Reflections on the Bangsa MoroReflections on the Bangsa MoroA blog dedicated to the Mindanao Muslim Mioro history, culture, including those of the sultanates of Lanao, Maguindanao, Buayan and Sulu and its peoples the Maranao, Maguindanao, Tausuf, Sama, Yakan, Iranun, etc. as well as to the situation among Fil 
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MERALCO, NPC, ERC AGAINST THE FILIPINO CONSUMERS
2008-06-08 19:09:00 When the Arroyo administration started accusing MERALCO of shortchanging and overcharging the Filipino people, I found it quite amusing. MERALCO has been doing that for ages with nary a complaint from the government because it (or at least its energy company, NPC and its energy department, DOE) ... More About: Current Events , Consumers
The New Mr. & Ms. Magazine
2008-06-07 18:35:00 Have not updated this blog as I was quite busy putting out Mr. & Ms. Magazine . I am its new Managing Editor.Mr. & Ms. Magazine has been in business for 32 years. In 2005, it was re-formatted to Mr. & Ms. Magazine: Supermonthly of the Body/Mind and Spirit.Now, the magazine is re-formatting yet again. This ... More About: Current Events
FREE TIBET ? Let FREEDOM REIGN EVERYWHERE
2008-04-24 08:30:00 ... More About: Freedom , Tibet , Current Events , Free , Reign
THE NATIONAL - UAE?S BILLION-DOLLAR NEWSPAPER
2008-04-19 08:22:00 United Arab Emirates has launched its national newspaper, The National . This is to showcase the oil sheikhdoms’ supposed progress and development. It is run by Westerners led by its Editor-in-Chief Martin Newland, formerly of London’s The Telegraph. About 200 journalists are on board, mostly from The Telegraph and other British and ... More About: Islam , Dollar , Current Events , Newspaper
DATU ZEKIE SINSUAT PASSES AWAY
2008-04-05 14:26:00 Our cousin Datu Zekie Sinsuat passed away tonight. His remains now lie at the Quiapo mosque. He will be buried tomorrow in Dimapatoy, Cotabato. He is the husband of our cousin Bai Puti Sinsuat, who is the sister of our brother-in-law Datu Osin Sinsuat (deceased). Datu Zekie is the son of Datu Blah Sinsuat, former ... More About: Personal , Current Events
EXPLORING FOR OIL IN THE SPRATLYS
2008-03-22 08:00:00 China, Vietnam and the Philippines have signed “joint seismic monitoring agreements” where they agreed to undertake “pre-exploration study” of the area, which contains most of the islands in the Spratly Islands Group but also includes a wide swathe of Philippine territorial ... More About: Current Events , Exploring , Spratlys
Lenten Ponderings ? the Da Vinci Code
2008-03-20 15:59:00 When I was a kid, all TV programs and movies in the Philippine were all related to the story of Jesus Christ or the Bible. Because of this, I saw The Ten Commandments, The Bible, Ben Hur, Samson and Delilah, David and Bathsheba, The Robe, and films like these more than ten times at least. ... More About: Code , Da Vinci , Vinci , The Da Vinci Code , Da Vinci Code
Pacquiao wins by split decision over Marquez
2008-03-16 19:10:00 Filipino fighter Manny Pacquiao almost lost his fight against WBC super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez despite knocking him down in the third round because of bad boxing strategy. Pacquiao won by a split decision.. For the full text, go to my other blog, The Setting Sun (includes a video clip) More About: Current Events , Decision , Wins , Split
GOVERNMENT SHOULD BUY BACK PETRON
2008-03-14 18:00:00 Ashmore Group, a London-based investment fund is offering to buy 40 % of Petron shares held by Saudi Aramco. PNOC, which owns the other 40%, holds the right of first refusal. And it should exercise that right. With rising oil prices, this is the best opportunity for the country to take back its only oil company. It is ... More About: Government , Current Events , Back
TECHNICAL MEN, COMPUTERS, THE INTERNET and ME
2008-03-14 17:11:00 (This is a personal essay and only tangentially connected to the ZTE-NBN hearings. If you are looking for the ZTE-NBN essays, go to my other posts.) I transferred the contents of this essay to my other blog, The Setting Sun. More About: Personal , Internet , Computers , Technical , The Internet
GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO FOUND HER ANGEL ? SAN MIGUEL
2008-03-12 16:48:00 If GMA was praying for an angel to help her in the on-going ZTE-NBN Senate hearings, a lion of an angel (St. Michael) came to her rescue – Leo San Miguel . San Miguel suffered almost 12 hours of interrogation by the Senate panel sitting side by side with his detractors – Dante Madriaga, Joey de ... More About: Current Events , Angel , Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , Gloria
LEO SAN MIGUEL CONTRADICTS LOZADA, DE VENECIA AND MADRIAGA
2008-03-11 07:21:00 The Senate’s ZTE-NBN hearing is now is now recessed for lunch. The committees are in the process of interviewing Mr. Leo San Miguel , Technical Consultant of ZTE and boss of Dante Madriaga. The “surprise” witness turned out a surprise even to the senators. Leo San Miguel, instead of corroborating the others’ testimonies, contradicted them. Despite ... More About: Current Events , Venecia
WHO SHALL REPLACE GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO?
