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Noynoy: Read my lips: No new taxes

Published by Ellen on January 21, 2010

Says P1 trillion lost to graft under GMA

by Ashzel Hachero
Malaya

Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III yesterday vowed not to impose new taxes or even increase tax rates if he is elected president.

“My vision is to transform our country into one where we have lower tax rates enjoyed by all, rather than have some enjoy absolute tax exemptions while we burden the rest of the economy with very high tax rates,” Aquino said.

Aquino spoke before businessmen and the diplomatic corps during the “Presidential Candidate Series” sponsored by the Makati Business Club at the Manila Peninsula Hotel.

Aquino’s “no new taxes” approach was similar to then US presidential candidate George H. W. Bush’s famous phrase “Read my lips: No new taxes” at the 1998 Republican National Convention when he accepted the nomination.

“With universal low tax rates, we will encourage entrepreneurs and enterprises to invest and create jobs in any industry,” Aquino said to wide applause from the audience.

He said an Aquino administration will pursue the rationalization of fiscal incentives to investors to lower the budget deficit and stem revenue losses.

Tumatawa lang siguro si Arroyo

Published by Ellen on November 21, 2009

Tumatawa lang siguro si Gloria Arroyo sa nangyayari ngayon na ang kanyang mga tauhan ay pinag-aagawan ng Liberal Party ni Noynoy Aquino at Nacionalista Party ni Manny Villar.

Noong isang linggo, nakita natin sa TV si Caloocan Mayor Enrico Echiverri na nagtatalon sa tuwa sa kanyang panunumpa sa LP kasama ni dating Senador Ralph Recto, na sumanib na rin sa LP kasama ang kanyang asawang si Batangas Governor Vilma Santos.

Sa Quezon City, si Mayor Sonny Belmonte na loyalista ni Arroyo ay nanumpa na rin sa LP kasama ang kanyang vice mayor na si Herbert Bautista na siya ngayon ay magiging kandidato para mayor at ang anak ni Belmonte na si Joy na tatakbo para vice mayor.

Si Belmonte ay kaibigan ng pamilyang Aquino. Malaki ang kanyang pakinabang noong pangulo si Cory dahil ginawa siyang chairman ng Government Service Insurance System.

Latest Pulse Asia survey:Noynoy maintains big lead

Published by Ellen on November 16, 2009

With less than six months to go before Election Day, Liberal party’s Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, Jr. leads the presidential race by a big margin with 44 per cent, the October 2009 survey of Pulse Asia showed.

Number two is Nacionalista candidate Manuel Villar with 19 per cent followed by party less Francis Escudero, who has yet to decide whether to push through with his presidential plan, with 13 per cent.

Former President Joseph Estrada of the Patido ng Masang Pilipino got 11 per cent, Vice President Noli de Castro who has shown no interest in joining the race with four per cent, and the Arroyo administration bet, Gilbert Teodoro of Lakas-Kampi with two per cent.

Click below for the complete survey including senatorial aspirants.

October 2009 Pulse Asia survey on 2010 candidates

Noynoy: vblog will focus on issues instead of personality

Published by Ellen on November 10, 2009

Starting today up to Nov. 27, 2009, the daily activities of Sen. Noynoy Aquino, Liberal Party presidential candidate,can be seen in capsule, in a video blog in his website:www.noynoy.ph.

Speaking from his residence in Times street via video satellite with reporters assembled at the office of Campaigns and Grey, an advertising and public relations firm, Aquino admits to being not so New Media- savvy but said “he is a student by nature.”

Noynoy: caught in-between

Published by Ellen on November 8, 2009

Last week, there were talks that former President Joseph Estrada and the Liberal Party presidential candidate Noynoy Aquino were meeting again.

I’m using the word “again” because the two met last Sept. 28, two days after typhoon “Ondoy” turned many areas in Metro Manila into an ocean and battered thousands of families.

The Sept. 28 meeting, held at the Estrada residence on Polk Street in Greenhills, San Juan, was widely reported. Reports said Aquino was accompanied by his sisters while Sen. Jinggoy Estrada joined in the dinner/meeting.

Reports said they talked about “uniting the opposition” or fielding a common senatorial slate.

