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Thoughts on PNoy’s SONA

on Jul 28, 2010 in News, Politics

Photo credits: Barrio Siete

The State of the Nation Address of President Benigno Aquino III created a buzz among the people: some people find the SONA to be a blockbuster-tell-all-the-truth scenario, others find it some sort of reminiscing of PGMA’s administration and decry all the anomalies that happened during that term.

In other words, some people may find that the SONA is kinda’ sweet, others can see PNoy’s bitterness.

In my opinion, you can never address problems if you will not be presenting solutions to them. On PNoy’s part, it is quite hard for him to inherit an country filled with political landmines in its governance and in every discovery of the anomaly, its another thorn on his way.

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State of the Nation Address of President Benigno Aquino III

on Jul 26, 2010 in News, Politics

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For those who missed the SONA, here’s a transcript. My own review will follow soon.  ~Silver
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 [...]

 
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19 Things You Don’t Know About STAR WARS

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I must admit, I AM A STAR WARS fan. I like watching those movies and yes, I grew up watching them. And so, out of curiosity, I spotted this nifty star wars trivia that revealed a lot of things behind the brainchild of George Lucas. Enjoy folks!

[Via: Online PhD]

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Inaugural Speech of President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III

on Jun 30, 2010 in News

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Yes peeps, I know that I have been absent in my blogging chores recently. So happens that my schedule is so jampacked that I could not literally squeeze blogging into my everyday routines. Despite of that, I will not let blogging go away from my life that easy, hence, you will still find me blogging [...]

 
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Murder of the FOI

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I might be late in updating my blog, but I never miss my dose of news everyday, as I surf the web. Recently, I expressed my OUTMOST DISGUST about the murder of the Freedom of Information Bill, courtesy of the 14th Congress. Here’s my disgusted comment over at Ms. Ellen Tordesillas’ blog:

Murder of the FOI. [...]

 
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SHOCKING: 2 Year Old Smokes Like an Adult!

on May 28, 2010 in News, WTF / WTH moments

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Jeezz. I don’t know what’s wrong with the world today or perhaps, the parents of this kiddo why they did allow this young fella to smoke! I was really caught off guard from doing my usual papers, when I saw this SHOCKING video of Ardi Rizal (Demn, is he related to Jose Rizal or what???)
Here’s [...]

 
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Political Photoshop

on May 17, 2010 in Comedy, Politics

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Having a break from the toxic political news, I spotted this fun photoshopped image from Facebook:

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My Election Observations

on May 16, 2010 in Commentaries and Opinions, Politics

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Forgive moi, just happened that I lost internet connection for a week so I failed to update my blog in lieu of the elections that happened last week. Darn, I missed a lot from the internet. Grrr.
Almost every voter had their own automated election experience: the heat, the long and frustrating lines, the mess caused [...]

 
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WTF: Unopposed Candidates?

on May 6, 2010 in News, Politics

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I saw this post in Barrio Siete – a list that contains the names of unopposed candidates from different locations in our country. I am wondering how COMELEC just let this pass. How can they call the elections in those locations? Election pa ba ang matatawag kung unopposed ang mga candidates sa lugar ninyo?
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Glitches Galore

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I dunno if COMELEC is aware of testing and configuration when it comes to automated devices. Earlier today, it was reported that certain PCOS machines experienced glitches during the reading of the ballots in Makati, Paranaque, Mindoro and Batangas. As of this posting time, reports of PCOS machines in Batangas have experienced 100 percent glitch [...]

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