Rex Navarrete’s Hella Pinoy

Rai    Jokes     comedian, comedy, filipino, Jokes, Philippines, rex navarrete

If you are looking for some funny stuff to watch, you have to watch Rex Navarrete’s Hella Pinoy over at youtube.com.
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Vote for World’s New 7 Wonders

Rai    Philippines     paradise, Philippines, seven wonders, tourism, vacation spot

Please vote for our country’s wonders in the new7wonders.com site.

About the New 7 Wonders of Nature

The New 7 Wonders of the World campaign was a resounding success, in which more than 100 million votes were cast and which took democracy to a new global level. Now, the second campaign organized by the non-profit New7Wonders Foundation, to choose the New 7 Wonders of Nature, is off to a promising start: Some 200 nominations were submitted by some half a million people within the first few months of the campaign.

Call for Official Supported Nominees!

Nominations can be submitted for the New 7 Wonders of Nature campaign until December 31, 2008. Check the world map now to ensure that your favorite natural site has been suggested, then get in touch with local authorities to make sure they form an Official Supporting Committee for the nominee.

Vote for your nominee!

Voting for nominees will continue through 31.12.08. Then, a panel of experts will create a list of 21 candidates from which voters worldwide will elect the New 7 Wonders of Nature. The New7Wonders Panel of Experts, under the leadership of Prof. Federico Mayor, former Director-General of UNESCO, will select the 21 Finalists from the top-ranked Official Supported Nominees (to ensure the fairness of the process, the names of the Panel of Experts will be released after their decision has been made). The 21 finalists will then be put to popular vote. read more

Senator Lacson Presents A New ZTE Scandal Witness

Rai    Society     lacson, Philippines, pimentel, senate, witness, zte scandal

Senator Panfilo Lacson is to present a new witness to the ZTE Scandal before the Senate next week, who has “direct information on the acceptance of money from ZTE sources”. Lacson’s colleague, Minority Floor Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said that the new witness has the information regarding the identity of the people who received the money from the ZTE  sources. Both senators refused to divulge more information about the new witness.

Source: inquirer.net

ZTE Scandal: What Is The Executive Order?

Rai    Society     executive order 464, executive privilege, national, nbn scandal, Philippines, president, romulo neri, senate

Those who have not heard of ZTE Scandal must be living under a rock. Yet another episode to this national saga has hit the country as the Executive Order 464 was revoked by President Arroyo after her meeting with religious leaders of the country. Executive Order 464 pertains to the barring of executive department officials from testifying in legislative inquiries. The president said that officials involved in the scandal may no longer use the EO 464 as an excuse not to attend Senate hearings or answer questions from the committee. The EO 464 has been the constant reason used by former Director General of NEDA, Romulo Neri, not to attend the Senate hearings, resulting to a warrant of arrest for his ‘no show’ acts. Now that the EO 464 has been scrapped, Neri is now obliged to attend hearings as witness to the ZTE Scandal.

However, the president still holds a Constitutional right called the Executive privilege. This privilege gives the president the right to withhold from Congress, the courts and the public any information regarded as vital to the national interest. The material could include conversations and correspondence between the President and her officials on military, diplomatic and other national security issues. This is a constitutional law, therefore cannot be revoked in any way.

Now that the EO 464 is out of the way, truth may be coming out soon. Or will it?

NBN Scandal Witness Gets Support

Rai    Society     government, lozada, nbn, Philippines, scandal

The ongoing investigation of the NBN-ZTE deal has indeed shaken the country. Filipinos are again torn apart: there are those who believe the claims of witness Jun Lozada and those who trusts the administration. Yesterday, Filipinos who support Lozada prayed together in La Salle Greenhills to show their support not only for Lozada, who is strong enough to face the biggest people in the country, but also to hope and pray that the truth will soon prevail. Even former President Corazon Aquino attended the Mass dubbed as Misa ng Sambayanan Para Sa Katotohanan. Aquino said that nothing is impossible through prayers and many Filipinos agree as they have proven the power of prayer during the EDSA Revolution way back in 1980’s. Even passing vehicles showed their support by blowing their horns.

As much as I hate blogging about politics, I would like to make my blog reach out to my fellow Filipino geeks that we should encourage all Filipinos to be aware of what is going on. It is time for us to pay attention and know the truth. We have this nasty habit of whining how much the government sucks but turn a blind eye on what is really going on. How can the people trust those who lead the country when scandals like this are just as normal as daily weather forecast? There is even someone there who openly admitted violating election laws but what happened? Does justice still exists in this country?