http://ph.promo.yahoo.com/purple-thumb/first100days

ANC Live Events Streaming Video:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/ancliveevents

Video Source: WOTL: Wang Wang Ina Mo! uploaded to YouTube by tv5theeveningnews

So, who are allowed to use a siren (wang wang)?

• Uniformed Police
• Military Vehicles
• Ambulances
• Firetrucks / Firefighting Vehicles
• Presidential Car
• Senate President’s Car
• Speaker of the House’s Car

How do you feel when people not in the list above switch on their sirens and cut through traffic, while you sweat in out in the bumper-to-bumper mess you’re trying to “patiently” drive through?

Here’s Part 1:

Source: Inaugural address of President Benigno Aquino III (part 1) was uploaded to YouTube by TheABSCBNNews

And here’s Part 2:

Source: Inaugural address of President Benigno Aquino III (part 2) was uploaded to YouTube by TheABSCBNNews

Some people missed the inauguration speech of P.Noy, but good thing there’s YouTube.

Here is the transcript of the Inaugural Speech of President Noynoy Aquino (mixture of English and Tagalog or Filipino):

His Excellency Jose Ramos Horta, Former President Fidel V. Ramos, Former President Joseph Estrada, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and members of the Senate, House Speaker Prospero Nograles and members of the House, justices of the Supreme Court, members of the foreign delegations,Your Excellencies of the diplomatic corps, fellow colleagues in government, aking mga kababayan.

Ang pagtayo ko dito ngayon ay patunay na kayo ang aking tunay na lakas. Hindi ko inakala na darating tayo sa puntong ito, na ako’y manunumpa sa harap ninyo bilang inyong Pangulo. Hindi ko pinangarap maging tagapagtaguyod ng pag-asa at tagapagmana ng mga suliranin ng ating bayan.

Ang layunin ko sa buhay ay simple lang: maging tapat sa aking mga magulang at sa bayan bilang isang marangal na anak, mabait na kuya, at mabuting mamamayan.

Nilabanan ng aking ama ang diktaturya at ibinuwis niya ang kanyang buhay para tubusin ang ating demokrasya. Inalay ng aking ina ang kanyang buhay upang pangalagaan ang demokrasyang ito. Ilalaan ko ang aking buhay para siguraduhin na ang ating demokrasya ay kapaki-pakinabang sa bawat isa. Namuhunan na kami ng dugo at handang gawin itong muli kung kinakailangan.

Tanyag man ang aking mga magulang at ang kanilang mga nagawa, alam ko rin ang problema ng ordinaryong mamamayan. Alam nating lahat ang pakiramdam na magkaroon ng pamahalaang bulag at bingi. Alam natin ang pakiramdam na mapagkaitan ng hustisya, na mabalewala ng mga taong pinagkatiwalaan at inatasan nating maging ating tagapagtanggol.

Kayo ba ay minsan ring nalimutan ng pamahalaang inyong iniluklok sa puwesto? Ako rin. Kayo ba ay nagtiis na sa trapiko para lamang masingitan ng isang naghahari-hariang de-wangwang sa kalsada? Ako rin. Kayo ba ay sawang-sawa na sa pamahalaang sa halip na magsilbi sa taumbayan ay kailangan pa nila itong pagpasensiyahan at tiisin? Ako rin.

Katulad ninyo ako. Marami na sa atin ang bumoto gamit ang kanilang paa—nilisan na nila ang ating bansa sa kanilang paghahanap ng pagbabago at katahimikan. Tiniis nila ang hirap, sinugod ang panganib sa ibang bansa dahil doon may pag-asa kahit kaunti na dito sa atin ay hindi nila nakikita. Sa iilang sandali na sarili ko lang ang aking inaalala, pati ako ay napag-isip din—talaga bang hindi na mababago ang pamamahala natin dito? Hindi kaya nasa ibang bansa ang katahimikang hinahanap ko? Saan ba nakasulat na kailangang puro pagtitiis ang tadhana ng Pilipino?

Ngayon, sa araw na ito—dito magwawakas ang pamumunong manhid sa mga daing ng taumbayan. Hindi si Noynoy ang gumawa ng paraan, kayo ang dahilan kung bakit ngayon, magtatapos na ang pagtitiis ng sambayanan. Ito naman ang umpisa ng kalbaryo ko, ngunit kung marami tayong magpapasan ng krus ay kakayanin natin ito, gaano man kabigat.

