Corruption, corruption! Corruption is terrible in the Philippines, didn’t you know that? I mean, you can hardly go an hour in your life without facing some terrible kind of corruption. Or at least, that is what people say. In my life, I simply have not experienced such terrible things, though. Maybe I am different than […]
Bob’s plan for ending corruption
As anybody reading this likely knows, the Philippines has a new President, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino. Today, June 30, Noynoy will take the Oath of Office and officially become the new President of the Philippines. One of President Aquino’s big campaign promises was that he was going to put an end to corruption in the Philippine […]
Brink of disaster
Today, the Philippines is literally hanging on the edge of disaster. Today, May 10, 2010 is election day in the Philippines. The Presidency, Vice Presidency, Senate, Congress, Provincial Government Offices and Local Government Offices are all up for grabs today, here in the Philippines. Every elected office in the Country, except for Barangay level positions […]
Almost Election Time!
On Monday (May 10th) here in the Philippines its election time. I am kind of worried right now. I’ve heard talk on TV that the election might be postponed for a month or so, due to the voting machines that they are going to use, they are not working properly. See they wanted to have […]
Things I love about elections in the Philippines
The other day, I told you about the Things I hate about elections in the Philippines, and I promised to let you know about the things I like about elections here. To be honest, this is one of the most difficult articles that I have ever written, because it is very hard to think of […]
Things I hate about elections in the Philippines
As any regular reader or any Filophile already knows, it’s election season in the Philippines. On May 10, 2010 there will be a nationwide election held for all major offices above the Barangay level. Everything else is up for grabs – President, Vice President, Senators, House of Representative, Provincial offices, City offices, etc. It’s kind […]