But then, three weeks after that meeting Estrada launched his presidential bid for 2010 in Tondo. So much about “unity.”

Last week, ABS-CBN quoted Estrada as saying that it’s the Aquino camp that is asking for a meeting. I asked an insider in the Aquino camp and they denied this quoting Noynoy as saying, “I did not ask for a meeting” with Erap.

A source said even without a second Erap-Noynoy meeting , there are negotiations for the inclusion of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada in the LP ticket.

Ano ang gagawin kay Gloria Arroyo?

Published by Ellen on November 7, 2009

The discussions in the previous post on this question of how the next president would handle Gloria Arroyo have been vibrant. However, I noticed that some quoted just a part of the answers which could be misleading.

For my column for Abante I got all the answers of the four presidential aspirants: Senators Manny Villar, Benigno Aquino III, Francis Escudero and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro.

Although Che-Che Lazaro didn’t ask exactly the same questions to all the interviewees, more or less, you have an idea of their stand or lack of stand.

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Ang isang bagay na gusto ng marami nating kababayan marinig sa mga kandidato para pangulo ay kung ano ang kanilang gagawin kay Gloria Arroyo kung sila ang maupo sa Malacañang.

Ang papel ni Kris sa pulitika ni Noynoy

Published by Ellen on September 12, 2009

Naabutan ko sa TV noong Huwebes ang pasasalamat ni Kris Aquino kay Sharon Cuneta tungkol daw sa suporta na ibibigay nila ng kanyang asawang si Sen. Francis Pangilinan sa kandidatura ng kanyang kapatid na si Sen. Noynoy Aquino sa pagka-presidente.

Bago ko nakita ang newscast na yun, may nag-text sa akin na reporter, “Sablay kaagad si Noynoy. Biro mo naman, kinuha si Kiko na spokesman.”

Ang reaksyun ko naman, “Hindi yata nagka-ayos sina Noynoy at Mar Roxas.” Sabi nga ng isang reporter din, “Doble sampal naman itong ginawa ni Noynoy kay Mar. Alam naman niya may isyu sina Mar at Kiko.”

Noynoy Aquino sets the pace

Published by Ellen on September 10, 2009

No doubt about it. With his declaration of his presidential bid in the 2010 elections, Sen. Noynoy Aquino, is dictating the agenda and pace of the campaign.

The issue has become character versus competence. This simplification, unfair it may be, reflects the people’s frustration with Gloria Arroyo. People are willing to take the risk with someone without a track record of leadership as long as he is not corrupt.

It was the death of former President Cory Aquino which triggered the interest for Noynoy and advanced the timetable of the campaign.

Nonoy declares presidential bid

Published by Ellen on September 9, 2009

Tinatanggap ko ang hiling ng sambayanan.
Tinatanggap ko rin po ang tagubilin ng aking mga magulang.
Tinatanggap ko ang responsibilidad na ituloy ang laban para sa bayan.
Tinatanggap ko ang hamon na mamuno sa laban na ito.
Bayang Pilipinas, tatakbo ako sa pagka-pangulo sa darating na halalan.
Tutuloy po natin ang laban. Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!

With those words, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, declared his presidential bid for the 2010 elections in an morning press conference on the 40th day of the passing of his mother, President Corazon Aquino, at Club Filipino, the same venue where she took her historic oath on Feb. 25, 1986 after the ouster of President Ferdinand Marcos.

Noynoy:enabler or suppressor of the new politics

Published by Ellen on September 5, 2009

by Nicanor Perlas

In the past few days, I have been bombarded with text messages from friends as well as interviews with the media on what I think of the Mar-Noynoy announcements. Will I, like Senator Mar Roxas, also renounce my intention to run as a presidential candidate in the 2010 national elections and support the presidential candidacy of Senator Noynoy Aquino?

The short answer is “No”. I will not renounce my intention to run as a presidential candidate. And “Yes”, I will encourage Noynoy to resign from the Liberal Party, run as an independent presidential candidate, and join the on-going conversation and unification efforts among non-traditional political parties and movements.

Noynoy can stifle the growth of new politics. Or he can enable the new politics that is emerging all throughout the country. Allow me to elaborate.

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