A six percent drop in the surveys with just a few more weeks before the May 10, 2010 elections mean disaster for a candidate. And the Nacionalista party knows this. Manny Villar’s chances for the presidency has been terribly hurt by graft charges stemming from the C-5 road scam and the invigorated campaign machinery of [...]

reposted over at Filipino Voices) A few days ago, ZTE-NBN whistleblower Joey de Venecia III spoke before a huge throng of gays and lesbians. Based on what my friend told me, Joey spoke of the attempts by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to discredit or disallow Ang Ladlad, a partylist organization espousing the rights of the [...]

esterday’s dawn quake in Chile left 122 people dead–so far. The quake registered 8.8 in the Richter scale, the second deadliest quake to ever hit earth in nearly a century. More than the damage wrought by the quake, it sent chills to millions of people especially those living in coastal areas. For the force generated [...]

ould it be possible for someone, a neophyte in politics like Attorney Alex Lacson to win a seat at the Senate without spending 300 million pesos? Pragmatics amongst us would say no. I say a resounding YES. I say Alex Lacson will win this year’s Senatorial elections. It takes great courage and fortitude of [...]