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.
The warrant of arrest stemmed from an article that appeared in the May 19, 2004 issue of Malaya quoting Tatad identifying Mike Arroyo as the chief “cheating” operator.
In Arroyo’s complaint he cited the following paragraphs: “First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo is the administration’s ‘chief operator’ in is attempt to manipulate election results in favor of President Arroyo, the Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipijo said yesterday.
“KNP senatorial candidate and former Sen. Francisco Tatad said President Arroyo’s operators “are all over Mindanao led by her fampous husband, Mr. Arroyo.”
In his complaint, Arroyo said the “insinuations and imputation the said accused well knew were false and without foundation whatsoever highly libelous and offensive and derogatory to the ood name, character and reputation of Jose Miuel Arroyo , and that said article in the Malaya newspaper was solely written, published and exhibited by the said accused for no other purpose than to malign complainant’s integrity, good name and character as in fact he was so exposed to public hatred, dishonor, discredit, contempt and ridicule.”
The news item was written by Regina Bengco and Jun Lopez.I was included in the case as Malaya’s chief of reporters.
Aside from Tatad, Bengco, Lopez and myself, the other respondents are Jake Macasaet, malaya’s publisher; Enrique Romualdez, executive editor; Joy de los Reyes, editor-in-chief;Ma. Teresa Molina, managing editor; and Minnie Advincula,city editor.
I attended he preliminary investigation way back in 2004. A few months ago, Tatad and I were dropped from the case. Mike Arroyo, however, petitioned that we should be re-instated in the case.
His wish was granted and the warrant of arrest was issued last Friday. Malaya informed me late this morning about it. I understand the two cases (the original and our re-instatement) will be consolidated.
This is all part of the territory. I will continue doing my job of bringing the truth to the public. That includes the truth about Mike Arroyo.
Ellen:
Forgive my naiveness! Why the warrant of arrest issued to you and others when you are not yet being convicted of any crime, as far as I know. Why not subpoena to appear in court to testify instead? I don’t even understand that you’ve to post bail of P10,500 when it’s only a civil case. Is it not?
Libel is a criminal case here in the Philippines. That’s why there is a signature campaign urging Congress to decriminalize libel.
I understand the judge found “probable cause” for Mike Arroyo’s petition to have us reinstated in the case.
Toney, this is my first libel case so I’m not so knowledgeable about it. I need to know more about the libel law. I’ll get back to you tomorrow.
Ellen:
Just wondering what the National Press Club does in cases such as this that is definitely abuse of power by someone who is not even a government official but definitely had something to do with the election in 2004.
I remember this Fatso was reported to be distributing insurance policies paid with taxpayers’ money to taxi drivers in the wee hours of the morning. If that is not trying to manipulate the election, what is. As for the daya, what does he mean? Does he mean, that it is all his wife’s personal idea and affair? Ang saya niya!
This pasikat of this guy which is all that these libel suits are to outsiders’ like me spell out should be stopped by all means! Gosh, wala na bang matinong judge diyan. Hindi na hukom ha? Hudas na ba?
On the other hand, Ellen, pasalamat pa rin tayo at buhay ka pa! God willing, babagsak din iyan! Mas mabilis pa kesa doon sa pagbagsak ni Marcos. Ang kapal naman ng mga mukha niyan!
Nagbibilang na siguro ng kikitahin niya sa libel suits niya!!! Kapareho iyan ng isang kakilala ko sa SFO na pinagkakakuwartahan ang mga kasong ginagawa niya ng sadya. May panalo pero may talo rin. Baka doon natuto si Fatso?
Kawawang Pilipinas! PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA! Pati mga Senador, et al hina-harrass!!!
We don’t think much of the National Press Club. The less I talk about them the better.
Your are right, Yuko. There’s a lot to be thankful in life. We should not allow Mike Arroyo to ruin it.
Judge Silvino Pampilo seemed okay. Amiable.
Ms. Ellen,
I am flabbergated, to say the least, at this bully act Mike Arroyo has done to you, and the other journalists! Although I have not met you face-to-face, I support you in your quest for what is TRUE; and I admire you, that despite the odds you could be up against, you will continue to ferret out the TRUTH “…to the public.”
