Villar also dominates 'ground war'
NP presidential bet has most campaign materials in the streets, too
MANILA, Philippines—Not only do presidential candidate Manuel Villar’s political advertisements dominate the airwaves, his campaign materials also reign in the streets.
This observation resulted from the field research conducted by the Consortium on Electoral Reforms (CER) since the start of the official campaign period for national positions on February 9.
“Among the candidates it is again Manny Villar who has the most propaganda materials posted," said Gladstone Cuarteros, coordinator of CER field monitoring project during the launch of the “Pera’t Pulitika” 2010 (PAP) Wednesday.
PAP is a consortium of organizations monitoring the election expense of candidates in the upcoming elections. It is funded by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems and the United States Agency for International Development.
"He (Villar) has been consistent in both air war and ground war," he added.
CER still does not have any estimate on how much each candidate spent on propaganda materials. Cuarteros did not give either the exact number of materials that Villar’s camp supposedly posted.
The field research will be conducted until May 8 in 10 major cities across the country: Baguio City (Northern Luzon); San Fernando City, Pampanga (Central Luzon); Quezon City (National Capital Region); Lucena City (Southern Tagalog); Legazpi City, Albay (Bicol Region); Iloilo City and Cebu City in the Visayas; and Cagayan de Oro, Zamboanga, and Davao in Mindanao.
Regional monitoring
CER’s monitoring team will go to the 10 cities twice a week to record the number of propaganda materials posted in public areas.
Cuarteros said that in Lucena City, Lakas-Kampi-CMD presidential candidate Gilbert Teodoro has the most propaganda materials. Nacionalista Party’s Villar has the most posted materials in Iloilo, while former President Joseph Estrada and Liberal Party’s Benigno Aquino III are almost tied in Quezon City.
“Most of these candidates are violating common poster areas,” Cuarteros added.
The Omnibus Election Code provides that the Commission on Elections designate a common poster area for all national and local candidates in every locality.
He said that ground war is as competitive as “air war,” citing observations from field researchers in the different regions. The researchers noticed that yellow ribbons (for Aquino) and orange ribbons (for Villar) are tied around some lampposts.
Most air time
According to Malou Mangahas, executive director of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), which is part of the PAP consortium, Villar has the most television airtime compared to other presidential candidates.
| Candidate | ABS-CBN (Channel 2) (ad duration in minutes) |
GMA NETWORK (Channel 7) (ad duration in minutes) |
| BENIGNO “NOYNOY” AQUINO, III | 218.75 | 136.75 |
| JOSEPH “ERAP” ESTRADA | 96 | 44.5 |
| RICHARD “DICK” GORDON | 248 | 127.5 |
| GILBERT “GIBO” TEODORO | 293.75 | 257.75 |
| EDUARDO “BRO. EDDIE” VILLANUEVA | 24.5 | 161.75 |
| MANUEL “MANNY” VILLAR | 696 | 758.5 |
Source: Mangahas’ report at the PAP launch, based on AGB Nielsen data
Estrada is the only presidential candidate who has not exceeded the airtime allowance dictated by law, said Mangahas at the PAP forum.
According to Section 6, Paragraph 2 of the Fair Elections Act (RA 9006), each candidate or political party for any national elective office would only be entitled to not more than 120 minutes of television advertisements but only during the official campaign period.
But on Nov. 24, 2009, the Supreme Court decriminalized premature campaigning. This gave opportunity for candidates to spend as much as they want on political ads—may it be on air or in the streets, said Ramon Casiple who is also a member of CER.
Mangahas also noted that other presidential candidates—Maria Ana Consuelo Madrigal, Nicanor Perlas, John Carlos de los Reyes, and Vetellano Acosta—“did not spend a single cent” on television ads.
New ground war
Cuarteros said that they discovered a new medium for campaigning: transit ads, especially those on busses. He said that CER still does not know how much the political ads on busses cost.
He even noted that the Comelec does not have guidelines on using campaign materials on busses.
The consortium also noted that propaganda materials posted in the streets for the 2010 polls are less compared to previous elections.
