Manny Pacquiao is a champion boxer.
Manny Villar is champion realtor.
Manny Pacquiao is a classic tale of rags to riches.
Manny Villar is a classic tale of using good looks to make riches.
Manny Pacquiao has houses in GenSan, Davao, Manila and the US.
Manny Villar promises low cost housing for everybody as long as it’s from Camella.
Manny Pacquiao is terrible actor but good in singing.
Manny Villar is a terrible actor but good in lying.
Manny Pacquiao spends a lot in gambling.
Manny Villar spends a whole lot more in tv advertising.
Manny Pacquiao’s movies are …

Hello frenemies! How art thou? It’s been a very busy time for me this past few weeks attending parties and events (read: early campaigning) so please forgive me if I haven’t been in touch with you barriotics for quite a while.
Anyway, the year is about to end with a bang, literally, because of the impending Mount Mayon eruption but let’s just wish and pray that it’ll be a mild one and not catastrophic.
You know, the year 2009 has been very good for me because I’ve learned a lot especially in …

The truth about the Cory-Ampatuan link is that there is no truth. Contrary to what Belinda Olivares-Cunanan is peddling. Here’s a reaction from a reader:

To: Isagani Yambot, Publisher
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Dear Sir,
After reading Belinda Olivares-Cunanan’s 10 December 2009 “Political Tidbits” column in the PDI, I was very alarmed to see that Mrs. Cunanan stated as a “fact” that Former President Corazon C. Aquino appointed Andal Ampatuan Sr. as OIC of Maganoy in 1986.
As an avid reader of the PDI, I am disappointed to see such an irresponsible statement printed, whether or …

By Amor Lahoz
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Receding hairline…….. bad hair always………….. not so eloquent speaker…… good looks lacking…… uninteresting personality…….. I am not describing the good senator. The similarity may be uncanny….. right on the dot, perhaps…… But really, my reason goes beyond his looks and his personality.
Noynoy Aquino is the only son of the late Ninoy and Cory Aquino. Currently a senator but with a little push, he might just seek higher office. During his mom’s wake, he …

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In America, iba ang tingin nang mga tao sa military. Malaki ang respeto. Ki pulis, ki army, ki navy, ki ano pa man. Oras na you are a member of the military, automatic ang paghanga at pag-galang seyo nang mga tao. Dito ako bilib sa-aking bagong barrio na America ang tawag. Yet make no mistake about sa aking pani-niwala, hindi lahat Perfecto ang mga pangalan nila hahaha! Of course, ilang beses din silang sumesemplang, but for the most part, mas malaki pa rin ang bahagi nang good part …

Nearing our 10-day mourning period in honor of Tita Cory, Barrio Siete Dot Com is very happy to have given full blog coverage to one historic event that just recently transpired, the passing of our one and only Tita Cory. It’s our small contribution in honor of President Cory Aquino and Senator Benigno Aquino. But that very small contribution, surprisingly, has given us, Barrio Siete Dot Com, an unexpectedly back-to-back media coverage beyond our expectations. Trulalang ningning ever and if you think about it, wala pa tayong 3 months …

Ely is a long-time reyna elena dot com reader and has been one big-time B7 supporter. I love this guy at wala akong pekealam kung ano ang political colors nya because ang aking loveliness has no set pre-conditions (bahala na kayo mag-define hahaha) at ako ang magiging fairy godmother sa kasal nya. But it got me curious kasi, even though 100% B7 fan, supporter achaka defender of truth, freedom and equal employment opportunity tong aking love na si Ely, somehow iniwan nya kami sa Touch a Blogger: Tie a Yellow …

Hehe alam ko, mukhang misleading yung title diba? Di bale misleading naman talaga palagi ang mga Statements ni Glory at ng kanyang mga megaphone na sina Lorelei Fajardo at Anthony Golez…
Ganito kasi yung nangyari. Sa sobrang dami ng updates about kay Cory Aquino, nalito tuloy yung mga mamamahayag. Sa halip na pangalan ni dating pangulong Cory Aquino ang nasasabi, nababangiit o naisusulat eh pangalan ni Madame Glory ang naiilagay. Sabi ng iba subconcious desire daw yun hahaha. Baka gusto talaga nila katayin si Glory dahil sa malawakang pag salungat ng …

