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Isang Paglilinaw Tungkol sa Visiting Forces Agreement

BAKIT kailangan pa ng magahasa ng isang sundalong Amerikano ang isang inosenteng dalaga bago muling mapansin ang pangangailangang ibasura ang Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) na pinirmahan nina Domingo Siazon, Jr. (na noo’y kalihim ng Department of Foreign Affairs) at Thomas Hubbard (na noo’y ambassador ng Estados Unidos o EU) noong Pebrero 10, 1998?
Another 'Travesty' as Congress Votes to Extend Life of Failed CARP

The landlord-dominated Congress, led by the relatives of President Arroyo, voted Wednesday night to add five more years to the implementation of a 20-year-old agrarian-reform program that has failed to uplift the lives of peasants and farmers in the Philippines. And critics say the new proposed law is even worse than the original.
Overpriced Shampoo, Needles, Otoscopes: DepEd Faces New Set of Corruption Scandals

Progressive lawmakers want to investigate how the DepEd is spending its large annual budget, given that the department has been hounded with an endless stream of corruption allegations.

MANILA -Progressive party-list legislators today said there is a need to look into the corruption allegations that have hounded the Department of Education, now that the hearings for the 2010 budget are about to begin.
National Artists at ang Unang Baboy sa Langit

Sa alingasngas na nalikha ng seleksyon ng 2009 National Artists Award (NAA), dalawang isyu ang tumitingkad na pangunahing diskurso: sa punto na may pakiwaring agrabyado-mga pambansang alagad ng sining, "lehitimong" artista, intelektwal, manggagawang pangkultura, at elitista-ang madalas masambit ay ang diskurso ng delicadeza o ang pagkilos ng tama at nasa lugar ng mga tao; at sa punto ng inaakusahang nakapang-agrabyado-Malacanang, Carlo Caparas, Cecille Guidote-Alvarez, at Vilma Labrador ng NCCA-kontra-masa (Caparas), competency (Labrador at Alvarez), at prerogatibong karapatan ng presidente
Changes, Stories and Hopes of Peñafrancia 2009

(Homily delivered by Monsignor Gilbert A. Garcera, Bishop of Daet, during the Mass after the fluvial procession, on the theme "Pagbabahagi ng Kinabukasan ng may Pag-asa." (Sharing the Future in Hope) held at the Peñafrancia Basilica Pavilion, Naga City, September 19, 2009 at 6:00 in the evening)

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First Look at SM City Naga

Last night, I had to buy a phone gadget in a hurry. It was eight in the evening and I had to look for a store to buy it. And look what I found---SM City Naga! The gadget I needed was right there at SM Appliances---all options and various models available at Manila prices.

The unusually heavy traffic along Panganiban avenue on a very rainy, almost stormy night courtesy of three weather disturbances around Luzon, suddenly reminded me that this was the day the much hyped grand opening of SM took place. All parking spaces outside the mall were occupied. Guards on raincoat guided us to a third-level parking area. We were told there were more parking spaces at the fourth level.
Pelikula at Relihiyosidad

MANILA - May afinidad ang pelikula at relihiyon. Ang partikularidad ng katangian ng pelikula sa iba pang media ay dalawang bagay: lumilikha ito ng ritualisado at personalisadong intimacy kada boluntaryong pagbabayad ng manonood. At ang pagbabayad natratransforma ang sweldo sa paggawa na ipinambayad sa pagdanas ng sine bilang kasiyahan o pagtransforma nito sa domeyn ng leisure.
Politika ng Kulturang Popular ng Cha-cha

Alam nang marami na bahagi na ang isang bagay ng popular at lehitimong kaalaman kung ito ay may entry sa Wikipedia, ang interaktibong encyclopedia sa internet. Dahil nga sa flexibilidad at interaktibidad ng entries sa Wikipedia, ang kalakaran sa akademya ay hindi ito pwedeng gamitin bilang source sa mga pag-aaral at pananaliksik. Guide lang kumbaga, dahil may links pa nga ito sa iba't iba pang maaring tunguhin sa paksa.
Small-Town Mayor Says He Will Win vs. Arroyo Son

SAN FERNANDO, Camarines Sur-In a thriving eatery along the National Highway in Naga City, there is one thing on display aside from kinalas-the distinctive hot broth prepared by mixing beef strips with noodles and spices.

Displayed conspicuously inside the eatery is a framed photograph of Camarines Sur first district Representative Diosdado Ignacio "Dato" Arroyo together with a man who is probably the owner of the place.
Of Twisted Fates that Happen Only in the Philippines

Rodolfo "Jun" Lozada has been ordered arrested on perjury charges stemming from his revelation that former Arroyo spokesperson Mike Defensor offered him money to keep his mouth shut about his abduction from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport; Jovito "The Butcher" Palparan who is being linked to the spate in extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances wherever he was assigned is on his way to Congress, and so is Ma.