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“Sabi nung mga vendors dun sa SONA kahapon, yung nagpo-protesta raw kumonti…Siguro naman may ginagawa kaming tama.” —Pres. Benigno Aquino III, when asked to prove that the lives of Filipinos have...
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Kung ganito lang rin naman, as majority floor leader I will make sure that the CCP will cease to exist in the General Appropriations Act. – Sen. Vicente Sotto III on the controversial Kulo exhibit at...
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“We just like to remind you because you’ve been fooling [around]. Kala mo sira ulo namin lahat dito? Yung iba, pero hindi lahat” – Sen. Panfilo Lacson to Rowena del Rosario, Iggy Arroyo’s bookkeeper...
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“The Philippines should be as easy to sell as chicken joy.” –Newly-appointed Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez, during his press briefing after swearing into office, gmanews.tv, September 1 “We do not...
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Any racist needs to seek help. It’s not normal in the 21st century to think in that way. – Miss Universe Leila Lopes, Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 14 Nothing dramatic has changed in the status...
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(This article was first published in print in issue 14 of the Philippine Collegian on 22 September 2011.) Government financial support for UP is not an expense, but an investment that will yield...
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“[N]o true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power.” –from the first ‘official’ statement of the Occupy Wall Street Movement, dangerousminds.net, September 30, 2011...
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“Wala na ‘yung sigla niya gaya nung dating Pangulo siya. ‘Pag natutulog siya nakaupo, hindi nakahiga.” –Elena Bautista-Horn, spokesperson of Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo, describing the condition of...
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“If the US government is supporting the Philippine government to kill people, to launch wars against the civilians, then they must stop.” – Mohaliden Mama, a Maguindanaoan farmer and victim of a...
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“Sa atin naman kahit senador puwede rin namang mag-artista, ‘di ba?” —Yul Servo, freelancer, on choosing between acting and politics, www.pep.ph, February 3 “In-explain ko sa kanya at sinabi ko sa...
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