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Nanlumo ako sa isang balitang nabasa ko mula sa inq7.net kahapon:
Jobless for 4 years, 5 children to feed
Wala na sigurong mas sasakit pa sa kamatayan, pero mas masakit kung nakikita mong unti-unting pinapatay ng kahirapan ang pamilya mo. This might be the dilemma of Mr. Federico Samson, the most recent Filipino victim in Iraq. [...]

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inq7.net story on 25 august 2005 says:

PROPOSED NATIONAL BUDGET
P931M a day for interest payments
the malacañan’s proposed budget for next year is P1.05-trillion, debt services is at P340 billion, meaning 32% of the proposed national budget will go to debt servicing. whew! grabe diba? ang ibig sabihin nito 68% na lang ang matitira [...]

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Di ko napanood ang buong SONA ni GMA, napanood ko lang ang highlights nito sa evening news. In my personal opinion wala namang bago sa sinabi nya except the fact that she’s pushing for a charter change.
Walang dapat ikatuwa ang bayan, I would agree to the analysis of Mon Casiple that the address was targeting [...]

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Noong Miyerkoles ay nagpamalas ng kakaibang lakas ang mga “anti-Gloria” forces. Itanggi man ito ng kampo ni GMA, sadyang napakalaki nito. I can say the this is a convergence of different forces with different political leanings ang intentions.
Some say these are the same faces that was featured during the so-called EDSA II, pero iba ngayon, [...]

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Don’t you know
They’re talkin’ bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Don’t you know
They’re talkin’ about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
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Ang ganda ng regalo ni Tita Glo sa mga manggagawa sa kanilang araw. Inutusan niya kasi ang mga Regional Wage Boards na pag-aralan ang wage hike sa loob ng 30 araw. {applause}
Ang bilis ng aksyon diba? Teka kelan pa ba huling tinaasan ang sweldo ng mga manggagawa. Sa pagkaka-alam ko year 2000 pa yata ang [...]

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Kagabi may nagpakopya sa amin, bago kasi mag-resign si Kuya sa work n’ya sa Saudi ay nakabili siya ng second hand na photocopy machine, isang source din ng family income ito. Medyo makwento yung lalaki, he was telling a lot of stories and he came to the right place, si Nanay pa ang nakakwentuhan [...]

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“We must take the burden now & reap the fruits later”. Cute diba? Yan ang panawagan ng 11 UP College of Economics kahapon. They are calling for the quick passing of the Expanded Value Added Tax Bill which is not being tackled in the special congressional session called upon by no less [...]

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Three days ago, galit na si Ate Glo kasi di pa naipapasa ng kongreso ang budget at VAT Bill.
Two days ago, pinagtibay ng Senado ang P907.56-billion na kabuuang budget para sa taong 2005. Sabi nila tutal ayaw naman daw mag-attend ng mga kongresista sa bicam e di ipasa na lang ang budget [...]

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Nineteen years na pala since mangyari ang “People’s Power” revolution sa EDSA. Fourth year high school ako noon, saya nga kasi halos wala kaming ipinasok sa school noong Feb 1986. Nag-snap election kasi ng Feb 7, tapos 1 week kaming walang pasok before the election and 1 week after the election.
But it was [...]

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