UPDATED: Thousands of protesters gathered to join church leaders from various sectors in an inter-faith rally to support ZTE national broadband deal whistle-blower Rodolfo Noel Lozada Jr. and call for Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s resignation held at the heart of the central business district of Makati City, south of Read more »
By Corazon Aquino – The most noble—and least disruptive—way out of the moral crisis would be for the President to resign from office. Twenty-two years ago, we began the arduous task of reviving the democratic institutions that the Marcos dictatorship had destroyed.
President Arroyo Sunday said no one can force her to resign her post amid the numerous controversies hounding her administration and the First Family. Mrs. Arroyo insisted that she has still the power and authority to decide the workings of government and no one else, the President said in a Read more »
By Rhodina Villanueva – The topnotcher of the recent nursing board exams, a female student from the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM), will be saying thank you to her alma mater in the best way she knows. Zandra Mae Bongco, 21, said that instead of applying for work abroad Read more »
By Erwin Oliva – A supposed wiretapped conversation between Rodolfo Noel “Jun” Lozada Jr. and Jose “Joey” De Venecia III on YouTube has been getting more views, and has also been “remixed.” The video titled “Crying Babies,” features an animated film showing a small and a bigger pig talking Read more »
By Enteng Romano – There is a story going around about how Secretary Ermita was fuming mad at Mike Defensor. The budgeted hush money for a scandal of this scale was P5.0M. And so, the story goes, the envelop was passed from Ed to Mike. But as the money exchanged Read more »
