Edgar Matobato swears to tell the truth nothing but the truth at the Senate hearing. Sept. 15, 2016.
If the allies of President Duterte in the Senate think that the public will never know the truth in the testimony of Edgar Matobato, self-confessed member of the Davao Death Squad, now that Sen. Leila de Lima has been ousted as chair of the committee on justice and human rights, they should be reminded that truth always finds its way to come out.
Not now, maybe. Sometimes, it takes a more circuitous route, but it will come out.
One of the stories Matobato narrated in his testimony last week was the alleged order of then Davao City mayor and now President Rodrigo Duterte to kill the bodyguards of former House Speaker Prospero Nograles who ran against Duterte’s daughter, Sara, for mayor in the 2010 elections.
Uncompromising stand makes his bosses uncomfortableA number of recent movements at the Commission on Elections don’t make sense.
Update: Rafanan also removed from DOJ-COMELEC probe team. Brillantes says he is “uncontrollable”
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/08/26/11/rafanan-removed-poll-fraud-fact-finding-team
The person who has always been known to be uncompromising in matters of electoral crimes and graft and corruption has been dismissed from his department level position while those who were involved in graft and corruption continue to enjoy the trust and confidence of top officials.
Ferdinand Rafanan, director of the Comelec’s Law Department since June 2008, who investigated the overpriced P690-million ballot secrecy folder contract purchased for the May 2010 elections with OTC paper supply, is now on a floating status.
He also chided Brig. Gen. Ray Ardo, chief of the Army’s 103rd Infantry Brigade, for coming up with an accusation based on “rumors and hearsay.”
by Froilan Gallardo
Mindanews
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY— It was all about the huge amount of bribe money that corrupted election officials who issued orders to cluster polling precincts to favored politicians during the last elections in May, military officers and poll watchdog groups said. Nuraldin Yusoh released. Photo by Froilan GallardoThe officers and NGO leaders said that this was the reason why Nuraldin Yusoph, the 22-year-old son of poll Commissioner Elias Yusoph, was kidnapped in Marawi City.
“Politicians who lost a lot of money want to recoup their losses. That is the reason why Nuraldin was kidnapped,” said Brig. Gen. Ray Ardo, chief of the Army’s 103rd Infantry Brigade. “They want to be refunded,” he added.
At the center of the controversy that hounded the kidnapping of Nuraldin is his father Elias, the only Muslim commissioner in the Commission on Elections.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), in its luwaran.com website, said that “the kidnapping was a collective effort” of all losers in the election “to force him [Commissioner Yusoph] to refund the bribes given him during the elections” as it accused the election official of “[taking] money from all sides.”
There was no immediate comment from the elder Yusoph and his family about the accusation.
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…
(Two parts) by Carolyn O. Arguillas Mindanews and VERA Files Part I SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao—Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu will take his oath of office as the…
Former telecommunication mogul Antonio “Tonyboy” Cojuangco was the biggest contributor to the candidacy of his nephew, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, with a donation of P100 million.
Cojuangco, a cousin of Aquino’s mother the late President Corazon Aquino, was president of Philippine Long Distance Co. before he sold the family holdings to the First Pacific Group represented by Manny Pangilinan.
He was also president and chief executive officer ABC-5/TV5 before it was recently bought also by Pangilinan.
President-elect Aquino listed 96 people who gave cash donations ranging from P50,000 to P100 million.
From his third level position, VERA Files photographer Mario Ignacio captured the atmosphere at yesterday’s proclamation of Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Jejomar Binay as winners for president and vice-president respectively of the May 10, 2010 election.
President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino is open to extending the hand of reconciliation to all his political opponents – including President Arroyo – but this does not mean that he will bend backwards to bail them out of their crimes, if any, against the Filipino people.
Sa pag-uusap naming mga reporter, sabi naming maganda siguro ngayon ang coverage sa House of Representatives kasi maraming mga kontrobersyal na personalidad.
Unang-una na si Gloria Arroyo na ngayon ay representative ng pangalawang distrito ng Pampanga. Kung aprubahan ng Comelec ang nominasyun ng kanyang anak na si Mikey bilang sectoral representative ng Ang GalingParty na partido kuno ng mga tricycle drivers at security guard, magkasama silang mag-ina.
Maliban naman kay Mikey may isa pang anak si Arroyo na congressman din: si Dato ng unang distrito ng Camarines Sur. At nandyan rin ang kanyang bayaw na si Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo ng panglimang distrito ng Negros Occidental.
From ABS-CBN: It’s final. Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer Benigno Aquino III and Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) vice-presidential candidate Jejomar Binay will be proclaimed as…
By VERA Files and YouthVotePhilippines By ELLEN TORDESILLAS and YOUTHVOTEPHILIPPINES WHATEVER the final outcome of the tightly contested vice presidential race, Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay…