“Contrary to what is expected, not much propaganda materials have been posted in the streets of the cities in the opening day of the election campaign period,” he said.
The reason could be that the decriminalization of premature campaigning allowed for more air time for TV ads, he said.
Cuarteros added that in the past elections, the first 30 days of the campaign period is usually for awareness building of the candidates. He said that this is not necessary at this time anymore. (Newsbreak)
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MAY ELECTION
ELECTION AND THE FRAUD IS GOING TO REPEAT AGAIN...
BE VIGILANT: AS WE SEE THE ELECTION IS NEARING.. ALL OF A SUDDEN WE ARE SEEING WEIRD ACTIVITIES AND INCONSISTENCIES IN AND FROM THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. THIS IS VERY OBVIOUS ABOUT THE FAST AND SUDDEN APPOINTMENTS OF NEW SUPREME COURT PARASITES AND LEECHES (PUPPET OF GLORIA ARROYO) THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AREA IS BEING MANIPULATED AND NEXT WE SEE, THE ELECTION MACHINE WILL BE MANIPULATED IN MAY. ARROYO AND HER PUPPETS ALL OF A SUDDEN WANTED THIS DONE UNDER HER TERMS EVEN THOUGH THERE IS ONLY A FEW DAYS AWAY BEFORE ELECTION AND TWO MONTHS TO GO BEFORE SHE LEFT OFFICE. SHE IS EXERCISING HER POWER FULL FORCE BY APPOINTING NEW PEOPLE (BY HOOK OR BY CROOK). I AM SEEING SOMEONE WHO IS AFRAID AND IS HIDE SOMETHING OR HAVING SOME ANOMALY THAT IS BOILING AND OR COOKING IN THE BACK BURNER OF THE PALACE. SHE IS AFRAID THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPENED BAD TO HER IF VILLAROYO WILL LOST WHICH IS WE CAN SEE NOW THAT HE WILL BE AND THE AMPATUAN IS ANOTHER PUPPETS THAT WILL HELP HER GENERATE VILLAROYO'S VOTE AND GUARANTEED WIN IN THE MOST POPULATED AREAS OF MAGUINDANAO. HE HAS TO ACT ACT QUICKLY AND START HER MANIPULATION STRATEGY SO NOT TO RUIN HER PLAN ALL ALONG AND TO SAVE HER ASS FOR THE DIRTY POLITICS AND THE PREDICAMENT SHE HAD CREATED. SHE'S PROBABLY THINKING THESE PEOPLE SHE APPOINTED WOULD SAVER HER FROM DEATH ROW AND DEFEND HER BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO LOOK AN UTANG NA LOOB TO HER LIKE THE AMPATUANS.
HMMM........SOMETHING ODD JUST DID'T SET IN HERE.
WE ALL KNOW THAT SHE IS UP FOR SOMETHING... AND I AM AFRAID TO SAY THAT PEOPLE'S POWER WILL REPEAT AGAIN IN OUR BELOVED COUNTRY BECAUSE OF SO MUCH INJUSTICE WE HAVE SUFFERED UNDER THE HANDS OF VILLAROYO.
I AM SEEING AS THERE IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER PEOPLE'S POWER AFTER THE ELECTION BECAUSE MASSIVE VOTE BUYING, ELECTION RIGGING, FRAUD WILL TAKE PLACE. THIS ELECTION WILL BE FAILURE TO US ALL. POLITICIANS WHO ARE CRIMINALS, CROOKS, THIEVES, CORRUPTS, DISHONEST WILL TAKE IN PART OF THE MANIPULATION LEAD BUT NO OTHER THAN GLORIA ARROYO. WHAT A PITY! WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THE INTERNATIONAL WATCH DOG OR SOME COUNTRIES WILL HELP OUT AND INTERFERE!
NOT ANYMORE... SORRY
UPDATED AND MY REVISED VERSION IN RESPONSE TO ALL THE VILLAROYO LOSERS WHO ARE LOSING THEIR GRIP!