If I may PARAPHRASE a quote by a former American President, Theodore Roosevelt, which I had posted in your previous article: “To announce that there must be NO criticism of all public officials, or that we are to stand by the all public officials Right or Wrong, is not only UNPATRIOTIC and SERVILE, but is Morally TREASONABLE to the Filipino Public.”
Keep up the fight, Ms. Ellen. How apt the words of George Orwell when he says, “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”
And if I may add…There is a consequence to what Mike Arroyo-AND including Gloria-have done to journalists! Many leaders or, influencial persons, who have fought, or gone against media, paid a heavy price. Media doesn’t need Mike and Gloria Arroyo. It’s more like the other way around-Mike and Gloria Arroyo need media. What if you or these journalists decide to stop writing about the couple, who will suffer? Media? Nah, there are more interesting topics to write about other than them, after all Gloria’s recent approval rating is a mere -11. After Napoleon, nobody is really interested in a short tyrant; much less a fat slob!
And if Mike Arroyo, being a PUBLIC OFFICIAL, can’t take the heat in the kitchen, then GET OUT! He can opt to live a quiet and private life, away from the nooks and crannies of politics. But NO! He wants to be in the limelight and all the glory and praises! Doesn’t he get it yet? Like Gloria, Mike LACKS the CHARISMA. They just weren’t gifted with that.
Just curious. Was it this bad likewise during the Martial Law? I can understand the incarceration of high profiled Aquino, et al, but did Imelda do the same bullying that the Fatso is making now as his pasttime?
I remember in fact Imelda getting stabbed by a farmer at some public gathering, and I wondered why with all those projects that she bragged she was doing fo the the little people. Now, I wonder if she had been as abusive as the Fatso now.
When they are able to remove these Malacanang squatters, they should make sure to make laws barring immediate members of the family of whoever will be elected president from living at the palace and getting any position in the government, official or non-official, in order to prevent these spouses, children, et al from having so much power and becoming abusive.
Ingat, Ellen!
Re-incarnated libel suit against Malaya journalist Ellen Tordesillas by Malacanang mafia boss Don Miguel Arroyo a.k.a. Jose Pidal is considered plain harassment and political persecution of known Arroyo critics. Malacanang Palace-initiated suspension of Pasay City mayor and 10 councilors and other critics have the same pattern of harassment and political persecution to silence them. We do not expect a just and fair trial under corrupt and illegitimate Gloria Arroyo regime. Manufactured evidence and false testimonies became the regimes’ S.O.P. standard or to pin down critics and political opposition. Big Fatso Mike is bullying journalists and political oppositions with libel suits.
Dead people signing Singaw’s PI, dismissed cases filed to harass its critics, its the same old tactic that this administration is using. The Arroyos are playing god and they will stop at nothing to hide the truth. With the elections upon us, expect this regime to do whatever it takes to cripple all dissenters. The sad part is that even the judiciary is allowing itself to be used by this evil family.
What I don’t understand is why there was a warrant for your arrest, Ellen.
Wasn’t there a preliminary hearing to determine if you had to post bail? Why the warrant of arrest?
Chabeli had a quote by Dr Goebbels… very apt and fitting for this despicable Gloria regime.
We, all of us are testimony to the fact of Arroyos abusive of stolen illegal power. And at the same time Authoritarian regime of illegitimate Gloria is fully in-placed. Say goodbye to democracy, it’s the thing of the past. Bandits Gloria and Miguel are two people to be reckoned with, they mean business. They will trample you, matter not who you are, if you gets in their way. You don’t have rights in accordance to Gloria’s law and to resist Gloria is futile.
How disgustiing to what’s happening in our motherland. Totally disgusting and beyond words can describe! It’s hard to imagine that there are people like the Arroyos, totally shameless.
ellen said:
“I attended he preliminary investigation way back in 2004. A few months ago, Tatad and I were dropped from the case. Mike Arroyo, however, petitioned that we should be re-instated in the case.”
i’m curious ellen, when you said you and former senator tatad were dropped from the case -was that dropping made through a resolution of the investigating prosecutor approved by the city prosecutor not finding probable cause against both of you? if your names were already dropped by the investigating prosecutor, he could not possibly have filed the case in court where your warrant of arrest was issued. the remedy of mike arroyo at that stage, would be to elevate it to the regional state prosecutor or the DOJ secretary who can reverse the findings below.
you also said that your inclusion in the said libel law is because of your position as chief of reporter. is your function as chief similar to that of the editor?
