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Variation of Wikileaks info re SC corruption

Published by Ellen on September 11, 2011

Letter of Court Administrator Midas Marquez to Malaya re Wikileaks report on SC justices and Mariano Nocom.

Ex OMB Chair Edu Manzano
I’ve been trying to call Edu Manzano, former chairman of the Optical Media Board, who was the source of former US Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Paul Jones in his report about Supreme Court justices giving protection to businessman Mariano Nocom, in whose malls many pirated goods are sold.

This was in his Sept. 2006 cable which was one of those recently released by Wikileaks website.

I didn’t get a response to my text messages to Edu. I was told he is out of the country. Maybe he does not want to be disturbed.

The reason why I was calling Edu was because a friend in the Supreme Court told me that true, Nocom has protectors in the High Court, but as far as he knows it is not former Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban.

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Former chief justice rates a leak in WikiLeaks

Published by Ellen on September 8, 2011

I love Wikileaks.

It unmasks the two-faced. It reveals the double-life of many of the officials that we respect.

Take this one from Paul Jones, who served deputy chief of mission of the US Embassy in Manila. His cable in Sept. 2006 indicated that former Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban was the protector of Filipino-Chinese businessman Mariano Nocom, whose malls were said to have been selling pirated goods.

Piracy undermines legitimate business and deprives the government of revenues.

The cable was about the demotion of Judge Antonio Eugenio who was handling intellectual property rights (IPR) cases.

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Gibo promises to continue Arroyo’s “success”

Published by Ellen on November 19, 2009

Thanks to Inquirer for photo.
Thanks to Inquirer for photo.
Saying that the administration of Gloria Arroyo has “undeniably been successful” in fighting poverty, Lakas-Kampi-CMD presidential candidate Gilbert Teodoro, former defense secretary, vowed to continue the programs of Arroyo if he is elected president.

He assured the people that he will address the four faces of poverty: poverty of the mind, poverty of the pocket, poverty of the environment, and poverty of relationships.

Teodoro and actor Edu Manzano, former chairman of the Optical Media Board, were proclaimed as Lakas-Kampi-CMD presidential and vice-presidential candidates, respectively, in the administration party’s national convention this morning held at the Philippine International Convention Center.

Click below for Teodoro’s speech

Gilbert Teodoro acceptance speech

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Edu Manzano is Teodoro’s running mate

Published by Ellen on November 13, 2009

Edu Manzano
Edu Manzano
Movie and TV actor Eduardo “Edu Manzano” is the Lakas-Kampi vice presidential candidate.

In a press conference this morning at the Makati Shangrila, Manzano, 54, was presented by Teodoro and Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno, who had earlier withdrawn from his declared vice presidential bid.

Manzano said the qualities of Teodoro, who has been trailing behind other candidates in the surveys, that had appealed to him are “credibility, integrity,hardwork.”

“I believe that we can lead this country forward,” said Manzano, who is a Lakas-Kampi member. He was chairman of the Optical Media Board until a few months ago.

The announcement surprised many political observers who were expecting Manzano to take his oath as Liberal Party member so he could be in LP’s senatorial ticket.

Manzano has rated within the top 15 among the senatorial aspirants in a number of credible surveys.

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