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Katrina Halili reigns supreme as Maxim September covergirl

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:56:00 +0000

GMA 7's Katrina Halili and one of FHM's top 100 sexiest girls is now Maxim's cover girl for September. Maxim September issue is now out for grab.

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Phychiatric test para sa OFW: sagot nga ba sa totoong isyu ng mga OFW?

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:59:00 +0000

Psychiatric test, ito ang panibagong requirement ng DFA para sa mga taong nagnanais maging domestic helper sa ibang bansa. "Domestic helpers should be assess if they are able to respond to this type of stress" ito ang paliwanag ni Undersecretary Esteban Conejos ng Department of Foreign Affairs, ayon sa kanya dito masusukat ang kakayahan ng kanilang isip at emosyon ang anumang pagsubok sa abroad. Habang taliwas ang pananaw ng mga NGOs na sumesentro sa advocacy ng mga migranteng kababaihan, ayon sa kanila dagdag gastos ito sa mga Pinay na nag nanais mag abroad at walang saysay ang psychiatric test kung aabusuhin lang sila sa abroad. Ngunit naninindigan si Undersecretary Cornejos na sa makikita sa psychiatric test kung maaaring isabak ang isang domestic helpers sa abroad.

Pero aminin natin taliwas ang panukalang ito sa totoong dapat ginagawa ng ating pamahalaan at ng mga embahada natin sa ibang bansa lalo na sa Middle East. Hindi kailangan ng mga domestic helper ang psychiatric test para malaman kung nararapat siyang isabak sa trabaho sa ibang bansa at kung may kakayahan sila sa aspeto ng emosyon at pag-iisip. Ang kailangan ng ating mga kababayang domenstic helpers at iba pang OFW ay isang matatag na security para sa kanila sa mga bansang napili nilang pagtrabahuan, security para sa kanilang karapatan, security nila bilang tao laban sa pang aabuso at pagmamaltrato ng mga amo nila at ito ang kulang sa ating pamahalaan at mga embahada sa ibang bansa.

Walang taong matatag ang kakayahan sa pag iisip at emosyon sa panahong mangibang bansa siya para humanap nang swerte para sa kanya at sa pamilya. Kung tuluyan ipapatupad ng Department of Foreign Affairs marahil wala nang pumasa sa mga domestic helpers nating halo halo ang emosyon dahil sa pag iwan niya sa kanyang pamilya sa bansa, at magulo ang isip dahil nangangamba siya sa panibagong hamon sa kanyang buhay, at kung anong kahihinatnan niya sa bansang pagtratrabahuan. Lahat walang kasiguruhan dahil ang pagtratrabaho sa ibang bansa kahit dito sa Pilipinas ay pawang pagsusugal lamang nang tapang, emosyon at pag iisip. Lumalayo na ang Department of Foreign Affairs sa totoong problema at mas lalo pa nitong pinahihirapan ang mga taong nag nanais magkaroon ng swerte sa ibang bansa.

Isang malaking ANG SA WARI KO lang, alam ba nila ang suliranin ng ating mga kababayang domestic helpers at mga OFW sa banyagang lupain? Sana OO alam nila, para saan pa't nasa pwesto sila, dahil para sa akin hindi Pyschiatric test ang sagot sa matagal nang suliranin ng mga migranteng Pinoy sa ibang bansa kundi isang masasandalang embahadang alam ang karapatan at alam kung paano ipagtanggol ang kapwa Pinoy nitong biktima ng pang aabuso at pagmamaltrato. Ilan pa bang kabaong ang dapat salubungin nang mga pamilyang pinangakuan nang masaganang buhay para kumilos nang tama ang ilang mga embahadang ginagawa nila dapat ang kanilang mga trabaho, sana putulin na natin ang mga suliraning ito at magkaroon nang maayos na panukala para sa ating mga kababayan sa abroad.

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I Love Betty La Fea Full Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:24:00 +0000

www.ABS-CBN.com and Ilovebettylafea.multiply.com releases the full trailer of I Love Betty La Fea that will air this September.

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Video of Burlesk Queen Dita von Teese from Vicky Belo's Party

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:19:00 +0000

TV Patrol releases the video of controversial Burlesk Queen Dita von Teese from Vicky Belo's Party last August 8, 2008.

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Pagtataray ni PGMA sa isang Press Conference

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:38:00 +0000

Fiesta na naman sigurado ang mga kontra kay President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo matapos mag-air sa TV Patrol World at Bandila kagabi ang insidenteng naganap nang nagpatawag ang pangulo ng isang press conference. Ang isyu hindi pa handa nang sumalang siya sa harap ng media dahil walang teleprompter ang pangulo na nagresulta nang dalawang beses niyang pag walk out at pagkabagot at kita ito nang mga press at mga nanonood sa telebisyon. Halo halo ang opinyon pero ang isang malaking katanungan sa mga ilang eksena na nakikita natin sa ating pangulo kagaya nang pagsusungit nito, pananabon nang ilang mga tauhan nito, at ang pagwawalk out, hindi na ba inaalintana ng pangulo ang mga ganitong gawain sa harap nang mapanuring mata nang lipunan? Ang dating Gloria ba ng masa noon na nakangiti na may dalang mga palay, gulay at mga bulaklak sa mga posters noong nangangampanya ay tila napapalitan na nang masungit at madaling mabagot na pangulo?

Marahil sasabihin ng ilan tao rin si PGMA, naiinis, nababagot, at nagsusungit, pero para sa ilang mapanuring mata, tama ba ang iginawi ni Ginang Arroyo sa kanyang mga tauhan? Lahat tayo ay nanonood lamang at tagasubaybay sa napakalaki at napakahabang teleserye nang buhay Pinoy at ito ang drama sa pulitika.

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John Lloyd Cruz is Armando Solis on ABS-CBN's I Love Betty La Fea

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:40:00 +0000

www.ABS-CBN.com The Buzz and Ilovebettylafea.multiply.com announces John Lloyd Cruz as Armando Solis on ABS-CBN's I Love Betty La Fea!

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Pilipinas makiki-CHArter CHAnge ka ba?

