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MANDALUYONG, Philippines-- As I write this post, it is already past 1 pm, April 2, here in Manila. It is hot and humid; the current temperature is 31 degrees Celsius but feels like 36. There is a 33 per cent chance of afternoon rain showers. I doubt it would happen. Currently, it is crowded and noisy as the midterm elections campaign for local (governors, city and municipal Councils, and House of Representatives and Senate at the national levels heats up. Thousands of positions are up for grabs locally, while 12 spots are up for grabs for the Senate. Various campaign jingles serve as alarm clocks and wake people in their neighbourhoods. They use the music of different international and Filipino artists, like the collaboration of Bruno Mars and Rose, changing the song's lyrics to promote their cause or what they would do if elected. It has always been like this since I earned my right to vote when I turned 18, eons ago. The same old message where candidates say they are pro-poor and...

Three lady legislators filed a senate bill in the hopes of abolishing the residency requirement for all graduating high school seniors in all collegiate leagues. The bill is seen as a move to pressure the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) to remove the two-year residency requirement they imposed on all high school student-athletes who want to transfer to other colleges or universities before the start of the 76th season. Sens. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Cynthia Villar, and Pia Cayetano filed SB No. 2226 or an act protecting the amateur nature of Filipino student-athletes where it aims to regulate the residency requirement of all student-athletes to further prevent the commercialization of the collegiate league. "No residency requirement shall be imposed on a high school student-athlete transferring to another high school or to a college or university,” stated in Section VI of the bill, which wants to require school athletic associations to impos...