Month: September 2009
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Call for action: Help typhoon, flood victims in the Philippines
This is a special and urgent call to my readers and friends here and abroad. I wish to ask for your help. Metro Manila and many parts of Luzon have been flooded by typhoon Ondoy (international code name: Ketsana).
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Full text: Rep. Uy’s privilege speech exposing the butcher Jovito Palparan
A low-profile Member of Congress broke his silence last week and launched a stinging tirade and expose against controversial former general-turned-Bantay Rep. Jovito Palparan. Palparan is widely known as “the butcher” for “inspiring” the extrajudicial murder of activists when he was still an officer of the Philippine Army. If you remember, despite this bloody human…
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Full text: Statement of DFA’s Romulo saying he won’t quit
DFA Secretary Alberto G. Romulo today rejected calls for him to resign his post after expressing support for Sen. Noynoy Aquino’s bid for the 2010 presidential elections. Malacanang was obviously rattled by Romulo’s expression of support for Aquino, who has been very critical of President Arroyo, so much as so that the Palace junior spokesperson…
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Good news: Consumers score victory as House panel reconsiders vote on text tax
Due to some technical problems, the TXTPower website has gone awry today. I’ll be posting here our press release regarding the outcome of today’s hearing held by the House Committee on Ways and Means regarding the text tax. Consumers score victory as House panel reconsiders vote on text tax Besieged by opposition from all sides,…
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Full text: TXTPower position paper on the 5-centavo text tax
(Submitted to the Hon. Exequiel Javier, Chairman, House Committee on Ways and Means, by Anthony Ian M. Cruz, President, TXTPower.org Inc. [TXTPower] on Sept. 22, 2009) Thank you to the distinguished Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee for extending an invitation for us to attend this hearing. Allow us to note the similar…
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Remembering Liliosa Hilao and martial law
37 years ago, Ferdinand Marcos placed the country under martial law. It heralded the a reign of terror to cover up wholesale plunder by the Marcoses, his cronies and foreign interests that supported the dictatorship. To mark this occasion, here is an Inquirer story on Liliosa Hilao, one of those who stood up against Marcos…
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Transcript: Mar Roxas accepts offer to be Noynoy Aquino’s runningmate
Sen. Mar Roxas has confirmed that he will play second fiddle to Liberal Party presidential candidate Sen. Noynoy Aquino to whom he gave way some weeks back. In a press conference today, Roxas formally accepted the invitation to be Aquino’s runningmate and made the following remarks: Maraming maraming salamat po. Magandang tanghali po. Maayong udto…
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Transcript: Noynoy Aquino announces Mar Roxas as his runningmate
Senators Noynoy Aquino and Mar Roxas today announced their presidential and vice presidential team-up under the Liberal Party at a press conference held at the Club Filipino in San Juan. Here are Aquino’s remarks that formally announced Roxas as his running-mate: Magandang umaga sa inyong lahat, lalo na kay Joker Arroyo. Sabi po kasi niya…
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Breaking news: Gov’t spies found outside National Artist Bien Lumbera’s house in Quezon City
The family of National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera issued this statement this morning: At around 6am, a group of men was seen taking photos of and asking information regarding National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera’s house in a subdivision in Quezon City. One of them was approached and apprehended by subdivision security officers. His companions fled…
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Lakas-Kampi: Gloria now, Gibo next
Besieged by internal problems and its principal hated by the public, the ruling Lakas-Kampi party has chosen Gilbert Teodoro, President Arroyo’s defense secretary, to be its standard-bearer in the 2010 elections. In today’s vote, 45 Lakas-Kampi officials flushed Bayani Fernando’s presidential ambitions down the nearest pink urinal. The MMDA chair — infamously known for his…
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Speech of Defense Sec. Gilbert Teodoro at Heritage Foundation
Defense Secretary and presidential aspirant Gilbert Teodoro spoke September 10 before the conservative Heritage Foundation in the US. According to the Heritage Foundation, “the United States has no closer relationship in Asia than that with the Philippines. The two countries are bound together by history, family, values, interests and treaty. Among other things, they are…
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What is Gilbert Teodoro up to in Washington DC?
President Arroyo’s defense secretary Gilbert Teodoro is on a largely quiet mission in the United States, with the 2010 presidential contender scheduled to speak on “the US-Philippine alliance” in a forum organized by conservative think-tank Heritage Foundation. The Philippine embassy has given clues on what he seeks to accomplish while in the US:
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Noynoy Aquino to run for president
Flanked by members of his family, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III this morning declared his intention to run for president, seeking to capitalize on the memory of his prominent parents and to “continue” their fight.
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Introducing my personal heroes
Who are your personal heroes? This September, I will be writing about three of my heroes in World-Makers.com, a website dedicated to a good cause
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Full text of Sen. Noynoy Aquino’s Sept. 2 statement
A day after Sen. Mar Roxas purportedly gave up his presidential ambitions in favor of the only son of former President Cory Aquino and former Sen. Ninoy Aquino, it was Sen. Noynoy Aquino‘s turn tonight to speak. Here is a full transcript of the statement made by the younger Sen. Aquino at a press conference…
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“Country above self”: Sen. Mar Roxas’ statement giving way to Sen. Noynoy Aquino
PLEASE SEE UPDATES BELOW. Liberal Party President and Senator Mar Roxas II made the following “major and important announcement” tonight at the historic Club Filipino. After months of being considered LP’s presidential candidate-in-waiting, Roxas formally gave way to partymate Senator Noynoy Aquino, son of former President Cory Aquino and former Sen. Ninoy Aquino. Noynoy and…