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- 20 days ago | Viewed 0 timesPosted by Jesusa Bernardo The ghost of Fernando Poe Jr., or FPJ for short, was reportedly seen by his grave at the Manila North Cemetery on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. The 'apparition' witness asks why FPJ chose to show himself to her. The incident seems to be the first time the man deprived of the 2004 presidential victory "Hello Garci" style made himself visible by his tomb. Could it be that because we are only months away from another opportunity of presidential reckoning, FPJ wants the people to remember? Is Poe Jr., called by many as the genuine 14th President of the Philippines, asking the Filipinos not to vote for all those who conspired to cheat him, hid the real numbers and installed instead the "Hello Garci " perpetrator Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo? Is FPJ asking the people not to vote the parties that operated at either the military/Comelec or congressional canvassing level--Lakas-Kampi and the Liberal Party (LP)? Whether or not the apparition is genuine, or that the "ghost" is really that of FPJ or, for that matter, whether ghosts or spirits of dead people are real, Filipinos should well learn from the lessons of the 2004 presidential elections and proclamation fraud. If the people of the Southeast Asian islands with a blatantly colonial name, i.e., the Philippines, are to emerge not necessarily as one and united, but even just as a race dignified by basic morals of fairness and electoral honesty, they would need to learn from its recent electoral history....
- about 1 month ago | Viewed 0 timesSo clear that the Philippine Catholic church is in part responsible for Arroyo's reign of political immorality and disastrous governance. The government they helped install and have supported for so long is so corrupt and mismanaged it couldn't even give the capital region a semblance of decent preparedness for natural disasters. Many have decried that the government was nowhere during the critical hours of the Ondoy flash floods, with its responsibilities taken up largely by private entities and the broadcast media. Lagdameo concludes the very politically polite CBCP statement with: Nagtatanong lang kami! We do not have the answer! That is why let us also pray!" The men in robes are unsure of the answers now but they were so sure what to do during the heyday of the anti-Estrada movement. The prelates and nuns should have just confined themselves to praying back in late 2000-January 2001. Excerpts taken from: Bernardo, Jesusa. Will the Filipino bishops undo an Arroyo wrong? August 2006. Published at Sobriety for the Philippines Blog 4 May 2007. http://forthephilippines.blogspot.com/20
07/05/archived-article-august-2006-will. html Bernardo, Jesusa. Blaring Simbang Gabi sound speakers & the flagging Christmas spirit . 23 December 2008. http://forthephilippines.blogspot.com/20 08/12/blaring-simbang-gabi-church-sound. html __________ References: Additional Findings on Corruption-Related Issues (Most/Least Corrupt Philippine Presidents). Pulse Asia Site. 2007. http://pulseasia.com.ph/pulseasia/story. asp?id=632 Lagdameo, Angel. Year 2009, Typhoons: Are they God's Hints?. CBCP Website. 2 October 2009. http://www.cbcpnews.com/?q=node/10691 NASA. Hurricane Season 2009: Typhoon Ketsana (Western Pacific). http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurric anes/archives/2009/h2009_Ketsana.html "Second Quarter 2008 Social Weather Survey: PGMA’s net rating falls to record-low –38." 18 July 2008. Social Weather Stations Site.... - about 1 month ago | Viewed 0 timesGod, Typhoon Ketsana & the Philippines: Review of Church-Arroyo relations News Type: Opinion — Sat Oct 3, 2009 4:00 PM EDT Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) , Sept. 25, 2009, Poised for landfall Purple areas = strong thunderstorms colder than -63F Credit: NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen Infrared satellite image of Ondoy (Ketsana), Sept. 25, 2009 Credit: US Navy/Joint Typhoon Warning Center Flash flooding in San Juan, M.M. Credit: www.quezon.ph The Catholic Church ousted a Caesar... And blessed a prayerful power grabber Photo: BBC The poor thought Cardinal Sin's a traitor Photo: BBC The Annointer Cardinal & the annointed "President" Photo: BBC Rainfall Accumulation, Sept. 21-28, 2009 Credit: SSAI/NASA, Hal Pierce Metro Manila residents walk on electric-post tightropes Credit: Boston.com (Updated Oct 5, 2009 4:30 AM GMT+12 ) In the face of the devastation and casualties wrought by typhoon Ondoy (international name: Ketsana), the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines head Rev. Angel Lagdameo asks whether God is giving the Filipinos 'hints' of the "future and even the coming elections?" He wonders whether there is a connection between the all the corruption and lies, the loss of integrity and the mounting "destruction of morality and moral values" under the government of Gloria Arroyo and the natural "calamities occuring in increasing number and intensity." According to the website of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the typhoon's interaction with the seasonal southwest moonsoon gave a "record 13.43 inches of rain fell in Manila in the six hours between 8 a.m. and 2...
