I have a new blog: www.mongpalatino.com Please make the necessary adjustments in your blog links and RSS feeds. This old blog will still be maintained as an archive of my blog articles from 2004-2009.
Starting June 19, motime will change its name to splinder. Our blog URLs will be affected. This is very inconvenient. A drastic change. The new URL of my blog will now be http://mongpalatino.us.splinder.com. I’m now going to set up a new blog. Please wait for my announcement on my twitter, plurk, Global Voices, and facebook [...]
Majority of cellphone users in the Philippines are prepaid owners. We experience from time to time the disappearance of our loads; we always receive unsolicited text ads sent by mobile phone companies; and we always thought that setting expiration dates in prepaid cards is legal since it has been implemented ever since texting became a [...]
“Now the CARP has become a corpse, we, the defunct sponsors of House Bill No. 400, are called upon to render our final function; to serve as pallbearers in the funeral rites of the original House Bill No. 400. As the principal sponsor of the deceased House Bill No. 400, my task is to deliver [...]
Last Thursday I rose to interpellate Manila Rep. Benny Abante, the principal sponsor of the Right of Reply bill. I focused my interpellation on the inclusion of websites and other electronic devices in the measure. I also inquired about the bill’s impact on the campus press. The interpellation lasted 46 minutes. It was my first [...]
Talumpating binigkas sa student summit ng National Union of Students of the Philippines sa Kidawalan City, North Cotabato, May 22, 2009. Maalab na pagbati! Ipinagmamalaki kong sabihing ako’y nagmula sa National Union of Students of the Philippines. Sa NUSP ko natutunan ang ilan sa mga batayang prinsipyo ng pamumuno. Sa NUSP ko nakilala ang marami [...]
I delivered my first privilege speech last Monday. I discussed the worsening drop-out rates in Philippine schools. I mentioned the government’s failure to guarantee a complete basic education for the Filipino youth. I cited the latest assessment report on the Philippine compliance to the Millennium Development Goals. The report presented grim statistics on the declining [...]
Talumpating binigkas sa 69th National Convention ng College Editors Guild, Lucena City, Mayo 17, 2009. Pagbati sa College Editors Guild, ang prestihiyoso at pinakamalaking organisasyon ng mga batang mamamahayag sa bansa. Ako po ay galing sa National Union of Students na itinatag noong 1957. Pero ang CEGP, 1931 ipinanganak. Ibig sabihin, 1931 pa lamang ay [...]
I asked the Minority Leader to deputize me as member of these committees: Basic Education and Culture, Higher and Technical Education, Good Government and Public Accountability, Information and Communications Technology, Youth and Sports Development, Constitutional Amendments, Public Information, and Dangerous Drugs. My preferred secondary committees: Human Rights, Natural Resources, Foreign Affairs, The Welfare of Children, [...]
Here is an interesting story on how former United States President Ronald Reagan tried to convert his atheist son back to Christianity: He served his son a perfect gourmet dinner; and then asked him if he believed there was a cook. Reagan should be commended for being creative and imaginative in affirming his spiritual belief. [...]
