Habang sinusulat ko itong kolum, Lunes ng umaga, ang balita ay tuloy pa rin ang plano ni Gloria Arroyo na dadalo raw libing ni dating Pangulong Cory Aquino.
Ang kapal talaga ng mukha, ano.
Ipinagdadasal ko na makapagtimpi ang mga tao na dadalo sa misa at sa libing ni Cory dahil alam ko sa ngayon marami ang nagpupuyos ang damdamin sa kasamaan nitong pekeng presidente.
Her silence was so eloquent, the audience got the message clearly.
Kris Aquino-Yap, the celebrity youngest daughter of former President Corazon Aquino, was asked yesterday by ABS-CBN entertainment reporter Mario Dumaual if Gloria Arroyo would be welcomed if she came to the wake of their mother, now at the Manila Cathedral.
She kept quiet for about six seconds, which seemed eternity on TV. Then she said, “That’s a very difficult question.”
Pressed for an answer, she begged off saying, “Huwag mo na ako pilitin. Baka may masabi pa akong hindi maganda. (Please don’t compel me (to answer). I might say something not good.)
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We caught up with the live interview of Kris Aquino by Boy Abunda at La Salle Greenhills where the wake of the woman dubbed as “icon of democracy” is being held.
Too bad that Boy interrupted Kris at the point when she was relating the conversation with a Malacañang representative who offered a state funeral for the former president and Malacañang as venue of the wake, which the Aquino family declined.
Kris said the family decided that she be the one to meet with the Malacañang representative,because if it would be her brother, opposition senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, it would be difficult not have it mixed up with partisan politics.
Kris said the Malacañang representative was saying that they were in a damn-if-you-do, damn-if-you-don’t situation as far as official honors for her mother was concerned. She remarked, “Di ko problema ang problema ninyo, ang problema ko lang, Mom ko.”
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Necrological rites on Tuesday evening.
Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III said personally, he “would not totally welcome Gloria Arroyo and Imelda Marcos” but if they come to the wake of his mother, former President Corazon Aquino,they would be treated with “civility.”
In an interview by David Celdran on ANC, Noynoy said he was expressing personal views and that the matter would have to be discussed by the family. “I would not totally welcome (Arroyo’s visit) but we have been taught civility, he said.
Asked if the same applies to Imelda Marcos, he replied “yes.”
Update from the Inquirer:
Palace makes a clean breast of GMA implant
Jarius Bondoc confirms GMA mammoplasty. See article in comments.
I can’t believe this.
But this news item came out in the conservative newspaper Manila Bulletin.
GMA medical checkup OK
by Jonathan M. Hicap, Charissa M. Luci
July 2, 2009, 6:03pm
President Arroyo underwent removal and replacement of breast silicone implants at a hospital in Muntinlupa City, a source told the Manila Bulletin.
Meanwhile, a Palace official announced that President Arroyo has ended her two-day self imposed quarantine “with a clean bill of health,” and is expected to resume public engagements “in a few days.”
The informant, who requested anonymity since the source was not authorized to speak about the matter, said the President was scheduled to undergo augmentation mammoplasty at the Asian Hospital and Medical Center in Alabang, Muntinlupa.
Marami ang nagsasabi kay Manny Pacquaio na huwag pumasok sa pulitika. Sa akin naman, sige, Manny, tumakbo ka.
Sa ating sistema ngayon, para magiging kandidato kahit anong posisyon sa pamahalaan, kailangan lang naman ikaw ay Filipino citizen, registered voter, marunong magbasa at sumulat. Lahat naman yan qualified si Manny.
May political party na si Pacquaio ngunit sabi ng Comelec , local lang ang accreditation.Ang balita, sa Saranggani tatakbo si Pacquiao para congressman. Walang problema yan dahil ang age requirement para sa pagiging congressman at 25 taong gulang.
Talaga naman!
by Tetch Torres
Inquirer.net
Hours after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo named him “ambassador” for peace and understanding” boxing icon Manny Pacquiao was also appointed “special assistant to the secretary of the Department of Justice on intelligence matters.”
This time, it was Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez who issued the appointment through DO 344, dated May 8.
“In the interest of public service and with the provision of existing law, Master Sergeant Emmanuel Pacquiao has been hereby designated as special assistant to the secretary of the Department of Justice in intelligence matters,” the order said.