The economics of the partition? Naga City Councilor Joseling Tuason is partly correct to say that “more than the political concessions that might be accorded those public figures who are pursuing or resisting the partition, there are grave social and economic restructuring of the entire setup and existing status of Camarines Sur if any changes [...]
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CamSur partition: It’s not the economy, stupid! (3)
Posted in Current Events, Economy, Politics on December 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
CamSur partition: It’s not the economy, stupid! (2)
Posted in Current Events, Politics on November 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Probability of Division With the hype and media mileage created by the Ad Congress, the probability of dividing Camarines Sur became low. The positive image painted by the media worked against “bukag” that people started asking: Maray man palan an naginibuhan ni Governor L-Ray Villafuerte , nata ta bubuwagon pa? But of course, there [...]
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 [...]
Past governors of Bicol — Catanduanes
Posted in History, Politics, Prominent Bikolanos, tagged Bicol politics, Catanduanes, Governors, politicians, Politics on August 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Catanduanes was once a part of Albay. On October 26, 1945, it was emancipated from Albay and was declared an island-province by virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 687. Based on records, gubernatorial elections for Catanduanes started in 1948. According to Prof. Alex De Guzman, when the island was still in transition to becoming a full-pledge [...]
How Noynoy bag the Bicol Vote
Posted in Politics, tagged 2010 elections, Bicol Vote, Noynoy Aquino, voting behavior on June 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For the nth time, people are asking me: How did Noynoy Aquino bag the Bicol vote? For the nth time my reply was: He just hit the right strategy for the region, got Joey Salceda on his camp, and he won. But more than that, Noynoy changed the course of Bicolano voting behavior. Since 1992, [...]






