Monthly Archives for March 2011

Marcos Australian daughter dropped from reality show

Dennis Garcia’s Facebook wall carried this news item from today’s issue of The Daily Telegraph. A 2004 article in the Sun-Herald gave an interesting background on Analisa’s mother, Evelin, and the awesome money that Marcos gifted her. The article tells … Continue reading

30. March 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Marcos | Tags: , | 128 comments

Nakakawindang, nakaka-iyak

Nawindang naman ako sa sagot ng tatay ni Jan-Jan Estrada, ang anim na taong batang nasa gitna ngayon ng kontrobersya dahil sa kanyang nakakabagbag damdamin na itsura habang sumasayaw ng “macho dancing” sa Wiling-Willie. Binabatikos ngayon kaliwa’t –kanan si Willie … Continue reading

29. March 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Human Rights | Tags: | 129 comments

Has anybody seen Kat Romana?

Update: Kat has returned. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/04/04/11/facebook-draws-prodigal-teen-home This is an appeal from Money Romana posted in her Facebook wall: Our daughter Catherine C. Romana has been missing March 26. She is not with her friends that we know. She may have ran … Continue reading

29. March 2011 by Ellen
Categories: General | Tags: | 6 comments

Read reaction of Jan-Jan’s father to outrage over son’s humiliation and cry

CHR condemns the March 12 episode of Willing-Willie as “an exploitation of the child’s innocence and demeans his inherent dignity for entertainment’s sake. “ See complete statement in comments section. A move to teach Willie Revillame a lesson by calling … Continue reading

29. March 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Human Rights, Showbusiness | Tags: , | 88 comments

‘All I ask is a fair share of justice’ – Lacson

Statement of Sen. Panfilo Lacson at his press conference Monday, March 28, 2011: Photo by Malaya Unang una sa lahat I’d like to thank the members of the media for allowing me a quiet weekend with my family. I thought … Continue reading

28. March 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Justice | Tags: | 108 comments

Willie, please stop humiliating the poor

Update: Social Services Secretary wrote Manny V. Pangilinan, owner of TV5 I’m in a dilemma about posting this very cruel video here because it’s like adding to the humiliation of Jan-jan. But at the same time, we cannot be talking … Continue reading

28. March 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Human Rights | 68 comments

Whistleblowers welcome Lacson’s return

Not surprisingly, Sandra Cam, president of the Whistleblowers Association, is so happy that Sen. Ping Lacson is back. Lacson arrived in Cebu from Hong Kong last Saturday. He proceeded to Manila. His media officer, Gerry de Belen, said the senator, … Continue reading

28. March 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Justice, Malaya | Tags: , | 20 comments

Conservative’ and ‘sluggish’ PhilHealth misses health care target

By Niel Lim INCITEGov and VERA Files The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has missed the Dec 2010 target mandated by law for it to provide universal health coverage to Filipinos, as health experts say the agency is poorly managed … Continue reading

28. March 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Health, Vera Files | Tags: , , | 3 comments

Pera o preso

Binigyan ng Senado nang mag-asawang Ligot kung tulungan nila ang pamahalaan na maibalik sa sambayanang Pilipino ang milyon-milyon na pera na nanakaw sa sambayanang Pilipino o magpakulong. Sa ngayon mas gusto nilang magpakulong. Naka-detain si Lt. Gen. Jacinto Ligot sa … Continue reading

27. March 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Graft and corruption, Justice | Tags: | 46 comments

Lacson is back in Manila

From ABS-CBN: Lacson is back in Manila. Sen. Panfilo Lacson finally resurfaced after leaving the country over 14 months ago to evade arrest after he was tagged as the mastermind in the Dacer-Corbito murder case. Lacson arrived in Cebu City … Continue reading

26. March 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Justice | Tags: | 33 comments

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