December 25th, 2007 — Abra, Government, Mt. Province, Politics
Note: Updates on Mayor Cesar Rafael’s murder here and the Abra explosion here.
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From Philippine Star: The mayor of Paracelis town in Mountain Province was killed in an ambush yesterday, while an explosion rocked the home of a congresswoman in Bangued, Abra.
December 15th, 2007 — Abra, Politics
Here’s the links to the latest posts on kaigorotan.com:
How much did your Congressman spend during the 2001 elections. Read it here. We don’t have the figures yet for the 2007 elections but we hope to eventually get our hands on that.
If the creation of a new Bago province is going to be very challenging (because it will affect three provinces who might not be willing to give up their towns), a new Tingguian province carved out of Abra looks more promising. Read the very short story here.
December 10th, 2007 — Baguio, Government, Politics
Ano bang meron sa Baguio at parati na lang may kontrobersiya? And now it’s the young people who are starring in this silliness. It’s kind of entertaining if you think about it.
What more can you ask? There’s alleged bribery, alleged conspiracy, alleged parental (grandparental?) meddling, alleged involvement of police escorts. It’s really like in the movies. Kulang na lang ng allegations of sex and violence.
The sad thing about this is that some of these kids have to be lying. Maybe it’s de Vera’s camp. Maybe it’s her accusers. We don’t know. But they can’t both be telling the truth.
December 9th, 2007 — Education, Government, Mt. Province, Politics
“We have to ensure that deserving students from the province could be accorded a descent (emphasis supplied) education so that they could be able to uplift the economic standing of their respective families in the future. The full scholarship program must be spared from the political maneuvering of disgruntled sectors who could not admit that we were able to initiate the realization of the program.” — Mt. Province Congressman Victor Dominguez.
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Apparently, our second favorite Cordiyera Congressman is restoring “his” scholarship program. Read the full story at Northern Philippine Times.
Our take: Yeah we do need descent education. With his help, the students will descend to the level of beggars that Mt. Province people have become famous for. Apparently, that was the purpose of the Congressman when he originally asked students to write him letters to request that they be included in “his” scholarship program.
December 3rd, 2007 — Baguio, Government, Politics
We’re publishing your comments in the main page for the others who don’t visit the comments section. Thanks everyone.
From Trublue:
While some suggestions are quite dandy, let’s all narrow it down to:
November 28th, 2007 — Baguio, Government, Politics
Well friends, seems like all that criticism directed against the plan by the Baguio City Council to buy cars had some effect. Mayor Peter Rey Bautista vetoed the plan but only because “the phrase ‘car plan’ in the resolution is inappropriate”. Read Vincent Cabreza’s report here.
Dude, what kind of silliness is behind that “I’m vetoing it because the term used is technically not correct” thing? Iyan ang sabi nilang hiding behind technicalities.
November 24th, 2007 — Baguio, Government, Politics
Here’s your suggestions on how the Baguio City officials should spend the P20 million which they have budgeted to buy cars for their personal use. Our first post is here.
November 22nd, 2007 — Baguio, Government, Politics
From Baguio City Councilor Richard Cariño:
This is a very large city… [which measures] 49 square kilometers. When we campaigned [during the May 14 elections], we were not able to visit all [villages of] the city.
Wow. I never thought someone would come up with this lame defense. What parallel universe are we living in these days such that, all of a sudden, 49 square kilometers is now “very large”?
November 22nd, 2007 — Baguio, Government, Politics
Thanks to Anonymous 2:52 for pointing out this news report which presents the Baguio City councilors’ side of the story. I maintain that there are more important things to spend the money on but, as wisely pointed out by Anonymous, let us look at all sides of the matter.
I’m not sure though if this report puts the councilors in a better light. “Let us think out of the box,” says one of them. Really? A government official using public funds to buy a car for him/her to use is so not thinking out of the box. Just about every public official who thinks s/he can get away with it, does it. Thinking out of the box would be advocating for the pedestrianization of Baguio.
November 20th, 2007 — Baguio, Government, Politics
Do you remember those silly radio dedication programs where you can phone in and say, “Mister DJ, gusto ko pung ididikit ang song na ito kay ehem?”
