Ang galing talaga nitong administrasyon ni Gloria Arroyo.
Sa okasyon ng World Press Freedom day kahapon, kasama ang Pilipinas sa 40 bayan na sinasabing “Predators of the press.”
Ang ibig sabhin ng “predator” ay isang bagay, pwedeng tao, pwedeng alien na kumakain o nagsisira ng isang bagay. Parang halimaw na nagbibiktima ng mga ordinaryong mamayan.
Kalinya na ng Pilipinas ang mga Taliban sa Afghanistan.
Philippines makes it to the list
By Laurent Houssay
Agence France-Presse
PARIS—Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders named Monday the world’s 40 worst “predators of the press” including politicians, religious leaders and militias to mark World Press Freedom Day.
“They are powerful, dangerous, violent and above the law”, the Paris-based watchdog RSF said. “These predators of press freedom have the power to censor, imprison, kidnap, torture and, in the worst cases, murder journalists”.
Seventeen presidents and several heads of government are on the list, including China’s Hu Jintao, Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame, Cuba’s Raoul Castro and Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
New entrants on the annually-updated list of “predators” include Taliban chief Mullah Omar.
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Two names that will surely be in my senatorial list when I go to the polls on Monday: Danny Lim (number 28) and Ariel Querubin (number 47).
While we were walking along Makati Avenue from the Makati City Hall towards Ayala Avenue morning of November 29, 2007, Brig. Gen. Danny Lim told us former Economic Planning Secretary Romy Neri was joining them. That was the height of the controversy over the anomalous $329 million NBN-ZTE contract.
Nag-cover ako ng Presidential Commission on Good Government mula sa unang araw nang ito ay binuo pagkatapos ng Edsa One noong Pebrero 1986. Si Jovito Salonga ang unang chairman at isa si Doromal sa mga commissioner.
Desenteng tao si Doromal at talagang nagmamalasakit para sa kapakanan ng bayan. Maraming kontrobersiya ang PCGG at hindi nakaligtas dito si Doromal ngunit naniniwala akong hindi siya corrupt.
Kahit retired na siya sa serbisyo sa pamahalaan, aktibo pa rin si Doromal sa mga aktibidades na nagsusulong ng good governance at demokrasya. Palagi ko siya nakikita sa mga forum.
Napakabait at grasyosa ang kanyang asawa na si Pearl. Nang ako ay nagkasakit, tumawag pa yan sa bahay at sinabing pinagdarasal nila ako.Kinukwento sa akin ni Commissioner Doromal na cancer survivor din siya.
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From his detention cell, Army Captain Dante Langkit is running for governor of Kalinga challenging well-entrenched politicians in the province.
A native of Kalinga Province, Langkit grew up in Poblacion Taga in the municipality of Pinukpuk. Born on October 1, 1971, Dante is the eldest among the four sons and three daughters of Esteban Linggayo Langkit and Gennette Balicao Dasayon.
Because of the then prevailing insurgency and tribal wars, Captain Langkit spent his elementary and high school studies in several government and private schools. He took his preparatory and elementary education at Bulanao Northern Elementary School and Pinukpuk Central School where he graduated Valedictorian. His high school days were spent at St. Williams Academy and St Theresita’s High School where he graduated with honors.
Former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada of Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) has edged out Manuel Villar, Jr. of the Nacionalista Party (NP)in the number two position in the May 10 presidential race in a survey conducted by the Magdalo, a group of reformist junior military officers .
The survey conducted from April 19 to 24 among 3,000 respondents nationwide showed Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino of the Liberal Party leading the race with 39.6 percent followed by Estrada with 24.8 percent and Villar with 23.6 percent.
This is the first survey that showed Estrada having overtaken Villar. Pulse Asia’s survey conducted April 23 to 25 among 1,800 respondents nationwide showed Villar and Estrada tied in second place with 20 percent each.
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JJ Domingo, a 20-year old student of international relations, relates in his Facebook wall the harrowing experience of his mother in the hands of people who introduced themselves as members of the Quezon City police.
JJ , who is now in Japan with his mother, said he has emailed this narration to the Philippine National Police and to the Napolcom. So far, he has not received any response.
He is also sending it to the Commission on Human Rights.
Here his story about what he said was the “arbitrary detention and extortion” of his mother by men who are supposed to protect her from lawless elements:
“When my mother went to the Philippines to attend the graduation ceremony of my sister and to seek the opinion of Filipino doctors on her mild cancer two weeks ago, she had no idea she was in for the shock of her life.
The latest pre-election survey of Pulse Asia showed former President Estrada of Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino tied in second place with Nacionalista Party’s Manuel Villar with 20 percent each.
Liberal party’s Benigno Simeon Aquino III surges some more to 39 percent for a 19 point lead over his two closest rivals.
In the vice-presidential, it’s no longer an overwhelming lead by LP’s Mar Roxas. PMP’s Jejomar Binay made a remarkable 9-point
increase.Unlike Roxas’ 20- point lead over Nacionalista Party’s Loren Legarda last month, his lead over a resurgent Binay is only nine percent.