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A Brief Timeline of the ZTE-NBN Scandal

Source: www.philstar. com
2006
October - The Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT)  first broaches the possibility of a National Broadband Network (NBN) deal  to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
Nov. 21 – NEDA Secretary Romulo Neri and  Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) chairman Ramon Sales endorse the NBN project  to President  Arroyo […]

When I have kids

Philcoa, Thursday morning after shift. As I was gleefully eating piping hot rice and ginisang monggo, the owner of the carinderia sat at the table in front of me. On her lap climbed her 4-year old daughter, pigtails askew and sleepily rubbing her eyes. The mother then opened one of those thin Adarna storybooks and […]

While I was Sleeping: Another Coup d’état in the Makati CBD

Working in the night shift leads to a very erratic sleeping pattern. I manage to sleep though by wrapping a blanket around my double-deck bed and burying myself in 4 pillows. This cocoon method failed this afternoon because the insistent beeping of my cellphone woke me up. Text messages flooded my inbox:

“Due to the political […]