by Germelina Lacorte VERA Files Retired Army general Jovito Palparan will be reinventing himself as a party-list representative in Congress, but his legacy of anti-communist…
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Sa isyu ng mga taong malapit sa mga Arroyo na nakasama sa bagong sectoral representatives katulod ni Maria Lourdes Arroyo at retired Gen. Jovito Palparan, sabi ni Press Undersecretary Anthony Golez na kahit ano pang ngak-gnak ng mga kritiko, yun ay batas at wala na silang magagawa.
Oo nga naman, ano naman ang magagawa ng mga tao kahit alam nilang binabastos na ang diwa ng batas nitong batas sa partylist.
Noong Martes nadagdagan ng 55 ang 22 na partylist representatives sa Kongreso ng inutusan ng Supreme Court and Commission on Elections na sundin ang bagong formula sa pagsunod ng batas para sa partylist.
It’s summer time and most of children of officers who are facing charges of mutiny in connection with the February 2006 non-event are visiting their fathers in Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal.
Last Wednesday, former President Estrada allowed them to be at his JE camp/resort just across Camp Capinpin. The children had fun swimming.
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Update of the mutiny case against 28 officers in connection with the February 2006 alleged withdrawal of support from Gloria Arroyo following revelations of the military’s role in the tampering of election results as heard in the “Hello Garci” tapes:
The prosecution asked that the charge sheet, which focused on the Feb. 23, 2006 activities, be amended to include the Feb. 26 Fort Bonifacio standoff because their witnesses can only speak about the Feb. 26 standoff.
The court denied the motion to amend the charges.
More of this on Monday.
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Yano, Luna nominated for ambassadorial posts
AFP chief leaving ahead of retirement
Yesterday, text messages went around that the turnover rites of outgoing AFP Chief Alexander Yano to incoming AFP Victor Ibrado will be on May 1, 44 days earlier than his scheduled retirement of June 13.
We also got information that Yano’s vice chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Cardozo Luna, who will retiring in September this year, will also be retiring on May 1.
It is not unusual for the turnover rites for the AFP chief to be held a few days before the end of term of outgoing chief but one-and-a-half months early? That’s tantamount to shortening a military officer’s term of service. In Gloria Arroyo’s senseless revolving door policy, that’s good for one full term of an AFP chief.
A free concert for the benefit of street children will be held on April 26, 7:00 PM at the University of the Philippines Diliman Film Center. This musical celebration is organized by the non-stock, non-profit, christian organization Onesimo Foundation.
Swiss Filipino artist Ernie Opiasa will be joined by Armina Riethmüller, the Windsong Band, and the children of Onesimo Foundation in the concert “Reaching Out.”
Onesimo operates ten shelters (therapeutic communities) and drop-in centers in Metro Manila slum areas: at Quezon City’s Payatas, Frisco, Philcoa (2), Mendez, and F.Carlos; Malabon’s Letre and Manila’s Tondo and Quiapo (2). Onesimo has been registered since 1996 as a non-profit organization. It benefits from tax exemption and is licensed as a social institute by the Department of Social Welfare (DSWD).
‘Romantic episode,’ not rape, says CA
by Tetch Torres, Dona Pazzibugan
Philippine Daily Inquirer
The Court of Appeals has acquitted an American marine of raping a Filipina, saying the soldier and his accuser shared a “spontaneous, unplanned romantic episode.”
In a 71-page decision, the appellate court said Lance Corporal Daniel Smith and the victim, identified in court only as Nicole, were both intoxicated after a night out and were “carried away by their passions.”
The court also said Nicole flirted with Smith and led him on with “reckless abandon” and that there was “no evidence” that she was forced into sex.
Mukhang nararamdaman ng mga adviser ni Arroyo na mahirap nilang ipilit ang Charter Change para manatili si Arroyo sa kapangyarihan, sabi ng isang kakilala namin sa Malacañang.
Kaya ngayon daw, ang kanilang strategy ay hindi para mapalawig pa ang kanyang kapit sa Malacañang kungdi kung paano siya maprutektahan kapag hindi na siya presidente.
Ang gusto lang daw niya ngayon ay magkaroon ng immunity from suits o hindi siya sasampahan ng kaso kapag hindi na siya presidente.
If the real purpose in the charter change resolutions pending in the Malacañang -controlled House of Representatives is not to prolong the hold on power of Gloria Arroyo, why are her minions desperately pushing for charter change less than a year away from the 2010 elections when they know very well that two out of three Filipinos do not want charter change now?
No amount of public assurance by House Speaker Prospero Nograles and Camarines Sur Luis Villafuerte, authors of separate resolutions calling for amendments to the Constitution, will make the people believe that all these frantic moves have nothing to do with making sure that Arroyo continues to be in power, in whatever form or position, so that they also can continue enjoying the protection and privileges of being aligned with with her.
Last Monday, Nograles pushed for the approval of his House Bill 737 which seeks to amend the economic provisions which limits foreign ownership of corporations involved in exploration, development, and utilization of natural resources to 40 per cent.