History of Southeast Asia
The ASEAN Focus Group's History of Southeast Asia is available online.
Saturday, January 31, 2004
Mahathir's Malay Dilemma
After a million procrastinations, I have finally found the time to read Mahathir's controversial Malay Dilemma. First things first: The book is politically incorrect, arguably racist, contemptously prescriptive--and totally wonderful.
Malay Dilemma belongs to that genre of books written during the author's political nadir, like Machiavelli's Prince and Hitler's Mein Kampf. Mahathir wrote the book after he was expelled from UMNO because of an open letter he wrote attacking then Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman for neglecting the Malay community. What is so interesting about reading books of this genre is their extremely reflective--almost meditative--reflection on human nature. For example, Hitler's analysis of the psychology of the poor Germans is so cogent that even a reader fifty years removed from the book's original publication, almost instinctively understands how Hitler enraptured the German public using that knowledge.
Of course, books of this genre are flailed in graduate seminars. In fact, according to Mahathir his motivation for writing the book was the dressing down he got in a graduate seminar when he suggested that the Malays as a race lagged behind the Chinese because of certain race characteristics.
Mahathir thinks that the Malays in Malaysian history had it so good--nice weather, food readily available from the fields, no political upheavals--that they have incorporated a certain economic languor into the Malay culture. The Chinese, on the other hand, are a hardy migrant people who faced famine, political revolutions, and economic displacements in China. So when the Chinese came, their memories of crushing hardships in their own land provided the driving force for their economic enterprises in Malaysia. The Malays, the Bumiputras (sons of the soil), according to Mahathir, were too polite, non-confrontational and socially courteous that they allowed the foreign Chinese to slowly usurp the economic life of Malaysia. And that politeness the Chinese interpreted as timidity. Mahathir also mentioned about the Malays' calling foreigners tuan (master). He said that the foreigners came to believe that, in fact, they were masters of the Malay people.
The Malays are faced therefore with a dilemma. If they allow the Chinese total control of the economy, Malaysia will prosper fast, but doing so would reduce them, the original sons of Malaysia, to second-class citizenship, which, according to Mahathir, is patently not right. The Chinese are foreigners; Malaysia belongs to Malays. If the Chinese want to live in Malaysia, they must follow the rules of Malays.
Mahathir said that the Malays, through a policy of preferential treatment for Malays in business, are only getting back what was taken from them because of their politeness.
What I find amusing is Mahathir's dissection of the Chinese business practices. He observed, for example, that the Chinese are extremely frugal so capital is always boosted by savings. The Chinese also do not pay for labor because family members are employed. Mahathir also talked about the Chinese way of extending credit so as to attract Malay customers. This extension of credit, according to Mahathir, is so successful that Malays invariably abandon their own cooperatives to patronize Chinese stores.
Mahathir wrote the book in 1970. After some years in the political wilderness, he was invited back to UMNO and later became prime minister of Malaysia.
Reading the book I got to thinking about the Philippines' deficiency of books written by politicians (or perhaps I just do not know of them). Certainly, there is no Philippine equivalent of Malay Dilemma. Marcos wrote one about his revolution from the center but it does not have a personal touch (it was allegedly ghostwritten) and reads like a political science paper.
Former Senate President Salonga is writing some, but still nothing beats a book written by an ambitious young man-- like Mahathir-- confronting political ignominy. (If Erap were more intelellectually inclined, he probably would make waves writing a critique on people power and the Philippines' elite democracy.)
There is simply no intensity in Salonga's books, written as they were in the twilight of his career. Salonga's readers do not get a feeling of political immediacy. There is perhaps enlightenment but no sting. Mahatfirs book has plenty of the latter.
After a million procrastinations, I have finally found the time to read Mahathir's controversial Malay Dilemma. First things first: The book is politically incorrect, arguably racist, contemptously prescriptive--and totally wonderful.
