The Inaugural speech of the 15th president of the Philippines

Here is the English translation from Inquirer of the 15th president of the Philippines. We also make this speech available in our other blogs.



His Excellency Jose Ramos Horta, Former President Fidel V. Ramos, Former President Joseph Estrada, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and members of the Senate, House Speaker Prospero Nograles and members of the House, justices of the Supreme Court, members of the foreign delegations,Your Excellencies of the diplomatic corps, fellow colleagues in government, aking mga kababayan.

My presence here today is proof that you are my true strength. I never expected that I will be here taking my oath of office before you, as your president. I never imagined that I would be tasked with continuing the mission of my parents. I never entertained the ambition to be the symbol of hope, and to inherit the problems of our nation.

I had a simple goal in life: to be true to my parents and our country as an honorable son, a caring brother, and a good citizen.

My father offered his life so our democracy could live. My mother devoted her life to nurturing that democracy. I will dedicate my life to making our democracy reach its fullest potential: that of ensuring equality for all. My family has sacrificed much and I am willing to do this again if necessary.

Although I was born to famous parents, I know and feel the problems of ordinary citizens. We all know what it is like to have a government that plays deaf and dumb. We know what it is like to be denied justice, to be ignored by those in whom we placed our trust and tasked to become our advocates.

Have you ever been ignored by the very government you helped put in power? I have. Have you had to endure being rudely shoved aside by the siren-blaring escorts of those who love to display their position and power over you? I have, too. Have you experienced exasperation and anger at a government that instead of serving you, needs to be endured by you? So have I.

I am like you. Many of our countrymen have already voted with their feet - migrating to other countries in search of change or tranquility. They have endured hardship, risked their lives because they believe that compared to their current state here, there is more hope for them in another country, no matter how bleak it may be. In moments when I thought of only my own welfare, I also wondered—is it possible that I can find the peace and quiet that I crave in another country? Is our government beyond redemption? Has it been written that the Filipino’s lot is merely to suffer?

Today marks the end of a regime indifferent to the appeals of the people. It is not Noynoy who found a way. You are the reason why the silent suffering of the nation is about to end. This is the beginning of my burden, but if many of us will bear the cross we will lift it, no matter how heavy it is.

Through good governance in the coming years, we will lessen our problems. The destiny of the Filipino will return to its rightful place, and as each year passes, the Filipino’s problems will continue to lessen with the assurance of progress in their lives.

We are here to serve and not to lord over you. The mandate given to me was one of change. I accept your marching orders to transform our government from one that is self-serving to one that works for the welfare of the nation.

This mandate is the social contract that we agreed upon. It is the promise I made during the campaign, which you accepted on election day.

During the campaign we said, “If no one is corrupt, no one will be poor.” That is no mere slogan for posters—it is the defining principle that will serve as the foundation of our administration.

Our foremost duty is to lift the nation from poverty through honest and effective governance.

The first step is to have leaders who are ethical, honest, and true public servants. I will set the example. I will strive to be a good model. I will not break the trust you have placed in me. I will ensure that this, too, will be the advocacy of my Cabinet and those who will join our government.

I do not believe that all of those who serve in our government are corrupt. In truth, the majority of them are honest. They joined government to serve and do good. Starting today, they will have the opportunity to show that they have what it takes. I am counting on them to help fight corruption within the bureaucracy.

To those who have been put in positions by unlawful means, this is my warning: we will begin earning back the trust of our people by reviewing midnight appointments. Let this serve as a warning to those who intend to continue the crooked ways that have become the norm for too long.

To our impoverished countrymen, starting today, your government will be your champion.

We will not disregard the needs of our students. We will begin by addressing the glaring shortage in classrooms and educational facilities.

Gradually, we will lessen the lack of infrastructures for transportation, tourism and trade. From now on, mediocre work will not be good enough when it comes to roads, bridges, and buildings because we will hold contractors responsible for maintaining their projects in good condition.

We will revive the emergency employment program established by former President Corazon Aquino. This will provide jobs for local communities and will help in the development of their and our economy.

