politics

What now?

June 8, 2010

Tomorrow, a new president and vice president will be declared almost a month after the actual election. This particular fact is a bit disconcerting. Two days shy of one month. That’s how long it took the fully-automated election to declare the new president and vice president. Silly of me to actually think that the candidates [...]

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What’s new?

May 27, 2010

1. The full automation of elections held last May 10 was a success although the usual violence and long lines and of course vote buying were obviously rampant. How the comelec can turn a blind eye and a deaf ear is beyond my comprehension. 2. We still don’t have an official President and Vice-President. The [...]

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Will your vote actually count?

May 7, 2010

With all the hullabaloo surrounding the upcoming elections, it makes me think of just one thing – Cheating. In the colorful political history of our country, each and every election is fraught with cheating and what not. Its not that I don’t believe that we have the capacity to change, we do. We, the Filipino, [...]

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Le Cirque Overkill

August 15, 2009

When does it get too much to stomach? When does it get too overrated? How can people be so callous as to make an extravagance out of an already ostentatious event? I once said that I would stop myself from talking about  Philippine Politics or at least, what seems to be left of it, but [...]

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I’m Eclectic, Hayden Kho is not

May 23, 2009

I’M ECLECTIC!!! Yeah, big news… Well, I am! And my friends would definitely vouch for me. As for Hayden Kho, he’s as methodical as clockwork working on the same room and with the same camera just with different tastes. Not eclectic at all. But he is a connoisseur (or not…) of women, while these women [...]

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Exercising your right to vote

October 29, 2007

October 29 – Another milestone for Philippine Politics. According to the papers, the just concluded Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections were largely peaceful. Well, a school just went up in flames and a number of people killed in so-called “isolated outbursts of violence” throughout the country… Hmmm… peaceful, don’t you think? It makes me stop [...]

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Erap granted Absolute Pardon by President Macapagal-Arroyo

October 25, 2007

Here is a transcript of the Grant of Executive Clemency given to deposed former President Ejercito Estrada by President Macapagal Arroyo: Whereas this administration has a policy of releasing prisoners who have reached the age of 70, Whereas Joseph Ejercito Estrada has been under detention for six and a half years, Whereas Joseph Ejercito Estrada [...]

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Philippine Politics + Bribe Money + a Priest = A Recipe for Disaster

October 15, 2007

They’re at it again. Just another disastrous concoction straight from the annals of Philippine Politics. A Priest turned Governor turned in half a million peso worth of “gift” money with a big question, “What is it for?” Are they for real? Bribing a Priest and all that? Well, ladies and gents, its just another day [...]

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Bribery, Tattletales and the famous Filipino Crab Mentality

October 11, 2007

Why do tattletales do what they do? Is it because of their innate sense of what is right and wrong? Or maybe because they believe that justice must be served? Is it done out of the goodness of their hearts? Or is it because like spurned women, they were spurned out of a very profitable [...]

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Philippine Politics – what went wrong?

October 3, 2007

The Philippines is a country full of good people and unnatural evils. Unnatural and unnecessary evil. Good people who turn unnaturally evil because of the strong lure of money and of power. Good people who decided to shut their mouths in the face of corruption. Good people who do nothing. A perfect waste of human [...]

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