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:56:00 +0000

Para isang ordinaryong mamamayan walang halaga ang salitang CHARTER CHANGE o Cha Cha lalo na sa isang taong araw araw kumakayod kalabaw para lang mapunan ang kumakalam niyang sikmura at sikmura ng kanyang pamilya. At para sa iba ang cha cha ay isang ordinaryong sayaw lamang, pero sa pamahalaan ito ang sayaw na tinutukoy nilang pagbabago na tutulong sa pag aayos ng gulo sa Mindanao at sasagot sa suliranin pampulitikal ng bansa. Pero para kay Juan dela Cruz sagot din ba ito sa lumulobong populasyon sa bansa? Sagot ba ito sa pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin? Sagot ba ito sa pagsugpo ng kamang-mangan ng bansa? Sagot ba ito sa sa kakarampot na kinikita ng mga manggagawa?At sagot ba ito kahirapang matagal nang kinasasadlakan ng bansa?

Marahil hindi, dahil kung ito man ang sagot sana noon pa ito ginawa nang mga naunang pangulo ng bansa. Pero ang usapan ng Charter Change at tila ipinapasok sa panahong may suliranin ang bansa at abala ang mga tao sa mga pansarili nilang pangngailangan at hindi sa politikal na estado ng bansa.

Tulad sa isang kanta "We had the right love at the wrong time", hindi ba mali ang panahong ito para pag usapan ang charter change dahil dapat mas iniisip ng mga nanunungkulan ang nasa harapang suliranin ng bansa? Pag ibig ba sa bayan ito o sadyang taktika na lang para sa pansarili nilang kapakanan na nakaupo sa pwesto?

Mangmang man ang ilang Filipino sa usapang politikal lalo na sa konstitusyon dahil na rin hindi sapat ang kanilang kaalaman sa mga bagay na ito. Pero hindi mangmang si Juan dela Cruz sa panahong alam niyang pinagsasamantalahan na ang kanyang kahinaan. Bakit pinapasok na ang usaping ito kung ang totoong suliranin ay nakaamba sa kanilang harapan. Hindi ba dapat ayusin na muna ang problema ngayon, ang pagkalam ng sikmura, ang kulang na kaalaman, ang butas na bulsa, ang tumutulo at binabahang mga tahanan, at ang lomolobong populasyon? Cha cha lang ba ang sagot? O china-cha cha nyo na lang ang kahinaan ng taong bayan para sa sarili ninyong kapakanan?

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IMMAP (Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines) Summit 2008 and The Boomerang Awards 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:54:00 +0000

Here are some images I can share from the 2nd IMMAP (Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines) Summit 2008 and The Boomerang Awards 2008 in Manila Intercontinental Hotel in Makati

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What is your stand on Charter Change?

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:40:00 +0000

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her allies is pushing the idea of Charter Change as the solution for the peace issues in Mindanao and other problems that the country is facing right now.

I want to know your Sa Wari (Opinion) on the topic are you in favor of charter change? If Yes what are the possible positive that Philippines will gain from this? If No, what are the other alternatives that the government should resolve to and what problem should the government target first?

Feel free to post your Opinions after all everything is all Ang Sa Wari(s).

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Ang mga pag asa at pangarap sa ARMM Election

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:12:00 +0000

Bilang isang ordinaryong mamamayan na may paniniwala pa rin sa boto ng nakakarami. Isang simbolo ng pag asa ang ARMM election na nagaganap ngayon sa ating mga kapatid sa Mindanao. Mula sa paghadlang ng mga taong nais ipatigil ang nasabing eleksyon at namayani pa rin kung ano ang naitakda na ng Comelec, pero sa kabila nito ay hindi pa rin natin maaalis ang pangambang mayroong gulong maaaring mangyari dahil na rin sa iringan ng militar at ng grupo na MILF.

May pag asa pa ba?

Mayroong pag asa sa mga taong naniniwala, hindi ako isang taong maituturing na hard core political fanatic pero ang sa akin ay ibinabahagi ko ang aking ideya at saloobin sa mga bagay na nangyayari sa aking paligid lalo na sa lipunan at kapakanan ng kapwa. Ang eleksyon ay nagpapatunay na may demokrasya pang nagaganap sa Mindanao at ito ay ang may layang bumoto at mamili kung sino ang iluluklok sa kapangyarihan. Hanggang ang tao ay may pamamaraan sa kanyang pagpapahayag ng pananaw at pag mamahal sa kalayaan ay may pag asa pa.

Kapatid boboto ka ba?

Oo dapat kang bumoto kahit nasa kalagitnaan ka ng isang malaking gulo sa Mindanao. Dahil ang isang boto mo ay maaring makapagpabago ng mga pangyayari lalo na sa pamamalakad at sistema ng lokal na pamahalaan. Ang isa mong boto ay siyang magdidikta ng kinabukasan ng Mindanao lalo na pag pinagsama sama ang boto ng mga kapatid nating mga Muslim at Kristiyanong may paniniwala sa kapangyarihan ng pagboto.

Pagbubukod at paghihiwalay sagot nga ba?

Tulad ng sinabi ko sa isa kong kasama sa pagpapahayag ng pananaw sa pamamagitan ng blog. Hindi sagot ang pagkakahiwa-hiwalay o pagbubukod upang magkaroon ng kapayapaan. Hindi rin kaya nitong hilumin ang sugat ng hindi pagkakaunawaan at pagkakaiba-iba ng pananaw at paniniwala.

At kung sang ayon ka sa pagkakahiwalay o pagbubukod, marahil para mo na rin sinabing sang ayon ka sa maaaring pagbubukod ng Iglesia, Protestante, Ateista at iba pang paniniwalang taliwas sa ibang paniniwala. Simpleng analogy lang hindi mo matuturing ang isang bahay na ang tanging laman lamang ay kusina, sala o silid tulugan lamang, dahil ang isang bansa tulad ng Pilipinas ay hindi magiging Pilipinas kung humiwalay ang ilang bahagi ng Mindanao.

Ang sa akin lang nawa'y mas isipin pa nang malalim ng gobyerno na kung ano pang hakbang at plano ang karapat dapat na isagawa at hindi itulak ang planong pagbubukod. Sa kabila ng krisis sa Mindanao ay naniniwala pa akong may pag asa pa para sa mga kapatid kong Muslim at Kristiyano na mamuhay ng payapa sa isang komunidad, lipunan at bansang hindi kainlan magbabaha-bahagi sa kabila ng ibang paniniwala at pamumuhay. Isa lang ang Panginoon, iba nga lang ang wangis niya, pangalan at pinagmulan base sa ating relihiyon at pananalig.

