Category: Forum Issues

by Peter Tabingo

Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo yesterday asked the Office of the Ombudsman to junk criminal complaints against him, saying allegations that he is involved in anomalies in the $329 million ZTE broadband project were fabricated.

In his first-ever appearance in the Ombudsman probe on the ZTE deal, the First Gentleman claimed ignorance of the details of the contract and denied allegations he offered a bribe and that he told ZTE whistleblower Jose “Joey” de Venecia III to “back off” from the project.
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Sheryl Martinez is a working mother with two very young girls.

She has put up an online Gloria- resign petition:http://www.petitiononline.com/gmaout/petition.html. Her blog address: http://gloriaresign.wordpress.com/

Sheryl said she is not aware that there are already two Resign-GMA online peitition. One initiated by imprisoned senator Antonio Trillanes IV (http://www.petitiononline.com/snap08/) which includes Vice President Noli de Castro and the calling for a snap election within 60 days, and another by the Black and White Movement (http://www.pinoybigbriber.com/index.php).
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by Wendell Vigilia

Rep. Roilo Golez (Ind., Parañaque) has called for a House investigation into the “Spratly deal” between the Philippine and Chinese governments in exchange for what he called anomalous deals such as the $329 million national broadband network and the $500 million NorthRail project.

“Already, this issue has been swirling with dangerous implications in defense and security-related eGroups (e-mail groups) and must be clarified urgently in a formal forum such as a congressional inquiry,” Golez said.

Detained Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV has filed a resolution calling for an inquiry into the “Spratly deal” which he alleged was entered into by the Arroyo administration with China “in exchange for dirty loans.”
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Following are two articles that I wrote four years ago about the super-secret agreement on the exploration in the South China Sea with China and Vietnam.

Why the secrecy?
Malaya, Sept. 10, 2004

ONE of the agreements signed during President Arroyo’s recent visit to China was on Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking in the South China Sea between the Philippine National Oil Company and the China National Offshore Oil Company.
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