Category: politics
mar roxas, way to go!
why was i surprised when mar called a press conference to make his important announcement? certainly not because i wasn’t expecting him to give way if noynoy decided to run. i guess what i wasn’t expecting was that mar would … Continue reading
gloria should go
… to the wake, i mean. and she knows it. not so much for the nation — we can take or leave protocol, i find — but for the international community. the whole world is watching. she … Continue reading
mean and nasty
i wondered who was responsible for the friday rumor that had cory passing away and people bursting into tears. mabuti at napasinungalingan agad, though not quick enough to spare us a taste of the great grief coming, sooner or … Continue reading
cheap meds – gma vs. mar
ano ba talaga? kahapon ito ang balita: Arroyo to sign cheap meds EO MANILA, Philippines-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will finally sign next week the executive order placing a price ceiling on 22 essential drugs sold in the country. Malacañang made the … Continue reading
my problem with randy david (updated)
i was on the verge of blogging about the tenure case of tibak (activist) u.p. professor sarah raymundo of the department of sociology now chaired by prof. randy david, when the news broke that prof. david intends to oppose gloria … Continue reading
showdown 2010
grabe. sa halip na mapaghandaan natin nang maayos ang 2010 elections, lalo tayong nagaaway-away over issues that could have been put off naman, sa totoo lang, until after we would have elected na a new president with a clear … Continue reading
matt defensor asks, “bakit magkakagulo?”
caught the the dzmm teleradyo program of henry omaga diaz and nina corpuz with political analyst joel rocamora and congressmen teofisto guingona 3 and matt defensor yesterday. they were talking of course about hr 1109′s con-ass and how upset people … Continue reading
trying times for villar
seems to me that manny villar is in a lose-lose situation. damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t, attend the senate trial of the ethics case filed against him by jamby madrigal over the c-5 scandal. says armida siguion-reyna … Continue reading
mike’s defense
so what’s mike defensor up to, dredging up the rot of the nbn-zte-fg deal that saw (alleged fixer) ben abalos resign as comelec chief and the project stopped in its tracks. natabunan na nga ng walang katapusang iba’t ibang atraso … Continue reading
rocking with da reyna
quite interesting how manolo’s mistake spun off debates on academic credentials & credibility in the comment threads of filipino voices.com and reynaelena.com, and quite quite yummy how fv blogger benignO’s entry that manolo’s apology empowers “dimwits” added fuel to da … Continue reading
gossip galore [updated]
this has been going around via email, passed on to me by peque gallaga who notes how kris aquino keeps cropping up in the history (thanks, pq ;). small the world from rizal to ninoy to erap to gloria, and … Continue reading
kiko & kris
the only time i was ever brought to tears and despair by the death of a public figure whom i had never even seen in person (except in a coffin in times st.) was when ninoy was assassinated. so … Continue reading