The Filipino Voter
The Filipino Voter
By Marcing Pin
This coming May 2010 the country will face its second presidential election of this millennium. The main topics of the day or should we say for the last six months and the coming four months are scandals, intrigues, controversies, and of course, (true and false) allegations and gossips. Politicians competing for everybody’s attentions, for the people’s votes, and of course, for who could trick more voters.
First, let us define the term “vote”.
According to the always-changing Wikipedia: “A vote is an individual’s act of voting, by which he or she expresses support or preference for a certain motion (for example, a proposed resolution), a certain candidate, a selection of candidates, or a political party. With a secret ballot to protect voters’ political privacy, voting generally takes place at a polling station.”
In the Philippines, voting is not compulsory (under 1987 Constitution) but it is the patriotic duty of every Filipino citizen to vote during elections…
Election Politics and the Issue of Chief Justice Succession
Election Politics and the Issue of Chief Justice Succession
By Marcing Pin
Just recently and even now, the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) faces increasing pressure over the upcoming vacancy of one of the most important positions in the Philippines, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The incumbent Chief Justice Reynato Puno is set to retire in May 17, 2010 and about the same time that the country has no Senate President and House Speaker to lead the Legislative branch of the government. The current resident of the Malacañang Palace and her allies wants to appoint the new Chief Justice before the General Election while some members of the opposition, lead by Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III wants the right to appoint the new Chief Justice be given to the incoming elected president after May 2010 or should I say, after June 30, 2010.
The Presidentiables
The Presidentiables
(by Marcing Pin)
In this post, I am going to talk about the Presidential Candidates of the upcoming Philippine General Election in May 2010. Not all candidates will feature in this blog and that simply because of lack of infos about them or the scale of popularity and their chances of winning were not as close as the following people.
The Cult of Manolo and the Modification of the Bible
The Cult of Manolo and the Modification of the Words of God
By Marcing Pin
Just recently, I encountered a forum about the bogus claims by the Philippine-based Iglesia Ni Cristo (Tagalog for “Church of Christ”) and the intentional modification of the verses in the Bible. The Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC), claimed to be the largest independent religious organization in Asia, was founded in July 1914 (in some account, in 1913). Manolo’s cult are guilty of modifying the Words of God to delusionize and manipulate people in believing that their cult founder Felix Manolo was the last messenger of God and that his presence was prophesied in the Bible. The Church leaders or patriarchs (the Manolo dynasty) did not even consider but rather ignored the true meaning of the Biblical verses they modified and the historical connections of those verses.
