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Monthly Archives for June 2012
More funds needed in fight vs human traffickers
Okay, the Philippines has evaded going back on the Watch List of the United States Department of State’s monitoring of Trafficking of Persons. Considering that the government has intensified export of Filipino workers overseas because it cannot provide jobs for … Continue reading
Official rumor mongering
Why are high government officials so eager to release unverified information that later turn out to be false? Spreading false information is not funny at all. Worse, it is coming from official sources. Last Sunday, Benito Ramos, executive director of … Continue reading
Lessons from Scarborough shoal standoff
Adverse weather situation provided a face-saving exit for both the Philippines and China in the more than two-month standoff over Scarborough shoal, also referred to as Panatag shoal or Bajo de Masinloc by Filipinos and Huangyan island by the Chinese. … Continue reading
Okay ba para senador si Jun Lozada?
Sa survey ng Pulse Asia ng mga tsansa ng mga gustong tumakbo para senador sa 2013, nakasama ang pangalan ni Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada,Jr., ang star witness sa $329 NBN/ZTE deal. Pang 32-40 ang kanyang ranking. Sa mga 1,200 na tinanong, … Continue reading
Mas mataas pa kaysa National Artist ang parangal kay Dolphy
Kasama sa pagdasal para kay Dolphy ay ang panawagan ng marami niyang kaibigan at tagahanga na ibigay sa kanya ang National Artist Award o Orden ng Gawad Pambansang Alagad ng Sining, ang pinakamataas na pagkilala ng kontribusyon ng isang Pilipino … Continue reading
Gibo will decline nomination for CJ
While almost every lawyer in town and a nurse want to be included in the list of candidates for the position of Supreme Court Justice, vacated by the recently convicted Renato Corona, it’s good to see two people declining. Former … Continue reading
Rizal as member of media
Tomorrow, we celebrate Jose Rizal’s 151st birth anniversary. If Rizal were alive today, it is not farfetched that he would be in media. I would imagine him writing stinging commentaries on the corrupt politicians and self-righteous civil society leaders the … Continue reading
The downside of having a young SC chief
As of yesterday, reports said the Judicial and Bar Council, which screens nominees for positions in the Judiciary, for appointment by the President, has received 14 nominations for the position vacated by the recently convicted former Chief Justice Renato Corona. … Continue reading
