Tag: mar roxas
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The circus comes to town
After more than hundreds of millions of pesos worth of total ad spending that swamped us with countless hours of perfectly-legal political advertising and months of horse-trading and backroom deals among traditional politicians, the 2016 election campaign formally starts Feb. 9. If you wonder why we have a few choices in the 2016 elections, look…
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INC rally aftermath: Back to normal?
Metro Manila is back to normal, according to Mar Roxas after the controversial Iglesia ni Cristo demonstrations of Aug. 27-30. Malacañang has congratulated itself over an “agreement” with the INC that supposedly ended the demonstrations. Also claiming “victory”, the INC members have since retreated. We could only guess what INC general evangelist Bienvenido Santiago and…
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Balikbayan box as political casket
It was somewhat unexpected that this would ever happen under the watch of the son of a great man who, not unlike OFWs, spent years living abroad in exile before coming home a hero. The son should know better, having lived in exile with his father. But it has happened and it is being defended…
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UNFAIR MATRIX: Facts and figures about MRT and LRT
No, the MRT is not owned by the government. It is owned by MRT Corp. in a Public-Private Partnership project deal in 1995 or 20 years ago this year. Under the Aquino administration, two of highest ranking Liberal Party leaders oversaw the MRT-LRT as secretaries of the Department of Transportation and Communication: Mar Roxas (2011-2012) and Jun…
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(UPDATED!) First official photos: Mar-Korina wedding
The office of Sen. Mar Roxas II swiftly sent out two “official” photos of the senator’s wedding rites with broadcaster Korina Sanchez held at the historic Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City. As of posting time, the Mar-Korina wedding remains a hot topic on Twitter and Facebook. Here are the two photos:
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“Country above self”: Sen. Mar Roxas’ statement giving way to Sen. Noynoy Aquino
PLEASE SEE UPDATES BELOW. Liberal Party President and Senator Mar Roxas II made the following “major and important announcement” tonight at the historic Club Filipino. After months of being considered LP’s presidential candidate-in-waiting, Roxas formally gave way to partymate Senator Noynoy Aquino, son of former President Cory Aquino and former Sen. Ninoy Aquino. Noynoy and…