We’d like to believe… AFTER all the strategizing, trolling on social media, vote-buying, arm-twisting, black ops by candidates to get elected, it is not farfetched to believe that today’s voters already fully realize that they hold the future development of their community in their hands.   We’d like to believe…

The homestretch THE political campaign is in the homestretch. As we have seen the past decades, it’s that time when kid gloves are off, vote-buying is rampant, civility is thrown out the window, laws and rules are flouted like they never existed, emotions are high, shrewd partisanship begets violence. Blood…

Opposing views on electioneering ban A barangay kapitan in Aguilar town was the subject of a complaint for electioneering, specifically, for campaigning for his favored candidate for mayor.  Apparently, this is the interpretation of the law of the complainant, a provision in law that the Commission on Elections had emphatically…

Teach candidates lessons in accountability THE Commission on Elections is clearly but vainly trying to enforce the laws on campaign activities and in the use of propaganda materials with its limited resources and influence. Its hastily organized Oplan Baklas already tried to send the message that it is serious about…

Name-calling, a reflection of character AS we have all come to learn, election campaign is the season for mudslinging and denigrating character of candidates. Candidates equally accuse each other of committing lies, pocketing bribes, misusing public funds, political dynasty, incompetence, protector of criminal activities, etc. All these are par for…