The Liberal Party announced their initial list of senatorial candidates:
1. Former Senate President Franklin Drilon
2. Former Senator Serge Osmeña III
3.Detained officer Brig. Gen. Danny Lim
4. Rep. Ruffy Biazon
5. Rep. Teofisto Guingona, Jr.
6. Akbayan Rep. Risa Hontiveros
7. Former rEP. Neric Acosta
8. Former Senator Ralph Recto,also former NEDA secretary under Gloria Arroyo
9. Sonia Roco
So far, okay naman ang line up. Around 50% lang ang possibleng manalo.
Akala ko sa NP ang mga Recto? Kung nasa LP si Ralph, ibig sabihin LP na rin si Vilma? Sayang pala kung natuloy si Edu sa LP senatorial line up, nagkasama sila ni Ralph Recto.
*** None of the above.
1,2,& 8… Mga orihinal na balimbing, mga tuso, walang prinsipyo, makasarili, mga orihinal na ahas, atbp.
Rissa Hotiveros, walang pagkakaiba kay Lacson dakdak ng dakdak wala rin naman nagagawa. Ang taong madaldal at puro dakdak walang alam.
I might vote for these three people, #2, #3 and #9.
Destroyer, please don’t capitalize comments.Tingnan mo, I edited your comments.
Small letters lang ang gamitin. Pangit tingnan ang capitalized.
Ulitin ko ulit ang sinasabi ko palagi: kahit small letters nakukuha ng readers ang message. Hindi kailangan i-capitalize. Pangit tingnan. parang sumisigaw.
Destroyer – November 16, 2009 12:51 pm
Sir, malalaman po ba ng sambayanan ang halos lahat ng kawalanghiyaan (ZTE, Fertilizer Scam, Hello Garci, World Bank, Pidal Bank Account) ng mag-asawang Pidal kung hindi dahil kay Sen. Lacson.
Brig. Gen. Danny Lim, Teofisto Guingona, Jr., Rissa Hontiveros, at Sonia Roco..sana madala sila sa pagka senador
pwede pa rin si Franklin Drilon??
Sino po ba si Neric Acosta kung meron nakakaalam sa kanyang adhikain o background??
As a Party, the Liberals should start publishing or circulate to the voters their Party “constitution”, founding principles and ideologies, and their programs of Government and it must be in-Line with Liberal (democrats) ideologies..and so the candidates running under its banner should know what they are running for in common, not as individual (“to each his own”), but to run on a common ground. It’s the only way to put back the Strong Party system of government and maybe the reforms everyone been expecting.
“Sino po ba si Neric Acosta kung meron nakakaalam sa kanyang adhikain o background??” – olan
Believe he used to be a solon from the Visayas, saw him a few times on TV, mahangin, think he knows everything.
“Sir, malalaman po ba ng sambayanan ang halos lahat ng kawalanghiyaan (ZTE, Fertilizer Scam, Hello Garci, World Bank, Pidal Bank Account) ng mag-asawang Pidal kung hindi dahil kay Sen. Lacson.” – jpax
Even with Ping’s exposes, nothing will happen to these cases, they’re sitting on them. Papogi points lang yan, ni wala man na muntinglupa. Ang magnanakaw eh galit sa kapwa magnanakaw.
tru blue – November 16, 2009 4:32 pm
Sen. Lacson did his part by exposing anomalies and corruption in government, i don’t think its all kasalanan of Sen. Lacson if walang nangyayari sa kaso. To all that Sen. Lacson expose’ about the Presidents wrongdoing is your Congressman do anything? If nothing, in your part did you do anything? In fact we should thank Sen. Lacson, bakit ba madami galit kay GMA, its because of the corruption issues na ibinulgar ni Sen. Lacson.
With regards to the topic, isn’t that Riza Hontiveros advocacies is for the manggagawa and magsasaka, i tot this leftist group is not for traditional politics
jpax – November 16, 2009 2:04 pm, #6
NBN-ZTE:
Si Joey de Venecia III at Jun Lozada ang kumanta sa ZTE sumabay lang sa kantahan nila si Lacson.
