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Maybe there’s really such a thing as ‘paranoia in travel.’ Higit na umigting ito noong 9/11. Masasabing one in a million nga naman kasi ang tsansa na bumulusok sa apoy ang eroplanong sinasakyan mo – mapa A380 pa yan. But the possibility is always there, with the threat of terrorism hovering above us, all the time.
Bukod sa akin, paranoid din ang mister kong Amerikano. Nasa Singapore na kami nun at inaya ko syang dumaam man lang kami sa Cambodia  pero delikado raw sa mga …

Marka demonyo. Yan talaga pag tinamaan ka, sigurado ako, susuka ka. An sama kamo nyan. Kaya tuloy, nag-dadalawang isip na ako. Meron ngang mali sa ating saligang batas. Oo, dapat na nga talagang palitan ang mga kademonyohang nakasulat dun. Gaya na nga nang impaktong nepotismo. Pasensya na kayo medyo grrr ako. Finally kasi, nagkaron na rin nang TV ang barong barong ko at dun ko nasilayan ang gruesome na mga litrato nang mga pinatay sa Maguindanao.
Nepotism
Kakagat ba ang ating mga tongressman at mga tiga senado na magpasa nang ley na …

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Ever since the barbaric actions happened in Maguindanao which resulted to 67 casualties – mostly women, journalists and lawyers – committed brazenly in broad daylight, I have wondered if there is still democracy in this country or perhaps, if the principles of democracy is still alive today.
What happened in that fateful day is beyond words. Not even any bit of cuss words can be said at those pathetic, no-ball barbarian bastards who just went on trigger happy – snuffing the life out of those innocents. There was not …

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Barrio Siete Collective Blog was conceived with a common goal of responsible freedom of expression, radical tracing of one’s provincial roots and the upholding of democracy via the written form of communication despite of various differences and diversity among its members.
One proof of this is the fact that Barrio Siete writers consist of members with different faiths (including Islam), with different financial and legal status, with different political views, with different ideologies, …

Dear Uncle Jessie,
How are you my dear uncle? Don’t tell me you are okay because I know you’re not.
It’s been a while since we last saw and spoke to each other noh? Well, you know naman uncle that I’m a little popular than you now and I’ve been very busy with my newfound social life. I think the last time we spoke was a long time ago and you were a congressman pa in Davao and that was in the 90’s. OMG, so that means you’re so old already! Like …

Statement by Inday Espina-Varona, former chair of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines

The abduction and murder of around 45 persons, including around a dozen journalists, in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao is a spear thrust in the heart of our fragile democracy.
Let us grieve not just for our media colleagues — though theirs is an especially tragic fate, to die in the line of duty, serving a profession that more often than not deprives provincial practitioners of a living wage and social benefits.
Let us grieve, too, for the other dead: …

“They belonged to the rival Mangudadatu clan, but since they were women accompanied by a media delegation, they believed they were safe, protected by the Koranic prescription to spare women. No one could have predicted the ruthlessness that met them. At least 36 people, mostly identified with Buluan, Maguindanao vice mayor Datu Ismail “Toto” Mangudadatu and including a dozen media people, were abducted and later killed on Monday by gunmen allegedly led by members of the Ampatuan political clan. Toto’s wife, Genalyn Tiamzon-Mangudadatu, was among those killed, according to Toto …