Former Lt(sg) James Layug is running for representative of the second district of Taguig. Here he outlines his advocacy:
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By Danny Sabino GENERAL SANTOS CITY—At least three areas in Central Mindanao will be free from guns, goons and gold this May elections, as long…
This is what is disturbing about the Supreme Court decision allowing Gloria Arroyo to make a midnight appointment to succeed Chief Justice Reynato Puno: Arroyo can do anything illegal to stay in power beyond June 2010 and the Supreme Court will give it a mantle of legality.
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This is the scenario that we are looking: There will be partial failure of election. Only in the national level. That means no president, vice president and senators would be proclaimed by June 30, 2010.
Since the term of incumbent Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile will end on June 30, there will be no Senate President, who is third in the Constitutional order of succession. (There have been calls for Enrile to do the patriotic act of resigning as senate president so that someone whose term will end in 2013 could be elected senate president but he has refused.)
Meanwhile, there would be proclamation of winners in the local posts including members of the House of Representatives.
There have been reports of Gloria Arroyo subsidizing the campaign of a huge number of congressmen to make sure that she gets elected as speaker.
The speaker of the House is fourth in the line of succession.
Wala na. Sira na talaga itong Korte Suprema.
Kahapon, nagdesisyun sila na maari daw mag-appoint si Gloria Arroyo ng kapalit ni Chief Justice Reynato Puno na magre-retiro sa Mayo 17.
Siyempre, sigurado yan i-appoint ni Arroyo ang kanyang paboritong Supreme Court justice na si Renato Corona. Kaya sigurado yan, kahit wala na sa Malacañang si Arroyo, protektado siya sa mga kaso niya.
Nandiyan si Merceditas Gutierrez na protektor ni Arroyo at ng kanyang pamilya sa Ombudsman. Ngayon nandyan si Corona ang magiging hepe ng Korte Suprema. Ayos ang sambayanang Pilipino.
Tandaan nyo itong siyam na mga pangalan ng Supreme Court justices na kasama sa pagbabastos ng demokrasya at ng taumbayan: Roberto Abad, Lucas Bersamin,Arturo Brion, Teresita De Castro,Mariano Del Castillo, Jose Mendoza, ,Diosdado Peralta, Jose Perez,at Martin Villarama Jr.
Independent presidential candidate Ma. Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal said Tuesday she will leave the country if Nacionalista Party presidential candidate Manuel “Manny” Villar wins. “If…
Click to this link for the decision: http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2010/march2010/191002.htm
With breaking News from ABS-CBN online:
The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo a go signal to appoint the replacement of retiring Chief Justice Reynato Puno.
A radio dzMM report said that SC magistrates ruled that President Arroyo can appoint any vacant positions in the judiciary until her term ends in June 30. The decision came after an hour of closed door deliberations by the Court en banc.
The voting:
Nine justices said ‘yes” (Roberto Abad, Lucas Bersamin,Arturo Brion, Teresita De Castro,Mariano Del Castillo, Jose Mendoza, ,Diosdado Peralta, Jose Perez,and Martin Villarama Jr,)
One dissented (Conchita J Carpio-Morales);
Three inhibited (Chief Justice Reynato Puno, Antonio Carpio, Renato Corona);
Two said case is premature as there is no justiciable controversy (Presbitero Velasco and Antonio Eduardo Nachura).
The justices also ordered the Judicial Bar and Council to submit to President Arroyo its shortlist of possible nominees for Chief Justice. Puno, the incumbent Chief Justice, is retiring on May 17.
In a way, I’m glad that deviation from the original composition in the singing of the Philippine national anthem is causing controversy.
That means that people still care very much about our national anthem, which is one of our patriotic symbols.
The latest in the “Lupang Hinirang” controversy is the version of much- admired Arnel Pineda (of the international band “The Journey”) sang last Sunday at the Pacquiao-Clottey fight at the Dallas Cowboys stadium in Texas.
I only caught up with Arnel’s performance in Monday’s evening news reports (I don’t watch boxing fights) but here’s the comment of the musically-inclined journalist Inday Espina-Varona in her Facebook wall: “The first two notes of Arnel’s Lupang Hinirang had us betting he wouldn’t hit the high notes. He was fine with the first high notes, sang the anthem straight and pure, and then he had to do the runs… ayan, sablay.”
Masyado namang OA si Kris Aquino noong linggo sa kanilang show ni Boy Abunda na “The Buzz”.
Anong problema niya? Na binabatikos siya?
Hindi naman siya bata na hindi niya alam kung gaano ka-brutal ang pulitika. Hindi naman siya pinilit para sumali sa kampanya ng kapatid niya. Kagustuhan niya yun.
At bakit siya mag-iiyak sa batikos ng ibang tao. Siya mismo sinasabi niya na maraming nagmamahal sa kanya. Sabi niya ‘yan ang sigaw ng mga tao sa Iloilo at sa Zamboanga kung saan sumama siya sa kampanya ng kanyang kapatid. Kasama rin yata ang kanyang asawang basketbolista na si James Yap at ang kanyang anak, si Baby James.
Notice from Ging Deles:
It is with deep sorrow and pain that I am informing everyone that our very dear Emy Boncodin passed away this afternoon at 1:00 PM at the National Kidney Institute, QC. She had a cardiac arrest after she went into a semi-coma while being prepped for dialysis.
She is survived by her mother and her sister Adel. I learned from Adel that she had been growing weak in the last months. Emy never let on to us her worsening condition, however, as she continued with her meetings and work on her projects.
She was an outstanding public servant, always did her work quietly, always straightforward and truthful about the state of governance. She went as quietly as she had served with dedication, diligence, and amazing competence.
We are awaiting word regarding arrangements for her remains and will let you know.
In deep sorrow and prayers for our friend and colleague,
Ging
Boncodin and Deles are two the Hyatt 10, a group of cabinet members of Gloria Arroyo who resigned from their posts in June 2005 following the expose of the “Hello Garci” tapes where Arroyo was heard directing the manipulation of of the 2004 election results in her favor.
From Malaya:
$4.3M of $25.3M left to answer for poll automation failure
The Commission on Elections has allowed Smartmatic, the holder of the P11.3 billion election automation contract, to reduce its bank credit line from $25.3 million to $21 million, leaving only $4.3 million to answer for any failure of the contractor to successfully carry out the project.
Comelec’s accommodation was among recent developments that have raised fears that automated elections would end up a failure.
First, Smartmatic has lost its original partner, the local company Total Information Management Corp., in the consortium. Second, it has lost the Aboitiz-owned logistics company 2Go as distributor of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines to 70,000 precincts nationwide.
The decision to “remove, cancel or extinguish the credit line” given by the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corp. Manila was reached by Comelec in a meeting on January 20.