Malay Dilemma belongs to that genre of books written during the author's political nadir, like Machiavelli's Prince and Hitler's Mein Kampf. Mahathir wrote the book after he was expelled from UMNO because of an open letter he wrote attacking then Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman for neglecting the Malay community. What is so interesting about reading books of this genre is their extremely reflective--almost meditative--reflection on human nature. For example, Hitler's analysis of the psychology of the poor Germans is so cogent that even a reader fifty years removed from the book's original publication, almost instinctively understands how Hitler enraptured the German public using that knowledge.
Of course, books of this genre are flailed in graduate seminars. In fact, according to Mahathir his motivation for writing the book was the dressing down he got in a graduate seminar when he suggested that the Malays as a race lagged behind the Chinese because of certain race characteristics.
Mahathir thinks that the Malays in Malaysian history had it so good--nice weather, food readily available from the fields, no political upheavals--that they have incorporated a certain economic languor into the Malay culture. The Chinese, on the other hand, are a hardy migrant people who faced famine, political revolutions, and economic displacements in China. So when the Chinese came, their memories of crushing hardships in their own land provided the driving force for their economic enterprises in Malaysia. The Malays, the Bumiputras (sons of the soil), according to Mahathir, were too polite, non-confrontational and socially courteous that they allowed the foreign Chinese to slowly usurp the economic life of Malaysia. And that politeness the Chinese interpreted as timidity. Mahathir also mentioned about the Malays' calling foreigners tuan (master). He said that the foreigners came to believe that, in fact, they were masters of the Malay people.
The Malays are faced therefore with a dilemma. If they allow the Chinese total control of the economy, Malaysia will prosper fast, but doing so would reduce them, the original sons of Malaysia, to second-class citizenship, which, according to Mahathir, is patently not right. The Chinese are foreigners; Malaysia belongs to Malays. If the Chinese want to live in Malaysia, they must follow the rules of Malays.
Mahathir said that the Malays, through a policy of preferential treatment for Malays in business, are only getting back what was taken from them because of their politeness.
What I find amusing is Mahathir's dissection of the Chinese business practices. He observed, for example, that the Chinese are extremely frugal so capital is always boosted by savings. The Chinese also do not pay for labor because family members are employed. Mahathir also talked about the Chinese way of extending credit so as to attract Malay customers. This extension of credit, according to Mahathir, is so successful that Malays invariably abandon their own cooperatives to patronize Chinese stores.
Mahathir wrote the book in 1970. After some years in the political wilderness, he was invited back to UMNO and later became prime minister of Malaysia.
Reading the book I got to thinking about the Philippines' deficiency of books written by politicians (or perhaps I just do not know of them). Certainly, there is no Philippine equivalent of Malay Dilemma. Marcos wrote one about his revolution from the center but it does not have a personal touch (it was allegedly ghostwritten) and reads like a political science paper.
Former Senate President Salonga is writing some, but still nothing beats a book written by an ambitious young man-- like Mahathir-- confronting political ignominy. (If Erap were more intelellectually inclined, he probably would make waves writing a critique on people power and the Philippines' elite democracy.)
There is simply no intensity in Salonga's books, written as they were in the twilight of his career. Salonga's readers do not get a feeling of political immediacy. There is perhaps enlightenment but no sting. Mahatfirs book has plenty of the latter.
Friday, January 30, 2004
A First Things essay discusses Mansfield Park and argues that Jane Austen was a public theologian and a social conservative rallying against individualism.
That's Mr. Poe if you're nasty
After building up the supposed invincibility of FPJ and now that an FPJ presidency is in the opinion of almost everybody just about round the corner, the Inquirer has started its demolition job on FPJ the same way it subtly bulldozed buddy Erap--insider stories on the person's gaffes.
The Philippine Star also reports on the same subject, how FPJ got vexed with the myriad questions being thrown at him. He was asked about his opinion on, among other things, economic program and the death penalty.
Apparently FPJ was irked that some reporters were voicing faults with his economic program when he, in fact, has not announced it yet. Well, he has a point on that. One cannot find fault on something that does not exist yet.
