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While You Were Busy Bickering

RJ Marmol — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:20:29 +0000

While Noynoy Aquino and Manny Villar are engaged in frenzied mudslinging at each other, someone's reaping all the benefits. While these two top contenders are busy trying to knock themselves out of the ring, someone just got in. Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro didn't get to where he is now at such a young age by chance. He didn't [...]

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Winnie Monsod’s “Why I Will Vote for Noynoy” article is a hoax

RJ Marmol — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:33:28 +0000

I am so relieved that the highly-respected economist, professor, TV broadcaster and political commentator Winnie Monsod has categorically denied writing that "Why I Will Vote for Noynoy" campaign article that have been circulating in emails. I received that particular email yesterday and I just couldn't bring myself to believe that Winnie herself wrote it. It was [...]

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Gordon Dropped it Like it’s Hot

RJ Marmol — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:27:09 +0000

Last updated: March 4, 2010 @ 2100H First there was Erap Estrada (although he didn't blurt out a name, he dropped very obvious hints). Now there's Senator Dick Gordon. Them and a few more less publicized tidbits of "political bribery" stories fuel today's hot election headlines. And we thought El Niño is hot, no? Is there any [...]

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How’s Your Blogging?

RJ Marmol — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:15:23 +0000

I have this ultimate and rather obscene fantasy. In this fantasy, there's this one person who digs like mad through my blog archives in the dead of the night-- every night, finding pleasure in reading all the words I've written before and always in eager anticipation of what I will write about next. Always wondering [...]

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Like Mike

RJ Marmol — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:55:16 +0000

It was unfortunate that I missed that Mike Defensor blogger event at his La Vista home in Quezon City last night. I'm not from Quezon City and I hardly visit the place (and the few times I did was just to attend blogger events and family socials) and so I probably shouldn't be writing this [...]

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Screw the Surveys

RJ Marmol — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:01:38 +0000

"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." (Ecc. 9:11, KJV) Yet [...]

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“Lipad” lyrics and video: Gibo Teodoro’s new TV commercial

RJ Marmol — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:28:26 +0000

As usual, giving in to requests for the lyrics of LAKAS-KAMPI-CMD's standard bearer, presidentiable Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro's latest TV commercial/informercial/jingle/campaign song "Lipad" written and performed by the band Rivermaya. You know it breaks my heart when you Googlers get to my blog not finding what you're looking for. So here it is, for your viewing and [...]

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Nacionalista’s Manny Villar kicks off campaign in Calamba, Laguna

RJ Marmol — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:01:21 +0000

Videos and photos of Nacionalista Party and Manny Villar's campaign kickoff in Calamba, Laguna. Today is day one of the official campaign period for national elections in May 2010. All roads leading to the main venue of Banga Plaza were decked with orange ribbons, flags and campaign posters. The venue itself which is the common [...]

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Have a Little Faith

RJ Marmol — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:55:54 +0000

“An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?" — Rene Descartes Photo by nilexuk I can almost swear "someone" is cursing the upcoming presidential elections in May 2010. It's as if "someone" is killing all chances of emergent hope -- "someone" is [...]

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Who among the presidentiables will be bad for the economy?

RJ Marmol — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:33:33 +0000

Photo by Stitch "Who among the presidentiables will be bad for the economy?" This is an interesting query I got through a random "googler" today. Now, I don't know if it's some random thought or an actual question posed by God knows who but it sounds interesting enough that I wanted to write about it. Unfortunately, this "googler" [...]

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That abstract concept called “poverty”

RJ Marmol — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:42:30 +0000

Suddenly everyone claims to "have been poor". Suddenly it's the best campaign slogan. Suddenly being "poor" is "cool". You might actually think that the world has changed. But no, it hasn't. You might think that Philippine politics has changed. But no, it hasn't. On the contrary, it hasn't changed nary a bit. It's always been like this during election period. Jingles. [...]

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Gibo Teodoro’s “Sulong” informercial aka “Posible” lyrics

RJ Marmol — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:34:41 +0000

Click here if you're looking for lyrics and video of the new "Lipad" commercial performed by Rivermaya. Surprised that since its Youtube upload yesterday, January 7, 2010, this "Sulong" infomercial/commercial/TVC/campaign ad barely had 500 views. Pretty much shows how "unpopular" he is compared to cousin Noynoy Aquino. Looks like the coming election is becoming more and more [...]

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How much is your vote?

RJ Marmol — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:43:37 +0000

Well, former president and 2010 elections presidentiable Joseph "Erap" Estrada thinks your vote costs anywhere between 20 or 50 pesos. Not. Photo by שאול חנוכה Shaul Hanuka That supposed "vote-buying" photo published on the frontpage of the Philippine Daily Inquirer yesterday is funny at best and cheap at worst. I will have to agree with Erap's spokesperson, [...]

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Reliving the Maguindanao Massacre over and over again

RJ Marmol — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:07:49 +0000

Last updated: January 5, 2010 The Philippine Daily Inquirer reports in today's Sunday paper of the existence and proliferation of a so-called "Maguindanao (Massacre) 11/23/2009" video footage done in the semblance of a documentary which sells from around 70 to 120 pesos each. The video, it was said, is about four hours (2 days) worth of [...]

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Manny Villar’s “Naging Mahirap” TVC Campaign Lyrics

RJ Marmol — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:56:34 +0000

Because everyone's been bugging this blog about it, here you go... This is for you guys looking for the lyrics of Manny Villar's "Naging Mahirap" TV commercial/informercial campaign theme song/jingle. Click here to download Manny Villar's "Naging Mahirap" mp3 for free Naging MahirapNakaligo ka na ba sa dagat ng basura?Nag-Pasko ka na ba sa gitna ng kalsada?Yan ang [...]

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Here come the Yellow Army

RJ Marmol — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:14:20 +0000

Preaching to the choir They say people who blog (bloggers), a tremendous percentage of which are well-educated, well-informed, "well-off" and well-"everything", are the ones running the "online show" -- and this assumption is not without basis. Go ahead and search the net for familiar terms and you'll most likely see the same blog over and over [...]

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Courage in (High) Heels

RJ Marmol — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:05:31 +0000

Much is to be said about the reluctant Judge Cortez who declined the job of handling the now celebrated Ampatuan, Maguindanao massacre that cost the lives of 57 people, mostly journalists and women. The chilling account of one man's cold-bloodedness was supposed to be relived in this year's most anticipated and most-watched murder case in the [...]

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It’s Manny for Manny

RJ Marmol — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:41:28 +0000

Image via Wikipedia From now on, it's not just name, fame and "rags to riches" story they have in common. If we are to believe that the essence of party politics is alive and relevant in this country, then boxing living legend Manny Pacquiao's decision to join Senator Manny Villar's Nacionalista Party shows that they now [...]

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Gibo is on a roll. But is he getting anywhere?

RJ Marmol — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:09:58 +0000

Hooray for image-building. Ruling party Lakas-Kampi-CMD standard bearer Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro is going places, saying wonderful things, looking good and promising. This photo of him cuddling a needy child in Maguindanao is good for his image. Boo for doublespeak. How convenient it is for him to suddenly "urge his former colleagues" to "make public their report [...]

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Mutations

RJ Marmol — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:35:02 +0000

You can ignore the technicality and legality of it. You can forget "taste", propriety -- heck, even morality. Because frankly, one must only understand the meaning of sensitivity to know that Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's bid for that congressional seat in Pampanga's second district spits at our faces -- the legacy of EDSA 1 -- the honor [...]

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