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Check out this mini-rant Facebook rant from Carlos Celdran . Hay nako. What is wrong with Get Real Philippines? Self-loathing and KSP. Their editors need to get laid. He's obviously got something to say about us, but then won't go into specifics. Pinoy style paligoy-ligoy kung baga. Then somebody points out a possible specific GRP post he is referring to, and Celdran goes "Don't click. Don't give them the clicks they want." ha ha!

Funny how bozos like Mon Casiple still use popularity as measured by crony "survey" firm Social Weather Stations (SWS) to 'reaffirm' the 'mandate' of Philippine President Benigno Simeon "BS" Aquino III. SWS, if we recall , is part of BS Aquino's notorious Kamaganak Inc clique... The SWS was founded in 1986 by Dr. Mahar Mangahas, Prof. Felipe Miranda, then DPWH Sec. Jose P. de Jesus (under President Cory Aquino), Mercy Abad among others while Pulse Asia was founded in the 90s when Prof. Felipe Miranda separated from Mangahas and bolted SWS. It should be noted that Managhas is the cousin of the late presidential candidate Fernando Poe, Jr while some of the prominent members of the board and stockholders of the Pulse Asia are blood relatives of Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, official candidate for the president of the Liberal Party. The corporate records of both firms that are available at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will also sh...

Among the litany of gaffes and dubious “gains” presented by President BS Aquino as results of his attempt to distract everyone from a galactic-scale scandal attendance at the recent APEC forum was a minor point whose irony likely has flown over most of the heads of typical Pinoy news consumers: Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima said the Philippines wanted to learn from the “best practices of Chile” in terms of taxing their mining industry. “Chile is the world’s largest exporter of copper and a few years ago they revised the scheme of taxation of their mining industry that is one that recognizes the volatility of mining prices. So this is one that we would like to study,” Purisima added. Just to be clear, this means that several weeks after the issuance of an Executive Order spelling out a “mining policy”, an E.O. that took about 18 months to produce and which has as one of its main objectives the improvement and rationalization of government revenue from mining...

Amando Doronila writes ... It’s true that Filipinos expect a fair administration of justice in this changing of the guard from the a much-maligned corrupt regime to one that proclaims itself as the embodiment of unsullied rectitude in governance and as God’s gift to the Filipino people. But this exhortation to Sereno had a hypocritical ring because it was made by a scion of one of the wealthiest landlord families in the country; it was addressed to someone who, as associate justice of the high court appointed two years ago, wrote a dissenting opinion putting the value of just compensation for Hacienda Luisita, which is owned by the President’s kin, at 2006 valuation (P2.5 million per hectare), and not at the 1989 fair market value (P40,000 per hectare). Now highlighting the doubt cast on the future independence of the high court, he writes further: "These ostensibly amicable relations between the administration and the high court are deceptive and hardly mask the fact that the Pr...

New Supreme Court Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno reportedly rated a four in a scale from 1 to 5 (5 being the lowest) in a psychology test administered by the Judicial Bar Council (JBC). The following is an alleged excerpt from the report. “dramatic and emotional, she appears energetic and all smiles and agreeable, but with religious preoccupation in almost all significant aspects of her life. She projects a happy mood but has depressive markers too. There is a strong tendency to make decisions based on current mood thus, outcome is highly subjective and self-righteous.” [ Source Manila Times . Updated with additional text made available in an Inquirer.net Op-Ed piece by Rigoberto Tiglao .]

We, the undersigned Faculty Members of the De La Salle University, acting individually, and with reasoned conviction, cognizant of our role in society as champions of enlightenment and in pursuit of our mission to create a haven for critical Christian thinkers committed to serve society, particularly the poor, assert that: ? The right to life is a fundamental Christian tenet that finds full meaning when combined with the inherent rights of humans to a decent, safe, and productive existence as well as to an all-round development. Thus, beyond protecting the very important right of the unborn, it must extend to a recognition that a life that is weighed down by poverty, sickness, and social inequality–now compounded by environmental stresses–deprives humans of agency to transform themselves and the world for the common good. ? A key dimension of the democratic ideal at the core of our community and country is the promotion of pluralism and diversity. In a society marred by great imb...

More quotes from the new "Chief Justice" reported on the Inquirer.net: Sereno, 52, who was leapfrogged over five senior associate justices to become head of the judiciary for the next 18 years or until the retirement age of 70, said it was God who appointed her and that it was probably time to give the leadership of the high court to “one of His humble servants.” Next thing we know, jousting will replace basketball as the national sport of the Philippines.

Above photo was sourced from the photo album of Donny Azarcon which has the following caption: My fellow Filipinos, this should be unacceptable! This is how our Philippine National Police treats our laws! If we tolerate this kind of behavior, I feel sorry for the kind of country my child would grow up too. PLEASE SHARE THIS so that our PNP would understand that we will not tolerate this kind of behavior! Note license plate of motorcycle: SL 6486

[ Image courtesy PinoyExchange.com .]

[ Image courtesy PinoyExchange.com .]

   Photo courtesy:  Carlo Alfonso