Ex-UP Pres. Jose Abueva on Manny Villar

Posted on | March 11, 2010 | No Comments

The latest SWS survey again shows Villar and Aquino practically tied considering a statistical error of about 2 %. Aquino has lost so much support from his earliest preference of some 60% last year. And other candidates are also gaining support.

Manny Villar can be our next President. And he will be a good one.

Manny Villar is the target of concerted attack and propaganda from all quarters because he has a good chance of becoming our next President.

Why? He attracts support from the middle class and the lower classes, especially the poor. The rich and upper classes prefer their old friends and allies in the traditional elite.

The SCTEx issue

Posted on | March 10, 2010 | No Comments

The 94-kilometer Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx) is presently the longest highway in the Philippines. It connects the Subic Bay Freeport, the Clark Freeport, and Tarlac City.

The Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) was the government arm that oversaw the implementation of the project. According to the BCDA, 85% of the P27 billion cost to build the SCTEx was financed through funds borrowed by the government from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).

Click here to view full SCTEX map

The SCTEx has 11 exits starting from Subic in the south and ending in Tarlac City in the north.

Villar, Aquino remain “tie” in SWS survey

Posted on | March 9, 2010 | No Comments

Nacionalista Party (NP) standard-bearer Sen. Manny Villar has not left the top spot and remains statistically tied with Liberal Party (LP) candidate Sen. Noynoy Aquino based on the latest presidential preference survey of Social Weather Stations (SWS).

The SWS survey, commissioned by a leading business broadsheet,  showed Villar garnering 34 percent, just two percentage points away from Aquino’s 36 percent.

With a margin of error of plus-minus 2 points, the ranking of the two presidential candidates are considered tied.

Villar lost one percentage point compared to his previous rating in the January SWS survey but Aquino shed six big percentage points.

Villar, Aquino tied in MST survey

Posted on | March 8, 2010 | No Comments

The presidential race remains a tie between Nacionalista standard-bearer Sen. Manny Villar and Liberal Party presidential bet Sen. Benigno Aquino III as shown by the latest survey of Manila Standard Today (MST).

The survey conducted Feb 20-26 with 2,500 respondents revealed that 34 percent chose Aquino while 32 percent chose Villar. It has a plus or minus two percent error margin on the results. Compared with the MST survey done in January, both candidates lost 2 points (Aquino, 36%; Villar, 34%).

Since December 2009, the MST survey showed that Aquino lost 12 points, while Villar improved in January when he gained 7 points.

Manny Villar is the target of concerted attack from all quarters

Posted on | March 8, 2010 | No Comments

Manny Villar is the target of concerted attack and propaganda from all quarters because he has a good chance of becoming our next President.

Why? He attracts support from the middle class and the lower classes, especially the poor. The rich and upper classes prefer their old friends and allies in the trational elite.

Manny Villar has the capacity, in the longrun, to upset the status quo of mass poverty, injustice, perennial conflict, including violent conflict, high population growth. He has also the capacity to unite our fractious society and politics, and bring about effective and accountable leadership, governance, and the reform of our political institutions.

Aquino freefalling from 60% to 36%

Posted on | March 7, 2010 | No Comments

Villar still on track, chips away 11-point lead of closest rival to only 7 points

Despite relentless vilification campaign and pouring in of millions in television ads by his closest rival, Nacionalista Party (NP) standard-bearer Manny Villar continuous to hold a formidable rating compared to the freefalling numbers of Sen. Benigno Aquino III of the Liberal Party (LP).

Based on the recent survey of Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) held January 28-February 3,  Aquino led Villar by 11 percentage points, scoring 41.54 percent against Villar’s 30.63 percent.

In the newest Pulse Asia survey from February 21-25, the lead of Aquino contracted by 7 percentage points with 36 percent against Villar’s 29 percent.

The latest survey done by non-politicians

Posted on | March 4, 2010 | No Comments

Last Feb. 20 we came up with the first survey done by the Campaigns & Images Group (Philippines) that was commissioned by United Kingdom and US-based companies doing business in the Philippines, because they want to know the real score as to who is really leading in this political race. Indeed, there are just too many self-serving surveys around, even Reader’s Digest came up with their own on who can be most trusted, a survey that seems to surface just in time for election season.

The latest survey done by non-politicians!

Posted on | March 3, 2010 | 1 Comment

It’s election season and there is no doubt that every Tom, Dick and Harry would go out of their way to present their own surveys for their selfish or political ends. My, even Reader’s Digest came up with their own “Most Trusted” persons survey, which puts Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, III as number five on that list, while Rosa Rosal topped this survey. Even funnier is the name of Hayden Kho Jr. as number 80th. Is Reader’s Digest telling us that women can trust Hayden Kho that if they go to bed with him, their love tryst won’t end up being sold in the DvD black market stores?

Lies from Noynoy’s Handlers

Posted on | February 25, 2010 | No Comments

According to this email forward, a sumptuous mansion featured in a series of attached photographs belongs to President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe. The email claims that while Mugabe lives in such opulent luxury, the ordinary people of Zimbabwe face poverty under his leadership.

However, the mansion depicted in these photographs is not Mugabe’s residence at all. In fact, the very same set of photographs has also circulated in protest messages decrying the opulent lifestyles of other political leaders and celebrities. One version claims that the home belongs to President Pervaiz Musharraf of Pakistan. Another claims that the mansion is the home of former Nigerian ruler Ibrahim Babangida. Yet another version suggests that the photographs show the home of former Secretary of Health Care of Azerbaijan, Russia. And, finally, many references, including a YouTube video, claim that the home belongs to Bollywood superstar, Shahrukh Khan.

Opinion, Philippine Daily Inquirer

Posted on | February 25, 2010 | No Comments

Dear Editor:

This is to clarify certain points that a reader, a certain Jocelyn Gonzales, publicly raised about Sen. Manny Villar’s ads (”Money” talks, PDI opinion page, Feb 17, 2010).

1. That “the line between truth and claims gets blurred”, that claims can be turned into truth with Villar’s ads, Goebbels (Nazi propagandist) of Hitler proselytizes so. Unfortunately, even Ms. Gonzales believes in the dictum of repeating a lie to appear true.

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