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Bad Guys rout Good Guys at NPC election

Al Jeratso Region: Philippines

Many lifetime members, including the legitimate media practitioners of the National Press Club of the Philippines are sad these days. You know the reason why? It's because the ticket of officers comprising of th... more

Views: 535 Rating: No Rating
Tags: Media
 

Myanmar gov't doubts sincerity of foreign relief agencies

Al Jeratso Region: Myanmar

Do you have any idea why Myanmar's military regime refuses to allow international relief agencies to come in and help those affected by the recent cyclone that hit the country? It's because the military regime doesn't tru... more

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Tags: Myanmar
 

An Unseen Hand Warns Myanmar's Junta

Al Jeratso Region: Myanmar

An unseen Hand must have given a warning to the military junta in Myanmar to soften its hardline stance on those who rise up against its undemocratic policies. This, after a strong cyclone lashed and killed at least 4,000 ... more

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Tags: Typhoon , Junta , Myanmar
 

Filipino retirees stick in the US for cheap food and medicines

Al Jeratso Region: United States

News reports of sickly and ailing Filipino-Americans, particularly the Filipino war veterans in some parts of America, are creating so much worries among the relatives in the Philippines. Immediate children of some of thes... more

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Indifference Plagues the Filipino Psyche

Al Jeratso Region: Philippines

Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Conrado de Quiros was so emotional when he wrote about the purported abduction by suspected military agents of Jonas Burgos, the son of the late We Forum publisher and journali... more

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Gas shortage grounds police helicopters

Al Jeratso Region: Philippines

Good news that the Philippine National Police is scheduled to acquire some helicopters for its official use. My only worry is that these helicopters may be taken advatanged of by some unscrupulous police officials to serve... more

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RP police face public humiliation

Al Jeratso Region: Philippines

Philippine National Police director-general Avelino Razon Jr. has succeeded in stopping a certain television station from airing a program that belittles and humiliates the police in general. Citing Mr. Ramon Tulfo's comm... more

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NPC needs to be firm vs GSIS pressures

Al Jeratso Region: Philippines

What an awful way to learn that the property where the National Press Club of the Philippines building now stands is owned by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). Well, it shouldn't catch many of us with surpr... more

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Tags: Media
 

Samar's forests dwindling fast

Al Jeratso Region: Philippines

I was somewhat appalled to read Juan Mercado's column on the rape of forests in the poor province of Samar. And one of the biggest culprits is pointed to be the logging concession owned by Sen. Juan Ponce&nb... more

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Bad Guys vs the Good Guys at NPC election

Al Jeratso Region: Philippines

On May 4th (Sunday), the National Press Club will hold its nth election. According to Inquirer columnist Mr. Neal Cruz, this is the time when respectable and genuine NPC members should replace the bad guys, who "masquerade... more

Views: 712 Rating:
Tags: Media

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Name: Al Jeratso
Member Since: April 2007
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# of Articles: 374
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Al Jeratso is a freelance journalist, writer, poet and blogger. Many of his articles, touching on a wide variety of issues, appeared in major leading dailies and magazines both in Manila and abroad, including the United States and England. He held various editorial positions with several media organizations, the last of which was as senior news editor of a newswires organization in Manila.


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