This picture was taken during the “Long Live the Emperor” Christmas party of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippinees where ISAFP Chief Delfin Bangit gave out gifts (cash and appliances) furiously as if money would be abolished tomorrow.
Military sources said the funding for that party came from “the top”.
Click here for the story of Fe Zamora in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno thinks we are all stupid. Ginagago tayo.
Read this story by Norman Bordadora from the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Tarra Quismundo said the operation was done in 30 minutes. Really well- planned.Click here.
Update: Gloria Arroyo didn’t know of Smith’s transfer to US Embassy- Ermita. Click here.
INTERIOR Secretary Ronaldo Puno yesterday said it was his office that decided to hand over American Marine Daniel Smith to US custody and this was in line with a Malacañang decision to comply with treaty obligations, to which President Macapagal-Arroyo agreed “in principle.”
Puno and Interior Undersecretary for Public Safety Marius Corpus said that the transfer pushed through late in the night to avoid security complications in case the convoy bearing Smith had to go through heavy traffic between the central business district in Makati and the US Embassy compound in Manila.
Talagang mahilig itong si Gloria Arroyo at ang kanyang mga alagad gumawa ng kababalaghan habang tulog ang sambayanang Pilipino.
Nagulat ako kahapon ng mabasa ko sa internet na nilipat pala noong Biyernes ng magha- hatinggabi si Lance Corporal Daniel Smith sa US embassy kahit na ang desisyon ng Makati Regional Trial Court at Court of Appeals ay dapat manatitli siya sa Makati jail.
Maala-ala natin noong 2004 nang ipinuklama ng mga congressman at senador si Gloria Arroyo na winner ng 2004 election madaling araw, habang tulog ang lahat na tao. Ginawa nila ito kahit maraming kaso ng dayaan ang inirereklamo ng oposisyon na sina Sen. Tessie Aquino-Oreta, Sen. Nene Pimentel, Sen. Serge Osmeña at Rep. Dilanggalen.
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Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, convicted for raping a Filipina, was returned to the U.S. custody despite decisions by the Makati Trial Court and the Court of Appeals that he should stay in Makati jail.
The manner Smith was returned to US custody, surely with the approval of the executive department, is another demonstration that jungle justice reigns supreme in Gloria Arroyo’s administration.
Following is Inquirer’s story on Smith’s return to US custody:
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That’s the title of the book of Carmen Guerrero Nakpil, launched at the Havana restaurant at Greenbelt, Makati the other day
It’s not accurate to describe Mrs. Nakpil as one of the best Filipino writers because she is comparable with the best in the world
“Myself, Elsewhere” is both an autobiography and a memoir of old pre-war Ermita which is no longer visible to today’s generation.
Some 60 journalists and concerned citizens , including yours truly, yesterday filed a civil class suit (click here) against Mike Arroyo before the Makati Regional Trial Court.
In the suit, we contend that Mike Arroyo, spouse of President Gloria Arroyo, is both a public figure and a public officer.
Update Jan. 09, 2007: Mike Arroyo asks court to dismiss class suit.
We said that the libel suits he has filed against 45 journalists is a “clear abuse of right and an obvious effort to obstruct, defeat, and/or violate the Plaintiffs’ constitutional rights “ and obviously intended “to stifle and/or chill the exercise of freedom of the press, thereby causing them grave injury and tremendous amount of money”.
Rep. Neric Acosta(LP) should be worried.
Former poll commissioner Virgilio Garcillano confirmed Thursday his candidacy as 1st district representative of Bukidnon in the 2007 May elections, saying that he would win “without cheating.”
“I am [running as] congressman [in the] first district of Bukidnon… I have decided to run,” he said in an exclusive interview with ABS-CBN Regional Network Group.
Maraming pangyayari ang dumarating sa ating buhay ng sa ganun ay nagkakaroon tayo ng leksyon. Lahat naman tayo ay makasalanan ngunit ang mga masamang pangyayari , madalas ay panggising o “wake up call” para tayo matuto ay ayusin natin ang ating buhay.
Para kasing binibigyan tayo ng Panginoon ng pagkakataon pa na tumino bago tayo kunin.
Alam na natin ang sakuna na nangyari kay House Speaker Jose de Venecia nang masunog ang kanyang bahay bago ang Pasko. Kamuntik rin madisgrasya ang eroplano niyang sinasakyan noong isang biyahe niya sa Iloilo.
Kahapon napabalita ang nawalan ng preno ang maliit na eroplano ng Philippine Air Force na sakay an tatlong matataas na opisyal ng Philippine Army na nina Army Chief Lt. Gen. Romeo Tolentino; Col. Cesar Yano ng Operation at pinuno ng court martial trial laban sa 28 na opisyal na sangkot sa February 2006 coup; Col. Ramon Cabal ng Logistics; Capt. Louie Dimaala, at Chief M/Sgt Fidel Alegre.
If you had difficulty accessing this blog today, or for that matter connecting to the internet, here’s the reason:
RP Internet, phone calls affected
Telecommunications in the Philippines, along with its neighbors, were severely disrupted on Wednesday after earthquakes off Taiwan damaged undersea cables, slowing Internet services and hindering financial transactions, particularly in the currency market.
International telephone traffic was restricted from some countries and Internet access slowed to a crawl.