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EMBASSY HOSTS RECEPTION FOR OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE
CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATIVE STAFF ASSOCIATION
8/2/2008 9:30 AM ET
Seeking to enhance its ties and engagement with the U.S. Congress,
Philippine Ambassador to the United States Willy C. Gaa hosted around
30 officers and members of the U.S. Congressional Legislative Staff
Association (CLSA) at the Philippine Embassy on 31 July 2008.
Representing 535 congressional offices from every state in the Union,
CLSA serves as a conduit for panel discussions, briefings, and embassy
events with ambassadors and diplomats from nations of vital interest to
U.S. foreign policy. [DETAILS]
CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATIVE STAFF ASSOCIATION
8/2/2008 9:30 AM ET
Seeking to enhance its ties and engagement with the U.S. Congress,
Philippine Ambassador to the United States Willy C. Gaa hosted around
30 officers and members of the U.S. Congressional Legislative Staff
Association (CLSA) at the Philippine Embassy on 31 July 2008.
Representing 535 congressional offices from every state in the Union,
CLSA serves as a conduit for panel discussions, briefings, and embassy
events with ambassadors and diplomats from nations of vital interest to
U.S. foreign policy. [DETAILS]
Final List of Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA)
to be honored at Washington, D.C. on Sept. 13, 2008
8/2/2008 10:00 AM ET
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 2 (PINOYGLOBAL) - The final list of twenty
outstanding Filipinos to receive the most coveted 2008 Twenty
Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA) award was announced today by the
TOFA Panel Board of Judges of the Filipino Image Magazine (FILIM) and
the Pinoy Global Online News (PGON) [DETAILS]
to be honored at Washington, D.C. on Sept. 13, 2008
8/2/2008 10:00 AM ET
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 2 (PINOYGLOBAL) - The final list of twenty
outstanding Filipinos to receive the most coveted 2008 Twenty
Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA) award was announced today by the
TOFA Panel Board of Judges of the Filipino Image Magazine (FILIM) and
the Pinoy Global Online News (PGON) [DETAILS]
GMA’s plan to stay beyond 2010 bared
8/4/2008 12:30 PM ET
Two meetings were held between President Arroyo and her allies among
local government units (LGUs) last Friday and Sunday to fine-tune the
move for a People’s Initiative (PI), intended to ensure her stay in
Malacañang beyond 2010. Both meetings were held in the home of an
Aboitiz known as a close confidante of Mrs. Arroyo who lives in Makati
City. This was disclosed to the Tribune yesterday by a highly reliable
Palace source who is privy to the plans of Mrs. Arroyo to extend her stay
in power and position. [DETAILS]
8/4/2008 12:30 PM ET
Two meetings were held between President Arroyo and her allies among
local government units (LGUs) last Friday and Sunday to fine-tune the
move for a People’s Initiative (PI), intended to ensure her stay in
Malacañang beyond 2010. Both meetings were held in the home of an
Aboitiz known as a close confidante of Mrs. Arroyo who lives in Makati
City. This was disclosed to the Tribune yesterday by a highly reliable
Palace source who is privy to the plans of Mrs. Arroyo to extend her stay
in power and position. [DETAILS]
Supreme Court stops homeland deal with MILF
8/4/2008 1:00 PM ET
MANILA - The Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order on
Monday halting a territorial deal between the government and Muslim
separatists, the latest setback for peace in the nation's volatile south.
The agreement between Manila and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF), the country's largest Muslim rebel group, was set to be signed in
Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday after more than 10 years of stop-start talks.
[DETAILS]
8/4/2008 1:00 PM ET
MANILA - The Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order on
Monday halting a territorial deal between the government and Muslim
separatists, the latest setback for peace in the nation's volatile south.
The agreement between Manila and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF), the country's largest Muslim rebel group, was set to be signed in
Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday after more than 10 years of stop-start talks.
[DETAILS]
Razor's Edge 8/4/2008 6:30 PM ET
NEW YORK, August 04 (PinoyGlobal) - The other day I was beside myself
for a variety of reasons. One is the peddled rumor that Malacanang
treats former President Fidel V. Ramos with kid gloves. I am entirely
dismayed because Fidel cannot be a paragon of virtue or that integrity is
his currency. With his own presidential tenure under fire for corruption
too - for all we know he is as crooked as the tail of a pig, so why treat
him with ultimate deference? Truth to tell he is no better than Pres.
Arroyo who has been branded as the most corrupt president in Asia.
