Life in the barrio B.C., that’s boring community, is truly boring. Only the sons, daughters and friendsters of the politicos move up to taste barbecue. Us, los indios have no futuro. Some of my relatives died of kamote overdose. Us the survivors, have to work twice as hard and haw-haw de carabao to even smell pugak pugak de tambutso in the city. Now, that’s a big deal when you go back to the Barrio. In fact, it’s a must that you carry one lata of biskwet. Ave Maria, I never …

This is an open letter to my all-time favourite food chain. Because I believe that eating should always be a worthwhile experience. Oo, big deal sa akin ito.
Dear Jollibee,
First of all, thank you for making my pamangkins happy.
They love you so much especially Zoe who insists on celebrating her birthday with you every year.
I wrote because of a very important decision you made that made me unhappy.
I love chicken. I love your Chickenjoy. Super. But ever since Jollibee Chicken Barbecue came out in the market, it has been my favourite …

By: Ellen Tordesillas
Last Monday, VERA Files unveiled its Vote 2010 page within its website www.verafiles.org.
(Click on the Vote 2010 logo on the upper left side of this page and it will bring you to the page.)
Vote 2010 is a partnership among VERA Files, civil society organizations, the community media, individuals and institutions monitoring the May 10, 2010 elections.
Readers will find stories related to the forthcoming May elections that is being held at the time of deep distrust of the administration that is overseeing the nationwide, untested automated polls.
Readers will also …

There’s one blogger who libelously and slanderously blogged that I was a paedophile and would soon be blogged by drug addicts and AIDS stricken foreign germs. Well, I just found out today that this blogger who originally blogged that I was a paedophile improved his blogging abilities tremendously by deleting all of his slanderous articles against me. His problem is that we have captures, copies and screenshots, just in case I become friends with the next Supreme Court Justice.
So, to all these reyna haters, I came up with a prayer …

By: Francis Isaac

Noong bata pa ako, hangang-hanga talaga ako sa aktor na si Lito Lapid. Sa katunayan, palagian kong inaabangan ang kanyang mga pelikula na madalas ipalabas tuwing Lunes ng gabi sa IBC 13. At dahil wala pa kaming TV noong mga panahong iyon, madalas akong makisuyo sa pinsan kong medyo may-kaya o dili kaya’y makipanood sa aming kapitbahay.
Ito ang dahilan kung bakit sa murang edad pa lamang, agad nang tumatak sa aking utak ang pangalang Leon Guerrrero na humahati ng bala gamit ang punyal na itinatapat sa dulo ng …

“I’ll not stop till I’m number one” sabi ni Gibo Teodoro.
Although tumataas ang kilay ko minsan on some national issues that concerns Gibo Teodoro, overall, I truly have nothing bad to say against Gibo. Quite honestly, nabokya ako sa Barrio about my leanings for Gibo hehehe! But as far as I am concerned, it’s truly understandable on my part if I admire Gibo, given how I value education. And with that, I do have a lot of respect for Gibo’s educational credentials. Pero, hanggang dun lang. Sorry, it’s still Noynoy …

Patindi nang patindi ang political cheezmaks given na dalwang buwan na lang bago mag-santacruzan. According to the cheezmaks grapevine, Noynoy’s strength is his “purity” so that’s where they are trying to hit him.
Eto ang mga cheezmaks na binandilyo sa Barrio. Husgahan kung tama ang mga to:
ONE – malaki ang cheezmaks na meron daw CD na ikinakalat ngayon na ang title is “waland bahid walang duda BUDHI” (credits to liberdad for the correction). These CD’s daw are being distributed sa lahat nang local government units in the country, kasali na …

Matatandaang napurnada ang proyektong: “Litratong katabi si Obama” kaya mainit pa ang ulo ni Leon Guerrero. Charing hahaha! Kaya naman, nang sinabi nang partidong Akbayan na huwag iboto si Lito Lapid dahil a vote for Lito Lapid is a vote for GMA, pwes, nag-wala ang Leon Guerrero!
The Akbayan Party-list released on Friday a call not to vote for Lito Lapid dahil they believe that GMA forced him to run for re-election.
“It was only after GMA was able to convince him not to run against another GMA ally Lilia Pineda for …

If Noynoy has Kris, I’ve got Pacquiao, Villar says

Nauna nang sinabi ni Kris na once Noynoy wins, mag-a-abroad na lang daw sya at pipiliin nyang maging Overseas Filipino Worker. Bongga ang political campaign ni Noynoy Aquino sa Zamboanga. Pinili daw nila to start in Zamboanga given na merong spiritual konek ang city na to sa family nila and this was where Noynoy Aquino decided to run as President. Dinumog si Kris Aquino sa Zamboanga Airport pa lang while husband James was already in the city bago sa sila dumating kaya …

Dalawang buwan na lang.
May napili ka na bang kandidato? If yes, good for you. Pero sure ka na ba?
If wala pa, pwes piliin mo ang manok ko. Si Atcheng Jamby. Charing! Hahaha! Mag-isip ka friend kung sino ba ang karapat-dapat na maging pangulo natin. Be informed, and most of all, choose Jamby. Hahaha!

