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		<title>Liberal Party shifts gears to ride on “yellow tidal wave”</title>
		<link>http://boymejorada.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/liberal-party-shifts-gears-to-ride-on-%e2%80%9cyellow-tidal-wave%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no question that majority of Filipinos have reached a decision on who will be the next President and Vice President of the Republic , and about the only thing left to be done is make sure voters are able to manifest their will in the May 2010 elections, former Senate President Franklin M. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boymejorada.wordpress.com&blog=290980&post=379&subd=boymejorada&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A party in disarray</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manuel Mejorada</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In politics, as in warfare, you can easily tell when a party is headed for defeat early in the game. This happens when confusion sets in, and its members are thrown into disarray. The result is predictable &#8212; you can safely bet that it will lose an election.
This is why in warfare, generals take pains [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boymejorada.wordpress.com&blog=290980&post=373&subd=boymejorada&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Statement of the Iloilo chapter of the NUJP on the incident involving photojournalist Tara Yap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manuel Mejorada</dc:creator>
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By the Executive Committee, NUJP-Iloilo October 20, 2009
The recent incident involving Iloilo photojournalist Tara Yap of The Daily Guardian has raised issues about press freedom and ethics which the Iloilo chapter of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boymejorada.wordpress.com&blog=290980&post=365&subd=boymejorada&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Biron&#8217;s personal security group</title>
		<link>http://boymejorada.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/birons-personal-security-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manuel Mejorada</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alberto Pabalan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ferjenel Biron]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When P/Supt. Alberto Pabalan was director of the 609th PNP Mobile Group based in Dumangas, Iloilo, he devoted most of his troops to performing security detail work for Rep. Ferjenel Biron and his father, Barotac Nuevo mayor Hernan Biron. Anywhere the Birons went, battle-ready policemen also rode shotgun for them, creating the ugly impression that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boymejorada.wordpress.com&blog=290980&post=361&subd=boymejorada&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Tara Yap caper</title>
		<link>http://boymejorada.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/the-tara-yap-caper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manuel Mejorada</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tara Yap, a young photojournalist working for the Daily Guardian newspaper, had struck me as an idealistic and principled individual. About six months ago, I had the opportunity to chat with her on Facebook, and she poured out her frustrations and resentments about the way her paper was being run. She expressed disgust that the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boymejorada.wordpress.com&blog=290980&post=357&subd=boymejorada&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Syjuco&#8217;s folly</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manuel Mejorada</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Boboy Syjuco]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Augusto Boboy Syjuco is a master craftsman when it comes to marketing. No one can dispute the success with which he built the Jaz Cola softdrinks company into a major player before selling it off to Cosmos in 1997, shortly before he ran for congressman in the 2nd district of Iloilo. Syjuco has put his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boymejorada.wordpress.com&blog=290980&post=354&subd=boymejorada&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A triumph of justice and truth</title>
		<link>http://boymejorada.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/a-triumph-of-justice-and-truth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manuel Mejorada</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a beautifully-written decision that 14th Municipal Circuit Trial Court judge Alpha Sanglap-Delgado handed down last Friday in dismissing the petition for exclusion that sought to remove my name from the list of registered voters in Barangay Pajo, Alimodian, Iloilo.
The decision not only dwelt on the factual issues involved in the case, but delved [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boymejorada.wordpress.com&blog=290980&post=349&subd=boymejorada&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Biron&#8217;s corruption</title>
		<link>http://boymejorada.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/birons-corruption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manuel Mejorada</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am sipping coffee as I write this blog piece at 5 o&#8217; clock in the morning.
The radio is on and Bombo Radyo Iloilo is reporting that the municipality of Barotac Nuevo has been rocked by a scandal over the overpriced purchase of two dilapidated heavy equipment &#8212; a road grader and a dump truck [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boymejorada.wordpress.com&blog=290980&post=344&subd=boymejorada&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Divided loyalties</title>
		<link>http://boymejorada.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/divided-loyalties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manuel Mejorada</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This early, Lakas-Kampi-CMD presidential contender Gilbert &#8220;Gibo&#8221; Teodoro should already be watching his back, because he is being trailed by a bunch of traitors and double-dealers who are set to dump him at the last minute and go where the money is &#8212; Senator Manny Villar.
In Iloilo province, Teodoro might find himself empty-handed in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boymejorada.wordpress.com&blog=290980&post=341&subd=boymejorada&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Defensor&#8217;s distorted view of things</title>
		<link>http://boymejorada.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/defensors-distorted-view-of-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manuel Mejorada</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lakas-Kampi-CMD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The battle lines are drawn: Cong. Arthur Defensor, Sr. has formally announced that he is running for Governor in the May 2010 elections alongside Board Member Oscar Richard Garin, Jr. as candidate for vice governor. This tandem will face the pair of Barotac Viejo mayor Raul &#8220;Boboy&#8221; Tupas and former vice governor Roberto &#8220;Obet&#8221; Armada.
In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boymejorada.wordpress.com&blog=290980&post=338&subd=boymejorada&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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