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hopeless_race : Lets not just focus sa mga malversation of funds, sa mga overpricing..ating pagtuunan ng atensyon ang diskarte ng mga politiko na umuutang ng bilyon bilyon sa gobyerno."Small time" ang ibang pamamaraan ng pangungurakot kumpara sa pag-utang sa gobyerno ng bilyon na tunay ngang masasabing "pinaka big-time" at wala pang sabit.
hopeless_race : Mukhang tikom ang bibig ng lahat pagdating sa diskarte ng mga politiko sa pagutang ng mga bilyon bilyon sa gobyerno na tinatakbuhan. Itong pamamaraan na ito ang tunay na kumakain ng malaking porsyento ng ating national budget batay na din sa sinasabi ng world bank.
hopeless_race : Pakisilip naman po ang mga utang ni Villar sa BSP, ang mga utang nila RAMON JACINTO, RONNIE ZAMORA, JOE DE VENECIA at madami pang ibang mga pulitiko. Iilan lamang yan sa mga nababanggit sa balita na may mga malalaking utang sa gobyerno.
hopeless_race : Nagmimistulang "small time" lamang ang malversation of funds kumpara sa laki ng kinakamal ng mga umuutang sa gobyerno. At ito ay malinaw na natatakbuhan dahil hindi nga naman pwede makulong ang may-ari ng kumpanya sa pagkaka-utang lamang. Tunay na mga tuso at magagaling sa batas itong mga politiko natin. Masasabi ko na malamang lahat ng mga politiko ganito ang diskarte...wala pang kulong.
hopeless_race : PCIJ pkitingnan naman po ang mga gaya ni Villar na my malaking utang sa Gobyerno pero tinatakbuhan. Magtatayo ng kumpanya at uutang ng bilyon bilyon sa gobyerno ng walang balak bayaran. Tunay ngang walang nakukulong sa utang...ito ang prinsipyo ginagamit ng mga politiko ntin kaya nakakapagtaka kung san napupunta ang daang bilyong pera ng gobyerno.
hopeless_race : Sana itreat naman po ng media ang hacienda luisita at mendiola massacre na parang MAGUINADANAO MASSACRE. Ipublicized ang mga katotohanan at ipakita sa tao ang karumaldumal na pinaggagawa sa mga farmers dun. Untouchable po ba sila cory at danding at hindi magawang batikusin ng media about these two massacres?
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hopeless_race : Its sad that we pinoys are blind to the fact of what had happened in mendiola and hacienda luisita. Ang tanong..bakit ang media ay hindi manlang matackle ang ganitong usapin? Takot ba sila kay cory at danding?
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Kids used to violate poll laws?

Posted by: PCIJ | May 11, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Filed under: 2010 Elections

by JC Cordon, Alexandra Francisco, and AR Sabangan

Elections, we like to say, are held for the benefit of our children and their future. But what do we make of people who apparently use children to violate election laws?

Reporters and interns from the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism found several children in Malabon and Navotas who were being used by grown-ups to distribute campaign materials during Monday’s elections, in violation of election laws.

The law states that Saturday, May 8, was the last day for campaigning. All campaign activities were prohibited beginning Sunday, May 9.

Yet several children aged four to 13 were seen outside the North Bay Boulevard South Elementary School in Navotas, and the Ninoy Aquino Elementary School in Longos, Malabon, distributing campaign materials to thousands of voters.

Their illegal “work” wasn’t done for free. Some of the kids admitted that they did it in exchange for food and money.

And it wasn’t just the campaign materials of traditional politicians that were seen being distributed by the children to the voters. Even paraphernalia endorsing more progressive politicians and party-list groups were also given to voters.

“Liza Maza na kayo,” said a 13-year-old girl from Navotas as she gave voters sample ballots that had the name and photo of the senatorial candidate, as well as that of Satur Ocampo, who was also running for the same post under the Nacionalista Party. On the other side of the sample ballot were words exhorting voters to vote for these candidates.

The girl was with three other children of the same age. The four were wearing violet shirts and said that they were also campaigning for party-lists Gabriela and Anakpawis.

They said they expected lunch and money from the person who told them to distribute the materials. But they said they still didn’t how much they would be receiving.

At the Malabon school, kids aged five to 10 were also seen distributing materials from the Bida or Bayan Iwas sa Droga, a party-list group identified with the Arroyo administration.

The kids said they each received P10 as “initial payment” and expected P20 each after they finish distributing the paraphernalia.

The presence of policemen and other men in uniform within fifty meters of the polling place is also prohibited during elections. But the PCIJ spotted cops and other officers inside polling places in Navotas and Malabon.

At the Navotas school an officer from the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology stood just outside the classroom-turned-polling precinct. PCIJ also spotted three policemen inside the compound of a Malabon school.

One female cop was observed inside one of the precincts at the Ninoy Aquino Elementary School. She was there to vote, which was not illegal. However, some of the voters waiting in line for two to three hours did not like the fact that the lady cop just jumped the line.

“Hindi siya pumila eh, abuso naman ‘yon (She didn’t fall in line, that was abusive),” said a senior citizen who observed what the woman did to get head of the other voters. PCIJ 2010

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