Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Kasaysayan ng Wikang Filipino

(Ito ay takdang aralin ng aking anak na si Daeia bilang paghahanda sa kanilang aralin sa El Filibusterismo).Mahalagang maintindihan natin ang kasaysayan ng ating Wikang Pambansa – kung paano ito nagsimula bilang Tagalog (kung saan umalma ang mga Bisaya), naging Pilipino, at ngayon nga ay Filipino na.Ang Filipinas...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Ang Alamat ng Orani, Bataan

Ang Alamat ng Orani, Bataan Oktubre na. Malamig na ang simoy ng hangin dahil nalalapit na ang Kapaskuhan. Ang mga isda sa ilalim ng Tulay ng Tagpuan sa sentro ng bayan ay tila giniginaw. Malilikot na naglalanguyan, naghahabulan, at nagtataguan sa malalapad na dahon ng lotus na malugod silang...
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Sunday, December 6, 2009

Speech: Beyond Outrage (on the Maguindanao Massacre)

Good morning.In the aftermath of the massacre in Mindanao, our nation, the Philippines, has expressed indignation amid cries for justice. It does not matter whether the lives lost were those of journalists, wives, sisters or lawyers. What matters is whether we can truly render obsolete such political killings....
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Privatization of Philippine Airlines: An Investigative Report

BACKGROUNDPhilippine Airlines (PAL) was owned and managed by the Philippine government before eventually being privatized in 1992. The winning consortium in the privatization of PAL was beset with differences until 1996 on how to manage PAL. The difficulties of PAL worsened with the adoption of an open skies...
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