What do you suppose this is a list of?:
Noynoy, Dodong, Gibo, JC, Erap, Brother Eddie, Manny, Dick, Nick and...Jamby.
Perhaps the cast if a Latin American ensemble telenovela? Maybe a chldren's show/
Those are the 'official' nicknames of the 11 candidates for the presidency of the Philippines.
As of now, Begnigno Aquino III (Nownoy) appears to be ahead, although his conservative rival Gilberto Teodoro (Gibo) is mounting a strong challenge.
Politics in the Philippines is a family affair, Noynoy is the son of a president, while Gibo is his second cousin.
The walls are absolutely plastered with campaign posters of every kind, not only for president but for senator and congressman. There have been motorcades and torchlight processions. It's pretty exctiing, and yet every Filipino I've talked to said he wasn't going to vote. Curious...
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