On De Venecia’s Ouster
As a veteran, ousted House Speaker Jose De Venecia shielded Arroyo in every crisis that hounded her administration. Alas, the erstwhile speaker should have known that his and the President’s was a doomed affair from the start. For as Conrado De Quiros writes, there is no honor among thieves.
I didn’t follow yesterday’s long affair, opting to read everything about it in today’s papers. So I breezed my way through half of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment as JDV made an impassioned albeit hypocritical and belated speech against President Arroyo.
By the time 174 House members voted “yes†to declare the speakership vacant, I was already sound asleep. Only upon waking up did I learn of the change in leadership. De Venecia was ousted. Davao City Rep. Prospero Nograles is the new House Speaker.
Speaker Nograles
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“It’s God’s will. It’s probably my destiny.â€
It was just minutes after Davao City Rep. Prospero Nograles assumed the Speakership when I noticed he got his thank you speech all mixed up. He looked dignified, as all politicians are, calm and reserved. He was keeping his emotions in check, lest the public prey on them endlessly as we did on JDV’s excessive 59-minute rhetoric on the floor before nominating Nograles himself for the position.
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Happy Birthday Hon. Bernabe
The BPLO lounge was converted to a dining hall. It’s a big hall and used to be an idle space before Mayor Florencio Bernabe’s term. Â Read more…
Entrecard Adverts Discrimination?
Some pinoy entrecard users I know sometimes told me that they’ve been rejected by another filipino blog. They have my sympathy and I’ve learned a lesson from it. I’ve been waiting for a certain site to advertise, I have no luck. But seeing his advert approval stat… Read more…
My Weird SponsoredReviews.com Experience
I just recently submitted a short review on Custom Writing. Custom Writing is a client of SponsoredReviews.com. To make the short, after I’ve finished the review I then place the links needed and have it linked to URL’s mentioned by their client. I then copied my URL and place it on the designated are… Kazoom! “Link Errorâ€â€¦ So I double checked my not-so-boring article hopping to find the origins of the error but to no avail.
Barbargsa — Blood of the Honorable, a Filipino komiks superhero vs. Terrorism
this is also published in Komiks News Now Philippines
Thanks to Timawa for the super news about this comics, Barbargsa — Blood of the Honorable. I’m not so sure if there is already a newstand or a bookstore who carry this title, but if there’s anyone of you who can share an image or any info where to buy this comics, just message us here. This is one important breakthrough of komiks. READ MORE HERE
Interview with Wilhelmina the lady behind “Chillaxin’ Time Blogâ€
An interview with Wilhelmina the lady behind “Chillaxin’ Time Blog“. A Blogger, webmaster and a Geek in one..
Please introduce yourself to our readers.
Hello, everyone! My name’s Wilhelmina, but most of my American friends call me Wil. But for the Filipinos, I’m Weng. I’m a very talented and unemployed person. Haha. Nah, kidding, I just graduated, that’s why I’m unemployed. I’m about to become one of the Civil Engineering board exam passers in May.
Pinoy A-List Bloglebrities
The Philippine Internet Review Blog has a list of pinoy blogs according to their bloglebrity status.
The A-listers are:
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The B-listers are here.
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 goes Gold
After much speculations, rumors, hype and the likes, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 goes Gold. Today, Microsoft announced that Vista SP1 has RTM’ed (Released To Manufacturers) and will be made available to the public in mid-March. Unlike previous service packs from Microsoft, Vista SP1 is more on bug fixes and performance enhancement rather than a “feature added†release.
Service Pack 1 is a very important milestone because it addresses many of the key issues that our customers have identified with Windows Vista over the last year both, directly and through programs like the Customer Experience Improvement Program. With Service Pack 1, we have made great progress in performance, reliability and compatibility.
