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Month: January 2013

‘I am PGH’ and other interesting events

A noble project was launched last week and three noteworthy events are coming up next week.

Last Wednesday, “I am PGH” was launched to raise money for P100 million endowment fund for the PGH Medical Foundation that helps indigent patients of the Philippine General Hospital.

Photos by Bing Basit

On Sunday, Feb. 3, there will be a “Takbo para kay Sta. Teresa”starting at 6 a.m at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Shrine Parish on Broadway, Quezon City.

China’s occupation of Bajo de Masinloc gave PH no choice but go to U.N.

Two of three Chinese fishing vessels at Bajo de Masinloc
So far, all that Beijing has said of the Philippines’ suit asking the United Nations to declare as illegal its nine-dash-line map is that it “will complicate the issue.”

China reiterated its earlier denunciation of the Philippines’ “illegal occupation” of some islands in the South China Sea, referred to in the Philippines as “West Philippine Sea.”

Sources with contact in Beijing said China’s Foreign Ministry was “stunned” that the Philippines pushed through what they have been talking about for almost two years now.

Gutter talk in the Senate is good

JPE. Thanks to Yahoo for this photo by Voltaire DomingoNPPA Images
Of course, what has been going on in the Senate the past weeks is disgusting.

But it is good that it is happening.

Alan Peter Cayetano standing up to Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile

If the controversy over the discriminatory distribution of Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile of the Senate Christmas loot – P1.6 million for the 18 senators and P250,000 for the four whom JPE does not like namely Senators Miriam Santiago, Antonio Trillanes IV, Pia Cayetano and Alan Cayetano- the public would not have known how they are skewered by the people they are spending billions on supposedly to serve them.

If Enrile didn’t become petty and arrogant and gave all the 22 senators, even including himself, the same amount, we would not have known that they are wallowing in excess funds while millions of Filipinos survive in a hand-to-mouth existence.

The fall of Lance Armstrong: It’s not just about doping

Oprah interviews Lance Armstrong
It’s the lying. It’s the disappointment that the character that I once admired so much turned out to be dark and stained.

I’m always in awe of people who triumph over adversities.

I was an ardent admirer of Lance Armstrong.

I read and re-read his book, “It’s not about the Bike- My Journey Back to Life” which has been described as an “awe-inspiring tale of immense courage and will.”

Ina, Kapatid, Anak

An engaging telenobela
Siyempre, lahat nakatutok sa “Ina, Kapatid, Anak” sa ABS-CBN noong Lunes ng gabi dahil yun ang gabi ng konprontasyun. Walang tawag sa telepono at sa cellphone.

Hindi naman nadismaya ang fans nitong telenobela. Magaling talaga ang mga artista. Para sa akin gabi yun ni Janice de Belen, bilang Beatriz. Yung mukha niya nang sinabi sa kanya ni Julio (Ariel Rivera) na anak nila si Celyn (Kim Chiu, ang galing. Walang salita. Mata ang nag-acting. Hindi OA. Simple lang.

Yun ang magaling na acting. Nakakabilib sa Pilipino.

Lahat naman sila doon magaling lalo pa sina Cherry Pie Picache, Ariel Rivera, Ronaldo Valdez at Pilar Pilapil. Malaki siguro ang impluwensya ng mga beteranong artista sa mga batang artista kasi gumagaling na rin sina Kim Chiu at Maja Salvador. Ang mga lalaki, sina Enchong Dee at Xian Lim, kailangan pang mahasa.

Gun ban should go with crime prevention

By Ace Esmeralda, VERA Files

A .45 caliber pistol like this one was used in the accidental shooting of Stephanie Nicole and in the rampage of Ronal Bae. Photo by SecurityMatters
The election period in the Philippines began Sunday and signalled the start of a nationwide total gun ban expected to minimize election-related offenses, particularly gun-related violence among political groups and clans.

For many, the gun ban brings some relief, especially since the country enters this period with heightened fear of gun-related violence.

The accidental death of 7-year-old Stephanie Nichole Ella in Caloocan City from a stray bullet fired on New Year’s Eve, to the killing of 10 people by an alleged mentally deranged and drug-crazed frustrated village politician in Kawit, Cavite a few days later have prompted calls for a total gun ban, gunless society, taking into the arena issues against gun ownership, regulation and control. Some quarters even associate gun crimes with President Benigno Aquino III’s passion for guns.