Nothing could be more hypocritical than the Nacionalista Party’s (NP’s) motto, “noon at ngayon marangal.” As we push towards the final month before election day, the steady stream of hardcore GMA allies going to NP goes on unabated. There is truth to Manny Villaroyo
But the Villaroyo partnership is not of two powerful individuals, not of Gloria Arroyo and Manny Villar. The partnership is among Gloria allies and Villaroyo allies who were once under one roof, shared the same spoils and played the same policy tunes. It is just like one person having two personas who are in a love-hate relationship but agreed in the end that they both want the ring. It seems the more appropriate battlecry for Manny Villaroyo is “Malacanang-My Precious.” The Gloria allies and Manny Villaroyo allies are Manny Villaroyo's two personas.
Which begs the question: Is Manny Villaroyo really in control of his party? Or do the puppet masters behind him already have an understanding with the power brokers of GMA that no matter what, tuloy ang ligaya. Anyway wala na si GMA sa Malacañang. Nasa Congress na. As it is laid out, the same machinery and interests which benefited from a GMA-Villaroyo-NP regime in 2001-2005 will also stand to benefit in an Villaroyo-NP-GMA regime in 2010-2016 if ever. No policy shifts. No program overhauls. No new faces. Land grabbing (Adelfa Properties) stays monkey business as usual . TOPAK or "Trapos, Oportunistas, and Villaroyo's parasites and leeches Inc." reverberates a thousand fold till the next presidential elections. A Manny Villaroyo presidency is another six years of GMA allies and former allies. Another six years of failed policies and false promises. Just look at the familiar faces in NP—they are too glaring not to see.
“Noon at Ngayon, the Nacionalista and kampi are Garapal….sa kapangyarihan
VILLAR IS A LIAR!!! CORRUPT!! HOW CAN WE TRUST HIM!!!
AYAN MANNY VILLAR SYLE MO BULOK!! GAMITIN BA MGA MAHIHIRAP SA CAMPAIN MOH!!??? AYAN NA NAGPAPATUNAY!! NA YOUR A LIAR!!! LAHAT YAN MAY EVIDENCE KAYA WAG KA NG MAG SINUNGALING!! KAYA TANONG DAPAT BANG BOTO ANG KATULAD NI VILLAR NA SINUNGALING????? HINDI DAPAT BOTO ANG KATULAD MO NA PAASAHIN MO MGA TAO! YAN AY PANG SARILING INTEREST MO LANG PROTECSYON MO SA NEGOSYO MOH!!! DI BA?? LIKE SA LAND GRABBING PAANO NAPA TITULO ANG LUPA!! NA DI PWEDENG BENTA DAHIL SQUESTERED NA LUPA?? PERO NAPATITULO!!!!! DAHIL SA IMPLUWENCIA MOH??!! NAPA TITULO!! WAG MONG GAWIN MGA TANGA MGA TAO!! TANGA LANG ANG MGA BOBOTO SA IYO!! YOUR A LIAR LIAR LIAR!! IGALANG MO NAMAN KAPATID MO SA PATI SA KAMPANYA GINAGAMTI MOH!! DESPERADO KANA TALAGA MANNY VILLAR!! TO BE A PRESIDENT!!!
VILLAR IS A LIAR!!! CORRUPT!!YAN ANG GALNG MISMO KAY LOREN LEGARDA!! HOW CAN WE TRUST HIM!!!
PATI KAPATID NA NAMATAY GAMITIN BA SA PAG CAMPAIN!! YOUR A LIAR MANNY VILLAR! AND CORRUPT!!!!BASAHIN NYO ANG LETTER NG KATOTOHANAN!!!!!!!!How Manny Villar lied and used the death of his brother Danny
AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo (The Philippine Star) Updated March 28, 2010 12:00 AM
“Nakaranas na ba kayong ... mamatayan ng kapatid dahil wala kang pera pangpagamot (Have you experienced losing a brother because you did not have the money to provide him proper medical care)? — Manny Villar asked in his “PANATA (Advocacy)” TV commercial. Villar was referring to his younger brother Danny who passed away on October 1962. In the same commercial, Villar’s 1962 photo with his younger brother was shown.
