Tag Archive | halalan

Latest Results: Official Canvassing for 2010 Elections

This post is continuously updated. Please refresh this page every once in a while to check for recent updates. Edit: May 14, 2010 @ 1900H:  I will no longer update this page, here’s why. To my fellow Calambenos looking for the latest results for Laguna and Calamba City, please scroll down way below this page [...]

Search This Heart: A Voter's Prayer

Search This Heart: A Voter’s Prayer by: RJ Marmol http://qik.com/swfs/qikPlayer5.swf ~~~ As we look back on our troubled past and look ahead to the future laid before us, I, along with 50 million voters, come before You Lord and pray that You search this heart. Of feelings of doubt, cynicism and pessimism — search this heart. Of feelings of distrust, dissent [...]

Securing First 8 Copies of ERs: Safeguard Against Automated "Garci"

If we want to ensure credible election results, we must guard the printing and safekeeping of the first 8 copies of ERs (election returns) at the (clustered) precinct level prior to hooking-up the PCOS (Precinct Count Optical Scan) machine online. This was the suggestion made by former COMELEC Chairman Christian Monsod this morning when asked [...]

While You Were Busy Bickering

While Noynoy Aquino and Manny Villar are engaged in frenzied mudslinging at each other, someone’s reaping all the benefits. While these two top contenders are busy trying to knock themselves out of the ring, someone just got in. Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro didn’t get to where he is now at such a young age by chance. [...]

"Lipad" lyrics and video: Gibo Teodoro's new TV commercial

As usual, giving in to requests for the lyrics of LAKAS-KAMPI-CMD’s standard bearer, presidentiable Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro’s latest TV commercial/informercial/jingle/campaign song “Lipad” written and performed by the band Rivermaya. You know it breaks my heart when you Googlers get to my blog not finding what you’re looking for. So here it is, for your viewing [...]

Nacionalista's Manny Villar kicks off campaign in Calamba, Laguna

Videos and photos of Nacionalista Party and Manny Villar’s campaign kickoff in Calamba, Laguna. http://www.youtube.com/v/MOpeODMgIws&hl=en_US&fs=1& Today is day one of the official campaign period for national elections in May 2010. All roads leading to the main venue of Banga Plaza were decked with orange ribbons, flags and campaign posters. The venue itself which is the [...]

Who among the presidentiables will be bad for the economy?

Photo by Stitch   “Who among the presidentiables will be bad for the economy?” This is an interesting query I got through a random “googler” today. [poll id="3"] Now, I don’t know if it’s some random thought or an actual question posed by God knows who but it sounds interesting enough that I wanted to [...]

Gibo Teodoro's "Sulong" informercial aka "Posible" lyrics

Click here if you’re looking for lyrics and video of the new “Lipad” commercial performed by Rivermaya. Surprised that since its Youtube upload yesterday, January 7, 2010, this “Sulong” infomercial/commercial/TVC/campaign ad barely had 500 views. Pretty much shows how “unpopular” he is compared to cousin Noynoy Aquino. Looks like the coming election is becoming more [...]

How much is your vote?

Well, former president and 2010 elections presidentiable Joseph “Erap” Estrada thinks your vote costs anywhere between 20 or 50 pesos. Not. Photo by שאול חנוכה Shaul Hanuka That supposed “vote-buying” photo published on the frontpage of the Philippine Daily Inquirer yesterday is funny at best and cheap at worst ((or at least what the photo [...]