tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35770172012-01-28T14:57:46.427+08:00OUR THOUGHTS ARE FREEFreedom of thought forever!Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.comBlogger3681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-90087468352404721312010-08-21T07:55:00.001+08:002010-08-22T07:57:29.781+08:00MGA AGOS SA DISYERTO: SA MULING PAGBULWAKAlexander Martin Remollino1964 nang bumulwak sa landas ng panitikan sa Pilipino ang Mga Agos sa Disyerto, isang kalipunan ng maiikling kuwento nina Efren Reyes Abueg, Dominador Mirasol (SLN), Rogelio L. Ordoñez, Edgardo M. Reyes, at Rogelio Sikat (SLN). Mula noo’y nakadalawang edisyon pa ito: isa noong 1974 at isa pa noong 1993.At ngayo’y muli itong Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-30123121773171216102010-08-15T21:24:00.000+08:002010-08-16T15:27:46.438+08:00OF PIES AND CRUMBS (OR HOW A FORTUNE CAN BE A PITTANCE)Alexander Martin Remollino20 million pesosis a pie that could make or break recordsuntil you break it up for multitudes... FIND FULL POEM AT ARKIBONG BAYANAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-87819175221241029662010-08-05T17:28:00.000+08:002010-08-06T08:34:04.615+08:00NOYNOY BACKTRACKS ON PROMISE REGARDING TRUTH BODYAlexander Martin RemollinoOn June 29, a day before he was inaugurated as the country’s 15th president, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III announced his plan to create a truth commission that would investigate corruption and human rights violations under the Arroyo regime.“This is the body that I promised the people I will set up to put closure on so many Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-29433625584502137392010-08-03T14:30:00.001+08:002010-08-03T14:32:32.060+08:00ANG DAAN PATUNGO SA PAGBABAGO AYON KAY NOYNOY AQUINOAlexander Martin RemollinoAko, si Noynoy Aquino,na lubusang nakatitiyakna ang mandatong nakuha ko sa huling eleksiyonay patunayna umaasa pa rin ang Pilipino sa pagbabago,ay nagdedeklara ngayonna ito ang daang tatahakin natintungo sa pagbabago... BASAHIN ANG BUONG TULAAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-81098029092981424032010-07-27T14:29:00.000+08:002010-07-28T15:31:58.000+08:00WATER CRISIS, IMPENDING TOLL AND POWER HIKES HIGHLIGHT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN CABINETAlexander Martin RemollinoThe crisis in water supply which has recently broken out in Metro Manila, as well as impending increases in toll fees and power rates, have underscored conflicts of interest haunting some of the appointees to the cabinet of President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III.Reports of zero Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-43857940323775976082010-07-25T06:12:00.001+08:002010-07-25T06:18:07.443+08:00PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESPERSONAlexander Martin Remollino(kina Atty. Edwin Lacierda, Atty. Ignacio Bunye, Atty. Fernando Barrican, at iba pang nagsilbi bilang presidential spokesperson)... BASAHIN ANG BUONG TULAAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-31604431214688394102010-07-25T06:11:00.000+08:002010-07-25T06:12:36.877+08:00HINDI MANHIDAlexander Martin RemollinoAt kanyang tinapos"ang pamumunong manhid sa mga daing ng taumbayan."Pero, wala siyang sinabing... BASAHIN ANG BUONG TULAAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-59596567733812681152010-07-21T17:46:00.002+08:002010-07-25T16:22:23.964+08:00MGA HAMON KAY NOYNOYAlexander Martin Remollino"Ngayon, sa araw na ito — dito magwawakas ang pamumunong manhid sa mga daing ng taumbayan. Hindi si Noynoy ang gumawa ng paraan, kayo ang dahilan kung bakit ngayon, magtatapos na ang pagtitiis ng sambayanan. Ito naman ang umpisa ng kalbaryo ko, ngunit kung marami tayong magpapasan ng krus ay kakayanin natin ito, gaano man kabigat."Sa tulong ng wastongAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-11307602829991018842010-07-18T20:26:00.002+08:002010-07-19T14:24:25.320+08:00POLITICAL BUTTERFLIES AT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESAlexander Martin RemollinoIn 2005, Rodolfo Valencia of the second district of Oriental Mindoro voted in favor of dismissing the impeachment complaint filed against then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.“This has sown divisiveness among us,” he said in his speech explaining his vote. “My decision is not by my blind loyalty to the president but Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-60330147308504741992010-07-06T19:57:00.002+08:002010-07-06T19:59:30.487+08:00QUEST FOR SPEAKERSHIP: A 3-CORNERED FIGHT Alexander Martin RemollinoWith a few weeks to go before the 15th Congress opens session, the battle for House speakership is still largely expected to be a two-way fight between Quezon City Rep. Feliciano “Sonny” Belmonte of the Liberal Party and Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman of Lakas-Kampi (who will be sharing the speaker’s term with Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez)Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-23308504314374634282010-07-04T11:58:00.001+08:002010-07-04T11:59:55.158+08:00BAGO PADAPUIN SA KANILA ANG INYONG MGA PAMALOAlexander Martin RemollinoAt isang krimen na palaang magkampo sa harap ng isang "arko ng kapayapaan"upang hingin ang talagang sa iyo.Sana, bago padapuin sa kanila ang inyong mga pamalo... BASAHIN ANG BUONG TULAAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-69542910117484826362010-07-03T10:30:00.001+08:002010-07-04T12:00:27.715+08:00KAY NOYNOY AQUINO, SA KANYANG PAG-UPO BILANG IKA-15 PANGULO NG PILIPINASAlexander Martin RemollinoItinatak mo na sa iyong nooang mga katagang... BASAHIN ANG BUONG TULAAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-33250156733524649792010-07-01T20:05:00.001+08:002010-07-04T11:52:54.434+08:00THE NEW PRESIDENT'S CABINETAlexander Martin RemollinoThe members of President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III’s cabinet include one of the big donors to his electoral campaign, as well as several executives of big corporations and a known advocate of neoliberal globalization.Aquino announced the names of his cabinet members in a press conference Tuesday afternoon, the eve of his oath-taking asAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-44455295530890413582010-06-23T15:43:00.001+08:002010-06-23T15:43:44.652+08:00LP to focus on becoming dominant party in House - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for FilipinosAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-15802023328658887202010-06-19T17:49:00.000+08:002010-06-19T17:49:06.222+08:00NANG 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 TULAAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-80736721022679907952010-06-19T09:49:00.001+08:002010-06-19T09:50:08.289+08:00INT'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 ARTICLEAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-61833532749639890082010-06-16T20:02:00.003+08:002010-06-16T20:03:43.478+08:00IN 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 POEMAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-26987133250822815692010-06-16T19:34:00.001+08:002010-06-16T19:35:43.370+08:00Businesses, relatives bankrolled Aquino campaign - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for FilipinosAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-66752909961893847352010-06-14T08:33:00.000+08:002010-06-14T08:33:12.377+08:00BUT 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 POEMAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-81057223509123426452010-06-13T13:51:00.000+08:002010-06-13T13:51:01.759+08:00'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 Malacañang spin doctors.
Last March, outgoing Arroyo beat the Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-65616568241136688012010-06-13T10:04:00.002+08:002010-06-13T10:04:43.187+08:00DOWN THE DRAIN
Alexander Martin Remollino
A fortune most will not amass
even after spending P10 million
on lottery tickets... READ FULL POEMAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-68015238726054270242010-06-10T13:58:00.000+08:002010-06-10T13:58:32.279+08:00HINDI 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 TULAAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-51836304974769510762010-06-09T13:27:00.001+08:002010-06-09T13:29:52.355+08:00Updated list of House members absent during FOI roll call - Nation - GMANews.TV - Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs - Latest Philippine NewsAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-57341087974245060192010-06-09T12:29:00.001+08:002010-06-09T12:34:53.324+08:00TINITIBAG 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 TULAAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-41811754089741095282010-06-07T19:37:00.001+08:002010-06-07T19:37:35.176+08:00Solon hits Nograles for ignoring quorum - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for FilipinosAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-57712773607963505192010-06-07T15:21:00.003+08:002010-06-25T15:32:04.411+08:00NOYNOY 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 Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-57385120598355645902010-06-06T19:31:00.001+08:002010-06-06T19:31:23.220+08:00Information Bill backers pin hopes on Aquino III - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for FilipinosAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-90575395987278658582010-06-04T15:07:00.001+08:002010-06-04T15:08:34.256+08:00Lakas-Kampi leaders agree to term sharing for Speakership - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for FilipinosAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-40046619281961272582010-06-02T13:53:00.002+08:002010-06-02T13:57:11.210+08:00BEFORE PULLING THE TRIGGERAlexander 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 triggeron that flotilla... READ FULL POEMAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-4608696667947417062010-06-02T06:17:00.001+08:002010-06-02T06:17:51.359+08:00Poll official admits party-list system ‘flawed’ - Eleksyon 2010 - GMANews.TVAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-64380199466398461422010-06-01T06:28:00.001+08:002010-06-01T06:30:11.029+08:0028 party-list groups proclaimed, land seats in House - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for FilipinosAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-43024806555587752312010-05-31T16:47:00.002+08:002010-05-31T17:13:57.162+08:00Comelec proclaims 28 winning party-list groups - Eleksyon 2010 - GMANews.TVAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-38178163635088419952010-05-26T22:47:00.004+08:002010-06-21T17:22:50.035+08:00MARCOSES COME CLOSE TO FULL CIRCLE
Alexander Martin Remollino
With three of them now holding elective posts -– including one senator -– the Marcoses have come close to full circle.
