Rise of Grace Poe

[Juan Martinez]

Bro.,- I respect your point of view. But without a "benevolent-iron-arm" to manage the country, we would still be drifting... I surmise that we all realize that...... Duterte may/would be an "overkill".... We need to put in the necessary checks and balances to any abuse in power.

Bottomline- We need direction and leadership; we've tried everything/everybody to lead us- dictator, housewife, military man, maka-masa, economist, tuwid-na-daan and where are we now?; our people are pushing for the rightful change and they rightfully deserve it; HOWEVER,- most of us are freeriders, and would just like to collect. The mainland Chinese would also use the excuse "We are just too many",- but this should not be our excuse for being. These people should be given the right direction and honest/profitable living.

Question to all of us here - Do we have anybody similar or at least close to our dear brother Robredo, and who has the number to win this on a national level?


"The measure of a man is what he does with power" LJIOHF!

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thank you, sir. i hold your views in high esteem too. you are a very reasonable man. but i cannot in conscience be governed by a puritan, much less a tyrant. some people suggest that we need to be governed "with an iron fist". that is easy to say. they said that now we are herded by one who is "incorruptible but dumb." let me say this, i would rather be governed by a simpleton but incorruptible than by somebody who is reputed to sponsor murders like it is his cottage industry, because, we, the governed, are presumably not simpletons but we cannot be so sure we are not corruptible if we put ourselves there to govern the multitude of Filipinos. I am almost sure with all humility that, if by some strike of misfortune somebody will govern us with an iron fist no sooner he will end his first one hundred days in office than we all aleeady be calling not his resignation but a revolution against his regime.

[Monseratto]

Miriam endorses Manny Pangilinan for President, tells public not to vote for celebs
By AMITA LEGASPI, GMA NewsMarch 25, 2015 11:23am


Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago on Wednesday endorsed businessman Manuel "Manny" Pangilinan to be the next president of the country as she urged the public not to vote for celebrities.

In her speech during a leadership talk for Maynilad which is headed by Pangilinan, Santiago said the problem with democracy is that there are more poor people than rich ones and it is the poor people who decide who the leader will be.

“We must educate the Filipino public. What is it you want for the Philippines in 2016? Bakit pa maghahalalan kung walang improvement? I want you to think Mr. Manny Pangilinan for president of the Republic of the Philippines,” she said.

Pangilinan, chairman of the board of Maynilad, was in the audience when the senator mentioned his name.

Asked during the press conference following her speech if her statement was an endorsement of Pangilinan, Santiago said, “Yes it is.”

“It is people like him who should be elected to positions of leadership. It should not be people from highly publicized careers because their careers, where they are the leading celebrities, might blind them to the fact that their qualifications are sufficient for the job,” she said.

The senator said she is particularly talking about people from mass media, films, and television.

“My qualifications are: No. 1, the person should be honest but that is the most difficult qualification to determine because there is no guaranteed test for honesty in public service. Second is professional excellence, and the third is academic excellence,” she added.

Santiago also expressed hope that the Constitution will be amended before the 2016 elections to change the qualification for public office and require at least a college degree from candidates.

“Right now a person can run for President without graduating even from high school. But you cannot become a policeman unless you have a college degree, so we have to reconcile this,” she said. —KG, GMA News

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[machine.pistol]

We need someone who will lead us with an iron fist. Almost everyone in this country thinks he is above the law in his own right. For example, just anyone can use a no parking street as parking space.

Singaporeans used to behave that way, I was told. They spit and relieved themselves anywhere. But look at them now.

[H1Tman]

The Philippines was very positive when Noynoy Aquino ran and won as president. Look at their attitude to PNoy now. Can Grace Poe handle the situation? I honestly think she's not yet primed for the presidency. Kulang pa sa political experience.

