Others: Checking the Senatorial Candidates for Mid-Term Elections 2013 (Part 1)

This post will just be a bit of a short transcript of I think the most important things that were based on the answers given by the senatorial candidates on a segment from the State of the Nation's Assignment Pilipinas 2013, a news program on GMA News TV. In here, all the senatorial candidates for the mid-term elections 2013 were posed by the question of what is his/her priority bill once elected in senate.

#1 Atty. Samson Alcantara

       Lawyer / Professor

       SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIETY

* TEACHER'S CODE

"tayo'y mayroong Labor Code, Civil Code, Family Code Penal Code, dapat naman mayroong isang Teacher's Code"

#2 Rep. Sonny Angara

       Aurora

       TEAM PNOY

* BENEPISYO PARA SA BAGONG GRADUATES

"mayroong new graduates ID card"

* PARAMIHIN ANG SCHOLARSHIPS

"libreng college exams para sa mga mahihirap"

#3 Bam Aquino

       Former Commissioner, National Youth Commission

       TEAM PNOY

* TULONG SA MALILILIIT NA NEGOSYO

"bawat tao na gusto magtayo ng negosyo mayroong access to financing, access to training, at access to market services. para yung kanilang mga produkto at serbisyo talagang madala sa merkado at magkataon na lumago ang kanilang mga negosyo"

#4 Greco Belgica

       Former City Councilor, Manila

       DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES

* FLAT TAX SYSTEM

"ibaba ang buwis, lalaki ang kikitain ng bawa't isa sa atin, lalaki ang take home pay, bababa ang kuryente, bababa ang bilihin, bababa ang pamasahe, bababa ang gasolina"

#5 Nancy Binay

       UNITED NATIONALIST ALLIANCE

* PALAKASIN ANG DAY CARE SYSTEM

* SUBSIDY CARD PARA SA MGA BATA

"subsidy card for children 0 - 5 years old. kung saan makakakuha sila ng subsidy sa mga vitamins nila, mga gamot, mga immunization packages."

#6 Rep. Teddy Casino

       Bayan Muna Partylist

       MAKABAYAN COALITION

* TANGGALIN O BAWASAN ANG VAT

#7 Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano

       TEAM PNOY

* PRESYO, TRABAHO, KITA

#8 Margarita "Ting-Ting" Cojuangco

       Former Governor Tarlac City

       UNITED NATIONALIST ALLIANCE

* KARAGDAGANG BUDGET SA BARANGAY

* REGULARISASYON NG MGA BARANGAY EMPLOYEE

#9 Rizalito David

       Former Legislative Staff, Senate & Congress

       ANG KAPATIRAN PARTY

* PROPERTY RIGHTS SYSTEM

* TULONG PINANSYAL SA INFORMAL SETTLERS

"we can come up with different sets or different forms of property owenership na hindi pa rin sa kanila mapupunta yun, maaring ang estado parin ang may ari, pero binibigyan mo siya ng karapatan gamitin yun"

# 10 JC Delos Reyes       

       Former City Coundcilor, Olongapo

       ANG KAPATIRAN PARTY

* ANTI POLITICAL DYNASTY BILL

#11 Rep. JV Ejercito

       San Juan City

       UNITED NATIONALIST ALLIANCE

* EDUKASYON

* TRABAHO

#12 Rep. Jack Enrile

       Cagayan

       UNITED NATIONALIST ALLIANCE

* FOOD SOVEREIGNITY

"naghain po tayo ng isang panukala, House Bill 4626. ang pamagat po dun eh yung "Food For Filipino First Act". ang nilalaman po ay ang concept ng food sovereignity, tututukan po natin ang mga dahilan kung bakit hindi umaangat ang larangan ng ating agrikultura"

* PROGRAMA SA AGRIKULTURA

#13 Sen. Chiz Escudero

       TEAM PNOY

* TRABAHO AT KABUHAYAN

#14 Baldomero Falcone

       DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES

* PAGDAGDAG NG SUPLAY NG PERA PARA SA CIRCULATION

#15 Richard Gordon

Former Senator

UNITED NATIONALIST ALLIANCE

* TRABAHO SA PAMAMAGITAN NG TURISOMO

* KNOWLEDGE BASED INDUSTRY

#16 Edward Hagedorn

       Mayor Puerto Princesa

       INDEPENDENT

* KARAGDAGANG PONDO PARA SA MAHIHIRAP

"poverty alleviation na makatotohanan, hindi yung lip service lang na mayroon tayong programang anti poverty"

