http://blogs.inquirer.net/philippineelections The Philippine elections blog of INQUIRER.net Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:00:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Harvey S. Keh As the deadline for the filing of candidacies draw near, realignments are now happening left and right with the Liberal Party (LP) and the Nacionalista Party (NP) being the main beneficiaries. Many administration stalwarts have left the so-called political giant, Lakas-Kampi, mainly due to the perceived ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/philippineelections/2009/11/10/a-tough-balancing-act-for-noynoy/ By Harvey S. Keh While the election fever heats up in our country, the World Bank-Knowledge Development Centers together with the Ateneo School of Government and the Asian Institute of Management-Center for Development Management recently held a governance forum entitled, Panibagong Paraan for Good Governance 2009. This event brought together leaders ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/philippineelections/2009/11/07/good-governance-is-good-politics/ By Harvey S. Keh THE growing euphoria about the Presidential bid of Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III has been attributed mainly to him being the only son of the martyred former Senator Ninoy Aquino and the well-loved former President Cory Aquino. The Filipino people who have grown tired of the rampant ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/philippineelections/2009/10/28/political-scions-and-heir-apparents-in-2010/ By Cristyl Mae B. Senajon INQUIRER.NET STATISTICS show that 54 percent of the total voting population comes from youth bloc. Of the 2.6 million new voters, 80 percent are youth. These statistical data show just how fundamental the role of the youth will be in shaping and determining the outcomes of the highly ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/philippineelections/2009/10/25/youth%e2%80%99s-participation-in-2010/ By Harvey S. Keh   IN the last two weeks, two very telling survey results conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) was released. The first survey showed that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s satisfaction ratings have continued to plummet with a -38% rating as compared to -31% last June. The other survey ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/philippineelections/2009/10/19/understanding-surveys-and-extending-voters-registration/ By Harvey S. Keh IT has been more than a week now since Typhoon Ondoy ravaged Metro Manila and nearby provinces. We have all heard horror stories of people swept away by floods and families spending almost 24 hours atop their roofs while praying earnestly that the rising flood waters will ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/philippineelections/2009/10/06/ondoy-and-the-2010-elections/ By Joy Aceron TODAY, I will attend a funeral of a youth leader who worked concretely for reforms in the 2004 elections by campaigning for a presidential candidate who he thought embodied the hope for a new Philippines. I saw Malvin Ordeniza (1980-2009) worked earnestly in the 2004 campaigns because ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/philippineelections/2009/09/22/reforms-in-2010-means-saving-lives-and-giving-hope/ By Harvey S. Keh The past three weeks we have all been witness to the rebirth of hope and change in our country brought about by the recent declaration of Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s that he will indeed continue the fight left behind by his parents and make a run ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/philippineelections/2009/09/16/what%e2%80%99s-next-for-roxas-panlilio-padaca-and-pangilinan/ By Harvey S. Keh LAST week, we were all caught by surprise by the sudden announcement of Senator Mar Roxas that he was withdrawing from the 2010 Presidential Elections to give way to the candidacy of his party-mate and good friend, Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. Senator Aquino is now being ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/philippineelections/2009/09/09/noynoy-aquino-will-not-win-in-2010/ By Harvey S. Keh With less than 10 months before the 2010 National Elections, it seems that any hope of uniting the reform constituency in our country is becoming slimmer as the days go by. Many of us all believe that without a united reform constituency backing a common Presidential candidate ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/philippineelections/2009/08/18/my-last-request-to-president-cory-aquino/