I don’t know who needs to hear this, but hear this: Going to register, so you can vote in the 2022 National and Local Elections, is an indispensable activity. It is not just crucial to ‘obtaining needed goods and services, or for work; it is – most importantly – essential to the health of our […]
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Aug
Aug
In 2012, the COMELEC made the decision to discontinue the issuance of Voter IDs, in anticipation of the arrival of the new National ID system. And although the National ID still hasn’t been launched (the whole idea got a boost during the early days of the lockdowns, but I haven’t heard much about it since), […]
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Aug
Aug
This post will be continuously updated as more questions are asked and answer. The COMELEC recently announced that #VoterReg would resume on 1 September 2020, for those areas not under ECQ or MECQ (NCR, hold your breath). And with #VoterReg having lain dormant for about five months already, there are going to be a number […]
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Aug
Aug
The Commission on Elections has declared that the resumption of the system of continuing registration of voters will be on September 1, 2020, except, in areas declared under ECQ or MECQ. If an area is under ECQ or MECQ, but later on transitions to GCQ/MGCQ, or “no community quarantine status”, the registration of voters will […]
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Aug
Aug
Today I found out my niece – who lives in Karachi, btw – is a budding poet and she’s been jotting these lines down in what looks like a promotional desktop planner/calendar. Words will out – for real. I’m reminded of JK Rowling scribbling bits of Harry Potter on napkins. That Aisha writes actually shouldn’t […]
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Aug
Aug
So here we are. Several hours after that news came out, the internet is awash with comments about guinea pigs and lab rats. The concern is understandable, and, well, the news about Russian practices isn’t all that comforting. Nevertheless, I think we might be giving the Russians short-shrift on this, so maybe now is the […]
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Aug
People often make the mistake of thinking about the choices they need to make, right at the very moment they have to make it. Just like in elections. Many of us come to the polling place not even knowing who the candidates are, let alone who we’re actually going to vote for. Time to change […]
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Speaking of betting big… Which means that, barring any mishaps, we could have an approved vaccine by April 2021. And, giving an arbitrary 30 days for the nuts and bolts of procuring the vaccines, shipping, and so on, we can probably expect a commercially available vaccine only by May 2021. Ano pa yan, rush yan. […]
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TLDR… >> The next National and Local Elections will be held on May 9, 2022. That isn’t a very long time away. Time to start preparing. >> We will be electing a new President and Vice-President, in addition to electing all other positions from Senator down to Municipal Councilor. If you consider the job descriptions […]
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Aug
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It would not be an exaggeration to say that people on Twitter responded well to my tweet about the Pasig brand logo. And, naturally, others chimed in about other LGU logos they’ve seen. Someone sent me this logo from Cainta, clarifying that Pasig wasn’t the first LGU to use a brand logo that has makes […]