October 9, 2009
Advocacy, Announcements, Davao City, Entertainment, Events, Leisure, Mindanaoan Update, Music, News, Society
Popular band Spongecola will perform in Davao City, Mindanao today, October 9, 2009, during the Bagong Sigla benefit concert at Damosa Market Basket, Lanang, Davao City. Entrance is technically not free since you’re requested to bring some canned goods, a pack of rice, dry and usable clothing, bottled water or medicines but this is for a good cause so it’s still all good, yes?
Alternatively, you can also just donate a minimum of one peso at the concert gates to gain admission (although I highly suggest that you bring more than that please) Beneficiaries will be the typhoon Ondoy victims.
This Bagong Sigla concert will actually be held simultaneously in Manila, Iloilo, Davao and Dagupan. Originally planned to be a free musical concert in time for Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero’s 40th birthday, it’s now a huge, nationwide benefit concert for the Tropical Storm Ondoy victims (Ondoy’s international code name is Ketsana).
The Manila concert will be held at Liwasang Ullalim at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex and it will feature BAMBOO, Miguel Escueta and Chicosci. Imago will lead the concert in Dagupan while Cueshe will provide the entertainment in Iloilo. Dabawenyos, meanwhile, will be in the company of Spongecola.
“Sugod! Kilos! Tayo ang Bagong Sigla” underscores Chiz Escudero’s call for a united front.
Chiz will celebrate his 40th birthday on October 10, 2009 and reports say that he will state his intentions to run for president in the May 2010 elections on October 12, 2009.
LikeMarch 16, 2009
Announcements, Contests, Davao City, Entertainment, Events, Fashion, Features, Mindanaoan Update, News, Personalities, Photos, Style
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero was one of the special guests during the coronation night of the Mutya ng Davao last March 14, 2009. Escudero, a frequent visitor of my hometown Davao City, was tasked to crown the new Mutya ng Dabaw 2009 winner, Resa Angeli Rizada. The new Mutya ng Dabaw winner, by the way, is a nursing graduate of San Pedro College.
Check out this photo of Sir Chiz along with Davao City Vice Mayor Sara “Inday Sara” Duterte and Mutya ng Dabaw 2009 Resa Angeli Rizada. Also in the photo is Mutya ng Dabaw 2009 Mary Jane Lastimosa (3rd from right) Photo courtesy of the Office of Senator Francis Escudero. Photo by Bambam Luneta.
The Mutya ng Dabaw pageant is part of the annual Araw ng Davao celebration.
December 3, 2008
Controversial, Government, Headline, Mindanaoan Update, Opinion, Personalities
If you’re curious if Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero is running for President this 2010, then read on. Here’s the full text of Sen. Chiz’s blog. THOUGHTS?
December 2, 2008, 12:29 am
Dahil sa mga naglalabasang surveys na kasali ako sa top 5 ng mga presidentiables, marami ang nagtatanong kung nangangarap daw ba akong maging presidente ng Pilipinas sa 2010. Ang masasabi ko lang ay oo. May pangarap ako tulad ng sinumang pulitiko siguro ngayon na humawak ng mas mataas na puwesto. Ang maganda sa pangarap, ito ay libre at hindi kailangang bayaran. Subalit ang mahalaga sa akin ay hindi kung ano ang gusto ko. Gusto ni ganito na tumakbo, gusto ni ganyan na tumakbo. Hindi mahalaga kung ano ang gusto kong takbuhan. Ang mahalaga, ano ba ang gusto ng ating mga kababayan na tatakbuhan ko o gusto ba nila akong tumakbo sa darating na halalan.
Ang mga kababayan ko ang humahawak ng desisyong ito at hindi ako. Subalit kung ipriprisinta ang pagkakataon, hindi ako tatalikod at hindi ko pababayaan ang pagkakataong manilbihan sa mas mataas na kapasidad, para sa mas nakatataas ding interes ng mahihirap nating mga kababayan.
Subalit napakaaga pa upang sagutin ang mga katanungan kaugnay sa halalan. Ni hindi pa nga ako lubusang kuwalipikado na tumakbo sa 2010 dahil ang minimum age sa pagtakbo bilang presidente ay 40 anyos. Kamakailan lang ako sumapit sa edad na 39. Sa isang taon pa ako sasapit sa edad na 40. Sa ngayon, mahirap pang sumagot sa isang tanong na hindi pa naman ako kwalipikadong sumagot.
Qualified na po ako na tumakbo sa 2010 ngunit hindi pa ako nagpapasya. Subalit kung tatanungin ninyo ako kung gusto ko ba o hindi, gusto ko at bakit ba hindi? Subalit panahon ang makakapagsabi kung tutuloy nga ba ako o hindi. Gusto ko sanang mabigyan ng ganyang pagkakataon habang bata pa ako, dahil kung hihintayin ko na tumanda ako na kasing tanda ng ibang pulitiko, baka pareho na rin nila ako at wala na akong pinagkaiba. Ngayon habang pinanghahawakan ko ang mga paniniwala, prinsipyo at paninindigan, nais ko sanang mabigyan ng ganyang pagkakataon na makatulong sa ating bansa.
