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The Presidentiables: Up close and personal

by Sara Soliven de Guzman – Philippine Star
Noynoy Aquino went to the Philippine Star on February 22. I arrived ten minutes after the interview began. I did not get to see how he came in to greet the staff and how he prepared himself before the interview. He was generally kind, courteous, soft-spoken and tranquil. I [...]

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Cory’s grandsons visit Cebu to campaign for Noynoy

by Joy Eva Bohol/Sunnex – Sun Star

CEBU CITY — Grandsons of former President Corazon Aquino visited Cebu to help their uncle, Liberal Party standard bearer Senator Noynoy Aquino, in his bid for the presidency.
Justin Benigno “Jiggy” Aquino Cruz, Jonty Aquino Cruz, and Miguel Aquino Abellada arrived Friday and joined the sorties of Noynoy-Mar (Noynoy Aquino [...]

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Noynoy Aquino, Mar Roxas will sign covenant with urban poor today

by Daily Tribune
Senators Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino and Mar Roxas will sign a covenant with the urban poor today, March 6, at the Del Pan Sports Complex, Tondo, Manila.
The covenant is the list of issues submitted to them by the urban poor and housing rights organizations, including Urban Poor Associates (UPA), Community Organizers Multiversity, Community Organization [...]

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Noynoy a Thoughtful, Pragmatic Leader

by Karim Raslan, The Jakarta Globe, March 04, 2010
Having lived through the interminable Bank Century crisis, Indonesians will know that three weeks is a very long time in politics.
The Philippines is little different. Over the past 21 days I’ve watched as Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, the front-running presidential contender, has patiently taken charge of [...]

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LP to ask Comelec to reprint ballots minus Acosta’s name

by Johanna Camille Sisante – GMANews.TV
The LP had earlier filed a disqualification case against Acosta, saying the latter is not the official KBL bet and that he was only running to dislodge LP standard bearer Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III from his original position as first on the alphabetically-arranged list of candidates on the ballots.
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Aquino’s sisters also want out of Luisita

Philip Tubeza – Philippine Daily Inquirer
The sisters of Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III on Monday night said it was their dream to be divested of their interest in the Cojuangco-owned sugar plantation in Central Luzon.
Speaking with Philippine Daily Inquirer editors and reporters, Maria Elena “Ballsy” Aquino-Cruz, Aurora Corazon “Pinky” [...]

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Candidate buying (Gordon)

Villar offered money for my poll withdrawal
By Cathy C. Yamsuan, Philippine Daily Inquirer
Presidential candidate and Senator Richard Gordon claimed on Tuesday that his rival, Nacionalista Party standard bearer and Senator Manuel Villar Jr., offered to reimburse his expenses in the campaign in exchange for his backing out of the race.
Gordon said that Villar sent an [...]

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Noynoy, Mar Top UST Surveys

By: Kris Bayos – Manila Bulletin
Liberal Party (LP) standard- bearers Senators Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III and Manuel “Mar” Roxas II emerged as the top choices of University of Santo Tomas (UST) students for the presidential and vice presidential race based on two separate pre-election surveys conducted recently in the 399-year-old Catholic university.
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Comelec: Villar scholarships constitute vote-buying

The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Manuel Villar Jr. could be liable for vote-buying and disqualified from the presidential race for giving away scholarship grants, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Friday.
Speaking to reporters, Comelec Commissioner Rene Sarmiento said the Omnibus Election Code bans candidates from handing out “money or anything of value.”
“The [...]

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Aquino to work at Palace, to go home at Times Street

By Philip Tubeza, Philippine Daily Inquirer
If he wins the presidency, he plans to work in Malacañang and go home to Times Street.
While recounting the coup attempts and other memories of his mother’s stay at the Palace, Liberal Party presidential candidate and Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III said on Tuesday he would not want to live [...]

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