Archive for the 'Politics, Social issues & Current events' Category
Emmanuel “Manny” Dapidran Pacquiao or more popularly known as Manny Pacquiao is probably the most sensational figure to emerge this last decade not only in Philippine history but worldwide.
September 20th, 2010 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | No Comments
Last Monday, August 23, 2010 was such a sad day. Twenty one Chinese tourists from Hong Kong and four Filipinos were held hostage in a bus. The 12 hours standoff ended in blood. 8 hostages were killed.
August 26th, 2010 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | 7 Comments
You must have missed a lot last July 26, 2010. You another day written in the history books. Last July 26, 2010 President Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III gave his first State of the Nation address (SONA)
July 30th, 2010 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | No Comments
Last Monday, July 26, 2010 our beloved President, President Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III or popularly known as “P-Noy” gave his first state of the nation address or SONA. The intention of the SONA is to get the legislative support of congress in order that the president’s agenda for the country might be fulfilled. Aside [...]
July 30th, 2010 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | 1 Comment
This coming Monday, July 26, 2010, all eyes will be glued to their television sets and the entire Philippine nation will literally come to a halt as people will be listening to President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino’s 2010 State of the Nation address. (Or Commonly referred to as the Noyoy Aquino SONA 2010) on television [...]
July 25th, 2010 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | 2 Comments
Voting in some precinct has just been completed. Other precincts have already transmitted the results while the other Precincts are just about to transmit the Philippine elections 2010 results. They must have some trouble with the receipt printer in their PCOS machines. They say that before 1 a.m. today, May 11, 2010, we will have [...]
May 11th, 2010 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | 1 Comment
Isang tulog na lang ! The Philippine election 2010 will finally kick off tomorrow ! We hope and pray for a generally peaceful and smooth election tomorrow. Its judgment day for the candidates! I’ve said in “Ten things that make the Philippine 2010 elections unique Part 1” that the Philippine election 2010 is unique and [...]
May 9th, 2010 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | No Comments
Election is such a colorful time in the Philippines. I don’t think any other country can match the colorful and vibrant democracy that we have. That’s because the colors that come with the election is not abstract but literal. Literally, the entire country is covered with the colors of the respective candidates running for their [...]
May 9th, 2010 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | No Comments
In less than 48 hours, history will be written. We will be crossing the “Rubicon” as a nation so to speak. This Monday, May 10, 2010 the Filipino people will make a decision that could make or break us as a nation. It will be the Philippines 2010 elections.
May 8th, 2010 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | No Comments
A lot of people has associated me as being “Pro-Noynoy Aquino” for president and rightly so because I’ve sent a lot emails and has campaigned for Noynoy and Mar Roxas through social networking. I have even written a post “Noynoy Aquino for President in 2010” sometime in September 2009.
April 30th, 2010 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | No Comments
I certainly hope and pray that this will not be in another week of disaster after disaster. Right now, our eyes are glued on the computer surfing Tsunami watch websites and reading about tsunami warnings.
February 28th, 2010 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | 1 Comment
Aside from the Manny Villar song, “Gusto ko happy ka” (I want you to be happy) has become a byword in our house. Everytime somebody asks me not to do something I just tell them “Gusto ko happy ka.” (Just to say something ironic because if I do something and somebody does not like it, [...]
February 24th, 2010 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | 6 Comments