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Year: 2010
(Click on the Vote 2010 logo on the upper right side of this page and it will bring you to the page.)
Vote 2010 is a partnership among VERA Files, civil society organizations, the community media, individuals and institutions monitoring the May 10, 2010 elections.
Readers will find stories related to the forthcoming May elections that is being held at the time of deep distrust of the administration that is overseeing the nationwide, untested automated polls.
Readers will also find basic information on the May elections and background materials on the candidates including their schedule and campaign movements.
This partnership is about citizen empowerment.
by VERA Files When Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao faces Joshua Clottey of Ghana in the ring on Sunday (Saturday in the U.S.) in Texas…
Beginning 15 March 2010, Malaria No More, a non-governmental organization committed to ending malaria deaths in Africa, and Novartis, the Swiss pharmaceutical company, are sponsoring the “World Briefing: Telling the Malaria Story” contest for graduate students.
Malaria is a highly preventable and treatable disease – yet each year, malaria infects nearly 300 million people and kills nearly one million, mostly children under the age of five in sub-Saharan Africa.1 But with broad awareness and the right tools, like nets and medication, malaria deaths and suffering can be greatly reduced.
The goal of this contest is to encourage our future leaders to think about malaria and inform their peers about its serious impact. Participants will also be inspired to learn how organizations like Novartis and Malaria No More are working to reduce malaria-related suffering and have made impressive strides in saving lives.
To spread the word, we’re asking graduate students in the United States, Argentina, Ecuador, Italy, Netherlands, Philippines and Venezuela to develop a 500 word-or-less blog post and 140 character-or-less Twitter entry (“Tweet”) focused on the current malaria burden and ways in which the next generation can make progress in the fight. We’ve attached full entry details, contest guidelines and background.
Nang umuwi ako sa aming baryo sa Antique noong isang buwan, humingi ang aming mga kapitbahay ng listahan ng mga kandidato para senador na kanilang bobotohin sa darating na eleksyun sa Mayo.
Sabi nila, lahat-lahat na mga nagkakandidato ngayon hindi naman nila personal na kilala. Kaya kung may mare-rekomenda akong magaling at makakatulong sa bayan katulad ng ginawa kung pagrekomenda kay Antonio Trillanes IV noong 2007 na eleksyun, yun ang kanilang bobotohin.
Kung wala naman daw, yung mga kilala nilang pangalan ang kanilang bobotohin. Ang mangyayari niyan yung nakikita nilang mga pangalan sa TV at sa pelikula ang kanilang isulat.
Last Monday, we ran Professional Heckler’s hilarious horoscope for presidential candidates. Here’s his equally hilarious horoscope for vice presidential candidates.
He said the hot, summer weather is affecting even the stars.” Ngunit bunsod ng patuloy na pag-init ng panahon, mainit din ang ulo ng mga bituin. Prangka sila ngayon.”
Enjoy and visit his site:www.professionalheckler.wordpress.com.
Jejomar “Jojo” Binay, Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino. Born: November 11, 1941, Scorpio.
by VERA Files Even in detention, Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. of Datu Unsay town in Maguindanao continues to issue orders to kill those he suspects…
The race to Malacañang has become very tight with the top two “presidentiables” locked in a statistical tie, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey commissioned by BusinessWorld showed.
The poll, the third conducted by the survey research institution for this newspaper, found the front-runners — senators Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” C. Aquino III and Manuel “Manny” B. Villar, Jr. — both losing ground among voters with little over two months to go before the May 10 national elections.
The cost, however, was more substantial for the Liberal Party’s Mr. Aquino, who saw his overall score cut by a substantial six points to 36%, compared to just a one percentage-point drop to 34% for the Nacionalista Party’s Mr. Villar.
Mula nang inilabas naming ang balita tungkol sa bahay ng magkapatid na Mikey at Dato Arroyo sa San Francisco, marami ang nagtatanong sa amin kung ano ang nangyari.
Marami ang naiinis na parang hanggang diyaryo lang. Wala naming nangyayari. Tuloy naman ang ligaya ng mga nagsasamantala ng kanilang posisyun sa gobyerno para sa kanilang sarili.
Kahapon, nilabas namin ang bagong impormasyun na nakuha mula sa San Francisco. Nilipat nang mga abogado ni Mikey ang bahay sa Foster City na nagkakahalaga ng $1.32 million na nasa pangalan ng kanyang asawa na si Angela Montenegro sa pangalan ng Beachway LLC noong Septyembre 18, 2009.
Bangit, the current Philippine Army chief, is a known Arroyo loyalist having been been head of the Presidential Security Group under GMA. He also had a stint as chief of the Intelligence Service.
He belongs to Class ’78 of the Philippine Military Academy, which adopted Arroyo. Class ’78 is considered the “favored” PMA class under Arroyo with a number of them in strategic positions.
Earlier, there were calls to extend until after the May 2010 elections the term of Ibrado, who is highly regarded for his professionalism unlike former AFP chief Hermogenes Esperon whose name was mentioned in the “Hello Garci” tapes which revealed the participation of the military in tampering the results of the 2004 elections in favor of Arroyo.
In a statement, Bangit said, “”I am very thankful with the decision of the commander-in-chief. More than it is an honor for me, I would like to assure the people that I will do my very best to serve the interest of this nation and the Filipino people.”