You have less than a week to make up your mind, guys. You've seen all the presidential candidates, you've seen the way that they played the game. They showed you what they were all about. Time to make your choice. And I hope that choice is number #8 Gilbert Teodoro.
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
MY FINAL CALL...
You have less than a week to make up your mind, guys. You've seen all the presidential candidates, you've seen the way that they played the game. They showed you what they were all about. Time to make your choice. And I hope that choice is number #8 Gilbert Teodoro.
READ! READ! READ! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
Thank you Beth Angsioco of the Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines for the tips!
EASY THINGS PEOPLE CAN DO TO MAKE THE ELECTIONS WORK
A lot rests on the coming elections. The Filipino people want a new beginning and we have this golden opportunity through the coming elections. Thus, we so NEED to make the elections work for the country, for us. Various grim and frightening scenarios are being put forward. However, as citizens, we can do a lot to prevent these from happening.
IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW
1. A new electoral system will be used on May 10 and many are still unfamiliar and may have discomfort with this. We should familiarize ourselves (and those close to us) with automated elections.
2. The heart and soul of the system is the memory card where a lot is stored and will be stored, including the votes we will cast. This has to be protected at all cost.
3. Know your precinct no. BEFORE election day. This is available at the COMELEC website and it only takes 5 minutes to get the information. If you are not in the list and you registered or voted in the last elections, go to your local COMELEC office. They will put you in. Bring IDs and/or proof of registration.
4. The ballot is more than 2 feet long. One side for candidates for national positions, the other, for local posts. To the left of the candidates’ names are the oblong shapes that voters need to shade and the numbers of candidates. It is best to decide before May 10 and make your list with the names and numbers of your chosen candidates.
5. The ballot is sensitive. No additional markings, dirt or smudges should be put.
6. Around the ballot are lines. These are the bar codes that identify the ballots.
7. Precincts are clustered and there will be from 500 to 1,000 voters per precinct. Come prepared and vote as quickly as possible. Taking a long time might result in disenfranchising others who will wait for us to finish before they can vote.
8. There are news of operators planning to bring their voters to the precincts very early to be first and stay for the longest possible time so others are not able to vote. The way to counter this is by voting early.
9. Before any voting starts, the Board of Elections inspectors (BEI) will do the Initialization process to prove that the machine and the memory card do not have stored votes BEFORE the actual voting.
10. After voting, you will feed the ballot into the machine. You have a maximum of 4 tries and if your ballot is rejected, it will be set aside. No additional ballot will be issued to you.
11. If the system runs well, the results of the local elections will be known in a few hours and the national in two (2) days. It will be good to be on guard.
12. At end of voting day, each PCOs machine will print 30 copies of the results. The memory cards (where the results are stored) will then be sealed in an envelope and brought to higher canvassing groups. If, at a later time the results are questioned, the stored data will be considered as the official results, NOT THE PRINTED ONES. Thus, it is VERY important to guard the transfer of the memory cards to their destinations.
EASY THINGS TO DO to protect our votes:
Before May 10,
• Check your precinct no. through the COMELEC website. Visit your precinct a few days before the elections so you won’t waste time looking for it on the day itself.
• Familiarize yourself and others close to you with the ballot which can also be downloaded from the COMELEC site.
• Practice shading preferably with a broad-tipped marking pen (similar to what will be provided on election day.) The oblong shapes to the left of your candidates’ names should be shaded FULLY. The machines will not count votes with less than 50% of the oblong shaded. Teach others to do this.
• Make a list of the candidates (with their corresponding numbers) you will vote for.
• Participate in the testing of the machines.
ON ELECTION DAY,
• Make sure your hands are clean when you vote to prevent smudging of the ballot.
• Bring your list of chosen candidates to polling place & use this when voting.
• Bring IDs and your precinct number.
• Vote early.
• Vote as fast as you can so others will have their turn as soon as possible.
• When you receive your ballot, EXAMINE the bar codes around it. The lines should be sharp and clear. Do not accept a ballot with blurred/faded bar codes. This will not be read by the machine.
• Do not fold, smudge or crumple the ballot.
• Do not put any mark on the oblong beside candidates you are NOT voting for. This might cause rejection of your vote.
• When you vote, shade oblong FULLY.
• You may undervote but DO NOT OVERVOTE. i.e., if you shade more than 12 senatorial candidates, all your votes for the position will not be counted.
• Before feeding your ballot into the machine, take note of the number on the screen. This should be one notch higher after you fed your ballot. i.e., if you see the number 10 before you feed your ballot, 11 should appear after. ‘Congratulations’ should also appear on the screen. These mean that your ballot was read.
• Feed your ballot to the machine yourself. If you make others do this, they might smudge or put markings on your ballot which might cause rejection.
• If you can, guard the memory card as it is transferred from the precinct to the higher canvassing offices. This will happen after voting hours.
