The D Spot

I heard it somewhere, or perhaps, read, that, “Promises, like pie crusts, are made to be broken.” But I already forgot who said or wrote it. So, I Googled it. Links told me that it was from a poem by Christina Rosetti, a song lyric by Mary Poppins, or a quotation by Jonathan Swift. However, [...]

In a press conference in Mandaluyong past 11 am, Senator Manny Villar conceded and congratulated Senaor Noynoy Aquino for leading the presidential polls. The people have chosen Senator Noynoy, he said. His only regret is that his family has been hurt so much with the black propaganda. But he will cooperate with the administration. He [...]

I came at 4pm and was done in less than half an hour. Voting was smooth, as far as my cluster precinct in Teachers’ VIllage East was concerned. The other half of the area was an orderly chaos, as the PCOS machine was not working–ballot jam, I was told. It took the people a while [...]

Media influences and shapes the minds of people I was almost duped—for a while I have become like many others who got carried away and almost believed the smear campaigns here and there, broadcast (TV and radio), print, and the social networks. The giants of television networks, radios and the newspapers there are, leave one [...]

Filipinas have been actively involved in Philippine politics, especially compared to our Asian sisters. Most notably, the country has had two female presidents. The number of women’s participation in politics is slowly but steadily increasing. However, the number of women holding electoral seats in the country is still far below the UN target of 30 [...]

I wanted to put together the websites and social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter and Blogs) of the national candidates, and I found a great source: I Am Pinoy. (For the official listing of candidates–please refer to COMELEC’s website.  As all information are already there, there is no need to reinvent the wheel, or so they [...]

As early as September, I have embarked on my wish to know and meet my presidentiables so that I could make that one decision for my one vote. Incidentally, a few weeks after that, Blogwatch was conceived in a small lunch with Gus Vibal, Tin Mandigma, Noemi Dado and myself, and the rest is history. [...]

WTF!!! This time WTF!!! is for real…what is this with our Senate? Is our Senate a farce? A big fiasco? In the past, the Senate has become a roomful of clowns, entertainers, a venue for a lot of Pandora’s boxes and many more–other than what a real Senate should be. We have seen how the [...]

In the recently concluded HARAPAN aired live on ANC and The Filipino Channel (TFC), Senator Dick Gordon seemed to be one of the best performers, speaking eloquently of his platform of government and for the most part, directly addressing the questions hurled at him. He came as the most feisty among the presidential candidates, as [...]

It is strange to see Senator Manny Villar and Senator Loren Legarda running in the same party, but weirder still (and downright inappropriate) to find the likes of Satur Ocampo, Lisa Masa and Bongbong Marcos sharing the same stage as political running-mates. Politics, it seems, makes strange bedfellows. Let me make it clear—I’m only referring [...]

We woke up one fine morning to learn about the despicable and brutal massacre by a hundred heavily armed men, of the supporters of Buluan Vice Mayor Toto Mangudadatu and their companions (mostly women, journalists covering the event and some motorists who happened to be in the same location) while they were on their way [...]

Who is Nicanor Perlas? After reading up on him and watching the Probe candidate profile of the man I found that he gave up a potential career as a soccer player and in nuclear physics to take up agriculture. He was a key member of KOMPIL II, a civil society group which helped remove corrupt [...]

Blog Watch hosted by Vibal Foundation’s Philippine Online Chronicles will be formally launched, in the presence of traditional and new media on 24 November 2009, from 11 am to 2 pm at the Max’s Restaurant in Bel-Air, Makati City. Blog Watch intends to cover underplayed stories in various formats (podcast, video, articles, commentaries) that will [...]

The office of the vice president is a key position in the government and a good training ground for the highest office, if not a prelude to it. Several alliance shifts later and after turning her back on her aspirations for the presidency, Loren Legarda has recently announced her second bid as vice president to [...]

Prior to becoming Secretary of National Defense and Head of the NDCC, Gilberto Teodoro was, among many things, a member of the Sanguniang Panlalawigan of Tarlac, was President of the Kabataang Barangay for Tarlac, President of the Kabataang Barangay for Central Luzon, all while obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Major in Financial Institutions [...]

What about the ubiquitous Mr. Sipag at Tiyaga do we not know yet? From his unavoidable infomercials, not to mention, Asiaweek, Forbes, AsiaMoney and Asian Business Review, we all know his rags to riches story all too well. Born to a humble family from Tondo, Manny Villar helped his mother sell fish and shrimps in [...]

It’s eight months away from the national elections, and here we are into this roller coaster sort of ride, with at least 15 presidential wannabees vying for our attention,via media blitzes here and there,  announcing their intention to run one time, yet backing out at another, mergers here and there, former antagonists uniting, personalities pulling [...]