March 31st, 2010 
Jojo 
Photo Credit: pcij.org/blog
While traveling from Manila to Leyte this week, I noticed the shameless, inordinate amount of campaign posters that cluttered along the national highways. Of course this is very understandable- election day is fast approaching and candidates would like to grab as much attention as they can.
March 1st, 2010 Jojo I don’t know how long will the Comelec will keep on tolerating Villar’s campaign tactics. Barely a week ago, he shelled out some three million pesos of “financial assistance” to 42 kids during the Rockatropa concert. He was cautious enough not to go up on stage to present the gifts but his daughter did it in his place. We’re not idiots. We know where the money came from and we know it was blatant vote buying in broad daylight. For some reasons, this all happened when the entire Comelec was on the process of blinking and unblinking its eyes.
February 26th, 2010 Jojo 
One of the most annoying things about Aquino’s candidacy was the frequently repeated story of how Noynoy never meant to run for the presidency but was forced to do so because of the public clamor for him to carry on the legacy of his parents. During the EDSA 1 commemoration ceremony the other day, Aquino’s representative Rafa Lopa repeated this story yet again.
I always think of three things whenever I hear or read this story. First is why on earth would Noynoy do something he didn’t plan to do? I can’t help but get the impression that Noynoy is the kind of person who doesn’t plan on his own but simply accommodates the wishes of the people around him. This doesn’t strike me as smart at all.
February 26th, 2010 Jojo
Now they’re bickering like grade-schoolers.
Presidential candidates Manny Villar and Noynoy Aquino have one more thing to argue about: the ownership of the “hindi ako magnanakaw” slogan. As far as I can remember, it was Aquino who uttered it first on his TV ad that was released some time in the first or second week of January this year. When Villar uttered the exact phrase at the Inquirer Presidential debate in UP, Aquino was quick to notice and comment about it.
February 20th, 2010 Jojo
Forgive me for sounding so unpatriotic but reading the broadsheets daily, I can’t help but feel like I’m beginning to lose faith in the integrity of the Commission on Elections. If there is one word that describes the entire Comelec, it’s INCONSISTENCY. They’re so fickle minded, they change their stand on issues every now and then and they can’t seem to come up with a definite list of winners in previous elections.
Today, we get the biggest shocker of all- it was Lapid who won the gubernatorial seat in Pampanga, not Pineda, not Panlilio. And the frustrating part of this scandal is that Lapid can’t claim the victory because he wasn’t part of the recount complaint. His fault? He accepted his defeat without question and didn’t contest the poll results.
