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Monthly Archives for March 2009
World moves closer to truth about Cambodia’s ‘killing fields’
by Luz Rimban VERA Files PHNOM PENH—In a village 15 kilometers south of this city, tourists from all over the world arrive every day to pay their respects to the victims of Asia’s own holocaust, burning incense sticks, offering flowers, … Continue reading
Mali ang minura ni Tsao
Huwag magkamaling pumunta dito sa Pilipinas itong si Chip Tsao at babalatan siyang buhay. Itong si Chip Tsao na taga Hongkong ay sumulat sa isang Hongkong magazine at galit na galit siya sa mga Pilipino dahil kini-claim ng Pilipinas ang … Continue reading
Remembering Burma’s 21-year struggle for freedom
By Tess Bacalla VERA Files RANGOON, Myanmar—Let it not be said that the month of March went by without the outside world taking a moment to remember Burma’s drawn-out struggle for freedom. March marks the commemoration of resistance movements in … Continue reading
Mikey, truly the son of Gloria and Mike
Related article in Inquirer: Directed by Mikey Mikey Arroyo, son of Gloria and Mike Arroyo, who represents the second district of Pampanga in the House of Representatives, must really take all Filipinos to be stupid. He thinks we could not … Continue reading
Gloria’s options (two parts)
by Lito Banayo Malaya, Part I She has been president of the country for eight years, two months and four days. No one other than Ferdinand Marcos has presided over the nation’s continuing misery longer than Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, daughter … Continue reading
Mga sundalo at pulis, biktima ng Legacy
Hindi lang pala mga retired na guro at mga vendors ang naloko ni Celso de los Angeles at ng kanyang Legacy Group of companies. Ang educational plan ng 15,000 na anak ng sundalo at pulis pala ay napurnada na rin. … Continue reading
‘A nation of servants’
Do we deserve this? The war at home by Chip Tsao HK Magazine The Russians sank a Hong Kong freighter last month, killing the seven Chinese seamen on board. We can live with that—Lenin and Stalin were once the ideological … Continue reading
‘Ombudsman takes 80 million Filipinos for fools’
by Atty. Ernesto B. Francisco, Jr. This latest move of the Office of the Ombudsman to spare First Gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo and other individuals prominently mentioned in the World Bank reports from preliminary investigation and from the risk … Continue reading
Unspeedy trial
Click on each of the pictures to view them enlarged. At the court martial hearing of the 28 officers accused of mutiny for a February 2006 non-event last Feb. 26, it was agreed that the next hearing would be on … Continue reading
Convicted, dismissed and happy
When I talked to Capt. Candy Rivas this afternoon, she was laughing and we talked of finally having our long-planned dinner, now that she expects to be released from her three year detention. She didn’t sound like someone who had … Continue reading
