Korupsiyong namana, kapalpakang dumarami

Korupsiyong namana, kapalpakang dumarami
By Darius Galang ⋅ October 8, 2010

Sa korupsiyon iniuugat ng gobyernong Aquino ang kahirapan ng buong sambayanan. Malinaw na may hindi ito totoo, pero kahit ang isyung ito ng korupsiyon, mukhang di pa rin naaampat man lang ng bagong presidente.

Bagaman tuwid na daan ang pinupostura, hindi pa rin tiyak ang pagtutuwid sa dati nang problema na kinakaharap laluna ng mga opisyal ng pamahalaan at militar. Tulad ng kasalukuyang imbestigasyon sa isyu ng jueteng sa bansa. Maaaring black propaganda lamang diumano sa pagbibigay ng puwesto ng Pangulong Aquino kay Gen. Jesus Verzosa, hepe ng Philippine National Police, ngunit malalim ang mga ugat nito.

Mag-aaral na nagprotesta sa harap ni P-Noy, pinapurihan

Mag-aaral na nagprotesta sa harap ni P-Noy, pinapurihan

By Darius Galang ⋅ October 7, 2010

Hindi papaawat ang mga mag-aaral sa patuloy nitong paglaban para sa karapatan sa edukasyon.

Sa open forum ukol sa unang 100 araw ni Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III na inilunsad sa La Consolacion College, apat na estudyante ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas-Manila ang nagtaas ng mga plakard at humiyaw ng “Libro hindi bala, edukasyon hindi giyera! Budget sa mga SUCs dagdagan, ‘wag bawasan!,” habang nasa yugtong question-and-answer si Pangulong Aquino.

RP Team panglima sa FIBA U18 Basketball Championships

RP Team panglima sa FIBA U18 Basketball Championships

By Darius Galang ⋅ October 5, 2010

Bagaman natalo sa quarterfinals, maluwag pa rin sa kalooban ang pagwagi ng RP Under-18 team sa kakatapos na FIBA U18 Mens Basketball championships.

Ginapi nila ang Japan at ang host country Yemen sa relegation round upang makuha ang pinakamataas na posisyong nakuha ng bansa sa loob ng ilang taon.

Huling nakuha ng bansa ang kampeonato sa liga noong 1982 nang ginanap ang palaro sa Maynila. Ika-pito ang bansa noong 2008.

Hustisya panawagan para sa mga biktima ng pagsabog sa La Salle

Hustisya panawagan para sa mga biktima ng pagsabog sa La Salle
By Darius Galang ⋅ October 1, 201

Kinondena ng National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) ang pagsabog noong Setyembre 26 sa harapan ng De La Salle University Manila, sa pagtatapos ng Bar examinations, at nakisimpatiya sa mga kaanak, kapamilya at kasamahan ng mga nasaktan sa paghahanap ng hustisya para sa mga biktima.

Sa isinasagawang pagsisiyasat, naiulat na isang kaguluhan sa pagitan ng mga fraternities ang ugat ng pagsabog. May 44 katao ang nasaktan sa karahasan.

House OKs 2010 Reform Budget on 2nd Reading

After a record ten session days of grueling marathon plenary debates, the House of Representatives passed on second reading the President's proposed 2011 P1.645-trillion "reform" budget.

"We lost sleep, but kept our word," Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. proudly declared at 3:00 a.m. Saturday.

The top ten departments receiving the biggest allocation in the proposed budget are: Department of Education (including Educational Facilities Fund), P207.3B; Department of Public Works and Highways, P110.6B; Department of National Defense (including Pension and AFPMP), P104.7B; Department of the Interior and Local Government (including pension), P88.2B; Department of Agriculture, P37.7B; Department of Social Welfare and Development, P34.3B; Department of Health - P33.3B; Department of Transportation and Communications, P32.3B; Department of Agrarian Reform, P16.7B; and the Judiciary, P14.3B.

PNoy's love interest: Trisha, Barbie, Liz?

PNoy's love interest: Trisha, Barbie, Liz?
abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 10/12/2010

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Try as he might, President Benigno Aquino III still fails to keep his personal life private.

