Cigarette talk between Obama and Aquino

As GMA offers congratulations (3 min), Obama offers advice on smoking (20 min) by Wendell Vigilia Malaya Take it from him. US President Barack Obama on Wednesday night phoned President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to congratulate him. In addition, Obama said he is ready to offer Aquino his personal advice on how to quit smoking [...]

June 11, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Benigno Aquino III  73 Comments

Obama offers condolences to Samoa and Indonesia

I’m just curious, why is the Philippines not included? NHK TV website: US President Barack Obama has offered his condolences to victims of the natural disasters in the Samoan Islands and Indonesia, saying the US will fully support rescue efforts in these areas. Obama told reporters at the White House on Thursday that the United [...]

October 2, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Foreign Affairs  35 Comments

In Arroyo’s indecent regime: loyalty over substance

Related article: Primer on presidential visits by Roberto R. Romulo As we bid goodbye to President Cory Aquino, we reminisce her presidency with affection because that was the time when sincerity, honesty , and decency characterized all her decisions and actions. Decency is one thing that we cannot say of the hustling among members of [...]

August 2, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Foreign Affairs, Governance  41 Comments

Letter to President Obama

His Excellency President Barack Obama Washington District of Columbia United States of America Dear Mr. President, We shared the wonderful jubilation of the American people during your historic election triumph. When you assumed office early this year, we rejoiced at the audacious hope that you inspired, and on your promise of change for the common [...]

July 30, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Foreign Affairs, Governance  121 Comments

Si Obama para sa Amerika; para kanino si Arroyo?

Ang daming haka-haka kung bakit inimbita si Gloria Arroyo sa White House sa Hulyo 30. Sa akin, kung ano man yun, dapat palagi natin isipin na ang ating kapakanan ay ating responsibilidad. Hindi natin dapat i-asa kay Pangulong Barack Obama ng Amerika. Kahit na mas desente naman tao si Obama kaysa kay George W. Bush, [...]

July 19, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Abante, Foreign Affairs  84 Comments

Si Obama sa buhay ng mga Pilipino

Excited ngayon ang mga Amerikano para sa inauguration ni Barack Obama bilang 44th na presidente ng United States of America. Live mamayang hatinggabi o baka abutin na ng ala-una ng umaga ang Obama inauguration.Makasaysayan ang pagka-presidente ni Obama. Siya ang unang itim na presidente ng America kung saan maraming dekada ang nakaraan, hindi makaboto ang [...]

January 20, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Foreign Affairs, Web Links  65 Comments

Wala ang Amerika sa galing ng Pinoy sa eleksyon

May kumakalat na text joke na nasa Amerika na raw si Garcillano. Siyempre naman naala-ala nyo pa si Virgilio Garcillano, yung phone pal ni Gloria Arroyo sa “Hello Garci” tapes. Sinasabi sa joke, inimport raw ni John Mc Cain ng Republican party si Garcillano dahil lahat na surveys lumalabas, lamang si Barack Obama ng Democrats. [...]

November 4, 2008  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Foreign Affairs, Web Links  194 Comments

An exciting US election

David Plotke, a recent visitor courtesy of the US Embassy, said he didn’t rule out that George W. Bush’s secretarry of state Condoleeza Rice would vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Plotke, professor of political science and chairman of the Historical Studies Department of the New School in New York, said this before Rice’s [...]

November 3, 2008  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Foreign Affairs, Malaya  161 Comments