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Wala ng delikadesa
Nakakalungkot itong pinaka-latest na pangyayari sa gulo sa Court of Appeals sa away ng Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) at Manila Electric Company (Meralco).
Hindi ako nagtataka sa report ng mga suholan sa mataas na korte. Ngunit nalulungkot ako sa garapalan at kawalang delikadesa. At ang mga taong sangkot ay edukado at galing sa matitinong pamilya. Hindi naman nagugutom ngunit mukhang iba ang kanilang ideya ng mali at tama.
Nong Martes, nagbigay ng kanyang testimony si Camilo Sabio, chairman ng Presidential Commission on Good Government sa panel na binuo ng Supreme Court pa mag-imbestiga sa expose ng kanyang kapatid na si CA Justice Jose Sabio, Jr na inalok siya ng isang abogadong malapit sa pamilyang Lopez ng P10 million para paboran ang Meralco.
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Let the trial begin
Former AFP chief Hermogenes Esperon will be the first to take the witness stand when the court martial of 28 officers accused of mutiny in connection with the February 2006 alleged coup attempt starts.
At the pre-trial conference yesterday, Col. Feliciano Loy, head of the trial judge advocate, told the court that he will be presenting 20 witnesses who executed affidavits on the alleged plan of the officers to withdraw support from Gloria Arroyo following the” Hello Garci” expose that showed her masterminding the manipulation of the results of the 2004 election in Mindanao in her favor.
Esperon was then army chief. His affidavit submitted to the panel that investigated the incident related the meeting with then AFP chief Generoso Senga the night of Feb. 23 where the accused officers talked about the restlessness in the military over the loss of confidence on Arroyo.
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Matinong artista, may katuturang palabas
Noong isang linggo napanood ko na umiiyak si Pokwang sa “Wowowie” ng ABS-CBN. Dinedepensahan siya ni Willie Revillame sa panlalait na ginawa sa kanya ni Joey de Leon sa “Eat Bulaga” ng GMA-7.
Sinabi ni Willie na sa isang show raw ng “Eat Bulaga” sa United States, tinawag ni Joey si Pokwang na “aswang”.
Kahit naman sinong tao, hindi dapat tawagin na aswang. Lalo pa si Pokwang na isang magaling at kagalang-galang na entertainer. Ikinuwento ni Willie na may namatay na anak si Pokwang at ngayon ay may isa siyang anak na yan ang rason kaya talagang kayod si Pokwang.
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New pump shot gun distributed to village chieftains
LINGAYEN — “These firearms are not for offense, these firearms are for defense, para sa proteksyon ya na barangay yo, aliwan usaren ya panaktak-takot,” thus declared Gov. Amado Espino, Jr. as he turned over 89 shotguns for use by barangay captains in Binmaley, Bugallon and Lingayen last Thursday in fitting rites at the headquartrers of the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office here. (more…)
‘GET EXCEL’ fingerlings distributed
Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. launched on Thursday (Aug. 21) the Tilapia Hatchery Project of the provincial government with the dispersal of some 70,000 hybrid fingerlings, labelled as “Improved Genetically Enhanced Tilapia for Excellent Entrepreneurial Livelihood” (GET EXCEL) in communal waters of the province. (more…)
P’sinan now has 7 tourist bus
A fleet of 14 eco-tourism and employees buses owned by the provincial government here are set to move around the province to promote Pangasinan’s tourist attractions, good governance and punctuality. (more…)
Sarangani baby survives stray bullet
A 26-day-old baby miraculously survived a stray bullet that narrowly missed his chest and vital organs during the military’s clearing operations in Maasim, Sarangani on Sunday. (more…)
Parade of flowers, fruits mark end of Kadayawan celebrations
The streets of Davao City bloomed with flowers and fruits as the Kadayawan 2008 celebrations ended with the “Pamulak sa Kadayawan” parade Sunday. (more…)
Two robbery suspects nabbed in Pampanga
Two people accused of stealing cellphones and jewelry from their victims, were arrested in Mabalacat town in Pampanga Sunday morning. (more…)
Filipinos can learn from Thai experience
BEIJING — Philippine sports officials said we should learn from the lessons of the Beijing Olympics to give Filipino athletes a higher level of competence and improve their medal chances in international competitions. (more…)
Drilon hits foreign meddling on Mindanao peace process
The “unwarranted” intervention of some foreign parties in the Mindanao peace process is making it difficult for the national government to resolve its internal problem with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, former Senate president Franklin Drilon said Sunday. (more…)
MILF commander: Forces won’t yield until MOA talks resume
A sub-commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) insisted on Sunday that rebel forces will not stand down until the government resumes negotiations for the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) that seeks to expand the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). (more…)
MILF press con
Last Saturday, Al Haj Murad Ibrahim,chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front Central Committee, held a press conference in Camp Darapanan, part of what they consider their Bangsamoro homeland. Murad reiterated the MILF’s position that the MOA-AD is a done deal and suggested that Comanders Ombra kato and Bravo are not subject to Philippine laws because they are a revolutionary government.
