Text messages protesting Manila Police’s plan to transfer Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo to Leyte woke me up this morning. One message said Ocampo’s wife, retired UP journalism Prof. Carolina Malay, was asking their friends to gather in front of the Manila Police District building where her husband was detained. Other text messages were invitations to a forum in defense of Ka Satur. (more…)
Ang Kapatiran or Alliance for Common Good, a lesser-known political party that promotes “politics of virtue” and “politics of duty”, appears to be popular in cyberspace. Its website was not functioning properly when I visited it yesterday. Today, it reports that it has “experienced a surge in members wanting to register, and have run into problems with our new website.” (more…)
Did you see GMA-7 reporter Tina Panganiban Perez’s interview with Imelda Marcos last night?
From that interview, we could conclude that in Imelda’s world, the following are inalienable truth:
On the other hand, these are fiction: (more…)
“I am not a traditional politician who likes to give promises and deadlines…”
- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, March 8,2001
No matter how much she denies it, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo just loves giving deadlines.
A news release posted on the government’s official website said the President on Friday gave newly-installed Customs Commissioner George Jereos “two months to stamp out smuggling.”
“Let’s zero in once again on smuggling… While we clean up our finances, we shall also rid society of its dregs and misfits,” the President was quoted as saying during the 50th anniversary celebration of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Incorporated (FFCCCII).
Another release posted today on the same site said the Palace will closely monitor the Bureau of Custom’s compliance to the President’s order.
Oh really? Wish ko lang! (more…)
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