NEWS: Joecab: it’s “either, or” pa rin

Political smoke rising in Comval

april 8

Former Compostela Valley Governor Jose “Joecab” Caballero has said that as usual he is contemplating at press time to “either for governor or for congressman”.

In a phone call answering a query in a text message, he said that “everything is not definite yet” adding that it is dependent on “things that are still so much in fluid” in vague reference on his planned bid in 2010.

He said that either he would square off with reelectionist Governor Arturo “Chiongkee” Uy whom he has not yet fought in the past elections, or “pwede ring balikan (make a return bout) with second district Congressman Rommel “Bobong” Amatong.

Political kibitzers this time are saying that in whoesoever Caballero would fight it out could surely make a big run for his money since the latter has still a remnant following despite the reported swaying of Lakas incumbents over Caballero’s leaders.

They reckoned that whoever is Joecab’s rival would have to spend at least P30 million to defeat the governor adding that though Caballero would still lose but his rival would have to spend such big amount, making Caballero like a hot potato both of Uy and Amatong.

Caballero under Kampi party was overwhelmingly defeated by Cong. Amatong in the last 2007 polls while his daughter suffered the same fate by Gov. Uy of Lakas party.

Caballero at present has a running blocktime radio program “Joecab Express” over Radyo Rapido based in Davao City in the mid morning from Monday to Friday.

The program usually tackles more legal issues with the former governor, who is a lawyer, sharing his legal advises to text senders.

But at times Caballero and his co-anchormen dashed out political potshots such as that the express vehicle Joecab was driving was enroute to the Capitol, “byaheng Capitol”, or they tackled issues about Uy’s administration.

His co-anchormen are Davao City-based broadcasters Kiking Quimpan, Lyndon Catulong and Leo Villareal.  (Cha Monforte/Rural Urban News)

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NEWS: Lakas-CMD nat’l directorate grooming Maricar for Congress?

Way K to retire by 2010, says he’ll be prov’l Lakas campaign mgr

nov 17

It seems the powerful national directorate of the administration’s dominant Lakas-CMD party is already showing its body language of choosing Boardmember Maricar Zamora-Apsay over contending Vice Governor Ramil Gentugaya for the District 1 congressional post in Compostela Valley.

In an interview, Maricar, daughter of Cong. Manuel “Way Kurat” Zamora, said yesterday she was grateful that she had attended a leadership training sponsored by the Lakas-CMD national directorate last October 15 to 18 at Tagbilaran City in Bohol.

The last-termer congressman celebrated his 58th birthday yesterday at his sprawling Octagon farm park at Monkayo. 

Maricar said that the Tagbilaran training was attended by some 40 potential Lakas-CMD standard-bearers from across the country at the party’s expense.

Courses on the training included basic preparations for the elections and “how to’s” including how to win as a Lakas-CMD candidate, she said.

“This coming November 25 to 28, I’ll attend in the second phase of leadership training for Lakas women leaders,” she added.

She was invited by Lakas-CMD national executive director Rey Roquero, also a known party top national stalwart.

Asked on her own preparation for her congressional bid, she said she had already gone to the farthest barangay in District 1 at Cagan Valley up in New Bataan town.

“Ginatrabahoan pa gyud nako na,” she said.

But his father Cong. Zamora said that the Lakas-CMD directorate’s series of invitations to Maricar does not mean that she is already the standard-bearer for the district’s post.

He said that if Maricar would be chosen as the one, it would be up for Vice Gov. Gentugaya to decide whether to go out from the party or not.

But he said though in jest not to talk on the reverse situation saying that it would not happen anyway.

During his turn of acceptance speech as a birthday celebrant, Cong. Zamora surprised a thousand of well-wishers when he doused cold water to the running talk that he is running as mayor in Compostela town “is not true”, “atik lang to” adding that he just wanted to know who were loyal to his leadership.

As to the other talk that he is going around to barangays to run as governor, “bakak na” saying that he would never part ways with his kumpare, Gov. Arturo “Chiongkee” Uy, who was among yesterday’s leading well-wishers.

He said he does not want to suffer the same fate to Caballeros and Palma Gils in Davao Oriental of losing for running simultaneously in two top positions.

He also said that he will be the Lakas-CMD campaign manager in 2010 polls after he would retire from politics two years from now.

But he immediately tried to dispel fears to “my loyalist 98 barangay captains” saying that his daughter Maricar was born to carry on what he started.

Also among the thousand of well-wishers who trooped at Octagon farm park yesterday to greet the congressman were Tagum City Mayor Rey Uy, Maragusan Mayor Cesar Colina, New Bataan Mayor Lorenzo Balbin, Boardmember Neri Barte, and officials from various government agencies and sectors. (Cha Monforte/Rural Urban News) http://ruralurbanews.blogspot.com 

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