Tag: Mike Arroyo

Masasagip pa kaya ni Iggy ang kapatid na si Mike?

Published by Ellen on October 16, 2011

Mike and Iggy Arroyo — Thanks to Inquirer for this photo

Akala ba ng mga Arroyo ang kanilang ninakaw na kapangyarihan ay habang-buhay? Ano akala nila sa sarili nila, sobra-sobra ang swerte?

Nagre-reklamo na ngayon ang magkapatid na Pidal, este, Arroyo na masyado daw silang iniipit ng administrasyong Aquino.

Ito ay may kinalaman sa isinampang kaso ng tatlong senador laban kay Mike Arroyo, asawa ni Gloria Arroyo at 16 pa kasama doon mga opisyal, reirado at aktibo, ng Philippine National kaugnay sa pagbenta sa PNP ng second-hand na helicopter sa presyong bago.

Ang tatlong senador na nagsampa ng kaso ay sina Teofisto Guingona III, Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, Aquilino Pimentel III. Ang kasong kanilang isinampa ay paglabag ng Anti-graft and Corrupt Practices Act at Government Procurement Reform Act.

Lacson agrees with SC order in favor of Mike Arroyo

Published by Ellen on August 24, 2011

Even Mike Arroyo’s nemesis, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson agreed with the Supreme Court’s grant of temporary restraining order against putting him (Arroyo) on the watch list restricting his right to travel.

“I myself am not in favor of the watch list. That’s tantamount to a hold-departure order without saying that it is one,” Lacson said.

Lacson said putting Arroyo on the watch list showed an “arrogance of power,” noting that Mike had to regularly seek permission from De Lima each time he would leave the country.

Inquirer’s report:

Former first gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo is now free to travel anywhere in the world.

Astang siga pa rin si Mike Arroyo

Published by Ellen on August 9, 2011

Ganun pala si Mike Arroyo kapag nabubulgar ang mga katarantaduhan- nakakalimutan na may sakit.

Nang dumating mula Hongkong noong Lunes, astang siga siya. Malakas ang hakbang at hindi kinakailangan ang saklay na bitbit ng alalay na sumusunod sa kanya.

Kadalasan, mailap siya sa media. Ngunit sa sobrang inis niya siguro sa mga nagtuturo sa kanya bilang utak ng maraming hindi kanais-nais na transakyun nang nasa kapangyarihan pa sila, nagpa press con siya sa airport.

Sabi niya:“To my detractors, I’m back. You should be ashamed for peddling lies to the public while I was away,” he said at a press conference at the airport. (Sa mga naninira sa akin, bumalik na ako. Mahiya-hiya naman kayo sa mga kasinungalinngan na kinakalat nyo sa publiko habang wala ako.)

Mike Arroyo back, in fighting mood

Published by Ellen on August 8, 2011

Ex-FG Mike Arroyo arrives, hits foes for ‘peddling lies’
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Arrival Aug. 8, 2011 — Thanks to ABS-CBN online for this photo by Raoul Esperas

Former First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo arrived in Manila on Monday after a medical check-up in Hong Kong last week, saying he is now ready to defend himself from accusations leveled against him by his detractors.

“To my detractors, I’m back. You should be ashamed for peddling lies to the public while I was away,” he said at a press conference at the airport.

He said he is ready to face all accusations hurled against him by what he called a “dictatorial” administration.

Arroyo said he would take legal action against the Aquino government for placing him on the immigration watch list, saying it violates his constitutional right to travel.

The untouchable Jesus Verzosa

Published by Ellen on August 7, 2011

Is it believable that then Philippine National Police Chief, Jesus Versoza, signed the documents for the purchase of three new helicopters in the amount of P104.9 million without knowing that two of those aircraft were second-hand and previously owned by Mike Arroyo, husband of Gloria Arroyo?

Is it also believable that Mike Arroyo would decide to involve PNP in this anomalous deal without making sure that the PNP chief is into his scheme?

