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Abby Binay gets another term as Makati mayor (Eagle News)—Abby Binay won another term as mayor of Makati, besting four others, including her brother Junjun, who were also vying for the post. Abby garnered 179,522 votes as compared to Junjun’s 98653 votes with 100 percent of election returns transmitted. Ricky Yabut got 23721 votes, Rene Bondal 3565, and Wilfredo Talag 1541. In the race for the post of Makati 1st district representative, former acting Makati […]
(Eagle News)–Former Vice President Jejomar Binay is running for a seat in the House of Representatives in 2019. Quoting the Binays’ spokesperson Joey Salgado, a report said Binay will go against Monsour del Rosario for the 1st district congressional seat. Salgado, the report said, also announced Makati Mayor Abby Binay would run for reelection. The elder Binay lost in the 2016 elections.
(Eagle News)–Former Vice President Jejomar Binay and his son, former Makati Mayor Junjun Binay, posted bail on Monday in connection with the allegedly rigged bidding of the Makati City Science High School project. The two Binays posted bail of P190,000 each before the Fifth Division, pre-empting the issuance of a warrant of arrest against them over the P1.35-billion project. In a statement, Joey Salgado, the Binays’ spokesperson, said that the Ombudsman’s indictment was “baseless and […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman is set to indict former Vice President Jejomar Binay, his son, former Makati Mayor Junjun Binay, and several others, in connection with the allegedly anomalous P1.3-billion Makati Science High School project. Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales ordered the filing of four counts of graft and three counts of falsification of documents against each of the Binays in two separate resolutions approved on August 1. Also ordered indicted were […]
Political analyst Ramon Casiple examines Philippine candidates Credit: AFP
(REUTERS) — Five Filipino presidential candidates took the stage and answered a range of questions on issues, including the South China Sea, in the last of a three-part televised debate on Sunday (April 24) ahead of May 9 presidential elections. Vice President Jejomar Binay, Senator Miriam Santiago, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, Senator Grace Poe and Interior Minister Manuel Roxas were asked about their platforms on poverty, corruption, health and territorial disputes with China. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (March 8) – As the day of the elections near, we as responsible voters should know as much as we can about the candidates, whether they are running for national or local positions. All the more is it important that we try to learn more about those who are running for the top post. Jejomar “Jojo” Cabauatan Binay, Sr. is the current and 15th Vice President of the Philippines under President Benigno […]
by Karl Malakunas MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines’ raucous democracy cranks into top gear this week as campaigning begins for national elections, with familiar themes of corruption, dictatorship and celebrity star-power to dominate. The three-month campaign launches Tuesday (February 9) with most interest on a crowded contest to succeed President Benigno Aquino, who has won global applause for six years of strong economic growth and a bruising anti-graft campaign. There are myriad other sub-plots, […]
(Eagle News) — Vice-President Jejomar Binay delivered on Monday (Aug. 3) what he calls the “true State of the Nation” address where he called the Aquino administration as insensitive (manhid) and a failure (palpak). He said more people are getting poorer and hungrier, and that more people do not have jobs. Binay, who delivered his speech in Indang, Cavite, cited alleged incompetence and failure of the Aquino government. He mentioned the government’s handling of […]
MANILA, Philippines – According to Senator Nancy Binay, it is not true that her father, Vice President Jejomar Binay, will no longer run for the 2016 presidential election, saying that despite the many allegations against her father, the Binay camp can prove that said allegations are not true and that they hold strong evidence answer said allegations. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
APRIL 24 — Philippines Vice President, Jejomar Binay said on Thursday (April 23) that he had made an appeal for mercy on behalf of a Filipina currently on death row in Indonesia. Mary Jane Veloso, a mother of two children, was arrested with 2.6 kilograms of heroin at Yogyakarta airport in 2010. Her plea for presidential clemency and judicial review were rejected. Binay, who was in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, for the Asia-Africa conference met his […]
In the latest survey conducted by the Social Weather Station, the satisfaction ratings of Vice President Jejomar Binay received another hit as it recorded lower results compared to earlier surveys.