Ngunit king sino man ang susunod na pangulo natin, ang dapat pagtuunan ng pansin ay tatlong bagay lamang. Trabaho para sa mga Pilipino, dito man o sa ibang bansa. Sapat na suweldo para matustusan ang pangangailangan ng mga kababayan natin. At abot-kayang presyo ng bilihin para sa gayon hindi magutom at maghirap ang ating mga kababayan. Tatlo lamang ang dapat pagtuunan ng pansin, walang labis, walang kulang.
Kung saka-sakaling mapagdesisyunan ko na tumakbo bilang pangulo at palaring magwagi, ang gagawin ko ay yung kabaligtaran ng ginagawa ni Pangulong Arroyo sa maraming bagay. Partikular na ang pagtitiyak na mayroong transparency at accountability sa pamahalaan. Ang sama ng loob ko sa gobyerno ito ay simple. Mayaman ang Pilipinas at may pera ang gobyerno. Hindi nga lang nakararating sa mga tao at hindi nararamdaman ng tao. Huwag nilang sabihing kulang ang pera at hindi nila kayang serbisyuhan ang pangangailangan ng ating mga kababayan, dahil kaya at dapat pwede. Kinakailangan lamang ay isang tapat na pinuno na nalalaman ang kanyang ginagawa.
Sa sinasabi kong ito, hindi nangangahulugan na nangangampanya ako o tatakbo ako, sinasabi ko lang kung ano ang dapat at nararapat.
Dalawa lamang ang plano ko para sa ating bansa. Una, hindi ako magnanakaw. Pangalawa, tunay na gagampanan ko ang nararapat na trabaho at obligasyon ng gobyerno sa ating mamamayan. Iyan ay ang bigyan sila ng pagkakataong umasenso at gumanda ang buhay upang ang mahirap ay hindi kailangang mamatay na mahirap. Ito ang trabaho na dapat gampanan ng pamahalaan, saan man, sino man ang nakaupo.
Darating ang panahon para sa pamumulitika, ngunit hindi ngayong araw ang pahanong na ito. Sa mga maagang nangangampanya at maagang nagdeklara, at maagang sumigaw na sila’y tatakbo, sila na lamang at hindi ako sasabay sa kanila. Sa dami at lalim ng problema na kinahaharap natin sa ngayon, ito na lamang ang ating harapin muna. Sa pagdating ng araw ng kampanyahan at araw ng pamumulitika, tinitiyak ko sa inyo na palagi akong sasama at palaging sasabak sa pamamahala ng kapasidad bilang patunay at pagkilala na dapat manilbihan ang mga nakakabatang henerasyon. Hindi na namin hihintayin na kami ay tumanda pa. Darating po ang panahon na ito ngunit hindi nga lang po sa ngayon.
- SENADOR FRANCIS “CHIZ” ESCUDERO
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero has proposed that bus drivers who commit criminal negligence in road mishaps should face twenty (20) years of imprisonment. This, in the wake of a lot of vehicular accidents as of late.
The senator from Sorsogon, who currently chairs both the Senate Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, introduced Senate Bill Number 2701 (SBN 2701) which aims to provide more teeth to existing preventive policies to achieve safety benefits. SBN 2701 penalizes criminal negligence committed by common carriers with reclusion temporal, or twelve (12) years to twenty (20) years in prison, in case of death.
Common carriers’ criminal liability is found in Article 365 of the Revised Penal Code, Criminal Negligence, which provides as penalty of imprisonment arresto mayor to prision correccional or from one (1) month to four (4) years and two (2) months, depending on the gravity of the resultant crime or felony.
I don’t know about you but I think the number of recent road accidents is really very alarming.
Here in Mindanao, for instance, 15 people died in a road accident in Dangcagan, Bukidnon last week. A 10-wheeler truck rammed into an L300 van, leaving all of its 15 passengers plus driver dead. I actually just got word from my sources in Dangcagan that the truck owner can only afford to give P10,000.00 (roughly US $250.00) to each of the passengers. Isn’t that so pathetic?
So now, given this new move from Senator Chiz, I do hope that our roads become safer and our drivers become more responsible.
What do you think of this proposed legislation?
It’s Senator Francis Joseph Guevara “Chiz” Escudero’s birthday today! (Betcha didn’t know that was his full name, eh?) I just greeted him via text message a few minutes ago. I bet he’ll have a great, grand birthday today.
I remember the very first time I interviewed him was via text message as well. He was Sorsogon’s representative then and was closely associated with former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada. Later on, he served as the late Fernando Poe, Jr.’s spokesperson during the latter’s presidential campaign trail. It was a time when I felt that the local newspapers barely had access to the opposition. Most, if not all, of the stories that I read back then were anchored on the side of the administration. There were hardly any comments from the opposition. It was a time when the phrase “no comments have been received as of press time” was so overused.
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