Second time is the charm for Manny Pacquiao because he is now the official Congressman in Sarangani. He was proclaimed by the provincial board of canvassers as the new Congressman of Sarangani late Thursday night. He won against his rival, Roy Chiongbian, with 120,052 votes leading with over 50,000 votes.
In his next fight he will now be titled as the seven division champion, No.1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world and the “Fighting Congressman of the Philippines”.
Meanwhile, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is planning a worldwide telecast of Pacquiao being sworn into office …

The Automated Elections has finally come to pass.  Today was a long day for the whole nation.   Many filed into long lines just to get their ballots counted.  Problems plagued the entire day.  From long hours of wait, to machine malfunctions, to poll-related violence and so forth, the day is both interesting and frustrating.   As of posting, the PPCRV has began its unofficial canvassing of votes.  Noynoy and Binay are leading the race as of today.  Many are frustrated by the developments but are also accounted for by those who …

Fort Bonifacio Global City is implementing a new traffic scheme starting May 10, 2010. One-way traffic flow would be implementedfor the following roads:
> Rizal Drive from 32nd street going to 26th street.
> From 26th street going to 32nd street along 3rd avenue.
Please see photo below:

May 7, 2010 – Miting De Avance Traffic updates.
Avoid at all cost the following areas (or not if you want to test your patience):
5pm onwards
NOYNOY-MAR : Quezon Memorial Circle, QC
GIBO-EDU : Rizal Memorial Track & Football Stadium, Manila
ERAP-JOJO : University of Makati Track & Field Oval, …

In my previous post, I detailed the reasons why viruses are generally not much of a threat than we thought it’d be.  For non-techie people, I find that diving into the details of techie stuff could at least give us a grid on the risk viruses could inflict in the credibility of our polling machine.  This however, isn’t enough.  For while viruses may not pose a threat, the next wave of woe comes in the people behind the scenes.  Dominantly, the DBA’s, the COMELEC officials, and the ‘cronies’ if you …

Comelec has barred Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) standard-bearer Vetellano Acosta from seeking presidency and has officially declared him a nuisance candidate, a poll body’s spokesman said.
“He’s now disqualified. He has refrained from campaigning and refused to provide information about himself, and ignored proceedings of the commission,” Comelec spokesman James Jimenez told Yahoo! Southeast Asia.
“He doesn’t even have a bio-data. This led the committee to believe he is in fact a nuisance candidate,” he added.
Noynoy Aquino has petitioned earlier to disqualify Acosta saying that Acosta’s intention is to “dislodge (Aquino) from …