Let the others know. If you think this is useful, please pass to as many voters as possible.
IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW
1. A new electoral system will be used on May 10 and many are still unfamiliar and may have discomfort with this. We should familiarize ourselves (and those close to us) with automated elections.
2. The heart and soul of the system is the memory card where a lot is stored and will be stored, including the votes we will cast. This has to be protected at all cost.
3. Know your precinct no. BEFORE election day. This is available at the COMELEC website and it only takes 5 minutes to get the information. If you are not in the list and you registered or voted in the last elections, go to your local COMELEC office. They will put you in. Bring IDs and/or proof of registration.
4. The ballot is more than 2 feet long. One side for candidates for national positions, the other, for local posts. To the left of the candidates’ names are the oblong shapes that voters need to shade and the numbers of candidates. It is best to decide before May 10 and make your list with the names and numbers of your chosen candidates.
5. The ballot is sensitive. No additional markings, dirt or smudges should be put.
6. Around the ballot are lines. These are the bar codes that identify the ballots.
7. Precincts are clustered and there will be from 500 to 1,000 voters per precinct. Come prepared and vote as quickly as possible. Taking a long time might result in disenfranchising others who will wait for us to finish before they can vote.
8. There are news of operators planning to bring their voters to the precincts very early to be first and stay for the longest possible time so others are not able to vote. The way to counter this is by voting early.
9. Before any voting starts, the Board of Elections inspectors (BEI) will do the Initialization process to prove that the machine and the memory card do not have stored votes BEFORE the actual voting.
10. After voting, you will feed the ballot into the machine. You have a maximum of 4 tries and if your ballot is rejected, it will be set aside. No additional ballot will be issued to you.
11. If the system runs well, the results of the local elections will be known in a few hours and the national in two (2) days. It will be good to be on guard.
12. At end of voting day, each PCOs machine will print 30 copies of the results. The memory cards (where the results are stored) will then be sealed in an envelope and brought to higher canvassing groups. If, at a later time the results are questioned, the stored data will be considered as the official results, NOT THE PRINTED ONES. Thus, it is VERY important to guard the transfer of the memory cards to their destinations.
EASY THINGS TO DO to protect our votes:
Before May 10,
• Check your precinct no. through the COMELEC website. Visit your precinct a few days before the elections so you won’t waste time looking for it on the day itself.
• Familiarize yourself and others close to you with the ballot which can also be downloaded from the COMELEC site.
• Practice shading preferably with a broad-tipped marking pen (similar to what will be provided on election day.) The oblong shapes to the left of your candidates’ names should be shaded FULLY. The machines will not count votes with less than 50% of the oblong shaded. Teach others to do this.
• Make a list of the candidates (with their corresponding numbers) you will vote for.
• Participate in the testing of the machines.
ON ELECTION DAY,
• Make sure your hands are clean when you vote to prevent smudging of the ballot.
• Bring your list of chosen candidates to polling place & use this when voting.
• Bring IDs and your precinct number.
• Vote early.
• Vote as fast as you can so others will have their turn as soon as possible.
• When you receive your ballot, EXAMINE the bar codes around it. The lines should be sharp and clear. Do not accept a ballot with blurred/faded bar codes. This will not be read by the machine.
• Do not fold, smudge or crumple the ballot.
• Do not put any mark on the oblong beside candidates you are NOT voting for. This might cause rejection of your vote.
• When you vote, shade oblong FULLY.
• You may undervote but DO NOT OVERVOTE. i.e., if you shade more than 12 senatorial candidates, all your votes for the position will not be counted.
• Before feeding your ballot into the machine, take note of the number on the screen. This should be one notch higher after you fed your ballot. i.e., if you see the number 10 before you feed your ballot, 11 should appear after. ‘Congratulations’ should also appear on the screen. These mean that your ballot was read.
• Feed your ballot to the machine yourself. If you make others do this, they might smudge or put markings on your ballot which might cause rejection.
• If you can, guard the memory card as it is transferred from the precinct to the higher canvassing offices. This will happen after voting hours.
Let the others know. If you think this is useful, please pass to as many voters as possible.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
WHY I WILL VOTE FOR GILBERT TEODORO RIGHT NOW
WHY I WILL VOTE FOR GILBERT TEODORO RIGHT NOWIf you have lived long enough to experience the tea party called Martial Law, ask "Where were you when Ninoy was shot?", witness the tumultous 1986 snap elections, and see all the strange things that have erupted along that highway we call EDSA, then perhaps you can also surmise that Philippine history repeats itself. And not just because it is cyclical, but because for some odd reason, we Pinoys seem to WANT to repeat history.
