Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez, in an obvious effort to divert the headlines from the corruption cases involving Gloria and Mike Arroyo, has been titillating the…
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Author: Ellen
Ang mga kriminal napapalaya, ang lumalaban sa katiwalian ay nakakulong.
Ganyan ngayon ang sitwasyon sa Pilipinas sa administrasyon ni Gloria Arroyo.
Dismayado ang pamilyang Maguan sa balitang ang killer ni Eldon na si Rolito Go ay mukhang malapit nang mapalaya. Nasa diyaryo kahapon na nilipat na sa Go mula sa maximum security complex sa isang section sa New Bilibid prison na pwede silang maglalakad na walang guwardiya basta pagdating ng ika-lima ng hapon, balik siya doon sa kanyang selda . Ang tawag daw nila ng sitwasyon na yun ay “live out minimum security”.
Sa statement na pinalabas ng pamilyang Maguan na pirmado ng ina ni Eldon na si Rosario, sinabi nila na hindi pa nila nakuha ang detalya ng special status ni Go ngunit kung totoo, ipina-protesta nila itong pangyayari.
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by Tessa Jamandre
VERA Files
The Philippines will soon initiate border talks with its neighbors and finally confront territorial issues it has long avoided, the most contentious being the dispute with Malaysia over Sabah, now that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has signed the Philippine Archipelagic Baseline Law.
The Baseline Law defines the limits of Philippine territory. It is these limits that will determine the country’s extended continental shelf, which is believed to contain substantial amounts of oil, natural gas, minerals and polymetals.
The Philippines has less than two months to beat the May 13, 2009 deadline for the submission of its claim over the extended continental shelf before the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS). The UN body, however, will not rule on a claim if it involves disputed territory.
Update: Rape victim Nicole in US “for good”, terminates services of lawyer.
It is no idle coincidence that the arrest of family members of disgraced Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia , former comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines happened at the time when calls for the abrogation of Visiting Forces Agreement is mounting.
They are part of a high-stakes power play that sadly reduces the Filipino people as pawns. For the United States, at stake is their being able to maintain their diminishing dominance in Asia Pacific amid China’s growing global influence. For Gloria Arroyo, it’s political survival.
Fourteen months away from the end of her corruption-riddled presidency, Gloria Arroyo has been begging for a photo-opportunity with the new U.S president thinking that the picture would negate the creeping impression that the Americans have written her off especially after the World Bank released the report that her husband Mike Arroyo is involved in corruption in public works projects.
Please click on their names below for affidavits of former PNP officers Glenn G. Dumlao and Cesar Mancao in connection with the Michael Ray Aquino espionage case:
dumlao
Habang papalapit na ang 2010 na ang pagka-intindi ng marami ay hanggang doon lang ang termino ng nakaw na pagka-presidente ni Gloria Arroyo, nilalabas na ng mag-asawang Arroyo at ng kanilang mga alagad ang kanilang mga huling baraha.
Alam naman natin lahat na walang plano si Gloria Arroyo bumaba sa kanyang hawak na nakaw na kapangyarihan dahil sa dami ng kanyang nagawang krimen laban sa mamamayang Pilipino, takot siyang makasuhan at makulong kasama na ang pamilya.
Hindi na solusyon ang mangibang bansa ngayon dahil nakita natin sa kaso ni Augusto Pinochet ng Chile at ng iba pang international criminals na hindi kinukunsinti ng ibang bansa ang mga dating lider na nanloko ng sariling mamamayan.
Three days before the Philippine Archipelagic Baselines Law ( Republic Act No. 9522 ) was signed last Wednesday, the United States protested “harrasment” by Chinese vessels of their mapping ship in international waters off China which once again underscores the volatility of the South China Sea.
Immediately after Malacañang announced the signing of the baseline law, China protested the inclusion of islands in the Spratlys and Scarborough shoal in Philippine territory as “regime of islands” even as Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, who was the first one to file a baseline bill, accuses the Arroyo administation of “selling out” to the Chinese.
Trillanes insists that Scarborough shoal, off Zambales, should be within the country’s archipelagic baseline. By excluding the area, which was the scene of Philippine Navy skirmishes with Chinese forces in 1999, from the baseline, the country lost some 15,000 square nautical miles of Philippine territory.
Trillanes:a sellout Related story:US protests ‘harrassment’of Chinese vessels in South China Sea By Tessa Jamandre VERA Files President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Wednesday the Philippine Archipelagic…
May kasabihan tayo na, “Sabihin mo sa akin kung sino mga kaibigan ko, at sasabihin ko kung sino ka.”
At sa English may popular na kasabihan, “Birds of the same feather, flock together.”
Oo nga naman, hindi ka naman magti-tiyaga makipag-dikitan sa isang taong hindi mo type ang pag-uugali. Ikaw ba, gusto mo makipag-ibigan sa magnanakaw, sinungaling at mandaraya?
The Legacy beneficiaries -From left, Martinez, Zialcita, Nograles
After last Monday’s Senate hearing on the Legacy group of companies debacle which saw millions of pesos of hard-earned savings by thousands of not-so-rich investors vanish into a few people’s pockets, House Speaker Prospero Nograles was asked by reporters if Parañaque Representative Eduardo Zialcita (1st district) would have to face the Ethics Committee.
Nograles replied, “Why ethics? Who is the complainant, who is complaining against him?”
For Nograles to ask “Why ethics” reveals the depth of moral degradation among government officials.
Kung hindi garapal, tanga.
Ito ang impresyon na nakukuha ko ng mga opisyal ng pamahalaan habang pinapanood ko ang hearing tungkol sa Legacy firms ng Senate Committee on Trade and Commerce sa pamumuno ni Sen. Mar Roxas.
Dahil sa recess na, tatlong senador lang ang dumalo ngunit maayos ang hearing. Kasama ni Roxas sa pagtatanong sina Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile at Sen. Rodolfo Biazon.
Maliban kay Celso de los Angeles, may-ari ng Legacy Plans, na hanggang ngayon ay hindi uma-amin sa kanyang kasalanan at nagpupumilit na inosente siya, ang isang natalupan ay si Commissioner Jesus Enrique Martinez ng Secuties and Exchange Commission na siyang dapat magbantay ng mga insurance at pre-need companies na nagtitinda ng mga educational plans.