Category: Malaya

Just when I was to start writing a feel-good story about Mindanao (the Canadian Embassy’s additional pledge of P40 million for the Mindanao Trust Fund), Leah Navarro’s email about the killing of Solema Jubilan, came in.

Jubilan was a human rights lawyer and congressional candidate for the second district of Cotabato. Inquirer.net’s breaking news said Jubilan was “accidentally shot by a policeman who was also her relative” at about 7:45 p.m. Saturday. She was brought to Kidapawan City hospital where she died.

The policeman, identified in the report only as “Moreno” is now in the custody of Kidapawan police.

The Black and White Movement has classified 100 congressional candidates into a Black and White as a guide to voters in next month’s election.

The message is, don’t vote for those in the Black List and campaign and vote for those in the White List. Example:

This is a first person account by my friend and fellow blogger, Joel.

Joel’s first letter to our e-group was sent last Friday. It’s heartwarming:

Last Monday, I gave a Trillanes campaign shirt and stickers to a young lady. It was during a meeting I had with a group from Bicol. This group from Bicol is supporting Sonny, Sonia Roco and Chiz Escudero. This morning while giving away Sonny’s stickers in Marikina, I ran into the very same lady. She was with a group of retired soldiers giving away Trillanes shirts and stickers. They had the stickers and shirt I gave copied. There were kids along with them. I later learned these kids are grandchildren and kids of those who were with the girl.

Lumbay, the all-around-girl (news courier, faith healer, caretaker) of barrio Guisijan in the province of Antique, sports a pendant with the picture of Ltsg Antonio Trillanes IV on one side and the Magdalo symbol (white sun rays against red and the letter K at the center) on the other side.

It’s actually a key chain, one of campaign items of Trillanes, a senatorial candidate under the Genuine Opposition.

In the beginning, Lumbay didn’t know who Trillanes is but she said she likes him because “Guapo siya.” It didn’t take long for her to know what Trillanes had done because people who saw the pendant would tell her, “Iboto ko siya kasi lumalaban sa katiwalian.” (I’ll vote for him because he fights iregularities.)

Confessed election operator Michaelangelo Zuce, nephew of the notorious Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano, was at Linggoy Alcuaz residence in New Manila last Wednesday supposedly for a reunion with jueteng whistleblowers Sandra Cam and Boy Mayor.

Cam and Mayor, who is running for a local position in Albay, were not able to make it so we had the heavyweight presence of Zuce in the Alcuaz ‘ open air balcony for the evening.

Zuce is running for mayor in the town of Malitbog in Bukidnon under the Genuine Opposition. His opponents are incumbent mayor Osmundo de la Rosa of Lakas and Francis Venus, a relative and running as independent candidate.

Maj. Gen. Ben Dolorfino, head of the National Capital Region military command, is now acting as spokesman for Gloria Arroyo.

He gave to media Arroyo’s supposedly exact quote when she visited the Baseco compound slum last Saturday, which was: “Congratulations and keep up the good work.”

We have no reason to doubt Dolorfino’s report because Ignacio Bunye, the one who holds the title of presidential spokesman, has not denied Dolorfino’s quotation of his principal.