In 1992, James Carville used the economy to catapult Bill Clinton in what is supposedly an uphill presidential battle against George Bush. The slogan “It’s the economy, stupid!” not only broke Bush’s approval rating but also sharply turned American opinion that from the 90% approval rating in 1991, the then US President was hammered with [...]
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CamSur partition: It’s not the economy, stupid!
Posted in Current Events, History on November 15, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Aksyon agad!
Posted in Current Events, History, tagged Albay, Aleco, surveys on February 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sometime ago, I conducted an orientation of enumerators for a survey. Right after the orientation, some of the participants were so eager to have an action so they asked permission to start the fieldwork. The rest, especially those who have experiences in conducting surveys, laughed at the eager ones and said, “Na-internalize niyo ba ang [...]
Albay’s old map
Posted in History on October 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Photo courtesy of Bikolandia.
Past Governors of Bicol – Masbate
Posted in History, Places & Destinations, Politics, Prominent Bikolanos, Uncategorized, tagged Bicol Places, Bicol politics, Governors, Historical facts, Masbate on October 6, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Masbate is known as “the wild, wild west of the Philippines” and “the poor man sitting in the pot of gold”. Thanks to recent developments, the province is starting to shelve these names. Election observers for the May 2010 elections found Masbate to be relatively peaceful compared with the previous elections, and that the National [...]
Bicol and the Bikolana in the eyes of a painter
Posted in Arts & Literature, History on September 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In 1929, the Philippine Education Company published the book “Paintings of Twelve Philippine Women: Christian, Mohammedan, and Pagan”. These are the paintings of Fernando Amorsolo and his brother, Pablo; Fabian de la Rosa; and I.L. Miranda. One of the paintings is the “Bikol Girl” by Fernando Amorsolo himself. According to A.V.H. Hartendorp, the editor of [...]
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