April 2008 – Page 4 – ellen tordesillas

Miranda et al off to more fortified Tanay

Published by Ellen on April 11, 2008

Update, Apr 12: Col. Querubin back in the hospital after he experienced chest pain again Friday.
It’s a blessing in disguise that his planned transfer to Camp Capinpin last Wednesday didn’t push through.

More details in comments section below.

Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda and Col. Ariel Querubin were brought back to Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal last Wednesday (April 9) in what is seen as escalation of pressure by AFP Chief Hermogenes Esperon.

The rest of the officers will be brought back in batches to their former detention facility which was fortified while they were at the ISAFP compound in Camp Aguinaldo. While before the set up was barracks style, Esperon has individual cells built. Para ring nakabartolina.

Garcia vs Ombudsman, 2-0

Published by Ellen on April 10, 2008

Lady Justice is really blind under Gloria Arroyo’s rule

by Peter J. G. Tabingo
Malaya

Retired Major Gen. Carlos F. Garcia scored his second straight court victory against the government Thursday after the Sandiganbayan Second Division acquitted him of a perjury charge alleging misrepresentations in his 1998 statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN).

Esperon working out deal with ‘Tanay’ junior officers?

Published by Ellen on April 10, 2008

Remember my column last April 4 titled “The offers”? More details are coming out:

by Victor Reyes
Malaya

A lawyer of officers facing court martial for an alleged overthrow attempt in February 2006 yesterday said Armed Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon has sent a member of his staff to make “overtures” to the accused.

Trixie Angeles said Maj. Cristobal “CJ” Perez has approached the officers twice since last week, asking them what he could do for their pending cases, particularly those of the junior officers.

May sinira na naman si Gloria

Published by Ellen on April 9, 2008

Update: DOJ welcomes pardon for the 9

Halatang-halata naman itong mga opisyal ng military na puring-puri sa siyam na dating opisyal ng Magdalo sa kanilang pag-amin na guilty sila sa ginawa nila sa Oakwoong noong July 2003 nang nanindigan laban sa pamahalaan ni Gloria Arroyo.

Halatang-halata naman na may deal. Huwag na tayo magtaka kung sa susunod na linggo,
ipa-pardon ni Gloria Arroyo itong siyam.

9 Magdalo officers sentenced 6 to 40 years in prison

Published by Ellen on April 8, 2008

No worry. Esperon has promised them pardon very soon.

The Makati Regional Trial Court on Tuesday handed down a sentence of imprisonment ranging from six years up to 40 years on nine members of the Magdalo group who pleaded guilty to charges of coup d’etat for the July 2003 Oakwood mutiny.

Makati RTC Branch 148 Judge Oscar Pimentel sentenced Captains Gerardo Gambala and Milo Maestrocampo – who are among the Magdalo’s core leaders – to reclusion perpetua or 20 to 40 years of imprisonment.

Ehitcal lapses mark passage of Biofuels law

Published by Ellen on April 8, 2008

By Jessica Hermosa And Johanna Sisante
Vera Files

(Last of two parts)

Perhaps no other lawmaker is as enthusiastic about biofuels as Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri.

Zubiri was still congressman for the Third District of Bukidnon when he became principal author of the House bill that eventually became Republic Act 9367 or the Biofuels Act. He campaigned hard to get other lawmakers to support the measure that he earned himself the nickname “Mr. Biofuel.” His official page in the Senate website describes him as the “father of the Biofuels Act of 2006.”

‘Iggy’ Arroyo to use biofuels law to evade CARP?

Published by Ellen on April 8, 2008

By Jessica Hermosa and Johanna Sisante

Vera Files

(First of two parts)

While ordinary Filipinos face the threat of food shortages caused by dwindling agricultural land, sugar barons in Congress are preoccupied turning their vast haciendas and other lands into plantations to produce and process biofuels.

One of those engaged in this move is presidential brother-in-law Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo who hurdled last month most of the government requirements needed to convert his family’s 157-hectare Hacienda Bacan in Isabela, Negros Occidental into agro-industrial uses, mainly for the production of ethanol.

Inspirasyon si Cory Aquino

Published by Ellen on April 7, 2008

Tinitingnan ko ang mga litrato ni dating Cory Aquino mula nang ibinalita na siya ay may kanser sa kolon at laki nga ang kanyang ipinayat.

Sa pahayag ng kanyang pamilya na binasa ni Kris, noon pang Enero nagsimula ang kanyang check-up. Ibig sabihin noon may alam na sila noong mga nakaraang buwan na kanser ang kanyang sakit.

Nolle prosequi

Published by Ellen on April 6, 2008

I took off last Thursday for a much-needed vacation so I missed the court martial hearing of the 28 officers accused of mutiny and conduct unbecoming of an officer and gentleman for allegedly planning to withdraw support from Gloria Arroyo in February 2006 after her thwarting the will of the people was exposed by the Hello Garci tapes.

But thanks to a friend who was in the hearing. She wrote me the following narrative of what happened last Thursday. I’m sharing this with you to better understand the latest development on the case of these patriot-officers who continue to hold on to their principles despite emotional, economic and physical hardships.

Babuyan ni Gloria

Published by Ellen on April 5, 2008

Diretso ng idinawit ni Sen. Panfilo Lacson si Gloria Arroyo sa nawawalang P1.4 bilyon na nakalaan para sa programa ng pagbababoy.

Dapat naman. Lahat na pangungurakot dito sa bansa ay nangyayari dahil kurakot ang pinuno. At hindi naman ito mangyayari kung hindi niya inaprubahan.

Month: April 2008