President Noynoy Aquino’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA)
President Noynoy Aquino will be giving his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) soon. If his army of speechwriters will have their way, his speech will be all about giving people “hope”. Hopefully,...
View ArticleAfter the Storm: Stories on Ondoy
The following is a re-post of my article “Day Ten, post Ondoy” originally posted on FilipinoVoices.com on the 7th October 2009. The article has since been included in Elbert Or’s After the Storm:...
View ArticleFrom F to A: What P-Noy Needs to do in order to Succeed
President Benigno S. Aquino III came to the Presidency with what many in mainstream media claim to be the biggest mandate for a post-Cory Philippine president ever. Unfortunately, from the point of...
View ArticleMining can be beneficial if properly implemented
Mining and murder of a broadcaster FROM A DISTANCE By Carmen N. Pedrosa (The Philippine Star) Updated January 29, 2011 12:00 AM Of course we deplore the murder of a broadcaster or anyone for that...
View ArticleIs the Philippines overpopulated or just mismanaged?
Is the world overpopulated? The answer to that depends on who you are asking. If you ask a capitalist, he will most definitely say no because to a capitalist, the bigger the population, the higher his...
View ArticleAquino Administration Falls for Fake E-mail, Puts Foreign Mining Firm Through...
If there’s still space, chalk this one up under “Monumental Malacanang Fuck Up” and “More Funny Ways to Scare Foreign Investors”. Here’s the gist: Someone writes to the Aquino Administration reporting...
View ArticleWhat Pinoys Do Before and After A Disaster Defines the Philippines
Life in the Philippines is bundled with typhoons and moonsoon rains. There is no question that typhoons will hit us, that flash floods will hit us. The question is what we as citizens can do to prepare...
View ArticleIllegal Mining In The Philippines, An Eye-Opener
We’ve been reading what seems to be a recently put up site on illegal mining in the Philippines and we’re thoroughly engrossed by the story it is telling. Called Philippine Underground, most of the...
View ArticleThe Aquino Government Ignores Illegal Mining #WhyMining
It’s a showbiz government, after all. While it professes being pro-environment, the Aquino government is bending over backwards to make sure that lack of attention allows illegal mining in the country...
View ArticleAng PagBUWISITA ng Papa sa Roma ay nagbuking sa KAPANGITAN ng Kulturang Pilipino
Ang Papa sa Roma ay isang mabuting tao sa tingin ko. Hindi siya ang problema na gustong tukuyin ng artikulong ito kundi ang mga PIGNOY o Pilipinong Baboy na gustong magbanal-banalan at mag pacute pero...
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