More than half a million students thronged different venues nationwide in January for the elimination rounds of the country’s biggest mathematics competition: The Math Challenge sponsored by Metrobank Foundation, Math Teachers Association of the Philippines and Department of Education.
A staunch supporter of outgoing Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Emano, Inday Acdal always made sure his campaign posters were plastered outside her house during election season. That, however, changed after she lost some of her neighbors and her entire home during the Tropical Storm “Sendong” tragedy on Dec. 17, 2011.
On the eve of the May 10 elections in 2010, four supporters of a candidate for mayor were killed while five others were wounded when policemen opened fire at their vehicles in Tibiao town, Antique.
On May 13, John Michael Serenio woke up early and was beaming with excitement. He wheeled his wheelchair to Lopez Jaena Elementary School in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, about 250 meters away from his house, so he could start his duties.
Five days have passed since we held our automated election on May 13. But only six winners in the senatorial race have been proclaimed, while the counting of votes in many city, town and provinces are not yet over.
The rains have come. No, it’s not an official declaration that summer is over. It’s the traditional opening for business of the “vote market” that is an attendant feature of Philippine elections, including tomorrow’s exercise.
Results of the gubernatorial race in Negros Occidental will be a gauge of how much clout the so-called titans and kingmakers of the province still have on the province’s politics.
Here is the conclusion of the speech I gave at the graduation rites of St. Dominic College of Asia.
Election time is apparently the same season for the filing or revival of corruption charges against politicians.
While others hide in the closet, the mayor of Leyte, a sleepy town in Leyte province, is proud to be gay. Mayor Arnold James Ysidoro says his sexuality doesn’t affect how he leads his 37,000 constituents.
He was once the most powerful man in Antique, who was jailed for nine years on charges that he had his staunch political rival killed shortly before the People Power revolt in 1986.
The New People’s Army (NPA) reminds us of the various guerrilla forces during World War II which controlled areas beyond the reach of the Japanese soldiers.
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin wants peace talks between the government and the communist rebels done on the local level after the government panel and the communist National Democratic Front (NDF) failed in their peace talks in The Netherlands.
