Quo vadis, presidential election? Absent senators save Villar from censure | ABS-CBN News Online B. MANILA, Philippines (2nd UPDATE) - Due to lack of a quorum, the Senate failed to vote on a report recommending the censure of Senator Manny Villar for unethical conduct in connection with transactions involving the C-5 road project. There were only 11 senators present when plenary session resumed on Wednesday, one short to make quorum.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile noted that members of the minority left the chamber after the hearing of the bicameral Commission of Appointments. "Evidently, some members opted not to attend the session to prevent the disposition of this matter. The chair is now faced with the problem of lack of quorum," he said. Aside from Villar, those who failed to attend the plenary session were: Sen. Sen. Sen. Sen. Sen. Sen. Sen. Sen. Sen. Sen. Senator Jamby Madrigal asked Enrile to use his powers to arrest the absent senators, most of whom are allies of Villar, and compel them to attend the session. Ombudsman, yes; Senate, no Villar catches up. No alliance between GMA and Villar, say Palace, NP | ABS-CBN New.
MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang and the Nacionalista Party denied on Thursday allegations by Senator Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III of a developing political alliance between President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and his closest presidential rival, Sen. Manny Villar. Press Secretary Cris 'Jun' Icban said reports about an alleged alliance between Mrs.
Arroyo and Villar should be seen in the context of the May 10 election campaign. "It's the political season, maraming lumalabas ngayon," Icban told Palace reporters. The newly-appointed press secretary pointed out the claim of many analysts that an endorsement by Mrs. Using this theory, Icban said Villar's ratings should go down and not up as reflected in the . "Dapat bumaba sya [Villar] sa ratings kung may kiss of death, pero hindi eh," Icban said. Aquino and Villar were statistically tied in the January 22-26 survey of Pulse Asia disclosed on Tuesday. Nacionalista Party (NP) senatorial bet, Col. Arroyo’s secret candidate. {*style:<b> Villar’s ad spending - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipin. THE presidential race has really turned interesting now that the two top contenders?
Noynoy Aquino and Manny Villar? Are running ? Neck and neck,? As newspaper headlines put it. If we must view presidential contests as horse races, then indeed it would seem Aquino and Villar are hotly contesting the presidency, now that the former? Some have asked why and how Villar was able to catch up in a matter of two or three months. I happen to think it was precisely this controversy, and the resulting media exposure that saw Villar on the front pages and leading the news broadcasts practically every day in the last month or so that boosted his ratings.
In fact, by seemingly ganging up on Villar and trading barbed remarks with his supporters in the Senate, his opponents perhaps inadvertently cast the former Senate president as the victim, someone being unfairly persecuted for the sake of politics. Besides, the C-5 issue never struck me as a ? BY AND large, people ascribe Villar? Jamby Madrigal targets Villar's wife. MANILA, Philippines? Bad news for Manuel Villar. It seems Villar-bashing will be a staple fare in the campaign sorties of independent presidential bet and senator Maria Ana Consuelo ? Jamby? Madrigal, one of the staunchest critics of the Nacionalista Party standard-bearer. Unflinching at her anti-Villar crusade, Madrigal warned on Wednesday that ? Voting for Villar means electing (Villar's legislator-wife) Cynthia? ? Earlier, Madrigal called Villar ? She has repeatedly blasted him for his role in the C-5 road extension project controversy, his expensive advertisements, as well as his alleged ?
? ? Madrigal claimed the Villar-Arroyo-Cayetano tandem ? ? When interviewed, Madrigal insisted that Arroyo and the Villars ? ? She said Ms Arroyo could not afford to have "a clean and honest person" as the next president because "she will surely be prosecuted. " ? ? ? Madrigal asked: ? ? Madrigal joked the question ? ? New taxes a possibility, Villar tells Makati Business Club - Nat. It wasn’t exactly neutral territory. Or at least for presidential aspirant Senator Manuel Villar. After all, the Makati Business Club (MBC) – whose members belong to top executives of the Philippines’ largest companies – is perceived as the bulwark of Villar’s strongest rival, Senator Benigno Simeon “Noynoy" Aquino III. But that didn’t restrain Villar’s candor when he delivered a speech to the MBC on Wednesday, February 10 at a Makati City hotel.
