Take Your Pick: Philippines Senatorial Candidates

Study each candidates track records if you have the time, find out their platforms and examine them carefully before choosing your magic 12. Our country’s future depends on the laws and legislations they will pass when the new Senate convenes after the May 2007 Philippine senatorial elections. God help us all Filipinos.
The 2007 Philippines Senatorial Election Candidates:

  1. Joker Arroyo
  2. Ralph Recto
  3. Prospero Pichay Jr.
  4. Edgardo Angara
  5. Tessie Aquino-Oreta
  6. Vicente Sotto III
  7. Cesar Montano
  8. Luis “Chavit” Singson
  9. Miguel Zubiri
  10. Michael Defensor
  11. Sultan Jamalul Kiram III
  12. Vicente Magsaysay

Genuine Opposition:

  1. Loren Legarda
  2. Benigno Aquino III
  3. John Osmeña
  4. Ana Dominique “Nikki” Coseteng
  5. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III
  6. Sonia Roco
  7. Francis Escudero
  8. Alan Peter Cayetano
  9. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson
  10. Antonio Trillanes IV
  11. Manuel B. Villar, Jr.
  12. Francis Pangilinan *

* has not attended GO’s campaign sorties

Check out the links to the senatoriables’ online presence. Some of them really put an effort in to making their online presence informative. I intentionally did not include the other Senatorial candidates on the list because it’s just a waste of space. Let’s all face it, the 12 Senators would definitely come from these two groups anyway.

So who will you vote for in the coming senatorial elections in May? Who will be in your magic 12? Leave a comment and let’s start a discussion here.

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131 Responses to “Take Your Pick: Philippines Senatorial Candidates”

  1. james says:

    I am OFW and want to vote in my home town coz I’m going home this may but phil consulate in jed don’t allow ofw voting in phil. so i have only the senators to vote on friday and they are those who don’t spend too much in their campaign like Gringo, Trillanes, Victor and the other respected politician without considering their expenses like joker, recto, angara, defensor, lacson, noynoy, cayetano, pangilinan, villar and my idol escodero.
    I like legarda but she never deserves to be a senator with heart for avoiding a link to her husband tony who spend his life for her and now a victim of wrong doing due to her separation.

  2. Rockclimber says:

    . . .Para sa mga kababayan namin dyan sa Pilipinas, pls piliin nyo ang mga senador na alam nyong matutulogan kaming mga nasa ibang bansa na nagpapakahirap na magtrabaho at magpadala ng milyong dolyar sa Pilipinas. . .

    Tumaas na naman ang Langis at syempre ang kasunod ay ang bilihin, PERO!!!! ang Dolyar ang palitan ay napakababa!! anong klase gobyerno na meron tayo ngayon??? Puro mandurugas!!!! Wala kaming kalaban-laban sa palitan, once na nagpadala ka SIPSIP lahat na pinagpawisan namin dito.

    IBOTO natin ang PRO-OWF at hindi ang PRO-Kurakot and LINTA sa Bayan!!!

  3. arnel says:

    My incomplete list

    1. Benigno Aquino
    2. Zosimo Paredes
    3. Migs Zubiri
    4. Chiz Escudero
    5. Panfilo Lacson
    6. Joker Arroyo
    7. Manny Villar
    8. Sonia Roco

  4. JOEFFREY MAMBUCON says:

    I HOPE YOU GUYS SUPORTAHAN NATIN SI ZUBIRI, MEGUEL. UNANG UNA FOR THE STUDENTS BECAUSE ALAM NIYO BA YONG SUGARCANE NA INIPRESENT NIYA SA SENADO NADISKUBREHAN YUN NANG MGA STUDENT FROM BUKIDNON THEN INIPRESENT NIYA YUN SA KONGRESO..BOSES NAMIN SIYA AT SA MGA STUDYANTE..SECONDLY PARA SIYANG KUYA ONE TIME NANGANGAILANGAN KAMI NG PERA PARA SA PROJECT NAMIN BINIGYAN NIYA KAMI..AND PANGATLO HERE IN 3RD DISTRICT BUKIDNON IS VERY PROSPER DAHIL SA KANYANG MGA BATAS 3RD DISTRICT IS VERY PEACEFUL. HOPE BOTOHAN PO NATIN SI KUYA JUAN MIGUEL ZUBIRI..AND PICHAY DIN HE IS TOO GOOD IN SURIGAO

    ITO ANG TOP SIX

    1. MIGZ ZUBIRI
    2. PROPERO PICHAY
    3. NOYNOY AQUINO
    4. JOKER ARROYO
    5. MANNY VILLAR
    6. AQUILINO PEMINTEL

    BASTA PO NO 1.

