Sen. Chiz Escudero visited Bohol last January 22 to voice out his thanks to the Filipino people for the supporting him. Escudero is heading the survey by Pulse Asia regarding Trust and Performance Ratings. The senator got 65%, making him the number one trusted senator in the country. Next to him, Sen. Loren Legarda with 62%.
Formal charges are filed against the suspected carnapper arrested the other last Jan 21, during an entrapment operation at the residence of City Councilor Edgar Bompat. The suspect is Jose Glen Cadampog, 32, of this city.
According to Insp. Bazilides Balistoy, Chief of Intelligence Section of the Tagbilaran PNP station, the suspect was able to swindle an amount of almost P 700,000.00 from his victims. This the main reason for the case pushed through at the City Prosecutor’s Office.
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Arroyo appointed Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Diosdado Peralta as associate justice of the 15-member high tribunal. Peralta, 56, will replace Associate Justice Ruben Reyes.
Malacañang quickly set aside suspicions that the appointment might be connected to the supposed plan to extend Ms Arroyo’s term by revising the 1987 Constitution. Critics fears that a high court dominated by Ms Arroyo’s appointees might favor petitions on Charter change.
Peralta is an alumnus and former professor of the University of Santo Tomas law school. He used to belong to the so-called “Guillotine Club,” a group of judges known for imposing the capital punishment.
A Filipino journalist, Alex P. Vidal, filed a damage suit against Pacman’s trainer Freddie Roach. According to the journalist, Roach allegedly pushed and threatened to kill him when he wrote a story in July 2008 that “the trainer missed the workout” of a boxing champion in the Wild Card gym in Hollywood, California “because he was sick.”
Vidal filed the case before the Superior Court of the State of California County of Los Angeles, Stanley Mosk Courthouse on January 20. The case stemmed from an incident that allegedly occurred on July 26, 2008 in the morning near the elevators of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The so-called presidentiables have begun to fan out to the provinces in search of votes and voters. The presidentiables as of now are 11.
The frontrunners, per recent surveys, are: Vice President Noli de Castro, 59, 31 %; Loren Legarda, 49, 28 %; Manny Villar, 59, 27 %; Francis Escudero, 39, 19 %; Panfilo Lacson, 60, 14 %; former President Joseph Estrada, 71, 11 %; and Mar Roxas, 51, 10 %.
Others with only single digit ratings are Makati Mayor Jejomar “Jojo” Binay, 66; Metro Manila Development Authority Chairman Bayani Fernando, 63; and a corporate CEO, Chairman Efraim Genuino, 59, of the state casino monopoly Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor).
A presidential candidate must visit at least once 81 provinces, 136 cities, more than 200 congressional districts, and 1,495 towns. There are only two ways to skip this ritual of visiting major provinces: (a) use one’s immense popularity, and (b) spend on media exposure. The cost for that effort: P4 billion.
Two qualities will define the presidentiables: youth and experience. Two issues will define the presidential elections of 2010: the economy and corruption.
At this stage though, the economy seems still strong and dynamic. But fortunes could change come election time.
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