It seems that the COMELEC and its citizen’s arm PPCRV have pulled a successful run of the first automated elections. SMARTMATIC has also despite some IT gurus have said before, succeeded in convincing all that their digital equipment and expertise worked. Automation has resulted in something virtually unheard of in Pinoy electoral politics in the [...]
Mind Games And The 2010 Elections
February 24, 2010 By 32 Comments
How The Wind Blows For Estrada And Villar
January 22, 2010 By 7 Comments
Former President Erap Estrads and Senator Manny Villar are a study in contrasts, and similarities. They’re both running for President, rairing to take over from the hugely unpopular Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Both Villar and Estrada trail Sen. Noynoy Aquino in the surveys but are gaining on the only son of his revered parents Ninoy and [...]
The Hat of Common Sense
July 29, 2009 By 6 Comments
Hey, here’s something for the credentialists out there: Who would you rather believe: (a) a drunken wash-out actor convicted of plunder, (b) a bunch of celibate men-in-robes who rely on a non-peer-reviewed 5,000-year-old textbook for their wisdom, or (c) a be-credentialled Economist? I’m sitting here wondering how many of the following hats one can wear [...]
Any moron can dismiss the SONA
July 28, 2009 By 34 Comments
President Arroyo’s got up to the podium, delivered her State of the Nation Address (SONA), and then stepped down from the podium. That backgrounder out of the way, I can then say that it is quite heartening that within FilipinoVoices.com, at least, some of the usual suspects had the decency to see beyond their almost [...]
“The Man” and the Road to Redemption
June 27, 2009 By 58 Comments
After all is said and done, I salute Erap’s balls to face the music and go to jail – You have gotta hand it to the man. We can bicker that he was given the kid gloves treatment, BUT he still went to jail. To me, Erap’s mystique lies in his ability to transform his [...]
Only one sucker
June 11, 2009 By 25 Comments
How’s this for some more vacuous irony: A message from former President Joseph Estrada, read by his son, San Juan Mayor Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito, said: “If we allow her minions to maneuver (Con-ass), it is like allowing her to steal the presidency for the third time.” Estrada was referring to his ouster in 2001 [...]
Don’t hate me just ‘coz I’m beautiful
May 28, 2009 By 100 Comments
It’s been almost two weeks since the venerable Dean Jorge Bocobo — traditional political “expert” extraordinaire — stomped away from FilipinoVoices.com (FV) in a bout of adolescent “indignation” of the kind Filipinos have become renowned for. Since then, a palpable change in the composition and nature of content within FV has taken hold. Many surprisingly [...]
The ME Syndrome and The Great #bookblockade
May 17, 2009 By 46 Comments
I’m so FRAKING ashamed to be a blogger right now. I’m so FRAKING ashamed to be Filipino right now. Have you seen what’s being posted here on FV the past few days? Have you seen what’s being discussed on Radio and Television and on Print? A week back, Martin Nievera’s terrible singing was so bad— [...]
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