We will not be the cause of your suffering or hardship. We will strengthen collections by the Bureau of Internal Revenue and we will fight corruption in the Bureau of Customs in order to fund our objectives for the public welfare, such as:

• Quality education, including vocational education, so that those who choose not to attend college or those who cannot afford it can find dignified livelihood;

• Improved public health services such as PhilHealth for all within three years;

• A home for every family, within safe communities.

We will strengthen the armed forces and the police, not to serve the interests of those who want to wield power with impunity, but to give added protection for ordinary folk. The armed forces and the police risk their lives daily so that the nation can live in peace and security. The population has doubled and yet their numbers remain unchanged. It is not right that those who make sacrifices are treated pitifully.

If there was a fertilizer scam in the past, today there will be security for farmers. We will help them with irrigation, extension services, and marketing their products at the best possible prices.

We are directing Secretary Alcala to set up trading centers that will directly link farmers and consumers thereby eliminating middlemen and opportunities for corruption. In this way, funds can be shared by farmers and consumers. We will make our country attractive to investors. We will cut red tape dramatically and implement stable economic policies. We will level the playing field for investors and make government an enabler, not a hindrance to business. This is the only means by which we can provide jobs for our people.

Our goal is to create jobs at home so that there will be no need to look for employment abroad. However, as we work towards that end, I am ordering the DFA, POEA, OWWA, and other relevant agencies to be even more responsive to the needs and welfare of our overseas Filipino workers.

We will strengthen the process of consultation and feedback. We will strive to uphold the constitutional right of citizens to information on matters of public concern.

We relived the spirit of people power during the campaign. Let it take us to good and effective governance. Those who believe in people power put the welfare of others before their own.

I can forgive those who did me wrong but I have no right to forgive those who abused our people.

To those who talk about reconciliation, if they mean that they would like us to simply forget about the wrongs that they have committed in the past, we have this to say: there can be no reconciliation without justice. When we allow crimes to go unpunished, we give consent to their occurring over and over again. Secretary de Lima, you have your marching orders. Begin the process of providing true and complete justice for all.

We are also happy to inform you the acceptance of Chief Justice Hilario Davide of the challenge of strengthening and heading a Truth Commission that will shed light on many unanswered issues that continue to haunt our country.

My government will be sincere in dealing with all the peoples of Mindanao. We are committed to a peaceful and just settlement of conflict, inclusive of the interests of all -- may they be Lumads, Bangsamoro or Christian.

We shalI defeat the enemy by wielding the tools of justice, social reform, and equitable governance leading to a better life. With proper governance life will improve for all. When we are all living well, who will want to go back to living under oppression?

If I have all of you by my side, we will be able to build a nation in which there will be equality of opportunity, because each of us fulfilled our duties and responsibilities equally.

After the elections, you proved that it is the people who wield power in this country.

This is what democracy means. It is the foundation of our unity. We campaigned for change. Because of this, the Filipino stands tall once more. We are all part of a nation that can begin to dream again.

To our friends and neighbors around the world, we are ready to take our place as a reliable member of the community of nations, a nation serious about its commitments and which harmonizes its national interests with its international responsibilities.

We will be a predictable and consistent place for investment, a nation where everyone will say, “it all works.”

Today, I am inviting you to pledge to yourselves and to our people. No one shall be left behind.

No more junkets, no more senseless spending. No more turning back on pledges made during the campaign, whether today or in the coming challenges that will confront us over the next six years. No more influence-peddling, no more patronage politics, no more stealing. No more sirens, no more short cuts, no more bribes. It is time for us to work together once more.

We are here today because we stood together and believed in hope. We had no resources to campaign other than our common faith in the inherent goodness of the Filipino.

The people who are behind us dared to dream. Today, the dream starts to become a reality. To those among you who are still undecided about sharing the common burden I have only one question: Are you going to quit now that we have won?

You are the boss so I cannot ignore your orders. We will design and implement an interaction and feedback mechanism that can effectively respond to your needs and aspirations.

