Archive for September, 2007

Estrada Found Guilty of Plunder, Jinggoy and Lawyer Not Guilty

The Sandiganbayan verdict is Guilty! Former President Joseph Ejercity Estrada (Erap) has been found guilty of plunder. On the lesser charges of perjury, they have been dismissed. If it was any consolation, his son Jinggoy Estrada and lawyer Eduardo Serapio were both found not guilty.
On to The Supreme Court we go for […]

A Guilty Verdict For Erap Is Bad For All Corrupt Officials

Former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada (Erap) will soon hear either one of two verdicts, Guilty or Not Guilty. The most probable is Guilty, but as Erap informed media, he is ready for the verdict either way. The six year long trial will finally come to an end, which begs the rhetorical question, was […]

A Busy Supreme Court Decides on NBN and Estrada Media Access

It’s been a busy day for the Supreme Court. They have decided to allow media access during the Estrada Verdict as well as having issued a Temporary Restraining Order on the now notorious NBN deal.
The Supreme Court decided to allow a constrained form of media access during the Estrada Plunder Case verdict. They […]

Update On The Cris Anthony Mendez Murder Case

I’ve been calling the death of Cris Anthony Mendez a murder, it just seems like the only appropriate word to describe the hazing that led to his death, and the alleged involvement of Sigma Rho. A graduating public administration student from UP-Diliman, he had his whole life ahead of him. Here’s some updates […]

Estrada, The Trial, The Waiting, And Now The Verdict

The Joseph Erap Estrada plunder case, which was the basis for the 2001 “People Power”, the ensuing trial that dragged on for six years, and the politics behind the trial, is almost coming to an end. The verdict for the P4 Billion Plunder Case against the former president will be on Wednesday, September 12.
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Your Voice For Cris Anthony Mendez

This is for Cris Anthony Mendez, we offer our voices. He who can no longer speak, we are here to continue for him. Let those who murdered Cris be brought to justice, may they always be weary of their crime, guilt-ridden for their misdeed, and aware of the justice that awaits them. […]

The Guards of Violence

To the Sigma Rho alumni, those who would defend their fraternity, despite its role in the death of Cris Anthony Mendez. They too are responsible for the culture of violence that pervades fraternities. For they are the guardians who speak nothing but kind words, even during such times. Why should their members […]

Battered Brother Syndrome

The case of Cris Anthony Mendez has been on my mind, and no doubt on the minds of many Filipinos. A graduating Public Administration’s student of UP Diliman, about to pursue Law, he is another victim of fraternity violence, an all too common scenario that is being played out across the many institutions in […]

A Renewed Boycott Against Manila Standard Today

Here it is, our stand, because Manila Standard Today has chosen to hide behind their term “protocol” and issue a pardon to their most beloved columnist for all The Filipinos to see. This is a call to boycott, for the irresponsible behavior of Manila Standard Today, they have chosen to pass up the option […]

Bring It On!

Bring it on, Manila Standard. Let’s talk about the real issue.
We will call for a renewed boycott on Manila Standard. Our next post will be focused on the plan of action, how everyone can participate. No longer will we ask anything of Malu Fernandez, for clearly she is incapable of doing the […]

The Manila Standard and Malu Fernandez Statements to Media in Focus

As was seen in our previous post, regarding Media in Focus, during the airing of the show, Cheche Lazaro made it public the separate statements given to them by both Manila Standard Today and Malu Fernandez. Malu’s statement was a text message. Let’s first focus on the Manila Standard statement directed to Media […]

Media in Focus: Bloggers, New and Old Media, and Mob Rule??

Here it is folks, The videos. The ABS-CBN News Channel show, “Media in Focus”. This was the episode last week in which fellow bloggers Benj Espina and Josel Gonzalez were invited to the show to give their take on the Malu Fernandez issue. I couldn’t make it since I’m currently out of […]

Happy 1st Birthday to Tingog.com!

It seems like only yesterday, the first blog post at Tingog.com was written, and we took to cyberspace in the hopes of Changing The Philippines. This date, September 1, 2006, exactly one year ago, we started with a goal in mind, and that was to make a difference. We’ve had our ups and […]