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  5. Vote for new one’s…. let’s find other menu.

  6. ava aquino says:

    Pwede nman tayong magdecide, wag n tayong pa-impluwensya, nilapitan lang tayo ng kandidato Pa-cute din! sana maging totoo tayo! kung ayaw mo, pkita mo! Wag n tayo bumuto ng artista, yung totoong may alam sa gobyerno!

  7. Mayang says:

    Hate to the max ko ang mga (ga) “GO”. They have nothung to offer but vicious attacks on the administration as if napakalinis nila eh mga trapo naman sila lahat. Yang mga puro bunganga : no.1 si Allan Peter Cayetano, bakla ba siya? Parang kabaro niya si J. Osmeña pareho silang palengkera. Yang si Escudero, plastic! Pa intelehente effect, yabang! Puro lang papungay ng mata at atake kay GMA silang dalawa ni Cayetano mga bastos! Walang respeto sa Presidente. Granting na may sala, pero wala silang karapatang manlapastangan ng pagkatao, Presidente pa, di naman sila inaapi ah? Bilib ako kay GMA, bugbog sarado na sa mga atake ng mag bastos at aroganteng mga ito, pero di siya pumapatol. Pag nakikita ko mukha ni Cayetano at Escudero, pwe! Lipat ko channel, buwisit nasisira araw ko sa mga bastos at OA na mga ito.

  8. Benjie Bates says:

    wala panahon ang mga admin candidate,c joker -recto at zubiri lang ang posible dyan.na makapasiok.Dahil totoo yang mga yan.saludo ako sa mga yan.

  9. JACKY says:

    ZUBIRI IS THE NAME!!! HOOOLLLLAAA!!!!!
    the way he smiles………soooo cooool. He’s cool,he’s green..!the environmentalist who will patch up the ozone layer soon. COOL PIPOL are great. Great pipol are cool. Yooo!

    Joker is for all time season, the little high energy man works like David against BigGoliath… in all his lifetime!

    Chavit makes his unshakeable courage a living legacy when he retires, not a man of “talks”….but a man of “works”. his endless love for animals refleks his soft hearted individual….cant wink his eye to help…the first hero of provincianos soon to rise. Yo!yo! Chavit!!!

    Magsaysay, the rurals’ Superboy! at his age….never a streesful face.. a compassionate smile hiding a joyful soul, clear,clean and ready to fly up-aiming high for the locals. lav ya Magsaysay!

  10. kamayo says:

    wag nyo iboto si pichay sa lugar nya sa surigao del sur, sira ang daan. At ngayon ko lang nakakita nang tulay na kahoy lang ang gamit.heheheh…
    Nakakahiya ka Pichay……….

  11. Inday says:

    Meron pala akong napansin sa campaign ad ng GO …. tama ba ang nakita ko na may salitang REVOLT?? Ano kaya ang ibig nilang sabihin? Would that mean that if they lose, they would stage a revolution? What if they win? Would they still revolt? Naguguluhan talaga ako sa kanila. Ano ba talaga gusto nila?
    Kung meron ibang nakapansin ng ad ng GO, please lang sabihin niyo kung tama nga ang nakita ko. Salamat po.

  12. ALLPY says:

    please vote for the people who can give back their help to people and who are all needed to help, thank u

  13. FOR INDAY says:

    FOR INDAY’S sake…HUWAG KA NG MAGULUHAN SA “GO”….isipin mo palang ang mga PERSONALIDAD NILANG LAHAT na nasa GO…MAGO-GOLUHAN KA NA talaga..bwahahaha!!!! THIS IS JACKY poh!

