Saturday, June 19, 2010

NANG IBILAD MO ANG MGA KANSER NITONG LIPUNAN
Alexander Martin Remollino

(kay Dr. Jose Rizal -- bayani, manggagamot at manunulat)

Nang itaas mo ang bahagi ng belong
nagtatakip sa mga kanser nitong lipunan,
hinubdan mo rin ng dangal... BASAHIN ANG BUONG TULA
INT'L AND LOCAL GROUPS PRESSURE NOYNOY TO FREE POLITICAL DETAINEES
Alexander Martin Remollino

Several groups have called on President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to free all political detainees, as his mother former president Corazon C. Aquino did shortly after assuming office in 1986... READ FULL ARTICLE

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

IN MEMORIAM: JOAN HINTON, PHYSICIST AND REVOLUTIONARY, 1921-2010
Alexander Martin Remollino

You let your science flourish
where no one splits atoms
to send cities back to the Stone Age... READ FULL POEM
Businesses, relatives bankrolled Aquino campaign - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

Monday, June 14, 2010

BUT THEY FED IT ALL TO THE DUSTBINS AND TOILETS
Alexander Martin Remollino

How many mouths can P10 million feed
in a single sitting?
Up to 250,000 or so... READ FULL POEM

Sunday, June 13, 2010

'MIDNIGHT APPOINTEES' ARE LOYAL ARROYO ALLIES
Alexander Martin Remollino

It was not just that outgoing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo made so many “midnight appointments” in less than two weeks; her list of appointees, documents show, includes loyal former generals, a campaign contributor, a number of her political allies, and MalacaƱang spin doctors.

Last March, outgoing Arroyo beat the constitutional deadline for appointments to government positions during an election year and made some 250 appointments to government-owned and-controlled corporations (GOCCs), as well as to agencies attached to the Office of the President.

The Constitution prohibits the president from making appointments 60 days before the elections. This year's ban on appointments started last March 10.

Documents Newsbreak obtained from a government source it did not identify show that Arroyo's “midnight appointees” include a number whose appointments may be controversial or even scandalous, based on their backgrounds... READ FULL ARTICLE
DOWN THE DRAIN
Alexander Martin Remollino

A fortune most will not amass
even after spending P10 million
on lottery tickets... READ FULL POEM

Thursday, June 10, 2010

HINDI NALUMPO ANG IYONG PANININDIGAN
Alexander Martin Remollino

(sa alaala ni Rogelio "Ka Mamay" Galit, lider-magsasaka sa Cavite, 1957-2010)

Sa iyong mga huling araw,
tila ka iginapos sa luklukang may gulong... BASAHIN ANG BUONG TULA

Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Updated list of House members absent during FOI roll call - Nation - GMANews.TV - Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs - Latest Philippine News
TINITIBAG ANG MGA PANANDANG-BATO SA ATING DINAANAN
Alexander Martin Remollino

Hindi lang ang di-paglingon sa pinanggalingan
ang dahilan ng ating kabiguang
makarating sa paroroonan... BASAHIN ANG BUONG TULA

Monday, June 07, 2010

Solon hits Nograles for ignoring quorum - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
NOYNOY AND HACIENDA LUISITA: A MATTER OF DUTY
Alexander Martin Remollino

Now that Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Cojuangco Aquino is inexorably bound for the presidency, it is an opportune time to revisit his varying – sometimes, conflicting – campaign statements and commitments regarding Hacienda Luisita, the 6,453-hectare hacienda in Tarlac of which the Cojuangco clan claims ownership.

Hacienda Luisita, the country's second biggest family-"owned" plantation, will be an acid test for Aquino and how he will position himself on the matter of land reform – a major policy issue affecting some 75 percent of the country's population.

Near the beginning of the national electoral campaign, Noynoy said he is open to talking to his relatives about redistributing Hacienda Luisita. The he claimed there is nothing much he can do about the issue since he "owns" only 4 percent of the hacienda. Then he promised to redistribute it by 2014, the deadline for the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program with Reforms (CARPER) Law. He next said the family does not want to redistribute the land pending the payment of all the landholding's debts. Now he says he is leaving the courts to decide on the matter.

In the first place, it is not a mere option for Noynoy to be "open" to talking to his family about redistributing Hacienda Luisita. How much of the hacienda he really owns is not an issue. The redistribution of the hacienda need not – and should not – wait until 2014. The family can, and should, redistribute the land without passing on the debts to the beneficiaries. And the Hacienda Luisita question, in the final analysis, is not something that Noynoy can just leave to the courts... READ FULL ARTICLE

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

BEFORE PULLING THE TRIGGER
Alexander Martin Remollino

(in response to the May 31, 2010 attack by US-armed and -funded Israeli forces on an aid flotilla bound for Gaza Strip)

And your soldiers pulled the trigger
on that flotilla... READ FULL POEM
Poll official admits party-list system ‘flawed’ - Eleksyon 2010 - GMANews.TV