I just came from a rather interesting dinner-blogger session with Quezon City Vice-Mayor Herbert “Bistek” Bautista. The session heated up quickly since we immediately dove into the major pressing issue which was Mike Defensor’s allegations of 30% of his budget being used for “food and drinks”. I’ll write a piece on Herbert either later tonight or tomorrow morning. For now, let me re-post a video of Herbert answering Mike on an ANC show hosted by Karen Davila. So, what do you guys think?

In a recent blogger event, QC Mayor candidate Mike Defensor laid out a strong challenge to Vice-Mayor Herbert Bautista. He shared with us official documents showing that Herbert spent 30% of his 750M budget on food and drinks in the last 3 years. There were also waivers attached signed by Herbert saying that no inspection was needed to physically validate the orders. 30% of 750M is roughly 230M-240M pesos and that’s no small amount. That money could have gone a long way in rehabilitating government hospitals like the one in East Avenue (where I was operated on with no anesthetics). Why does...

Quezon City is now officially color yellow. Mayor Sonny Belmonte, Vice Mayor Herbert “Bistek” Bautista, and Joy Belmonte have all switched to the Liberal Party. This is a huge blow to the administration party since SB and his team has been a solid supporter of GMA for the longest time. Note that Belmonte has been with LAKAS for 17 LONG YEARS. Yes you read that right, SEVENTEEN. They took their oath before LP President Mar Roxas this afternoon in front of their supporters. According to news reports, Belmonte is seeking a seat in Congress while his daughter will run for Vice Mayor. Herbert...

I had a very early morning meeting today and I had the chance to take a rather relaxing drive around Quezon City. You know it’s election season when tarpaulins of numerous local officials are plastered all over the metro. One tarpaulin caught my eye – it was the tarp of the former Chief-of-staff of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo: Mike Defensor. The main message of his tarp was to go out to register and vote. I made a few calls to a couple of friends and asked around and apparently Mike is rumored to be gunning for the Mayorship of Quezon City. In all honesty, this guy used to be...