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the only son of the ousted president, was among the new senators-elect proclaimed last May 15, five days after the country's first automated elections. His mother, Imelda Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-55070338616660543512010-05-23T09:40:00.001+08:002010-05-23T09:41:40.103+08:00WONDERLANDSAlexander Martin RemollinoAlice in Wonderland cries and createsa sea of tears,where she swims and meets a Mouseand other animals.They later meet on the bank... READ FULL POEMAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-49043011845163784392010-05-21T11:59:00.000+08:002010-05-29T07:32:04.983+08:00KA BEL: HUWARANG LIDER NG SAMBAYANANAlexander Martin RemollinoKahapon ang ikalawang anibersaryo ng kamatayan ni Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran.Noon at ngayon ma’y isang huwaran si Ka Bel sa lahat ng nagnanais na maging lider ng bansa... BASAHIN ANG BUONG ARTIKULOAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-63759127786895808602010-05-20T15:22:00.004+08:002010-05-22T20:22:42.635+08:00THE NEW SENATORS-ELECT AND PEOPLE'S ISSUESAlexander Martin RemollinoThe line-up of 12 new senators-elect who will serve until 2016 is now complete. As nationally elected legislators, they will play prominent parts in crafting national policy for the next six years.What are we to expect from the newly elected senators? A look at their track records, or previous positions on people's issues, and Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-15848973345749995472010-05-19T17:17:00.002+08:002010-05-22T10:07:22.603+08:00YOU HAVE REFUSED TO SEAL YOUR LIPSAlexander Martin RemollinoYou have refused to seal your lips --knowing that each time you tell your tale,you speak out for all those voices... READ FULL POEMAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-1151855170068092142010-05-17T11:48:00.003+08:002010-05-19T07:56:37.149+08:00MCKINLEY DID NOT CIVILIZE THESE ISLANDSAlexander Martin RemollinoMcKinley did not civilize these islands:their people had just fought fiercely for freedomwhen his uniformed beastsplanted the Stars and Stripes on their soil... READ FULL ARTICLEAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-35271265584055501922010-05-16T18:11:00.001+08:002010-05-16T18:14:09.987+08:00NOTES FOR A POETRY WORKSHOP, BY WAY OF A POEMAlexander Martin RemollinoA poem is the smallest packagecontaining the biggest things... READ FULL POEMAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-36019291339059740242010-05-15T11:01:00.002+08:002010-05-15T11:04:22.277+08:00PHILIPPINES: INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF AUTOMATED POLLS URGEDAlexander Martin RemollinoQuezon City -- A group advocating political and socio-economic reforms has called for an independent audit of the May 10 elections, the first automated elections in the Philippines' history.The Commission on Elections (Comelec) had declared the May 10 elections a success, even as it acknowledged the numerous problemsAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-80255784148149227732010-05-14T15:57:00.005+08:002010-05-16T12:10:20.848+08:00PHILIPPINES: WATCHDOG URGES POLL BODY TO COMPLETE RESULTS TRANSMISSIONAlexander Martin RemollinoQuezon City -- An election monitoring group has urged the Philippines' Commission on Elections (Comelec) to complete the transmission of election results.In a press conference here earlier today, Kontra Daya conveners said delays in the canvassing of votes could put the credibility and integrity of theAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-702275262515368412010-05-13T20:40:00.003+08:002010-05-16T12:09:52.612+08:00PHILIPPINES' NOYNOY CAN'T YET REST ON HIS LAURELSAlexander Martin RemollinoManila -- The Liberal Party's Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III, the leading presidential candidate, seems set to become the Philippines' next president.Based on the results of the unofficial Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV)-GMA 7 count as of 1:10 pm today, reflecting 89.46 percent of election Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-17701894014164501862010-05-11T18:32:00.006+08:002010-05-16T12:45:37.003+08:00WHO IS USING THE HACIENDA LUISITA 'CONTROVERSY' AS A TOOL FOR POLITICS?Alexander Martin RemollinoWhen I interviewed 32-year-old Maribel Valdez on Nov. 16, 2009, during the fifth anniversary of what is now known as the Hacienda Luisita Massacre, she was not saying national candidates and "left-leaning groups" were using the issue as a "black propaganda ploy" against Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-51423713918845592112010-05-09T13:09:00.005+08:002010-05-17T12:05:03.642+08:00PHILIPPINES: PRESIDENTIAL SON IS ABOVE POLL LAWSAlexander Martin RemollinoIn the Philippines, being a presidential son allows you to be a party-list nominee without possessing any of the qualifications for being one.Or at least that is what is shown by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) ruling dismissing the disqualification petitions filed by senatorial candidates Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-3118405938181800242010-05-08T10:27:00.002+08:002010-05-09T08:04:21.731+08:00KAHELAlexander Martin RemollinoTila hindi bibitiw sa baril ang mga daliri ni Nonoy kahit na pukpukin ng maso. Buo na ang kanyang kapasyahan: aasintahin niya ang ulo ni M. Villa, ang kanyang pangunahing kalaban sa panguluhan ng bansa, at kakalabitin niya ang gatilyo. Mabaliw-baliw na si