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Beijing 2008 Updates

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:20:00 +0000

Exclusive Summer Olympics news & widgets at NBC Olympics.com!

with Lani Misalucha

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:56:00 +0000

We had a chance to interview Lani Misalucha in Universal Records just this afternoon (August 7, 2008)

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My new slippers

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:53:00 +0000

Dahil hostage ng tito ko ang slippers ko ngayon napilitan na ako i-give up yun kaya bumili ako ng bago sa Bench cute sya pero di sya mahal di naman ako magsusuot ng 900 worth na slippers at ilalakad ko lang at pambahay di pa

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Inside Eco Moda Manila (I Love Betty La Fea)

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:29:00 +0000

Sharing some pictures from the Eco Moda Manila Blessing this morning. Yan lang yung personal pictures na meron ako rest iuupload ko sa official multiply site ng ilovebettylafea.multiply.com

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Transcript of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo State Of the Nation Address 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:35:00 +0000

STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO DURING THE 2ND REGULAR SESSION OF THE 14TH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, 28 July 2008

Thank you, Speaker Nograles. Senate President Villar. Senators and Representatives. Vice President de Castro, President Ramos, Chief Justice Puno, members of the diplomatic corps, ladies and gentlemen:

I address you today at a crucial moment in world history.

Just a few months ago, we ended 2007 with the strongest economic growth in a generation. Inflation was low, the peso strong and a million new jobs were created. We were all looking to a better, brighter future.

Because tough choices were made, kumikilos na ang bayan sa wakas. Malapit na sana tayo sa pagbalanse ng budget. We were retiring debts in great amounts, reducing the drag on our country's development, habang namumuhunan sa taong bayan.

Biglang-bigla, nabaligtad ang ekonomiya ng mundo. Ang pagtalon ng presyo ng langis at pagkain ay nagbunsod ng pandaigdigan krisis, the worst since the Great Depression and the end of World War II. Some blame speculators moving billions of dollars from subprime mortgages to commodities like fuel and food. Others point of the very real surge in demand as millions of Chinese and Indians move up to the middle class.

Whatever the reasons, we are on a roller coaster ride of oil price hikes, high food prices and looming economic recession in the US and other markets. Uncertainty has moved like a terrible tsunami around the globe, wiping away gains, erasing progress.

This is a complex time that defies simple and easy solutions. For starters, it is hard to identify villains, unlike in the 1997 financial crisis. Everyone seems to be a victim, rich countries and poor, though certainly some can take more punishment than others.

To address these global challenges, we must go on building and buttressing bridges to allies around the world: to bring in the rice to feed our people, investments to create jobs; and to keep the peace and maintain stability in our country and the rest of the world. Yet even as we reach out to those who need, and who may need us, we strive for greater self-reliance.

Because tough choices were made, the global crisis did not catch us helpless and unprepared. Through foresight, grit and political will, we built a shield around our country that has slowed down and somewhat softened the worst effects of the global crisis. We have the money to care for our people and pay for food when there are shortages; for fuel despite price spikes.

Neither we nor anyone else in the world expected this day to come so soon but we prepared for it. For the guts not to flinch in the face of tough choices, I thank God. For the wisdom to recognize how needed you are, I thank, you Congress. For footing the bill, I thank the taxpayers.

The result has been, on the one hand, ito ang nakasalba sa bayan; and, on the other, more unpopularity for myself in the opinion polls. Yet, even unfriendly polls show self-rated poverty down to its 20-year low in 2007.

My responsibility as President is to take care to solve the problems we are facing now and to provide a vision and direction for how our nation should advance in the future.

Many in this great hall live privileged lives and exert great influence in public affairs. I am accessible to you, but I spend time every day with the underprivileged and under represented who cannot get a grip on their lives in the daily, all-consuming struggle to make ends meet.

Nag-aalala ako para sa naka-aawang maybahay na pasan ang pananagutan para sa buong pamilya. Nag-aalala ako para sa magsasakang nasa unang hanay ng pambansang produksyon ng pagkain ngunit nagsisikap pakanin ang pamilya. I care for hardworking students soon to graduate and wanting to see hope of good job and a career prospect here at home.

Nag-aalala ako para sa 41-year old na padre de pamilya na di araw-araw ang trabaho, at nag-aabala sa asawa at tatlong anak, at dapat bigyan ng higit pang pagkakakitaan at dangal. I care for our teachers who gave the greatest gift we ever received – a good education – still trying to pass on the same gift to succeeding generations. I care for our OFWs, famed for their skill, integrity and untiring labor, who send home their pay as the only way to touch loved ones so far away. Nagpupugay ako ngayon sa kanilang mga karaniwang Pilipino.

My critics say this is fiction, along with other facts and figures I cite today. I call it heroism though they don't need our praise. Each is already a hero to those who matter most, their families.

I said this is a global crisis where everyone is a victim. But only few can afford to avoid, or pay to delay, the worst effects.

Many more have nothing to protect them from the immediate blunt force trauma of the global crisis. Tulad ninyo, nag-aalala ako para sa kanila. Ito ang mga taong bayan na dapat samahan natin. Not only because of their sacrifices for our country but because they are our countrymen.

How do we solve these many complex challenges?

Sa kanilang kalagayan, the answer must be special care and attention in this great hour of need.

First, we must have a targeted strategy with set of precise prescriptions to ease the price challenges we are facing.

Second, food self-sufficiency; less energy dependence; greater self-reliance in our attitude as a people and in our posture as a nation.

Third, short-term relief cannot be at the expense of long term reforms. These reforms will benefit not just the next generation of Filipinos, but the next President as well.

Napakahalaga ang Value Added Tax sa pagharap sa mga hamong ito.

Itong programa ang sagot sa mga problemang namana natin.

Una, mabawasan ang ating mga utang and shore up our fiscal independence.

Pangalawa, higit na pamumuhunan para mamamayan at imprastraktura.

Pangatlo, sapat na pondo para sa mga programang pangmasa.

Thus, the infrastructure links programmed for the our poorest provinces like Northern Samar: Lao-ang-Lapinig-Arteche, right now ay maputik, San Isidro-Lope de Vega; the rehabilitation of Maharlika in Samar.

Take VAT away and you and I abdicate our responsibility as leaders and pull the rug from under our present and future progress, which may be compromised by the global crisis.

Lalong lumakas ang tiwala ng mga investor dahil sa VAT. Mula P56.50 kada dolyar, lumakas ang piso hanggang P40.20 bago bumalik sa P44 dahil sa mga pabigat ng pangdaigdigang ekonomiya. Kung alisin ang VAT, hihina ang kumpiyansa ng negosyo, lalong tataas ang interes, lalong bababa ang piso, lalong mamahal ang bilihin.

