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Know Your Vice-Presidentiable – Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano

QUEZON City, Philippines (March 23) – Let’s get to know more about Senator Alan Peter Cayetano. A senator in his final term and running mate of Davao’s “Dirty Harry” Rodrigo Duterte, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano is a young veteran who aspire to take the second seat of power in our country. He took hold of different offices since he was 21, and made feats with his considered ‘young’ age in the political sphere. The son of […]

Know Your Vice-Presidentiables – Leni Robredo

QUEZON City, Philippines (March 23) – As responsible voters, it is our duty to learn more about those who are running for candidacy in the upcoming elections. Representative Mari Leonor Gerona Robredo is one of the six candidates who wanted to be the next vice president. She became the focus of the public eye after the incident that caused the  loss of her husband back in 2012 – the Secretary of the Department of Interior and […]

Know Your Vice-Presidentiable – Chiz Escudero

QUEZON City, Philippines (March 23) – We, as voters, have the responsibility to know about the candidates for the upcoming election. Let’s get to know more about Senator Francis Joseph Guevara Escudero, one of the six candidates who wanted to be the next vice president. He was born on October 10, 1969. Since kindergarten he was in University of the Philippines, Diliman, where he also earned his law degree. He passed the bar examination in 1994 […]

Know Your Vice-Presidentiables – Bongbong Marcos

QUEZON City, Philippines (March 23) – As responsible voters, we should learn more about the candidates running for the 2016 elections because – should they win – they will be the one in charge of our country and their actions will surely impact our lives. It is not only those who are running for president that we should scrutinize but their running mates as well. After all, the Vice-President of the Philippines has the duty […]

Know Your Vice-Presidentiable – Gringo Honasan

QUEZON City, Philippines (March 23) – “I have always been a good soldier.” These are the words of the four-term senator and retired soldier Gringo Honasan when he referred to his decision to run for higher office and become the running mate of Vice President Jejomar Binay. A hesitant runner, Senator Gringo emerged as United Nationalist Alliance’s (UNA) final VP bet when he considered the judgment of his political party. Public officer, former soldier and rebel. […]

Coconut – The tree of life

QUEZON City, Philippines (March 21) – In the Philippines the Coconut tree is called the “Tree of Life’’, because of the endless products derived from its various parts.  They say if you’re stranded in a desert island all you have to do is find a coconut tree and you will survive. In fact during the Typhoon Haiyan -known locally as Yolanda- in 2013, affected families survived on coconuts alone for days! From leaves to roots, almost all […]

Things to do during Earth Hour

QUEZON City, Philippines (March 15) – Better mark your calendar, guys. Because on March 19, the whole world will participate in the annual Earth Hour activity. For those who don’t know what Earth Hour is, it is the time when we turn off our lights for an hour as a way to raise awareness regarding climate change.  Usually, during Earth Hour, we tend to just stay where we are, waiting for the hour to pass so […]

Why Filipinos should support Earth Hour

QUEZON City, Philippines (March 15) – Our generation is the first to experience climate change, and the least we can do is to take a step in preventing the worse. Earth Hour is a campaign that started in Sydney, Australia in 2007. It was participated in by 2.2 million homes and businesses. For a specific day and time, people will simultaneously shut their lights off to save energy and raise environmental awareness. Is an hour of […]

Senior Citizens: Know your Privileges.

QUEZON City, Philippines (March 14) – No one can really define the final stage of a normal life span but people are said to be senior citizens when they reach the age of sixty and above because this is the age when people are mostly ready to retire from their workplace. The total number of senior citizens based on the 2010 census of Population and Housing was 6.3 million, accounting for 6.8 percent of the whole population […]

Know your presidentiable – Jejomar Binay

QUEZON City, Philippines (March 8) – As the day of the elections near, we as responsible voters should know as much as we can about the candidates, whether they are running for national or local positions. All the more is it important that we try to learn more about those who are running for the top post. Jejomar “Jojo” Cabauatan Binay, Sr. is the current and 15th Vice President of the Philippines under President Benigno […]

Know your presidentiable – Rodrigo Duterte

QUEZON City, Philippines (March 8) – As responsible voters, we should know what are the plans and the stance of the candidates who are running for the top post. Let’s get to know more about Rodrigo Duterte, one of the presidential candidates for the 2016 election. Here are some helpful information gleaned from various sources that will help us assess our choices. Rodrigo “Roda” Roa Duterte is a lawyer and was one of the former mayors of […]