Tag: campaign platform

Washes 50% Whiter? Why Moral Slogans Make Bad Governance

September 30, 2026 Tony Ramos No Comments

How to cut through election-year noise and evaluate the candidate policies that actually matter. Every election season, and perhaps even more prominently in 2028, we hear the exact same promise from political campaigns: *”Elect me, and I’ll wipe out corruption once and for all.” or “Eliminating corruption means more and better government services, infrastructure, cash…

Government, Politics

Removing Calculus and Trigonometry in the Philippine Education System?

December 19, 2015December 19, 2015 Vincent 18 Comments

On 17 December, 2015, Philstar.com reported that presidential aspirant Rodrigo Duterte said if he will be elected president, he will have Calculus and Trigonometry removed in the education system and that Algebra be replaced with Business Mathematics. According to the report, Mr. Duterte said, Yung Calculus alisin ko talaga yan. Dumaan kayo ng high school,…

Development, Education, Government, Science

4 issues Philippine presidential candidates should address in the lead up to the 2016 election

September 12, 2014September 13, 2014 Ilda 39 Comments

Filipinos should be grateful to The New York Times for being instrumental in putting an end to talks around whether or not Philippine President Benigno Simeon (BS) Aquino should seek another term. The news site’s scathing editorial lambasting the President for hinting he would support the amendment of the 1987 Constitution to allow him to…

Development, Economy, Government, Politics, Society

Everything I need to know about improving the outcome of Philippine elections I learned in kindergarten

February 25, 2013February 25, 2013 benign0 11 Comments

Election buzz and ‘solutions’ around how to make the Vote work better for the country now dominates the national chatter so I thought I’d come out and lend a bit of clarity to the following activist buzzwords as only a writer of Get Real Post could. * * * Campaign platforms You’d think that the…

Education, Politics, Society