March 2008 – Page 3 – ellen tordesillas

Halve rice portions, restaurants asked

Published by Ellen on March 17, 2008

Malacañang denies there’s an impending rice shortage but tells restaurant to serve less rice.

Arroyo: Prepare for high prices of rice

Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap yesterday asked fast-food outlets to offer half portions of rice to discourage wastage as government scrambles to boost rice supplies.

“We would like to exercise all efforts at ensuring the Philippines rice stocks continue to be maintained at a manageable level to ensure that the food security of the country will be maintained,” he said.

Mga paring bingi at bulag

Published by Ellen on March 17, 2008

Breaking News:

Two priests defied the order of Cardinal Vidal and said officiated “Mass for Truth” in Cebu. The two priests who followed their conscience were Fr. Christopher Exsala, OCARM or Carmelite, and Fr. Jessie Dumaluay,Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.

Sr Estrelle said, “We defied everything and God is with us.”

Archbishop of Nueva Caceres also does a Vidal- GMANews

Itong Semana Santa, ang malaking hamon sa mga Katoliko sa Pilipinas ay kung paano mapanatili ang paggalang sa mga namumuno sa simbahan kung sila mismo ay lumalabag sa kanilang tinuturo na pahalagaan ang katotohanan at ang mga utos ng Panginoon.

Cebu priests barred from celebrating ‘Mass for Truth’

Published by Ellen on March 16, 2008

by Gerard Naval
Malaya

Cardinal Ricardo Vidal, archbishop of Cebu, has reportedly prohibited priests from celebrating today’s “Mass for Truth” at the University of San Carlos which ZTE star witness Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada is scheduled to attend.

Sr. Estrella Castalone, executive secretary of Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (AMRSP), in a phone interview, said Judy Adriano, their organizer in Cebu City, told her “that the priests have been prohibited from saying the mass for our group by Cardinal Vidal.”

An injustice that must be rectified

Published by Ellen on March 16, 2008

On Sept. 25, 2006, 1Lt. Artemio Raymundo Jr., was riding the LRT and he saw someone distributing DVDs of “Ang Mabuhay para sa Masa” and “At All Costs”. Since it was for free, he got six copies and upon arriving at the Marine barracks in Fort Bonifacio, he shared the extra copies with his fellow junior officers.

The two CDs are documentaries. “Ang Mabuhay para sa Masa” is a biopic of former President Estrada while “At All Costs” is about the rigging by Gloria Arroyo of the 2004 elections.

China declares “people’s war” to control Tibet

Published by Ellen on March 16, 2008

A Tibetan monk pleads for mercy as the police arrested them during anti-China protests in front of the United Nations office in Kathmandu March 15, 2008.
(Deepa Shrestha/Reuters)

By Benjamin Kang Lim and Chris Buckley

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese officials have declared a “people’s war” of security and propaganda against support for the Dalai Lama in Tibet after riots racked the regional capital Lhasa, and some sources claimed the turmoil killed dozens.

Residents of the remote city high in the Himalayas said on Sunday that anti-riot troops controlled the streets and were closely checking Tibetan homes after protests and looting shook the heavily Buddhist region

Patuloy ang paghanap ng katotohanan

Published by Ellen on March 15, 2008

Malaya photo by Rolly Salvador

Sa rally na inorganisa ng mga estudyante noong Biyernes sa Liwasang Bonifacio, marami sa mga speakers ang nanawagan na sa kanilang pagbalik sa kani-kanilang probinsya ngayong bakasyon, ipagpatuloy nila ang paghanap ng katotohanan at hustisya na siyang pakay ng mga kilos protesta nitong mga nakaraang linggo at buwan laban kay Gloria Arroyo.

Sinabi rin ng mga batang mga speakers na huwag masyadong magkampante si Arroyo at ang kanyang mga opisyal na libre na sila sa kanilang krimen laban sa sambayanang Pilipino. Sa kanilang bakasyon, ipapaliwanag nila sa kanilang mga kamag-anak at kaibigan ang pinaglalaban dito sa Maynila.

Saudi divestment

Published by Ellen on March 14, 2008

Malaya editorial

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PNOC to evaluate Ashmore offer to buy Petron

Ashmore offer a vote of confidence – GMA

Malacañang statement

A US investment fund, Ashmore, has bought Saudi Aramco’s 40 percent stake in Petron Corp. for P22.5 billion. The deal is nobody’s business but Ashmore and Aramco’s. Gloria Arroyo, however, would not leave a presumably purely commercial transaction well alone. She said the purchase validated the government’s privatization efforts and was a vote of confidence in Petron.

The CA’s collective gall

Published by Ellen on March 13, 2008

It was about time someone exposed the wheeling and dealing at the Commission on Appointments.

Sen. Jamby Madrigal, by invoking Section 20 of the Senate rules last Wednesday, frustrated the plan of Malacañang to railroad the promotion of 24 military officers despite blatant violations of the law in their appointments.

I have attended three sessions of the CA because I’m closely watching the confirmation of the promotion of John Martir to brigadier general and it’s appalling to observe the “collective gall”, in the words of RC Constantino, of many of the administration allies, especially the CA chair, Rep. Roque Albano III.

Erap in Focap

Published by Ellen on March 13, 2008

Former President Joseph Estrada at the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines
March 13, 2008

Q and A

(Preparing to run again for presidency in the future?)

Despite of my age i still feel young, there are those people who’s in 60s older than me. I have no intention of running now, but want to ensure the unity of the opposition. Its easier for this adm to cheat again thats what happened in 2004 FPJ. I want to have the opposition of one candidate only to ensure the victory of opposition.

Trillanes’ statement on baseline bills

Published by Ellen on March 13, 2008

Re: Sabotage of Philippine Baseline Bills

I would like to express my outrage over how the pending House and Senate Bills relating to the definition of Philippine territory are being sabotaged and mishandled, apparently because the said bills include our claim of sovereignty over the Kalayaan Island Group (“KIG”), internationally known as the Spratlys, and the Scarborough shoal.

Yesterday, I was informed that House Bill No. 3216 was reverted to the Committee level upon the direction of Malacanang, so that it could be tampered with to completely remove our claims over the KIG and Scarborough shoal. This is despite the fact that the bill was already passed on Second Reading last December 2007 by the House Plenary.

Month: March 2008