Latest
Poll laws in limbo: Firms can’tdonate but owners bankroll bets
Second of Three Parts LAWYERS ARE taught early on to make the distinction between companies and their officers and shareholders. But Rona Ann Caritos, acting Executive Director of…
By Ed Lingao·October 1, 2013
Latest
Top execs of barred firmsfunded Senate bets, parties
First of Three Parts IN THEORY, elections are supposed to be the great leveler or equalizer of democracy. The vote of any ordinary man scraping a living off the streets is supposed…
By Ed Lingao·September 30, 2013
Latest
Elections: Money + Power
FOR THE 2013 midterm elections, a company called the International Global Mining Exchange (IGME) donated P5 million to the campaign kitty of deposed President Joseph Estrada’s…
By Edz V Dela Cruz·September 30, 2013
Latest
Clan of candidates
LAGUNA GOVERNOR Emilio Ramon ‘ER’ Ejercito never got to have the success in the film industry that was enjoyed by his uncle Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada. But in the May 2013 elections, he…
By Charmaine P Lirio·September 26, 2013
Latest
Comelec rules to disqualifyER Ejercito as Laguna gov
Laguna Governor Emilio Ramon ‘ER’ Ejercito. Photo courtesy of laguna.gov.ph. LAGUNA IS supposed to be his clan’s ancestral province and he already enjoyed formidable name recall…
By Miguel Gamara·September 26, 2013