by Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
The Court of Appeals has denied First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo’s motion for reconsideration of an earlier ruling that mandated the Makati regional trial court to continue hearing the P12.5-million class suit journalists filed against him.
The class suit was filed by journalists who wrote reports critical of the First Gentleman and who were made respondents in libel suits filed by Mr. Arroyo. The libel cases, they alleged, were meant to intimidate and silence media criticism against him.
“To be sure, the present motion for reconsideration does not present any new issue, which has not been addressed in the Court’s decision,” read the six-page decision penned by Justice Fernanda Lampas-Peralta of the former Seventh Division.
“The Court need not discuss all over again the same issues it had previously resolved,” it added.
The appellate court on September 22, 2008 ruled that the Makati court could proceed hearing the class suit even without the payment of docket fees based on the damages being sought by the petitioners.
The First Gentleman earlier argued that there was grave abuse of discretion by the Makati court when it allowed the case to be admitted even without the payment of the necessary fees.
The appellate court said that the case of Socorro Abella Soriano, et al, versus Court of Appeals, showed that the Supreme Court established a more liberal interpretation of the rules and held that payment of insufficient filing fees would not indicate intent to defraud the government.
It, however, said that the question on whether the complaint for damages had merit remained with the Makati court. The appellate court said that its ruling only settled the issue of alleged grave abuse of discretion on the part of the regional trial court.
The appellate court said the First Gentleman could still present evidence before the lower court to prove his allegation of bad faith against the petitioner-journalists.
“The trial court may also order the re-assessment of the docket fees and if there is any deficiency, it shall order private respondents to pay the same within a reasonable period,” the court said.
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility and the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism are among the petitioners that also include a good number of individual editors, reporters and opinion writers.
Wala na siyang lusot. He now has to appear in court. Let’s see if the stress will really kill him, as his doctors and lawyers have always claimed.
Don’t you notice it? The courts and even Supreme Court are now behaving better and differently particularly cases against the Malacanang crooks? Coupled by the US recent warnings and criticism against this evil government, it’s a sign that light will shine again soon.
FYI…..
Dear friends,
I have just received an e-mail stating that the personal information in
our passports are now available online due to the move for globalized
screening of entries and exits of people in most, if not all countries.
These information have been accessed through the Schengen, American,
Australian and Asian database.
It is scary that they are doing this now. It does not only invade our
privacy, but exposes us to danger, if these information land on the wrong
hands. The matter that gives me a fright is that there is no strict form
of security to access the site. One only needs to type his name and
country of citizenship and the passport’s identification page displays. I
myself tried to search and found my passport and was totally stunned to
see it. Pls click below.
http://www.scrolllock.nl/passport/
I hope we can make a protest against this.
Justice Fernanda Lampas-Peralta, lagot ka kay Pidal!
Let’s see how far Peralta can go fair with this case, and how Pidal will use his fake position to turn this case in his favor.
Good job for a start, Justice Peralta.
BE:
Did you check it out? It’s a dud.
http://www.scrolllock.nl/passport/hosting.cfm?id=33C2E1C920-0B97-57E7-80F1E037FC4E3BE0&name1=miguel&name2=arroyo
The above is what you get. Of course, it is debatable whether or not the fat goon looks like a chimp.
Justice Fernanda Lampas-Peralta is married to Justice Diosdado Peralta.
She has guts. Does this indicate that he has balls? Abangan.
Atty, someone passed it to me and I thought that would help this blog. I apologize. About the Fat Goon, a fortune teller told me that he will die before 2010.
What’s the difference between guts and balls? People say Neri has guts but no balls. Neri’s balls have shrunk from the size of little peanuts to none.
I did not want to say balls dahil babae.
Reminds me of the time that Haydee Yorac was in the COMELEC. The joke was, that it was ironic that the only commissioner with balls was the woman.
They say women also have balls…but only one in the middle…he, he.
At least, we know that not all the CA judges have fallen into the grip of the criminals in the palace by the murky river. Kudos to the fearless ones there. Kahit man lamang konting support from the public for them brave ones, OK na para makita ni Fatso kung sino ang mga ginagago niya. Sabi nga sa Tagalog, “Lintik lang ang walang ganti.”
Wala bang privacy law sa Pilipinas? You bet, BE, dapat mag-protesta ang mga pilipino diyan kasi baka makatulad iyan doon sa pagpepeke ng mga birth certificate, etc. na nakatiwangwang sa City Hall. Shocking ang sistemang bulok!
