How are you doing President Noynoy?
Well, my name is Reyna Elena. I was your number one supporter during the election, attacked by an unbelievable online hatred during the campaign because of my support for your presidency. Aherrm!
Oh, by the way, I thought I’d share this with you.
Here is my Elementary School in Castilla, Sorsogon. This picture was taken last week by my friend from Amsterdam. It’s one Uragon building. One unbelievable technology. The best. Western standards will drool at how mini, major and super-typhoons blasted that building away …

“By the authority of the President:”
Malacañang on Friday fired Deputy Ombudsman Emilio Gonzalez III implicated in last year’s Rizal Park hostage-taking fiasco—and immediately met open defiance from the Office of the Ombudsman. The Incident and Investigation Review Committee (IIRC) that initially looked into the hostage incident found Gonzalez to have “committed serious and inexcusable negligence and gross violation of their own rules of procedure by allowing Mendoza’s motion for reconsideration to languish for nine months without any justification.”
The Palace also found “substantial evidence” to support the allegation that Gonzalez, deputy …

“Pwedeng mag-padala?” It’s sort of like this. A Filipino tradition which is now used by drug syndicates. How do you fight this? Simple common sense. Better, refuse any type of “padala” even from anybody. If you choose to bring it with you, inspect the “padala” especially, the “maleta”. This is not just for OFW’s. This is also for all of you–Overseas Filipinos. Sabi nga: “If it’s too good to be true? Hindi yan totoo.”
It’s sad that three OFW’s will be executed in China. I was reading the news about it …

In light of the recent earthquake in Japan, I am posting this information I received via email which I thought is a must read! Please read and spread the word. Many thanks to Marlene Howe. ~Reynz
Remember that stuff about hiding under a table or standing in a doorway? Well, forget it! This is a real eye opener. It could save your life someday.
EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP’S ARTICLE ON ‘THE TRIANGLE OF LIFE’
My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International …

Pag hindi ka tinutugis nang mga impaktong pirata sa Somalia
Nanakawin naman mga food supplies nyo nang mga lecheng tiga Libya.
Nakalibre ka nga sa mga sira-ulong employers sa Saudi na itutulak ka sa tuktuk nang gusali
Karipas ka naman nang takbo sa nang-re-rape mong boss sa Hongkong na hindi tuli
Maligaya ka na sana dahil sa Japan maganda ang disiplina
Masisiraan ka naman nang bait sa taas ng tsunami at mala-delubyong lindol nila
Kaya nag-decide kang pumunta nang Canada. Buti pa, dun na.
Anak nang patola, hindi naman tanggap ang iyong diploma.
Tago ka ngayon sa Amerika.
Kung …

I fully understand the insufficient energy supply in our country to power our growing economy, more so that electricity demand is much higher that it was several decades ago. You only need to live in the province to experience low voltage and frequent brownouts. The explosion at the nuclear plant in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture should pretty much tell us about the risk of a nuclear catastrophe in exchange for energy.

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This news is nothing new really. It is an open secret that Customs is home to big, wide, large and humongous crocodiles. The news is about a Customs Operations Officer by the name of Manuelo Algerre who alledgedly lied about his net worth for the past 25 years.
Imagine. 25 years and no one noticed.
It gets interesting.
The DOF Revenue Integrity Protection Service (DOF-RIPS) wants Algerre to be charged with perjury and falsification of public documents for excluding questionable properties from his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth, or SALN.
The …

“Representing transfer of funds re: approved budget for the launching of the New DOT Philippines Branding scheduled on November 4, 2010 at Oceana, San Miguel By The Bay, Mall of Asia, Pasay City as per attached supporting documents…”
If you noticed, every actor and actresses in this epic fail Polska Dot drama, including Campaigns & Grey have their own, unique and twisted alibis.