You are the ones who brought me here—our volunteers—old, young, celebrity, ordinary folks who went around the country to campaign for change; my household help who provided for all my personal needs; my family, friends, colleagues at work, who shared, cared, and gave their support; my lawyers who stayed all hours to guard my votes and make sure they were counted; and the millions of Filipinos who prevailed, kept faith, and never lost hope - I offer my heartfelt gratitude.

I will not be able to face my parents and you who have brought me here if do not fulfill the promises I made.

My parents sought nothing less, died for nothing less, than democracy and peace. I am blessed by this legacy. I shall carry the torch forward.

My hope is that when I leave office, everyone can say that we have traveled far on the right path, and that we are able to bequeath a better future to the next generation. Join me in continuing this fight for change.

Thank you and long live the Filipino people!

Src: Inquirer.net

It was not the PCOS machines but the fast communication transmisssion of results stupid

Looking back at the May 10 presidential polls, this blogger believe that the fast transmission of precinct results contributed more to the the nil or low incidence of cheating in this election rather than the use of PCOS machines. In this era of inexpensive cell phones, there is no justification for slow release and transmission of results.

Consider the India which has a bigger voting population than the Philippines. It only takes 4 days to know completely the election results for the whole subcontinent. And even with the automated elections, we have the spectacle of the close vice presidential race because the results of some precincts like in the Visayas and Mindanao were still not transmitted as of now! Incredible.

Yet we understand that the results of the president and vice-president will only be known when Congress returns in session. The schedule for Congress to start tabulating must be moved forward! say one week after the election day.

Technology is not a solution, but it can only help in conducting a credible election. Consider the countries of Ireland and Germany. They still have manual counting and voters and the general population as a whole is not complaining.

The Amazing Binay

Jeojamar Binay, the former mayor of Makati City and whose new mayor is his son, may have caused an upset in the Vice-presidential race by besting other candidates. Binay did not appear in the top 2 positions in previous surveys except for a surge near the election day itself. It is only about 57 percent of total votes cast, so we will know if Mar Roxas can overtake him tomorrow or the day after.

Candidates do not have to shell out billions of false advertising since ultimately it will backfire on them. So the surprise in this election is the amazing leading position of Binay in the VP race.

We do not want to think that there is a conspiracy to make Binay the winner when all past poll surveys indicate Mar Roxas at the top. It is just incredible and may be a litmus test for the electronic voting. This may make the Aquino presidency weaker but Binay is a known supporter and family friend of the Aquinos.

The best advice we can suggest for Mar is NOT to concede and let Congress open and count the votes which they are empowered by law.

Partial results of Philippine 2010 presidential elections, updated May 11

Please visit http://www.comelec.gov.ph/ for the latest official election results.

According to the comelec as of 11:11 pm May 10, the partial counts (50%) are as follows:

President

Rank	Candidate	May 10,11:11PM	May 11,6:15AM
1	Noynoy Aquino	8,958,396	12,233,002
2	Erap Estrada	5,678,821	7,749,597
3	Manny Villar	3,058,942	4,329,215
4	Gibo Teodoro	2,347,274	3,243,688
5	Eddie Villanueva	684,782	916,543
6	Dick Gordon	340,487	431,954
7	Nicanor Perlas	29,832	42,205
8	Jamby Madrigal	27,050	37,119
9	JC de los Reyes	24,612.	34,833

Vice-President

Rank	Candidate	May 10,11:11PM	May 11,6:15AM
1	Jejomar Binay	8,958,396	12,025,429
2	Mar Roxas	8,153,093	11,213,563
3	Loren Legarda	2,297,058	3,259,963
4	Bayani Fernando	641,839	847,100
5	Edu Manzano	394,308	593,653
6	Perfecto Yasay	220,824	295,558
7	Jay Sonza	37,182	50,702
8	Dominador Chipeco	27,580.	40,335

For partial results on senators , please visit the Philstar link. We will add the table later when we have the free time.
Src:
Philstar

Inquirer.net



We will know definitely the winners by Tuesday, our concern is the violence which usually accompanies Phlippine elections!.

