From the monthly archives:

October 2009

I’m not ignorant about racial discrimination, bias or however you mix those words. I don’t really understand why people here in my Barrio States of America gets infuriated if say a white person, paints himself black and be black for a moment, or a black person paints himself white to be a white person. Ok. [...]

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Typhoon Santi now out in the China Sea

by reynz on October 31, 2009

I’m not a weather forecaster, but just like everyone, I have been monitoring the map on the Weather Channel and it looked like the storm Santi, just passed by Luzon. In fact, the reddish part of the storm actually became smaller. I hear this most of the time from the weather forecasters that when these [...]

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A clamor for Gloria to run

by reynz on October 31, 2009

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Nakakatuwa ang balitang to: MALACAÑANG says Kapampangans are asking President Gloria to run for Congress next year. Una ko syang nakita sa blog ni Ely sa Phototecture. Read the rest of the entry here, especially yong comments section at ang link na iniwan ni Leo. Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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(Photo Credits: Yahoo) Sight nyo ang litraks na yan mga kabarrio? Yan si Pareng Bill at ang Lolo nyong impakto. Akala ko nga dedo na yan eh! This was taken noong August 4, 2009 when Pareng Bill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Ay mali! To free those two (2) Korean-Americans [...]

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Photo Credits: Indolent Indio Wanted: Vice President. Celebrity. Crowd drawer. Yan ang problema ni Gibo. Kasi naman eh. Bat’s kasi… ano eh… “Our preference really is Vilma Santos,” Guico told the Inquirer. “She can raise Gibo’s popularity. She’s had a lot of experience and is a veteran of local government. She’s well-respected.” (Source: Low ratings [...]

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Undas

October 30, 2009
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photo credit: AP via daylife Nakakatuwa ang sinulat ni Mel sa Barrio Siete entitled Barrio Halloween. Dito naman sa Pilipinas nakikiuso na rin ang mga kababayan natin lalo na yung mga nasa siyudad attending costume themed parties sa mga bars and discos arounf the city. Medyo napataas lang ang kilay ko dahil pati mga batang [...]

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Put Your Own Caption: Reyna Elena

October 30, 2009
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Ano ba talaga ang ibig sabihin ng social climbing? @}– @}– @}– @}– @}– “Social climbing” is more than a wish your heart makes. HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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Signal Number 2 in Metro Manila: Typhoon Santi

October 30, 2009

Click the picture for an update: The Weather Channel From the Inquirer Aside from Metro Manila, the provinces of Aurora, Quirino, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Tarlac, Zambales, Pampanga, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, Cavite, Batangas, Lubang Island, Quezon, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur and Catanduanes were placed under Signal No. 2 and these areas will experience winds of 60-100 [...]

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Improving US economy

October 30, 2009

Recession is something that we all seem to know. But when one start throwing in words like macroeconomic indicators, GDP, consumer spending, inflation – the whole concept becomes difficult to understand. Even the book definition is still somewhat difficult to comprehend to a non-economist. They say that “two successive quarters of negative growth mark the [...]

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Samoa and the missing tsunami funds

October 29, 2009

Samoa. Where one tsunami swept one day. No warning. No nothing. This is the American Samoa. Where the United States sent million and millions of dollars to prepare the island for emergency like this. Yet, somehow, those millions disappeared of about $13 million in disaster preparedness grant. The allegations are that some of those monies [...]

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Partisan opinion: Fox News and the White House

October 29, 2009

Matagal na tong nag-aaway na Fox News and White House dito samen mga kabarrio. Last week, habang busy ang lola nyo nang kakatili for the Phillies winning the National League, umuusok naman ang istori nang awayan nang Fox News at White House. Eh kasi nga, nag-reklamo ang White House na me consertive bias daw po [...]

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America’s Next Top Model bi-racial photo shoot

October 29, 2009
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Take a look at these pictures. To me, they’re beautiful. But some in American media were a bit rattled. Find out. (Source: America’s Next Top Model Bi-racial photo shoot) Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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Keep social climbing alive Chiz!

October 29, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Where have all the leaders gone? Matagal ko na syang sinulat. Nung time na bagsak na bagsak ang ratings ni Gloria. Bagsak pa rin sya and will never make ahon talaga. And to some, Chiz is the leader. Kaya lang, tumiwalag na pala si Chiz sa NPC. Ang cheezmaks sa FB me [...]

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Halloween Cartoon: Reyna Elena

October 28, 2009
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U like? Jesse a.k.a. Mr. Nonsense was the creator of this one. Hehehe! Check it out! Put Your Own Caption: Reyna Elena Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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A politics of the personal

October 28, 2009

From forwarded emails: “I must confess I am one of those who felt that the attempt at a reprise of the People Power saga, this time a signature campaign for the designated heir of the Aquino legacy, Senator Noynoy Aquino, was a throwback to some old diseases of the traditional electoral system personalism and the [...]

