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Mga paring bingi at bulag

Published by Ellen on March 17, 2008

Breaking News:

Two priests defied the order of Cardinal Vidal and said officiated “Mass for Truth” in Cebu. The two priests who followed their conscience were Fr. Christopher Exsala, OCARM or Carmelite, and Fr. Jessie Dumaluay,Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.

Sr Estrelle said, “We defied everything and God is with us.”

Archbishop of Nueva Caceres also does a Vidal- GMANews

Itong Semana Santa, ang malaking hamon sa mga Katoliko sa Pilipinas ay kung paano mapanatili ang paggalang sa mga namumuno sa simbahan kung sila mismo ay lumalabag sa kanilang tinuturo na pahalagaan ang katotohanan at ang mga utos ng Panginoon.

Cebu priests barred from celebrating ‘Mass for Truth’

Published by Ellen on March 16, 2008

by Gerard Naval
Malaya

Cardinal Ricardo Vidal, archbishop of Cebu, has reportedly prohibited priests from celebrating today’s “Mass for Truth” at the University of San Carlos which ZTE star witness Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada is scheduled to attend.

Sr. Estrella Castalone, executive secretary of Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (AMRSP), in a phone interview, said Judy Adriano, their organizer in Cebu City, told her “that the priests have been prohibited from saying the mass for our group by Cardinal Vidal.”

‘Nagalak si Ma’am’

Published by Ellen on March 12, 2008

Ping: “I-know-nothing’ witness took a phone call

by Dennis Gadil
Malaya

Connect the dots, if you please, or if you will.

Sen. Panfilo Lacson yesterday said his “surprise” witness, Leo San Miguel, was overheard by members of the Office of the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA) during a break in Tuesday’s Senate hearing on the ZTE deal talking to a person he addressed as “Ma’am.”

On the other side of town, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said that President Arroyo was “elated” by San Miguel’s testimony that he knew nothing of supposed kickbacks in connection in the deal.

Tongpats

Published by Ellen on March 12, 2008

GMANewsTV: Madriaga: Tongpats prove San Miguel hand in ZTE

‘Yan ang bagong term sa lumalawak na bokabularyo ng kalakaran sa gobyerno ni Gloria Arroyo.

Itong salita, na lumabas sa e-mail ni Leo San Miguel, consultant ng ZTE, ang Chinese corporation na nakakuha ng kontrata mag-lagay na national broadband network (NBN), isang proyekto na telecommunications.

Ang ‘tongpats” ay baligtad ng “patong” at kasama na siya sa mga salitang “Bubukol ho yan”, “Moderate their greed”, “Sec, may 200 ka dito”, “Greedy group”, na nagpapahiwatig ng gawain ng mga kampon ni Gloria Arroyo.

‘I know nothing about $41M bribes’

Published by Ellen on March 11, 2008

New NBN witness called a liar

By Dennis Gadil
Malaya

New witness Leo San Miguel yesterday said he had no direct knowledge about the alleged $41 million in advances made by China’s ZTE Corp. to the “Greedy Group” of Benjamin Abalos Sr. in exchange for the approval of the national broadband project.

“I’m not aware of any kickbacks or ‘lagayan’,” San Miguel told the Senate tri-committee of blue ribbon, defense and trade, which is investigating the overpriced project.

Six RP-occupied islands covered in controversial Spratlys deals

Published by Ellen on March 9, 2008

By VERA Files*

Six islands occupied by the Philippines in the disputed Spratly Islands Groups are covered by two controversial joint seismic monitoring agreements among the Philippines, China and Vietnam that have come under fire for purportedly “sacrificing” Philippine interests in exchange for huge loans from Beijing.

Sold: 24,000 sq. km. of Philippine territory

Published by Ellen on March 7, 2008

The joint seismic study agreement the Philippines struck with China in 2004 preparatory to oil exploration in the disputed Spratlys covers an area that laps the western shores of Philippines, Malaya was able to establish yesterday.

Golez: De Venecia should tell all about Spratlys deal

Published by Ellen on March 7, 2008

Statement of Rep. Roilo Golez (Parañaque):

Former Speaker Jose de Venecia should tell everything that he knows about the origins and background of ther Tripartite Agreement for Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking inthe Agreement Area in the South China Sea signed March 14, 2005 especially his role in the initiation, negotiation and signing of the agreement and who else in the hierarchy of the government had a hand in the Agreement.

Kawawa naman pala si Mike Arroyo

Published by Ellen on March 5, 2008

Anak ng Diyos pala ito si Mike Arroyo.

Sinabi niya sa Ombudsman na hindi siya pwede kasuhan dahil hindi naman siya public official. “”I do not meddle in governmental affairs. I do not know all the antecedent, contemporaneous and subsequent events surrounding the NBN project. I cannot be indicted for bribery simply because I am not a public officer. I can neither be indicted for corruption because there is not even an allegation, much less proof, that I ever offered any public officer any gift by reason of his or her office.”

Hindi raw siya nakiki-alam sa mga transaksyon sa gobierno. Hindi raw siya pwedeng kasuhan dahil wala raw pruweba ang mga paratang sa kanya.

Lozada banned in public schools?

Published by Ellen on March 5, 2008

We are still trying to get a copy of the reported directive of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus banning Rodolfo Noel Lozada, former president of Philippine Forest Corporation and star witness in the NBN/ZTE deal scandal and former Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos, one of the principal personalities involved in the deal from attending fora in public schools.

We, however, are getting reactions. One came from Sen. Francis Pangilinan:

With news of DepEd’s instruction to ‘insulate’ students from politics in light of NBN ZTE witness Jun Lozada’s campus rounds to gather support, Senate Majority Leader and Independent senator Kiko Pangilinan today scored the “Worsening suppression of our freedoms.”

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