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2010 Presidentiables – Box Office Hits?

Carlo Ople — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:39:09 +0000

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 Lacson:

But wait, there’s more! Here’s Vice President Noli De Castro:

And last, but not least, we have the administration slate.

O diba, panalo? Hahaha! I personally loved the Twilight poster the best. How about you guys?

“HINDI NGA!!!” – Vice President Noli De Castro

Carlo Ople — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:21:05 +0000

“Sabihin mo sa kanila tamad sila! Hindi sila pwede hindi nagbabayad! Sisingilin ko sila. Papaalisin ko pag di sila nagbabayad!” That’s exactly what Vice President Noli De Castro said on national television when he was being interviewed about the protest actions of several individuals during one of his sorties in the provinces. His anger was even more evident when he was asked to confirm if he was running as VP under Senator Villar’s Nacionalista Party. De Castro brutally blurted out “HINDI NGA!”.

Here’s the video for your viewing “pleasure”:

First, let me just stand with De Castro on the idea that people should be responsible for the loans that they get from the government. If they availed of the low cost housing programs, they should do their best to find ways to be able to pay the agreed amortization on time. You cannot just blame the government if you’re not making money. You have to find ways.

However, let me just voice out my disappointment in De Castro’s mannerisms. He’s always been known to be a cool cat, always calm and composed. It’s sad to see him finally break under this pressure. I kinda feel for the guy since he’s been really focused on housing and he gets protests like this as his “thank you”. That’s not an excuse though to go berserk like that. He should have conducted himself better seeing as he is the Vice President of the Philippines.

Vice President De Castro is PGMA’s choice

Carlo Ople — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:50:00 +0000

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has finally broken her silence on who she wants to succeed her as the standard bearer of the administration party. According to Vice President Noli De Castro, the President has invited him to join the administration party and that she wants him to be the presidential candidate of the party for 2010. Despite the invitation by the President, De Castro said that he gave no commitment to Arroyo and that he still needs time before he makes his final decision if he will indeed run or not for the Presidency.

Power of the Administration
People are wondering why it’s such a big deal if a candidate were to run with the administration party. The truth of the matter is that they are far superior in terms of local on-the-ground machinery. Majority of local government officials are with the administration – Mayors and Governors. These are key figures that can influence the vote in their respective provinces because of their stature and resources.

This is definitely a very tempting offer for VP De Castro. That’s why I was a bit amazed that he decided not to say yes yet. It’s logical for GMA to go for De Castro though since the other administration bets are really doing poorly in surveys. MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando just rated at 1% in the last PULSE ASIA survey and Defense Secretary Gibo Teodoro also didn’t do well. I also don’t think BF will get any better because he’s now being hounded by the cash gift scandal. The only one who’s been showing consistent performance is VP De Castro, probably because of the media mileage he got when he was still a broadcaster for ABS-CBN.

This is what De Castro said when asked about his reaction:

“When the President is hardworking, the members of the Cabinet cannot be lazy. So when your leader is hardworking, we learn and my OJT (on the job training) for the last six years has been great,” he said.

De Castro, however, stressed that he was not waiting for the President’s anointment to convince him to run.

“Not really. I’m not asking for it, but kung ibibigay, of course, I will be grateful,” he said.

On a being third placer in the latest Pulse Asia survey of presidential candidates, De Castro said he was pleased with the ranking since he has not declared his candidacy for the top post.

He also said that he was not worried if his standing in the surveys would continue to decline.

“It’s just a survey. My rating is still good,” he said.

Source: Inquirer.Net

It will be very interesting to see how VP De Castro will fare now that he’s received GMA’s kiss of death. I’m very interested to see his ratings in the next SWS or Pulse Asia survey.

Pulse Asia Survey shows Villar still on top

Carlo Ople — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:03:45 +0000

It looks like the recent SWS survey wasn’t a fluke. The latest Pulse Asia report shows that Senator Manny Villar is still leading the race for the Presidency in 2010. 25% of the respondents said that they would vote for him for President. Following Senator Villar is former President Erap Estrada (19%), Vice President Noli De Castro (16%), Senator Chiz Escudero (12%), and Senator Mar Roxas (11%).

According to the survey, respondents base their decision on who to vote for depending on the previous accomplishments and achievements. If this is the case, then Senator Villar is on-strat when it comes to his media plan. If you guys notice, all of his communications focus on what he’s done so far. That’s probably why he’s rating high.

Another major finding here is that Villar is rating high on the D and E classes. This is the crucial segment because they deliver bulk of the vote in elections. Senator Escudero topped the A, B, and C voter preference.

What is this saying? Basically whoever is running Villar’s campaign and communications is a genius. Intentionally or unintentionally the messaging of their campaign is the primary factor why they’re getting high numbers.

Here’s the press release posted on Philippine Star:

MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Manny Villar once again topped another survey on who Filipinos prefer to be the country’s next president.

According to the survey results released today (Aug. 25) by Pulse Asia, one in four Filipinos (25 percent) would elect Villar as President Arroyo’s successor if elections were held today.

Voter preference for the former Senate President between May and August 2009 increased by 11 percentage points, the pollster added.

Former President Joseph Estrada is at second place with 19 percent, followed by Vice President Noli de Castro (16 percent), and Senators Francis Escudero (12 percent) and Mar Roxas (11 percent).

Meanwhile, Villar was also the top presidential contender in Metro Manila, Luzon and Visayas (25 percent, 22 percent and 30 percent, respectively). Likewise, he, along with Estrada, registered the highest voter preference in Mindanao (30 percent).

The only category Villar trailed in was the best-off Class ABC demographic, which preferred Escudero (30 percent). Nevertheless, Villar commanded the highest voter preference in Classes D and E (25 percent and 23 percent, respectively).

Pulse Asia said 25 percent of Filipinos consider a candidate’s accomplishments as the main factor in voting him to be next chief executive.

“About one in four Filipinos (25 percent) is voting for his/her preferred presidential bet because of the candidate’s many accomplishments. On the other hand, one in five (20 percent) Filipinos rationalized their choice of candidate based on the preferred bet’s pro-poor orientation,” the pollster said.

Pulse Asia’s latest survey, conducted from July 28 to August 10, 2009, employed face-to-face interviews of 1,800 representative adults 18 years old and above. It has a ±2 percent error margin at the 95 percent confidence level.

Villar, who currently employs TV advertisements heavily to boost his popularity, also topped the latest SWS survey on presidentiables. According to data released by the pollster yesterday, he received an approval rating of 22 percent, followed by Estrada (19 percent) and Escudero (18 percent).

Reports, however, said the SWS poll was commissioned by Villar himself.

Biggest challenge here for other Presidential aspirants is how they will be able to grab a larger chunk of the D and E market segments.