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Mirinae, new storm headed to the Philippines

October 28, 2009

Eto na naman tayo mga kabarrio. There’s another one coming and this is how this new storm looks like right now if you visit the Weather Channel. There’s a new tropical storm heading for the Philippines mga kabarrio. It intensified further Tuesday night and now has an international code name, Mirinae. In its 5 p.m. [...]

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Congratulations to Korina Sanchez and Senator Mar Roxas

October 27, 2009

Love moments… “You may now kiss the bride!” “Philippine Senator and now Vice-presidential candidate Manuel ‘Mar’ Roxas and his new bride popular Philippine television and radio broadcaster Korina Sanchez kiss following their wedding ceremony Tuesday Oct. 27, 2009 at Sto. Domingo catholic church at Manila‘s Quezon city in the Philippines. The wedding was postponed a [...]

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Na-onse ba si Bill Clinton nang pekeng Kim Il Jong?

October 27, 2009
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(Photo Credits: Yahoo) Enjoy ako nung sinusulat ko to. Para akong sira-ulo natatawa talaga ako. Sight nyo ang litraks na yan mga kabarrio? Yan si Pareng Bill at ang Lolo nyong impakto. Akala ko nga dedo na yan eh! This was taken noong August 4, 2009 when Pareng Bill went up the hill to fetch [...]

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Truly Filipino: The Department of Tourism and the Philippine Blogging Community

October 27, 2009

(Photo Credits: Pasyalera) I read the article that ran today: RP tourism competitiveness slips five notches which said: The country last year occupied the 81st spot among the more than 130 countries included in the study. This year, the country fell five notches to No. 86. Its bad enough that the infrastructure in the North [...]

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The media games they play dancing in political tinikling

October 26, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Gulong-gulo ako ki Loren, akala ko wala nang ganang tumakbo. Chika lang pala. Now that she has decided to make a run, tipong she wanted those three guys (Manny, Gibo & Chiz) to make ligaw to her. Kaya tuloy when Loren formally declared her bid for vice presidency in 2010, interestingly, Danding [...]

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Urban planning

October 26, 2009

Do you know where this island is located?! Medyo nasita ako ni Anthony Bayarong of Subic Times on those Gordon pictures na nadekwat ko sa Facebook , which I forgot to put some proper credits (sorry po talaga Anthony!), and so, I went back to facebook hoping na makita ko ang link. Instead, here’s what [...]

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The parameters of my belt

October 26, 2009
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Enjoy ang aking FB friend sa kulitan hehehe. And yet, I have another note. Live longer, eat chocolate! Huh?! Totoo ba yan? Sagot nang lola? Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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2012

October 25, 2009

Photo Credits: I cropped it from junk mails. Y2K. That was supposed to be doomsday. Me karton den akong me nakatagong tubig at patatas. Plus lighter. Instead, the US was flooded with computer programmers. Now? It’s Polar shift. Alignment of the sun to the milky way. These are all happening in three (3) years… And [...]

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Mino vs. Pumpkin

October 25, 2009

The geese are flying south.  The leaves are turning yellow, orange, and red.  The cold wind is picking up.  The rain is starting to pour.  And my arthritis is acting up.  Fall is here.  So off we go to the pumpkin patches to pick just the right pumpkin for our family.  Pumpkin hunting is one [...]

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What public housing and broadcast music websites can learn from the new CNN

October 25, 2009

The New CNN If you’ve seen the new layout and design of CNN, you’d be impressed. Continually being on top of their game, CNN changed their layout today to a much more deliciously designed online newspaper, great photography and a lot more crispier pictures, nice layout design and tons of videos. What’s more, it’s a [...]

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4 steps to let go of grudge

October 25, 2009
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Una, pano ako magkaka-grudge eh parehas silang gwapo?! Haha! Anyway, my FB friend, Christina posted an article. 4 Steps to let go of grudge. An sabi… Learning how to let go of a grudge will be demanding, but it can help restore a relationship if that’s your goal. However, reconciliation is not a requirement. Some [...]

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Palm Reading – (Tatanda ka bang dalaga?)

October 24, 2009

Out of nowhere, I suddenly remembered my fourth year adviser back in high school. I would say she was intelligent. She was very knowledgeable of uncommon things such as theories which are not commonly discussed, as well as palm reading. One afternoon during our break, we talked about marriage, crushes, early pregnancy, relationships and other [...]

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Ode to Arroyo

October 24, 2009

With the 2010 Malacañang Got Talent (sa Pagnanakaw) Show coming, I thought that it might be appropriate to republish my cartoon about the current champion’s visit at the White House 3 months ago.