The 50-year-old bachelor's lovelife has been in the public eye since last year after rumblings of his presidential run started in August last year.

This month, rumors were rife that the President is dating various women after allegedly breaking up with Valenzuela City councilor Shalani Soledad.

Former child star and now television news reporter Patricia Ann Roque  is said to have caught Aquino’s attention.

Groups Say Aquino’s First 100 Days a Failure

Groups Say Aquino’s First 100 Days a Failure


“It has been 100 days and we don’t see any major achievement or results as far as genuine change is concerned. There is plenty of rhetoric but too few accomplishments that could be felt by the poor.”– Bagong Alyansang Makabayan

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Bulatlat.com

MANILA – Contrary to the passing grade Aquino has received from a survey, farmers, workers, urban poor, students, migrants and other sectors gave Aquino a failing grade in his first 100 days of governance.

Members of progressive groups led by the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) marched to Chino Roces (formerly Mendiola) bridge Oct. 8, to mark the 100 days of Aquino in office. The groups protested what they call as a continuing absence of any meaningful reform under Aquino, and his failure to address issues such as human rights, the prosecution of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, land reform and pro-people economic development.

Leaders carried a banner that read: “100 araw: Nasaan ang pagbabago? (100 days: Where is change?)

“It has been 100 days and we don’t see any major achievement or results as far as genuine change is concerned. There is plenty of rhetoric but too few accomplishments that could be felt by the poor,” Renato Reyes, Jr. secretary general of Bayan, said.

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PNoy's Speech for World Teachers' Day

SPEECH OF HIS EXCELLENCY BENIGNO S. AQUINO III

WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY 2010

PHILSPORTS ARENA, PASIG CITY

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Magandang umaga po.

Yung nakatatanda ko pong kapatid, nung kami ay bata pa, nagkaroon ng debate sa kanyang kaklase. Pinagtatalunan po nila kung paano ang pronunciation ng 'either'. Sabi nung isa, 'either', sabi nung pangalawa, 'aither'. So buong recess wala silang ginawa kundi 'either, aither, either, aither...' Napakahaba pong debate at bago natapos yung recess, pinuntahan yung kanilang guro. Nilapitan at sinabi, 'Ma'am, paano po ba talaga ito, is it either or aither?' Ang sagot po ng teacher nila ay 'Eder of the to well do."

Statement of President Aquino on the recommended actions after reviewing the IIRC report on the Quirino hostage taking

STATEMENT

of

His Excellency BENIGNO S. AQUINO III

President of the Philippines

On the recommended actions to be taken after reviewing the report of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee on the August 23^rd Quirino Grandstand hostage-taking incident

[October 11, 2010]

The Executive Secretary (ES) and the Chief Presidential Legal Council (CPLC) have completed their review of the recommendations of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC).

The review was undertaken within three basic parameters:

First, the facts enumerated in the IIRC report; second, the possible criminal, and administrative sanctions that could be imposed under the law; third, whether the cases to be filed will prosper.

The Review also defines concepts such as reckless imprudence, simple imprudence, criminal negligence, neglect of duty, simple neglect of duty, gross incompetence, mistake in judgment, that are offenses under the law and punishable, if proven. .....

Source:  Statement

The First 100 Days Message of President Benigno S. Aquino III

Message of
His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III
President of the Philippines
On The First Hundred Days of his Administration
[October 7, 2010, La Consolacion College, Manila]
Isandaang araw po ang nakalipas, nagpanata ako sa taumbayan: Hindi ko tatalikuran ang tiwalang kaloob ninyo sa akin. Ang nakalipas na isandaang araw ang magsisilbing tanda ng ating paninindigan.

Malalim at malawak po ang mga problemang minana natin. Nag-ugat ito sa isang gobyernong parang tatlong matsing na nagbingi-bingihan, nagbulag-bulagan, at gumawa ng sariling katotohanan.

Congressmen reject proposed cuts in education budget, expose CCT

Partylist and district representatives in the 15th Congress hold press conferences to denounce budget cuts in the education sector and to expose the weaknesses of the "conditional cash transfer" (CCT) program which the PNoy administration intends to implement.

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