The Philippine Senate House of … Money

The Senate has become a true Circus, with the Media its stage. From being a Senate of Investigations and Inquiries – which nothing beneficial were derived, instead wasted lots of people’s money, lots of TV and radio airtime, now the Philippine Senate has become a House of Money.

Chained Freedom

For a century and a decade of independence,
Illusions of freedom, abound his frayed mind;
Longing for self respect, equality and justice,
Indeed after all these years, are hard to find;
Pompous public heroes, his leadership governs,
Insurmountable wealth, their service ends;
No true progress, no worth the pains,
Other than dreaming of liberty and freedom, in chains.

Bayani Fernando and the 2010 Presidential Elections

It is no doubt that Bayani Fernando is one of those rare politicians and government officials who got ‘political will’ when its all about implementing the rules. As a Marikina resident, we owe it all to BF and his successor, wife Marides Fernando why Marikina is considered to be one of the greenest cities and [...]

There was NOISE and then… SILENCE

A few weeks back, Metro Manila streets were filled of all sorts of protest rallies, even the Internet is filled with love-hate ramblings against the current President GMA.
And then it happened… the Church suddenly went soft of its stance, the staunchest Archbishop critics backed-off a bit. Lozada was still all over town, but media exposure [...]

One peaceful, crimeless Manila night

The other day while I was driving very early in the morning on my way to Makati, I was tuned in on my favorite AM Radio station for the usual news and current events stuff. This one Radio reporter made his regular rounds around Manila area to scour for crime news much to his disappointment, [...]

If you would be Senator for a day…

I was blog hopping a lot of politically-themed posts lately, mostly from fellow Pinoy Bloggistas, and it occurred on me this very interesting question: If given the chance to be a Senator, even for just a day, what would you do? If the same question is thrown at me, I would act on the following [...]

U.S apologises to Japan for rape… but no apology to RP?

The past weeks have been filled with news on some women raped ‘allegedly’ by US Soldiers. Both cases happened in Japan. The difference? The other girl was Japanese, while the other was a Filipina.
Then it was all over the news that U.S. through Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, made an apology to Japan, and expressed [...]

Quo vadis, Banana Republic?

The recent events that hounded the current Presidency led to many people once again out on the streets calling for Pres. Gloria Arroyo to resign.
Since the time (over 22 years ago) that Filipinos removed a supposed ‘dictator’ from office – through a non-violent revolt popularly called “People Power”, people have used the streets and [...]

Activism – a tagline?

I have been in the company of the Great Activists – during my high school and college days. But I never considered myself one. I was once put to jail overnight (unfortunately, the Jail Warden was my aunt… so she kept me there for a night) while my ‘comrades’ – mostly high school studes, were [...]