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Philippine Idol

Published by Ellen on December 2, 2006

Natutuwa ako na sa finals si Gian Madangal at si Mau Marcelo ng Philippine Idol na gaganapin sa Araneta Coliseum sa Sabado (Dec. 9), 9 p.m.

Mas gusto ko sana kung si Pow Chavez ang pangatlo kaya lang na –eliminate na siya dalawang linggo na ang nakaraan. Ang sarap pakinggan ng boses ni Pow at napaka natural ng kanyang personalidad.

Ngunit si Jan Nieto ang pangatlong finalist. Maraming mas magaling kay Jan kaya lang ganoon talaga ang reality contest. Sana lang huwag siya ang manalo na Philippine Idol dahil hindi naman talaga siya pang-international talent. Okay na lang yan na crush siya ni Pilita Corales.

Mabuti na lang at hindi pumasok si Miguel Mendoza na finalist. Dapat itong si Miguel ay gawin na lang hobby ang pagkanta. Tutal mukha namang may kaya, pwede siyang mag-produce ng mga kanta na bagay sa kanyang talent.

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Would they be reviving their “Exit Plan”?

Published by Ellen on December 1, 2006

The interview of ANC’s Ricky Carandang with departing Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz wherein he revealed a warning from Defense Secretary Ronald Rumsfeld in Dec.2005 against Gloria Arroyo’s plan to declare martial (click here) made us look back to reports around that time.

Our Dec.16, 2005 post was a document on “Detailed Exit Plan” for GMA believed to have been prepared by a group headed by National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzalez.

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Worst is yet to come

Published by Ellen on November 30, 2006

The latest version of Malacañang’s charter change via Senateless Con-Ass shows the depth of the desperation of Gloria Arroyo and her cohorts.

When we say cohorts, that includes House Speaker Jose de Venecia and his dishonorable gang.

In a text statement, Rep. Roilo Golez (Parañaque) yesterday said,

“Last night, I witnessed one of the saddest and most saddening episodes in the history of the House (of Representatives.)

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Pekeng Con-Ass

Published by Ellen on November 29, 2006

Nasisira na yata ang ulo nitong si Gloria Arroyo kung akala niyang makalusot itong ginagawa niyang paglapastangan sa Constitution para lamang siyang manatili sa kapangyarihan.

Kung sabagay matagal nang labag sa batas ang mga ginagawa ni Arroyo. Ngunit ang pinaka garapal na kanyang sinusulong ngayon ay ang sapilitan na pagpapalit ng Constitution sa susunod na linggo.

Napagkasunduan ng mga 60 na congressman at ni Arroyo sa Malacañang noong Lunes ng gabi magkaroon sila ng Constituent Assembly sa pangalawang linggo ng Disyembre at papa-abrubahan raw sa isang plebiscite ang ginawa nilang bagong Constitution bago mag Pebrero 12.

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The colorful language of Mike and Mikey Arroyo

Published by Ellen on November 28, 2006

My friend Tita Valderama, congressional reporter of the Times Journal, was seated behind Mike Arroyo, Mikey Arroyo and their lawyer, Jesus Santos during yesterday’s hearing of the Ethics Committee on the motion by Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano to dismiss the expulsion case filed against him by Mike Arroyo in connection with an alleged account in a German bank.

Tita said Cayetano asked for ten days to explain to his constituents how his fighting the First Family has resulted in the withholding of funds for his projects.

This was what Tita witnessed:

Irked, Mike Arroyo muttered, “Putang …(Bitch)”. He immediately stopped himself and signaled to Mikey to say something.

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Gloria’s “final push”:scrap May elections, Nov polls for parliament

Published by Ellen on November 28, 2006

The closer the time of reckoning (May 2007 elections), the more desperate Gloria Arroyo and her minions become.

Rejected twice by the Supreme Court for their fake People’s Initiative and unable to get majority of the senators to agree to a Constitutional Assembly to change the Constitution, Arroyo now wants to just change the Constitution through “congressional action”. What animal is that “congressional action” is, only Arroyo knows.

Here Malaya’s report:

BY REGINA BENGCO

A CAUCUS in Malacañang chaired by President Arroyo the other night agreed to scrap the May 11 elections and hold instead elections for parliament in November under the proposed shift to the parliamentary system.

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Ibsen’s ‘Enemy of the People’

Published by Ellen on November 26, 2006

It’s a tribute to Henrik Ibsen that his writings continue to be relevant and provocative today as they were more than a hundred years ago.

In commemoration of one hundred years after the passing of Norway’s most famous playwright, the Norwegian embassy in Manila held a special screening last Wednesday of a modern adaptation of Ibsen’s “Enemy of the People.”

Ambassador Stale Forstein Risa said the 2004 movie adaptation of Ibsen’s 1882 play has been entered in the Norwegian movie festival. It’s actually the fourth rendition in film. The first two were done in the United States (the 1978 movie starred Steve McQueen) and in 1989, in India.

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“Bebot” scores

Published by Ellen on November 26, 2006

(The first time I saw the Black Eyed Peas singing “Bebot” on MTV, I asked my nephew if it was a special Manila performance and he said it’s part of the BEP’s album. I must say it’s a fun song. Here’s an article in the Los Angeles Times on “Bebot” describing it as a “surprise phenomenon”.)

Filipinos’ hip-hop anthem
By David Pierson, Times Staff Writer
November 22, 2006

Hey, man, all of you listen

to me

Here comes the real Filipino

Came from the barrio – Sapang Bato

Went to L.A. and labored

In order to help my mother

Because life is so hard

But the disposition’s still bright.

—

SO begins the story of Allan Pineda, a member of the hip-hop band the Black Eyed Peas, who two years ago wrote a song about his journey from a poverty-stricken district in the Philippines to Los Angeles’ Atwater Village.

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