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Posted: 2004-02-29 17:48:04
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PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO
Banking on "experience and integrity"
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo became president in January 2001 following the successful People Power 2 Revolution that deposed her predecessor, Joseph Estrada. Arroyo will run for president under the Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan or K-4.
She was elected vice president in 1998 with the largest electoral margin in Philippine history, with a vote of more than seven million.
As vice president, she was given the portfolio of Secretary of Social Welfare and Development, a post which she held until October 2000.
She was first elected as senator in 1992 and reelected in 1995. She also topped the elections with a record number of votes (16 million). Her legislative efforts as senator were focused on building the economy.
During her two terms, she filed 472 bills and resolution, 54 of which were enacted into law. Among these laws are Tax Exemption for the 13th Month Pay, Export Development Act, Loans for Women Micro Enterprises, Build-Operate-Transfer Law, Bank Entry Liberalization Law, Thrift Banks Act, Anti-Sexual Harassment Law, Crop Insurance Law, Indigenous People's Rights Law, Poverty Alleviation Law, New Rent Control Law and the Magna Carta for Scientists, Engineers, Researchers and other Science and Technology Personnel in Government.
During the Aquino administration, Arroyo was Assistant Trade Secretary. She was also appointed Executive Director of the Garment and Textile Board. She was later named Trade Undersecretary and Governor of the Board of Investments.
She obtained a Bachelor of Arts and Economics degree, magna cum laude, from the Assumption College (1968). She was a consistent Dean's Lister during her studies in International Trade at the Georgetown University in Washington D.C. She later earned a Masters degree in Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University (1978) and a Doctorate in Economics from the University of the Philippines (1985).
Macapagal-Arroyo is a recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship (1978-1983), the Japan Foundation Grant (1976-1977) and the UPSE Fellowship (1970-1971).
She was also chairman and president of the UP Health Maintenance Organization (1989-1998); executive director of the Philippine Center for Economic Development (1994-1998); and chairman of the UP Economic Foundation (1994-1998).
From 1994-1998, she was member of the Presidential Task Force on Tax and Tariff Reforms. She was also a member of the Technical Working Group of the Philippine National Development Plan for the 21st Century (Committee on National Framework for Regional Development and Macroeconomics Framework for Development Financing.)
In the academe, Macapagal-Arroyo was chair of the Assumption College Economics Department (1984-1987), assistant professor at the Ateneo de Manila University and professor at the UP School of Economics (1977-1987). She was also a professor at the Maryknoll College and St. Scholastica's College.
She received the following citations: "Most Outstanding Senator" from the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, "One of Asia's Most Powerful Women" of the Asiaweek Magazine and "Woman of the Year" of the Catholic Educators Association of the Philippines.
She is the daughter of the late President Diosdado Macapagal and Dr. Evangeline Macaraeg. She is married to Jose Miguel T. Arroyo. They have three children, Juan Miguel, Evangelina Lourdes and Diosdado Ignacio.
FERNANDO POE JR.
From reel to real
FERNANDO Poe Jr., the presidential candidate of the "Angara-faction" of the opposition Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino, was born Ronald Allan Kelly Poe in Manila on Aug.20, 1939 to Elizabeth Kelley and actor producer Fernando Poe Sr. His brother Andy is also an actor. He is married to actress Susan Roces (Jesusa Sonora). They have a daughter, Mary Grace. He quit high school to work as a messenger in a film exchange office.
Poe began his career in the movies as a stuntman for Everlasting Pictures. He was actor Lilia Dizon's double in Sonaron (Unfamed) in 1955. In his first acting role in Anak ni Palaris (Son of Palaris) in 1950, Poe shared top billing with Rosita Noble and Mario Escudero. Director Mario Barri gave him his screen name, after his father who had earlier played the title role in Palaris in 1946. But Poe's biggest break was in Lo Waist Gang in 1956. It marked the local cinema's shift from the fantasy world of costume productions to the trendy realism of action movies. His first solo movie was Tough Guy (1956). He was
then signed up by Premiere Productions as a contract actor. Poe proved his box office appeal in Kamay ni Cain (Hand of Cain, 1957) where he received a Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Science (Famas) nomination. When Hollywood Far East Productions opened, Poe was offered to do Markado (Branded), 1959, and upon his demand, he was paid a much higher talent fee than he used to get. He invested his savings in his own company, the FPJ Productions and D'tanor productions.