Villarś PSE influence peddling. Are you really surprised?

Sen. Villar and his supporters cannot and and will not deny that Sen. Villar appeared before the PSE Board seeking approval of his Vista Land stock listing.

It is legalistic and symptomatic of him to assert that there were no "written" laws broken. What the good senator forgot is that the spirit of political service and the Constritution has been broken. Nobody did it better than Villar in stretching to the extreme the bounds of morality and decency in the unholy mixing business with politics.

And they cannot complain "Why only now?", when referring to the 2007 stock listing of Vista Land.
They should apply it to their black propaganda of Noynoy being an owner of the BEST Security company and raking in lucrative *contracts(what contracts? where?) from many, many years back, 1987+ something.

Shame!

*Only one contract with the PNCC and is still in effect and through the administration of Aquino, Ramos, Estrada and Arroyo.

Further readings:

1. abs-cbn: Inside story of villar's P.S.E. visit

2. abs-cbn:How Villar pressured the PSE

Is the Comelec paying attention??!! : How could Villar spend 2 billion plus on campaigining with only 29 million in cash declared in his SALN (2008)?

An interesting disqualification case against Villar by a lawyer brought up this interesting question given in the postś title.

If Villar claimed that his campaign funds came from his real estate businesses, specifically Vista Land and Lifescapes, Inc., which has Polar Property Holdings, Corp., Calveston Investments Limited, Althorp Holdings, Inc., Cameron Global Limited Golden Haven Memorial Park, Inc. and Cambridge Inc. as its shareholders, then this is an admission that he is violating Section 95 of the Omnibus Election Code (OEC),wwhich prohibits local corporations and foreign companies from giving political campaign contributions to any candidate in the elections!

Violation of the OEC is an election offense, which is punishable by disenfranchisement, one to six years imprisonment, and disqualificationf from holding public office.

What is the Comelec doing about this??!!!!


Further reading: gmanews.tv/story/188823/villars-disqualification-sought-over-prohibited-campaign-funds

Selecting a president based on the company, friends, and endorsers he keeps

We present here a list of friends and endorsers of Villar and Aquino. We hope that the voter will pick the right candidate. YOu will know the character of a man by the quality of the company he keeps. Even Jesus had sinners and tax collectors as friends!

Presidential Candidate Endorsements

Villar	Aquino
Jose Ma. Sison	Former Sen. Jun Magsaysay Jr.
Jocjoc Bolante	Former CJ Hilario Davide Jr.
Andal Ampatuan	Nini Quezon-Avancena, Pres. MLQ daughter
Chavit Singson	Gov. Jose Salceda, economist
	Ret. Maj. General Ramon Montano

To be continued ......Send me additional friends if you are interested in this list :)

It will be much more dramatic, more physical, more nail-biting , more dirty into the homestretch of the presidential campaign.

Fooliticks, opinion, and satire.

It seems that commentators are having a field day regarding Noynoy's pseudo pschiatric report brazenly setup by the NP dirty tricks department. As the frontrunner, Noynoy should expect mud slung at him most of the time by his detractors. Strangely Villar has the naughty attitude that the ends justify the means.Trailing in the opinion polls, he has to come up with anything he can grab on to fling at the Aquino LP campaign.

People demands that Noynoy subject himself to psychiatric testing to prove once and for all , the allegations hurled by a FALSE report. Commentators have focused much on the lack of performance to show that Aquino will make a good president. To these commentators, let them have Gloria before she became president.Psychiatric testing is not required for candidacy! Let Congress enact laws first to enforce such requirement!

There are a lot of things that crosses one mind about this presidential campaign.

1. Villar's SALN cannot cover his media camapaign expenses which runs into the billions. As he boasted that he is only using his own money. who , what orgainiztions back up this superrich candidate?

2. Villar putting a positive spin to his low and lagging survey standing in SWS by comparing its result with Pulse Asia! harks to supreme intellectual dishonesty.

