Ferdinand Marcos and Ninoy Aquino: Men for All Ages

Let’s file this under “cool finds”. Two classic articles from the publication Philippines Free Press:
“Ferdinand E. Marcos, Man of the Year, 1965″ by Napoleon Rama
TO BE on top and to stay at the top has been Ferdinand Edralin Marcos’ lifetime dream. In school, he was always at the head of his class; in the bar […]

What’s up with the Comelec’s Second Division?

(Following is the transcript of the segment “Analysis by Winnie Monsod” which aired on News on Q on Feb. 22, 2010. Prof. Winnie Monsod is the resident analyst of News on Q which airs weeknights at 9:30 p.m. on Q Channel 11.)
Let’s take a closer look at two of the cases, involving the provinces of […]

With a little help, tribal Filipinos find automated polls easy

By Maria Althea Teves, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak | 02/13/2010 4:19 PM
Excerpt:
Aside from introducing [Aetas and peasants] to poll automation, IPER project coordinator Francis Isaac gave a presentation about the history of Philippine elections for the participants to be able to understand the current political situation.
IP representatives watched a video about the history of Philippine elections. The […]

Down the memory lane called EDSA

My favorite Twitter person mlq3 wrote an article on his blog that recalls the timeline of events leading to the People Power Revolution. Yup, it’s that time of the year again, only now, we’ll be celebrating it with one less woman in yellow. He compares 1986 with the May 2010 elections, citing the similarities of […]

for the geeks shall inherit the earth

Join the Con-Ass Facebook group!

I’m putting this here so that googlers searching for the group will find a way to join the cause. I noticed it’s not easy to find it, even when searching inside Facebook itself, so, there you go.
As of this time, 10:50PM June 12, the members total 42,392. Cool! Let’s bump it up some more! The […]

2nd ANC Forum @ UP Diliman

My cable provider unfortunately doesn’t have ANC, so I monitored the event live through Twitter (addicted now). Thankfully, PinasWatch uploaded the whole show online. Here it is for those who missed the second ANC Leadership Forum featuring Loren Legarda, Jejomar Binay, Bayani Fernando and Joseph Estrada. Moderated by Che-che Lazaro and Ricky Carandang. Loren […]

Videos against Con-Ass

A collection of Anti-Constituent Assembly videos posted in Youtube.
“Di Ako Papayag” Campaign Ad

Ex-DOJ Sec. Gonzalez: ‘I think Arroyo will run again’

To the doubters, here’s the Gloria Forever scenario straight from the horse’s mouth.
MANILA - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will run again in May 2010 if efforts to change the form of government from presidential to parliamentary through a constituent assembly succeed, according to newly appointed Presidential Legal Counsel Raul Gonzalez.
In an exclusive interview with ABS-CBN […]

List of Congressmen who voted for HR1109 or Con-Ass Resolution (aka Gloria Forever)

*from poshgal24 of Female Network and Ricky Carandang
Dear All,
I found this list online and would like to share this with everyone. As you know, Congress passed the Con-Ass Resolution midnight of June 2, 2009 despite public plea for them not to.
Please cut and forward this list of Congress People to your friends, family members and […]