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Impeachment update

Published by Ellen on August 15, 2006

I caught up with the last 45 minutes of the televised impeachment proceedings at the House committee on Justice.

As expected, or rather as Malacañang instructed, administration solons turned deaf and blind to the truth, even if they were staring at it. They dismissed allegations of culpable violation of the constitution, betrayal of public trust, bribery, graft and corruption, obstruction of justice, crimes against humanity and many more as rehash.

They used such terms as “ukay-ukay” and “segunda mano”.

Hail to the Cheat

Published by Ellen on August 14, 2006

The photos below are from kilusan.net. I first saw them in The Bystander

Terorismo sa Nueva Ecija

Published by Ellen on August 14, 2006

Grabe ang sitwasyon ngayon sa Nueva Ecija kung saan ang paboritong heneral ni Gloria Arroyo, si Maj. General Jovito Palparan, ang naghahari-harian.
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Inurder ni Palparan na lahat na tao ay dapat may cedula. Ito ang kanyang paraan para mapuksa ang mga komunista.

Parang bumalik tayo sa panahon ng Hapon na kailangan may ipakita kang cedula o identification card na kanilang ini-isyu. Siyempre bago ka isyuhan ng cedula or card kailangan siguraduhin kang kakampi nila. Ang walang cedula, pinapatay.

May report ang Philippine Daily Inquirer sa reign of terror ni Palparan. May isang vegetable vendor raw na ang kanyang cedula ay 2005 pa. Pinakain sa kanya.. Pati raw barangay captain na hindi nakakuha ng bagong cedula, pinakain rin sa kanya ang papel.

Bolante’s nightmare

Published by Ellen on August 13, 2006

What more indignities would Joc Joc Bolante, former agriculture undersecretary, be willing to suffer to protect his friends and patrons, Gloria and Mike Arroyo?

Bolante, who has been under detention since July 7 at the San Pedro Detention Center in Los Angeles, has been granted his request to be transferred to the Chicago federal detention center because his family is based in Evanston, just outside Chicago. The Rotary International, where Bolante served as treasurer, is also in Evanston.

Bolante probably thought that Chicago would be friendlier to him than Los Angeles.

He is in for a big disappointment.

Brad Pitt sleeps here

Published by Ellen on August 13, 2006

Brad Pitt, and presumably Angelina Jolie, sleep in this bed made in Cebu by multi-awarded Filipino designer Kenneth Cobonpue.

ADVISORY:linking articles from other publications

Published by Ellen on August 13, 2006

I thank all those who share relevant articles from other publications. For better presentation, I’d like to put just a few paragraphs, then link it.…

Para sa ligtas na biyahe

Published by Ellen on August 12, 2006

Sana sa panibagong security measures na ginagawa sa mga airport, hindi nila papayagan mag-handcarry ng cellphone. Dapat naka check-in.

Kasi maraminng matigas na ulo na Pilipinong pasahero. Kahit sinasabi ng nakaka-gulo ng communication lines ng eroplano ang paggamit ng cellphone habang nasa loob ng eroplano, gamit pa rin ng gamit ng cellphone kahit ang pinag-uusapan naman ay hindi importante.

Dahil sa nadiskubre ng mga British authorities ng panibagong plano ng mga terorista ng pagpapasabog ng sampung eroplano noong Huwebes, mas istrikto ngayon ang biyahe lalo na sa eroplano.

Formal statement of Josie Lichauco

Published by Ellen on August 12, 2006

Formal statement of Josie Lichauco, former secretary of the Department of Transportation and Communication, on the order of the Supreme Court to re-instate a case against her filed by Michael de Guzman of Philippine Agila Satellite Inc. which was dismissed by a lower court eight years ago.

At the beginning of the Arroyo administration in 2001, Lichauco, who was the teacher of Gloria Arroyo at the Assumption College in Makati, was offered the position of ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva.

Before her nomination was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments, she learned of the shenanigans of the unelected Arroyo presidency. She wrote GMA a stinging letter withdrawing from the Geneva job.”I’ve lost faith and respect in this presidency,”she said.

The Burden of Cervical Cancer in the Philippines and Efforts to Combat the Disease

Published by Ellen on August 12, 2006

by Dr. Cecilia A. Ladines-Llave,chair of the UP-PGH Cancer Institute

(This paper was presented at the John Hopkins-JHPIEGO Global Conference on Low-Resource Setting Cervical Cancer Prevention, held in Bangkok, Thailand on Dec. 4, 2005)

Incidence

Worldwide, one woman dies of cervical cancer every 2 minutes, and some 500 thousand new cases of this disease are seen every year.

About 80% or 400 thousand of these new cases are in developing countries. Of these 400 thousand, 50% or 200 thousand are in Asia.

In the Philippines, conservative estimates in 2000 placed the number of cervical cancer cases at between 35 thousand and 70 thousand, to which almost 7 thousand new cases are added every year.

UK – Travel advice for passengers

Published by Ellen on August 11, 2006

The British Department for Transport has issued advice to air passengers after a suspected plot to blow up planes was prevented:

Following this morning’s police action, security at all UK airports has been increased and additional security measures have been put in place for all flights.

With immediate effect, the following arrangements apply to all passengers starting their journey at a UK airport and to those transferring between flights at a UK airport.

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