By Andreo C. Calonzo, GMANews.TV The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has allowed presidential son and Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo to be a nominee…
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Month: July 2010
Kahindik-hindik ang nangyari kay Asria Samad Abdul, 34 taong gulang na overseas foreign worker (OFW) sa Kuwait.
Ayun sa report, nakita ang bangkay ni Asria, na tubong Datu Odin Sinsuat sa Maguindanao, sa disyerto ng Kabd na maraming saksak. Mukhang tinurture muna siya tapos sinagassan ng kotse para kunwari namatay siya dahil nasagasaan.
Nahuli na raw ang mag-asawang criminal. Egyptian daw.
Ang isa namang OFW, si Norhaisa Nasa Andao, 32 taong gulang ay sinaksak ng kanyang asawang Egyptian ng 31 beses sa loob ng beauty parlor sa Kuwait din. Siyempre patay.
From Yahoo News:
by Teresa Cerojano, Associated Press Writer
MANILA, Philippines – Baby-faced teen singer Charice says she prepared for her debut on the hit Fox TV show “Glee” by getting Botox and an anti-aging procedure “to look fresh on camera,” but her publicist said the Botox was for muscle pain, not for cosmetic reasons.
The 18-year-old Filipino singer with a booming voice, who recently released her self-titled debut album, saw her career skyrocket after appearing on Ellen DeGeneres’ and Oprah Winfrey’s talk shows. She underwent a 30-minute Thermage skin-tightening procedure and Botox injections to make her “naturally round face” more narrow, celebrity cosmetic surgeon Vicki Belo told ABS-CBN television.
However, Charice’s publicist, Liz Rosenberg, said in an e-mail Monday the Botox was “absolutely not cosmetic,” and added said the treatment was for muscle pain in her jaw.
Belo did the Botox procedure in front of the cameras.
“You chew gum and it turns out to be a favorite super-exercise for these muscles, your chewing muscles. So we will show you, this muscle here it’s a bit protruding,” Belo said as she touched Charice’s face. “It’s like a ball, so we are going to Botox that in order to get it flat so she will have a cuter face … we want to give you the apple cheek look because it’s cute, right?”
Charice, in the same interview, said last week’s face makeover was part of her big preparations for her appearance on the hit show’s second season. She starts filming at the end of this month.
by Jocelyn Montemayor
Malaya
Former president Joseph Estrada joined calls for the temporary release of Trillanes, saying that his continued detention is a waste of taxpayer’s money.
Statement of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV:
I am very grateful for the public pronouncements of Pres. Aquino as regards our case. It was truly a display of magnanimity on his part. Still, for now, it will be the court who will decide whether or not I would be able to serve our country once again.
“He is receiving his salary as senator yet unable to render his services in this capacity. By not allowing him to participate in Senate sessions, the courts are rendering Senator Trillanes’ office inutile and indirectly wasting taxpayers’ money,” he said.
Estrada said it should not be too difficult to allow Trillanes a few hours of provisional liberty to participate in the Senate sessions, particularly on July 26.
“He can be brought to the Senate to attend session for a few hours and then brought back to where he is being detained. Why the big fuss?” Estrada said.
I have not been to the Kiss the Cook Gourmet restaurant in UP Village but I’m told that aside from good food, they also offer…
The latest survey of the Social Weather Station should encourage President Benigno Aquino III to be his own man and assert his leadership as influence groups exert pressure on him, some out of a genuine desire to help him and others to push their own agenda.
The survey conducted June 25 to 28, a few days before Aquino’s inauguration as the country’s 15th president, showed that 88 per cent of adult Filipinos said they have much trust on him while only four percent said had little trust in him. Eight per cent were undecided.
Vice President Binay also got good ratings with 77 per cent trusting him much and only eight per cent have “little trust” in him. Fourteen per cent were undecided.
Eighty-eight percent is very high. Higher than his mother’s high trust rating of plus 72 in October 1986, eight months after she ascended into the presidency through People Power that ended more than two decades of Marcos dictatorship. Higher also than the March 1995 excellent rating of Pope John Paul , whose Philippine visit two months earlier attracted a five million throng at the Rizal Park.
