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Paano gumamit ng malong at iba pa mula kay Aliah Dimaporo

Published by Ellen on November 12, 2011

Inimbita kami noong isang buwan ni Rep. Aliah Dimaporo para sa isang “getting-to-know you” na tanghalian.

Tinanggap ko kaagad ang imbitasyun dahil bumoto siya para sa amnesty sa mga sundalong lumaban kay Gloria Arroyo kahit na siya ay miyembro ng Lakas-NUCD ni Arroyo. Lalo pa ang kanyang Nanay, si Rep. Imelda Dimaporo ng unang distrito ng Lanao del Norte ay bumuto laban sa amnesty para sa mga rebeldeng sundalo.

Hindi ko siya masyadong nakita noon dahil umalis siya kaagad pagkatapos niya napaliwanag ang kanyang boto. Nilalagnat pala siya noon, sabi niya.

Sa litrato, tinuturuan kami dito ni Aliah paano gumamit ng malong.Parang patadyong din sa amin sa Antique.

Sumulat ang aking kaibigan na si Gypsy Baldovino, ang media officer ni Rep. Gina de Venecia, na kasama namin sa pananghalian sa bahay ng mga magulang ni Aliah tungkol sa okasyun.

Ito ang sinulat ni Gypsy:

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Pres. Aquino meets with MILF chair Murad

Published by Ellen on August 5, 2011

Related article:
PNoy-Murad meet: “a great leap forward” for the peace process

By Carolyn O. Arguillas
Mindanews

Aquino and Murad in a Tokyo Hotel Thursday evening. Photo by OPPAP
GENERAL SANTOS CITY- Now the silence can be explained.

President Benigno Simeon Aquino III and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim shook hands and talked peace for two hours in a hotel in Japan with their respective panel chairs taking down notes, the President’s Cabinet members and the MILF’s peace panel and Central Committee members as well as the Malaysian facilitator waiting outside the meeting room.

The President and the MILF chair agreed to move the negotiations forward to ensure that whatever agreement is forged can be implemented within the Aquino administration whose term ends on June 30, 2016, the chairs of both panels told MindaNews in separate telephone interviews. How the talks can move forward, the panels will discuss when they meet within the month, they said.

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Walang ‘K’ si Tingting Cojuangco sa ARMM

Published by Ellen on May 24, 2011

Ting-Ting Cojuangco
Binabatikos so Margarita “Tingting” Cojuangco, tiya ni Pangulong Aquino sa kanyang pagtakbo para sa posisyun na bise-gubernador ng Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao na kung hindi maipilit ng Malacañang ang pagpaliban ay gaganapin sa Agosto 8, 2011.

Extended ang deadline ng pag-file ng certificate of candidacy hanggang ngayong araw para sa mga may gusting tumakbo sa posisyun sa ARRM na kinabibilangan ng lima na probinsiya – Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Basilan,Sulu at Tawi-Tawi– at ang lungsod ng Marawi.

NoongMartes , walo ang mga nakapagfile ng certificate of candidacy para sa posisyun ng gubernador: Ephraim Baldomero Defino; Alvarez Silal Isnaji; , Elsie New Orejudos; , Pangalian Macorao Balindong; , Kadra Asani Masihul;Pax Pakung Sandigan Mangudadatu; Sahiron Dulah Salim;Ansaruddin-Abdul Malik Alonto Adiong.

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On the eve of US envoy’s visit, a bomb explodes in Zamboanga

Published by Ellen on August 5, 2010

From GMA News:

Sulu governor hurt in Zamboanga airport blast

One person was killed Thursday while several others, including the governor of a southern Philippine province, were wounded when a bomb exploded at the arrival area of the Zamboanga International Airport.

Sulu governor Abdusakur Tan was among the 12 hurt in the explosion, according to a report in GMA News’ “24 Oras.”

The explosion occurred a day before US Ambassador Harry Thomas’ visit to the city for “a series of activities,” according to Mayor Celso Lobregat.

Thomas on Thursday night announced that he is postponing his scheduled visit.

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New Special Forces chief mentioned in “Hello Garci”

Published by Ellen on July 22, 2010

The latest reshuffle in the military has Major General Arturo Ortiz taking over as commander of the Philippine Army.

Ortiz is an awardee of the Medal of Valor, the highest military award.

(Two medal of valor awardees- Marine Col. Ariel Querubin and Marine Lt. Vol. Custodio Parcon are among those facing charges of mutiny for allegedly planning to withdraw support from Gloria Arroyo in 2006 following the revelation in the “Hello Garci” tapes where the role of the military in election cheating was exposed.)

Brigadier General Roberto Morales will take over Ortiz’s post as commander of the AFP Special Operations Command. Colonel Aminkadra Undug will take over Morales’ former post as chief of the Army’s Special Forces Regiment.

I have my concerns about Undug (PMA Class’82). He was mentioned in the “Hello Garci” tapes by a certain “Boy” whom then Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano was talking with in their plan to kidnap Rashma Hali, an election officer in Tipo-tipo, Basilan who wanted to expose the manipulation of votes in favor of Arroyo.

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Agra shocker: a diversionary tactic?

Published by Ellen on April 25, 2010

While everybody was busy moving heaven and earth to prevent Justice Alberto Agra from clearing Zaldy Ampatuan, former governor of the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao, and his uncle Akmad of complicity in the Nov 23, 2009 massacre in Maguindanao, the government panel negotiating with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Muslim rebel group are moving towards signing agreement that officials say would lead to peace in Mindanao but others are concerned could spark another round of war.

Are the two issues connected? After all, didn’t the government arm and coddle the Ampatuans as vigilantes against the MILF?

We hope Agra’s shocking decision of exonerating the two Ampatuans from the crime so shocking it earned for the Philippines the dubious distinction of being the most dangerous country for journalists was not meant to make us too pre-occupied that they would be able to finally sign an agreement that would result in the dismemberment of the country.

In a 10-paragraph joint statement that Ambassador Rafael Seguis, chair of the Philippine government panel and Mohagher Iqbal, MILF panel chair at the conclusion of the 18th round of exploratory talks last Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur, there’s a one sentence that is causing a lot of concern to many who are worried that Arroyo would try again what she failed to do last year with the MOA-AD (Memorandum of Agreement- Ancestral Domain), which is to create a Bangsamoro state within the Philippine state.

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Makakalusot ang bagong kasunduan sa MILF sa Supreme Court?

Published by Ellen on February 13, 2010

Sa pag-uusap ni US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton kay Gloria Arroyo nang siya ay bumisita ditto sa Pilipinas kamakailan, dalawang bagay ang kanyang binigyan ng diin: matuloy ang 2020 na eleksyon at magkaroon ng kasunduan sa Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

Maintindihan ko ang interes ng mga Amerikano na dapat matuloy ang eleksyun sa 2010 dahil kahit gaano nila kamahal si Arroyo, kung siya ay manatili sa Malacañang lampas ng Hunyo 30, 2010, magkakagulo talaga ang bayan.

Kung magkagulo ang bayan, malalagay din sa alanganin ang interes ng Amerika dito sa Pilipinas.

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