Fertilizer Scam:
“The irregularities discovered by COA on how Malacañang and the agriculture department conducted the program are just a preview of more anomalies and fund scams waiting to be discovered by the Filipino public.
Hello Garci:
Samuel Ong who is a former deputy director of the country’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) claimed to have audio tapes of wiretapped conversations between President Arroyo and an official of the Commission on Elections. Also, Brig. Gen. Francisco Gudani, one of four generals mentioned in the wiretapped “Hello Garci” conversations.
World Bank:
Senator Panfilo Lacson first implicated Arroyo in the scandal, citing information from one of the her husband’s alleged appointment books that showed he met with EC de Luna Construction’s owner over 20 times in 2002.
Pidal Bank Account:
Lacson struck again in August 2003, this time saying that Mike Arroyo had amassed more than P200 million from contributions to his wife’s vice presidential campaign in 1998 and had deposited the money in secret bank accounts, one of which was under the name Jose Pidal.
Ang role ni Lacson tagapagsalita kung ano yung nakitang scandal o anomalya sa bulok na administrasyun gloria arroyo.
Dati hanga ako kay Lacson pero lately turn off nako at mga kasama ko lalo na sa mga revelation niya kay erap. Mahirap kay lacson marami siyang dakdak pero kulang ang ebidensya laging kapos…
Nereus Acosta:
Juan Romeo Nereus Olaivar Acosta, popularly known as Neric Acosta, is a politician, academician, and political scientist in the Philippines. He is a former member of the Philippine House of Representatives, representing the first district of the province of Bukidnon from 1998 to 2007.
Academic life, research, consultancy, and advocacy:
Acosta started as a staff researcher in the Committee on International Economic Policy of Representative Ramon Bagatsing in 1989. He was project director of the Bukidnon Integrated Network of Home Industries, Inc. (BINHI), a non-governmental organization involved in Grameen banking, in 1995.
A staunch believer in education as a great equalizer, Acosta co-founded the Northern Bukidnon Community College, which caters primarily to Lumad (indigenous) students and scholars. He is also a member of the Board of the Cagayan de Oro College.
Acosta taught as professor and academic consultant in Xavier University, University of the Philippines and the Bukidnon State College from 1992 to 1998. He was also a professorial lecturer at the School of Government of Ateneo de Manila University and at the Department of Political Science of De La Salle University, teaching graduate students on public policy and the Philippine development experience. Currently, Acosta is a core professor of the Executive Education and Lifelong Learning Center (EXCELL) of the Asian Institute of Management. Well-respected by his students, his teaching style is facilitative, insightful, and thought-provoking.
Meanwhile, he continues to live his environmental advocacy through his memberships in the Boards of the Earth Council of the Philippines, and the Population, Health and the Environment (PATH) Foundation. He is also an active member of the Partnership for clean Air, Philippines, and the Founding Director of E-LEAD (Center for Ecological Governance, Leadership and Development). Acosta recently served as Lead Convenor of The Philippine Climate Imperative, an initiative that aims to engage the private sector in drawing up a proposal that will address the issues of climate change.
Political life:
Acosta first ran and won as a provincial board member of Bukidnon from 1995 to 1998. He ran and won a seat as Representative of the First District of Bukidnon province in Northern Mindanao for three consecutive terms from 1998 to 2007. He served as Chairman of the Committee on Ecology and Vice Chairman of the Committees on Science and Technology, Human Rights, and Foreign Relations of the House of Representatives.
He is the principal author of many environmental laws in the Philippines, including the groundbreaking Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Solid Waste Management Act, and the Biodiversity Protection Act. The Clean Air Act of 1999 received various awards and citations, including the Oscar Escobar Environmental Award and the Citizens’ Movement Against Pollution Award, both in 2002.
He has represented the Philippines in numerous international forums, including the United Nations Special Assembly on HIV/AIDS and the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development, where he served as the Deputy Secretary General.