Sa tulong ng wastong pamamahala sa mga darating na taon, maiibsan din ang marami nating problema. Ang tadhana ng Pilipino ay babalik sa tamang kalagayan, na sa bawat taon pabawas ng pabawas ang problema ng Pinoy na nagsusumikap at may kasiguruhan sila na magiging tuloy-tuloy na ang pagbuti ng kanilang sitwasyon.

Kami ay narito para magsilbi at hindi para maghari. Ang mandato ninyo sa amin ay pagbabago—isang malinaw na utos para ayusin ang gobyerno at lipunan mula sa pamahalaang iilan lamang ang nakikinabang tungo sa isang pamahalaang kabutihan ng mamamayan ang pinangangalagaan.

Ang mandatong ito ay isa kung saan kayo at ang inyong pangulo ay nagkasundo para sa pagbabago—isang paninindigan na ipinangako ko noong kampanya at tinanggap ninyo noong araw ng halalan.

Sigaw natin noong kampanya: “Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap.” Hindi lamang ito pang slogan o pang poster—ito ang mga prinsipyong tinatayuan at nagsisilbing batayan ng ating administrasyon.

Ang ating pangunahing tungkulin ay ang magsikap na maiangat ang bansa mula sa kahirapan, sa pamamagitan ng pagpapairal ng katapatan at mabuting pamamalakad sa pamahalaan.

Ang unang hakbang ay ang pagkakaroon ng tuwid at tapat na hanay ng mga pinuno. Magsisimula ito sa akin. Sisikapin kong maging isang mabuting ehemplo. Hinding hindi ko sasayangin ang tiwalang ipinagkaloob ninyo sa akin. Sisiguraduhin ko na ganito rin ang adhikain ng aking Gabinete at ng mga magiging kasama sa ating pamahalaan.

Naniniwala akong hindi lahat ng nagsisilbi sa gobyerno ay corrupt. Sa katunayan, mas marami sa kanila ay tapat. Pinili nilang maglingkod sa gobyerno upang gumawa ng kabutihan. Ngayon, magkakaroon na sila ng pagkakataong magpakitang-gilas. Inaasahan natin sila sa pagsupil ng korapsyon sa loob mismo ng burukrasya.

Sa mga itinalaga sa paraang labag sa batas, ito ang aking babala: sisimulan natin ang pagbabalik ng tiwala sa pamamagitan ng pag-usisa sa mga “midnight appointments.” Sana ay magsilbi itong babala sa mga nag-iisip na ipagpatuloy ang baluktot na kalakarang nakasanayan na ng marami.

Sa mga kapuspalad nating mga kababayan, ngayon, ang pamahalaan ang inyong kampeon.

Hindi natin ipagpapaliban ang mga pangangailangan ng ating mga estudyante, kaya’t sisikapin nating punan ang kakulangan sa ating mga silid-aralan.

Unti-unti din nating babawasan ang mga kakulangan sa imprastraktura para sa transportasyon, turismo at pangangalakal. Mula ngayon, hindi na puwede ang “puwede na” pagdating sa mga kalye, tulay at gusali dahil magiging responsibilidad ng mga kontratista ang panatilihing nasa mabuting kalagayan ang mga proyekto nila.

Bubuhayin natin ang programang “emergency employment” ng dating pangulong Corazon Aquino sa pagtatayo ng mga bagong imprastraktura na ito. Ito ay magbibigay ng trabaho sa mga local na komunidad at makakatulong sa pagpapalago ng kanila at ng ating ekonomiya.

Hindi kami magiging sanhi ng inyong pasakit at perwisyo. Palalakasin natin ang koleksyon at pupuksain natin ang korapsyon sa Kawanihan ng Rentas Internas at Bureau of Customs para mapondohan natin ang ating mga hinahangad para sa lahat, tulad ng:

• dekalidad na edukasyon, kabilang ang edukasyong bokasyonal para makapaghanap ng marangal na trabaho ang hindi makapag-kolehiyo;
• serbisyong pangkalusugan, tulad ng Philhealth para sa lahat sa loob ng tatlong taon;
• tirahan sa loob ng mga ligtas na komunidad.

