Some sectors are questioning the “propriety” of the Comelec’s second division’s decision to junk Ang Ladlad’s partylist accreditation. The resolution, penned by no less than the division’s chief, Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer, was the second time the COMELEC junked the accreditation bid. On the first try, the COMELEC did, indeed, rendered a judicious one—Ang Ladlad’s constituency, [...]

Administration party Lakas-Kampi CMD ended all speculations about the running mate of their bet, Gilbert Teodoro today. Lakas Kampi CMD has chosen Edu Manzano, former Optical Board chairman, as the running mate of Defense secretary Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro. Manzano was chosen after a lengthy negotiations with the famous showbiz celebrity and former local executive of Makati [...]

Allies of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the purported president of the Philippines, says that no one has the right to ask Mrs. Arroyo about her plans in post-Arroyo 2010. They say her plans are private. And we have to respect that. Ah, so that’s it. We, the people who pay for her administration’s survival with our taxes, [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KojjammDMrA]For those who are interested in politics and supporters of Senator Loren Legarda, she’ll announce her candidacy in July 2009. I had the chance to talk to the good senator during the lunch hosted by NET 25 journalist Arlyn dela Cruz. Legarda visited Arlyn and reminisce the times they spent together seven years ago when the [...]