We are uploading this videos not because we are supporting Peter Rey Bautista’s candidacy for mayor of Baguio but because they have a historical value, i.e., the first attempt by a candidate from the Cordilleras to campaign via the internet. If you know of campaign videos by other Cordi politicians that we should upload and critique here, then do feel free to tell us about it.
Mission Impossible
I like this video because it plays up the candidate’s “youthhood” and portrays him as an action-oriented executive. Kind of fun and well done. Curfew
After watching this video I said, “Peter, Peter, what are you doing making a campaign issue out of curfew? Hindi kaya ikaw ang ma-curfew niyan.” Don’t get me wrong. Maybe youth delinquency is a problem in Baguio but the video would have been more effective if Peter Rey doesn’t look so young. Honestly, parang kamukha niya yong aking grade school pamangkin with that playful smile, semikalbo haircut, and all. So its kind of hard to take the curfew message seriously because I was like, “Uh uh, look at that kid campaigning on curfew for kids.”
Are you wanted by the police? Did you make it to their Top 20 Most Wanted Persons in the Cordilleras? If you didn’t, what are you doing there just sitting in your butt? You should do something now so you will make it to their next “Most Wanted” installment. Of course, if you get caught, you should be prepared to spend time in Bilibid or the Women’s Correctional. So, on second thoughts, you are better off just sitting in your butt. And to paraphrase Joey Tribbiani, “Don’t do the crime, so you won’t do the time.”
Our favorite Catholic bishop and kailiyan Bishop Francisco Claver has an interesting article on vote buying and selling which every Filipino voter should read before they go to the polls on May 14. Our good bishop gets a little bit snarky in this article which is why we are “stealing” it from the Inquirer. Way to go bishop.
Buy and sell By Bishop Francisco F. Claver, S.J. When our village philosopher, a wizened Bontoc Igorot of uncertain age, heard a few weeks ago that the government was going to shell out P40 per day to hungry people (according to a report in one of the papers), he remarked: “Is that the new way of buying votes?”
Let’s take a break from covering all things Cordillera to get, ehem, religious. I’m not a particularly religious man but I’m not an apostate either he he. For those of you who don’t already know, I am a member of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP) which, in turn, is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
My church, the ECP, is doing alright but the Anglican Communion has been in turmoil for some time now. Mostly, the crisis in the Communion centers on the conflict between the liberal side (represented by the Anglican/Episcopal Churches in North America) and the conservative side (represented by Archbishop Peter Akinola of the Anglican Church in Nigeria).
It’s exactly two weeks before voters go to the polls so let’s do an election roundup.
For those of you who are from Baguio, you might want to check out the website of mayoralty candidate Leandro Yangot and his running mate Elmer Datuin here. Of course, you already know the websites of mayoralty candidate Peter Rey Bautista (here and here) and candidate for the City Council Jack Cariño (here) because we linked to them earlier.
