Posts Tagged ‘hong kong’

Hostage-taking ex-cop actually was an extortionist

Ombudsman was right to dismiss him, Court of Appeals says

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Murders Most Foul

A tale of two deaths

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Indolent Internet Weekly Digest 5

Every weekend, Indolent Indio tries to come out with a short and hastily-done roundup of things we’ve found on the Internet (pinoy chapter, of course.) Quality, quantity, content, and success may vary. – Boracay island is aghast over the President referring to their island as “Bora” just like everyone else has in the past 10 [...]

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Expel a congressman for drug possession? It depends

Ilocos Sur Representative Ronald Singson could lose his seat in congress if convicted for drug trafficking charges in Hong Kong. Pleading guilty to simple possession might make his colleagues at the House of Representatives more forgiving, though.

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Miriam hits HK for acting like they’re all that

Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago has just filed a resolution against “provocative statements from a certain official of the Hong Kong administrative region” that were sent to Malacañang. (She means you, HK Chief Executive Donald Tsang.)

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Not everyone in Hong Kong hates us

Although most of Hong Kong probably hates us for what happened on August 23 and the days that followed,both sides have something to learn from the whole mess.

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Pinoy defense mechanisms back in place

Now that we’ve said our official apologies, it’s time to massage our frail national ego be the defensive, onion-skinned people that we are. Or, at least, that seems to be what Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto wants. At a joint congressional hearing of the Senate committees on Public Order and Illegal Drugs, and Justice and [...]

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House fact-finding team on Singson case knows nothing

The House of Representatives recently sent Marikina Representative Romero Federico Quimbo to Hong Kong to watch over Ilocos Sur Rep. Ronald Singson who was arrested at Hong Kong International Airport on suspicion of bringing in cocaine.

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