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Manny does a Floyd (A missed opportunity)
In mid February 2010, presidential candidate Noynoy Aquino, who has been consistently leading the race at least according to the surveys, challenged his closest rival Manny Villar to a one-on-one debate on any issue of Villar’s choice. The challenge was accepted by Villar although conditionally. Villar said he would back off from the proposed debate [...]
On Leading And Lying: The Villar Puzzle
The Nacionalista Party standard bearer has just about had it.
Drowning in Manny
Horror of horrors, Manny Villar seems to have taken possession of my body. He haunts me everywhere I go and whatever I do. Since I no longer watch television nor listen to the radio, he stalks me on Youtube and Facebook. On the same day I saw a caravan of Villar’s supporters handing out flyers [...]
Mind Games And The 2010 Elections
It is human nature: to trust what we hear, what we read, and most certainly what we see.
Is Villar Hiding From His Crimes?
Many overseas Filipinos are asking if Sen. and Mrs. Manuel Villar (nee Cong. Cynthia Villar) and close associates aren’t guilty of some crimes in their rush to build up a real estate development empire and incredible personal net worth of P46 billion ($940 million) at the end of 2008 after 16 years when the couple [...]
The Aquino-Villar Debate, And The Issues
Leading presidential aspirant Noynoy Aquino has thrown the gauntlet and his closest rival, Manny Villar, has accepted it: mano-a-mano, a one-on-one presidential debate.
Three Post May 10 Scenarios
Are we headed for a new day of enlightened governance where institutions work in harmony and give flesh to a democracy of checks and balances?
Requiem For Whom the Bell Tolls
Do you hear the bell toll?
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Women wailing,
Children moaning,
The noise! the noise!
Do you hear the bell toll?
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Can you not survey the field of battle?
There! Dancing in the field, Opportunities Hidden in the Numbers!
Can you not see the the starving and the dying?
the poaching and pillaging pensions?
Can you not feel their anguish?
We’re here! We’re [...]
True or False: Money Buys Elections
It is widely held belief that Senator Manny Villar’s heavy spending in political advertisements was the chief factor that helped him narrow the gap between himself and presidential race frontrunner Senator Benigno Aquino III in the latest SWS and Pulse Asia opinion poll surveys.
The common belief goes that you need money to buy ads. The [...]
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