“I was informed of the result of your [December in-house] survey. I’m not exactly your favorite candidate," the senator said, eliciting laughter from the audience. Villar made these remarks while sharing the table with three MBC officials, two of whom served under Aquino’s mother, the late president Corazon Aquino. Joining Villar at his table were MBC Treasurer Jose Cuisia Jr., who served as Aquino’s central bank governor, and MBC Chairman Ramon del Rosario Jr., who was Aquino’s finance secretary, and MBC Executive Director Alberto Lim. 'Megaton' issues vs Noynoy. Details Category: Banking & Finance 27 Oct 2013 Written by KPMG Perspectives What are top executives of the world’s leading consumer companies most concerned about?
In March and April this year, KPMG and The Consumer Goods Forum asked the leaders from 442 of the world’s largest consumer companies what issues are top-of-mind for them this year. The executives surveyed were asked to identify and rank their top three issues, as well as how those issues are expected to impact their companies’ profitability, plans for growth and business strategies over the next one to two years.
Over 90 percent of the survey respondents were chief executive officers, chief operating officers, senior management executives or senior finance executives. Overall top-of-mind results One in five consumer business executive say that “the economy and consumer demand” is their single most important concern for 2013, and over 40 percent identify it as one of their top three. Manufacturers vs retailers Select key findings.
Manny Villar said he comes from a poor family, is it true ? Manny Villar and his supporters. Estrada, Villar snub Focap forum | Home >> Other Sections >> Bre. Villar sees conspiracy pattern; Gordon dared to name names - INQ. MANILA, Philippines? Nacionalista Party (NP) standard-bearer Sen. Manny Villar Thursday said he was seeing the ?
Pattern? Of a conspiracy to derail his presidential candidacy. Villar said the latest bribery issue being raised against him had been ? ? ? ? Gordon had claimed in a live radio interview that an emissary of Villar? End striptease In Davao City, Villar? In an ambush interview before she left for the cities of Tagum and Panabo in Compostela Valley province where the NP slate campaigned Thursday, Loren Legarda said rival parties should discuss pressing issues rather than engage in rumor-mongering and ? ? ? ? But Legarda said she did not believe Gordon? ? ? Legarda said Gordon should name names instead of letting the public play a ? ? Desperate Asked if she thought Gordon was already feeling desperate because of his poor survey ratings, Legarda said she did not want to pass judgment on a colleague. ?
Apparently alluding to Gordon, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Sen. ? ? ? ? ? ? So sue me ? ? ? Manny Villar’s new scroll ad campaign is a copycat. Villar admits meeting PSE execs, denies moves to favor family-le. Nacionalista Party standard bearer Senator Manuel Villar Jr. on Friday admitted meeting Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) officials but he never "twisted anyone’s arm" to benefit a publicly-listed real estate company his family controls. He made this clarification on Friday, a day after former president Joseph Estrada and his allies accused him of pressuring corporate regulators to exempt him from a rule that required him to hold his shares in Vista Land and Lifescapes Inc. for six months. Proceeds from the share sale supposedly helped fund his presidential campaign, Villar’s rivals claimed. But the NP presidential bet said that Estrada, the standard bearer of the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino, could have been misinformed about the issue.
Nevertheless, he still respects Estrada, adding that he refuses to file charges against him, Villar said in a press conference on Friday. “Baka nakuryente si Erap. Meron lang nagpapaandar sa kanya, hindi nawawala ang paggalang ko sa kanya," he said. Manila Standard Today -- Villar’s ads get shut out in last 2 day.