Global Balita May Series #1

Global Balita May Series #1

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GlobalBalita.com is dedicated to publishing articles about Filipinos and all that affect them.
The new site will still have all the content you’ve come to love here—we’ve just made it a lot easier to navigate through. We will also introduce the Pinoy Forum (an online message board) where you can have discussions or share your opinions with other Filipinos. Look for that in the next month.

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All the best,
Perry Diaz
Editor

LATEST FROM GLOBAL BALITA
Featured, Opinion » It’s all about the money
by Lito Banayo
from MALAYA

A legislator sat beside the wife of a highly-touted “presidentiable” in the first seats of a flight bound for Bacolod the other week. After the usual pleasantries, the legislator asked the wife, “O, tatakbo na ba talaga si (name of husband)?” The reply was quick — “Ay, oo.”
The legislator asked further: “E tatakbo yata si Erap, tutuloy pa rin ba siya?” The reply was just as quick as the first, “Oo naman, wala nang makakapigil”. And then she started explaining why.

“Alam mo kasi, ang tingin namin parang …

Read the full story >> It’s all about the money

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Opinion » The flawed arithmetic of the Opposition
AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR
by William M. Esposo
from Philstar

The Opposition should master their arithmetic if they are to win in 2010. The logic behind their concept of addition and division is terribly flawed.

Also, the Opposition should brush up on their Marketing 101. Politics is very much the social science of Marketing. But the way the Opposition is wittingly or unwittingly creating disincentives, one gets the impression that they are promoting the status quo.

Politicians swear by their mantra of “politics is addition” and yet they miscalculate that some additions result in …

Read the full story >> The flawed arithmetic of the Opposition


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Politics & Government » People’s Inititiative to Establish Anti-Dynasty in Government Service and for Other Purposes
Dear Perry,

Please go over and recommend or support the anti-dynasty initiative for launching by July 1, 2009, and approval by the people via Republic Act 6735 before the end of 2009 to prevent the scrapping of the Constitution by GMA’s plans to declare martial law. Kindly refer to Section 9(b) of this proposed Initiative found on page 9.
Marlowe Camello
Homeland, California

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Dear Marlowe,

This initiative is long overdue. It’s about time that we put a stop to dynastic reign in the Philippines. I endorse this initiative in the belief that democracy works best …

Read the full story >> People’s Inititiative to Establish Anti-Dynasty in Government Service and for Other Purposes

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Opinion » U.S. “Jekyll and Hyde Op”
by Erick San Juan

I almost stopped writing about the truth about the U.S. Foreign Policy in the Philippines especially, when the good Ambassador of the U.S. to the Philippines, Kristie Kenney, had shown sincerity in dealing with the Filipinos, but I was wrong! The Jekyll and Hyde Operation of the “power” behind the scene in the U.S. government was unmasked by its own policy.

At the Philippine Daily Inquirer dated May 4, 2009, it reported that the U.S. says its anti-terrorism strategy in the Philippines is working. Cynthia Balana …

Read the full story >> U.S. “Jekyll and Hyde Op”

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Opinion » Shrinking Middle Class: Threat to National Security (Part IX)
by Rawlein G. Soberano, Ph.D.
The state of our global economy can be described in foreclosures, evictions, repossessions, bankruptcies, layoffs, abandoned projects and industries caught in the middle. The February unemployment report showed the labor market deteriorating at an even faster rate, with the unemployment rate rising from 7.6% to 8.1%. The economy lost 651k jobs in the month, but reported 2,113,000—an average of 671k per month. A measure of unemployment has almost doubled over the past 2 years to 15.6%. Along with a historic drop in the percentage of the …

Read the full story >> Shrinking Middle Class: Threat to National Security (Part IX)


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Opinion » Swine Flu Re-examined

by Antonio C. Abaya
from Standard Today

This is becoming confusing. Last week (April 29), 159 were said to have died from the swine flu, all of them in Mexico, and some 1,600 others were said to have been infected.

But now we are told, only 19 have died in Mexico, and one in the US – and he happened to be a Mexican boy visiting relatives in Texas. Or a total of only 20 deaths worldwide, out of a world population of more than six billion, plus some 900 confirmed infections in …

Read the full story >> Swine Flu Re-examined

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Politics & Government » Police Officer Killed in Ilocos Norte Highway Ambush

by Artemio A. Dumlao

BAGUIO CITY (May 4, 2009) – A police officer enroute to his duty at the Batac town police station was killed by motorcycle- riding gunmen Sunday.

Police Inspector Jimmy Ulep immediately died when gunmen peppered him with bullets along barangay Bungon, along the national highway to Batac town.

Ulep reportedly suffered a fatal wound on his head from a caliber 45 pistol.

Police investigators initially said Ulep’s Toyota Corolla was tattered with bullets from a caliber 45 firearm from two motorcycle-riding gunmen whose identities police has yet to uncover ...

Read the full story >> Police Officer Killed in Ilocos Norte Highway Ambush

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PerryScope »
PerryScope: The Evil Empire Strikes Again

by Perry Diaz

Sun Tzu, the ancient master of the “Art of War,” said 2,500 years ago: “When torrential water tosses boulders, it is because of its momentum. When the strike of a hawk breaks the body of its prey, it is because of timing.” With that in mind, what the Evil Empire did in the past few weeks couldn’t have been more timely.

First, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo consolidated her political power by taking over as interim president of her political parties, KAMPI and LAKAS. Second, her allies in the House have …

Read the full story >> PerryScope: The Evil Empire Strikes Again

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Opinion » We don’t honor the truth

by Reginald Tamayo

It is no longer safe to say the truth in this country. Truth and truth-seekers are silenced. Anyone who speaks and stands up for the truth finds himself voiceless for fear of reprisal. In fine, truth is suppressed out of fear. Truth is a costly possession in this country and is not easily obtained without sacrifice and hammering from those who hate the truth.

Seemingly this is the Philippines today, to a great degree. Truth is elusive in this country and falsehood is popular. Graft and corruption is normal …

Read the full story >> We don’t honor the truth

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Opinion » Change we never get
by Lito Banayo
from MALAYA

It’s been two years since Jonas, son of Joe Burgos, the late founder of this paper who dared fight the dictatorship even when it was not yet fashionable to do so, was snatched by men suspected to be from the storm troopers of a military general who believes that the only way to fight the ideology they hate is to maim and kill those who rightly or wrongly, subscribe to those “unthinkable” beliefs. His mother Editha, along with his siblings and other relatives, cry to the …

Read the full story >> Change we never get

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Opinion » Unkind judgment of history
by Reginald Tamayo

All things considered, Manny Pacquiao is now a living legend in boxing. That is how our history will remember Pacquiao as the country’s greatest boxer.

I wonder if our present crop of leaders will also receive similar kind thoughts from our historians. I say this because I am sure they are also interested to know how history will judge them. Historians have the perspective of judging whether or not history will be kind to our present leaders. They are entrusted with the sacred task of creating opinions about our …

Read the full story >> Unkind judgment of history


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