3. Villar trumpeting his family's previous poverty as a factor in the death of his brother (due to leukemia) and his continuing false advertising as 'mahirap' shows that Villar may be suffering from congenital lying.

4. Villar's braggadacio about his managerial skills does not hold water. What happened to Capitol's bank? What did he do to nearly bankrup the GSIS, and SSS?

5. Why does the Comelec seems to hate the Liberal Party and removing duly elected LP governors such as Padaca and Among Ed? Why in the case of the latter, votes for 'Among' were not counted for the governor in the recounting?

6. Why was the name of Acosta NOT stricken out of the printed ballots? There was still plenty of time to rectify this stupid mistake. There should have been a due diligence study before his candidacy was approved.


We could give you more but we stop. There are better commentators than us and we request readers to read again the articles of Bill Esposo and Winnie Monsod.

May be continued....

Did an Ateneo professor (not a psychiatrist) wrote a report about Noynoy psychiatric problems?

I just read that an Ateneo professor Prof. Carmelo caluas denied authoring a psychiatric document


You can visit politicallamateur.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/noynoy-medical-record. We did, but save your time! Here is a snapshot of the supposed blog:

So much waste of digital bytes and time and a lucky escape from a legal problem about defamation and libel. Well what do we expect in this campaign season?

What do I know?!! Somebody beat us to it already... Visit noynoy blog by Fernando Gagelonia. For the latest scope on truths, half-truths, lies, damn lies, dirt and brickbats visit noynoy.ph At least this presidential candidate is refreshingly candid and does not shirk from giving credible answers to the black squiddy propaganda hurled in his direction!

Why people will vote for corrupt people.

There is not denying that there is still poverty in the country as the campaign jingles, posters and advertisement of the presidential candidate show.

Yet, sadly, there will be voters for moneyed corrupt people. Why??
Consider for instance Among Ed, the former governor of Pampanga. In his short service as governor, cut-off by the Comelec, Pampanga province has collected more quarry taxes than his predecessor. and the amount is boggling large! No wonder the Lapids, Pinedas and the Arroyos would want to dip their hands in Pampanga's politics.

Ask any 'decent' Kapampangan. They will tell you that Among is "mahigpit!" and may not vote for him. In other words people have this strange expectation the fruits of any corruption to filter down to their own persons. Such delusions. Such surrender of their fate. The politicians and voters are now the same!!

What we need is a revolution in character. It is high time that justice be given in the May 10 elections. Vote for straight people! Vote for moral people! Kick out the bad assess in the Comelec ! May 10 is coming near!!

Is Villar hallucinating? Villar banks on managerial ability to run RP if elected

The first thing Villar will do if elected is to "loot" the republic to recover his billions of pesos spent in his election camapaign, before, during and after the official start of the campaign period.

Next, this inveterate and invertebrate liar, resorting to even manufacturing a sob story about their family poverty as a contributing factor to his brother Danny's death to leukemia is NOT and was never a good enterpreneur, nearly bankrupting the SSS and GSIS, his own CAPITOL Bank during his real estate business growth. What proof Villar can give to to this "excellent enterpreneurship"???


Villar is not running to serve the interests of the republic but to serve HIS own!
In fact he never CUT-OFF his ties to his business while he was congressman, senator and now still, hold this! a presidential candidate.

This is too much. It is high time that people awaken to the real truths about Moneyed Manny Villar.


Read more!Villar's MO or Modus Operandi

Vested interests in full page adverisements attacking leading Vice-Presidential candidate.

I obtain my copies of Philstar if possible practically free by having breakfast (around 80 pesos with coffee) at Jollibee. Considering that the retail price is P20.00, you can say that Jollibee gets 20.00 from every meal everytime you dine within their diners.

Now back to the story, I was surprised that a group named People's Movement Against Poverty has taken full page advertisements in major newspapers lambasting Mar Roxas. Because it is printed publicly, I will copy manually for the benefit reader the contents of their charges:

THE TRUTH BEHIND THE CHEAPER MEDICINES ACT
Senator Mar Roxas, you have passed a WATERED DOWN VERSION of the ORIGINAL Cheaper Medicines Bill filed at the 13th and 14th
Congress by Representatives Rolex Suplicao and Ferjenel Biron respectively.

