Bastos! on Mar 13, 2010 in Righteous Indignation Voters' Education Cory Aquino mama at papa ninoy aquino noynoy tv commercial senator noynoy aquino Hiram muna ako ng linya sa kolumnistang si Conrado de Quiros. Tatagalugin ko na lang nang makuha n’yo. Bastos si Senator Noynoy Aquino. Oo, bastos siya with a capital B as in bwiset. Saan ka naman nakakita ng kumakandidato para sa pagka-pangulo per...
Pinoybuzz: UP Jeepney Operator goes for Bio-Diesel made from used cooking oil on Feb 28, 2010 in Environment Transportation cooking oil to bio diesel ricky cuenca saving the earth When Typhoon Ondoy submerged most of Metro Manila and so called citizen journalists started thumping their chests while shouting “Where I am from, everybody is a hero!” as they distributed relief goods, some of the people who were warning...
Gut Feel All Over Again on Feb 24, 2010 in Voters' Education detailed platforms Manny Villar nicanor perlas noynoy aquino noynoyistas pulse asia trust ratings villaristas Now this is strange. A new survey by Pulse Asia shows that of all the presidential candidates Senator Manny Villar enjoys the trust of more Filipinos. It shows Senator Noynoy Aquino only at second place. Here’s an excerpt from an abs-cbnnews.co...
“Platform” Is Not Just A Buzzword on Feb 18, 2010 in Voters' Education local media platform plez platforms presidentiable stupidity We can now hear more people talking about platforms. Unfortunately, it’s quite obvious most people still can’t differentiate between a real platform and the usual motherhood statement. When a candidate says he plans to fight corruption or...
Ampatuan-like political warlordism in Makati City? on Feb 14, 2010 in Corruption Political Uncategorized ampatuan corruption in makati corruption jejomar binay electoral violence jejomar binay junjun binay makati massacre makati vice mayor ernesto mercado One wonders how Binay has been able to rule Makati City for 24 years and just recently, there was an indication of how this happened. Whenever someone challenges him for the mayoralty post, they seem to run into all sorts of difficulties. Campaign...
Hypocrites and Jokers on Feb 11, 2010 in Political Righteous Indignation Voters' Education abs-cbn cost of tv political ads GMA kapamilya kapuso political ads Just saw a TV news report on how much was spent by political candidates in the last election. Seeing the figures, most of which were close to the 100 million peso mark, made my head spin. I couldn’t help but think how such a big waste elections...
Survey Drop Due To Unholy Alliance? on Feb 3, 2010 in Political Voters' Education Manny Villar noyoy aquino pulse asia survey Misplaced pride is clearly Senator Noynoy Aquino’s sin. A few glaring things bear this out. First of all, just like former President Joseph Estrada, he can’t admit to himself that he doesn’t have what it takes to lead a Third World...
Yes, Please Resign on Jan 27, 2010 in Righteous Indignation abolition c-5 juan ponce enrile Manny Villar miriam santiago senate Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago continues to be a wellspring of quotable quotes. Yesterday she dished out yet another one that I find really interesting. She said: “Eh kasi nakakainis eh… Eh…insultuhan ng insultuhan tungkol sa baga...
Excessive Fees Bad For Business on Jan 26, 2010 in Uncategorized business permit business permit renewal city hall city tax makati mandaluyong marikina paranaque pasay pasig quezon city san juan sonny belmonte The beginning of the year signals the start of the business renewal season. At the various city and municipal halls, business owners are now scrambling to beat the deadline to avoid penalties. The process for the renewal of business permits is as fol...
Adding More Substance To Political Ads on Jan 19, 2010 in Random Ideas Suggestions Voters' Education campaign managers hindi ako magnanakaw noynoy aquino polical ads political advertising utak ng tilapia I have a theory. The election campaigns of our presidential candidates are all run by one and the same group of people. I say this because political advertisements being aired and published now are all basically saying the same things. There’s...
