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11
Jan
2010
Petition Online by Rudy Dianalan PDF Print E-mail

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To:  Philippine Commission on Elections

For so long, we OFs and OFWs have to endure long separation from our families, friends and loved-ones; we continue to suffer from discrimination, abuses and maltreatments while toiling in unfriendly and sometimes hostile environments just to be able send our children to school and provide food on the table; we have generously filled the the government's coffers thru the various fees, charges and forced contributions before we can be allowed to leave; and we have sacrificed to keep our country economically afloat for the last 30 years by sending remittances that this year amounted to as much as US$18B.

Yet, what have our political leaders done? From the outside looking in, we could only gnash our teeth as we helplessly watch the very same leaders we elected into office gleefully throw into the dustbin all the principles of good governance while squandering everything that rightfully belongs to the people, including our patrimony.

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16
Jan
2010
MORO NOTES - 14-16-Jan-2010 PDF Print E-mail

By Samira Gutoc , YMPN (14-16-Jan-2010) 

HELP HAITI!  The world helped us when ONDOY displaced thousands. Now it’s HAITI’s time.

This time, prepare for earthquakes. After a year of flood evacuations, we must prepare to handle a HAITI-scenario as parts of the country feel the LINDOL. Inquirer Archives says a 7.2 magnitude earthquake predicted to hit Metro Manila could kill up to 33,000 people and injure 114,000 others if NO adequate preparations are made. It could damage 38 percent of residential buildings, 30 to 35 percent of all public buildings.

A THIRD of Haiti’s 9 million people are said to be affected by Tuesday 7.0 magnitude earthquake that left most of the capital Port-au-Prince in rubble.

Much ado about appointing the Chief Justice! How about ADO for the detainees with no lawyers in the Public Attorney’s Offices (PAO) nationwide?

I am still working on a NO PLASTIC lifestyle. Problem is , stores continue to hand you goods in plastic. I would have to bring my own plastic next time or just plainly take the goods without a plastic bag.

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11
Jan
2010
OFWs launch online petition for senatorial bet PDF Print E-mail

By Inquirer.net (11-Jan-10)

JEDDAH, K.S.A. – A group of overseas Filipinos here have launched an online petition urging the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to reverse its decision rejecting the senatorial candidacy of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW).

Nhazruddin “Rudy" Dianalan, a systems engineer based in Saudi Arabia, was disqualified by the poll body from the senatorial race on the premise that he did not have the capability of launching a nationwide campaign as he has no nationwide political machinery.

The petition assailed the Comelec ruling for being “discriminatory and biased" not only against independent candidates but against the Filipino overseas community as well.

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06
Jan
2010
News Headlines PDF Print E-mail

 to the family & relatives of the following who passed away recently:

Hadja Johaira B. Tabua - Fri. 07-Jan
Al-Alim Saleh Dimakaling   - Fri. 07-Jan
Hadja Johaira B. Tabua - Fri. 07-Jan
Mac Adion - Wed. 06-Jan
Badik Sani - Tues. 05-Jan
Hadji Abdullah Sidic - Mon. 04-Jan

May the families & relatives of the deceased will be strong enough to move on with prayers that Allah will let them enter Paradise without any delay..


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14
Jan
2010
Tulfo’s crass insensitivity a lesson for media PDF Print E-mail

By Samira Gutoc (14-Jan-2010)

IT IS not funny when you make fun of people. We take serious concern at the January 7 column of Ramon Tulfo which stereotypes Muslim cultural communities and women.

Tulfo wrote in his last column, “Because the Muslims of Sulu and Tawi-Tawi permit marriages with other tribes and even Christians, whereas Maguindanaoans and Maranaws are ‘closed’ societies or xenophobic. Xenophobia or hatred for strangers is the reason most Maranaws and Maguindanaoans marry within the family or tribe.

Muslim women’s groups, such as colleagues in the Philippine Muslim Women Council, feel insulted and degraded.

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06
Jan
2010
MORO NOTES - 06-08-Jan-2010 PDF Print E-mail

By Samira Gutoc , YMPN (06-08-Jan-2010) 

It was refreshing to hear SHARON CUNETA say ASSALAMUALAIKUM at her Sunday show.

National Achievement Tests (NAT) for Grade 3 on March 3, Grade 6 on March 5 and second year highschool students on March 11 will be conducted by the Department of Education (Deped) to assess competencies in Math, English and Science among others.

SHABU druglords beware. Newly appointed Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) Chairman Antonio Villar Jr said anti-narcotics agents with the International Police (Interpol) would be deployed in the country’s seaports and airports “for an up-close scrutiny of cargoes entering the country.” Some P 15 billion worth of high-grade shabu have been seized by the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone and 112 millionworth of high-grade cocaine discovered by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) at the Sasa Wharf in Davao City.

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04
Jan
2010
OFW asks Comelec to reconsider his Senate bid PDF Print E-mail

By Veronica Uy, Inquirer.net (04-Jan-2010)

MANILA, Philippines—A Saudi-based overseas Filipino worker whose senatorial bid was rejected by the Commission on Elections has asked the poll body to reconsider its decision.

Nhazrudin “Rudy” N.D. Dianalan flew home last week to file a supplemental opposition to Comelec Resolution 8713 promulgated December 15, 2009. He met with INQUIRER.net, whom he provided a copy of his motion.

Dianalan said he possesses all the qualifications required by the Constitution to run for senator, and not any of the disqualifications set by the Constitution as to the minimum age or minimum residency.

In his motion, he noted that he is a natural-born Filipino and at least 35 years old. He graduated from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mineral with the degree of BS Systems Engineer as cum laude, and now a candidate for a master’s degree in national security administration. Working most of his life in Jeddah, he is now chief systems engineer of an international airline.

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