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Are you proud to be a Filipino? Someone isn't and wrote the Philippine Daily Inquirer about it. Here's a reaction to that piece. Check out : Who Wants To Be A Filipino? (The Other Side).
How can you not be proud to be Pinoy? Haven't you seen Lea Salonga in They're Playing Our Song?
A Filipina mom was just seven minutes away from the bomb that ripped through a cinema in a popular mall. She goes home and writes...
To the Malls, To the Malls!
"Filipinos go to the shopping malls to eat. To shop. To watch a movie. Not to die."July 25, 2000 - Mostly talk about the State of the Nation Address (SONA)...
June 22, 2000 - Heard over AM radio this morning that an oil price increase is inevitable. All that remains is the amount: will it by up by 7 or by 70 centavos per liter? Also, another round of oil price increases will follow, hopefully no more than an additional 12 centavos per liter...
May 26, 2000 - Member of (PAL) crew admits pushing hijacker out of the plane???
May 25, 2000 - Philippine Airline flight from Davao to Manila was momentarily hijacked; hijacker parachutes out of plane over Antipolo after robbing passengers of their valuables...
May 24, 2000 - Informal radio survey shows that 63 people are not afraid of martial law and even "welcome" it since they believe it will discipline Filipinos (esp. kids), while 22 fear martial law and hope it is never declared... Presidential son survives Pampanga ambush...
May 23, 2000 - Bomb scare grips Metro Manila, fortunately these turned out to be empty threats...
May 22, 2000 - Dynamite-like bomb exploded yesterday in Ladies CR in SM Megamall moviehouse, leaving at least 17 injured and 1 dead...
May 21, 2000 - Unconfirmed reports of an explosion in SM Megamall in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila late this afternoon... MILF remobilizing to take Ramos highway... Accdg to the Inquirer, Erap says we'll win this war... More cops fielded in malls to protect shoppers...
May 20, 2000 - Reports of Filipino workers being maltreated in Sabah are being looked into... DECS will reportedly send Muslim teachers to Mindanao (to perhaps minimize the incidence of teacher abductions)... Central Police District cleaning its ranks of cops who have gone AWOL...
May 19, 2000 - A thousand cops deployed in Metro Manila... Erap cuts short China visit, will return to the Philippines tonight... MILF threaten to launch attacks in Manila and other parts of the Philippines if the military attacks Camp Abubakr... Biring on the way out; all storm signals lowered... Foreign Affairs investigating reports that food is not reaching hostages in Mindanao...
May 18, 2000 - Three simultaneous grenade blasts allegedly rip through Jolo, Sulu this afternoon... If you notice suspicious activities (i.e., people leaving bags in trashcans) in malls or other public places, please contact the Tactical Operations Center (look for Gen. Aglipay) at 837-2094 or 837-2028... Low pressure area has now become a typhoon, signal no. 1 up in northern Luzon... Heavy rains in Manila - Malabon (waist-high), Quezon City, Boni Ave (Mandaluyong) flooded (Espana and Taft still passable as of 7am)...
May 17, 2000 - Glorietta, a mall in Makati, was reportedly bombed (exploding pillbox) at 5:30 this afternoon... Mindanao conflict reportedly has significant impact on govt funds... Mindanao conflict evacuees suffering health problems... Sugar prices expected to go up... The Gokongwei group will spend about P10 billion to build and develop 15 real estate projects over two to three years... Rebels to release ailing German hostage...
May 16, 2000 - Heavy rains and Lahar threaten people living near the base of Mt. Mayon... Triple red alert (curfew imposed) over Gensan as it continues to receive multiple bomb threats... Two low pressure areas seen straddling Northern Luzon... Narcisa Ramos highway retaken from the MILF by Philippine army... Heavy traffic along C-5... Erap flies off to China... Manila City Jail warden relieved after just a week in office... Peso slips to P41.60 to the USD... Senate payola independent investigation committee raises some doubts...
May 15, 2000 - Bills being proposed to fight cybercrime... Security measures increased due to Mindanao conflict... Hunt for others involved in the ILoveYou virus continues... San Miguel plans to buy back Coke...