[DETAILS]
NEW YORK, August 04 (PinoyGlobal) - The other day I was beside myself
for a variety of reasons. One is the peddled rumor that Malacanang
treats former President Fidel V. Ramos with kid gloves. I am entirely
dismayed because Fidel cannot be a paragon of virtue or that integrity is
his currency. With his own presidential tenure under fire for corruption
too - for all we know he is as crooked as the tail of a pig, so why treat
him with ultimate deference? Truth to tell he is no better than Pres.
Arroyo who has been branded as the most corrupt president in Asia.
[DETAILS]
Senators vow to defeat PI plan 8/6/2008 8:00 AM ET
Senators yesterday vowed to exhaust all means to defeat the reported
plan of President Arroyo and her local executives-allies in amending the
Constitution through a People’s Initiative (PI) that would serve to make
the Senate vote irrelevant on the issue of introducing amendments and
revisions of the Constitution. The plan of the PI to reduce the voting
power of the Senate is to introduce a single amendment to the Charter
that would have the Senate and the House of Representatives voting as
a single body in these matters. [DETAILS]
Senators yesterday vowed to exhaust all means to defeat the reported
plan of President Arroyo and her local executives-allies in amending the
Constitution through a People’s Initiative (PI) that would serve to make
the Senate vote irrelevant on the issue of introducing amendments and
revisions of the Constitution. The plan of the PI to reduce the voting
power of the Senate is to introduce a single amendment to the Charter
that would have the Senate and the House of Representatives voting as
a single body in these matters. [DETAILS]
66% of Filipino households cut back on food: survey
8/6/2008 7:00 AM ET
Filipinos have been consuming or spending less on food in response to
double-digit inflation, according to a new survey by a polling firm.
Pulse Asia, an independent polling firm, reported Wednesday that two in
three Filipino households or 66% said in a July 1 to 14 survey that they
are "consuming less or spending less on food." Inflation hit a 17-year
high of 12.2% in July, according to the central bank. Nationwide, 66% of
respondents said they consumed or spent less on food in July 2008, a
22% increase from the 44% in March 2008. [DETAILS]
8/6/2008 7:00 AM ET
Filipinos have been consuming or spending less on food in response to
double-digit inflation, according to a new survey by a polling firm.
Pulse Asia, an independent polling firm, reported Wednesday that two in
three Filipino households or 66% said in a July 1 to 14 survey that they
are "consuming less or spending less on food." Inflation hit a 17-year
high of 12.2% in July, according to the central bank. Nationwide, 66% of
respondents said they consumed or spent less on food in July 2008, a
22% increase from the 44% in March 2008. [DETAILS]
China throws open doors to world 8/8/2008 12:30 PM ET
BEIJING - Resurgent China opened the Olympics on Friday with a burst of
fireworks at a spectacular ceremony that celebrated ancient Chinese
history and aimed to draw a line under months of political controversy.
An army of 2,008 drummers pounded out the countdown to the Games,
which mark China's emergence from impoverished isolation to economic
might, but have also galvanized critics of the Communist government's
human rights record. [DETAILS]
BEIJING - Resurgent China opened the Olympics on Friday with a burst of
fireworks at a spectacular ceremony that celebrated ancient Chinese
history and aimed to draw a line under months of political controversy.
