“Ang dangal ng lahing Pilipino ay nakasalalay sa ating pag-ibig sa bayan. Isang Pag-ibig na naka-ugat sa totoo, mabuti at tama. Isang pag-ibig na umuusbong mula sa pananalig at pag-asa” – Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno
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Matapos ang ginanap na Senate inquiry ni Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago kasama ang mga cabinet secretaries sa pangunguna nina Vice President Noli de Castro, Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque at Metro Manila Development Authority Secretary Bayani Fernando Jr., ay muling binalikan ni Defensor ang kanyang pagpuna sa mga infomercials na lumalabas ngayon na kung saan kasama pa rin ang mga cabinet secretaries.
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There are things history books won’t tell you about the last journey of Ninoy…
…And these are things you should know, to continue the legacy of Ninoy.

From the days leading to his decision to return to Manila, backtrack to Ninoy’s roots as a brash
and talented young man, forward to his long and arduous journey as a private family man and
statesman.
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Last Friday, August 14, 2009 pinatawag ni Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago ang mga ilang politicians at cabinet secretaries para pagpaliwanagin ito at sermunan patungkol na rin sa mga infomercials na nilalabas nila na kung saan ang karamihan ng gastusin para ipalabas dito ay nagmumula sa kaban ng bayan o sa buhis na binabayaran ng taong bayan. Para kay Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago naging behikulo na ito para sa mga taong nagnanais na tumakbo sa darating na 2010 election at para na rin makalibre sa gastusin nila sa kanilang maagang pangangampanya.
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Four possible presidential aspirants will face-off on Saturday (Aug. 1) for DZMM’s “Usapang OFW: Leaders’ Forum,” to be aired live at 4pm on DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 and DZMM TeleRadyo.

Senators Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Loren Legarda, Manuel “Mar” Roxas II, and Pampanga Gov. “Among” Ed Panlilio will tackle issues concerning the plight of overseas Filipinos worldwide in the forum organized by DZMM and the Blas Ople Center.
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The debate on which President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s 9th State of the Nation address this July 27, 2009 at the Batasan Complex will be her last. After the triumph on the Constitutional Assembly the rumor of her term extension is now the talk of the town as 2010 approaches if there will be no election next year which results to PGMA’s extension as president.
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Before the clock strikes at 4PM, on July 27, 2009 where classes in all level is suspended in Metro Manila because of the 2 events happening on that day, 95th Anniversary of Iglesia Ni Cristo and the last or the 9th State of the Nation of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. In her 9th year in her term as the president of the Philippines from replacing the ousted president Joseph Ejercito Estrada and her re-election on 2004 let’s recall and run down details of her 8 State of the Nation Address as we prepare to listen on her last on the 27th of July.

2001 State of the Nation Address – July 23, 2001

Sino hindi makakalimot sa tatlong batang nagpaanod ng bangkang papel papuntang Malacanang? Sina Jayson, Jomar at Erwin ang tatlong kabataang isinulat sa bangkang papel ang kanilang mga kahilingan at pangarap sa bagong upong presidente na si Gloria Macapagal Arroyo sa kanyang unang State of The Nation. Hiniling niya ang pagkakaisa at hilumin ang sugat na natamo mula sa EDSA Dos, labanan ang terorismo sa bansa, at ang labanan ang kahirapan sa pamamagitan ng free enterprise, social equity, social bias toward the disadvantaged, raise moral standards.
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Yesterday I received a text message while I’m in a meeting telling that the former President Corazon Aquino died. To be honest this kind of text message has a big impact for those who look at her as an icon of politics and democracy. Same thing happen yesterday at the Manila City Hall where her supporters who attended the Healing Mass grieves after receiving the malicious text message and and has been announced by the Retired Supreme Court Justice Adolf Azcuna during the communion. But Margie Juico, private secretary of Cory Aquino denies the rumor of the death of the former president, she mention that Aquino’s health is stable and she’s fighting for her life which Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim affirms after rushing to the Makati Medical Center after receiving the text message.
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After the 9th State of The Nation Address of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on the July 27. ABS-CBN will ba having its third ANC Leadership Forum on the 28th of July with Senators Francis Escudero, Francis Pangilinan, Loren Legarda, Manuel Roxas II, as well as Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, Pampanga Gov. Ed Panlilio, and Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno as they give their own version of State of the Nation Address and what are their hopes and plans on the 2010 National Election.
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This year, it’s not only the president who’s reporting about the state of the nation. Starting Monday (July 20), Filipinos worldwide who have joined the Boto Mo, iPatrol Mo: Ako ang Simula movement will get a chance to deliver their own state of the nation address (SONA) on national television through ABS-CBN’s “SONA Mo, iPatrol Mo.”
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