Owner: Pedestrian Observer URL:http://pedestrianobserver.blogspot.com/ Join Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 15:14:31 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: Socio-Political Blog of a JAYWALKING CYBER PEDESTRIAN OBSERVER on top of man-made Mt. Payatas the Exclusive Village of social rejects and marginalized bottom dwellers in the Philippines. Once the pride of Asia dubbed as the Pearl of the Orient now drownin Site statistics:Click here
Children of Poverty in the Philippines 2007-06-20 16:00:00 A very moving painting of the last supper titled Hapag ng Pag-asa (Table of Hope) with dirty street children of poverty portrayed in a different light by Joey Velasco. A symbolical portrayal instead of the long robed apostles we see haunting images of street children tempered with scavenging in garbage dumps amidst the squalor of their surrounding. These are children of poverty exposed to the Read more:Children
, Poverty
, Philippines
Migrants Manifesto for Issue based Electoral Contest 2007-03-06 14:40:00 We, the Overseas Filipinos worldwide, urge each and everyone in the coming May electoral contest to implore all political parties, emerging parties and their respective candidates to bring forth a platform based campaign so that the electorate can choose credible persons who are worthy to lead the nation. In order to advance democratic governance in the Philippines, there should be a Read more:Manifesto
, Contest
My Friend's Pussy is way better...... 2007-06-29 16:37:00 I was surfing other blogs and I found Tess entry on her Prudence and Madness telling her readers to forget about men because pussies are better
. Well I almost would like to agree but I think my friend’s pussy is way way better than her pussy, as a matter of fact this pussy has different characters.
Someone sent me an email on this blog Martin and Dulcimer and maybe it’s time for me to show off
Men Raping Men 2007-06-28 18:30:00 A dangerous grim scenario facing male Overseas Filipino Workers a continuation of The Dangers Men Face in Unlikely Situations.
How do we address this problem of men being assaulted by other men with the intent of rape? Rape among the same sex is what we hear inside of the prison cells but rape outside the confines of a cell? It appears that the victims and the aggressor are not gay seems to
The Dangers Men Face in Unlikely Situation 2007-06-27 14:00:00 We hear talks of horrific tales brought home by returning OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) of unimaginable dehumanizing treatment of exploitation and abuse they received from their employers. These range from contract violations, rape, sexual harassment, mysterious deaths, among others. Accordingly Migrante International reports that yearly, hundreds of thousand of Filipinos are reported to have
Crooks and scam artists and Ducky Paredes! 2007-07-03 01:00:00 The saga continues on the issue of Koko and Migz with DuckyParedes
responding to Gil Ramos Open Letter through his article titled: The Comelec is just doing its job.
DUCKY PAREDES wrote: I have a letter from the Movement for a Free Philippines that tells me, among other things, "as a former colleague in the Movement for a Free Philippines which fought the Marcos dictatorship I was Read more:Crooks
The Maguindanao election result, an un bedolable Story 2007-07-02 02:39:00 Update 7/2/07 9:41 am
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Police Director Joel Goltiao said Bedol would be brought to a hotel near the Comelec central office, with 10 to 14 police guards, because he would not be needed by the Commission on Elections until Tuesday morning. When ask why he was billeted in a hotel instead of jail Goltiao replied he was not a CRIMINAL. HUH? And who will foot the
Cheating NOT Delicadeza..... 2007-07-02 02:06:00 Gil Ramos of Movement for Free Philippines Open Letter to Ducky Paredes article; Delicadeza: Who Has It? Who Does Not? published 7/2/07 Malaya.