An army of 2,008 drummers pounded out the countdown to the Games,
which mark China's emergence from impoverished isolation to economic
might, but have also galvanized critics of the Communist government's
human rights record. [DETAILS]
Defensor's $150M mining deal with Chinese firm hit
8/8/2008 11:30 AM ET
Former Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Michael Defensor's
ties to two mining companies that recently bagged a multimillion-dollar
exploration deal with a Chinese firm was slammed by administration
critics and activist groups Friday, questioning whether he used his
government connections in securing the contract. [DETAILS]
8/8/2008 11:30 AM ET
Former Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Michael Defensor's
ties to two mining companies that recently bagged a multimillion-dollar
exploration deal with a Chinese firm was slammed by administration
critics and activist groups Friday, questioning whether he used his
government connections in securing the contract. [DETAILS]
‘Generous’ GMA promises wushu bets money not her own
8/11/2008 3:30 PM ET
BEIJING — She may not know it, but President Arroyo has just diminished
the importance of what could be the Philippines’ very first Olympic gold
when she vowed to give the equivalent amount of P15 million to the
possible Filipino winner in wushu, a demonstration sport in Beijing which
really has no meaning. Wushu, an indigenous Chinese sport included in
the Beijing Olympics to form as a lobby for future official inclusion in the
Summer Games (But not now! Not yet!), gives any of the four Filipino
entries a chance to win a gold medal here. [DETAILS]
8/11/2008 3:30 PM ET
BEIJING — She may not know it, but President Arroyo has just diminished
the importance of what could be the Philippines’ very first Olympic gold
when she vowed to give the equivalent amount of P15 million to the
possible Filipino winner in wushu, a demonstration sport in Beijing which
really has no meaning. Wushu, an indigenous Chinese sport included in
the Beijing Olympics to form as a lobby for future official inclusion in the
Summer Games (But not now! Not yet!), gives any of the four Filipino
entries a chance to win a gold medal here. [DETAILS]
Basilan town taken
130,000 flee C’bato fighting 8/11/2008 2:30 PM ET
Moro Islamic Liberation Front forces attacked Tipo-Tipo town in Basilan
yesterday, occupying the municipal building, schools and a number of
houses, a Marine officer said last night. At least 15 MILF fighters, a
Marine, a militiaman and two civilians were killed, Lt. Col. Leonard Vincent
Teodoro of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 7 said. [DETAILS]
130,000 flee C’bato fighting 8/11/2008 2:30 PM ET
Moro Islamic Liberation Front forces attacked Tipo-Tipo town in Basilan
yesterday, occupying the municipal building, schools and a number of
houses, a Marine officer said last night. At least 15 MILF fighters, a
Marine, a militiaman and two civilians were killed, Lt. Col. Leonard Vincent
Teodoro of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 7 said. [DETAILS]
Palace: All systems go for Cha-cha 8/12/2008 2:30 PM ET
“It’s all systems go” for Charter change (Cha-cha), Malacañang
yesterday said amid accusations from the political opposition that
President Arroyo has “blood on her hands,” blaming her “selfish agenda”
of political perpetuity for the resumption of armed hostilities in Mindanao.
Press Secretary Jesus Dureza, at a press briefing yesterday said
Malacañang wholly supports Senate Joint Resolution 10 calling for the
creation of 11 federal states in the country which was authored by
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel. [DETAILS]
“It’s all systems go” for Charter change (Cha-cha), Malacañang
yesterday said amid accusations from the political opposition that
President Arroyo has “blood on her hands,” blaming her “selfish agenda”
of political perpetuity for the resumption of armed hostilities in Mindanao.
Press Secretary Jesus Dureza, at a press briefing yesterday said
Malacañang wholly supports Senate Joint Resolution 10 calling for the
creation of 11 federal states in the country which was authored by
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel. [DETAILS]
Military ‘liberates’ 5 more barangays
8/12/2008 3:00 PM ET
GOVERNMENT forces have "liberated" five more barangays in North
Cotabato, which were forcibly taken over by Moro Islamic Liberation
Front rebels last month, the military said yesterday.
The MILF had occupied 15 barangays, and two of them were cleared
Monday. Officials said some 160,000 residents have been displaced by
the occupation of the MILF’s 105th Command and the offensives
launched by government troops starting Sunday. [DETAILS]
8/12/2008 3:00 PM ET
GOVERNMENT forces have "liberated" five more barangays in North
Cotabato, which were forcibly taken over by Moro Islamic Liberation
Front rebels last month, the military said yesterday.
The MILF had occupied 15 barangays, and two of them were cleared
Monday. Officials said some 160,000 residents have been displaced by
the occupation of the MILF’s 105th Command and the offensives
launched by government troops starting Sunday. [DETAILS]
Fact One: GMA: President For Life! 8/13/2008 12:30 AM ET
NEW YORK, Aug. 13 (PinoyGlobal) - It appears the president is fiercely
intent on amending the constitution to stave off a requiem on her quasi
dictatorship. The gambit is purportedly to legitimize the separation of
certain parts of Mindanao on the asinine pretext of patronizing the MILF
and taming secessionists in that Muslim rebel bastion. The hoopla of
appearing to capitulate to the MILF’s demand for a free state is in reality
a ploy to extend Pres. Arroyo’s term and this will be done through
People Initiative (PI) calling for a constitutional amendment. [DETAILS]
NEW YORK, Aug. 13 (PinoyGlobal) - It appears the president is fiercely
intent on amending the constitution to stave off a requiem on her quasi
dictatorship. The gambit is purportedly to legitimize the separation of
certain parts of Mindanao on the asinine pretext of patronizing the MILF
and taming secessionists in that Muslim rebel bastion. The hoopla of
appearing to capitulate to the MILF’s demand for a free state is in reality
a ploy to extend Pres. Arroyo’s term and this will be done through
People Initiative (PI) calling for a constitutional amendment. [DETAILS]
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's Message to the 2008 Twenty
Outstanding Filipinos Abroad 8/14/2008 4:00 PM ET
Warmest greetings to the Filipino Image Magazine and Pinoy Global
Online News (PGON) as you hold 15th Annual Banguet Ball honoring the
Twenty OUtstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA).
