By Melvin Gascon VERA Files SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya—Investigations into the murder of lawyer Ernesto Salunat Sr. have hit a blank wall and the police recently…
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But if for some reasons they would have to delay the ruling, MTRCB Chair Grace Poe-Llamanzares said, “There are talks of a preventive suspension. That’s one option.”
Another MTRCB official, who asked not to be named because he was not the authorized spokesperson, said, “There’s no question about the suspension. What is being discussed is for how long.”
Reacting to the latest Social Weather Station survey results that showed his satisfaction rating dipping 13 points, the biggest so far in his 10-month presidency, President Aquino blamed media for not reporting about the good things his administration has accomplished and that from now, his media office would be more aggressive in its propaganda blitz.
Aquino’s deputy spokesperson Abigail Valte said, “P-Noy said that sometimes we are too shy because baka sabihin nagbubuhat kami ng sariling bangko. So bear with us kung kakapal ang mukha namin.”
Malacanang’s misreading of the message of the survey results reminds me of the story of the “Moron and the Beetle”. The moron was conducting an experiment what would happen to the bettle if his legs were cut. With all the six legs of the beetle intact, he ordered “Move” while tapping the table. The beetle moved quickly.
Part I: Endangered ‘Mameng,’ protected species openly traded Part II: Sustainable seafood alternatives key to protecting dwindling marine species By Gregory Paul H. Yan VERA…
The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) will look into the reported ill-gotten wealth of the late president Ferdinand Marcos in Australia believed to be under the name of a former swimsuit model whose daughter was reportedly dropped from a reality TV show after producers learned her father was the Philippine dictator.
“We will look at the money trail and see if the amount to be recovered would be worth the lawyers’ fees we would be spending for it,” PCGG Chairman Andres Bautista said, adding that he only learned about the alleged Marcos wealth in Australia Thursday when his staff showed him a news item that appeared in an Australian newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, about Analisa Hegyesi, an interior designer, who was axed from the reality show “Renovators” when she told producers she was the daughter of Marcos.
Hegyesi, 40, is the daughter of Evelin Hegyesi, 64, a swimsuit model in her younger days who had an affair with Marcos in the 1970s. Marcos, who ruled the Philippines for more than 20 years, was known to have affairs with actresses and fashion models.
Of course, no one condones how Mendoza demanded justice which was to hijack a tourist bus full of Hong Kong nationals on a holiday visit. At the end of a 10-hour crisis that showed bungling by authorities, eight of the Hong Kong nationals were killed.
The actions of President Aquino during and after the grim incident had set a chain of diplomatic bunglings that have lasting effect on relations with China.
Part I:Activists’ murders spur online protest versus mining Part II: Foreign, local firms raid Cagayan for magnetite By Farah Sevilla and Denise Fontanilla Alyansa Tigil…
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Ang desisyun ng Jollibee Corporation na alisin muna ang advertisement ng Mang Inasal sa Willing-Willie habang ini-imbestigahan ng TV5 at ng MTRCB ang insidente noong March 12 ay nagpapakita na ang kanilang imahen na pangpamilya ay hindi lamang sa promosyon.
Talagang isanasambuhay nila ang tamang kaugalian na respeto at pangangalaga sa bawa’t miyembro ng pamilya, bata man o matanda.
Sumulat si Pauline Lao, ang namamahala ng corporate Media ng Jollibee Foods Corporation na may-ari ng 80 per cent ng Mang Inasal na mga restaurant kay Froilan Grate na siyang namamahala ng “Para kay Jan-Jan Facebook” at sinabing sa loob ng isang linggo, hindi na muna sila maglalagay ng advertisement sa Willing –Willie.
Sinabi ni Lao na hindi naman talaga naga-advertise ang Jollibee, Chowking, Greenwich at Red Ribbon sa Willing-Willie.
Pakutya na sinabi ni Assistant Ombudsman Jose de Jesus na sorry na lang ang Malacañang at hindi nila susundin ang order ng Pangulo na patalsikin si Deputy Ombudsman Emilio A. Gonzalez III dahil na-imbestigahan na raw nila ang akusasyon ng namatay na pulis na si Rolando Mendoza na kinikikilan siya ng P150,000 at “cleared” na raw si Gonzalez.
Pambihira naman. Sila-sila lang ang nagi-imbestiga ng kanilang sarili. Siyempre “cleared”.
Noong Biyernes pinalabas ng Malacañang ang order ni Pangulong Aquino na tanggalin sa pwesto si Gonzalez pagkatapos ma kumpirma ng team na pinangungunahan ni Executive Secretary Jojo Ochoa ang resulta ng imbestigasyun at rekomendasyun ng Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) na pinamumunuan ni Justice Secretary Leila de Lima na dapat panagutin si Gonzalez dahil nagpabaya at hindi tama ang kanyang asal (gross neglect of duty and gross misconduct) sa paghawak sa kaso.