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From Philstar.com Taong 1990 nang binuo ang tinatawag na nating PDAF ngayon para sa isang marangal na layunin: Ang bigyang-lakas ang inyong mga Kinatawan sa Kongreso, upang tumukoy ng mga proyektong hindi kayang pondohan ng mga local government units. Wala pong mali o masama sa polisiyang ito. Ang mali, ang masama, at ang siya ngang ikinagagalit ng taumbayan, ay ang pagsasabwatan sa pagitan ng isang pangulong handang makipagtransaksyon para manatili sa kapangyarihan; mga mambabatas handang makipagkuntsabahan; at kung nariyan ang kooperasyon ng burukrasya; at mga mamamayang tila namanhid na sa panlalapastangang ginagawa sa kanila–kung nagsama-sama po ang mga sangkap na ito, maaaring maabuso ang PDAF. Kailangan nating maniguradong hindi na maaabuso ang sistema. Akala po ng iba, pera nila ang PDAF, na puwedeng gastusin kung paano nila gusto. Pero mali po ito: Pera ng bayan ang pinag-uusapan dito, at sa bayan dapat–at hindi sa ilang gahaman lamang– ang pakinabang nito. Nakakagimbal ng...

From Philstar.com MANILA, Philippines - The fight against the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill is the biggest challenge the Catholic Church is facing this Christmas season, an official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said yesterday. Batangas Archbishop Ramon Arguelles yesterday said that while a 20-year-old gunman killed 20 children in the US, President Aquino would be killing millions of children with a stroke of a pen if he signs the RH bill into law. “Our President intends to kill 20 million children with a fountain pen…to sign the RH bill into law,” he said. He said that if this happens, the womb of the mother would no longer be the safest place. “The RH bill is against life (and) so much young blood (would be) shed. May our leaders not give the Divine Child the same Herodian gift of 2,000 years ago: death of the innocents,” said the Batangas prelate. What an asshole. Full story here .

The latest talk of the town is the new girl that President Noynoy Aquino is courting. The girl is Grace Lee. Grace Lee (born Lee Kyung Hee) is a Korean television host and radio disc jockey working in the Philippines. She is the third Korean expatriate to appear prominently in Philippine television, after Sandara Park, Ryan Bang and her fellow DJs Sam Oh and Jinri Park.[1] She can speak Tagalog and English in addition to her native Korean. From the Manila Bulletin Following President Noynoy Aquino’s admission that they are dating, TV and radio personality Grace Lee has become more open in disclosing some details about their burgeoning bond. Despite holding the highest post in the country, PNoy’s courtship style remains “normal,” according to the Philippines-based Korean. “I don’t know about calling everyday, I don’t wanna divulge too much details, pero yes very normal, like any normal guy,” Grace said in an interview on “24 Oras,” Feb. 2. She has also received “a couple of ...

President Noynoy Aquino lambasted the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Renato Corona in a nationally televised public forum at the First National Criminal Justice Summit hosted by the Department of Justice at the Manila Hotel. Mr. Aquino lectured Corona in his speech, telling him that the Supreme Court is accountable to the people and saying its power emanated from them. “We have no plan to step on its rights or humiliate the credibility of anyone. But we have to go back to the main principle of our democracy. Those of us who took an oath to serve only owe it to one: you who are our boss, the Filipino people,” the President said. “Now there is one public servant who owes a debt of gratitude not to the people who should be the source of our power, but to a patron who squeezed him into the position, will we rely on him to look at the interest of the people?” he added. When asked for a reaction after President Aquino's speech criticizing the high court, Corona said, "...

Bongbong: Can we talk? NoyNoy: Who you? BongbongG: Kapal mo! you deleted my number na? NoyNoy: Kupal ka pala eh. sino ka ba? Bongbong: Gago! senator BONGBONG here. NoyNoy: Tae ka! Why would I have your #? Bongbong: Di ka ba talaga pwedeng makausap nang matino? NoyNoy: Di tayo close, you know that! Bongbong: Ulol! we have a lot of things in common, tandaan mo ‘yan. NoyNoy: Magkaiba tayo. Bongbong: ‘Di ah! pangalan pa lang natin, pareho na! bong-bong! noy-noy! NoyNoy: Tanga! anong pareho dun!? magkaiba ‘yon. ferdinand ka, benigno ako. Bongbong: See? kapangalan pa natin ang ating mga ama. NoyNoy: Bobo! junior ka, the third ako. malaki ang difference no’n. Bongbong: Pati sa mga kapatid natin, may similarity tayo. ‘yong panganay naming si ate Imee, saksakan nang ‘tigas ng ulo noong dalaga. Kapag nagustuhan ang lalaki, nagrerebelde. NoyNoy: Sira! hindi ganun ang panganay naming si ate ballsy. Bongbong: Ha-ha-ha! sinong may sabing si ballsy ang tinutukoy ko? NoyNoy: Huwag m...

