This May 14, Philippine voters will troop to the polls to cast their votes to elect their local officials and 12 Senators. Rep. Juan Miguel Zubiri, the Distinguished Gentleman from Bukidnon, is one of the administration candidates vying for a slot in the magic 12. In the latest political survey conducted by the Social Weather Station (SWS), he comes in no. 9, tied with former rebel Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan[source]. If this holds true, then he will be assured of a slot in the Philippine Senate.
Rep. Migz Zubiri, representing the 3rd district of Bukidnon, is more popularly known in the biofuel sector as the Author of the Philippine 2006 Biofuels Act in the Philippine Congress. He hails from the Province of Bukidnon which is the second major producing region of the Philippines for sugar and the primary producing region for cassava. Both of which are known Ethanol feedstocks.
May 17th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Recent tallies show that he’s slipping from the top 12, but I’m really hoping he’ll make his way back up!
May 22nd, 2007 at 12:27 am
Me Too Lynn… Thanks for dropping by
May 24th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
[…] As of 6 PM today, the quick count of NAMFREL, the accredited quick count body of the COMELEC had tallied 69% of the 224,748 Philippine precincts used in the last May 14 Local Elections. At that mark, Cong. Juan Miguel Zubiri failed to make it to the top 12 amassed votes for those running for Senator. This is despite the fact that with surveys conducted prior to the elections he was shown to have made the Magic 12. The Distinguished Gentleman from the 3rd District of Bukidnon is the son of the Gov of Bukidnon and is known as the “Father” of the Philippine Biofuel’s Act of 2006 in Congress. At this stage in his political career he threw his hat in the race for the Philippine Senate. The first few weeks of the quick count he was tallied to be on the lower 6 of the 12 man Senate race but had started to slip. With the way its going now, he will need a Miracle to pull him through and hopefully hit the last slot. […]