October 2010
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This is what storm signal No. 4 looks like →
Oct 17th
May 2010
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“This is one of the most thought-out decisions I’ve ever made, and I am proud to...”
– (via pepediokno)
May 9th
Ten Thousand Things: A compact with winners–and... →
Posted on May 09, 2010 by jimparedes HUMMING IN MY UNIVERSE By Jim Paredes (The Philippine Star) Updated May 09, 2010 12:00 AM Granted that the PCOS machines work and the votes are counted honestly, it will be a historic and a happy exercise that we will go through as a nation when we…
May 9th
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May 9th
@cocoy chronicles: Speech of Sen. Benigno “Noynoy”... →
Nandito na po tayo sa huling yugto ng ating kampanya. Napakalaki na ng lamang natin. Patunay ito na ang taumbayan ang aking tunay na lakas. Ang makatotohanang mensahe ang mangingibabaw. Ang taong pinangakuan ngunit kinalimutan ay gising na, at handa nang humusga sa mga lumimot sa kanila. Hindi…
May 9th
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Comelec Resolution 8839 →
This is how Comelec plans to carry out our country’s first automated elections on Monday, May 10, 2010.
May 8th
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A nonpartisan prayer for discernment and grace composed especially for the May 2010 elections as we choose empowering, principled, and competent leaders of our beleaguered nation.
May 7th
Manifesto of Support for Sen. Noynoy by the...
SENATOR BENIGNO C. AQUINO III Noynoy Aquino Headquarters Parc Haus Building EDSA-Ortigas Pasig City Dear Senator Aquino: Greetings! We, the undersigned members of the Indigenous Peoples/ Indigenous Cultural Communities coming from different sectors of our society, strongly believe in your platform of government (Transformational Leadership, Economy, Government Service, Gender Equality, Peace and...
May 7th
Why Manny Villar Does Not Get My Vote by @komikero... →
cocoy: @komikero didn’t endorse anyone but he made Great Points as to why Villar shouldn’t be President.
May 7th
Mindanao needs you!!! Help map precincts for... →
(via cocoy)
May 7th
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May 7th
May 7th
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Remarks at Harvard University for the Philippine...
JJ Soriano, Pinoy Power President April 17, 2010 Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Please allow me to share a bit of nostalgia before I go direct to the topic at hand. It is like a homecoming for me whenever I visit Boston. I still remember four decades ago when I was a young boy playing with my siblings on the banks of the Charles River, sometimes even daring to step on it when it froze...
May 3rd
May 3rd
Ten Thousand Things: Alleged Bogus Partylists  →
Forward to people who care for the welfare of our country. Know more about the party lists before you vote. 1. Ang Galing Pinoy – supposed to represent security guards, tricycle drivers and vendors but its first nominee is Mikey Arroyo 2. 1-Utak – Angelo Reyes is supposed to…
May 3rd
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April 2010
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MLQ3 on Tumblr!: Things to help you make an... →
Back in February, I posted the original version of this entry in response to friends asking for information on the candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency. So I decided to reproduce some links I sent out, in case voters will find them useful. I’m updating this for the last time in the…
Apr 30th
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MLQ3 on Tumblr!: Ramon Magsaysay Jr.'s endorsement... →
My family and I have decided to support Senators Benigno ”Noynoy” Aquino and Mar Roxas, Liberal Party candidates for president and vice president, respectively in the May 10 elections. It is my conviction that we need leaders that are honest and trustworthy at a time when our country is in…
Apr 30th
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MLQ3 on Tumblr!: "The person who gets my vote,"... →
Posted on 08:27 PM, April 19, 2010 BusinessWorld To Take A Stand — By Oscar P. Lagman, Jr. The person who gets my vote The country has suffered from 12 years of maladministration — two and a half years of bumbling and plunder by Erap, and nine and a half years of immoderate greed,…
Apr 30th
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Apr 28th
Apr 28th
Political Things that Hurt →
cocoy: Manny Villar and his supporters probably had only Noynoy Aquino in mind when they started the psych-document caper. They had a simple goal — scare off people so that the Aquino would suffer the same exodus of votes that hit Villar. Yes, this should be laid at Villar’s doorstep. Let us not dignify that excuse about excitable, gung-ho followers. If this were so, Villar would have...
Apr 28th
MLQ3 on Tumblr!: "Noynoy's Legislative Record," by... →
Noynoy’s Legislative Record by Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III Tuesday, 23 February 2010 Sta. Ana coordinates Action for Economic Reforms. This piece was published in the February 22, 2010 edition of the BusinessWorld, pages S1/4 to S1/5. Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
Apr 28th
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Apr 25th
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Apr 17th
Concentric Rings, Part II: land-grabbing, land... →
cocoy: a must read
Apr 17th
Ten Thousand Things: Tomcat, your Professor is... →
A lot of ADMU profs’ names were in this article. This is my mom’s letter in response to the article today against NoyShare Yesterday at 11:02pm Hi Friends, I sent this letter to Mr. Jojo A. Robles of Manila Standard Today who published a letter from somebody named “Tomcat”. Mr. Tomcat attributed
Apr 17th
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“The main difference between the slithering insinuations of allegedly impaired...”
