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Manny Villar and the World’s Smallest Violin

In the spirit of Chiz Escudero Real Ultimate Facts, I give you: Manny Villar and the World’s Smallest Violin — Real Ultimate Facts!

Mar Roxas: A Failure of PR or a Failure of Humanity?

Apparently, a failure of PR, according to the following tweets:
Re: Quintuplets, story going around is completely inaccurate. We never abandoned them. We never stopped giving assistance…
Social welfare officer recommended that instead of cash, they be given livelihood training so that they won’t become dependent…
They sought help from a radio anchor who misinterpreted it as abandonment. [...]

August 12 ‘09 Bullets

Jun Bautista takes the time to clarify the moves by UP Law Professor Harry Roque, et al → “We were led to think that Congress finally crafted a mandate for full automation in the coming 2010 elections, but a review of the amendatory law will reveal that it provides for a hybrid election (partly automated [...]

PCIJ Report on GMA Wealth part 1

The declared wealth of President Arroyo has increased the fastest, and by amounts much bigger, than the net growth in the declared wealth of three presidents before her — Corazon Aquino, Fidel Ramos, and Estrada — combined. Read part one of the PCIJ Report.

Alternative locations for your Grey Poupon, Madam President

So, okay, maybe they didn’t have any Grey Poupon; the thought remains the same, and Steven Tyler’s advice is still very much valid.
Days after this report from the PDI, indicating that “more than nine million Filipino families consider themselves poor, while nearly two in five say they are “food poor,” according to the latest Social [...]

Cory envy: CARPer signed into law

It’s become a fad, of late, to compare and contrast our two female Presidents Cory and Gloria, although it strikes me as more than a little sad that it was only after she died that Cory clearly gained the upper hand in that contest. Lost and politically discarded in the years after her term ended, [...]

By all means, raise sin taxes

Taxes should come from alcohol and tobacco and not from books[…] Tax hazards to lungs and livers, do not tax minds[…]
GMA, July 27 2009 SONA

I meant to discuss this, but bigger things took more of my attention than I expected. Being a heavy smoker, I will be among the millions of consumers directly affected, so [...]

The Son Also Rises: Noynoy Aquino for VP?

Update: I knew it :D
I know that Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III categorically stated that he had no plans to run for Vice-President, but you have to admit, the Liberal Party has to be considering it, given LP Presidential Candidate Mar Roxas’ weak showing in the early polls. Callous as it is — yes, I [...]

Songs of a Bygone Era

Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo

‘Di na ‘ko papayag mawala ka muli.
‘Di na ‘ko papayag na muli mabawi,
Ating kalayaan kay tagal natin mithi.
‘Di na papayagang mabawi muli.
Magkakapit-bisig libo-libong tao.
Kay sarap palang maging Pilipino.
Sama-sama iisa ang adhikain.
Kelan man ‘di na paalipin.
Handog ng Pilipino sa mundo,
Mapayapang paraang pagbabago.
Katotohanan, kalayaan, katarungan
Ay kayang makamit na walang dahas.
Basta’t magkaisa tayong lahat.
Masdan [...]

August 3 ‘09 Bullets

It’s getting to be like the ‘98 free-for-all, as Jamby Madrigal declared a few days ago that she is running for President → “This I do, not out of personal ambition but to share a vision that has been honed by my family’s more than 100 years of service to the country[…] Many have asked [...]