Category: 2010
america’s boy 2010
na-confuse naman ako kay carmen pedrosa, kolumnista ng philippine star na panahon pa ni fvr ay kilala nang chacha-federalism advocate. inaamin niya na she has been / is critical of noynoy aquino’s candidacy, allegedly because he is the candidate of … Continue reading
edsarevolution.com
finally gave up trying to get photos of EDSA 86 first, though some did come in — thanks, people — but not nearly enough. anyway, like katrina says, it’s the text that’s important, a pdf file would do. but joel, … Continue reading
EDSA discourse 2010: history & “ideology”
the discourse on EDSA has levelled up, about time. as recently as february 2009 we were still arguing about when to correctly celebrate it, on the 22nd or the 23rd or the 25th, if at all. at least today we’re … Continue reading
the radical significance of EDSA
over @ anti-pinoy.com :) blogger ilda who was either too young or not around yet in 1986 asks valid questions about EDSA One. If an Edsa Denial group were to emerge today, their job will be easy. Aside from Ninoy … Continue reading
Midnight CJ and the Four R’s
Rene Saguisag The framers could have said the position of Chief Justice (CJ) should be filled up immediately and that only the CJ could swear in a Prez. They did not. They said any judicial vacancy should be filled up … Continue reading
de quiros, aquino, edsa
conrado de quiros is sounding like a broken record these days, insisting that “edsa” & “people power” and “good vs. evil” are the themes to work on if we want to see noynoy aquino again racing ahead of the pack … Continue reading
HOW MONA LISA DIED
Walden Bello Representative Edcel Lagman of Albay has a term for legislative measures that gain approval in a congressional committee yet never make it to a full floor debate owing to one reason or other. He calls them “Mona Lisa” … Continue reading
cowards all
it’s not only manny villar, who has been called a coward for refusing to answer questions re the c-5 extensions that allegedly benefitted his real estate empire in the millions, billions. i don’t even think that snubbing the senate is … Continue reading
the irresponsible filipino elite
i’ve been fretting over, and collecting columns about, the yawning gap between the few filipino rich and the manymanymany filipino poor for some time now, wondering why other southeast asian countries are able to bridge lessen / shrink the gap, … Continue reading
THE VALUE OF WORK
Satur Sulit elections alone won’t buy us good government good intentions alone don’t guarantee a result a self-regulating, efficient operation is won by perfected working relations it isn’t there on demand, it isn’t there for sale we must grow it … Continue reading
ninoy’s LP would have welcomed satur & liza
i’m not crazy about manny villar but he scores pogi points (with me anyway) for welcoming leftist lawmakers satur ocampo and liza masa as senatorial candidates of the nacionalista party. this, even if villar knows (i’m sure) that the NP … Continue reading
noynoy, etta, luisita
read this open letter by akbayan’s etta rosales to for senator benigno aquino 3rd in the manila times today but can’t find it in the online edition. googled it instead and found ellen tordesillas‘ blog post. Dear Noynoy, I … Continue reading