FPJ is not used to ubiquitous inquisitorial reporters asking his opinion on almost everything under the political sun. Even as a movie star he never promotes his movies, guests on variety shows and have reporters ask him questions. He had a royal aloofness and movie reporters did not transgress that. News reporters, on the other hand, are all too ready to expose FPJ's political ignorance as long as it would make good copy.
FPJ is uncomfortable fielding the reporters' questions. He knows nothing about those things and he knows it. I seriously doubt if he read the broadsheets for most of his adult life. He is not politically conversant and is vexed that reporters should expect him to be so.
Miriam says FPJ is having some tutoring from UP professors (probably from the College of Public Administartion), but we have to see yet the result of that tutoring. FPJ still has no witty one-liners on every issue.
Running for president, unfortunately, is like joining a beauty contest. One has to memorize prepared answers for every imaginable question. How do we achieve world peace? What is the essence of a woman? All that crap.
Erap was better coached when he ran for presidency. Whenever asked to comment on a particular policy issue he never had time to ask about from his advisers, Erap would give a wry smile to the reporter and say that rest assured he would always consider "the greatest good of the greatest number." Erap had Jeremy Bentham then to parry the assaults of the reporters. FPJ should find his own handy philosopher--but then again public administration professors are not know to be philosophical.
After building up the supposed invincibility of FPJ and now that an FPJ presidency is in the opinion of almost everybody just about round the corner, the Inquirer has started its demolition job on FPJ the same way it subtly bulldozed buddy Erap--insider stories on the person's gaffes.
The Philippine Star also reports on the same subject, how FPJ got vexed with the myriad questions being thrown at him. He was asked about his opinion on, among other things, economic program and the death penalty.
Apparently FPJ was irked that some reporters were voicing faults with his economic program when he, in fact, has not announced it yet. Well, he has a point on that. One cannot find fault on something that does not exist yet.
FPJ is not used to ubiquitous inquisitorial reporters asking his opinion on almost everything under the political sun. Even as a movie star he never promotes his movies, guests on variety shows and have reporters ask him questions. He had a royal aloofness and movie reporters did not transgress that. News reporters, on the other hand, are all too ready to expose FPJ's political ignorance as long as it would make good copy.
FPJ is uncomfortable fielding the reporters' questions. He knows nothing about those things and he knows it. I seriously doubt if he read the broadsheets for most of his adult life. He is not politically conversant and is vexed that reporters should expect him to be so.
Miriam says FPJ is having some tutoring from UP professors (probably from the College of Public Administartion), but we have to see yet the result of that tutoring. FPJ still has no witty one-liners on every issue.
Running for president, unfortunately, is like joining a beauty contest. One has to memorize prepared answers for every imaginable question. How do we achieve world peace? What is the essence of a woman? All that crap.
Erap was better coached when he ran for presidency. Whenever asked to comment on a particular policy issue he never had time to ask about from his advisers, Erap would give a wry smile to the reporter and say that rest assured he would always consider "the greatest good of the greatest number." Erap had Jeremy Bentham then to parry the assaults of the reporters. FPJ should find his own handy philosopher--but then again public administration professors are not know to be philosophical.
Marco Garrido writing for the Asia Times on FPJ's citizenship and the possibility of American statehood for the Philippines. Human Rights Watch in its annual global survey says that the war in Iraq is not a humanitarian intervention. The inimitable Arundhati Roy writing for The Nation, lashing the new American century.
Thursday, January 29, 2004
Lecture on the Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi
The LEGACY OF MAHATMA GANDHI:
Building a Character of Integrity, Harmony and Peace
by
Pascal Alan Nazareth
Former Ambassador, Embassy of India
Co-Founder and Managing Trustee,
Sarvodaya International Trust
(International Mahatma Gandhi Movement)
at four o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday, 4 February 2004 at the Rev. Henry Lee Irwin Theatre Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.
Guests are requested to be seated by 3:15 P.M.