From 1998-2001, he served as the national chairperson of the Kabataang Liberal ng Pilipinas, the youth arm of the Liberal Party (Philippines), where he is now Secretary General. He is also at present the Secretary General of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats.
In 2009 he was selected to run under Noynoy Aquino for the senate in the 2010 elections along with Akbayan Congresswoman Risa Hontiveros, Congressman of Muntinlupa City Ruffy Biazon and Former Senate President Frank Drillon.
Authorship:
Acosta has authored various articles on politics, leadership and governance, development, education, and the environment, and has published widely in various magazines and national dailies. He co-authored a book entitled “The Philippine Political Culture (View from Inside the Halls of Power)” in 2001. He has also published “Population, Poverty, and Politics” (2001), and “Alternative Political Campaign Strategies” for the Friedrich Nauman Stiftung-Philippines in 2005. Meanwhile, his essay on “Internationalization and the Search for Global Identities” won the plum prize during a competition for the magazine Intersect-Japan and the PHP Institute of America in Japan in 1995.
His articles on political and public life regularly appear in the Perspectives section of the website http://www.thelobbyist.biz.
Awards:
In recognition of his contributions to policy-making, education, and advocacy work, Acosta was included in NewsBizAsia’s 100 Most Influential Filipinos (2002), and was cited by Asiaweek as representing the “youthful, hopeful change for the country.” Adding to his numerous accomplishments, he was also selected as one of The Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) – Asia Pacific by the Osaka, Japan Junior Chamber (1995).
Private life:
Acosta is married to Carina Chotirawe, a full-time professor at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. They have a son, Inigo Juan, born on February 11, 1996. Acosta is also featured in the recently released book Profiles encourage: Ordinary Filipinos making an extraordinary difference (Anvil Publishing) along with others who have made significant contributions in Philippine society.
Re: Nereus Acosta – He has a TV infomercial. He may be competent, with good advocacy and intelligent but it will be difficult for him to break into the magic senatorial circle. He might be the Solita Mondsod or Yorac for 2010. Sayang.
Re: lawmakers who make expose in the senate. This has always been my stand. After making the expose, why don’t they file the necessary actions before the proper judicial bodies? The Ombudsman may dismiss the charges but they cannot just ignore the legal avenue if they want the proper redress or remedy. That is whey every time there is an expose in the Senate, I could only think of one thing: Grandstanding.
Olan, hindi na pwede si Franklin Drillon isa siya sa mga taong namili kay lola gloria. Wala rin siyang ginawang maganda nung nasa senado pa siya. Mga taong balingbing at ahas huwag na natin ibalik pa sa senado.
Pambihira naman. Kasalanan pa ngayon ni Ping Lacson dahil he exposed anomalies and the involvement of Mike Arroyo in nbn/zte,fertilizer scam. world bank public works projects.
How can one say that nothing came out of it?Did you know about those anomalies if Lacson,other senators, the whistleblowers and the journalists didn’t work, gather evidence so that the public would be informed about how Gloria and Mike Arroyo and their associates are stealing from the people?
Stopping anomalies and punishing the violators should be the convern of egvferybody and not just one person.
Lacson has done his part. Others (as in other members of the Senate) the law enforcers, members of the judiciary, the Ombudsman should do their duty.
Al, walang pinanalunan si Lacson sa mga expose’ niya laging talo… kaya malamang gloria forever na.
Oblak:After making the expose, why don’t they file the necessary actions before the proper judicial bodies?
oblak, there are already charges filed against Gloria Arroyo, Mike Arroyo and others before the Ombudsman. Lawyers Harry Roque and Ernesto Francisco have picked up from what the Senate and media have exposed. Talagang inuupuan lang sa Ombudsman.
That’s why Ombudsman Gutierrez should be impeached. Hopefully under a new president, that would succeed.
Dalawa ang big NO sa akin sa listahan ng LP. Si Recto (of course naman, at si Drilon).
