Just saw a TV news report on how much was spent by political candidates in the last election. Seeing the figures, most of which were close to the 100 million peso mark, made my head spin. I couldn’t help but think how such a big waste elections are especially here in the Philippines. A lot [...] Read more »
Acheche!!!
(I’m feeling lazy today so this will be short.) “The official campaign period hasn’t started yet so there’s no violation.” That in a nutshell is how those personalities with running political-advertisements-disguised-as-public-service-ads defend their early campaigning. While, technically correct it’s just a flimsy excuse as far as I’m concerned. The funny thing is when it comes [...] Read more »
Millions Of Pesos Spent On Indecent Exposure
Vice President Noli De Castro must really be full himself. At the hearing today of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs, he justified his participation in those Pag-Ibig Fund advertisements by saying that his credibility makes the dissemination of information more effective. That’s a load of crap. Everyone knows De Castro and other government officials [...] Read more »
A Campaign Ad By Any Other Name
Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay is ready to defend his “Makati” infomercial, which critics say is a not so subtle pitch for his presidential bid. In an Inquirer.net report, Binay is said to have welcomed the petition filed by partylist group Abakada Guro asking the Comelec to investigate the infomercials of perceived presidential aspirants. Binay already [...] Read more »