The LEGACY OF MAHATMA GANDHI:
Building a Character of Integrity, Harmony and Peace
by
Pascal Alan Nazareth
Former Ambassador, Embassy of India
Co-Founder and Managing Trustee,
Sarvodaya International Trust
(International Mahatma Gandhi Movement)
at four o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday, 4 February 2004 at the Rev. Henry Lee Irwin Theatre Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.
Guests are requested to be seated by 3:15 P.M.
Imelda incarcerated
Read Inquirer's feature on PCGG Commissioner Ruben Carranza:
The PCGG has so far filed close to 1000 civil cases against the Marcoses and their cronies, says Carranza, 43 of them before the Ombudsman. "We only need one conviction to put Imelda in jail."
THe PCGG would need a lot of of support as the coming FPJ presidency does not bode well for those cases . I saw how Susan Roces swooned at the presence of the Great Prodigal Imelda, probably titillated at the idea that she would be one day wearing the shoes Imelda once wore.
If only people would see Imelda in jail, then they would know that indeed she and her husband did something wrong. As things are now, people, especially those who were too young to experience the Marcos years firsthand, are all too ready to give her the benefit of the doubt.
It would also be a great downer for people who hitherto idolize the brazenness of the Marcoses in enriching themselves. It is a real shock, I know, but not a few UP students have this inchoate admiration for the Marcoses, especially the much-vaunted brilliance daw of Apo Marcos, which, Conrado de Quiros, assures us, is more a product of PR than real substance. (Marcos was real smart though in skirting all the rules, but smartness and brilliance are not the same. Everybody can be smart.)
I remember seeing Imelda confronted on TV about the prospect of her going to jail someday. You know what she said? If imprisoned and persecuted, she said, in the characteristic Imeldific just-about-to-cry-over-your-shoulder look, she will end up like Nelson Mandela and win the Nobel Prize. No matter how hard I try, I cannot imagine the Stockholm citation.
Read Inquirer's feature on PCGG Commissioner Ruben Carranza:
The PCGG has so far filed close to 1000 civil cases against the Marcoses and their cronies, says Carranza, 43 of them before the Ombudsman. "We only need one conviction to put Imelda in jail."
THe PCGG would need a lot of of support as the coming FPJ presidency does not bode well for those cases . I saw how Susan Roces swooned at the presence of the Great Prodigal Imelda, probably titillated at the idea that she would be one day wearing the shoes Imelda once wore.
If only people would see Imelda in jail, then they would know that indeed she and her husband did something wrong. As things are now, people, especially those who were too young to experience the Marcos years firsthand, are all too ready to give her the benefit of the doubt.
It would also be a great downer for people who hitherto idolize the brazenness of the Marcoses in enriching themselves. It is a real shock, I know, but not a few UP students have this inchoate admiration for the Marcoses, especially the much-vaunted brilliance daw of Apo Marcos, which, Conrado de Quiros, assures us, is more a product of PR than real substance. (Marcos was real smart though in skirting all the rules, but smartness and brilliance are not the same. Everybody can be smart.)
I remember seeing Imelda confronted on TV about the prospect of her going to jail someday. You know what she said? If imprisoned and persecuted, she said, in the characteristic Imeldific just-about-to-cry-over-your-shoulder look, she will end up like Nelson Mandela and win the Nobel Prize. No matter how hard I try, I cannot imagine the Stockholm citation.
DionaText: Cellphone Text Poetry writing Contest
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts in cooperation with the Filipinas Institute of Translation, Inc., Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas and the UP Institute of Creative Writing launch DIONATEXT, a text (SMS) poetry writing contest. The contest aims to popularize and revitalize the tradition of one of the oldest forms of poetry by using modern technology. The diona is a short poem composed of three versified rhyming lines. Each line consists only of seven syllables expressing a complete thought. DIONATEXT entries must be written in Filipino and must express love within the family. Here’s an old example:
magkapatid mang buo,
kundi kapuwa suyo,
parang pinsang malayo.
