You’ve all seen posts like this – especially on Twitter: a picture of a politician handing out money, or violating minimum health protocols, or saying something patently wrong; accompanied by text that @-mentions COMELEC, Rowena Guanzon, and me, and disingenuously asks “eto? okay lang sa inyo?” Ad recently, with the promulgation of the campaigning rules, […]
The latest bit of fakery I’ve come across is this image: Seeing the name of the COMELEC there naturally triggered many people online – well at least on twitter – and prompted me to make inquiries. Our Regional Election Director for NCR immediately confirmed what I’d already tweeted: that COMELEC doesn’t do this sort of […]
For most people, their introduction to the concept of Party-List System of Representation was premised on the idea that the PL system was for the “marginalized and under-represented” to have a voice in Congress. It’s a lovely notion that neatly coincides with an intuitive sense of justice. Sort of like Magsaysay saying that those who […]
Teaching young kids the fundamentals of reading isn’t as simple as just sounding the words out to them and forcing them to mimic you. There’s a lot of work to be done, for instance, training young learners how to instantly recognize letter combinations, and to associate those letter combinations with the appropriate sounds. And don’t […]
The health crisis currently wracking the country affects children disproportionately. The totality of the pandemic response has resulted in schools being locked down, students being deprived of critically vital in-person instruction from their teachers. Equally important, albeit infrequently noted, is the fact that the pandemic has also denied our children the opportunity to grow through […]
Days before the resumption of voter registration, the COMELEC has quietly relaunched iRehistro – the website where you can fill out your registration form, print out the completed form, and just bring it over to the COMELEC office. iRehistro No, it’s not online registration Obviously, iRehistro falls short of being an online voter registration solution. […]
In honor of the weekend, I give you the first single off of Blackpink’s long-awaited debut album which, as far as I can tell, is imaginatively titled “The Album.”
Today, 21 September 2020, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte nominated lawyer Michael Braganza Peloton, to fill the vacancy left by the recent retirement of COMELEC Commissioner Luie Tito F. Guia. Commissioner-nominee Peloton will have to undergo confirmation proceedings before the Commission on Appointments before he can assume the office of COMELEC Commissioner.
So you’ve registered to vote … now what? The elections aren’t until May 9, 2022 — almost two years away. Do you just sit around and do nothing til then? Here are some suggestions on what you can do after voter registration, that will set you on the path to becoming a truly responsible voter.
I’m not so disappointed with Disney’s Mulan – mostly because I wasn’t expecting it to be an accurate historical record. I mean, come on, it was based off of a cartoon. Here’s a version I like better that I found on the internet.