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No clear favorite in RP polls: analysts
MANILA - Philippine presidential elections to be held next May are wide open and there is no clear favourite despite the son of revered former President Cory Aquino taking a strong lead in opinion polls.
by Manny Mogato, Reuters 11/13/2009 7:09 PM
Profile of Edu Manzano
MANILA-(UPDATED)-The vice presidential bet of Lakas-Kampi-CMD was born on September 14, 1955 in San Francisco, California.
abs-cbnNEWS.com 11/13/2009 12:44 PM
Erap to formally announce bid Oct 21
MANILA - Former Philippine President Joseph "Erap" Estrada, removed from office by a popular revolt in 2001, is expected to make a formal announcement on Wednesday to seek the presidency for a second time in elections next May.
by Manny Mogato, Reuters 10/20/2009 10:58 AM
Chiz, Loren delay 2010 declarations
MANILA - Sen. Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero on Monday deferred announcing his plans for 2010 saying the country should not be “distracted” by politics in the wake of the tragedy brought by typhoon "Pepeng."
by Purple S. Romero, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak 10/12/2009 6:25 PM
Noynoy: Funding only for performing LGUs
Senator still ‘studying’ how to deal with local government concerns
Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, a presidential aspirant, on Tuesday admitted that he’s still in the process of “studying” how to deal with the concerns of local governments once he’s elected, but made clear that automatically giving them additional funds was not an option.
By Reynaldo Santos Jr., Newsbreak 10/07/2009 1:08 AM
Chiz: LGUs not getting ‘just share’ in nat’l taxes
Senator has no formula yet on how to utilize proposed increase in locals’ IRA share
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Tuesday proposed to increase to 50% the share of local government units (LGUs) in the national government’s internal revenue collection, from the current 40%, if he is elected president.
By Purple S. Romero, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak 10/06/2009 10:48 PM
Villar: Increase tax collection, not LGUs’ revenue share
National government needs bigger funds, too, he says
If elected president, Senator Manuel Villar Jr. will work on improving the internal revenue collection of the national government, so it can allocate more for local government units (LGUs) without having to revise the sharing scheme between the 2 levels of governments.
By Lilita Balane, Newsbreak 10/06/2009 7:17 PM
Gibo: Give LGUs leeway in using funds for disaster management
MANILA - Defense Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. on Tuesday said he would give local government units (LGUs) more flexibility in utilizing their funds so they could prepare for disasters more effectively, and avoid huge damages to lives and properties like what happened with the onslaught of Typhoon Ondoy.
By Leilani Chavez, abs-cbnNEWS.com 10/06/2009 5:08 PM
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