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Kahit anong kahig, walang matuka

Published by Ellen on September 11, 2006

Kaya gusto ko umuwi sa amin sa probinsiya ng Antique ay para na rin reminder sa sarili ko na hindi Pilipinas ang Manila.

Ang aming baryo, Guisijan, ay nasa bayan ng Laua-an. Katulad ng maraming baryo dito sa Pilipinas, hindi nararamdaman ng mga tao doon ang national government. Kayod lang sila ng kayod.

Ang kasabihan na “Isang kahig, isang tuka” ay tugmang-tugma sa uri ng pamumuhay doon sa amin. Para may hapunan, papalaot ang mga kalakihan para mangisda. Noong malilit kami, pagdating namin galing sa eskwela, takbo kaagad sa tabing dagat at tutulong maghila ng bitana (fish net).

Truth shall spring out of the earth

Published by Ellen on September 11, 2006

This is the speech of Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano last Sept. 5. For your reference:

“Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven”
Psalms 85:11
Madam President, Atty. Mike Arroyo I am not sorry! It is not because I cannot humble myself if I made a mistake, but because the administration refused to allow us to present evidence in the committee on justice, you refuse to sign the waiver and so far the bank certification has not proven the impeachment team wrong.

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Update on Bolante

Published by Ellen on September 11, 2006

This came out in Philippine Daily Inquirer today. This one is straight from Harry Roque, Jr. :

Two months after Jocelyn “Joc Joc” Bolante was apprehended by Immigration Officials in Los Angeles, the official story behind his arrest can finally be revealed.

In a sworn statement before an officer of the US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), Bolante revealed that two officers were apparently already waiting for him at the jetway shortly after he arrived last July 7 at the LA airport.

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Thanks!

Published by Ellen on September 11, 2006

Thanks for keeping the fires burning while I was away. I just came in and I’ll try to share with you some info in my…

Iraq and Philippines compared

Published by Ellen on September 7, 2006

(This article, by Jon Wiener, appeared in the Aug. 30, 2006 issue of the Los Angeles Times)

DOES HISTORY provide any models suggesting that the unhappy war in Iraq might have a happy ending? Journalists and military experts are pointing hopefully to the U.S. war in the Philippines at the turn of the 20th century as an example of how Americans can fight a tough guerrilla insurgency and eventually win.

Max Boot, an Op-Ed columnist for the Los Angeles Times, has written that the U.S. victory in the Philippines provides a “useful reminder” that Americans can prevail in Iraq. Similar arguments have been made by Robert Kaplan in the Atlantic Monthly and by the neoconservative American Enterprise Institute.

Defensive si Defensor

Published by Ellen on September 6, 2006

Halatang nayanig si Mike Defensor sa exposé ni Sen. Aquilino Pimentel tungkol sa kanyang ginawang pakiki-alam laban sa kaso ng mga Filipino nurses sa New York at kampi sa Amerikano na hindi tumupad sa kontrata.

Ang reaksyon niya ay kailangan raw mag”sorry” sa kanya si Pimentel.

Nahihibang na itong si Defensor. Gayang-gaya siya sa kanyang dalawang amo, si Gloria at Mike Arroyo, na humihingi ng “sorry” kay Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano.

Who said it was in the Arroyos’ name?

Published by Ellen on September 5, 2006

I have not cheated anyone of his vote, I have not diverted a single centavo of money of the people to my pockets, and I drive myself to the limits of my strength working to earn an honest living.

Like many honest, trustworthy and hardworking Filipinos, I admire Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano for exposing bank account No. 87570-23030-32100-6271-571 in Hypo-und Vereinsbank in Munich, Germany which international investigating agencies have been keeping an eye on since 2002.

The huge sums going to this account has been credited to a person who is said to be part of the government armed agency and is known to be close to a person belonging to the most powerful family in the country today.

Vacation

Published by Ellen on September 5, 2006

I will be going on vacation to our place in Antique. I will be back on Sept. 11. Meanwhile, I have advanced some articles to…

Update on German bank account

Published by Ellen on September 4, 2006

Here are two articles on the expose of Rep. Allan Peter Cayetano about a secret bank account in a German Bank which is believed to be belonging to the Arroyos.

The first article is Arroyo, speaking for the first time on the issue, accused Cayetano of peddling lies.

The second article is the column of Lito Banayo in last Saturday’s issue of Malaya.

Ang kapangyarihan ni Arroyo

Published by Ellen on September 4, 2006

Malaking kahihiyan dapat para kay Gloria Arroyo ang mapasama sa listahan ng most powerful o pinakamakapangyarihan samantalang ang milyung-milyong Pilipino ay powerless sa kanilang kahirapan.

Para bang isang taong nagpatayo ng palasyo sa gitna ng squatter area.

Malaki sa dinadanas na kahirapan ng mga Filipino ngayon ay dahil na rin kay Arroyo na ginagamit ang kapangyarihan sa pansariling interes sa halip na sa kapakanan ng taumbayan.

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