SONA 2008: The Last GMA SONA?
by Danilo AlmeydaThu, 24 Jul 2008 01:37:38 -0700
How many more SONA does GMA have? Would this be the last? This could be the last indeed with such military preparations. Read more
Beijing Olympics Controversies
by Danilo AlmeydaSat, 23 Aug 2008 20:07:09 -0700
From start of the Opening Ceremonies until the recent raising of the flags of winners with the awarding of the medals of victory, the Beijing Olympics is marred with controversy one after another. Read more
China's top backstroker banned on the Olympics due to drugs
by Anna Leah De VeraThu, 10 Jul 2008 02:37:16 -0700
Ouyang Kunpeng, China's top backstroker, tested positive for a banned substance, anabolic agent clenbuterol, last May 1, the Chinese Swimming Association declared in a press statement but not naming the substance. Read more
Alex of Alabang (second of a series)
by Danilo AlmeydaWed, 20 Aug 2008 08:16:02 -0700
One resting place that Alex found in the boarding of house of Manang (Alma) is one that of a mother and a mentor. Read more
Mainstream movie stars bagged CINEMALAYA 2008 Awards
by Hubert LorbesMon, 21 Jul 2008 02:52:24 -0700
Baron Geisler nervously but excitedly read his speech for his best actor award for the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival held July 20 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Read more
PROVOKING WAR in Mindanao
by Ady de los AngelesThu, 07 Aug 2008 23:40:59 -0700
Giving the Moro Islamic Liberation Front or MILF “24 hours to leave towns it has forcibly occupied in North Cotabato province or face police and military action” is the least of the statement from the government to lead to peace. These are the words that would if not declare war will most likely provoke it.
"We are giving individuals 24 hours to vacate otherwise they will forcibly be separated from the area" is the official statement of Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno in a press conference at the national police headquarters in Camp Crame.
Words have it that the government police and military will undertake military action against the MILF if they will not comply with the order. But the MILF reiterated in its own claims that they are not in the designated locations that the government authorities claims them to be in leaving an air of doubt and question of what really is in the mind of Malacañang military advisers.
Is the government back to the old military drawing board in Mindanao? Have not the government realized how successful the ARMM are in having their homeland and managing it too? Or is there something else more than provoking the war in Mindanao?
Despite the jolted signing of the Bangsamoro Judicial Entity after much critic from all sides of the political spectrum, “.. these operations [is] to stabilize the situation and put back the rightful owners of those lands,” Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Hermogenes Esperon Jr. declares with confidence that this most likely will not affect the peace process.
“This is not a declaration of war, this is a normal enforcement of the rule of law”, according the Peace Process adviser Esperon.