Nonoy sa galit dahil may ilang linggo nang halos araw-araw ay laman ng mga balita si M. Villa at ang Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-38975190756797976212010-04-27T14:32:00.002+08:002010-04-27T14:39:01.825+08:00KUNG PAANO NAGING KAGALANG-GALANG SI JUAN TAMADAlexander Martin RemollinoIsang araw ay biglang napagod si Juan Tamad sa kahihiga sa duyan habang nakangangang naghihintay na lumapag sa loob ng kanyang bunganga ang bayabas... BASAHIN ANG BUONG TULAAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-30689718740454360992010-04-23T11:44:00.001+08:002010-04-23T12:04:54.399+08:00HIGIT NA MAHALAlexander Martin RemollinoSa silid-kainan ng iyong isip,kailanman ay hindi nila natikman ang ipaghain --kailanman ay hindi.Ni hindi nga nila nalasap doon ni minsanang alukin man lamang na kumain --ni minsan ay hindi... BASAHIN ANG BUONG TULAAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-5936261007275843562010-04-21T13:31:00.004+08:002010-04-25T00:23:19.719+08:00PAGBABANTAY SA HALALAN NG 2010Alexander Martin RemollinoHindi mamatay-matay ang usapin ng pandaraya sa halalan sa ating bayan. At paano naman ito mamamatay, ay wala pa yatang naitatalang talagang malinis na halalan sa ating kasaysayan? Sa wika nga ng istoryador na si Ambeth Ocampo, sa kauna-unahan pa lamang na maituturing na pambansang halalan sa Pilipinas –- sa Kumbensiyon sa Tejeros -– ay may Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-43683545544602120282010-04-21T10:52:00.001+08:002010-04-21T10:54:46.648+08:00INT'L ACTIVIST GROUP CONDEMNS ARREST, DETENTION, TORTURE OF 'MORONG 43'Alexander Martin RemollinoAn international activist formation has condemned the arrest, detention, and torture of the 43 health workers in the Philippines who are collectively known as the "Morong 43."The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), which describes itself as an "anti-imperialist and democratic formation,"Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-7136754886337415732010-04-20T21:34:00.004+08:002010-04-22T22:12:56.384+08:00BLACK RIBBONAlexander Martin Remollino(for Atty. Kathrina Castillo, Kabataan Partylist's third nominee in the 2010 elections)A black ribbon from them to you.And all because you have taken the challengeof sending sparks of hope... READ FULL POEMAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-58461685524048187642010-04-20T19:10:00.002+08:002010-04-20T19:12:06.615+08:0010 SUREFIRE WAYS TO GET AWAY WITH CRIMES IN THE PHILIPPINESAlexander Martin Remollino1. Present evidence you are Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.2. Prove you are Atty. Jose Miguel Arroyo... READ FULL POEMAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-3519499280638865542010-04-17T15:04:00.001+08:002010-04-21T15:07:49.953+08:00PANGHAHARANA SA ATING MGA BOTOAlexander Martin RemollinoBinabasag nila ang katahimikanng ating mga gabi’t arawsa kanilang panghaharana sa ating mga boto... BASAHIN ANG BUONG TULAAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-72310652691896826042010-04-16T14:51:00.000+08:002010-04-20T19:16:50.906+08:00PHILIPPINES: DISSERVICE TO THE ELECTORATEAlexander Martin RemollinoThe Philippine civil-society group Social Watch could not have been more correct when its leaders said in a recent media briefing that the campaigns of the leading presidential candidates are not addressing the country's real problems.This is especially true of the two frontliners -- Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III and Manuel "Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-61859807843825485252010-04-12T05:31:00.000+08:002010-04-25T20:47:50.567+08:00INT'L RIGHTS GROUP SPEAKS OUT ON 'MORONG 43'Alexander Martin RemollinoThe Nobel Prize-winning group Amnesty International has spoken out on the arrest and detention of the 43 health workers collectively known as the "Morong 43."In a statement dated April 8, Amnesty International expressed concern for the health workers' safety. "Joint forces from the military and police forcibly entered a privateAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-87977843635348711652010-04-06T20:01:00.000+08:002010-04-25T20:49:53.088+08:00PANGILINAN PLAGIARISM: A STUDY IN CONTRASTSAlexander Martin RemollinoThe gesture of Filipino businessman Manuel "Manny" Pangilinan amidst a plagiarism controversy involving him and two students of the Ateneo de Manila University who had helped him write his speech for the university's commencement exercises this year is laudable. It provides a sharp contrast to the behavior of the people behind Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-76378177392004513992010-04-02T11:50:00.001+08:002010-04-27T00:24:00.751+08:00WHERE IS MARIO CONDES?Alexander Martin RemollinoMario Condes -– wherever he may be at the moment –- must be feeling very important right now.The mere mention of his name in a search warrant issued last Feb. 5 has spawned an entire legal and political controversy involving the violation of the rights of 43 health workers in Rizal, Philippines... READ FULL ARTICLEAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-17100870648099819492010-03-19T11:49:00.001+08:002010-04-21T15:18:28.691+08:00YES, VIRGINIA, THERE ARE SUCH THINGS AS MERMAIDS AND MERMEN, TIKBALANG, KAPRE, WITCHES, FORTUNE-TELLERS, AND MAGICIANSAlexander Martin RemollinoYes, Virginia, there are such things as mermaids and mermen, tikbalang, kapre, witches, fortune-tellers, and magicians. In fact they abound and thrive in this sad republic where to love