I don’t know where to begin. I don’t know what I’m feeling – so much mixed, overflowing emotions! Angry, appalled, disgusted, ashamed, shocked, embarassed… The situation was handled in an awful, awful way. I am absolutely ashamed of our police. They were not trained to handle something like this. They used teargas, but they had [...]
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Holiday Economics
Posted by carambs on August 13th, 2010
While I fully understand why the government/President Aquino has declared August 21 as the non-working holiday instead of August 23, I question his concern for the people who have already made plans for the latter date, given that this announcement was made very late. The people who will be travelling on those days will be [...]
Petition for a Freedom of Access to Information Law
Posted by carambs on March 13th, 2008
Team RP Petition for a Freedom of Access to Information Law “Secrecy breeds irregularity, fraud, and crime. It allows chicanery, graft, and corruption… A democracy based on ignorance, on misinformation, on conjectures, on suspicion is doomed to fail. The more enlightenment the people have, the more guarantee there is for their success in their collective [...]
Introducing: Team RP
Posted by carambs on February 19th, 2008
Some friends just recently established a group called Team RP. Here’s a little something about them: Team RP is a youth-led initiative that aims to pursue truth, accountability, and reform in Philippine governance. Composed of students and young professionals from different educational institutions, fields, and sectors, the group recognizes the key roles that the youth [...]
Feb. 25, 2008: Non-working holiday!
Posted by carambs on February 18th, 2008
Malacanang announced that Feb. 25, 2008 is a non-working holiday. AWESOME! I’m actually thinking about going to Iloilo – checked the Cebu Pacific website and the airfare is still at P3,300++! Airfares to other destinations are much higher. Hmmm…
Tags: Hope in the Government
Posted by carambs on November 10th, 2007
Last friday I attended a dinner hosted jointly by Globe and the Ateneo Alumni Association. It was part of a roadshow for Ateneo’s sesquicentennial (150 years) anniversary. It was so cool to be with my fellow Ateneans in Globe. Before the program started, they showed a video of Ateneans reminiscing about the past – about [...]
Philippines Photobook in Lonely Planet’s Flickr Account
Posted by carambs on September 7th, 2007
The moderators of one of the Lonely Planet Publications Flickr accounts asked for suggestions on Photobook topics. They already have several Photobook threads – on Egypt, London, Norway, etc. Of course I suggested the Philippines! I wrote that it’s sad that people think this is a dreadful country when there are in fact many many [...]
It’s not yet over.
Posted by carambs on May 15th, 2007
I’m glad that the elections are over, because that means the body count will not increase anymore. Or is that wishful thinking? The elections are over, yes. But today is just the start for the Philippines. We will have to live with the choices of majority of the Filipinos. This year I really didn’t have [...]
What is happening to our country?
Posted by carambs on July 4th, 2005
What is happening to our country? I’ve been so annoyed at what’s going on in the political scene that I actually refuse to watch the news. It’s all about politicking! I really wish that we can find someone who truly cares for the country, someone who can lead us out of this shit. I felt [...]
Posted by carambs on May 28th, 2004
Watching these senators and congressmen debate over the silliest things just makes me so ashamed and pissed off. The past few days truly reflect sorry state of politics in this country. Can you blame people if they’re losing hope? We have to wait for another 6 years for another chance. Maybe even more than 6 [...]
