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Month: February 2008

Unity Walk- Walk of Shame

Published by Ellen on February 27, 2008

Update: AFP said ‘manifesto’ fabricated to sow division

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From: Junior Officers of the AFP

“THE LAW APPLIES TO ALL OTHERWISE NONE AT ALL” is a famous line from an American President adopted by Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim while still in the active service as a police officer. The phrase amply describes the application of the law in a democratic society such as ours. In the preservation of democracy, many of our country’s finest men and women, from Lapu-lapu to our latest battle casualties, have laid their lives for our country.

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Senators weighing Madriaga testimony

Published by Ellen on February 27, 2008

Senators are taking with caution the testimony last Tuesday of ZTE technical consultant Dante Madriaga that President Arroyo and her husband Mike received “advances” from China’s ZTE Corp for the national broadband project.

Senate President Manuel Villar said they are double checking Madriaga’s testimony amid fears that he could be a “red herring.”

Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Madriaga’s statements would have to be corroborated by other evidence and testimonies.

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Huwag umasa sa mga obispo

Published by Ellen on February 27, 2008

Dahil sa hindi nanawagan ang mga obispo sa pag-resign ni Gloria Arroyo, lalong titindi na ang pagpatalsik sa kanya dahil alam na ng taumbayan na wala silang maa-asahan kungdi sarili nila.

Dahil sa mabait sa kanya ang mga obispo, siguradong lalakas ang loob ni Arroyo na kumapit sa kanyang ninakaw na pwesto at lalong magiging mayabang ang kanyang mga tauhan. Siyempre may kakampi silang CBCP (Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines) kahit sabihin pang hati sila.

Hindi na ngayon maiwasan ang dahas sa pagpatalsik kay Arroyo. At iyon ay dahat dalhin ng kunsyensya ng mga obispo.

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Nervous

Published by Ellen on February 26, 2008

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Last Saturday, we were busy burning the lines trying to confirm reports that Malacañang was sounding our foreign embassies of the possibility of Gloria Arroyo declaring a state of emergency.

The information we got was, she will do it today to pre-empt the brewing unrest in the military. With the snowballing protest in almost all sectors of society, the missing ingredient is the military.

AFP Chief Hermogenes Esperon and Philippine National Chief last Monday staged a unity walk to prove to the world that men in uniform are solid behind Arroyo.

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Arroyo’s $30 million witness fee

Published by Ellen on February 26, 2008

I had to leave the Senate investigation on the NBN/ZTE early for other meetings so I missed the testimony of Dante Madriaga who designed the telecommunication project for ZTE. Madriaga belonged to the “Filipino Consultants Group” headed by former Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos and allegedly included Mike Arroyo,the husband of Gloria Arroyo.

My friends told me that Madriaga mentioned me in relation to reports that he was peddling his testimony for a price ranging from P5 million to P10 million.

At the time I got the copy of the initial draft of his affidavit, I had not met Madriaga but I had counterchecked the information contained there. When I learned that someone was trying to sell the Madriaga affidavit, I decided to publish it precisely to stop them from making money out of it.

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Bishops slam corruption but do not call for Arroyo’s ouster

Published by Ellen on February 26, 2008

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Malacanang is happy. See statement of Bunye below.

Influential Philippine Roman Catholic bishops slammed endemic government corruption Tuesday but stopped short of urging President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to resign.

The statement by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, issued after a 10-hour emergency meeting, was a small victory for Mrs Arroyo’s efforts to serve out the last two years of her term amid widespread calls for her to step down.

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Luli Arroyo’s letter

Published by Ellen on February 26, 2008

Following is Luli Arroyo’s letter in the Kaibigan ni GMA yahoo.group

Original Message —–
From: “luli_arroyo” [luli_arroyo@yahoo.com]
Sent: 02/14/2008 05:16 AM GMT
To: kgma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [kgma] on trying to bring down my mother

Dear friends,

Here’s my full statement. Unfortunately ABS-CBN has been very unfair

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Glaring contradictions

Published by Ellen on February 26, 2008

Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has this to say about Gloria Arroyo’s belated admission that indeed there were irregularities in the NBN/ZTE deal:

Glaring contraditions cast serious doubts on the credibility and truthfulness pf PGMA’s admission.

Malacañang said no hard evidence of irregularities then. Now, PGMA says irregularities pushed her to cancel the contract. So, what’s the truth?

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