By Avigail Olarte VERA Files Following a VERA Files report on Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo’s failure to declare in his latest asset declarations…
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In all the interviews with Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo on his property in San Francisco in the United States which is not included in his 2007 and 2008 Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth, he claimed that VERA Files that did the story, never asked for his side.
He also said, “Unfortunately, either the writer or writers deliberately imposed a malicious twist on the story or they lack knowledge on the legal aspects regarding corporations.”
I’m a trustee of VERA Files, a group that undertakes in depth reporting on current issues. I’m one of the writers of the article, “Arroyo’s sons acquire U.S. Homes, businesses after election to Congress.”
by Senator Mar Roxas
Country above self. Bayan bago ang sarili.Iyan ang habilin ng aking lolo, President Manuel Roxas.
Our nation is in trouble. Leadership is bankrupt. Institutions are in disarray. People are hungry.
Noynoy Aquino and I share the same outrage over the mess we are all in, the same way we share solution – clean, honest, selfless public service.
Marami at matindi and nga problem ng bansa. Kailangan nating ayusin. Matindi ang kalaban. We need a determined force for good far stroinger than the festering evil around us.
We need to fight just as our own fathers fought dictatorship, and just as both died believing that good will conquer evil.
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Last Thursday, when I was writing my column about “Ninoy, Cory and Evelio” I called up Antique Governor Sally Perez to check on some dates about the role of the late Evelio Javier in the Cory Aquino for President Movement, she mentioned to me that she and her sisters were at the Makati Medical Center because her brother, Ike, was “not well”.
Ike was Enrique Zaldivar, also former governor and representative of Antique. He served as ambassador to Brunei during the Estrada administration.
Ike was one of the accomplished children of the late Supreme Court Justice Calixto Zaldivar, the executive secretary of President Diosdado Macapagal.
Update: Former Antique Governor Enrique Zaldivar passed away Friday. His remains lie in state at the Philippine Independence Church Cathedral on Taft Avenue (in front of PGH).
Update: Please see reflections of Precious L. Javier, widow of Evelio Javier, under comments.
When I passed by the statue of Evelio Javier in front of the provincial capitol in San Jose, Antique last Monday, I noticed he was holding a yellow ribbon.
Antique Governor Sally Perez said the yellow ribbon on Evelio’s statue was part of their tribute to former President Aquino. Rightly so because the heroic lives of Evelio and that of Sen. Benigno Aquino, Jr. and President Cory Aquino are inextricably twined.
Although I was born and grew up in Antique, I personally met Evelio Javier when I was covering the Cory Aquino for President Movement in 1985. He and Sally, on loan to CAPM from the University of the Philippines where she was in the staff of UP President Edgardo Angara, were active in soliciting one million signatures prodding Cory to run for president in the 1986 presidential snap election.
By Albert Del Rosario
Philippine Daily Inquirer
At the bishops-businessmen’s conference a few weeks ago, the possibilities of a declaration of emergency rule or an imposition of martial law were among the topics discussed.
In that regard, I am prepared to sadly confirm that our incumbent national leadership would indeed be capable of placing our democracy at great risk in pursuit of its survival.
The past week, our nation found itself deeply mourning the immeasurable loss of our beloved former President Corazon Aquino, who was responsible not only for ousting a dictator but also for restoring our democratic institutions.
Pasalamat pa pala tayo dahil simple lang ang hapunan ni Gloria Arroyo at ang kanyang “wine imbibing” o mahihilig sa alak na kasamahan.
Kung naiisip pala nila na magkaroon ng medyo bongga na hapunan, para ipagdiwang ang pang 41st na anibersayo ng kasal nina Gloria at Mike Arroyo, baka ilang miyong dolya ang inabot ng bill.
Habang nagpapaliwanag si Press Secretary Cerge Remonde tungkol sa kanilang halos isang milyong piso na hapunan sa New York, lalong lumalabas ang kanilang despalinghadong pag-iisip.
Much as Lorelei Fajardo tried to put up an undaunted stance saying her boss, Gloria Arroyo, did not feel threatened by the massive turnout for President Cory Aquino’s wake and funeral, it was obvious it was plain bravado.
Arroyo’s fear of the people was betrayed by the script that they executed when she visited Cory’s wake at the Manila Cathedral early morning of Wednesday, upon her arrival from the United States and a few hours before Cory’s interment.
About two hours before Arroyo arrived, her advance party came. I saw Mike Defensor, former presidential chief of staff and now chairman of the Philippine National Railways. He was followed by Mai Jimenez, one of those very close with Arroyo whom she installed as a director of the Asian Development Bank.