In 1983, Ninoy died by gunshot in broad daylight at the Manila International Airport; in 2009 his widow Cory died of cancer. Marcos was president then, now it is Arroyo. Then and now, elections were forthcoming as the opposition fanned the flames of indignation against an increasingly unpopular administration. Back then, the more experienced and qualified Doy Laurel sacrificed his presidential ambition so that Cory the housewife could run in his stead; Mar Roxas did the same for her son, Noynoy. Cory and Noynoy were both "unwillingly" thrust into a campaign riding on public grief, buoyed by the Filipino-Catholic impulse to beatify the heroic dead by making their surviving relatives president. It's deja vu. It really is.
But I realize that all is not the same at all. These times are really different. The foreground, the background, the context, and the content are morally distinct. But that nostalgia for our supposedly most glorious moment - EDSA '86 - has been overriding all reason, rendering us somewhat incapable of making that distinction. Our longing to go back to the time when all the world's eyes were upon us for our collective heroism has romanticized our view of what's going on today. But we must see clearly, more importantly, we must think clearly. We must discern romantic notions from the pragmatic. We must open our eyes to the immense opportunity to evolve and transform our democracy NOW, before it passes us by. Again.
Personally, I believe that it is not 1986 that we need to reflect upon, but 1896, the year that our national hero, Jose Rizal gave up his life in order to transform the Filipino people. But sadly, it seems that 114 years later, his martyrdom has not been fully resolved. 114 years later and we haven't moved on from that moment. And even if Rizal the doctor saw all our societal cancers, and predicted the slow, painful death that comes from them; today, in 2010, those cancers remain and they fester. But this time, we can no longer blame the toxicity on foreign interference but our own selves. Filipino against Filipino.
The Philippines is a pluralistic, diverse, and divided nation. It is an archipelago of 7,107 islands with what seems to be 7,107 ways to seeing, doing, and thinking about things. And in the past, as is today, electing a president for this society through a seemingly dysfunctional system amidst a chaotic political landscape, will not change things. It is just changing hands from the Spaniards to the Americans to the Japanese to the presidents that we have today. It's more than apparent then we not only need just a new president, we need a new kind of leadership too.
So do I want history to repeat itself? No, I want our history to resolve itself. Rizal and Ninoy's martyrdom was not enough. The valor of our war veterans, the casualties of Martial law are not enough. The little sacrifices of Doy and Mar are not enough. The unselfishness of our OFWs is not enough. Democracy and freedom demand more from us. Once in a while, it requires revolution; but more than that, it requires a continuing evolution. So I call on that one presidential candidate who has the potential to start this evolution and bring all the oblations and unfinished work to fruition: Mr. Gilbert Teodoro. Qualified, brilliant and competent, I like him as he is, but there is definitely much more that he can do, much more that can be, if we can find the more evolved version of ourselves in him, in his avatar.
Sheltered by his pedigree and education, ensconced frequently in a legalistic mindset, perhaps Teodoro is flawed in that manner. And although his past mistakes might be supposedly clear to all, with these flaws come lessons and through these lessons, events can culminate to a boiling point which will catapult him into the person he was always meant to be. It is a story as ancient as the Greeks. It's the hero's journey. This Gilbert Teodoro I see this late in the campaign has seen enough of the presidential campaign and his own career to realize that the moves he must make to ensure victory are not worth the moral compromises.
His fading alliance with Gloria Macapagal Arroyo only showed him that her Machiavellian ways - the end justifies the means, power no matter what the cost - may have helped her accomplish her goals, but lost her the trust of the people. For it is not just by what we achieve, but HOW we achieve it that history judges us in the end.
His public rift and break with his powerful uncle may have landed him his first break into politics. But perhaps it was necessary. Staying on with his controversial uncle's party would also have a price. It would have cost him his own independence and personal sovereignty. Perhaps Teodoro would have just ended up another fallen prizefighter in the hands of these cockfighters/kingmakers of Filipino patronage politics should he have maintained the status quo with his powerful uncle.
But perhaps the best lesson here is that the greatest legacy he can possibly leave his country and future generations is not just that he won and finished a six-year presidential term, but that he stood up against all the malevolent forces of Philippine politics and freed himself from them. He fought the fight and overcame the formerly negative and divisive system. It would be Gilbert Teodoro who would change the way campaigning in elections would be done in the Philippines. And in the end we would all learn in the end that paradigm shifts can happen through the accentuation of the positive and dwelling upon the promised goodness that the Filipino could be.
Teodoro does not just owe it to us: he owes it to himself to be the man he ought to be. That is why I will vote for Gilbert Teodoro and start this evolution.
Published in The Philippine Graphic
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
CARLOS RECOMMENDS!
ROLLING AND ROCKING FOR GIBO!SAKAY NA! SULONG NA!!!
NCR Grand Motorcade & Caravan for GIBO to THE MITING DE AVANCE & RAZORBACK AND RIVERMAYA CONCERT!!
