Archive for May, 2013

STOCKHOLM, Sweden --- Freedom for all, and all stakeholders speaking out with equal voice, on how to govern the Internet. Internet Freedom. Internet for Freedom. These issues drive the two-day Stockholm Internet Forum 2013 (SIF13) that opens today,...

OF THE country’s 15 presidents so far, six had made an impact on the current composition of political parties. They either formed their own or switched parties to facilitate their ascent to the presidency. They include former presidents Manuel...

THE PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN will be seeing familiar faces in the 16th Congress. Five of Pangasinan's six district representatives in the 15th Congress were re-elected for another term in the 2013 midterm elections: Jesus “Boying” Celeste (first...

photos by Cong B. Corrales  QUEZON CITY---There were more election lapses reported by its 3,000 volunteers spread all over the country last Monday, compared to the 2010 Presidential Elections, the Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE),...

THE 15th Congress will bow out soon, or by June 30, 2013 to be exact. The newly elected senators, and district and party-list representatives, will convene in July as members of the 16th Congress. Four re-electionist senators from the 15th, by the...

THEY CAME IN DROVES, the young and the old, the healthy and the infirm, some with babies in tow, others heavy with child. We may not always like how they vote, we may agree or disagree with their choices in politics, yet theirs is a right to be heard, and...

MARAGONDON, CAVITE --- As early as 7 a.m., voter Diana Inguanzo, 55, had rushed to the public market and cooked lunch for her children because she knew that voting will take time. She queued up at 9 a.m. and finished voting three hours later, or past...