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Monthly Archives for April 2006
Vacation
I will be covering Binirayan. Afterwards, I’ll be off for a week’s vacation.
Binirayan 2006
It’s Binirayan time again in Antique. Antique is one of the four provinces that comprise the island of Panay (the others are Iloilo, Capiz, and Aklan). Aklan has its Ati-atihan, Iloilo has its Dinagyang, and Antique has its Binirayan. Tomorrow … Continue reading
Takot ang guilty
Halatang malaking kasalanan ang kanilang ginawa sa bayan kaya takot na takot itong mga alagad ni Gloria Arroyo sa pagpatuloy ng Senado ng mga imbestigasyon tungkol sa iba’t-ibang katiwalian sa adminsitrasyong Arroyo. Nangi-nginig na ang kanilang tumbong pagkatapos magdesisyon ang … Continue reading
Saudi chop-chop update:7 Filipinos Charged With Murder
(This is the today’s Arab News report on the Saudi chop-chop murders. Take note of the sixth paragraph. The name of Bong Pineda was mentioned.) Mahmoud Ahmed Arab News JEDDAH, 24 April 2006 — Saudi authorities have indicted 30 Filipinos … Continue reading
Isolating Gloria Arroyo
I like this girl, Maria Theresa Pangilinan. She did what none of the graduates of the Philippine Military Academy, who will have a career as “protector of the people and the state”, dared do. Last Friday, while Gloria Arroyo was … Continue reading
Letters from Saudi
I’m sharing with you excerpts from letters of friends in Saudi on the gruesome crime involving Filipinos: One letter: “Initially, matunog ang tungkol sa drugs pero sa investigation lumalabas, laban ito ng 2 grupo ng Kapampangan na nagpapa-lottery at jueteng. … Continue reading
Update on Saudi chop-chop case
Filipinos Are Safe Here, Kingdom Assures Manila Rasheed Abou-Alsamh Arab News JEDDAH, 23 April 2006 — Following the recent arrest of 52 Filipinos as suspects in a gruesome murder case in which the mutilated remains of three Filipinos were found … Continue reading
OFWs in gold theft case in Saudi
I wrote to friends in Saudi for clarification in vague stories that are coming out on the chop-chop case. They said there are two separate stories that have been mixed up by wire stories which were picked by by Philippine … Continue reading
Damay sa chop-chop
Magkahalong sindak, takot, habag, lungkot at galit ang aking naramdaman sa balitang may nadiskubreng pinagputol-putol na katawan sa Jeddah at maraming Pilipino ang dinampot kaugnay ng krimen. Nabalita rin na anim na Pilipino sa Saudi ang nai-report na missing. Hindi … Continue reading
Blogging
I’ve only recently discovered that there’s a spot in this vast universe where each and every human being can express his thoughts on anything under the sun. It’s called a blog. I claimed my spot six months ago and the … Continue reading