I took pride in being with you in spirit as you honor the Twenty
Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA) for their exceptional achievements in
their respective fields. Their remarkable accomplishments in different
parts of the globe truly make us proud as a Filipino nation. [DETAILS]
Outstanding Filipinos Abroad 8/14/2008 4:00 PM ET
Warmest greetings to the Filipino Image Magazine and Pinoy Global
Online News (PGON) as you hold 15th Annual Banguet Ball honoring the
Twenty OUtstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA).
I took pride in being with you in spirit as you honor the Twenty
Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA) for their exceptional achievements in
their respective fields. Their remarkable accomplishments in different
parts of the globe truly make us proud as a Filipino nation. [DETAILS]
Palace: All will have to 'submit' to SC ruling on Moro homeland
8/16/2008 5:30 PM ET
A Palace official declined on Saturday to confirm or deny a report in
abs-cbnNEWS.com that the Arroyo administration has already decided
not to sign the ancestral domain agreement with the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front (MILF) and will instead seek to renegotiate the accord.
In response to reports of a possible renegotiation of the Memorandum of
Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) between the government and
MILF, Press Secretary Jesus Dureza said it would be best to just wait for
the ruling of the Supreme Court. [DETAILS]
8/16/2008 5:30 PM ET
A Palace official declined on Saturday to confirm or deny a report in
abs-cbnNEWS.com that the Arroyo administration has already decided
not to sign the ancestral domain agreement with the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front (MILF) and will instead seek to renegotiate the accord.
In response to reports of a possible renegotiation of the Memorandum of
Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) between the government and
MILF, Press Secretary Jesus Dureza said it would be best to just wait for
the ruling of the Supreme Court. [DETAILS]
Cha-cha overdrive 8/16/2008 4:30 PM ET
Had the Supreme Court (SC) not intervened, Gloria Arroyo would have
sneaked through the nose of the nation her biggest violation of the
Constitution thus far. The creation of the so-called Bangsamoro Juridical
Entity (BJE) under the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain
(MoA-AD) that Gloria had the temerity of bringing to Malaysia for an
official signing, and away from the country’s consciousness, is proving to
be a major breach of the Constitution. [DETAILS]
Had the Supreme Court (SC) not intervened, Gloria Arroyo would have
sneaked through the nose of the nation her biggest violation of the
Constitution thus far. The creation of the so-called Bangsamoro Juridical
Entity (BJE) under the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain
(MoA-AD) that Gloria had the temerity of bringing to Malaysia for an
official signing, and away from the country’s consciousness, is proving to
be a major breach of the Constitution. [DETAILS]
Sec. Romulo Should Take Mental Honesty Test
8/17/2008 12:30 PM ET
NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (PinoyGlobal) - For crying out loud, it should not be
the overseas Filipino household workers taking the psychiatric test
imposed by the Department of Foreign Affairs. Instead, it should be
Sec. Bert Romulo who should take a mental honesty test: after all he is
the one charged in the Ombudsman by the prestigious College Editors’
Guild of the Philippines for the laminated passports racket or corruption,
if you will. The money involved is so scandalously large it is a shame he
still continues to hold his portfolio when delicadeza behooves him to
relinquish his job, having dunked himself into that disgraceful situation.
[DETAILS]
8/17/2008 12:30 PM ET
NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (PinoyGlobal) - For crying out loud, it should not be
the overseas Filipino household workers taking the psychiatric test
imposed by the Department of Foreign Affairs. Instead, it should be
Sec. Bert Romulo who should take a mental honesty test: after all he is
the one charged in the Ombudsman by the prestigious College Editors’
Guild of the Philippines for the laminated passports racket or corruption,
if you will. The money involved is so scandalously large it is a shame he
still continues to hold his portfolio when delicadeza behooves him to
relinquish his job, having dunked himself into that disgraceful situation.
