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Rep. Boboy Syjuco, Mr. Pogi 2010

Aug 18

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Former Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) director general and now Iloilo Representative Augusto Syjuco Jr finds nothing wrong with putting his name and face on billboards proclaiming his projects.

After all, he appeared in a TV ad for TESDA with celebrity Sarah Geronimo just before the May elections to promote…something. TESDA’s vocational training programs, probably. Or possibly the 49,000-peso dough cutters TESDA bought when they could have gotten them for just 120 pesos.*

Singing is a technical skill.

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RP politics: all in the family

Jul 23

Posted by onetamad in current events | 10 Comments

Twenty some days into the new administration, this ‘new’ politics they all promised sounds more and more like the old politics. More accurately, it’s beginning to look a lot like the old old politics of cacique days.

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Manny Villar Has No Balls

Jun 19

Posted by onetamad in current events | 9 Comments

Sen. Manuel Villar, Jr. has been selling the public his formula for success over the past few months. He says that the future of the nation is hinged on “two things: hardwork and perseverance.”

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And he does have these two things indeed, judging from the billion-peso empire he’s created in real estate.

That being said, Villar lacks two other things that might come in handy when you’re a president: big brass balls.

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