Hamon sa oposisyon na kongresista

House Justice Committee junks MOA-AD intervention Nang isinampa ng mga bloggers sa pangunguna ni Manuel L. Quezon III ang impeachment complaint laban kay Gloria Arroyo noong Miyerkoles, walang kongresista na nag-indorso. Ayaw kasi ng mga Bayan Muna at ng Gabriela ang isyu ng MOA-AD (Memorandum of Agreement-Ancestral Domain) dahil kakampi nila ang Moro Islamic Liberation [...]

November 18, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Governance, Impeachment '08, Mindanao  23 Comments

Sa wakas, nagdesisyon si JDV

Mabuti naman at pumirma ng impeachment complaint laban kay Gloria Arroyo si dating House Speaker Jose de Venecia. Kailangan maghanap ng ibang panlalait ang mga kaalyado ni Gloria Arroyo sa pang-apat na impeachment complaint na isinampa laban sa pekeng presidente. Parang hindi nga tama pagsamahin ang “impeachment” at “pekeng presidente” kasi ang ini-impeach lamang ay [...]

November 6, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Impeachment '08, NBN/ZTE  23 Comments

Seditious

The Webster dictionary defines “seditious” as “tending to cause discontent among the people; fostering the spirit of rebellion.” I think Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez was barking up the wrong tree when he said that the pronouncements of Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines ; Lingayen Archbishop Oscar Cruz;Bataan [...]

October 31, 2008  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Governance, Malaya  60 Comments

The return of Joc-joc

Last Friday. I got this text from a friend: “NAIA manager Al Cusi, Dureza and Atty. Tony Zulueta here now in Manila Pen bar brainstorming on how to shield Jocko when he arrives. Pabalik na Jocjoc. Overheard sila by a friend. Media should be alerted.” Dureza, of course, refers to Press Secretary Jesus Dureza and [...]

October 20, 2008  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Governance, Impeachment '08, Malaya, rice crisis  33 Comments

Why try impeachment again?

Click here for Inquirer story on filing of impeachment complaint. When it was announced last Friday that concerned citizens will try once again , for the fourth time, to file an impeachment complaint against Gloria Arroyo, the immediate reactions I heard were, “ “Why try again? It won’t prosper anyway.” My answer is, Gloria Arroyo [...]

October 13, 2008  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Impeachment '08, Malaya, Politics  38 Comments