Entries from August 2009

August 13, 2009

Statement of NEDA Dir Gen and Socio Economic Planning Sec Ralph Recto

In the interest of fairness, I am posting in full the statement of Ralph Recto, from his press conference on 12 August 2009:

STATEMENT OF SOCIOECONOMIC PLANNING SECRETARY RALPH G. RECTO ON HISRESIGNATION
August 12, 2009
 
Good afternoon to all of you, ladies and gentlemen. More than a month ago, I tendered my official resignationas Director General of [...]

August 11, 2009

Ko-Recto No More?!?!

A cryptic statement from NEDA:
RECTO RESIGNS AS SOCIOECONOMICPLANNING SECRETARY
AND NEDA DIRECTOR-GENERAL

Socioeconomic Planning SecretaryRalph G. Recto announced today his resignation from the National Economicand Development Authority effective Aug. 16 “to explore elective opportunities”. Recto assumed his post as socioeconomic planning secretary and NEDA Director-Generalon July 28, 2008.
As NEDA chief, Recto helped craftand monitor the government’s [...]

August 6, 2009

Freaky sideshow during PCCA’s funeral

I came across this post from Happy Feraren. While I don’t know Happy personally, we have some common friends. So thanks to the magic of Facebook,  many are spreading Happy’s post. Read on:

Shame on your Jamby Madrigal by Happy Feraren
Now that we’ve remembered, relived and recreated the spirit of ’86 let’s make sure this yellow [...]

August 3, 2009

Much ado about Cory Aquino

As I traversed (more accurately crawled) through the traffic in Makati this morning, I felt a sense of deja vu–Ayala Avenue was littered with yellow ribbons, banners and people wanting one last glimpse of a woman who had such as impact on the lives of every Filipino–Cory Aquino.
I found this article written by Maggie Fox [...]