Posts Tagged With: news and current affairs
Is it just about the Porsche?
So Noy gets himself a Porsche, move on. He’s single, no family to feed, he can do what he wants with his money, assuming it’s his. Now leave him alone. I would, except that he’s the President. The moment I read the news, I knew with all certainty that it would only be a matter [...]
Reign of Terror
Abraham Johannes Muste, a pacifist and an anti-war activist in the 1930s said and I quote, “The survival of democracy depends on the renunciation of violence and the development of nonviolent means to combat evil and advance the good.” If we go by his definition of a surviving democracy, then we can nearly conclude that [...]
The Ondoy Aftermath
I am overwhelmed. I am overwhelmed with the images I see on TV, the videos I get to watch about the Ondoy aftermath, the stories I hear of people rescuing other people, people dying, people needing to be rescued, still. I am overwhelmed because so many people are in need and while I know relief [...]
Dear Ondoy,
September 26, 2009. Written while I was at church and Ondoy was pouring its wrath that Satuday. I don’t like you; let’s get straight to the point. I don’t like that you caused and are causing so much trouble to everyone across the Philippines. People are stranded and being evacuated as I write. Cars are [...]
On Ted Failon and the apparent obstruction of Justice
How pathetic is it to see the police arrest Ted Failon’s in-laws for apparent “obstruction of justice” when they of all people are the most credible witness/testimony to this Failon crisis. Take it from his wife’s sister who overheard the discussion the night before and who saw firsthand her sister writing the letter. No, in [...]
The Politics of Example
I still maintain that GMA is the worst thing that ever happened to our country. Her popularity which is a negative 38, worse than her predecessor Erap whose lowest rate is plus 5 even when he was impeached, and even worst than that of the late Dictator Ferdinand Marcos who instigated the darkest period in [...]
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