Contestants must submit their entries through text to any of the following numbers: (0927) 4641814 at (0918) 2252718. Entries must be accompanied by the name and address of the author. Entries must be received not later than 5 p.m. every Friday of the contest week. Every week for the month of February, judges will pick 2 winners (Text Makata ng linggo) who will receive P5,000 each. Eight consolation prizes of P2,000 will be awarded. The winning entries will be compiled in a book which will be released at the awarding ceremonies.
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts in cooperation with the Filipinas Institute of Translation, Inc., Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas and the UP Institute of Creative Writing launch DIONATEXT, a text (SMS) poetry writing contest. The contest aims to popularize and revitalize the tradition of one of the oldest forms of poetry by using modern technology. The diona is a short poem composed of three versified rhyming lines. Each line consists only of seven syllables expressing a complete thought. DIONATEXT entries must be written in Filipino and must express love within the family. Here’s an old example:
magkapatid mang buo,
kundi kapuwa suyo,
parang pinsang malayo.
Contestants must submit their entries through text to any of the following numbers: (0927) 4641814 at (0918) 2252718. Entries must be accompanied by the name and address of the author. Entries must be received not later than 5 p.m. every Friday of the contest week. Every week for the month of February, judges will pick 2 winners (Text Makata ng linggo) who will receive P5,000 each. Eight consolation prizes of P2,000 will be awarded. The winning entries will be compiled in a book which will be released at the awarding ceremonies.
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Forum on cellphones and campaigns
Liberal Philippines magazine, the country’s newest political quarterly, and Media G8way, a leader in information technology publishing, have teamed up for a breakthrough event entitled Cell Phones and Campaigns. In this public forum, industry leaders and service providers will discuss the many innovative uses of the cell phone in launching a campaign in marketing, public service, health, education, and even in elections. With 15 million Filipinos using cell phones, indeed this gadget is the way to communicate.
Among speakers are officials from the country’s respected telecommunications companies, content and service providers and technical experts -- several of whom will also provide demonstrations of new and exciting services. We would like to invite you to join us in this public forum Cell Phones and Campaigns to be held on 29 January 2004, 9am in the Skytop of the Hotel Intercontinental, Makati City. Entrance is free of charge.
Liberal Philippines magazine, the country’s newest political quarterly, and Media G8way, a leader in information technology publishing, have teamed up for a breakthrough event entitled Cell Phones and Campaigns. In this public forum, industry leaders and service providers will discuss the many innovative uses of the cell phone in launching a campaign in marketing, public service, health, education, and even in elections. With 15 million Filipinos using cell phones, indeed this gadget is the way to communicate.
Among speakers are officials from the country’s respected telecommunications companies, content and service providers and technical experts -- several of whom will also provide demonstrations of new and exciting services. We would like to invite you to join us in this public forum Cell Phones and Campaigns to be held on 29 January 2004, 9am in the Skytop of the Hotel Intercontinental, Makati City. Entrance is free of charge.
Howard Dean loses New Hampshire primary
I guess it is now official that Howard Dean will never be the Democratic candidate to challenge Bush come November. Senator John Kerry has scored a double whammy with his win, this time, in Dean's own turf New Hampshire. Kerry carried Iowa and, now, New Hampshire.
I guess it is all for the good of the party as Kerry is widely perceived to be more acceptable and electable by the general electorate. Dean is more idiosyncratic in style, i.e., weird. His " I Have a Scream" speech is now legendary. But I cannot help but commiserate. I can just imagine the heartbreak of hundreds of Dean's youth volunteers, his bloggers and all those who contributed their hundred dollars via the internet. It is Dean among the presidential contenders who has real grassroots support--especially in the internet.
If it is Kerry who has a greater chance to oust Bush from the White House, then so be it. Now that Dean seems to have faded from the scene, the Democratic Party now must buckle up and figure out how to get rid of Bush--for the benefit of the American people and all mankind.
I guess it is now official that Howard Dean will never be the Democratic candidate to challenge Bush come November. Senator John Kerry has scored a double whammy with his win, this time, in Dean's own turf New Hampshire. Kerry carried Iowa and, now, New Hampshire.
