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gemmamnl said,
on September 19th, 2007 at 7:23 am
i wonder how much of these canada warnings is true and how much is overkill.
rhett said,
on September 19th, 2007 at 7:42 am
estrada’s lawyers must be joking. they have lost their lever to make any deals with the government. it’s obvious malacanang is feeding their desperation by setting down benign conditions for a presidential pardon: all it takes is for estrada to ask for it.
but seriously now, is there any real reason for the government to make peace with estrada?
there is no threat to the arroyo administration. estrada’s supporters have become war-weary and unlikely to wage a fight. the next election is three years away. most of all, the courts have come down hard on the man and firmly on the side of the government.
their best bet might be mar roxas’ private initiative to get arroyo to forgive estrada on humanitarian grounds. never mind that bit about healing the nation (it’s just a lot of political babble).
beyond that, i see no way around the life sentence.
oliviaBB said,
on September 23rd, 2007 at 1:43 am
nice to know cecile azarcon has not stopped making music. i remember her songs making waves at the metro manila music festival in the 70s and 80s. many of us grew up with her songs. bless her heart.
tomatangui said,
on September 23rd, 2007 at 2:02 am
noel novicio could add gymnastics to his list of olympic sports in which we have gold medal potential
this is a sport wher our natural abilities (agility and grace) outweigh our inherent disadvantages (size and heft).
give or take a few points in the logistics (money) department, we stand on an even keel with the best of them.
discipline? We have tons of it, if the will and determination to win is there.
sure, the boxers have stared gold in the face. but a gymnastics gold is bumping along near the surface.
what say you, noel?
rustico said,
on September 23rd, 2007 at 2:13 am
Does it mean that Noli De Castro approves of the forex plan by the Saudi group? Or does it mearely mean that he has agreed to take up the matter with Arroyo?
I have not seen the online petition. Can anyone out there tell me where I can find it?
The situation of our OFWs, particularly the women who work as domestic helpers in the Middle East (e.g. Saudi & Kuwait) and who suffered traumatic experiences of rape and other domestic violence should be addressed by none other than our foreign ministry. Even now, they can’t locate Melissa, who was raped by her employer’s son. And our own staff in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Philippine embassy, have yet to find out who she is or what happened to her. This is how weak our counry is. If only our forefathers did not ask for independence, we wouldn’t be in this kind of a mess.
clarrisse said,
on December 31st, 2007 at 6:06 am
wonderful article, doris. keep writing articles about the other side of china. maybe also about filipinos in china.
adams said,
on March 24th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
what irony. a country that invented the miracle rice and sold rice to its neighbors is having rice crisis. can;t help but blame greedy property developers who have buldozed their way through our farms but build yet more concrete blocks. pity.
on September 19th, 2007 at 7:23 am
i wonder how much of these canada warnings is true and how much is overkill.
on September 19th, 2007 at 7:42 am
estrada’s lawyers must be joking. they have lost their lever to make any deals with the government. it’s obvious malacanang is feeding their desperation by setting down benign conditions for a presidential pardon: all it takes is for estrada to ask for it.
but seriously now, is there any real reason for the government to make peace with estrada?
there is no threat to the arroyo administration. estrada’s supporters have become war-weary and unlikely to wage a fight. the next election is three years away. most of all, the courts have come down hard on the man and firmly on the side of the government.
their best bet might be mar roxas’ private initiative to get arroyo to forgive estrada on humanitarian grounds. never mind that bit about healing the nation (it’s just a lot of political babble).
beyond that, i see no way around the life sentence.
on September 23rd, 2007 at 1:43 am
nice to know cecile azarcon has not stopped making music. i remember her songs making waves at the metro manila music festival in the 70s and 80s. many of us grew up with her songs. bless her heart.
on September 23rd, 2007 at 2:02 am
noel novicio could add gymnastics to his list of olympic sports in which we have gold medal potential
this is a sport wher our natural abilities (agility and grace) outweigh our inherent disadvantages (size and heft).
give or take a few points in the logistics (money) department, we stand on an even keel with the best of them.
discipline? We have tons of it, if the will and determination to win is there.
sure, the boxers have stared gold in the face. but a gymnastics gold is bumping along near the surface.
what say you, noel?
on September 23rd, 2007 at 2:13 am
Does it mean that Noli De Castro approves of the forex plan by the Saudi group? Or does it mearely mean that he has agreed to take up the matter with Arroyo?
I have not seen the online petition. Can anyone out there tell me where I can find it?
on October 4th, 2007 at 8:45 am
The situation of our OFWs, particularly the women who work as domestic helpers in the Middle East (e.g. Saudi & Kuwait) and who suffered traumatic experiences of rape and other domestic violence should be addressed by none other than our foreign ministry. Even now, they can’t locate Melissa, who was raped by her employer’s son. And our own staff in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Philippine embassy, have yet to find out who she is or what happened to her. This is how weak our counry is. If only our forefathers did not ask for independence, we wouldn’t be in this kind of a mess.
on December 31st, 2007 at 6:06 am
wonderful article, doris. keep writing articles about the other side of china. maybe also about filipinos in china.
on March 24th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
what irony. a country that invented the miracle rice and sold rice to its neighbors is having rice crisis. can;t help but blame greedy property developers who have buldozed their way through our farms but build yet more concrete blocks. pity.