Vote Buying in Zamboanga Sibugay

**photosource: http://twitter.com/MaynMan1/statuses/13731487582**

Received reports that there was vote buying in Zamboanga Sibugay, the bailiwick of the Hofers. But now, and quite sadly too, the Jalosjos' are acting kings of the said province.

Election results from PPCRV and COMELEC show such a big difference between the votes of the Hofers and the Jalosjos'. A little intriguing if you ask me since Sibugay was the baby of former Congressman and later Governor George T. Hofer. This province could actually be considered as Hofer country.

So what happened?! I've heard that the estimated amount spent for vote buying was at Php 300 million. From that amount, Php 200 million was from Villar and Php 100 million were the contributions of all the mayors and board members running under him (of the entire Sibugay province). But I hope you don't quote this post since these are all speculations and unverified information.

And this tweet may show that the alleged vote buying may have actually worked.

So does these results from http://www.gmanews.tv/eleksyon2010/provincialcount/ZAMBOANGA_SIBUGAY
**just check on it maybe there are updates already, took the screen shot May 12 at about 3:13pm**

I'd really hate to say this, but nothing has changed in Sibugay. No matter how hard you try to educate voters there, or establish progress, it's still either the RICH or the ARTISTAs they'd vote for. For heaven's sake. Grow up people.

Rafa Alunan's Personal Experience with Gibo Teodoro

I’ve been in the digital advertising industry for a year, and since the internet is mainstream media, a number of presidential candidates have become my customers since June of 2009. I guess you could say I know enough about each candidate for me to make my decision on May 10 with steadfast conviction.

It was in early September that I was called to the office of Sec. Gilbert Teodoro. His chief of staff had contacted me the day before to say that he had something important to discuss with me. I had met Gibo together with his team for the first time only a week prior to this occasion for exploratory talks regarding his on-line strategy.

He was alone in his office and after exchanging the usual niceties he began to discuss what he had called me in for. He told me that there was a chance that his party would nominate another candidate for president, and, if they did, he would no longer be running.

Simply put, Gilbert Teodoro’s political future had suddenly become uncertain. Then came a question that surprised me that I felt my jaw drop a little. He said, “Rafa, you and your group have contributed so much work to my campaign. I believe that just because things may not work out for me that you should not be left out in the cold, considering you devoted your time, ideas and resources to meet with my staff and myself.”

He continued, “I believe a good day’s work deserves good pay. So I’d like to know, how much do you think you should be paid for your services regardless of whether I run or not? Tell me because I’d like to pay you now.”

Friends, I come from a diverse business background—I’ve dealt with many unsavory characters, met with cheating varmints of all degrees, faced a lot of disappointment. I know what it’s like for a man to look me straight in the eye and say, “Rafa, we will do business with you,” only to find out that either they steal my ideas and take it as their own, or, at best, don’t call back. To be offered payment, even if was only fair, was about as rare as keeping a convicted Filipino politician from running for office.

On my way out, I told Gilbert, “Win or lose, I am backing you up all the way.” I thanked him for his kind gesture, for being so selfless and thoughtful and for being so classy, to which he simply said, “Rafa, I consider you a friend.”

Gilbert Teodoro could have left me out in the cold, and it probably would have been okay in the business sense, but he chose not to. He put his interests aside and did what was decent and what was proper in the privacy of his office, with no cameras rolling. He treated me with dignity and respect.

This encounter led to numerous other instances that allowed me to witness Gilbert Teodoro’s admirable character:

• He’s a hands-on father. At least thrice he brought his son along to our dinners, meetings, and shootings. Despite his demanding schedule, he consistently finds ways to spend time with family.
• He’s a hands-on leader. Of all my political clients Gibo was the only presidential candidate who took the time to listen to me personally and meet with my group on more than one occasion.
• Even in private, he avoids speaking negatively of his competition. I am guilty of sharing with Gilbert a thing or two about my disgust towards certain politicians. He listened closely, but never spoke ill of them or anyone else.
• He is always very courteous. During our meetings, not a single time did he interrupt, pick up the phone, or start conversations with the people seated next to him. He would wait until the very end to ask his questions.
• He is a well-rounded individual. You can talk to Gilbert about anything. Food, cooking, music, politics, and always maintains a good sense of humor. In fact after one meeting, we kicked back by listening to local rock bands, Sandwich and Itchy Worms.
• He is really magaling and matalino. In one of our shoots, I showed Gilbert the script for his two-part Christmas message. The entire script was written in English. He looked at it for a couple of minutes and said, “Okay, I got it!” When the cameras started rolling he converted the entire message into Tagalog on the spot. The commercial was shot in one take. Check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc3kg1q20Mo

