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Mar Roxas Throws In The Towel, Endorses Mayor Rodrigo Duterte For President

April 14, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Realizing that his chances to win the presidency of the Philippines is getting slimmer by the day, Liberal Party and Aquino administration candidate Mar Roxas has thrown in the towel and endorsed Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Dueterte.

In a speech before supporters, the former Interior Secretary was all praises for Duterte, commending the latter’s governance of Davao City as well as his views on federalism.

“The time has come for us to come together as a people and unite behind the candidate most qualified take our nation to greater heights,” Roxas said, as he took off his familiar yellow t-shirt and donned a striped one, signifying his endorsement for Duterte.

Here’s Mar Roxas, in his own words.

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AlDub To Endorse Duterte For President And Marcos For Vice President

April 12, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It is THE endorsement that every Philippine presidential and vice presidential candidate has been hoping for. The endorsement from AlDub, the noon-time TV show phenomenon and love team of Alden Richards and Mae Mendoza. With their millions of fans and their tweet world record, such an endorsement could all but determine the next president and vice president.

Well, that time has come. AlDub has officially endorsed Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Bongbong Marcos, both of whom have sealed their first-place finish in the latest national polls.

The AlDuB nation — members of the Alyansang Duterte at Bongbong — couldn’t be happier with the latest polls.

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Philippine Presidential Elections: Mar Roxas Leads In New Poll!

April 4, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

L-R: Duterte, Poe, Binay, Roxas, Santiago

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Mar Roxas has every reason to be very happy these days. The former Interior Secretary is leading by a wide margin in a new poll on the Filipinos’ top choice to be their next president.

For many months now since the election campaign began, Roxas has fared very poorly in the polls, oftentimes taking the bottom slot.

This new poll, which comes just about a month till election day on May 9, shows Roxas in the top spot at 37.5%, or more than 12 % ahead of second placer Vice President Jejomar Binay. Binay got 25% while Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senators Grace Poe and Miriam Defensor-Santiago were all tied for third place with 12.5% each.

The poll was conducted jointly by ABS-CBN, GMA-7 and the Philippines Daily Inquirer. It was a single-question poll which asked likely voters: “If elections were held today, which of the five presidential candidates would you least want to win?”