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TJ Besa’s mis-information campaign against Noynoy Aquino

December 17, 2009
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In the latest barage of Anti-Noynoy Aquino rhetorics, according to Inquirer’s Inside Scoop Pingpong Run, “Quoting Professor Ed Malay, Director of the Issues and Advocacies Center, “the drop in the survey rating of Noynoy is understandable as the euphoria associated with the death and burial of the late President Cory Aquino has started to wear [...]

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Marcos is back: Hero's burial for dictator?

December 17, 2009

Photo Credits: Art Concrete It’s an issue that refuse to die… or at least not until the Marcoses have it their way. And truly, Marcos, the dictator is back. Will Manny Villar allow a burial at the Libingan nang mga Bayani? Ilocos Representative Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., said he hopes Senator Manny Villar will allow [...]

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Alpha Phi Omega Anniversary: 2009 Oblation Run

December 17, 2009

I thought I’d share you this one entry sa Reyna na pinutakte nang mga lurkers nyahahaha! At nahiyang mag-comment kahit isa, but I know they’ve been accessing the entry hak hak hak! So here you go! Open your eyes wide! Hahaha! Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity celebrates its anniversary on the 16th of December. At the [...]

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Aquino still No. 1 in the latest SWS survey

December 16, 2009

The new SWS Survey should make Gibo and Villar supporters happy. Gibo’s ratings increased by 4 percentage points (from 4 percent to 8 percent), but still, 5 more months left and Gibo is still far from having a double digit ratings. Villar’s ratings meanwhile, rose by 8 percentage points (from 37 percent to 45 percent). [...]

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Comelec is such a nuisance, they should be disqualified!

December 16, 2009

Photo Credits: Inquirer Bewildered Trixie Angeles asks: “Comelec has disqualified Gen. Danny Lim imputing that he does not have the capacity to wage a campaign–never mind the thousands of volunteers, never mind his steady ratings climb, never mind the honesty and service he has already rendered. Then, the Comelec qualifies Jovito “Berdugo” Palparan. What the [...]

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Open Letter to Gloria from Oton, Iloilo

December 14, 2009

Yesterday at 10:02am on Facebook, a re-post Julia Carreon-Lagoc, who graduated from U.P. Diliman in ’59, retired as a newsletter editor of SEAFDEC (Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center). She writes a column for The News Today and Panay News, two local papers in Western Visayas. In her column “Accents,” she writes an open letter to [...]

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Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III remained on top, but lead cut down, survey by PR Consultants

December 14, 2009

Photo Credits: GMA Blogs (Inidet ko lang) Big Party Anti-Aquinos must be holding one big country fiesta with the news that although Senator Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III remained on top of a survey of presidential candidates, his lead over his rivals has been cut down. What are the new numbers? Aquino with 31 percent of [...]

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Ang mga warlords and murderers, rebels daw yun. Result? Rebellion. Kaya martial law.

December 13, 2009

Picture Credits: Inquirer Ang mga warlords and murderers, rebels daw yun. Nung chinugi ang mga Mangundatu together with mediamen, invasion daw sya. Result? Rebellion. Kaya martial law. Yan ang verdict ni Gloria about the massacre in Maguindanao to warrant martial law. Ulitin naten mga kabarrio: say it with pissed and puking attitude: Rebellion. Im fak, [...]

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Remonde:lliterate and ridiculous, sabi ni Miriam

December 13, 2009

If there is anything I like about Miriam Defensor-Santiago, it’s this: tawagin bang “lliterate and ridiculous” si Remonde. Why the name calling? Well… eto kasing Remonde, eh nag-bitaw nang statement that her opposition to martial law in Maguindanao was dahil she has one bitter fight with Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno. Ayun! Nag-panting [...]

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Analysis of the Ampatuan massacre by Bertini "Toto" Causing

December 6, 2009

Note: This is a repost of the Analysis of the Ampatuan massacre by Bertini “Toto” Causing taken from the Facebook of Trixie Cruz-Angeles (Oops!) Lila Shahani pala! Sorry! An analysis, in the wake of the Ampatuan murders, by Bertini “Toto” Causing, a member of the board of the National Press Club of the Philippines and [...]