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Oblak, hindi mo na nababalita? Ang laking headline sa Inquirer…Recto, Santos
join Liberal Party www. inquirer.net
(UPDATE) Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-Recto and former Senator Ralph Recto are joining the Liberal Party (LP) and support the team-up of Senators Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Manuel “Mar” Roxas II in the 2010 elections.
Si Recto…VAT!
Si Drilon…never mind!
Kapag ako ay tinuyo uli, si BGen. Lim lang ang ililista ko, kung mahigpit ang laban ng mga senatoriables.
Madam Chi, kanina pang tanghali dito kasi yung first 2 posts ko, kaya kagulat gulat pa. Bandang hapon na posted sa Inquirer at GMAnews na LP na nga sila.
Baka naman hindi nagkasundo sa budget ang NP at si Recto. Hindi sya pwedeng bumalik sa administration kaya sa LP pumunta na mukhang llamado sa 2010.
Sa interview kay Usec. Golez, it was not easy daw na pigilan mag pupunta sa iba ang taga Lakas Kampi at mayroon nang senatorial slate sa Lakas-Kampi.
Si BGen Lim yata ay guest candidate ng LP at hindi nanumpa sa LP unlike Recto.
Pambihira naman, oo. Madali lang naman ‘yan, eh.
Eto listahan ko para sa pagka-senador:
1. Ralph Recto
2. Franklin Drilon
3. John Osmena
4. Bong Revilla
5. Lito Lapid
Walang pagbabago ‘yan at madagdagan pa kapag nagdeklara na ang iba pang maaari kong makursunadahan.
Isusulat ko ‘yan sa toilet tissue at ipampupunas ko sa bowl dahil doon lamang sila nababagay!
Sino pa sa mga galamay ni goyang ang hahabol?
Oblak, kung talo si Lacson laban sa katiwalian, talo rin ang taumbayan.
Pero naintindihan kita Oblak kung bakit walang ginawang mabuti si lacson sa tingain mo. Klaro naman ang sinabi mo: (Dati hanga ako kay Lacson pero lately turn off nako at mga kasama ko lalo na sa mga revelation niya kay erap. Mahirap kay lacson marami siyang dakdak pero kulang ang ebidensya laging kapos…)
Gusto mo lang talaga si Erap. Ang mga sinasabi mo na hindi niya tinatapos ang kanyang expose, mahinang rason lang yan. Galit ka dahil he exposed Erap.
Naintindihan kita, Oblak.
Pareng Al, correction lang, hindi ako ang nagsabi na naturn off kay lacson. Si Destoyer yun in reply to Jpax.
Tawagin mo na akong kalbo pero never na maka Erap. Ang binotong kong Presidente ay si Cory in 1986, Salonga 1992, Roco in 1998 and 2004. Ang totoo, isa ako sa unang 50 tao na nagpunta sa EDSA noong Enero 2001 at nag text ng iba pa para makarami.
Loud and clear, Oblak. Una kami dito.
Hihimayin ko ang mga senatoriables. Pakopya, MPR.
Sorry Oblak, si Destroyer nga pala ang Erap fan.
Sorry.
Maaring guest candidate nga si Gen. Lim.
Ngunit hindi rin talaga siya makapanumpa dahil nakakulong siya at nasa-serbisyo pa siya hanggang sa filing ng certificate of candidacy.
He can’t engage in any partisan politics activity while he is still in service. Baka madoble kulong siya.
No problemo, amigo.
Ano nga ba ang balita kay Lacson? Naputol ni Ondoy yung part 3 ng expose nya tapos nawala na sa circulation.
Ruffy Biazon — great candidate to get votes from the LGBT sector. Whooopeeee-dooo!!!
It is a tough campaign for the new comers in the senatorial slate. The name recall is always better for the old known candidates. Whether these candidates, those chosen by Magno are just for flushing in the toilet, chances are, the “blind” voters pick them anyway. Kaya nga ang Pilipinas ay palubog na ng palubog.
