September 28, 2007 – 8:03 am
“A Filipino-Chinese businessman once told me that every man has a price. I replied: Thank God I’m a woman.” – Liwayway Vinzons Chato If I’m not mistaken, there was a Charlie Chaplin movie which featured a capitalist who was contemplating on how to exploit workers while playing golf. I was reminded of this movie while [...]
September 25, 2007 – 10:50 pm
Join the discussion in the Yehey! message boards: Pardon for Estrada? ZTE scandal. The Philippines is the 14th most populous country in the world and third in the Southeast Asian region. Young dependents comprise 34 percent of the population, 62 percent belong to the working-age group and 4 percent are categorized as elderly dependents. Scholars [...]
September 22, 2007 – 12:46 pm
“I was sorry to read today that Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada, the former president of the Phillippines, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption. I have a soft spot for Erap. He is the only politician I have ever interviewed who actually fell asleep during the interview.” – Gideon Rachman After a six-year trial, former [...]
September 20, 2007 – 9:37 am
Want a glimpse of the new Iloilo airport? What am I doing with an old politician in Lyceum? Check the new pictures in my photoblog. Near the end of former president Ramos’ term, numerous allegations of corruption involving Malacañang became headline news. Who could forget the Centennial Expo scam, PEA-AMARI land deal and the Smokey [...]
September 15, 2007 – 5:25 pm
Former president convicted of plunder, my article for Global Voices. Join the Yehey! Message Boards: Joma Sison arrest, abolition of fraternities and Impeaching Abalos. During the canvassing of the 2007 elections, discrepancies in voting results were excused by election officials as ‘clerical errors.’ But most ‘clerical errors’ in the canvassing were curiously in favor of [...]
September 12, 2007 – 11:11 am
Many foreigners are stunned to know that a communist rebellion is still raging in the Philippines. In other countries of the region, either the communist threat has been quelled or there are no more armed guerrillas fighting the government. Next year, the Communist Party of the Philippines will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its founding. [...]
September 9, 2007 – 10:01 pm
“There is not another man who for twenty-four hours of the day is taken up with the revolution; who has no other thoughts but thoughts of revolution, and who, even in his sleep dreams of nothing but revolution.” – Axelrod on Lenin. Imelda Marcos was allowed to go to China to undergo some medical treatment; [...]
September 6, 2007 – 12:30 am
Bloggers Kapihan: Blogging Beyond the Basics: September 8 Philippine Science High School, 2-5pm. If you want to attend, email me. In the Philippines, medicines are 3.4 percent to 184 percent higher than the international reference index. For example, a 250 milligram Amoxycillin costs $9 in Indonesia, $8 in Nepal, $5 in Pakistan and $22 in [...]
September 3, 2007 – 11:21 pm
Check out my UPI-Asia author’s page. The Senate is investigating a wiretapped conversation between two persons talking about rigging the 2004 presidential election results. Produced by a former intelligence agent, the audio recording allegedly contained a conversation between President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and former Commission on Elections Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano. This is already an old issue. [...]
September 1, 2007 – 7:55 am
All out war in southern Philippines, my blog entry for Global Voices. New pictures in my photoblog, click here and here. Chairman Romulo Neri of the Commission on Higher Education has six months to fix the problems that bedevil the country’s higher education system. This is an impossible task. What will he accomplish in six [...]