Palalakasin at palalaguin natin ang bilang ng ating kasundaluhan at kapulisan, hindi para tugunan ang interes ng mga naghahari-harian, ngunit para proteksyunan ang mamamayan. Itinataya nila ang kanilang buhay para mayroong pagkakataon sa katahimikan at kapayapaan sa sambayanan. Dumoble na ang populasyong kanilang binabantayan, nanatili naman sila sa bilang. Hindi tama na ang nagmamalasakit ay kinakawawa.

Kung dati ay may fertilizer scam, ngayon ay may kalinga na tunay para sa mga magsasaka. Tutulungan natin sila sa irigasyon, extension services, at sa pagbenta ng kanilang produkto sa pinakamataas na presyong maaari.

Inaatasan natin si papasok na Kalihim Alcala na magtayo ng mga trading centers kung saan diretso na ang magsasaka sa mamimili – lalaktawan natin ang gitna, kasama na ang kotong cop. Sa ganitong paraan, ang dating napupunta sa gitna ay maari nang paghatian ng magsasaka at mamimili.

Gagawin nating kaaya-aya sa negosyante ang ating bansa. We will cut red tape dramatically and implement stable economic policies. We will level the playing field for investors and make government an enabler, not a hindrance, to business. Sa ganitong paraan lamang natin mapupunan ang kakulangan ng trabaho para sa ating mga mamamayan.

Layunin nating paramihin ang trabaho dito sa ating bansa upang hindi na kailanganin ang mangibang-bansa para makahanap ng trabaho. Ngunit habang ito ay hindi pa natin naaabot, inaatasan ko ang mga kawani ng DFA, POEA, OWWA at iba pang mga kinauukulang ahensiya na mas lalo pang paigtingin ang pagtugon sa mga hinaing at pangangailangan ng ating mga overseas Filipino workers.

Papaigtingin namin ang proseso ng konsultasyon at pag-uulat sa taumbayan. Sisikapin naming isakatuparan ang nakasaad sa ating Konstitusyon na kinikilala ang karapatan ng mamamayan na magkaroon ng kaalaman ukol sa mga pampublikong alintana.

Binuhay natin ang diwa ng people power noong kampanya. Ipagpatuloy natin ito tungo sa tuwid at tapat na pamamahala. Ang naniniwala sa people power ay nakatuon sa kapwa at hindi sa sarili.

Sa mga nang-api sa akin, kaya ko kayong patawarin, at pinapatawad ko na kayo. Sa mga nang-api sa sambayanan, wala akong karapatan na limutin ang inyong mga kasalanan.

To those who are talking about reconciliation, if they mean that they would like us to simply forget about the wrongs that they have committed in the past, we have this to say: there can be no reconciliation without justice. Sa paglimot ng pagkakasala, sinisigurado mong mauulit muli ang mga pagkakasalang ito. Secretary de Lima, you have your marching orders. Begin the process of providing true and complete justice for all.

Ikinagagalak din naming ibahagi sa inyo ang pagtanggap ni dating Chief Justice Hilario Davide sa hamon ng pagtatatag at pamumuno sa isang Truth Commission na magbibigay linaw sa maraming kahinahinalang isyu na hanggang ngayon ay walang kasagutan at resolusyon.

Ang sinumang nagkamali ay kailangang humarap sa hustisya. Hindi maaaring patuloy ang kalakaran ng walang pananagutan at tuloy na pang-aapi.

My government will be sincere in dealing with all the peoples of Mindanao. We are committed to a peaceful and just settlement of conflicts, inclusive of the interests of all – may they be Lumads, Bangsamoro or Christian.

We shalI defeat the enemy by wielding the tools of justice, social reform, and equitable governance leading to a better life. Sa tamang pamamahala gaganda ang buhay ng lahat, at sa buhay na maganda, sino pa ang gugustuhing bumalik sa panahon ng pang-aapi?

Kung kasama ko kayo, maitataguyod natin ang isang bayan kung saan pantay-pantay ang pagkakataon, dahil pantay-pantay nating ginagampanan ang ating mga pananagutan.

Kamakailan lamang, ang bawat isa sa atin ay nanindigan sa presinto. Bumoto tayo ayon sa ating karapatan at konsensiya. Hindi tayo umatras sa tungkulin nating ipaglaban ang karapatang ito.

Pagkatapos ng bilangan, pinatunayan ninyo na ang tao ang tunay na lakas ng bayan.

