Is This What We’re Paying Iggy Arroyo in Congress? (Photo)

He is part of the (not-so)Fantastic Four of the Congress of the Philippines:  Rep. Iggy Arroyo of the Fifth District of my province Negros Occidental.  The other not-so-fantastic Arroyo villains are the matriarch Gloria Arroyo of Pampanga, Datu Arroyo of Camarines and Mikey Arroyo of a Partylist group.
So what are they exactly doing in Congress?  Here is a snap shot [...]

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Pres. Noynoy Aquino Receives His First Paycheck (Photo)

This photo is circulating in the web as after a month in office, President Noynoy Aquino happily received his first paycheck with the amount of P63,002.17 after tax.  For a big amount was deducted from him as he is a bachelor.
Paburjer ka naman P-Noy!  LOL!

What do you think would P-Noy do with his first paycheck?
Photo posted by @willardcheng

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Executive Order 2 Revoking Midnight Appointments (Full Text) Download

The Office of the President has already issued its Executive Order 2 revoking and withdrawing the appointments of all considered midnight appointments of former President Gloria Arroyo.  This EO though exempts Chief Justice Corona due to the legality of his appointment as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court as decided by the majority of SC Justices except Justice Morales.
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
EXECUTIVE [...]

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Reps. Walden Bello and Teddy Casiño Speeches Assail Gloria Arroyo

The representatives of party-lists groups in Congress took turns on assailing former President and now Representative of the second district of Pampanga Gloria-Macapagal Arroyo.
Rep. Walden Bello of Akbayan gave a sizzling privilege speech the other day and denounced the corrupt government of the former president together with her anti-poor policies.
Part of Rep. Bello’s speech:
“If the subordinates of the GMA administration [...]

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Basic Education Priorities and Reforms: Ateneo vs La Salle

This is not the UAAP rivalry between the De La Salle Green Archers and the Ateneo Blue Eagles inside the playing court.  But top men from the two prominent schools have different takes on how to do the reforms on our basic education system and clash of ideas has been seen by the media.
Br. Armin Luistro FSC of the De [...]

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Executive Order 1 Creating the Truth Commission (Full Text)

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1
CREATING THE PHILIPPINE TRUTH COMMISSION OF 2010
WHEREAS, Article XI, Section 1 of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines solemnly enshrines the principle that a public office is a public trust and mandates that public officers and employees, who are servants of the people, must at all times be accountable to the latter, serve them with utmost [...]

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“Jejemon” – Word of the Year for 2010. PoOf!

I hope this is not too late, nonetheless, I would still want to share this news to all.
Well, the “jejemons” have been partying coz aside from their bet “Jejemon” Binay winning the vice-presidential race against “Marred” Roxas, their incomprehensible culture coined by the word “jejemon’ has been declared as the Word of the Year for 2010 by Sawikaan.
The conference was [...]

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Facebook Paved Way for the Arrest of Serial Killer

When criminals thought that they could simply run away from the long arms of justice, well its arms had extender longer even on cyberspace.
Police authorities on Tuesday arrested Mark Dizon, 28, linked to a series of murder and robbery incidents in Angeles City, Pampanga with the help of social networking giant, Facebook.
Dizon who is a computer technician is accused [...]

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Reaction Papers on Pres. Aquino SONA 2010

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 [...]

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Pres. Aquino SONA 2010 Speech, Transcript and Reactions

President Noynoy Aquino III will face the joint session of Congress and the Filipino nation later today for his first State of the Nation Address or SONA 2010.
After a landslide victory last May 2010 elections, Aquino has been thrust into the most serious public position in the land and has to fix the mess that the previous administration left the [...]

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