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MILF: Pact a done deal after initialing

Published by Ellen on August 5, 2008

Update: Govt panel belies MILF claim

by Victor Reyes
Malaya

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front considers the agreement on ancestral domain “a done deal” and expects the government to abide by its provisions despite its aborted signing yesterday, an MILF official said.

“The MILF leadership, which is the Central Committee of the MILF, has an official position. that the memorandum of agreement on the Bangsamoro Ancestral Domain has been signed,” said Ghadzali Jaafar, MILF vice chairman for political affairs.

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Ang binigay ni Arroyo sa MILF

Published by Ellen on August 4, 2008

Hininto ng Korte Suprema ang pirmahan ng mga representatives ng pamahalaan ng Pilipinas at ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front ng napagkasunduan tungkol sa pagpatayo ng BangsaMoro Juridical Entity (BJE) na sana ay ngayong araw sa Kuala Lumpur.

Sa mga lumabas na dokumento ng agreement, maliban sa limang probinsya na kasama ngayon sa Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) -Maguindanao,Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Sulu , Tawi-tawi at marawi City, 712 pa na barangays sa lalawigan ng Sultan Kudarat, Lanao de Norte kasama ang 98 na barangay sa Zamboanga, at sobra isang daan na barangay sa North Cotabato and isasama sa BJE.

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Ang balak ni GMA sa pera ng SSS

Published by Ellen on August 2, 2008

Hindi natin napansin ito noong sinabi ni Gloria Arroyo tungkol sa SSS sa kanyang state of the nation address dahil masyado kasi tayong na-excited sa sinabi niyang 50 centavos na lang ang text sa halip na piso na lumabas palang malaking pambobola.

(Maliban sa promo pala ng Smart at Globe hanggang Oktubre lang, para lang para sa pre-paid. Hindi kasama ang plan subscriber. At kailangan ka magregister at magbayad ng P20. At ang P20 pala ay hanggang 40 lang na text.)

Ito ang kanyang sinabi: “Pag-Ibig housing loans increased from P3.82 billion in 2001 to P22.6 billion in 2007. This year it experienced an 84% increase in the first four months alone. Super heating na. Dapat dagdagan ng GSIS at buksan muli ng SSS ang pautang sa pabahay. I ask Congress to pass a bill allowing SSS to do housing loans beyond the present 10% limitation.”

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Lacson accuser recants, says Palace made her do it

Published by Ellen on August 2, 2008

By Alcuin Papa
Philippine Daily Inquirer

A Filipino-American businesswoman who initiated an investigation into the alleged US assets of Senator Panfilo Lacson is now singing a different tune and has accused Malacañang of concocting the charges against Lacson.

Blanquita Pelaez claimed that it was Major General Delfin Bangit, the former chief of the Presidential Security Group (PSG), who had ordered her to make up the charges against Lacson involving the latter’s US-based assets.

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8 lessons from Mandela

Published by Ellen on July 31, 2008

In the cover story of Time magazine’s July 21 issue, Nelson Mandela shared the lessons that he gained in his 90 years of extraordinary life.

An article by Richard Stengel, Time’s managing editor, who had collaborated with Mandela on the latter’s book, “Long Walk to Freedom,” listed the great man’s eight lessons of leadership.

What struck me was a paragraph in the sixth lesson about “the historical correlation between leadership and physicality.”

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Biazon:Gordon committee is proper body to probe ER switching

Published by Ellen on July 31, 2008

by Dennis Gadil
Malaya

Sen. Rodolfo Biazon yesterday said a probe into allegations that switching of 2004 election returns took place while the documents were in the custody of House should be handled by another body.

Biazon, chair of the Senate national defense committee, suggested that the Senate electoral reform committee headed by Sen. Richard Gordon undertake a fresh inquiry. Gordon was not available for comment.

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Ibang mundo ni Arroyo

Published by Ellen on July 30, 2008

Tinanong ko ang isang dating cabinet member ni Gloria Arroyo kung ano ang atmosphere kapag nasa loob ka ng Malacañang.

Gusto ko kasing intindihin kung bakit ang mga pinagsasabi ni Gloria Arroyo ay malayo sa nakikita at naramdaman ng taumbayan. Hindi ko alam kung siya ba ay nasa alapaap o talagang sobra siyang sinungaling.

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