Panalangin sa Pagboto

Panginoon, gawin mo Akong instrumento ng Iyong presensya sa halalan,

Kung saan may pananakot at kaguluhan,
Hayaan Mong ihasik ko ang binhi ng pagmamahal.
Kung saan may panunuhol at bilihan ng boto,
Hayaan Mong ihasik ko ang binhi ng dangal.
Kung saan may pagkawatak-watak,
Hayaan Mong ihasik ko ang binhi ng pagkaka-isa.
Kung saan may pandaraya sa halalan,
Hayaan Mong ihasik ko ang binhi ng katapatan
Kung saan may panlilinlang at maling propaganda,
Hayaan Mong ihasik ko ang binhi ng katotohanan.
Kung saan may kawalang malasakit,
Hayaan Mong ihasik ko ang binhi ng pangangalaga at pakikibahagi.
At kung saan may kawalang pag-asa sa proseso ng halalan,
Hayaan Mong ihasik ko ang binhi ng pag-asa.

Banal na Panginoon, ipahintulot Mong huwag akong mag-isip ng pansariling hangarin habang ako'y bumoboto ng karapat-dapat na kandidatong kakatawan sa tunay na kahulugan ng serbisyo-publiko ayon sa nararapat na pamantayang moral.

Maria, aming Mahal na Ina, yakapin mo kami ng iyong maka-Inang pag-kalinga.
Idinadalanging naming sa pamamagitan mo ang isang malinis, tapat, tiyak, makahulugan at mapayapang halalan, sapagkat nasa mapanagutang pagboto na aming makakamit ang tunay na demokrasya at sa kamatayang ng binhi ng pagiging maka-sarili,kami'y isinilang para sa buhay na walang hanggan. Amen.

San Lorenzo Ruiz, Ipanalanging mo kami.
Beato Pedro Calungsod, Ipanalangin mo kami.
Nang sa lahat ng bahagi ang Diyos ay dakilain.

~ from PPCRV

Presidentiables' Platforms

I know that everybody's very excited for the first automated election here in the Philippines (including me.) But before we grant our vote to a candidate, we should study first their platforms and plans for our country if they win the election. It's our obligation to scrutinize every single detail of every candidate's plans for our country, their track records and everything about them.

Since September when I registered myself in COMELEC, I've been really looking forward on studying every candidate's platform yet I didn't give time for it. Hehe. I admit that I spend most of my time in Facebook. But now, since election day is really near, I tried looking for every candidate's official website and read for their platform.

Right now, I've started reading every candidate's platform. I urge you to do the same.

Here are the official websites of all presidential candidates:

• AQUINO, Benigno Simeon III C.
• DE LOS REYES, John Carlos G.
• ESTRADA EJERCITO, Joseph M.
• GORDON, Richard J.
• MADRIGAL, Jamby A.
• PERLAS, Jesus Nicanor P.
• TEODORO, Gilberto Jr. C.
• VILLANUEVA, Eduardo C.
• VILLAR, Manuel Jr. B.

Aside from reading every candidate's platform from their own sites, I suggest that you read some information about them in their wiki pages and other reliable sites in the Internet since all things that you can read in their officials sites are all "pleasant."

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By the way..
I'm so happy since I learned that I can vote...
Haha.
Recently, I tried to search for my name in the COMELEC's Online Precinct Finder. I didn't find my name on that online database. I tried to contact the COMELEC Office here in Antipolo but the numbers provided in COMELEC's site aren't working. So we decided to go to the COMELEC Office. Then I found out that my name is on the supplemental list. Learning about that, the officers there told me to tell the teacher in the polling precinct to look for my name in the supplemental list when I vote.

I suggest everyone who really wants to be part of Election 2010 to try looking for your names in the Online Precinct Finder (though officials in COMELEC Office insist that the Online Database isn't complete.) (Note: The Online Precinct Finder does not contain information on those voters who have registered themselves last December 2009.) If you can't find your name there, I suggest that you try all means to contact the COMELEC Office in your place by sending them e-mails, calling them by phone or visiting their office personally. Also, try to visit your polling precinct before the election day (especially those who are first-time-voters.)

