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Monthly Archives for September 2011
Lagayan, Abra: ‘Big-time corruption in a small town’
By Luz Rimban,VERA Files Two prominent members of a powerful political family in Abra are facing plunder charges for allegedly embezzling more than P130 million in municipal funds, in what a whistleblower has called “big-time corruption in a small town.” … Continue reading
Variation of Wikileaks info re SC corruption
Letter of Court Administrator Midas Marquez to Malaya re Wikileaks report on SC justices and Mariano Nocom. I’ve been trying to call Edu Manzano, former chairman of the Optical Media Board, who was the source of former US Embassy Deputy … Continue reading
Sana hindi maging Bonayog si Fiala
Mabuti naman at sinabi ni Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Francis Tolentino na magsasampa sila ng kaso laban kay Edward John Gonzales, ang 30-taong gulang na nambaril sa MMDA traffic enforcer na si Larry Fiala, na ngayon ay nasa-ospital pa … Continue reading
Paano isulong ni Brillantes ang reporma sa Comelec?
Ang isang malaking kasalanan ni Gloria Arroyo sa sambayanang Pilipino ay ang pagsira ng mga institusyon pangdemokrasya para lamang manatili siya sa kapangyarihan. Sinira niya ang military nang ginamit niya ito para mandaya para sa kanya noong 2004 na eleksyun. … Continue reading
Comelec chief accused of unethical behavior
I did the following article for VERA Files. It’s also in the Manila Times, TV5′s Interaksyon, and Yahoo. The displaced director of the Commission on Elections’ Law Department has accused Chairman Sixto S. Brillantes Jr. of unethical behavior for allegedly … Continue reading
Former chief justice rates a leak in WikiLeaks
I love Wikileaks. It unmasks the two-faced. It reveals the double-life of many of the officials that we respect. Take this one from Paul Jones, who served deputy chief of mission of the US Embassy in Manila. His cable in … Continue reading
Chance for Mikey Arroyo to do something good
Update:Out of fear, security guard won’t pursue charges vs solon A constituent of Rep. Mikey Arroyo of Ang Galing Pinoy partylist, supposedly representing security guards and tricycle drivers, was mauled by his fellow member of the House of Representatives. The … Continue reading
Fascinating assessments from US Embassy, Manila
I’m fascinated by the Wikileaks releases of the cables from the US Embassy in Manila. The latest I’ve read was then ambassador Kristie Kenney’s assessment of Hermogenes Ebdane, Jr. as the defense secretary written in March 2007. It was one … Continue reading
Wikileaks:Ramos got P5M campaign contribution from Gaddafy
Former Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafy contributed P5 million to the campaign of former President Ramos in 1992, according to a US Embassy report exposed by Wikileaks. The Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines (Batas Pambansa 881) prohibits accepting contribution from … Continue reading
