President Benigno Simeon Aquino III accepts the resignation letter personally handed by former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez in a brief meeting at the Private Office, Premier Guest House, Malacanang Friday April 29, 2011. The resignation of the Ombudsman is 10-days before the opening of the Impeachment Trial against Gutierrez in the Senate. On March 22, 2011, [...]
Archive | April, 2011
My Twitter coverage on the Royal Wedding
An official photo of Prince William and his fiancee Catherine Middleton, released April 28, 2011. (Credit: Mario Testino) “We are both so delighted that you are able to join us in celebrating what we hope will be one of the happiest days of our lives. The affection shown to us by so many people during [...]
Risa Hontiveros says Catholic Church’s name-calling shows it has lost the RH battle
Former Akbayan Representative Risa Hontiveros today slammed Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines’ (CBCP) Vice-President Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma for branding advocates of the Reproductive Health Bill as terrorists. In a statement, Hontiveros described Palma’s statement as “foolish and ridiculous.” “Terrorism is the method of taking hostage a community or a population to demand the [...]
Complaint filed against Willie Revillame on Child Abuse as defined under RA 7610 (updated)
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Today, the Department of Social Welfare and Development through Secretary Dinky Soliman filed a complaint against Willie Revillame. Together with Father Robert Reyes, End Child Abuse Community Facebook administrators Froilan Grate and Frances Irene Bretaña and myself we filed as co-complainants and submitted our joint affidavit-complaint at the Quezon City Prosecutor at past 10:00 AM. [...]
Passage of RH bill this year is imminent, says women’s group
Despite the constant below-the-belt-attacks from some Catholic bishops, priests and lay leaders, the controversial reproductive health (RH) bill continuously draws support from major decision-makers of the country including Sen. Lacson, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and President Aquino himself. This wave of support paves the way for the passage of this proposed legislative [...]
Balikbayan
Unexpected, I went back to our little country that we all called Philippines, My dad convinced me and so I brainwashed my husband to go back and that was also after a year of that September 11 attack. Ground Zero is only 30 minutes away from our home in Ridgefield, New Jersey. When I first [...]
Storify public beta is NOW OPEN: Everyone can create an account at http://storify.com
Since January you might have seen me curating tweets here using Storify. I was quite happy to be given this private beta opportunity. I cannot count the number of stories culled from Storify here in Blog Watch. I have tried other curating tools but Storify rocks them all. The good news is Storify public beta [...]
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