Ito ang kahalagahan ng ating demokrasya. Ito ang pundasyon ng ating pagkakaisa. Nangampanya tayo para sa pagbabago. Dahil dito taas-noo muli ang Pilipino. Tayong lahat ay kabilang sa isang bansa kung saan maaari nang mangarap muli.

To our friends and neighbors around the world, we are ready to take our place as a reliable member of the community of nations, a nation serious about its commitments and which harmonizes its national interests with its international responsibilities.

We will be a predictable and consistent place for investment, a nation where everyone will say, “it all works.”

Inaanyayahan ko kayo ngayon na manumpa sa ating mga sarili, sa sambayanan, WALANG MAIIWAN.

Walang pangingibang-bayan at gastusan na walang wastong dahilan. Walang pagtatalikod sa mga salitang binitawan noong kampanya, ngayon at hanggang sa mga susunod pang pagsubok na pagdadaanan sa loob ng anim na taon.

Walang lamangan, walang padrino at walang pagnanakaw. Walang wang-wang, walang counterflow, walang tong. Panahon na upang tayo ay muling magkawang-gawa.

Nandito tayo ngayon dahil sama-sama tayong nanindigan at nagtiwala na may pag-asa.

The people who are behind us dared to dream. Today, the dream starts to become a reality. Sa inyong mga nag-iisip pa kung tutulong kayo sa pagpasan ng ating krus, isa lang ang aking tanong – kung kailan tayo nanalo, saka pa ba kayo susuko?

Kayo ang boss ko, kaya’t hindi maaaring hindi ako makinig sa mga utos ninyo. We will design and implement an interaction and feedback mechanism that can effectively respond to the people’s needs and aspirations.

Kayo ang nagdala sa akin sa puntong ito—ang ating mga volunteers—matanda, bata, celebrity, ordinaryong tao, na umikot sa Pilipinas para ikampanya ang pagbabago; ang aking mga kasambahay, na nag-asikaso ng lahat ng aking mga personal na pangangailangan; ang aking pamilya, kaibigan at katrabaho, na dumamay, nag-alaga at nagbigay ng suporta sa akin; ang ating mga abogado, na nagpuyat para bantayan ang ating mga boto at siguraduhing mabibilang ang bawat isa; ang aking mga kapartido at kaalyado na kasama kong nangahas mangarap; at ang milyun-milyong Pilipinong nagkaisa, nagtiwala at hindi nawalan ng pag-asa—nasa inyo ang aking taus-pusong pasasalamat.

Hindi ko makakayang harapin ang aking mga magulang, at kayong mga nagdala sa akin sa yugto ng buhay kong ito, kung hindi ko maisasakatuparan ang aking mga binitawang salita sa araw na ito.

My parents sought nothing less and died for nothing less than democracy, peace and prosperity. I am blessed by this legacy. I shall carry the torch forward.

Layunin ko na sa pagbaba ko sa katungkulan, masasabi ng lahat na malayo na ang narating natin sa pagtahak ng tuwid na landas at mas maganda na ang kinabukasang ipapamana natin sa susunod na henerasyon. Samahan ninyo ako sa pagtatapos ng laban na ito. Tayo na sa tuwid na landas.

Maraming salamat po at mabuhay ang sambayanang Pilipino!

Source: Aquino takes oath as 15th President of the Republic of the Philippines uploaded to YouTube by TheABSCBNNews

Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales administers the oath Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Cojuangco Aquino III. Brgy. Captain Eugenio Perez (of Sinait, Tarlac City) brings the bible to Rev. Fr. Catalino Arevalo, S.J. (who holds the bible while P.Noy places his left hand on the bible).

Ako, si Benigno Aquino III, na taimtim kong pinanunumpaan na tutuparin ko nang buong katapatan at sigasig ang aking mga tungkulin bilang Pangulo ng Pilipinas;

Pangangalagaan at ipagtatanggol ang kanyang konstitusyon;

Ipatutupad ang mga batas nito; magiging makatarungan sa bawat tao; at itatalaga ang aking sarili sa paglilingkod sa bansa.

Kasihan nawa ako ng Diyos.

Source: Charice Sings Lupang Hinirang at P.Noy Inauguration was uploaded to YouTube by TheABSCBNNews

Charice would’ve wanted to sing it at a slightly faster tempo (to match the original cadence), but perhaps she was jetlagged and lacked sleep so she opted for that slightly slower speed.

Which is fine, because it allowed even more Filipinos to sing the national anthem together with her.

