It is a reunion!!

The younger brother of my friend was graduating from Commonwealth Quezon City High School. The Mayoral candidates was there except for some candidates. The candidates who attended the event were the following Annie Susano, Joy Belmonte, Mel Mathay and Herbert "BISTEK" Bautista. It is a good gesture to our Mayoral candidates to attend this kind of event. Because they can be a good example to the students and someone they look up too. I think this election will be tight as hell this coming May. Thats it!!!!!!

L WORD!!

We lost our championship game!! the bad thing is we didn't gave them a good game!! we just gave them the win!! no excuses!! just disappointed!! not with my teammates but with myself i wish i stepped up!! damn!! just damn!! sorry next season again!!!!!!

Good Morning QC

Just got back from the cathedral shrine of the good shepherd. I attended a mass, it was sponsored by Mayor Mel Mathay and his family. I think they want to start the day with a blessing. Because we all know this is the start of the official campaign for local government and after the mass he gave a speech for the children who are still in elementary. He said to the students don't forget to pray, don't forget to thank your parents and always study hard because the future of our city is in your hands after that speech he was escorted on the way out by his grand daughter "ara mina" on their way to the motorcade. The motorcade will start from the church on the way to fairview and commonwealth. I think the whole District 2 of Quezon city will be visited. I think the motorcade of Vice Mayor Herbert Bautista was there in the commonwealth area as well. May God Bless the candidates and will they have a great time touring our city and i hope we'll have a clean and honest election.

Just wondering

Yesterday i was playing basketball @ paradise village here in Quezon City. Me and most my friends were there. I noticed the big poster of Mayor Sonny Belmonte and His candidate Herbert Bautista and Joy Belmonte. My mom told me that there was a ordinance here in QC that posters are prohibited if its really that big. It really caught my attention because most of the candidates here in QC have the same size but not that large unlike that poster that i was looking at yesterday. I'm just thinking if its prohibited why are they still putting up that kind of ordinance if they themselves are not following it. I'm just wondering how can the people of QC follow the current administration if they themselves are doing right and by the way they implemented that ordinance. I'm just posting this because the poster was really big and catchy and another thing i noticed that outside the village the street lights were not working but there is a post but it don't have any lights at all. So again i hope that who's ever going to be our mayor may look into this issues. Again Just Wondering!!

Mayoral Forum @ Quezon City Sports Club

I was at the Quezon City Sports Club awhile ago to attend the Mayoral Forum. It is a good event to attend because the majority of the candidates were there. The candidates that were present were the following: Mel Mathay, Mike Defensor, Johnny Chang and Annie Rosa Susano. Last March 17, 2010 during the last forum that I attended at QCPU only 2 Mayoral candidates where present I mentioned it at my last post. Herbert Bautista was a no show again. This event was sponsored by the ROTARY CLUB OF MIDTOWN DILIMAN. This Forum was more intense than the last one at QCPU and it is more formal. Of course, there was an open forum and questions were thrown to the candidates. The introduction of the forum was each candidate has 10 minutes to read or present their platform. First was Johnny Chang, he wants to remove the employment permit and to lower the tax here in Quezon City and better benefits for local employees, U-turn slot to be changed and also the public hospital has to improve. Mike Defensor's turn, he wants to have more budget for the educational system and health care system and senior citizens has to have more privileges and benefits. Mel Mathay wants to sustain business policy and he was able to prevent the 300%increase in real property tax, and his target is the non-employment issue that is still high in QC. He really wants to change our city by developing more business sites and wants to have a better education plan for the youth. Annie Susano said that her family was the descendant of "Tandang Sora" and told the audience that they donated their buildings for education and doesn't do this for the money because she loves the people in QC.

The Open forum begun, most of the questions were about education, poverty, crime rate, health care, senior citizen benefits and development of business sites. Mostly their plans for QC is good. The main candidate that stands out amongst the rest for me is The Ex-Mayor Mel Mathay its just because that he sites every thing that he has done and he will improve everything in QC especially  in education, health care, senior citizen benefits, local employment especially public teachers and business development programs for more job opportunities. For me, the forum would be more intense if the current Vice Mayor Herbert Bautista was there because most of the questions are still the on-going problems of QC. But then again, he was not there for the forum. I think it is a great exposure for the candidates so that they can answer the current problems of QC lively and thoroughly and they have to explain why they deserve to be the mayor of QC, the richest city in Metro Manila. I'm just posting this because I really want Quezon City to be in a better administration. So I hope who ever wins this election, he or she can bring Quezon City to new heights. Because this city is so beautiful, all we need is a better leader and a better administration. But of course, the change is still up to the people who lives in QC.  So like the slogan of the political service group, Citizen Change "VOTE OR DIE".

ELECTION 2010: MAYORALTY FORUM

Last March 17, 2010 i was at Quezon City Polytechnic University. I was attending the mayoralty forum and the only candidate present was Mayor Mel Mathay and Sec. Mike Defensor.
The atmosphere was warm both candidates has their own supporters. The guidelines for the forum was the ff. each candidate has 10 min to read their presentation, no subs and no PowerPoint presentation. Mike Defensor was the first on the podium. He’s first topic was education he wants to have a 500 million budget for education and he wants to improve our health care system and he plans to give our senior citizen a privileged. It was Mel mathay’s turn first of his plans for Quezon city was to improve the education system and also said that when he was the mayor of QC he raised the allowances of the policemen and the teachers he also educates us about the automated election, he cites that every platform of a candidate is always good to hear but majority of it is not implemented properly. He also cites that the crisis over food and the increasing crime rate here in QC. He also said vote wisely.

The open forum begins and the first question was address to both candidates the question was as future mayor do you have plans to add more education sites?
Mayor Mel Mathay answered he plans to add more education sites, more allowance to the teachers, improve the designs of the buildings and better education. Mike Defensor’s answer was improve the scholarship program of QCPU(Quezon City Polytechnic University) and improve technological training and increase the budget of QCPU. The second question was what are your plans for QCPU. Mel Mathay answered more allowance for human resource of QCPU. Mike Defensor answered he wants more budget for education and proposes more budget for education and health care. This question was address to Mel Mathay why did you run again for mayor??
He answered the never ending problem in poverty and over population. Another question was for campus maintenance and education system in QCPU, do you plan to build another campus or just maintain the remaining buildings? Mike Defensor answered that the scholars don't need to have a maintaining average grade and just focus for the maintenance of the school buildings. Another question was what about the salary of public teachers? Mel Mathay answered remember i was the one who increase the allowances of policemen and public teachers. So my answer is if i will be your Mayor im going to increase your allowances. Mike Defensor answered if he is elected he will increase the budget of the education and food. Another question was as student population increases whats your plan? Mel Mathay i will adjust to the cost of living of the people here in QC and improve the education system and improvement of the designs of the building. Mike Defensor answered no grade requirement for all scholars because we limit the potential of the student. The next question was how will you deal with crimes and prostitution? Mel Mathay answered that we have to cope up with the drug related problem because we really cant control it and i will provide more opportunities and livelihood program. Mike Defensor answered CCTV cameras on ATM areas and focus on public safety.

So for me basically their plan for Quezon city is to improve the education system and improve our health care system specially for our senior citizen. Lets help each other please do comment or reply to this post. Because for me, the true voice of our city is the voice of the citizens who live here in Quezon City