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Wealth Check: GRACE POE, Galing at Puso
ACCORDING to the few SALNs she had filed in her short stint in public office – as chairperson of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) in 2010-2012, and…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism Pcij·May 6, 2016
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Wealth Check: RODRIGO DUTERTE, PDP-Laban
IN HIS latest SALN for the year 2015, presidential frontrunner and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte declared a net worth for 2015 of only P23,514,569.93, or a slight…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism Pcij·May 6, 2016
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Wealth Check: MAR ROXAS, Liberal Party
MANUEL ‘MAR’ ROXAS II, scion of the old-rich Araneta and Roxas clans, is the wealthiest of the four candidates for president, according to the 14 annual SALN filings he had…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism Pcij·May 6, 2016
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Robredo, Escudero, Trillanes:What their 2015 SALN show
THREE OF THE SIX candidates for vice president have released copies of their respective Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) for 2015 within 24 hours upon receipt…
By Vino Lucero·May 5, 2016
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95 SOCE non-filers running again,despite ‘perpetual disqualification’
THEY WISH to lead the nation but refuse to comply even with the most basic rules: Report to the Commission on Elections how much money they raised and spent in their campaign for…
By Jake Crisologo·May 5, 2016
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Ampatuans, Ecleos, Sinsuats,Midtimbangs unrivalled in turfs
AMONG THE 802 unopposed candidates for the 2016 elections, a few stood out not just because their surnames sounded familiar, but also because of the frequency in which these kept…
By Vino Lucero·May 4, 2016
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Poe’s 2015 SALN: P89-M net worth,P125-M assets, P36-M liabilities
SEN. GRACE POE released this morning, May 4, a copy of her Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) for 2015 in which she declared a net worth of P89,118,760.02, a…
By Malou Mangahas·May 4, 2016
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802 unopposed local bets in areas with 6.8-M voters
THE IDEAL situation in any election is that two or more candidates fight for a seat, and they earn the votes through the merit of their platform, their track record, and their…
By Vino Lucero·May 3, 2016
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Duterte lists P14.8-M cash in bank,tops rival bets in growth of wealth
According to his 2015 Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth or SALN, presidential frontrunner and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte has a net worth for 2015 of only…
By Malou Mangahas·May 2, 2016
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Top cities, top vectors of votes
CITIES ARE where all kinds of opportunities can be found – and, unsurprisingly, where a lot of voters in this country happen to be.
By Davinci S Maru·May 2, 2016
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Kamag-anak, Inc.: Power is family to 5 wannabe prez
VOTERS KEEN in assessing the fitness for office of the five candidates for President in the upcoming elections may want to look at the presidentiables’ political pedigree and blood…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism Pcij·April 30, 2016
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17 provinces remain vote-poor since 2004
IN A tightly contested election, every vote matters, and even a vote-poor province could mean success or defeat for a national candidate.
By Vino Lucero·April 29, 2016
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Same provinces keep vote-rich status in 12 years
PCIJ curated Commission on Elections voter statistics data from 2004 to 2016, and created a list of the top 20 provinces in terms of registered voters per election year during that…
By Vino Lucero·April 28, 2016
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Top bets for prez, VP, senatorspend P54M daily on pol ads
EVEN WITH just part of their campaign spending captured by Nielsen Media’s monitoring of their political ads from Feb. 9 to the end of March, at least two presidential and two…
By Floreen Simon·April 27, 2016
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Bribery, tax evasion, impunity?
TO THE LAST, they sing the same song: They hate corruption. They love the poor. They mean well. They are true. They are good. They are pure.
By Malou Mangahas·March 7, 2016
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Early birds on a binge: 15 top bets splurge P373M on ABS-CBN ads
BARELY A MONTH has lapsed since the official campaign period started last February 9 but at least 15 candidates for national posts have already acquired more than a third of a…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism Pcij·March 7, 2016