Tag: elections

Why Gibo Teodoro changed his mind on RH Bill

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On January 20, 2010

Gibo Teodoro

Presidential candidate Gibo Teodoro & his pretty wife, the congresswoman from the 1st district of Tarlac were once supporters of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill. A few weeks ago, they changed their minds regarding the RH bill. So when the opportunity came to ask Mr. Teodoro some questions, I had to take it.

Why did Gibo change his mind regarding the RH bill?

Gibo Teodoro answered my question with authority & strong conviction. I was actually speechless throughout his reply. Now after reviewing the video that I just realized that I have several followup questions to his answer.

Gibo Teodoro said the main problem of the RH bill debate was this: Everybody got so involved with the bill & how to pass it that everybody forgot about what the actual problem was and how to fix it.

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Mr. Teodoro then said that this debate is about government substituting itself as the people’s moral guardians. He said it was a mistake because family planning is a personal issue. He then recounted that the Reproductive Health bill will not pass. He reasoned, what good can the RH Bill do if we fight for something knowing the effort would simply fail?

Read the rest of the article in Blogwatch.PH.

References:

Official Website of Rochelle Sy Chua on media, events, travel, food and restaurant experiences in Taipei, Taiwan, Manila, Philippines and Asia.

Manny Villar & his Vision for OFWs

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On December 21, 2009

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Last December 17, BlogWatch started its presidential roundtable discussion and it so happened that Billionaire and the Nacionalista Party candidate Manny Villar was the first to meet with us.

To be honest, I had my reservations about Mr. Villar. I formed my opinion based on what I saw on Traditional Media and how they portrayed him. Things like he’s just another politician who wants power and his choice of Vice President, well, let’s just say, that didn’t help improve the impression I had of him. Then there was his appearance at Wowowee that somehow re-enforced the idea in my mind that Manny Villar was another showbiz politician positioning himself as poor so he could get votes from the masses.

Each BlogWatch writer was given a chance to ask Senator Villar one question. So what was the question that I decided to ask Manny Villar about?

Remember this infomercial?

Since Manny Villar is known for helping Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), I had to ask if he became President, what will he do if a country goes into default (or something like what happened with Dubai) and OFWs will be sent back to the Philippines, what are his contingency measures?

Read the rest of the article in Blogwatch.PH.

References:

Official Website of Rochelle Sy Chua where she talks about her travel experiences in Taipei, Taiwan, Philippines and Asia, as well as her adventures in food and restaurants

Blog Watch Press Conference

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On November 25, 2009

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Yesterday, Blog Watch held its press conference at Max’s Restaurant along Jupiter Street in Makati.  We formally launched the site which aim to give Filipinos what they need in order to be a better-educated voter in time for the 2010 elections.

Blog Watch aims to cover underplayed stories in various formats (podcast, video, articles) that traditional media cannot cover due to limited resources and time.  Our stories are those that promote voter’s education & automated elections, campaign fund sources & expenditures, background of candidates, platforms, social issues & commentaries on current election scene & the candidates.

The event was sponsored by Philippine Online Chronicles, a news & features website under Vibal Foundation and also where Blogwatch.PH is in.

Sharing with you the Program during the press launch:

  • Introduction by Kristine Mandigma, Program Director of The Philippine Online Chronicles & Blogwatch.
  • The Role of Bloggers as New Media in the Philippine 2010 Elections by Ed Lingao, Multimedia Media Content Producer for Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ).
  • Blogging & Journalism by Marck Romorin, Blogwatch.ph writer.
  • Features & Plans of Blogwatch.ph by Noemi Dado, Project Editor of Blogwatch.ph.

This is a video that we have from blogwatch, which is a teaser of what the site is all about.

And this is our group photo which we took right after the event:
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So far, I have written 4 articles for Blog Watch.
And I hope you can read the rest of the articles and see you commenting at http://www.blogwatch.ph.

Pictures from the event can be found here.

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Chiz, I’m Confused

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On November 12, 2009

The first time I met with Chiz Escudero was in August 2009. There was a bloggers Meet and Greet Chiz Escudero event. I asked him straight out during that first meet & greet, if he was running for the presidency.Without hesitation, Chiz Escudero answered, “yes”.

At the time, I was quite impressed at how determined he was & how confident he was that he can lead the change for our Philippines.

We all know what has happened since then:

  • Cory died.
  • Mar Roxas dropped out of the race, and
  • Noynoy Aquino is now the Liberal Party’s candidate.

Then all of a sudden, Chiz Escudero quit his party, the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC). Like a lot of people, like many of his supporters, I was confused.

So last Saturday (November 7), I attended a bloggers’ meeting with Chiz Escudero at Annabel’s in Quezon City. I was excited to go as I had sooooooo many questions to ask Chiz about his plans on the presidency.

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I was expecting to get a concrete answer. To be honest, I was surprised. Last Saturday, I saw a different Chiz from the one who met bloggers last August. I’m not sure if he was acting or if he is just confused at the moment. It wasn’t the same Chiz I got to admire during the first meet.

When I asked him the same question I did during the first meet and greet, about his plans to run, the answer I got was unfortunately, “not sure yet.”

Chiz Escudero said that he doesn’t know and will still need to decide. He mentioned he’ll decide on November 15 and will share with us his decision come December 1.

What changed?

Read the rest of the article in Blogwatch.PH.

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