Archive for the 'Local Politics' Category

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

There’s an on-going war between surveys in so far as the forthcoming 2010 election is concerned. So heated are the debates between ardent supporters of candidates, especially among supporters of Noynoy Aquino and Gibo Teodoro, that one commenter likened it to a boxing match. Aquino is leading in the Pulse Asia’s October survey and the [...]

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

Imagine if there was only one fastfood store in the country, say, Jollibee (since it’s homegrown). Imagine if there was only one brand of clothing; again, let’s take the homegrown Bench. Or if there was only one brand of mall, one brand of cigarette, one brand of bank, or one brand of bus company. Obviously [...]

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

While looking at the posted results of election for mayor, vice mayor, and councilors it pains me to see how the votes were distributed. The results show that the people of Lapog are very satisfied with the administration. They voted the administration candidates overwhelmingly! Did they, really? It is a sad state because for 20 [...]

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

In a democratic society, where people can exercise their lawful rights under no restraint or influence of anyone, it can be said that “the voice of the people is the voice of God. So has God overwhelmingly spoken in Lapog: 8176 vs. 2433 in favor of the incumbent mayor?

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

It’s been a scorching summer thus far, with the daily temperature going as high as 35 degrees C and political temperature has been as hot, what with the increasing number of election-related violence we see and hear in the news. The election season in Lapog has been marred with the murder of Engr. Percival Bitonio, [...]