Dear Folks,
The bishops huddled for 10 hours only to conclude at the end of the meeting that “Arroyo has not lost her ‘moral ascendancy’ to govern despite the mounting allegations of corruption in her government.” Whoa! What a bunch of jokesters. From a group who should know the meaning of “moral,” I can’t believe that they turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to the people’s clamor for Arroyo’s resignation. I …

Get Thee Behind Me, Satan!
GLIMPSES
Jose Ma. Montelibano
A nephew wrote me, “I am sad, but I am hopeful.”
How succinct. He plucked the words out of my mouth, and I know many others feel the same way. While the tip of the iceberg is naturally more passionate and eager to engage in the most active way, the body politik is more cautious despite the intensity of its frustration. A great battle is now being staged by the status quo in all of its forms and the change makers who simply cannot take …

China allotted $8 billion in ODA in exchange for this gift from GMA which violates an earlier ASEAN agreement. From this came Northrail, Southrail, ZTE and CyberEd – plus God knows what else are on the plunder pipeline. They ceded our nation’s wealth just for the booty from which they draw their fat overprice.
Is this not TREASON, by far exceeding plunder?
All Filipinos, especially the AFP and PNP officers and men, should know this so they can decide if GMA deserves to be their ruler and Commander-in-Chief, illegitimate as many already …

Treason!
by Ricky Carandang
Allow me to expound a little on a story I did for The Correspondents on
February 19th.
Seven countries claim ownership of the disputed Spratly Islands, just
off of Palawan. China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, and
the Philippines all claim to own part or all of the Spratlys. These
overlapping claims have been a source of tension over the years since
the Spratlys (we Filipinos call them the Kalayaan Islands) are believed
to contain significant reserves of oil and natural gas. China was the
most aggressive in pursuing its claim. In 1999, the Philippines–under
President Joseph …

The traitor is the plague.
(Herman Tiu Laurel/ Infowars/ 2-29-2008 FRI.)
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely… For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. …

Today the Spratlys, tomorrow Palawan
By Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines — His Excellency Diosdado Talamayan can still bask in being able to “Oye-Oye” the President, while His Excellency Fernando Capalla can still dream (of what, of Cristina Ponce Enrile securing him a red hat from the Pope?). The President can thank them for their intervention in the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines and say, “Well done, good and faithful servants.”
And thanks to the good bishops, the latest assurance that a future Arroyo Presidential Library can be built …

Power Play for a Power Grab of the Power Sector?
Published February 28, 2008 Power Campaign
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28 February 2008
Power Play for a Power Grab of the Power Sector?
In an effort to appease a public in Metro Manila crushed by unstable jobs and livelihoods, constantly increasing prices of basic commodities and ever rising power and water bills despite tightly managed …

Revolutionary Junta
By Antonio C. Abaya
Written on Feb. 27, 2008
For the Standard Today,
February 28 issue
In my two previous columns, ‘She is Evil’ and An Endgame Scenario, I stressed the point that in the (so far) unlikely event that President Arroyo is forced to step down from power before her term expires, the constitutional successor would be the vice-president, Noli de Castro.
That he is genuinely popular in his own right, as the latest SWS survey shows, should make this scenario the least disruptive to our economy and to our badly frayed …

DM Affidavit
I, DANTE R. MADRIAGA, Filipino, of legal age, with postal address at 13 Cairo St. BF Homes Paranaque City, after having been duly sworn in accordance with law hereby depose and state:
1. Introduction
1.1. credentials I attended 1st and 2nd and half of 3rd year at UP. I transferred to Texas A&M and obtained my Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree (“BSE”) from Texas A&M in 1969.
1.2. professional experience Since then, I have been employed in various capacities by a number of companies, local and foreign, that specialize in computers and …

THE MORAL DIMENSION OF PEOPLE POWER
Corazon C. Aquino
Joint MBC-MAP General Membership Meeting & PinoyME 2nd Anniversary
February 26, 2008
Yesterday, we marked the anniversary of the remarkable People Power revolution that ushered in a new era of hope for our nation. Twenty-two years ago, we began the arduous task of reviving the democratic institutions that the Marcos dictatorship had destroyed.
And it is with shame and sadness that we today revisit those institutions in the same state of disrepair: an executive branch wielding tremendous power and patronage, unchecked by a largely subservient legislature; …