[Juan Martinez]

The Philippines was very positive when Noynoy Aquino ran and won as president. Look at their attitude to PNoy now. Can Grace Poe handle the situation? I honestly think she's not yet primed for the presidency. Kulang pa sa political experience.

nobody can really say without being dishonest or delusional that he or she is ready for the presidency. the office is NOT all about politics. A great part of it is leadership, governance, policy formulation, implementation. diplomacy. economy. commerce. finance. national security. there is no baccalaureate or masters or doctorate degree in presidency. it is an institution, and within are people running that institution. it is not so much that the person we choose to head that institution has enough political experience because that is only a speck on the horizon or a small tree in a forest. we've seen before our very eyes an "incorruptible but dumb" president who is loyal to the core to his friends (Purisima on Mamasapano and Abad on the DAP). that loyalty brought his presidency on the brink of disaster. that is his personal values-- being loyal to his friends-- well entrench in his persona. now, i said it before and i want to say it again we need somebody who has a strong values system, whose integrity is beyond reproach, who is never afraid to speak her mind even it hurts her once benefactor. these innate attributes will rear their heads during decision time. If what will come out at crunch time is one's experience, political or otherwise, and justify his actions thru it, well, Mark Twain had something to say about it: "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."
I still bat for GP for President. Ping for VP? ok.

[CVT]

nobody can really say without being dishonest or delusional that he or she is ready for the presidency. the office is NOT all about politics. A great part of it is leadership, governance, policy formulation, implementation. diplomacy. economy. commerce. finance. national security. there is no baccalaureate or masters or doctorate degree in presidency. it is an institution, and within are people running that institution. it is not so much that the person we choose to head that institution has enough political experience because that is only a speck on the horizon or a small tree in a forest. we've seen before our very eyes an "incorruptible but dumb" president who is loyal to the core to his friends (Purisima on Mamasapano and Abad on the DAP). that loyalty brought his presidency on the brink of disaster. that is his personal values-- being loyal to his friends-- well entrench in his persona. now, i said it before and i want to say it again we need somebody who has a strong values system, whose integrity is beyond reproach, who is never afraid to speak her mind even it hurts her once benefactor. these innate attributes will rear their heads during decision time. If what will come out at crunch time is one's experience, political or otherwise, and justify his actions thru it, well, Mark Twain had something to say about it: "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."

I still bat for GP for President. Ping for VP? ok.

Bro,- I agree with your first (highlighted) statement...

But I have serious doubts about the lady's ability and resolve to remain incorruptibly steadfast in her position, as again,- she carries heavy baggages... Erap and his families and their friends (Bong Revilla et al), and the showbiz folks... Maybe not through her, but through her dearest mother, Susan Roces.... One (seemingly small and trivial) thing leads to another (bigger, less trivial thing)... And before she knows it,- it could figure to be an avalanche.....

I am happy, though, to be proven wrong in this case....

[Juan Martinez]

Bro,- I agree with your first (highlighted) statement...

But I have serious doubts about the lady's ability and resolve to remain incorruptibly steadfast in her position, as again,- she carries heavy baggages... Erap and his families and their friends (Bong Revilla et al), and the showbiz folks... Maybe not through her, but through her dearest mother, Susan Roces.... One (seemingly small and trivial) thing leads to another (bigger, less trivial thing)... And before she knows it,- it could figure to be an avalanche.....

I am happy, though, to be proven wrong in this case....

she is not her father. in the same way that never will i put my integrity on the line for the sake of my father's or mother's friends. how many of your parents' friends that you can give your arm for? me? i can't think of one. let them fight their own fight. they're already history and they should remain there. "Public office is a public trust. Public officers and employees must, at all times, be accountable to the people, serve them with utmost responsibility, integrity, loyalty, and efficiency; act with patriotism and justice, and lead modest lives."

[Juan Martinez]

But what is "federal - like" or "federal style" of government? I have yet to come across a hybrid federal system. The closest we've got is the Cordillera Administrative Region and the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. Under RA 7160, we have these principles of devolution and autonomy, that is why we have local government units with devolved powers and prerogative to chart their own destiny independent of the national government with the only caveat that they are under the general supervision of the president . They have executive and legislative powers of their own. Indeed, we have strong institutions. Our Constitution does not have institutional infirmity contrary to what that VIGILANTE is saying. Only that we have stewards who are weakling, who profess that murdering suspected criminals without trial is a sign of strength. But, no, that is not showing one's mettle, that is showing that he is a slave of his own passion. That is not showing one's strength, *that is trifling the rule of law with impunity. Duterte is perpetuating the culture of impunity in the Philippines. And God only knows what he will do when he is elected as president of the Republic. In the mean time, before that eventuality could happen, I bat for Grace Poe for President. She is not bad looking, she is an embodiment of serenity and strength, she has a political science degree from Boston College, she is an incumbent senator. She is not beholden to any party or personality. She speaks her mind even if it means it will hurt the president who appointed her chairperson of the MTRCB. She is a mother, a wife, a sister. What more can you ask for?*

[rollyic]

personal observatuon ko lang....
kapag babae ang presidente ng pinas, talamak ang kurapsyon sa pinas.
yung una hindi man sya kurap, ginamit naman sya ng mga tao sa paligid nya para mangurap.
yung pangalawa naman kasama sya pati ang buong pamilya nya.

