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MANILA, Philippines – In the aftermath of Ondoy’s devastation and amid the continuing fallout from the global economic decline, a vast majority of Filipinos—86%, according to a Pulse Asia survey—are entering 2010 with hope, much more than those who said they were optimistic about 2009.  read more »

DAVAO CITY – Progressive candidates eyeing for a senatorial post in 2010 defended their move to run as “guests” of the Nacionalista Party (NP).  read more »

They all belong to the Nacionalista Party (NP) senatorial slate, but militant lawmakers Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza will not be supporting Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s renewed bid for a Senate seat in the 2010 elections.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Manuel Villar’s Nacionalista Party (NP) announced yesterday that the party had officially adopted party-list Representatives Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna and Liza Maza of Gabriela as guest senatorial candidates in the coming May 2010 elections.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines—Talk about strange bedfellows.

Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is looking forward to having a “good working relationship” with militant party-list Rep. Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna now that they are both senatorial candidates of the Nacionalista Party (NP).

Marcos said he was more than willing to share the stage during campaign sorties with Ocampo even if the long-time activist and Gabriela party-list Rep. Liza Maza had expressed their “misgivings” about having a Marcos in the NP senatorial ticket.
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MANILA, Philippines — Even if they are altogether running together under Senator Manuel Villar’s Nacionalista Party (NP), senatorial candidates Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza said they will not support the senatorial bid of Ilocos Norte Representative Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.  read more »

THE left-wing Bayan Muna and other allied parties are now playing traditional party politics in an effort to gain as much concession as they can from the moneyed politicians by dangling their support base between the Nacionalista and Liberal parties.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines—While not closing its doors yet to negotiations, militant party list groups said talks with Senator Manuel Villar of the Nacionalista Party (NP) are now in the advanced stages, while it has yet to begin with Senaor Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III of the Liberal Party (LP).  read more »