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By BERTENI “TOTO” CAUSING

Picture Credits: Kansas City Star
(Note: I decided not to post the gruesome pictures. You will find those pictures on Toto’s blog. ~Reynz)
The Philippines and the rest of the world are commemorating today, November 23, 2010, the first year after 57 persons were killed in the town of Ampatuan, province of Maguindanao in the most brutal manner one can imagine.
With this, the memory I dread the most riots in my mind and they cannot go out of my head.
For being a human being and a journalist, it is …

Ay caramba! Miriam Santiago is losing it again for the nth time to the nth power!
It must be the weather. You see, it’s Fall in the United States and I know a lot of people are getting depressed. But you see, it’s not Fall in the Philippines, rather, Miriam’s mind is falling apart. Why do they allow this Senator to simply ran amuck with her bloody attitude and it’s not even for the country’s sake! It’s all personal to her! Jezz!!!
For one thing, what does she care about Shalani? So, …

This entry is a repost from Inday Espina-Varona’s blog: scaRRed_cat
First the good news: The Department of Tourism has a new website! Yehey!
Then, more good news: The Department of Tourism is bringing nationalism to a whole new level! Using Filipino! And providing a translation and pronunciation guide!
And even more good news: The domain name is going to make every lonely heart (or dirty mind) crawl out of the woodwork and make a beeline for the first plane headed for the land of beautifulpilipinas.com!
Did you say alarm bells rang in the Interpol’s porn …

(I saw this post on Trixie Cruz Facebook Page and I thought I’d share this all to you in case you have time to attend this forum. I’m sure this will be a very interesting one. ~Reynz)
Did you know that the Charter of 1943 was ratified by an assembly of appointed provincial representatives called Kapisanan ng Paglilinkod sa Bagong Pilipinas, led by Benigno Aquino, Sr.? Kalibapi was an organization set up by the Japanese to supplant all existing political parties.

Pilipino.org and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts announce …

They’re in power now. So, what change?! This is how it works in the Philippines. “The” friends, “The” relatives and “The” classmates, with no apologies to Dale Carnegie, Malacanang’s book is out: How to kick friends out and lose influence.
And that’s the fire raging right now betwee BSA3 supporters and the mother shit err ship. Believe it or not, Noynoy Aquino’s Communications Department talaga is one maximum-level full of dysfunctionalities. We’ve seen their dysfunctionalities before and we are still seeing it now. Worse, it is now between them and …

Wow! Interestingly, I was just complaining about this in my Facebook update! Not that I am looking for a construction permit to build a brothel!
But!
In a recent study by the International Finance Corporation, the Philippines ranks 148th among the 183 nations in terms of ease of doing business. Now, let’s translate the numbers in some meaningful shit that could be understood by everybody.
A rank of 148 in a total of 183 nations means: The Philippines beat 35 nations. Nice! Right?
Well, the thing is, there were 147 nations in …

Thanks to the Supreme Court Justices, I am plagiarizing this Philstar article.

“It is all a question of breeding. Mislang may have had the misfortune of not having been trained well by her parents. It is simply basic and that makes it so difficult to understand why Mislang did it, to the embarrassment of the whole Filipino nation. When you are a guest in someone’s home, you act like a good guest. You should be respectful. If you are offered something to eat or drink, say thank you. If you do …

It’s Noynoy Aquino’s staff that sucks not the wine in Vietnam!
In fact, would it be fair to say that Noynoy Aquino is surrounded by some really ugly Filipinos and it’s not that Vietnam don’t have good-looking men?
Agree? Who would like to start a list? Anyone? Anyone?
So, you want to be a great leader? Surround yourself with intelligent and smart people. At least that’s what I learned in school. Of course, we all know now how bad was Noynoy Aquino’s selection and hiring. Just take a look at this latest – …

(Photo Credits: My camera. My very, very own camera. Taken in Cebu)
Senator Lito Lapid, in the explanatory note to Senate Bill No. 2519, the action-star-turned-lawmaker observed that “the incidence of elderly people neglected by their children is becoming not uncommon.”
Let me repeat in case you didn’t catch it: “the incidence of elderly people neglected by their children is becoming not uncommon.”
“is becoming not uncommon.”
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!
Ok.
I am not really a fan of Lito Lapid. But hey, let’s give the Senator some proper credit because this measure that he is pushing makes …