Napakabilis ng mga pangyayari. Kung ating titignan, parang kailan lang nung umakyat sa pagiging Presidente si Tita Cory. Nung natapos ang kanyang termino, andyan pa rin sya kasama ang ating mga kababayang lumalaban para mapreserba ang ating kalayaan. Sa abot ng kanyang makakaya, pinagpatuloy nya ang laban.
Nung bata pa ako, nakatanggap ako ng ilang pribilehiyo upang makita ng personal si Tita Cory. Ako’y alagad ng simbahan nung mga panahon yun (ehem! Ehheeemmm!) at alam naman natin ang suporta at debosyon ni Tita Cory sa simbahang Katoliko ay walang bahid, walang …

On Saturday (August 1, 2009)…it was almost time for wowowee when i saw commercials saying ‘Thank You President Cory”. That’s only when I found out that Cory was dead. I thought, wow! Willie was truly sensitive to have a 2-minute-silence for Cory. He was even wearing yellow polo shirt.
Well I’m not really a fan of Willie and of his show Wowowee. For one, he plays on people’s emotions and poor-ness. The more you are shameless enough to tell on national TV, the sorry and painful story your life is… the …

Eyeswear to OMFG! This is La Kapitana speaking sonata! I was very happy with GMA7 Live Streaming but they were out when Tita Cory was being transferred to Manila Cathedral. So, I swicthed to ANC na nakuha ko ang link dun sa website ni Tita Cory. I was even very happy because I saw this newscaster mentioning Barrio Siete in his news, I captured that moment and sent the pics to everyone in the Barrio. So, I was hooked right? And I was very happy with ANC’s service to Cory …

Photo from REUTERS / Romeo Ranoco
(Author’s Note: This is the post which I published a few hours ago on my blog as a reaction to the rumors that Bongbong and Imee Marcos’ presence at the wake of Cory Aquino may eventually lead to the reconciliation of the Aquinos and Marcoses. I thought of sharing with you guys here in the Barrio.)
Even Politics have intrigues and rumors, and this time, the buzz is true. Earlier this week, there was a rumor that the Marcoses would go to the wake of …

And so sabi nga ni Ajay, Hindi State Funeral kundi People Power Funeral para kay Tita Cory. Read: Magdusa kayo Malacanang! Wez kayo invited! Hahaha! Dahil sabi nga ni Kris Aquino, the honors will not come from some Malacanang decree kundi sa mga taong nagmamahal ki Tita Cory. Pero saan nag-simula ang pag-ayaw nang Pamilya Aquino sa offer nang Malacanang of giving Cory a State Funeral?
Eto ang cheezmaks mga kabarrio!
Iritadetch nga kasi ang isang bulinggit dyan ki Cory Aquino. Opo. Yun ang nasagap nameng cheezmaks. Nagsimula pala to nung …

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This “global country” officially mourns for 10 days for the passing of a great leader and human being. In 10 days or more, I would sense more the outpouring of gratitude than the darkness of grief, of the lonely feeling of missing a friend more than human being’s tendency to deny death of a loved one. After all, we sensed it was forthcoming amidst prayers for healing miracles. Tita Cory died with dignity equal to how she lived her life with the dignity of a child of …

Desisyon ng pamilya Aquino na tanggihan ang state funeral para sa yumaong Pangulo at dapat galangin ito. Gayunpaman, mayroon pa palang hihigit sa isang state funeral, at ito ay tatawagin kong People Power Funeral. Only in the Philippines, mga kababayan.
Nakakapangilabot ang naramdaman ko kanina. Lalo na ng nakita ko sa TV ang mga tao sa Ayala Avenue. It was like EDSA all over again. Yun nga lang, nakakalungkot kasi nagtipon-tipon sa Ayala ang mga tao upang makiramay sa pagkamatay ng pinakamaningning na simbolo ng EDSA. Sa pagyao ni Tita Cory, …

