Gawad Kalinga-ANCOP Australia denies involvement with the “Hapag” production
By Benjie de Ubago The recent Hapag /Gawad Kalinga production created controversy and left the community confused as to how many GK organizations there are. Numerous attempts were made to contact the organizer/producer, Ms. Josie Musa for clarification. A text message was received from Ms. Musa on 22 December at 10.15am saying “U can col [...]
By DAVID EDWARD LEE As the last bullets flew from the smoking M16 barrel, a deafening silence came over Rizal Park, Manila on the 23rd of August. Eight hostages and 1 renegade policeman dead later, fingers started pointing, sadness was overwhelming, anger began boiling and the President was nowhere to be found. The next day, [...]
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By THAD MANGALINO Back in 2008, I met a group of inspiring of individuals who like everyone else I know had needs, wants, aspirations and came from different backgrounds. These talented individuals have one goal in mind – to kick poverty. These players not only had a chance to represent their country by playing street [...]
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By ANGELI C. ALBA Today is holiday in my little nook in the world. I am now sipping tea, listening to a kitschy shampoo jingle played in a slow rock station, after a lively discussion with my favourite girl friends over a delicious Pinoy-style barbecue lunch. Everything is right in my world. And not just [...]
Continue reading …NOBODY knows for sure how much money Speaker Prospero Nograles lost when he invested in at least one of the 12 banks under the collapsed Legacy Group of Companies. One thing is certain: Nograles had admitted he lost money in Legacy. Testifying before the congressional hearings on his company in early 2009, Legacy owner Eduardo [...]
Continue reading …IN A move that bewildered political analysts, 66 party-list groups went the way of mainstream political organizations during the three-month campaign period for the recently concluded polls and placed tri-media ads worth a total of P597.54 million, based on data from the media monitoring agency Nielsen. But some big ad spenders among the party-list groups [...]
Continue reading …THE URBAN poor evicted from their homes. The workers who were suddenly retrenched. The farmers who lost their land to a politician’s real estate firm. The indigenous peoples who were displaced by big mining projects. Journalists who were unable to pursue a big story after being denied access to supposedly public documents. And taxpayers who [...]
Continue reading …by Marie Rea BS Dev Com UPLB’81 A few months ago, there was an article in “The Australian” newspaper about some 70 Filipino workers in an iron ore project in the Pilbara being retained after sacking 54 of its Australian workers. Naturally, there was an expected backlash against those “foreign workers.” Together with our native [...]
Continue reading …Dear Noynoy, You are now swamped with suggestions and advice, but just the same, I hope you’ll have time to read what this octogenarian has to say. You were not my choice in the last election but since our people have spoken, we must now support you and pray that you prevail. But first, I [...]
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