Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte return to Quezon, 13th most vote rich province with 1.4M voters. Gov Danilo Suarez, Arroyo ally, backs them. Suarezes also backed Marcos in 2016, but despite that, VP Leni Robredo won here then, getting 385,164 vs Marcos' 173,394. | via @lianbuan
@lianbuan Former human rights lawyer Harry Roque pitches Uniteam to coconut farmers in Quezon, but fails to mention that coco farmers in Quezon make up a big chunk of victims of coco levy scam where Marcos and cronies used their tax to invest and buy businesses for their own benefit.
@lianbuan To entertain the crowd, Uniteam senatorial bet Herbert Bautista asks an audience member to go on stage to sing to her. | via @lianbuan#PHVote#WeDecide
@lianbuan The girl told Herbert Bautista she is being bashed for supporting Marcos and Duterte. After the rally, she is given the chance to hug the Uniteam tandem. | via @lianbuan#PHVote#WeDecide
@lianbuan After Uniteam rally in Tiaong, Quezon, unmarked vehicle gives away P50 bills to Marcos-Duterte supporters.
Election code prohibits "any person who gives, offers or promises money or anything of value..to induce anyone or the public in general to vote for or against any candidate
@lianbuan Gov Suarez says Marcos will help return P74B coco levy fund. We asked: Marcos will return what his father and cronies scammed from farmers? Suarez hits Aquino, and says it was not scam. SC has long declared San Miguel stocks as coco levy fund because it was acquired using taxes.
@lianbuan Denying that the coco levy scam was a Marcos/crony scam, Gov Suarez says the coco levy funds have been intact, just not distributed.
In G.R. Nos. 177857-58, SC declared in 2012 that Marcos and cronies bought San Miguel stocks using coco levy funds.
@lianbuan After Marcos, the criticisms against succeeding governments including the two President Aquinos is their failure to return the funds to the farmers. Every president promises, but doesn't come through - including President Duterte. | via @lianbuanrappler.com/newsbreak/in-d…
@lianbuan Suarez says their strategy for Marcos this elections is get sympathy of priests, and the sympathy of Bicolanos to switch to Marcos.
@lianbuan It's a packed Quezon Convention Center in Lucena for the Uniteam's grand rally here in the province. Uniteam and Gov Danny Suarez has just finished meeting local officials in a hotel ballroom nearby. | via @lianbuan#PHVote#WeDecide#PHVoteMarcos
@lianbuan In what seems like a battle of artists of both sides, OPM band Southborder plays its iconic song Rainbow here for the audience in Lucena after Marcos and Duterte have left. | via @lianbuan#PHVote#WeDecide#PHVoteMarcos
@lianbuan Gov Danilo Suarez says the P50 bills in Tiaong later were for people to buy water: "Huwag naman sanang lagyan ng isyu. Kababayan mo, humihingi ng kaunting tulong pambili ng tubig." | via @lianbuan#PHVote#WeDecide#PHVoteMarcos
@lianbuan In Quezon, the governor denies that the coco levy scam was a Marcos scam, when cases have established that the dictator and his cronies used these taxes to invest in businesses for their own benefit. | via @lianbuan#PHVote#WeDecide#PHVoteMarcos
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JUST IN: Justice Secretary Boying Remulla tells reporters suspended BuCor Chief Gerald Bantag told him the excavation inside Bilibid will be used to look for the so-called Yamashita treasure.
Bantag earlier said the hole will be used as a swimming pool. | via @jairojourno
@jairojourno “Originally, I was told by Director General Bantag about it. And I told him to stop it. I told him to stop it,” Remulla adds. | via @jairojourno
@jeegeronimo Environmental activist Helena Gualinga: I did not envision a world where we, the youth, are left to deal with the consequences of the irresponsibility of the adults and the so-called world leaders. #COP27 | via @jeegeronimo
@jeegeronimo Gualinga: I envision a future where we do not have to fear another flood, another typhoon, another fire, or fear finding another murdered protector of the Amazon. #COP27 | via @jeegeronimo
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and China President Xi Jinping had "a very pleasant exchange" during their bilateral meeting, said Marcos in a release from his press office. 📷: Office of the Press Secretary | via @beacupin
@beacupin Release from the Philippines' Office of the Press Secretary: "The President said Xi was also surprised to meet his old friend, former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who accompanied him during the meeting."
Arroyo is part of the Philippine delegation here in Bangkok for APEC.
@beacupin The Office of the Press Secretary says Marcos and Xi "spoke about regional issues, but mostly about the plans for his upcoming state visit to China in the first week of January."
Marcos earlier said he was keen on bringing up West PH Sea in talks w/ his Chinese counterpart.
The House local government panel approves a bill proposing an automatic income classification for LGUs, as proponents point out that the last income reclassification of provinces, cities, and towns was in 2008. | via @newsdwight
@newsdwight Income reclassifications have been suspended since 2012, after the DOJ advised the DOF that its secretary only has a "recommending authority in making changes" in LGUs' income classifications, says panel chairman and Valenzuela 1st District Rep. Rex Gatchalian. | via @newsdwight
@newsdwight Income reclassifications have been suspended since 2012, after the DOJ advised the DOF that its secretary only has a "recommending authority in making changes" in LGUs' income classifications, says panel chairman and Valenzuela 1st District Rep. Rex Gatchalian. | via @newsdwight
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will be joining the APEC CEO Summit in Bangkok today. He’s also set to hold bilateral talks with China’s Xi Jinping later today on the sidelines of APEC. #APEC2022 | via @beacupin
@beacupin Marcos earlier told media he plans to bring up West Philippine Sea issues when he meets his Chinese counterpart.
What other topics do you think the two leaders should discuss? #APEC2022 | via @beacupin