I woke up this morning to find this blog suspended. Ploghost, my service provider, said there was Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS)attack. Napa-research pa tuloy…
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Author: Ellen
I can imagine the stress and the emotions that were caused by the cancellation of 50 domestic and international flights last Saturday due to the breakdown an antiquated navigational equipment at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
Reports said NAIA’s Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Radio Range (VOR) — a device that directs aircrafts to the runway especially when there is poor visibility – broke down which caused Cebu Pacific several of its flights. Same thing with Dragon Air and Zest Air.
Philippine Air lines diverted the landing of three of their flights at the height of heavy rains when visibility became zero.
Flights have resumed although the VOR is still being repaired. Quoting a technical assistant of Alfonso Cusi, who is now head of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, and is the one in charge of the VOR, said they borrowed the equipment at the Subic International Airport.
Atty. Melvin Matibag, the new general manager of the Manila International Airport, said the VOR is just one of the navigational equipments and airport operations can continue without it. In fact he said, Cebu Pacific had resumed flights Sunday even if the VOR is still being repaired.
(Two parts) by Carolyn O. Arguillas Mindanews and VERA Files Part I SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao—Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu will take his oath of office as the…
I first saw this moving video in Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV Facebook. It’s titled “What is that?” It has been viewed over 2 million times.
Nagkataon naman na school opening ngayon dito sa Pilipinas at nahuli itong si Mary Ann Maslog na nasangkot noon sa anomalya sa textbooks sa public schools.
Tamang-tamang paala-ala sa taumbayan ang malaking perwisyo ng kurakukutan sa textbook sa edukasyon ng mga Pilipinong mag-aaral at sa hinaharap ng bansa.
Ni-report ng VERA Files noong Biyernes na nahuli na si Maslog, na ngayon ay Mary Ann Smith sa Seattle. Bago nun, noong Miyerkoles, ni-report ng VERA Files na wanted si Mary Ann sa Amerika at dito sa Pilipinas sa dami nyang kaso ng panloloko.
by Yvonne T. Chua VERA Files An election watchdog has this piece of advice for the Commission on Elections: Don’t buy the counting machines used…
by VERA Files Mary Ann Maslog, the woman who delivered a P3-million bribe in Malacanang 11 years ago in connection with a P200-million textbook contract…
“For its exhaustive investigative reports on the Assets and Liabilities of government officials, particularly of the President and the First Gentleman, highlighting the people’s right to information,” the citation read.
This is the first time that the 91-year old organization has included New media in its annual journalism awards.
RCM also gave two other special citation: a book award for Maritess Vitug for her book, “Shadow of Doubt, probing the Supreme Court”, and Mindanao Gold Daily for the regional newspaper award.
It’s the second award received by VERA Files, which started in March 2008. The first was the 2009 Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism (JVOAEJ) for its investigative report “Quedancor swine program another fertilizer scam” written by Yvonne Chua and Luz Rimban, and contributor Diosa Labiste, who won top prize (Award of Distinction) and a Marshall McLuhan fellowship.
The winners for 2010 RCM Institutional Journalism awards:
*Philippine Daily Inquirer, newspaper of the year
*DZMM Radyo Patrol 630, radio station of the year
by Kris Bayos
Manila Bulletin
Although President-elect Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III believes that detained Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and the other Magdalo soldiers involved in the 2003 Oakwood mutiny and the 2007 Manila Peninsula Siege are not guilty of coup d’etat and rebellion, he cannot promise them executive clemency.
A known sympathizer of Trillanes and ally of Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, Aquino said he will respect the proceedings against the Magdalo soldiers at the Makati Regional Trial Court.
“The court is a co-equal branch of the executive. As such, mere executive action is not enough to solve the case. There is a process that has to be undergone, which we should respect,” he said in reaction to the suggestion of Senator Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel for the next administration to intervene in the Magdalo soldiers’ cases.
These past years while Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo, the career foreign service officers kept quiet about his boo-boos because one can’t separate him from the department and from the government. His embarrassing foul-ups were also their embarrassment.
In regional meeting, reporters covering the events wondered why the Philippines is represented by senior officials in morning ministerial meetings. It’s basic courtesy to other ministers that a country sends someone of the same rank in those meetings. But Romulo, even if he is in that event, wakes up late in the morning, he skips morning meetings.
A DFA source also said that the Philippines conducts few side bilateral meetings during Asean and APEC meetings because Romulo does not make himself available. “No foreign minister would agree to have a bilateral with a Philippine senior official,” said a foreign official, who asked not to be named for obvious reason. But for those trips, Romulo collects expensive per diem.