March 2008 – Page 5 – ellen tordesillas

Palace eyes U-turn on Spratly Deal 2

Published by Ellen on March 10, 2008

Binay: Review an admission of agreement’s infirmities

by Regina Bengco
Malaya

A Malacañang legal team is studying whether to push through with the 2005 Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking (JMSU) agreement with China and Vietnam on the disputed South China Sea.

Chief presidential legal counsel Sergio Apostol said the study was prompted by the “political noise” that President Arroyo might have committed treason by allowing the joint exploration of the disputed islands in exchange for loan agreements worth billions of dollars from China.

A stinking deal

Published by Ellen on March 9, 2008

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Statement of former DOE and PNOC heads

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GMANewsTV: Senate to start Spratlys probe

Siazon denies Drilon story

ABS-CBN:Political noise endangers Spratlys deal

How important is the JMSU (Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking) in the Spratly islands to China can be seen by how the Asia-Pacific superpower broke its traditional practice of spacing state visits to accommodate Gloria Arroyo in September 2004.

Six RP-occupied islands covered in controversial Spratlys deals

Published by Ellen on March 9, 2008

By VERA Files*

Six islands occupied by the Philippines in the disputed Spratly Islands Groups are covered by two controversial joint seismic monitoring agreements among the Philippines, China and Vietnam that have come under fire for purportedly “sacrificing” Philippine interests in exchange for huge loans from Beijing.

Whistleblowers band together, set up support group

Published by Ellen on March 9, 2008

From ABS-CBN online:

To encourage more people to testify versus corrupt practices, several key Senate resource persons in corruption inquiries have banded together to start a support group for whistleblowers like them.

Current and former Senate witnesses have put up the Whistleblowers’ Association (WBA), which they said will give emotional, legal, and financial support for whistleblowers like them, ABS-CBN News correspondent Timi Nubla reported.

Included in the group are volunteer witness Dante Madriaga in the controversial national broadband network deal probe, “jueteng payola” probe witness Sandra Cam, and “Hello, Garci” wiretapping witness Vidal Doble.

Transcripts of past interviews related to Spratlys deal

Published by Ellen on March 8, 2008

1.Transcript of July 2006 interview with then PNOC President Eduardo Mañalac, the signatory to the JMSU:

13jul06-interview-manalac.doc

2.Transcript of Sept. 2005 interview with then Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla:

23sept05-interview-with-energy-secretary-raphael-lotilla.doc

Documents related to Spratlys deal

Published by Ellen on March 8, 2008

1. Click here http://www.ellentordesillas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/rp_china.pdf for the Agreement for Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking in certain Areas in the South China Sea by and Between China National…

Hindi lang Spratlys ang ibinenta

Published by Ellen on March 8, 2008

Lumabas ngayon sa dokumento ng Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking (JMSU) na hindi lang ang mga isla na inaangkin natin ang kasama. Pati na rin mga 24,000 square kilomters na sakop sa teritoryo ng Pilipinas.

Kaya mabuti na rin na dahil sa eskandalo ng NBN/ZTE kung saan ang $139 milyon na telecomunications project ay naging $329 milyon dahil sa mga komisyon ng mga kampon ni Gloria Arroyo (kasama na rin siguro siya), napunta na ang usapan sa Spratlys island.

Sold: 24,000 sq. km. of Philippine territory

Published by Ellen on March 7, 2008

The joint seismic study agreement the Philippines struck with China in 2004 preparatory to oil exploration in the disputed Spratlys covers an area that laps the western shores of Philippines, Malaya was able to establish yesterday.

Wives of ‘Tanay Boys’ hit limits on conjugal visits

Published by Ellen on March 7, 2008

by Victor Reyes

Wives of military officers implicated in the alleged attempt to grab power in February 2007 are complaining against the lack of conjugal visits to their husbands who are detained at a facility at the Intelligence Service of the AFP inside Camp Aguinaldo.

The complaints were relayed to the media by Gina de Venecia, wife of former House Speaker Jose de Venecia, who had a dialogue with the accused officers inside Isafp. She was with a group of Commission on Human Rights officials led by Commissioner Wilhelm Soriano.

She said her visit, timed for Women’s Day, was prompted by the soldiers’ wives asking for her help.

Golez: De Venecia should tell all about Spratlys deal

Published by Ellen on March 7, 2008

Statement of Rep. Roilo Golez (Parañaque):

Former Speaker Jose de Venecia should tell everything that he knows about the origins and background of ther Tripartite Agreement for Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking inthe Agreement Area in the South China Sea signed March 14, 2005 especially his role in the initiation, negotiation and signing of the agreement and who else in the hierarchy of the government had a hand in the Agreement.

Month: March 2008