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I’m selling stuff

December 5, 2009
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So, I called my sister in Bicol. Nag-order ako nang “ASSISTANCE”! Hahaha! Darating daw sa lunes. To help me out here. Else, baka matigok akong kakalinis here. Kung kelangan mo kasi pangkin mo, wala kang makitang kalul-luwa eh. But I know kung kelan mag-susulputan ang mga yon. At alam ko na rin linya ko. Lunes [...]

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The plot thickens: Martial law in Maguindanao to silence Ampatuans?!

December 5, 2009

Photo Credits: Dito Even my FB friend Anne de Brux napamura when she found out! Hahaha! She said… “So, it’s not for justice to be served? But to silence the Ampatuans? Naknampucha talaga itong pandak na ito!” You see mga kabarrio, even when I wrote my Martial Law in Maguindanao entry, I thought there was [...]

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Martial Law in Maguindanao

December 5, 2009

Big chika sa metropolis mga kabarrio, there will be martial law sa Maguindanao dahil di ata kaya nang gobyerness ang powers nang mga Amputa. Kung ang pagiging hero ni Efren Penaflorida sa CNN is a testimony and proof of our dismal and failed education services sa Flippines, the declaration of martial law in Maguindanao, just [...]

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Don’t want GMA to be our next PM? Don’t vote for these congress people.

December 3, 2009

Photo Credits: Ellen Tordesillas Many of us were OUTRAGED when we learned na ang drama pala talaga ni Gloria, tatakbo rin pala. And it is already a given that she will win Pampanga pretty easily and her return to Congress will just be that easy. But really, the goal here is to push for Charter [...]

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My personal confusion err conclusion on the Maguindanao massacre

December 3, 2009

A military’s job is to remain quiet? I’ve been glued on TV 24 horas, listening and watching the latest on the Maguindanao massacre. It’s unbelievable how they planned this bloody carnage. It is also puke-wrenching listening to those two military personnel who were at the checkpoint who claimed that they have no clue and/or is [...]

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Presidential candidate Manny Villar on plastering his name on relief goods

December 1, 2009

This article came from Raisa Robles site, in an article written by her for the Asian Dragon Magazine. He said some interesting things about our culture which is very interesting to ponder upon. In fact, he sounded very much like John Gokongwei to me in his entrepreneurial speech many years back sa Ateneo graduating class. [...]

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Kabaliwan!

December 1, 2009

Try and try until you become the Prime Minister. Yan ang talagang hanga ako sa abilidad ni Gloria na lumaban. For one thing, hindi quitter ang babaeng to. At hindi nya pinapalabas na sya ang me gusto, kundi mga “tao”. Gaya na nga nang pag-file nang COC bilang Congresswoman sa Pampanga. Drama nang mga tigaron, [...]

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Marka demonyo

December 1, 2009

Marka demonyo. Yan talaga pag tinamaan ka, sigurado ako, susuka ka. An sama kamo nyan. Kaya tuloy, nag-dadalawang isip na ako. Meron ngang mali sa ating saligang batas. Oo, dapat na nga talagang palitan ang mga kademonyohang nakasulat dun. Gaya na nga nang impaktong nepotismo. Pasensya na kayo medyo grrr ako. Finally kasi, nagkaron na [...]

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Eklat’s Open Letter to Sec. Jesus Dureza

November 25, 2009

Dear Uncle Jessie, How are you my dear uncle? Don’t tell me you are okay because I know you’re not. It’s been a while since we last saw and spoke to each other noh? Well, you know naman uncle that I’m a little popular than you now and I’ve been very busy with my newfound [...]

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Who will protect us from our protectors?

November 24, 2009

Statement by Inday Espina-Varona, former chair of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines The abduction and murder of around 45 persons, including around a dozen journalists, in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao is a spear thrust in the heart of our fragile democracy. Let us grieve not just for our media colleagues — though theirs [...]

