You gain some, you lose some. The Liberal party welcomed Quezon city and former Lakas stalwart Sonny Belmonte to their fold yet on the verge of losing Senator Serge Osmena III. Osmena, still a political force to reckon in Cebu, got incensed when the Liberal Party accepted former senator and Arroyo ally Ralph Recto and his wife, [...]

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 [...]