It’s good to see that no artist is being threatened with an RA 8491 sanction (P20,000 fine or not more than 1 year imprisonment).

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You can get more by following @philippinebeat on Twitter.

And covering Maguindanao, we have @carlosconde

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The video below shows a song and dance number by Fluffy:

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XrF_sC8tAM

I don’t know what got into a youngster’s head, but that’s her chosen choreo for her stuffed toy. This experience shows us which jingle is easily memorized by children.

Anyway, please do go out and vote on May 10, 2010.

You’ll find the Facebook videos here:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1166318017738

Notice that even if you’re not logged into Facebook, you can still view the videos. And if you are logged into FB, you’ll see the famous “Share” button which allows people to easily spread the word among their FB friends.

I tell you, the internet marketing team of Manny Villar is quite savvy.

And to answer the “black propaganda” issues hurled against them, Manny Villar’s team put up AkalaMo.com

(Akala Mo is Tagalog for “you thought”)

When you visit AkalaMo.com you will see four video boxes. Those videos show Manny Villar speaking to someone off cam, and explaining or sharing his side as far as these issues are concerned:

• About recouping his campaign expenses after he gets into Office
• About the supposed partnership between Manny Villar and the First Family
• Or that Manny Villar is not really poor
• Or that Manny Villar’s sibling didn’t not really die because of poverty

The questions are posted in Tagalog, and Manny Villar answers those issues in the vernacular.

Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not campaigning for Villar. But I appreciate the effort he and his team is making online.

They’re on Facebook, YouTube, and even on their own site. Their videos and content are stored in several webservers. I forgot to add Friendster, Multiply, and Twitter.

(With the remaining days until the May 2010 elections, I wonder if they will also put up an online presence over at Yahoo! Meme.)

Anyway, here’s what Manny Villar says to those who are afraid he will use the Presidency to regain whatever he has spent during the campaign:

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So, what do you think of the video? Is he just acting? Is he sincere? I’d like to see the other candidates explain (on video) their side regarding issues involving them.

Anyway, if you want to learn more about social media marketing, watch what the team of Manny Villar is doing. And learn. And take action.

The video Winnie Monsod Explains Differences Between Noynoy’s SCTEX and Manny Villar’s C 5 was uploaded to YouTube by PINASISM3.

Here are the main points:

Charges – No charges filed against Aquino; Formal charges filed against Villar.

Investigation – On-going, no direct investigation (Aquino); Villar found guilty of unethical conduct.

Road Length – SCTEX is shorter than the original plan/alignment by 2km; C5 plan is 3.5km longer than the original.

Payment of Government:
SCTEX – P100/square meter (non-Luisita Tarlac = P118.53/sq m)
C5 – P11,519/sq m (non-Villar properties = P2,422/sq m)

He is called by various names: Tito Allan, Kuya Allan, or simply ALLAN.

His parents are the late Amando Reyes of Bulacan, and Amelia Santana of Pasig. He is married to Maria Victoria T. Lopez, has four children, and is a devotee of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary.

Allan Reyes is a gradaute of the De La Salle University (BS, Major in Management of Financial Institutions), and the Asian Institute of Management (Masters in Entrepreneurship).

If he is elected, here is hist list of priorities:

• Home for Street Children
• Education/Skills Training and Development Programs
• Environment – Clean and Green Programs
• Livelihood Training and Assistance Programs
• Protection and Safety – Fire Prevention/Suppression Facilities
• Programs for the Welfare of Barangay Officials
• Programs for Senior Citizens

(The bottom of the letter shows the Liberal Party logo and the tagline: Para sa tunay na pagbabago.)

He is listed as #26 in the ballot form which will be used in the coming May 2010 elections.

I wonder… does Allan Reyes have a blog?

Source: In the Jungle 2 (YouTube channel: moymoypalaboy)

Hint: The politician has (the last time I looked) over 31,248 fans in Facebook.

Will this win him additional votes? What do you think?

Well apparently, it’s an email hoax. It is fake, according to a blogger.

Check out Winnie Monsod’s “Why I Will Vote for Noynoy” article is a hoax.

That’s why I get skeptical whenever I see emailed messages which were authored by so-and-so celebrity figure.

It’s so easy to have your own blog nowadays, that these well-known figures can simply post their real articles online. There’s no need to forward email messages (whose authenticity hasn’t been verified) anymore, right?

