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Bolante just might get his wish

Published by Ellen on November 4, 2008

Joc-joc Bolante, the best friend of Mike Arroyo whom the Filipino people want to account for the P2.8 billion of money for agriculture which he diverted to the campaign funds of Gloria Arroyo in May 2004, should be reminded that God, in his unfathomable wisdom, just might grant his wish for an illness that would incapacitate him to go anywhere including the Senate investigation.

A source at St. Luke’s Hospital said the doctors are having a hard time looking for an “illness” which Bolante can use to justify his inability to withstand the stress of lying under the intense questioning of the senators.

As of Monday, six days after Bolante arrived Tuesday night in a wheelchair, his hand on his chest as if in pain, the medical bulletin issued by his attending physician,Dr. Romeo Saavedra (also the doctor of Mike Arroyo) said “the patient’s chest pains are due to findings of gastric ulcers and esophagitis.”

That validates the joke going around that Bolante’s blood pressure is 110 over acting.

Photo contest on climate change

Published by Ellen on November 4, 2008

Entries to the photo contest on climate change maybe submitted online. Details below.

JOIN THE EC-PCP PHOTO CONTEST ON CLIMATE CHANGE!!!!!

1. Who may join: The competition is open to all Filipino photojournalists and photography enthusiasts except for staff of the Delegation of the European Commission to the Philippines.

2. Photographs, published or unpublished, taken in the Philippines from June 2007 to November 2008 covering the theme “Climate Change in the Philippines” are eligible as entries.

Wala ang Amerika sa galing ng Pinoy sa eleksyon

Published by Ellen on November 3, 2008

May kumakalat na text joke na nasa Amerika na raw si Garcillano. Siyempre naman naala-ala nyo pa si Virgilio Garcillano, yung phone pal ni Gloria Arroyo sa “Hello Garci” tapes.

Sinasabi sa joke, inimport raw ni John Mc Cain ng Republican party si Garcillano dahil lahat na surveys lumalabas, lamang si Barack Obama ng Democrats. Kayang-kaya ayusin yan ni Garcillano.

Kaya kapag manalo si Mc Cain sa eleksyon na gaganapin ngayong araw, alam nyo na kung sino ang may kagagawan.

Bolante forum-shopping

Published by Ellen on November 3, 2008

The son of an embattled agriculture official has asked the Court of Appeals to order his father’s immediate release from Senate custody.

Owen Vincent Bolante, son of former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-Joc” Bolante said in a 15-page petition for habeas corpus, which he filed Monday that his father’s detention was unlawful and called for his immediate release.

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It’s obvious: Bolante evading to tell the truth

Atty. Harry L. Roque. Jr.
Chair, Center for International Law
Co-Convener, Concerned Citizens Movement

The petition for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus, which was filed today on behalf of Mr. Jocelyn “Joc-Joc Bolante” by a son of his, is obvious proof that he does not plan on answering any of the public’s questions about the rotten multi-million peso fertilizer scam at the Department of Agriculture where he was once a well-placed official fixture.

An exciting US election

Published by Ellen on November 2, 2008

David Plotke, a recent visitor courtesy of the US Embassy, said he didn’t rule out that George W. Bush’s secretarry of state Condoleeza Rice would vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Plotke, professor of political science and chairman of the Historical Studies Department of the New School in New York, said this before Rice’s predecessor, Colin Powell endorsed Obama.

Powell’s endorsement was a huge boost to Obama’s candidacy not only because the former was a Republican but as former chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff and secretary of state, he has helped neutralized the propaganda of Republican candidate John McCain’s camp that Obama is naïve in matters of security and foreign affairs.

Security ni Bolante ang nagpagulo sa airport

Published by Ellen on November 1, 2008

Ang Undas ay okasyon para natin gunitain ang ating mga mahal sa buhay na sumakabilang buhay na. Sa mga Kristiyano kasi naniniwala tayo na panibagong buhay pagkatapos ng ating buhay dito sa mundo.

Ang undas ay pagpa-alala rin sa atin na ang buhay natin dito sa mundo ay temporario lang. Dumadaan lang tayo. Lahat tayo ay mamamatay.

Paala-ala rin sa atin na walang kabuluhan ang pagnanakaw at panloloko ng kapwa tao dahil hindi natin madala ang mga kayamanan sa kabilang buhay.

Is there a storm on the horizon?

Published by Ellen on November 1, 2008

by Joel Rocamora
Akbayan Chairman

The bishops did it. Their call for a “new government”, then building hope around “liberators” who are “just around the corner” got everyone worked up. A “new government” in advance of the 2010 elections, of course, means the extra constitutional removal of the Arroyo administration. Everyone assumes the bishops are not talking of the Second Coming. Maybe those knights in shining armor who are a long time coming.

Conspiracy theorists are having a field day. The impeachment initiative, chacha, and the arrival of Jocjoc Bolante primed the public for the bishops’ statement. Are these moves linked? Is there a master conspiracy behind these linked moves? Did the bishops light the fuse for a coming explosion? Is it a short or a long fuse? The nice thing about conspiracy theories is that we can enjoy dramatic tension even if we cannot find out if there’s anything to the theory.

BGen Danny Lim has a blog

Published by Ellen on October 31, 2008

Gen. Lim’s blog is back. Click to:www.dannylim.org At this time when unprincipled pragmatism has become the ticket to success it’s good to be able to…

Seditious

Published by Ellen on October 30, 2008

The Webster dictionary defines “seditious” as “tending to cause discontent among the people; fostering the spirit of rebellion.”

I think Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez was barking up the wrong tree when he said that the pronouncements of Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines ; Lingayen Archbishop Oscar Cruz;Bataan Bishop Socrates Villegas; Masbate Bishop Joel Baylon, and Legazpi Bishop Emeritus Jose Sorra at a press conference last Tuesday were “seditious.”

I checked again what the five bishops said. Their statements were mostly on graft and corruption which they said were the “biggest culprit and major cause of the our nation’s poverty and hunger.”

Magmatyag, magbantay

Published by Ellen on October 29, 2008

Napuyat ako sa kakahintay kay Joc-Joc Bolante, ang matalik na kaibigan ni Mike Arroyo na dumating noong Martes ng gabi mula sa dalawang taong pagkakulong sa Estado Unidos.

Hindi na ako nakipagsiksikan sa loob ng NAIA dahil bawat media entity, isang reporter lang ang kailangan. May reporter naman kami doon sa loob, kaya doon ako sa mga concerned citizens na gustong hikayatin si Bolante na magsabi ng totoo.

Hindi namin nasilayan si Bolante dahil alam naman natin lahat na pagkatapos ma-turn over siya ng Bureau of Immigration at National Bureau of Invesitgation kay Senate Deputy Sergeant-at-arms Jaime Dimacale, isinakay siya sa naghihintay na ambulansya papuntang St. Luke’s Hospital.

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