Welcome Back, Ellen.
I feel for you and the rest of our media men who are harrassed by the powers-that-be for telling the truth to the people. What jose pidal is doing is comparable to the gagging orders given by dictators and despots who lord it over a struggling colony.
The same is being done to those who oppose glue’s orders like the Pasay Mayor, with Makati’s Binay next.
This is pure harassment.
In HIS time, these greedy ones will surely meet their tragic end. Those who live by the sword, will die by the sword. God is not sleeping. HE is just waiting until it is time, which is near.
ystakei-san says: Was it this bad likewise during the Martial Law? I can understand the incarceration of high profiled Aquino, et al, but did Imelda do the same bullying that the Fatso is making now as his pasttime?xxxxx
From what I gleaned from my parents, friends and from books which went photo-copied at the Campus, “whatever imelda wants, imelda gets.” Pag sinabi, kailangang gawin!
Only, the media was mummed ‘coz it was martial law and all those who opposed marcos were already incarcerated. All those writers who were not, were monitored by the military.
Whatever was not published was made known by whispers from businessmen who complained of being “robbed” of jewelries, and/or whatever it is that caught imelda’s fancies.
In other words, feel nila, kanila ang Bansa.
Sarado ang Rustan’s kapag nagsha-shopping si imeldific.
No one can enter while she and her party is there.
Same is happening in Pinas these days…..feel yata nila, kanila na ang Bansa: Knila ang judges, kanila ang comelec, kanila ang kongreso….gusto rin nilang maging kanila ang Bansa via ‘Parliamentary system’ kuno!
Desperate in Malacanang!
Kaya kaliwa’t kanan ang pina-file na kaso para mapatahimik at hwag nmang lumabas ang baho nila.
Pero ang utot, kahit na pigilan mo, maaamoy ng lahat..
dahil sa mabahong hanging dala nito!
Yuko, you asked:”Just curious. Was it this bad likewise during the Martial Law?”
There’s no comparison between martial law and now.
Martial law was Martial Law. There was no pretension about it. It was condemnable.
We have long ago regained our freedom from that desecration of our democracy by Marcos. So many lives were destroyed to restore the democracy that we are supposed to be enjoying now.
Nobody has the right, not Gloria Arroyo, the bogus president, to take that away from us.
Fencesitter, you asked:”i’m curious ellen, when you said you and former senator tatad were dropped from the case -was that dropping made through a resolution of the investigating prosecutor approved by the city prosecutor not finding probable cause against both of you? if your names were already dropped by the investigating prosecutor, he could not possibly have filed the case in court where your warrant of arrest was issued. the remedy of mike arroyo at that stage, would be to elevate it to the regional state prosecutor or the DOJ secretary who can reverse the findings below.”
If I remember right,the dropping of tatad and myself from the case was done through a resolution. But immediately, I was told that Arroyo petitioned for our re-instatement.
I was told yesterday that the same prosecutor that dropped us from the list, is the same one that re-instated us. It was another somersault.
Ellen, good will always triumph over evil. My seven-year-old son woke me up last night and he told me the primetime news said you had been “arrested”. I told him I already heard of it in the day and that you had posted bail.
Although my son (who by all measures is technically a genius, having an IQ of 163) is a big fan of Gloria’s (he has not been swayed even by my blog posts and thinks on his own), he condemns El Gordo’s act as he says, “dapat ang asawa ng president, tumahimik lang para hindi tirahin ng diyaryo”, or something like that. He watches and laughs with me as funnymen Jay Leno, Jon Stewart, or Conan (whatshissurname?) shoot comical tirades at Dubya and he thinks anyone in government for that matter is fair game and must not take criticism personally.
If a Grade 4 kid can think this way, it’s easy to understand why an overly grown-up man can’t. Libel cases are a part of the defense mechanism this infant-brained elephant has developed through years of self-deception, half-truths, and outright lies. These people have no place in a civilized society and deserve to be impaled on a bamboo pole, burned alive with coal (litson yun a!).
My prayers, and that of my family’s, are with you. God bless you always. In the end, the truth will always prevail.
