On Vico Sotto: From #ibaNaman to #ibaNa
Several pleasant surprises and upsets happened a few hours after voting ended on May 13, 2019. While awaiting in frustration for the media report from the transparency server of the Commission on [read more]
Elections
Get out and vote!
We must not just vote. We must use all our powers as social media users to encourage others to vote and to guard the vote. Today, familiarize the look of your ballot by trying out the template [read more]
May 13, 2019 election monitoring: What to report
I will be at Kontra Daya Election monitoring center. One can report incidents on vote-buying, harassment, illegal campaigning, malfunctioning Vote Counting Machine (VCM), and Voters’ Registration [read more]
Social media and its impact on Philippine elections
Now that the Philippine election day is next week, would social media have an impact in informing, and mobilizing voters? Or convince them to vote for a certain candidate? Social media was a [read more]
Fighting back election-related disinformation by sharing the truth
This is my presentation for “Fighting election-related disinformation” for Kontra Daya’s People’s Assembly Against Election Fraud held today at St. Thomas Hall, Colegio de San [read more]
How we can help the Senatorial candidates in the Opposition
Published with permission from Dino Manrique of filipinocreative.com from “WHY THERE IS STILL HOPE FOR THE OPPOSITION AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM” May pag-asa pa ang Senatorial [read more]
The only survey that matters is the one on May 13, 2019
In his book, The Opinion Makers, David Moore makes the startling conclusion that pollsters “do not measure public opinion, they manufacture it.” He anchors this contention on the practice of [read more]
Truth-telling in the age of disinformation
An inconvenient truth is that the May 13 elections may again be a manifestation of our people’s political literacy, as mentioned by former ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales during the [read more]
What party-list group should I vote for in the May 13, 2019 elections? Download this guide.
Download Voter’s guide to the 2019 party-list elections What is the party-list system in the first place? The party-list system of election was intended by the Constitution to ensure that the [read more]
I’m voting for the opposition, here’s why
In the past three elections, I never shared my list of Senate candidates because I wanted to stay neutral. Instead, I came out with a “consider list” based on a selection criteria. Staying [read more]
Boboto ako para panatilihing huling balwarte ng checks and balances ang Senado
(This is the Filipino version of “I am voting to keep the Senate as the last bastion of checks and balances”. For the English version, click here.) Ilang linggo na lamang ang nalalabi [read more]
Generosity & patience made me reconsider the senatorial candidates to vote for this upcoming May 2019 elections
I came across Ding Velasco’s post from Inday Varona’s timeline.The post struck me because it was generosity and patience from my readers that made me reconsider my original list of [read more]
How to vote in the May 13 elections
Do you know how to vote? You think marking a small circle is a simple enough task? Check your precinct, polling center, voter status https://www.gov.ph/web/precinctfinder Download your ballot [read more]
I am voting to keep the Senate as the last bastion of checks and balances
We are now less than a month away from the May 13 Philippine elections. There is now a frenzy of last-minute campaigning everywhere as candidates try to reach as many voters as they can within the [read more]
7 examples of election-related misinformation & disinformation. Submit your examples too.
Submit your examples of election-related misinformation at contact @ blogwatch.tv . Read the article below to find examples. Negative campaigning and black propaganda have been recurrent themes [read more]
Political dynasties, rich and powerful continue to dominate party-list race
Many of the 182 party-list groups in the 2019 elections may be classified as (1) those with links to political dynasties or officials already elected in other positions; (2) those representing [read more]
Myrna de vera: A story of a Filipino immigrant who became mayor of a California city
On Thursday, October 19, 2017, Myrna Lardizabal-de Vera , my sister had the honor of speaking to the Filipino American Network of the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) of San Francisco. Bernard Del [read more]
Is Leni Robredo playing into Duterte’s hands?
The current game being played by the administration of Pres Duterte and opposition led by Leni Robredo can be likened to a complicated match of three dimensional chess, with battles being staged at [read more]
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