tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153615402024-03-14T00:56:47.859+08:00Minority Report7A:5 Mencius said, “To act without understanding and do so habitually without examination, following certain courses all their lives without knowing the principles behind: this is the way of the multitude.”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-15436490818200739432008-11-12T16:12:00.002+08:002008-11-12T16:16:23.228+08:00new name 2(...) failed state.im not comfortable with naming my blog with this, but if i see it everyday, it will keep me reminded. i think i'll keep it for a long long while.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-33348022916207300822008-11-06T16:31:00.002+08:002008-11-06T16:35:26.636+08:00new namein deference to my idol, and to his fmcc, i am changing my blog's name from three stars and a sun to minority report for the meantime while i continue to search for the next title i'd be comfortable with for my blog.thanks!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-80859005356397636062008-06-04T14:25:00.003+08:002008-06-04T14:39:17.506+08:00now our government cares...i couldn't believe it. i started to sense it when news about the rice "shortage" hit the news. there was much concern about how to distribute the much cheaper nfa rice to those who are less disposed to pay for the more expensive rice types. there was also this nationwide investigation against rice hoarders and iv seen several news items reporting some success in exposing those "evil" businessmenUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1165893321536217542006-12-12T11:13:00.000+08:002006-12-12T11:15:21.536+08:00A Plea to Our Kapwa Pinoys in the US: AGAP-Bikol(message from fr. manoling francisco, sj)Dear Friends,Last Nov. 30, 2006, a supertyphoon Reming ravaged theBikol Region and Southern Tagalog, Philippines. Morethan 400 people have already been buried; hundredsmore are missing. The death toll, according to the RedCross, will most likely exceed 1,000. Moreover, 10,000families have been dislocated, their homes and fieldsburied under tons of mud fromUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1165892674777757212006-12-12T10:58:00.000+08:002006-12-12T11:04:34.793+08:00looking for a reforestration project here in the philippineshi everyone,if you know of an organization dedicated to reforestration projects south of the philippines, please send me their contact info asap. we would like to help through funding and marketing projects related to "recovering" our forests. please contact me through the comments section below, or by emailing me at execsec@tangingyaman.org.thanks!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1163666337057532872006-11-16T16:29:00.000+08:002006-11-16T16:38:57.066+08:00back to the old habithi everyone!after a 6-month hiatus from blogging, i'm back. haay, there's so many things that's worth talking about, gringo's capture, pacquiao vs morales III, the opposition's senatorial slate, etc. etc..but, i don't want to write anything about them now. all i care about right now is that i'm back, hehehe. i wonder who's still visiting my blog until now, hmmm...by the way, here are some updatesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1142730943488824842006-03-19T09:13:00.000+08:002006-03-19T09:15:43.506+08:00Senate Report on Fertilizer ScamSource : Senate Committee Report 54======================================A summary of the findings of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and food on the Fertilizer Fund Scam.======================================8 March 2006The Fertilizer ScamThe Senate Committees on Agriculture and Food, and Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations (Blue Ribbon) Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1141021074431766782006-02-27T13:58:00.000+08:002006-02-27T14:17:54.446+08:00'rot' raceone of the lines of thinking which saved gma from being asked to leave the presidency goes like this: if we're going to be responsible for what we ask for, we can't in conscience ask gma to resign simply because we don't have anyone "better" to replace her. this was at the beginning of all the controversies. sadly, everyone seems to be equally ill-fit.fast forward to today. if i'm gonna be asked Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1139818199214596262006-02-13T16:07:00.000+08:002006-02-13T16:09:59.226+08:003 To Do’s When in a Revolutionary Situation: Remember, Celebrate, BelieveA “revolutionary situation” is where we all presently find ourselves in. The intimidating terms might scare you away, but here’s an alternative view of what we are to expect in this critical time in our nation’s life. It will help if we first make sure that we know what being in a revolutionary situation means.Being in a revolutionary situation is second of three stages in the revolutionary Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1136338025388572862006-01-04T09:25:00.000+08:002006-01-04T09:27:05.406+08:00Pork barrel: Pigging outhttp://news.inq7.net/nation/index.php?index=1&story_id=61903First posted 01:25am (Mla time) Jan 04, 2006 By Juan V. Sarmiento Jr., Armand N. NocumInquirerFILIPINOS are vaguely aware that the pork barrel -- that euphemism for the joint raid on the National Treasury by the President and Congress in the name of infrastructure development -- is a source of fat kickbacks for the most dishonorable Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1135525617722916352005-12-25T23:29:00.000+08:002005-12-25T23:49:57.116+08:00merry xmas everyone!merry xmas everyone! just wanted to share here something different that happened to xmas this year. just got off an emergency situation where i had to assist in the stitching of someone's wound. talk about trying my hand on new things! hehe...my main role was to wipe the blood off from the wound every now and then (if you're eating or you have a weak stomach, please excuse me). i'm still feeling Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1134029333942408522005-12-08T16:05:00.000+08:002005-12-08T16:08:53.956+08:00Enlightened Warriors' Statement (?)