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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>
	<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>ESPERON&#8217;S LEGACY</title>
		<link>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/esperons-legacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<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, [...]]]></description>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 18:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sikwati.wordpress.com/?p=395</guid>
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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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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>

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		<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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE HOLY WEEK OF HYPOCRITES</title>
		<link>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/the-holy-week-of-hypocrites/</link>
		<comments>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/the-holy-week-of-hypocrites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[losing my religion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sikwati.wordpress.com/?p=373</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
HYPOCRITES abound this season of the year. 
We hear of bishops allowing priests to officiate mass in Malacañang but at the same time prohibiting and/or discouraging these same priests from accepting invitations from groups opposed to the President. 
We hear of bishops saying it is not their &#8220;business&#8221; to call for President Arroyo&#8217;s resignation, yet, in a not-so-distant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PACQUIAO vs. MARQUEZ:  FINISHED BUSINESS?</title>
		<link>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/pacquiao-vs-marquez-finished-business/</link>
		<comments>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/pacquiao-vs-marquez-finished-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the bystander</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[something to smile about]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sikwati.wordpress.com/?p=344</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Unlike his previous fights, Manny Pacquiao&#8217;s victory over Juan Manuel Marquez was not as convincing as it should be.  Except for the 3rd round where he scored a knockdown and in the 10th round where he delivered crisp blows to the face of Marquez, the fight all throughout was dictated by the Mexican. 
But a win [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WOMEN AS ANALYZED BY SCIENCE</title>
		<link>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/women-as-analyzed-by-science/</link>
		<comments>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/women-as-analyzed-by-science/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the bystander</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[something to smile about]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sikwati.wordpress.com/?p=340</guid>
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&#160;




They were e-mailed to me by a friend.  The illustrations confirmed some of my thoughts on women.  HEHE..   
       ]]></description>
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		<title>A TALE OF TWO SAN MIGUELS</title>
		<link>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/a-tale-of-two-san-miguels/</link>
		<comments>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/a-tale-of-two-san-miguels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the bystander</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[2008 Bb. Pilipinas World JANINA SAN MIGUEL: 
 
&#160;
2008 ZTE-NBN &#8220;surprising&#8221; witness LEO SAN MIGUEL:   
 
The girl has balls.  The man doesn&#8217;t.  TONGPATS!   
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		<title>Guest Commentary:  WHY DO PEOPLE LIE?</title>
		<link>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/guest-commentary-why-do-people-lie/</link>
		<comments>http://sikwati.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/guest-commentary-why-do-people-lie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Everybody lies. It may only be &#8220;white&#8221; lies, but everyone tells lies or &#8220;omits the truth&#8221; sometimes. We start lying at around age 4 to 5 when children gain an awareness of the use and power of language. This first lying is not malicious, but rather to find out, or test, what can (be) manipulated [...]]]></description>
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