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Here's an illustration on how you should vote in the automated election.
(Illustration below is owned by its respective copyright owner)

big dissappointment... (cont. 03)

I just went to COMELEC Antipolo...
They couldn't find my name in their database...
Then they looked after my name on the supplementary list...
Luckily, they found my name there...

They told me to tell the teacher to look for my name in the supplementary list when I vote...

YES! I CAN VOTE!

big dissappointment...

i'm really disappointed at COMELEC...

i admit it...
i'm so excited for this coming election since it's my first time to vote and also it's the first time to have an automated election...

i have been reading many materials, webpages and comments about different candidates so that i would know who deserves my vote...

but this time, i tried to look after my precinct number using COMELEC's online precinct finder...
yah... well, i really know where my precinct number is since i have my acknowledgment receipt which was given to me when i registered last september 17, 2009...

i tried to look for my registration details there and here's what i've got:

Your registration details cannot be found in the COMELEC database.

Please make sure that you have entered the correct details.

If you think your registration record should be active, and this SEARCH facility gives you a negative result, please verify with the local COMELEC Office where you are registered. You may also send an e-mail to the regional office or provincial office which has jurisdiction over your city/municipality of registration.
Click the Search button to try again.

what the hell is going on?
i am not able to find my registration details on their database...

i tried to look for my mother and father's registration details..
and i find them...

then i tried to mispell my name...
(how come that would happen? i've been writing my name since long time ago.... i couldn't be wrong in writing my name!)
maybe the data encoder had some typographical error...

it yield only the same result...

by the way, there's a disclaimer on the online precinct finder

DISCLAIMER:

Data is based on the submissions of our field election offices after the 16 November 2009 ERB hearing. If you applied for registration last December 21, 22, 23, 28 and 29, 2009 your record is not yet included here.

but how could that happen?
i register at the COMELEC Office in September 17, 2009

how could this be happening to me?
i was there in the COMELEC office last September...
i was really so excited that day that i brought with me the only photocopy of my birth certificate and a copy of my school id...
actually, we all three are there...
we went there early in the morning that day..
we finished at noontime...
how disappointing...

well, right now, i'm finding some enough strength to call the COMELEC office in Antipolo to tell what happened...

my mother keeps on insisting that we go to the COMELEC office...

if you happened to be very excited for the incoming election. i tell you, try first to look after your registration details in COMELEC's database so that you'll know if you will be able to vote...

here's the link:

ONLINE PRECINCT FINDER

Inspiring US Elections...

Even though I'm not an American....
I'm so thankful that Barack Obama won this 2008 US Election...
I believe in his ideals...
I believe that America needs change...
Even the world needs change...

This election has been the most historical of all times...
This shows that discrimination has no place in this world...

It has been overwhelming for all the people on earth...
It has proven that America is the mother of Democracy...
A place of equality...
A place where the voices of people are heard...

I'm also very impressed that Senator McCain concede...
And congratulate President-Elect Obama personally...

I hope that this will also happen here, in the Philippines...
I hope that 2010 election would be more clean...
Remembering that 2010 election would be my first time to cast my vote...
I hope that every candidate would sincerely accept the choice of the people...
Accept their defeat...

It's so...
It's very inspirational for all of us...
Us...
The race that has always been discriminated...
Abused....
Us...
Asians...

I'm truly inspired!
I'm truly inspired to do the best in all that I can do...
And pursue my dreams above all...
In spite of all those that hinder me to reach the top...
To reach the peak...
The paramount...

Let this election be a good example for all of us, Filipinos...
That we should vote for what we believe in...
That we should vote according to what our conscience dictates us...
Not just because of money and gifts from candidates...

Truly...
America is a place where all things are possible...
The mother of Democracy...

Visit this link to hear President-Elect Obama's Victory Speech