Monthly Archives for May 2011

Rewarding Diokno

Is President Aquino serious about giving his good friend, just-resigned head of the Bureau of Corrections Ernesto Diokno, another position in government? What’s the basis for such an appointment? It could not be competence because he has proven as BuCor … Continue reading

31. May 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Benigno Aquino III, Malaya, Peace and Order | Tags: , | 15 comments

Dapat makuha natin ang leksyun bakit lamang ang Thailand sa atin

BANGKOK -Nakakabilib talaga ang Thailand pagdating sa turismo. May paraan sila gumawa ng isang ordinariong bagay na kawiling-wili. Palagi kami nagtatanungan ng aming mga kaibigan na kasama ngayon sa biyahe, kayang-kaya natin ito a. Bakit hindi natin naiisip ito? Pagdating … Continue reading

30. May 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Abante, Travel | 41 comments

Hindi dapat ma-insecure si Pnoy sa kanyang pagkabinata

Sa kakadaldal ni Pangulong Aquino tungkol sa kanyang lovelife, halata tuloy ang kanyang insecurity sa isyu na yan. Noong isang linggo, pagkatapos niyang sabihin na huwag paki-alaman ang kanyang lovelife, siya mismo ang umungkat sa topic na yan sa kanyang … Continue reading

29. May 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Abante, Benigno Aquino III | 15 comments

Where have all the Boracay sandcastles gone?

Related article:http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/05/24/11/boracay-vanishing We caught up with the last days of summer in Boracay last week and it was beautiful! There were no floating seaweeds. You literally swim with schools of fish. Against the searing heat, its cool, powdery sand and … Continue reading

25. May 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Environment, Travel | Tags: , | 20 comments

Walang ‘K’ si Tingting Cojuangco sa ARMM

Binabatikos so Margarita “Tingting” Cojuangco, tiya ni Pangulong Aquino sa kanyang pagtakbo para sa posisyun na bise-gubernador ng Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao na kung hindi maipilit ng Malacañang ang pagpaliban ay gaganapin sa Agosto 8, 2011. Extended ang deadline … Continue reading

24. May 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Abante, Mindanao | Tags: , | 44 comments

Ang kaso ni Leviste at Diokno, panibagong pagsubok kay PNoy

Update:Diokno insists he was not remiss with his job as prison chief despite discovery of Leviste’s trips outside prison.http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/9111/prisons-chief-admits-dropping-the-ball-on-leviste-caper http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/9262/diokno-defends-self-at-doj Sana ang magiging aksyun ni Pangulong Aquino sa kaso ni Bureau of Corrections Director Ernesto Diokno ay hindi magiging katulad … Continue reading

23. May 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Abante, Benigno Aquino III, Justice | Tags: , | 25 comments

May kinatatakutan si Zubiri kay Acosta sa DENR

Gumagalaw ng husto si Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri para maharang ang appointment ni dating Rep. Neric Acosta bilang environment secretary. Mula pa ng simula ng administrasyun ni Pangulong Aquino, matunog ang usap-usapan na si Acosta talaga ang magiging environment secretary … Continue reading

19. May 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Election 2007, Environment, Graft and corruption | Tags: , , | 11 comments

Chit Estella: ‘She lived the life she wanted’

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/metro-manila/05/15/11/journalists-pay-tribute-simbulan By Yvonne T. Chua VERA Files Chit Estella and I were well on our way to obtaining tenure as professors of journalism at the University of the Philippines in Diliman when classes open this June. We had survived the … Continue reading

17. May 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Media, Vera Files | Tags: | 7 comments

Dapat magkaroon ng kabuluhan ang pagkamatay ni Chit

Related articles: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/columns/columns/view/20110515-336645/Chit-Estella-Journalism-with-Integrity http://raissarobles.com/2011/05/13/i-salute-journalist-professor-chit-estella-for-her-bravery-and-grace-under-fire/ http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20110515-336581/Chit-Estella-Life-changing-teacher-editor-journalist-pal Hindi naman talaga ako mapamahiin (superstitious) dahil naniniwala ako na walang tatalo sa kapangyarihan ng Panginoon at lahat na nangyayari dito sa mundo ay kagustuhan ng Panginoon. Hindi tayo tatagal dito sa mundo na mas … Continue reading

16. May 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Media, Vera Files | 14 comments

VERA Files trustee Chit Estella writes 30

VERA Files announces with deep sorrow the demise of VERA Files co-founder and trustee Lourdes Estella- Simbulan. She was 54. A full-time faculty member of the Journalism Department of the University of the Philippines-Diliman, Simbulan, more known as Chit Estella, … Continue reading

14. May 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Media, Vera Files | Tags: | 17 comments

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