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WHAT IS SHE UP TO?
The constitutionally mandated presidential election in 2010 is only 11 months away. But even while the presidential aspirants are busy with their preparations and the political cauldron is slowly heating up, a political scenario is brewing in the sidelines which could potentially alter our political system and even ignite chaos and instability.
The developing drama centers [...]
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Current Affairs
Our Massacred PeasantsThe murder the other week of Rene Peñas, who led the Sumilao farmers in their march from Bukidnon to Manila, and the violent eviction of the demonstrators from the premises of Congress at about the same time, evoked painful memories of peasant travail in the past. Rene Peñas was certainly not the first farm leader [...]
News
UP Prof Believes He Can Beat ArroyoCity of San Fernando, Pampanga — University of the Philippines professor Randy David believes he will win against President Arroyo if they run for Congress in Pampanga’s second district in next year’s elections.
Speaking during an anti-Charter change forum at the University of the Assumption here Saturday (June 27), David said he and the nation are [...]
Celebrities
Ruffa & John Lloyd: Nothing to AdmitWhat’s the real score between Ruffa Gutierrez and John Lloyd Cruz?
For Ruffa, there’s nothing to explain.
“There’s no score talaga,” she told reporters. “Actually, I don’t wanna talk about it anymore kasi ang feeling ko, masyado nang lumalaki yung mga news. Wala pa naman talagang dapat i-admit dahil hindi ganoon ka-deep yung friendship namin. Yun nga [...]
Migration
Filipino Teachers Trade Homeland for Jobs in AmericaLOS ANGELES — Filipino exchange teacher Ferdinand Nakila landed in Los Angeles expecting Pretty Woman scenes of swank Beverly Hills boulevards and glittering celebrities. What he got was Inglewood, where he stayed for two weeks in temporary housing and encountered drunkards, beggars, trash-filled streets and nightly police sirens.
It got worse. In training sessions [...]