Fencesitter, you asked “you also said that your inclusion in the said libel law is because of your position as chief of reporter. is your function as chief similar to that of the editor?”
I don’t function actively as chief of reporters because of my health. When Jake Macasaet promoted me to this position, I begged off because I was already then battling cancer. But he said, I don’t have to supervise daily. I just provide suggestions every now and then on coverage.
I was still undergoing chemotherapy when that story came out. I was on the last stage of my chemo when the preliminary investigation was being conducted and I had to be present at the Manila City Hall for that.
Sorry Ellen, but this is the only topic now that is very much related. I heard the Phil. Collegian, (the official UP student paper) has stopped circulation since August and is viewed as another affront to press freedom especially in one of the last bastions of free journalism.
In the guise of violating certain gov’t procedures on procurement, the lackeys in the university have stopped funding the publication even if it was protected by the Campus Journalism Act. Not even during Martial Law has the Collegian been subject to such pressure.
I remember my first copy headlined the fatal shooting of UP stude, and personal friend Jeboy Buendia, killed by bodyguards of Marcos nephew Andy Barba in front of their house. PCIJ co-founder Malou Mangahas, who was then Collegian editor, never relented and pursued the story for months, which never saw print in the mainstream media. I was even convinced then that because of this Collegian series, Marcos never really controlled the press. The mainstream journalists were just cowards. Except maybe Joe Burgos or Jake Macasaet.
But this new development just strengthens the argument in favor of students pelting Esperon with rotten eggs. If I had known the sycophants had achieved to shut down the Collegian since August, I would have encouraged the students to throw in the whole chicken coop.
It is a reflection of the unannounced official policy of the Cheat Executive on the crackdown against her “enemies”. You, Ellen, are one of the victims, and it boggles the mind why in actuality, it’s the other way around.
What sez you, Yuko and the rest of the alumni?
Apparently, the Fatso wants you dead, Ellen. He knows about your illness and someone must have advised him to keep on harrassing you knowing that anxiety, etc. can worsen your condition.
What the crook does not know, however, is that the more he bullies you and the others, the extra strength and incentive to fight for what is right and true you and your fellow defendants (or should I say “accused” since you say libel suits are criminal cases in the Philippines) gain.
God willing, truth will prevail! Ang lakas ng bagsak ni Fatso kapag nagkataon! I pray for a miracle that this will in fact make you better healthwise! 😛
Ellen,
I have nothing for you but my most devoted prayers that you may come out of this trial stronger and healthier. Good luck and God bless.
Ma’m Ellen, I saw you in TV Patrol last night…I was so “excited” in trying to call my wife’s attention so she can see “who this Ellen Tordesillas” I was “crazy about”(as per her term…hehehe) in the net. Although it would have been much better if “it was of a different circumstances” that you were shown in tv, but nevertheless…at least she(my wife) saw “how much a fighter” you are. Heads up Ma’m Ellen…kaya nyo (together with Kit Tatad) yan!
And speaking of the TV Patrol coverage…”ang taray” ng dating mo duon…hehehe. I think ABS-CBN “even edited out” some of your “fiery statements”. Attagirl Ms. Ellen Tordesillas! 😉
at the very least, this is harassment coming from pidal.
TongueInAnew:
Didn’t know that Philippine Collegian has stopped circulation. Tarantado talaga ha? At least, during my stint at UP, matapang ang president ng UP, si Cinco na hindi umubra si Dadong sa kaniya. Gotta do something to fortify the university from this corruption. Gotta maintain the non-conformity especially to corrupt establishment over there. Gotta get ahold of other UP alumni and see what we can do to restore the independence of our Alma Mater from these crooks, especially the bogus economist whom I heard got her PhD by her usual modus operandi—diploma for sale!!!
Can you expound on this and I’ll post it on all the UPAA forums I am in. Thanks.
Mam ellen malulusutan mo yang si pidal magnum p.i. g, at aabangan ko yung replay ng tfc para makita ka kung gaano ka katapang.
I’d like to see you in that TV Patrol coverage. I know you’re going to fight, Ellen! Kidding aside, am really praying for you, for Binay too ( whom a friend of mine texted is a very good mayor and others accused of “libel”. The Lord never sleeps. We should ask Him and if it is for our own good, He will surely grant it!” But fight we MUST!