entertainment as an addict loves opium, LSD or some other Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-76250165914600680772010-03-09T07:26:00.000+08:002010-04-25T10:58:53.035+08:00KUNG ANG KULAY MO MA'Y HINDI NAKASISILAWAlexander Martin RemollinoKung ang kulay mo ma'y hindi nakasisilaw,huwag kang tumungo't magtakip ng mukha... BASAHIN ANG BUONG TULAAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-70777715529506810672010-03-05T07:48:00.000+08:002010-04-25T11:50:36.769+08:00BRAWNER'S BEST IS NOT GOOD ENOUGHAlexander Martin RemollinoLt. Col. Romeo Brawner of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Public Information Office is hoodwinking the public when he says that AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Victor Ibrado is ordering the transfer of the 43 health workers collectively known as the Morong 43 to a Philippine National Police (PNP) facility, even as they have supposedly Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-32500852865221094802010-03-05T06:56:00.001+08:002010-04-25T12:00:18.890+08:00GOV'T VIOLATES ELECTION LAWS BY FIELDING OWN PARTY-LIST GROUPSAlexander Martin RemollinoCatholic priest Fr. Joe Dizon, convener of the anti-fraud and election monitoring group Kontra Daya, raised hell earlier this week over the Commission on Elections’s (Comelec) accreditation of a partylist group that is, by its own declaration, a project initiated by an official of the Arroyo administration andAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-58213598891932988152010-02-18T09:37:00.001+08:002010-04-25T12:42:47.269+08:002010 WATCHDOG URGES PEOPLE'S ACTION IN WORST-CASE SCENARIOAlexander Martin RemollinoA 2010 election watchdog group launched yesterday is geared not only to monitor the upcoming elections, but also to rally the public to respond accordingly should the electorate’s will be frustrated.Kontra Daya 2010, which was launched yesterday morning in Intramuros, Manila, has this early raised several fears Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-56219300861446857702010-02-16T11:05:00.002+08:002010-04-25T11:52:22.446+08:00PASASALAMATAlexander Martin RemollinoSa ngalan ng “Morong 43” at ng mga nakikinabang sa kanilang libreng serbisyong pangkalusugan sa isang bansa kung saan pati yata hangin ay gustong pabayaran sa mga mamamayan, walang patlang na pasasalamat ang nauukol na ating ipaabot sa Armed Forces of the Philippines, lalo na kina Maj. Gen. Jorge Segovia at Lt. Col. Noel Detoyato... BASAHIN ANG BUONG TULAAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-77057292116546293792010-02-05T12:29:00.000+08:002010-04-25T12:31:08.677+08:00RAPACITY IS NOT A TUBAlexander Martin RemollinoYou say he is as likely to stealas a sheep is likely to kill,because he has all the wealth in the world... READ FULL POEMAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-49808462038378907472010-02-04T13:31:00.000+08:002010-04-25T12:33:15.761+08:00A HUNDRED FEBRUARIES AND MORE AFTERAlexander Martin RemollinoA hundred Februaries and moreafter Grayson fired those fatal shots... READ FULL POEMAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-57273158157868952372010-01-29T07:01:00.001+08:002010-04-25T15:03:14.257+08:00YOU WILL NEVER BE HISTORYAlexander Martin RemollinoHistory for youwas never a mere calendar of events.Your pen was a million megaphones,loudspeaker upon loudspeaker,for the chorus of voicessilenced by official histories... READ FULL POEMAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-37436542934456349442009-02-27T13:06:00.001+08:002009-02-27T13:08:34.904+08:00NO WELLNESSAlexander Martin RemollinoFor Tweetie de Leon, Marian Rivera, and other Nestle product endorsersThere can never be wellnessin eating and drinkingthe flesh and blood of workerswho fought for the good life.Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-84783232539100438642009-02-26T21:30:00.000+08:002009-02-27T13:04:10.592+08:00ARROYO AND PEOPLE POWERCenterstage / UPI AsiaAlexander Martin RemollinoManila, Philippines, February 26 — "The world embraced Edsa I in 1986. The world tolerated Edsa II in 2001. The world will not forgive an Edsa III, but it will instead condemn the Philippines as a country whose political system is hopelessly unstable."These were the words of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo last Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-78643060813718330112009-01-19T22:18:00.000+08:002009-01-21T10:25:30.267+08:00LAWYER SAYS GMA TO GAIN FROM PUNO IMPEACHMENTFor lawyer Theodore Te, the bid to impeach Chief Justice Reynato Puno smells of “political maneuverings” that would benefit the current Malacañang occupant.BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINOBulatlatDoes President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo stand to benefit from the impeachment of Chief Justice Reynato Puno?This is a question that has arisen amid alleged moves Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-70334808364086245522009-01-18T11:40:00.000+08:002009-01-21T10:09:45.592+08:00ISRAEL, THE OPPRESSORS OF YOUR PEOPLE ARE STILL ALIVEAlexander Martin RemollinoIsrael,your soldiers today are the Romans and Nazis of old.Listen to the wails of the women and men in Palestinewhose homes were reduced to rubble,whose sons and daughters and brothers and sisterswere slaughtered like pigs --these are the same criesthat burst forth from the mouths of your peopleas Jerusalem's ruins Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-31199049547981968622009-01-15T10:31:00.001+08:002009-01-15T10:33:41.707+08:00PARALLELSAlexander