Blog Posts on conrado de quiros

The uninvited ones to the Mar Roxas-Korina Sanchez wedding – 2011 edition! by Notes From The Philippines on Oct 28, 2011Two days ago, one-time presidential wannabe Mar Roxas (currently the Transportation and Communication Secretary) and his wife, TV anchor Korina Sanchez, marked their 2nd wedding anniversary. In 2009, I wrote a blog naming the uninvited ones to their...

Bust by Conrado de Quiros by ZEN as HARVEY on Sep 14, 2011September 11 wasn’t just a day of infamy in the United States, it was a day of infamy in the Philippines. It was the day Ferdinand Marcos was born, which the family he left behind celebrated by demanding once again that he be buried in the Libingan...

Kung nilalait ka dahil pandak ka, maitim ka, steel wool ang buhok mo, ang tawag d’yan ay... by tambayan ni melboy on Aug 31, 2011Kung nilalait ka dahil pandak ka, maitim ka, steel wool ang buhok mo, ang tawag d’yan ay PERSECUTION. Kung inuusig ka dahil magnanakaw ka, mandaraya ka, walanghiya ka, ang tawag d’yan ay KATARUNGAN. Kung nilalait ka dahil maganda ka, mayaman ka,...

Sacred Cows by Random Thoughts on Aug 10, 2011In his column defending while criticizing the CCP exhibit Conrado de Quiros revealed that his defense of freedom of expression is limited only to those he finds acceptable.  Expressions he finds unacceptable should be censored"I grant there shou...

The Culture of Impunity is not of the Filipino People--it is the culture of the elites by New Philippine Revolution on Mar 14, 2011To fight corruption, Inquirer columnist De Quiros wrote, we must re-introduce our traditional cultural values. He uses the Japanese as an example. They are punishing a college kid for alleging cheating his way to an exam. The fine? US$ 6,000 and thre...

For De Quiros--it was not the people who forgot the ideals of EDSA by New Philippine Revolution on Feb 28, 2011Conrado de Quiros, columnist of the Inquirer wrote an interesting piece today on how we forgot the excesses of the previous Marcos regime. For De Quiros, there seems to be a classic case of widespread amnesia here. After twenty five years, De Quiros...

Oh Conrad! Oh Conrad's bro! There's the RUB! by Pinoy Buzz on Aug 18, 2010Conrado De Quiros' brother has been appointed President of the Philippine Social Security System... Ayala bank exec named to head SSSBY JOCELYN MONTEMAYORPRESIDENT Aquino named banker Emilio de... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...

President Noynoy by ANTIGONE'S PLEA on Jun 9, 2010Three days before we celebrate our nth Independence Day, our next President and Vice-President were finally proclaimed by the Philippine Congress. Inspite of the Election Fraud issues and concerns raised, the Filipino will now have a new Tandem to...

Oh Conrado… On tales of factions within the Yellow Administration by Pinoy New Politics on Jun 8, 2010The sun is rising and it is the color of scrambled eggs. After Conrado De Quiros endorsed Noynoy Aquino for President, we sort of lost interest in reading and discussing his column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. It was not because we disagreed wit...

Noynoy Aquino's Thanksgiving Mass and Party by The Philippines and Beyond on May 21, 2010Yesterday was the thanksgiving mass and party for President-elect Noynoy Aquino at the Mansion HQ in Quezon City. It started around 5pm and ended late past 12 am, I would say. Food was good, there were a lot of people. The crowd was okay. President-...