Davao City Local Government Officials
Here is the complete list of the local politicians who were elected by the people during the May 10, 2010 elections:
City Executives
Mayor: Sara “Inday Sara” Z. Duterte – Carpio
Vice – Mayor: Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte
District Representatives
First District: Karlo “Kaka” Nograles
Second District: Mylene Garcia
Third District: Isidro “Sid” Ungab
Prospero “Boy” Nograles and the 2010 Davao City Elections
From the Philippine Daily Inquirer
Speaker Prospero “Boy” Nograles aka “Nogie” has filed an election protest against winning Davao City mayoralty candidate Sara Z. Duterte and some local COMELEC Officials.
Nograles ran under Lakas-Kampi for the position of Davao City Mayor during the local elections in May 10, 2010. He got over 160,000. Duterte, the winning candidate already proclaimed by the COMELEC, got more than 388,000 votes.
According to Nograles’ complaint, Mayor Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte (incumbent mayor and Sara’s father) has deployed more than one hundred city hall employees to COMELEC offices in the city. That is just one of the allegations stated by Nograles’ camp in his complaint.
Give The Guy A Chance
Ever since the voting precincts closed and the results clearly showed that Benigno Simeon “NoyNoy” C. Aquino III is going to be the next Philippine President, people have been criticizing him left and right. Come to think about it, even during the campaign period, people have been critical of him. But not it has gone down to a new level wherein some people are already asking for his resignation.
OH, COME ON! Give the guy a break. So your candidate lost, eh? It’s what we call a democracy, people. Majority wins. But yes, you have the right to complain and whine, as we all do. Can’t you at least give the guy a chance to commit mistakes or make a misstep before you even ask him to resign?
Live Blogging the Listen Mindanao: A Presidential Forum
Listen Mindanao
I, together with the Davao Bloggers Team is at the Holy Cross of Davao City Gym to live blog the Listen Mindanao: A Presidential Forum. Our guests this afternoon are
- Gilbert Teodoro;
- Eddie Villanueva;
- JC delos Reyes;
- Richard Gordon; and
- Nicanor Perlas.
Sun.Star Editorial: Let Us Never Forget
Sun.Star Davao‘s Editorial today reminds us to never forget:
“We have been in suspended disbelief for so long, as one bizarre incident rolls into another. Thus, the appeal, let us never forget.
Who could have imagined a president being convicted of plunder as the nation mourned over the second envelope that remained unopened and sent a lady senator to dance in glee. Bizarre.“
Outrage
There are no words. No words to express the shock and depression over what happened in Maguindanao. Over 40 people seized. More than 30 persons killed. And women reportedly raped before getting killed.
People were killed. More than just statistics. More than just numbers. More than just names. More than just issues. People, actual people with lives, work, and families were killed. Lives ended.
Not quite random. But senseless.
Manzano, Santos-Recto, and Recto
Woke up one day with news that former OMB Chairperson Edu Manzano is running for Vice-President under the administration’s Lakas-Kampi with Gilbert Tedoro as presidential candidate. Manzano was formerly the vice-mayor of Makati City but lost when he ran for mayor. Lately, he has been Chairman of the Optical Media Board, and host of at least 2 televsion shows. Manzano was also tagged as one of the leaders behind the Ako Mismo movement.
Ako Mismo, when launched as a television commercial, earned the interest of a lot of people since it seemed like a political campaign ad but the source or funding was only vaguely revealed to the public. Manzano, in an interview about Ako Mismo, denied that it was made as a prelude to his candidacy for any position. Manzano asserted that politicians were not allowed to join the TVC or the movement as to avoid doubts regarding the movement’s motivation.
Royal Rumble in the Davao City Local Elections 2010
With the end of Rodrigo Duterte’s eligibility to run as City Mayor, the mayoral race for 2010 is going to be a very interesting one. The last time Duterte was ineligible, his longtime City Administrator and one-term Vice-Mayor Benjamin de Guzman ran for Mayor while Duterte ran as Representative of the First District of Davao City (a post currently held by Speaker Prospero Nograles). They both won. After three years, they had a falling out, Duterte ran again for Mayor against de Guzman.
This time, Duterte’s daughter, Sara Duterte, current City Vice-Mayor, is being groomed to run as Mayor for next year’s elections. It is rumored that the elder Duterte, former Vice-Mayor Luis Bonguyan, or 1st District Councilor Mabel Sunga-Acosta will run as Vice-Mayor with Sara under the Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod Party of Rodrigo Duterte.
Acosta, is one of the six incumbent First District Councilors already ineligible to run for the City Council in 2010. The incumbents in the 1st District who will be ineligible to reelection are Acosta, Leo Avila, Nilo Abellera, Peter Lavina, Angela Librado-Trinidad, and Bonifacio Militar. Several council seats will also be left vacant in the Second and Third Districts. Some of the incumbent councilors are also rumored to run either as Vice-Mayor or District Representatives.
28 years old from Davao City, blogging since 2004. :)
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