If you haven’t read UN rapporteur Phillip Alston’s report yet, head on over to MLQ3’s blog, he’s posted a PDF copy. Of particular interest is paragraph 12, page 5:
The Secretary of Justice, and his colleagues, were perplexed at the proposition that prosecutors, whose role is absolutely central in the Philippines justice system, had some [...]
Raul Gonzales misses the point. Again.
From the mouths of babes
No, not those babes. Shame.
I’m talking about an article from the GMANews.tv site, on kids’ reactions on the political ads saturating local TV. Some of my favorites:
“Political ads never really work. The Filipino people already know who they will vote for. The politicians just waste their time and money on putting their faces all [...]
Scalping PBA tickets!
Ok, here’s the deal: the last pair of shoes I own are old school Adidas campus sneakers that have long since given up the ghost, their soles (get it?) rotting in shoe hell. Ever since my ingrown nails flared up some ten odd years ago, I’ve been a tsinelas-or-bust guy. And because of mom’s ingenius [...]
Hurt by Kermit the Frog
Kermit the Frog’s rendition of this Johnny Cash classic.
I heart Imago
Halfway through “Akap”, I hear a click, and a whirr. My first roll of film just ran out — I only had 24 exposures on that one. Biting on my cigarette and trying not to fall, I reloaded as fast as I could — not easy considering the sheer number of people jostling me — [...]
Ducat goes postal; I play Double Jeopardy
I know a thing or two about losing it — and I’ve seen my share of people who are bat-shit insane — but things like these always leave me in shock: Armando Ducat Jr held almost 30 children in his day-care center hostage for close to ten hours, in protest to the current political [...]
On the Philippine Blog Awards
As traffic generation schticks go, nominating myself for the Philippine Blog Awards was a pretty nifty idea, altho it’s not as overwhelming as I thought it would be. Go figure.
Of course, I never counted on being a finalist for three categories: socio-political, design and best free custom theme (from my ill-maintained Outside Looking In pseudo-tech [...]
It’s like Matrix, only more surreal
That’s how I’d describe the state of the nation under GMA.
Congress has just doubled it’s Pork Barrel allocation — with some 3+ billion pesos being diverted from the retirement funds of government employees.
Hundred thousand peso desktop machines that my old Sempron can run circles around.
Fifty thousand peso lampposts.
An apathetic middle class.
An opportunistic upper class.
A [...]
Homesickness
I’ve been trying to fight a recent bout of homesickness, but several things happened that just reminded me of how much I miss home.
Last night I got a package from my dad; he’s transferred his Fortune subscription to me, and he sent me an mp3 player. And to get an idea as to how much [...]
The courtesy of linking back
Someday, I’ll make a list of all the people who’ve graciously linked to me and I will update my blogroll. I swear. Thank you.
