October 2007 – Page 7 – ellen tordesillas

Esperon relents on check up for “destabilizer”

Published by Ellen on October 3, 2007

Update: Brig. Gen. Renato Miranda was brought to V. Luna Hospital in Quezon City this afternoon (Thurs, Oct. 4) for general check up.

Sen. Rodolfo Biazon will visit the detainees in Tanay on Monday.

by Victor Reyes

Armed Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. has approved an “annual physical examination” for former Marines commandant Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda, an alleged leader of the last year’s failed power grab, a military spokesman said yesterday.

The approval was given last Monday, the same day Esperon said Miranda was not entitled to an “executive checkup” because he is a “destabilizer.”

Ano ngayon kung chickboy?

Published by Ellen on October 3, 2007

Noong hearing ng “Hello Garci” sa Senado na pinamumunuan ni Sen. Rodolfo Biazon, ang tanong ni Sen. Juan Ponce-Enrile kay dating T/sgt Vidal Doble ay naka-focus sa kanyang pagiging chick boy.

Hiwalay kasi si Doble sa kanyang asawang si Arlene, nagkaroon siya ng girlfriend na si Mayette at may bagong siyang kasama na ang pangalan ay si Jocelyn. Sabi ni Enrile kaya raw niya inu-urirat ang personal na buhay ni Doble para patunayan raw na hindi ma-aaring paniwalaan ang kanyang pinagsasabi tungkol sa kanilang pag-wiretap ng pag-uusap ni Gloria Arroyo at dating Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano kung saan pinag-usapan nila ang pandaraya noong 2004 eleksyon.

Malacañang to ‘Desperate Housewives’: Apologize for slur

Published by Ellen on October 3, 2007

From Abs-CBN online:

The furor over a slur uttered against Philippine medical schools on the premier episode of the fourth season of the American TV show “Desperate Housewives” has prompted a response from Malacañang Palace.

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said the TV show belittled the abilities of Filipino doctors and sent a message that Philippine medical schools produced “substandard, inferior” medical practitioners.

Yano belittles Esperon’s tale

Published by Ellen on October 3, 2007

Esperon insists on coup plot report; Yano dismisses it as “very insignificant”.

Below are the two reports:

Army chief belittles coup reports

By Joel Guinto
10/03/07

Army Chief Lieutenant General Alexander Yano has played down as “very insignificant” and “raw” reports of a new plot to topple government, and added that there was no need for worry.

Yano expressed confidence that the “very few” soldiers who were the targets of the alleged recruitment would resist the overtures of anti-government forces as they remained loyal to the chain of command.

No TRO on ‘Hello Garci’ probe

Published by Ellen on October 3, 2007

Thanks God, there are still decent souls in the Supreme Court

By Leila Salaverria

Supreme Court justices Tuesday invoked public interest in the reform of the electoral process as they grilled the lawyers of two retired justices who had sought to stop the renewed Senate inquiry into the “Hello Garci” wiretapping scandal.

After seven hours of oral arguments, the high court merely required the contending parties to submit their respective memoranda containing their positions within 15 days.

Esperon, destabilizer

Published by Ellen on October 2, 2007

Update: Sen. Francis Pangilinan says Esperon’s denial of medical attention to Gen. Miranda is a violation of his right to life. Calls on Esperon to allow Gen. Miranda to undergo general check up. For full statement, scroll further down.

In his book, “Long Walk to Freedom,” South Africa’s former president, Nelson Mandela, said: “A man who takes away another man’s freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness.”

Mandela, one of the greatest human beings, was speaking about his jailors in their struggle against apartheid but the description could perfectly apply to AFP chief Hermogenes Esperon.

For how can one explain Esperon’s odious remark about the request of Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda for a general or executive checkup?

Senate freezes probe into broadband deal

Published by Ellen on October 2, 2007

Update: THE Arroyo government will let the controversy over the cancelled $329 million broadband deal with Chinese firm ZTE Corp. simmer down before pursuing a similar project in a different form before President Arroyo steps down in 2010, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said today (Oct. 3). Click here.

No hearings until November

Arroyo informs China NBN deal with ZTE cancelled

by JP Lopez

THE freeze is on.

The Senate is expected to hold no further hearings on the inquiry into the $329 million national broadband deal until Congress returns for work on Nov. 5 after a one-month break which starts tomorrow.

The freeze was a result of the decision to scrap an all-member caucus last night where a proposed hearing tomorrow was to be taken up.

Mike: “Back off” not in my vocabulary

Published by Ellen on October 2, 2007

by Jay Chua

First Gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo flew in yesterday from Hong Kong to deny that he told Jose “Joey” de Venecia III to “back off” from the national broadband network project.

“Let me just clarify, I never said back off, that is not in my vocabulary,” he said.

The young De Venecia testified in a Senate investigation on the broadband project last week that the presidential spouse pointed a finger at him and said “back off” during a meeting at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Mandaluyong.

A destabilizer not entitled to executive checkup: Esperon

Published by Ellen on October 1, 2007

by Victor Reyes

Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda, former Marines commandant who is detained for allegedly leading a failed power grab last year, is not entitled to an executive checkup because he is a destabilizer, AFP chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon said yesterday.

“If they are asking for an executive check, what I know is that an executive checkup is a privilege for those who are not resorting to violence,” Esperon said.

“For example, if you are not doing something illegal, you can have an executive checkup. But if you are a destabilizer, you are detained, why then are you asking for an executive checkup? We (military leadership) are not the ones who are at fault why you are being detained,” Esperon also said.

Tama ang ginagawa ng Senado

Published by Ellen on October 1, 2007

Sa pag-resign ni Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos, ibig ba sabihin doon libre na siya kasama ng lahat na sangkot sa manomalyang NBN ZTE deal lalo na si Gloria Arroyo at si Mike Arroyo, sa krimen ng plunder o malakihang pangungurakot ?

Hindi ako tumatalon sa tuwa sa pag-resign ni Abalos kasi pag-iwas yun sa kanyang kasalanan. Hindi naman siya umamin ng kasalanan kahit na buking na buking na siya.

Kung may ikinatuwa man ako, ang kanyang pagbibitiw ay nagpapakita ng mabigat na impact o dating ng televised na congressional investigation.

Month: October 2007