hi ducky,
i think your comments on Nene and delicadeza are out of bounds. the issue is about cheating in these elections. by all accounts there are some elements who are hell bent on forcing a migz zubiri win even if he was not actually Read more:Cheating
Dr. Noel Chua: Victim of Southern Injustice 2007-06-30 19:50:00 PerryScope
Perry Diaz
On December 15, 2005, Dr. Noel Chua, a Filipino-American internal medicine specialist, walked into his home in St. Marys, Georgia and found the dead body of James Carter III, a 20-year old Caucasian man, on the floor of a bathroom. What happened after that incident had irreversibly damaged Dr. Chua’s unblemished reputation for the rest of his life. Dr. Chua and his Read more:Southern
Response On Divisiveness & the Overseas Filipinos 2007-07-06 11:00:00 Jose Ma. Montelibano emailed a response below on my "critique" of his article Sons and daughters quite intriguing and insightful. Fidel Umaga has Alimangong Bukid and Henry with his take on Filipino Ego as mere pretensions. While we may see different variations on our views on the issue raised there is a commonality that we can all explore especially the common good that was raised in the said Read more:Response
On Divisiveness and the Overseas Filipinos 2007-07-05 17:20:00 The article Sons and Daughters by Jose Ma. Montelibano in his Inquirer column Glimpses is almost accurate to a tee, good read for Overseas Filipinos. It has some minor points that he may have missed. I don’t blame him though for the slight inaccuracy since he wants to send a message to these fools’ errrr people that one of these days we may find the unattainable dream of “unity”. Overall I
WE OUGHT NOT TO FORGET! 2007-07-05 02:44:00 The clear and present danger sign is blinking all over again and this time; it seems accompanied by the anguished wailing of a woman in pain. No, I am not talking about a fire in the neighborhood but something worse than that. If my fear is right, what ever Abalos, Lintang Bedol and all that is wrong about the last election in Maguindanao had failed to do, selfish interests (as differentiated
Traydor! 2007-07-03 19:00:00 That is a strong Spanish word meaning traitor and with its adoption into the Pilipino dialects coupled with the repetitive experiences of a nation betrayed that word carries strong emotional weight. At this time that is the most apt word to describe Manny Villar, Chiz Escudero, Alan Peter Cayetano as well as all the other senators elect who won in the wake of strong opposition sentiment and
Goodbye Ka Tonyang 2007-07-10 14:00:00 A Tribute to Ka Tonyang
by Nat Duenas
studied and lived in Japan in the late 80's when we first met in the internet. She created the scholarship program for several indigenous children in the Zambales and Sierra Madre and later spread to other indigenous peoples all over the country. Her love for her ancestral countrymen was genuine and her knowlege was shared to all.
Ka Tonyang was Read more:Goodbye
The Power of Schmooze Award 2007-07-10 00:20:00 Gabriel of Project Afterlite a technology blog has awarded this Jaywalking Cyber Pedestrian Observer The Power of Schmooze Community Involvement Award
that caught me by surprise. Surprised because I never expected technology gurus will pay attention to my chosen “niche” of critical Philippine Socio-Political blog but nevertheless I am honored and deeply appreciate the gesture. A definite plus in
AN URGENT APPEAL TO GO Senators-Elect 2007-07-07 12:30:00 Update 7/9/07 2:30 pm
Feeling betrayed and scammed bloggers and online netizens are starting to pour out their frustration over these shameless turncoats of convenience at the expense of once again relegating the interest of the voters over their personal vested interest. Emma Orozco has reported at Fil-Am Forum an unmoderated San Francisco based yahoo group also populated by netizens the Read more:Elect
Comfort Women: an unfinished ordeal 2007-07-14 14:00:00 Report of a Mission byUstinia DolgopolSnehal ParanjapeInternational Commission of JuristsGeneva, Switzerland
Conclusions1. The Japanese Imperial Army and Navy initiated the setting up of a vast network of comfort stations for the exclusive use and "enjoyment" of the Japanese Imperial Army and Navy, before and during the Second World War. The Japanese military planned and executed the provision of Read more:Women
Harry Potter and the Harry Putragis (SOBs) 2007-07-13 13:55:00 I thought I have seen it all, but as they say you learn new things everyday. What in the name of political crap are these Japanese Conservative Fooliticians peddling now? This is like telling as that HarryPotter
's wizardry and magic are for real.... what a crap of Harry Putragis!
Fer cryin out loud they even had the gall to ask for APOLOGY on the so-called “wrong information” by the US Congress
Keeping Them Honest Or Let The Traitors Prevail? 2007-07-12 15:46:00 A Jaywalking Cyber Pedestrian Observer response to Professor Abueva in his critic of the Urgent Appeal to GO Senators-Elect, by Enteng Romano at the OFW-Gov yahoo group.
The reality is we are under this present pathetic political system and their mandate was on the premise and perception of voters that they will oppose the cheating errr seating president for its excesses. I say Keeping them Read more:Traitors
Kababayan's Tribute to Ka Tonyang 2007-07-11 16:54:00 Kababayans' Tributes to Ka Tonyang (Funeral Details Now Announced) compied by Sheila of Bananen Blatt
Comments
'Kabaro, kilala mo pa ba si Gabriela ng Himagksikan sa iyong puso? Tayo na at pabangunin natin ang lahing Pinoy! Mahalin natin ang Pinas dahil ito ay ating pinagmulan - dito tayo tumubo...' Antonina Binsol.
