Author Archives: James Jimenez

Report to the President

Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto S. Brillantes Jr., today presented the final draft of the [...]

Why not blame the voters?

I find it strange that some people would absolve voters of responsibility in the kind [...]

I was seeing angels

Apparently, recourse to the supernatural isn’t a monopoly of politicians. [...]

Voter Registration in pictures

Voter registration in Quezon City. In pictures. Photos by EID photographers. [nggallery id=4] [...]

Dear Sir

Dear Sir: This article today was a surprise to me. Not that it was surprising [...]

Info you need

The most common question I get asked – after I announce that participation in the [...]

Rules Amended, Fines Approved

In accordance with the COMELEC’s duty to provide procedural rules that will give litigants in [...]

The Viceroy

The original story was told in nineteen tweets. You can see those tweets storified here. [...]

The Flag

We are a fractious lot, we Filipinos are. We cling to all sorts of reasons [...]

Ranking the Senators

The latest Resolution of the National Board of Canvassers [0010-13] declares that, “while there are [...]