Amidst tension in Makati, Local Government Undersecretary Wencelito Andanar served the suspension order on Makati Mayor Binay, his vice mayor and all the 16 councilors at about 6 a.m.
They have designated Rodolfo Ferraren, official of the national capital region, as officer-in-charge.
Binay refused to personally receive the suspension order. Andanar merely pasted it in front of the City Hall.
(The following article by JP Lopez appears in today’s Malaya. What could be Bolante’s strategy?)
Talk about chutzpah.
Former agriculture undersec-retary Jocelyn “Joc Joc” Bolante has asked Sen. Ramon Magsaysay Jr. to testify in his immigration hearing in the United States.
This is the same Bolante who the Senate ordered arrested for repeatedly failing to attend the hearing of Magsaysay’s committee on agriculture into the alleged diversion of the P728 million fertilizer fund into President Arroyo’s campaign chest in 2004.
Thanks for all the messages of support.
I posted bail (P10,500.00) in the sala of Judge Silvino T. Pampilo, Jr. of Branch 26 of the Manila Regional Trial Court. Arraignment is set on Oct. 25, 2006 at 8:30 a.m.
I was with former Sen. Francisco Tatad, who was also issued an arrest warrant on the same case filed by Mike Arroyo.
I have just been informed by Malaya that I have to go to court to post bail because there’s a warrant of arrest issued for…
(I did the following article for I-Magazine of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism)
UP for confirmation before the Commission on Appointments anytime now is retired Chief Justice Hilario Davide, 71, who has been nominated as permanent representative to the United Nations in New York.
If confirmed by the Commission on Appointments, Davide will replace Lauro Baja, 69 years old and a retired career foreign-service officer.
As ambassador to the United Nations, Davide would have the duty to ensure that Philippine interests are protected in all the international treaties that the organization is crafting and implementing. For that, he would get at least $30,000 ( P1.5 million) a month, representing $20,000 free housing plus some $10,000 in salary and allowances.
I welcome the news that Pope Benedict XVI will soon be allowing Catholic churches to hold Tridentine masses.
A Washington Post report last Friday said:
“Pope Benedict XVI has drafted a document allowing wider use of the Tridentine Mass, the Latin rite that was largely replaced in the 1960s by Masses in English and other modern languages, a church official said yesterday.
Galit si Sen. Richard Gordon kay Comelec Chairman Benjmain Abalos na kaagad sinabi na huli na para mag-computerize para sa May 2007 elections.
“Alam ko hindi siya interesado dito (poll automation bill) dahil gusto pa rin niyang gamitin ang kanilang lumang mga computer,” sabi ni Gordon na nagpapatungkol sa P1.3 billion na mga computer na binili ng Comelec sa Mega Pacific ngunit ngayon ay nabubulok lamang dahil sinabi ng Supreme Court na ilegal ang transaksyon .
Ipinasa ang ng Senado noong Huwebes ang poll automation bill sa pagpupurisge ni Gordon, chairman ng Senate committee on constitutional amendments. Inaasahan ni Gordon na ipasa na rin ng House of Representatives sa pangunguna ni Rep. Teddy Locsin ng kanilang bersyon para mapag-isa nila at mapirmahan sa susunod na buwan.
This is one musical event not to be missed.
Otoniel Gonzaga, the country’s foremost tenor, teams up with Asian diva Dulce and the Manila Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) in a yearend concert called “Christmas Spectacular & Immortal Arias” at the Philamlife Theater on December 9, 2006.
In the same concert, the MPO under the baton of Rodel Colmenar, will also accompany guest soprano Camille Lopez Molina and flutist Christopher Oracion, two-time first prize winner of the National Music Competition for Young Artists.
Fresh from his triumphant team-up with Lea Salonga early this year, Gonzaga, a winner of the Marian Anderson Voice Competition and the ARD International Voice Competition in Munich, will do a duet with Dulce, a grand prize winner of the Asian Singing Competition in Hong Kong.
Almost a week after North Korea announced that they had successfully tested a nuclear weapon, analyses by Wesyern scientists indicate that Kim Il Jong, North Korea’s leader was not exactly telling the truth.
They have have conducted a nuclear tests but apparently, it failed. “”The betting is that this was an attempt at a nuclear test that failed,” Associated Press quoted a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information. ”
“We don’t think they were trying to fake a nuclear test, but it may have been a nuclear fizzle an effort that failed,” the official added.
According to Benjamin Abalos, the next election will be clean with him and Esperon overseeing it.Ha!Ha!Ha!
COMELEC Chairman Benjamin Abalos yesterday said there would be no-repeat of the “Hello Garci” scandal in 2004 with the signing of a memorandum of agreement that would limit the role of the military in during elections.
“With the role of the military now well-defined…there’s going to be no Garci (controversy),” he said.