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Government Has Run Amok Since 9/11 |
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Written by Sheldon Richman
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:10 |
Those who understand the exploitative nature of big government suspected that the U.S. response to the 9/11 attacks had little to do with the security of the American people and much to do with power and money. Still, the magnitude of the scam, as revealed by the Washington Post last week, is astonishing. Naturally, the politicians justify the growth in intelligence operations on national security grounds. To make sure such attacks never happen again, they said, new powers, agencies, personnel, and facilities were imperative.
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Written by Jose Ma. Montelibano
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Friday, 23 July 2010 23:49 |
For five years, ever since he left the chairmanship of the Landbank, former Agriculture Secretary Cito Lorenzo has been reported to be out of the Philippines. In the course of his absence, he gained the term "fugitive" from media. Yet, in that same period, no legal case was filed against him, nowarrant of arrest issued against him, no legal order mandating his presence in the Philippines. In other words, Cito had not been running from the law, only from media.
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Written by Juan L Mercado
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Friday, 23 July 2010 23:37 |
(The Inquirer headline read: Hapag Ng Pagsa artist dies of kidney cancer, 43.” My eyes flicked from the obituary to our dining room dominated by a Hapagprint.. Painter Joey Velasco sent that framed print after he read “This Far Away Look:, our comment” on his painting. Here is that column. In memoriam. –JLM. )
It began to speak back to me, Painter Joselito Velasco recalls. He meant the oil painting: ”Table of Hope” or Hapag ng Pagasa.
The oil depicts the Master, breaking bread, on a slum home table of broken wooden slats. He is surrounded, not by the 12 apostles of traditional art but by12 street kids. Velasco picked and photographed them at random.
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Teddy Benigno and His Quest For Truth |
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Written by Jose Ma. Montelibano
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Wednesday, 21 July 2010 00:26 |
Five years ago, a Filipino journalist by the name of Teddy Benigno passed away. Teddy was an artist as a writer, passionate yet had a keen eye for the truth. Most of all, Teddy was incorruptible, fiercely independent, and a man of great integrity. I now think of Teddy because he would have celebrated the victory of Noynoy Aquino, son of the lady president whom Teddy served and admired to his dying day. Cory Aquino on her part was one of the last visitors of Teddy in his deathbed. Teddy wanted to much to see the end of the presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo but did not live to see it. I know Teddy regretted so much his initial trust and faith in Gloria whom he helped become a presidential candidate as early as 1996.
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Written by Juan L. mercado
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 18:06 |
“Corruption has never been compulsory, “ parliamentarian Anthony Eden wrote.. So, what will President Benigno Aquino do with the sleaze legacy his predecessor dumped? The Philippines ranked 141, out of 179 countries, gauged by Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index.“ The Supreme Court forfeited Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos’s ill-gotten wealth, Columnist Rene Saguisag recalls.. Imelda ran for Congress. “The ‘ill-gottener’ was not prosecuted “Theft of billions established...without a thief. Wotta country”
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