List of those who contributed to Noynoy Aquino's 2010 Presidentical Campaign

I wish I had a copy of the actual document, but the one printed on the Philippine Daily Inquirer will have to do.

One of the challenges claimed by President Noynoy Aquino is to make government more transparent and perhaps his first steps towards achieving this will be helped immensely by the State of Contribution released by the Commission on Elections.

Also-ran Presidential Candidate Manny Villar had been criticized for spending so much money on his campaign and people said that he was bound to find a way to get back the money he spent.

In Aquino's case, it would be great to see Aquino making sure that those contributed to his campaign won't get "rewarded" or favored with juicy government contracts.

The Statement of Contribution should be a great help to those who want to make a watch list of sorts for people who want to make sure that Aquino remains true to this word of ridding the government of corruption.

Here is the list of people who donated to Aquino's Presidential campaign.

1. Antonio Cojuangco
2. Chiong Bu Hong
3. Martin Ignacio Lorenzo
4. Fulgencio Factoran
5. Kristine Bernadette Yap
6. Leonardo Javier Jr.
7. Jose Ramon Aliling
8. Cesar Purisima'
9. Alex Tanwangco
10. Jose Mari Gamboa
11. David Lim
12. elena Lim
13. Abeto Uy
14. Feliz Ang
15. Felix Chung
16. Felipe Diego
17. Jose antonio Larrauri
18. Gerardo Esquivel
19. Aurora Abellada
20. Lourdes Ong
21. Ricardo Bautista
22. Antonio Aquino
23. George Barcelona
24. Eduardo Galvez
25. Philip Juico
26. Maripola Aquino
27. Angleita legarda
28. Josephine Guingona
29. Alexander Ayco
30. Salvador Zamora II
31. Gregorio Yu
32. Josephine Reyes
33. Mariano Chua
34. Augusto Santos Sr.
35. Ma. Elena Cruz
36. Julio Jr. D Sy
37. Howard Dee
38. Bernardine Quiason
39. Abrahan Pascual
40. Sylvia Pascual
41. Sostenes Campillo
42. Jose J. Ong
43. Victor Gomez III
44. Zamora
45. Enrique Quiason
46. Antonio Lopa
47. Jose Manuel Lopa
48. Cornelio Torja
49. Teresita Lacson
50. Maria Cecilia Santos
51. Camilio Quiason
52. Miguel Antonio Lacson
53. Emmanuel Cochico 
54. Daniel Lichauco
55. Anita L. Vistan
56. Lourdes San Gabriel
57. Romeo Chan
58. Cecilia O. Cagulat
59. Jose Armando Nanawa
60. Jose Gerardo Castro
61. Paul Tayag
62. Eduardo del Rosario
63. Marinette Aglipay
64. Ricardo Lopa Jr.
65. Jose Maria Lopez
66. Jaime Lopa
67. Edward Go
68. Hirene Lopez
69. Carios Syquia
70. Michael Lopa
71. Maria Therese Ryees
72. Anna Lopez
73. Christina Lopa
74. Rafael Lopa
75. Natividad Reyes
76. Renato Lirio
77. Cochico Josephine
78. Francis San Gabriel
79. Richard Tamayo
80. Peter Ong
81. Rene Dela Calzada
82. Joe Marie Lesaca Sy
83. Ralph Ante
84. John Carlyle Quimbo
85. Deborah Anne Tan
86. Antonio Jude Montinola
87. Patricia Montinola
88. Marvin S. Matias
89. Eduardo Gana
90. Constantino Gavino
91. Gerolaga Rheyvan
92. Carmen M. Luz
93. Hector Quesada
94. Goco Ma. Theresa
95. Cecilla Lourdes Teodoro

Inquirer... Why piss on such a beautiful gesture?

In 2008, controversy hounded Mendoza after she appeared nude for a jewelry advertisement. The following year, she posted an entry on her blog about her visit to the detention camps at the US naval base in Guantanamo, which she described as a “relaxing place.”

Other blogs condemned her ridiculous comments, forcing her to remove the entry in April 2009.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer, http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100616-275816/Miss-Universe-2008-Smartmatics-hottest-flash-card

I am appalled by the Philippine Daily Inquirer's inclusion of the details posted above in blockquote. 

It just doesn't seem right at all to mention these things about a visitor, especially one invited as a goodwill ambassador of sorts. 

Of what relevance is it anyway?

Yesterday, I had a chance to exchange a couple of comments with Renato Reyes Jr. when he said that  Miss Universe Venezuela Dayana Mendoza's visit to the Philippines was "Very devious, these Smartmatic people. But this won't get you off the hook!"

I really don't know what offenses Renato is charging Smartmatic-TIM with, but I wouldn't put it outside of the sphere of charges that are on heavy repeat cycles in some cliques in the tibak crowd.
 

For one reason or another, seems remind me of the line taken by Communist leader Joma Sison that Smartmatic-TIM, outgoing Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and President Noynoy Aquino's sister Pinky Aquino-Abellada had somehow rigged the results of the 2010 elections.

Well, doubt the results if you must and pick at the faults of Smartmatic-TIM's poll automation project, but for God's sake... Be kind to my girlfriend!

 

She's working for world peace and trying to end hunger... So give her a break!

Being pretty is hard enough work as it is!

I'm back... (President Noynoy Aquino's biblical problems.)

I'm back.

Not necessarily with a vengeance.  Not necessarily wiser.  Not necessarily repentant.   Not necessarily better.

After going all out for Dick Gordon in the recently concluded 2010 Philippine Elections, I decided that I needed to take a break from writing about politics in the Philippines.

Things got pretty crazy on the internet and I can't say I didn't go beyond the realm of reason.

Yep! I called President Noynoy Aquino a lot of names and probably passed on stuff that were kinda nasty. 

I called a couple of other bloggers pretty bad things too.


I haven't, as of yet, regretted having said any of the things I've written. 

(Well, except for the few weeks that I spent fearing for the safety of my family when you-know-who started posting pictures of my family on his blog.  I mean, it wasn't bad enough that he VIOLATED INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PRIVACY LAWS, he also started persecuting an HIV positive man, which is actually ILLEGAL in the US.)

Anyway, maybe, like Conrado de Quiros who railed against automated elections, perhaps, there is a chance that I will write my apologies to President Noynoy Aquino.

When I was still a scriptwriter/producer for the Presidential Broadcast Staff - Radio Television Malacanang (an agency created and led by Maria Montelibano), my former boss Alex F. Ontong asked me to write a feature on President Fidel V. Ramos "War on Poverty".

Being still raw and unaccustomed to the bureaucratese that populated most of the documents pertaining to the Ramos Anti-Poverty program, I turned in scripts that was successful in having the look and feel of absolute propaganda.

After reading my last unsuccessful attempt at a script, Alex generously gave his counsel and clued me in on how to view the Ramos Anti-Poverty program.

"Paul," Alex said in between puffs of his Marlboro reds, "kelangan mong maintindihan naman kasi pare... Ang poverty, tangina, BIBLICAL PROBLEM YAN!"

"Hmmmm.... so what do you mean? Do I put that in the script?" I said.

"Tangina! Bobo ka ba?  That is not the point.  The point is that you should realize that you are writing GOD DAMN propaganda about a program that will not succeed in what it says it will do.  The Anti-Poverty program will not END POVERTY.  Neither Moses nor Jesus Christ ended poverty, what would make you think that Ramos can do it?"

Well, Mr. President Aquino, it seems you've got a real challenge ahead of you because on top of promising to end POVERTY... You also promised to END CORRUPTION, which I think is yet another BIBLICAL PROBLEM.

Cheers!