#17 Sen. Gringo Honasan

       UNITED NATIONALIST ALLIANCE

* LAND USE PLAN

"ituturo sa ikswelahan, malalaman natin kung saan ang residential, industrial, commercial, agricultural, government centers, malalaman natin kung saan dadaan yung mga kalsada at higit sa lahat maiiwasan natin sa kapahamakan ang mga mamamayan natin na paulit-ulit na lang nagiging biktima ng bagyo, baha, landslide, mudslide, yung paglalapastangannatin sa kalikasan"

#18 Risa Hontiveros - Baraquel

       Former Akbayan Representative

       TEAM PNOY

* HANAPBUHAY SA KABABAIHAN

#19 Sen. Loren Legarda

       TEAM PNOY

* UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE COVERAGE

#20 Atty. Marwil Llasos

       Lawyer

       ANG KAPATIRAN PARTY

* ABOLISH PORK BARREL

* LAW AGAINST POLITICAL DYNASTY

#21 Ernesto Maceda

       Former Senator

       UNITED NATIONALIST ALLIANCE

* BILL THAT WILL CREATE JOBS

#22 Jamby Madrigal

       Former Senator

       TEAM PNOY

* LIBRENG PAGKAIN SA MAHIHIRAP

#23 Rep. Mitos Magsaysay

       Zambales

       UNITED NATIONALIST ALLIANCE

* REPASUHIN ANG OIL DEREGULATION LAW

#24 Ramon Magsaysay

       Former Senator

       TEAM PNOY

* CREATIVE WEALTH FUND

"pagbigay ng pondo. upang yung kanilang mga mahuhusay na tao, yung mga entrepreneurs, yung mga inventors, yung mga negotyante ng innovation, technology, and many other services sa negosyo natutulungan ng sovereign wealth fund"

#25 Ramon Montaño

       Former Chief of Philippine Constabulary

       INDEPENDENT

* REVIEW LAW COVERING THE PNP

"walang mayaman ngayong nakulong. we can do something about it. kasi we can review the acclaiming process and we can also review the budget, the resources of the government that is used in preventing and suppression of crime"

#26 Ricardo Penson

       Business Executive

       INDEPENDENT

*ANTI-DYNASTY BILL

* POVERTY REDUCTION

"karamihan ng mahihirap sa ating bansa ay along the shorelines, na mangingisda, magsasaka. kelangan yun bigyan natin ng pansin, kung gusto natin talagang iahon ang ating mga kababayan sa kahirapan. simulan natin sa mga lugar na iyon"

#27 Sen. Koko Pimentel

TEAM PNOY

* ELECTORAL REFORMS

* BIGGER PIE, BIGGER SLICE BILL

"babaguhin natin ang konsepto ng Internal Revenue Allotment. gagawin po nating share in the National Taxes ang matatangap ng local government units.

#28 Grace Poe

       Former MTRCB Chair

       TEAM PNOY

* STANDARD FEEDING PROGRAM

#29 Christian Señeres

       Former Buhay Partylist Representative

       DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES

* TAX REFORMS

#30 Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV

       TEAM PNOY

* PEACE & ORDER

* POVERTY ALLEVIATION

* GOVERNMENT REFORMS

#31 Bro. Eddie Villanueva

       Founder, Jesus is Lord Church

       BANGON PILIPINAS

* MODERNIZATION ON AGRICULTURE, FISHERY AND TOURISM

#32 Cynthia Villar

       Former Las Pinas Representative

       TEAM PNOY

* PAGTATAYO NG LIVELIHOOD PROJECTS

#33 Juan Miguel Zubiri

       Former Senator

       UNITED NATIONALIST ALLIANCE

* UNIVERSAL HEALTH AMENDMENTS

Note: 1st video contains answers from candidates #1-17. 2nd video contains answers from candidates #18-33.

Video 1

Video 2

Comics: Sixty Six ~ Chapter 1

Story by: Russel Molina

Illustrated by: Ian Sta. Maria
(5/5 ★★★★★)

The story revolves around Celestino "Tino" A. Cabal who lives with his wife Aura, whose memory seems to fade away as years pass by. The scene begins with Tino going home with flashbacks of him talking to Ella, his daughter who's working abroad. The first chapter ends with him saving his wife from being run over by an incoming truck. The scene then finishes off with him lifting the truck and tossing it away easily just like it was a piece of paper to be shoot off into a trash bin.