I guess it is all for the good of the party as Kerry is widely perceived to be more acceptable and electable by the general electorate. Dean is more idiosyncratic in style, i.e., weird. His " I Have a Scream" speech is now legendary. But I cannot help but commiserate. I can just imagine the heartbreak of hundreds of Dean's youth volunteers, his bloggers and all those who contributed their hundred dollars via the internet. It is Dean among the presidential contenders who has real grassroots support--especially in the internet.
If it is Kerry who has a greater chance to oust Bush from the White House, then so be it. Now that Dean seems to have faded from the scene, the Democratic Party now must buckle up and figure out how to get rid of Bush--for the benefit of the American people and all mankind.
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
I have recently stumbled on the Global Development Network's toolkit for proposal writing. Not only does it have tips on writing, it also has sections on networking and potential donors.
Monday, January 26, 2004
Sunday, January 25, 2004
Is Stephen Hawking a battered husband?
A report carried by The Times of India asks the question. Apparently, police detectives were expressing frustration that the scientist was refusing to cooperate to explain repeated instances of broken wrists, gashes to the face and throat, lip cuts and heat stroke.
A report carried by The Times of India asks the question. Apparently, police detectives were expressing frustration that the scientist was refusing to cooperate to explain repeated instances of broken wrists, gashes to the face and throat, lip cuts and heat stroke.
We told Bush so
Fareed Zakaria, the resident pundit at Newsweek, writes about the ascendancy of Shiite Grand Ayatollah Sistani, how he has hostaged the American occupation of Iraq because of US"s lack of legitimacy in the region. Fearful that Ayatollah Sistani would declare the US an invader, the US is kowtowing to Ayatollah Sistani's demands.
Ayatollah Sistani is having an inordinate share of power now because the US unilateral invasion lacked legitimacy and is therefore in no position to antagonize Ayatollah however reasonably warranted--as in the case of the US's plan for a phased transition. (Ayatollah Sistani wants elections pronto.)
The American occupiers are now belatedly realizing the importance of multilateral action, the legitimacy that it bestows. The UN can do unpopular things without being accused of being colonizers. After dismissing the UN as irrelevant and going it alone in the invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration is now courting the UN for favors. Zakaria writes:
American policymakers made two grave mistakes after the war. The first was to occupy the country with too few troops, creating a security vacuum. This image of weakness was reinforced when Washington caved in to Sistani's objections last June, junked its original transition plan and sped things up to coincide with the American elections. The second mistake was to dismiss from the start the need for allies and international institutions. As a result, Washington is now governing Iraq with neither power nor legitimacy.
Fareed Zakaria, the resident pundit at Newsweek, writes about the ascendancy of Shiite Grand Ayatollah Sistani, how he has hostaged the American occupation of Iraq because of US"s lack of legitimacy in the region. Fearful that Ayatollah Sistani would declare the US an invader, the US is kowtowing to Ayatollah Sistani's demands.
Ayatollah Sistani is having an inordinate share of power now because the US unilateral invasion lacked legitimacy and is therefore in no position to antagonize Ayatollah however reasonably warranted--as in the case of the US's plan for a phased transition. (Ayatollah Sistani wants elections pronto.)
The American occupiers are now belatedly realizing the importance of multilateral action, the legitimacy that it bestows. The UN can do unpopular things without being accused of being colonizers. After dismissing the UN as irrelevant and going it alone in the invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration is now courting the UN for favors. Zakaria writes:
American policymakers made two grave mistakes after the war. The first was to occupy the country with too few troops, creating a security vacuum. This image of weakness was reinforced when Washington caved in to Sistani's objections last June, junked its original transition plan and sped things up to coincide with the American elections. The second mistake was to dismiss from the start the need for allies and international institutions. As a result, Washington is now governing Iraq with neither power nor legitimacy.
Saturday, January 24, 2004
Favorite Songs
Suddenly inspired by Nick Hornby’s list of favorite songs (see previous blog entry), I have taken the time to list my own. Here are some of my favorites:
Hava Nageela, Harry Belafonte
Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen
Respect, Aretha Franklin
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, Edith Piaf
Take On Me, A-ha
Walang Hanggang Paalam, Joey Ayala
I’ll Be There, Michael Jackson
Where Have All the Flowers Gone, Kingston Trio
Kanlungan, Noel Cabangon
Livin’ On a Prayer, Bon Jovi
Father and Son, Cat Stevens
Eternal Flame, Bangles
Esa Noche, Café Tacuba
El Pueblo Unido, Intillimani
Cool Change, Little River Band
Nomakanjani, Brenda Fassie
Forever Young, Alphaville
Kokomo, Beach Boys
All Day Love, Leon Lai
Dancing in the Moonlight, Toploader
No Woman, No Cry, Bob Marley
Let’s Fall In Love, Diana Krall
Xing Qing, Jay Chou
Suddenly inspired by Nick Hornby’s list of favorite songs (see previous blog entry), I have taken the time to list my own. Here are some of my favorites:
Hava Nageela, Harry Belafonte
Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen
Respect, Aretha Franklin
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, Edith Piaf
Take On Me, A-ha
Walang Hanggang Paalam, Joey Ayala
I’ll Be There, Michael Jackson
Where Have All the Flowers Gone, Kingston Trio
Kanlungan, Noel Cabangon
Livin’ On a Prayer, Bon Jovi
Father and Son, Cat Stevens
Eternal Flame, Bangles
Esa Noche, Café Tacuba
El Pueblo Unido, Intillimani
Cool Change, Little River Band
Nomakanjani, Brenda Fassie
Forever Young, Alphaville
Kokomo, Beach Boys
All Day Love, Leon Lai
Dancing in the Moonlight, Toploader
No Woman, No Cry, Bob Marley
Let’s Fall In Love, Diana Krall
Xing Qing, Jay Chou
Friday, January 23, 2004
Teodoro Valencia Lecture Series on Journalism and Mass Communication
The 16th Teodoro F. Valencia Lecture Series on Journalism and Mass Communication will be held Jan. 30 March 19 at the T.F. Valencia Media Study Center at the Rizal Park. The lectures will be held every Friday 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Selected students of journalism and mass communication from 12 leading universities in Metro Manila will attend the lecture. Among the lecturers will be Manila Bulletin associate editor Ramon Francisco, Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Conrado de Quiros, Philippine Star entertainment associate editor Ricky F. Lo, Abante managing editor Nick V. Quijano, Manila Bulletin and Agriculture Magazine editor Zac Sarian, Philippine Star columnist and Malacañang reporter Marichu Villanueva, Prof. Dr. Ceciliano-Jose Cruz and photo journalist Anjo Perez.
The 16th Teodoro F. Valencia Lecture Series on Journalism and Mass Communication will be held Jan. 30 March 19 at the T.F. Valencia Media Study Center at the Rizal Park. The lectures will be held every Friday 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Selected students of journalism and mass communication from 12 leading universities in Metro Manila will attend the lecture. Among the lecturers will be Manila Bulletin associate editor Ramon Francisco, Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Conrado de Quiros, Philippine Star entertainment associate editor Ricky F. Lo, Abante managing editor Nick V. Quijano, Manila Bulletin and Agriculture Magazine editor Zac Sarian, Philippine Star columnist and Malacañang reporter Marichu Villanueva, Prof. Dr. Ceciliano-Jose Cruz and photo journalist Anjo Perez.
COMELEC: FPJ is fit to be president
COMELEC has declared FPJ a natural-born Filipino citizen and thus qualified to become the president. Business World has an informative report on the decision. This is not yet the end of the matter. We will hear more of this citizenship business in the coming days because the issue has been brought to the Supreme Court.
COMELEC has declared FPJ a natural-born Filipino citizen and thus qualified to become the president. Business World has an informative report on the decision. This is not yet the end of the matter. We will hear more of this citizenship business in the coming days because the issue has been brought to the Supreme Court.
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