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Davide – super oportunista

Published by Ellen on April 14, 2010

Davide administers oath of office to power grabber

Numero unong oportunista talaga itong si Hilario Davide.

Sa kanyang presscon noong Lunes tungkol sa kanyang pagtalon sa Liberal Party, sinabi niya na kaya daw siya bumaligtad dahil ang sambayanang Pilipino ay hindi makalimutan ang kurakutan ng adminsitrasyung Arroyo at hindi na sila papayag mangyari yun.

Sabi niya ang unang problema daw ni Gilbert Teodoro, Jr , ang kandidato para presidenet ng administrasyon ay ang pagkadikit kay Gloria Arroyo.

Ang pagbabago daw ay mangyayari sa administrasyon ni Noynoy Aquino at Mar Roxas. Kaya daw siya nag-resign bilang permanent representative sa United Nations noong Abril 1.

Alam pala niyang ang kurakutan nina Arroyo, bakit tumahimik siya at nagsipsip sa pekeng presidente? Bakit ngayon buwan lang siya nag-resign?

Law doesn’t protect deceit

Published by Ellen on April 13, 2010

The much-respected Maria A. Ressa, head of ABS-CBN News & Current Affairs, invokes “confidentiality of sources” in rejecting the challenge of the Nacionalista Party to reveal the names of their alleged “two sources from the Nacionalista Party ” who gave them the fake psychiatric analysis of Liberal Party Sen. Benigno Aquino III by a Jesuit priest.

“While it’s tempting to take the Nacionalista Party’s challenge, it violates a sacred rule of journalism,” Ressa said.

I don’t agree with Maria.

Journalism is basically truth telling. A journalist’s job is to tell the public the truth.

Election campaign, Abra-style

Published by Ellen on April 13, 2010

by Artha Kira Paredes VERA Files BANGUED, Abra—Ryan Luna goes around campaigning in barangays here using one of his army-type trucks that people often mistake…

NP, LP vie to catch politicians jumping from Lakas-Kampi sinking ship

Published by Ellen on April 13, 2010

Speaker cites ‘total disarray’ in ruling coalition
By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

He never even said “hi” or “hello.”

Speaker Prospero C. Nograles is “seriously considering” dumping the ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD and its standard-bearer Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro and joining Nacionalista Party candidate Sen. Manuel “Manny” Villar Jr.

Nograles griped about a Teodoro snub during a recent visit to Davao City, where the Speaker is now running for mayor, and the absence of civility that he said was causing a “total disarray” in the administration coalition barely a month before the May 10 elections.

Villar, Wowowillie rally

Published by Ellen on April 12, 2010

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Photo by Philip Duquiatan
Bonggang-bongga ang rally ng Nacionalista Party sa Koronadal noong Linggo. Si Willie Revillame, Manny Pacquiao at Manny Villar nagkasabay sa isang stage.

Gumagawa ako ng special report tungkol sa kampanya kaya iniisa-isa ko ngayon ang pag-cover ng mga rally ng bawat partido.

Una naming kinuberan ang rally ng Nacionalista Party sa Koronadal athletic stadium sa Southern Cotabato noong Linggo kung saan mga 100,000 ang dumalo. Sa susunod na mga araw, rally ng Liberal party naman ang aming pupuntahan.

Girian para sa 2016

Published by Ellen on April 10, 2010

Hindi pa nagaganap ang 2010 na eleksyun ngunit nagsisimula na ang girian para sa 2016 na eleksyun.

Napabalita noong isang araw ang maliit na gulo sa Liberal Party sa pagitan ng Team Chiz at grupo ni Mar Roxas, ang kandidato nila para bise presidente.

Ang Team Chiz ay mga tauhan ni Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero na kinabubuan ng writers at media coordinators. Medyo marami-rami din yan sila.

Kung maala-ala natin, tatakbo sana si Chiz bilang presidente sa eleksyun na ito at maganda ang kanyang ratings. Kaya lang nang namatay si Cory Aquino, nag-iba na ang tanawin sa pulitika. Pati si Mar Roxas, na siyang pambato sana ang LP para presidente ay bumaba para magiging bise-presidente. Si Chiz naman, nagdesisyun na hindi na ipilit ang kanyang pagka-kandidato.

