Sana totohanin ng munisipalidad ng Malay sa pamumuno ng mayor na si John Yap na ipasara ang West Cove. Dapat lang. Dapat nga gibain na yun dahil unang-una, bawal tayuan ng istruktura ang corals na iyon ang kinatatayuan ng resort.
Hindi pa nakuntento sa pagtayo sa bawal, nagpa-extend pa ng parang helipad at mga cabana sa dagat.
Grabeng pambabastos at paglabag ng batas ang ginawa ng West Cove sa Boracay.
Look what I found one day last February when I went home to our barrio in Guisijan, Laua-an, Antique.
I found this stove being sold for P150 by a barriomate in front of his house. He said he is the one making it. This is how it is when you use wood for fuel which they do in the province.
Update: Mike Arroyo opposes nomination of Atty. Ernesto Francisco as Ombudsman
Sabi ni Roque, para kay Arroyo ang napatunayang independence na pinakita ni Justice Carpio-Morales sa mga desisyun sa Supreme Court kung saan nannindigan siya kung saan ang akala niyang tama na palagi ay kabaliktaran nang siya ang naka-upo sa Malacañang.
Ang gusto ni Arroyo, sabi ni Roque, ay ang sunod-sunoran sa kanya katulad ni Merceditas Gutierrez.
Sabi ni Roque tinanggihan niya ang plano ng ibang grupo na i-nominate siya para Ombudsman dahil suportado niya si Carpio-Morales.
Halatang ninenerbyus na si Arroyo ngayon na wala na si Gutierrez sa Ombudsman.
By Gian Geronimo VERA Files The celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal on June 19 becomes more meaningful because the public…
On June 21, a Tuesday, the family and friends of journalist Chit Estella-Simbulan will mark the 40th day of her death in a car accident on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon city last month’s Friday, the 13th.
At 6:30 a.m, there will be a “Run for Road Safety” to be led by running priest Fr. Robert Reyes starting at the College of Mass Communication, where Chit was a member of the faculty. The run will take the route of University Avenue, then Commonwealth towards the site of the accident, in front of the Ayala Techno Hub, which Fr. Reyes will bless. The participants will be escorted by MMDA motorcycle units and traffic will be rerouted briefly for the activity.
(We will never be this complete anymore.Photo is the last of VERA Files trustees together. From left: Booma Cruz, Chit Estella, Ellen Tordesillas, Yvonne Chua, Luz Rimban, Jenny Santillan-Santiago.
(This was taken during the award ceremonies of the 2010 Ninoy and Cory Aquino Fellowship Award for Journalism to Yvonne last Aug. 10,2010 at the Manila Peninsula.)
Everybody concerned of safety in our roads are invited to join.
At 3 p.m. there will be a mass at San Agustin church in Intramuros, Manila. After the mass, at 4 p.m., Chit’s ashes will be interred at the San Agustin columbarium crypt.
Related article: Drilon congratulates “Samar group” with Roxas appointment as DOTC secretary (Article in comments)
The Manila Times’ Dante Ang, in an information-filled article complete with findings of the Commission on Audit of irregularities in a radar project, said de Jesus did not resign. He was actually fired.
We have yet to know the whole truth about what happened at the DOTC amidst the spins being given fed to the media.
In announcing the appointment of Roxas, Aquino admitted that Roxas was originally slated to take a position based in Malacañang.“Sabi ko sa kanya kelangan sana kita sa headquarters pero may sunog sa frontlines…. Puwede ba sumugod ka muna doon? ”
Breaking news: President Aquino announced appointment of his former running mate Mar Roxas as new DOTC secretary. He will also hold the position of senior adviser of the Economic Cluster.
Another side to the controversy that speaks a lot of the goings-on in the Aquino administration:
Manila Times
The Manila Times story on the forced resignation of DOTC Secretary Jose “Ping” de Jesus was as clear as the sky on a fine day. De Jesus did not resign from the Cabinet. He was fired by President Benigno Aquino 3rd for loss of confidence, to say the least.
De Jesus was summoned to Malacañang on Monday morning at ten by the President. The meeting was brief; merely 15 minutes. He was distressed and looked teary-eyed after his meeting with the Chief Executive.
I do not know de Jesus personally. Never met him before. Fact is, he strikes me as a no-nonsense former Lopez executive. I have absolutely no reason to write ill of the man who, if you believe his spin doctors, resigned out of frustration for not getting the support from the President for the agency’s various projects and over the Virgie Torres issue.
Click here Lee’s koumintang membership : China expert Aileen Baviera mentioned Lee’s Koumintang membership in her book.
It’s not too late for President Aquino to recall the appointment of Domingo Y. Lee as ambassador to the People’s Republic of China.
Lee’s Taiwan connection is so well-entrenched, it will complicate further the Philippine’s delicate relations with one of the world’s superpowers.
A reliable source in the Chinese community said he knows that Lee, in his 70’s “is a card-carrying member of the Kuomintang.” He said he is not sure if he has resigned but what he understood of the party affiliation is that it’s a “lifetime commitment.”
Maliban sa mag problema ang legalidad ng ganyang plano, marami na ang hindi tiwala sa kakayahan ni Pnoy na kumilatis ng mga taong ilalagay sa pamahalaan. Sa mga na-appoint ni Aquino ng pagpasok niya sa Malacañang, marami naman ang maayos kasama na doon ang sa kanyang economic team.
Ngunit ang mga na-appoint na ang pinaka-qualification ay kaibigan sila ni PNoy, super ang palpak.
Ang nasa mata ngayon ng kontrobersiya at ang nasuspindi na hepe ng Land Transportation Office na si Virginia Torres, na siyang dahilan kung bakit nag-resign si Secretary Jose “Ping” de Jesus ng Department of Transportation and Communication at apat niyang undersecretaries.
Si Torres ay barkada ni PNoy sa kanyang hilig na pagbabaril (shooting buddy). Nasangkot si Torres sa kontrobersiya ng Stradcom, ang kumpanyang nagku-computerize sa LTO.
Update: Portion of the June 4, 2011 Statement of the Department of Foreign Affairs On the Presence of Chinese Vessels In the West Philippine Sea…