Posted on July 9, 2010 by Emmer Dizon
In the early years of the Clark Development Corporation (CDC), the place was no different from a hunting ground for poachers where practically every Tom, Dick or Harry can find something of value inside this former US military base and help himself with it. Looting was rampant and frequent. PAF and CDC guards proved inadequate [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on July 5, 2010 by Emmer Dizon
President Noynoy, or P-Noy, will have his hands full in this presidency. From day one to the last day of his rule, one can imagine the amount of work he will have to exert just to clean up the mess left behind by the GMA administration.
He will have to see that the economy moves forward [...]
Posted on May 14, 2010 by Apung Banong
As Americans would say, “It’s all over but the shouting”. Yes, the elections are finally over. In Mabalacat in Pampanga, the incumbent, Mayor Boking Morales, emerged as the runaway winner leaving in his wake a forlorn daughter, Marjorie Morales-Sambo, who says the ouster of her father as her only objective, and Dr. Victor Tiglao, the [...]
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Posted on May 10, 2010 by Editor-in-Chief
Here, we shall post election-related updates for Mabalacat Pampanga. Please check every now and then for news updates.
May 10, 2010 – Election Day
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Reports of malfunctioning PCOS machines and long lines . . .
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Posted on May 8, 2010 by Jun Bautista
The glitches on the voting machines’ memory cards found during Monday’s mock polls have generated calls for either postponement of the May 10 elections or reverting it to manual voting. Monday’s exercise has further heightened the public’s fear of a rigged or failed elections, and the Comelec-Smartmatic assurance has not helped in assuaging this fear.
As [...]
Posted on April 24, 2010 by Emmer Dizon
It’s election campaign period and Boking Morales is again back to his old and ugly ways. He’s back to his dirty ways of buying people for their allegiance and, he’s hoping, votes. The man is as dirty as they come, if not dirtier.
For the third week in a row, he’s been sending Public School Teachers [...]
Posted on April 2, 2010 by Apung Banong
If persistent rumors are true and are backed up by solid evidence as claimed, we have a plunder case developing in our midst. Under Philippine laws, a conviction of plunder would mean a life sentence.
Allegations of graft and corruption have been plaguing the Morales administration since its first term. Accusation of massive theft of tax [...]
Posted on February 18, 2010 by Emmer Dizon
Oh well, at least we know everything is normal because hell has not frozen over yet. Otherwise evil will not be winning in the Philippines!
It’s pretty much of a stretch to even think that Governor Among Ed Panlilio cheated his way into office in 2007. He didn’t even have the machinery, the money and, most [...]
Posted on February 17, 2010 by Jun Bautista
The entertainment industry recently rose up in arms against the Comelec for making known its intention to strictly enforce a resolution implementing the Fair Elections Act (R.A. 9006), which requires celebrities to resign or take a leave of absence from their work during the campaign period if they campaign for or against a candidate in [...]
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Posted on February 10, 2010 by Jun Bautista
While the United States is still abuzz with the US Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission – which removed the prohibition on campaign spending by corporations and unions directly from their coffers, in a latest round of more than a century of debate to reform campaign finance – campaign finance [...]
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