Archive for the ‘Campus Journal’ Category
Jumping Ship
By Angelo Miguel M. Calabio
Once thought of as a potential administration standard bearer, Batangas Governor Vilma Santos Recto raised quite a few eyebrows when she dumped Lakas-Kampi-CMD presidential bet Gilbert Teodoro and moved to the camp of Liberal Party stalwart Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. Ate Vi joined her husband, former Senator Ralph Recto, in switching [...]
An Early Christmas Present
By Angelo Miguel M. Calabio
I woke up early morning and routinely turned on our television to check on the headlines at CNN. To my utter disbelief, the headlines stated that United States President Barack Obama has just been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his outstanding contributions to world diplomacy. I initially thought that this [...]
All Systems Go?…Not Just Yet
By Angelo Miguel M. Calabio
The incumbent administration has really taken a lot of heart from the disagreements and internal strife currently waging deep in the opposition camp. Only recently, the ruling Lakas-Kampi-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) proclaimed Defense Secretary Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro as their standard bearer for the 2010 Presidential elections, and with the opposition [...]
Honor Thy Title
By Angelo Miguel M. Calabio
Another day, another mess, controversy sure seems to be the order of the day for the embattled Arroyo administration. After numerous allegations of corruption and reports of multi-million peso dinners, the administration has once again invited dirt into its table, after the fall-out surrounding the controversial National Artist issue.
Only recently, a [...]
Dreaming Awake
When Professor Randy David boldly proclaimed to the public that he would challenge incumbent President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo if and when she decides to run for the congressional seat in her hometown district in Pampanga, he did with a sense of assuredness and calmness, seemingly unaware or simply hiding the impossibility of such a task.
Well, to [...]
President Or Prime Minister? Who Is Better Suited To Lead A State In Crisis
By Angelo Miguel M. Calabio
The widespread panic caused by the recent pandemic of the dreaded A (H1N1) virus here in the Philippines has truly doused ice-cold water to the heated public backlash against the Congress-powered Constitutional Assembly, a mode of charter change that may see a radical change of our government, from being a Presidential [...]
Faster And Cleaner Elections…Is Automation The Key?
By Angelo Miguel M. Calabio
In spite of fierce resistance from numerous critics, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) recently awarded a multi-billion peso procurement contract to Smartmatic International and Total Information Management Corp. (Smartmatic-TIM), signaling the end of decades of heated and blood-laden manual elections and paving the way for cleaner and more transparent elections through [...]
Don’t Panic!
From Mexico and now, the rest of the world, the relentless spread of dreaded Influenza A (H1N1) virus has truly triggered alarm bells around the globe, as the World Health Organization (WHO) recently warned the world’s health officials to be ready, for a more severe and more deadly strain of the “swine flu” virus is [...]
Change? What Change?
By Angelo Miguel M. Calabio
As I sat pretty at home, protecting myself from the sweltering heat of a typical Philippine summer day, I browsed through the channels of our TV, I came across a simple forum-type show in one of the local news channels, discussing the potential candidates for the 2010 Presidential elections. The names [...]
Everything Has Its Limits
By Angelo Miguel M. Calabio
Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao has truly been a jewel of the Filipino nation, a priceless treasure that is a living proof to the whole world of how good the Filipino could actually be. Thus, it is only fitting that our
Weathering The Storm
By Angelo Miguel M. Calabio
As the world welcomed the Chinese New Year, the year of the Earth Ox, an ailing society continued to wonder, as people pondered on the prospects of another long and laboring period. With the global
The Philippine Political Circus
The mirror of genuine democracy in Asia is in shambles and that is an understatement.
Just days ago, a fourth impeachment complaint filed against embattled President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was dismissed by the House Committee on Justice for being “insufficient in