The story presents a different superhero that I presumed gained superhero powers as he turned 66, since in the story he also celebrated his 66th birthday. This is an interesting story to follow which presents to us a different kind of superhero. A superhero who's a senior citizen that just turned 66 years old. Another view of the Filipino life is also illustrated in this story. The setup wherein a child works abroad in order to support her parents that raised her up, so in order to repay that, she works abroad due to the hard time that one could get in seeking for a good paying job here in our country. This is just one of the many different scenes one could get among families that have a member of  a family who is an O.F.W. (Overseas Filipino Worker), our so called "bagong bayani" of our country. Indeed, from the hardships that they have to endure they are really the new hereos of our country.

This is another work that certainly is good to follow. Hope that the next chapter will be released next Komikon. hehe. Well we'll just have to wait for it to see what happens to Tino after that incident.

Note: Images were taken from the artist's webpages.

They can be contacted at / seen on:

Russel Molina

rusmolina@yahoo.com

Ian Sta. Maria

iamiansm@yahoo.com

iantoy.deviantart.com

Comics: Seven Gifts of the Skygods

Story by: Mervin Ignacio

Illustrated by: Ian Sta. Maria

Alamat Comics
(5/5 ★★★★★)

Got hold of the last copies of the Seven Gifts of the Skygods that were being sold during the Summer Komikon 2013. It basically tells of the story of the gifts that were given to our ancestors a long time ago. This is one of the collection must have if you're a fan of the Skyworld story. The tandem made by Mervin and Ian, along with their consultant Budjette Tan, has created a world for us to explore on. It is depicts the story of the early inhabitant of our country long before invading foreign nations came to our land, in which the gods bestowed gifts to us.

Well, as far as I can say. I'd recommend for everyone to read any project that Mervin Ignacio, Ian Sta. Maria and Budjette Tan are working on. Including those projects in which they are not together.

Note: Image was taken from the artist's  webpages.

I think I'm the only one who has the copy of their unique autographs XD (nagkapalit kasi sila nang pinirmahan na side)

Creators: Alamat Comics

This is not a review, but more on as an appreciation on the creation of this group. It is a group of very talented writers and artists. It is a Filipino comic book group based in Manila which was founded on November 1994. Some of the well known comic personalities from this group are Budjette Tan, Ian Sta. Maria, Kajo Baldisimo, Mervin Ignacio and David Hontiveros. They all gave us great stories like; Trese, Kadasig, and of course the one most Filipinos will be surely proud of once it is adapted into a movie after upgrades on our special effects, Skyworld. Just by reading the book, you can already picture it out and the growing tension from the plot comes to life as you flip across the pages of the comic.

Kudos to all the people involved in this group. I can say that they could later be a Marvel or DC Comics equivalent here in the Philippines. It is one of the best local comics that we have here. By merely attending a Komikon, one can see that it is one of the booths that will never be vacant of a fan wanting to get an autograph and picture with his/her idolized comic book creator.

I'm just looking forward for more great works to come out of this group and hope that someday, with the improvement of the quality of special effects in the Philippine movies, it will someday give justice to the world that Alamat Comics had brought to us readers.

They indeed have a great way of telling the legends and stories that our ancestors had. Who knows, maybe in that genre would Filipino comics be known for, like the way Japan has been known for its manga.

Note: Image was just taken from the internet.

Comics: Palimos Ng Kulangot

Illustrated by: Andoyman

Story by: Ronibats
(5/5 ★★★★★)

This is the comic that I luckily had gotten for free at the table of Andoyman. It is a good story in my opinion gives us the question of "Are we happy right now?" No matter what experiences we had from our past up to the present, it gives me that impression that as we grow older, some of us becomes less and less happier. We may have grown more smarter, knowing this and that, but it is the last words of the kid in the story that made me think. The kid remarked to the junior intern in the story that a lady who gave him her booger / "kulangot" was much happier than he was. Although it was gross to have the idea of giving someone that, but it's those simple words made by the kid can make one wonder, if we are currently happy in our lives.

We'll needless to say, for me this is one good comic written by a doctor, who was featured on Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho's segment regarding a family who has kids in which all of them graduated as valedictorian.

So far, I find this story amusing and it deserves to be read by others, hehe especially by my fellow med. students that are talented in writing and drawing. It could be a source of inspiration for making comics and become our sideline and stress reliever from our toxic days in medical school.