Kapag ibinasura ang VAT sa langis at kuryente, ang mas makikinabang ay ang mga may kaya na kumukonsumo ng 84% ng langis at 90% ng kuryente habang mas masasaktan ang mahihirap na mawawalan ng P80 billion para sa mga programang pinopondohan ngayon ng VAT. Take away VAT and we strip our people of the means to ride out the world food and energy crisis.

We have come too far and made too many sacrifices to turn back now on fiscal reforms. Leadership is not about doing the first easy thing that comes to mind; it is about doing what is necessary, however hard.

The government has persevered, without flip-flops, in its much-criticized but irreplaceable policies, including oil and power VAT and oil deregulation.

Patuloy na gagamitin ng pamahalaan ang lumalago nating yaman upang tulungan ang mga pamilyang naghihirap sa taas ng bilihin at hampas ng bagyo, habang nagpupundar upang sanggahan ang bayan sa mga krisis sa hinaharap.

Para sa mga namamasada at namamasahe sa dyip, sinusugpo natin ang kotong at colorum upang mapataas ang kita ng mga tsuper. Si Federico Alvarez kumikita ng P200 a day sa kaniyang rutang Cubao-Rosario. Tinaas ito ng anti-kotong, anti-colorum ngayon P500 na ang kita niya. Iyan ang paraan kung paano napananatili ang dagdag-pasahe sa piso lamang. Halaga lang ng isang text.

Texting is a way of life. I asked the telecoms to cut the cost of messages between networks. They responded. It is now down to 50 centavos.

Noong Hunyo, nagpalabas tayo ng apat na bilyong piso mula sa VAT sa langis—dalawang bilyong pambayad ng koryente ng apat na milyong mahihirap, isang bilyon para college scholarship o pautang sa 70,000 na estudyanteng maralita; kalahating bilyong pautang upang palitan ng mas matipid na LPG, CNG o biofuel ang motor ng libu-libong jeepney; at kalahating bilyong pampalit sa fluorescent sa mga pampublikong lugar.

Kung mapapalitan ng fluorescent ang lahat ng bumbilya, makatitipid tayo ng lampas P2 billion.

Sa sunod na katas ng VAT, may P1 billion na pambayad ng kuryente ng mahihirap; kalahating bilyon para sa matatandang di sakop ng SSS o GSIS; kalahating bilyong kapital para sa pamilya ng mga namamasada; kalahating bilyon upang mapataas ang kakayahan at equipment ng mga munting ospital sa mga lalawigan. At para sa mga kalamidad, angkop na halaga.

We released P1 billion for the victims of typhoon Frank. We support a supplemental Western Visayas calamity budget from VAT proceeds, as a tribute to the likes of Rodney Berdin, age 13, of Barangay Rombang, Belison, Antique, who saved his mother, brother and sister from the raging waters of Sibalom River.

Mula sa buwang ito, wala nang income tax ang sumusweldo ng P200,000 o mas mababa sa isang taon – P12 billion na bawas-buwis para sa maralita at middle class. Maraming salamat, Congress.

Ngayong may P32 na commercial rice, natugunan na natin ang problema sa pagkain sa kasalukuyan. Nagtagumpay tayo dahil sa pagtutulungan ng buong bayan sa pagsasaka, bantay-presyo at paghihigpit sa price manipulation, sa masipag na pamumuno ni Artie Yap.

Sa mga LGU at religious groups na tumutulong dalhin ang NFA rice sa mahihirap, maraming salamat sa inyo.

Dahil sa subsidy, NFA rice is among the region's cheapest. While we can take some comfort that our situation is better than many other nations, there is no substitute for solving the problem of rice and fuel here at home. In doing so, let us be honest and clear eyed – there has been a fundamental shift in global economics. The price of food and fuel will likely remain high. Nothing will be easy; the government cannot solve these problems over night. But, we can work to ease the near-term pain while investing in long-term solutions.

Since 2001, new irrigation systems for 146,000 hectares, including Malmar in Maguindanao and North Cotabato, Lower Agusan, Casecnan and Aulo in Nueva Ecija, Abulog-Apayao in Cagayan and Apayao, Addalam in Quirino and Isabela, among others, and the restoration of old systems on another 980,000 hectares have increased our nation's irrigated land to a historic 1.5 million hectares.

Edwin Bandila, 48 years old, of Ugalingan, Carmen, North Cotabato, cultivated one hectare and harvested 35 cavans. Thirteen years na ginawa iyong Malmar. In my first State of the Nation Address, sabi ko kung hindi matapos iyon sa Setyembre ay kakanselahin ko ang kontrata, papapasukin ko ang engineering brigade, natapos nila. With Malamar, now he cultivates five hectares and produces 97 cavans per hectare. Mabuhay, Edwin! VAT will complete the San Roque-Agno River project.

The Land Bank has quadrupled loans for farmers and fisherfolk. That is fact not fiction. Check it. For more effective credit utilization, I instructed DA to revitalize farmers cooperatives.

We are providing seeds at subsidized prices to help our farmers.

Incremental Malampaya national revenues of P4 billion will go to our rice self-sufficiency program.

Rice production since 2000 increased an average of 4.07% a year, twice the population growth rate. By promoting natural planning and female education, we have curbed population growth to 2.04% during our administration, down from the 2.36 in the 1990's, when artificial birth control was pushed. Our campaign spreads awareness of responsible parenthood regarding birth spacing. Long years of pushing contraceptives made it synonymous to family planning. Therefore informed choice should mean letting more couples, who are mostly Catholics, know about natural family planning.

From 1978 to 1981, nag-export tayo ng bigas. Hindi tumagal. But let's not be too hard on ourselves. Panahon pa ng Kastila bumibili na tayo ng bigas sa labas. While we may know how to grow rice well, topography doesn't always cooperate.

Nature did not gift us with a mighty Mekong like Thailand and Vietnam, with their vast and naturally fertile plains. Nature instead put our islands ahead of our neighbours in the path of typhoons from the Pacific. So, we import 10% of the rice we consume.

To meet the challenge of today, we will feed our people now, not later, and help them get through these hard times. To meet the challenges of tomorrow, we must become more self-reliant, self-sufficient and independent, relying on ourselves more than on the world.

Now we come to the future of agrarian reform.

There are those who say it is a failure, that our rice importations prove it. There are those who say it is a success—if only because anything is better than nothing. Indeed, people are happier owning the land they work, no matter what the difficulties.