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Gruesome Maguindanao massacre claims at least 36 lives

November 23, 2009

“They belonged to the rival Mangudadatu clan, but since they were women accompanied by a media delegation, they believed they were safe, protected by the Koranic prescription to spare women. No one could have predicted the ruthlessness that met them. At least 36 people, mostly identified with Buluan, Maguindanao vice mayor Datu Ismail “Toto” Mangudadatu [...]

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Why Noynoy Aquino won't be on Nov 29 "Isang Tanong Isang Sagot"

November 23, 2009

There is this big chika going viral about Noynoy’s absence on the 2nd round of the Isang Tanong Presidential Forum, which I believed started in MoTwister’s blog. The anti-Noynoy camp are feasting on a flurry of negative explanation. Here’s what Motwister wrote on his blog: “Chismis time: …. And here is a bit on information [...]

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Random Chika from your Resident Bruha, Part Deux

November 23, 2009

Hello mga kapatid! I missed you all. Charing! Well, pasensya na at medyo delayed telecast ulet ang inyong lingkod sa pagbibigay ng aking natatanging opinion tungkol sa mga bagay-bagay na nangyayari dito sa ating bansa at pati sa buong universe na rin. Alam niyo naman, tumatanggap na ako ng labada ngayon kasi kelangan kumayod para [...]

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Isang Tanong: Presidential Forum

November 23, 2009

Another great job by GMA News for having this Presidential Forum. Many many thanks also to TheBlockerOnline for uploading the videos para saming mga tiga-abroad and United States. Malaking tulong to para samen. Isang Tanong: Presidential Forum Noynoy Aquino: Joseph Estrada: JC De Los Reyes: Bayani Fernando: Teodoro Gilberto: Eddie Villanueva: Manny Villar: Nicanor Perlas: [...]

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Levi Johnston Playgirl Pictures

November 22, 2009

They are out! Oh yeah. The wait is over. The much-anticipated Levi Johnston Playgirl shoot arrived. I wonder what Sarah Palin is gonna do! Paddle to Russia?! Hahaha! Here’s the cutie! I’m not a Playgirl.com member, I’m just a playgirl, so i don’t have access to even more beefcake oh la la shots of former [...]

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Osmeña himself said he was going—but not yet

November 21, 2009

Ano ba koya?! Aalis ka ba or what?! Backup. Lumipat nga si Ralph Recto and Vilma Santos sa LP. And that was the problem. Nang-galaiti ang Sergio Osmenta. Well, to many, wa problem ki Vilma Santos. Many are saying that she’s clean. And me problema daw is Recto. Don’t ask me hahaha magbasa kayo sa [...]

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Kristie Kenney and the first African-American envoy to RP: Harry Thomas Jr.

November 21, 2009

In this picture, you’ll see Kristie Kenney distributes relief supplies from the USAID (US Agency for International Development) to residents affected by the recent typhoon and the continuing flooding of areas along Laguna Lake on Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009 at Binan township, Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines. Unlike some wives of mayors or congressman [...]

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Is he really autistic, just asking daw

November 20, 2009

Photo Credits: Ewan Are you enjoying this election campaign?! Grabeng awayan! Personalan na sya! Hahaha! Sometimes nga, I have no more clue what to blog because I would then follow kung ano ang rebuttal nang other side. Mas maganda sya to follow instead of the 2012. By the book di ba dapat journalists are supposed [...]

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The theory of the morons

November 20, 2009

In a comment in this entry, BongV said: Using the same sampling base, considering that he went from 60% approval in October (SWS) to 44% approval in October (Pulse Asia) – that’s a 16% reduction in 2 months. With 6 months to go, as the campaign becomes more issues-oriented – under the worst case scenario [...]

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Danton Remoto, Gay rights activist eyes Senate seat in 2010 polls

November 20, 2009

From the Facebook of Raul Ibanez: In its motion for reconsideration filed with the Comelec Wednesday, the group said that there are no evidence on record that establish their alleged immorality. “Just as the judicial entity may not suffer moral damages apart from its incorporator, director, officer or any one member, Ladlad may not be [...]

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Noynoy the Inevitable?