Noong Huwebes ng gabi, panandalian kaming nagkaroon ng kuryente. Tamang-tama TV Patrol, balita sa ABS-CBN.
Nasa balita ang mga nasawing mangingisda sa Mariveles, Bataan nang inabutan ng bagyong “Basyang”. Ini-interview ang asawa ng isang nasaawing mangingisda. Sabi ng asawa hindi raw niya alam kung ano ngayon ang kanyang gagawin dahil buntis siya at wala naman siyang hanapbuhay.
Sabi pa niya, may isa pa silang anak at nakakulong. Nag-iipon nga daw sana sila ng pera para magkaroon ng pampiyansa sa kanilang nakakulong na anak.
Hindi pa natapos ang TV Patrol, nawala na naman ang kuryente. Madilim na naman kami.
More articles on Trillanes case:
. 1.Senator Antonio Trillanes, prisoner of conscience by Ramon J. Farolan
2. Gloria Arroyo’s allies criticize Aquino statement on Trillanes
3.Trillanes may soon walk free
4. Palace: statement on Trillanes not meddling
Nakakapagtaka itong si dating senator na ngayon ay Muntinlupa Rep. Rodolfo Biazon.
Samantalang ang karamihan ay nag-aapela kay Pangulong Aquino na tulungang makalaya si Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV at sinabi na ni P-Noy na hindi makatarungan ang pitong taon na pagkakulong ng batang senador , ito naman si Biazon ay nagbabala na dapat daw huwag maki-alam si P-Noy .
Ang dating sa sinabi ni Biazon ay ayaw niyang makalaya si Trillanes.
Ano ba ang kasalanan ni Trillanes? Noong Hulyo 27, 2003, nanindigan siya kasama ang mga 70 na batang opisyal at mga 300 na sundalo laban sa kurakutan sa military at paggamit ng military sa mga gawain na hindi naayon sa kanilang tungkulin na magprotekta sa taumbayan. Sinabi nila na dapat bumaba si Gloria Arroyo sa kapangyarihan.
Aquino says coup charge vs Trillanes ‘unjust’; Trillanes posted bail in connection with Manila Pen November 2007 incident
abs-cbnNEWS.com
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III on Friday labeled as unjust a coup charge against former Navy Lt. Senior Grade and now Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for his involvement in the 2003 Oakwood Mutiny.
Update July 18 from Justice Secretary Leila de Lima:
” We abide by the directive of the President. I am reviewing the records of the case and have consulted our prosecutors, especially those handling it before the court.
“I understand that the case will soon be deemed submitted for the court’s decision, upon the filing of the required memoranda by both the prosecution and the defense. At this stage, the options for the prosecution may be limited. And the courts have absolute discretion in the disposal of a case once it has acquired jurisdiction over it.
“On the other hand, the President has the absolute prerogative to direct the Secretary of Justice, as an alter ego, to review the case against Senator Trillanes. It is in consonance with his oath to do justice to every man. That is also part of the thrust and mission of the new DOJ,” Secretary De Lima added.
“I will, however, exercise care and circumspection under the circumstances, given the independence of the judiciary,” Secretary De Lima further added.
Aquino said he has ordered Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to review the coup charge against Trillanes since the elements of a coup were not present during the short-lived mutiny.
“Trillanes was first incarcerated by virtue of the charge of participating in a coup. However, if you review the Revised Penal Code, there is a provision that says a coup is committed if there is a swift, violent attack. Then there’s an enumeration. The enumeration does not include a hotel,” he said at the inauguration of the Philippine National Police School of Values and Leadership (SVL) in Subic Freeport Zone, Zambales.
(This story came out last Tuesday but Basiang got in the way from my posting it here.)
by Lynda Jumilla and Ces Oreña-Drilon, ABS-CBN News
Senate Electoral Tribunal’s findings present strong proof of cheating in 2007 polls
The Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) has voted to recount over 75% of 73,000 precincts nationwide in the 2007 senatorial elections, after Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri filed a counter-protest to an electorial complaint filed by Atty. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III.
The SET voted to do the recount, which could last beyond Zubiri’s term, even if it was already proven that Pimentel won over Zubiri in the polls.
With just a little over 18,000 votes, Juan Miguel Zubiri snatched the last spot in the 2007 senatorial elections from Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III.