Sa SONA noong 2001, sinabi ko, bawat taon, mamamahagi tayo ng dalawang daang libong ektarya sa reporma sa lupa: 100,000 hectares of private farmland and 100,000 of public farmland, including ancestral domains. Di hamak mahigit sa target ang naipamahagi natin sa nakaraang pitong taon: 854,000 hectares of private farmland, 797,000 of public farmland, and Certificates of Ancestral Domain for 525,000 hectares. Including, over a 100,000 hectares for Bugkalots in Quirino, Aurora, and Nueva Vizcaya. After the release of their CADT, Rosario Camma, Bugkalot chieftain, and now mayor of Nagtipunan, helped his 15,000-member tribe develop irrigation, plant vegetables and corn and achieve food sufficiency. Mabuhay, Chief!

Agrarian reform should not merely subdivide misery, it must raise living standards. Ownership raises the farmer from his but productivity will keep him on his feet.

Sinimula ng aking ama ang land reform noong 1963. Upang mabuo ito, the extension of CARP with reforms is top priority. I will continue to do all I can for the rural as well as urban poor. Ayaw natin na paglaya ng tenant sa landlord, mapapasa-ilalim naman sa usurero. Former tenants must be empowered to become agribusinessmen by allowing their land to be used as collateral.

Dapat mapalaya ng reporma sa lupa ang magsasaka sa pagiging alipin sa iba. Dapat bigyan ang magsasaka ng dangal bilang taong malaya at di hawak ninuman. We must curb the recklessness that gives land without the means to make it productive and bites off more than beneficiaries can chew.

At the same time, I want the rackets out of agrarian reform: the threats to take and therefore undervalue land, the conspiracies to overvalue it.

Be with me on this. There must be a path where justice and progress converge. Let us find it before Christmas. Dapat nating linisin ang landas para sa mga ibig magpursige sa pagsasaka, taglay ang pananalig na ang lupa ay sasagip sa atin sa huli kung gamitin natin ito nang maayos.

Along with massive rice production, we are cutting costs through more efficient transport. For our farm-to-market roads, we released P6 billion in 2007.

On our nautical highways. RORO boats carried 33 million metric tons of cargo and 31 million passengers in 2007. We have built 39 RORO ports during our administration, 12 more are slated to start within the next two years. In 2003, we inaugurated the Western Nautical Highway from Batangas through Mindoro, Panay and Negros to Mindanao. This year we launched the Central Nautical Highway from Bicol mainland, through Masbate, Cebu, Bohol and Camiguin to Mindanao mainland. These developments strengthen our competitiveness.

Leading multinational company Nestle cut transport costs and offset higher milk prices abroad. Salamat, RORO. Transport costs have become so reasonable for bakeries like Gardenia, a loaf of its bread in Iloilo is priced the same as in Laguna and Manila. Salamat muli sa RORO.

To the many LGUs who have stopped collecting fees from cargo vehicles, maraming, maraming salamat.

We are repaving airports that are useful for agriculture, like Zamboanga City Airport.

Producing rice and moving it cheaper addresses the supply side of our rice needs. On the demand side, we are boosting the people's buying power.

Ginagawa nating labor-intensive ang paggawa at pag-ayos ng kalsada at patubig. Noong SONA ng 2001, naglunsad tayo sa NCR ng patrabaho para sa 20,000 na out of school youth, na tinawag OYSTER. Ngayon, mahigit 20,000 ang ineempleyo ng OYSTER sa buong bansa. In disaster-stricken areas, we have a cash-for-work program.

In training, 7.74 million took technical and vocational courses over the last seven years, double the number in the previous 14 years. In 2007 alone, 1.7 million graduated. Among them are Jessica Barlomento now in Hanjin as supply officer, Shenve Catana, Marie Grace Comendador, and Marlyn Tusi, lady welders, congratulations.

In microfinance, loans have reached P102 billion or 30 times more than the P3 billion we started with in 2001, with a 98% repayment record, congratulations! Major lenders include the Land Bank with P69 billion, the Peoples' Credit and Finance Corporation P8 billion, the National Livelihood Support Fund P3 billion, DBP P1 billion and the DSWD's SEA-K P800 million. For partnering with us to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit, thank you, Go Negosyo and Joey Concepcion.

Upland development benefits farmers through agro-forestry initiatives. Rubber is especially strong in Zamboanga Sibugay and North Cotabato. Victoria Mindoro, 56 years old, used to earn P5,000 a month as farmer and factory worker. Now she owns 10 hectares in the Goodyear Agrarian Reform Community in Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay, she earns P10,000 a week. With one hectare, Pedro and Concordia Faviolas of Makilala, North Cotabato, they sent their six children to college, bought two more hectares, and earn P15,000 a month. Congratulations!

Jatropha estates are starting in 900 hectares in and around Tamlang Valley in Negros Oriental; 200 in CamSur; 300 in GenSan, 500 in Fort Magsaysay near the Cordero Dam and 700 in Samar, among others.

In our 2006 SONA, our food baskets were identified as North Luzon and Mindanao.

The sad irony of Mindanao as food basket is that it has some of the highest hunger in our nation. It has large fields of high productivity, yet also six of our ten poorest provinces.

The prime reason is the endless Mindanao conflict. A comprehensive peace has eluded us for half a century. But last night, differences on the tough issue of ancestral domain were resolved. Yes, there are political dynamics among the people of Mindanao. Let us sort them out with the utmost sobriety, patience and restraint. I ask Congress to act on the legislative and political reforms that will lead to a just and lasting peace during our term of office.

The demands of decency and compassion urge dialogue. Better talk than fight, if nothing of sovereign value is anyway lost. Dialogue has achieved more than confrontation in many parts of the world. This was the message of the recent World Conference in Madrid organized by the King of Saudi Arabia, and the universal message of the Pope in Sydney.

Pope Benedict's encyclical Deus Caritas Est reminds us: "There will always be situations of material need where help in the form of concrete love for neighbour is indispensable."

Pinagsasama-sama natin ang mga programa ng DSWD, DOH, GSIS, SSS at iba pang lumalaban sa kahirapan sa isang National Social Welfare Program para proteksyonan ang pinaka-mahihirap mula sa pandaigdigang krisis, and to help those whose earnings are limited by illness, disability, loss of job, age and so on—through livelihood projects, microfinance, skills and technology transfer, emergency and temporary employment, pension funds, food aid and cash subsidies, child nutrition and adult health care, medical missions, salary loans, insurance, housing programs, educational and other savings schemes, and now cheaper medicine—Thanks to Congress.

