Today – 20 July 2009 – historically enough, is ‘one of mankind’s great moments in time’. Why? Neil Armstrong had this said to some 600 million people on worldwide TV when he first set foot on the moon – “That is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind”. In other words, [...]
Platform, plez
July 20, 2009 By 42 Comments
I had only one takeaway after reading Cocoy’s latest piece The President Priest: Platform, please. But before I go on, allow me the honour of first giving credit where it is due, as the eminent blogger Rom had already beat me to the punch in some aspects of what I will go on to express [...]
The President Priest
July 19, 2009 By 43 Comments
“He is drifting from his original priestly mission. A priest is a servant of the city of God, not of the city of man,” said Aniceto, Panlilio’s immediate superior who strongly objected when Panlilio, a priest for 29 years, ran for governor in 2007.” -from Priest-turned governor angers prelates; Superiors reject Fr Ed’s plan to [...]
Surveys vs. upcoming 8th Sona
July 17, 2009 By 37 Comments
In yesterday’s headline of the Inquirer, Social Weather Station came out once again with the latest (dis)satisfaction rating of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. This means that at 54% to 55%, her grading card remains ‘virtually unchanged’. Let us touch on the highlights of this latest scoreboard quickly: One, GMA earns negative ratings in all sectors [...]
Going back to the Moon: Apollo after 40 years
July 17, 2009 By 21 Comments
Death by commoditisation
July 16, 2009 By 83 Comments
In his recent blog post, Ben Kritz describes the utter failure of the Melissa Roxas affair to capture the sensationalist tastes of the Filipino public, much less raise any semblance of “outrage” in the United States (Melissa Roxas is a U.S. citizen). I don’t think there is anything disturbing about the Filipino public’s being desensitised [...]
Another One Bites The Dust
July 16, 2009 By 21 Comments
I came across the news that a former schoolmate was felled by bullets in front of her daughter very recently. My “sangay”/namesake Dr. Rogelio “Bong” Peñera, 46 has just become another macabre statistic in the Philippines. Activist doctor shot dead in Davao – Davao Today DAVAO CITY – – -A doctor of the regional health [...]
Give her enough rope…
July 15, 2009 By 29 Comments
“Aaminin kong may pagkukulang kami sa intelligence community, pero lahat na intelligence community sa buong mundo ay nasisingitan din ng mga masasamang loob. E, mas malaki ang budget nila nasisingitan pa rin, at mas malaki ang mga bombang sumasabog sa kanila. [I will admit we are inept but so are other intelligence agencies in the [...]
Cheap Medicine
July 15, 2009 By 19 Comments
The Cheaper Medicines Law is a classic example of how strong multinational lobbying muscle is. Prior to that July 8 meeting these pharma companies had with Arroyo, they first had a meeting with Executive secretary Eduardo Ermita. In that meeting, they discussed their apprehensions over the impending implementation of an Executive Order which would mandate [...]
We are in good hands
July 14, 2009 By 30 Comments
Malacanang announced it is open to granting amnesty to Abu Sayyaf kidnappers. The proposal came up following reports that some members of the rebel group had expressed their willingness to accept the amnesty if the government offers one. Sulu vice-governor Lady Ann Sahidulla conveyed Commander Albader Parad’s message that his group is willing to lay [...]
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