November 19, 2009

Photo Credits: Di ko na alam. We are now 6 months away from that magic month of May. Yeap. I hope there ain’t gonna be any Comelec magic for survey after survey, Noynoy has been leading all the way. So, just like what JB Baylon said, is the Noynoy Presidency inevitable? The phenomenon that is [...]

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Why Noynoy Aquino is still a bachelor at 49

November 18, 2009

From the blog of Raissa Robles: It was an ambush interview and therefore the question – “Why are you still a bachelor?” – understandably caught him by surprise. The Philippines has had only one wifeless president – Elpidio Quirino – but he was a widower grieving over his wife Alicia and three of his five [...]

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The flips and the confused

November 18, 2009

Photo Credits: Philstar “William Jefferson Clinton joins the Republican Party because he just could not take Nancy Pelosi’s hairstyle.” Blares the Washington misPost.” Can you imagine that happening in America? Not. Well, ok. Close. But in my turd world kawntri called the Flippines, most of our policitians must have had severe internship at makodonorado flipping [...]

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Sen Benigno Aquino III is autistic?! Here's the proof

November 17, 2009

Yeap. Senator Benigno Aquino III is autistic. Raissa Robles, mon FB ami, offers some “proof”. The evidence that Sen. Noynoy is abnormal – and therefore should not be voted president – seemed all there. And Business Mirror columnist Butch del Castillo recounted it in excruciating detail using unnamed sources who had seen Noynoy acting “autistic.” [...]

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Freddie Roach threatened to quit over Manny Pacquiao's meeting with Manny Villar

November 17, 2009

As a private citizen, Manny Pacquiao has the same free will, just like anybody, to endorse whoever he likes in the coming elections. Same thing with politicians – they have the free will to ask anyone to endorse them. And given that Manny has already said several times that he wants to be in politics, [...]

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Latest Pulse Asia survey:Noynoy maintains big lead

November 16, 2009

Just got this latest Pulse Asia Survey from Ellen Tordesillas updates on FB. 1.) Noynoy Aquino 44% 2.) Manny Villar 19% 3.) Chiz Escudero at 13% 4.) Joseph Estrada 11% 5.) Gilbert Teodoro 2% Here’s the survey: Ellen Tordesillas Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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Liberal Party National Slate

November 16, 2009

Photo Credits: Here I received this news from forwarded emails. I believe it’s on the Inquirer but I don’t know the link. (Oops! Eto na pala!) Senators Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Manuel “Mar” Roxas II were formally nominated as presidential and vice-presidential candidates, respectively, of the Liberal Party (LP) during its national directorate meeting [...]

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It's Manny Villar-Loren Legarda

November 16, 2009

Villar will personally make the announcement on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Laurel House on Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong In explaining her decision to coalesce with Villar, Legarda spoke out on charges that Villar’s real estate empire benefited from the C-5 road extension project Reminded that she once criticized Villar’s decision not to participate in [...]

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Ralph Recto & Vilma Santos from Lakas-Kampi CMD to Liberal Party

November 16, 2009

Ralph Recto & Vilma Santos leaves Lakas-Kampi-CMD and joins LP Former Socio-economic Planning Secretary Ralph Recto and Batangas Governor Vilma Santos are a “big loss” to the administration, stalwarts of the Lakas-Kampi-Christian Muslim Democrats admit. “They are a big loss,” party vice president for accreditation Prospero Pichay said on Monday, of Recto and Santos’s decision [...]

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Comelec says gay party ‘immoral’

November 16, 2009
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Swak pa rin ang entry ko today. Comedy sya. Laughable talaga. Ang Comelec, morality na sya. Oo. Comelec has just disqualified LADLAD Party as immoral. Which to me, gulo ako when Comelec became the moral knight, saviour of the world, defender of equality, of all human kind. Meron ata silang code of morals na di [...]

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Edu Manzano, Vice President pick ni Gilberto Teodoro, Game ka na ba Pilipinas?

November 13, 2009

Phto Credits: GMA News TV Game ka na ba Pilipinas? Dahil eto na si Edu Manzano as Vice Presidential running mate ni Gilbert Teodoro. “I would like to introduce to all of you this morning someone whom Secretary Teodoro has accepted to be his runningmate and [a] person who has accepted the challenge of standing [...]

