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May 2010 Poll Automation: Are we ready?
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... »
Follow your candidates on Twitter
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... »
Official Number of Presidential Candidates Goes Up to 10
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 development, AboutPH.com has updated its Dec 29 – Feb... »
Online Senatorial Poll: Who will you vote for as Senators in May 2010?
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,†contending... »
Who will you vote for as President and Vice President in 2010?
Join this online poll and let your voice be heard! <<< NB: †THIS POLL HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE 2 ADDITIONAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AS PER COMELEC RESOLUTION 8743. †THERE ARE NOW 10 INSTEAD OF 8 OFFICIAL CONTENDERS IN THE MAY 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. >>> The May 2010 elections is getting closer and closer. †Have you made... »
The outrageous Le Cirque bill
From the desk of The Fat Gentleman (guest political columnist) When the controversy over the P1M Le Cirque Dinner exploded last month, a great multitude of Filipinos were dumbfounded by the seemingly improbable price tag. †It was almost surreal that some people must have dismissed the initial reports as ludicrous. †It couldn’t be true! †Until,... »
The ever changing political landscape
Photo Credit: eyes-wideopen.co.uk From the desk of The Web Parliamentarian (guest columnist). The 2010 election is all the more going to be a very exciting spectacle as the landscape shifts and rolls while wannabes in all levels jump ship, coallesce, unite, part ways, negotiate, sell out, buy in, aim high, slide down, give way, cash in,... »
PGMA’s Seven Curses
During PGMA’s last (isn’t that presumptuous?) State of the Nati0n Address or SONA, a group of†former senior government officials from her own administration have issued their own SONA. †These FSGOs as they’ve been collectively known enumerated what they labeled as the ëíseven curses brought upon the Philippinesî by PGMA. »
An exclusive no-holds-barred interview with FG
READ THE FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EXCLUSIVE AND UNLIKELY-TO-BE-REPEATED INTERVIEW WITH F.G., ONLY HERE IN ABOUTPH > POLITICS & SOCIAL ISSUES. AboutPH got an opportunity to interview it’s very first political analyst and writer, the Fat Gentleman (FG). †Yes the Fat Gentleman, who else? Why, who do you think we are interviewing? †The First... »
“This Filipino is worth dining for”
One of my friends in Facebook shared this image. It’s hilarious. But it’s not funny. Go figure. Meanwhile the plot thickens. Aside from the $20,000 dinner at Le Cirque, there’s the $15,000 steak dinner blowout of Rep. Danilo Suarez purportedly for the first couple’s wedding anniversary. As if the†madlang masa do not know that FG and... »
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