We call on all GIBO supporters and volunteers to join the biggest motorcade ever in the NCRŠ our Grand Caravan for GIBO!!! We will parade our way from four converging points leading up to the CCP Complex to meet our fellow volunteers for the PAMBATO SA PAGKAPANGULO! Join up and let us show the Philippines our GIBO force!!!
There will be four converging teams (G,I, B, O) of supporters and volunteers who will join the caravan. You are encouraged to join the teams nearest to your place. Below are locations, assembly time and coordinators whom you can contact for any questions or to confirm attendance.
Converging Point G
Location: Freedom Park Monument, White Plains Road, corner EDSA
Assembly Time: 1:00PM
Coordinators: Camille Zamora 0906-2053308 / 0933-5252902
Julius Puruganan 0917-5411918
Converging Point I
Location: Toyota Balintawak along EDSA, Bagong Barrio, Caloocan City
Assembly Time: 1:30PM
Coordinators: Sarge Bernardino 0917-2087150
Dan Remo 0917-5372161
Converging Point B
Location: 7-11 Convenience Store (in front of Shell Gas Station), MacArthur
Highway, BBB, Marulas Valenzuela
Assembly Time: 2:00PM
Coordinators: Rizza Gunigundo 0917-6016858
Converging Point O
Location: H. Lopez St. Along C3 Road
Assembly Time: 2:30PM
Coordinators: Jerwin Bacsal 0928-2677716
Watch how our caravan grows longer and stronger all the way up to the CCP
Complex!!! Tara! Sakay Na! Sulong Na! SULONG G1BO!!!
This caravan will lead to CCP Complex in front of Manila Film Center for the Miting de Avance of Volunteers:
COME ONE, COME ALL!! This is a first ever in the history of the Philippines, a MITING DE AVANCE/FREE CONCERT given by VOLUNTEERS for a Presidential Candidate.
Instead of the usual politicos, this will be a MITING DE AVANCE/CONCERT/PARTY with RIVERMAYA, RAZORBACK, TRIBAL DRUMMING and dancing with DJ MANOLET DARIO until the wee hours of the morning.
PAMBATO TALAGA NG BAYAN SI GIBO! FOR THE WIN!
Start Time:
Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 6:30pm
End Time:
Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 2:00am
Location:
CCP Complex, Pasay City (across FILM CENTER and World Trade Center)
NCR Grand Motorcade & Caravan for GIBO to THE MITING DE AVANCE & RAZORBACK AND RIVERMAYA CONCERT!!
We call on all GIBO supporters and volunteers to join the biggest motorcade ever in the NCRŠ our Grand Caravan for GIBO!!! We will parade our way from four converging points leading up to the CCP Complex to meet our fellow volunteers for the PAMBATO SA PAGKAPANGULO! Join up and let us show the Philippines our GIBO force!!!
There will be four converging teams (G,I, B, O) of supporters and volunteers who will join the caravan. You are encouraged to join the teams nearest to your place. Below are locations, assembly time and coordinators whom you can contact for any questions or to confirm attendance.
Converging Point G
Location: Freedom Park Monument, White Plains Road, corner EDSA
Assembly Time: 1:00PM
Coordinators: Camille Zamora 0906-2053308 / 0933-5252902
Julius Puruganan 0917-5411918
Converging Point I
Location: Toyota Balintawak along EDSA, Bagong Barrio, Caloocan City
Assembly Time: 1:30PM
Coordinators: Sarge Bernardino 0917-2087150
Dan Remo 0917-5372161
Converging Point B
Location: 7-11 Convenience Store (in front of Shell Gas Station), MacArthur
Highway, BBB, Marulas Valenzuela
Assembly Time: 2:00PM
Coordinators: Rizza Gunigundo 0917-6016858
Converging Point O
Location: H. Lopez St. Along C3 Road
Assembly Time: 2:30PM
Coordinators: Jerwin Bacsal 0928-2677716
Watch how our caravan grows longer and stronger all the way up to the CCP
Complex!!! Tara! Sakay Na! Sulong Na! SULONG G1BO!!!
This caravan will lead to CCP Complex in front of Manila Film Center for the Miting de Avance of Volunteers:
COME ONE, COME ALL!! This is a first ever in the history of the Philippines, a MITING DE AVANCE/FREE CONCERT given by VOLUNTEERS for a Presidential Candidate.
Instead of the usual politicos, this will be a MITING DE AVANCE/CONCERT/PARTY with RIVERMAYA, RAZORBACK, TRIBAL DRUMMING and dancing with DJ MANOLET DARIO until the wee hours of the morning.
PAMBATO TALAGA NG BAYAN SI GIBO! FOR THE WIN!
Start Time:
Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 6:30pm
End Time:
Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 2:00am
Location:
CCP Complex, Pasay City (across FILM CENTER and World Trade Center)
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