Thanks grizzy. Nowadays, sharing of personal information even with foreign countries has become rampant. There’s no more privacy. That’s the price of having modern technology.
The case I referred to above, BE, is not Japan but the Philippines. Over here, we have family registries that are not available on the Internet. Doon sa Pilipinas, nakatiwangwang iyong listahan ng registries kaya iyong mga nangungurakot, libreng kumuha ng birth certificates, etc. na pinipeke nila. Shocking for one used to strict rules on protection of privacy!
Dito sa amin, BE, maski iyong new rule on numbering, hindi umubra. Maraming nagprotesta ng balak na ID numbering. Optional na lang ang ginawa. Kung ayaw o gusto na lang.
Sa Tate, in fact, may movement against the ID numbering that someone has attributed to the 666 in the latter-days. Nakakatakot sa totoo lang.
You mentioned the numbers 666. In the Book of Revelation, it’s about the anti-Christ. Some groups refer that number to the Pope. On the other hand, I was told that the anti-Christ numbers are actually 999 and not 666.
Who knows maybe,fg will file bankruptcy to avoid paying damages.He doesn’t have money because the bank account is under the name of Jose Pidal.
Bankruptcy is a legal proceeding in court by which a person who has more debts than he or she can pay seeks relief from those debts. The right to file a bankruptcy exists under the law, and this law was designed mainly to take care of serious problems with debts and to allow a fresh financial start.
NUJP welcomes CA decision on Mike Arroyo’s attempt to stop media lawsuit
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines welcomes the Court of Appeals’ affirmation of its earlier decision denying First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo’s petition to stop the Makati Regional Trial Court from proceeding with hearings on the class suit filed by media against him.
The ruling, along with the Makati RTC’s earlier decision granting the plaintiff’s plea for liberality in applying the rules of court and allowing the suit to proceed, proves that the judiciary may still be a refuge of those victimized by the powerful and the wealthy.
Mr. Arroyo’s attempt to head off the class suit by insisting that the plaintiffs should have posted P9 million in docket fees betrays the mindset with which he maliciously and frivolously sued more than 40 of our colleagues with libel, a mindset that holds justice is attainable only for those with power and wealth.
It was clear from the start that the class suit was filed not to seek personal satisfaction but to drive home the point that no one, not even anyone as privileged as Jose Miguel Arroyo, can attempt to silence the press with ill-conceived harassment suits and think to get away with it.
And so we say thank you to magistrates who take their calling to heart and make the courts available for those who seek justice and protection from the abuses of the mighty.
Reference:
Nonoy Espina, NUJP vice chair
Kahirapan sa ‘Pinas: Dahil
sa kasakiman ‘di sa krisis
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/mar0209/news06.htm
o, ayan! hindi na pinoy na kontra kay goyang ang may sabi niyan, ha?
loreLIE, dali! hakutin mo na agad ‘yung mga mukhang sobre ninyong press people. gawa agad kayo ng PRAISE RELEASE sa mga accomplishments ng amo ninyong sinungaling kung kanino kayo nagmana, para pasinungalingan ang obserbasyong ito ni Fr. William Malley.
pati na rin ikaw, anthony GALEZ. gawa ka ng sarili mong depensa. sayang ang bayad sa inyo! mga kapal!
MPRivera,
Si miriam, enrile, at joker… abangan mo din kung ano sasabihin…
Hoy mga Tongressman,
ipasa nyo yang automation poll budget… ang daming nyo pang sinasabi… gumgawa na nman kayo ng BuTAS… para maging FOOL Automation Poll ang eleksyon…
Pag hindi pumpasa yan… dapat sa inyo.. ipako sa krus!!!
Perl, why do you want poll automation budget to pass?
Anong dahilan at gusto mo ang automation?
Mukhang naisahan din ang matsin named PIDAL! It is so rare to find justices who do not cater to the Pidals. More power to Justice Peralta. Take note, put her as one of the Justices in the Supreme Court! NOW! WE need more like her in our Supreme Court! Walang kinatatakutan!