Friends, when you choose your candidate, all I ask is that you make sure you can live with your decision for the next 6 years. Win or lose, I will have absolutely no regrets because over the past several months I’ve learned a lot about what the significance of a Teodoro victory will represent for the country.

It means that you can win an election through your own merits even if you don’t have the name recall or iconic parents. That even if all the odds are against you. there is no reason to step on other people. That a man does not have to spend billions to tell the nation that he is pro-poor. That a defining moment in a political career is not as important as the way you redefine the meaning of being a public servant.

Peace be with you.


*source: R.A.'s FB note.

Marian Rivera Psychology Interview

I didn't know a person can turn into a course/subject/science just because of elections.

To see the video clearer, try this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW4Hq-69Vg8

Unsolicited P.O.V. on Loren Legarda

Would anyone of a kind soul tell Loren Legarda that she has to stop SAYING ALOUD that she will win the elections?!

Frankly speaking, as a viewer and an observer of the events of this year's national elections, everytime survey results are published and announced in the news and Loren is asked about what she has to say about her sinking lower and lower, all she says is that,

"Bahala na po ang survey kung sino sa ating mga kalaban ang panalo sa survey na yan, basta alam po natin na ang mga tao nasa atin po ang boto, at sa huli ay tayo po ang mananalo sa eleksyon dahil tayo po ang gusto ng taongbayan."

Oh please! Give me a break! What happens to those of us who still needs convincing is that we get ticked by listening to her overconfidence. Even if she means well, can somebody just please tell her that she has a choice, and that is to just keep quiet. Believe me, every time she opens her mouth and says things like that she sounds more and more like her opponents - the ones she so hates and refers to every time she gets interviewed by media or maybe the ones she always throws mud on during campaign sorties. I mean, really, overconfident. She even sounds more annoying in trying to sound like a sensitive, soft spoken Filipina (in this case, I'm using the term to refer to a Filipino-speaking Philippine-born female human). Well, you really don't represent, act or look like one, and trying too hard doesn't do you any good at all.

Taxi Driver is for Gibo Teodoro

Silent but... supportive... :)

Wee Bit TOO Conceited, don't You Think?

Excuse me, but why doesn't your son understand this again?


And even says there will be and automatic people power if he's not declared the winner in the May 10 polls? Isn't that a little presumptive of him to think that he IS really going to be the next president? Doesn't this make you think that there really is something being cooked because he is now 100% sure that he'd win over the others?

Because it is fairly obvious that there is indeed no seed of doubt in his mind that there is even a chance that the surveys and even the volume of people in his campaign sorties are NOT indicative of the election results. A tinge too conceited of him. And I find these traits destructive for a nation's leader - if that ever happens.

Negativity

Others giving you negative comments or backstabbing you means one thing - you are intimidating them, and has caused them to be insecure.

Absentee Voters go for Gibo Teodoro

Let's Celebrate!!!

See transcription for the translations. Take note that "Ate" here in not the English term for the past tense of eat; it's a Filipino term for older sister, pronounced as [ah-teh]..

Ate from Cambodia:
Gibo kami ng kuya mo.. (Your Kuya and I are [voted] for Gibo)
Ikaw (You?)

Me:
Hehehe.. Katuwa... (Hehehe, amusing...)
Di ako makakaboto kasi di ko na-update records ko.. pero Gibo kami ni Tom. (can't vote this time because i failed to update my [registration] records.. but Tom and I are for Gibo)

Ate from Cambodia:
ok
pati si Mam Jo, Gibo  (Mam Jo also [voted] for Gibo)



Heck, yeah.

