Monthly Archives for January 2011

Garcia’s letter

I don’t know if retired Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia will confirm this if asked in a Senate hearing but I learned that when he was in detention, he wrote a letter addressed to three persons detailing his version of the … Continue reading

31. January 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Malaya, Military | Tags: , | 71 comments

Mukhang may natutunan si Aquino sa mga naunang palpak

Mga alas-dos ng hapon ng sumabog ang bomba sa isang bus ng Newman Goldliner sa EDSA noong Enero 25, alas –singko ng hapon, may statement na si Pangulong Aquino na nakikiramay sa mga nasawi at nasaktan at nangakong hindi titigil … Continue reading

30. January 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Abante, Peace and Order | Tags: | 17 comments

Naisalba ni Rabusa ang konsyensa at kaluluwa

Sa Senate hearing noong Huwebes, tinanong ni dating chief of staff ng Armed Forces of the Philippines Angelo Reyes si dating military budget officer Lt. Col. George Rabusa,”During the time that I was chief of staff, if I became greedy?” … Continue reading

29. January 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Abante, Graft and corruption, Military | Tags: , | 63 comments

Prosecution flaws bog down fight vs drugs

By IBARRA C. MATEO AND YVONNE T. CHUA VERA Files Cai Qing HaiFOR many years, Chinese national Cai Qing Hai had been on the list of Asia’s “most wanted drug manufacturers and traffickers,” with law enforcers from three countries—the Philippines, … Continue reading

28. January 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Illegal Drugs, Vera Files | Tags: , | Leave a comment

Reyes got P50M as ‘send-off’ money, says AFP exec

Kimberly Jane T. Tan, GMANews.TV A former budget officer of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday accused former Defense chief Angelo Reyes of receiving not less than P50 million as “pabaon” (send-off money) when he retired as … Continue reading

27. January 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Graft and corruption, Military | Tags: , | 136 comments

Harry Roque links COA report to Ortega murder

I did not have the privilege of knowing Dr Gerry Ortega but I join all those who condemn his murder Monday. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines has added Ortega’s name to the long list of journalists of … Continue reading

26. January 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Environment, Malaya, Peace and Order | Tags: | 8 comments

Hindi na sana nag-iisa si Heidi

Nagulat ang marami sa pinakita ni Heidi Mendoza na P200 milyon na tsekeng pinirmahan ni dating Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia at sa kanyang kuwento kung paano pinaikot-ikot ng dating military comptroller ang pera hanggang naglaho na. Si Mendoza ang government … Continue reading

25. January 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Abante, Graft and corruption, Military | Tags: | 12 comments

The P200 million check: the smoking gun in Garcia plunder case

If the general public was appalled by the plea bargain agreement struck by Maj. Gen. (ret.) Carlos Garcia and the Office of the Ombudsman , one can just imagine how it was with Heidi Mendoza, the government auditor who was … Continue reading

24. January 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Graft and corruption, Military | Tags: | 25 comments

Auditor in plunder case to launch truth campaign

By Yvonne T. Chua and Ellen Tordesillas VERA Files A former state auditor who testified against ex-military comptroller Carlos Garcia disclosed over the weekend a “request” from a government office for her to tell the public the evidence in the … Continue reading

24. January 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Graft and corruption, Military, Vera Files | Tags: | 13 comments

Padalang nawawala

Nakatanggap ako ng sulat mula kina Vincent T. Gonzales at Johanna Nuguid Gonzales na nagtatrabaho sa a Dubai, U.A.E. at sabi nila ay kasalalukuyang nandito sa “ Pilipinas Kay Ganda.” May problema sila sa LBC Express cargo. Ito ang sulat … Continue reading

23. January 2011 by Ellen
Categories: Abante | Tags: | 13 comments

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