We have nothing to lose, Ellen! Si FG marami…excess niyang Taba!
TongueInAnew:
Got this from a friend:
Standoff over funds shuts UP publication
By DJ Yap
Inquirer
Last updated 01:43am (Mla time) 10/17/2006
Published on Page A5 of the October 17, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
FOR two months now, there has been little activity on the fourth floor of Vinzons Hall, the student center at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, where the editorial office of the Philippine Collegian is located.
Locked in a standoff with the UP administration over the release of its funds, the country’s most outspoken student newspaper has suspended press work, as it tries to resolve the fiscal problem.
Staff members and school authorities are arguing about whether the Collegian fund is a public fund, and therefore is subject to the Government Procurement Act, or a student fund under the full control of the editorial board.
As a result of the standoff, the UP administration has withheld the money allocated for the weekly paper’s printing costs, angering editors and reporters who launched a campaign demanding the release of the fund.
So far, no one is budging. The last Collegian issue to hit the stands came out in late August, and staff members say they have given up hope of coming out with an issue before the semester ends.
Not just about money
While the debate is primarily about money, Collegian editors and reporters maintain that it is “in essence about silencing” the paper, which has been critical of both the national government and the UP administration.
“From the first issue of this year’s term, the Collegian was already very critical of the UP administration and the national government,” noted Wendell Gumban, a senior editor.
“What is happening to the Collegian right now is very beneficial to the administration and Malacañang; so to us, it seems to be an indirect way of repressing the paper,” he said.
This view was disputed in an open letter to the UP community by Diliman chancellor Sergio Cao, who said the Collegian “has never been under siege.”
“…This UP Diliman Administration has not done anything to threaten the independence of the Collegian as to what they can write about and how they write it,” he said.
He said the Collegian funds were public funds and should be subject to government budgeting, accounting and auditing rules.
“In particular, in the matter of the choice of printing press for the Collegian, the choice must be subject to the provisions of the new government procurement law that prescribes bidding,” he said.
Choice of printing press
Cao said he had met with representatives of the paper in hopes of resolving the matter, but the editors were “adamant about not undergoing this kind of government bidding procedure.”
In a text message to the Inquirer, Cao said: “I have actually offered the Collegian a way to be financially independent: They collect the fees themselves so they don’t become public funds. They refused.”
But Gumban insisted that the issue was no longer about a simple disagreement over the nature of the Collegian funds.
“The administration says it’s just a policy issue, but by forcing us to submit to the Government Procurement Act, they are withholding our fund, and in effect, the lifeblood of the paper,” he said.
He said the editorial board would not allow the UP administration to conduct a bidding among printing presses, standard policy for government funds under Republic Act No. 9184, precisely because Collegian funds were not public funds.
Gumban said the staff was not willing to give in, particularly on the choice of printing press, in order to protect the editorial board’s fiscal autonomy as mandated by the Campus Journalism Act.
“If we give in, it would set a dangerous precedent. It’s better to fight for our principles at this stage, so we won’t be compromised in the future,” he said.
Repercussions
The College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP), which has been closely watching the developments, said it was siding with the Collegian on the issue.
“In our view, the objective of the administration is to silence the Collegian. They may say that they are only implementing the law, but their actions are obviously colored by such an objective,” said CEGP president Jose Cosido.
He said the Collegian’s woes might have repercussions on other campus publications throughout the country, considering the Collegian’s long and proud history.
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This is being circulated now. We’ll wait for the reaction especially from well-off members of the UPAA around the world.
Come to think of it, but the bogus president is so desperate to have herself declared queen that she is moving “mountains” now to declare a state of emergency and/or martial law that is why she has ordered the bullying of hers and her husband’s enemies!!!
Tangna ang lakas na loob! Manduduro talaga. Matapang lang kasi nagawa na niyang gawing mga balimbing iyong mga sundalong walang yagba—labas lang ang tumbong! Nagpapasikat ang kumag kasi may mga kano ngayon sa Pilipinas isang katutak. Baka ang gawin ng kumag pati iyong mga kano utusan niyang pagbabarilin ang mga pinoy na lalagyan niya ng tag na “Terrorists” para sa exercise nila!
