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Pag-Ibig Membership Card, A Testament to Cost-Cutting Measures? →  March 11, 2010 3

I have received at last my Pag-Ibig (Home Mutual Development Fund) Membership Card or ID a few days ago.  And I was so surprised to almost asking if it was indeed my Pag-Ibig ID or was it just a bogus photocopied or printed material given to us by scammers? Take a look at my scanned ID [...]

The Indestructible Angelo Reyes in the Midst of the Power Crisis →  March 2, 2010 12

If there is one government official in the Philippines who should be sitting not only as a secretary of Department of Energy and Department of Environment and Natural Resources that should be no less than Mr. Angelo Reyes.  Yes, Sec. Angie. Despite all his incompetence since he was thrust into the public office as a cabinet [...]

Religious Endorsements Holding Public Policies Hostage →  February 18, 2010 15

Politicians are flocking to different religious leaders like hungry migratory birds looking for more abundant warmer fields, courting them and indirectly asking to be chosen as the anointed one; and in effect may win the presidency with the tsunami of votes that these religious congregations may give the lucky guy. Gibo Teodoro, Erap Estrada, Manny Villar, [...]

May 2010 Elections Is All About Trust, Leap of Faith →  February 11, 2010 10

One of the greatest gifts maybe of democracy to citizens aside from having the right burn down effigies, throw eggplants and clash with policemen on riotous rallies is the priceless right to vote.  Suffrage alone can tell of its long reflective history for struggle for recognition.  People can and have the “power” to choose their [...]

10 Reasons Why Manny Villar Has Eaten Up Noynoy Aquino’s Comfortable Lead →  February 8, 2010 22

A quick post. People all over are buzzing as to how and why scandal-ridden Sen. Manny Villar has easily eaten up a big chunk of Sen. Noynoy Aquino’s lead on the latest surveys with the Pulse Asia survey putting the contest between the two leading contenders for the highest post in the land on a tight [...]

A Damocles Sword on Bloggers; The Case of Ella Ganda Sued for Libel →  February 2, 2010 20

The fight is heating up.  Sec. Esperanza Cabral is just starting her vengeance.  Yet blogger Ella Ganda is not bucking down. It all started when Ella shared her grave concern over her blog on October 2009 about so many relief goods stagnated or the words she preferred to use was “rotting” on a DSWD warehouse, the [...]

Marlene Aguilar Pollard, Genius and Blinded →  January 29, 2010 21

She is blinded. Marlene Aguilar Pollard, mother of Jason Ivler, is living a divided life trying to save her son from the grasp of lady justice by vocally professing her motherhood as if this alone could already wash away the blood from Jason’s hands and escape the fangs of retribution. From the initial silent admiration of a [...]

Most Notorious Chronic Absentee In Congress, My Kababayan!??? →  January 18, 2010 4

“Ay te,” a very common Ilonggo expression venting off exasperation and a bit of ridicule. And that is what most of us will feel about this. Most of us when absent from work will not receive any pay on the particular days we were absent. No work, no pay for most average Pinoy toiling [...]

“Ang Ladlad will not Redound any Good of This Nation,” Look Who is Talking. →  January 15, 2010 15

So it is not only the COMELEC and its Commissioners that “Ang Ladlad” and all homosexuals should be watching their backs against with. Despite the most recent decision of the Supreme Court to reinstate the provisional accreditation of “Ang Ladlad’s” status and be included on the list of party-list groups on official ballots for the May [...]

Pacquiao vs. Clottey Fight and Chicken Floyd’s Separate Ways →  January 13, 2010 8

Arum says Mayweather never really wanted the fight from the very beginning and is a psychological coward. Big-mouthed Mayweather on the other hand replied saying, Pacquiao is ill-advised, and his boxing nemesis ruined the talks for what could be the biggest boxing fight of the century. Come on Floydie, think you can fool boxing fans the way [...]



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