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TORONTO, CANADA – It has been three days of learning, listening, contemplating here at Toronto which is a perfect meeting place because, as I have read in a site, the city’s name originates to an old word meaning “meeting place”. Barring jetlag, we’ve met with an incredible bunch of people from the US, England, Canada, […]
MoreMalacañang was ecstatic in its pronouncements about Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s participation in the UN leaders’ summit, marking the world body’s 60th anniversary. Thy sycophants were mighty proud of their grand dame that, acording to first-hand reports from reputable media sources, they clapped lustily even before she opened her mouth in her speech before the Security […]
MoreThe battle for the removal of GMA shifts to the streets with the murder of the impeachment complaint in the House. Fow what else could the people resort to except to assert their will as a people? The events in the House were an eloquent admission on the part of our “honorables” that indeed their […]
MoreTXTPower today unleashed hundreds of emails calling on the public to text “undecided” congressmen and women and convince them to sign the impeachment complaint against Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The TXTPower email contains a list of nearly 50 congressmen and women. Full text of the email is at the TXTPower website, of course. Please take part […]
MoreFor the second straight day, the pro-Arroyo House leadership immediately suspended its plenary session in order to railroad the justice committee meetings. The House leaders are obviously maneuvering so that Mrs. Arroyo would not be saddled by an impeachment complaint when she flies abroad this month. So brazen are the maneuvers yesterday and today. They […]
MoreWhile the nation considers the manner by which Gloria M. Arroyo would be removed from the presidency, it is only worthwhile (and perhaps entertaining too!) to explore the many possible alternative career paths she could take when she finally leaves the Palace. This series of blogs on the topic will continue until a new national […]
MoreIf you are for good governance, truth and justice, please wear or hang white ribbons. When we do so, we want to send this message to Mrs. Arroyo: FOR THE SAKE OF THE COUNTRY, RESIGN NOW! White ribbons symbolize our longing for an end to the bleak Arroyo presidency and to all the lies that […]
MoreWhen I was a kid, I was among the many admirers of Ninoy. I voraciously his written works and published articles about him. I even collected the Mr. and Ms. special editions that devoted precious print space for the coverage of the investigations that followed his murder. What I liked about Ninoy Aquino was his […]
MoreI take it as a personal insult the reported rantings of Environment and Natural Resources Sec. Mike Defensor that it was not his principal, Gloria M. Arroyo, who was speaking with Comm. Virgilio Garcillano as recorded in the Gloriagate tapes. Hello!? Arroyo has already admitted her “lapse in judgment” vis-a-vis the 14 calls she made […]
MoreWhile the nation considers the manner by which Gloria M. Arroyo would be removed from the presidency, it is only worthwhile (and perhaps entertaining too!) to explore the many possible alternative career paths she could take when she finally leaves the Palace. This series of blogs on the topic will continue until a new national […]
MoreArchbishop Oscar Cruz is reaping a PR attack for his allegations that the Palace is mobilizing henchmen and gazillions of money to shut the traps of whistleblowers against Mrs. Arroyo. But what else is new in this God-forsaken land of pseudo-leaders who harbor illusions of royalty? Archbishop Cruz may actually be telling the truth, considering […]
MoreIt was an opportune time for many to ask the right questions over the weekend, when Japan and the world marked the detonation of atomic bombs in Hiroshima. The questions pertained to acts of terrorism perpetrated by governments as what happened when the US government authorized the pilot of Enola Gay to drop the bomb […]
MoreIt would have been better had Raul Roco and Eddie Villanueva combined for a spectacular tandem in the last presidential elections. Either way, they would have given Gloria Arroyo and Noli de Castro a run for their money. Roco, who passed away today due to cancer, personified the best the traditional political elite has to […]
MoreToday, bloggers from all over are set to meet at UP’s Malcolm Hall for the iBlog Mini: Blogging Gloriagate. This is a good opportunity for an offline meeting among bloggers and perhaps the more militant, more active would be able to plan a little for both online and offline actions. I am sure TXTPower convenors […]
MoreJoseph Mussomeli, the top US diplomat in the Philippines, spoke about his love for Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. He said that Arroyo will survive the crisis and criticized moves towards a People Power uprising that will oust her from the presidency. (Mike Arroyo would have had a heart attack listening to Mussomeli at the FOCAP press […]
MorePalace propagandists who spread the yarn “People Power fatigue” opportunistically forget to mention or refuse to admit that their principal Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was catapulted to office by the second People Power uprising in 2001. They also fail to mention that it is a universally-acknowledged right of peoples and nations to form new governments and […]
MoreIn her SONA, GMA announced the start of a “great debate” on charter change and entirely skirted on the prevailing political crisis centered on her lack of moral, political and legal basis to govern and to lead in instituting reforms. No one, except FVR and JDV, has bought the invitation to do this dance of […]
MoreIn the public interest, here is a PDF copy of the 54-page amended impeachment complaint versus Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. To obtain a copy, please click here. Hosting of the file courtesy of Indymedia QC. File obtained from the Office of Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo and lawyer Neri Colmenares, one the private counsels serving the […]
MoreAs we continue to search for good government, Bayan Muna and its allied political parties and organizations stand out today as the bearer of good news and a practical program to replace the bankrupt rule of the elite. Barring the senseless anti-communist tirades, there are sound reasons to support and adhere the Bayan Muna viewpoint, […]
MoreThe most hated and most despised Gloria Macapagal Arroyo would soon be the subject of an amended impeachment complaint before the House of Representatives. According to reliable sources, the Minority and the Progressive blocs have started cooperating towards the filing of such an amended impeachment complaint. I have read a draft that has come my […]
MoreRaul, my bayaw who married my sister Anne, was the butt of private jokes in the family. Referring to him occasionally, we all laugh when we say “si Raul ‘o” as if we were consigning him to the National Institute for Mental Health the next day. The phrase “si Raul ‘o” came to my mind […]
MoreFantastic! Although the rally was capped by a rather distressing personal experience, everyone (except perhaps the likes of GMA) are on the whole happy over the turnout, color, breadth and scope of today’s protests. The crowd estimate was at 80,000. This may be a bit off the mark, as the headcount may have been even […]
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