Martin RemollinoSixty years have the Palestinians spentaway from Palestine,herded into the Gaza Strip and the West Bankas the Jews were in the ghettos of Nazi-occupied Europe.For sixty years they have been fleeing from massacres against them,which are not unlike the pogroms of the Holocaust.With their homeland being chewed up almost daily,the Palestinians are getting Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-91442541302565426032008-11-06T22:08:00.002+08:002008-11-06T22:26:33.861+08:00OBAMA AND FILIPINO MIGRANTS IN THE U.S.Centerstage / UPI AsiaAlexander Martin RemollinoManila, Philippines, November 06 — How will a Barack Obama presidency affect Filipino migrants in the United States?This question has arisen following the election of Obama, in part because the U.S. president-elect’s father is a Kenyan who migrated to Hawaii and lived there for two years before divorcing his Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-48398384689396074912008-11-04T00:01:00.000+08:002008-11-04T11:07:34.281+08:00SOLDIERS RAID EVACUATION CENTER IN N. COTABATOEarly last month, Rakman Suleik and his 17-year-old son Samsudin, together with a few others, fled from the fighting between government troops and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Aleosan, North Cotabato. They had evacuated, to safety or so they thought, at the house of a certain Colonel Maguid of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-77865984959568975542008-11-03T23:44:00.001+08:002008-11-04T10:57:14.934+08:00WITNESS INSISTS BOMBING THAT KILLED 4 CHILDREN, 2 ADULTS DELIBERATEMohalidin Unsi insists that the bombing attack by an OV 10 aircraft that killed four children, his wife and father-in-law, September 8, while they were fleeing on a boat was deliberate. He said they were even fired upon by soldiers while they were retrieving the bodies of the dead children.BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINOHUMAN RIGHTSAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-80381014455365468202008-11-01T16:02:00.000+08:002008-11-01T16:07:00.665+08:00KAHIT NA IISA ANG ATING TAHANANG LUPAINAlexander Martin RemollinoIsang bayan tayong hindi nasasakopng mga hanggan ng heograpiya.Tayo'y nahahati sa kayraming pirasong nakakalatsa lahat ng sulok nitong daigdig,sapagkat itong ating lupainay pinaghahati-hatian ng mga tagaibang-bayan,mga tagaibang-bayang inaari ang hindi kanilaat ninanakawan tayo ng tahanan sa sariling lupain.Ang tirahan mo at ang Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-73904792453001727232008-10-30T20:04:00.004+08:002008-11-01T15:59:56.362+08:00MIGRATION, THE PHILIPPINES AND THE ECONOMIC CRISISCenterstage / UPI AsiaAlexander Martin RemollinoManila, Philippines, October 30 — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon quite missed the point at the opening of the Global Forum on Migration and Development that took place yesterday here in Manila, when he said that "migration can and should be a tool to lift us out of (the) economic crisis."Before Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-20896353038595352872008-10-19T21:50:00.001+08:002008-10-19T22:03:34.410+08:00CRIES FOR JUSTICE PURSUE PALPARANWhen he retired and after his appointment to the National Security Council fell through because of widespread opposition, Palparan has evaded media attention –- in contrast to his frequently hogging the headlines during his days in military service. He must have thought that by doing so, he could escape responsibility for the long lists of human rights abuses in Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-5562148883126847742008-10-15T00:00:00.002+08:002008-10-15T03:29:27.784+08:00KUNG MAY MGA DALIRI SANA ANG LUPAAlexander Martin RemollinoBinigkas ang tulang ito sa isang rali ng mga magsasaka may mahigit sa isang buwan na ang nakararaan, ngunit hindi pa nalalathala bago ang araw na ito. Ngayo'y iniaambag ito ng may-akda sa Blog Action Day 2008.Hindi nila pag-aariang lupang kanilang pag-aari.Paano magiging kanilaang di man lamang nadampianng malalambot nilang palad?Ang Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-76013029162982753292008-10-13T21:39:00.001+08:002008-10-13T21:43:51.051+08:00NOTIONS OF PATRIOTISMCenterstage / UPI AsiaAlexander Martin RemollinoManila, Philippines, October 13 — There is at present such a dearth of patriotism in the Philippines that one-time performance of deeds that may be construed as patriotic is almost always mistaken by Filipinos for patriotism itself. Even some of those with supposedly higher political consciousness have fallen into this trap at Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-53159267196684735232008-10-12T10:07:00.001+08:002008-10-13T21:45:25.448+08:00ARMY MOVES TO EVICT PEASANTS FROM LANDBy virtue of a 1991 Deed of Transfer between the DND and the DAR, some 6,000 peasants and other residents in a 3,100-hectare area within a military reservation in Nueva Ecija should have acquired ownership of the land they live on and till. But they have not, and now they face the possibility of being driven away from the area.BY ALEXANDER MARTIN Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-10601883677648259592008-10-12T10:03:00.000+08:002008-10-12T10:06:07.617+08:00KMU LEADER, LAWYER SLAM TAGGING OF UNION AS 'REBEL GROUP' IN TEXTBOOKThe KMU is tagged as a “rebel group” in a high school textbook; one of its lawyers is slapped with criminal charges in connection with the burning of a cellsite; there