This is the picture that Skip said ruined his breakfast: Photo borrowed from Inquirer without JV Rufino’s permission. Sorry JV, ang cute ng picture.
Making life worth living.
Month: June 2007
The Concerned Citizens Group and Kontra-Daya are not putting their guard down. Not until the 12 ,whom the people truly voted for the Senate, have been proclaimed.
Yesterday, they held a mass outside the PICC, where the national canvassing is being held.
Last Wednesday, they held a rally outside the PICC. There was a scuffle at the start of the rally when the police hosed down the rallyists.
Here are some photos:
Mass for the Nation
Hosed down but unbowed and raring
Photo captions:
Gloria Arroyo’a administration slapped again by the Supreme Court.
Today, the High Court ordered the Department of Justice (DoJ) to dismiss the rebellion case against six militant lawmakers and their co-accused for lack of sufficient evidence.
The partylist legislators are Bayan Muna Representatives Satur Ocampo, Teodoro Casiño, Joel Virador; Anakpawis Representatives Rafael Mariano and Crispin Beltran; and Gabriela Representative Liza Maza.
It seems some people are losing their sense of humor these days.
Yesterday, while having a meeting, lawyer Harry Roque got a call from an unidentified male using cell phone number 0906-2053-307 telling him that they didn’t like the pamaypay incident at the Comelec canvassing at the PICC last Wednesday.
Harry immediately put the call on speakerphone for his companion to also hear. The caller told Harry that the pamaypay incident was pambabastos to former Comelec Chairman Virgilio Garcillano who was caught in a telephone conversation with a number of personalities including Gloria Arroyo discussing the rigging of the 2004 election results in favor of Arroyo.
Kampi clique eyes powerful committees
A clique in the pro-administration Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi) has put Speaker Jose de Venecia’s leadership to a test in a move to gain control over powerful and prestigious committees.
It is in these committees where proposed laws are first discussed, deliberated upon and are either passed or shelved by lawmakers, depending on who wields the greater influence.
Lawmakers, driven by the desire to get hold of several important committees, therefore devise game plans to win the juicy seats.
Gloria Arroyo’s Team Unity had always boasted that Mindanao is their bailiwick but recanvassed South Cotabato votes showed people went for Genuine Opposition senatorial bets. Here’s Malaya’s story by Gerard Naval:
Related story from the Inquirer: Cayetano dislodges Arroyo in 8th place
The allegations of re-elected Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes that votes of several senatorial candidates were either padded or shaved in South Cotabato were confirmed yesterday.
After a recanvassing of the province’s votes, which was ordered by the National Board of Canvassers (NBC), 141,674 votes were credited to Team Unity’s Juan Miguel Zubiri, or 77,000 votes more than the 218,674 he got in the original certificate of canvass (COC) submitted by the South Cotabato board of canvassers. Zubiri remained No. 13 in the Comelec count after the new COC was admitted by the NBC.