2008-03-10 20:23:00 When many Filipinos were calling for the ouster of then President Ferdinand Marcos, his supporters’ main retort was, ‘Who shall replace Marcos?’. To answer that question, the first Kongreso ng Mamamayang Pilipino (KOMPIL) chose 50 Filipinos who could replace Marcos. The one who eventually replaced him was not even among the 50. Now, the ... More About: Current Events , Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , Gloria
Jose De Venecia Ousted as LAKAS Party President
2008-03-07 17:27:00 Five-time Speaker of the House of Representatives Jose De Venecia (JDV) is about to lose his position as President of the Lakas-CMD party. On February 4, 2008, he was voted out of office as Speaker of the House by his party mates. On Monday, he will be booted out as President of the party. His party mates are giving the title of ?President Emeritus? as ?consuelo de bobo.? More About: Party , Current Events
GLORIA ARROYO AND NERI?S POLITICAL ECONOMY
2008-03-05 09:59:00 Former Secretary Lito Banayo and Jun Lozada explained former NEDA Director-General Romulo Neri ?s ideas on the Philippine political economy to the Senate committees hearing the ZTE-NBN deal. In the center of the country?s political economy is the President ? Madame Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The big problem, according to Neri?s scenario is that the President?s main concern is her POLITICAL SURVIVAL. Therefore, all her policies and program implementation are geared towards her chief concern. More About: Economy , Political , Current Events , Political Economy
GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO RESIGN !
2008-03-04 15:10:00 The calls for President Arroyo to resign are mounting. In behalf of all my inarticulate friends, relatives and lovers, I call on Madame President to heed the call of the people. It is time to go. She has destroyed any semblance of fair play in the Philippine electoral process. This was revealed to the people through ... More About: Current Events , Resign , Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , Gloria
DANTE MADRIAGA?S EXPLOSIVE EXPOSÉ and GAITE?S SORRY TALE
2008-02-27 17:49:00 The newest witness, Dante Madriaga in the Senate investigation of the ZTE-NBN scandal is the exact opposite of Jun Lozada. Both are electrical / electronics engineers. While Jun is Chinese white, small, fragile-looking, crybaby, soft-spoken and very respectful, Dante is Filipino dark, big, tough-looking, tough-talking and very confident. Filipinos love underdogs. Most Filipinos’ instinct is to ... More About: Current Events , Tale
REMINISCING EDSA 1986
2008-02-26 17:44:00 REMINISCING THE ROAD TO EDSA 1986 Everybody has his/her own EDSA story. I have my own. On February 22, 1986, I was in my girlfriend’s home for her birthday party. Her barkada (clique) from her UP days were there and her relatives. One such relative came with the news that he got word that he ... More About: Current Events , Edsa
GLORIA ARROYO - TIME TO GO
2008-02-24 10:15:00 AS THE COOKIE CRUMBLES President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is feeling the heat. She finally admitted that she knew of the anomalies regarding the ZTE-NBN deal. But she said she was told about it only on the eve of the signing of the agreement in China. And that she couldn’t possibly back off at the last minute since ... More About: Time , Current Events
? Fierce Urgency Of Now ?
