Stories tagged
‘ronnie puno’

The Campaign

Jekyll-and-Hide campaign

by Yvonne T. Chua

IN THE May 2004 elections, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo maintained a campaign organization so elaborate it even included a group dubbed “Special Ops,” an infamous abbreviation for “special operations” that many equate with “dirty tricks,” or cruder still, poll cheating.

Read more… | Posted Friday, September 2nd, 2005
The end of the rainbow?

De Venecia’s reign is challenged

by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

AS THE 13th Congress opens today, Jose de Venecia Jr. – Speaker of three previous post-Marcos Congresses and tireless architect of rainbow coalitions – finds himself in the middle of a scramble for power, money, and prestige more vicious than any he had experienced since he first became Speaker of the House in 1992.

Read more… | Posted Monday, July 26th, 2004