Monthly Archives for September 2008
Nabuhayan ng pag-asa
Kung kailan parang wala na tayong maasahan na hustisya sa ating mga korte dumating itong desisyon ng 7th division ng Court of Appeals na laban sa petisyon ni Mike Arroyo na i-dismiss ang kaso ng mga journalist na kanyang pinirwisyo … Continue reading
Mike’s bid to dismiss journalists’ complaint nixed
Click here for copy of CA decision ABS-CBN Online report by Evangeline de Vera Malaya Journalists who filed a P12.5 million damage suit in December 2006 against Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo won Round 2 after the Court of Appeals denied … Continue reading
Breastfeeding gets a boost
Once again something good is coming out of a bad thing. The upside in this tainted-milk-from-China disaster is that women are realizing the merits of breastfeeding. This is good because breastfeeding was becoming a vanishing practice here in the Philippines. … Continue reading
Kasakiman
Kung titingnan natin ang dahilan ng financial crisis sa Amerika at ang eskandalo sa nakakalason na gatas sa China na yumayanig ngayon sa buong mundo, ang puno’t dulo ay kasakiman. Ang walang kabusugan na pagnanasa ng ilang tao sa pera. … Continue reading
Don’t buy these milk products
BFAD net yields a mixed catch by Gerard Naval Malaya The Bureau of Food Drugs yesterday released a partial list of products that it said it was testing for possible melamine contamination. BFAD said although these products did not originate … Continue reading
Warning from Nature
Japanese Ambassador Makoto Katsura and Senator Loren Legarda led the symbolic groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of housing units for typhoon victims. Looking on are Antique Governor Salvacion Perez and other provincial government officials. Very seldom does our province, Antique, … Continue reading
Swerteng malas
Nasa balita na ang isang lotto winner ay pinatay ng kanyang asawa. Iyan ang sinasabing swerteng malas. Nanalo nga ng milyon-milyon na pera, patay ang lalaki, nasa kulungan naman ang babae. Ano ngayon ang mangyari sa kanilang mga anak? Mabuti … Continue reading
Queenmaker, kingmaker?
by Lito Banayo Malaya After Joseph Ejercito Estrada was all but sworn in as the 13th president of the Philippines, his announced Executive Secretary, Ronaldo B. Zamora, instructed Elmer Mercado, Jimmy Policarpio and myself, among others I presume, to start … Continue reading
Kaban ng Bayan, Bantayan, (part II)
(The second privilege speech of Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson which the camp of Senate President Manny Villar tried, but failed, to block. September 22, 2008) I would not have taken the floor today as I am concerned the core issue … Continue reading
Worrisome omens
Let’s help Lorelei Fajardo, deputy presidential spokes-person, understand where the fear that Gloria Arroyo will ferociously hold on to power even after June 30, 2010 is coming from. Fajardo said, “The President intends to vacate her office when her term … Continue reading
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