– Inquirer editorial, “Dirty tricks,” April 12, 2010. (via mlq3)
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Apr 14th
The Greatest: Hiding Your Tracks →
cocoy: It’s telling that after the black propaganda regarding Noy’s ‘medical record’ was refuted not once, but three different times, the blog that tried to spread has disappeared. Et tu? http://politicalamateur.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/noynoys-medical-record/ Should have…
Apr 9th
Risa Hontiveros' Statement on Laurel House and...
AKBAYAN REP. HONTIVEROS April 5, 2010 For inquiries, please contact Jonas  0920-9059727/ 9316575 Villar did not declare Laurel House in his SALN - Hontiveros LP senatorial bet Risa Hontiveros revealed today that Sen. Manny Villar and Rep. Cynthia Villar did not declare the Laurel House in their joint statement of assets and liabilities. The Nacionalista presidential bet and his wife bought from...
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Apr 8th
@cocoy chronicles: Aquino Brings Great Hope and... →
This post was Originally published on Filipino Voices, September 9, 2009. It is reposted here for posterity’s sake. What’s it like today? Rain fell hard on Manila flooding streets. It makes life cold and hard and difficult. It is so easy to succumb to darkness. I certainly don’t need to tell…
Apr 8th
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jimparedes: There’s no escaping election fever! Quite unique! Sent to me by Mica Fleta
Apr 8th
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March 2010
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Mar 30th
“One example was C&P Homes (C&P), a Philippine corporate property...”
– Rohan Douglas, Credit Derivative Strategies: New Thinking on Managing Risk and Return, ( Villar’s cited on page 30) About the Author: Rohan Douglas, editor of this volume, is the founder and CEO of Quantifi Inc., a leading provider of pricing models and risk analysis tools for structured credit. He...
Mar 17th
Mar 12th
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MLQ3 on Tumblr!: Benigno Aquino III's People Power... →
Mga minamahal kong kasama, kapatid at kababayan: Noong madaling araw ng Setyembre 23, 1972, dumating ang mga sundalo at dinakip ang aking ama. Kami naman ay ginising ng aming ina, at sinabi sa amin kung ano ang nangyari. Labing-dalawang taong gulang lamang po ako noon. Kinulong ang aming…
Mar 12th
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Noynoy Aquino: A summary of what he stands for →
(Excerpted from the cover story of the international investment magazine, Asian Tigers, January-February 2010 issue.) … Beyond his father’s request to take care of his mother and sisters, armed with the courage of his parent’s, Noynoy’s SOCIAL CONTRACT WITH THE FILIPINO PEOPLE is a…
Mar 10th
Yasmin 4 Senate: Lao Lauds Women’s Multi-Sectoral... →
mlq3: PRESS STATEMENT of Yasmin Busran-Lao, LP Candidate for Senator Refer to: Elizabeth Yang Cell no: 0915 543 0025 04 March, 2010 Lao Lauds Women’s Multi-Sectoral Inter-faith Dialogue on Peace and Governance Women from various sectors and of different faiths coming together to…
Mar 10th
@cocoy chronicles: Cooking up our own dagdag bawas →
Beat that, Garci! Up until a few days ago, I was an undecided registered voter of the Gibo / Gordon / maybe-Noynoy persuasion. There are three factors that made up my mind: The latest survey results (you’ll see why in a moment); News reports of a certain candidate’s propensity to break the…
Mar 10th
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Ten Thousand Things: You Are Brilliant, and the... →
The Commencement Address by Paul Hawken to the Class of 2009, University of Portland, May 3, 2009 by Paul Hawken posted May 27, 2009 Paul Hawkens When I was invited to give this speech, I was asked if I could give a simple short talk that was “direct, naked, taut, honest, passionate, lean,…
Mar 10th
Mar 4th
“Now that I’ve finally had the opportunity to hear Noynoy speak in person,...”
– Lila Shahani, blogger and policy adviser
Mar 2nd
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Mar 1st
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@cocoy chronicles: When May comes, will you... →
Quite often it may seem like an epoch ago, officials of the government made excuses for their capability and intelligence when that uncoordinated disaster: the first 48 hours of Ondoy occurred. Now months later, we’d forgotten what it was like, The Day After Ondoy and the sheer urgency of…
Mar 1st
February 2010
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Feb 27th
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