Garbage in, garbage out pa rin even if our elections are automated. Mas madali pa ngang mandaya kung automated unless there are watchers from all parties in all the polling places. These watchers should really closely see how the votes are entered.
etcetera, simple lang… hangad ko’y isang malinis na halalan… possible ngang hindi 100% TAMPERPROOF lalo kung intension talgang mandaya…
pero sabi nga ni “parasabayan”, sa tulong ng mga watchers… ung butas ng automation poll… dapat bantayan… at ngayon pa lang… yang butas na yan… dapat hanapin at takpan…
Perl, sa ibaba ay post tungkol sa automation o manual:
xman Says:
February 28th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Ang malaking kasinungalingan na sinasabi ng comelec ay mas maganda daw ang computerized election kesa sa manual. Tingnan ninyo ang nangyari ng nakaraang election sa Mexico. Ginamit nila ang computerized voting, ano ang nangyari? Dinaya ng current President of Mexico ang computer programming ng pagbibilang ng balota. Yong supplier ng computer software ay tauhan ng current President of Mexico.
Mas madaling mandaya sa computer kesa sa manual. Nanakaw nga ang bilyong bilyong dolyar sa pamamagitan lang ng computer commands at walang trace pa ng pagnanakaw katulad ng ginagawa ng mga hackers sa Russia. E Yong isang bilyong dolyar na nakalagay sa kung ilang baul ay madali ba yong manakaw? Ganoon ko maihahalintulad ang computerized voting at manual. Mas mabuti ang manual kesa sa computerized dito sa Pinas.
Ang tamang tanong na dapat sagutin ay yong integredad ng hahawak ng votes natin ke computerized yan o manual.
Tingnan nyo ang US at India. Computerized voting sila pero mataas ang integredad ng kanilang election officials kaya walang problema sa computerized voting. Pero dito sa Pinas na isang katutak na mandarayang mga comelec opisyals at Armed Forces of Pidal ay mas mabuti ang manual dahil sa nasabi ko ng dahilan sa itaas.
‘Unbridled greed’ to blame for economic woes: Malaysian PM
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/03/02/09/unbridled-greed-blame-economic-woes-malaysian-pm
sino ang pinatatamaan nitong si PM Badawi?
etcetera, perl,
wala sa sistema kundi nasa mga namamahala.
walang masasabi’t maipagmamalaking kredibilidad ang comelec dahil sa mga kabulastugan nila noong nakaraang dalawang eleksiyon!
MPRivera, tama ka wala yon sa sistema kundi sa namamahala. Sa madaling salita sa integredad ng namamahala.
Ang problema dito sa lupang tinubuan eh walang integredad ang mga namamahala sa election, comelec. Sabi nga eh isang katutak na mga mandadaya. Sa manual pa lang eh na zubiri na tayo. Eh di lalo na kung maging automated voting, ilan kayang mga zubiri ang lalabas?
kapag nawala na sa poder ‘yang mandarayang mang-aagaw at sinungaling na magnanakaw at pagkatanggal niyang mga taga-comolec ay saka isulong ang automotive, este automated voting. kung sa ngayon kasi, eh talo tayo palagi.
walang pagbabago habang nasa malakanyang ang pamilyang masiba, ang mga arroyo!
MPRivera Says:
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:38 pm
‘Unbridled greed’ to blame for economic woes: Malaysian PM
Ito rin malamang dahilan kung bakit sunod-sunod na warning and criticism ng US Dept sa bulok na pamumuno ni Gloria… sa talamak na korupsyon sa pilipinas… affected din amerika.
Nung una dinadaan na lng ng mga foreign financial institution sa reports para patamaan ang gobyerno ni Glueria… kaya lang hindi tablan eh… kasi mkapal nga mukha…
Ngayong US State Dept na mismo tumitira… tignan natin gagawin ng US paghindi pa din natinag to si Glueria…
tama kayo, kahit ano ganda ng batas at sistema… kung bulok ang namamahala… bale wala… maghahanap ng butas…
pero tulad ng sinabi ko… ngayon pa lang hanapin ang butas, takpan at bantayan… para hindi mging FOOL automation ang kalalabasan… nanggaling ba nman sa camp ng mandaraya ung computer software supplier eh, magkakadayaan nga…
unlike manual… for me, wide open ang dayaan… ang hirap pa i-recount kung sakaling klngan…
well, using any system.. klngan magtulungan para masiguro ang malinis na halalan… sana nga…
BISSAU — Guinea-Bissau soldiers gunned down veteran President Joao Bernardo Vieira as he fled his home Monday following turmoil in which the army chief was killed in a bomb explosion, military officials said.
