'Villar, Noynoy exceed air time limits'

MANILA, Philippines - It’s still 6 weeks away from the May 10 national elections, but presidential candidates Manuel Villar Jr. and Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III have already exceeded their maximum air time of 120 minutes, according to monitoring firm AGB Nielsen Media Research.

AGB Nielsen data shows that from February 9 to March 24, Villar has used 122.5 minutes and 128.25 minutes in major TV networks ABS-CBN and GMA-7, respectively.

In the same time period, Aquino of the Liberal Party has used 129 minutes in ABS-CBN. He has 2 minutes left in GMA-7.

Table of air time: February 9 to March 24
Candidate	ABS-CBN	GMA 7
Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III	129 minutes	118 minutes
Former president Joseph Estrada	77.5 minutes	65 minutes
Sen. Richard "Dick" Gordon	52 minutes	43 minutes
Evangelist Eddie Villanueva	3.5 minutes	4 minutes
Sen. Manuel "Manny" Villar Jr	122.5 minutes	128.5 minutes
Presented by Pera at Pulitika, AGB Nielsen

The AGB Nielsen report was presented on Friday morning by the Pera at Pulitika consortium, which monitors the candidates’ adherence to campaign finance laws.

via http://abs-cbnnews.com/nation/03/26/10/villar-noynoy-exceeds-air-time-limits