SIMPLENG tao, simpleng explanation. We understand him well because he means what he says.

He’s not the typical politician na will promise you tapos wala siyang ginagawa, pero magaling magsalita at galing
daw sa “Harvard.” Magaling silang lahat mambola o may asawa na artista, o artista din sila, larga na. Vicente P. Magsaysay, good luck ho sa inyo.

Mabuhay!

– Edward Bautista, Vancouver, Canada (via e-mail)

INQUIRER.net’s Eleksyon 2007 Podcast and Eleksyon 2007 site were cited in the March issue of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility’s PJR Reports.

Here’s the entry in the online edition of the latest issue of PJR Reports:

Know your candidates

Online readers who are looking for reports about the 2007 elections may want to go to the Philippine Daily Inquirer site, which has a special elections section. Aside from election-related stories, “Eleksyon 2007″ has interview podcasts with various candidates (the section currently has podcasts with several senatorial bets). Profiles of candidates are available online as well as news clips (http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/eleksyon2007).

A SIMPLE response to a mammoth challenge this fellow-balikbayan doctor [Martin Bautista] has taken upon himself: sir, more power to Davids like you, who, rightly, have sprung the conventional box, and dare the “windmills.”

Like you, I was thought to be a nitwit when I returned to the Philippines from 38 years in Europe. I chose to stay in Mindanao for the very same reasons you’re trying to wake up this turpid nation of otherwise, warm, good people.

Sir, I’m already campaigning for your party. May more wake up and do something about it, this time. Thank you– from a small but significant spark of a sector of our nation.

– Dra. Georgie Obusan-Roos, Lagao, General Santos City (via e-mail)

AMONG the senatoriables’ podcasts in your site, it is Senator [Panfilo] Lacson’s that stands out.

His answers were direct to the point and with a high sense of integrity.

– Eleazar G. Diaz, Makati City, Philippines (via e-mail)

I’VE been following the podcast interviews and never heard a more substantial and practical program of government than Prospero Pichay outlined.

I was about to give up hope on my country with what’s been going on, but Pichay’s vision has made me see that there’s still hope.

It’s our prayer that Pichay will make it in the coming election.

– IVAN TORRES, 8327 Beechtree Way, Panorama City, California (via e-mail)