In his explosive testimony at the Senate last Tuesday, Jose de Venecia III related the meeting at the Wack-Wack Golf Clubhouse last March where, in the presence of Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos, DOTC secretary Leandro Mendoza, Ruben Reyes, Jimmy Paz, and retired Police General Quirino de la Torre, Mike Arroyo, husband of Gloria Arroyo told him to “back off” from the big-ticket National Broadband project.
by Dennis Gadil and JP Lopez
The government acted with undue haste in awarding the $329 million national broadband contract to ZTE Corp. by signing a supply agreement with a Chinese company without first entering into an executive agreement with the Chinese government.
This was the observation of senators yesterday after members of the Cabinet appeared before a Senate inquiry to justify the alleged overpriced project.
Sen. Panfilo Lacson said since there was no executive agreement yet, the contract for the national broadband project should have been subjected to public bidding.
Ang pinaka-hit ngayon na kanta ay ang AB ZTE FG na kinakanta sa tono ng ADCDEFG na ating kinakanta nang tayo ay mga bata pa.
Una ko natanggap ang text nito noong Martes katatapos lang pinasabog ni Joey de Venecia, presidente ng Amsterdam Holdings Inc at anak ni House Speaker Jose de Venecia, ang impormasyon na si Mike Arroyo, asawa ni Gloria Arroyo ang “mystery man” na kasama sa meeting nila ni Comelec Chair Benjamin Abalos sa Wack-Wack Golf clubhouse noong Marso.
Si Mike Arroyo, sabi ni Joey ang dumuro sa kanya at nagsabi na “back off” o umatras ka na pa” para matuloy na ang pagbigay ng kontrata ng National Broadband sa ZTE Corp, isang kumpanya na pag-aari ng pamahalaan ng China na nagkakahalaga ng P16 bilyon.
Ang unang text ay “GMA’s alphabet song: AB ZTE FG”.
From ABS-CBN Online:Luli says past drug habit taking toll on JDV III
President Arroyo’s only daughter assailed whistleblower Jose “Joey” de Venecia III for linking her father to the controversial contract involving the Philippine government’s national broadband network deal and China’s ZTE Corporation, ABS-CBN News reported Wednesday.
Evangeline Lourdes “Luli” Arroyo said that de Venecia, whom she said was a former drug user, could still be experiencing the effects of substance abuse.
While Jose de Venecia III, son of House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., was telling the Senate and the Filipino nation that one day last March, in a function room in the Wack-Wack Golf clubhouse, that Mike Arroyo pointed a finger at him and ordered him to “back off” from the National Broadband project, Gloria Arroyo’s husband was enroute to Venice, Italy.
Accompanied by his cousin, Benito “Bomboy” Araneta, Mike Arroyo left Manila Monday afternoon for Hong Kong.
In Venice, a source said Mike Arroyo will be met by a very close female friend whom we identified earlier in this space as “E”, who is a Filipina carrying Swiss citizenship.
by Dennis Gadil
Jose de Venecia III yesterday said Miguel “Mike” Arroyo tried to bully him into backing out from the controversial national broadband network project in favor of Zhong Xing Telecommunications Equipment Corp. (ZTE), the Chinese company allegedly sponsored by Elections chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr.
“It is with a heavy heart that I cannot deny that it was First Gentleman Mike Arroyo at the reconciliatory meeting,” De Venecia said at the first hearing by the Senate blue ribbon into the allegedly overpriced $329 million contract.
De Venecia, son of Speaker Jose de Venecia, earlier said there was a “powerful” man who joined Abalos in asking him to drop the bid of his company, Amsterdam Holdings Inc., during a meeting at Wack Wack Golf Club also attended by Transport Secretary Leandro Mendoza.
On the eve of the Senate investigation on the controversial project where Joey de Venecia is supposed to name the Mystery Man that ordered him to back out of the project in favor of ZTE Corp, Gloria Arroyo’s husband, Mike Arroyo, left for Hongkong.
Malaya’s story:
Mike takes a long trip
JOSE Miguel Arroyo quietly left late yesterday afternoon on a Cathay Pacific flight for Spain via Hong Kong.
He was accompanied by Rey David, president of the Development Bank of the Philippines.
Kung ang ang sariling mong tauhan, ang tawag sa yo sa official documents ay “magnanakaw”, ano pa ang natirang dangal sa yo?
Tingnan nyo ang website ng Office of the Press Secretary noong April 21, 2007 (http://www.news.ops.gov.ph/archives2007/apr21.htm). Ang mga istorya doon ay tungkol sa 12-oras na bisita ni Gloria Arroyo sa Boao, China kung saan nag-witness siya sa pirmahan ng ma-anomalyang National Broadband Deal (NBN) sa ZTE Corporation.
(Salamat kay Jarius Bondoc ng Philippine Star na siyang nakapansin nitong press release. Si Jarius din ang unang nag-expose nitong ZTE broadband deal.)
At the launching last month of Cervarix, GlaxoSmithKline’s cervical cancer vaccine, one of the guest celebrities was singer Joey Albert.
Dr. Cecilia Llave, chairman of the UP-PGH Cancer Institute, introduced Joey as “not just a songbird but a phoenix.”
The legend of the phoenix is that it lived for five to six centuries in the Arabian desert, was consumed by fire by its own act, and then rose in youthful freshness from its own ashes.
Looking at Joey, vibrant and lovely after two bouts of cancer, the comparison to the legendary phoenix is most apt.
Joey de Venecia’s affidavit, click here.
Joey de Venecia, son and namesake of Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. vowed to identify in a proper forum the “mystery man” who was with Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Benjamin Abalos when the latter allegedly tried to bribe him with $10 million.
He said Abalos brought the “influential person” with him apparently to make him accept the $10 million bribe offer.
The quessing game now is: Is it Mike Arroyo, husband of Gloria Arroyo? Or is it Buboy Macapagal, brother of Gloria Arroyo?
