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Bolante Return or the US Elections: Which one would you follow more?

By ⋅ October 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Aside from the global effects of the impending economic recession in the States, I was supposed to write two separate posts which are flooding the headlines this week.
At the local front, former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-Joc” Bolante, the key figure to the “P728-million Fertilizer Fund Scam,” has finally arrived last night to answer allegations against [...]

SONA - Same ‘Ole Nation Ass-whipping?

By ⋅ July 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I wasn’t able to catch the SONA yesterday afternoon. Aside from the fact that I was till reeling from a nasty hangover, the thought of watching it is not as interesting as it used to be. Maybe because it starts to get labeled as an endless litany of the so-called “achievements” of the government during [...]

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