Villar, Aquino remain “tie” in SWS survey
Posted on | March 9, 2010 | No Comments
Nacionalista Party (NP) standard-bearer Sen. Manny Villar has not left the top spot and remains statistically tied with Liberal Party (LP) candidate Sen. Noynoy Aquino based on the latest presidential preference survey of Social Weather Stations (SWS).
The SWS survey, commissioned by a leading business broadsheet, showed Villar garnering 34 percent, just two percentage points away from Aquino’s 36 percent.
With a margin of error of plus-minus 2 points, the ranking of the two presidential candidates are considered tied.
Villar lost one percentage point compared to his previous rating in the January SWS survey but Aquino shed six big percentage points.
Villar, Aquino tied in MST survey
Posted on | March 8, 2010 | No Comments
The presidential race remains a tie between Nacionalista standard-bearer Sen. Manny Villar and Liberal Party presidential bet Sen. Benigno Aquino III as shown by the latest survey of Manila Standard Today (MST).
The survey conducted Feb 20-26 with 2,500 respondents revealed that 34 percent chose Aquino while 32 percent chose Villar. It has a plus or minus two percent error margin on the results. Compared with the MST survey done in January, both candidates lost 2 points (Aquino, 36%; Villar, 34%).
Since December 2009, the MST survey showed that Aquino lost 12 points, while Villar improved in January when he gained 7 points.
Manny Villar is the target of concerted attack from all quarters
Posted on | March 8, 2010 | No Comments
Manny Villar is the target of concerted attack and propaganda from all quarters because he has a good chance of becoming our next President.
Why? He attracts support from the middle class and the lower classes, especially the poor. The rich and upper classes prefer their old friends and allies in the trational elite.
Manny Villar has the capacity, in the longrun, to upset the status quo of mass poverty, injustice, perennial conflict, including violent conflict, high population growth. He has also the capacity to unite our fractious society and politics, and bring about effective and accountable leadership, governance, and the reform of our political institutions.
Aquino freefalling from 60% to 36%
Posted on | March 7, 2010 | No Comments
Villar still on track, chips away 11-point lead of closest rival to only 7 points
Despite relentless vilification campaign and pouring in of millions in television ads by his closest rival, Nacionalista Party (NP) standard-bearer Manny Villar continuous to hold a formidable rating compared to the freefalling numbers of Sen. Benigno Aquino III of the Liberal Party (LP).
Based on the recent survey of Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) held January 28-February 3, Aquino led Villar by 11 percentage points, scoring 41.54 percent against Villar’s 30.63 percent.
In the newest Pulse Asia survey from February 21-25, the lead of Aquino contracted by 7 percentage points with 36 percent against Villar’s 29 percent.
The latest survey done by non-politicians
Posted on | March 4, 2010 | No Comments
Last Feb. 20 we came up with the first survey done by the Campaigns & Images Group (Philippines) that was commissioned by United Kingdom and US-based companies doing business in the Philippines, because they want to know the real score as to who is really leading in this political race. Indeed, there are just too many self-serving surveys around, even Reader’s Digest came up with their own on who can be most trusted, a survey that seems to surface just in time for election season.
The latest survey done by non-politicians!
Posted on | March 3, 2010 | 1 Comment
It’s election season and there is no doubt that every Tom, Dick and Harry would go out of their way to present their own surveys for their selfish or political ends. My, even Reader’s Digest came up with their own “Most Trusted” persons survey, which puts Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, III as number five on that list, while Rosa Rosal topped this survey. Even funnier is the name of Hayden Kho Jr. as number 80th. Is Reader’s Digest telling us that women can trust Hayden Kho that if they go to bed with him, their love tryst won’t end up being sold in the DvD black market stores?
Lies from Noynoy’s Handlers
Posted on | February 25, 2010 | No Comments
According to this email forward, a sumptuous mansion featured in a series of attached photographs belongs to President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe. The email claims that while Mugabe lives in such opulent luxury, the ordinary people of Zimbabwe face poverty under his leadership.
However, the mansion depicted in these photographs is not Mugabe’s residence at all. In fact, the very same set of photographs has also circulated in protest messages decrying the opulent lifestyles of other political leaders and celebrities. One version claims that the home belongs to President Pervaiz Musharraf of Pakistan. Another claims that the mansion is the home of former Nigerian ruler Ibrahim Babangida. Yet another version suggests that the photographs show the home of former Secretary of Health Care of Azerbaijan, Russia. And, finally, many references, including a YouTube video, claim that the home belongs to Bollywood superstar, Shahrukh Khan.
Opinion, Philippine Daily Inquirer
Posted on | February 25, 2010 | No Comments
Dear Editor:
This is to clarify certain points that a reader, a certain Jocelyn Gonzales, publicly raised about Sen. Manny Villar’s ads (”Money” talks, PDI opinion page, Feb 17, 2010).
1. That “the line between truth and claims gets blurred”, that claims can be turned into truth with Villar’s ads, Goebbels (Nazi propagandist) of Hitler proselytizes so. Unfortunately, even Ms. Gonzales believes in the dictum of repeating a lie to appear true.
Who’s the true leader?
Posted on | February 25, 2010 | No Comments

‘We need someone who’s temperamentally, intellectually, and emotionally attuned to the complexities of our troubled country.’
NEVER has a presidential election been more critical than the one fast approaching in May.
Villar is most trusted bet in May 10 polls — Pulse Asia
Posted on | February 24, 2010 | No Comments
Only Senators Manuel Villar Jr. and Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III enjoy majority trust ratings among those seeking to become the country’s next President, with Villar having a slight edge over Aquino in Pulse Asia’s latest survey.
The survey, conducted last January 22 to 26, said 70 percent of the 1,800 respondents had “big trust” in Villar, slightly better than Aquino’s 64 percent.
Pulse Asia earlier released a presidential preference survey conducted during the same period, where Aquino was preferred by 37 percent of voters, and Villar by 35 percent.
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