EPCC NEWS

January 7, 2010

FIL-AM CAMPAIGN FOR 2010 CAMPAIGN HEATS UP IN THE US

Los Angeles—With barely two weeks to the official Philippine presidential campaign for May 2010 elections in mid-January 2010, the Filipino-American campaign intramurals heats up in the United States.

The latest group to form up was the NoyMar ( For Aquino-Roxas Liberal party). It was composed of NAFFAA stalwarts Loida Nicolas Lewis of New York and the Macabenta-Rodis tandem in San Francisco.

The group promised to raised $ 2 million for the campaign kitty of two Philippine landlord-millionaires-Noynoy Aquino and Mar Roxas of the Araneta clan.

Other Parties Support Groups

The Manny Villar –NP led ticket is safely based in Los Angeles. it is composed mostly of Philippine based realtors and their American allies and friends. They will be bolstered by the progressives group led supposedly by their allies who supporting the MAKABAYAN ticket in the Philippines.

The Estrada-Binay ticket is presently supported by a conglomeration of different fraternity groups and community associations closely identified with the former president Joeph Estrada.

On the other hand, a loose coalition of religious group is working for the candidacy of Brother Eddie Vllanueva. Like the Binay group they were ahead in organizing in Los Angeles as early as 2009.

Their group, Bagong Pilipino, Bagong Pilipinas is headed by veteran union leader Jay Valencia of the new UHW.

The Senator Escudero campaign groups manned mostly by Bicol Association based in the US. His campaign fizzled out when Escudero withdrew his candidacy for president last year. He is with the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) headed by Danding Cojuanco.

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