For those who have roots in Antique or those from the Visayas who can write in Kinaray-a, this should be of interest to you.
Dungug Kinaray-a Inc. is now accepting entries for this year’s Padya Dungug Kinaray-a.
Kinaray-a is the language spoken mostly in West Visayas. It is the language in the province of Antique.
Dungug Kinaray-a Inc. is a non-profit organization composed of Kinaray-a writers, scholars, and advocates ( I am a member) for the preservation and promotion of the Kinaray-a language and literature.
The arrest of Davao-based journalist Margarita Valle last Sunday which turned out to be a case of mistaken identity puts into a question how intelligent is this so-called intelligence report which is the basis for the actions of government authorities including the country’s chief executive, President Duterte.
Valle, 61, a columnist of online publication Davao Today, was arrested at Laguindingan Airport in Cagayan de Oro,Misamis Oriental by agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Western Mindanao, while waiting for her flight to Davao City at about 10:30 a.m. She just came from a training workshop with the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines in Cagayan de Oro City.
She was released about 10 p.m. after being held incommunicado. A report by the Philippine Daily Inquirer quoted Col. Tom Tuzon, director of the CIDG in the Zamboanga Peninsula (Region 9) admitting that the arrest of Valles was a mistake.
SAGOT NI ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS TUNGKOL SA SINABI NI PANGULONG DUTERTE NA SIYA AY MAY KANSER AT NANGHIHINGI SIYA NG PERA
Nagugulantang ako sa mga maling impormasyun na pinagsasabi Pangulong Duterte tungkol sa akin.
Para sa tamang kaalaman ni Duterte ito ang totoo:
1.Wala na akong kanser. Matagal na akong gumaling sa sakit na kanser. Taong 2003 pa.
2.Kahit noong ginagamot ang aking kanser, hindi ako humingi ng pera sa ibang tao. Ang tumulong sa akin ay si Jake Macasaet, ang yumaong publisher ng Ang Pahayagang Malaya, kung saan ako nagtatrabaho noon at hanggang ngayon ay may kolum.
The Department of Health is aiming high: By 2040 they want a cervical cancer-free Philippines.
That means there no more new cervical cancer cases that number about 7,000 a year.
That means thousands of husbands would be spared of the grief of losing a wife, of children losing a mother, of parents losing a daughter, of kins losing a sister or aunt.
The single most formidable political force in the country today as shown by the results of the May 13 elections is not President Duterte nor his daughter, Sara, who made her debut in the national political scene with her newly-formed party Hugpong ng Pagbabago.
It is ABS-CBN’s top-rating soap opera “Ang Probinsyano. “
It also affirms what surveys have been showing that television, not social media, is still the number one source of information by the electorate.
Just to show how much the Filipino people believe in the longest running soap opera in the country, two partylist groups bearing the name “Probinsyano” – Ang Probinsyano and Probinsyano Ako – are in the top ten, assured of seats in the House of Representatives.
Pres. Duterte greets former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada who is free on bail for his pending plunder charges. Birthday of former President Joseph Estrada in April 2017.
Former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, who failed in his bid to return to the Senate in the just- concluded elections, called me up yesterday complaining of my description of him as “corruption-tainted.”
Accusing me of being “mean”, Estrada said, “I’ve committed mistakes, corruption is not one of them.”
He reminded me that he was cleared by the court of the charges of plunder and graft.
I didn’t have time to clarify with him which case he was referring to.
In 2001, immediately after his father , President Estrada, was ousted, both father and son were charged with plunder in connection with the multi million collection from jueteng, an illegal numbers game, and other anomalies. He was acquitted by the Sandiganbayan but his father was convicted. The older Estrada was pardoned by then President Gloria Arroyo which paved the way for his running for president again in 2010 and Manila mayor in 2016.
Former President and Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada accompanies son Jinggoy for the latter’s filing of certificate of candidacy. Oct.15, 2018 . Photo from ABS-CBN.
A report by ABS-CBN’s Christian Esguerra said former President and former Manila mayor Joseph Estrada cannot understand why he lost the mayoralty race to Isko Moreno, whom he once promised to hand over the reins of the city after one term but later reneged.
Esguerra quoted the 82- year old politician as, “Di ko alam paano nangyari, hanggang ngayon iniisip ko… sobrang bigat,” he said.
It’s a crushing defeat for a former movie actor turned politician, who for a time was winning easily all political contest he entered into: San Juan mayor, senator, vice president and the presidency.
One wonders which is harder for Estrada to take: this election’s defeat or his ouster from the presidency in January 2001 and his imprisonment for plunder for seven years.
Trust is supposed to be an essential element in an election.
You vote for a candidate that you trust will serve the country well. You vote for a candidate that you trust will not steal the people’s money. You vote for a candidate that you trust will help stop abuse and violations of the law.
You vote for a candidate that you trust will fulfill the promises they made during the elections.
Trust is what you have when you go to the polling place and cast your vote.
During the press conference of Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo last Wednesday, he twice mispronounced my name as “Tortillas.” My friend said, ”Panelo must be hungry, he must be thinking of Mexican food.”
I know that hunger clouds the mind. My sympathies to Panelo.
In presenting that silly diagram, sillier than the April 22 matrix, Panelo gave a timeline of my commentary of the Bikoy video supposedly to support their lie that I am part of their imagined Oust Duterte plot.
Nag-iba ng diskarte ang mga galamay ng Malacañang nang hindi kumagat ang kanilang palpak na “Oust Duterte plot” na may kasama pang katawa-tawa na matrix. Ang pinagdidiskitahan nila ngayon ay ang tulong na bigay ng mga mayayamang bansa o pribadong institusyon sa mga organisasyun sa mga bansa na hindi masyadong mayaman katulad ng Pilipinas.
Pinapalabas nila na masama ang magtanggap ng grants o pondo sa mga organisasyun sa ibang bansa. Nagpu-focus sila sa mga independent media organization katulad ng VERA Files, Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, at Rappler. Itong argumento ay mali at panloloko sa mamamayang Pilipino.
Ilan sa mga foreign funders ng VERA Files
Ano ba ang sinasasabi ng ating Saligang Batas tungkol sa media at foreign grants?
