Philippine Politics
OUTWARD VIEW OF RUNWAY
THIS EXPANSIVE runway that started to be built by Japanese Imperial Forces was being rebuilt by every administration after World War II but has yet to be completed. LOLO Bobby M. Reyes, a son of native of Bulan, Sorsogon in the Philippines, wants to finish this Bulan International Airpo...
JAPANESE WW II AIRPORT REVIVED BY CANDIDATE
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks)
BULAN, Sorsogon, Philippines (JGL) – In 1943, the Japanese Imperial Army started building an airport in a small sitio of Bulan, Sorsogon so their soldiers can easily escape if General MacArthur were to return with his Allied soldiers during Wor...
MAY 9 ELECTION, ERAP’S LAST HURRAH!
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks)
MANILA (JGL) – Joseph “Erap” E. Estrada can still run for Manila mayor in 2019 but when he turned 79 last April 19, he felt that his 47 years in politics is coming to its end.
In an interview with this reporter April 15, the former Philippi...
POE TO USE INTEL FUNDS AS REWARD MONEY VS. CRIMINALS
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA Correspondent Journal GlobaLinks
SORSOGON CITY (JGL) – If she becomes president in less than two months, Sen. Grace Poe will use the huge intelligence funds at her disposal as reward money for information that will go after criminals, notably drug dealers.
“Ang presidenti...
PDP-LABAN WANTS SORSOGON UNDER COMELEC CONTROL
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks)
SORSOGON CITY, Philippines (JGL) – A leader of PDP-Laban Party said April 6 that the party is asking the Commission on Elections to have the Sorsogon province and Sorsogon City under Comelec control to avoid the escalation of violence threat in...
ARMED MEN TERRORIZE POLITICAL RALLY
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2015 Journal GlobaLinks)
SORSOGON CITY, Philippines (JGL) -- Heavily armed men believed to be henchmen by a rival politician barged into an opposition rally of local candidates, poking their guns on the heads of father-and-son candidates for mayor and governor of the c...