Category: america
smith walks free
anc breaking news around 5 p.m.: u.s. marine in subic rape case acquitted. The Court of Appeals (CA) on Thursday acquitted US Marines Lance Corporal Daniel Smith of raping a Filipina in Subic back in 2005, and ordered released immediately. The … Continue reading
nicole did not recant
what a shocker naman talaga. it was bad enough hearing, first, that she had fired her lawyer evalyn ursua AND that she had left for the u.s., of all places. it got progressively more scandalizing as the news trickled out … Continue reading
so long, gloria? 2
that unscheduled, and failed, trip to washington tells me how desperate gloria is for a one-on-one with the u.s. president. i suspect she was all set to request that obama order the world bank to back off, cease and … Continue reading
so long, gloria?
maybe it’s just talk, so take this with a grain of salt (and pepper, why not), but it’s the juiciest tsismis yet from the coffeeshop circuit. to wit, that the americans intend to foil erap’s dream of capturing the presidency, … Continue reading
showbiz sheet
habang mabaliw-baliw ang amerika (at ang mundo na rin) sa inauguration ni obama that’s turning out to be the greatest show on earth — mairaos sana nang maluwalhati — ang dami ring nangyayari sa local showbizscene na puwedeng patulan either … Continue reading
can obama?
president-elect barack obama’s promise of change-yes-we-can will be tested bigtime by the israel-palestine crisis the moment he steps into office. will he, as pundits predict, go the way of bush and continue to support israel’s wars? on matters where he … Continue reading
changing times
i am glad that barack obama hasn’t taken or returned gma’s phonecalls. i am glad becauseit pops the illusion that we are special to america. i am glad because it puts us in our place. we are a poor … Continue reading
hallelujah america
gave me goose pimples, brought tears to my eyes, the sight and sound and substance of black and beautiful barack’s first speech as president-elect of the united states of america. what a man. what a feat. what a winner. i … Continue reading
black america on tenterhooks
on tenterhooks — in a state of uneasy suspense or painful anxiety: the movie keeps one on tenterhooks until the very last moment. all signs point to an obama win but given america’s racist history, black america dares not believe … Continue reading