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[Juan Martinez]

personal observatuon ko lang....
kapag babae ang presidente ng pinas, talamak ang kurapsyon sa pinas.
yung una hindi man sya kurap, ginamit naman sya ng mga tao sa paligid nya para mangurap.
yung pangalawa naman kasama sya pati ang buong pamilya nya.

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good observation. but it doesn't necessarily follow GP will do a GMA. the latter, from her face alone already reeks with greed; cory was meek for a leader. GP is assertive without being abrasive. And who she is up against? that KAWATAN from makati? that VIGILANTE from davao? that former CPNP who was a fugitive from justice? that Mr. Palengke who was the first to say the mamasampano incident a MISENCOUNTER? now, speaking of palengke, if we go there and buy fish, of course, we'll choose the one that is better looking and fresh. And we are just talking about buying fish, how much more in choosing a president? Duterte a 70 y.o. vigilante, Roxas a recycled politician, Binay the crook, Lacson the wanted gay, este, guy of Class 71, who else? compare them to Grace Poe. I buy the latter anytime anywhere. At 47, and for president, she still looks fresh and, im sure to mr. llamanzares, yummy.

[Juan Martinez]

Sen. Poe wants victims of latest MRT-3 breakdown compensated
PDI, March 27, 2015 04:42pm

Passengers of Metro Rail Transit-3 (MRT-3), who were suffocated and forced to walk on railways Thursday night due to another technical glitch, should be compensated accordingly, Sen.Grace Poe said Friday.

At the same time,Poe asked the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to promptly submit a full report on the latest MRT3 incident.

"The unfortunate series of breakdowns were aggravated by the poor, incapable and incompetent maintenance of the MRT. This is frustrating," she said in a statement.

"At the very least, the DOTC must implement all it can at the moment to ease the burden and guarantee the safety of the riding public," she added.

Poe said, "The inconvenienced MRT passengers must be compensated accordingly and their fares reimbursed."

To end passengers' woes, the senator urged the immediate completion of the vowed overhaul of the MRT system and the re-awarding of its maintenance contract.

Poe, who led the Senate hearings on the state of public sector in the country, reminded Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya's promise to ensure the completion of the needed upgrade and rehabilitation of the MRT. xxx

[kimbon]

^ dapat yan si abaya ipako na sa krus sa darating na holy week. isa pa yang cabinet member malakas din kay penoy tulad ni purisima. BTW pano kaya ma-identify kung sinu sino ang naglakad sa riles nung thrs kung sakaling ma-compensate sila?

[cardict]

^ dapat yan si abaya ipako na sa krus sa darating na holy week. isa pa yang cabinet member malakas din kay penoy tulad ni purisima. BTW pano kaya ma-identify kung sinu sino ang naglakad sa riles nung thrs kung sakaling ma-compensate sila?

Dapat sa Kanya ,sa riles ng MRT ipako

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^ dapat yan si abaya ipako na sa krus sa darating na holy week. isa pa yang cabinet member malakas din kay penoy tulad ni purisima. BTW pano kaya ma-identify kung sinu sino ang naglakad sa riles nung thrs kung sakaling ma-compensate sila?

Dapat sa Kanya ,sa riles ng MRT ipako

[kimbon]

^ haha. masyado ka naman ata sadista bro... sa riles sya ipako huh? ... ano kaya kapag naipako na sya sa riles, lahat ng MRT bagon ay ipasagasa sya, isama na ang LRT bagon at PNR pati na rin ang mga padyak boys ng riles. di kaya di na ito makatao?

[macsd]

Pacquiao running for president—Arum | Inquirer Sports

Filipino boxing champion and Saranggani Representative Manny Pacquiao will run for president, promoter Bob Arum said.

A report from TMZ Sports quoted Arum as saying Pacquiao would run as Philippine president in the future.

“He’s gonna be a president. He’s gonna run for Senate in the Philippines in 2016 … and then in 2022 or maybe later, he’ll run for president of the Philippines,” Arum was quoted as saying in the report.