Picture Credits: Inquirer
And so I read that it is all-systems go this coming Monday for village-level elections. The entire country will vote for a total of 42,025 barangay chairmen (and as many youth council chairmen) and 294,175 barangay kagawads, or councilors (and as many youth councilors).
I am a non-believer of Sangguniang Kabataan. Even during the Kabataang Barangay days, maybe not all, bui I know that these lowest political unit is being used as just another political and/or corruption tool by those who can exert influence to the powerless SK’ers.
It’s like …

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I don’t really know if I have to thank the Philippine Supreme Court, spit on them or burn candles. But right now, they have just told me that we Filipinos are now free to plagiarize, copy every dots, symbols, words and thoughts of just about any author in the world without fear of being charged in court, unless the accuser can prove “malicious intent”.
Our Supreme Court, it’s now a Supreme Joke with all its midnight amputees by Gloria Arroyo, look how they make decisions.

Thanks to the Philippine Supreme Court …

Contributed by Ellen Taleon
Buried under tons of rocks and rubbles
Two thousand feet down in the bowels of the earth
Brave men of the number 33
Valiantly tried to seek light in the darkness.
The blackness closing in
The dust and sweltering heat suffocating.
Seventeen days had passed
And nobody knew which hole
They had dropped to and vanished.
Until that one fateful day
Their cries echoing, reached the ears of people
Who were seeking them, trying to know
If they were dead, ripe for salvaging
Or alive and worth saving.
In a race against time
Men once again proved that
Deep within each one …

Let me tell you, soy muy orgulloso ser Chileno! Yes, I am so proud to be Chilean and I am not even one.
It was an unbelievable reality TV show, matched by the Olympics and President Obama’s inauguration speech. Aren’t you just amazed by the technology used in the rescue? What’s more amazing was how Chile maximized technology that allowed us to see it live! I know, we all marveled at the most watched event beamed live from Chile. It sure was ten-fold better than the Olympics and the moon-landing combined.
What …

First, sorry folks, I’ve been quite busy lately – travels, seminars & trainings, nagkasakit pa, weather-related. Summer sa lugar ko, fall sa pinuntahan ko. Glad there’s Facebook to throw bits and pieces of rants I must throw, else, baka naloka na ako. I’m back, I’m well and will slowly crawl back to blogging.
Second, let me congratulate my dear Senator Trillanes! I’m really happy for him. I expect a lot from this principled soldier and I’m still waiting for Noynoy to free all political prisoners.
Third, I’d like to give thanks to …

By: Reyn Barnido
(Picture Credits: Here)
Life in the Inner Sanctum
Prologue: : Finding My Way Home
Fondness is the perfect place to begin this tale, for I will forever remember my passage into the inner sanctum with fondness – the one that comes with gratitude. It was the great Delia Tetrault, Foundress of the Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception who inspired me to embrace every moment with “joy in thanksgiving.” If I sounded “madrefic”, pardon the tone, but a decade inside convents can do that to you.
With wistful fondness I carved some names …

To have an appreciation as to why Atty. Trixie Angeles is currently on top of the world, we have to go back in time.
In the early hours of February 26, 2006, several cause-oriented groups began massing in various places in Metro Manila. Composed of different political persuasions, these groups were united in two things: a strong belief that Gloria Arroyo stole the 2004 elections and a desire to back-up officers who were allegedly going to withdraw support from the Commander-in-Thief.
Yes, The Thief. Gloria.
Malacanang reacted quickly and sent loyal forces to …

By: Bing of Warmstone
We are so pre-occupied about Noynoy Aquino, what he did, what he didn’t do and what he won’t do, that no one is talking about the coming barangay elections. Well, here’s a very timely article by Bing blogging at Warmstone that I would like to share to you all.

Talking with Papsie’s boozed up friends last night, one of the topics was about the coming barangay elections. Listening, I learned that there was a candidate who sounded sensible because of his proposal to keep the hush-hush …