Fathers Day Special: Who’s afraid of Dick Gordon?

60 MINUTES: How much information can you get out of a 60-minute interview? The Students and Campuses Bulletin puts this idea to the test as it interviews notable Filipinos about their lives, their philosophies, and their achievements, all within the self-imposed time limit. 60 Minutes aims to teach, inform and inspire today’s Filipino youth.
Interview by: [...]

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Games of the Ex-Generals

By Raymond Burgos
Abante
Pinakamarami na sigurong retiradong heneral ang sasabak sa pulitika sa darating na 2010 national ang local elections.
Sa gabinete ni Gng. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ay may dalawang dating hepe ng Philippine National Police (PNP) at isang dating Armed Forces chief of staff ang nagpaplanong tumakbo sa kani-kanilang distrito kundi man kongresista ay bilang lokal na [...]

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HOW OUR FLAG FLEW AGAIN

By Jose A. Quirino
Philippines Free Press
June 9, 1956

The flag was prohibited for 12 years. Tears of joy were shed when flag law was repealed

ONE of the saddest events in Philippine history occurred on September 6, 1907, the day the Filipino flag was proscribed. The incidents which led to the first proscription of the Sun and Stars [...]

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Gloria Arroyo the Queen of Banana Republic

Our democracy that was once exemplary is now under siege by a power-hungry president with an insatiable lust for  dominance. For more than nine years, Gloria Arroyo has continuously violated the law of the land by ignoring the Constitution, by rewriting laws passed by Congress with her signing statements, and by issuing more than million [...]

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To the Members of the House who sponsored HR 1109

We write this letter in the knowledge that within our inalienable right to free speech, we have the right to condemn, to dissent, and to express.  We believe that dissent and disagreement – as well as anger – is warranted for the events of June 2, 2009, where 170 Representatives sponsored and passed a ruthless, [...]

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MAKASALAPI

STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE
by René B. Azurin

Let us combine the letters of the LAKAS and KAMPI parties’ names and refer to the merged party as MAKASALAPI. This will indulge our fondness for clever acronyms and may actually capture the true spirit of the resource-rich conglomeration of the country’s most powerful politicos and [...]

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Two American girls sentenced to 12 years hard labor in North Korea

As global powers debate how to punish North Korea for its nuclear defiance, two American journalists seized nearly three months ago faced a trial  in Pyongyang on charges that  landed them in one of the country’s notorious labor camps.

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How North Korea could destroy U.S. for $5,000

By Rob Pfriender
Posted: June 01, 2009

As reclusive and unpredictable communist North Korea ups the ante by setting off a successful nuclear explosion and launching multiple short-range missiles this week, our elected officials foolishly dismiss the threats made by this unstable and extremely dangerous sworn enemy of America. Today the psychotic regime went as far [...]

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Mr.Palengke,Padyak at Boy Bawang

“Con-Asswang” ang tawag ni Sen. Mar Roxas sa ginawa ng mga miyembro ng Kongreso. At halos inaaswang na nga ng administrtasyon ang mamamayan. Sa isang kamay, matatamis ang mga salita nila ukol sa darating na eleksyon. Matutuloy daw at dapat paghandaan. Pero sa isang kamay naman ay kumilos na nga para ipasa ang kontrobersiyal na [...]

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Statement of BGen. Danilo Lim

To the Officers and Men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines:

Last Tuesday’s brazen railroading of the Con-Ass Resolution has erased whatever doubts we have about GMA’s true intention of holding on to power beyond 2010. This is not the first time she has trampled upon the Constitution we have all sworn to follow and [...]

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