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Comelec says gay party 'immoral'

November 13, 2009

Comelec have just disqualified LADLAD on the grounds that gay party are immoral. It’s the same shit. Gays are immoral. The first thing that came into my mind was, who is Comelec to tell us, we gays are immoral? We’re half-human? Can’t think straight? Dumb? Stupid? What? Worse members of the society? Lepers of the [...]

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Noynoy Aquino's legislative record

November 12, 2009

Another barrage of negative ad campaign and lies! I actually believed that Noynoy Aquino did nothing at the Senate! Oh mon dieu! Pardonnez-moi! Pati ako niloko ko na sarili ko, until one blogfriend sent me a link that would lead me to Jim Paredes site. What would suprise me was a listing of Noynoy Aquino’s [...]

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Presidential demolition job on a high gear

November 12, 2009

Photo Credits: Here Marcos? Istatue?! It looks like it. Although I’m pretty sure, Gloria Arroyo must be smiling because she could now say to Noynoy – “now you taste it!” It’s more of the same or worse of the same. But these ones are even nasty. Why? Would it be fair to say that some [...]

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The Hacienda Luisita blame

November 12, 2009

And so Noynoy wants out of Hacienda Luisita. You can read the entire article here: Noynoy wants out of Hacienda Luisita. Hacienda Luisita is being used by the anti-Noynoy camp to demolish his presidential aspirations. As a matter of fact, I was in part, also swayed and/or had initial belief that all along they were [...]

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Eklat in the Barrio

November 12, 2009
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Eklat started off with a big bang in the barrio, racking up over a hundred comments with her 1st letter to B7 writers. She was introduced to the barrio by her agent, Mel Beckham. First of all let me introduce myself, my name is Elaine Katherine Lourdes Anna Theresa , but my friends call me [...]

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Eklat and the Noynoy video Brouhaha

November 11, 2009

Sa mga umaabang sa next appearance ni Eklat, lalo na sa kanyang anim na fans, eto ulet ang isang sulat mula sa kanya. Basa na mga bruha. Hello patriots! Yes it’s me again, Eklat at your service. You know I just arrived from a week of rehab, I mean, vacation in LA and the news [...]

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"the true sense of democracy is your ability to defend the rights especially of your enemy and not just your friends"

November 11, 2009

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Who's to blame by all these black propaganda?

November 11, 2009

It’s truly election time in the Philippines. This is where the lowest form of the lowest form of any kind comes out. Forget about balimbings switching allegiances in seconds. Filipinos in terms of politics could be very nasty, to say the least, brutally low. I knew from the beginning that Hacienda Luisita will be Noynoy’s [...]

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One FB blogger compared “Noynoy’s Campaign Ad” to a Nazi propaganda

November 10, 2009
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Bluepanjeet wrote one very powerful blog entry that elicited some very heated and fiery reactions both on Facebook and in Barrio Siete. In fact, (another) one FB blogger compared “Noynoy’s Campaign Ad” to a nazi propaganda. Do we really have to go this low by espousing hatred and bringing in the Nazis? Election certainly divides [...]

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Presidential or Parliamentary: Which one will solve the economic and political crisis in the Philippines?

November 9, 2009

And so Tyrone threw me a Richard Gutierrez for Senator question: “Hi Reynz, in your opinion, which systems is more applicable given the Philippine setting of politics – is it the presidential or parliamentary form of government?” Man, I’m telling you. This is such one heated topic. Parliamentary. Presidential. Which system fits the Philippines? In [...]

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Understanding Philippine politics

November 8, 2009

Having lived in the United States for many, many years, I have come to lived with the two-party political system they have here. For the last hundred or so years, there have only been two major political parties here. The Republicans and the Democrats. To give you a fast-track American political history, it’s pretty easy [...]

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How to start a tutoring center

November 8, 2009
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(Photo Credits: Here) With 10.2% unemployment rate in America, signs of times. Effects of recession continues to linger. I’m sure I’m not the only one who is affected by all these. Out of the blue, I received an email from an OFW wanting to go home and is asking me for some advice on how [...]

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