Here’s something that’s new — although not exactly unanticipated, considering the state of online-ness of Filipinos today — in the Philippine political arena. Exactly that, PoliticalArena.com. This “socio-political social networking site” aims to be an Internet venue for Filipinos to interact with presidential hopefuls and other candidates of the 2010 elections.
The site, “developed to promote [...]
The House of Representatives, in a blatantly unconstitutional move, railroaded the passing of House Resolution #1109 yesterday — the resolution to convene Congress as a Constituent Assembly for the purpose of amending the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Majority-rule congressmen insisted that this can be done by a 3/4 vote of Congress, even without the Senate, since [...]
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Sen. Manuel Villar (Nacionalista Party), who is expected to run for president of the republic in 2010, is in the public eye for charges of unethical behavior brought against him by Sen. Jamby Madrigal, who has recently brought to light evidence that the former has personally benefited from a public works project.
Apparently, Villar owns or [...]
[The following is an article I submitted to the UP Law Internet Society for publication in their magazine, "DIGITAL" (Digest of Information Technology and the Law).]
The blogosphere––or the newfangled world of Web-based publishing––together with the surfeit of social networking services such as Facebook.com and Plurk.com, has virtually changed the landscape of today’s news-reading and -gathering, [...]
Why do politicians behave the way they do?
Politicians behave for a number of reasons. Some are driven by ideology, a category to which left-leaning politicians belong. Others feel so deeply about an issue, to the point of risking an electoral defeat. This is what exactly happened to Ralph Recto, principal author of E-VAT, who lost [...]
Horrendous news about Charter Change was made public today: apparently, a move in the Lower House to amend the Constitution lacks only 20 more signatures for approval.
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Everything that legislators do now has something to do with the 2010 elections. There are two disparate events that seemed to prove this point. First, the consigment of the controversial Right of Reply Bill (Rorb) into the freezer. Second, the planned restoration of the compulsory acquisition of land–the “heart and soul” of the Comprehensive Agrarian [...]
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AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, TO THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, TO THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, and TO THE FILIPINO PEOPLE
We, the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) and the National Citizens Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) with a combined service of 44 years have committed ourselves and [...]
[Media Release]
The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) will be holding a registration drive for first time voters on Friday, February 27, 2009, 10:00 a.m. at the San Beda College, Mendiola, Manila. This is part of the PPCRV-NAMFREL-CEAP-COMELEC ongoing project — Bagong BIDA be the change Botanteng Pilipino – Magpalista Ka! — aimed at [...]
Who will be the successor of Mayor Duterte?
Mayor Duterte himself is vocal about it although he sometimes shies away from talking about who he thinks will be the future mayor of Davao City. Since he is barred from running for another term as city mayor, he wants his daughter and incumbent Vice Mayor, Inday Sara, [...]
Here’s a few words of wisdom, taken from The Word God Spells. It is not necessarily about religion, but about how we can see the words of Christ being relevant in our daily lives.
Our Lord was warning His disciples against the teachings of the Pharisees and the bad influence of King Herod. Both were proud [...]
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