Make your opinion count. Join this online poll now. Background: Education Secretary Armin Luistro bared a proposed program that will add 2 more years to basic education. The program is known as “K plus 12″ or Kindergarten plus 12 years. Arguments in favor of the plan, among others, include: Twelve years of basic education is [Read More...]
Women’s rights advocate group and party list Gabriela very recently filed a bill in the Lower House of the 15th Congress legalizing divorce. Several congressmen immediately expressed support. The Catholic Church, as to be expected, is bent on opposing the passage of the bill. The arguments for DIVORCE include the following: There are [Read More...]
Here’s a complete list of recently announced leadership positions and committee chairmanships of the new Philippine Senate in the 15th Congress: Senate President: Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile ***** Senate Majority Floor Leader: Sen. Vicente ‘Tito’ Sotto III ***** Senate Minority Floor Leader: Sen. Allan Peter Cayetano ***** Committee [Read More...]
The May 2010 national election is finally over and, to the everyone’s relief, none of the doomsayers’ predictions and conspiracy theories seem to have materialized. Albeit it may be too early to rule these out as some parties, particularly the losing candidates, are quick to point an accusing finger to the COMELEC and PGMA’s [Read More...]
With just 11 days to go before the May 10, 2010 elections, the anxiety over the first ever conduct of an automated election in the country is escalating. The COMELEC came up with a series of sub-three-minute animated voter’s education videos which they uploaded in You Tube. Below is the Tagalog version. %CODE1% The same [Read More...]
A Public Service Message from AboutPH.com: The COMELEC has set up an online Precinct Finder in their Website. It’s quite easy to use. Just type in your complete name and date of birth. By finding out where your precinct assignment is you also confirm your registration so it’s like hitting two birds with one stone. [Read More...]
With merely 104 days to May 10, 2010 the most burning debate today is the prospect of having a fully automated election. Several sectors including the Catholic Bishops, the Makati Business Club, and several noted personalities from no less than the IT industry are questioning the wisdom of still pushing for automation in the coming [Read More...]
Social Media is changing the way election campaigns are run… and won. †The most famous case study is, of course, the Obama presidential campaign in the US in 2008. †Obama is the first and the most high-profile politician to have used Social Media to his advantage, and it paid him handsomely. But Social Media is [Read More...]
Late last week the Commission on Elections released Resolution 8743, belatedly approving the application for candidacy of two more May 2010 presidential aspirants. Joining the eight presidential contenders whose candidacies were previously affirmed by the Comelec are Vetallano Acosta (KBL) and Jesus Nicanor Perlas (Independent). With this [Read More...]
Welcome to the AboutPH online poll for the May 2010 senatorial election. Listed here are the names of the 58 candidates approved by the COMELEC. The political parties they are representing are also indicated. You should find it very interesting to note that there are a total of 12 political parties, plus three independent candidates, [Read More...]
