“I am not a traditional politician who likes to give promises and deadlines…”- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, March 8, 2001“President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Tuesday gave the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) 15 days to...
Topics: deadlines, Issues

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Ignacio Bunye ended his term as press secretary last June 16 with a rendition of his favorite song, “My Way.” But he left an unfinished business.In June 2005, Bunye “revealed” a supposed plot of the opposition to...
Topics: General, Hello Garci, Ignacio Bunye

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The kidnappers of Ces Drilon and her colleagues want to collect “board and lodging fee” from the victims’ families. The Arroyo regime has so popularized Orwellian Doublespeak in the Philippines that even kidnappers are now using it.In...
Topics: 1984, Ces Drilon, Doublespeak, Gloria, Issues, Orwellian

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Sorry for the lack of updates and for being offline the past days. We’re really swamped with work — office stuff and personal things to attend to. We also had to fix a malware issue that placed us on Google’s restricted sites.We were...
Topics: General

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From Pinoy Weekly:Ka Bay passes awayBayani Abadilla, writer, professor and journalist, passed away last May 14 after a long battle with lymphoma.Son of pioneering Filipino modernist poet Alejandro G. Abadilla, Bayani was a veteran of the First Quarter...
Topics: Bayani Abadilla, obituary, People

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