was an attempt to break into their national office. All these, says one of the KMU’s leaders, have the objective of destroying the workers’ movement.BY ALEXANDER Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-67127355622092250572008-10-12T09:39:00.000+08:002008-10-12T10:00:43.381+08:00ANG PINAKATAHIMIK MAN NATING MGA GABI AY HINDI TAHIMIKNI ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINOInilathala ng BulatlatMaging ang pinakamahimbing nating pagtulogay hindi mahimbing.Sa pinakatahimik man nating mga gabi,waring walang katapusan ang ingay ng mga buldoser,ng nagkakapira-pirasong mga tabla,ng nagkakayupi-yuping mga yero.Sapagkat may ilang nagnanasang umangkinng ating karapatangmakumutan ng Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-38839279392738262992008-08-31T12:15:00.001+08:002008-09-01T20:39:12.811+08:00RANDY ECHANIS AND INHUMAN JAIL CONDITIONSBeing jailed is not new to KMP leader Randall Echanis, 60. His detention in January this year following his arrest in Bago City, Negros Occidental is his third already. It is the prison conditions he is now in that are new to him.BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINOHUMAN RIGHTS WATCHBulatlatVol. VIII, No. 30, August 31-September 6, 2008Being jailed is not new to Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-38044116513524169802008-08-30T22:30:00.001+08:002008-08-31T12:34:31.181+08:00KAY PLARIDELAlexander Martin RemollinoBinigkas sa isang pagtitipun-tipon ng mga mamamahayag noong 3 Mayo 2008, Pandaigdigang Araw ng Kalayaan sa Pamamahayag, sa 70s Bistro. Inilalathala para sa ika-158 kaarawan ni Marcelo H. del Pilar (30 Agosto 2008).IPiping Dilat,Dolores Manapat,Plaridel:Nangarap ka ring tumalunton sa mga ulapng mga kaisipang "panghabang-panahon"ukol sa kagandahan,ngunit Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-10246883457536037942008-08-27T13:30:00.000+08:002008-08-31T11:59:47.540+08:00DENYING HISTORICAL WRONGSCenterstage / UPI Asia OnlineAlexander Martin RemollinoManila, Philippines, August 27 — In the debate on whether or not the Moros — the Islamized inhabitants of what are now known as the Philippine Islands — should be granted ancestral domain rights in Mindanao, there are those who have put forward the argument that Christians are the majority in the island. The Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-37485679894198169372008-08-14T18:22:00.001+08:002008-08-31T12:03:16.255+08:00LORENZO M. TAÑADA: A LEADER FOR FILIPINOSCenterstage / UPI Asia OnlineAlexander Martin RemollinoManila, Philippines, August 14 — Last Aug. 10 marked the 110th birthday of a great Filipino, Lorenzo M. Tañada — nationalist, freedom fighter, and statesman. It is worth remembering him now not only because we are just four days past a time of year associated with his birth, but also because his life Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-56487133799221747512008-08-12T21:18:00.002+08:002008-08-31T12:05:44.119+08:00QUESTION OF A FIVE-YEAR-OLDCenterstage / UPI Asia OnlineAlexander Martin RemollinoManila, Philippines, August 12 — The ever-increasing popularity of bleaching creams and skin-whitening soaps in the Philippines brings to my mind what a friend told me a few years back about a question asked by one of her nephews.The boy is some sort of a child prodigy. He was reading newspapers at three and knew Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-47780675895036383862008-07-13T11:46:00.000+08:002008-07-15T11:59:50.375+08:00MILF SEES RENEWED ESCALATION OF CONFLICT WITH GRPThe MILF, which is fighting for an autonomous state in Mindanao and has been engaged in peace negotiations with the GRP since 1996, sees a renewed escalation of its conflict with the Philippine government following a number of encounters with the military in the last three weeks.BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINOBulatlatVol. VIII, No. 23, July 13-19, Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-12365093482449304962008-07-06T12:12:00.001+08:002008-07-11T12:18:06.647+08:00COURT STARTS HEARING TAGAYTAY 5 BAIL PETITIONAfter more than two years of being abducted and detained, the Tagaytay 5 finally had their day in court as the latter started hearing their petition for bail.BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINOHUMAN RIGHTS WATCHBulatlatVol. VIII, No. 22, July 6-12, 2008The Tagaytay City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 18 has started hearing the Tagaytay 5’s petition for Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-44117270954692789492008-06-25T13:29:00.002+08:002008-06-28T14:58:20.027+08:00TO A WARRIOR DYING OLDAlexander Martin RemollinoYou were one of a kind as a warrior,one who dared to venturewhere even the fearless feared to tread.You marched to the Devil's denfor the cause of the heavens.Without hesitation you courted the wrathof the false gods, the usurpers of power:you fought for the right "without question or pause,"ever resting your faithon the God of justice fighting by Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-70504062556979698382008-06-24T11:57:00.002+08:002008-07-04T14:42:48.302+08:00MGA MANHIDAlexander Martin RemollinoHabang binabagtas ng sinakyan kong dyip kaninaang isang lansangan sa Quezon City,tinawag ang aking pansinng isang higanteng karatulang may nakangiting mukha ni GMAna nagsasabing,"Ramdam ang kaunlaran."Siguro,ramdam na ramdam nga ang kaunlarankaya kailangang ipagsigawang nararamdaman ito –-parang sinasabing mga manhid tayokaya hindi natin