”
Two elections
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld As announced by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the official election season began last Jan. 10 and will end on June 8 this year. It includes a campaign period starting February and ending in May; election day itself on May 9; the counting of the ballots; and…
It’s official election period, but the campaign started a year ago
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has officially declared the start of the election period by the implementation of the gun ban. The official declaration may have been done recently, but the campaigning and the jockeying for positions have begun a year ago. The candidates for president and vice-president have already…
Politics as slapstick
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The Philippine media as of this writing (December 16) was having a field day reporting the “slapping challenge,” the fistfight, or even the gun duel between Rodrigo R. Duterte and Manuel “Mar” A. Roxas II. Both, for the enlightenment of anyone who’s been living in a cave…
Of presidents past, and wannabes of 2016
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective The not so funny anymore, exasperating slapstick being imposed on the public by presidential wannabes Mar Roxas and Rodrigo Duterte is a testament to how elections in this country have sunk to such depths. And if surveys are to be believed, the two are among the top four candidates, with…
Lower Income Taxes Now
“With the current income tax brackets and tax rates, the Philippines effectively imposes the highest personal income tax in the entire Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region.” – Rep. Neri Colmenares
3 months after Kentex fire| Survivors decry Aquino’s inaction
‘President Aquino is obviously protecting his allies, Labor Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz, Interior and Local Government Sec. Mar Roxas, and BFP Director Ariel Barayuga.’
BPO employees’ network blames Roxas for abusive work environment
“You need to get yourselves organized. After all, it’s a constitutionally guaranteed right.” – UP Prof. Patricia R.P. Salvador Daway
Desperate times, desperate measures
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Something positive could yet result from the Liberal Party’s (LP) failure to find a popular candidate: the possibility that rather than just another popularity contest, the 2016 presidential elections could be about issues and platforms. In a television interview on Wednesday this week, the LP’s Franklin Drilon…