[DETAILS]
Grand gala event for the Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA)
at Washington, D.C. on Sept. 13, 2008
8/19/2008 7:00 PM ET
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 20 (PINOYGLOBAL) - Twenty outstanding
Filipinos will receive the coveted 2008 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos
Abroad (TOFA) Award on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, at the J.W. Marriott
Hotel of this city. This was announced today by the Filipino Image
Magazine (FILIM) and the Pinoy Global Online News (PGON). The TOFA
project was launched in 1990. The bio-data of the 2008 honorees and
the 380 Past TOFA Awardees are found in the 24/7 worldwide PGON web
site WWW. FILAMIMAGE.COM. The web site is viewed by Filipinos globally
in the Americas, particularly in the United States and Canada; Asia,
including the Philippines; the Middle East; and the European countries.
[DETAILS]
at Washington, D.C. on Sept. 13, 2008
8/19/2008 7:00 PM ET
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 20 (PINOYGLOBAL) - Twenty outstanding
Filipinos will receive the coveted 2008 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos
Abroad (TOFA) Award on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, at the J.W. Marriott
Hotel of this city. This was announced today by the Filipino Image
Magazine (FILIM) and the Pinoy Global Online News (PGON). The TOFA
project was launched in 1990. The bio-data of the 2008 honorees and
the 380 Past TOFA Awardees are found in the 24/7 worldwide PGON web
site WWW. FILAMIMAGE.COM. The web site is viewed by Filipinos globally
in the Americas, particularly in the United States and Canada; Asia,
including the Philippines; the Middle East; and the European countries.
[DETAILS]
Erap calls for all-out war 8/19/2008 6:30 PM ET
FORMER President Joseph Estrada yesterday called for an all-out war
against Moro Islamic Liberation Front in the face of renewed attacks by
the secessionist group in Mindanao.
Estrada also called for the suspension of the peace negotiations with the
MILF. He said the solution to the ongoing crisis in Mindanao is to stop
giving concessions to the group. [DETAILS]
FORMER President Joseph Estrada yesterday called for an all-out war
against Moro Islamic Liberation Front in the face of renewed attacks by
the secessionist group in Mindanao.
Estrada also called for the suspension of the peace negotiations with the
MILF. He said the solution to the ongoing crisis in Mindanao is to stop
giving concessions to the group. [DETAILS]
A birthday party for Adelle Flores 8/21/2008 6:00 PM ET
WASHINGTON, D.C. August 21 (PinoyGlobal) - Friends of Adelle Flores,
formerly a staff member and long-time resident of the Metropolitan
Washington area, and now regularly commuting between Lincoln (near
Sacramento) California and Manila, was tendered a sumptous dinner to
welcome her back to the region, and to surprise her with a birthday
party. Hosting the dinner were long-time friends of Adelle, Ernie and
Emma Capule at their resident in Falls Church, Virginia. [DETAILS]
WASHINGTON, D.C. August 21 (PinoyGlobal) - Friends of Adelle Flores,
formerly a staff member and long-time resident of the Metropolitan
Washington area, and now regularly commuting between Lincoln (near
Sacramento) California and Manila, was tendered a sumptous dinner to
welcome her back to the region, and to surprise her with a birthday
party. Hosting the dinner were long-time friends of Adelle, Ernie and
Emma Capule at their resident in Falls Church, Virginia. [DETAILS]
Self–destructing Pinoy Organizations 8/22/2008 1:00 PM ET
NEW YORK, Aug. 22 (PinoyGlobal) - It takes only one scalawag and three
hundred shivering mute members in a Filipino organization in America to
destroy it. Pinoy clubs and organizations are mushrooming like worms in
the tri-state area, and some organizers look like them (worms), because
the ones that are not elected president form a new one where he/she
could be crowned head honcho, el supremo or la madam. For a non-
entity all his or her life this somersault is such a moral booster that it
shoots up the ego flying faster than a US missile. The whole shebang is
really all about ego nothing messianic about it. [DETAILS]
NEW YORK, Aug. 22 (PinoyGlobal) - It takes only one scalawag and three
hundred shivering mute members in a Filipino organization in America to
destroy it. Pinoy clubs and organizations are mushrooming like worms in
the tri-state area, and some organizers look like them (worms), because
the ones that are not elected president form a new one where he/she
could be crowned head honcho, el supremo or la madam. For a non-
entity all his or her life this somersault is such a moral booster that it
shoots up the ego flying faster than a US missile. The whole shebang is
really all about ego nothing messianic about it. [DETAILS]
Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Willy Gaa leds consuls general
in North America to extol Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad
(TOFA) project and gala at Washington, D.C. on Sept. 13, 2008
8/24/2008 9:00 PM ET
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 24 (PINOYGLOBAL) - Philippine Ambassador
to the United States Willy Gaa highly commends Filipino Image Magazine
(FILIM) and Pinoy Global Online News (PGON) in a "Special Message" to
the Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad who will receive the coveted
award on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, at the J.W. Marriott Hotel of this city.