The World Bank says that in Brazil, the income of the poorest 10% has grown 9% per year versus the 3% for the higher income levels due in large part to their family stipend program linking welfare checks to school attendance. We have introduced a similar program, Pantawid Pamilya.

Employers have funded the two increases in SSS benefits since 2005. Thank you, employers for paying the premiums.

GSIS pensions have been indexed to inflation and have increased every year since 2001. Its salary loan availments have increased from two months equivalent to 10 months, the highest of any system public or private—while repayments have been stretched out.

Pag-Ibig housing loans increased from P3.82 billion in 2001 to P22.6 billion in 2007. This year it experienced an 84% increase in the first four months alone. Super heating na. Dapat dagdagan ng GSIS at buksan muli ng SSS ang pautang sa pabahay. I ask Congress to pass a bill allowing SSS to do housing loans beyond the present 10% limitation.

Bago ako naging Pangulo, isa't kalahating milyong maralita lamang ang may health insurance. Noong 2001, sabi natin, dadagdagan pa ng kalahating milyon. Sa taong iyon, mahigit isang milyon ang nabigyan natin. Ngayon, 65 milyong Pilipino na ang may health insurance, mahigit doble ng 2000, kasama ang labinlimang milyong maralita. Philhealth has paid P100 billion for hospitalization. The indigent beneficiaries largely come from West and Central Visayas, Central Luzon, and Ilocos. Patuloy nating palalawakin itong napaka-importanted programa, lalo na sa Tawi-Tawi, Zambo Norte, Maguindanao, Apayao, Dinagat, Lanao Sur, Northern Samar, Masbate, Abra and Misamis Occidental. Lalo na sa kanilang mga magsasaka at mangingisda.

In these provinces and in Agusan Sur, Kalinga, Surigao Sur and calamity-stricken areas, we will launch a massive school feeding program at P10 per child every school day.

Bukod sa libreng edukasyon sa elementarya at high school, nadoble ang pondo para sa mga college scholarships, while private high school scholarship funds from the government have quadrupled.

I have started reforming and clustering the programs of the DepEd, CHED and TESDA.

As with fiscal and food challenges, the global energy crunch demands better and more focused resource mobilization, conservation and management.

Government agencies are reducing their energy and fuel bills by 10%, emulating Texas Instruments and Philippine Stock Exchange who did it last year. Congratulations, Justice Vitug and Francis Lim.

To reduce power system losses, we count on government regulators and also on EPIRA amendments.

We are successful in increasing energy self-sufficiency—56%, the highest in our history. We promote natural gas and biofuel; geothermal fields, among the world's largest; windmills like those in Ilocos and Batanes; and the solar cells lighting many communities in Mindanao. The new Galoc oil field can produce 17,000-22,000 barrels per day, 1/12 of our crude consumption.

The Renewable Energy Bill has passed the House. Thank you, Congressmen.

Our costly commodity imports like oil and rice should be offset by hard commodities exports like primary products, and soft ones like tourism and cyberservices, at which only India beats us.

Our P 350 million training partnership with the private sector should qualify 60,000 for call centers, medical transcription, animation and software development, which have a projected demand of one million workers generating $13 billion by 2010.

International finance agrees with our progress. Credit rating agencies have kept their positive or stable outlook on the country. Our world competitiveness ranking rose five notches. Congratulations to us.

We are sticking to, and widening, the fiscal reforms that have earned us their respect.

To our investors, thank you for your valuable role in our development. I invite you to invest not only in factories and services, but in profitable infrastructure, following the formula for the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway.

I ask business and civil society to continue to work for a socially equitable, economically viable balance of interests. Mining companies should ensure that host communities benefit substantively from their investments, and with no environmental damage from operations.

Our administration enacted the Solid Waste Management Act, Wildlife Act, Protection of Plant Varieties, Clean Water Act, Biofuels Act and various laws declaring protected areas.

For reforestation, for next year we have budgeted P2 billion. Not only do forests enhance the beauty of the land, they mitigate climate change, a key factor in increasing the frequency and intensity of typhoons and costing the country 0.5% of the GDP.

We have set up over 100 marine and fish sanctuaries since 2001. In the whaleshark sanctuary of Donsol, Sorsogon, Alan Amanse, 40-year-old college undergraduate and father of two, was earning P100 a day from fishing and driving a tricycle. Now as whaleshark-watching officer, he is earns P1,000 a day, ten times his former income.

For clean water, so important to health, there is P500 million this year and P1.5 billion for next year.

From just one sanitary landfill in 2001, we now have 21, with another 18 in the works.

We launched the Zero Basura Olympics to clear our communities of trash. Rather than more money, all that is needed is for each citizen to keep home and workplace clean, and for garbage officials to stop squabbling.

Our investments also include essential ways to strengthen our institutions of governance in order to fight the decades-old scourge of corruption. I will continue to fight this battle every single day. While others are happy with headlines through accusation without evidence and privilege speeches without accountability, we have allocated more than P3 billion – the largest anti-graft fund in our history – for real evidence gathering and vigorous prosecution.

From its dismal past record, the Ombudsman's conviction rate has increased 500%. Lifestyle checks, never seriously implemented before our time, have led to the dismissal and/or criminal prosecution of dozens of corrupt officials.

I recently met with the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a US agency that provides grants to countries based on governance. They have commended our gains, contributed P1 billion to our fight against graft, and declared us eligible for more grants. Thank you!

Last September, we created the Procurement Transparency Group in the DBM and linked it with business, academe, and the Church, to deter or catch anomalies in government contracts.

On my instruction, the BIR and Customs established similar government-civil society tie-ups for information gathering and tax evasion and smuggling monitoring.

More advanced corruption practices require a commensurate advances in legislative responses. Colleagues in Congress, we need a more stringent Anti-Graft Act.

Sa pagmahal ng bilihin, hirap na ang mamimili – tapos, dadayain pa. Dapat itong mahinto. Hinihiling ko sa Kongreso na magpasa ng Consumer Bill of Rights laban sa price gouging, false advertising at iba pang gawain kontra sa mamimili.

I call on all our government workers at the national and local levels to be more responsive and accountable to the people. Panahon ito ng pagsubok. Kung saan kayang tumulong at dapat tumulong ang pamahalaan, we must be there with a helping hand. Where government can contribute nothing useful, stay away. Let's be more helpful, more courteous, more quick.

