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Prodded by a senior Malacañang official, Lipa City Mayor Vilma Santos may have finally seen the “signs” that she had waited for, will announce Monday she is running for governor of Batangas.

An official from Batangas, who asked not to be named, told The Manila Times that Santos, an actress who is on her last term as Lipa mayor, will run under the Lakas Party and will have Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita’s son, Edwin, the vice-president of a security bank in Makati City, as her running-mate.

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O T H E R R E P O R T S

Comelec headquarters razed

THE Commission on Elections headquarters in Intramuros, Manila, burned down early Sunday morning, and arson investigators were not ruling out sabotage as the cause.

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Incident threatens Mindanao ceasefire

Muslim rebels of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front briefly detained an Army detachment Sunday amid warnings that the fragile four-year ceasefire may be on the verge of collapse.

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Team Unity bets free to tackle political dynasty issue

Tourism Secretary Ace Durano, the spokesman for Team Unity, on Sunday dismissed the campaign against political dynasties waged by former senator Francisco Tatad, saying he was leaving it up to the individual candidates...

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Candidates make slips early in campaign

They say that name recall is very important in the election. This early, however, some campaigners of Team Unity are committing boo-boos in introducing their senatorial candidates.

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SPECIAL REPORT

Political dynasty issue

‘There will never be an antipolitical dynasty enabling law’

Party-list Rep. Joel Villanueva of the Citizens Battle Against Corruption said the problem with the proposed bills is their ambiguity.

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