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Kris goes ‘berserk’ at rumored James’ girlfriend

Published by Ellen on January 15, 2010

By Nancy C. Carvajal, Marinel Cruz
Philippine Daily Inquirer

The buzz is on.

Show biz celebrity Kris Aquino confronted a female fan of her husband, basketball star James Yap, shouting insults at the woman and her mother just outside their upscale Pasig City residence late Wednesday, the Inquirer learned Thursday.

The popular TV host and movie actress spent about 10 minutes at the gate of the Valle Verde 2 home of Mayen Austria, 35, according to Austria’s uncle, Gabby Lopez (no relation to the ABS-CBN chair).

Lopez said he was at the Austria residence and that the family was entertaining guests—including Legazpi City Bishop Joel Baylon—when Aquino arrived.

Perlas, Danny Lim make it to official list of candidates in May polls

Published by Ellen on January 14, 2010

by Andreo Calonzo, GMANews.TV

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday approved the candidacies of environmentalist Nicanor Perlas and detained former Army general Danilo Lim, reversing an earlier decision excluding the two from the official list of candidates in the May 10 national elections.

Through Resolution 8743, the Comelec en banc announced that presidential aspirant Perlas and Liberal Party senatorial bet Lim have been included in the final list of candidates for the elections.

Perlas’ entry in the presidential rase raises the number of candidates vying for the highest electoral post in May to nine.

Kalbaryo ng isang pasahero ng Cebu Pacific

Published by Ellen on January 13, 2010

Pinadala sa akin ng isang pasahero ng Cebu Pacific ang kopya ng kanyang sulat sa Customer Service ng Cebu Pacific na naglalahad ng kanyang kalbaryo dahil sa kanyang maleta. Humihingi siya ng tulong na matapos na ang kanyang pagdurusa sa Cebu Pacific. Ito ang kanyang sulat:

Tatagalugin ko nalang ang sulat kong ito para naman malinaw at mag kaintindihan tayong lahat!

Ako ay si Christopher Raymund Saavedra Caballero,nakatira sa 1639-F.Maria Orosa st.Malate, Manila cel. 09165768164/09215758816/09222942257.

Naging pasahero ako ng Cebu Pacific last december 29 papuntang cotabato city at bumalik naman ako from Cotabato City to Manila ng Dec.31 2009.

Kaya ako nag- email sa inyo dahil yung maleta ko,may nakalagay na na “ fragile” at may naka dikit pang sticker galing ng Cotabato City na walang damage ang maleta ko.Kaso nang pag dating namin sa airport sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport ay may bitak na yung maleta ko at maraming gasgas na!

After the Ampatuan carnage:the stories of four widows

Published by Ellen on January 13, 2010

by Mylah Reyes Roque VERA Files Their husbands were close friends but their wives did not know one another. The Ampatuan massacre changed that. When…

Widows, journalists lament

Published by Ellen on January 12, 2010

Today, widows of slain journalists in the Ampatuan Maguindanao massacre filed their opposition to Maj. Gen. Alfredo Cayton’s promotion as Vice-Commander of the Philippine Army with the Commission on Appointments.

Those who trooped to the Senate, where the CA deliberations were being held, were the widows and family members of the following slain journalists: Alejandro Reblando, Joel Parcon, McDelbert Arriola, Julito Evardo, Bienvenido Legarta, Lindo Lupogan, Robert Momay, Victor Nunez, Napoleon Salaysay, and Daniel Tianzon Cayton, then commander of the 6th Infantry, denied the request of Buluan vice mayor Toto Mangudadatu for security escorts in his filing of the certificate of candidacy last Nov. 23. That refusal enabled the Ampatuans to massacre at least 57 persons, 30 of them journalists.

Cayton was relieved of his post after the massacre, which happened a stone’s throw away from a military detachment. But he was promoted to Philippine Army vice commander. The widows are appalled.

Justice

Published by Ellen on January 11, 2010

by Conrado de Quiros
Philippine Daily Inquirer

It’s not just that justice delayed is justice denied. It’s also that justice selectively served is justice screwed.

At that, I don’t even know that justice, selective or not, is being served on Panfilo Lacson for the murders of Bubby Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel Corbito. Of course there’s direct evidence against him in the form of ex-Senior Supt. Cezar Mancao saying he heard him order Michael Ray Aquino to dispose of Dacer. But all that stands on the head of the pin that is Mancao’s credibility. Did Mancao truly suffer remorse during his exile in the US and felt compelled to tell what he knew a decade later, or is he just down on his luck from the same exile in the US and ready to swear that Lacson had Jose Rizal shot?

That is not something we can know under the present regime. I have no problem with Lacson being prosecuted grandly for the murders of Dacer and Corbito, and if found guilty punished grandly as well. But I have every problem with him being tried under this government. Or, since that is really a circuitous way of putting it, by this government. Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets. The justice department today has the distinction of being the one office writ large in Orwellian script, fomenting the opposite of what it says.

JBC should trash premature nomination

Published by Ellen on January 11, 2010

Malaya editorial

Biyahe sa panahon ng terorismo

Published by Ellen on January 11, 2010

Maayos ang Philippine Airlines Flight 103 na galing Los Angeles, California kahit na dalawang toilet lang ang nagagamit dahil sira ang dalawa.

Mabusisi lang ngayon ang security check sa mga airports sa U.S dahil sa nangyaring pagtangka na naman ng Al Qaeda na magpasabog ng isang American na airline sa araw ng Christmas noong isang buwan.

Nahuli si Umar Farouk Abdulmutrallab, 23 taong gulang na Nigerian, sa Northwest Airline flight na nanggaling sa Amsterdam patungong Detroit ng may umusok sa kanyang katawan. Mabuti naagapan. Nakakulong na siya ngayon ay nakaharap sa maraming kaso.

Arroyo exits June, Puno retires May, raise vital legal questions

Published by Ellen on January 11, 2010

By Franklin M. Drilon
Philippine Daily Inquirer

(Editor’s Note: The author has logged 32 years in the public service as Senate president, justice secretary, labor secretary and executive secretary. He was a bar topnotcher and a staunch advocate of reforms in the judiciary. He is the national chair of the Liberal Party and its leading senatorial candidate in the May elections.)

The Paramount question is: Under the 1987 Constitution, can an outgoing President Arroyo still appoint the successor to Chief Justice Puno?

The forthcoming retirement of Chief Justice Reynato Puno and President Macapagal-Arroyo’s impending exit from power present an interesting legal question that will have an impact not only on our Supreme Court but on our country’s future as well.

Was the music used in Gibo’s jingle stolen? Dennis Garcia says “No”

Published by Ellen on January 10, 2010

Checked my email upon arriving from LA and found a note from Dennis Garcia, whom I admire for his wit and creativity,about a controversy on the jingle used in a Gilbert Teodoro ad.

Had to make a quick google search on the issue and this is what I got from GMA News on line:

Rico Blanco, formerly of the rock band Rivermaya, has demanded that administration presidential bet Gilberto Teodoro, Jr. stop using his song “Posible” in the politician’s video ad.

The campaign jingle changed the lyrics to “Sulong Gibo (Go, Gibo!)” from the original “Sulong, laban (Go, fight!)” in the song’s refrain.

In a statement released to the media on Saturday, Blanco, through Warner Music Philippines Artist Management, said the use of his song “Posible” in Teodoro’s latest campaign advertisement did not have his consent. Garcia refutes this and sent a copy of his agreement with Liza Nakpil, registered publisher of the song.

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