From kuya to Eedai
Matagal ko ng hindi nakikita ang dating prinsesa ng bahay, pasensya na hindi ako nakapunta nung kaarawan mo, andami ko na nga utang sa ‘yo. Hayaan mo babawi din ako, one-time big time. Sabi ko nga hindi na ‘ko sasampa ng bente-singko at heto malapit mo na ‘ko abutan, kaya nga fist locks...
Source: akosiyin
DOT advocates prevention versus sex tourism
Amid clamors for the creation of new resolutions on child sex tourism (CST), the Department of Tourism (DOT) is urging concerned sectors to give similar importance to prevention to curb conditions where child exploitation can occur. “Addressing this issue begins with imposing stronger preventive measures,...
Source: Azrael's Merryland
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
Mass murder in Maguindanao
The President and Zaldy Ampatuan in happier days, courtesy of Newsday
Back on September 7, 2009 in my column A necessary provocation, I pointed out the integral role warlords play in the ruling coalition. Just a week ago, as a photo in Uniffors shows, the Ampatuans were lionized by the ruling coalition....
Source: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose
P6.93M Contingency Fund and an Underequipped PNP
he Philippine National Police delegates to Russia were provided by the Philippine government 6.93 million pesos as contingency fund. A fund, just in case, will be used for emergency purposes in Russia. That’s it, 6.93 Million Pesos as emergency fund for some PNP generals.
Possibly for a purchase of tons of caviar and thousands of liters of vodka.
As we all know, there are about 20% of the PNP personnel who have no guns. The SWAT patrol car of Calamba City PNP looks more like a push cart to me than a Toyota FX. A police outpost in Cabuyao is more like a ‘tambayan’ than an outpost.
Read my take here…
