My Top 5 Movies of all Time

#1 Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American war film set during the invasion of Normandy in World War II. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. The film is notable for the intensity of its opening 27 minutes, which depict the Omaha beachhead assault of June 6, 1944. Afterwards, it follows Tom Hanks as Captain John H. Miller and seven men (Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Giovanni Ribisi, Adam Goldberg, and Jeremy Davies) as they search for paratrooper Private First Class James Francis Ryan (Matt Damon), who is the last surviving brother of three fallen servicemen.

#2 Former Recon Marine John Creasy (Denzel Washington) travels to Ciudad Juarez to visit his friend and former CIA colleague Paul Rayburn (Christopher Walken) who owns a private-sector security firm to protect business executives. Creasy confides that he has become an alcoholic, disillusioned with life because of the horrors of his past and Rayburn offers his support, encouraging Creasy to take a job as a bodyguard in Mexico City.

#3 The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film based on the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola and an uncredited Robert Towne.[3] It stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte and Diane Keaton, and features John Cazale, Talia Shire, Al Martino and Abe Vigoda. The fictional story, which spans ten years from 1945 to 1955, chronicles the development of the Italian American Corleone crime family. Two sequels followed: The Godfather Part II in 1974, and The Godfather Part III in 1990.

#4 Virginia "Gin" Baker (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is an investigator for Waverly Insurance. Robert "Mac" MacDougal (Connery) is an international art thief. A priceless Rembrandt painting is stolen from an office one night. Gin is sent to investigate Mac as the chief suspect. She tries to entrap him with a proposition, claiming that she is a thief herself. She promises that she will help him steal a priceless Chinese mask from the well-guarded Bedford Palace. They travel to Scotland and plan the complicated theft at Mac's hideout: an isolated castle. While Mac is busy making final preparations, Gin contacts her boss, Hector Cruz (Will Patton), and informs him of Mac's whereabouts. Little does she know that the island is bugged, allowing Mac to eavesdrop on their conversation.

#5 The Green Mile is a 1999 American drama film directed by Frank Darabont and adapted by him from the 1996 Stephen King novel of the same name. The film is told in a flashback format and stars Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb and Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey and tells the story of Paul and his life as a corrections officer on death row during the Great Depression and the supernatural events he witnessed.
The film was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor, Best Picture, Best Sound, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

The Only Ombudswoman Gutierrez

Gutierrez graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University Law School in 1972 wherein she was the classmate of First Gentleman Mike Arroyo.
She assumed the Office of the Philippine Ombudsman on December 1, 2005 as the first female to head the post. One of the many appointees of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Serving the people or serving her personal interests? One of the numerous questions of Juan De La Cruz to every public officials. Sometimes I even compare the corrupt public official to a typical snatcher of a cellphone or any valuable things that they can easily sell for food or for any reason why they have to do that. So I think the corrupt public official had to have a higher education to steal more money than a snatcher. Gutierrez is not proven of any wrongdoings but Ma'am if you really wanted to serve the people we are asking you is to tell the truth because the people are in thirst of justice..

Nonito Donaire The next Big Thing

After defeating Montiel with great combination of punches Nonito is ready for stardom following his idol Manny Pacquiao. In my humble opinion "dapat umangat na sya ng timbang pantungo sa mga sikat na boksingerong naghahari sa Featherweight division pag me tinalo siya isang champion katulad ni Juan Manuel Lopez ay ganap na siyang makikilala sa buongmundo sa larangan ng Boksing" Go Go Filipino Mabuhay Ka Nonito..

Buhay Pinas

Tumaas na naman ang pamasahe dagdag gastusin para ke Juan De la Cruz pero ok lang likas sa Pinoy ang matiisin at pasensyoso laging umaasa na me pagbabago pa Habang me buhay me pag-asa Sana buhay pa tayo pag dumating na ang pag-asa na yon. Kayod Juan upang makaraos sa pang-araw araw na pamumuhay kahit papaano hirap man ay nasa sarili mong bayan ka kapiling mo ang mga mahal sa buhay di kapareho ng iba na kailangan umalis ng bansa upang maiahon ang pamilya sa kahirapan at mabigyan ng kaunting kaluwagan sa buhay. Ngunit sa kabila ng lahat ng yan sana maisip natin at maisapuso at magpasalamat sa taas sa lahat ng biyayang ating natatanggap mula sa Kanya.

Goodbye Angie Reyes

Paalam Angie Reyes ikaw lamang ang nakakabatid ng tunay na dahilan sa pagkitil ng iyong sariling buhay sa kabila ng mga akusasyon na ibinabato sa iyo me katotohanan man o wala naniniwala pa rin kami na marami kayong nagawang kabutihan para sa bayan at lalo na sa pagmamahal sa yong pamilya.

Opening a can of worms?

MANILA, Philippines – In the midst of discussion on the alleged illegality of the plea bargaining agreement between former AFP comptroller Carlos Garcia and the Office of the Ombudsman, a former budget officer of the military, Lt. Colonel George Rabusa shocked the Senate by revealing that the former Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Angelo Reyes received P50 million as “send-off” money when he retired in 2002.

Apart from the “send-off” money, Reyes also received P5 million monthly discretionary funds from the military comptroller office, Rabusa added.

Rabusa also alleged that the succeeding heads of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Generals Diomedio Villanueva and Roy Cimatu also received P10 million each as “pasalubong” or welcome gift when they assumed the AFP leadership. He said that the source of such funds was the Provision for Command Directed Activities (PCDA).

Over the years, the “pabaon” system has become a tradition in the military, Rabusa added.

Former AFP Chief of Staff, Angelo Reyes was invited during the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing following the allegations from Senator Antonio Trillanes IV that Garcia who now faces plunder charges is protecting a powerful person.

During the hearing Reyes denied the allegations and said he was never involved in the preparations of the PCDA funds.

Senator Trillanes admitted he was irked by Reyes’ claim that he never benefited from corruption while in the service. It may be recalled that Trillanes was jailed for more than seven years for participating in the Oakwood Mutiny that exposed corruption in the military. He believed Reyes is corrupt and one of the principals in Garcia’s case.

Where in the world is Ping Lacson?

Ang tanong ng Pinoy asan si Ping Lacson? Bakit nga ba napakailap na malaman ang katotohanan? Sana makita na ang magiting na Senador upang maipagtanggol din naman niya ang kanyang sarili sa akusasyon sa kanya.. katulad ko bilang isang tipikal na mamamayan umaasa lang tayo sa mga lumalabas na balita sa radyo,dyaryo  at iba pang maaring panggalingan ng balita di natin talaga alam ang tunay nangyayari at ang katotohanan. Sana magkaron na ng hustisya ang mga taong nawala o namatay para sa ikatatahimik ng kanilang mga kaluluwa..Napakarami ng henerasyon ang dumaan sana ang laging naririnig na "Justice delayed is justice denied"  ay maglaho na..