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	<title>THE BYSTANDER</title>
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	<description>the job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.</description>
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		<title>ANG SARAP MAGING SENADOR!</title>
		<link>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/ang-sarap-maging-senador/</link>
		<comments>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/ang-sarap-maging-senador/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to share this forwarded e-mail about the supposed &#8220;privileges&#8221; and &#8220;benefits&#8221; of Philippine Senators.  I have not made a thorough verification whether this is 100% true or not.  I tried browsing the Senate&#8217;s website but I only found this bit of information.  This may very well be political spin from people who want [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sikwati.wordpress.com&blog=563144&post=433&subd=sikwati&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BOLANTE&#8217;S UNDERWEAR and MIRIAM&#8217;S WRATH</title>
		<link>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/bolantes-underwear-and-miriams-wrath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the bystander</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sikwati.wordpress.com/?p=428</guid>
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Yes, it&#8217;s true.  Jocjoc Bolante will finally get to change his underwear the moment he sets foot on Philippine soil.  He had only one underwear during the period of his detention in the USA.  Secretary Raul Gonzalez will personally deliver to him the bikini brief he&#8217;s been wanting to have and see to it that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sikwati.wordpress.com&blog=563144&post=428&subd=sikwati&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FOX NEWS, OBAMA and MCCAIN</title>
		<link>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/fox-news-obama-and-mccain/</link>
		<comments>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/fox-news-obama-and-mccain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the bystander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sikwati.wordpress.com/?p=419</guid>
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If there&#8217;s one American news channel that really gets my goat these days, it&#8217;s none other than FOX NEWS CHANNEL.  Adding up to my high blood pressure was the announcement of our local cable operator that CNN will no longer be in the menu of channels to choose from.  That leaves me with BBC as an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sikwati.wordpress.com&blog=563144&post=419&subd=sikwati&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>THE SECRETARY OF INJUSTICE STRIKES AGAIN</title>
		<link>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/the-secretary-of-injustice-strikes-again/</link>
		<comments>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/the-secretary-of-injustice-strikes-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 02:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the bystander</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sikwati.wordpress.com/?p=408</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Based on what I&#8217;ve read in the papers, it seems clear to me that the libel case filed against Archbishop Cruz four years ago did not even reach the courts because the prosecutor assigned to investigate the complaint found no probable cause to hold the Bishop for trial.  But out of the blue, here comes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sikwati.wordpress.com&blog=563144&post=408&subd=sikwati&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>ARE YOU AT PEACE WITH YOUR MORTALITY?</title>
		<link>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/are-you-at-peace-with-your-mortality/</link>
		<comments>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/are-you-at-peace-with-your-mortality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 19:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the bystander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[social undertones]]></category>

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The cyclone in Myanmar left more than 60,000 people dead.  In the China quake, 12,000.  These are initial figures which will increase dramatically in the coming days as rescue workers dig deeper into the rubble.  That&#8217;s how fragile human lives are &#8212; alive and kicking today, dead and stiff tomorrow.  Myanmar and China today.  It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sikwati.wordpress.com&blog=563144&post=406&subd=sikwati&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>ESPERON&#8217;S LEGACY</title>
		<link>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/esperons-legacy/</link>
		<comments>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/esperons-legacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the bystander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sikwati.wordpress.com/?p=397</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The dictionary defines &#8220;legacy&#8221; as something that is handed down or something that remains from a previous generation or time. But General Hermogenes Esperon, Chief of Staff, retires today leaving behind a legacy of controversies that has transformed the AFP from being the protector of the people to being the protector of Gloria Arroyo. 
In 2004, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sikwati.wordpress.com&blog=563144&post=397&subd=sikwati&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Ermita appeals to the youth not to turn a blind eye on the many good things the gov’t has done.</title>
		<link>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/headline-ermita-appeals-to-the-youth-not-to-turn-a-blind-eye-on-the-many-good-things-the-gov%e2%80%99t-has-done/</link>
		<comments>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/headline-ermita-appeals-to-the-youth-not-to-turn-a-blind-eye-on-the-many-good-things-the-gov%e2%80%99t-has-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 18:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the bystander</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sikwati.wordpress.com/?p=395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Nope, this is not a headline from the Inquirer nor from any leading TV station or media organization.  I read it from the Philippine government website as one of its banner stories.  The headline suddenly caused shivers down my spine.  How in the world was Ermita able to arrive at the conclusion that this government [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sikwati.wordpress.com&blog=563144&post=395&subd=sikwati&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BACK FROM A FORCED HIATUS</title>
		<link>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/back-from-a-forced-hiatus/</link>
		<comments>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/back-from-a-forced-hiatus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the bystander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[announcements]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sikwati.wordpress.com/?p=394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After we moved out and transferred to another location, I was informed by Globelines that they could no longer provide broadband service in the area where we are now staying.  The place has so many internet users that their primary (the main installation line) is already stuffed up.  Thus, I&#8217;m back to using internet prepaid [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sikwati.wordpress.com&blog=563144&post=394&subd=sikwati&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MEET CHONA MAE</title>
		<link>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/meet-chona-mae/</link>
		<comments>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/meet-chona-mae/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the bystander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[something to smile about]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sikwati.wordpress.com/?p=389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
The following are some of the hilarious entries in the blog of Chona Mae Banaag, a household helper who worked for a rich family residing somewhere in Valle Verde Subdivision, Pasig City in the year 2004.  She calls her employers mam Tess and sir Arnold.  Not much is known about Chona Mae whose last entry [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sikwati.wordpress.com&blog=563144&post=389&subd=sikwati&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>THE QUEEN CAN DO NO WRONG?</title>
		<link>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/the-queen-can-do-no-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/the-queen-can-do-no-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the bystander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[legal and constitutional issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sikwati.wordpress.com/?p=381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Okay.  Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should be made answerable for this and that scandal.  She should be investigated and eventually prosecuted for graft and corruption, bribery or maybe even plunder and for all other laws that she and her cohorts may have violated.  Problem is, we cannot do all that while she is the sitting President.  She [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sikwati.wordpress.com&blog=563144&post=381&subd=sikwati&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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