Senate cannot brush off serious concerns on toxic waste Manila, 16 January 2007–Greenpeace today denounced plans in the Senate to ratify the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) soon, saying that it is…
San Juan lawmaker wants student drivers off main roads
Thursday, January 10, 2008 San Juan City Councilor Dante Santiago is seeking to limit the use of main roads by driving schools in training student drivers to ease the flow of traffic…
Nirvanasgate Poetry Interviews rock and roll Musician, Dee Girard
Monday, January 7th, 2008 Today, we kick off our interview series with a talented, dynamic musician, Dee Girard has just released his first CD titled: “Waiting on the Gods”, and we at…
Self Deception
Self Deception The ego lies, telling me that I am far greater than I am. The ego is greedy, nudging humility aside. Standing high atop a self serving tower looking down, creating…
Remains
We pulled through the gates, past the caretaker’s office and made the slow deliberate drive to my fathers’ grave. This was to be my first visit to the cemetery. The year since…
Plight of the Blue Monkey
And the Blue Monkey rested beside the road, licking his wounded knuckles, road dragged,bloodied, and blistered. Upset at the wounds, blaming them for his pain and suffering. Scratching his ear with his…
Gathering Fallen Feathers
My positions, convictions, are not yours, Understood. Then why perpetrate your convictions upon me? In other words, Just lay down and let the war machines do their job? And one day they…
The Battlements of Love and Forgiveness
Kindness the shield, the battlement. Grace, the glory, the testament. Sharp words devoured, violence, removed, Sisters, Brothers all, blessed. The word, enemy; long forgotten, All of us, forgiven, and Loved.
Bring Tariq Baig to Justice
The following is a statement made by Keiths Girfriend Ruth. On July 23, 2007 my boyfriend, Keith Hogan, discovered that his personal care attendant TARIQ BAIG had taken several checks and stamped…
Bayonet Mindset
Blood flows from slithering blows, chrome plated steel sliding. Innocence lost, terrible cost, grass never grows any greener. Foreign blades, under deadly schemes, just like the rape of Nan-king. A meaningless purge,…
SJ Investment Code proposed
December 31, 2007 07:44 PM Monday THE City of San Juan is gearing to perk up the business activity in its area as it aims to adopt a new Investment Code in…
A Fictitious Poet
A Fictitious Poet At the corner of the room, where only kerosene lamp’s light glows, head slightly bent over the ancient narra table, a man, divorced, sits in solitude, in front of…
Video camera sa mga bangko sa San Juan aprubado na
LAHAT ng mga bangko sa San Juan City ay kailangan nang maglagay ng video monitoring device matapos na aprubahan ng Sangguniang Panglungsod ang ordinansa ukol dito. Sinabi ni Konsehal Dante Santiago, may-akda…
San Juan to limit use of roads by driving schools
Driving schools and driving instructors may soon be barred from using San Juan City’s main thoroughfares as a training ground for their student drivers from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from…
OFWs get less funding share in P1-B AIDS advocacy tack
by NIMFA BERNAL www.ofwjournalism.net MANILA (OFW Journalism Consortium)—AS the country’s incidence of overseas Filipino workers with HIV is said to “be hidden but growing,” advocates are now focusing on those in the…