MANILA - How popular is Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III in the online community?
According to online portal Yehey.com, Aquino has double the number of online friends in his Facebook and Friendster accounts compared to presidential candidates Francis "Chiz" Escudero and Manny Villar.
Aquino has a combined total of 155,950 friends on the two popular sites followed by Escudero with 81,114 friends and Villar with 56,945.
On Twitter, Aquino also leads with 17,970 followers as of November 9, followed by Escudero with 14,679 and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro at 3,609.
To sustain the momentum, Aquino on Tuesday launched his video blog—the only one among candidates to mount such an initiative. Dubbed as “60 Seconds with Noy,” the video blog will be a series of 18 episodes to be posted online in the run-up to the November 30 deadline for the filing of candidacies.
The video blog, according to Aquino’s director for communications, Yoly Ong, will offer an “unscripted and raw look” of Noynoy to allow voters to better know the presidential candidate, his advocacies and his planned platform of governance.
“The Internet is a very important medium for voter education. It allows us to reach the growing Internet-savvy, Filipino population relying on the Internet as an important source of information. It also allows us to reach Filipinos overseas who have very limited access to Philippine tri-media and who we are unlikely to reach through our sorties,” Aquino told a group of online media and bloggers in a video satellite conference from his Times Street residence.
WiT and GeoMedia donated the use of the satellite technology for Noynoy’s campaign.
The video blog is just the latest in Aquino’s foray in cyberspace. His website Noynoy.ph has already generated 75,000 page views since its launch.
An ongoing contest to upload and select the avatar for Aquino has also been staged to encourage interaction with the site’s visitors.
Source: abs-cbnNEWS.com
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Chiz told to forego presidential bid rather than lose
MANILA, Philippines - A former colleague of Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero in the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) said yesterday he should abandon his presidential plans or risk losing the race and prematurely ending his political career.
The veteran lawmaker, who requested anonymity, warned that it is useless for Escudero to join the presidential race without any political party to back him up.
“If I were Chiz, I will not run for president anymore. Instead, I will seek re-election in the Senate. With no political machinery to work for him, his chances are slim even as Vice President. He has no field commanders like congressmen, governors, and mayors to campaign for him in the barrios,” he said.
Escudero resigned from NPC last month, shattering earlier expectations that he would be its the standard-bearer.
Meantime, the administration party Lakas-Kampi-CMD (Lakas) has closed its doors on Escudero as the running mate of its standard bearer Defense Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro.
“We don’t know where he is going. we can’t adopt him; solo flight siya. Even his former party mates are puzzled about his decision (to bolt the NPC). He’s treading a different path,” Lakas deputy secretary general Reggie Velasco said.
Escudero and Teodoro, aside from being close friends, were former colleagues in the House of Representatives and NPC members. Conjuangco, Teodoro’s uncle, favored Escudero over his nephew to be groomed as the party’s standard-bearer. – With Dino Balabo
Source: The Philippine Star
The veteran lawmaker, who requested anonymity, warned that it is useless for Escudero to join the presidential race without any political party to back him up.
“If I were Chiz, I will not run for president anymore. Instead, I will seek re-election in the Senate. With no political machinery to work for him, his chances are slim even as Vice President. He has no field commanders like congressmen, governors, and mayors to campaign for him in the barrios,” he said.
Escudero resigned from NPC last month, shattering earlier expectations that he would be its the standard-bearer.
Meantime, the administration party Lakas-Kampi-CMD (Lakas) has closed its doors on Escudero as the running mate of its standard bearer Defense Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro.
“We don’t know where he is going. we can’t adopt him; solo flight siya. Even his former party mates are puzzled about his decision (to bolt the NPC). He’s treading a different path,” Lakas deputy secretary general Reggie Velasco said.
Escudero and Teodoro, aside from being close friends, were former colleagues in the House of Representatives and NPC members. Conjuangco, Teodoro’s uncle, favored Escudero over his nephew to be groomed as the party’s standard-bearer. – With Dino Balabo
Source: The Philippine Star
Chiz: Clear trash on Marikina riverside
Opposition Senator Chiz Escudero is supporting the call of environmental groups to urge the Marikina City government to clean up the Nangka riverside of debris left by tropical storm Ondoy.
"It is the duty of the city to get rid of the garbage in the river. This could have more tragic consequences if the river is still clogged with waste when a new storm arrives," Escudero said.
Earlier, EcoWaste Coalition said the city violated environmental laws when it decided to place the mud and debris on the side of the river to clear roads that were blocked due to the typhoon.
The 40-year-old lawmaker cited the report from the group which quoted information from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that a 50 – meter portion of the Nangka River has been reduced to three meters because of the seemingly "authorized" disposal of garbage.
"I fear that with the simultaneous storms that have been hitting the country in recent months, this would further cause more floods not only in Marikina, but neighboring cities as well. It is imperative that the city government must find an alternative way to get rid of its waste without endangering the river," he said.
Source: Tempo.com.ph
"It is the duty of the city to get rid of the garbage in the river. This could have more tragic consequences if the river is still clogged with waste when a new storm arrives," Escudero said.
Earlier, EcoWaste Coalition said the city violated environmental laws when it decided to place the mud and debris on the side of the river to clear roads that were blocked due to the typhoon.
The 40-year-old lawmaker cited the report from the group which quoted information from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that a 50 – meter portion of the Nangka River has been reduced to three meters because of the seemingly "authorized" disposal of garbage.
"I fear that with the simultaneous storms that have been hitting the country in recent months, this would further cause more floods not only in Marikina, but neighboring cities as well. It is imperative that the city government must find an alternative way to get rid of its waste without endangering the river," he said.
Source: Tempo.com.ph
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