Archive for the 'Manny Villar' Category

Billions to be spent in 2010 for Campaign Funds?

This is in response to a recent article published on Inquirer.Net about how politicians overspent in the 2007 Senatorial Elections for their media campaigns. This was pointed out by election watchdog group called Pera’t Pulitika. Apparently they got their data from a credible source - AC Nielsen, one of the premiere research agencies in the [...]

Villar: Possible Administration Candidate?

Senate President Manny Villar recently announced that he was open to the idea of having a coalition with the administration party LAKAS for the upcoming 2010 elections. I wonder if there are on-going negotiations already in the background. I’m pretty certain that VP Noli De Castro is thinking of running for the Presidency given his [...]

2010 Presidential Survey - De Castro Leading

The latest SWS survey on the 2010 potential presidents was published in an article in the Inquirer today (February 14, 2008). Personally, I agree with the results and I believe that 2010 will be about 4-5 people similar to the 1992 Presidential Elections. It won’t be a polarized fight anymore like in 2004 when it [...]

De Castro & Villar Gets High Ratings

In a recent survey done by the SWS, De Castro and Villar both got very high ratings. Is this indicative of the 2010 elections? The answer is “No”. The survey was a performance-satisfaction rating and not a “Will I vote for you in 2010″ survey. De Castro had a satisfaction rating of +41 while Senate [...]