As I was watching the events of today unfold with characteristic drama and suspense, I found myself thinking: [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/jabjimenez/status/144989459866324992″] Very quickly, the twitterverse responded. Many agreed with the sentiment, but with the kind of candor that I’ve really come to enjoy about twitter, I got some really pointed observations too. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/carlomallo/status/144989876738195456″] [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/jonpogi/status/144990052987043840″] […]
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Haha! Well, whaddaya know? https://twitter.com/#!/almeldiel/status/145022348519673856 Thanks, Meann!
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Since the charges for electoral sabotage were filed yesterday against former COMELEC Chariman Benjamin S. Abalos Sr., the biggest question asked has been, when will a warrant of arrest be issued? Or it’s later evolution: “why HASN’T a warrant been issued?” The quick answer is: because his lawyers filed a motion for Judicial Determination of […]
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The COMELEC this afternoon filed a case for two counts of electoral sabotage against former COMELEC Chairman Benjamin S. Abalos Sr., along with former COMELEC official Yogie Martirizar and Capt. Peter Reyes (ISAFP), in connection with the alleged electoral fraud committed in North Cotabato, in the 2007 elections. The case was filed with the Pasay […]
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This is my article in the 7 December 2011 edition of the Business Mirror. On Saturday the world will celebrate Human-Rights Day. This coincides with the day, 63 years ago, that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This towering document represents the first global expression of the most basic […]
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A little over one month since the start of OAV registration, more than five thousand have registered as overseas absentee voters. As of December 5, 2011, the total number of overseas Filipinos who registered as overseas absentee voters (OAV) have reached 5,438 with Dubai registering the most number of registrants – 407 – among the […]
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A silly goat once boasted that he wasn’t afraid of the lion that roamed the plains. Of course, no one actually took the goat seriously. But still, the goat insisted that he had courage like no one else did and that he knew exactly how to prove it. “You are all cowards,” the goat bleated […]
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The special elections for the Member of the House of Representatives to represent the Second Legislative District of the Province of Zambales will be held on the 4th of February 2012. In this connection, be informed of the following critical dates: Election Period – December 21, 2011 to February 14, 2012 (45 days before, and […]
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There was once a flood that raged through the city, turning the streets into rivers littered with debris. Among the flotsam, buoyed by the swift current, were an iron wok and an aluminum pot. As the flood carried the two along, they saw a delicate porcelain teacup struggling mightily to snag its handle on a […]
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It was several days after we first spoke of it that the Teacher and I once again had an opportunity to discuss the sword of Damocles. The rains had come for the first time in almost a year, and most of the people who lived in the Old City found themselves having to tend the […]