In the latest SWS survey conducted between September 18-21, 2009, Senator Benigno Aquino III emerged as the top Pinoy choice for president. Aquino got 60% of the survey preference of 1,800 respondents. This is the first time that Aquino landed in the presidential list. Senator Manny Villar is a far second with 37%, two percentage points higher [...]

Sources close to Villar’s and De Castro’s camps are rooting for a Villar-de Castro tandem. If this is true, then, this validates earlier claims that the Villar camp has already agreed to work together with the Lakas-KAMPI CMD or at least, KAMPI CMD. This possibility came out during the time when De Castro and Villar [...]

Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s appearance in the comedy show Saturday Night Live drew rave reviews from critics and non-critics alike in the US. Prior to that, Palin also appeared in another comedy show with Tina Fey spoofing her “in her face.”  Critics say it was a desperate attempt to shore up support from [...]

Is Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo leaving in 2010? Many people, especially those in her official family, thinks so. Gloria said so in her SONA (State-of-the Nation Address) speech. But why do majority of Filipinos do not believe her words? There’s a simple answer–Filipinos don’t trust her. In fact, six out of ten Filipinos distrust Mrs. [...]