Politika 2013

By Bong Galarpe LIVELIHOOD projects initiated by the Bag-ong Sugbu Foundation Inc. through the years uplifted the living conditions of a lot of unemployed women from the different barangays of Cebu City’s South District. One of the projects involved the sewing of bags using used tarpaulins. Bag-ong Sugbu first conducted trainings that proved to be … Continue reading »

PRworks’ aid thru Balay Mindanao The victims need food and water. Cash donations are welcome. Doris Mongaya, managing director of PRworks Inc., relayed this message from NGO workers engaged in relief work in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley provinces shortly super typhoon Pablo hit Mindanao on December 3, 2012. According to newspaper reports, the death … Continue reading »

1. Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV 2. Former Las Pinas City Rep. Cynthia Villar 3. Former Akbayan Rep. Ana Theresia “Risa” Hontiveros-Baraquel 4. Former Senator Maria Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal 5. Former Senator Ramon Magsaysay Jr 6. Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara 7. Senator Alan Peter Cayetano 8. Senator Antonio Trillanes IV 9. Senator Aquilino … Continue reading »

  CEBU CITY For House of Representatives: North District: Juan Arenasa (Independent) Pablo ‘Junex’ Doronio (Ind) Vicente Manalac (Ind) Raul Del Mar (BOPK) Annabelle Rama (Team Rama) Judge Donato Navarro (Ind) Vicente Tan (Ind) Eliseo Tumulak (Ind) Marlo Maamo (Ind) Florencio Villarin (Ind) South District: Rodrigo Abellanosa (BOPK) Aristotle Batuhan (Team Rama) Erlinda Sollano (Ind) For … Continue reading »

By Emmanuel Mongaya Believers like Rep. Erin Tañada might have thought that ‘Matuwid na Daan’ would lead to the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill and signing into law by President Noynoy Aquino. Months ago, Tañada bared some 117 congressmen having expressed support. But the road is turning out to be a dead end for … Continue reading »

  (Second column of Masang Magmamanok) Now they call sabong an industry. Well and good … a multi-million-peso industry. Many now sell millions in game fowl products. Then sub industries emerge, game fowl magazines, tv shows, game fowl auctions and shows, multi-million derbies, these are also earning millions in advertisements and other receipts. But, what … Continue reading »

VISAYAS CLERGY DISCERNMENT GROUP E-Mail Address: visayasclergydiscernment@yahoo.com Visayas Clergy Calls on Christian Families to Celebrate the Feast of the Sto. Niño by Fulfilling Transformative Role The bishops and priests of the Visayas Clergy Discernment Group (VCDG) call on Christian families to become the Sto. Niño’s instruments in social transformation to address the marginalization of Filipino families … Continue reading »

Bong Galarpe (Contributor) AS THE impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona draws near, the House of Representatives’ prosecution panel must now be very occupied in its preparation to get the Supreme Court head honcho convicted before the Senate tribunal. The bulk of the preparation, however, falls on the shoulders of the private lawyers whom … Continue reading »

(The following is an excerpt of Rina Jimenez-David’s column at the Philippine Daily Inquirer. This gives us a clearer historical perspective to better understand the ongoing controversy between President PNoy Aquino and Chief Justice Renato Corona. Of course, I agree with her points.) The “original sin” of Chief Justice Renato Corona was agreeing to be … Continue reading »

By Bong Galarpe (Contributor) PRESIDENT Simeon Benigno Aquino III and the Department of Public Works and Highways have yet to decide on whether to push through or not with the construction of the two proposed flyover projects in Cebu City. The largely middle class Movement for a Livable Cebu has been quite vocal in pushing … Continue reading »

Karlo Mikhail Mongaya Contributor,Global Voices Panay Coordinator, Kabataan Party List “Kon Madura diya nga duta, kami nga mga Tumandok Madura.” – Evelita “Ka Mera” Giganto Gedoria, Tumandok leader The Hinilawod, the Hiligaynon epic of Central Panay, tells the story of the adventures of the three brothers Labaw Donggon, Humadapnon, and Dumalapdap, sons of the Goddess … Continue reading »

Will voters in central and southern Philippines automatically vote in mass for senatorial candidates from the Visayas and Mindanao? Not necessarily. After being unbeatable for several decades, John Osmeña failed in 2004 and 2010. Prospero Pichay failed maybe because of this ill-conceived vegetable branding strategy. Migs Zubiri and Koko Pimentel waged a protracted war to knock each other out from the … Continue reading »

By Emmanuel ‘Anol’ Mongaya Politika 2013 admin Local and senatorial candidates in the coming 2013 mid-term elections, many observers say, expect to primarily spend for their respective campaigns without much support from their respective political parties. The senatorial race could even develop into a mad scramble (marked by mutual junking by party mates) to join the … Continue reading »