  14. FOR INDAY says:

    I REMMBER, yeah! yung dalawa John Loyd ba yun and his ka- love team…yung basag ang boses with long big teeth?(4got the name of that girl) THEY WERE THE LOVETEAM I REMMBRD in one tele-sere year 2000 also?…walking and flirting in school uniforms at the Church side, and collecting memories (wearing school uniforms too) at the “KAMPANAHAN” the highest level of the church, SAGWA diba? ganyan din ang ISIP NG MGA IMMORAL NA PRODUCERS AT DIREKTORS NG ABS-CBN, luluha din kayo oneday like your VICTIMS for profit sake!!! MAGBAGO NA KAYO ABS!!! magtayo na lang kayo ng CHARITY WARD baka sakaling mapunta kayo sa heaven…wish ko lang.,,,huhuhu :(

  15. FOR INDAY says:

    sori poh!!! SORI POH MS. INDAY…THE MESSAGE ABOVE IS NOT FOR YOU. IT WAS NOT MEANT FOR THIS WEBSITE TOO. PASTE UP MSG. LANG PO YAN….SORI POH. :)

  16. TO INDAY DER! says:

    HWAG KA NG MAGULUHAN SA MGA GO……sa mga PERSONALIDAD PALANG NG MGA YAN….MAGO-GO-LUHAN KANA TALAGA, bwahahahaha!!!

  17. jo says:

    Here’s mine: 1. Chiz Escudero 2. Mike Defensor 3. Ping Lacson 4. Loren Legarda 5. Kiko Pangilinan 6. Koko Pimentel 7. Joker Arroyo 8. Allan P. Cayetano 9. Manny Villar 10. Ralph Recto 11. Tito Sotto 12. Ed Angara

    NOTE: NEVER TO PACQUIAO AS CONGRESSMAN, BOXER LOVE KO YAN!

  18. Mayang says:

    Ok Sana si Escudero kung hindi lang tuta ni Erap at FPJ, kulang na lang himurin niya p_ _ _ t nang mga ‘to, di ba lawyer siya, bakit tanga siya?

  19. Janus says:

    bakit ganun pati dito hindi kumpleto ang senatorial? sana kumpleto pati mga nagawa nila para mapagaralan at mapagisipan ko kung sino ang boboto ko…. plzz lng mr admin pakikumpleto ang tumatakbo sa senator… hindi ako makapag desesyon ng boboto ko kasi puro balita at naririnig ko lng ang nalalaman ko sa kanila… dapat lahat meron record para mapagaralan ko ang iboboto ko….

  20. FOR JANUS says:

    YOU CAN STUDY THE INDIVIDUAL PLATFORM OF THE SENATORIAL CANDIDATES. CLIK MO LANG MGA NAMES NILA, DAMI WEBSITE FOR THEM, TRY IT JANUS! jacky poh :)

  21. tolits says:

    sayang si mike defensor,magaling sanang at hindi trapo… pero di ko iboboto..kasi mvp sya ni gma. sayang sana may katapat ang idol ko. chiz escudero. karapat dapat sa senado.

  22. tolits says:

    team unity? eh magkaaway nga sina chavit at defensor eh.. kasi naman,masakit tanggapin ang katotohanan.. sinabi pa ni defensor.. asar talo tuloy ang pag-asa daw ng probinsya..pweeeee.

  23. tolits says:

    angara,sotto,oreta…ok pa sana kung nag independent na lang sila.di kasi ako aso,ang isinuka di dapat kainin pa.

  24. tolits says:

    sa pakiusap sa lahat ng nakakabasa nito,wag na po natin siraan ang team unity….kawawa naman sila. sira na nga,sisiraan nyo pa.

  25. tolits says:

    last comment ko na ito,basta straight go. sabit ko na si pangilinan….sa lahat ng ayaw…ok lang.

  26. Lindy says:

    for Inday:

    Nakita ko nga ad ng GO at nakita ko ang salitang REVOLT na sinabi mo.Naguguluhan din ako sa nakita ko.Kung balak nila mag-revolt,lagot tayong mga Pilipino.