Other movies where Poe played lead roles were Apollo Robles, 1961; Sandata at Pangako (Weapon and Promises), 1961; Ako ang Katarungan (I am Justice) 1962; Santo-Domingo (Saint Domingo), 1972; Ang Alamat (The Legend), 1972; Perlas ng Silangan (Pearl of the Orient) 1973; Sanctuario (Sanctuary), 1974; Patayin si Mediavitto (Kill Mediavitto), 1978; and Lihim ng Guadalupe (Secret of Guadalupe) 1979
Under the name Ronwaldo Reyes, Poe has directed many of the FPJ films that he himself has acted in like Alupihang Dagat (Sea Centipede), 1975 ; King 1978; Tatak ng Tondo (Mark of Tondo), 1978; Ang Padrino (The Godfather). 1984; and Panday (Blacksmith) I, II, III and IV. Awarded by the Famas were Panday II (1984) for best special visual effects; Poe received nominations for best director from the Film Academy of the Philippines for Panday III and Padreno. In most of those movies, he played a hero who is peace loving; until he is pushed against the wall by all sorts of kontrabida, and magnificently rises in defense of the poor and the oppressed.
RAUL ROCO
Counting on the youth
Raul S. Roco was born Oct. 26, 1941 in Naga City, Camarines Sur to farmer Sulpicio Azuela Roco and public schoolteacher Rosario Orlanda Sagarbarria. He will run for president under Aksyon Demokratiko.
He finished elementary and high school at the Ateneo de Naga. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, magna cum laude, at San Beda College in Manila. Roco received his Bachelor of Laws as Abbott Awardee for Over-All Excellence at San Beda College. He took his Master of Comparative Law as a University Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Roco formed the Aksyon Demokratiko political party for his presidential bid. He is married to Sonia Cubillo Malasarte, who was named most outstanding student of the Philippines in 1964. They have six children - Rabble Pierre, Raul Jr., Sophia, Sareena, Rex and Synara-and four grandchildren.
Roco was the president of the National Union of Students of the Philippines in 1961 and was one of the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines in 1964. He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1971 and was president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines from 1983 to 1985. As a member of the legal staff of the late Sen. Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, he drafted the Study Now, Pay Later Law.
Taking time off from his legal work, he was executive producer of the late great film director Lino Brocka's movie Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang, which won six Famas Awards including best film in 1974.
The Ford Foundation and the University of the Philippines Institute of Strategic and Development Studies adjudged him first in overall performance among legislators of the Eighth Congress from 1987 to 1992. He was also consistently cited top senator during his term in the Senate from 1992 to 2000.
As a senator, Roco authored the law that reformed the central banking system. The achievement earned him the title "Father of the Bangko Sentral." Roco helped fund the teachers' cooperatives as well as initiated the increment mandated by the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers for retiring public school teachers. As a senator, Roco also authored the Women in Nation Building Law, the Nursing Act, the Anti-Sexual harassment Law, the Anti-Rape Law and the Child and Family Courts Act. He led efforts that resulted in the abolition of double taxation for overseas workers.
Roco's vision for education is "Bawat graduate bayani at marangal" or "Each graduate is a hero and a person of dignity." As Secretary of Education, Roco implemented, for the first time in Philippine educational history, free public primary and high school education. He also implemented an education curriculum reform, which focused on reading, writing, arithmetic, science and Makabayan subjects.
When Roco took over as education secretary in January 2001, the Asia Foundation-Social Weather Stations Survey of Enterprises on Public Sector Corruption ranked his department the fourth most corrupt government agency. Roco quickly imposed a department-wide transparency policy, including the purchase of textbooks, one of the biggest sources of corruption in the DepEd. As a result, in only eight months, the same survey group ranked the Department of Education the most trusted agency of the
government. It was given a 73 percent approval rating by the public.
SEN. PANFILO LACSON
Law and order count
SEN. Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson hopes to put his crime-fighting crusade to greater heights by aspiring for the presidency. Born on June 1, 1948 in Imus, Cavite, Lacson joined the Philippine Military Academy in 1967 and graduated in 1971. His decision to run for president was contested by the "Angara faction" of the opposition Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, which chose actor Fernando Poe Jr. as its official candidate.
Lacson had his primary education at the Bayang Loma Elementary School. He finished high school at the Imus Institute. He earned a Masters degree in Government
anagement at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.
Before he became a senator, Lacson was the country's police chief under the administration of deposed president Joseph Estrada. He was also the chief of the defunct Presidential Anti-organized Crime Task Force June until January 2001. Lacson was a member of the Metrocom Intelligence and Security Group from 1971 to 1986. As the country's top police officer, Lacson said he was responsible for renewing the high level of trust and confidence for the man in uniform.
He listed the following as some of his achievements as police chief:
Ordered the "15-85" distribution of PNP resources, meaning 15 percent left for headquarters and 85 percent down the line to the men in the field;
Imposed the "No Take" policy among police officers and waged a determined war against "kotong" or mulcting policemen.
Initiated closer coordination with other law enforcement agencies, in the Philippines and abroad, in the fight against criminality thereby winning the confidence of businessmen and foreign investors;
Innovated the two-pronged approach in the fight against narcotics trafficking through supply constriction and demand reduction;
Ordered the return of recovered stolen vehicles to their rightful owners;
Reduced the incidence of petty crimes through the establishment of more police centers and the deployment of patrols from the Philippine Marines.
