The Possible Untold Story In The Abduction of Ces Drilon

Was popular broadcast journalist Ces Oreña-Drilon abducted in Sulu by suspected members of the bandit Abu Sayyaf Group as part of a “political fund-raising effort” by the former negotiators and now tagged principal suspects: Mayor Alvarez Isnaji and son Haider? (The Isnajis, police say, pocketed up to 60 percent of the supposed initial P5M ransom paid by the Drion family.

Was Drilon simply ‘betrayed’ by their group’s guide who was supposed to bring them to their intended interviewee, top ASG commander Radulan Sahiron? (Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales

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Obama natakot sa ‘kiss of death’?

Rose Miranda/Boyet Jaduco – Abante

Nagkasya na lamang si Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sa isang phone conversation kay US presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama dahil inisnab ng huli ang dapat ay one-on-one meeting nila ng Philippine leader dahil sa busy nitong iskedyul.
Ngunit ang duda nina Senate minority leader Aqui­lino Pimentel Jr. at Sen. Panfilo Lacson, posible umanong sinadya talaga ni Obama na isnabin ang Pa­ngulo sa takot na mabiktima ng ‘kiss of death’.
Ang ‘kiss of death’ ay tawag ng oposisyon sa endorsement o basbas ni Arroyo sa sinumang kandidato dahil tiyak umano ang pagkatalo nito.

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Sino ang Dapat Sisihin?

Marami sa atin ang naghihirap,namamatay,hindi nakakapag-aral. Bakit naging ganito ang pilipinas? Ang gobyerno ba natin hangang pagpapayamn na lang! Wala na ba silang pakialam sa ating bansa,kahit na ata sinong mamayanan ng pilipinas ay wala ng ring pakialam. Walang kwenta nga siguro ang pamahalaan. Pero mas bulok ang sistema. Mas masahol tayo kung tatayo lang tayo at mumurahin ang lahat ng nakikita nating mali.

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Supreme Court Upholds Right To Own Guns For Self-Defense

WASHINGTON — Silent on central questions of gun control for two centuries, the Supreme Court found its voice Thursday in a decision affirming the right to have guns for self-defense in the home and addressing a constitutional riddle almost as old as the republic over what it means to say the people may keep and bear arms.

The court’s 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia’s ban on handguns and imperiled similar prohibitions in other cities, Chicago and San Francisco among them. Federal gun restrictions, however, were expected to remain largely intact.

The court’s historic awakening on the meaning of the Second Amendment brought a curiously mixed response, muted in some unexpected places.

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Will Bush Bomb Iran?

Press Secretary Dana Perino was asked today about a rumor percolating below the surface in Washington, speculation that President Bush, just before he leaves office, will turn out the lights on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The further subtext: If the White House won’t end Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s nuclear program, the Israelis will.

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Bush met Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

President Bush met with Filipino President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo today at the White House. Arroyo was in Washington while her country tries to recover from a typhoon that devastated coastal areas and flipped a ferry carrying over 800 passengers last week. Before discussing aide for the Philippines, Bush couldn’t resist beginning the sober meeting with a quip about a Filipino member of his kitchen staff. Read part of the transcript from the meeting .

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Non-justifiable reasons

EDITORIAL

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06/24/2008

Not even a typhoon that lashed the Philippines, with thousands rendered homeless, along with some deaths, as well as causing the rapid sinking of a ship where hundreds went missing, with many dead, were enough reasons for Gloria Arroyo to cut off her working trip to the United States, to meet, for a few minutes, an American lameduck president, George W. Bush. The insensitivity of Gloria shows much too much.

And yet, the propaganda spiel from Malacañang was that she was “very concerned” over the damage in the aftermath of Typhoon Frank.

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Bush Might Bomb Iran If He Thinks Senator Obama’s Going To Win

On Fox News Sunday this morning, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol said that President Bush is more likely to attack Iran if he believes Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is going to be elected.

However, “if the president thought John McCain was going to be the next president, he would think it more appropriate to let the next president make that decision than do it on his way out,” Kristol said, reinforcing the fact that McCain is offering a third Bush term on Iran.

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DID I MARRY THE RIGHT PERSON?

EVERY relationship has a cycle. In the beginning,  you are in love with your  spouse. You anticipated his or her call, wanted the touch, and liked the idiosyncrasies.

Falling in love with your spouse wasn’t hard. In fact, it was a completely natural and spontaneous experience. You didn’t have to DO anything. That’s why it’s called “falling” in love… because it’s happening TO YOU.

People in love sometimes say, “I was swept of my feet.” Think about the imagery of that expression. It implies that you were just standing there; doing nothing, and then something came along and happened TO YOU.

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Finally De Castro Become a President

Noli De Castro always insist that he is a constitutional successor,now he got his wish. He will assume the functions of the Office of the President during Bonzai Arroyo’s10-day trip to the United States of America. It is about time for Kabayan to make Loren jealous who is widely expected to run for president in the 2010 elections,had played a major role in the negotiations,promising livelihood projects for Muslims and at the same time promoting her whitening cosmetic products.

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