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Month: December 2006

Marine faces court martial over distribution of Erap biopic

Published by Ellen on December 21, 2006

There is now a new crime in the Philippines: distributing DVD copies of movies Gloria Arroyo does not like.

Following is the report of Malaya’s Victor Reyes on the trial by court martial of first Lt. Artemio Raymundo for,believe it or not, sharing with fellow marines DVD copies of former President Joseph Estrada’s biographical movie.

And we are supposed to be a democracy!

THE staff judge advocate of the Marine Corps has recommended the trial by court martial of a junior officer for distributing copies of the former President Estrada’s biopic in videodisc.

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Ang Christmas wish ni Val Querubin

Published by Ellen on December 20, 2006

Sa kakatutok ko sa isyu ng Cha-Cha at Con-Ass hindi ko napansin na magpa-Pasko na pala at hindi pa ko nakahanda ng aking mga pang-regalo.

Noong nanood nga kami ng concert ni Otoniel Gonzaga at Dulce sa Philamlife noong Dec. 9, doon ko na-realize na nagsimula na pala ang Christmas season dahil marami sa kanilang kinanta ay Christmas songs.

Ang aking pamangkin ay dumadalo sa simbang gabi kaya kapag almusal nakikita kong may sapin-sapin at kutsenta. Sabi ko sa kanya bumili ng puto bumbong at bibingka ngunit ang haba raw ng pila sa ganoong kakanin.

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Very Gloria Arroyo

Published by Ellen on December 19, 2006

I think Gloria Arroyo’s latest flip-flop on cha-cha was driven by her fear of being abandoned by her opportunistic allies now that she is seen as a lameduck.

Yesterday morning, in her speech at the Asian Development Bank, Arroyo said she will pursue cha-cha with “urgency and vigor.”

With the prospect of her staying in power beyond 2010 courtesy of cha-cha, she can still command the support of congressmen, especially when impeachment time comes again next year.

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Huwag umasa sa simbahan

Published by Ellen on December 18, 2006

Habang sinusulat ko ito, mga alas tres ng hapon,may mga nagra-rally sa Makati sa harap ng Ninoy Aquino monument sa panulukan ng Ayala Avenue at Paseo de Roxas.

Sabi ng Malaya reporter, mga 5,000 raw ang mga tao. Nandoon sina Bishop Yniquez at Makati Rep. Butz Aquino. Nakita ko sa TV na maraming nawawagayway na bandila. Karamihan ay pula.

Sa rally sa Luneta noong Linggo, medyo napag-usapan na ito ng mga naii-inis sa nangyari doon na hindi man lamang sila makawagayway ng kanilang bandila o magdala ng streamers na magpapahiwatig ng kanilang saloobin laban sa administrasyong Arroyo.

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Nearing the end-game

Published by Ellen on December 17, 2006

I think we are nearing the end-game of the political crisis rooted in the cheating by Gloria Arroyo in the 2004 elections.

The Luneta rally yesterday, whether it was attended by 150,000 as estimated by participants or 15,000 as counted by the police,was a ringing political statement that the people have not forgiven Gloria Arroyo despite the cancellation of the abominable “House-only” Con-Ass and her retreat from her Charter Change advocacy.

All sectors of society were represented in yesterday’s Luneta gathering. The Erap’s “masa” were there wearing orange headbands with a “No to Cha-Cha” message.

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Character change, not charter change

Published by Ellen on December 17, 2006

Malaya’s report on the Luneta rally:

BY GERARD ANTHONY NAVAL

REFORMS in government, including in the electoral system, should first be instituted before tinkering with the Constitution, Church leaders said in an anti-Charter change rally held yesterday at the Quirino Grandstand at the Luneta.

“Mas magiging maayos ang charter change na pino-propose (nila) kung magkakaroon muna ng pagbabago sa mga tao bago ang kung ano man ang baguhin… tulad ng Saligang Batas natin,” said Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines which initiated the rally.

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Ngtatalunan na sa palubog na barko ni Gloria

Published by Ellen on December 16, 2006

Magkita-kita tayo mamaya sa rally sa Luneta.

Itong rally sa Luneta, maliban sa sabay-sabay nating pagdarasal sa tunay na kapayapaan at pasalamat sa naunsyaming pagyurak sa Saligang Batas nina Gloria Arroyo, Joe de Venecia at ang kanilang mga kasamahan, ay pagpapakita na gising na ang sambayanang Pilipino.

Marami ang nagtatanong, kung ano ang mangyayari pagkatapos ng rally. Sa akin kung tuloy-tuloy ito at mauwi sa political rally katulad ng “People Power” noong February 1986 at January 2001, okay lang. Kung hindi naman, hindi ibig sabihin noon ligtas na si Gloria Arroyo.

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What’s happening to our country?

Published by Ellen on December 16, 2006

Rep. Luis Bersamin of the lone distict of Abra was killed when two unidentified men shot him in an ambush after he attended a mass in Mt. Carmel church in Quezon City.

The ambush on Bersamin came only four days after a similar ambush was attempted on Pasig Representative Robert “Dodot” Jaworski Jr., who cited politics or the illegal drug trade as possible motives, and after revelations by officials of an alleged plot to assassinate House Majority Leader Prospero Nograles.

What’s happening to our country?

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