December 2009
15 posts
“This is a time for all our people to be sober, discerning, vigilant, and...”
– Noynoy Aquino
Dec 17th
Something’s gotta give - INQUIRER.net, Philippine... →
Dec 17th
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“Compared to Singapore, not many Businesses wants to invest in the Philippines...”
– Carlo Miguel Saavedra (via carlomiguel)
Dec 17th
One People. One Nation.
A nation torn by the very people who were suppose to get them out of trouble. A nation riddled by corruption. A nation desperately crying out for change. Welcome to the Philippines. As though this year alone hundreds of people dying, due to the consecutive storms which entered the country, were not enough, greed and the thirst for power have to further add to the grief that the country have to...
Dec 17th
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Dec 15th
What Happened on 11/23?
Power and Greed. Many people have died. How much more must die for the selfish needs of these merciless people? How long must we suffer from mediocre, subpar leaders? How much more are we going to endure as the beautiful flag of the Philippines get destroyed by our very own hands? But this is what has been happening in our land. Our land, the promised land, being soiled by the blood of the...
Dec 15th
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Photoset: A Deadly Massacre in the Philippines →
Courtesy of Time Magazine
Dec 14th
Why the Philippines' Maguindanao Massacre Happened →
Even for a country long hardened to election violence, the massacre of at least 57 defenseless civilians on the main southern island of Mindanao, many of them relatives and supporters of a local politician and a large group of journalists, sets a new low. This troubled corner of the Philippines usually makes headlines for its long-running Muslim separatist rebellion. But the killings starkly...
Dec 14th
The Future of Journalists in the World's Most... →
57 people killed in broad daylight, 30 of them journalists. It was premeditated murder because even before they were ambushed, their graves were dug. It was the worst election-related violence we have ever seen and the deadliest single attack on journalists anywhere around the world.
Dec 14th
“Brutal, barbaric, and heinous. These were words used to describe the Maguindanao...”
– Br. Edmundo Fernandez FSC Brother Visitor Br. Felipe Belleza FSC District Council Member Br. Narciso Erguiza Jr. FSC District Council Member Br. Dennis Magbanua FSC District Council Member Br. Victor Franco FSC Auxilliary Visitor Br. Armin Luistro FSC District Council Member Br....
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