In a simple press conference this morning at Club Filipino, Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero formally withdrew from the Presidential derby in 2010. He also categorically stated that he won’t run as well for Vice-President. He’ll still be in government though as his senate term won’t end for another 3 years. This kinda saddens me a bit since I’m a supporter of Senator Chiz. I’ve met him on several occasions and he really gave me the impression that he has the right heart for service. The good thing though is that he’s still young and that he now has...

The highly anticipated PULSE ASIA Presidential Preference October Survey is out and the results aren’t really surprising. Leading the pack is Liberal Party standard bearer Noynoy Aquino with a dominating 44%. Following Aquino is Nacionalista Party’s Senator Manny Villar at 19%, then Senator Chiz Escudero with 13%, and former President Joseph Estrada at 11%. Administration candidate Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro only managed to rate 2% in the survey. These numbers are pretty much consistent with the recent SWS Survey which also put Noynoy on top followed by Villar. The big discrepancy...

I helped organize a blogger event for Senator Chiz Escudero on November 7, 2009, at Annabelle’s Restaurant along Tomas Morato. There were a lot of bloggers who were eager to meet him especially since he just left his old party, the NPC. There were so many questions lingering and this event was a good venue to clear a lot of things out with Senator Chiz. We arrived at the venue around 11AM to help set up together with former NTC Commissioner Jorge Sarmiento (now part of Team Chiz). Eventually the bloggers started coming in. As usual, my favorite mom blogger, Noemi Dado, was the first to arrive....

During the first blogger event that I attended with Senator Chiz Escudero, we asked him who he would want to be President (other than him). His answer then was Senator Noynoy Aquino. Fast forward a couple of months later, I’m in another blogger event with Chiz again. This time though a lot of changes have happened. Noynoy is now actually running for President and Chiz just resigned from the NPC. I thought it would be interesting to see if what he said that would still apply. So I asked him again – if he were to not pursue his 2010 Presidential bid, would he support Noynoy Aquino? I’ve...

In a blogger session with Senator Chiz Escudero, he shared with us his planned original endorsed line-up for the Senate with his former party, the NPC. He still supports these candidates even though he’s left the party already. One of the names that came up was my auntie’s, Susan “Toots” Ople. Others that he mentioned were Tourism Secretary Ace Durano, Cong. TG Guingona, Bongbong Plaza, and General Danny Lim. Here’s the video. Sorry for the poor quality, I took this with my BlackBerry phone camera and I forgot to take out the plastic case which kinda covered the audio...

Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero announced this morning that he was resigning from the NPC. Initially I was shocked and I actually thought to myself “Is this guy insane?” I was wondering why he left the party seeing as that would be the foundation of his machinery and funding. However, after talking to some friends and reading entries of other bloggers, I realized that his decision to leave the NPC was actually a good thing and that it can pave the way for him to actually win the Presidency in 2010.

Senator Chiz Esucdero just resigned from his political party, NPC, this morning at Club Filipino. This came as a huge shocker since a lot of people were actually expecting him to announce his bid for the Presidency today. In fact, the original event was scheduled this evening at UP but was suddenly changed yesterday to Club Filipino. So many thoughts about this but I have work, haha! Will write in a while during my lunch break.

Today was a milestone moment in Philippine politics with regards to the upcoming 2010 elections. First, DILG Secretary Ronaldo Puno released a statement saying that he’s withdrawing from the VP run in 2010. Shortly after that, Senator Loren Legarda announced her bid for VP in Luneta under NPC which is reportedly fielding Senator Chiz Escudero for the Presidency. It looks like we will be having a Chiz-Loren tandem for the NPC in 2010. They’ll be facing off with Aquino-Roxas (LP), Teodoro-??? (Admin), and Villar-??? (Nacionalista). Other than announcing her candidacy, she also shared...

Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero has been repeatedly been quoted saying that he’ll announce his political plans during or shortly after his 40th birthday. That day is just around the corner as Chiz will be celebrating his 40th year this coming October 10, 2009. A lot of people are assuming that the young Senator will be gunning for the Presidency given his strong performance in surveys. He’s also been aggressively campaigning on the ground and on the provincial radios. Other than his on-ground efforts, Chiz has also been quite creative with his non-traditional campaigns....

This album was posted on Facebook by Gerald Magno. It basically has several movie posters but instead of the Hollywood stars an artist edited in and put in the pictures of the candidates in 2010. Really interesting and funny stuff! Hopefully these pictures will put a smile on your face. We definitely need light moments now more than ever. Here’s my personal favorite. First poster shows Noynoy Aquino and Mar Roxas in the Martin-Gary poster. Second is the Twilight poster but it now has Chiz and Loren. Next up we have former President Estrada being “dragged back to jail” by Senator...