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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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… [...]
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 [...]
Power Play for a Power Grab of the Power Sector? Published February 28, 2008 Power Campaign PRESS STATEMENT Freedom from Debt Coalition 11 Matimpiin St., Brgy. Pinyahan, Quezon City 1100 Tel. No.: +632 9211985; Telefax: +632 9246399 Email: fdc_media@yahoo.com Contact persons: Milo Tanchuling, FDC secretary-general, @ 0920-9018711 Bobby Diciembre, FDC media campaigner, @ 0920-9059856 FOR [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
