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As the cost of running for a Senate seat requires millions, some candidates are jumping onto the election bandwagon with nothing in their pockets except perhaps their names and the service they rendered for the country, which spells honesty, moral correctness, sincerity, and trustworthiness.

But do names ... high ethical standards ... and righteous behavior sell?

Suntok nga sa buwan yan ... pero yan ang pinaghawakan ni Heidi Mendoza.  Wala siyang pera, she doesn't have a political machinery and the grassroots support are hopeless and next to impossibility.

In this era of POGOS and impeachments ... she is running on a campaign slogan that says" Ang kandidatong sure na hindi magnanakaw." The mantra has a name recall and is quite effective ... but will it last? And is it enough?

Heidi Reyes Lloce-Mendoza (born November 3, 1962) is a Filipina auditor, Certified Public Accountant, and former civil servant. She served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) from 2015-2019.

She was the commissioner of the Commission On Audit and is an advocate of good governance. Her track record of fighting corruption for decades is proof she has the credentials to be part of the upper chamber.

She doesn't sing and dance to get your vote ... but think guys she is not auditioning for Pilipinas Got Talent ... but the Philippine Senate. Am I making sense?

She is asking you to consider her in the election of 2025. 

She has the goods ... and the good in her is just getting better. Much better than those dancing and singing candidates whose only claim to the senate seat is their popularity ... unschooled, inexperienced ... and who thought of their senate job as just a means to an end ... not because they are good at it.

It breaks my heart to see the image above. Kung sino pa ang knowledgeable at seasoned ... and ready to take the job ... siya pa ang walang pera.

Kung nagbibigay tayo ng chance sa mga iba diyan who make the senate floor their favorite hangout ... often seen as have  nothing to do ... be idle and loafing their time away ... and during hearings have nothing to contribute ... why not Heidi Mendoza in their stead?

Pageant Result: Miss Global 2025

The winners of Miss Global 2025 from left to right: Lindsay Lauren Becker - USA - Third Runner Up, Keri-Ann Amanda Greenwood - Jamaica - First Runner Up, Nhu Van Nguyen Dinh - Vietnam - Miss Global 2025, Ediris Rivera Barrios - Puerto Rico - Second Runner Up, and Xena Ramos Philippines - Fourth Runner Up. The pageant was held at MCC Hall -The Mall Lifestore Ngamwongwam Nonthaburi Thailand last March 9, 2025.

Ang Ingay Ninyo!

People brag about their mansions, their success, and their businesses. Bakit sila ganoon?

Ako nga may "sariling mundo" wala akong ingay. Quiet lang ako.

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Just Asking

May Napusoan Ka Na Bang Mga Senador?

Nakapili ka na ba ng mga senador na iboboto this coming May election?

Hindi naman mahirap magpili ... eh sa sobrang pihikan mo baka maiboto mo pa ang mga hindi kaeapatdapat. At hindi kanais-nais.

The writing is on the wall. Aside from the worn-out and moth-eaten issues like corruption, poverty, unemployment education, and health ... there is one political issue in this election cycle that comes to the centerstage that begs not to be ignored or swept under the rug ... and that's the West Philippine Sea.

In the history of Philippine elections ... this will be the first time some of us will resort to ISSUE VOTING. Before voting is always personality-based, whoever is the most popular wins? That explains why we have a lot of actors who by virtue of their fame and popularity managed to be elected ... kahit wala siyang alam sa pinasok niyang gulo.

They make the Senate and the House a place for OJT (on-the-job training) that makes career senators and congressmen shake their heads. Wala rin silang magawa ... ibinoto ba naman sila ng mga tao?

I mentioned issue-voting earlier ... kung naniwala ka talaga na ang West Philippine Sea ay atin ... and that we have to defend our territory to the last drop of our blood (pahiram Cong Marcoleta) then voters should settle for the candidates whose beliefs and stances are closest to his own.

Yong mga kandidato natin ngayon sa Senado are very transparent. Nakikita mo pati likaw ng bituka. Usually, the candidates who are pro-China are the same candidates who have never reacted to the dangerous maneuvers being done by Chinese vessels and planes para ma-intimidate ang ating mga sundalo.

They are the candidates who are mum about the Chinese navy confiscating the fish caught by our fishermen. Their apathy was obvious because they remained calm when Philippine vessels were water-cannoned ... when Pinoy coast guards' fingers were dismembered ... and when territorial disputes got worse they never said anything negative when China started erecting buildings and airports... and they were tight-lipped when their mammoth ships deliberately rammed and collided with our vessels.

The situation was surreal. I was expecting a squadron of senators and congressmen elbowing each other to speak in the pulpit. It was eerie, dahil TAHIMIK sila. Silence means... YES? Na okey lang na maging probinsiya tayo ng China?

Sila yon mga candidates who greet China "kung hei fat choi" on  New Year's Eve and speak Mandarin (their way to butter up their tsekwa friends. What they do is almost resemblant to sucking up ... or licking their boots.

 It dawned on me that these pro-Chinese Filipinos are the very same candidates who favored POGO ... they are anti-impeachment ... they loathed ABS CBN... and they would rather have the son of God Quiboloy released.

Bulag ka na kung hindi mo sila napansin. At kung iboto mo pa rin sila ... you are part of the problem. You are enabling them to continue the evil in their agenda ... kahit alam mong mali ito.

Basta tandaan natin before the May election ... the West Philippine Sea is a campaign issue every Filipinos  should care about. Tandaan mo mga kuya at ate ... ang bakuran natin ay ninanakaw ng mga  kapitbahay na milya-milya ang layo ... pero mukhang malapit na itong ma-umit sa atin ... lalo na kung paglaruan natin ulit ang eleksyon sa Mayo.

Tapos may kasama pa tayo sa loob ng bahay na tinutulungan pa sila para nakawin ang bakuran natin. 

Ito ba ang mga senador at congressman ang iboboto natin?