Batting for Chiz to fill a dangerous power vacuum

Published by Ellen on April 8, 2010

Raissa Robles, Philippine correspondent of the Hongkong-based South China Morning Post, has waged an online campaign to have Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero elected as interim Senate president to be eligible to be the acting president in case there would be a failure of election in the May 10 polls.

In her personal blog, Raissa said, “ Pssst, let’s urge senators to elect Chiz Escudero as Senate President to avoid dangerous power vacuum… in case a new President is not proclaimed by June 30 – the same day the tenures of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Vice-President Noli de Castro, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and House Speaker Prospero Nograles all lapse.”

I join Raissa in the campaign to elect Chiz as Senate president before June 30. But an election for a new president can only happen if there’s vacancy in the position. So let us also ask Senate President Enrile to do the patriotic act of resigning as Senate President.

Why is this necessary?

The Constitutional provision on succession states: “When no President and Vice-President shall have been chosen or shall have qualified, or where both shall have died or become permanently disabled, the President of the Senate or, in case of his inability, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall act as President until a President or a Vice-President shall have chosen and qualified.”

Supreme Court allows “Ang Ladlad” in May election

Published by Ellen on April 8, 2010

Patrick King Pascual, production assistant/researcher of ANC’s Strictly Politics is ecstatic because of this news.

From Yahoo, Philippines

by Oliver Teves
Associated Press

The Philippine Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a decision barring a gay rights group from contesting national elections in May and recognized it as a legitimate political party for the first time.

Voting 13-2, the court threw out decisions by the Elections Commission denying accreditation to Ang Ladlad (Out of the Closet) on grounds that it tolerates immorality and offends Christians and Muslims.

The justices said the party had complied with all legal requirements, and that there is no law against homosexuality.

“I felt vindicated,” said the group’s leader, Danton Remoto, an English professor at the Jesuit-run Ateneo de Manila University. He said that Ang Ladlad had struggled for recognition and accreditation for the past seven years.

Labanan ng lokal na makinarya

Published by Ellen on April 7, 2010

Nang umuwi ako sa amin sa Antique noong Pebrero, napapunta ako sa mga liblib na baryo dahil sinamahan ko ang isang kaibigan na gumagawa ng research tungkol sa komedya. Ang hirap kumuha ng signal ng cellphone sa mga lugar na yun doon.

Napag-usapan naming ng mga taga-doon paano na lang ang mangyari sa eleksyun kung walang signal. Paano ma-transmit ang boto kung walang signal.

Sabin ng mga titser doon, dahil ang mga presinto ay pagsama-samahin, doon ilalagay ang clustered precincts sa lugar na may signal.

Another survey, different findings

Published by Ellen on April 6, 2010

Yesterday, Pulse Asia released its latest survey conducted March 21- 28 which showed Liberal Party’s Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III (35 percent) maintaining his 12 point lead over Nacionalista Party’s Manuel Villar (27 percent).

Partido ng Masang Pilipino’s Joseph Estrada was third with 18 percent followed by Lakas-Kampi-CMD’s Gilbert Teodoro with 7 percent. The rest of the presidential candidates got two percent or less.

But there’s another survey I got last Sunday which showed a different standing of the presidential candidates.
The survey firm, Campaigns and Images Group, and its research arm, “Tools and Strategy, Philippines” are new to me. Their analyst is Aniceto “Abbey” Canturias.

An Internet search shows Canturias is no stranger in market research. In 1991, he, along with newspaper publishers and editors, formed the Campaigns & Image Group. Through his PR management, Canturias worked in the successful vice presidential bid of Sen. Joseph Estrada in 1992. He also was Visayas Bureau chief of The Manila Times from October 1999 to March 2001 and editor in chief of The Freeman Mindanao from August 1995 until September 1999.

CIG’s survey, which is given to Philippine and foreign clients, is much more detailed. Their base is 2,550 respondents. They have focused surveys on different age groups and economic sector.

The result of their survey, conducted April 1 to 4, on the most likely winner in the May 10 elections has Villar, Aquino, Teodoro in the top, in that order.

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