February 2nd, 2010 by Malayang Halalan
Certainly, the hoards of middlemen and brokers of industry of “winning at all costs” certainly don’t want automated elections to succeed because there is no way to manipulate the results. You can manipulate the voters, for sure, but that would be a costlier enterprise than just waiting for the ballots to arrive at the canvassing centers and doing their magic in the comfort of a hotel. Money won’t change hands for an assured win at the polls, or at least, not as much.
December 2nd, 2009 by Malayang Halalan
99 Presidents, 158 senators, 300 party-list groups file for candidacy
Yesterday was the last day for candidates in the 2010 elections to file their certificates of candidacy and as with the last day for anything, there was a mad rush of sorts to beat the deadline.
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November 27th, 2009 by Malayang Halalan
Who will be the next President of the Philippines? Will it be Noynoy Aquino, Gilbert Teodoro, Manny Villar or Joseph Estrada? Or will we be surprised by JC Delos Reyes of Ang Kapatiran or even Nicanor Perlas? Will we be equally awed by Dick Gordon and Bayani Fernando?
Nevermind what the surveys are saying right now [...]