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ASEAN summit aborted

Published by Ellen on April 12, 2009

Protesters storm Thai hotel; Arroyo, leaders flee
Philippine Daily Inquirer

PATTAYA, THAILAND – Helicopters evacuated foreign leaders out of this beach resort city after anti-government protests forced the Thai government to postpone the 14th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders Summit.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo boarded a civilian helicopter which landed on the roof of the luxury Royal Cliff Grand Hotel, where the meeting was being held, Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said by telephone from Pattaya.

“She’s very safe, and very OK,” said Remonde, adding that Ms Arroyo and the other leaders were never in any danger. “The protesters were not rowdy,” he said.

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Prusisyon ng sakripisyo ng Panginoon

Published by Ellen on April 11, 2009

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Noong Biyernes Santo, sumama ako sa prusisyon doon sa aming baryo.

Doon sa amin sa Guisijan sa bayan ng Laua-an, probinsiya ng Antique, dalawang relihiyon ang maraming miyembro: ang Iglesia Pilipina Indipendiente o Aglipayan church at Romano Katoliko.

Mas malaki ang Aglipayan, ang simbahan na itinatag ng makabayang si Fr. Gregorio Aglipay dahil gusto niya ang relihiyon na hindi lamang nakabase sa Kristiyanismo kungdi na rin sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas at kaugalian ng mga Pilipino.

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Coming full circle in one year

Published by Ellen on April 5, 2009


VERA Files started with Spratlys, baseline and extended continental shelf. One year after, it’s again Spratlys, baseline and extended continental shelf.

On March 25 last year VERA Files came out with a two-part special report on the government’s scrambling to meet the deadline set by the United Nations for the submission of the Philippine claim of its extended continental shelf, the underwater extension of the land.

The deadline set by the Convention of the Law of the Sea, which the Philippines ratified 24 years ago, for coastal states to declare their extended continental shelf is May 13, 2009.

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Panibagong kahihiyan ng Pilipinas

Published by Ellen on April 4, 2009

Wala ng katapusan na kahihiyan itong ginagawa ni Gloria Arroyo sa bayan.

Noong Biyernes, nilabas ng Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ang pangalan ng apat na bansa na kanilang na blacklist dahil sa hindi bukas ang banking system sa pagbigay ng impormasyon para sa kanilang kumpanya laban sa katiwalian. Isa doon sa apat at ang Pilipinas. Ang iba ay Costa Rica, Malaysia at Uruguay.

Hindi nakapagtataka. Siyempre hindi talaga papayag si Arroyo na magiging bukas ang mga bangko sa impormasyon ng mga transakyon. Kung hindi, mabubuking siya at ang kanyang asawa at ang kanilang mga alagad at kaibigan ang kanilang mga raket.

Ang OECD at organisasyon ng mga maykayang bansa at ang kanilang sinusulong ay demokrasya at at kapitalismo. Kasama sa OECD ang pinakamalaking ekonomiya katulad ng China,United States, Japan, Germany, France

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Norberto Gonzales’ “transition president”

Published by Ellen on April 3, 2009

Could this be what Shakespeare calls “method in madness”?

Following the admission of Mike Arroyo, son of Gloria and Mike Aroyo, that he met with former House Speaker Jose de Venecia for the passage of the charter change resolution introduced by Camarines Sur Luis Villafuerte, here comes National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales Jr. and his bright idea of a “transition government.”

In a statement last week, Gonzales echoed the line of his principal, Gloria Arroyo, blaming “politics” for what we are now – “a nation of servants”, as told to our face by a Hongkong bastard.

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Lacaba released

Published by Ellen on April 2, 2009

Breaking News! Mary Jean Lacaba, one of the three Abu Sayaff hostages, has been released. She is now at the Marines headquarters.

Dasal para sa Abu Sayaff hostages at sa bayan

Published by Ellen on April 1, 2009

Sana paglabas ng kulom na ito ay nakabalik ng ligtas sina Mary Jean Lacaba Filipina), Andreas Notter (Swiss) at Eugenio Vagni (Italian), ang tatlong International Red Cross (IRC) workers ha hawak ng bandidong grupong Abu Sayaff.

Habang sinusulat ko ito (Miyerkules ng umaga), walang balita na may napugutan sa kanila na siyang banta ni Albader Parad, ang lider ng grupo na may hawak sa tatlong hostages sa kanyang. Sabi ni Parad, pupugut siya ng ulo ng isang hostage kapag hindi nag-pull out sa Sulu ang military ng alas 2 ng hapon Marso 31.

Ayun kay Sulu Governor Sakur Tan, nang tanungin noong Martes ng hapon si Parad kung may ginawa silang masama sa mga hostages, ang sagot ay “Wala akong masabi.” Kaya, hindi talaga natin alam kung ano ang nangyayari doon sa bundok ng Jolo.

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