Rogue magazine asked me to write about the May 10 elections. I have not bought a copy of June 2010 issue yet but it looks…
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Category: 2010 elections
Kawawa naman itong sina Melchor Magdamo at Arwin Serrano.
Naglakas ng loob isiwalat ang bulok sa Commission on Election. Sa halip na purihin at binigyan ng medalya, minura at dinuro pa sila ni Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer.
Nangyari itong insidente isang linggo sa miting tungkol sa anomaly ng P700 milyon na kontrata tungkol sa plastic folders na pantakip para daw magiging sekreto ang pagboboto.
The heavy security, the TV reporter annotated, was because of the reported switching of election returns that happened after 2004 elections.
In July 2008, I did for Vera Files a special report on the 2004 ER switching, which was the last stage of the grand conspiracy set up by Gloria Arroyo to defraud the Filipino people of their choice of president.
The ER switching, carried out starting at around midnight of Jan. 23, 2005, was done by the Special Action Force, the elite unit of the Philippine National Police.
Huwag tayong masyadong maiinip sa pag-iimbestiga ng mga reklamo tungkol sa mga palpak sa nakaraang eleksyon. Mabuti na hindi lang basta-basta isinasantabi ang mga lumalabas na reklamo tungkol sa mga palpak sa nakaraang automated elections.
Hindi katulad nang nangyari noong 2004 na ibinasura lang ni Sen. Francis Pangilinan at Rep. Raul Gonzales sa basurahang “Noted” ang mga reklamo kasama ang mga ebidensya ng dayaan.
Ngayon, kahit papaano pinapakinggan at hinihingan ng paliwanag ang Comelec at Smartmatic.
Ngayong araw magsisimula ang official canvassing ng mga boto para sa mga kandidato para presidente at bise-presidente. Sinabi ni Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile at iba pang mambabatas na malamang sa Hunyo 15, o bago pa lumampas sa petsa na yun, made-deklara na ang nanalo at magiging susunod na presidente.
Sana naman hindi madaling araw nila gawin yun katulad ng ginawa ni Gloria Arroyo noong 2004 na parang inisahan ang taumbayan.
By Raul Pangalangan
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Bangkok is literally up in flames—and Filipinos must take note. It could’ve been us. It could still be us.
The most recent armed confrontation we’ve seen in Manila was the November 2008 assault on the Manila Peninsula when Brig. Gen. Danny Lim and now Sen. Antonio Trillanes walked out of the courtroom, where they were being tried, onto the streets of Makati. That was shocking enough for us—the TV video of an armored personnel carrier ramming through the lobby of a five-star hotel and of snipers and troops positioning themselves along Ayala Avenue. Yet that would’ve been a minor skirmish compared to the “mini-civil war” that Bangkok witnessed the past weeks.
Fe Zamora’s story “Inside story: Hyatt 10 vs Kamag-anak Inc.” has elicited two columns from Conrad de Quiros. Conrad’s columns also elicited reaction from John Nery, which elicited another reaction from Conrad.
I’m wondering, where is Noynoy Aquino in all these conflicting operations within his campaign?
I’m providing the links to all the articles. Have a glimpse of the Aquino presidency.
VERA Files’ Mario Ignacio covered the proclamation of the first nine winners in the 2010 senatorial contest. The top nine are: Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr.;Jinggoy…
Hindi ako nababahala sa away ng iba’t-ibang grupo na sumuporta kay Noynoy Aquino, ang susunod na pangulo ng Pilipinas.
Maganda yan para sa demokrasya. Sila mismo magbabantayan at taumbayan ang makikinabang.
Nabulgar itong iringan dahil sa mahigpit na laban sa pagka bise-presidente nina Mar Roxas ng Liberal party at Jejomar Binay ng Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino.
Lumabas na meron palang mga grupo sa loob ng organisasyun ni Noynoy na ang kanilang kinakampanya ay Noy-Bi (Noynoy Aquino para president at Binay para bise-presidente).
From: Philippine Daily Inquirer
LINGAYEN, PANGASINAN, Philippines—Look who’s talking now.
A former Army general, who figured prominently in the controversial “Hello Garci” scandal in the 2004 elections, is now complaining of being cheated after losing in the congressional race in Pangasinan’s sixth district.
In a statement e-mailed to reporters, Hermogenes Esperon Jr., former chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, denounced vote-buying and the “bullying” of village voters that, he said, “altered the decision of the electorate.”
Vice Gov. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas clobbered Esperon, also former head of the Presidential Management Staff, who got 85,069 votes as against her 114,523 votes.
by Yvonne Chua, Luz Rimban and Avigail Olarte VERA Files Monday’s election was supposed to have ushered Filipino voters into the modern age of computerized…