Simply spread emails such as:

Have you read what Winnie Monsod wrote about Noynoy Aquino? It’s on her blog at…

By the way, please see
http://blogs.gmanews.tv/winnie-monsod

Anyway, it looks like certain campaigners are making effective use of email marketing. Just remember that on the web, news spreads quite rapidly as well.

Which makes me wonder if the person who originally penned that fake “Why I Will Vote For Noynoy Aquino” article is really for or against Noynoy.

One could argue that it was an attempt to sway the undecided voters to vote for Noynoy. On the other hand, given the rapid feedback you can get from bloggers, it could have also been a calculated move; one made to make some Noynoy supporters look like email scammers or something.

I guess we’ll never know.

In the meantime, let’s take it easy on all those circulating emails. Yes, whether it’s for this or that presidential candidate, or whether it’s against some rich candidate (fake email showing photos on a opulent mansion in Salt Lake City kuno).

The next time you receive a forwarded email, try searching first for the official and credible blog that writes about that piece of info.

Step 1: Determine what you want people to do after you catch their attention online.

Examples of what you want people to do are:

a) If the visitor is not a supporter, convince that visitor to become a supporter of the candidate and vote for that candidate during the elections.

b) If the visitor is already a supporter, give that visitor tips on how to convince others to vote for the candidate.

c) If the visitor is already a supporter and wants to become more active, give the visitor tips on how to become a volunteer (i.e., sign up for a mailing list that will provide more information, news, and updates).

Step 2: Write the salesletters.

For each of the three types of visitors mentioned above, write a letter that will directly appeal to each personality.

First Letter

For example, write a letter that sells the merits of voting for and supporting a particular candidate. Feel free to use audio, video, text and images. Convert all of those into a webpage, and publish that special webpage on the candidate’s official site.

At the bottom of the letter, invite the reader to become a volunteer, and convince them to join the mailing list of volunteers.

Second Letter

In the case of the visitor who is already a supporter, compose a letter that provides tips on what to do (or not to do) in order to convince others to also become supporters:

• Teach them how to blog
• Teach them how to promote their blog
• Teach them the top 3 benefits Filipinos will get if the candidate wins the elections
• Teach them the main points of the candidate’s platform

Similar to the first letter, try to motivate these supporters to sign-up for the Volunteers mailing list.

Third Letter

Create a separate page which lists the benefits of signing up for the Volunteers mailing list:

• Access to the latest news and updates
• Faster dissemination of best practices
• Know what others are doing; learn from their ideas

In your mailing list sign-up form ask for the volunteer’s First Name, Surname, Phone Number, and Email Address.

Please take note that these three letters should be hosted in the candidate’s official website.

Once those three letters are online…

Step 3: Publish an internet marketing guide for your volunteer bloggers.

That guide will contain a list of the URLs (or webpage addresses) of your different letters.

The guide will also show examples of HTML code that bloggers can use to copy and paste at the bottom of each of their blog posts.

For example:

Who are you going to vote for in the coming Philippine Presidential Elections? I’m going to vote for [name of candidate] and here’s why [link to the first letter].

If you’re also going to vote for my candidate, please help us spread the word to our fellow Filipinos [link to second letter].

And if you would like to do even more, please register as a volunteer [link to the third letter].

Step 4: Guide your volunteer bloggers and ask them to blog away.

Get them to post articles in the blogs that cover topics which is of interest to the voting public. Yes, any topic.

As long as it will appeal to the interest of Filipinos who are able to vote.

For example, they can blog about popular TV shows, or Philippine travel spots, or Philippine real estate, or Philippine shopping…

The Goal: Attract Filipino voters and get them to like you, the blogger.

How can you get people to like you online? Publish content that is:

• Relevant
• Entertaining
• Helpful – provides solutions to people’s problems

If the blogger helps the reader (through the power of words on a webpage), that reader may be inclined to click on one of the three links found at the bottom of each blog post.

In other words, if you have an army of 10,000 volunteer bloggers, and each of them posts 1 article a day, that’s 10,000 helpful or relevant articles daily.

I have seen some blog networks containing 1,000 pages and these tiny networks attract 3,000 to 4,000 people daily.

So if you assemble a group of 10,000 bloggers, that group has the potential to reach over 1,000,000 Filipinos each month via the internet.

What Not To Do

Please resist the urge to “invade” other blogs or online forums just to “politely” question the capabilities of other candidates. You won’t be seen as objective, and people might not believe you.

