http://www.luisteodoro.com/archives/2006/03/24/law-and-order/ Current and archived writings of Prof. Luis V. Teodoro Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:49:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.luisteodoro.com/archives/2006/03/24/law-and-order/#comment-10380 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Quo vadis, Philippines? Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:27:44 +0000 http://www.luisteodoro.com/archives/2006/03/24/law-and-order/#comment-10380 [...] For those those who believe that a mere change in leadership will solve the country’s problems–the turmoil will end when Gloria Arroyo leaves Malacañang, voluntarily or by force. Luis Teodoro writes about a proposal by Senator Edgardo Angara who thinks there is a legal way of calling for snap elections. The Black and White Movement staged another “mass action” on Friday, March 24th, which the police forces did not even monitor–it was a picture taking event. Caffeine Sparks laments that the group’s latest slogan, Patalsikin na! Now na!, is “so…text message-y, as if it were almost a joke.” Interestingly enough, it is rather reminiscent of the burgis (bourgeois) practice of mixing Tagalog and English made (in)famous by colegialas in the 1970s. [...] [...] For those those who believe that a mere change in leadership will solve the country’s problems–the turmoil will end when Gloria Arroyo leaves Malacañang, voluntarily or by force. Luis Teodoro writes about a proposal by Senator Edgardo Angara who thinks there is a legal way of calling for snap elections. The Black and White Movement staged another “mass action” on Friday, March 24th, which the police forces did not even monitor–it was a picture taking event. Caffeine Sparks laments that the group’s latest slogan, Patalsikin na! Now na!, is “so…text message-y, as if it were almost a joke.” Interestingly enough, it is rather reminiscent of the burgis (bourgeois) practice of mixing Tagalog and English made (in)famous by colegialas in the 1970s. [...]

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