As what I wrote a few entries ago, Quezon City Mayor and Lakas stalwart Sonny Belmonte will bolt his party and join Senator Noynoy Aquino and the Liberals. Belmonte is expected to do that out of deference to Noynoy’s mother, Cory, who was instrumental in reviving the public service career of Belmonte. Belmonte, if you [...]

Michael Lim Ubac, Philippine Daily Inquirer reporter quoted Senator Loren Legarda on the so-called “dramatic pamamanhikan” MannyVillar and his wife did with the lady vice presidential aspirant last Sunday. Loren was quoted thus: “He told me, ‘I believe in your platform on environment, agriculture and climate change,’ and I said, ‘I believe in your platform on [...]

Like what this space proclaimed a few weeks ago, Senator Noynoy Aquino is still topping the surveys and might, just might be elected president with the biggest margins ever. In the October survey results published by Pulse Asia, forty four percent (44%) of Filipino voters prefer Noynoy over Manny Villar (19%) , Chiz Escudero (13%) [...]

Baring anything out of the ordinary, Chiz Escudero will declare his presidential bid between November 17 to 19. Sources say Escudero is just fixing some logistical problems, trying to tie loose ends in organizational and his networks and firming up commitments from cause-oriented and business groups. Escudero is relying on the Filipino-Chinese community for support. Chiz [...]