This portrayal of being poor once upon a time is a fantasy which comes in a series of similar attempts by Villar to create empathy with the nearly 90% of voters who belong to the socio-economic classes D and E. However, this particular attempt to use his late brother Danny to further his political ambition showed that Villar is as capable of lying just like Madame Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA).
Two public documents — the death certificate of Danny B. Villar and the Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT number: 135396/3194) of the 560 square meter property in the upper class San Rafael Village of Navotas where the Villars had lived when Danny died — shattered this ONCE POOR fantasy that Villar has been peddling.
What the San Rafael Village TCT presents:
1. Before 1962, the Villars bought 560 square meters (SQM) of high valued real estate on Bernardo Street in San Rafael Village where the more affluent folks in the Tondo-Navotas area resided.
2. The DEATH CERTIFICATE of the deceased Danny B. Villar established that they were already residing there in 1962.
3. Based on 2009 prices, the P16,000 GSIS (Government Service Insurance System) mortgage mentioned in the TCT — not necessarily the total cost of the two 280 SQM lots — is now the equivalent of P1,140,000.00. Poor people today cannot even borrow P200,000. Those who are familiar with the subdivision say that the cost per SQM in San Rafael Village today would be around P10,000 per SQM or an equivalent of around P5,600,000 for the entire property.
4. Jun Borres, the present owner who is using the 560 SQM property as offices of his firm, Jumbo Fishing, stated that when they bought it in 1987 - it had a one and a half floor house. The ground floor was made of concrete while the upstairs was made of wood. This was typical upper middle class and upper class dwelling in the 1960s.
Implications of the San Rafael Village ownership
1. Together with established Manny Villar bio information, they could not have been dirt poor to be able to move to San Rafael Village before 1962. His mother was a seafood (shrimp, crab and fish) dealer in Divisoria Market, not a fish vendor as what Villar tries to project. A seafood dealer supplies the vendors. For a family of 11, they ate canned corned beef — which Manny Villar admitted on his earlier TV ad. His father was a government official, said to be a Budget Officer of the then DANR (Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources) under which was the Fisheries Bureau. Manny Villar studied in private schools — the Holy Child Catholic School for elementary and Mapua Institute of Technology for High School. Poor folks send their kids to public schools.
2. Villar’s parents must have had a sizeable combined income to be able to buy the San Rafael Village property. The 560 SQM size demonstrates their financial capacity. If they could, poor people buy lots sized less than 100 SQMs. Villar’s father must also be making a sizeable income from the government to be able to borrow P16,000 from the GSIS. In 1962, senior executives in big corporations made monthly salaries of about P2,000.
What Danny B. Villar’s DEATH CERTIFICATE reveals:
1. It is NOT TRUE that Danny died because they were poor and could not afford proper health care. The stated residence in Danny’s death certificate was the San Rafael Village property.
2. The BIG LIE is further proved by the fact that Danny stayed 13 days at the FEU (Far Eastern University) Hospital where he expired at age 3 years and 8 months. If they were really poor, the PGH (Philippine General Hospital) would have been the affordable hospital to bring Danny. He was definitely given proper health care. FEU Hospital was one of the top hospitals in 1962, before the establishment of the Makati Medical Center and St. Luke’s Hospital.
3. Danny died from CARDIAC and RESPIRATORY FAILURE resulting from COMPLICATIONS OF LEUKEMIA. In 1962, there was no bone marrow transplantation and chemotherapy yet and everyone whether rich or poor died from contracting leukemia.
4. Upon Danny’s death, his remains were turned over to LA FUNERARIA PAZ — then, until now, considered one of the top two mortuaries (Funeraria Nacional, the other). This further disproved Manny Villar’s claim that Danny died because they did not have the money to take care of him.
When Iggy Arroyo was seen as having taken the Jose Pidal rap for his elder brother Mike, many folks felt that it was rather low of Mike Arroyo to place his younger brother at risk. Our culture expects the older brother to protect the younger brother.