I was at the grocery store today and had conversations with another Pinoy. Sabi niya, wala na daw tayong pagasa dahil hindi naman daw pagbabago ang hinahanap natin. Ayaw nating magbago kaya yung mga dating mga politiko ang palagi nating pinipili. Hayan tuloy, ganyan pa rin ang buhay natin!
Mahirap kay lacson marami siyang dakdak pero kulang ang ebidensya laging kapos…
Eh, bakit hindi ninyo tulungan iyong tao na mag-gather ng ebidensya instead na puro criticisms? Ang hirap sa maraming Pilipino ay puro dependent sa ibang tao — nag-iisa iyong graft buster ng Pilipinas, si Lacson lang, lahat puro mga corrupt e bakit hindi tulungan ninyo? Puro dakdak, puro complaints, puro sira ang ginagawa sa taong may malasakit sa bayan kaya ayan, nagkakalecheleche ang Pilipinas hindi dahil kay Lacson kung hindi dahil sa mga Pilipinong hintay lang ng hintay.
Maraming Pilipino na pareho ni Gloria parang pulubi na hintay ng hintay ng graces from others instead of kumilos at tumulong sa taong nagpupumilit na madiscover ang kawalanghiyaan ng maraming tao sa gobyerno!
God will help you if you help yourself and so or that matter, you folks must help Lacson bust the corruption syndicate in this god-forsaken country!
God will help you if you help yourself and so, for that matter, you folks must help Lacson bust the corruption syndicate in this god-forsaken country instead of “dakdak”!
Wala kasing pinanalo si Lacson sa mga expose’ niya. Nakakatakot kung siya ang naging secretary mo kasi lahat ng makikita niya sasabihin sa publiko. Tignan mo ang nangyari kay erap siya ang tumira ng tumira samantalang magka buddy sila noong araw. Kung wala si erap hindi nagmukhang tao si Lacson.
“Lacson expose’ about the Presidents wrongdoing is your Congressman do anything? If nothing, in your part did you do anything? In fact we should thank Sen. Lacson, bakit ba madami galit kay GMA, its because of the corruption issues na ibinulgar ni Sen. Lacson.” – jpax
There are/were too many exposes’ by thieves hurled at thieves, that’s the bottom line. How many are/were in prison up to this point, I’d like to know to give me a personal satisfaction, my guess is nil. My Baguio tongressman is like those of the majority of kurakots, just ask Tongue Twisted. Gustong ihulog ni TT sa Kennon Road daw, and I’ll help him out to make sure na mataas yung bangin.
Cordillera and the Ilocos Regions loved Lacson; but he blew his chances several years back for being so selfish and that cavalier swagger in him. Too late the hero.
I have a question for you: would you turn over one of your siblings knowing one of them is a criminal? Been asking this question in several blogs, never got a response from anyone – maybe you can.
Risa, Sonia, and General Lim is what I endorse in this list.
The rest are scary, they’ve been there before especially this Drillon, broke na siguro.
AdeBrux – November 17, 2009 9:56 am
you hit it right Mam/Sir
“I have a question for you: would you turn over one of your siblings knowing one of them is a criminal? Been asking this question in several blogs, never got a response from anyone – maybe you can.”
But how he became a criminal, if you guide him/her well i dont think he/she will become a criminal, unless you are one of them.
Destroyer – November 17, 2009 12:21 pm
Kung wala si erap hindi nagmukhang tao si Lacson.
utang na loob system na nman.. kaya hindi umuunlad bansa natin dahil sa ganitong takbo ng utak. Hindi mo ba napapansin Destroyer? yan ang systemang pinalalakad ngayon ni Gloria Magnanakaw…
hay naku, ang etek-etek sa manila zoo saan na napunta?
Liberal Party’s senatorial candidates:
Dapat si Franklin Drilon, Serge Osmena at Ralph Recto aka ahas… isama sila sa kulungan kapag si gloria ay nakulong. Bakit! dahil sila ay tuta at naging bahagi sila kay gloria.
