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?
Update:
Malacañang’s response: Go to court
Trillanes: Sharing provision violates Charter
by JP Lopez
Detained Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV yesterday said that aside from the joint marine seismic study in the Spratly islands, the Arroyo government also entered into an oil exploration agreement with China in April 2006 that would cover the Calamian Islands in Palawan.
“The government of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is again lying to the Filipino people. Contrary to their claim, the Macapagal administration has actually entered into an oil exploration agreement with China not only involving Kalayaan Group of Islands (Spratlys), but within undisputed Philippine territory,” Trillanes said.
Malacañang denies there’s an impending rice shortage but tells restaurant to serve less rice.
Arroyo: Prepare for high prices of rice
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap yesterday asked fast-food outlets to offer half portions of rice to discourage wastage as government scrambles to boost rice supplies.
“We would like to exercise all efforts at ensuring the Philippines rice stocks continue to be maintained at a manageable level to ensure that the food security of the country will be maintained,” he said.
Breaking News:
Two priests defied the order of Cardinal Vidal and said officiated “Mass for Truth” in Cebu. The two priests who followed their conscience were Fr. Christopher Exsala, OCARM or Carmelite, and Fr. Jessie Dumaluay,Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
Sr Estrelle said, “We defied everything and God is with us.”
Archbishop of Nueva Caceres also does a Vidal- GMANews
Itong Semana Santa, ang malaking hamon sa mga Katoliko sa Pilipinas ay kung paano mapanatili ang paggalang sa mga namumuno sa simbahan kung sila mismo ay lumalabag sa kanilang tinuturo na pahalagaan ang katotohanan at ang mga utos ng Panginoon.
by Gerard Naval
Malaya
Cardinal Ricardo Vidal, archbishop of Cebu, has reportedly prohibited priests from celebrating today’s “Mass for Truth” at the University of San Carlos which ZTE star witness Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada is scheduled to attend.
Sr. Estrella Castalone, executive secretary of Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (AMRSP), in a phone interview, said Judy Adriano, their organizer in Cebu City, told her “that the priests have been prohibited from saying the mass for our group by Cardinal Vidal.”
Related story: JAG to decide Raymundo case next week
On Sept. 25, 2006, 1Lt. Artemio Raymundo Jr., was riding the LRT and he saw someone distributing DVDs of “Ang Mabuhay para sa Masa” and “At All Costs”. Since it was for free, he got six copies and upon arriving at the Marine barracks in Fort Bonifacio, he shared the extra copies with his fellow junior officers.
The two CDs are documentaries. “Ang Mabuhay para sa Masa” is a biopic of former President Estrada while “At All Costs” is about the rigging by Gloria Arroyo of the 2004 elections.
A Tibetan monk pleads for mercy as the police arrested them during anti-China protests in front of the United Nations office in Kathmandu March 15, 2008.
(Deepa Shrestha/Reuters)
By Benjamin Kang Lim and Chris Buckley
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese officials have declared a “people’s war” of security and propaganda against support for the Dalai Lama in Tibet after riots racked the regional capital Lhasa, and some sources claimed the turmoil killed dozens.
Residents of the remote city high in the Himalayas said on Sunday that anti-riot troops controlled the streets and were closely checking Tibetan homes after protests and looting shook the heavily Buddhist region
Malaya photo by Rolly Salvador
Sa rally na inorganisa ng mga estudyante noong Biyernes sa Liwasang Bonifacio, marami sa mga speakers ang nanawagan na sa kanilang pagbalik sa kani-kanilang probinsya ngayong bakasyon, ipagpatuloy nila ang paghanap ng katotohanan at hustisya na siyang pakay ng mga kilos protesta nitong mga nakaraang linggo at buwan laban kay Gloria Arroyo.
Sinabi rin ng mga batang mga speakers na huwag masyadong magkampante si Arroyo at ang kanyang mga opisyal na libre na sila sa kanilang krimen laban sa sambayanang Pilipino. Sa kanilang bakasyon, ipapaliwanag nila sa kanilang mga kamag-anak at kaibigan ang pinaglalaban dito sa Maynila.
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PNOC to evaluate Ashmore offer to buy Petron
Ashmore offer a vote of confidence – GMA
Malacañang statement
A US investment fund, Ashmore, has bought Saudi Aramco’s 40 percent stake in Petron Corp. for P22.5 billion. The deal is nobody’s business but Ashmore and Aramco’s. Gloria Arroyo, however, would not leave a presumably purely commercial transaction well alone. She said the purchase validated the government’s privatization efforts and was a vote of confidence in Petron.
It was about time someone exposed the wheeling and dealing at the Commission on Appointments.
Sen. Jamby Madrigal, by invoking Section 20 of the Senate rules last Wednesday, frustrated the plan of Malacañang to railroad the promotion of 24 military officers despite blatant violations of the law in their appointments.
I have attended three sessions of the CA because I’m closely watching the confirmation of the promotion of John Martir to brigadier general and it’s appalling to observe the “collective gall”, in the words of RC Constantino, of many of the administration allies, especially the CA chair, Rep. Roque Albano III.