This was announced today by the FILIM and PGON. The TOFA project
was launched in 1990. The bio-data of the 2008 honorees and the 380
Past TOFA Awardees are found in the 24/7 worldwide PGON web site:
WWW.FILAMIMAGE.COM. The web site is viewed by Filipinos globally in
the Americas, particularly in the UnitedStates and Canada; Asia, including
the Philippines; the Middle East; and the European countries. [DETAILS]
in North America to extol Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad
(TOFA) project and gala at Washington, D.C. on Sept. 13, 2008
8/24/2008 9:00 PM ET
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 24 (PINOYGLOBAL) - Philippine Ambassador
to the United States Willy Gaa highly commends Filipino Image Magazine
(FILIM) and Pinoy Global Online News (PGON) in a "Special Message" to
the Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad who will receive the coveted
award on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, at the J.W. Marriott Hotel of this city.
This was announced today by the FILIM and PGON. The TOFA project
was launched in 1990. The bio-data of the 2008 honorees and the 380
Past TOFA Awardees are found in the 24/7 worldwide PGON web site:
WWW.FILAMIMAGE.COM. The web site is viewed by Filipinos globally in
the Americas, particularly in the UnitedStates and Canada; Asia, including
the Philippines; the Middle East; and the European countries. [DETAILS]
Battle Of The Bulges 8/27/2008 2:00 PM ET
NEW YORK, Aug. 22 (PinoyGlobal) - As of this writing former President
Joseph Erap Estrada and Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim have rudely shot off
all signs of friendship between them. Something must have happened for
Erap to initiate the salvo of throwing Lim out of his political backyard –
Partido Masang Pilipino (PMP). Their differences are no petty tantrums.
For one thing it is unlike a touch me not flower that when it closes it
ends all hostilities. [DETAILS]
NEW YORK, Aug. 22 (PinoyGlobal) - As of this writing former President
Joseph Erap Estrada and Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim have rudely shot off
all signs of friendship between them. Something must have happened for
Erap to initiate the salvo of throwing Lim out of his political backyard –
Partido Masang Pilipino (PMP). Their differences are no petty tantrums.
For one thing it is unlike a touch me not flower that when it closes it
ends all hostilities. [DETAILS]
Renowned Fil-Am writer rates PinoyGlobal as best source for news
for global Filipinos 8/28/2008 4:00 PM ET
NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (Special to PinoyGlobal)- With the fluid and volatile
political climate in the motherland our compatriots all over the world,
particularly here in America, are anxious to know what is really
happening back home. The news they read doesn’t really tell much
except report on the events but do not quench the thirst of kababayans
who want to know more about the undercurrents and implications behind
the news. People do not want to sniff the deodorized corruption in the
government; they want to know the pungent truth. [DETAILS]
for global Filipinos 8/28/2008 4:00 PM ET
NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (Special to PinoyGlobal)- With the fluid and volatile
political climate in the motherland our compatriots all over the world,
particularly here in America, are anxious to know what is really
happening back home. The news they read doesn’t really tell much
except report on the events but do not quench the thirst of kababayans
who want to know more about the undercurrents and implications behind
the news. People do not want to sniff the deodorized corruption in the
government; they want to know the pungent truth. [DETAILS]
Twist And Turn 8/28/2008 3:00 PM ET
NEW YORK, August 28 (Special to PinoyGlobal) - A beer commercial ad
that showed an obese middle age bald guy in a caricature as a moron
who was trying to figure out how to open a bottle of beer in which the
cap read “Twist then Turn to open.” So he danced the twist and turned
his body around, waiting for the cap to open like Juan Tamad who lied
down under the guava tree with his mouth wide open waiting for a fruit
to fall into his mouth. [DETAILS]
NEW YORK, August 28 (Special to PinoyGlobal) - A beer commercial ad
that showed an obese middle age bald guy in a caricature as a moron
who was trying to figure out how to open a bottle of beer in which the
cap read “Twist then Turn to open.” So he danced the twist and turned
his body around, waiting for the cap to open like Juan Tamad who lied
down under the guava tree with his mouth wide open waiting for a fruit
to fall into his mouth. [DETAILS]
| NEWS ARCHIVE August 2008 |
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