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Part of a grand cover-up

Published by Ellen on February 19, 2008

Asked in a press conference about the P500,000 that his deputy for legal affairs, Manuel Gaite, gave Rodolfo Noel “Jun” Lozada for shopping money in Hongkong, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said he can’t say anything about it since it is connected to the NBN/ZTE issue, which is now subjudice because the Ombudsman has started its investigation on the matter.

That gave away the real purpose of the Ombudsman investigation: To stop public discussion of the matter. That will also save Malacañang officials from explaining the unexplainable. It’s part of a grand cover-up

Solidarity walk

Published by Ellen on February 19, 2008

Erap had a similar photo a few weeks before his downfall

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo walks with CHED Chairman Rony Nery,Vice President Noli de Castro, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, Finance Secretary Gary Teves, Trade Secretary Peter Favila other members of her Cabinet, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon, and Philippine National Police Chief Director General Avelino Razon on their way to the Aguinaldo State Dining Room in Malacanang where she presided over the joint Procurement Transparency Group-National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-Cabinet Group Meeting Tuesday (Feb. 19). (Rey Baniquet/OPS-NIB Photo)

by Jocelyn Montemayor
Malaya

President Arroyo and Cabinet members yesterday walked from the Premier Guest House to the State Dining Room in Malacañang and had their pictures taken for what the Palace said was a “solidarity walk.”

From frying pan to worse frying pan

Published by Ellen on February 19, 2008

by Gerard Naval
Malaya

Archbishop Angel Lagdameo yesterday expressed disappointment over the Church’s involvement in ousting Joseph Estrada, a president they perceived to be corrupt, only to replace him with Gloria Arroyo who was tagged the most corrupt president in a recent survey.

“In People Power 1, we were very satisfied with the result,” Lagdameo, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, said when asked if bishops are regretting their participation in Edsa 2.

“The second one, we were somehow disappointed because People Power 2, with the help of the Church, installed a president who later on was judged by surveys as the most corrupt president. That is embarrassing. Yun yung sinasabi ko na parang disappointed… na we went from one frying pan to a worse frying pan,” he said.

Palpak ng mga tauhan ni Gloria

Published by Ellen on February 18, 2008

Kung ano-ano na ang ginagawa ng Malacañang para matakpan ang baho ng NBN/ZTE na unang ibinulgar ni Joey de Venecia, anak ni House Speaker Jose de Venecia ngunit patuloy pa rin itong umaalingasaw.

Sinasabi ng mga may simpatiya kay Arroyo na naniniwala pa rin sila na matatapos ni Arroyo ang kanyang termino hanggang 2010 at itong kontrobersiya. Hindi nila sinasabi na hindi totoo ang mga ibinulgar na kurakutan. Ang mahalga sa kanila ay makaabot si Arroyo ng 2010.

Noong Enero, nang magsimula ang bagong taon, kahit naniniwala ako na hindi dapat tumigil kahit isang minuto pa si Arroyo sa pwesto na kanyang ninakaw, parang tanggap ko na malabong mapaalis siya sa Malacañang. Hindi lang hanggang 2010. Kahit lampas pa.

Neri described Arroyo as evil

Published by Ellen on February 18, 2008

From ABS-CBN Online:

Neri: I cannot recall describing GMA as “evil”.

Rodolfo Noel “Jun” Lozada Jr. on Monday said his friend, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Romulo Neri, sees President Arroyo as an “evil person.”

“He called Presidente GMA (Gloria Arroyo). She is evil. Evil po,” Lozada said referring to Neri as describing Mrs. Arroyo during a dinner meeting with senators Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and Ma. Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal.

Lozada made the new revelation as he faced for the third time senators at the hearing on the botched $329-million national broadband network (NBN) deal, which he recently said as overpriced by at least $130 million.

Prayers and lessons in English in court martial

Published by Ellen on February 17, 2008

It is clear to those who have closely followed the court martial of 28 officers allegedly involved in the February 2006 alleged withdrawal of support from Gloria Arroyo that the panel headed by Maj. Gen. Jogy Fojas is following the prosecution’s script that Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda and his fellow accused officers be arraigned, by hook or by crook, before Feb. 26, 2008.

That’s because if the accused are not arraigned by Tuesday next week, two years from the commission of the alleged offense, the charge of “Conduct Unbecoming of an Officer and Gentleman” (violation of Articles of War 96) would prescribe and the case would be automatically dropped.

The remaining major charge would be mutiny which was recommended to be dismissed by the team from the Judge Advocate Office the investigated the February 26 incident “for lack of factual and legal bases.”

P500,000 shopping money from a Malacañang bureaucrat

Published by Ellen on February 16, 2008

Update: Gaite said it’s his personal money that was given to Lozada.

Rodolfo Noel “Jun” Lozada, star witness in the NBN/ZTE scandal, revealed in the televised special of ABS-CBN ,”Harapan” that Deputy Executive Secretary Manuel Gaite gave him P500,000 through his brother while he was in Hongkong.

He said one day,he went on a shopping spree, buying designer items, as an emotional therapy but it didn”t make him feel better.

He said he used his credit card for his Hongkong purchases. He also said he will return the money to Gaite when the Senate hearing resumes on Monday.

In his closing statement Lozada said, “hindi ako ang nagtatanggol sa katotohanan. Ang katotohanan ang nagtatanggol sa akin.”

Harapan in You tube:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=harapan&search_type=

“Harapan” drew nearly 30,000 responses
abs-cbnNEWS.com

Simula ng katapusan ni Arroyo

Published by Ellen on February 16, 2008

Natuwa ako na naiyak noong Biyernes ng makita kong may nagtatapon ng confetti o mga pira-pirasong papel mula sa isang gusali sa Ayala Avenue habang nagra-rally laban kay Gloria Arroyo.

Sabi ko, sana sa susunod na mga rally, mas marami ang maghulog ng confetti bilang pahayag ng kanilang protesta sa kasinungalingan ni Arroyo at kurakutan sa kanyang pamahalaan.

Marami sa mga nag-rally noong Biyernes ay mga kabataan na noong nagma-martsa ang taumbayan laban kay Marcos noong 1982 hanggang 1986 ay hindi pa siguro napapa-nganak o kaya mga sanggol pa. Tuwing Biyernes, umuulan ng yellow confetti ang Ayala, nauubos ang yellow pages ng PLDT directory sa kakagupit para gawing confetti.

SC rules against gov’t threat on airing ‘Garci’ tapes

Published by Ellen on February 16, 2008

by Evangeline de Vera

Voting 10-5, the Supreme Court yesterday struck down a warning issued by the Department of Justice and of the National Telecommunications Commission to radio and television stations against airing the alleged wiretapped conversations between President Arroyo and former elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano.

The high tribunal said the warning, which carried the threat of cancellation of the license of the violator, constitutes prior restraint which infringes on the constitutionally protected freedom of the press.

‘Sobra na. Resign!’

Published by Ellen on February 15, 2008

Arroyo warned of ‘boiling point’

Inquirer: 10,000 display outrage

Photo by Malaya’s Philip Buquiatan

by Ashzel Hachero and Anthony Ian Cruz
Malaya

Thousands converged yesterday at the Ninoy Aquino monument in Makati City to call for President Arroyo’s resignation and prosecution of officials involved in graft and corruption.

They also expressed support for Rodolfo Noel “Jun” Lozada, the Senate’s main witness in its inquiry into the national broadband network project that Arroyo cancelled last year amid allegations of payoffs.

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