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The Commission on Elections (COMELEC), on Tuesday declared former Governor Benjamin Dy the rightful winner of the 2007 Isabela Elections for governor, and ordered Governor Grace Padaca to vacate the position immediately. The almost two and a half year recount finally ended with former Governor Dy winning by just a margin of around 1,051 votes. [...]
Earlier today, Governor Ed Panlilio announced, along with Isabela Governor Grace Padaca, in a joint statement, that they will be ending their Presidential Bid for the 2010 Elections to give way and also give support to Senator Noynoy Aquino. “Pagkatapos ng aming pagdarasal, pakikilahok sa mga kaganapan sa ating lipunan at pag-iisip at pagkonsulta sa [...]
I had only one takeaway after reading Cocoy’s latest piece The President Priest: Platform, please. But before I go on, allow me the honour of first giving credit where it is due, as the eminent blogger Rom had already beat me to the punch in some aspects of what I will go on to express [...]
“He is drifting from his original priestly mission. A priest is a servant of the city of God, not of the city of man,” said Aniceto, Panlilio’s immediate superior who strongly objected when Panlilio, a priest for 29 years, ran for governor in 2007.” -from Priest-turned governor angers prelates; Superiors reject Fr Ed’s plan to [...]
As Filipino Voices resident reporter Ding put it in his recent blog entry, the latest underdog candidates are seen as the latest “giant killers” who — guess what — will be “battling the moneyed wannabees of Malacanang and the main-line political opposition perceived to be led by traditional politicians”. Ding was of course referring to [...]
Ironically, it is England,which has an established church that once legally barred clerics from sitting in the elected Commons. Clerics may influence State policy, the electorate once believed. While in the Lords, the bishops of the Established Church have a right to sit, they get their rights from ancient practice. However the bishops by convention [...]
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