PALABAN and MALABANAN AWARD 3

FIGHTING WINDMILLS
Early this year, when the people of Pampanga were left with choosing between a candidate who has lorded it over the illegal gambling game in the province and a candidate who has made money out of squeezing bribes from the quarry operations, an unlikely politician risked everything, including his life to give the Kapampangans [...]

Mandarambong Pinalaya ng MAS Mandarambong

“National unity, the rule of law, justice with accountability” were the guideposts President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said she used in deciding to grant pardon to her ousted predecessor, convicted plunderer Joseph Estrada. (Philippine Daily Inquirer 10/26/07)

Nagulat pa ba kayo sa balitang binigyan ng pardon ni Gloria si Erap sa kasong plunder? Sa totoo lang, matagal na [...]

Lousy Whitewash: Buko na Humihirit pa

Natawa ako sa article na ito sa GMANews.TV ngayong umaga. Kung di nyo pa nakakalimutan pumutok ang issue ng pamimigay ng pera sa Malakanyang dalawang linggo na ang nakaraan. Nangyari ito sa oathtaking diumano ng Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) na ginawa sa Heroes Hall ng Malakanyang. Para sa mga hindi masyadong [...]

A Call for Overseas Filipinos

I was doing my routine of blog-hopping around my friends’ blogs leaving my paw-prints in each of them when I read Kengkay’s post about Harvey Keh’s email to OFW’s. His name rings a bell and I remembered that this is the guy who became popular (or controversial) because of another email a few months back. [...]

Wasting People’s Money

I was surfing the net looking for updates on the Glorietta 2 blast when two articles caught my attention because they are both about reports of the Commission on Audit (CoA) on two major government offices. The first one is an audit report on the Office of the President:
COA: Palace misused charity funds, has unbooked [...]

Sowing Terror

Kahapon ng tanghali ginulangtang tayong lahat ng balita : Bomba sumabog sa Glorietta 2 sa Makati, 9 ang patay, mahigit 100 ang sugatan. Sa totoo lang, kahapon pa ako gustong sumulat about the Glorietta blast, kaya lang I have this numb feeling na di ko masimulan ang pagsusulat. Di ko matukoy kung bakit ganun ang [...]

Guilt, Insecurity and Bribery

Late last week, while the ZTE Scandal was mellowing down and the action shifts to the Ombudsman and the House of Representatives, another scandal erupted. This time it is a man-of-the-cloth-turned-Governor Among Ed Panlilio who found himself exposing a controversy. Gov. Panlilio admitted to the media that Malakanyang distributed envelops containing between Php 200,000 to [...]

One Day Forced Hiatus

Yesterday early morning I woke up at 6am to finish a post that I began writing last Friday. I was shocked to discover that this blog was suspended. Parang sumisid ang puso ko at tumabi sa aking appendix. For a few minutes I just sat down staring at the monitor that says “This blog is [...]

AKBAYAN sues ABALOS on the ZTE Scam

Intent on pursuing former COMELEC Chairman Benjamin Abalos and exacting accountability from him for his involvement in the ZTE Scam, AKBAYAN Partylist Representative Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel filed sued Abalos before the Ombudsman this morning. Abalos was charged for violating the Anti-graft and Corrupt Practices Law, Revised Penal Code, and the Code of [...]

A view of Mine’s Mind

Gorgeous, sexy, naughty, witty, funny, soulful, insightful, intelligent…. the adjectives and superlatives flow through my mind when I think of a special person. Words aren’t enough to capture her character. I have known her for a little less than a year but it feels as if we have known each other for a lifetime.
It took [...]