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Tomorrow’s ballot will read…

Tomorrow’s ballot will read…

May 9, 2010

President Richard Gordon (Bagumbayan) Vice President Bayani Fernando (Bagumbayan) Senators (BLOODY SHRIMP) Rufino Biazon Alex Lacson Toots Ople Satur Ocampo Franklin Drilon Yasmin Busran-Lao Miriam Defensor-Santiago Risa Hontiveros Sonia Roco Kata Inocencio Liza Maza Gwen Pimentel Mayor Florencio “Jun” Bernabe (LKS-KAM) Vice Mayor Augusto...

The politics of personal accountability

The politics of personal accountability

Mar 22, 2010

A commenter named Sid left a message on one of my posts from almost a year ago, posing some very interesting – flamebait? – questions to me regarding the need for voters’ education programs. The questions he asks can be summed up to the following: What has been achieved so far? Is there a greater number of “mature” voters? If...

I am voting for…

I am voting for…

Mar 14, 2010

With the Philippine national elections right around the corner, pundits are scrambling to analyze their choices for Philippine president. While I promised myself that I would stay away from political posts because they tend to be very polarizing and stress me out, I have made a decision as regards for whom I intend to vote in May 2010. Please keep the Comments...

Goodbye, politics

I’ve thought deep about this and I’ve decided to stop posting overtly political entries on GannsDeen.com. This isn’t some “separation between church and state” decision, but it’s very stressful posting my thoughts on political issues. I get very passionate about my beliefs, and oftentimes, I end up saying something that may be...

Take a tip, Madame President

Will the Filipino people react to the death of Filipino president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo the way they are reacting to the death of former president Corazon Aquino? Former President Aquino, or Tita Cory, as we knew and loved her, was far from a perfect president. Six failed coup attempts, sub-par economic performance, a “for-show” agrarian reform...

Senator Manny Villar’s stand on environmental issues and other concerns

Author’s Note: Ganns Deen welcomes invitations from Filipinos seeking national office to sit down to discuss issues on environment, education, and family issues, including health care. All political features on GannsDeen.com are meant to inform the public about these public servants’ stands on this blogger’s personal advocacies. In no way are...

How am I supposed to pray for people I hate?

Tomorrow, more than 200 people from the church in the Philippines I work for are going to go all around Paranaque, Pasay, Taguig, and Makati to pray for the city. Part of their prayer points are to pray for the government officials of those particular cities. I have to admit that this part of the activity, an event called Operation Overdrive, is going to be...

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