The Struggling Blogger

I can’t comprehend why these things are happening! We are being slap on the face!

First, a former president filed his candidacy to run for another term in next year’s election when the law clearly states that a president can only serve one term and won’t be allowed to seek re-election.

But by some tweaking and some twitching of the law, he was allowed to run… and our poll body accepted the candidacy!

I thought that was it, but NO!

Now, our incumbent president is seeking to run in next year’s election too and she can’t be accused of violating the constitution. Because while the law prohibits the president from seeking re-election, there’s nothing in it that says a president can’t run for a lower position!

This really baffles me.
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Don’t get me wrong. I’m glad that the automation of 2010 election will push through, really I am… but is that all there is to it?

“Here’s your candy, you can stop crying now”

So now, we can rest easy knowing that next year’s election will be fully automated.

And we are greatly indebted to these two companies, who after fighting out in the bidding table needed to fight it out among themselves, putting us all at the edge of our seat!

What was that?!
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With all due respect to our Muslim brothers, but I personally doubt the intention of Senator Richard Gordon in his proposal to add a ninth ray in the Philippine flag.

Why? and why now?

Easily, it could be construed as a means to get the symphaty of our brothers from Mindanao, because as it appears to be, most of the different sectors of our society were already covered by the so-called infomercial of other presidentiables.
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Is Manny Pacquiao an endangered specie?

That was the comment I posted in Silver’s post called: Flu to the brain, as I was referring to Mr. Lito Atienza who was part of the welcoming committee when he arrived in the country last Friday.

I can understand if Manny Pacquiao was met by a delegate or the head of the Philippine Olympic Committee, the boxing committee, hell I wouldn’t even mind if he was met by the PBA Commissioner. At least it is still connected in sports.

But the DENR Secretary?! Is Pacquiao an endangered specie really? Because I can see him being too close as if he was trying to protect Pacquiao
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I was doing other thing on the web when my attention was caught by the newsbreak from GMA 7. What was the news about? I knew you guess it by the title of this blog.

The news flash said Governor Ed Panlilio of Pampanga will run for president in the coming 2010 election.

Although I am half-expecting it since he won as governor of Pampanga in the last election, I was still surprised that it really happened.
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