Kaakibat ng ating mga adhikain ang tuloy na pagkalinga sa kapakanan ng bawat Pilipino. Iisa ang ating pangarap – maunlad at mapayapang lipunan, kung saan ang magandang kinabukasan ay hindi pangarap lamang, bagkus natutupad.

Sama-sama tayo sa tungkuling ito. May papel na gagampanan ang bawat mamamayan, negosyante, pinunong bayan at simbahan, sampu ng mga nasa lalawigan.

We are three branches but one government. We have our disagreements; we each have hopes, and ambitions that drive and divide us, be they personal, ethnic, religious and cultural. But we are one nation with one fate.

As your President, I care too much about this nation to let anyone stand in the way of our people's wellbeing. Hindi ko papayagang humadlang ang sinuman sa pag-unlad at pagsagana ng taong bayan. I will let no one – and no one's political plans – threaten our nation's survival.

Our country and our people have never failed to be there for us. We must be there for them now.

Maraming salamat. Magandang hapon sa inyong lahat.

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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's State of the Nation Address 2008 Webcast

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:51:00 +0000

Bistop and the Office of the Press Secretary along with National Broadcasting Network provide the live webcast of PGMA's SONA 2008 On July 28, 2008 2 P.M. Manila Time.

Streaming courtesy of Bitstop Network Services

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Key Points on PGMA's SONA 2001-2007

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:46:00 +0000

Here are the key points of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's State of the Nation Address from 2001 - 2008 as collected by ABS-CBNews.com

2001

THEME:

Bangkang Papel

KEY POINTS

Conquering internal enemy

Nationwide unity

Combat poverty (free enterprise, social equity, social bias toward the disadvantaged, raise moral standards)

2002

Theme

The Story of the Stone (Building a Strong Republic)

KEY POINTS

Independence from class and sectoral interests
Strong institutions and strong bureaucracy
Restore macroeconomic stability

2003

THEME:

War against Terrorism, Corruption, Health, Drugs, Destabilization

KEY POINTS

Fight against terrorism, corruption, health, drugs, and destabilization
Improvements in education, health, land reform, taxes, price of goods, employment, energy and business
Special mention to small people who have done the right thing for the country

2004

THEME:

Mamamayan Muna (Angelo de la Cruz)

KEY POINTS

Stability in inflation, prices of goods, and basic necessities
Kidnapping and Drugs are under control
Lifestyle checks
5 key reform packages
Problem on the budget deficit
Raise revenues, expand government services, cut costs
Corporate corruption
Abolish 30 offices under the office of the president

2005

THEME:

Tale of two Philippines

KEY POINTS

Economy is on the take-off but politics hinders progress
Economic growth (6%)
4M jobs (last four years)
Improvements in tax colletion, infrastructure and housing construction, shelter, security for the urban poor and IPs, rice productivity
UN Security Council-WHAT ABOUT THIS?
Peace in Mindanao
APEC anti-terrorism task force
Charter Change
Power to the countryside
EO 358 [what is this?]

2006

THEME:

Enhancing the "Super-Regions"

KEY POINTS

Bringing home OFWs in Lebanon who were caught in the war
Successful collections to fund government projects
Boost tourism especially in Central Philippines
Pro-poor, pro--growth, pro-peace agenda
Boom in the call-center industry

2007

THEME:

Facing Forward not Facing Off

KEY POINTS

Make the Philippines one of the richest countries in 20 years
Successful tax reforms
Investments in physical and human infrastructure
Decreasing hunger rate
Development of Mindanao as food basket
Development of Central Philippines as tourism regions
Developments in the North Luzon Argribusiness Quadrangle
Developments in the Luzon Urban Beltway
Education and Safety Net
Fight terrorism and uphold human rights

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Beijing Olympics 2008 Mascot

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:12:00 +0000

Like the Five Olympic Rings from which they draw their color and inspiration, Fuwa will serve as the Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, carrying a message of friendship and peace -- and good wishes from China -- to children all over the world.

Designed to express the playful qualities of five little children who form an intimate circle of friends, Fuwa also embody the natural characteristics of four of China's most popular animals -- the Fish, the Panda, the Tibetan Antelope, the Swallow -- and the Olympic Flame.

Each of Fuwa has a rhyming two-syllable name -- a traditional way of expressing affection for children in China. Beibei is the Fish, Jingjing is the Panda, Huanhuan is the Olympic Flame, Yingying is the Tibetan Antelope and Nini is the Swallow.

When you put their names together -- Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni -- they say "Welcome to Beijing," offering a warm invitation that reflects the mission of Fuwa as young ambassadors for the Olympic Games.

Fuwa also embody both the landscape and the dreams and aspirations of people from every part of the vast country of China. In their origins and their headpieces, you can see the five elements of nature -- the sea, forest, fire, earth and sky -- all stylistically rendered in ways that represent the deep traditional influences of Chinese folk art and ornamentation.

Beibei carries the blessing of prosperity. A fish is also a symbol of surplus in Chinese culture, another measure of a good year and a good life.
Jingjing was chosen to represent our desire to protect nature's gifts -- and to preserve the beauty of nature for all generations. Jingjing is charmingly naïve and optimistic. He is an athlete noted for strength who represents the black Olympic ring.
In the intimate circle of Fuwa, Huanhuan is the big brother. He is a child of fire, symbolizing the Olympic Flame and the passion of sport -- and passion is the blessing he bestows. Huanhuan stands in the center of Fuwa as the core embodiment of the Olympic spirit.
Like all antelopes, Yingying is fast and agile and can swiftly cover great stretches of land as he races across the earth. A symbol of the vastness of China's landscape, the antelope carries the blessing of health, the strength of body that comes from harmony with nature. Yingying's flying pose captures the essence of a species unique to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, one of the first animals put under protection in China.
Nini's figure is drawn from this grand tradition of flying designs. Her golden wings symbolize the infinite sky and spread good-luck as a blessing wherever she flies. Swallow is also pronounced "yan" in Chinese, and Yanjing is what Beijing was called as an ancient capital city. Among Fuwa, Nini is as innocent and joyful as a swallow. She is strong in gymnastics and represents the green Olympic ring.

Source : The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

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Nurse Licensure Examination Results

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:54:00 +0000

My Friend Ivan Arreglo actually told me that he passed on Nurse Licensure Examination that he took last June of this year. He is one of the 27,765 who passed that Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces where 64,459 took the Nurse Licensure Exam given by the Board of Nursing in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga last June 2008.

