Articles: A Quartet of disparities: Imelda, Cory, Miriam and Gloria
Region: Philippinesby Marciano A. Paroy Jr. In my list, there are only four women in Philippine politics who, upon their dramatic entry, were able to collectively fascinate us and held our attention wrapped by the newsworthiness of all their actions – for so long, that we almost feel like we have known them forever: Imelda Romualdez-Marcos, Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino, Mirriam Defensor-Santiago and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Just saying their names aloud conjures images of refinement, bearing, elegance, wis... more
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Capt Dante Langkit: his Future in Politics and his Continuing Dilemma
Region: Philippinesby Marciano A. Paroy Jr. Affirming the Magdalo Para sa Pagbabago’s call for genuine reforms in the government – which were all manifested in a series of foiled attempts to demand for President Arroyo’s stepping down from power – Capt. Dante Langkit sustains and intensifies the drumroll for attention to the cause and, more specifically, to his now-widely publicized intent to represent the Kalinga people in Congress. Not an easy feat to accomplish, considering that... more
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Remembering Amboy Kub-ao
Region: Philippinesby Marciano A. Paroy, Jr. The day I met Amboy, I fell into a little argument with him on who was more glamorous between Elizabeth Taylor and Greta Grabo. That was at the Piner’s Beauty Salon at the Diocesan Building which I visited to look for a friend, Marlon Carbonel. That was in the early 1990’s. Since then, I’ve been running into Amboy in different occasions where gays would be gathered. However, it was in the latter part of the 1990’s when I sort of became one... more
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Remembering Amboy Kub-ao
Region: Philippinesby Marciano A. Paroy, Jr. The day I met Amboy, I fell into a little argument with him on who was more glamorous between Elizabeth Taylor and Greta Grabo. That was at the Piner’s Beauty Salon at the Diocesan Building which I visited to look for a friend, Marlon Carbonel. That was in the early 1990’s. Since then, I’ve been running into Amboy in different occasions where gays would be gathered. However, it was in the latter part of the 1990’s when I sort of became one... more
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Options for those who did not go to College, the Unemployed, and the Tambay sa Kanto
Region: Philippinesby Marciano A. Paroy, Jr. A young man considering his options for the future may find himself beset with queries that revolve around the issue: what is the fastest way by which he could bridge the gap between being un-trained on one hand and, on the other hand, being fully prepared to tackle in-demand jobs that could equip him with expertise which he could use for gainful employment, not only in the locality of Tabuk, but anywhere else in the globe? Normally, college would have been the p... more
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The LGU-Tabuk and TESDA-Kalinga Partnership: Anya ti Nadanun na, so Far?
Region: Philippinesby Marciano A. Paroy, Jr. I recently got involved in a DevCom task for Technical Education and Skills Development (TESDA)-Kalinga, as requested by its Provincial Director Julie Banganan. The job: to collate the data that pertain to the partnership between TESDA-Kalinga and the local government unit of Tabuk – and come up with one info-material that highlights and boasts of the outputs of said partnership. Normally, working alone is the more ideal option, as this would push us to att... more
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The LGU-Tabuk and TESDA-Kalinga Partnership: Anya ti Nadanun na, so Far?
Region: Philippinesby Marciano A. Paroy, Jr. I recently got involved in a DevCom task for Technical Education and Skills Development (TESDA)-Kalinga, as requested by its Provincial Director Julie Banganan. The job: to collate the data that pertain to the partnership between TESDA-Kalinga and the local government unit of Tabuk – and come up with one info-material that highlights and boasts of the outputs of said partnership. Normally, working alone is the more ideal option, as this would push us to att... more
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FRD’s launching of a KASC Project …and battle of the sexes in KASC
Region: Philippines
by Marciano A. Paroy, Jr. At Guru Press where I serve as the Associate Editor, we have taken seriously the observance of Women’s Month this 2009. We featured articles that celebrate the multi-faceted ingenuity and indispensability of women in different fields. We cap it all this week with the front page photo of Governor Floydelia R. Diasen visiting the Kalinga-Apayao State College to formally launch the latest money-making venture of the Institute of Entrepreneurial Arts, under De... more
Views: 444OF CONSTRUCTION AND CORRUPTION
Region: PhilippinesThe Kalinga Apayao Religious Sector Association (KARSA) has been making waves since it began its latest foray into the realm of public accountability of government agencies – particularly the DPWH – by acting as the province’s arm of the Bantay Lansangan. The association cried out that the SONA road projects being implemented are without plans, and that the resulting constructions are defective and substandard. Corruption, that’s the word for it – if we ... more
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OF CONSTRUCTION AND CORRUPTION
Region: PhilippinesThe Kalinga Apayao Religious Sector Association (KARSA) has been making waves since it began its latest foray into the realm of public accountability of government agencies – particularly the DPWH – by acting as the province’s arm of the Bantay Lansangan. The association cried out that the SONA road projects being implemented are without plans, and that the resulting constructions are defective and substandard. Corruption, that’s the word for it – if we ... more
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