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Aquino’s cabinet: No place for Kris, Shalani but Teodoro may be invited

Published by Ellen on May 11, 2010

Dinky Soliman back to her old post

by Gil C. Cabacungan Jr., Philip Tubeza
Philippine Daily Inquirer

TARLAC CITY—Presidential front-runner Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is seriously thinking of inviting his cousin Gilbert Teodoro to join the “talent search” for members of his proposed Cabinet.

In a press conference Tuesday, Aquino disclosed that he had checked out the ban on hiring relatives up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and found that it did not apply to Teodoro because their kinship was in the fifth degree.

Teodoro, the Lakas-Kampi-CMD standard-bearer, was among the candidates who conceded the presidential race to Aquino on Tuesday.

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Election survival guide for journalists

Published by Ellen on May 9, 2010

Today, let’s all exercise our right to choose people who will lead our country.

Pray that this election will be peaceful and will reflect the will of the people.

As we move to the age of automation, which is supposed to lessen fraud, it seems that there are things of the ugly past that persist up to this day. Like private armies and harassment of media.

Ed Montalvan of Mindanao Currents reports in VERA Files CoveritLive that two cameramen of IBC-13 were mauled, their cameras taken away, while recording two candidates distributing money in Camiguin in Northern Mindanao.

With television and internet, the public is apprised of what is happening all over the country in real time. Media is not alone in bringing news to the public. There are thousands of citizens all over the country doing journalist work.

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Ipagdasal natin ang matagumpay na eleksyon bukas.

Published by Ellen on May 8, 2010

Sa ating pagboto bukas, ipagdasal natin na maging mapayapa at maayos ang eleksyun, kasama na ang bilangan.

Ipagdasal natin na ang resulta ng eleksyun ay siya talagang kagustuhan ng taumbayan. Na sana ang gusting maggulo at magmani-obra ng resulta ng eleksyun katulad ng nangyari noong 2004 na eleksyun ay hindi magtatagumpay.

Kahit sino ang mananalo, basta malinis lang ang eleksyun, madali tanggapin.

Botohin natin ang gusto nating kandidato. Kung ano man ang rason ng iyong pagboto, personal man kung ano man, karapatan mo yun. Gayundin, respetuhin nyo din ang karapatan ng ibang tao na pumili ng gusto niyang kandidato kahit iba sa gusto nyo.

Sa bise presidente, iboboto ko si Mar Roxas.

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