Monthly Archives for July 2009
Furor over Arroyo’s debasement of National Artists Award
Update: F. Sionil Jose, Arturo Luz, Bienvenido Lumbera, Virgilio Almario, Bancab will lead artists and community in a Necrological Service and Funeral march for the National Artists Awards on Friday, Aug. 7, 2 pm at CCP. Last Wednesday, Malacañang released … Continue reading
The spectre of failure of elections
In the 10-hour oral arguments at the Supreme Court last Wednesday on the motion of the Concerned Citizens Movement to stop the Smartmatic-Total Information Management agreement with the Commission on Election for the automation of the 2010 elections, counsel Harry … Continue reading
Dapat manindigan si Chiz
Dapat ipaliwanag ni Sen. Chiz Escudero itong akusasyon ni Rep. Mikey Arroyo, anak ni Gloria Arroyo, na humihingi siya ng tulong sa kanyang ina at ang mga patutsada niya (Chiz) ay pang-media lang. Hindi natin malalaman kung nagsasabi ng buong … Continue reading
The gall of Gloria
Riddle of the day: What’s the difference between a fairytale and a state- of- the- nation address? Answer, according a text message: A fairytale is fiction with dwarfs as characters.SONA has a dwarf relating fiction. Gloria Arroyo was not even … Continue reading
O ano ngayon kung NPA?
Utak-pulbura talaga itong si Jovito Palparan, ang paboritong heneral ni Gloria Arroyo. Sinabi ni Palparan, dating commander ng 7th Infantry Division sa Central Luzon kung saan maraming na-salvage na milyembro ng mga militanteng grupo at ngayon isa ay isa ng … Continue reading
Arroyo did not categorically say she will step down on June 30, 2010
As expected, Gloria Arroyo enumerated a litany of lies about her so called accomplishments. She did not say that she will be stepping down at the end of her term. She just said, “At the end of this speech, I … Continue reading
‘Oakwood’ and GMA Sona
July 27, six years ago was a Sunday, the day before the last Monday of July when the president delivers the State-of-the Nation’s address. That was the day when some 300 soldiers took a stand against Gloria Arroyo’s misgovernance at … Continue reading
Trillanes’ wife hopes for normal life after Arroyo
by VERA Files Exactly six years ago on Monday, July 27, Army Capt. Arlene Trillanes turned on her television set to see some 300 military officers and enlisted men taking over the Oakwood Premier Hotel in Makati. Fear struck her … Continue reading
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