Open Letter to Barack Obama
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July 31, 2009
July 29, 2009 HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA Washington District of Columbia United States of America Dear Mr. President, We shared the wonderful jubilation of the American people during your... Read more »
Outdoing Marcos
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July 31, 2009
By BENJIE OLIVEROS MANILA — It is the State of the Nation Address once again. The true state of the country is again the subject of debates. Surely, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo would boast about... Read more »
Dancing in the streets
Luis V. Teodoro
July 31, 2009
It’s called wishful thinking: interpreting events according to how one wants things to turn out, imagining the imminent realization of one’s hopes in the statements of the presumably knowledgeable... Read more »
Peace overtures
Carol Pagaduan Araullo
July 31, 2009
I was tempted to submit a column for the week with the title “Arroyo’s SONA accomplishments” followed by a blank space but quickly realized I didn’t have the advantage of youthful irony to get... Read more »
Inspired by Katrina Halili, Other Women Victims of Sex Videos Come Out
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July 31, 2009
Since the sex-video scandal erupted, actress Katrina Halili has faced the crisis head-on, filed cases against Hayden Kho and, she tells Bulatlat, will pursue justice even if it destroys her career. Her... Read more »
Elizabeth Principe: ‘I Am Raring to Rejoin the Struggle Against This Unjust Regime’
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July 31, 2009
“My continued detention (until today) shows that the Government of the Republic of the Philippines is not serious in lifting the suspension of the Jasig. There is political pressure to keep me in jail.... Read more »
Remittances Slowing Amid Rising OFW Deployment
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July 31, 2009
MANILA — While government economic managers report that overseas Filipino remittances are increasing, actual remittances or transfers are in fact slowing, according to research group IBON. Data from... Read more »
Sick Filipina Maid, 6 Others, ‘Hostaged’ by Employment Agency in Middle East
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July 31, 2009
In February, Maribel Figaroa and several other Filipino women went to Oman to work as domestic helpers. Instead of gainful employment, they ended up being abused and exploited by the placement agency that... Read more »
Other Mabuhay Festival Photos
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July 31, 2009
PIDC President Jun Enverga PIDC Exec VP Minda Neri At Mabuhay Festival July 18, Jess Perucho, Cora de la Cruz, Frank Luna. Natalie Rafael, Miss Philippines PIDC 2009 at Mabuhay. Miss Manila during Santacruzan... Read more »
In Arroyo’s SONA: A Different Picture
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July 31, 2009
In her ninth State of the Nation Address, President Arroyo painted a rosy picture of the Philippines – a world so much different from the one most Filipinos live in, her critics say. (Read story…) Read More →
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