It was like a movie, but unlike movies that everything ends up only on the silverscreen, the hostage drama was a very sad day for the Philippines as the country took the spotlight once again in a very negative fashion.
The hostage-drama yesterday in Quirino Grandstand in Manila ended in a bloody carnage former police officer Rolando Mendoza took a bus [...]

A comprehensive agreement between the Hacienda Luisita management and farmers has been reached said the representatives of both camps and the spokesperson of the Palace despite the petition of farmers still hanging on a balance at the Supreme Court.
The controversial agreement to settle the decades-old dispute on one of the largest agricultural estate in the Philippines included on the Comprehensive [...]

I am not really into this particular keyword, but today I have discovered into making a post on this one.  I saw these keywords on two blogs who popped up on the top of search engines today on the reaction papers on SONA 2010.
Many high school and college students are surely going to make reaction papers about Pres. Aquino’s SONA [...]

The Bureau of Internal Revenue is stepping up on the gas pedal on its efforts to increase tax collection for this year and cover for the record-high budget deficit left by my favorite president Gloria Arroyo.  As the marching order of President Aquino to the BIR is fleshed out, it has already filed cases against big time tax evaders and [...]

Very unfortunate that there are once again families languishing for the loss of lives after Tyhoon Basyang hit the country.  The strong wind it brought also damaged many properties and agricultural areas mostly from the National Capital Region and Southern Luzon areas.  Its fury made the island of Luzon live in darkness for at least a day:  no electricity, no [...]

Many people love to eat dishes made especially out of that greasy pork:  pork adobo, pork sinigang, pork barbeque, grilled pork, lechon and many more.  The taste of the meat with each bite is a gastronomic nirvana for carnivores.
But eating more than enough is also fatal as frequent intake of pork may result to high cholesterol level, cardio-vascular diseases and [...]

The new president is not only defying security protocols but more so conventions compared to the notorious former president who is now addressed as the honorable lady from the second district of Pampanga.
Only a few days into office under the tight watch of media and scrutiny of the public, President Noynoy Aquino is a complete turn-around from Gloria Arroyo’s leadership, [...]

Only the first day of President Noynoy Aquino’s administration but it seems that all hell broke loose last July 1, 2010.
Rep. Gloria Arroyo was over-eager to push for her agenda by filing a resolution calling for the amendment of the 1987 Constitution.  Only a day from stepping out of her 9-year scandal-ridden and corruption-tainted administration, she showed her true colors.  [...]

The TV Ad of NP Presidential bet Manny Villar is so effective that it has actually bred a new label to those poor kids he took as models and endorsers of his campaign of coming from total poverty that was only to be found as a figment of one’s fertile imagination.
A few weeks we had a family gathering at home [...]

An alibi may soon easily make the two Ampatuans walk free.
The Justice Secretary of the Republic of the Philippines made a resolution over the weekend telling his state prosecutors to drop the charges against Zaldy “Puti” Ampatuan and Mayor Akmad “Tato” Ampatuan Sr. in connection the Maguindanao Massacre for lack of evidence.  The big problem is that Justice Secretary Agra [...]