Lacson lives in BF Homes, Paranaque City with wife Alice de Perio Lacson and children, Ronald Jay P. Lacson, Panlilio P. Lacson Jr. and Jeric F. Lacson.
Bro. EDDIE VILLANUEVA
Moral rebirth the country's hope
Brother Eduardo "Eddie" Villanueva, founder of Jesus is Lord Movement, was born in Bocaue, Bulacan, on Oct. 6, 1946. He intends to run for president as an independent candidate.
In 1969, he graduated with a degree in Commerce, majoring in Economics, from the Philippine College of Commerce (PCC), which has since been renamed as the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. He took up law at the University of the Philippines but "was sidelined by activism and never had time to take the bar (examination)."
He worked as a full-time faculty member in the Economics and Finance Department of PCC until 1972. He then worked as the export manager of the Maran Export Industries in 1973 and from 1976 to 1977, he was the general manager of the Agape Trading Co. He returned to PUP in 1978 as a part-time professor.
In 1978, he founded the Jesus is Lord fellowship, which started with just eight members. Bro. Eddie claims that JIL now has some seven million members.
Bro. Eddie received the Gintong Ama (Golden Father) award for Socio- Civic/ Religious Sector from the Golden Mother and Father Foundation in June 1996. He was also voted as the Pastor of the Year in a 1998 worldwide search conducted by Dr. George Otis' High Adventure Ministries. Ministries broadcasts the Voice of Hope Program in 72 countries.
Villanueva has also been ordained Minister of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ in 1979 by the California-based Victory in Christ Church and International Ministries. He has also been conferred the Office of Episcopacy by the Sectarian Body of Christ in the Philippines in April 1996.
In February 2001, Bro.Eddie received the EDSA People Power Freedom Award for ZOE TV 11 for its fair coverage of the People Power II movement. He founded, owns ZOE Broadcasting Network Inc. and operates Channel 11. Bro. Eddie hosts three ZOE programs, Diyos at Bayan, PJM (Philippine for Jesus Movement) Forum and Jesus The Healer.
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Posted: 2004-03-02 15:48:25
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hmm.. i think everyone must vote wisely.i will vote for the lesser evil,i don't like GMA,Three years after the EDSA II or People Power II, the situation remains the same. The elation that carried President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) to power has quickly given way to distrust. It is becoming clearer that the face of politics in the country has not changed as the May 2004 elections draws nearer. It is still a politics of personality and patronage.
The Philippines in the hands of GMA is moving backwards rather than moving forward. First is that she made the whole nation believed that she would not run for May 2004 presidential election. She demanded a truce on politics the first time she delivered her State of the Nation Address (SONA). She called on everyone to stop backbiting, think of the nation before one’s self and put his shoulder to the wheel. However, there was one problem: she herself was not thinking of the nation before self, she was not making any personal sacrifice. What she meant by announcing a truce on politics was that everybody should stop campaigning except her. And this “too much politicking” led the junior military officers to launch a mutiny against her. This also ignited Capt. Panfilo Villaruel to occupy the Air Traffic Control Tower in Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Unfortunately, this led to Capt. Villaruel’s untimely death.
Second is that regardless of the attempt of GMA’s government to stop kidnappings by conducting several raids, killing several alleged kidnappers – including one of the top syndicate bosses, the kidnappings continue to escalate. This then is a very serious sign of a weak and ineffective state because of corruption and power grabbing. As the President recommends, we need to build a strong republic. But her vision is of strengthening a system that is already rotten to the foundation, creating more rules and regulations and procedures which will in fact open new opportunities for more unbearable forms of extortion, more kidnappings for ransom. I firmly believe that a “strong” state would mean being consistent in applying the law, rather than the occasional staged raid and execution.
To conclude, I think that we must all work together. We can't let the government do all the work and take all the blame. A call for all leaders: I beg your pardon. The government is responsible for leading this nation and without that responsibility, the government has no purpose and would have no right to exist.
I know and I believe that in every Filipino's heart reside the grains of truth that each of these statements carry. But no matter how comforting that sounds, that is not enough. This country needs to realize the plain truth that this country is hopeless, its citizens clueless, its government a circus, and its leaders useless. It has come to that point where the cancer has metastasized critically. It is time to admit the truth, terminate the refusal and work toward a cure. This is a call to the government alone not a call for every Filipino. Have a heart and at least have compassion on the poor of this nation, quit your squabbling. They do not have the means to migrate and escape to a superior country like some people do. If you can't do it for this country, at least do it for those people who have no choice but to stay here in this wretched nation.
