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Month: October 2008

WB disowns Gloria Arroyo’s announcement of $10 billion standby fund

Published by Ellen on October 16, 2008

Gloria’s $10B bailout fund is news to WB

Palace: Oops, ’t’was IMF which gave pledge

by Jocelyn Montemayor
Malaya

President Arroyo Arroyo left people puzzled yesterday after countries and institutions said they were unaware of a plan she announced to set up a regional fund to deal with the global financial turmoil.

Arroyo said on Wednesday the World Bank had committed to initially provide $10 billion to a fund to buy toxic debt and help banks in the region hit by the financial crisis.

Arroyo said the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, its three dialogue partners of Japan, China and South Korea, the Asian Development Bank and the International Monetary Fund could also contribute to the fund.

A World Bank official, however, said the bank has no plans to contribute to the fund, and the Asian Development Bank said it was too early to talk of contributions to the facility because the region remains economically strong.

Asean member Singapore said it was not aware of any such plan.

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Hindi nakakasiguro si Arroyo

Published by Ellen on October 15, 2008

Dapat lang mag-alala si Gloria Arroyo kapag tingnan niya ang botohan ng Supreme Court sa MOA-AD.

Hindi dahil natalo ang Malacañang dahil sabi nga ni Press Secretary Jesus Dureza, ibinasura na nila yun na nahalata nilang nabuking sila sa kanilang pambabastos ng Constitution. Kungdi, lumalabas na ang mga taong akala niya hawak niya ay minsan nagkakaroon ng konsyensya at darating ang oras na hindi niya mapagawa ng kanyang kagustuhan.Habang palapit na ang kanyang pagkawala sa kapangyarihan, hihina na rin ang hawak niya sa kanila.

Sa mahigpit na botohan (8-7), sinabi ng Supreme Court na labag sa batas ang Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain sa pamamagitan ng pamahalaang Pilipinas at ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front o MILF.

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Ex-PNP officer, wife held in Moscow over euros

Published by Ellen on October 15, 2008

From GMA News:

A retired Philippine National Police (PNP) official and his wife have been prevented from leaving Moscow until they can present documents that will justify why there were carrying cash beyond the allowable limit of €10,000.

In a live interview on QTV’s News on Q on Tuesday, PNP Region 9 chief Director Jaime Caringal, who is also in Moscow, said retired PNP director Eliseo Dela Paz and his wife, Meeah, are in a hotel and “are okay.”

“Nagkaroon ng kaunting questioning. May pera na more than authorize na dapat i-declare (There was a little questioning. They were carrying more money than authorized that they should have declared),” Caringal said.

Dela Paz was the former PNP director for Comptrollership.

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A healthy lifestyle keeps cancer away

Published by Ellen on October 14, 2008

The place to go to this weekend is the Pink Kitchen in Rockwell Tent in Makati.

Pink Kitchen is a fund-raising event of ICanServe Foundation, an advocacy group of mostly breast cancer survivors that provides hope and help to those afflicted with cancer.

Pink Kitchen gathers the country’s culinary experts who will showcase their yummy treats, in the words of Bettina Osmeña, one of the organizers, for very reasonable prices. In the evening, entertainment will be provided by Bituin Escalante, Leah Navarro, Peppermint Jam, cellist Renato Lucas and the University of Asia and the Pacific Chorale.

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MOA-AD unconstitutional , 8-7

Published by Ellen on October 14, 2008

by Evangeline de Vera
Malaya

The Supreme Court, voting 8-7, yesterday declared unconstitutional the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain that the government would have signed with the secessionist Moro National Liberation Front two months ago.

The MOA-AD, whose signing was stopped by the tribunal, proposes to create a Muslim homeland in the South which will have its own judicial system and police force.

The Muslim homeland will be governed by the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE), also proposed to be created under the MOA, which can enter into economic agreements and trade relations with other countries.

The Supreme Court said the government peace negotiating panel that crafted the MOA with the MILF violated the Constitution when it initialed the agreement that would have ceded a portion of the country’s territory to the secessionist group under the BJE.

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Malaking pera ang kailangan ni Arroyo

Published by Ellen on October 13, 2008

Inquirer editorial: Judas’ followers

Sinasabi ng Malacañang na walang mangyari sa panibagong impeachment complaint na isinampa kahapon nina Joey de Venecia at iba pang mga Filipino na nagmamalasakit sa bayan kasi hawak nila ang House of Representatives.

Yun pala eh. Bakit biglang lumipad sa Switzerland si Marilyn Yap, secretary general ng House of Representatives, at hindi man lamang nag-iwan kahit clerk para tumanggap ng impeachment complaint? Dahil ba may tina-trabaho pa ang Malacañang na makuha para mag-file rin katulad ng ginawa nila kay Oliver Lozano at kay Ruel Pulido noong mga nakaraan taon?

Maraming nagtatanong, bakit naman kasi Sabado at walang opisina ng ganoong oras. Oct. 11 kasi ang isang taon ng huling impeachment complaint na na-isampa. Sa Constitution natin kasi, isang impeachment complaint lang ang maaring tanggapin laban sa isang impeachable na opisyal sa isang taon.

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Why try impeachment again?

Published by Ellen on October 12, 2008

Click here for Inquirer story on filing of impeachment complaint.

When it was announced last Friday that concerned citizens will try once again , for the fourth time, to file an impeachment complaint against Gloria Arroyo, the immediate reactions I heard were, “ “Why try again? It won’t prosper anyway.”

My answer is, Gloria Arroyo should be impeached because she has committed impeachable crimes. That’s the plain and simple reason.

What are those impeachable crimes that Arroyo committed? Culpable violation of the Constitution, betrayal of public trust, graft and corruption, just to name a few.

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Iba talaga sa Tagalog

Published by Ellen on October 11, 2008

Sa bentahan ng mga dyaryo, talong-talo ng mga tabloid ang mga broadsheets.

Mas malakas ang number one sa tabloid (Abante) sa pinakamalakas sa broadsheets (pinagaawayan ito ng Inquirer at Philippine Star). Ito ay nagpapakita lamang na mas kuha ng mga tabloid ang gusto ng masa.

Ang mga tabloid ay Tagalog. Hindi yung malalim na Tagalog sa paaralan kungdi ang Tagalog na salita ng Pilipino sa pangaraw-araw nilang pamumuhay.

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