Full videos of President Noynoy Aquino's State of the Nation Address on July 25, 2011.

The fight regarding the RH Bill is heating up specially during the Holy Week. With President Aquino's support of the RH Bill. Several Catholic priest have floated the idea of excommunicating the President. In an article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz and Fr. Jerry Oblepias, the diocesan director of the Family Life Ministry in Laguna, both questioned the quality of Mr. Aquino’s Catholicism for supporting the controversial reproductive health bill. Oblepias in particular said Mr. Aquino was a “bad Catholic” with a “conscience that is not well-formed.” Cruz called the President “anti-Christian” for saying that he was prepared to be expelled from the Church if that is what supporting the reproductive health bill would entail. He said that, "There are 2 ways for someone to be excommunicated. Abortion or harming the pope. But just in case the President signs the bill into law…he will not be excommunicated. Unless, if the church proves that...

From Philstar. Excuse the football terminology: “hat trick” is the best I can describe Beijing’s edgewise diplomacy which pulls out a mutually satisfying outcome from an impossibly annoying situation. China, as is known, has a 4,000-year experience in statecraft. The wisdom shows in this recent complication over the execution of three Filipino drug mules originally scheduled for this week. The complication is entirely the Philippines’ own making. Although we were officially informed in September the executions will happen after due review by China’s supreme court, we still chose to make a grand spectacle about our official pleading for commutation of the sentences. President Aquino then committed two blunders in quick sequence: he admitted to boycotting the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and then linked this to the effort to save the lives of the drug mules. Manila was to be sure, playing to the domestic audience, fearful of a repeat of the turbulence that followed Flor Contemplacion’s exe...

Have you heard about the faux pas created by Mai Mislang's Tweet when she was part of the delagation of PNoy in Vietnam? After Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet hosted a state banquet, Mai Tweeted "The wine sucks" and "Sorry pero walang pogi rito sa Vietnam". I don't know about you, but as part of the official delegation, I would think that these people would be more careful about what they say in public. Facebook, Twitter and all these other social networking sites is both a boon and a bane depending on how you use them. It's great that the public gets to know right away what's happening first hand. On the other hand, without proper protocol or control it can lead to a diplomatic incident. Based on what's been happening since P-Noy became President is that the people surrounding him are the ones that causing a lot of harm. And you know what's the worst part about this? She's P-Noy's speechwriter! There's now even a Facebook ...

Since the biggest issue in the Philippines right now is the Reproductive Health Bill and the threat of President Noynoy Aquino being excommunicated by the church. I think this video is explains pretty well the state of the nation in regards to its population.

I am deeply saddened by what happened on Monday with the hostage crisis. It was a tragic event that did not have to happen. It could have been easily prevented had the people in charged been more careful and did their homework. The Philippines now has a black eye caused by the incident and the international community has pretty much condemned the country for its tragic mistake. It's not just one, but several tragic mistakes. The first one being President Noynoy Aquino being incommunicado during all of this. Hong Kong Administrator Donald Tsang tried to contact President Noynoy Aquino but was unable to reach him. Hong Kong residents and officials are mad because of Manila's failure to update them of the situation as it was happening. Where was the President during all of this? According to reports, he was in the Palace administering the oath of office to the sister of one of his most powerful backers, the sister of Gabby Lopez of ABS-CBN. He only did a pre-dawn press briefing a ...

Here is the full transcript of President Noynoy Aquino's 2010 SONA. ===================== State of the Nation Address of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III President of the Philippines to the Congress of the Philippines Session Hall of the House of Representatives July 26, 2010, Batasan Pambansa Complex, Quezon City Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Vice President Jejomar Binay; Chief Justice Renato Corona; Former Presidents Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada; members of the House of Representatives and the Senate; distinguished members of the diplomatic corps; my fellow workers in government; Mga minamahal kong kababayan: Sa bawat sandali po ng pamamahala ay nahaharap tayo sa isang sangandaan. Sa isang banda po ay ang pagpili para sa ikabubuti ng taumbayan. Ang pagtanaw sa interes ng nakakarami; ang pagkapit sa prinsipyo; at ang pagiging tapat sa sinumpaan nating tungkulin bilang lingkod-bayan. Ito po ang tuwid na daan. Sa kabilang banda...

Noynoy Aquino and Jejomar Binay are leading the partial count. Surprisingly, Villar is not in second place but Joseph Estrada! For the latest Philippine news stories and videos, visit GMANews.TV

I guess now we know who the traitor in the Noynoy camp is. This is what billions of Pesos of ad will buy you. Priceless!

Rapper President?

I'm not for Noynoy or any candidates...yet. Just want to share each candidates platform/message as I find them.