Vote-Buying

Vote- buying was so rampant in the last elections. There is vote buying from all over the country from Batanes to Jolo.

Vote- buying was so rampant in the last elections. There is vote buying from all over the country from Batanes to Jolo.

P-Noy can get quicker results in job generation by boosting agricultural production and facilitating linkups in agribusiness entrepreneurs.

Its virtually all systems go for the coming May 13, election barely more than a week to go the polls.

Just recent, leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met during the 22nd ASEAN Summit in Brunei.

The Rotary International through the 5 Rotary Clubs of Tacloban City hosted a District Assembly at Balyuan Convention Center last April 19 – 20, 2013.

The year 2013 is a bad year for Philippine boxing. Our 3 world boxing champion lost in succession.

The Supreme Court (SC) decision that opened the party-list system to national, regional parties made the party- list system dead and doomed.

Just recently, the Supreme Court (SC) ruled that the party-list system is not limited to marginalized groups and the system must be opened even to national political organizations regardless of size. This SC decision granted relief to 52 groups earlier disqualified by the COMELEC from the May elections.
The government has identified ways of smuggling petroleum products into the country. One scheme is the volume and value are grossly understated resulting in very small tax payments. Another scheme is to have a large ship floating some distance out at sea and smaller ships withdrawing from the mother ship for direct delivery to various customers or small storage facilities. No documents are used so no taxes are levied.
My wife, Evelyn and I had this rare opportunity and experience to spend our Holy Week at Naval, Biliran.