I don't either like Roco, coz I came from Bicol. In our hometown,Bicolanos don't like him also because "puro salita,kulang sa gawa". I tell you fellows, he does not contribute any to the success of our region.how much more if he win the presidency?what wil he do to our country?we must never be mistaken with those people who are good at the outside.
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Posted: 2004-03-02 17:35:58
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hmmm very informative...thx
Do u think its better for GMA to cheat and win than for FPJ to win landslide?
Tried convincing my workers to vote roco but fpj pa rin, tutulungan daw clang mahihirap, i asked what they expect, basta daw, and tama na daw mauutak nasa govt hdi naman daw improve buhay nla
uutakan lang daw, buti na bobo, saka hdi daw magnanakaw c fpj...
reminds me of george orwell's 1984...war is peace...ignorance is strenght ...
middle class using the lower classes to get to the top and once on top, they push the lower classes back down and start the cycle again...
WAG MATAKOT.(clenched fist) STOP FPJ. (index finger point up)
VOTE ROCO! (143 sign)
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Posted: 2004-03-02 18:16:14
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i think the lesser evil would be FPJ.Roco is not a good choice,he is just good in debating but no actions.Though FPJ has not finished his studies even high school,this is not a good basis not to vote for him.i think he is less susceptible to graft and corruption."aanhin natin ang presidenteng matalino,e puro kurakot at salita lang naman".
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Posted: 2004-03-04 03:16:41
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guys why dont we give "wisely"a chance baka sya na mag-angat sa lugmok na bansa natin!!teka any1 know "wisely's" Gender??
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Posted: 2004-03-04 04:26:25
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wisely? di ba hollywood action star yun? wisely snipes! ahehehe!!! if he will run, he has my vote! :loI:
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[ This Message was edited by: tom_riddle on 2004-03-04 05:49 ]
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Posted: 2004-03-04 06:46:00
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Share ko lang:
Transcript from GMA's Biodata.
Vicky Morales (VM): Ano po ang isang normal na araw sa
inyo?
Eddie Gil (EG): Sabado.
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VM: Ano'ng pangalan ng tatay niyo?
EG: Ay, nde ko pedeng sabihin.
VM: Bakit naman?
EG: Masyadong sentimental. Pag binanggit ko yun,
mawawala lahat ng nasaisip ko.
VM: Pero patay na siya?
EG: Oo, pero nakikita ko pa. Pag gusto ko siyang
makita, nakikitako. Saka nagbibigay din siya ng
instructions sa akin, para sa mgaginagawa ko.
VM: Ha, paano? Sa panaginip?
EG: Oo, sa panaginip. Minsan, isinusulat din niya sa
blackboard.
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VM: Magkano ang net worth nyo?
EG: Yun nga, papaunlarin natin ang Pilipinas.
VM: Hmm, yung net worth nyo po. Magkano?
EG: Yun nga yung una kong gagawin, aayusin ang
Pilipinas.
VM: Yung net worth po.
EG: Ano'ng net worth?
VM (nanlumo sa sagot): Hmm.. yung halaga po ninyo,
yung halaga ng mgaari-arian nyo?
EG: Ah, hindi ko masasabi kung magkano ang halaga ko.
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VM: Isa po sa plano nyo yung gawin dollar ang currency
ng Pilipinas.
EG: Oo, gagawin nating Philippine dollar. Bakit yung
ibang bansa,dollar ang gamit. Ang Korea, may Korean
dollar. Ang China, CHinesedollar.
VM (confused na): Dollar ba ang gamit ng Korea, hindi
ba Won? Saka angChina, Yuan di ba?
EG: Dollar din yun.
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Posted: 2004-03-04 07:45:23
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hay shercu, i respect your opinion... but i think your observation is too shallow. groundless, parang gossip, 'groundless rumor', you just have to open your mind up, dont just look at the bad side, marami syang nagawang mabuti, hirap satin, ni hindi nyo nga tinutulungan yung gobyerno sa proyekto nila, ang galing nyo pang mag criticize, may ginagawa na ngang mabuti, tingin nyo pa ay politicking and/or pakitang tao o kaya'y hindi totoo. i wont argue with you nor will i try to persuade you to vote GMA, iboto mo si FPJ kung sya talaga sa tingin mo ang mahusay, or 'lesser evil', kanya kanya yan eh.. but dont think, what you posted will change our positions, i'll still support her all the way.. and uh.. by the way, sinabi nyang di sya tatakbo dati dahil ayaw nga nya, but because numerous people and organizations asked her to run, then she does... EH si FPJ ba??? diba sinabi din nyang di sya tatakbo?? bakit sya ngayon ang iboboto mo? well well well... god bless you.
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Posted: 2004-03-04 16:51:07
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@azhul heheh vote wisely.
@jepaz sinabi ni ediot gil yun sa interview? sayang di ko napa nuod!
comedyante pala hayup na yun
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Posted: 2004-03-05 06:22:17
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