Now it can be told that the Bando Osmeña – Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) will file an election protest against victors Mayor Michael Rama and Vice Mayor-elect Edgardo Labella. Initially, Vice Mayor Joy Augustus Young blamed teachers for being part of cheating in the May 13 election because according to him the increase in allowance given by the city government to them last year was some sort of vote buying Mayor Rama.
Finally the election is over. The people have spoken and their voice should be respected.
Yesterday I was so happy to be able to vote without a problem. I woke up about 7 a.m. and went directly to our polling precinct. I had to line up for about an hour and realized that next time I should be at the polling precinct before it opens. But the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machine accepted my ballot without a hitch.
Finally the time has come for people to decide who shall govern them. Tomorrow we elect 12 senators and other officials of local government units. Tomorrow the people are the boss and the source of public mandate of officials up for election.
We are now in the home stretch of the campaign period for the May 13 elections. In the Province of Cebu, it will be a battle royale between One Cebu’s Pablo John Garcia and Liberal Party (LP) bet Hilario Davide III . The race for vice governor has Acting Governor Agnes Magpale of the LP poised to win.
Whoever released the annulment record of a mayoralty bet is irresponsible and highly insensitive. For one the records of the annulment cases are considered confidential thus should not be released to the public until finally decided by the Supreme Court. Secondly I am more concerned with how it would affect the children of the mayoralty bet. The children may not be speaking but I am pretty sure they are affected by the press release of the findings of the psychiatrist of their father. Thirdly the other party has candidates who are not morally upright. So it is not fair to release to the public confidential records especially that the findings of the psychiatrist in the case do not exactly mean that the person is insane or mentally challenged.
RICKY POCA Think Bits In an article, Fr. Alberto Alejo, S.J. articulated his sadness and anger over corruption in our country. According to the priest, the Philippines today ranks as the eighth most corrupt country in the world despite the fact that we are considered a Christian country. Fr. Berting said we have [...]
I wonder why large-scale smuggling is happening again in the port of Cebu. Years ago many mysterious things happened like the disappearance of a ship that was full of smuggled rice.
Last Sunday I discussed a topic that President Benigno Aquino III raised before the Liberal Party rally: the opposition of Mayor Micahel Rama to the proposed construction of flyovers in Cebu City.
Last Friday the TV program My Politics featured an interview with Sen. Loren Legarda, the Liberal Party’s candidate who has been topping election surveys.
The controversy involving the Sanchez siblings is very unfortunate. Recently the daughter of the late vice governor Greg Sanchez, Gigi Zaballero complained about the behavior of her brother Greco whom she said is hooked on illegal drugs. This is not the first time that we have heard of Greco because even when the late [...]
I am hoping that the Comelec would be honest and courageous to confront and directly answer questions about the controversy in Compostela town where the result of the manual count of ballots retrieved from the last 2010 election don’t reflect the same count in the PCOS machine.
Lately I have been elated with the pronouncements of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) about its action again illegal campaign materials.
