Independent presidential candidate Nicanor Perlas cast his vote Monday at the upscale University of Asia and the Pacific in Ortigas Center, Pasig City with his son, Christopher Michael.
Perlas went to precinct 445-A a little before 7 a.m. and, after a bit of waiting in line, voted himself for president.
Voter number 132 voted for no one else, as it took him all of 10 seconds to cast his ballot. "Wala akong masyadong binoto [I didn’t vote much]," he joked.
"Hopefully, it got recorded," he said, adding that other voters might have trouble shading the oval. "Although the machine said it was successfully registered, I'm really worried," he said.
"I have my doubts [about the process]. We'll be waiting to see if the machines will work well. I'm cautious, but I want to honor the process," Perlas told reporters.
Aside from the media attention, Perlas attracted little from the other voters, as he sat, with his son beside him, inconspicuously on a chair waiting for his turn to vote.
Perlas said his experience with the new process was fine, with the precinct count optical scan machine (PCOS) registering his vote.
But he expressed concern about the conduct of elections in the other parts of the country. He previously asked the Commission on Elections to postpone the polls by three months because the system had too many defects.
Perlas, who ran on an environmentalist, reformist and anti-poverty platform, remained upbeat about his chances despite consistently lagging in the polls.
He lined up in a queue of voters and waited his turn in clustered precinct number 137.
Voting at the UA&P was generally orderly with people lining up for their turn to cast their electoral picks. Most of the voters in this precinct are upper-to-middle class, with many living in high-rise condominiums.
But some had trouble locating their precincts. A help desk set up by the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting assisted them. A total of 2,701 voters were registered in the polling place.
Each clustered precinct was housed in a makeshift booth made of wood and blue plastic sheets in the covered court of the UA&P. Inside each booth were three tables and monobloc chairs with voters' folders and markers.
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Sunday, May 9, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Perlas Starts Campaign in Ateneo
This was how independent presidential candidate Nicanor Perlas started his campaign yesterday with a visit to the Ateneo de Manila University campus in Quezon City.
Perlas talked to students at the Ateneo Political Fair, a three-day event sponsored by the Ateneo Student Council, and answered questions on how to balance conflicts of interest in government as well as whom he would vote for if he were not running for president. He said he would choose from the other independents.
“This is a soft launch of my campaign,” said Perlas, who is running on an environmentalist and reformist platform. The actual campaign kickoff will be on Feb. 13 in Cebu City.
Perlas, an Ateneo alumnus, said he made it a point to begin his campaign at Ateneo to encourage students to “assess, compare, study and discern whom they will vote for.”
“Young people are least influenced by traditional politics and, thus, are more open to the ideas of new politics,” he said in a statement.
Perlas said he chose Cebu as the venue for his major campaign launch to emphasize the importance of a less Manila-centric approach to governing the country.
“We want to send the signal that if this country will progress in the future, it will [require] equitable development across all regions,” he said, adding that 70 percent of Filipinos living in poverty are found in the countryside.
“Most of the conflict in the rural areas stems from poverty. At the same time, one source of urban problems is that everyone is migrating to the city,” he said.
On Friday, the Perlas campaign will hold a bike run for clean elections at Quezon City Memorial Circle in Quezon City, in what his handlers describe as “an environmentally friendly and nontraditional” style of campaigning.
Perlas talked to students at the Ateneo Political Fair, a three-day event sponsored by the Ateneo Student Council, and answered questions on how to balance conflicts of interest in government as well as whom he would vote for if he were not running for president. He said he would choose from the other independents.
“This is a soft launch of my campaign,” said Perlas, who is running on an environmentalist and reformist platform. The actual campaign kickoff will be on Feb. 13 in Cebu City.
Perlas, an Ateneo alumnus, said he made it a point to begin his campaign at Ateneo to encourage students to “assess, compare, study and discern whom they will vote for.”
“Young people are least influenced by traditional politics and, thus, are more open to the ideas of new politics,” he said in a statement.
Perlas said he chose Cebu as the venue for his major campaign launch to emphasize the importance of a less Manila-centric approach to governing the country.
“We want to send the signal that if this country will progress in the future, it will [require] equitable development across all regions,” he said, adding that 70 percent of Filipinos living in poverty are found in the countryside.
“Most of the conflict in the rural areas stems from poverty. At the same time, one source of urban problems is that everyone is migrating to the city,” he said.
