Hontiveros said utak wangwang is also utak-pork barrel Akbayan Party today branded the decision of the minority bloc in the House of Representatives to boycott the proposed P1.8-trillion 2012 national budget in protest over the delay in the release of their pork barrel funds as irresponsible. The progressive political party also said the boycott sends [...]
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@datozainab clarifies Jarius Bondoc column ‘Rizal doesn’t deserve this’
Datin Seri Dato’ Zainab Abd. Kader (with twitter name @datozainab), the wife of Ambassador Dato Seri Dr. Ibrahim Saad, Malaysia’s Ambassador to the Philippines disowned a Twitter message criticizing Philippine national hero Jose Rizal, saying it was a “set-up” aimed at putting them in a bad light and harming relations between the two countries. Datin [...]
Group lauds passage of law that will pave way for discipline sans physical and psychological hurt
A group of child rights advocates expressed appreciation with the House of Representatives for the approval of an important legislation that will protect the rights of children against abuse. The bill, “An Act Promoting Positive and Non-violent Discipline of Children” authored by Reps. Susan Yap (1st District, Tarlac) and Bernadette Herrera-Dy (Bagong Henerasyon Partylist), was [...]
Possible gunman at Virginia Tech?
Update at the Virginia Tech website Update to VT Alerts (10:35 a.m.) See VT homepage or email for further information on possible person with weapon. People on campus stay indoors until further notice. Update to VT Alerts At 9:09 a.m. three juveniles attending a camp at the university reported seeing a white male, 6 feet [...]
Zubiri withdraws counter-protest against Pimentel
Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri withdrew his counter-protest against an electoral complaint filed by Lawyer Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, subsequent to his resignation as senator last Wednesday. Senator Zubiri’s legal counsel, George Erwin Garcia submitted a copy of the senator’s resignation speech and withdrew the counter-charges around 2pm on Thursday at the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) [...]
DTI briefing with bloggers on consumer act and promo/contest permit
DTI Secretary Gregory L. Domingo took the time to be present in the briefing with the bloggers on the Consumer Act and guidelines in holding contests and sales promo to bloggers. The DTI staff are actually quite open-minded and realized that there are so many iterations regarding promotions in blogs. Sec. Domingo resolved that a [...]
Planting the seeds of hate
by Benjamin F. Cardinez From the time Gloria Macapagal Arroyo assumed the presidency of the Philippine republic on January 20, 2001 to succeed the deposed president, Joseph “Erap” Estrada, she made bitter enemies among the latter’s millions of fanatic supporters. The hatred she generated within this group haunted her administration without let up, questioning her [...]
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Tweets: Palace and @mitosmagsaysay over laptop deal
I saw Usec Manolo Quezon tweet twice on Statement of the PCDSPO on the negotiated bidding of computers and got curious what PCDSPO was. It sounded like PCSO. It was actually a “Statement of the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office on the Negotiated Bidding of Computers” on a laptop deal. Rep. Mitos Magsaysay [...]