RP Elections 2010

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Speaker of the House Prospero Nograles let slip an irresponsible and highly insensitive statement yesterday when he said:

“In the end, it is still Congress that will decide the fate of the Constitution. Only senators and congressmen are empowered to initiate changes in the Charter and no amount of protest rallies can decide whether the Constitution [...]

I just came from a radio program on ABS-CBN’s DXAB, Mabel at Your Service, to which I was invited as Namfrel – Davao chairman. I actually have not received my appointment papers yet, but I did represent Davao City during the Namfrel convention last October in Pasay City. At any rate, I was happy to [...]

With the cat out of the bag, pro-administration congressmen have now come out calling for Charter Change, supposedly to put in place a parliamentary system before 2010. Speaker of the House Prospero Nograles, one of the president’s staunchest allies, claims that it is the aim of the “majority coalition to shun term extension [sic] of [...]