Check out the list from Philstar.com Nurse Licensure Examination Results Directory

• NURSING BOARD EXAM RESULTS (A - C)

• NURSING BOARD EXAM RESULTS (D - K)

• NURSING BOARD EXAM RESULTS (L - Q)

• NURSING BOARD EXAM RESULTS (R - Z)

To all who passed the exam, Congratulations!

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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo State Of the Nation Address 2008: Handa Ka Na Ba?

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:30:00 +0000

Muli na naman haharap si PGMA sa tao para ibigay ang mga pangyayari sa loob ng kanyang pamamahala ng bansa sa kanyang State of the Nation Address. Kung noon ay sinabi niyang matatag ang republika ng bansa sa isang taong lumipas masasabi pa ba ni President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo na maayos pa ang nangyayari sa kanyang gobyerno.

Sa Edukasyon - natupad na ba ang 1 book per student policy? O sa kasamaang palad ay mas dumami pang mga silid aralan ang kailangan ayusin dahil sa mga nagdaang kalamidad. Gayun din ang di mapigilang pagtaas ng matrikula na nagiging resulta sa pagtigil ng ilang mga estudyante dahil wala nang sapat na panustos sa tuition si Juan dela Cruz para sa knayang mga anak. Maaaring sabihin ng PGMA na pinatigil na niya ang mga pagtaas na ng matrikula sa mga pampublikong paaralan pero kung aalalahanin tila huli na ang pangulo sa kanyang pag utos dahil nag umpisa na at marami nang nakapag enrol noong nagbigay siya ng kanyang kautusan. Hindi sagot ang no-uniform policy na isa sa mga suggestions niya, mas magkakaroon pa nga lalo ng problema ang mga magulang kung anong isusuot ng kanilang mga anak. Sana ngayong SONA may mas maayos na panukala si Gloria sa edukasyon mula sa polisiya sa kagamitan sa paaralan, abot kayang matrikula, pasahod sa mga guro at higit sa lahat ang quality ng education na nakukuha ng mga mag aaral.

Sa Trabaho - ilan ang nagsipagtapos noong Mayo? Pero ang mas malaking katanungan ilan lang ang pinalad na magkatrabaho? Taon taon ilang libo ang nadadagdag sa populasyon ng mga taong walang trabaho, maaaring isagot ng pangulo na may mga Job Bazaar na nagaganap sa mga mall at mga ibang lugar, pero ang mga ito ay panandalian lamang, mayroon na bang kongkretong sagot sa taunang paglobo ng dami ng mga unemployed sa bansa at ang sagot ay WALA PA.

Sa Pagkain - pagkain sa bawat mesa, ito ang pangako ng pangulo, pero dahil sa pagtaas ng mga presyo ng mga bilihin masasabi pa ba ni PGMA na may sapat na pagkain pa ba sa mesa ni Juan dela Cruz? May subsidiary ngang pinamimigay mula sa katas ng VAT, pero hanggang kainlan ang paglilimos na ito sa mga tao? Pagkatapos ng kanyang termino ano na ang mangyayari? Sana sa SONA may maayos nang patakaran kontra sa pagtaas ng presyo ng pamilihin at hindi ang mabilisang pagpapaganda lamang ng imahe, hindi nanglilimos ang tao na kailangan pumila sa ilalim ng araw para kunin ang subsidiary nila.

Magulo man ang nilalaman ng blog entry kong ito pero sana ang SONA na makikita natin ay hindi lamang sa pagreresbak sa mga kritiko, hindi lamang fashion show sa hallway ng Kamara, at mga pangakong aahon tayo at statistics, kundi isang maayos na sagot at plano para IAHON ang bayan mula sa kumakalam nitong sikmura, butas nitong bulsa, mangmang nitong kaisipan at ang kanser na patuloy pa ring pumapatay sa kanyang kalusugan.

SANA SA SONA MAY PLANONG KONGKRETO SI GLORIA!

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Phoemela Baranda is Maxim Philippines - August Cover Girl

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:30:00 +0000

ABS-CBN's Phoemela Baranda bares it all on Maxim Philippines August Issue!

Phoemela Baranda is TV Patrol World's showbiz anchor and The Buzz co-host.

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ABS-CBN's Dyosa Full Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:09:00 +0000

Dyosa's Full trailer, casts: Anne Curtis, Sam Milby, Zanjoe Marudo and Luis Manzano.

Video courtesy of dyosatv.multiply.com and www.abs-cbn.com

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I'm a Geek and I should be on IMMAP!

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:53:00 +0000

I’m not a 100% business minded person but I like the idea of cultivating technology for bigger use aside from communication, but more on channels that addresses specific needs of its users. Like services and products that is just a click away for its clients.

I am a geek by heart and if I had chance to join It’s All Geek to Me! The 2nd Internet and Mobile Marketing Summit 2008 on August 13 to 15 at Hotel Intercontinental, Ayala Avenue, Makati City. I would love to ask David Jones of Friendster (personally on how they come up an idea on creating versions of Friendster for a specific audience such as Mandarin speaking country and others. How risky to do that and how does it affect their over market strategies.

Also I would like to learn on the protocols and ethics on the deeper world of e-life and web 2.0. What attitude should a beginner possess in engaging to different online and mobile marketing strategies and advertising landscapes? I know that the Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines (IMMAP) has lots to say to its workshoppers on that day, and I wanted to know those things a lot.

From the mobile and online titans like Yahoo, Globe Telecom, Google, Smart Communications, Philstar and Yehey., I would like to know how aggressive they are in making their services and products compete in digital arena, and how they secure themselves in terms of competitiveness and standards that may secure a prominent spot on The Boomerang Awards 2008, and I'm sure Yehey and Smart Communications has a lot to share as finalist of last years event.

As for Dentsu-Indio, Mobile Marketing Association, Digital Media Planning and Buying (DGM) and Proximity, I would like to know their insights on the different online and mobile marketing strategies, from choosing their possible clients, branding their products and how they promote and sell it to the digital world. More I want to know the behavior of the mobile and online users, how they act, think and decide from what they think and what they possibly buy.

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Dyosa Music Video: Himig ng Pag ibig

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:08:00 +0000

Sung by Yeng Constantino, entitled Himig ng Pag-Ibig

From Dyosa official multiply site Dyosatv.multiply.com and www.ABS-CBN.com

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Betty La Fea on Star Studio August Issue

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Kramic) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:49:00 +0000

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