At least, kita na ng lahat na ubod pala ng ‘tado ang babaing ito. BTW, I’ve been getting viral mails from the Bansot’s Internet Brigade through my yahoo account. Hindi makapasok sa main addy ko. ‘Tado talaga!!!
Ingat kayong mga katulad kong suyang-suya na kay Pandak!
more on the phil. collegian issue.
http://www.philippinecollegian.net/
“Apparently, the Fatso wants you dead, Ellen. He knows about your illness and someone must have advised him to keep on harrassing you knowing that anxiety, etc. can worsen your condition.”
I agree, ystakei.
Thanks, John, for the lead. I just signed up for the petition. Palibhasa si Bansot salingpusa lang sa UP (I heard binayaran kung sino para mabigyan ng PhD in Economics kuno) that is why she does not know that UP students have a tradition of being non-conformists and independent, and fight when the administration, especially a bogus one at that, tries to clip their wings.
She knows she did not win the election that is why she is determined to cling to the position by hook or by crook, and the husband likes it because even without a portfolio, he can run the show. No thanks to the no-yagba in Congress, Senate, police and military, etc.
KAWAWANG BANSA! My condolence to all!
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
Elvie:
Iyan ang gusto ni Fatso, ang malaglag ang taba niya! Dapat ang dasal natin, mabalutan sana ng maraming taba ang puso niya para tepok madali! 😛
Disaster President
MR. EXPOSE
Amb. Ernesto Maceda
10/17/2006
Widely known to have damaged the electoral process, the constitutionally mandated separation and balance of powers, the independence of the judiciary and the integrity of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, GMA can now add the title of President of disasters.
An NGO, the Citizens Disaster Response Center (CDRC) has reported that the number of disaster incidents increased from 199 in 2001 to 384 in 2005. From January 2005 to Oct. 3, 2006, 5.8 million Filipinos have been affected by disasters, not including the Guimaras oil spill. Only China and India, with their bigger populations, have reported more victims.
But the biggest disaster is yet to come — the forcing through of a new Constitution and a unicameral parliamentary system on the population through a fake people’s initiative or an unconstitutional Constituent Assembly.
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Crime to disappear? Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Oscar Calderon announced that in the first 100 days of his tenure, crime has gone down by 50 percent. People are expecting that through his magic wand, crime will go down to 25 percent after another 100 days. And crime-free at the end of 300 days?
Common reaction — “we don’t report crimes to the police anymore. We don’t trust them.” General Calderon can help his credibility a lot if he can solve the latest crimes, among them the six dead bodies found over the weekend in Tagum City, Davao del Norte, and the bodies of PO1 Salipudin Puti and PO1 Sabidi Abdul of the Cotabato City PNP Station found inside a car in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao. He should investigate who is stealing manhole covers in Angono, Rizal, which caused the death of Edward Banaag, 7, who fell into an open manhole, as well as those who stole 5,000 kilos of Meralco electric wires during and after Typhoon “Milenyo.” General Calderon should find a way to stop his policemen from shooting fellow policemen as what happened on Sunday in a police station in Iloilo leaving two dead.
The PNP chief should now act to stop the bombings in Mindanao which intensified when a bomb exploded in front of a police-run cooperative in Jolo, Sulu, just meters away from a police camp. Also, who planted the bomb near the Agora market in Pagadian City which was fortunately discovered in time?
He can look into the rash of holduppings in Caloocan City and Angeles City. A German was held up in Bagong Barrio, Caloocan, while a Japanese investor in Clark was held up and suffered a head wound caused by a gun butt just outside the CDC gates in Angeles City.
Try to believe General Calderon. After all, he is a relative of GMA.
this fits her well
Mrivera,
“Try to believe General Calderon. After all, he is a relative of GMA.”
Didn’t know that. Gosh, sounds like Saddam Hussein’s government in the making in Pinas!
Anna,
Calderon is related to the Fatso. So, the appointment as usual is definitely on dictate of the Fatso like those appointments in the SC, etc.
Iyan si Rasputin ng Pilipinas!
Mrivera:
Tama ka. Iyan din ang sabi ng mga kakilala ko. Mahirap magsumbong sa pulis kasi kasabwat kundi naman ay boss noong mga kriminal!!!
Malosep talaga! I leave it to God to deal with these crooks! May araw din sila! You bet!