On Friday, the Perlas campaign will hold a bike run for clean elections at Quezon City Memorial Circle in Quezon City, in what his handlers describe as “an environmentally friendly and nontraditional” style of campaigning.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Nicanor Perlas Profile
PERLAS, NICANOR JESUS "NICKY" III PINEDA
BIRTHDATE: January 10, 1959
BIRTHPLACE: Manila
SPOUSE: Kathryn Carpenter
AFFLIATIONS:
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
CAREER HISTORY
BIRTHDATE: January 10, 1959
BIRTHPLACE: Manila
SPOUSE: Kathryn Carpenter
AFFLIATIONS:
- Pangmasa Political Party
- People's Assembly for Genuine Alternative to Social Apathy (Pag-asa)
- Alternative Nobel Prize, 2003 - For his efforts in educationg civil society about the effets of corporate globalization and how alternatives to it can be implemented
- The Right Livelihood Awards, 2003
- Global 500 Award of United Nations Environment Programme - For his outstanding contributions to the protection of the environment
- The Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) of 1994 in the field of Agriculture (awarded by the Philippine Jaycee Senate)
- The Fr. William Masterson, SJ Award, 1995 - For his outstanding work as an Agriculturist and his invaluable contribution towards sustainable and environment-friendly agriculture
| Level | School | Year Graduated |
| Elementary | Ateneo de Manila | 1964 |
| High School | Ateneo de Manila | 1968 |
| College | Xavier University (Cagayan de Oro), Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Major in Agronomy, Minor in Agricultural Economics (graduated cum laude) | 1972 |
| Graduate Studies | University of the Philippines (Los Baños, Laguna) Masters of Science (Candidate) in Botany (Environmental Sciences) | 1978 |
CAREER HISTORY
| Position | Office | Years |
| Technical Consultant / Resource Person | United Nation Bodies | Present |
| United Nations Development Programme | ||
| Food and Agriculture Organization | ||
| United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development | ||
| United Nations Children's Fund | ||
| Government Deparments | ||
| Office of the President | ||
| Senate | ||
| House of Representatives | ||
| National Economic Development Authority | ||
| Department of Social Welfare and Development | ||
| Department of Agriculture | ||
| Department of Environment and Natural Resources | ||
| Official Philippine delegations to the UN and Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation | ||
| Donor Agencies | ||
| Plan International | ||
| Hilfswerk der evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz | ||
| NOVIB | ||
| Creative Industries Development Agency (CIDA) | ||
| Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) | ||
| Author and Writer | Shaping Globalization: Civil Society, Cultural Power and Threefolding (Book), international best-seller | n/a |
| | Various articles and columns | |
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Nicanor Perlas
Nicanor Jesus “Nicky” Pineda Perlas III, born January 10, 1950 in Manila, Philippines, is a Filipino activist and a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award (also known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”) in 2003. Currently, he is also a Philippine presidential aspirant for the 2010 presidential elections.
Perlas was the son of Jesus C. Perlas, Sr. and Anunciacion M. Pinda. He finished his elementary education at the Ateneo de Manila University in 1964 and finished his secondary education in the same school in 1968. While spending his high school years at the Ateneo, he was the Athlete of the Year and the recipient of the Silver Medal of the school’s Math and Science Club in 1968.
Perlas pursued his undergraduate studies at the College of Agriculture in Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental. With the highest honors, he graduated Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, major in Agronomy and minor in Agricultural Economics in the said educational institution in 1972. He would then seek to pursue his masteral studies at the University of the Philippines in Los Baños, Laguna, but would soon be forced to abandon his studies after being involved in the opposition of the Bataan nuclear power plant under the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos.
n June 17, 2009, Nicanor Perlas announced his intentions to become one of the candidates for the Philippine Presidential Elections in May 2010. He announced this during a press conference at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City. [9]
“Perlas is the latest in the list of personalities offering themselves as alternatives to traditional presidential aspirants.”
Perlas was the son of Jesus C. Perlas, Sr. and Anunciacion M. Pinda. He finished his elementary education at the Ateneo de Manila University in 1964 and finished his secondary education in the same school in 1968. While spending his high school years at the Ateneo, he was the Athlete of the Year and the recipient of the Silver Medal of the school’s Math and Science Club in 1968.
n June 17, 2009, Nicanor Perlas announced his intentions to become one of the candidates for the Philippine Presidential Elections in May 2010. He announced this during a press conference at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City. [9]
“Perlas is the latest in the list of personalities offering themselves as alternatives to traditional presidential aspirants.”
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