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Month: October 2009

Ang susuportahan ng Magdalo para presidente

Published by Ellen on October 24, 2009

Samahang Magdalo will support the presidential bid of Sen. Francis Escudero.

This was announced this morning by Magdalo Party Secretary General Francisco Ashley Acedillo after the first Magdalo national convention held at the UP hostel.

Sino kaya ang susuportahan ng Samahang Magdalo para presidente? Siyempre oposisyun ang kanilang pagpipilian. Hindi naman pwedeng ang kandidato ni Gloria Arroyo na si Gilbert Teodoro.

Mamimili sila kay Chiz Escudero, Noynoy Aquino, at Manny Villar.

Sa aking pag-uusap sa karamihan sa kanila, ang pinagpipilian ay sa pagitan ni Chiz at ni Noynoy. Basa ko mas kiling sila kay Chiz dahil sa kanyang kongkretong programa sa pagreporma ng pagpatakbo ng pamahalaan.

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BIR imposes 5 % tax on campaign contributions and expenditures

Published by Ellen on October 24, 2009

by VERA Files
All contributions to political campaigns will be taxed five percent, the Bureau of Internal Revenue said Friday.

BIR Commissioner Sixto S. Esquivias IV announced that the newly issued Revenue Regulations No. 8-09 requires all political candidates/parties/contributors to withhold a 5% withholding tax on their campaign expenditures and contributions.

The new regulations also require all political candidates, parties and candidates to register with the BIR as a withholding agent.

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ARMM: vote reservoir

Published by Ellen on October 22, 2009

Last Wednesday morning, the last day of our three-day seminar-workshop in Cagayan de Oro on “Preparing for the 2010 Election” organized by the Philippine Press Institute and supported by The Coca-Cola Export Corporation, Carol Arguillas and Froilan Gallardo of Mindanews, were nowhere to be seen.

The day before, Carol made a presentation on “Elections and Peace in Mindanao” which disturbed many of us.

We were told that Carol and Froilan had to leave for Marawi City in Lanao del Sur early morning because of the incident of grenade explosion Tuesday afternoon that killed three and injured about 20 persons. We saw Carol and Froilan in the afternoon looking weary, from the interviews they did with the injured and other witnesses to the explosion.

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Mga tanong sa likud ng bombahan sa Marawi

Published by Ellen on October 21, 2009

CAGAYAN DE ORO–Noong Martes ng hapon isang granada ang sumabog malapit sa City Hall ng Marawi City na ikinamatay ng isang tao at nasugatan naman ang mga 20.

Ayon Mindanews, sinabi raw ng mga nag imbestiga na mga opisyal na itinapon ng mga di-kilalang mga lalaki ang granada mga 50 metro nag layo sa opisina ng Commission on Election kung saan may ginagawang registration ng mga botante.

Sabi ni Carol Arguillas, publisher ng Mindanews, tinitiyak pa nila ang impormasyon na ang mga nagre-register ay galing sa Linamon, Lanao del Norte.

Nakakapagtaka ito kasi bakit ang mga taga Lanao del Norte ay nasa Marawi nagpa-paregister? Flying voters?

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Exeunt

Published by Ellen on October 20, 2009

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CGN EXEUNT havana

You have to read the first two books of Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil’s trilogy to appreciate the last, “Exeunt”.

The first, which I think is the best of the three titles, is “Myself, Elsewhere” which tells of the genteel little Spanish and later American town of Ermita by Manila Bay where she was born and raised. It ended with the destruction of Manila in 1945.

The book won the National Book Award for autobiography in 2006.

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Sampal sa mukha ni Gloria Arroyo

Published by Ellen on October 19, 2009

Sampal sa mukha ni Gloria Arroyo ang ginawa ni Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalila ng Bahrain na sa ABS-CBN Foundation binigay ang kanilang P25 milyon na donasyon para sa biktima ng bagyong Ondoy.

Nagmukhang tanga ang pamahalaan ni Arroyo sa turnover ng donasyon noong Biyernes. Biruin nyo sinamahan ni Amable Aguiluz V, Aguiluz, ang special envoy ni Arroyo sa Gulf Cooperation Council, ang sugo ng Bahrain Prime Minister na si Ambassador Yousif Adel Sater sa pagturn-over ng donasyun kay Gina Lopez, managing director ng ABS-CBN Foundation.

Kung matino ang pamahalaan ni Arroyo, dapat sa Malacañang ang turn-over ng donasyun.

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Words do not constitute mutiny

Published by Ellen on October 18, 2009

Guinolbay, Querubin, Verdadero. Lim, and Langkit
Guinolbay, Querubin, Verdadero. Lim, and Langkit
Atty. Vic Verdadero was in his element last Thursday when he filed the motion for a finding of “not guilty’ for his clients accused of violating the 67th Articles of War which is “attempting to create, begin, cause or join mutiny” for something that did not happen in February 2006.

Verdadero is counsel for Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, then the commander of the First Scout Rangers Regiment and 14 other Rangers and one member of the Army Special Forces, Capt. Dante Langkit.

The 14 other Rangers are Lt Col. Nestor Flordeliza, Lt. Col. Edmundo Malabanjot, Maj. Leomar Jose Doctolero, Capt. Montano Almodovar, Capt. Isagani Criste, Capt. Joey Fontiveros, Capt. Frederick Sales, Capt. James Sababan, Capt. William Victorino Upano, 1Lt Ervin Divinagracia, 1Lt Sando Sereño, 1Lt Jacon Cordero, 1Lt Homer Estolas, and 1Lt Richiemel Caballes.

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