Archive for February, 2006
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
Mareng Winnie Linked
I tried to get copyright clearance from the Philippine Daily Inquirer, so I could reprint Solita Monsod’s “Get Real” article of February 25, 2006 entitled “Keeping the Flame of EDSA Alive.” Unfortunately, I was only given clearance to link the article, which I could legally do without asking permission anyways. Well, I tried.
Ms. Monsod and her husband […]
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Monday, February 27th, 2006
Positive Change
I found this letter to the editor of the Philippine Daily Inquirer titled, “Respect Authority” from a Filipino in Australia.
In the PCIJ blog, I noticed how most of the calmer, saner posts come from Filipinos who live and work abroad. Whatever side they have taken, anti or pro-whatever, their posts were just written with the objectivity […]
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Sunday, February 26th, 2006
A Message From an Ordinary, Disgruntled Filipino
I’m posting something written by someone calling himself mascarinasfm, an ordinary, disgruntled Filipino like myself. It was posted as a comment in the popular, Philippine Center of Investigatvie Journalism blog. The comment can be found in this thread.
I immediately recognized his words and disenchantment as if they were my own. These words made me instantly connect with this unknown […]
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Saturday, February 25th, 2006
Twisted Times
Twisted times…these are the times we live in…
Just think about this…for years everyone has been saying that the Spirit of EDSA is dead and gone. Every February, when People’s Power anniversary came, EDSA was virtually empty, save for a few souls. It always reminded me of a WW2 veterans reunion…there were less and less people showing […]
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
Philippine Headlines: State of Emergency Nationwide
A nationwide state of emergency was declared by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at 11:24 a.m, Manila time. Please refer to this report for more details.
