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Magkano ang presyo ng katotohanan

Published by Ellen on May 21, 2008

Tama naman si Sandra Cam sa kanyang sama ng loob sa ilang senador, lalo na kay Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, na nagre-reklamo sa P2 million na gastos ng Senado para protektahan sina Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada, Jr. at Dante Madriaga, dalawang witness sa imbestigasyon ng NBN/ZTE bill.

Si Sandra ay naging witness sa imbestigasyon ng Senado sa jueteng kung saan kinuwento niya ang kanyang pag-deliver ng pera galing sa isang Col. Mosqueda ng PNP kay Rep. Iggy Arroyo, kapatid ni Mike Arroyo. Alam ni Sandra ang sakripisyo ng isang testigo laban sa mga lider ng sindikato ng kasamaan.

Cayetano: Too early for Palace to claim vindication over NBN-ZTE deal probe

Published by Ellen on May 1, 2008

From GMANews:

Opposition Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday said it was too early for Malacañang to claim vindication over statements that there was no direct testimony linking President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to the national broadband network deal with China’s ZTE Corp.

In an interview with GMA’s Unang Balita, Cayetano said the Senate has gathered a “vast amount of evidence” pointing to the President’s involvement in the controversial deal.

“It is very premature for (Executive) Secretary (Eduardo) Ermita to say that. You cannot take one statement and then ignore the other,” Cayetano said in an interview with GMA News.

Bulag ba ang mga senador?

Published by Ellen on April 30, 2008

Hindi ko yata matanggap ang sinasabi ni Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano na ang conclusion ng Blue Ribbon Committee na kanyang pinamumunuan sa NBN/ZTE scandal ay “and mga ebidensya ay tumutukoy sa Malacañang ngunit walang direktang link kay Gloria Arroyo.”

Bulag lang ang hindi makakita ng kamay ni Arroyo sa eskandalo na ito sana ay nagpahirap pa lalo sa mamamayang Pilipino ng bilyon-bilyon kung hindi naibulgar ng imbestigasyon ng Senado.

SC decision on executive privilege expected this afternoon

Published by Ellen on April 15, 2008

[UPDATE, 2 p.m.: The Supreme Court this afternoon ordered Commission on Higher Education chairman Romulo Neri to comment within 10 days on a Senate motion asking the tribunal to reconsider its March 25 ruling uploading executive privilege.]

BAGUIO CITY—The Supreme Court is expected to reach a decision this afternoon on the Senate’s motion for reconsideration on the high tribunal’s ruling upholding the executive privilege invoked by Commission on Higher Education chairman Romulo Neri.

Neri had refused to answer before a Senate inquiry three questions pertaining to the controversial national broadband network project.

Namamayagpag ang masama

Published by Ellen on March 31, 2008

Isang matalinong ginoo sa Europa na nangangalang Edmund Burke ang nagsabi na “All that is needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Sa Tagalog, “Ang kailangan lang ng demonyo na manalo ay ang mga taong mabuti na magsawalang kibo.”

Namamayagpag ngayon si Gloria Arroyo dahil marami sa mga taong akala natin mabuti at nagsasawalangkibo.

Palace sets new bar to attending probes

Published by Ellen on March 30, 2008

Invokes SC on lack of Congress rules

by Jocelyn Montemayor

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita yesterday said Cabinet members would invoke the Supreme Court ruling requiring the publication of rules of procedures before appearing in any of the congressional inquiries particularly in the Senate.

Ermita, in a press briefing at the Aplaya Resort in Calatagan in Batangas, said the Supreme Court, voting 10-5, last Friday ruled that Section 21 of Article VI of the Constitution requires the publication of the ground rules or rules of procedures that would be observed in the conduct of inquiries.

No executive privilege to hide crime

Published by Ellen on March 27, 2008

This part of Associate Justice Antonio Carpio’s dissenting opinion is the whole point of the issue whether Romulo Neri’s invocation of executive privilege upholds or hampers the search for truth and rule of law:

“Executive privilege must be exercised by the President in pursuance of official powers and functions. Executive privilege cannot be invoked to hide a crime because the President is neither empowered nor tasked to conceal a crime. On the contrary, the President has the constitutional duty to enforce criminal laws and cause the prosecution of crimes.

Sira na ang Korte Suprema

Published by Ellen on March 26, 2008

Tuwing may isyu ang sagot ni Gloria Arroyo at ng kanyang mga alagad ay “dalhin sa husgado.”

“Bring it to court” ang kanyang mantra.

It’s 9 vs 6: SC favors Neri’s plea vs ZTE probe

Published by Ellen on March 25, 2008

The true color of the Supreme Court now

by Evangeline de Vera

Voting 9-6, the Supreme Court yesterday ruled that acting Higher Education chair Romulo Neri correctly invoked executive privilege in refusing to answer three questions asked by the Senate in connection with its inquiry into the allegedly corrupt $329 million national broadband network project awarded to the China’s ZTE Corp.

The tribunal thus granted the petition of Neri that the Senate be stopped from compelling him to testify on what he said were confidential matters, saying doing so would be detrimental to the country’s diplomatic relations with China.

Which group do you belong?

Published by Ellen on March 18, 2008

Two weeks ago, I interviewed Jun Lozada at the La Salle Greenhills, his and his family’s home for over a month now since he survived the kidnap try by Gloria Arroyo’s minions at the airport.

I’m sharing with you excerpts of that interview. They make good reflections this Lenten season:

Q: You downplay people’s “hero worship” of you. Are you scared?

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