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NUJP Alert
December 8, 2006

11th journalist killed this year
Nueva Ecija broadcaster slain in front of broadcaster-wife

A broadcaster and former newspaper columnist in Nueva Ecija was shot and killed by two men while visiting his farm in Barangay (village) Sta. Arcadia, Cabanatuan City on Thursday.

Police said Ponciano Grande, 53, died instantly from five bullet wounds, reported INQ7.net. His death brings to 11 the number of journalists killed this year; and to 47 the number of journalists killed since President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo assumed presidency in 2001.

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Toronto rhinoplasty expert Dr. David Ellis is listed on Microsoft Small Business Center.

His page says: “Aesthetic facial surgery expert Dr. David Ellis specializes in helping patients acheive their desired look. With care and extraordinary skill this Toronto plastic surgeon provides facial surgery patients with a renewed sense of beauty and self-image.”

Also in the page are his clinic address, as well as the services he offer.

“I’m not angry, Mr. President, I am not angry. I am irate. I am foaming at the mouth. I’m homicidal. I’m suicidal. I’m humiliated, debased, degraded. And not only that, I feel like throwing up to be living my middle years in a country of this nature. I am nauseated. I spit in the face of Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban and his cohorts in the Supreme Court.”

— Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, December 4, 2006, after she did not get enough votes in the selection process for the next Supreme Court Chief justice

INQ7

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A few months ago, a local earch engine optimization (SEO) contest was concluded, and some of my blog friends asked for my help by linking to their sites.

Wikipedia defines SEO as “a subset of search engine marketing, and deals with improving the number and/or quality of visitors to a web site from ‘natural’ (also known as ‘organic’ or ‘algorithmic’) search engine listings.” SEO techniques are also executed to have high page rank, with the ultimate aim of generating more traffic.

More SEO details and services are available at MatrixMT, a San Diego search engine optimization company.

Daniel Smith, an American soldier, was found guilty of raping a Filipina in the controversial Subic rape case, while three others were acquitted.

Read more at INQ7 and GMANews.tv.

Drclevens.com is the official website of an Orlando plastic surgery doctor Ross Clevens and his Center for Facial Cosmetic Surgery. Dr. Clevens, a board certified facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon was educated in Ivy League schools. He completed his undergraduate training at Yale and medical school and internship at Harvard. He is also a noted educator, author, lecturer and innovator in the field of facial plastic surgery.

His website enumerates the services he offer and contains before and after photos of his patients. It also has a testimonials section.

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Cosmetic surgery in the Philippines has flourished as an industry only in the recent years, with more and more celebrities admitting that they’ve gone through such procedures. Many movie stars deny going through the knife, but it’s obvious anyway.

The funny thing is, like amnesia, plastic and cosmetic surgeons have always been important characters in many Filipino romance novels and movies.

Cinderella plots like that of a poor girl who married a rich man, or stories with a central character who had to be in disguise usually involve plastic surgery. Why don’t we try to come up with a list and post such stories and movies here?