….May the above incident be replayed in the Philippines!
Son of…do you know that Joc Joc Bolante is running for Governor in Capiz?
PSB: Garbage in, garbage out pa rin even if our elections are automated. Mas madali pa ngang mandaya kung automated unless there are watchers from all parties in all the polling places. These watchers should really closely see how the votes are entered.
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Sinabi mo pa. Automated registration ang ginawa noong 2004 dito sa Japan, pero ang nangyari, as usual, palakasan din yata ang nangyari ng pagpili ng mga magpapaandar ng mga computers. Tapos, nag-malfunction ang mga computers, wham, bang, nawala ang mga data ng mga nirehistro. Mismong mga tao sa Philippine Embassy, mali-mali ang kanilang mga voter’s ID, karamihan walang litrato, at mga pertinent data wala sa card nila. Useless in other words.
With the creeps’ people manning the COMELEC, ke automaton iyan, daya pa rin ang gagawin ng mga iyan. Ang dali namang palitan ang mga data sa computer na under the control of the crooks dahil hindi naman puedeng makialam sa machine ang mga civilian. Nakita na namin iyan noong pang first time nilang ginamit ang mga computers for the election. Sabi nga, “same old potatoes!”
Watchers na matapang ang kailangan lalo na sa Pilipinas na nakaumang ang baril ng mga sundalo sa civilian kunyari pang to insure that terrorists cannot create chaos in the polls.
Dito nga sa Japan, when we watched the election of 2004 and 2007, iyong mga sipsip para ma-promote ni pandak, halos itaboy kami. Buti na lang may mga authorization kami from COMELEC via the candidates that we were watching for kaya di naman kami mapaalis. At credit to the dedicated members of the Philippine Embassy naman for backing us up. Kaya wala rin magawa iyong sipsip!
Buti na lang pinag-aralan namin ang mga batas insuring every Filipino voter’s right, and we try to abide by the rules para wala silang palusot. Ang hihilig pa kasing magpalusot.
At least, dito di kami mabaril dahil pihadong diplomatic issue ang mangyayari niyan kung may mapatay sa amin. Kaya to play safe, we tell the Japanese police our whereabout para na rin sa protection namin. Sa Pilipinas, on the other hand, iyong poll watchers mukhang di makahingi ng protection from the police under PNP na kontrolado ni pandak. Iyan ang kawawa!
BE: Son of…do you know that Joc Joc Bolante is running for Governor in Capiz?
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Pag nanalo iyan gaya noong kapatid ni Fatso, bilib na ako sa kagaguhan ng mga naiwan sa Pilipinas! No pun intended! Batu-bato sa langit ang tamaan huwag magagalit!
BTW, ang taba na naman ni Bolate. Pinataba ng husto noong fellow criminals niya, no doubt!
….same old rotten potatoes!…
grizzy Says:
Sinabi mo pa. Automated registration ang ginawa noong 2004 dito sa Japan, pero ang nangyari, as usual, palakasan din yata ang nangyari ng pagpili ng mga magpapaandar ng mga computers. Tapos, nag-malfunction ang mga computers, wham, bang, nawala ang mga data ng mga nirehistro. Mismong mga tao sa Philippine Embassy, mali-mali ang kanilang mga voter’s ID, karamihan walang litrato, at mga pertinent data wala sa card nila. Useless in other words.
With the creeps’ people manning the COMELEC, ke automaton iyan, daya pa rin ang gagawin ng mga iyan. Ang dali namang palitan ang mga data sa computer na under the control of the crooks dahil hindi naman puedeng makialam sa machine ang mga civilian. Nakita na namin iyan noong pang first time nilang ginamit ang mga computers for the election. Sabi nga, “same old potatoes!”
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Tama ka grizzy. Maraming paraan ang pandadaya sa computer.
Ang keyword sa pandadaya sa computerized voting ay kung sino ang may control ng computerized voting o CONTROLLER. Kahit pa ang supplier ng computer software ay si Erap pero ang controller ng computerized voting ay mga mandarayang bayaran ni bansot ay ganoon din ang resulta, panalo pa rin yong mga kandidato ni bansot.
Garcillano lost when he ran in Mindanao. Bolante will also be defeated in Capiz…unless those ghosts vote for him.
Melo added that the Comelec may combine manual counting with the Open Election System (OES), proposed by former Comelec chairman Christian Monsod and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), where the voting and counting will be manual while the canvassing and transmission will be computerized.
