The downsides of globalization are indeed painful, ... But taking the bigger pills against its ills is superior to living inside a sterile bubble.

Philippine President Joseph Estrada said he was saddened by the conviction. It's very unfortunate and what happened is saddening, ... If he really is innocent, then the day will come that his name will be cleared.

We have to change the system. The system is very rotten. The executive is corrupt, the Congress is corrupt, the judiciary is corrupt. ... So what's left We really have to have a radical and surgical change to bring back the image of our country.

I hope that the truth shall eventually give me back my freedom.

My detention has been worth every second if only to prove my innocence to those who truly matter most my countrymen.

There is only one government in the Philippines and that is how it will stay.

I'm convinced I will be cleared of all these charges that were unfairly leveled against me.