In that regard, we can consider Manny Villar as having done worse than Mike Arroyo. At least, Iggy Arroyo was alive and kicking and he could have opted to stay out of the Jose Pidal controversy. But in the case of Manny and Danny Villar, Danny was used to promote a myth when Danny was in no position to agree to his elder brother Manny’s portrayal of his death.
With the propagation of this ONCE POOR fantasy, don’t you think that Manny Villar also desecrated the memory and honor of his parents who strove to be able to provide their children quality education and an upper class domicile?
If Manny Villar can lie and use his dead younger brother like this, what makes you think that he will really improve and not worsen your life? What makes you think that he is not as greedy as he is being charged in this presidential campaign? What makes you think that you can trust Manny Villar? ANG TAONG SINUNGALING!!! DI DAPAT MAGLINGKOD SA MGA SAMBYANAN FILIPINO!!! AYAN NAKALKAL ANG KATOTOHAN MO VILLAR!! KAYA TANGA LANG TALAGA ANG MANINIWALA SA IYO!! UULITIN KO IGALANG MO ANG KAPATID MO NA PUMANAW NA KAKAHIYA KA!!!!!!! MANNY VILLAR!!!!LIAR LIAR!!!!!
Sa PARAISO ni VILLAR
Naranasan mo na bang PUMATAY ng MAHIHIRAP?
Upang MAAGAW ang MUNTING dampa na bunga ng kanilang SIKAP?
Si Manny VILLAR! ARMALITE at DAHAS ang pangtapos sa MAHIHIRAP!
(Subaybayan ang kwentong buhay ng mga taong biktima ng LAND GRABBING
ni VILLAR sa Paradise Park, San Pedro Laguna, sa Norzagaray, Bulacan,
sa IloIlo, sa Las Pinas,. . . WOW! Malapit nang BUONG PILIPINAS!)
MANNY VILLAR!!! HINDI LAMANG C5 AT TAGA! ! !
ALAM AT GINAGAWA LAHAT NG KLASE NG PANGWAWALANGHIYA!!!
Afraid of how to raise back the political campaign expenses!
Most of the filipinos do not know the concept of Entrepreneurship. Most of us are afraid of how the Villar Party recover the expenses spent in
this coming Presidential Election. For your information, the Villars can
easily recover their expenses because their families are entrepreneurs;
they are affiliated with big businesses throughout the world. What Villar do now is great HEROISM, he dreams of making the poor filipinos
delivered from the bondage of poverty. He probed to all of us that he can make a difference! From rugs to riches...business acumen is a God-given gift...if He is not credible, why the honorables elected him
speaker of the house of representatives and Senate President. You know,
only TRADITIONAL POLITICS spoiled the credibility and integrity of Villar as great leader of our Nation's History. Let's open our hearts that Sen. Villar has already proven tract records of concrete projects down to Farmers in the countryside, OFWs, youth, teachers, women. Let us
not be misled by the fact that competition in real estate business is the real fuel of black propaganda against the good senator. I believe the integrity of the vision of Villar to make this nation competitive to the rests of the world. If we want world class leadership, we better vote for villar because once and for all he probed that he can
be a world class political and economic executive. Tama na ang paninira, magtrabaho nalang tayo! Si Bill Gates spent $20 billion for
his dream to make the people educated in computer software...why not possible for Manny Villar, spending millions of pesos just to educate the people of relevant leadership in Entrepreneurship...I believe that
what he does is to lead the nation and political and economic trademarks for in the end there will be an opportunity to create a world class market arena that all of us can share. Investments spurs
more investments...market creation multiplies market realities, of which the good senator sell his political trademark. So Villar na tayo!
To all supporters of Noynoy!
All your accusations for Villar are basedless and traditional political
tactics. Jamby Madrigal and Mar Araneta-Roxas are competitors of Villar-Velarde in Real Estate Business. If I were you, you better do
more research before you rights to suffrage are swindled by old elite
forces in our country. May be you are familiar with the game: "games of the generals," but this time it is now the "games of the realtors."