Anong pinuputok ng butsi ni Fatso? Tanungin mo ang mga jueteng lord. Lahat sila nagsasabing si Fatso ang pinaka-operator ng cheating scam ni Bansot. Tama si Tatad! I believe him.
I actually met one in Tokyo a year ago, and I heard of the 5M per game contribution to the campaign of Bansot. Utos daw ni Fatso. When I asked why they do not complain and report such to the police, sabi ng game lord, “Anong gusto mo masara ang operation ko? Nakikisama na lang tayo para tuloy ang ligaya!”
Thank God, I have not met a supposedly respectable Japanese doing such. Meron ganyan, pero alam mo kung ano sila—gangster at kriminal!!! Mga yakuza iyan ang trabaho pero hindi sila kasing-garapal ni Fatso kasi kahit papaano may sinusunod ding Code of Ethics itong mga putol dito! At least, pinuputol nila ang mga daliri nila kapag nagkamali or nabisto sila! 😛
Itong mga Pidal, bistado na, ang astig pa rin. Ayaw bumaba! Para pang nakakaloko na nag-apologize na raw, ano pang gusto? Kapal talaga! 😡
hintayin lang ng mag-asawang kawatan at pamilya nila ang sandaling mawala silang lahat sa kapangyarihan at doon nila mararamdaman ang para silang mga ketongin na pinandidirihan ng taong bayan. gayundin ang mga ipokritong ayaw umamin na sila ay tagapagtaguoyd ng buktot na gawain ng kanilang amu-amuhan.
“sa sandaling mapatid ang lubid sa gitna ng tawiring nakalundo sa bangin ng kaparusahan, doon lang malilimi ng mga sukab ang bigat ng kanilang mga kasalanan sa taong bayan.”
http://thepinoy.net/?p=182
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NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES
Statement
October 17, 2006
References:
Jose Torres, NUJP chairman (mobile phone no. 09209010013)
Rowena Carranza-Paraan, secretary-general (mobile phone no. 09104950095)
Nonoy Espina, deputy secretary-general (mobile phone no. 09185152712)
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Int’l media group scores Mike A. for suing 43 Filipino journalists
Daily Tribune 10/20/2006
An international media group yesterday denounced First Gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo for “hounding” media with a string of libel cases filed against 43 local journalists.
Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said arrest warrants issued last Monday against eight journalists employed by the Malaya newspaper were “the latest stage in this outrageous harassment.”
“Reporters Without Borders condemns this hounding by Mr. Arroyo, which is eroding press freedom in the Philippines,” the media group, in a statement, added.
“Even though the spouse of the head of state has no political mandate, he is nevertheless very influential in the country and several of his friends are very highly placed officials,” it said.
The statement came a day after the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) slammed this week’s arrest warrants for the publisher and the chief of reporters of Malaya, and a former Sen. Francisco Tatad stemming from libel cases filed by Mr. Arroyo in 2004.
The First Gentleman has filed 43 complaints against journalists, editors and publishers seeking a total of P70 million in damages.
Most of the stories concern alleged corruption and electoral fraud involving the First Couple.
Mr. Arroyo’s spokesman, Juris Soliman, denied the libel suits were intended to muzzle the media.
She said the articles were written with malice.
“All Mr. Arroyo wants is for them (journalists) to stop lying…Journalism is about telling the truth, not inventing stories,” Soliman stressed.
The journalists’ union earlier said Mr. Arroyo was using the country’s outdated laws to muzzle a critical press.
It added more than 600 Filipino reporters and foreign colleagues have signed a petition calling for the decriminalization of libel and decrying “the propensity of public officials and figures like Mr. Arroyo of using our outdated laws to muzzle a critical press.”’
Joined by 44 colleagues from 14 countries and 21 local and international media organizations, the journalists asked Mr. Arroyo “to cease and desist from exploiting libel as a tool to cow the media.”
They challenged the First Gentleman to “squarely face the issues raised against him where they are properly addressed, in the arena of free and democratic discourse” instead of using libel to harass journalists.
Among the foreign media groups that supported the statement include the United States, Canada, Japan, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Colombia, New Zealand, Australia and some European countries.
Under Philippine law, libel is a criminal offense which carries a maximum penalty of four years in jail. AFP