For the complete MILF report on the presscon, click to:http://www.luwaran.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=862
Excerpts:
MILF position is firm
As we had said and manifested in the press and official statement I had earlier read, the MILF position is firm. “As far as we are concerned, the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA – AD) is a final document, a done deal.”
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Is Ermita taking charge?
Amidst the disarray in Malacañang, it looks like Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita is asserting authority which had almost slipped out of his hands sometime ago.
Consider these confusion in Malacanang:
Last Thursday, Gloria Arroyo, in her speech at the 2nd Philippine International Motor Show at the World Trade Center, announced a policy shift towards the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, with whom her administration had forged an agreement for the creation of a Bangsamoro homeland that would include the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao and more than 700 barangays from North Cotabato, Zamboanga City and Palawan.
She announced this supposed policy shift a few days after hostilities in North Cotabaro and Lanao del Norte that left more than 30 dead and some 70,000 homeless .
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Fiesta ng katotohanan
Masaya ang Truth Festival na ginanap sa Raha Sulayman Park sa Roxas Boulevard, sa Baywalk, noong Biyernes ng gabi.
Pasensya na po sa mga naperwisyo sa heavy traffic dahil isinara nag Roxas Blvd simula ng mga 3 p.m. Mga bandang 7 p.m na binuksan ang kalahati ng Roxas Blvd.
Ako na-traffic din mula Vito Cruz ngunit nakarating din mga bandang 6 p.m. na. Dahil kasama ang mga Catholic schools sa mga organizers, ang daming mga estudyante. Ito ang pinakamalaking rally mula noong Feb. 29 sa Makati. Si Jun Lozada, kasama ang mga civil society groups, ang tumulong magbuo nito.
Maganda at masaya. Mabuti naman at maganda ang panahon kaya rally kasama na rin pasyal ang ginawa ng mga tao. Iba talaga kapag kaalyado ang mayor. Nandoon ang mga pulis para magprotekta, hindi para mangharang. Nagsalita si Mayor Fred Lim.
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Why Palawan and Mindanao are very much coveted
The Magdalo website (www.magdaloparasapagbabago.blogspot.com) has a Philippine Energy Contracting Rounds (PECR) TECHNICAL REPORT on the petroleum potential of Offshore Palawan and Sulu Sea.
It says, “This report shows that there are at least five (5) billion barrels fuel oil equivalent (bfoe) estimated at offshore Palawan and Sulu Sea. No wonder why the Chinese are eager to take control of the Spratly Island’s while the Americans wants to establish their bases at Mindanao. It makes us question the motive of GMA and her cohorts in giving up the Spratly’s claim by excluding the Spratly islands and Scarborough sholes in the proposed Philippine Archipelagic Baselines to the United Nations. Especially after the compromised ZTE-NBN deal with the Chinese government. How much was their profit in selling out our national territory, our resources, and our childrens future? Malaki ba ang bukol?”
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7 senators ask SC to allow Trillanes to attend sessions
From Manila Bulletin:
Seven opposition senators petitioned the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday to allow their colleague, Senator Antonio F. Trillanes IV, to attend Senate session even under guard.
The seven senators are Senators Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr., Benigno Aquino III, Rodolfo G. Biazon, Panfilo M. Lacson, Loren B. Legarda, Jamby Madrigal, and Mar Roxas.
They filed a motion to intervene in Senator Trillanes’ petition in GR No. 79817.
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The road map to war
What the hell is going on?
At the Supreme Court hearing yesterday on the petition to permanently stop the government from signing the memorandum agreement on ancestral domain with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, chief government negotiator Rodolfo Garcia said he had no authority from President Arroyo to sign an agreement on behalf of the government.
All he had, he said, was his original authority to negotiate.
What was he doing then in Kuala Lumpur for the scheduled signing ceremony on August 5 (the signing was TROed by the Supreme Court on August 4)? The Malaysian hosts had prepared an elaborate stage where Garcia and his MILF counterparts were supposed to sign the document. Set to stand as witnesses were a Malaysian cabinet official, representatives of the Organization of Islamic Conference and ambassadors of a number of Islamic countries. Even US Ambassador Kristie Kenney was there for what was touted as a “historic” milestone in the march toward lasting peace in Mindanao.
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DISRESPECT
When asked about his opinion about the uploading of PGMA’s outburst video on YouTube and the way media handled the story, here’s what the new presdiential political adviser said: “..Hindi dapat pagdiskitahan iyan, and it is a sign of disrespect to the chief executive… we deplore the fixation of media to such occurences… these are normal [...]Nobody’s listening to Arroyo
Gloria Arroyo has lost control. She should re-sign.
She has lost control not only of herself (look up her throwing tantrum video last Monday in YouTube) but also of the government.
She should resign to spare the country further destruction, not only in terms of loss of lives but damage to democratic institutions.
Calls for Arroyo to resign are nothing new ever since the “Hello Garci” tapes surfaced which exposed her to have masterminded cheating in the 2004 elections. But she has effectively placated her political adversaries. This time, however, she has expended her political capital. Derided by majority of Filipinos, Arroyo’s words have no value.
Even MILF spokesman Mohagher Iqbal is not taking her seriously.
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