Archive for 'Something to think About'
A Letter from a Brave Filipina – Read if you are serious for change
Posted on 16. Jun, 2010 by ival.
To all Filipinos Everywhere: I used to think that corruption and criminality in the Philippines were caused by poverty. But recent events tell me this isn’t true. It is one thing to see people turn into drug addicts, prostitutes, thieves and murderers because of hunger and poverty, but what excuse do these rich, educated people [...]
Continue Reading
All signs point to Massive Electronic Fraud
Posted on 10. Jun, 2010 by ival.
EDITORIAL 06/10/2010 Probably the best testimony given before the House committee panel probing allegations of electronic fraud as well as the sins of the poll body and its partner, Smartmatic, was that of Jonathan Manalang of LRA Pacific, a call center whose services were subcontracted by Smartmatic as a support group. Reports said he testified [...]
Continue Reading
Bangon Pilipinas joins call to suspend National Canvassing
Posted on 10. Jun, 2010 by ival.
PRESS RELEASE June 8, 2010 Bangon Pilipinas leaders were joined by multi-sectoral groups in a mass action in front of Batasan Complex today to call for immediate action on the continuously growing reports affecting the integrity of the May 2010 elections. It also called for the suspension of canvassing, if necessary, and pave the way instead for [...]
Continue Reading
Poll fraud seen in reconfiguring CF Cards
Posted on 03. Jun, 2010 by ival.
By Gerry Baldo 06/03/2010 Probable electronic cheating in the May 10 elections could have occurred when Compact Flash (CF) Cards were reconfigured in the offices of the Department of Science and Technology (DoST), with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) executive director issuing a memo to provincial officials who had been given a lot of flash [...]
Continue Reading
As Opaque as Gloria
Posted on 26. May, 2010 by ival.
Editorial-Daily Tribune Noynoy Aquino, already unprepared for the presidency, appears to be even more unprepared to form his Cabinet, which is an important task, since his choices or at least his screening committees recommendations are to be providing him guidance by way of policies and more importantly, of going about the ways of governance. Earlier, [...]
Continue Reading
The Kid Warrior
Posted on 21. May, 2010 by ival.
by Atty. Lyndon P. Cana Bangon Pilipinas just went through its second foray into national politics. At first glance, everything seemed to have ended in disaster. Its standard bearer early on was hostaged to a measly two to three percent survey rating, and the results of the automated quick polls seemingly just confirmed it. The [...]
Continue Reading
The Automated Election System Mess
Posted on 20. May, 2010 by ival.
By: George M. Balagtas May 20, 2010 First of all, we all should breathe a sigh of relief that the last election was most likely the least violent of all elections we’ve ever had in this country EVER. The unprecedented speed with which the “results” were “counted” by the Comelec and reported by media, apparently [...]
Continue Reading
Verse of the Day
