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The day after

Blogie — Tue, 11 May 2010 05:26:40 +0000

The first automated general elections in the Philippines are now winding down — not yet completely concluded, though, because there are still a number of areas that have not yet transmitted their electronic results. By the most significant indications, it was a success, in spite of the technical glitches in many of the PCOS machines [...]

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Shame on you, Gloria

Blogie — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:57:06 +0000

In her term as president of the Philippine Republic, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has had quite a few run-ins with infamy — the “Hello, Garci” brouhaha, corruption cases (that have not been resolved thus far), and now the Maguindanao massacre, which will remain in history as a blight of shame on our nation. Only one of these [...]

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Farewell, Cory Aquino

Blogie — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:33:38 +0000

Today, as the family of Corazon C. Aquino bury their matriarch, the Filipino nation mourns the loss of the country’s symbol of People Power, the restorer and defender of democracy. As President of the Republic, Cory was far from perfect. But, her actions and decisions were always guided by hard and fast principles. It was ever [...]

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Cha-Cha on hold…for now

We Want Change

Blogie — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 08:05:18 +0000

I had wanted to post something to contribute to Blog Action Day 2009, but after reading Marocharim’s entry, I decided to link to his post instead. What he has published is what I believe in as well, through and through. I am against Con-Ass. I oppose Charter Change. Not because I am an oppositionist, [...]

The Filipino Netizen in 2010

Blogie — Sun, 17 May 2009 14:06:50 +0000

[The following is an article I submitted to the UP Law Internet Society for publication in their magazine, "DIGITAL" (Digest of Information Technology and the Law).] The blogosphere––or the newfangled world of Web-based publishing––together with the surfeit of social networking services such as Facebook.com and Plurk.com, has virtually changed the landscape of today’s news-reading and -gathering, [...]

Some words of wisdom

Blogie — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:43:57 +0000

Here#8217;s a few words of wisdom, taken from The Word God Spells. It is not necessarily about religion, but about how we can see the words of Christ being relevant in our daily lives. Our Lord was warning His disciples against the teachings of the Pharisees and the bad influence of King Herod. Both were proud [...]img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/rp2010/~4/uGBkfpXyFj8" height="1" width="1"/