David and Gloriath Fight Shapes Up in Pampanga in 2010 as Randy David Considers Running Against PGMA

26 June 2009

Political observer Prof. Randy David is considering to run as representative of the second district of Pampanga in the event that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo makes a bid for the same position in 2010.  

This scenario has many ifs one of which is the success of the Con-Ass in effecting a change from the present presidential form of government to parliamentary.  The presumption is that PGMA's allies in Congress will pave the way for a parliamentary shift and that all the President has to do is to secure a district seat so she can have a chance at becoming Prime Minister.  This scenario is the "Gloria Forever" Constitution that Con-Ass opponents have been protesting against.

More on this story in these reports courtesy of GMANews.tv:

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Dead Men Tell No Tales But Lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg Does, Accusing Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom of His Murder

18 May 2009

Lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg is dead but he accuses Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and two of his close associates of orchestrating his murder. 

Rosenberg, who was shot dead last May 10 while riding his bicycle in Guatemala City, turned up in a pre-recorded video wherein he says, "If you are watching or hearing this video clip is because I have been murdered by the President of Guatemala Alvaro Colom with the help of Gustavo Alejos and Gregorio Valdez." 

Rosenberg explained in his video that "the reason why I'm dead at the time you will be watching this video is because I was Khalil Musa's attorney until the day he and his daughter Marjorie were cowardly murdered by Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom with the full knowledge of his wife Sandra de Colom with the help of Gregorio Valdez and Gustavo Alejos."

Rosenberg's video which accurately foretold his death (although not necessarily who did it), with English caption, is here from youtube:

Kind of surreal but true. The shocking revelation has sparked outrage in Guatemala and now President Colom is fighting for the battle of his life, against an opponent he can no longer touch, an accuser who is pursuing him from beyond the grave. 

This incredible story is more fully told in this Time online article. 

UPDATE  20 May 2009, 9:38pm, Manila time

This is a CNN video report on the story of Rodrigo Rosenberg.

 

 

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Andres Bonifacio, Unang Pangulo ng Unang Republika ng Pilipinas

3 February 2009

That's correct!  No misprint in the title - Andres Bonifacio, Unang Pangulo ...  An article posted at no less than the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) website makes this assertion regarding the matter:

"In July 1892, Bonifacio founded the Katipunan which launched the first anticolonial revolution in Asia in August 1896.  He formed the first national government established by Aguinaldo  from 1897 to 1899.

The Katagalugan government carried over the symbols and teachings of the Katipunan, which the people accepted as the revolutionary authority.  This government was democratic in principle, orientation and form.  At its inception, it was formed by representatives from the provinces where the Katipunan had a mass-based membership.   It adopted as its national standard the Katipunan's red flag with a white sun with the Tagalog letter 'ka' in the center and commissioned Julio Nakpil to compose the national anthem, 'Marangal na Dalit ng Katagalugan.'   

In defining 'Tagalog' as the term for all Filipinos, and 'Katagalugan' as the country's name in lieu of 'Filipinas' which had colonial origins, Bonifacio and the Katipunan sought to define a national identity.

The Katagalugan government commanded the loyalty of a significant portion of the population.  It held territory, where it exercised the functions of a state.  It had armed forces which fought for, and defended its existence.  It had diplomatic component, which attempted to gain international recognition for the new nation.

The governments that succeeded Bonifacio's essentially republican Katagalugan government could only proceed from it.  The 24 August 1896 government certainly had a large mass-based following than the 24 August 1897 entity that deposed it.  But as a result of the power struggle in Cavite, Emilio Aguinaldo, although only one of many revolutionary generals, usurped President Andres Bonifacio's authority.  Aguinaldo reorganized Bonifacio's Republika ng Katagalugan and renamed it Republica Filipina.

The first Filipino national government was established on 24 August 1896.  Filipinos should observe the date as National Day, if the 1896 Revolution and the Katipunan are to have any worth at all.  And Filipinos should recognize Andres Bonifacio not only the founder of the Katipunan and leader of the Revolution of 1896, but as the first Filipino president: the father of the nation and the founder of our democracy."

 

Here is the entire article about Andres Bonifacio being our first President:  http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/articles-on-c-n-a/article.php?i=5&subcat=13

The NCCA is DEFINITELY not some fly-by-night organization.  As stated earlier, it is the National Commission for Culture and the Arts created by Republic Act 7356.  Among its mandates are to develop and promote Filipino national culture and arts and to preserve Filipino cultural heritage. 

I'm off to UP Manila.

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