http://mbv.ph Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:46:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The latest SWS survey again shows Villar and Aquino practically tied considering a statistical error of about 2 %. Aquino has lost so much support from his earliest preference of some 60% last year. And other candidates are also gaining support. Manny Villar can be our next President. And he will ... http://mbv.ph/2010/03/ex-up-pres-jose-abueva-on-manny-villar/ The 94-kilometer Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx) is presently the longest highway in the Philippines. It connects the Subic Bay Freeport, the Clark Freeport, and Tarlac City. The Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) was the government arm that oversaw the implementation of the project. According to the BCDA, 85% of the P27 billion ... http://mbv.ph/2010/03/the-sctex-issue/ 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, ... http://mbv.ph/2010/03/villar-aquino-remain-%e2%80%9ctie%e2%80%9d-in-sws-survey/ 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. ... http://mbv.ph/2010/03/villar-aquino-tied-in-mst-survey/ 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 ... http://mbv.ph/2010/03/manny-villar-is-the-target-of-concerted-attack-from-all-quarters/ 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 ... http://mbv.ph/2010/03/aquino-freefalling-from-60-to-36/ 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. ... http://mbv.ph/2010/03/the-latest-survey-done-by-non-politicians-2/ 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 ... http://mbv.ph/2010/03/the-latest-survey-done-by-non-politicians/ 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 ... http://mbv.ph/2010/02/lies-from-noynoys-handlers/ 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 ... http://mbv.ph/2010/02/opinion-philippine-daily-inquirer/