President Benigno Simeon Aquino III accepts the resignation letter personally handed by former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez in a brief meeting at the Private Office, Premier Guest House, Malacanang Friday April 29, 2011. The resignation of the Ombudsman is 10-days before the opening of the Impeachment Trial against Gutierrez in the Senate. On March 22, 2011, [...]
An official photo of Prince William and his fiancee Catherine Middleton, released April 28, 2011. (Credit: Mario Testino) “We are both so delighted that you are able to join us in celebrating what we hope will be one of the happiest days of our lives. The affection shown to us by so many people during [...]
Former Akbayan Representative Risa Hontiveros today slammed Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines’ (CBCP) Vice-President Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma for branding advocates of the Reproductive Health Bill as terrorists. In a statement, Hontiveros described Palma’s statement as “foolish and ridiculous.” “Terrorism is the method of taking hostage a community or a population to demand the [...]
Today, the Department of Social Welfare and Development through Secretary Dinky Soliman filed a complaint against Willie Revillame. Together with Father Robert Reyes, End Child Abuse Community Facebook administrators Froilan Grate and Frances Irene Bretaña and myself we filed as co-complainants and submitted our joint affidavit-complaint at the Quezon City Prosecutor at past 10:00 AM. [...]
Despite the constant below-the-belt-attacks from some Catholic bishops, priests and lay leaders, the controversial reproductive health (RH) bill continuously draws support from major decision-makers of the country including Sen. Lacson, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and President Aquino himself. This wave of support paves the way for the passage of this proposed legislative [...]
A leader is a must in every organization. One must be knowledgeable, skilled, experienced and sometimes with appeal. One might be the key to one organizations success. A simple idea if implemented well could be a big leap to a shaking company. From interviews and actual experience, everyone couldn’t be a leader, a firm decision [...]
Unexpected, I went back to our little country that we all called Philippines, My dad convinced me and so I brainwashed my husband to go back and that was also after a year of that September 11 attack. Ground Zero is only 30 minutes away from our home in Ridgefield, New Jersey. When I first [...]
Since January you might have seen me curating tweets here using Storify. I was quite happy to be given this private beta opportunity. I cannot count the number of stories culled from Storify here in Blog Watch. I have tried other curating tools but Storify rocks them all. The good news is Storify public beta [...]
Jay Jaboneta once again inspires me by sharing me this wonderful photo. I am such a firm believer in being part of the solution, even small steps like this A facebook wall post that changed the lives of 200 kids in Zamboanga We are all part of the solution. YOU are part of the solution. [...]
People are taking advantage of the season, the holidays that is. With zero interest financing from your credit card, cheapest airfare, affordable hotel rooms and paid vacations, grabbing the opportunity is hard to resist. Picture perfect view of the turquoise beach in Boracay, hot spring resort in Laguna or Long travel to Pagudpud are just [...]
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