Sen. Manny Villar, Jr. the presidential candidate of Naciolista Party (NP) is still the biggest spender among the presidential aspirants. Villar, has spent over P120 million from February 9 to March 2 on TV advertisements alone, advocacy group Libertas said, citing figures on political advertisement spending from AGB Nielsen.
Manny Villar’s face is almost everywhere, from campaign posters on the streets to the Facebook. There is no wonder why he is on the top of the list in the biggest spender.
Second to Villar, is the deposed President Joseph Estrada of Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino with declared expenditures of P88 million, followed by Sen. Benigno ‚ÄúNoynoy” Aquino III of Liberal Party with P87 million and Sen. Richard Gordon (Bagumbayan) with P67.3 million.
Administration party bet Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (Lakas-Kampi-CMD) ranked fifth, spending only P 60, 480 million on TV commercials since the start of the campaign period.
Teodoro, however, will rank second to Villar if the amount of money spent on ads from November 1 last year would be taken into account. The former Defense secretary has spent almost half a billion pesos (P472,810,675 million) on TV ads from November 1 last year to March 2 this year, the AGB Nielsen showed.
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Manny Villar Tops the Biggest Spender List in Philippines ‘most expensive election’
by admin, on Thu, Mar 4 2010 | No Comments
Gordon says Villar tried to buy him out of Presidential Race
by admin, on Tue, Mar 2 2010 | No CommentsIn an interview, the presidential aspirant Sen. Richard “Dick” Gordon told the press that his fellow senator and presidential aspirant tried to buy him out of the presidential race. Gordon said to ANC’s Top Story that Manny Villar sent an emissary to bribe him by offering a Cabinet position and reimbursement of his campaign expenses in exchange for backing out of the presidential race.
Sen. Gordon said that the offer was made during the last week of January where the issue of the Senate Committee of the Whole’s report recommending the censure of Villar for unethical conduct in connection with the C-5 road project is on its height.
According to Gordon, the main objective of the Villar camp is to convince him to side Villar so that they would be able to oust Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile as Senate president and stop the Senate plenary deliberations on the ethics case.
Gordon said the emissary was a “former Cabinet official of yesteryears,” and a “businessman, not a political operator.” He said the emissary was “just trying to be a friend to his friend” and was just “delivering a message” for Villar.
“Quite frankly, I was [also] put off by it,” Gordon said.
Asked why he only disclosed the bribe try during the presidential campaign, Gordon said he really had no intention of revealing it since he had promised that he would not tell.
However, Gordon said it “just came off the cuff” during the radio interview Tuesday morning since he is fed up with Villar camp’s propensity to use his money to get what he wants, including the presidency.
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Sarah Geronimo endorses Manny Villar
by admin, on Sun, Feb 7 2010 | 6 Comments
The Philippine music industry is the newest endorser of Sen. Manny Villar on his bid for the presidency on the forthcoming May 2010 presidential election.
Sarah Geronimo has been named as ambassadress of Katropa, a youth organization organized by Villar’s daughter Camille. Sarah is also the latest singer of Villar’s latest political jingle titled “Naging Mahirap.”
It was rumored that Sarah receives P20 million in exchange for her endorsement. Both Villar and Geronimo’s camp denied the rumor.
Apart from Sarah Geronimo, Villar had earlier gained endorsements from Comedy King Dolphy and popular noontime host Willie Revillame.
Villar, meantime, defended himself from critics who are hitting him for getting celebrity endorsers and spending huge amounts in his campaign. He pointed out that, unlike the LP standard bearer, he has no popular parents nor strong connections in show business.
Villar also denied claims that he is the real candidate of President Arroyo, and that they made a secret pact assuring President Arroyo’s position in Congress.
On the recent survey, Manny Villar is gaining momentum and now closing the gap with the leader Noynoy Aquino on the Presidential bet.
Mock Poll Yesterday is “Almost Perfect” but Voters are Poorly Informed
by admin, on Sat, Feb 6 2010 | No Comments
The Commission on Election (COMELEC) conducted a mock election yesterday morning in 5 cities nationwide. The mock election is practically considered “almost perfect” the technical side but it also shows that the voters are poorly informed of the new system of voting.
The mock polls yesterday allowed up to 50 voters in 9 precincts in 5 cities nationwide to go through the entire process of automated voting. It runs from the shading the sample ballots, feeding ballots on to the machines, and witnessing the transmission of the data from the election machine to the Comelec servers.
Based on the observation of the poll officials assigned in 9 precincts, the technical aspect of automated voting runs smoothly, but there are concerns on coming from the voters that should be given more attention.
Election director for National Capital Region, Michael Dioneda, said that most voters in the mock election were not clearly informed on how to properly handle the ballots. There were errors in marking the ballots. As a result 5 ballots in Quezon City and 3 in Taguig City were not accepted by the election machines. These ballots will be brought to Comelec for further studying.
According to Dir. Dioneda, “massive voters education” is indeed needed as the automated elections come near. He added that some voters complained about the small fonts of the ballots, and noted the need to install a projector at the city canvassing to let watchers view the counting process.
In an interview with the Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal, he said that another set of mock elections, this time in rural areas, might be set in the coming days.
Only 8 Presidential Candidates Left For 2010 Election
by admin, on Tue, Dec 15 2009 | 3 Comments
Only 8 of 99 aspiring presidential candidates are left to run for the May 20, 2010 elections after the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) screened and removed “nuisance” candidates from those who filed candidacy papers.
The 8 Presidential bets approved the COMELEC are following:
- Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III (Liberal Party)
- Former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada (Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino)
- Senator Manuel “Manny” Villar (Nacionalista Party)
- Senator Richard Gordon (Bagumbayan-Volunteers for a New Philippines)
- Senator Jamby Madrigal (Independent)
- Former Department of National Defense Secretary Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro (Lakas-Kampi-CMD)
- Religious Leader Eddie Villanueva (Bangon Pilipinas)
- Olongapo City Councilor John Carlos de los Reyes (Ang Kapatiran Party
