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Malaya’s report on the Luneta rally:

BY GERARD ANTHONY NAVAL

REFORMS in government, including in the electoral system, should first be instituted before tinkering with the Constitution, Church leaders said in an anti-Charter change rally held yesterday at the Quirino Grandstand at the Luneta.

“Mas magiging maayos ang charter change na pino-propose (nila) kung magkakaroon muna ng pagbabago sa mga tao bago ang kung ano man ang baguhin… tulad ng Saligang Batas natin,” said Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines which initiated the rally.

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Rep. Luis Bersamin of the lone distict of Abra was killed when two unidentified men shot him in an ambush after he attended a mass in Mt. Carmel church in Quezon City.

The ambush on Bersamin came only four days after a similar ambush was attempted on Pasig Representative Robert “Dodot” Jaworski Jr., who cited politics or the illegal drug trade as possible motives, and after revelations by officials of an alleged plot to assassinate House Majority Leader Prospero Nograles.

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ORGANIZERS of Sunday’s prayer rally at the Quirino Grandstand yesterday said President Arroyo and her administration allies can come to the gathering but they will not be answerable for the public’s reaction to their presence.

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Much as the organizers stress that tomorrow’s rally is “apolitical”, the assembly of thousands opposed to Gloria Arroyo and her allies in the House of Representatives is a forceful political statement.

A mammoth crowd would underscore the political isolation of Gloria Arroyo.

Canadian Ambassador Peter Sutherland turns over a sack of seedlings to Emilio Punio, barangay captain of Guinsaugon, St.Bernard, Southern Leyte, as a symbol of Canada’s assistance to the village that was hardest hit by the mudslides last February.

While most of us have moved on to other tragedies and have forgotten the victims of the mudslides in Guinsaugon early this year, the Canadian government cares about those who have been left behind and is helping them recover from the misfortune.

Ambassador Sutherland visited Southern Leyte recently to see the projects that received assistance from the Canadian International Development Agency through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are setting examples of how celebrities should use their fame and fortune to make this world a little better especially for the less privileged.

The following photos of their recent Cambodia visit are in current issue of People magazine (www.people.com). I first saw them in Rickey’s blog, the number one blog in the country today.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie with their children Maddox, Zahara, and Shiloh Nouvel.

O, anong say nyo, ayaw na rin ni Gloria Arroyo ang charter change ngayon. Statement of the President On Charter Change I commend the decision…