2008-02-21 09:11:00 © by Datu Jamal Ashley Abbas In a speech in Wisconsin, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said that he is running for the US presidency because, quoting from Martin Luther King, of the “fierce urgency of now.” Indeed, there is a fierce urgency for the US to change its foreign policy now. Bush’s adherence to the “Clash ... More About: Current Events
MACAPAGAL-ARROYO?S ECONOMIC STIMULUS
2008-02-19 14:07:00 President Bush and the US Congress passed a law that would stem recession and stimulate economy. The new law would give tax rebates to Americans of up to US$ 600 (P24,000.00) per person or $ 1200 per couple. In the Philippines, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is boasting about the big GDP growth (allegedly around 7 %). This ... More About: Current Events , Economic
NERI SAID MACAPAGAL-ARROYO IS EVIL ? JUN LOZADA
2008-02-18 20:28:00 Jun Lozada was again practically all by his lonesome self in the Senate hearing of January 18 because All The President’s Men had the very convenient excuse of being subpoenaed to attend another hearing at the Ombudsman. Only Brother Felipe, the host of the Lozadas at La Salle Greenhills, Jun’s elder sister Carmen and ... More About: Current Events , Evil , Neri
JUN LOZADA battles ALL THE PRESIDENT?S MEN on TV
2008-02-17 09:18:00 The “flavor of the month” Jun Lozada battled all the President ’s men for about 3 hours on Prime Time TV last night. The country’s leading TV / radio network ABS-CBN held a Special Coverage titled “HARAPAN” (Face-to-Face): The Jun Lozada Exposé. It was broadcast on VHF (ABS-CBN 2), on cable TV ( ANC), and on ... More About: Current Events , Battles , The President
TRANSCRIPT OF JUN LOZADA?S STATEMENT
2008-02-15 18:12:00 Jun Lozada’s initial statement at the Senate hearing , (Click here) YOUTUBE videos on the ZTE-NBN scandal at the right column More About: Current Events , Statement
ARROYO GOVT IN PANIC OVER LOZADA AFFAIR
2008-02-15 15:36:00 The Arroyo government seems to be in a panic mode as the Lozada affair is gaining momentum. The Catholic Church, other Christian churches, Big Business, students, and civil society militants are throwing their support behind Mr. Lozada. On the other hand, Arroyo’s political allies – governors, congressmen, mayors, etc. – gathered today to throw their ... More About: Current Events , Affair , Panic , Govt
JUN LOZADA - From Presidential Guards to Muslim Terrorists
2008-02-14 14:20:00 The continuing saga of Jun Lozada is taking interesting and incredible twists and turns. The Senate Committee members went on an ocular inspection at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. And what came out of the bag, or rather TWO Security LOGBOOKS, was that at least one Presidential Security Group (PSG) man, a Cpl. Ramilla (Ramilya?) ... More About: Muslim , Current Events , Terrorists , Guards
The Jun Lozada Saga Continues
2008-02-12 06:49:00 The saga of Jun Lozada continued Monday Feb. 11, 2008 at the Senate committee hearings. Practically the whole nation is glued to their TV or radio sets to watch or listen as all the President’s men gang up on the poor little rich Chinese-Bicolano at the Philippine Senate. ATIENZA The gang leader was Dept. of Environment and ... More About: Current Events , Saga
The Saga of Jun Lozada
2008-02-10 14:04:00 The “Chinese provincial” or “Probinsyanong Intsik” as he called himself, Jun Lozada almost lost his life because he dared walk and rub elbows with the rich and mighty. Last February 5, Rodolfo Lozada, Jr. arrived in Manila from Hong Kong where he stayed for almost a week to avoid being interrogated at the Senate Blue Ribbon ... More About: Current Events , Saga
JUN LOZADA, POLICE AND SENATE PLAY HIDE AND SEEK
2008-02-07 05:34:00 A visibly shaken Jun Lozada, President and CEO of state-run Philippine Forests Corp., appeared in front of the media today in a Press Conference held at La Salle Greenhills. Lozada was supposed to appear before the Senate hearings on the ZTE Broadband deal. Hours before the scheduled Senate hearing in January 30, Lozada left the country. The ... More About: Play , Current Events , Police , Seek
WHEN THE MIGHTY FALL ? The Fall of Jose De Venecia
More articles from this author:2008-02-05 08:51:00 Last night, Feb. 4, 2008, five-time Speaker of the House of Representatives was voted out of office by his party mates. Speaker Jose De Venecia , popularly known as JDV, was so confident of his hold on his fellow congressmen that he never expected this to happen. Just a few months ago, the President’s men led by ... More About: Current Events , Fall , Jose De Venecia 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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