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About: Manuel Buencamino

About Author: Manuel Buencamino is a columnist for Business Mirror. He writes political commentary and is involved with Action for Economic Reforms. He blogs at Uniffors - Life in Gloria's Enchanted Kingdom.

Blog Entries by Manuel Buencamino

Like Sarah Palin

What is it exactly that the VP does every day?—Sarah Palin
A few days ago VP Jejomar Binay visited the office he inherited from his predecessor Noli de Castro, and found it not up to his standards. “I’ll get a rash staying here,” he told reporters who tagged along.
His chair was too big for his short [...]

07.6.2010

a real doozie

Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales will never let Gloria Arroyo down. Upon hearing about President Aquino’s truth commission, he said, “Why not submit all presidents because maybe there are many other presidents who have sinned against the country since Marcos. It is only right that those who broke the law should be meted punishment to [...]

07.6.2010

A glorious day at last

“All she wanted was a warm bed, a loving family, a few kind words and unlimited power.”—Inspired by a quote from Ashleigh Brilliant
Today is the day we have all been waiting for. Today, at long last, the nation can move on, as far away as possible, from the utterly corrupt world that Gloria Arroyo created.
Today [...]

06.30.2010

He wants to be a working, active vice president

President elect Noynoy Aquino offered vice president elect Binay four posts in his administration. Binay declined all four saying, he wanted to be a working, active vice president.
“In our own research, it’s surprising that the vice-president is really considered as a spare tire. The vice president must be a working, active vice president,” he said.
[...]

06.29.2010

The big non-issue

The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and ask, “How is the president?” – Will Rogers
In between the World Cup matches, the conversation drifted to the issue of vice president-elect Binay getting a job in the Aquino administration.
“Why the [...]

06.22.2010

The Arroyobamaquino conspiracy theorist

“You can always trust the information given to you by people who are crazy; they have an access to truth not available through regular channels”—Sheila Ballantyne
Safely ensconced in his adopted country, thousands of miles away from the reach of any libel suits, self-exiled communist leader Jose Maria “Joma” Sison boldly accused a sister of President-elect [...]

06.15.2010

Rat droppings

Look for rat droppings near your food supplies. A variety of sizes may indicate an established colony with both older and younger animals.—Rat Infestations-How to Tell if You Have a Rat Problem
‘The Arroyo administration spruced up the Arlegui Mansion just in case the incoming legitimately elected president decides to use it as his official residence,” [...]

06.8.2010

Time to go nuclear?

“If stupidity got us into this mess, why can’t it get us out of it?”
The top story in the Business Mirror’s Monday edition was “Experts pitch BNPP to Aquino.” They didn’t actually pitch the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) to Aquino. They pitched it to the media at an orientation seminar and tour of the [...]

06.2.2010

A primer on koalas

“The koala [Phascolarctos cinereus] is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae. It is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia. It is not found in Tasmania or Western Australia.”—Wikipedia
The koala, Your Honors, is not a bear. It is a tree-dwelling plant-eating marsupial.
What is [...]

05.26.2010

Manufactured crisis

“The Supreme Court can force you to eat shit, but it can’t force you to like it.” —Philip Gilmore
Manuel Quezon III ended his column last Monday with these words, “…the game plan of Aquino’s critics is to downplay the significance of his mandate and to create artificial controversies like the chief-justice appointment. They cannot allow [...]

05.19.2010

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