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Velarde, Vidal know about guilty verdict in Estrada trial

Published by Ellen on July 5, 2007

El Shaddai leader Bro. Mike Velarde and Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal have been informed that the Sandiganbayan has found former president Joseph Estrada guilty of the crime of plunder, DZMM reported Thursday.

In a report by DZMM correspondent Anthony Taberna, no less than President Arroyo talked to Velarde and Vidal about the anti-graft court’s verdict on Estrada’s plunder case.

According to DZMM sources, Mrs. Arroyo talked to Velarde before the May 14 elections and told him that she wanted the Estrada trial to end in a conviction.

Naghubaran na ng maskara

Published by Ellen on July 4, 2007

Ang panalo ng pito (walo kung hindi magtatagumpay ang operasyon ng Comelec laban kay Koko Pimentel) na kandidato ng Genuine Opposition para Senado ay mataginting na protesta laban kay Gloria Arroyo at ng kanyang mga kampon.

Ang gusto ng taumbayan ay ang Senado na naninindigan laban sa pagyurak ni Arroyo ng Saligang batas at mga institusyon ng bayan. Ayaw ng taumbayan na patuloy na paghari-harian ng mga kampon ni Arroyo.

Dahil may pito o walong bagong oposisyon sa Senado, akala natin maitutulak na ng mataas na kapulungan ang mga imbestigasyion tungkol sa pang-aabuso ni Arroyo at ng kanyang pamilya na hinarang o inupuuan noon ng kanyang mga alagad katulad ni Joker Arroyo.

Protecting personal dignity and honor

Published by Ellen on July 3, 2007

During the campaign for last May’s election, the slimy guns of Malacañang were aimed at Alan Peter Cayetano, who was rating high in pre-election surveys largely because Mike Arroyo tried to have him expelled from the House of Representatives after he told the Filipino people about a multimillion-dollar stash in a German bank.

Malacañang ignored Antonio Trillanes IV because they all thought he was not going to win anyway. After all, until a week before election, surveys showed him down in the list.

To everybody’s relief, Cayetano won, despite Joselito Cayetano. To everybody’s surprise, Trillanes also won.

Ex-justice chief: Jalosjos case different from Trillanes’s

Published by Ellen on July 3, 2007

From ABS-CBN online:

A former justice secretary on Tuesday said the government prosecutors should not have used as example the case of former Rep. Romeo Jalosjos in blocking Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s request to fully perform his duties as an elected member of the Senate.

“Alam po ninyo iyong kaso ni Trillanes at iyong isang congressman ay mayroon pong pagkakaiba,” said Serafin Cuevas, also a former Supreme Court associate justice.

He said Jalosjos has been convicted of rape charges while Trillanes remains an accused and all the evidence against him have yet to be presented before the Makati City Regional Trial Court (RTC).

DOJ blocks Trillanes from performing his duties as senator

Published by Ellen on July 3, 2007

DoJ execs cite Jalosjos case to oppose Trillanes bid

By Leila Salaverria

Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV cannot use the more than 11 million votes he received in the May elections to seek preferential treatment, like attending Senate sessions and setting up an office in his detention cell, Department of Justice prosecutors said Monday.

The prosecutors said they represented not only those who voted for Trillanes but also the more than 85 million Filipinos.

Si Arroyo ang dapat i-revamp

Published by Ellen on July 2, 2007

Napakalakas na ng sampal ng sambayanan kay Gloria Arroyo noong nakaraang eleksyon ngunit mukhang hindi pa rin niya nakikita ang mensahe ng taumbayan.

Ayaw sa kanyang ng taumbayan ngunit ang kanyang solusyon ay cabinet revamp.

Hindi niya nakukuha o siguro nagbingi-bingihan lamang na siya ang ayaw ng taumbayan.

Officers and gentlemen

Published by Ellen on July 2, 2007

By Patricia Evangelista
Inquirer

On June 26, 2006, at two in the morning a little more than a year ago, Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño were abducted from a farmer’s home in San Miguel, Hagonoy, Bulacan. Armed men bundled the women into a stainless steel jeep with plate number RTF 597. A farmer named Manuel Merino, who had run out in response to the women’s cries, was also bound and blindfolded. The three were driven away towards the direction of Iba, Hagonoy, Bulacan.

When the abduction was reported, human rights volunteers, led by Mildred Benitez, went to the 56th Infantry Battalion headquarters at Iba. A stainless steel jeep with plate number RTF was found parked inside the compound.

The military denies its existence.

Appellate court junks case vs Palparan

Published by Ellen on July 2, 2007

AFP link to leftist’s abduction ‘hearsay’

By Leila Salaverria, Christian V. Esguerra
Inquirer

His disappearance was senseless and one could not but be rent by the anguish of his wife as she searched in vain for him. But there isn’t a shred of evidence that would link the military or the police to his abduction.

With this, the Court of Appeals dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by the wife of Leonardo Ancheta who had asked the court to order retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan, National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales and Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon to produce Ancheta.

Nobody delivers the message more effectively than Trillanes

Published by Ellen on July 1, 2007

Someone had to tell Migz Zubiri the despicable thing that he is doing and Sen. Antonio Trillanes took it upon himself to do it.

We applaud Trillanes for that.

Last Friday, in an interview after his oath-taking before barangay captain Ruben Gatchalian in Caloocan City, he blasted at Zubiri for insisting on taking the last senatorial race slot when, Trillanes said, he knew very well the people did not elect him for that position. He said: “I believe Congressman Zubiri knows deep in his heart that he benefited from cheating. If he is decent enough, he wouldn’t accept it because it is something you want your kids to emulate.”

Daya na Zubiri

Published by Ellen on June 30, 2007

Mukhang katawa-tawa itong si Juan Miguel Zubiri na ang tawag ngayon ay Daya na Zubiri.

Sabi ni Daya na Zubiri, gusto raw niya tulungan si Sen. Antonio Trillanes ng “parliamentary conduct.”. May sinasabi pa siyang “rules of engagement.”

Nagalit si Zubiri dahil sinabi ni Trillanes na nakinabang siya sa dayaan. “I believe Congressman Zubiri knows deep in his heart that he benefited from cheating. If he is decent enough, he wouldn’t accept it because that is not something you want your kids to emulate,” sabi niya sa panayam pagkatapos siya nanumpa sa harap ni Barangay captain Ruben Gatchalian sa Cloocan noong Biyernes.

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