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CREDIT OF THIS ARTICLE BELONGS TO MR. JOEL RUIZ BUTUYAN OF THE PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER - OPINION SECTION They can barely walk, but they want to run, "laments a netizen from social media. JOSEPH "ERAP" ESTRADA, 81, and ALFREDO LIM, 88, are both vying for the post of city mayor of Manila. IMELDA MARCOS, 89, is running for governor of Ilocos Norte. And JUAN PONCE ENRILE, 94, wants to be a senator again. These octogenarian and nonagenarian aspirants created an uproar when they filed their certificates of candidacy a few weeks ago. Estrada has been in public office since 1969. in the span of 50 years, he was a San Juan City Mayor for several years, then senator, Vice President, President and Manila Mayor. Lim has been in public service since the 1950's, a Police Officer who rose to the rank of General, then becoming Director of the National Bureau of Investigation before serving as City Mayor of Manila for four terms and eventually becoming Senator of the

THE POLITICAL CULTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES NOT ONLY DIVIDES THE NATION BUT THE VERY BASIC CORE OF ANY SOCIETY - THE FAMILY. THE RIFTS BETWEEN TWO SIBLINGS, ABBY AND JUNJUN IS IN THE POLITICAL LIMELIGHT/SPOTLIGHT TODAY.  BOTH ARE DRIVEN OF WHAT WE CALLED "IN THE NAME OF PUBLIC SERVICE." BUT HOW THEY CAN SERVE THE PEOPLE WELL IF NO ONE IS WILLING TO GIVE WAY FOR ONE ANOTHER. PEOPLE THINK THE OTHER WAY AROUND. SOME SAYS; "PALABAS LANG YAN" SO THAT IN THE END THERE IS ONLY ONE VICTORIOUS, THE BINAY! BUT LISTENING TO BOTH OF THEM, I BEG TO DISAGREE WITH WHAT SOME OTHER THINK.      MAYOR ABBY BINAY STANDS WITH HER PRINCIPLES AND WANTED TO INJECT NOT ONLY A NEW STYLE OR BRAND OF LEADERSHIP AND SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE OF MAKATI BUT CLEAR THE ONES TINTED NAME OF THE BINAY. ON THE OTHER HAND, FORMER MAKATI MAYOR JUNJUN BINAY WANTED TO REDEEM HIMSELF AT THE EXPENSE OF RUNNING AGAINST HIS SISTER MAYOR ABBY BINAY. THIS POLITICAL ZARZUELA IS NOT A

ACCORDING TO SENATOR GRINGO HONASAN,ANYONE WHO BUILDS THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE OF THE NEXT GENERATION IS A HERO.

BY DEFINITION, AMNESTY IS THE ACT OF RELEASING OR PROTECTING A PERSON OR PERSONS FROM PROSECUTION FOR WRONGDOINGS.  IT IS A FACT THAT SENATOR ANTONIO TRILLANES AND OTHERS  COMMITTED A CRIME AGAINST THE PEOPLE WHEN THEY STAGED A REBELLION WAY BACK NOVEMBER 29, 2007 KNOWN AS THE "MANILA PENINSULA SIEGE."   WHATEVER MORAL PRINCIPLE THEY STAND AND FIGHTING FOR, STAGING A REBELLION AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT JUSTIFY IT. THE PEOPLE ALWAYS REMEMBER THE WRONGDOINGS OF THE "MAGDALO GROUP" FORGETTING ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR. BRINGING BACK THE ISSUES AT HAND DURING THAT TIME MORE OR LESS GIVES US AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR. HERE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES DURING THAT TIME:  MASSIVE CHEATING IN 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE JOSE PIDAL ACCOUNT. THE PLUNDER OF MAJOR GENERAL CARLOS GARCIA. THE UNEXPLAINED WEALTH OF PAGCOR CHAIRMAN EFRAIM GENUINO. THE MOST EXPENSIVE ROAD IN THE WORLD, THE MACAPAGAL HIGHWAY AND MUCH MORE. CORRUPTI

AS A BLOGGER MYSELF, THERE IS A TENDENCY TO BECOME ONE SIDED WHEN IT COMES TO GIVING A PERSONAL OPINION. ALTHOUGH IT SHOULD NOT BE CASE BECAUSE IT IS NOT HEALTHY AT ALL AND IT TRIGGERS DISCORD AMONG LISTENERS! WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND AS BLOGGERS THAT VIEWERS AND READERS HAVE THEIR OWN PERSONAL OPINIONS TOO. IT MIGHT BE THE SAME OR CONTRARY TO WHAT A BLOGGER BELIEVES SOMETIMES IT IS GOOD TO BE A CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU MUCH ATTENTION AND HIGHER VIEWERS IN BOTH CAMPS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH POLITICS. WE, FILIPINOS ARE BEST KNOWN AS PARTISAN POLITICS. A STRONG AND DIE HARD SUPPORTERS OF ONE PARTICULAR POLITICIAN AND A STAUNCH CRITICS OF ANOTHER.   WHEN I HEAR ABOUT THE LATEST CONTROVERSY OF DREW OLIVAR, I LISTENED VERY VERY CAREFULLY TO THE PRESS BRIEFING CONDUCTED BY NCRPO HEADED BY DIRECTOR GUILERMO ELEAZAR ABOUT BOMBED TUBE SCARE POSTED BY DREW OLIVAR. TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH MY FIRST IMPRESSION IS THAT, IT IS POSTED BY DREW WITHOUT MALICE OR ANY INTENTI

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