The seemingly velvet glove treatment of Verzosa in this anomalous deal that cost the reportedly cash-trapped PNP, and in a larger picture, the Filipino people millions of pesos, is intriguing and disturbing.

Gloria loses voice; no immigration record of Mike leaving for HK

Published by Ellen on August 4, 2011

Update: Mike Arroyo, misspelled name in BI Departure card; De Lima apologized for wrong info to public

By Ashzel Hachero
Malaya

Former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo is undergoing therapy due to loss of voice following cervical spine surgery last week at the St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig City.

GMA leaves hospital
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Doctors said Arroyo has been told to rest at her house for a month. She also was told to rest her voice. Doctors said there are no complications from her cervical spine surgery. However, she lost her voice after her vocal cords got swollen after she started to receive visitors last Wednesday.

“Her vocal chords were swollen and until now are swollen not because of complication in the surgery but they were strained because of use of cellphones,” Cervantes said.

Mayor Jerry Pelayo of Candaba, Pampanga, a close Arroyo ally, Arroyo is prohibited from talking, reading newspapers and watching television.

Mike Arroyo flies to Hongkong; may face contempt charges

Published by Ellen on August 3, 2011

From ABS-CBN and Malaya

Former first gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, who left for Hong Kong last Sunday, may face contempt charges if he fails to appear before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, Senator Franklin Drilon said.

“Kung nasa labas siya ng bansa, admittedly, hindi mo masu-subpoena. But I don’t think he should do that because, as we say, flight is evidence of guilt,” Drilon said.

The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee said putting Arroyo on the immigration watch list would be pointless since he has already left the country.

This was in response to reports that the Department of Justice is drafting an order to place Arroyo under the immigration watch list.

“I instructed Chief [Justice Ricardo] Paras first to confirm officially if there is really a request from the Senate because it was reported in the media na there’s a request from certain senators to put him on watch list. So once that is verified, then I am inclined to issue a WLO (watch list order),” Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said.

‘Jose Miguel Arroyo owned helicopters’

Published by Ellen on August 1, 2011

Businessman to testify in Senate probe
By Cathy Yamsuan
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Two five-year old helicopters sold as brand new to the Philippine National Police in 2009 were among the five choppers that then First Gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo acquired for the campaign of his wife, then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in the 2004 presidential election.

This was disclosed by a businessman, who was privy to the sale of the helicopters to Mike Arroyo in late 2003. The businessman is scheduled to appear as a witness at a hearing of the Senate blue ribbon committee on Tuesday.

The Inquirer tried to contact Sunday night Raul Lambino, lawyer and spokesperson of the Arroyos, to get his side but did not get any response.

Natablan na rin

Published by Ellen on June 16, 2010

Mabuti naman at nagresign raw si Efraim Genuino bilang chairman ng Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation o PAGCOR na magiging epektibo sa Hunyo 30.

Natablan na rin.

Nagulat ang sambayanang Pilipino ng madiskubre pagkatapos ng eleksyun na itinalaga pala ni Gloria Arroyo si Genuino noong Marso 9 na
chairman hanggang 2011 kasama ang apat pa na miyembro ng board.

Marami ang naniniwala na lampas ng Marso 10 ang pagtalaga kina Genuino ngunit pineke lang ang petsa ng appointment para maka-iwas sa pagbabawal ng batas.

SC junks Mike Arroyo petition vs. journalists

Published by Ellen on May 14, 2010

The Supreme Court has junked a petition filed by Jose Miguel Arroyo,husband of Gloria Arroyo, which sought to dismiss the damage suit filed against him by a group of journalists whom he hauled to court for libel.

In a minute resolution, the Supreme Court ruled that the Court of Appeals did not commit a reversible error in sustaining the ruling of Judge Zenaida Galapate Laguilles of the Regional Trial Court of Makati City, Branch 143.

Judge Galapate-Laguilles had previously denied the presidential spouse’s motion to dismiss the P12.5-million class suit. The First Gentleman cited the failure of the journalists to immediately answer the written interrogatory within the prescribed extended period.