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Tumatanda na tayo kung hindi na tayo nagpupuruntong.
Nakapuruntong pa lang ako noon na ginamit kong pantalon–dahil nga pandak pa ako noon, ay nauso na yang kulay dilaw. Yung dalawang tsanel sa kahoy kahon namin telebsiyon ay nag-sabit din ng mga dilaw. Akala ko noon ay kailangan lang ng ilang sipa yang telebisyon dahil nag-sasalu-salo na naman yung mga kulay. Madalas kasi na parang may multo sa TV, humangin lang ng malakas sa labas, makikita mo ang out of the body experience ng mga reporter. Lalo na yung …

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I was too young  to have much of a recollection of the Marcos Regime. If not for his ouster in 1986, what they did will not be known to me. You see I was a Marshal Law baby. I was born in 1973. What I heard about Marcos in my younger years were not good anymore. Because by the time I was grown-up, people were already tired of his regime.
During the 1986 People Power Revolution, I was in first year high school.  We were all listening to …

Mahal ko rin si Cory, kaya kahit humabagat man, mag signal number 11 pa (Cory was the 11th President), buong population na ata nang Pilipinas eh nasa kalye Ortigas, nag-pumilit pa rin akong pumunta. Kaso, ang haba nang pila. Kaya habang ako’y nakapila, kinunan ko nang litrato ang paligid para senyo mga ka-barrio para sa mga Overseas Pinoy, at least feel nyo ang athmosphere nang People Power Hehehe!

Psst: All these pictures were taken by me, myself and I: Pusang Maganda. More pictures here: saying goodbye to cory aquino.
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“Pagka magkaisa ang dalwang pamilyang Pilipino, ay naku! milagro ang mangyayari!” ~Imelda Marcos

ANONG MILAGRO?! SINO ANG MASTERMIND NANG PAGPATAY KI NINOY AQUINO?! SINO?!
Alam nateng lahat na the Aquino Family refused a state funeral for Cory. Feel na naten yon. Relate tayong lahat dun. Im fak, Gloria even cut short daw her trip sa Estados Unidos and made several statements sa Waldorf Astoria. Eh ke mag-around the world pa sya, duda ko, walang peke-alam ang mga Aquino. At wala din akong peke-alam. Alam nyo ba …

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Former President Corazon ‘Cory’ Aquino was perhaps one of the most loved political personality of our generation today and it doesn’t take a genius to figure that out. Listed below are the reasons why I feel a great loss with the death of our iconic leader:
Girl Power
Who would have thought that a housewife can overthrow a dictator? Cory Aquino, only armored with a sincere passion to continue Ninoy Aquino’s legacy did that for the Philippines. Her grace under pressure attitude during her term was also commendable as …

Update: Cory will be buried on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at the family’s plot at the Manila Memorial park beside her husband, the late senator Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Photo Harbat: Wikipedia.
What you’re looking at is John F. Kennedy’s eternal flame. A month after arriving the United States of America, I had the privilege of visiting JFK’s burial site at the Arlington National Cemetery. Sa mga marami pang mga bisita sa bahay namen in Philadelphia, coming from Manila, Sydney, Toronto, London at pati na mga friends and relatives from all over the …

I woke up this morning, seeing my motherland mourning with the loss of her beloved daughter and a stoic icon of democracy – former president, Corazon C. Aquino. At the same time, my mother, who was a big fan of Ninoy and Cory Aquino, seemed to turned glassy-eyed with tears. Both the husband and wife became part of our lives, as they were to the nation back then.
When I was still living in the quiet village of San Lorenzo in Makati, my family was witness to the historic changes of …

La Kapitana believes that the GMA News TV story on yellow ribbon fever is wrong if not misleading!
Dismayado La Kapitana sa news that I read on GMA News TV, a link that was sent to me by Chuva Chienes. Kaya, I am so galit and bitter right now that I just finished drinking dalwang botelya nang datu puti at pag hindi inayos ang anunsyong pinalabas sa GMA New TV, I will soon be drinking Marka Pinya Soy Sauce! Leche! Exactly, when can you trust news to be korak?! Baliktad na …