June 27th, 2009
Assuming Gloria and her Frogs fail in their efforts to extend her term, there will probably be an election for president next year. With a year to go, its still too early to say for sure if there will even be an election, much less predict its outcome, but assuming there is one, the withdrawal of [...]
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June 10th, 2009
Dear Legacy depositors. Thanks for all the questions and comments you posted.
I have tried to bring them to PDIC but there are just so many. Aside from the ones on this blog there were those that texted in during my brief stint on DZMM.
I’ve contacted PDIC and they’ve agreed to appear on the Big [...]
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June 5th, 2009
For your information, this list was sent to me by Businessworld columnist Rene Azurin. This may be helpful in your voting choices.
CONGRESSMEN WHO APPROVED THE CON ASS:
ABANTE, BIENVENIDO M. “BENNY” 6TH District Pandacan
ABLAN, ROQUE R. JR, Ilocos Norte, 1st District
AGBAYANI, VICTOR AGUEDO E. Pangasinan, 2nd District
AGYAO, MANUEL, S Kalinga Province
ALBANO (III), RODOLFO T. Isabela, 1st [...]
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June 2nd, 2009
Just days after Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said that the formation of the Partido Lakas Kampi (PaLaKa) was proof that there would be an election in 2010, PaLaka lawmakers at the Lower House have taken House Resolution 1109 to the plenary. As I write this the House is debating the resolution convening itself into a [...]
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April 30th, 2009
I imagine today after Jun and Violet Lozada are arraigned for perjury, Jun will go back to his cell in Manila, while Violet returns to their quarters in La Salle Greenhills where she, Jun and their kids have been living for more than a year under the watchful eye of the nuns and the senate [...]
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April 22nd, 2009
Its looking more like one day soon we will wake up under a new form of government. Despite all of their protestations and denials, leaders of the Lower House filed a resolution today to convene the House into a constituent assembly.
Resolution 1109 has the signatures of at least 173 congressmen.
Here’s the scenario being offered by [...]
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March 30th, 2009
I’ve gotten 8 e-mails today about this Chinese guy who wrote an article about the Philippine claim on the Spratlys that should outrage me. This is just one of the links that I’ve been sent. Like Teri Hatcher’s comment about Filipino nursing schools on the TV show Desperate Housewives,it looks like the Philippine blogosphere is [...]
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February 11th, 2009
Someone should have warned the World Bank that it was stepping into the Twlight Zone when it investigated corruption in its road projects in the Philippines.
They’ve done this before in 22 countries: investigated allegations of collusion or corruption, taken action to protect its money (which after all comes mostly from taxpayers in the developed countries) and [...]
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November 21st, 2008
Sources within the House majority tell me that Rep. Luis Villafuerte has circulated a resolution in the Lower House to convene Congress into a constituent assembly to revise the 1987 Constitution. One source says as of Thursday night (20 November) more than 170 congressmen have signed the resolution. I spoke to a majority congressman who [...]
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