They’ll only think that you’re just saying what you’re saying, because you want your own candidate to win.

Also, resist the juicy urge to debate online. When people write, the lack of face-to-face interaction tends to make us snarkier, and we tend to write nasty or downright painful words.

Unlike a verbal argument where you say something hurtful and people eventually forget, a written sentence can get read, over and over again.

And each hurtful sentence, read repeatedly, magnifies the pain, anger and resentment felt by the reader.

Trust me, it is simply not worth it.

What To Do

Instead, focus on helping people online. Give them the useful or entertaining information that they need and want, then advertise the “Letter Pages” in the official website of your chosen candidate.

That way, you did not force anyone to form an opinion. They will be the ones to decide, on their own, if they will even take the time to read those letters (which you will advertise at the bottom of your helpful blog posts).

The Blogger’s Role

The job of the blogger is to attract people who are searching for solutions to their problems. After the solution is provided, the blogger will then, through a tasteful text-based advertisement at the bottom of their blog post, allow people to click on over and read any of the three letters of the candidate.

That’s it.

The blogger shouldn’t try so hard to convince readers to vote for a certain candidate. That is the job of the campaign managers of the candidate.

Afterall, it will be the campaign team that will compose those Three Letters. It will be up to them to use their copywriting skills to convince readers to vote for the chosen candidate.

Bloggers will mainly help people, and send traffic to those Three Letters.

The Internet Marketing Result

The web will have more relevant and useful articles, and more Filipino bloggers will have the chance to make money online, because their blog posts will attract many people.

When you are able to attract the attention of many people online, you’ll also attract the attention of advertisers, some of whom will help you earn online advertising income.

If the election campaign managers do a good copywriting job, they will attract more supporters, volunteers, and perhaps even more bloggers.

In the end, after the elections, you’ll still have a huge network of blogs and online articles which can also help improve the economic situation of Filipinos.

The only question that remains is: Are you going to do it?

And here are the tweets…

Dick Gordon

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Noynoy

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Villar

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Gibo

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Video #01:
“It takes leadership in people…”
“Bawal ang tamad…” [Lazy people are not allowed here...]
“…at lalong bawal ang tanga.” [...moreso stupid people.]

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Here’s the video:

Here’s a quick translation:

Our country is like a beautiful house
that is slowly getting destroyed because
we got cheated (and got poor materials).

The funds were stolen/poached.

That is the effect of corruption, too.
More people are becoming poor,
many are oppressed…
because of corruption.

We have eversince been hardworking.
We have always been persevering.
But we are always cheated.

Corruption is the problem.
Poverty is the result.

The fight is not yet over.
I will continue (the fight).

Here is another version of the Noynoy Aquino commercial about corruption:

And here’s the loose translation:

This is the road that can be built from your funds.
But this is what was built.
The result of corruption and substandard materials.

They say we have a multi-billion fund for
health insurance and new hospitals.

That is correct.

But here we are… Our people are still
lining-up (or queueing) in decrepit health centers.

(They say there are no funds.)

Corruption is the problem.
Suffering is the result.

The fight is not yet over.
I will continue (the fight).

What’s your favorite Noynoy Aquino political ad or commercial?

Watch this…

Find more videos like this on DON’T-VOTE CAMPAIGN

So, what do you think?

You’ll find the video posted in Facebook.

I’m waiting for someone to upload the video to YouTube. Anyway…

Here’s the audio MP3 version:

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The Flowplayer copyright you see above is the copyright for the flash video player (not the jingle).

Here are the lyrics…

Pinoy…. (NOYNOY!)
Pag-asa at ginhawa (NOYNOY!)
Para sa atin kanyang dala-dala (NOYNOY!)
Mahal ang kapwa di puro salita. (NOYNOY!)
Di magnanakaw
Sa kanya’y magtiwala
Hey kabataan
May liwanag ang daan
Edukasyon sa bagong henerasyon
Gabay ni President Cory
at ni Ninoy na bayani
Katiwalian ay hindi na mangyayari

[Noynoy raps]
Baguhin ang buhay
Maglilingkod sa inyo
Buong mundo ipagmalaki mo
Tayo’y Pilipino!

(NOYNOY!)
Sa paglaban di ka nag-iisa
(NOYNOY!)
Siguradong lahat ay sama-sama!
(NOYNOY!)
Sa paglaban di ka nag-iisa
(NOYNOY!)
Siguradong lahat ay sama-sama!

