by VERA Files Exactly six years ago on Monday, July 27, Army Capt. Arlene Trillanes turned on her television set to see some 300 military…
Making life worth living.
Author: Ellen
But the battle for the congressional seat of the second district of Taguig City will not be just between Reyes and Tinga because there’s another candidate that will make it interesting: 39-years old former Navy Lieutenant senior grade James Layug.
Pimentel said in the recount by the Senate Electoral Tribunal of the questioned votes of the 2007 elections, he is already ahead of Zubiri by 96,400. This is the reason why he has declined the invitation of former President Estrada to join his senatorial slate.
The press release from Reyes, son of Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes, said he was ecstatic over the decision of the Supreme Court, by a 7-5 vote to deny a petition for certiorari filed by Henry Duenas to stop the recounting of the 2007 election results in second district of Taguig City.
Malacanang’s reactions:: Never did GMA think of declaring martial law
Cruz urges soldiers to stay loyal to Constitution
By Philip Tubeza
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Warning about a “disturbing pattern” showing that the Arroyo administration will try to perpetuate itself in power, former Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz Jr. Wednesday urged soldiers to defy “patently unlawful orders” for partisan political ends and for subverting the Constitution.
Speaking at a forum of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) in Pasig City, Cruz accused President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of masterminding moves in Congress to amend the Constitution without the Senate’s consent.
Cruz, who resigned as defense secretary on Nov. 5, 2006, said he was confident that any attempt to usurp power would fail, but even a failed attempt could result in “bloodshed” and other devastating consequences for the country.
Talaga namang kahanga-hanga si Cory Aquino sa pagmamahal sa bayan.
Sabi ng isang pari na nag-alay ng misa para sa kanya, tinanong siya kung humihingi siya ng milagro para gumaling siya, sabi ng 76-taong gulang na dating presidente, “Hindi. Hinhingi ko ang milagro para sa bayan.”
Sabi ni Kris noong linggo sa “The Buzz” na hirap na hirap ang nanay niya sa sakit na colon cancer. Stage 4 na ang kanyang cancer sa colon ng ito ay nadiskubre. Kapag stage 4, malala na yan ngunit walang makapagsabi na ikay ay mamatay na. Diyos lamang ang makapag-sabi niyan.
Lahat-lahat tayo ay mamatay. Dumadaan lang tayo dito sa mundo. Magkakaiba lang tayo ng skedyul at ng paraan ng biyahe sa ating hantungan.
Last Monday , Yvonne Chua of VERA Files came out with a report about the gross lopsidedness of the Smartmatic-Total Information Management contract with the Commission on Elections for computerized elections next year.
VERA Files said Smartmatic-TIM will get close to P3 billion, or 40 percent of the contract amount of the P7.2 billion even before it delivers all the 82,200 counting machines to be used in the elections.
Bloggers in my site further dissected the contract which was posted by VERA Files in its site (www.verafiles.org). Their discoveries are startling.
by Gerard Naval
Malaya
From the Inquirer: SC sees no need for a TRO on payments
Elections chair Jose Melo yesterday rejected the call of the Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) to withhold the initial payment to Smartmatic/Total Management Information for the 2010 poll automation contract saying it would be tantamount to the complete stoppage of the entire project.
“It’s almost like imposing a temporary restraining order on ourselves,” he told reporters.
“Why should we not pay them if they were able to deliver? They might not send their next deliverables if we don’t pay the previous deliverables,” Melo told reporters.
Gusto ko talaga na magiging automated o computerized na ang eleksyon sa 2010 para mabawasan ang dayaan.
Sa bilangan kasi ang malakihang dayaan. Kaya kapag hindi manual (yung tao ang magbibilang), naniniwala ako na mababawasan ang dayaan.
Dapat masaya tayo na naayos kontrata ng Smartmatic-TIM at Comelec at tuloy-tuloy na ang computerized election. Kaya lang, mukhang maraming nakatagong mga hindi kanais-nais itong kontrata na ngayon lang lumalabas.Kapag kwestyunable ang kumpanya, medyo nakakatakot sa laki at napaka-importante ng kontratang ito.
by Yvonne T. Chua VERA Files The winner of the government’s P7.2 billion automated elections project will get close to P3 billion, or 40 percent…
When the lights were on, Risa Kataoka performed John Newton’s inspiring song in koto, a traditional Japanese stringed musical instrument.
Kataoka was a member of the J-Classics quartet who were flown in by the Japanese government as part of the celebration of Philippine-Japan friendship this month. The three others were violinist Ayako Ishikawa, flutist Takako Hagiwara and pianist Susumu Aoyagi.