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+ Follow COME ELECTION DAY Tag
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                    [Title] => Jesse’s way
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When the official list of senatoriables was released, I carefully scanned through the names, eliminating those that come from political dynasties.

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Even if he seems to be lagging in the surveys, Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino standard-bearer and deposed president Joseph Estrada, in a press conference yesterday at the Waterfront Cebu Hotel and Casino, said that not all those who top in the surveys will actually win in the elections.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 387729 [Title] => How to stop showbiztocracy and promote real democracy [Summary] => An agitated mobile phone texter sent me this: "Stop watching Pinoy movies in cinemas and buy only pirated Pinoy movie DVDs. If you kill the movie industry, then no more movie stars can enter politics!"

But can we really stop showbiz-tocracy? Yes we can. But first we must eradicate the reasons why people, mostly the masses and the poorest of the poor, elect showbiz personalities in the first place.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133540 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1139487 [AuthorName] => AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
COME ELECTION DAY
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When the official list of senatoriables was released, I carefully scanned through the names, eliminating those that come from political dynasties.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134513 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1168457 [AuthorName] => Bernadette Sembrano [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 554823 [Title] => Erap: Surveys don't decide winners [Summary] =>

Even if he seems to be lagging in the surveys, Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino standard-bearer and deposed president Joseph Estrada, in a press conference yesterday at the Waterfront Cebu Hotel and Casino, said that not all those who top in the surveys will actually win in the elections.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 387729 [Title] => How to stop showbiztocracy and promote real democracy [Summary] => An agitated mobile phone texter sent me this: "Stop watching Pinoy movies in cinemas and buy only pirated Pinoy movie DVDs. If you kill the movie industry, then no more movie stars can enter politics!"

But can we really stop showbiz-tocracy? Yes we can. But first we must eradicate the reasons why people, mostly the masses and the poorest of the poor, elect showbiz personalities in the first place.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133540 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1139487 [AuthorName] => AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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