Around 11:00AM today, our HR Manager went around the office explaining to everyone that we can leave anytime we want due to another political incident in Makati City. Apparently Senator Trillanes and General Lim bolted out of a hearing and decided to hole up in the Manila Peninsula Hotel. With them are former Vice-President Guingona [...]
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo granted executive clemency to former President Estrada today via a live broadcast through Acting Executive Secretary Ignacio Bunye. I must say that I’m really surprised with this move by the administration. They’re opening themselves up for more political problems and the last thing the President needs is Estrada roaming freely! Imagine - [...]
I know a lot of people who’ve lost loved ones due to lung cancer. This disease is the cause of more than 1.3 million deaths per year. It’s really serious and it’s getting out of hand. 90% of all people who are inflicted with Lung Cancer are smokers. I’m posting this here today because we’re [...]
Joseph Estrada is now officially the first Philippine elected President to be criminally convicted. The Sandiganbayan has declared that the former President was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt for plunder. As punishment, he was given a lifetime sentence. The court also froze the former President’s accounts, estimated to be around $87 million (that’s a lot). [...]
November 13, 2000, the Philippine House of Representatives impeached President Joseph Estrada. House Speaker Manny Villar approved the motion filed by the minority congressmen and sent it to the Philippine Senate. The Senate convened as an Impeachment Court and what followed was the most public and controversial trial in the history of this country. However, [...]