Anyway, ito na ang kauna-unahang automated elections sa Pilipinas. Mabuhay! Pero teka, ang tanong, matutuloy nga ba ang naturang automated elections? Dahil kung ibabase ko sa aking mga nakalap na impormasyon sa tv, radio, tsismisan sa kanto at …

BLOG is defined as “usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries” . wikipedia
People have different reasons why they blog for the same reason that people have different realities. But I am not interested about other reasons why they BLOG. I will speak for myself and I suppose some if not majority of trying-hard bloggers share the same reasons with …

From the facebook wall of Sylvia Morningstar, copy-pasted by Robert Young, Jr.
Everyone in the media knows Lito Banayo’s in Erap’s team. And we note that he and his teammate Dacky Paredes have been attacking Villar consistently. Sometimes I wonder just how much patience everyone has for this billiard game – You hit the cue ball: Villar. All the other colored balls that move in chain reaction from the cue ball either fall into a target basket OR go rolling to some other direction. That takes patience and steady nerve. How …

I can’t find any words to describe my disgust over this one:
Here is the link to the video from GMA News.
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This is a repost (originally posted here). Why? Because there is something magical with this entry and I love it because of it’s swak factor to the current political times. It has what I call the “konek” factor.
I am reposting this entry by Malen, one of our B7 writer, because these are the places in the Philippines forgotten by these politicians. Just in time to ting-a-ling some of these candidates that our barrios truly need some ‘about time’ attention. Who truly cares for our folks in the barrio? Alam nyo …

Wala akong paki-alam kung ano ang horoscope ni Jamby Madrigal, but I love her now! Hahaha!
In fact, I was so enamored by her wit dun sa presidential debate sponsored by the University of the Philippines and the Philippine Daily Inquirer, I started following her news stories. True, strategically, a vote for Jamby is a vote against Noynoy, my candidate. But she’s doing a pretty good job in helping me understand some of the stories I have no knowledge about.
For example, I’ve read about some of these land-grabbing issues …

I don’t know how it feels to be part of a political campaign, let alone do the explaining when surveys goes into a tailspin or squirts back to the top. At least in B7, if our Alexa goes up or down, it is what it is. No spinning needed Matilda. So, it must be crazy over at the Noynoy camp and the Villar camp. In fact, I even noticed that their ads are targeting completely opposite and/or different demographics which I’ll touch on the next entry. But in the art …

I’ve worked in the public housing industry in the United States for many years, overseeing housing investment tax credits and low income housing programs, which is why I would love to see a similar type of program be introduced in the Philippines, if there isn’t any in place. I’ve searched some government websites but I could not seem to find any information about affordable housing programs in the Philippines, I guess affordable housing programs are still called “squatters”. But even that is no longer affordable. You get evicted anytime. Popular …

Photo Credits: Bill Mullins
Filipinos lack common sense.
Yeap. That’s what I read on the Inquirer’s Opinion/Letters to the Editor page.
I thought for a minute that it was written by you-know-who, that is, if you are a regular here in B7 hehehe! React if you may, just don’t smash your keyboard, but hey! There seemed to be some traces of truth in what this guy is saying. Say?!
Now, moi?! I don’t believe Filipinos lack common sense! I think we lack everything! Well… ok.. nufff… forget what I said – you …

Aquino-Villar tied? That’s not my issue.
They’re back! Senators Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III and Manuel Villar Jr. now engaged in a neck and neck race, and were statistically tied two months before the May 10 elections. Check this one out.

Perlas 0.2? De los reyes 0.1? Madrigal 0.1? Gordon 2? Villanueva 3? Teodoro 6? When are they quitting the race and campaign for Noynoy Aquino instead? After all, De los reyes has already conceded to Noynoy, di ba?
Oh?! And who da hell is ACOSTA?!
Source: Villar statistically tied with Noynoy in new …

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“Ganito pala sa Olongapo, parang war zone,”. This was the surprised remark from one of the media personnel from GMA-7 who witnessed what happened that fateful day in November 1996.
All the action were going on inside the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) where the APEC forum was being held, so it only makes sense for all the media, local and international, to be there.
Fortunately for us, some GMA-7 staff, particularly Luchi Cruz Valdez (from The Probe Team fame) and a cameraman decided …

This is a late entry since I have been getting emails asking what happened to the Inquirer debate. I’ve been waiting for the videos to come online and finally, I saw them on Jamby’s site. This debate happened on February 8, 2010 at the University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City. The debate was hosted by University of the Philippines and The Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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Photo Credits: Benigno “Noynoy” S. Aquino III FB Fan page
You read it right. According to this Indonesian columnist of the Jakarta Globe, “Noynoy Aquino’s integrity and intelligence may well propel the Philippines forward and surprise its neighbors.” Let me share you the rest of the article: Karim Raslan: Noynoy a Thoughtful, Pragmatic Leader.

Having lived through the interminable Bank Century crisis, Indonesians will know that three weeks is a very long time in politics.
The Philippines is little different. Over the past 21 days I’ve watched as Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino …

Permanent resident ako nang Ellenville. I learn a lot in that blog, in fact, basahin nyo lang ang comments, bibirit na rin kayo nang tawa. So, I was there as usual, reading some stuff, when I ran across an entry “Ayun sa mga bituin” written by the Professional Heckler.
This blogger is the king of all kings in Pinoy blogosphere pagdating sa political wit and humor. And I’m telling you, pag hindi ka bumirit nang tawa dito, hindi ka tao. I’m sorry I cannot find the original entry sa site ni …