Political Dynasty
May 18th, 2013 at 09:11am
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Leyte Samar Daily Express MAJOR ruling political families in Eastern Visayas are still assured to continue with their dominance on their respective turfs with the only exception of the Dazas in Northern Samar, ironically supposed to be the bailiwick of President Benigno Aquino III’s Liberal Party (LP). In Leyte, the dominance of the Romualdez and [...]
Continue Reading Eastern Visayas political families continue to rule
Tags: Benigno Aquino, Daza, Easter Visayas, espina, Mercado, Petilla, Political Dynasty, romualdez
By jalmz
April 26th, 2013 at 09:45am
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Leyte Samar Daily Express TACLOBAN CITY—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it was powerless to stop political dynasties because Congress is yet to pass an enabling law for the constitutional prohibition. Atty. Veronico Petalcorin, officer-in-charge at the Comelec regional office, said it was impossible for the election body to prevent relatives of incumbent officials from [...]
Continue Reading Political dynasties in EV also flourishing
Tags: Apostol, Codilla, Election 2013, espina, Gomez, Leria, Loreto, LSDE, Mercado, Petilla, Political Dynasty, romualdez, Salvacion
By jalmz
September 1st, 2011 at 09:07am
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Leyte Samar Daily Express Almost two decades have passed since the adoption of the 1987 Constitution yet Congress has still to act on one of the very important provisions of the Philippine constitution, Article II, Sec. 26 which states: “The state shall generated equal access to opportunities of public service, and prohibit political dynasties as [...]
Continue Reading The Philippine Political Dynasty is here forever
Tags: Article II, Cristina, dynasty, espina, Ferdinand Marcos, Governor Kokoy, Leyte Samar Daily Express, Mayor Alfred, Petilla, Philip Romualdez, Philippine Political Dynasty, Political Dynasty, Sec. 26
By jalmz
January 18th, 2010 at 10:53am
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Editorial Leyte Samar Daily Express Since the ratification of the 1987 Constitution, congress has yet to enact an enabling law prohibiting political dynasties. The utter failure to pass such legislation is due to the lack of interest of legislators as they will be the most affected. We know too well how politicians had maintained a [...]
Continue Reading Dynasties
Tags: dynasty, espina, Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Political Dynasty, Politics, region 8, romualdez
By jalmz
November 16th, 2009 at 07:55pm
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By Neal Cruz Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 23:55:00 11/15/2009 THE present constitution bans family political dynasties because when only one family lords it over a particular community, it denies other talented members of the community the chance to be of service to that community. This constitutional ban is clearly needed, but because nobody has [...]
Continue Reading RP family dynasties proliferating like mushrooms
Tags: Alan Peter Cayetano, Bataan, Bernabe, Biliran, dynasty, ELECTION 2010, espina dynasty, Grace Padaca, Joseph Estrada, Macapagal-Arroyo, Mayor Florencio Bernabe, Neal Cruz, pdi, phippines daily inquirer, PIA, Political Dynasty, Politics, Rep. Ed Zialcita, Zambales
By jalmz
November 1st, 2009 at 01:44pm
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By Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star) Updated October 31, 2009 12:00 AM MANILA, Philippines – Four senators, who are scions of political families, have strongly expressed their intent to inhibit themselves from the passage of the Anti-Political Dynasty Act that would ban any spouse or relative of an incumbent elective official to run for any [...]
Continue Reading 4 senators inhibit selves from anti-dynasty measure
Tags: biliran politics, espina dynasty, Political Dynasty
By Aquarius
October 14th, 2009 at 01:40pm
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Eastern Visayas Mail News NAVAL, BILIRAN- A young politician here said that he will run for Congress on 2010, to upset the status quo which he claimed is now being dominated by dynasties. Hon. Victor Del Rosario Jr., 27, more known as Jun here, is an incumbent councilor of Naval town. In an interview, he [...]
Continue Reading Young politician wants to upset Biliran dynasties
Tags: 2010 Election, Charlie Chong, chong, Coun. Jul Del Rosario, espina, EVMail, Jun Del Rosario, Mayor Susan Parilla, Political Dynasty, Rep. Glenn Chong
By Aquarius