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What to expect of Obama presidency

Published by Ellen on November 5, 2008

Washington — Barack Obama’s victory in the 2008 presidential election puts a Democrat in charge of the White House for the first time since Bill Clinton left office in January 2001.

Below are some of the possible consequences of the move:

• Obama has promised an orderly withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and a greater focus on the war in Afghanistan. Democrats will call on him to carry out his pledge, but the gains that have been made in Iraq in recent months may make it tempting for Obama to stop short of his pledge to pull out one combat brigade per month until they are all withdrawn.

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Sa wakas, nagdesisyon si JDV

Published by Ellen on November 5, 2008

Mabuti naman at pumirma ng impeachment complaint laban kay Gloria Arroyo si dating House Speaker Jose de Venecia.

Kailangan maghanap ng ibang panlalait ang mga kaalyado ni Gloria Arroyo sa pang-apat na impeachment complaint na isinampa laban sa pekeng presidente.

Parang hindi nga tama pagsamahin ang “impeachment” at “pekeng presidente” kasi ang ini-impeach lamang ay ang legal na presidente. Ang mga peke kasi dapat tinatapon. Kaya lang, ganyan talaga sa Pilipinas.

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Bolante just might get his wish

Published by Ellen on November 4, 2008

Joc-joc Bolante, the best friend of Mike Arroyo whom the Filipino people want to account for the P2.8 billion of money for agriculture which he diverted to the campaign funds of Gloria Arroyo in May 2004, should be reminded that God, in his unfathomable wisdom, just might grant his wish for an illness that would incapacitate him to go anywhere including the Senate investigation.

A source at St. Luke’s Hospital said the doctors are having a hard time looking for an “illness” which Bolante can use to justify his inability to withstand the stress of lying under the intense questioning of the senators.

As of Monday, six days after Bolante arrived Tuesday night in a wheelchair, his hand on his chest as if in pain, the medical bulletin issued by his attending physician,Dr. Romeo Saavedra (also the doctor of Mike Arroyo) said “the patient’s chest pains are due to findings of gastric ulcers and esophagitis.”

That validates the joke going around that Bolante’s blood pressure is 110 over acting.

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Photo contest on climate change

Published by Ellen on November 4, 2008

Entries to the photo contest on climate change maybe submitted online. Details below.

JOIN THE EC-PCP PHOTO CONTEST ON CLIMATE CHANGE!!!!!

1. Who may join: The competition is open to all Filipino photojournalists and photography enthusiasts except for staff of the Delegation of the European Commission to the Philippines.

2. Photographs, published or unpublished, taken in the Philippines from June 2007 to November 2008 covering the theme “Climate Change in the Philippines” are eligible as entries.

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Wala ang Amerika sa galing ng Pinoy sa eleksyon

Published by Ellen on November 3, 2008

May kumakalat na text joke na nasa Amerika na raw si Garcillano. Siyempre naman naala-ala nyo pa si Virgilio Garcillano, yung phone pal ni Gloria Arroyo sa “Hello Garci” tapes.

Sinasabi sa joke, inimport raw ni John Mc Cain ng Republican party si Garcillano dahil lahat na surveys lumalabas, lamang si Barack Obama ng Democrats. Kayang-kaya ayusin yan ni Garcillano.

Kaya kapag manalo si Mc Cain sa eleksyon na gaganapin ngayong araw, alam nyo na kung sino ang may kagagawan.

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Bolante forum-shopping

Published by Ellen on November 3, 2008

The son of an embattled agriculture official has asked the Court of Appeals to order his father’s immediate release from Senate custody.

Owen Vincent Bolante, son of former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-Joc” Bolante said in a 15-page petition for habeas corpus, which he filed Monday that his father’s detention was unlawful and called for his immediate release.

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It’s obvious: Bolante evading to tell the truth

Atty. Harry L. Roque. Jr.
Chair, Center for International Law
Co-Convener, Concerned Citizens Movement

The petition for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus, which was filed today on behalf of Mr. Jocelyn “Joc-Joc Bolante” by a son of his, is obvious proof that he does not plan on answering any of the public’s questions about the rotten multi-million peso fertilizer scam at the Department of Agriculture where he was once a well-placed official fixture.

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An exciting US election

Published by Ellen on November 2, 2008

David Plotke, a recent visitor courtesy of the US Embassy, said he didn’t rule out that George W. Bush’s secretarry of state Condoleeza Rice would vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Plotke, professor of political science and chairman of the Historical Studies Department of the New School in New York, said this before Rice’s predecessor, Colin Powell endorsed Obama.

Powell’s endorsement was a huge boost to Obama’s candidacy not only because the former was a Republican but as former chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff and secretary of state, he has helped neutralized the propaganda of Republican candidate John McCain’s camp that Obama is naïve in matters of security and foreign affairs.

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Security ni Bolante ang nagpagulo sa airport

Published by Ellen on November 1, 2008

Ang Undas ay okasyon para natin gunitain ang ating mga mahal sa buhay na sumakabilang buhay na. Sa mga Kristiyano kasi naniniwala tayo na panibagong buhay pagkatapos ng ating buhay dito sa mundo.

Ang undas ay pagpa-alala rin sa atin na ang buhay natin dito sa mundo ay temporario lang. Dumadaan lang tayo. Lahat tayo ay mamamatay.

Paala-ala rin sa atin na walang kabuluhan ang pagnanakaw at panloloko ng kapwa tao dahil hindi natin madala ang mga kayamanan sa kabilang buhay.

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Is there a storm on the horizon?

Published by Ellen on November 1, 2008

by Joel Rocamora
Akbayan Chairman

The bishops did it. Their call for a “new government”, then building hope around “liberators” who are “just around the corner” got everyone worked up. A “new government” in advance of the 2010 elections, of course, means the extra constitutional removal of the Arroyo administration. Everyone assumes the bishops are not talking of the Second Coming. Maybe those knights in shining armor who are a long time coming.

Conspiracy theorists are having a field day. The impeachment initiative, chacha, and the arrival of Jocjoc Bolante primed the public for the bishops’ statement. Are these moves linked? Is there a master conspiracy behind these linked moves? Did the bishops light the fuse for a coming explosion? Is it a short or a long fuse? The nice thing about conspiracy theories is that we can enjoy dramatic tension even if we cannot find out if there’s anything to the theory.

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