Archive for June, 2007
Well, I’m back in the blogging mode. Sorry for the sudden disappearance, it seems that Bedol has had an affect on me. Anyway, it’s definitely amazing what can in a little over a week. Before I left, the Comelec was poised to go on a field trip to Maguindanao to “recover” any [...]
June 29th, 2007 | Posted in Announcements | 2 Comments
This is just an update to all who have emailed me, as well as left a comment. I’m currently tending to a personal matter, thus I have not been able to answer any emails. I also have not been able to post anything for around a week.
For those, who are interested. I [...]
June 26th, 2007 | Posted in Announcements | No Comments
I Got A Crush on Obama by Obama Girl. Of all the candidates, the Youtube community truly prefers Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama. He’s really focusing on the youth, and this music video by Obama Girl will certainly help with that vote. Lucky Barack Obama. The girl who sings it, “Obama [...]
June 19th, 2007 | Posted in Music/Musika, Politics, Videos | 3 Comments
Hamas or Fatah? The Palestinian Civil War that has Palestinian civilians caught between the crossfires. The events that have transpired in the past week have seen no less than a civil war, fought between two political rivals with different international supporters. Hamas has taken Gaza, and Fatah along with President Abbas has [...]
June 19th, 2007 | Posted in World News | No Comments
The kidnapping of Italian priest, Father Bossi is still ongoing, but it looks as though that father Bossi will soon be a free man. I don’t want to speak too soon, so I’m just praying that he will be returned safe.
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June 19th, 2007 | Posted in National News, Videos | No Comments
Migz Zubiri and Koko Pimentel is still fighting for the 12th Senate spot. A month ago, I never would’ve thought that I would still be writing about the elections, but this is the scenario that The Comelec has put the entire Filipino people in, myself included. So, the question is, with the Maguindanao [...]
June 19th, 2007 | Posted in Politics | 3 Comments
Today, Comelec, including Chairman Abalos will be going on their field trip to Maguindanao. Trying to make it look to us as if they are doing something about the Maguindanao Election that has been wrought with anomalies, reports of poll fraud, and a result that is almost as believable as a justified jihad.
As I’ve [...]
June 18th, 2007 | Posted in Local Issues | No Comments
Lacson made a fierce and rebuking statement against the The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) with regards to its announcement that it had frozen around P1.21 billion in transactions during the 2007 Philippine Midterm Election. Although I share his concern that it may be used as a way to exert political pressure, I am not [...]
June 18th, 2007 | Posted in Government | No Comments
This is a video of Senator Joe Biden, a Democratic Presidential Candidate for 2008. This is during the debate on the binding Iraq-withdrawal bill that would require George W. Bush to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq within one year, Joe Biden rips Republicans for standing by Bush’s horrible course.
This is a very passionate [...]
June 18th, 2007 | Posted in Politics, Videos | 2 Comments
Terrorists are scammers. Yes, you heard me right. I don’t care what they think if they read any of this. It’s not like, all of a sudden, I’m gonna be on their hit list. Because frankly, anyone and everyone is probably on their hitlist. They try to scam others into [...]
June 18th, 2007 | Posted in Social Concerns | No Comments
The Musa Dimasidsing Writing Project has been a success. The entries of been moving, thoughtful, and very passionate. I’ve decided, however to make the final list today, and have those who want to write about Musa Dimasidsing submit their entries afterwards, and I will append the submissions to the list as we go [...]
June 18th, 2007 | Posted in Social Concerns | 4 Comments
Hi, I’m Lorie, and I am passionate about seeing the Philippines get off her feet.
Warning. The next few paragraphs are random, unstructured rants and questions. I wonder if you’ll be able to get anything from it, but heck, I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to spew for so long.
We all wonder why we are a [...]
June 17th, 2007 | Posted in Politics, Religion, Social Concerns | 5 Comments
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June 17th, 2007 | Posted in Internet | 3 Comments
This is one of the best documentaries I have encountered so far with regards to the lead up to the Iraq war and The Bush offensive on media and the Public Relations spin that went on overdrive the months before the Iraq invasion. It is a consensus now, that the media during that time, [...]
June 17th, 2007 | Posted in Videos | 4 Comments
A big congratulations to Bogo City, as residents celebrated the proclamation of their conversion into a city. The newest city of Cebu. I’ve been there many times, and as a Cebuano, I proudly raise my glass and toast to a bright future ahead of the people of Bogo City.
The proclamation came at around [...]
June 17th, 2007 | Posted in Local Issues | 29 Comments
This is Day Five of our Writing Project Musa Dimasidsing. Over the past few days, I have been inspired. At the way journalists have written so passionately about Musa Dimasidsing. And with equal passion, bloggers have also taken up this event. I have to admit, today was interesting, because of Migz, [...]
June 17th, 2007 | Posted in Current Events | 7 Comments