(Got this from an email. Anyone here knows the veracity of this claim/statement?)Earlier this morning. a group of good men of the Armed Forces carried out an attack against the LTA Building along Perea St. in Makati.This attack symbolizes the widespread frustration and anger among AFP soldiery against the illegitimate and corrupt administration of Gloria Arroyo.The attack was carried out despite Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1133772548710279232005-12-05T15:54:00.000+08:002005-12-05T16:49:10.266+08:00about terrorists and rebelsi was reviewing the daily newsbriefs which we had sent in november til the first part of this month and saw that there had been several news reports on ambushes resulting to deaths on the government side. there was one in the middle of november done by the abu sayyaf in sulu. their camp was eventually overrun by the govt forces, but lo and behold, several days after, they were at it again, this Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1133747804957816502005-12-05T09:52:00.000+08:002005-12-05T09:56:44.970+08:00From Fr Intengan SJSTATEMENT OF FR. ROMEO J. INTENGAN, S.J. REGARDING A SUPPOSED “EXIT PLAN”FOR PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL – ARROYO4 December 2005 This concerns the series of articles in The Manila Times from November 23 thru November 25, 2005, which claimed that National Security Adviser Norberto B. Gonzales and I had presented an exit plan for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Supposedly, the plan contains: (1)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1133589033132693992005-12-03T13:38:00.000+08:002005-12-03T13:50:33.143+08:00national situationer in radio veritassimbahang lingkod ng bayan (slb) will be guests tonight in radio veritas (846khz). the title of the show is "mib: mga isyu ng bayan" hosted by harvey keh. slb will be giving a report on the current national situation, specifically data on politics and the economy. please do listen to get updates and to join the discussion. thanks...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1133090579385122512005-11-27T19:20:00.000+08:002005-11-27T19:22:59.396+08:00south parketeer methanks chinks!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1133061108901408322005-11-27T10:21:00.000+08:002005-11-27T11:20:39.473+08:00the people's will last electionsi heard cabinet secretary ricardo saludo give malacañang's side on many of the different issues targetted against it last week. i would like to share here what he presented regarding the results in the 2004 election. first he was quick to "not say that there was no cheating last elections". basically, what he said was that the results of the presidential elections (gma's having won) "reflected Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1132717250684192032005-11-23T11:35:00.000+08:002005-11-23T11:44:40.476+08:00"pahinga"i went through a 3day silent retreat last weekend, and happily i was able to sketch again. i think the last time i tried to draw was in grade school, in our art classes. i liked what i was able to come up with since i didn't really expect much. i'm just someone who tries his hand at new things every now and then. so what do you think? :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1132630070170534592005-11-22T11:26:00.000+08:002005-11-22T11:27:50.183+08:00Pulse Asia dims GMA’s glad return(www.abs-cbnnews.com) President Arroyo’s happy arrival -- she brought good news from the APEC summit, where the Philippines was hailed as a model in the antiterrorism war, and enjoyed a relaxing stopover in Hong Kong with her family -- was dimmed by the result of the latest Pulse Asia survey.The research company’s "October 2005 Ulat ng Bayan," released Monday, shows that her following in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1132578522186867642005-11-21T20:49:00.000+08:002005-11-21T21:28:22.390+08:00step back and restthe evening local news tonight had nothing to say anymore about any of the following issues: jueteng, hello garci/cheating last elections, hyatt 10, gma resign, fvr, cory aquino, cbcp, black and white, rallies, mendiola, satur ocampo, communist, charter change/venable deal, graceful exit. except for several opposition congressmen who toyed with the "arrovo" booboo in some of the new 100-peso Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1132303161547159262005-11-18T16:36:00.000+08:002005-11-18T16:39:21.556+08:00forum on the jesuit guidelinesfr danny huang sj, provincial superior of the society of Jesus in the Philippines, will be leading discussion on the guidelines he endorsed to jesuit partners and institutions this coming wednesday, 430pm at the ateneo de manila university (escaler hall). he will also try to answer questions and receive comments and suggestions regarding the said guidelines. everyone is invited...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1131714816356674402005-11-11T21:04:00.000+08:002005-11-13T11:39:30.686+08:003 stars & a sun " It's been 4 hundred years of tears For the brown man, Still and all the fight has just begun ...3 stars & a sun! ...3 stars & a sun! I'm ready to defend the 3 stars & a sun! "lyrics from a song by francis magalonaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1131418603684334832005-11-08T10:03:00.000+08:002005-11-11T21:03:04.616+08:00reflections: 1in addressing socio-political issues, the catholic church prescribes that its people use the pastoral cycle as guide to understand deeply the situation at hand and to find its meaning for oneself and for the people concerned (the society). it is believed that having processed the different available information surrounding a particular socio-political concern will have produced a more Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1130924232525718062005-11-02T17:36:00.000+08:002005-11-02T17:42:39.230+08:00Jesuit Guidelines on the Political CrisisThese guidelines were prepared by the Society of Jesus Philippine Province Commission on the Social Apostolate whose members are Albert E. Alejo, S.J., Miguel B. Lambino, S.J., Jose Cecilio J. Magadia, S.J., Antonio F. Moreno, S.J., Karel S. San Juan, S.J., Primitivo E. Viray, S.J., Peter W. Walpole, S.J. and Roberto C. Yap, S.J. (Chair).FR. DANIEL Patrick L. Huang, S.J., the provincial superior Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15361540.post-1129544432737677402005-10-17T17:21:00.000+08:002005-11-02T17:34:45.530+08:00water cannon incidentyesterday, a friend priest asked my opinion about the mendiola incident wherein several hundred rallyists were "cannonized" by the police to stop them from coming any closer to malacanang. honestly, by the time that i was asked, i never really had any opinion about it yet, maybe because i didn't see the event as surprising. everything went as expected.well first of all, i think the rallyists (kmeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0