    Tama sabi ni Jacky – ang “GoGolu” nga ng GO!

  27. justine says:

    go!!! youth.. this is the time to decide who among the senatorial candidates will be fitted and named as a true senators.. who protect the rights of individual..

  28. carmen e libertino says:

    LET US ALL RALLY FOR THE SENATORIABLES OF THE KAPATIRAN PARTY NAMELY DR MARTIN BAUTISTA ATTY ADRIAN SISON AND MR.ZOSIMO PAREDES. THEIR PROGRAM OF GOVERNMENT IS FOR THE GOOD OF THE MASSES.LET US VOTE FOR THEM THIS COMING MAY 14,2007 ELECTION. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS US ALL.

  29. nycole says:

    sana wala mandadaya this coming election

    stop vote buying, political killings

    youth power!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lets all vote for our future and for our country…….think twise

  30. Mayang says:

    Agree ako, pls vote for the Kapatiran Team — Bautista, Paredes and Sison, hindi sila mga trapo, and I believe thay can make changes for the good of our country. My sure list: Zubiri, Bautista, Paredes, Sison, ewan di ko pa alam ang iba, baka si Joker, Pichay & Pangilinan. The rest, kung di mga trapo, bulok, corrupt at pa cute lang, nge!

  31. tolits says:

    sana manalo si sonia “inang guro” roco. kawawa naman kasi ang mga teacher ng pinas.dahil sa baba ng sahod,yung iba nagkakatulong na lang sa ibang bansa. kaya sana ilaan natin ang isang slot sa balota.. sonia roco,karapat dapat sa senado.

  32. joeffrey says:

    I HOPE YOU GUYS SUPORTAHAN NATIN SI ZUBIRI, MEGUEL. UNANG UNA FOR THE STUDENTS BECAUSE ALAM NIYO BA YONG SUGARCANE NA INIPRESENT NIYA SA SENADO NADISKUBREHAN YUN NANG MGA STUDENT FROM BUKIDNON THEN INIPRESENT NIYA YUN SA KONGRESO..BOSES NAMIN SIYA AT SA MGA STUDYANTE..SECONDLY PARA SIYANG KUYA ONE TIME NANGANGAILANGAN KAMI NG PERA PARA SA PROJECT NAMIN BINIGYAN NIYA KAMI..AND PANGATLO HERE IN 3RD DISTRICT BUKIDNON IS VERY PROSPER DAHIL SA KANYANG MGA BATAS 3RD DISTRICT IS VERY PEACEFUL. HOPE BOTOHAN PO NATIN SI KUYA JUAN MIGUEL ZUBIRI..AND PICHAY DIN HE IS TOO GOOD IN SURIGAO

    ITO ANG TOP SIX

    MIGZ ZUBIRI
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    NOYNOY AQUINO
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    MANNY VILLAR
    AQUILINO PEMINTEL
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  33. ilocano says:

    Putang ina mo chavit! mamamatay tao!

  34. Lindy says:

    Let’s just stick to the issues, please. Huwag naman tayong magmura dito. Don’t abuse our freedom of speech. Kung galit kayo sa tao, sabihin niyo kung bakit, huwag lang basta magmura.
    Let us be civilized, please.

  35. Inday says:

    To: Rockclimber
    Huwag niyo po sisihin ang gobyerno kung bumaba ang palitan ng dolyar.Siguro po, masama para sa inyong kumikita ng dolyar yan, pero para po sa amin na piso lang ang kayang kikitain, malaking tulong po yan.
    Pag bumaba po ang palitan ng dolyar, ibig po sabihin niyan ay healthy po ang ating economy. Kaming mga peso earners po ay natutuwa duon.
    Kayong mga OFWs po ay mga bayani natin at nakakatulong ang pagpapadala niyo ng dollars dito sa Pilipinas upang magiging healthy ang ating economy. Mabuhay po kayo at kayo po ang dahilan kaya bumababa po ang palitan ng dolyar.

  36. Thomas J. Martin says:

    Peter Cayetano servered his term limits in the House and accomplished nothing. I suppose if elected to the Senate he will fit right in since the Senate has done nothing for the people of the Philippines because they have been too busy holding investigation. Peter Cayetano the Senate was made for you, but the people of the Philippines deserve better.

