Politics
JAPANESE WW II AIRPORT REVIVED BY CANDIDATE
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA BULAN, Sorsogon, Philippines (JGL) – In 1943, the Japanese Imperial Army started building an airport in a small sitio of Bulan, Sorsogon so their soldiers can easily escape if General MacArthur were to return with his… Read More ›
OVERSEAS VOTERS VOTING IN PERSON MUST DEMAND A RECEIPT
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA CHICAGO (JGL) – Overseas Filipino voters, who are interested to find out if their votes match their receipts, should vote in person, not by mail. But if you don’t care or if you trust the Embassy… Read More ›
CAN DUTERTE END “REIGN OF ERROR” IN PH?
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) NARITA, Japan (JGL) – I was on my way to Chicago, Illinois when I got a PM (private message) on my Facebook account that my cousin’s husband was gunned down because he… Read More ›
Catholics and women against Duterte
By: Ted Laguatan @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.net U.S. Bureau 01:18 AM May 6th, 2016 Archbishop Antonio Ledesma of Cagayan de Oro City, a Jesuit priest, just like Pope Francis, has called for all Catholic voters not to vote for a presidential candidate… Read More ›
A vote for our future
01:20 AM May 3rd, 2016 By: Ramon R. del Rosario Jr., May 3rd, 2016 01:20 AM MAYOR Rodrigo Duterte was our guest at a recent meeting of the Management Association of the Philippines and the Makati Business Club. He is… Read More ›
The sins of corruption of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte:
By Maria Luarca-Reyes As it was not declared in his SALN, it can only be assumed that the Php 211 million in the BPI account with his daughter Sara Duterte was illegally accumulated possibly from the City of Davao, where… Read More ›
EVILS OF POLITICAL DYNASTY
JGL Eye By Joseph G. Lariosa (© 2014 Journal GlocaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) – If the Philippine corridors of power are populated by relatives by blood or affinity, it is not surprising. The pre-colonial Philippines was ruled by royalties… Read More ›
May 2013 Elections / List of Local Candidates In Bulan
FOR MAYOR – BULAN BALLESTEROS, MARNELLIE (LP) DE CASTRO, DONDON (UNA) GUYALA, NONONG (PMP) FOR VICE-MAYOR – BULAN GOCOYO, RONALDO (LP) GOGOLA, MANUEL JR. GURAN, TESSIE (UNA) ONG, DANILO (PMP) FOR COUNCILOR – BULAN ALCANTARA, NOLI (LP) BONCAN, ANTONIO (LP)… Read More ›
FIL AM GROUP ENDORSES 8 TEAM PNOY SENATORIAL BETS, JUNKS ENRI
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2013 Fil Am Extra Exchange) CAROL STREAM, Illinois (FAXX/jGLi) – Filipino American business tycoon Loida Nicolas Lewis, co-leader of the U.S. Pinoys For Good Governance (USP4GG), disclosed here on the eve of the start of… Read More ›
The politics of an executive order
Marginal Note By Felix ‘Boy’ Espineda, Jr., BicolToday.com At this early takers of greening position in local politics here in the province of Sorsogon are throwing stones with their possible opponents by way of couched personal interest, using position held by… Read More ›
President Aquino’s visit in Zürich
President Benigno Aquino III’s visit to this ice – covered Zürich last Saturday, January 26, was brief and concise as he gave a summary of his WEF participation in Davos and the progress achieved to date of his administration. It was a relaxed… Read More ›
State of the Nation Address of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III President of the Philippines
SONA 2012 English Translation [English translation of the speech delivered at the Session Hall of the House of Representatives, Batasan Pambansa Complex, Quezon City, on July 23, 2012] Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Vice President Jejomar Binay;… Read More ›
The Self-respect of Nations: The Philippines and China
by W. Scott Thompson and Oliver Geronilla Somewhere in the first of Trollope’s 6-volume set Palliser Novels, “the Prime Minister,” the Duke of Omnium, also the premier, tells his usually silly wife that—and we paraphrase—nations are like people: they elicit (the) respect from outside… Read More ›
President Noynoy Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2011 (English translation)
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.; Vice President Jejomar Binay; former Presidents Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada; Chief Justice Renato Corona and the honorable Justices of the Supreme Court; honorable members of the diplomatic corps; members of… Read More ›
Presentation of the Executive Agenda 2010-2013
Note: The following is the Executive Agenda presented by Hon. Mayor Helen C. De Castro before the Sangguniang Bayan of Bulan during its Inaugural Session on July 5, 2010 at the Sangguniang Bayan Session Hall. (PIO Bulan) Inaugural Session Presentation of… Read More ›
Change or Keep The Change?
by jun asuncion Part I: Notes of a silent traveller. It seems that I was not alone who went home to capture the election “fever” in the Philippines. I was in Bulan for actually just two full days (May 4-5)… Read More ›
Sports and Politics
By Oliver Geronilla I join BO in congratulating Mayor Helen De Castro for winning another term as Bulan’s chief executive. This “resounding mandate,” as Mr. Gilana astutely phrased it, will give her ample time to collaborate with Bulan’s crème de… Read More ›
Yasmin Busran-LAO: Walking Her Talk By Running
By Elena Masilungan Yasmin Buran-Lao, peace activist, women’s rights advocate, community organizer, is walking her talk by running — that is, running for senator in this year’s election as a candidate of the Liberal party. The 48-year old Lao… Read More ›
COVENANT FOR PEACE, ORDER, FAIR, CLEAN AND HONEST LOCAL ELECTIONS IN THE PROVINCE OF SORSOGON
The campaign period for local election has started last 26 March 2010, In today’s local politics, the only way by which candidates will assure victory is to engage in wholesale vote-buying or any act of bribing voters, ”umpisa ng mamulat ako sa… Read More ›
Still Tongue Makes a Wise Head
By Oliver Geronilla Politicians and their apologists have never failed to amaze me. From their empty rhetoric to their convoluted orchestration of truth down to their infuriating chutzpah, everything seems to bring me to a fleeting rapture of… Read More ›
Yasmin Busran-Lao
by jun asuncion Yasmin Busran was a good classmate of mine in college and we both majored in clinical psychology. That was in the early 80’s in FEU. There we founded the FEU Psychological Society together with… Read More ›
Playing Politics
By Oliver Geronilla Ask the children around you what they know about Bulan politics. I’m dead certain that you’d get the same answer that my childhood friends and I used to give: it’s all about the bigwigs plus… Read More ›
Ex-Governor Raul Lee Substitutes For Wife (Sally Lee) As Sorsogon Gubernatorial Candidate
From PIO- LGU Bulan Mr. Tonyboy Gilana Sorsogon City, December 15, 2009: In a sudden twist of events, incumbent Sorsogon Governor Sally A. Lee (Lakas-Kampi-CMD), gave up her bid to run for another term, when she filed yesterday… Read More ›
POLITICAL UPDATES ON THE TOWN OF GUBAT, SORSOGON
From PIO- Bulan (Excerpts from Sorsogon Newsweek, JLG, November 29-December 5, 2009 issue) Three strong contenders are expected to slug it out in the forthcoming May 10, 2010 mayoralty race here. These personalities include businessman Ronnel Uy Lim (Nacionalista Party), incumbent Vice-Mayor Danilo… Read More ›
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