Sa mga nakalista sa LP, si Ruffy Biazon lang yata (at si Gen. Lim?) ang true-blooded Ellenville resident.
Tropa yan dito. Mamaya lang baka sumagot na iyan dito.
Siyempre, patok dito si Gen. Lim, pinag-aagawan na nga ng lahat ng partido.
Pwedeng isingit si Rissa, wala pang isyu that I found myself disagreeing with her so far.
Si Serge, di gaya ni Mama John O., hindi yan kumampi kay Putot. Matalino, magaling na imbestigador. Puwede nang magrepresent ng Visayas, kesa naman kay Drilon.
Kursunada ko rin si Neric, hindi pa nasasabit sa kurakutan. Para sa Mindanao. Panahon nang iligtas ang Bukidnon sa mga Zubiri.
Sorry na lang kay Sonia Roco, para sa akin, wala siyang K. Kung kay Noynoy nga naaalibadbaran ako pag yung mga patay na magulang ang pinupuhunan, si Sonia ay ang patay na asawa naman.
Si TG Guingona, 50-50.
Si Recto, kahit siya na lang ang kandiato, hini ko iboboto yan.
Mahirap maging kasama itong si Lacson …. period!!!!! Puwede ba huwag ng isama ang pangalan niya kahit kanino … dahil po lahat ay takot sa kanya. Pangalan pa lang ay napapa-atsweng na akwo ….
TonGuE-tWisTeD,
Thanks! “Ellenville resident”…I like that!
Ruffy
O ayan, tongue…dumating na si RB.
Meron ako na hinihintay na lumabas na senatoriable na Ellenite din, si Rep. Roilo Golez. Nasaan na sya?
Thanks for proving me right, Cong Ruffy. Este, Sen Ruffy pala.
Alam namin dito na kung nassan ang puso namin, nandoon ka rin.
Good luck Ruffy, sagot ka namin dito!
RUFFY BIAZON for the Senate!
Kandidato ba si Golez, chi? Tulog yata ako sa pansitan a. Patok sa akin yan si Golez, Ellenville resident din yan! Walang bahid ng corruption, mula pa nung maka-deal ng Dad ko yan sa Post Office hanggang ngayon ni isang akusasyon wala. Reformist din yan!
Hindi ko malilimutan yung tulong na ginawa niya sa amin, ni hindi namin hiningi, nadinig lang niya sa staff niyang si Miss Tessie.
Kung gayon, ROILO GOLEZ for Senator!
Hinahanap ko lang sa listahan, tongue, kasi nabalita ko nung una. Gusto ko syang mag-senador. We can’t go wrong with Roilo Golez.
Hear, hear! Kay RUFFY BIAZON for the Senate!
Thanks Ruffy for visiting again.
Good luck ha.
Tongue,
You being in there in Manila who personally can access each of these candidates’ backgrounds as well as their advocacies in running for public office IS MY OWN REFERENCE in choosing.
Marami kang karanasan sa kanila, mula pa sa iyong dad and I believe you make the right choices on top of compromises.
Pero, tandaan mo lang, kapag sumablay na naman tayo sa pagkakataong ito, sisingilin kita ng mahal.
Hugs and kisses lang naman ang kabayaran.
Mmmmwwaahhh!
He he heeeh!
Hayup ka Magno, pinanindigan mo na yan. Machi-chismis tayo niyan, buti’t tahimik pa si Cocoy.
Pag nakita kita, mata mo lang ang walang …kissmark!
MPR, magaling humagod yang si TT… pinabaligtad ako nyan kay Chiz. So may bayad na hugs and kisses?
baguneta,
Masesensor tayo niyan dito sa Ellenville, bastos ka.
Pumayag ka namang magbaliktaran kayo ni Tongue?
Kay Chiz siya noong una, ikaw, kay…. kanino ka ba?
Dumi ng mga isip ninyo! Akala ninyo 96?
Heheheh!
Tongue,
Para ka palang higad.
Bawat bahagi ng katawang magapangan ay namamantal sa kati.
Inaaannngggg!