Articles Archive for March 2009
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Lanao Del Sur’s, Masui Mayor Nasser Pangandaman Jr. filed libel case against Marie Dhel “Bambee” de la Paz, 18 for the defamatory and malicious article which she had written in her blog. Bambee illustrates in her article “The World has Gone Crazy” the incident happened in Valley Golf and Country Club in Antipolo City between his 56 years old father, his 14 years old brother and the company of Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman Sr., Mayor Pangandaman with their bodyguards. The article was written a day after the …
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Now that the Legacy Group mess is being investigated, lots of political figure were dragged on protecting businessman turned politician Celso De Los Angeles. Allegedly, Vice President Noli De Castro was protecting De Los Angeles for supporting him in 2004 election. But Kabayan did not disclose De Los Angeles’ contribution to his Statement of Election Contributors and Expenditures submitted to COMELEC.
VP De Castro denies protecting De Los Angeles. But he admitted that De Los Angeles contributed tarpaulins for Kabayan’s 2004 campaign two months ago. According to COMELEC lawyer Sixto Brillantes, …
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This is based on study of Mass Communication students of University of the Philippines. The study, IMPRESS10N: Importance of Media Presence on the Bid for the 2010 National Elections, by students of the University of the Philippines Communication Research Department, showed that increasing exposure of potential candidates through the media may not improve their desirability since most voters draw a connection between media visibility and pre-campaigning.
Politicians who are recently and presently visible in newspapers, news in present political issues may no be that popular. Last year, there were some politicians …






