Posts Tagged ‘Noynoy Aquino’
Noynoy declares: Mar Roxas is his only Vice President
April 28th, 2010 | 
Author: Liberal Party candidate for President, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, assured the people yesterday that Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II is his only running mate.
“Gusto ko iliwanag, sa akin kandidato ko kaisa-isa kong partner sa laban na ito, si Mar, dahil sigurado akong ipagpatuloy niya kung sakaling di ko kayanin (I want to make it clear that I have only one candidate and one partner in this fight, and that is Mar, because I am certain he will finish what I have begun),” he said.
Aquino issued the statement amid speculation that there is a growing support for an Aquino tandem with Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay, the vice presidential bet of Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino.
Sen. Francis Escudero, who is also supporting the Aquino campaign, had endorsed Binay, the running mate of PMP standard-bearer former President Joseph Estrada.
Full story: Noynoy: Mar is my only vice president
Posted in Liberal Party, Mar Roxas, Noynoy Aquino, PMP | 
Tags: Francis Escudero, Jejomar Binay, Mar Roxas, Noynoy Aquino, Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino, Ricardo Hipolito Lopez Murphy | 
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Noynoy and girlfriend Shalani in Valenzuela campaign
Liberal Party presidential candidate Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III joined girlfriend Shalani Soledad in Barangay Marulas, Valenzuela City on the first day of campaign for local positions. Shalani Soledad is a candidate for councilor in Valenzuela City.
“Paborito kong konsehal sa buong Pilipinas (My favorite councilor in the Philippines),” Aquino said about Soledad, amid wild cheers from the the crowd gathered inside a basketball court in Barangay Marulas.
Egged by the crowd to kiss Shalani, Noynoy said he couldn’t because he still needed to take a bath as he had just came from a campaign sortie.
“Mamaya na lang ho… Kami na lang ho pagkaligo ko (Maybe a little later, when I am able to take a bath),” Aquino said in jest.
Full story: Noynoy joins girlfriend Shalani in Valenzuela campaign
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Posted in Liberal Party, Noynoy Aquino |
Tags: Benigno Aquino III, Noynoy, Noynoy Aquino, Shalani Soledad, Valenzuela |
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Economic Plans of Aquino, Villar, Estrada and Teodoro
Reuters published excerpts for economic plans of the top four presidential candidates in the Philippines.
SENATOR BENIGNO SIMEON “NOYNOY” AQUINO III
“Noynoy” Aquino vowed to go after tax evaders and big smugglers, to collect an additional P150 billion and raise the government’s current 13% tax efficiency rate to 15%. His action plan includes a “zero budgeting” measure to re-examine all major ticket items under the 2010 budget to recover P 280 billion lost to corruption in 2009.
SENATOR MANUEL VILLAR
Manny Villar vowed to plug tax leakages and spend public funds wisely and prudently. Villar hopes to increase the tax-to-GDP ratio to 17 percent but has not given details on how he would raise tax collection. He promised “zero tolerance” of graft and corruption, adding he would pursue smugglers and tax evaders.
FORMER PRESIDENT JOSEPH ESTRADA
Erap Estrada promised not to impose new taxes and raise tax rates and lower consumption taxes, but he did not give any details of his fiscal programme. He also promised to improve peace and order, and spend more on agriculture and rehabilitation of badly needed infrastructure.
FORMER DEFENCE CHIEF GILBERTO TEODORO
Teodoro said he would avoid imposing new taxes but if such a move was necessary, he favoured raising consumption taxes from the current 12 percent to 15 percent. In exchange for a higher sales tax, he vowed to eventually lower personal income tax rates and simplify tax administration. Hepromised to study an increase in the excise taxes on tobacco and alcohol.
More details in Economic policies of Philippine presidential hopefuls
Posted in Economy, Gibo Teodoro, Joseph Estrada, Manny Villar, Noynoy Aquino |
Tags: erap estrada, Gibo Teodoro, Manny Villar, Noynoy Aquino |
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Sarah Soliven de Guzman Up close and personal with the Presidentiables
The Philippine Star hosted a series of interviews with the Presidential candidates for the May 2010 elections. As of March 8, four have been interviewed:
- Manuel “Manny” Villar, Jr. (Nacionalista Party)
- Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III (Liberal Party)
- Joseph “Erap” Estrada (Pwersa Ng Masang Pilipino – United Opposition), and
- Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro, Jr. (Lakas-Kampi-CMD).
Sarah Soliven de Guzman shares her personal insights on their encounter with the Presidential candidates in his article ( which elicited a lot of comments in the Philippine Star website)
Posted in Gibo Teodoro, Joseph Estrada, Manny Villar, Noynoy Aquino |
Tags: erap estrada, Gibo Teodoro, Manny Villar, Noynoy Aquino, Sarah Soliven de Guzman |
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Noynoy Widens lead over Villar (Feb 21-25 Survey)
Liberal Party (LP) bet Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III widened his lead over Sen. Manuel Villar of the Nacionalista Party (NP) in the Feb 21-25 survey by Pulse Asia on presidential candidates for the May 10 elections.
Rankings:
- Noynoy Aquino (Liberal Party) 36 percent
- Manny Villar (Nacionalista Party) 29 percent
- former President Joseph Estrada (Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino-United Opposition) 18 percent,
- Gilberto Teodoro (Lakas-Kampi-CMD) 7 percent.
- Eddie Villanueva (Bangon Pilipinas) 2 percent
- Sen. Richard Gordon (Bagumbayan Party) 1 percent.
- Sen. Jamby Madrigal 0.3 percent)
- environmentalist Nicanor Perlas 0.2 percent
- Vetellano Acosta (KBL) 0.04 percent
- John Carlos de los Reyes (Ang Kapatiran Party) 0 percent.
Detail in Noynoy widens lead
