Seven years in detention, 10 Magdalo officers sentenced to 8 months in prison
Lim reading withdrawal of support from Arroyo governmentA military tribunal sentenced on Wednesday to eight months in prison 10 former military officers from the reformist group Magdalo for their their participation in the November 2007 incident at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City, their...
Source: ellen tordesillas
Lost Soul
“A fetus handling armalite gun”..sounds weird but actually
not based on what you can see in the bearer’s tattoo.
George from Hawaii, which is the bearer, had this tattoo on
his leg...
Check out the new Baybayin translator on http://baybayin.com
...
Source: PinoyTattoos.com - Filipino Tattoo Source
Mrs B and the 43
There were no dry eyes when the lights opened at the auditorium of Bantayog ng mga Bayani last Saturday evening- the last show of “Mrs B”, a theater presentation about Edith Burgos’ search for her son, Jonas.
As we all know , Edith Burgos, widow of Jose Burgos, Jr. founder of Malaya and...
Source: ellen tordesillas
Military defies SC on 43
AFP fails to present detainees
by Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Despite a writ of habeas corpus issued by the Supreme Court, the military and the police failed to present before the Court of Appeals Friday the 43 health workers arrested on Feb. 6 on suspicion of being members of the communist...
Source: ellen tordesillas
Liveblogging Joint Session on Martial Law: Day Two
For a background on the issues, see Martial Law konfrontasi. For yesterday’s liveblogging, see Liveblogging the Joint Session of Congress on Martial Law. Today’s session is scheduled to resume at 2 PM and will extend possibly to midnight.
2:05 PM
TV shows empty session hall. Ricky Carandang...
Source: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose
The Long View: Kicking and screaming
The Long View
Kicking and screaming
By Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 19:10:00 12/09/2009
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IN THE 1986 Constitutional Commission, Francisco “Soc” Rodrigo bitterly opposed making the two chambers of Congress vote together, as essentially a...
Source: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose
The Long View: Caught in the act
The Long View
Caught in the act
By Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:43:00 11/29/2009
THEIR TRACK RECORD AND THE EXTENT OF their preparations for conducting the massacre in the town named after themselves suggest the Ampatuans had the methodology of mass murder down pat...
Source: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose
The Long View: Shattered talismans
The Long View
Shattered talismans
By Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 21:23:00 11/25/2009
IN A NATION WHERE THE POWERLESS HAVE few options, the least useful being to try to out-goon, out-gun, and out-spend those who possess a plenitude of these things because of political...
Source: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose
