After 26 years of incarceration, all remaining ten of the 14 soldiers convicted for the Aquino-Galman double murder case have been released after their sentences were communed by the President. Much to the disappointment of the Aquino family and Ninoy Aquino supporters all over the world. For them, it was Arroyo’s way of getting back [...]
March 6, 2009
Categories: Strictly Philippines, World Politics . Tags: 10 soldiers released, aquino-galman murders, commander chaos, edsa people power, kris aquino, louie encabo, ninoy aquino, noynoy aquino, people power, the liberated man . Author: Louie Encabo . Comments: 1 Comment
After months of career defining victories against iconic rivals such as the wife of a former US President and a powerful ex-POW US Senator, Barack Obama finally delivered the final touch of his struggle to the White House with a dragon slaying victory over John McCain. In his acceptance speech Obama claims that the change [...]
November 5, 2008
Categories: World Politics . Tags: 123, 2008, biden, commanderchaos, don bosco, louie encabo, mccain, obama, palin, us presidential elections . Author: Louie Encabo . Comments: Leave a Comment
After a US airstrike-gone-wrong kills 12 innocent civilians in a tribal village in the Afghan-Pakistani border, the Pakistanis wanted no more of American help in their territory. Leading them into shooting two US military choppers which were suppose to hunting for insurgents. America calls the attack “uncalled for”, but we have to analyze that what [...]
September 22, 2008
Categories: World Politics . Tags: 123, afghanistan, al-qaeda, america, asif ali zardari, commanderchaos, defendyourcountry, george bush, louie encabo, pakistan, us army, us military kills 12 in pakistan . Author: Louie Encabo . Comments: Leave a Comment
Barack Obama, a known “anti-war in Iraq” politician, chose a pro-war lawmaker, Joe Biden to be his running mate for the November general elections. And just yesterday Republican candidate John McCain announced that novice politician Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate. A not-so-bad pick as Palin: 1) is pro-life 2) has no [...]
August 30, 2008
Categories: World Politics . Tags: 123, barack obama, commanderchaos, democrats, joe biden, john mccain, louie encabo, november us elections, republicans, sarah palin, us elections 2008 . Author: Louie Encabo . Comments: Leave a Comment
The latest U.S. Air Force offensive in Afghanistan left over seventy civilians and just about a dozen rebels dead. With the bigger percentage being civilians, is the U.S. really targeting the bad guys, or the innocent ones?
A US Air Force operation in the western Afghan town of Azizabad has left over a dozen Taliban fighters [...]
August 23, 2008
Categories: World Politics . Tags: 123, afghanistan, air raids, azizabad, bombings, civilian casualties, commanderchaos, louie encabo, united states of america, war on terror . Author: Louie Encabo . Comments: Leave a Comment
After almost a decade in power, after numerous attempts to force him to relinquish his power, Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharaff finally gives in to internal and external pressure from opposition. But was his downfall really the answer to Pakistan’s economic problems?
It was in 1999 that then Pakistan leader Nawaz Shariff made [...]
August 22, 2008
Categories: World Politics . Tags: 123, benazir bhutto, commanderchaos, louie encabo, nawaz shariff, pakistan, pakistan people's party, pervez musharaff, ppp, resignation of pervez musharaff . Author: Louie Encabo . Comments: Leave a Comment
Title adopted from the ABS-CBN documentary, “Beyond Conspiracy”.
In other countries, the ’80s may be the decade techno music was born. The decade hip-hop became a formidable force in the music industry. The decade when Madonna’s “Material Girl” song became a hit. But for the Philippines, the ’80s was the decade for change.
The start of Ferdinand [...]
August 18, 2008
Categories: Strictly Philippines, World Politics . Tags: 123, august 21, commanderchaos, cory aquino, death anniversary, ferdinand marcos, galman, louie encabo, ninoy aquino, who killed ninoy . Author: Louie Encabo . Comments: 2 Comments
Tskhinvali was literally blazed, Gori was left in ruins, and now Tblisi is in the verge of being attacked by Russian forces as the Eastern European conflict continues to escalate everyday. Georgian reserve forces have already been tapped as counter-defense measures but it still isn’t enough to repel the Russians. This should be the perfect [...]
August 15, 2008
Categories: World Politics . Tags: 123, commanderchaos, louie encabo, mendevev, putin, russian-georgian war, saashkavili . Author: Louie Encabo . Comments: Leave a Comment
After a Georgian attack aimed at reclaiming the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Russia considered it an attack into their sovereign territory, considering that 2/3 of the South Ossetian population have Russian passports. However, the Russians weren’t contented of just driving them away and even sent their troops into Georgian territory and now Georgia is [...]
August 10, 2008
Categories: World Politics . Tags: commanderchaos, commanderchaos123, georgia, louie encabo, olympics, russia, south ossetia, us peace keepers, vladimir putin . Author: Louie Encabo . Comments: 2 Comments
It has been years now since Iran revealed its ambition to nuclear power. And for the same duration as well the West has constantly been pressuring the Islamic country to surrender its goal, offering them different incentive packages. When the Iranians refused the offer, they used the so-called “hard way” and [...]
August 10, 2008
Categories: World Politics . Tags: 123, china, commanderchaos, iran, iranian nuclear program, iraq war, louie encabo, middle east, russia, taiwan, unbiased peace keeper, usa . Author: Louie Encabo . Comments: Leave a Comment