Hold the tomatoes, please!

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America's Favorite Past Time

October 24, 2009

I hate baseball!

But after getting free tickets for the Seattle Mariners game from work, I didn’t hesistate to take the opportunity to bring my whole family to our first professional sports event. Free tickets, free hotdogs, free soda, fun with family and friends, and watching my half-brother, Ichiro…almost perfect! Only thing missing was a bowl of spare ribs teriyaki.

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Episode 1: The Boylet Series

October 23, 2009
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Pasensya na. Paatras ata ang blogging ko. Petsa bente-tres ang entry pero Nobyembre uno na?! Ano ba?! Hehehe! Anyway… me chika ako. Inilabas na pala ni Reesie ang Boylet Series ni Reyna Elena hehehe. Dahil shy ako, nahihiya akong iblog sya, kaya andun sa palasyo nang gurl nakalathala ang mga kabalbalan ko. Dahil alam kong [...]

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Is there something wrong with Filipinos DNA?

October 23, 2009

The City of Philadelphia went wild last night. The Phillies (Philadelphia) beat Dodgers (Los Angeles) 10-4, to win the National League Championship and return to the World Series for a rare chance to win the World Series back to back. Last year, they beat Tampa Bay and they are the only other team to win [...]

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September 22 (Marriage, Fancy Restaurants, and Lea Salonga)

October 22, 2009

I’m a party pooper! I had a talent for ruining surprises. I would go as far as looking all over the house, checking the bank account, checking my wife’s purse for receipts, coming home early unannouced, and bribing my children to tell me any information that they have about a gift or a plan that my wife have made. Blowin’ up the surprise is more fun than the surprise itself. But through the years, she has learned to hide things better. And I also realized that it’s not fun for her everytime I screw it up. So, as a loving and dedicated husband, one must just go with the flow.

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Aanhin pa ang damo kung tigok na ang kabayo? (A special report from a volunteer)

October 22, 2009

Ladies & gentlemen and everyone else in between, this is La Kapitana. One Ella reader sent me an email (Bebe from Toronto, Canada) to pick up Ella’s entry dahil sasakalin na daw nya lahat nang deers na makita nya sa North America sa sobrang galet. She was so agitated that I left a comment on [...]

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this too shall pass…

October 22, 2009
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Photo Credits: Tales from the Cenobites to my friends kengkay and pusang maganda… Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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Lightning streaks over the Makati City skyline

October 22, 2009

Gulat ko nung binuksan ko ang Inquirer online. Kidlat, all over the Makati skyline. Interestingly, yong headline na nakabalandra was about Estrada, declaring his candidacy for Presidency. Tingnan nyo nga naman, ultimo kalangitan galit at nag-ngi-ngit-ngit sa mga nakakabaliw na balita. Andyan si Ebdane na inaway ni Miriam Santiago dahil nangawala ang mga road taxes. [...]

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What would motivate you to go home to the Philippines?

October 22, 2009

Image via Wikipedia “Filipino scholars’ abroad urged to return to the Philippines and share what they have learned to help improve the country’s academic and industrial sectors. Helpless Filipino politicians??? Sounds charity for the love of country.” Seriously, if any local or multinational company or university in the Philippines hires me, I’ll go home. I [...]

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Meet the Writers: Making Sense of Mr. Nonsense

October 21, 2009

Mr. Nonsense can often be seen in the Tacoma-Seattle area carrying a camcorder, accompanied by his two sons and his personal chauffeur, his wife. He uses his Tondo upbringing to nurture his children and to survive in a mental institution—>where he currently works.
He enjoys basketball, cooking, singing, cartooning, producing short movies, and making his own furniture out of junked wood… because he’s so cheap. He is a self-proclaimed “Man of the House,”…when his wife is not home.

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The day you have one perfect excuse

October 21, 2009
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It’s Halloween once again! Just a few more days and it’s gonna be twilight zone… It’s that time of the year where you can achieve your dreams… And goals in life in one split minute… And enjoy it for the rest of the night! It’s a perfect time to be who you wanted to be… [...]

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Confession of a teenage dramatistang bading

October 21, 2009

Image via Wikipedia I have a confession to make. Opo, kuya, ate. Isang pagtatapat mga ka-barrio. Hindi ito tungkol sa aking pagkatao dahil matagal ko nag ipinagtapat sa inyo na hindi ako isang tao. Sa mga hindi pa nakakaalam, isa po akong “diyosa”. Hahaha! Charing lang. Seriously (kunwari), mahirap man itong sasabihin ko ay kailangan [...]

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Put Your Own Caption: 2010 Presidential Line-up so far…

October 20, 2009

Backstage info:  So far highly educated rumors has it that the main front runners for the next presidential election are political royalties Noynoy Aquino with Mar Roxas, billionaire Manny Villar, Macapagal protege Gibo Teodoro, and ex-con ex-President Erap Estrada with his sidekick Jojo Binay.  I’m not sure what these guys’ plans are, but they better [...]