:)

An Open SMS to Noynoy

Strange.

I received an  anonymous SMS from, of course, someone I didn't know.. Maybe they harvested mobile numbers from God knows where and my mobile got included.

This is just to have it published to reach more than that person can text in one hour... So here it is:

"TO NOYNOY PLS PROVE U DONT HV MENTAL DISORDER UR CLASSMATES AT ATENEO ATTEST THAT OFTENTIMES U R OUT OF DS WORLD AND DAT U R PASANG AWA LNG THANKS TO UR MOM"

Please take note that the above was in no way altered, edited, proofread, checked for punctuations or spelling errors - this was what the SMS contained, as is, even the all caps thing. I didn't change anything. And also, for all my reader's information, that SMS came from +63906 789 2132... Whoever owns that, I do not know. Anyone who knows the owner of that number, you can leave a comment below this post, or if you just have comments, go ahead.

k?

Made up Stories of Poverty

Here it is, someone really wrote about it once and for all.


And just so you know, I've noticed weird things about that ad too, I was just too lazy or chicken to blog about it. Imagine, if he was poor, why would their family picture have a nice lawn as a background? And they have really decent clothes on. Don't you agree?

Here's an interesting video about that brother's death issue.



And this one, would you believe that a house with a second floor at the time of Villar's childhood is equivalent to being poor? Hmm...

Comments?

Feng Shui Master Says

"Elections in 2010 will be violent."

yeah right.


Do we need a feng shui "master" to tell us that?!


How convenient.







Related article.
photosource.




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PGMA's Report on Martial Law

As we all know by now, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has declared Martial Law on the province of Maguindanao while we all are hoping that her father's soul, former President Diosdado Macapagal, is not turning on his grave nor wishing to be dead once again.

Straight from Inquirer.net is the full text of PGMA's report on the declaration of Martial Law, sent thru her secretary Eduardo Ermita - same as what she did on the proclamation, she sent Ermita to do the dirty work, so it will not be herself on the history books nor on the file videos of new networks. Duh.

To download or see the said report, click on this link.  LINK.
(Too literal, huh? lol!)

Anyway, on other issues aside from Martial Law, the government has issued some guidelines on the implementation or enforcement of the said thing, as can be seen here, and Manuel Quezon III said they may have just taken those from old files way back 1972. So resourceful, don't you think?

Just for fun, here are the videos of both declarations:

Marcos:


Arroyo through the kindness of Ermita:




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On the Martial Law in Maguindanao

Because we haven't watched the news and I haven't seen the papers lately, I did not know that Martial Law was at last declared in Maguindanao.


And the current buzz in the world wide web right now is this: announcement to the whole world that the President just declared martial law in one of the provinces of the whole country, and that before, there was this statement of "Never again Martial Law", some tweets ask if it's lawful, some say that it's not because of this and that... here's a snapshot of the current twitter trend (click on the image to enlarge):

Atty. Marvic Leonen, Dean of UP Law, has published his statement already, see it here.
Senator Francis Pangilinan has also blogged about it here, saying (quoting directly from his post)

"Under Section 18 Article VII, Martial Law can only be declared if there is an invasion or rebellion. Neither is existing in the case of the Maguindanao massacre. The massacre is neither a rebellion nor an invasion but a case of multiple murders involving government officials loyal to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The truth is all key personalities are now under police custody. The factual basis for a Martial Law declaration therefore appears to be inexistent."

I tell you, if your name is Martial Law, you just got famous! World renowned! Everybody, EVERYBODY is now talking about you in twitter!


Nie, should be name our child, when he/she comes, Martial Law?! 
{Or maybe not, the child might think of cursing me for the rest of his/her blessed life.}






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GIBO - Still in Cebu City

Apparently, it's not only Gibo's survey numbers that went up - so did the number of my blog's subscribers! Yipee!!!

The post was about Gibo being here in Cebu City to attend the Vice Mayor's league of the Philippines' fellowship night. Guess a lot of people are following Gibo Teodoro's whereabouts. So to not keep you waiting,


Gibo is still in Cebu City making his rounds, he's visiting Cebu Institute of Technology and the University of the Visayas.




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