In 2010, then 32-year-old Pacquiao won a congressional seat in the province of Saranggani in Mindanao.

By the 2022 national elections, Pacquiao will be 43 years old, above the 40-year-old age requirement to qualify as candidate for the presidency.

This show how foreigners view how dumb our bobotantes can be specially with this.....

Aquino tells Filipinos: Choose next leader wisely | Inquirer News

ABNOY's point in message is, na ulol ko na kayo, huwag na kayong pa ulol ulit.

[Juan Martinez]

Senators in 2016: Whos running for what

PDI, April 08, 2015 05:11am

The senate has usually been fertile ground for the country's next crop of executive leaders and several of its 24 members might just be major players in next year's elections for the presidency and vice presidency.
Half of those speculated to throw their hat into the political ring in 2016 ultimately have nothing to lose, as they are in the middle of their terms and would return to the Senate if the odds do not fall in their favor.
Senators Alan Peter Cayetano, Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and detained Bong Revilla Jr. are among those considering the prospect of running for President in 2016. But whether or not they will push through with it remains to be seen. Revilla declared earlier that his incarceration will not stop his 2016 plans.

GRACE POE

Neophyte Sen. Grace Poe has so far been less than categorical about her 2016 plans, but has been the subject of calls for her to seek higher office, which she said she would take into consideration.
Poe, who got most of the votes in the 2013 senatorial race, has been floated as a possible candidate for the presidency. She has also topped recent surveys for the electorate's preferred Vice President, and several possible team ups with her as Vice President have been broached.
Earlier, there was speculation that Poe might join forces with Sen. Francis Escudero, who has yet to disclose his 2016 plans, if any.
Sen. Antonio Trillanes has said he wants to run for Vice President, but would rather wait for his party's decision if it would choose to field him for this post.
Sen. Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada, also in detention like Revilla, is reportedly among those being considered to be the running mate of Vice President Jejomar Binay.
Of these possible candidates, Poe, Cayetano, Escudero and Trillanes are assured of keeping a government post once elections are over, since they have just come from securing their six-year Senate terms during the 2013 elections.

Graduating senators

Santiago, Revilla and Estrada are among the "graduating" senators, or those coming to the end of their two consecutive terms. They are no longer allowed to run for another term in the Senate next year.
Marcos is about to complete his first six-year term and is eligible for another one. He would have to choose between seeking an executive post and a legislative one when he runs next year.
There are also other factors that could affect which senators would actually go ahead and run for top executive posts, not least of which are their rankings in the surveys, especially those conducted close to the date of the filing of certificates of candidacy.

Santiago is currently battling stage 4 lung cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome.

Estrada and Revilla are both in jail and facing plunder charges.

The configurations of the teams for the top two executive posts are still up in the air. There are several possible major players outside the Senate who have yet to make their move.

Binay's running mate, Roxas

Binay, the current topnotcher in surveys for the presidency, is still mulling over who to pick as his running mate.
Interior Secretary Mar Roxas is the presumptive standard-bearer of the ruling Liberal Party, though he has yet to categorically say if he would run in 2016.
Recently, a group of retired police and military officials called on former Sen. Panfilo Lacson Jr. to seek higher office, in tandem with Poe.

Joseph Estrada, Duterte

There have also been reports that former President Joseph Estrada, who failed to complete his first term after being ousted in a mass revolt, might consider running for president. Estrada, the incumbent Manila mayor, had said he would consider running if neither Binay nor Poe, the daughter of his friend Fernando Poe Jr., would seek the presidency.
Several groups have been clamoring for Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to join the race for Malacañang. His party, the PDP-Laban, is considering fielding him as its standard-bearer.
It also remains to be seen which political parties would coalesce or team up for the 2016 elections.

Political ties fluid

In the Philippines, political partnerships tend to be fluid. Parties or individuals who are at each other's throats one moment could be linking arms the next.
Also, party affiliations do not always matter greatly, since many politicians could change their colors at the drop of a hat and suffer no lasting consequences.
Moreover, if a politician refuses to join one group or another, he or she can just establish his or her own party.

Admin coalition, opposition

At present, the administration's Liberal Party is allied with the Nacionalista Party, the Nationalist People's Coalition, PDP-Laban and the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino.
But this alliance could dissolve next year when the major players position their candidates for the next round of political games.

The opposition party is the United Nationalist Alliance of Binay.