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Sagpang gurl!

October 20, 2009
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Image by avlxyz via Flickr Windows 7 teamed up with Burger King in Japan hoping to get a fraction of McDonald’s commanding market share lead in Japan. Watch. Embedded video from CNN Video Anak nang leche?! Kaya mo yon?! No, no! I mean, kaya mong mag-post nang enty dated 10/20 taz ung video eh 10/23?! [...]

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Calamity diplomas???

October 20, 2009

Image by Keith Bacongco via Flickr I was reading this news story by Neal Cruz of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. It’s about Chiz Escudero who had already turned korenta and is already eligible to run as El Presidente de las Islas Filipinas. But curiously she said, no hay anuncio por todos diez diaz already mga [...]

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Our first date

October 19, 2009

…in a very long time since my children were born. My wife and I decided one Monday that it is time to leave the kids and go on a date again. So we left the boys with the babysitter and planned to go to the the casino. But the casino wasn’t the romantic place we [...]

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Did you know? Google got rid of PageRank!

October 19, 2009

Quick news lang to those who’d find this important. I was doing some Barrio Siete admin work today. In fact, I created a new Barrio Siete Technorati account so we could work on Barrio Siete’s Technorati Authority. That would be a nice goal this time around since we’re pretty sure that our Alexa rank will [...]

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2012

October 19, 2009
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Napanood nyo na baa ng trailer nang 2012? Nakapangi-ngilabot. A week daw before magkaron nang alignment ang milky way sa earth Titigil ang rotation nang mundo pero babalik den ang rotation na to 90 degrees, severe changes on earth. Parang yung time na tinangay nang boylet ko ang pridyidir ko Di ko sinukat kong 90 [...]

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Soldiers are Mothers, too

October 19, 2009

War is not like a hollywood blockbuster. A soldier is not an action hero. Outside the statistics and the news-worthy portrayals, there are deeply personal issues that most of us don’t see.

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Magkamukha sila

October 18, 2009
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Image by Echo9er via Flickr ‘Sang araw, sa Phi bar, dyan lang sa Meralco, ‘lasing na sa kakainom si Kardo kasama si Pidro, kebigan nya. Nonood nang mga tao sa paligid,’kikinig music. Tinapik sya ni Pidro sa likod and said.. “‘Pre, nakikita mo yong lasing na kaharap naten? Kamuka mo sya.” “Oo nga ano? Teka [...]

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Starbucks Coffee Break

October 18, 2009

Last year my wife and I, along with a few other staff, were asked to participate in a poetry reading with the children at the psychiatric facility that we both work at. This annual poetry group encourages children to open-up and express their feelings in a more positive way. An so my wife read her poems [...]

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How to read Alexa charts

October 18, 2009

Back when I was just starting to blog, trying to social climb with who would turn out to be Manila’s self-proclaimed users influential bloggers, I was not just pushed out to the dark corners of internet pit of the world but would constantly be compared and lambasted that I’d be labeled to be just uberly [...]

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Philippines tallest building, The PAGCOR Tower

October 17, 2009

Pikit kayo! Magbibihis Si Perla! Call center agent ako. Minsan, wala akong magawa sa office. One time, nag-surf ako nang nag-surf sa internet kahit pa ang laging sabi ng manager namin was read and review. (abuh! nakakasawa kayang magbasa ng magbasa ng processes noh! Wag kayong maingay baka materminate ako hekhek) My boyfriend is a [...]

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The American Music Industry and the Performance Rights Act

October 17, 2009

Photo Credits: iacmusic I worked with two (2) of the largest broadcast investment group in the United States. One of which was the US Radio Group which would eventually be divested. Most of its radio stations, its peak was in the 90’s, were sold to Clear Channel, Infiniti, CBS Radio and other media outfits. Music [...]

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Family problems

October 17, 2009
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Once two men sat in a bar drinking. The first one said to the other: “Laki nang family problems ko, pare!” The second one said: “Gusto mong marinig ang problema ko? Eto.” Nakapangasawa ako nang isang widower na me anak na babae. Yong Tatay ko pinakasalan ang anak ko, so ang Tatay ko became my [...]

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Argentine Senate passes controversial media bill

October 17, 2009

Photo Credits: CNN Dahil naging busy ang ang aming guwapong writer, sayang at hindi nasundan ni Johnonymous ang entry nya na to: PART 1: The Great Panggagago ng mga TV Networks! Makikita nyo ang power nang media. Let’s go to Argentina mga kabarrio. Where is this place? Dito sya, sa dulo nang walang hanggan. Sabi [...]

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