Archive for June, 2010

Lokohan ng Airport yellow taxi

Update: MIAA GM Melvin Matibag informed me today (June 27) that the driver was apprehended and is being investigated. He said the driver will be banned from the airport. Dumating ako noong Biyernes galing Zamboanga mga 5:30 ng hapon sakay ng Philippine Airlines. Katulad ng dati kung gawi, dumeretso ako sa pilahan ng Yellow Taxi. [...]

June 26, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Abante, Travel  46 Comments

‘Midnight’ order to extend stay of Arroyo appointees, gov’t lawyers beyond her term?

by Yvonne T. Chua VERA Files Outgoing President Gloria Arroyo has issued an executive order that would turn most government lawyers in the executive branch into career executive service officers (CESO) and guarantee them not only bigger pay and higher rank, but permanent appointment that incoming president Benigno Aquino III and future presidents may not [...]

June 25, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Gloria Arroyo and family, Governance  23 Comments

Jessie

Centerlaw’s Harry Roque said the death of Suwaib Uphamb, one of the gunmen in the November 23 carnage who wanted to be a key witness but was turned away by the government, should bear on the conscience of outgoing justice Secretary Alberto Agra. Uphamb, whom media christened “Jessie,” was killed last June 14 in Parang, [...]

June 25, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Human Rights, Maguindanao massacre  16 Comments

After three days, this blog is back!

Wow, after three days of inaccessiblity, this blog is back. Same thing with VERA Files. Thanks for your patience.

June 25, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Cyberspace  5 Comments

Honorable exit for Romulo on July 1

President-elect Benigno Aquino III’s appointment of Human Rights Commissioner Leila de Lima as justice secretary is an inspired choice. Foreign Service officers are hoping and praying that it would be the same case for the secretary of foreign affairs. Romulo has been a disaster as foreign secretary the past six years and it would be [...]

June 23, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Foreign Affairs  6 Comments

Arroyo lawyer: Hacienda Bacan to be converted before GMA steps down

by Luz Rimban VERA Files President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s family expects the Department of Agrarian Reform to approve within the next seven days or before she steps down from office their application to convert the 157-hectare family-owned Hacienda Bacan in Isabela, Negros Occidental from agricultural to industrial use. The application, which will exempt Hacienda Bacan [...]

June 23, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Gloria Arroyo and family  5 Comments

Malaria no more: two Filipino students need your vote

Two Filipino students are among the six finalists in the essay writing division organized by Novartis and Malaria No More. Now those two Filipino students, Jennel Cheng of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines and Maria Masa of the University of the Philippines ,need your vote. Please click to http://worldbriefing.org/vote/ and cast your vote for [...]

June 22, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Health  8 Comments

Thanks, this blog is back!

I woke up this morning to find this blog suspended. Ploghost, my service provider, said there was Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS)attack. Napa-research pa tuloy ako ng di oras about DDOS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack Ploghost said it was detected past 12 midnight by WordPress and they had to suspend my blog fearful that it would also extend [...]

June 22, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Cyberspace, Media  24 Comments

Wanted: safe airport with enough toilets

I can imagine the stress and the emotions that were caused by the cancellation of 50 domestic and international flights last Saturday due to the breakdown an antiquated navigational equipment at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Reports said NAIA’s Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Radio Range (VOR) — a device that directs aircrafts to the runway [...]

June 21, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Travel  61 Comments

For security reasons, new Maguindanao gov to hold office in hometown

(Two parts) by Carolyn O. Arguillas Mindanews and VERA Files Part I SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao—Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu will take his oath of office as the new governor on June 30 and deliver his inaugural address in his hometown Buluan, 40 kilometers from the provincial capitol here. Mangudadatu intends to be far from this place, the [...]

June 21, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: 2010 elections, Maguindanao massacre  15 Comments