The Senate also has other graduating members, who have so far not hinted at any plans to run for top executive posts next year. They are Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, who is also detained for plunder, Pia Cayetano and Manuel "Lito" Lapid.
Lapid is reported to be eyeing a local post in Pampanga.
His son, Mark, Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority chief operations officer, is reportedly running for the Senate.
The Cayetanos are also planning to field Taguig Rep. Lino Cayetano in next year's senatorial race.
Several of the incumbent senators are also eligible to run for a second consecutive term next year.
They are Senate President Franklin Drilon, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, and Senators Vicente Sotto III, Sergio Osmea III and Teofisto Guingona III.
Senators Loren Legarda, Cynthia Villar, Nancy Binay, Sonny Angara, JV Ejercito, Aquilino Pimentel III, Gregorio Honasan and Paolo Benigno Aquino IV are currently in the middle of their six-year terms they won in 2013, and have so far not been rumored to have plans to seek higher office.
Since 1998, the country's Presidents have all cut their teeth in the Senate before ascending to Malacañang.
Joseph Estrada, a popular actor and longtime San Juan mayor before he sought national office, became known as one of the members of the "Magnificent 12" senators who had voted to remove the US bases from the country.
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo topped the 1995 senatorial elections and later successfully ran for Vice President. She eventually became President after Estrada's ouster in a mass uprising and won another term in 2004.
President Aquino was on his first term as senator when he chose to run for chief executive following a wave of public sympathy generated by the death of his well-loved mother, former President Corazon Aquino.

[Juan Martinez]

nobody can stop the march of history


Grace Poe closes in on VP Binay in SWS 'presidentiable' survey

Thursday, April 16, 2015 7:18AM

(Updated 8:36 a.m.) Senator Grace Poe is one of the strong contenders for the presidency if elections were held today as the latest survey by pollster Social Weather Stations showed she has narrowed the gap between her and first-placer Vice President Jejomar Binay.

The SWS survey conducted March 20 to 23 showed second-placer Poe enjoying a big increase from her previous 21 percent rating in December to 31 percent in March.

Binay remained on top with 36 percent, a one-percent drop from the 37 percent in December.

Binay had suffered huge drops in his satisfaction ratings since he was linked to corruption charges. His camp has denied the allegations, saying these were politically motivated.

On the other hand, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte was third place in the survey, also surging ahead to 15 percent in March from 5 percent in December.

Poe and Duterte have yet to announce their plans to run for president in 2016.

The survey had asked respondents to name up to three people who they thought should succeed President Benigno Aquino III.

Results of the survey were posted Thursday on SWS' media partner BusinessWorld.

Duterte tied with Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II, whose score fell to 15 percent from 19 percent in December.

Tied for fifth and sixth were Sen. Miriam Santiago with 11 percent (10 percent in December) and Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada with 11 percent (9 percent in December).

Sen. Francis Escudero was seventh with 8 percent in March (9 percent in December). Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was eighth with 7 percent (3 percent in December), and Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano was ninth with 4 percent (3 percent in December).

Poe, Duterte

In December, Poe said she is not yet ready to make a decision as to her political plans in the next elections.

“Para sa 'kin, wala naman akong balak, pero salamat sa pagmamahal. Gayunpaman, sa tingin ko, 'di naman 'yan magiging problema pa sa ngayon dahil wala pa naman akong sinasabi,” Poe said.

“Hindi pa nga ako handa. Kaya nga hindi rin ako nagsasabi na sigurado ako dahil pati ako, kailangan ko pa talagang isipin,” she added.

Likewise, Duterte said last February he is not keen on running in the 2016 presidential elections.

"Wala pa ako sa track na 'yan," Duterte told reporters. "As of this moment, I am not running for president."

"Early on, I have said I am not interested, it does not appeal to me," he added. "The presidency is a distant star for me."

However, another report said Duterte can still be swayed if the public asks him to run.

"If God will place me there, there will be a difference. 'Pag ako ang makapasok [sa pagkapangulo], magugulo tayo,” he said.

1,200 people surveyed

The survey used face-to-face interviews with 1,200 adults nationwide and had sampling error margins of ±3 points for national percentages, and ±6 points each for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. — Joel Locsin/LBG/KG, GMA News

[Juan Martinez]

10% is already a striking distance, and between now and then anything can happen...

[macsd]

Right now, anything that will dislodge Noggy , i will support kahit sino pa yan. The objective now is bury Noggy first, worry who later.