MANILA — The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the Bantay Pondo at Boto watchdog revealed that Malacanang has been using the funds of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to campaign for another one of its front party list groups.
MANILA — Kabataan Party-list, the leading youth party-list participating in the coming elections, today announced the Youth’s Choices among the senatorial candidates.
Jeppie Ramada intends to join Angela Librado-Trinidad, a fellow Bayan Muna activist, in the halls of the City Council. And he would never abandon, he promises, the struggles of the people ? ordinary residents, peasants, the urban poor, among others ? his group represents.
By Germelina Lacorte
davaotoday.com
DAVAO CITY — Mayor Rodrigo Duterte tried to hard-sell the Team Unity ticket by dangling the fallen bridge in Bankerohan to win votes for the administration bets.
“You’ve failed me in the last election. I hope now, you’re not going to fail me,” Duterte told the crowd gathered under the flyover of Agdao on Tuesday night. Opposition bets won overwhelmingly in this part of the city in the 2004 elections.
“If you vote for the Team Unity, we can have that bridge repaired,” he said, referring to the Generoso Bridge I near the Bankerohan Market. The bridge was recently damaged and Duterte promised to fasttrack its repair in time for Christmas. The damage rendered the bridge impassable to motorists; the repair also displaced 500 families who have been living under it for years.
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