RP Elections 2010

I had wanted to post something to contribute to Blog Action Day 2009, but after reading Marocharim’s entry, I decided to link to his post instead. What he has published is what I believe in as well, through and through.

I am against Con-Ass. I oppose Charter Change. Not because I am an oppositionist, [...]

Last July 10, 2009, ABS-CBN conducted a workshop for its Davao City registrants for their “Boto Mo, Ipatrol Mo: Ako Ang Simula”, the network’s initiative on electoral campaign vigilance. The workshop was held at the Holy Cross of Davao, and had lectures given by the network’s highly reputed newscasters, such as Maria Ressa, Glenda Gloria, [...]

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 [...]

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.