Browsing Month »April, 2008«
→ April 22, 2008
Its true–I live in a society where we value survival more than anything else.
We allow a corrupt and immoral leader to rule us because we can’t find a single person to stand up for change.
We let crooks to rob us of our monies simply because those whom we task to prosecute them are, themselves, beyond [...]
→ April 20, 2008
” Are we ready to go to another war in Sulu?”
by Patricio Mangubat (newphilrevolution.blogspot.com)
A brewing revolt in the South
While we are so engrossed with the food crisis, a revolution is a-brewing in Mindanao.
Yesterday, a band of Islamic militants staged a rally in Sulu, one of the Southernmost islands of the Philippines. The rallyists called for [...]
→ April 19, 2008
The United Nations (UN) has just sounded an alarm over the worsening food situation in the world. Throughout the globe, millions are starving due to the high prices of food stuffs. Note: its not the lack of food–its the price that’s causing this crisis. The UN says that governments might fall should they fail to [...]
→ April 19, 2008
Today, at one of the media fora here in the Philippines, a noted population expert Dr. Alberto Romualdez warned of the effects of the country’s rising population. According to the Philippine Population Institute, there are now about 88 million Filipinos, with only about 35 million gainfully employed.
Any economist would definitely say that this is a [...]