Note: Image was taken from the artist's webpages. 
This comic can be downloaded for free from the writer's website.
http://ronibats.ph/libre/palimos-ng-kulangot/

They can be seen on:

Andoyman

Facebook Page: "Andoyman"

www.andoyman.wordpress.com

Ronnie Enriquez Baticulon

Facebook Account: "Ronibats"

www.ronibats.ph

Comics: Ang Sumpa ~ Kabanata 1: 1:23 AM

Created by: Andoyman
Story Assist by: SuperGi
Rated: T+ / Teenage 13+
Genre: Detective / Mystery / Suspense
Andoyman Komiks
(5/5 ★★★★★)

One thing that I liked by wandering around the different booths during Komikons is venturing among the so-called indie comics. It's trying your luck if you're going to get a comic that you're going to love or well, just enjoy if you get bored. However, I must say I found another set of goodies  hehe. I didn't know much that the comics I bought were just as good as the ones I got from Macoy (creator of School Run). The title and the artwork of Ang Sumpa Kabanata 1 Unang Bahagi was the one comic that caught my attention from Andoyman's table. As I flipped for a few pages, my eyes brightened since the illustrations were good, the story well I just had to guess it could be written well since I don't usually read the story when doing this random buying of comics from artists I don't know much yet. Well suffice it to say that due to the good impression I had on that single comic, I bought his two other comics as well (Ang Sumpa Kabanata 1 Ikalawang Bahagi and Foodcourt. I think luck was on my side back then since I also got the last free copy of Palimos ng Kulangot, in which the person next to me was I think only looking for that comic title.

"1:23 AM. Natagpuang wala nang buhay ang katawan ng Pangulo ng Pilipinas. Nagpakamatay? O... Pinatay? Isang tao lang ang makakaalam." - Ang Sumpa

This is how the story is given a glimpse on its back cover on both parts of both comics. The story introduces a plot with the president being killed while he is being anticipated to arrive at a party. The story also introduces the characters Javier and Arman, whom I suppose would be the ones to solve the crime. Hehe, even though this 1st chapter just mainly gives an introductory plot of the story, I'm really looking forward in reading the next issues of this story. It'll give me a bit of gearing away from the paranormal investigation style that I a bit got accustomed of from reading the Trese series. But still I really am eager to get my hands on the next issue and also get to the part of the story that could tell us why the artist chose that title.

Note: Images were taken from the artist's webpages

He can be seen on:

Facebook Page: "Andoyman"

www.andoyman.wordpress.com

Comics: School Run ~ Parts 1-5

Illustrated and Story by: Macoy
(5/5 ★★★★★)

  

 

"In the post-zombie apocalypse, just getting to school in the morning can be a real killer. Welcome to the worst day in the lives of a school bus full of children" - Macoy

This is how Macoy introduces the first part of School Run on his blog. Creatively done even though the artwork is simple, a style that can be seen among his other works, I guess it fits the story since the main characters in the story are kids. With that style it gives the impression that this is just a simple comic book with a simple story, but just read further and you'll see that despite the simplicity of the illustration, its the story conveyed that gives the most impact. One might just wonder it to be a typical zombie apocalypse thing in which they had taken over the world, well you're right. But there's a slight difference, this is due to the Filipino culture that has been infused in the story. Quoting from Part 1, Maki (the main character) goes on sighing, "Signal #1 laaang? Sayang!". This is a common reaction most of us had when we were kids. This we really can relate since when we were kids, the only time we would constantly watch the news or listen to the radio, is for announcements of suspension of classes. Another thing, well one of my favorite lines from the series so far is from Part 3, wherein Popy said "Ganito naman parati sa pelikula, eh. Laging unang namamatay... "ubo" .... yung MATABA." Hehe.

Overall, i'd say this is one of the great goodies that I had gotten by chancing upon my luck on finding a good work of an artist by randomly buying comics during Komikon 2011. Can't wait for the next installment of School Run and other works that will be released by Macoy.

Info: Operasyon, Taal Volcano Monster vs. Evil Space Paru-paro and Ang Maskot are some of his other works.

Note: Images were taken from the artist's webpages

He can be seen on:
Facebook Page: "Komiks Ni Macoy"
Twitter: @komiksnimacoy
www.mcoy.blogspot.com
www.mc0y.deviantart.com