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 The picture of the 2010 presidential election in the Philippines is becoming clearer, as a dozen probable candidates for the presidency came out wearing sneakers, as if they were ready to run during an early morning road race organized by broadcast firm GMA Network at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, Metro Manila on August 28, 2009. They signed a manifesto bearing their commitment to observe clean and honest election next year, witnessed by no less than the chairman of the Commission on Election or Comelec.
Former President Joseph Estrada, Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay of PDP Laban, Senators Francis Escudero and Loren Legarda of Nationalist People's Coalition, Bayani Fernando of Lakas-Kampi CMD, Senator Richard Gordon, Senator Jamby Madrigal, John Carlos delos Reyes of Ang Kapatiran, Senator Francis Pangilinan of Liberal Party, environmentalist Nicanor Perlas, Eddie Villanueva of Bangon Pilipinas, and Senator Manuel Villar of Nationalista Party joined the run-for-a-cause campaign called "Eleksyon 2010: Tatakbo Ka Ba?"
Conspicously absent were Vice President Noli de Castro who was in China and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro who reported sick. De Castro is reportedly being groomed to be the standard bearer of the Kampi-Lakas CMD alliance, but he has to clear this with Teodoro, another administration bet and Fernando, who is a stalwart of the administration party.
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On this national artists awards brouhaha. An elite group of intellectuals and academicians do not want Carlos J. Caparas in. Maybe because Caparas is more popular than they are, and have created works that became more popular than theirs. Caparas, the writer, is a true artist for the masses, although his massacre movies are offensive.
These so-called national artists have the galls to call themselves artists, when in fact, they are more of critics than of artists, judging from the way they wanted to retain their self-proclaimed exclusivity now. Wow!
We are offended by their remarks that the inclusion of Caparas, et. al. to the list would cheapen their status as national artists? What a boisterous group of pretenders! Are artists bereft of any sign of humility? They are really good at alienating the masses, aren't they?
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We cannot afford to waste another six-year presidency; we need a new president who can bring us and our acts together for this nation towards real economic development. But is there someone, from the present bunch of presidentiables, who can govern well and become the good president that we need?
From the opinion of txtmania, we know about two presidential contenders who are into house-building, which should at least give them some perspective on what nation-building should be. (You build the house to provide protection and comfort to the family.) Vice President Noli de Castro, who we heard is doing a good job as the government's housing czar, and Senator Manny Villar, a housing magnate, both own that disctinction.
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Love is the greatest, certainly, but what is the greatest love? Here, let us renew our understanding about the nature and source of love, and the reason why we love. Let us remind one another of "how great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God" (1 John 3:1)! In the love of God, let us also love one another. No power or force on earth can be stronger than love. And God's love is the greatest love of all. By His love, we obtained salvation. By loving Him and then our neighbors, we manifest such salvation. We love because He first loved us (1 John 4:19). The strongest thematic message in the Bible, which contains the Word of God, is God's love. Everything revolves around God's love. God, who created the universe by His Word, is the source of love, which is love in its truest, purest and perfect form.
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Cory Aquino, the first female Philippine president who was swept to power via a military-backed people uprising that ousted the Marcos dictatorship in 1986, died at the age of 76 on August 1, 2009. A descendant of a landed political clan, Cory turned from an ordinary widow, following the death of her husband Ninoy Aquino in 1983, into a face of the opposition that eventually brought down the dictatorial rule of Marcos.
She is remembered for restoring democracy in the Philippines and paving the way for a return of freedom of the press. These two democratic gains under the Aquino administration were enough to make her a good leader, although the same cannot be said for her handling of the economy and for her hesitation to implement the rule of law against those responsible for coup' attempts that nearly put the country under military rule once again.
World leaders, including US President Barack Obama, expressed their condolence with the Aquino family for the passing of Mrs. Aquino. European Commission Ambassador Alistair MacDonald described Mrs. Aquino as a a beacon of democracy in the Philippines in 1986 and “an inspiration for many others around the world”.
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