(Author’s Note: I was recently contacted by Nick Perlas’ volunteer and was informed that the site I used as an example in this post was actually not the official website of Nick Perlas. Let me issue a public apology for that. Apparently the site I pointed out was made by a fan or something) As most of you have probably noticed, a lot of politicians are taking advantage of the internet to promote themselves. If you own a website or a blogger and you run Google Adsense, make sure that you filter your ads because politicians will definitely want to appear there. For example, in one of...

As most of you know, I am a supporter of Senator Manny Villar. I have to admit that it’s hard to defend this guy, especially to my friends and colleagues who really believe that he is guilty with the recent C5 controversy. I’ll write about C5 again sometime again tomorrow or tuesday since I recently just saw Winnie Monsod’s refute to Villar’s defenders. For now, let me take a very aggressive stance against the Nacionalista Party. One that I just can’t understand and I really need an answer for because I find this issue very troubling. According to MLQ, the Nacionalista...

I think I finally have a solution to this C5 controversy that’s win-win for everyone. First the senators who claim to be champions of TRUTH, HONESTY, JUSTICE, and INTEGRITY should drop their act. You guys are obviously using this as a campaign issue in the upcoming 2010 elections. The one who should be charged with being unethical is the lot of you. It’s hard to say that you’re doing this “FOR THE PEOPLE” when you are also running for office because no one stands to gain more from Villar’s downfall than you guys. FILE A CASE AT THE OMBUDSMAN If you really believe...

Senator Manny Villar went to the Senate today to finally defend himself against the relentless pummeling of his political rivals. He gave his speech and then walked out, refusing to debate with Senator Jamby Madrigal. In his speech he categorically denied and rebutted most of the major issues that were slammed against him. I’d like to take this opportunity to match his responses from his speech to the article written by Winnie Monsod which practically condemned Manny Villar. Mareng Winnie’s article has been circulating all over Facebook and the blogosphere so this is a good time to...

I’m happy to announce that Juan Country is partnering with the designer of the “Where I’m from, Everyone is a Hero” shirt, Mark Gosingtian, to bring everyone new color variations. We will be setting up an online store wherein you can pay online via credit card and then the item will be delivered to you in 3-4 days. The money will be on escrow (care of www.smilds.com) so if you don’t get the shirt in the promised time, you will get your money back. First batch of shirts should arrive middle of February. Excuse the poor quality of photos. We will upload better pics in...

The latest SWS survey results are out and it looks like Senator Manny Villar is quickly gaining ground on the leading candidate, Senator Noynoy Aquino. What started as a 20%+ lead is now down to just 7%. However, I have a feeling that the next survey won’t be as forgiving as this one. This survey was taken on January 21-24 which means that the recent C5 controversy hasn’t made it’s impact yet on these numbers. It will be very interesting to see how Senator Villar will fare given the media attention the scandal got in the past few days. Here are the complete numbers for your perusal. Senator...

I was able to watch the recent Presidential forum in DLSU which was aired on ANC. Among all the candidates who participated, Senator Dick Gordon got my attention the most. His answers were direct-to-the-point and he presented solutions and plans that were logical and actually doable. Next to Gordon would be Gilbert Teodoro who also delivered quite well for the entire evening. During the evening, Dick Gordon talked a program that I will support 110%. He discussed about giving free Kindle Readers to 17 million public school students. He even went on to discuss how he would get funds for that project....

February 3 is just around the corner and that’s actually the birthday of my late grandfather, Senator Blas F. Ople. As a tribute, I’m currently working on a short e-book which will expound on one of his most powerful speeches – the 7 keys to success. This is the speech he gives during commencement (graduation) exercises. Over the past few years I’ve read so many books on self-help, marketing, and management. I just realized that a lot of the major concepts in those books are actually all in his speech. I actually regret not spending enough time with him. Now I have to content...

I would just like to take this opportunity to strongly “censure” and express my disappointment and disgust over Senator Pimentel’s sex joke in the Senate session against Senator Mar Roxas and his wife, Korina Sanchez. The sacred halls of the Senate is not the place for such ungentlemanly, rude, and disrespectful conduct. I would understand if the joke was directed at an issue that involved national interest but this was just plain stupid. There was absolutely no reason for Pimentel to bring that up during the plenary debates. I mean… come on. I used to think Senator Pimentel...

I think it’s no secret that I’m a supporter of Senator Manny Villar. With that in mind, I think the worst thing I can do as a blogger is to just shut up and not talk about any issues hounding him. However, I won’t go blindly defending him as well since that will literally just look stupid. While I have reservations as to the timing of the case being filed against him, I can’t help but wonder why can’t Senator Villar go to the Senate and fight it out with the other senators who are going after him. I’ve read the defense documents and they are pretty strong so...