NO TO QUEZON DIVISION
When the provincial candidates hit the campaign trail last elections, nobody among them ever mentioned that there is a bill now up for plebiscite where we shall be asked whether we approve of the division of Quezon. What we remember was the vehement exhortation of the…
One Quezon
Quezon Province, no doubt, is one big stretch of a country. A former governor once mused that Pres. Quezon, being a semi-dictator in his time, personally delineated the metes and bounds of his province, Tayabas, using a pencil in the presence of the chiefs of the…
Naniniguro Po Laing…
NO JUSTICE IN THE HIGH COURT In terms of watershed appointments in the Supreme Court, nothing beats the watch of Cory Aquino. She approximated the standard of excellence observed by her predecessors from MLQ, Sergio Osmena, down to FM. Imagine a Supreme Court without…
Thanks, But No Thanks
We just have concluded the 2007 elections, with some dangling participles still to be fixed. While some operators are on the job doing cosmetic surgeries, the main point man and the face of GMA, Secretary Mike Defensor, has just conceded. The gesture has let off some…
So You Get Elected…?
Soon the euphoria of victory is finally in its death throes. The surge of supporters claiming paternity to the poll success is now trickling in and may soon dry up. The hangover has taken over, and the adrenaline is no longer there. It is now getting down to serious…
The World According to Victor Wood
What purports to be the crème de la crème of Philippine media was in full attendance in that event ready to clinically dissect the Senate pretenders. It was the much ballyhooed ISANG TANONG , a brainchild of GMA 7, one of the two highly successful private TV…
No Finale From The Fat Lady
It has been 180 days ago since the road show began on December 8, 2006. And now after the day of vote casting, we begin the painful stage of vote counting. The journey as the courting was an event in itself, surpassing the destination of final choosing. But in the…
TO CHEAT IS PATRIOTIC
In all his auto bios, Diosdado Macapagal was portrayed as a statesman. No problem with that except that when he ran for president of the 1971 Constitutional Convention, he sought the push of the sitting President, Ferdinand Marcos. It was a fight between him and his…
A Protest Vote
Now that we’re passed the deadline for filing the certificates of intention for senators, now the list of the wannabes is out. So far, we have some 30 or less individuals who have some fighting chance in the next elections. Majority of these senatorial bets are…