NOYNOY: Mga Pinoy, Laban na ‘to!

Baby James: Noynoy!

Did you find Baby James’ participation in this commercial cute?

There’s something about the lyrics and the arrangement, though.

In the first part, the “NOYNOY!” blends with the first syllable of the next line.

For example, “(NOYNOY!) Mahal ang kapwa di puro salita” comes out sounding like “Noynoy-hal ang kapwa di puro salita” because the shouted “Noynoy” drowns out the first syllable of “Mahal.”

So what’s the big deal?

In the next line: (NOYNOY!) Di magnanakaw, the second syllable of Noynoy drowns out the “Di”, so it ends up sounding like: “(NOYNOY!)-magnanakaw”

The Tagalog phrase “di magnanakaw” translates to either “not a thief” or “will not rob” (this is the contextual translation).

“Di” is short for “hindi”, which means “No” or “Will not.”

Anyway, please listen to the jingle and let me know if it ends up sending the unintended signal to people listening to the song.

(They should lower the volume of “NOYNOY!” near the “Di magnanakaw” line, somewhere around the 0:15 second mark.)

UPDATE: Okay, found the YouTube video:

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I wonder who’s part of Villar’s internet marketing team. You’ll find Manny Villar in Google AdSense, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media networks.

You even have a bit of viral marketing in the case of this translated jingle. Whoa… Ibang klase.

Some of the lyrics adapted from InevitableFeelings and Stephanie Anne Flores in Facebook:

Gomi no umi de oyoi taka…
michi de kurisumasu pati shitaka
minna no shitsumo, hontou no nakama ka?
benkyou soshite kureru to shitemasuka?
minna shigoto mitsukete kureru
ie mo mitsukete kureru
biriar wa honto no masushii hito
biriar wa honto no yasashii hito
biriar wa jibun no chikara de jibun no chii o kisui ta
maanibiiriar hinkon o nakushite kureru

Does anyone know the official Nihongo lyrics?

Anyway, here’s the Filipino or Tagalog version:

And here’s a quick translation:

Have you ever bathed in a sea of garbage?
Have you spent Christmas in the middle of the street?
That is our question.
Are you truly one of us?

Did you know that he can send you to school?
He will help us, so that we can find a job.
And his plan is for us to have a house.

Villar is the one who is truly poor.
Villar is the one who is truly concerned.
Villar is the one who is truly capable.
And he made a name for himself.

Manny Villar is the one who will end our poverty.

(Yes, something is lost in the translation…)

UPDATE: Read Janette Toral’s Manny Villar Ad Campaign Goes Viral (Jan. 30, 2010) — “At the Viral Ideas webinar today, I tackled how presidential candidate Senator Manny Villar latest advertising campaign (Naging Mahirap) has gone viral.”

YouTube user paulfarol writes:

No feasting. No revelry. No vacation.

The holidays spent rescuing calamity victims and bringing relief and comfort to those who are most suffering.

Count on him to be there – the only one there – and to move mountains in your time of trouble and need. Count on him to never give up for you.

Para sa kababayan, para sa bayan, laging gising si Dick Gordon.

GORDON – BAYANI 2010

Last time I looked, the video had 512 views. Manny Villar’s YouTube vids have over 40,000 views.

To the Pinoy internet marketing enthusiasts: What lessons do you see here, and how will this shape your future video marketing campaigns?

I read Dennis Garcia’s post in Facebook.

I was recently tasked to score the music for a Gibo Teodoro TV material. Given a free hand to use whatever music (existing or original) I want… I opted to go OPM.

It made me curious about what the deal was, so I looked around YouTube and found this:

UPDATE: I am no longer showing that TVC, because according to a comment posted by Reynz (ReynaElena.com) over at BarrioSiete.com, Rico Blanco has “not licensed the use of the composition to any political ad campaign.”

Whoa.

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You can read the comments posted in YT about the Gibo Teodoro “Posible” TVC.

Some people commented that the one who sang in the TVC tried to sound like Rico Blanco. So I searched for Rivermaya’s “Posible” and found this:

Now that we’re viewing videos of athletes, did you know that the national martial art of the Philippines is now arnis? (See Arroyo signs law making ‘arnis’ national martial art)

Anyway, this gave me a chance to once again appreciate OPM on a Saturday afternoon.