No excuses
Posted on December 6, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized
Folks, I’m back . . . and since my only excuse would sound inconsequential to most, allow me to just get started on a pledge to make PinoyPundit.com frequently current on important . . . as well as the seemingly trivial . . . state of affairs that hit headlines.
The decider is now a commuter
Posted on July 2, 2007 - Filed Under Governance
Just when some of us thought that the approval ratings of Pres. George W. Bush could not possibly head any further south, he springs another surprise Read more
If only Magellan had GPS
Posted on June 29, 2007 - Filed Under History
With today’s Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, anyone can easily travel from point A to point B almost anywhere in the world . . . on land and at sea . . . without the men among us asking for directions. And keep a record of precise coordinates of key locations along the route that was taken.
A popular and aptly-named GPS brand is Magellan. Had GPS technology been available almost 500 years ago when Ferdinand Magellan, the Spain-funded Portuguese explorer ‘rediscovered’ an archipelago that was later named the Philippines, it would have precluded a decades-old controversy that could make it imperative to rewrite history books.
Mazaua: Magellan’s Lost Harbor, a well-documented article written by historian Vicente C. de Jesus appears to make the case for those who contend that Magellan’s party held the first Mass in the newly-claimed Spanish territory in Masao near what is now Butuan City . . . not on Limasawa Island in Southern Leyte.
Green cards fade to black
Posted on June 28, 2007 - Filed Under Governance
President George W. Bush had valiantly fought to get the Immigration Reform Bill back on the floor but despite a compromise deal that was carefully crafted with Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and other Democratic notables such as Sen. Ted Kennedy, the bill was effectively Read more
Victim speaks up on shakedown
Posted on June 24, 2007 - Filed Under Governance
In October last year, the Manila Times ran an editorial deploring what appeared to be the abrupt dismissal of then Agriculture Secretary Domingo Panganiban.
As things have turned out in the past week, however, it was Panganiban himself who decided to give up his ad interim Cabinet position . . . rather than succumb to the demands of eight congressmen-members of the powerful Commission on Appointments that he ‘produce’
Udder Matters: The breastfeeding controversy
Posted on June 22, 2007 - Filed Under Healthy Living
Someone once quipped, “Breast milk is better because it’s free, ready to drink and usually comes in attractive containers”.
That position is very likely shared by group of Pinays that staged a rally earlier this week in front of the Supreme Court in support of continuing efforts by the Department of Health to ban the advertising of infant milk formula and to encourage breast feeding. But instead of carrying the usual placards and banners, 21 women bared breasts that were painted with such messages as Read more
The First Noelle: Pinays conquer Mt. Everest
Posted on June 3, 2007 - Filed Under Pinoys Extraordinaire
In the aftermath of the midterm Philippine elections, the uncommon feat of the first Filipinas to conquer Mt. Everest on May 15th was hardly noticed by the local press that has been preoccupied with allegations and counter-allegations Read more
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