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Requiem For Whom the Bell Tolls
Do you hear the bell toll?
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Women wailing,
Children moaning,
The noise! the noise!
Do you hear the bell toll?
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Can you not survey the field of battle?
There! Dancing in the field, Opportunities Hidden in the Numbers!
Can you not see the the starving and the dying?
the poaching and pillaging pensions?
Can you not feel their anguish?
We’re here! We’re [...]
To Be Neutral Is To Be Indifferent
I write to you today because I’m sick of people claiming to love this country, but choose to be neutral. We’ve fought tooth and nail since 2004 for this moment in our nation’s history. We choose to have an election instead of another EDSA, so we can advance our nation’s agenda the [...]
We Prefer Hope Over Cynicism
Dear Reader,
I write this because some allegations that this blog has deleted comments and moderated comments.
This blog has been founded on the belief to raise the discourse and discussion of our time to a higher level. It is out of frustration at the shallowness of our national discourse that we congregate [...]
Full Video of Noynoy Aquino on Economic Policy Open Forum (Question and Answer)
Here is a series of video from NoyTV with Senator Aquino answering a Q&A post his Economic Vision policy speech before the Makati Business Club.
Part 1
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part 3:
Part 4
Full Video of Noynoy Aquino’s Economic Vision and Platform: “a Philippines that Works”
This is a series of video of Senator Aquino’s policy speech, “A Philippines that Works,” an Economic Vision and Platform.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4:
Mendiola Massacre Facts
No one will doubt that 1986 was a watershed year. From the Philippines came euphoria, a newfound momentum that had Democracy racing across the world. The fact that a revolution occurred without bloodshed was remarkable. It catapulted a widow who had no experience in politics to become the first woman President of the Philippines. “People [...]
Full Text and Video Snippet of A Philippines that Works – Economic Vision and Platform By Benigno S. Aquino III
Reposted with Permission.
Officers and members of the Makati Business Club, Your Excellencies of the diplomatic corps, ladies and gentlemen, my friends and countrymen.
Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to address you. I trust your asking me first is not based on alphabetical order, or based on age, but perhaps, based on who [...]
The Economic Vision and Platform of Noynoy Aquino
This is how change begins. The air is bristling with possibilities. Can you feel it energized by Hope and Faith in our unified Future? Before a room of 800 senior executives that make up the Makati Business Club, the Management Association of the Philippines, the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines and the diplomatic corps, [...]
Is Gibo Teodoro Ready To Lead?
This is Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro. Casually dressed. Relaxed. Confident. Intelligent. He was a member of congress and served as defense secretary. He is a licensed commercial pilot, and a reserve colonel of the Philippine Air Force. A quick appraisal of Gibo Teodoro is a man with apparent depth and intelligence. Accompanied by his charming and [...]
Should Manny Villar Drop Out of the Race?
Billionaire Senator and now Presidential aspirant, Manny Villar faces perhaps a tough test ahead on the road towards the presidential palace. The senator is facing censure from the Philippine Senate after he was found guilty for “improper and unethical conduct in connection with the C5 Road extension project.” This, the Philippine Daily Inquirer quoted from a [...]
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