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ABS-CBN Interactive has a story: UST’s new battlecry: Go Lozada, go USTE! Which brings to mind a quote from a recent movie: "It's Go-Go, not Cry-Cry." Care to guess which film?

And now you get it straight from the Shetland pony's mouth. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo admitted that there was actually something wrong with the ZTE-NBN contract. But she went through the signing of the contract anyway. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Saturday said she learned that something was wrong about the Philippine government's $329.48-million National Broadband Network project with

Ateneo de Davao University held its "communal action" for truth this afternoon. 'Twas a bit of a surprise for me as I didn't pay attention to the announcements. Nevertheless, I caught it on time. We started with a small rally on Roxas Avenue; Fr. Albert Alejo read a statement from the Ateneo de Davao community (text to follow). After that, we had a Mass in the covered court. Following Mass,

Photo from The Professional Heckler "You're nothing but a second-rate trying-hard copycat!" I can't help but laugh out loud every time I see Erwin Santos cry on TV. For those of you who don't know it, Santos is the former aide of Jun Lozada at the Philippine Forestry Corporation, now tearfully confessing to all the wrongs committed by his old boss. (This he did on a government-owned TV

Caught wind of this in the radio this morning and decided to look it up as soon as I got on the Internet: the wiretapped conversation of Joey de Venecia and Jun Lozada. Whoever put this out certainly wants to damage the credibility of the ZTE star witnesses. The action may have unintended consequences, however. Granted that Joey de Venecia and Jun Lozada did have the conversation and were

Just in case you're on the other side of the fence, you might want to check out this Yahoo group: KGMA, mga Kaibigan ni GMA. The group boasts of 506 members, but requires registration. If you like that, here are all the other groups you can explore.

When Jun Lozada revealed what Neri thought of GMA (and which Neri now conveniently "forgets" saying), it brought to mind this earlier post, dated January 2007. See? The Village Idiot Savant called it first! Sigh. Never put in office someone who has severe Daddy issues. Photo scanned from a print issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Got this via email: We are former government officials who have held high positions in the current and previous administrations. Having participated in the highest level of governance up close and personal, we now feel compelled to speak up for our demoralized public servants and arrest the decline of our institutions of governance. In the past, many of us kept quiet, going on about our daily

In looking up the Goebbels quote, I came across several other gems. This one is also from Goebbels, and it comes to mind whenever I see the baleful stare below the troglodytic brow of Deputy Chief Paul Mascariñas: “Intellectual activity is a danger to the building of character." Two others: “In politics stupidity is not a handicap.” -- Napoleon Bonaparte “Those who are too smart to engage in

I posted this as a response to one of the comments in the previous post. However, it struck a chord in view of recent national developments. “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus