Bakit hindi pa NAPUPULIS si NAPOLES?

Kawawa naman ang mga kaXambayan natin na Napoles din ang apelyido at hindi sangkot sa Pambansang Iskandalo na mas seryoso pa kasya sa scandal ni Chito. Sampung bilyong piso (Php10B!!!) diumano ang nasungkit at napunta sa bulsa (or vault or foreign bank accounts) ng mga mapangahas na pulitiko sa tulong ni Janet Lim-Napoles at ng kanyang JLN Corp. 

Kamakailan lang ay dineklarang pwedeng i-Citizen's Arrest si Napoles - ibig sabihin 'pag nakita siya ng mga kaXambayan natin ay pwedeng hulihin on site si Napoles. Syempre ang tanong - "Would you dare?" Kaya mo bang patumbahin ang dambuhalang 'yon kapag sinulong mo siya ng iyong super tackle? Wala bang mga bodyguards na nakapalibot kay Napoles? Nakakalapit ka ba kay Napoles o baka may random shoot-out na magaganap kapag tinangka mong hulihin siya? O baka nasa sasakyan siya ng makita mo at hindi mo naman mahabol kaya wala ring silbi? Hindi mo rin nakuha yung camera mo on-time para kunin ang plate number ng sasakyang nakita mo (kung may plate number!). Baka nakasakay na gamit ang private plane (or mas daring kapag gamit ang sosyal na yacht o di kaya bangka).

Habang unti-unting nawawala ang balitang ito, unti-unting lamalapad ang ngiti ng mga GUILTY dahil alam nila na karamihan sa mga Pinoy ay unti-unting makakalimutan ang isyung ito. Siguradong kapag bibigyan pa ng ilang linggo at ilan pang capturing news ay makakalimutan na ng tuluyan ng mga nagrereklamong Pinoy na may mga pulitiko na kumuha ng kanilang ilang taong pinaghirapang pera.

Hindi si Napoles kundi pati ang mga nakinabang na mga mambabatas ay dapat ding pansinin. Pero dahil mukhang nao-obsess ang mga Pinoy sa pag-hunting kay Napoles ay nakalimutan nila na ilan sa mga GUILTY din sa pagnakaw sa kaban ng bayan ay nasa harap lang nila (harap ng TV). Mga senador at mga mayor at mga congressman na sangkot sa scam na ito. Dapat ay hindi natin makalimutan na ilan sa kanila ay talagang may sala. Kailangan natin maging magmatyag ng maigi para hindi na maulit ito (o baka hindi natin alam nagpapatuloy ito habang binabasa mo ito). Lagot tayo kapag hindi tayo natuto.

Mabalik sa tanong - bakit hindi pa napupulis si Napoles?

Dahil kamag-anak siya ni Lupin III. Joke.

YAHOO! for change?

(xambayan.blogspot.com exclusive)

Do you have a Yahoo! Mail account? If so, have you logged into your account these past few days? Then you might have noticed that Yahoo! is getting ready for a change. One of the most noticeable things is the logo. For 30 days until the unveiling of the new logo of Yahoo, the logo that we see will change. Come September 4th, we will see the new logo that will mark the start of a more modern and re-imagined Yahoo. We expect to see a faster and better experience with Yahoo by then.

For us Pinoys, we can see the difference in the look and feel of the Yahoo homepage. When we access Yahoo, we are usually redirected to the Yahoo! Philippines page (with the address of http://ph.yahoo.com/?p=us) and we are treated the the years old Yahoo homepage we have always seen through these years. Now click at the Yahoo! tab next to the Home tab, which will redirect you to the main Yahoo homepage (just http://www.yahoo.com/). We can see the huge difference in layout, the more modern look, and a cleaner interface. Expect that one to hit the Philippine homepage by next month, along with the new Yahoo!

Hopefully with the new Yahoo, users will enjoy its new and updated features and regain its lost ground. Also, we would like to see that modern Yahoo! Philippines page go live. We'll know if we get it come September 4!

Follow the change at http://www.yahoo.com/dailylogo

TUHOG: A Review

WARNING: May contain story spoilers

Leo Martinez, Enchong Dee, and Eugene Domingo, along with Empress and Jake Cuenca make up the Star-Cinema film with the hint of indie movie: TUHOG. The local term for “impalement,” Tuhog primarily revolves around the lives of three individuals who have been impaled by a tube after being involved in a bus accident. The story takes on the concept of death and having to face it without fear. 

The three victims can be interpreted as the three stages of life of an individual: the survival as an elderly person is depicted by Leo Martinez in his role as Tonio, who, at the later stages of his life, has decided to follow his dreams, despite the repeated warnings of his fanily. The struggle as an adult as seen in the life of Fiesta Dacanay, played by Eugene Domingo, a bus conductor who later gets involved with Renato Timbangkaya, a bus driver played by Jake Cuenca. Finally, we have the crazy days as a youth, with Caloy played by Enchong Dee and his girlfriend Angel who is brought to life by Empress Schuck. Each individual character comes into a web of chance meetings and circumstances and have met in one way or another and eventually meeting up at the bus that led to the accident. With a peek at each of these lives, we can see the problems these individuals have to face everyday. Some of these obstacles in life may be seen by others as simple, but for some it is a big deal.

With a dash of laughter surrounded by drama, Tuhog delivers a great storytelling about life, its hardships, and accepting what's beyond our short life here on Earth.

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