MMDA Chairman and Presidential aspirant Bayani Fernando is in hot water after he admitted in a recent senate hearing that he accepted cash gifts amounting to more than P1,500,000. He further explains that he has no plans of donating the cash nor will he reject any gifts in the future should they come. The gifts came from the government funds of the Metro Manila Film Festival. This has drawn a lot of criticism, especially from Senator Jinggoy Estrada and Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago. In his explanation, Fernando defends himself by saying that the “gifts” were budgeted as some form...

The latest SWS Survey commissioned by Senator and Presidential aspirant Manny Villar shows that the top three front runners are: Senator Manny Villar (22%), Former President Joseph Estrada (19%), and Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero (18%). It’s not surprising to see this because Senator Villar has really been pouring out massive amounts of resources in trying to build his name for the upcoming 2010 elections. He’s been doing television, radio, print, and online for almost 6 months straight now and I can only assume that his spending will intensify even more when the real...

I’ve been hearing about MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando’s latest online gimmick from several friends for the past 2-3 weeks. I finally decided to check it out this weekend and I was really surprised. In his bid to boost his popularity for the upcoming 2010 elections, he came up with something that really blew me away. He came up with a “Be the MMDA Chairman” flash game on his official website. To support the game, they also launched a promo wherein the person with the highest score gets to win a brand new laptop! Yes, this is definitely innovative and a first for any politician,...