Reposting an article I read over at Mindanews:
(This piece was posted as a Facebook entry by the author. A friend of hers, Inday Espina-Varona, editor in chief of The Philippine Graphic sent this out to other friends “for two reasons. One, that it us a powerful expression of a pain that cannot go away and; second, because the author, former managing editor of the Graphic, is a dear friend who …

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A frat brother sent me a link to an article that made me laugh early this morning. It was about Nogie drumming up results of him winning over Sarah Duterte in a mock election held in UP Mindanao.  There were 46 participants only, most of which were his scholars.  Desperate much?
Sonny, another frat brother and current UP Min USC Vice Chairperson disputed the results, as 46 out of more than a thousand students simply can’t represent UP Mindanao, not even …

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Everybody’s agog at Ninoy’s decision to run for president, most especially after Mar’s decision to step down and give up his ambition for a man whose last name is more popular than his.

And yet what does Ninoy really have to offer the filipino people? His last name made popular by the role his parents played during Martial law? Is that name really enough and basis alone for Filipino people to put another Aquino in power? A popular sister who as early as now enlisted the help of fellow celebrities for the campaign?

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Tens of millions lost their jobs; billions across the globe have been hurt—the poor always harder than the rich. No one was spared..

It has affected us already. But the story of the Philippines in 2008 is that the country weathered a succession of global crises in fuel, in food, then in finance and finally the economy in a global recession, never losing focus and with economic fundamentals intact.

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I can’t join the lobbying on the streets and at the congress because of work, but I’ll do my own share here on this blog. Read the statement here. (longer post to follow soon)

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This painting aptly describes how I feel today. And I don’t even like it. Shit.

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