We DEMAND that you explain to the FILIPINO PEOPLE why your Cheaper Medicines Act sought to get LESS FOR THE PEOPLE and MORE for the PHARMACEUTAL COMPANIES.

Cheaper Medicines Bill of the 14th Congress	Senate Bill 1658 Mar Roxas Version
Inclusion of 1500 essential medicines covered by the reduction of price.	Limited reduction coverage to only 22 essential medicines
Maximum price reduction of 80-90% reduction of existing prices	Limited maximum retail price reduction to only 50%

You hail your CHEAPER MEDICIENS Act- but in reality YOUR VERSION is only for the elite, the rich and perhaps the middle class.

80% of our Filipio people are living below the poverty line. Millions of Filipinos are suffering and even dying because with YOUR Cheaper Medicines Act, THEY STILL CANNOT AFFORD the high cost of essential medicines.

By your joint statment with your presidential candidate, if elected, your promise to further LOWER down the price of medicines. This is an ADMISSION that your version is flawed and watered down. Why then, did you not use the original bill?

Mr. Senator, we hold you responsible for the great tragedy that you have inflected upon our people.

Signed.
Ronald A. Lumbao
National Chairman
People's Movement Againset Poverty
No.84 Ilocos Sur St., Bago Bantay, Quezon City * Tel.NO.: 466-3181510-8240.

Certainly Mar Roxas cannot pass bills by his actions alone. Bills must pass both houses of Congress, the Lower House of Representatives and the Upper House of the Senate. So singling out Roxas is a puzzle.Why does the advertisement not mention those who voted for passage of the bill? And arent Rolex Suplicao and Ferjenel Biron Part of the proceedings in the passage of the bill.

To us, these representatives blame Congress for passing the bill. Are these two representatives saintly to hurl accusations against Mar Roxas?


Moreover, from the link (we request the reader to read it) Hontiveros:Biron protecting-GMA, vested interests.released Feb. 23 (more than a month already!)
that
Liberal senatorial bet and Akbayan Rep. Risa Hontiveros today revealed that Iloilo Rep. Ferjenel Biron is taking the offensive to seek vengeance after he failed to protect his own vested interests and his principal—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo—in the Cheaper Medicines Law. We discover something deeper: Hontiveros, co-author of the Cheaper Medicines Law, said

"the proposed Drug Price Regulatory Board of Biron would have representatives of pharmaceutical companies, which is a clear intrusion of vested interests in the law....Such regulatory board—like similar regulatory bodies in other industries—is susceptible to corruption and to “regulatory capture.”

She revealed that
Biron and his family owns Philippine Pharmawealth Inc. and Pharmawealth Laboratories, which have been suspended or disaccredited by the Department of Health and the Bureau of Food and Drug in numerous instances in the past due to its sale of substandard medicines.




So much for the expensive advertising! Now we know better....
And thru this all, this still does not help the candidacy of Loren Legarda and she trails Mar Roxas considerably.

Villaroyo is getting truer each day!

As much as this cutesy administration and the camp of Villar deny the allegations, the idea that the true candidate of the administration is moneyed Manny Villar is getting truer each day.

Here is the latest headline from the Inquirer: Arroyo party breaking up;First Gentleman blamed

The news item even insinuates that the Arroyos's withold monetary campaign fund support to Teodoro and instead give it to Villar.

Moreso, the reason the Garcias shifted support from Teodoro to Villar was that the FG (First Gentleman) called them up.

This strange turn of events where Lakas-Kampi candidates and current politicians are shifting their allegiance to the NP headed by Villar is a cause for conncern. The very fact that the presidency (by command responsibility) is contributing to this instability might be a reason the people might get so mad and install Aquino with or withtout an election and send the Arroyo family to exile thru a people's revolution. History repeats itself!!

We hope that we are not living thru a nightmare.

