OCT – DEC 2004 Special Yearend Issue By 2015, the Philippines would have become merely a “geographic location”; at best, a virtual nation. Home would be nothing but a staging ground for an overseas career, an issuing authority for passports. by Manuel L. Quezon III Illustration by Karlo de Asis IT TOOK the children of [...]
While I’m away, two excavated old chestnuts from 1996 here and here.
…and a happy… Well, those of you a certan age remember how this went. Happy Merry to all. This blogger is off for a much-needed vacation and don’t intend to blog until I get back to Manila on December 31. I’d like to thank Sassy Lawyer for her very nice electronic card, and to everyone [...]
Did everyone pull back from the brink? 1. The crowds were enormous but nowhere near the gigantic numbers predicted. Part of it was surely due to the early morning Mass, and the darkness that engulfed the first hour or so of the funeral procession. 2. The leaders, if they wanted to incite anything, had no [...]
Secretary of Justice Raul Gonzalez is on TV right now reading a statement saying the administration has credible and serious information of a “conspiracy” to “incite” the public to revolt against the government. He denies that they are impeding the participation of people in the funeral march. He promises the strongest suppression of any attempts [...]
The wierdest part of the funeral procession has to be Ely Pumatong’s fanatical pro-American group prominently displaying Philippine and American flags. They’re so well located in the funeral march and so organized that their flags immediately seize the eye on TV -and probably in the actual march. Ironic too, that immediately in front of them [...]
The FPJ funeral march is slowly starting to inch ahead,. but the lone horse is skittish and they’re having problems. The poor horse is freaking out. Christopher de Leon is trying to calm it down. It’s a pity they didn’t use a team of horses, or followed the practical example of Ninoy Aquino’s funeral by [...]
In her response to the funeral orations, Susan Roces sent a strong warning: if the news is true, that my husband’s fans are being prevented from reaching Manila, let them through. She said that she had originally called for the funeral not to be colored by politics, but she was wrong. The politics of her [...]
Just watched former President Estrada’s funeral oration before the bier of Fernando Poe Jr. News reports will amplify his speec, but basically: 1. They cheated FPJ 2. The cheating helped kill him 3. To the media and the government: watch out, your time has come 4. he (Estrada) is willing to follow FPJ to the [...]
It might be interesting to some, to go over some of the people who have been conferred the Presidential Medal of Merit. Quirino Administration: Carlos P. Romulo Diplomat July 3, 1949 Francisca Tirona Benitez Educator July 3, 1949 Maria Orosa (posthumous) July 3, 1949 Aurora A. Quezon (posthumous) Former First Lady July 3, 1949 Carmen [...]
