Global Balita May Series #3

Global Balita May Series#3

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Opinion » Why many Filipinos are like Jason Bourne

AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR
by William M. Esposo
from Philstar
Actor Matt Damon’s portrayal of the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) programmed assassin Jason Bourne was such a box office success that it became a movie trilogy — The Bourne identity, The Bourne supremacy and The Bourne ultimatum.

Jason Bourne, the movie character, was a patriot who wanted to serve his country and save American lives. His patriotic zeal was taken advantage of by the CIA when they indoctrinated him to be a programmed assassin. The CIA erased Jason Bourne’s recollection of his real …

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Opinion » What should the government do in the face of sex video scandal?
by Reginald Tamayo

The sex video scandal of Dr. Hayden Kho and Katrina Halili is indeed a “recurring theme” (PDI Editorial Cautionary Tale 05/23). Many of our innocent young continue to be victims of this kind of scandal. The government had not done and is not seriously doing something substantial to eradicate this repulsive subhuman behavior. It appears that it silently condones this by its ineffective ways of addressing this social problem.

In case the government needs some suggestions on how to deal with this, let me humbly offer some ...

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Opinion » Embattled SKorean ex-president jumps to his death
by JEAN H. LEE
from Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Embattled former President Roh Moo-hyun — a reformist shamed by a corruption scandal that tarnished his image as a “clean” politician — jumped to his death while hiking in the mountains behind his rural home in South Korea, his lawyer said. He was 62.

Roh was hiking in Bongha village when he threw himself off a steep cliff around 6:40 a.m. Saturday, lawyer Moon Jae-in told reporters in the southern city of Busan. He said Roh left a suicide note ...


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Opinion » One brave woman
Streetwise
by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo

Should Lieutenant First Grade Nancy Gadian manage to live to tell her story about anomalies and corruption in the Armed Forces of the Philippine (AFP), she will have carved a niche for herself among the thinning ranks of today’s whistleblowers. For Lt. Gadian has all the disadvantages working against her. She is a junior officer accusing a general; she is not a graduate of the fiercely fraternal Philippine Military Academy; and, not least of all, she is a woman in a time-honored bastion of machismo. She will have …

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Culture, Sports, Entertainment & Technology »
Pacquiao Dwarfs Onyok Velasco’s Olympic Stardom
by Alex P. Vidal

SAN DIEGO, California – Filipino Olympian Mansueto “Onyok” Velasco Jr. joined the Team Pacquiao as guest during “The Battle of the East and West” in Las Vegas, Nevada for two weeks but his presence hardly made any impact compared 13 years ago when he was the toast of Philippine sports for bringing home the silver medal in boxing in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics after 32 years.

“Parang nakalimutan na si Onyok at ang karangalan na ibinigay niya sa bansa (It seems they have forgotten Onyok and the glory …

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Opinion » My Vision Where We Can Go and How to Get There
by Henry “Hank” T. Wilfong Jr., MBA, CPA
Back when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was in the White House, he had A. Philip Randolph over dinner. Randolph was one of the pre-eminent Black leaders of the time, and a future organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King electrified the world with his “I Have a Dream” speech. President Roosevelt, after hearing what he said, and agreeing with him, then said: “Now go out and make me do it.” In other words, if you organize and …

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Opinion » Our Appointment with Destiny
by Philip S. Chua, MD, FACS, FPCS
Chairman, Filipino United Network (USA)
The destiny of a nation is in the hands of its people, the dreamers and visionaries who love their country with pride and nobility.

The history of the Philippines is replete with heroes, men and women like you, who envisioned a peaceful, prosperous, and proud homeland with justice for all, free from oppression and abuse, even by its own people.

You are all here today because you want to help our fellow Filipinos who have been abused and neglected by their own …

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