Former elections chairman Monsod and other concerned sectors urged Comelec and lawmakers to use the OES in case of a disagreement over the method of elections.
Monsod said the OES would only cost P4 billion compared to full automation at P11.3 billion.
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Useless yang OES, where the voting and counting will be manual while the canvassing and transmission will be computerized, dahil ang gagawin lang ng kampon ni pek president na kahit na lamang ang opposition sa manual counting eh pagdating sa canvassing at transmission ay napakadaling baguhin yan ng mga madadayang bayaran ni pek president. Panalo pa rin yong mga bata ni pek president.
NO TO OES, NO TO POLL AUTOMATION, NO TO HYBRID
YES TO MANUAL VOTING
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=444495&publicationSubCategoryId=63
Impeachment was filed against Merciless Gutierrez of Ombudsman. Despite that, do you know that Malacanang is even trying to endorse her for a post at Supreme Court? And even if Gutierrez is impeached or resigns, another dog will be appointed by the Evil Bitch. Nothing will ever happen as long as the Bitch remains in office.
Naaprobahan na pala yong 2010 poll automation.
Siguradong panalo na ang lahat ng kandidato ni pek president.
Siguradong may immunity yong mga kriminal sa malakanyang pagkatapos ng 2010 election.
Kahit pa tumakbo si Erap sa 2010 at kahit na makakuha pa sya ng 15 Million votes ay talo pa rin sya. Kayang kayang dayaan yan sa computer.
Huwag ng maghintay pa ng 2010 election. Patalsakin na yang mga kriminal sa malakanyang. REVOLT NOW!
Congrats Nene Pimental!
You succeeded in steering the attention of opposition media away from poll automation. If there is no revolt before the 2010 election, your reward is your son’s senatorial seat.
I expect you to be a good boy now. I am expecting you to withdraw your Right to Reply bill, anytime now, since the poll automation was approved already. You’ve done your part of the deal with pek president.
Are you being sarcastic with Pimentel, xman?
NakataFat ng MataFat at Fatas si Fat-Tong King Fatchoy!!!
Point is bakit sini-zero-in ninyo si Senator Pimentel e hindi naman siya ang pina-culprit ng mga kabulastugan sa Pilipinas?
Meanwhile, I posted all your comments on the Right to Reply Bill pero di pa siya sumagot. Pinag-aaralan pa siguro niya kung saan siya nagkamali saka siya sasagot.
As for the automated election, matagal nang nila-lobby sa kaniya iyan ng mga OFWs into the OAV Bill Movement. OK ang idea pero ang masama iyong implementation dahil dadaan din doon sa mga kurakot na appointee ni Gloria Dorobo. Kaya siguro medyo kinabahan si Senator and having second thought!
Mas mabuti sulatan ninyo siya ng diretso. Meron siyang home page where you can post your comments: http://www.nenepimentel.org
Sen. Pimentel will be our guest tonight in Strictly Politics.
I hope you could ask him all the questions posted in this blog, Ellen.
BE:
I met Koko only once when he came here with his parents and sister. Wala pa siyang asawa noon at kakukuha lang ng bar. I don’t know much about what he has been doing since although I understand he helps his parents in what they are doing gaya noong charity ng nanay niya. I can speak more for the good Senator because I have had the chance to watch his activities from the time I first met him and asked to be his interpreter in some meetings with some Japanese biggies.
More than 20 years ko na siyang kakilala, and that is enough time for me to know if he is or not corrupt! He is definitely not! kahit na sabihin nilang amoy baboy na rin siya dahil nasa pig pen siya!
Pimentel is a decent humble man. Look at what he wears…usually Barong. He often wears his light blue Barong.
So far, I’ve never heard of his involvement in any anomaly.
“Just like in the manual election process, the automated polls will have three Board of Election officers and the only change from the previous is that one certified Information Technology expert will be represented in this three-member board,” he said. Riza Recio
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20090305hed3.html
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There should be at least THREE CERTIFIED TECHNOLOGY expert instead of one. If there is only one tech expert, it can be manipulated easily. Furthermore, there must be one tech expert coming from the opposition.
One tech expert for fake administration, one for opposition, and one is a neutral tech expert. If possible, outsource this neutral tech expert from EU.
The three member Board of Election officers should be change too. There must be one Election officer from opposition, one for fake administration, and one neutral election officer.