- about 1 month ago | Viewed 0 timesThe recent typhoon that hit the Philippines, typhoon Ondoy, raged the country with rains at a rate of 410mm, higher than that of Hurricane Katrina which surged the US with approximately 380mm. It left hundreds of thousands of Filipinos homeless and the death toll continues to increase, with a lot more missing. Monetary Donations 1. CASH or CHECK Please send cash or check donations to the PNRC National Headquarters in Manila. Checks should be made payable to The Philippine National Red Cross. We can also arrange for donation pick-up. 2. BANK DEPOSIT Account Name: The Phil. Nat’l. Red Cross PNRC PESO ACCOUNT ALLIED BANK Intramuros Branch PESO ACCOUNT : 1941-01347-1 Type of Account : CURRENT SWIFT CODE : ABC MPH MM BANCO DE ORO Port Area Branch PESO ACCOUNT : 453-0018647 Type of Account : SAVINGS SWIFT CODE : BNOR PH MM BANK OF PHILIPPINE ISLAND Port Area Branch PESO ACCOUNT : 4991-0010-99 Type of Account : CURRENT SWIFT CODE : BOPI PH MM METRO BANK Anda Circle Port Area Branch PESO ACCOUNT : 151-3-04163122-8 Type of Account : SAVINGS SWIFT CODE : MBTC PH MM PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK Sta. Cruz Branch PESO ACCOUNT : 3623-3680-0011 Type of Account : SAVINGS SWIFT CODE : PNB MPH MM PNRC DOLLAR ACCOUNT BANCO DE ORO Port Area Branch DOLLAR ACCOUNT : 453-0039482 Type of Account : SAVINGS SWIFT CODE : BNOR PH MM BANK OF PHILIPPINE ISLAND United Nation Branch DOLLAR ACCOUNT : 8114-0030-94 Type of Account : SAVINGS SWIFT CODE :...
- about 1 month ago | Viewed 0 timesIf you wish to get an objective and accurate picture of the state of the Philippines under Gloria-Macapagal Arroyo, get yourself independent data that are untwisted or unmanipulated by the propaganda machinations of the administration and, to a very limited extent, of the opposition. Survey data and other statistics from independent and established local and international polling firms and watchdog institutions will prove reliable. Facts and figures from the local Social Weather Stations (SWS) and Pulse Asia survey groups and Transparency International (TI) , Political and Economic Risk Consultancy , and Amnesty International (AI) should together provide the most accurate and unprejudiced picture of how better off or how worse off the Philippines currently is from the time Arroyo grabbed the presidency from Joseph Estrada in January 2001 through the EDSA 2 "People Power" backed by the military's top brass. Hunger and Poverty in the Philippines The level of hunger and poverty experienced by the Filipino masses under the Arroyo administration is reflected in the yearly survey of SWS on "self-rated poverty and hunger". As of November 2006, record high levels of "overall hunger" and "severe hunger" were recorded by the SWS survey for the quarter. The 19.0% Total Hunger and 15.1% Moderate Hunger represent unprecedented levels that far exceeded the highest levels recorded during Joseph Estrada's administration--14.5% and 9.2% levels, respectively. The highest level of Severe Hunger, at 6%, was also recorded during Arroyo's administration, in March 2001. In 2007, hunger in the Philippines turned out for the worse...
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