VILLAR FOR PRESIDENT
ANG TAONG TAMAD ANG BUHAY MAHIRAP.MAGTRABAHO K NG UMASENSO.KESA NAMAN ANG IBOTO AY YUNG MANINIRA NG TAO.SINO KAYA ANG MAS TAMAD KINA VILLAR AT NOYNOY.SI NOYNOY ILAN ANG BATAS NA NAIPASA WALA PA SA SAMPU ILANG TAON SA KONGRESO?ILANG TAONG SA SENADO? ANU B GINAWA UMUPO LANG AT NAKINIG O TUTULOG TULOG.
KAYA VILLAR KAMI VILLAR FOR PRESIDENT
IBAGSAK ang SABWATANG VILLAROYO
Hindi lingid sa kaalaman ng marami ang kasamaan na inihahasik ni CORRUPT VILLAR sa bansa natin. Ang nakakaalarma dito baka itanim sa isipan ng mga kabataan ang ganitong gawi ni CORRUPT VILLAR. Kawawa naman ang susunod na henerasyon. Ang pakikipagkutsaba kay GMA ay nagpapatunay lamang ng kanyang kahinaan. Alam niyang hindi siya uubra kay NOYNOY. Kayat gagawin ang lahat para lang iluklok ang sarili sa
MALAKANYANG.
Bakit kaya ang kanyang kaluluwa ay isinangla na sa IMPIYERNO? Maliwanag naman na isa siyang sinungaling, mandarambong sa kaban ng bayan , bilhin ang prinsipyo ng kapwa niyang pulitiko, utuin at linlangin ang mga magsasaka sa kanilang kapirasong lupa at ordinaryong tao na hangga ngayon ay umaasa na maibalik o mabayaran sila. Sa madalit sabi kinamkam ni CORRUPT VILLAR. Ingat tayo sa taong ito, dahil sa kanyang pagkaganid sa kapangyarihan at kayamanan isusuong ang sarili kahit impiyerno pa yan.
Ang sabwatang VILLAROYO, huwag tayong maging kampante dahil may PLANONG malawakang DAYAAN sa darating na botohan. Isa na lang ang kanilang pinoproblema ngayon ang mailuklok ang isa pang TUTA na CHIEF JUSTICE ng SUPREME COURT. Ang AFP CHIEF ay nailuklok na nila na isa sa mga mamumuno sa dayaan. Kaya ulit, HUWAG TAYONG MAGING KAMPANTE. MAPAGMATYAG, dahil ilan pa lang yan sa mga manlalaro ng SABWATANG VILLAROYO.
Act Now, Not Later
If Villar has violated some election rules, and Willie Revillame might just have his share of deceiving the people of Cabanatuan by making them believe that his invitation over Wowowee was of something like a personally organized event and not a political rally; the citizenry should act in protest now, not later. ABS-CBN must also enforce its teeth against that deceit by Willie.
Huwag na natin hintaying maluklok sila bago mag-reklamo o mag-protesta. Mga mechanisamo ng mga bilyonaryo (isama nuyo si Pacquiao na walang kabusugan at Revillame plus Villar versus mga mamamayang matuwid, puhadong mas mahihirapan tayong patalsikin sila kapag naka-pwesto na ang mga buwitreng hayok sa yaman at kapangyarihan.
Let's prevent another Thaksin Shinawat in the making....wag nawa tayo tumulad sa Thailand later on.
VILLAR ANG TATAMAD TAMAD NA SENADOR
ALAM NYO BA SI VILLAR AY ANG MAY PINAKAMARAMING ABSENT SA SENADO, TATAMAD TAMAD TALAGA ITONG TAONG ITO.
KAHIT MGA BATAS IBANG TAO PINAGAGAWA, TULAD NG C-5, ANG MANAGER NYA SA ADELFA PROPERTIES PINAGAWA NG PROPOSAL AT SINUGARADO NA, SA KANILANG SUBDIVISION DADAAN ANG C-5 AT TAGA.