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The return of Joc-joc

Published by Ellen on October 19, 2008

Last Friday. I got this text from a friend: “NAIA manager Al Cusi, Dureza and Atty. Tony Zulueta here now in Manila Pen bar brainstorming on how to shield Jocko when he arrives. Pabalik na Jocjoc. Overheard sila by a friend. Media should be alerted.”

Dureza, of course, refers to Press Secretary Jesus Dureza and Zulueta is the lawyer of former Agriculture Secretary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante.

The next day, I got another text from the same friend: “From embassy source:Jocjoc next week to be escorted by US Marshall. Jocjoc wife already here. Maybe media should start making noise to pre-empt government attempt to silence him.”

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Lalong nababaon sa kasinungalingan

Published by Ellen on October 18, 2008

Habang nagpapaliwang itong mga opisyal ng Phililippine National Police at Department of Interior and Local Government tungkol sa kahihiyan na nangyari sa kanilang mga opisyal sa Moscow, lalong lumalabas na hindi sila nagsasabi ng totoo.

Kaya kawawa naman si Chief Supt. Nicanor Bartolome, ang spokesman ng PNP. Mukhang siyang matino na opisyal. Napipilitan siyang mag-depensa sa mga opisyal na palpak.

Sabi ni Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno, legal daw ang dala na ni Gen. Eliseo de la Paz na 105,000 euros (P6.9 milyon) na bitbit ng kanyang asawang si Maria Fe nang paalis na sila sa Moscow pagkatapos dumalo ng 77th Interpol Conference kasama ng pito pang opisyal kasama ang ilang mga asawa.

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PNP learns from Gen. Carlos Garcia

Published by Ellen on October 16, 2008

While the world is in financial crisis and Filipinos are tightening their belts some more, the top brasses of the Philippine National Police are living it high.

News report say two police generals, Police General Eliseo de la Paz, director for comptrollership until Oct. 9 and PNP Region 9 chief Director Jaime Caringal, together with their wives are being held in Moscow pending completion of the probe on the 120,000 euros (roughly P6.9 million), found with Mr. Maria Fe de la Paz while they were exiting the Russian capital last Saturday.

The amount of 120 euros exceeds the allowable amount of $10,000 (roughly 7,365 euros) for each airline passenger.

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WB disowns Gloria Arroyo’s announcement of $10 billion standby fund

Published by Ellen on October 16, 2008

Gloria’s $10B bailout fund is news to WB

Palace: Oops, ’t’was IMF which gave pledge

by Jocelyn Montemayor
Malaya

President Arroyo Arroyo left people puzzled yesterday after countries and institutions said they were unaware of a plan she announced to set up a regional fund to deal with the global financial turmoil.

Arroyo said on Wednesday the World Bank had committed to initially provide $10 billion to a fund to buy toxic debt and help banks in the region hit by the financial crisis.

Arroyo said the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, its three dialogue partners of Japan, China and South Korea, the Asian Development Bank and the International Monetary Fund could also contribute to the fund.

A World Bank official, however, said the bank has no plans to contribute to the fund, and the Asian Development Bank said it was too early to talk of contributions to the facility because the region remains economically strong.

Asean member Singapore said it was not aware of any such plan.

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Hindi nakakasiguro si Arroyo

Published by Ellen on October 15, 2008

Dapat lang mag-alala si Gloria Arroyo kapag tingnan niya ang botohan ng Supreme Court sa MOA-AD.

Hindi dahil natalo ang Malacañang dahil sabi nga ni Press Secretary Jesus Dureza, ibinasura na nila yun na nahalata nilang nabuking sila sa kanilang pambabastos ng Constitution. Kungdi, lumalabas na ang mga taong akala niya hawak niya ay minsan nagkakaroon ng konsyensya at darating ang oras na hindi niya mapagawa ng kanyang kagustuhan.Habang palapit na ang kanyang pagkawala sa kapangyarihan, hihina na rin ang hawak niya sa kanila.

Sa mahigpit na botohan (8-7), sinabi ng Supreme Court na labag sa batas ang Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain sa pamamagitan ng pamahalaang Pilipinas at ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front o MILF.

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Ex-PNP officer, wife held in Moscow over euros

Published by Ellen on October 15, 2008

From GMA News:

A retired Philippine National Police (PNP) official and his wife have been prevented from leaving Moscow until they can present documents that will justify why there were carrying cash beyond the allowable limit of €10,000.

In a live interview on QTV’s News on Q on Tuesday, PNP Region 9 chief Director Jaime Caringal, who is also in Moscow, said retired PNP director Eliseo Dela Paz and his wife, Meeah, are in a hotel and “are okay.”

“Nagkaroon ng kaunting questioning. May pera na more than authorize na dapat i-declare (There was a little questioning. They were carrying more money than authorized that they should have declared),” Caringal said.

Dela Paz was the former PNP director for Comptrollership.

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A healthy lifestyle keeps cancer away

Published by Ellen on October 14, 2008

The place to go to this weekend is the Pink Kitchen in Rockwell Tent in Makati.

Pink Kitchen is a fund-raising event of ICanServe Foundation, an advocacy group of mostly breast cancer survivors that provides hope and help to those afflicted with cancer.

Pink Kitchen gathers the country’s culinary experts who will showcase their yummy treats, in the words of Bettina Osmeña, one of the organizers, for very reasonable prices. In the evening, entertainment will be provided by Bituin Escalante, Leah Navarro, Peppermint Jam, cellist Renato Lucas and the University of Asia and the Pacific Chorale.

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MOA-AD unconstitutional , 8-7

Published by Ellen on October 14, 2008

by Evangeline de Vera
Malaya

The Supreme Court, voting 8-7, yesterday declared unconstitutional the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain that the government would have signed with the secessionist Moro National Liberation Front two months ago.

The MOA-AD, whose signing was stopped by the tribunal, proposes to create a Muslim homeland in the South which will have its own judicial system and police force.

The Muslim homeland will be governed by the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE), also proposed to be created under the MOA, which can enter into economic agreements and trade relations with other countries.

The Supreme Court said the government peace negotiating panel that crafted the MOA with the MILF violated the Constitution when it initialed the agreement that would have ceded a portion of the country’s territory to the secessionist group under the BJE.

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