what makes you think gloria would wanna step down by 2010? ill bet my wife.

what makes you think gloria would wanna step down by 2010? ill bet my wife.

what makes you think gloria would wanna step down by 2010? ill bet my wife.

She has no choice. It's in the Philippine Constitution. The president can only be elected once, and her 6 year term is up by 2010 since she has been elected 2004. So, I guess nobody has ideas on who should lead the nation?

She has no choice. It's in the Philippine Constitution. The president can only be elected once, and her 6 year term is up by 2010 since she has been elected 2004. So, I guess nobody has ideas on who should lead the nation?

I thought a the President can only have a maximum of 2 presidential terms in the Philippines but in Gloria Arroyo's case she already had 2 terms including the term were she had been designated from Vice President to President. Technically she can't run anymore.

President: Rodrigo "The Punisher" Duterte
V-President: Bayani Fernando

Secretary of Defence: Jovito "Berdugo" Palparan
DILG: Panfilo "Super Cop" Lacson
we need tough men...

ahh crap, i think theres gonna be some destabilization plot brewing up near the elections...gloria and all her faithful lap dog possé will prolly declare martial law...she'll become queen and we all be damned...

You have absolutely no basis for that assumption. Besides, I don't think she's power hungry. I really believe she's trying to help the Republic.

not them..

i'll be the new president...lol

Noli de Castro has come a long way from his days as a braodcaster; he may even end up in Malacañang.

by LUZ RIMBAN

HEADED FOR MALACAÑANG? Noli de Castro has come a long way from his beginnings as an unknown radio broadcaster. [photo credits: Malaya]

LIKE IT or not, Filipinos will have to accept the fact that Noli de Castro might just be president one of these days. It could be sooner, if President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo suddenly gets stricken with delicadeza and resigns, or later, if Congress eventually decides to put an end to the crisis and impeach her. Either way, Filipinos will have to get used to the idea of a de Castro presidency, especially if they don’t want Susan Roces heading a caretaker government or Jose de Venecia becoming prime minister for life.

Filipinos don’t seem to have much of a choice. Being vice president puts Noli de Castro next in line and just a breath away from being the 15th president of the republic. The middle class may not relish having another celebrity in Malacañang, and traditional politicians may be gritting their teeth over a neophyte having it quick and easy. But no matter what they say, if Arroyo falls, de Castro will have to rise to the challenge.

That will be some déjà vu. De Castro would become the third consecutive vice president elected after 1986 to have ascended to the top, following in the footsteps of Joseph Estrada and Gloria Arroyo. The two are not particularly pleasant precedents. One was ousted in the middle of an impeachment trial, while the other appears headed in the same direction. Unless he breaks the jinx, de Castro just might end up like his predecessors not too far into the future.

That is why he is playing it coy and cautious these days. He keeps a low profile, hardly gives any interviews, and rarely opens his mouth. His friends say he does not want to be branded power-hungry or to be seen as a deserter. In July, at the height of the “Hello, Garci” controversy when 10 cabinet and sub-cabinet members cut ties with Arroyo, de Castro refused to seize the position that was his for the taking.

“He will never be party to the ouster of President Arroyo whether extraconstitutional or contra constitutional,” says Cesar Chavez, a former newsman who was de Castro’s campaign manager. “Ayaw niya maging traydor. Ang sa kanya, ituloy ang proseso, ano man ang prosesong ‘yan, kung impeachment man o ano (He doesn’t want to be a traitor. The way he sees it, we must let the process continue, whatever that process is, impeachment or something else).”

“He had good judgment,” says Senator Ralph Recto, a friend and former colleague of de Castro. “He’s not a traitor, and that’s a value Filipinos cherish as well. He could have easily grabbed the opportunity to become president, I suppose, but he’s not like that.”

From wikipedia.

After he garnered the highest votes in the Philippine election history when he ran as Senator, many people had already made him a potential presidential candidate by 2010. While he has been coy on his plans for 2010, the Mar Roxas for president in 2010 movement has been gathering steam with the Liberal Party revival targeting the youth (considering that the bulk of the voting population is aged below 30 years old). Other signs include the sprouting of Mar Roxas for president spots in cyberspace; and his colleagues endorsing him as the party's standard bearer -- Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III declaring him Liberal Party's candidate for 2010 and Liberal Party's chair emeritus Jovito Salonga introducing him as "the next president of the Philippine republic.

I don't know what good did Noli de Castro do.

Loren Legarda is opposition best bet!

^^ You just can't base soemthing thru location. I don't want Noli. I haven't heard of what he's done.

For me, the most looked upon is d!ck Gordon yet he's an incredible guy. He's responsible for raising the number of tourist arrivals and for converting Subic into what it is now. Also, Manny Villar is better than Noli.

Also, I'd rather vote someone not from my place yet he has integrity than my own kababayan yet he is corrupt.

oh no all i see is sex scandals .... "he did not perform the number 69 on me"

Go for Manny Villar. He's the most trusted public official in a poll conducted by the SWS. He's really a hard working man and he needs not be corrupt since he's super rich already.

I'll vote for Mar Roxas because he's Bisaya and a Liberal. He'll be great for Iloilo, and Illigan - since he used to live there. Dude, he's got a great record, and plenty of accomplishments. He shows that he cares for the Filipino worker, and I'm telling you - If Mar Roxas marries Korina Sanchez in the "Wedding of the Decade" in 2008 or 2009, he'll be the most popular candidate in 2010.

ang showbiz naman ng reasoning mo tor. actually many pinoys think that way that's why the candidate with a showbiz-like popularity ends up winning the highest post of the land. admittedly, mar roxas is okay. he's much much better than noli de castro. but anyways, i'm not going for any of them.

my bets:
for president: d!ck gordon
for vice pres: bayani fernando

ill go for real tough no non sense woman,that will be miriam defensor.