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The Filing of Candidacy (reposted)

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Most of these elected officials completed their 3 terms of office'  Some of them will run for a higher office while some other they will be replace by their immediate family member. Mayor Herbert M. Bautista filed his candidacy and have an assurance for a second term of office due to the lack of potential opponents    Councilor Aly Medalla, of newly form District 5, emerges as one among the favorites in different surveys conducted by different stakeholders.  Atty. Kit Belmonte filed his candidacy for Congressman of the new district VI of Quezon City. No opponents. 

MISGUIDED MINDS

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http://valtesar.blogspot.com/ MISGUIDED MINDS WE ARE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE! THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BECOMES THE PLAYGROUND OF CONGRESSMEN AND CONGRESSWOMEN WITH DELIRIOUS MINDS. A MIND THAT IS NOT CAPABLE OF DISTINGUISHING WHAT IS REASONABLE AND WHAT IS NOT. THEY FORGOT THAT WHEN THEY CONVENED AS A COLLEGIATE BODY, THEY WORK AS ONE, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR POLITICAL COLORS OR PERSUASIONS.  THE CONGRESSMEN WHO BELONGS TO THE MAJORITY BLOC ACCUSED THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CHAIRPERSON CHITO GASCON OF SIDING WITH LIBERAL PARTY DOES PROMOTING AND PROPAGATING THE INTEREST OF THE LIBERAL PARTY. THE CONGRESS PLAYED THE NUMBER GAME, WHERE THE MAJORITY ALWAYS WIN BY OUTNUMBERING THE MINORITY. IN THIS CASE, CONGRESSMEN ALLIES OF THE PRESIDENT VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE 1000 ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS. THIS IS BAD POLITICS. THEY ACT AS IF THE MONEY COMES DIRECTLY FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE POCKETS AND THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IS A...

Πολιτικά / POLITIKA

ACCORDING TO THE DICTIONARY, ETYMOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF THE ORIGIN OF WORDS AND THE WAY IN WHICH THEIR MEANINGS HAVE CHANGED THROUGHOUT HISTORY. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND ANY GIVEN WORDS, WE NEED TO TRACE BACK ITS ORIGIN AND USAGE. FOR INSTANCE, THE WORD POLITICS, IT COMES FROM THE GREEK WORD Πολιτικά WHICH MEANS "AFFAIRS OF THE CITIES". AND THOSE WHO STUDY THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY ARE CALLED POLITICOS OR POLITICIANS. MERRIAM-WEBSTER DEFINES POLITICS AS THE ART OR SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT. BUT FOR SOME, IT IS MORE OF AN ART THAN SCIENCE. THE TERM POLITICS WAS INTRODUCED BY THE GREEK PHILOSOPHER ARISTOTLE, WHO DEFINED IT AS A  CIVILIZED  FORM OF COMMUNITY. POLITICS IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR MODERN SOCIETY. IT HAS A COMPLEX AND MULTI-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE. THERE ARE LOT OF SOCIAL, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL GROUPS OR SECTORS IN OUR SOCIETY AND THEY ARE DISTINCT AND UNIQUE FROM EACH OTHER. THESE STRUCTURES OPERATES FREELY AND INDEPENDENTLY. ASIDE FROM THESE MAJOR ...