And lastly, we are sure the Inquirer is not printing an April 1 Fool's day news item!

The Dumagats sad story: Villar took our land.

Visit propinoy.net

Can any reader shed more light to prove or disprove this claim?

Here are the first few paragraphs:

We want to link to the original article but we get a 404 now. It seems that many news articles about the protest are gone now. Why is that?

VILLAR TOOK OUR LAND – TRIBESMEN

by People’s Journal

Wednesday, 17 March 2010 19:51

DUMAGAT tribesmen who accused Sen. Manny Villar of grabbing their ancestral lands yesterday held a protest rally in front of the Central Bank and the Laurel Mansion in Mandaluyong City that serves as the campaign headquarters of the Nacionalista Party.

After a long march from Norzagaray, Bulacan to Metro Manila, the farmers claimed that they lost their lands due to the manipulative acts of Villar, presidential bet of the NP.

The Presidential War in the Internet: official web page of the candidates.

We will only present web pages which changed a lot the last time we presented the official web pages of the presidential candidates. You can see previous web pages in our digital explorations site.

1. Benigno Aquino [http://www.noynoy.ph]
   
   
   
   His cousin does not believe in his Ha. Luisita promise. Can we believe Noynoy, ignoring Luisita?
   
2. Erap Estrada[http://erap.ph]
   
   
   Erap para sa mahirap is the message of this candidate, a former president. You know what happened don't you?
   
   
   
3. Dick Gordon[http://www.dickgordon2010.com]
   
   Simplest page of the lot. The candidate's photo exudes confidence and he looks frank.
   
   Will Dick win outside of Olongapo? Is he in speaking terms with JC (another Olongapo native son)?
   
4. Jamby Madrigal[http://www.jambymadrigal.com/]
   
   
   Please click on her site. We cant strangely display her whole web site as a single image.
   
   Only a miracle can make Jamby win but she will make a fine fiscalizer if she remained a candidate for senator. I learned a lot from her web page!
   
   
5. Nicanor Perlas[http://www.nicanor-perlas.com/]
   
   
   
   Nick heralds a new crop of earnest, honest candidates but the people will not be ready for them.
   




6. JC delos Reyes[http://www.angkapatiranparty.com]
   
   There seems to have NO major changes in the official web page of JC delos Reyes so we pass up on his webpage.
   
   Lets be honest. We wonder why JC run for president?
   






7. Gibo Teodoro[http://gibo.ph/]
   
   
   
   
   
   Expect a lot of fireworks from Gibo this April. He is one major candidate with plenty of TV ads to air left. And don't forget he is after all the administration candidate.
   




8. Ed Villanueva[http://broeddie.ph/]
   
   
   He may not practically win, but he can try.
   
   






9. Manuel Villar[http://www.mannyvillar.com.ph/]
   
   
   His page shows awesomeness and high promises, but his TV ads verge on the OA and hyperbole.
   
   

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We invite readers to comment.

Getting to know more the ugly truths about Manny Villar.

One of my favorite writer, William Esposo, aka the Chair Wrecker is at it again, debunking the myth of Villar slick political commercial how his brother Danny died since they were too poor to buy medicines ?

Visit
How Manny Villar lied and used the death of his brother Danny


The conclusions of the Chair Wrecker are mind troubling:

With the propagation of this ONCE POOR fantasy, don’t you think that Manny Villar also desecrated the memory and honor of his parents who strove to be able to provide their children quality education and an upper class domicile?

If Manny Villar can lie and use his dead younger brother like this, what makes you think that he will really improve and not worsen your life? What makes you think that he is not as greedy as he is being charged in this presidential campaign? What makes you think that you can trust Manny Villar?

My other favorite opinion maker, Solita Monsod, strangely writes in a similar manner: Solita Monsod that I am inclined to believe tthat both she and Esposo shared the same sources or simply have the luck of strange coincidences.


Read both articles and tell us your reactions in the comment box.

In the interest of fairness, we point out to our readers Manny Villar insists brother died poor

My own opinion: Villar parents were a middle class hardworking couple.