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128 and counting

Posted by: rina on: May 15, 2007

Just blogged about news feeds, this has got to be one of the saddest news feeds I’ve ever gotten:
2 teachers killed in torching of Batangas school
We all know that a teacher serving as an election officer has a very difficult and thankless job, and yet we ask our teachers to do it every election, and [...]

be the change

Posted by: rina on: April 17, 2007

Okay, who wants to spend hours working under potentially chaotic conditions, poring over smudged columns of numbers, doing shifts at odd hours, and all without pay?
Apparently, I do.
7 PM last night saw me and Don trooping to Ateneo de Manila in answer to an open call for volunteers for the Namfrel Operation Quick Count for [...]

and then there were 37

Posted by: rina on: March 23, 2007

It’s official: 37 candidates vying for 12 senatorial slots this coming May 14.
Genuine Opposition

Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III
Alan Peter Cayetano
Anna Dominique “Nikki” Coseteng
Francis “Chiz” Escudero
Panfilo Lason
Loren [...]


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