    Benigno Aquino III learned well from his Mother. Before the election has been held he is laying the ground work to blame the Administration of cheating. He totally ignores the grass root organization the Administration has in place. Perhaps if you win you can pursuade your Mother and the rest of the family to distribute the Sugar Cane land your family has manage to keep from the laborers. Maybe you can correct the mess your Mother created in the Educational System when she allowed English to be removed from the curriculum.

  37. Evelyn says:

    I hope every Filipino voter will use his right to vote wisely. I hope he will take to heart and mind that to vote wisely is to vote for candidates who can truly serve the country at the expense of his personal interests–working to uplift the human dignity of every Filipino as his CREATOR desires. Otherwise, they will allow the country to suffer much more in the hands of those who serve their selfish desire for power and money and destroy the dignity bestowed by God to the Filipino People. We are already experiencing the consequences of some of them in families — broken, homeless,in want of material, moral and spiritual help, shattered by bad influences of drugs, pornography, deteriorating fashions and social relatios, etc…

  38. Evelyn says:

    Let us learn from what Scotland is undergoing. Let’s pray, act and hope that the Philippines will be spared from such fate. Please, read the ff:

    Catholic Bishops Urge Voters to Challenge Attacks on Christian Values “at the Ballot Box”
    by Bishops’ Conference of Scotland
    Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
    1. We, the Catholic Bishops of Scotland, greet you in the name of the risen Christ. As we continue to celebrate the mystery of Easter, we renew our hope in Jesus Christ as the source of our salvation.
    2. Elections to the Scottish Parliament and to Local Authorities are approaching. Each of us is called to make practical political choices for the sake of the common good of the people of Scotland. These choices should be made in conformity with our faith in Christ.
    3. The Bishops recognise that many people in politics work conscientiously to achieve good, and we commend them to you. At the same time we cannot fail to notice a conflict of values in society. This conflict of values is reflected in the political sphere in policies, social legislation and regulations which are seriously at odds with the insights and values of our Christian faith and of other faiths.
    4. The Bishops remain deeply concerned about legislation which allows abortion, embryo experimentation, easy divorce and civil partnerships. We have always campaigned against poverty, deprivation and injustice. We have raised our voices against a new generation of nuclear weapons. We foresee with apprehension a campaign to legalise euthanasia. We find ourselves having to counter criticism of the very existence of Catholic schools, in large part prompted by an agenda which aims to remove religion from the public sphere.
    5. As well as these serious matters, Government has advanced proposals which imply a stealthy and unjust attack on the freedom of religion itself and on the rights of conscience. Earlier this year new regulations were enacted at Westminster which could prevent Catholic adoption agencies from carrying out their work according to the Catholic and Christian vision of family life. Last year, in the face of widespread opposition, the Scottish Parliament extended the right to adopt to unmarried and same sex couples. These dubious innovations are detrimental not just to the good of the Catholic community but to the common good of humanity as a whole. They deserve to be challenged at the ballot box.
    6. The coming elections give us an opportunity to vote wisely and to choose the best political representatives for our communities. Many of those standing share our Christian values. There are signs of a desire for an authentic Christian voice in politics serving the common good of people of all faiths and none.
    7. Your Bishops urge you to use your vote to support the candidates who offer the best chance of bringing the voice of a truly human and Christian civilization to the decision-making chambers of our country. We invite you to look beyond the superficially attractive and fashionable to recognize those policies and values which are most in tune with the dignity of the human person and with the common good of our society.
    8. To help you vote, we attach with this letter a number of questions you may wish to consider yourself and put to your election candidates.
    9. Our faith is in the risen Christ. We are all to witness to Him even in our political choices, in the hope that we can make his love for all men and women more effective in our country!
    May God bless you all.
    Yours devotedly in Christ,
    This item 7509 digitally provided courtesy of CatholicCulture.org

  39. Luis says:

    who is the senatorial candidate that the platform is to Fight againt womans rights? Go for Divorce?