nararamdaman.Pero sino Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-15072820038850367062008-06-15T10:06:00.000+08:002008-06-15T10:09:15.219+08:00WATCHDOG SAYS GOV’T IN DENIAL OF RIGHTS VIOLATIONS’ CAUSES, SOLUTIONSThe Philippine UPR (Universal Periodic Review) Watch has assailed the Arroyo administration for being “in denial” about the causes of human rights violations in the Philippines. It also criticized the government for adamantly refusing to heed the recommendations of UNHRC members, which could have helped improve the human rights Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-79108826992169335682008-06-08T12:27:00.000+08:002008-06-08T12:31:17.627+08:00CARTEL, GATT-WTO, GOV’T POLICIES TO BLAME FOR RICE CRISISThe Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP or Peasant Movement of the Philippines) said that the current rice crisis is a result of hoarding by the rice cartel, loopholes in the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988, and the government’s policy of liberalization, deregulation, and privatization, which is in line with its commitment to Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-72937132029298788862008-06-07T08:47:00.003+08:002008-06-08T12:42:09.327+08:00CRISPIN BELTRAN: THE PEOPLE’S STATESMANBy Alexander Martin RemollinoColumn: CenterstagePublished: June 06, 2008Laguna, Philippines — In life, Philippine Congressman Crispin Beltran frequently clashed with the powers that be –- whether they were leaders of big business or politicians representing elite interests. But in death, Beltran earned only praise, even from those he could not see eye-to-eyeAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-45927952244510447282008-05-22T13:26:00.001+08:002008-05-22T13:30:29.984+08:00HUWAG MONG ISIPING ANG IYONG PAGYAO'Y DI PAGLISAN NG ISANG BAYANIAlexander Martin RemollinoSa alaala ni Crispin "Ka Bel" Beltran, lider-manggagawa, 1933-2008Maramot sa liwanag ang arawat siya'y nagtatago sa likod ng mga abuhing ulapnang ikaw ay iwan ng huli mong hininga.Hindi ka nasawi sa larangan,di-gaya ng siya mong nais.Ngunit huwag mo sanang isiping ang iyong pagyaoay hindi paglisan ng isang Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-600824224685523332008-04-13T08:46:00.000+08:002008-04-15T08:49:56.416+08:00REPS OF AID DONOR COUNTRIES, 13 OTHERS QUESTION RP RIGHTS RECORD IN GENEVARepresentatives of 17 countries raised questions on the Philippine human rights record as Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita delivered the government’s presentation before the 47-member UNHRC.BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINOHUMAN RIGHTS WATCHBulatlatVol. VIII, No. 10, April 13-19, 2008Representatives of 17 countries –- Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-78032013510395298342008-04-06T08:30:00.001+08:002008-04-15T08:50:51.618+08:00NEW WATCHDOG CALLS FOR TERMINATION OF RP MEMBERSHIP IN UN RIGHTS BODYA new coalition formed to observe the upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) deliberation on the Philippines is calling for the termination or suspension of the country’s membership in the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINOHUMAN RIGHTS WATCHBulatlatVol. VIII, No. 9, April 6-Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-60639596987507482232008-04-03T09:33:00.000+08:002008-04-03T09:34:17.210+08:00DISGUISING THEMSELVESAlexander Martin RemollinoGuilt and shame -- particularly the types that tower --are virtuosos at coming up with ways to conceal their identities.So a conversation about how visitsto certain friends of yours languishing in jailare becoming rare as cases speedily triedcould jump to what is labeled"the primary task of those behind bars"without you knowing why or how.Such thingsAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-77525741994430573972008-04-01T10:52:00.001+08:002008-04-02T11:02:31.686+08:00GOV'T, AFP CLAIMS OF NPA WEAKENING ARE LIES -- KA ROGERCPP spokesperson Gregorio “Ka Roger” Rosal has belied claims by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the AFP that the strength of the CPP's armed component, the NPA, has been halved in the last two years and that it will certainly face defeat by 2010.BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINOBulatlatVol. VIII, No. 8, March 30-April 5, 2008Communist PartyAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-45653179642214450812008-03-30T10:05:00.003+08:002008-04-01T12:19:53.562+08:00KUNG BAKIT LAGING LUMANG BALITA ANG NAIBABAHAGI KO SA MGA MAKADADALAW NAMA'Y KUNG BAKIT HINDI DUMADALAWAlexander Martin RemollinoKina Axel Pinpin, Riel Custodio, Aristides Sarmiento, Enrico Ybañez, at Michael Masayes -- ang tinaguriang "Tagaytay 5"Sa inyong katayuan ngayon,usad-bato ang kalendaryo't mga orasan:kahit na nagbabagu-bago ang araw at oras,waring wala ring sandaling lumilipas.Kaya't saAlexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577017.post-47154282577844322022008-03-15T19:57:00.003+08:002008-03-20T11:45:29.046+08:00MGA DALIT SA PAGHAHANAP NG KATOTOHANANAlexander Martin Remollino1.Di bubukol kung di ukol.Pero ang mga komisyonSa kontrata'y bumubukolSa bulsa ng mga baboy.2.Ang k'wagong nasa palasyoNang wala nating permiso --Matakpan lang ang totoo,Sarili ma'y niluluko.3.Itong si Gloria ArroyoAy walang gloryang totoo.Isa s'yang bulaang tao:Kapatid po ni Dorobo.4.O Banal na Espiritu,Obispo namin ay hilo:Sa Alexander Martin Remollinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013297270032373314noreply@blogger.com0