And love she did in 2001 since she subscribed to the Romblon listserve. Then
On Bloggers Recognition & Awards 2007-07-15 16:00:00 It seems that Pedestrian Observer blog is getting some recognition from fellow bloggers and let it be known that this blogger appreciates such gesture and recognition.
As they say when it rains it pours, first off Gabriel of Project Afterlite a technology blog has awarded this Jaywalking Cyber Pedestrian Observer The Power of Schmooze Community Involvement Award that caught me by surprise. The Read more:Recognition
, Awards
More on WW2 Comfort Women 2007-07-16 23:34:00 In a NY Times article tilted Japanese Researchers Rebut Premier’s Denials on Sex Slavery By MARTIN FACKLER and CHOE SANG-HUN Published: April 18, 2007 a group of Japanese researches publicly challenge PM Shinzo Abe’s denial’s of military coercion of WW2 comfort women.
“It is clear that the comfort women system was a system of sexual slavery,” said a group member, Hirofumi Hayashi, a history Read more:Women
WW2 Comfort Women Victims of Abuse to this day! 2007-07-16 16:30:00 The recent response of some group of Japanese conservative politicians in response to US Congress has to this day in the twilight of their years has reaped upon the WW2 comfort women more abuse and insult. Not content with the harrowing experience they have subjected these women they have labeled them as prostitutes is the most despicable ignorance I have encountered. Could it be that to this day Read more:Women
, Victims
Support For Dr. Noel Chua Growing 2007-07-20 00:08:00 Letters to the Editor of
The Tribune & Georgian
Dear Editor,
It has been 10 months and counting since DA (District Attorney Stephen) Kelly and his office arrested Dr. (Noel) Chua. They ruthlessly and without hesitation froze all his assets and incarcerated the good doctor. The DA's office self reportedly spent nine months to carefully orchestrate an iron-clad, no-escape list of allegations Read more:Support
, Growing
Is it Incompetence or Outright Thievery? 2007-07-19 20:23:00 So it seems the man of the hour that can save Pampanga from the thieving vultures was indeed true. “Amang” Gov. Panlilio collected P11.6 Million in quarry taxes in a span of 10 days compared to the past administratong errrr administration’s P29.1 Million for the whole of 2006. Is this a case of incompetence or outright thievery, well your guess is as good as mine.
Yikes now what in the name of Read more:Thievery
Tamara Dominado's Statement on the 100th day of abduction 2007-07-22 12:11:00 When I learned that my mother was abducted, I felt like the Grim Reaper just ripped out a big chunk of my heart. I don’t know what to think. What goes through the mind of crazy people is only known to those who have the power to read minds or to those who are crazier. During the summer, my heart got stitched up, even for just a moment, when I had the chance to spend a lot of time with my friends. Read more:abduction
Blame Game & Jonas Burgos 2007-07-22 17:30:00 NPA won't deny or confirm Jonas
tag as rebel screams the inquirer headline, well who cares anyway if Jonas Burgos
was an NPA or not. The fact is he was abducted and in all probability no matter how the military tries to divert the blame on other parties are failing miserably to convince everyone except themselves. The military brash errrrr brass to bring the issue of NPA membership on a victim Read more:Blame
Pedestrian Observer On Bloggers Radar 2007-07-28 16:24:00 On July 22nd, 2007 PedestrianObserver
has been in the bloggers radar and for the 3rd time was mentioned in the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs initiated by Jannete Toral of Digital Filipino courtesy of ederic. Pedestrian Observer was mentioned in the initial five emerging blog in ederic's list:
An Apple a DayGibbs Cadiz Pedestrian ObserverAko si Hyro Project Manila
Today July 28, 2007 Read more:Radar
Modern Day Heroes or Commodities in Human Trafficking of Slaves? 2007-07-27 18:00:00 Are we sending our people as modern day heroes or as commodities in human trafficking of slaves? In our 21st century world, where access to information is just a click away we still see a vestige of the ugly human trafficking slave trade of the past still haunting us like a recurring nightmare. Unfortunately this phenomenon is real and happening in most developed countries of the world with the Read more:Modern
No Clowns allowed in Pool? 2007-07-31 19:03:00 Alex Pagulayan the 2004 World Pool Champion dropped from the Philippine National Team in the Asian 9 ball tournament for…………….. “clowning too much”. Say what now? Is it his “clowning” antics or is it something else? Well, if you ask Alex he say it was not about his being a comic or trying to be funny that did him in but vindictiveness on the part of the officials of the Billiards and Snooker
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