  40. Definitely this site is biase!!! There are some independent candidate who has good platform and good intention than most of the crooks in your list. you better check who you are voting and always remember not to be deceived by there good smile and what they can give you. look at their heart, loook at their intentions and especially look at the track record, are they really the senators you want our country needs?!!

    Vote for Dr Martin Bautista for senator, he’s a very principled man who left a flourishing medical career in USA to help bring about change in this country. among his plans include to improve health services, review of national debt service, agrarian reform to promote a culture of life, peace and active non-violence and most importantly, to bring back JESUS CHRIST as the center of governance..
    check out the website to see more of his platform..

  41. Definitely this site is bias!!! There are some independent candidate who has good platform and good intention than most of the crooks in your list. you better check who you are voting and always remember not to be deceived by there good smile and what they can give you. look at their heart, loook at their intentions and especially look at the track record, are they really the senators you want our country needs?!!

    Vote for Dr Martin Bautista for senator, he’s a very principled man who left a flourishing medical career in USA to help bring about change in this country. among his plans include to improve health services, review of national debt service, agrarian reform to promote a culture of life, peace and active non-violence and most importantly, to bring back JESUS CHRIST as the center of governance..
    check out the website to see more of his platform..

  42. wally_ahls says:

    i dont like the political system here in philippines,they are just the one who is hunger of their own interest, mga opportunistics candidates..they are just using people..

  43. tolits says:

    ayos ang bagong commercial ng team unity laban kay ERAP! hampas kay ERAP,kay GLORIA ang LATAY. HUWETENG? meron pa naman ah? JOSE VELARDE ACCOUNT, may JOSE PIDAL. marahil naging sugarol at nangurakot din si ERAP,pero di siya brutal at lantarang NAGNAKAW.di gaya ni GMA. ANG KAPAL! at isa pa ilan na ba ang pinadukot at pinapatay sa GMA administraion? ah eh!…….di ko mabilang.

  44. tolits says:

    si cezar montano ay masyadong HONEST at TAPAT… puro kakampi niya kasi ang TINITIRA NIYA.. puro GARAPAL kasi.

  45. tolits says:

    Sayang! ang mga taong karapat dapat sa senado.Sana sa mga iniidolo nating artista,tawag ng puso at di bulsa ang umiral.Puro kayo angal sa paglubog ng FILM INDUSTRY eh kayo naman ang INDORSER ng mga bULOK na PULITIKO.

  46. dayo ylagan says:

    I will vote for constructive legislators na makakagawa/nakakagawa ng batas na makakatulong sa ating bayan. Iwasan ang mga kandidatong puro dada at puro reklamo pero walang ginagawa.

  47. Inday says:

    Ano ba ito? Nakakaiyak na makikita mo sa TV ang taong may kasong plunder ang siyang nagsasalita na mag-revolt daw tayo against corruption. How ironic naman na ang mga kasamahan niya ay against corruption daw pero okay lang sa kanila na ang lider nila ay may kasong PLUNDER.
    How insincere naman! Do they think they can fool the intelligent voters?

  48. To all voters pray first before you vote,and vote for the “The Righteous man”.
    They have fear to the LORD..
    May GOD bless all voters in the Philippines.
    May the LORD gives you wisdom to choose who’s the best..
    And I pray to all people to know JESUS…
    GOD BLESS you all…

  49. Zeno E. says:

    Para naman sa akin, ayokong siraan ang team unity!!!!!!!!!!Because that will not speak of good attitude of a Christian individual…. Basta ako, Si Alan Cayetano kasi straight opposition ako plus si Pangilinan…….Pro Hindi ko sinasabi na iboto niyo rin sila…..Kung saan kayo masaya, kung sino ang pinagkakatiwalaan niyo, kung ano ang inyong prinsipyo, iyon ang dapat ninyong ipaglaban sa pamamagitan ng inyong mga boto………Iyon lang po……Thank you very very much for this Ads……Madami din akong natutunan dito………..bye bye bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  50. Lizzy says:

    Genuine Opposition & Team Unity are the same level but they are different in terms of qualities & premises. For me,I vote for Kiko Pangilinan for no.1 in my voting list.

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