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Nobody’s listening to Arroyo

Published by Ellen on August 21, 2008

Gloria Arroyo has lost control. She should re-sign.

She has lost control not only of herself (look up her throwing tantrum video last Monday in YouTube) but also of the government.

She should resign to spare the country further destruction, not only in terms of loss of lives but damage to democratic institutions.

Calls for Arroyo to resign are nothing new ever since the “Hello Garci” tapes surfaced which exposed her to have masterminded cheating in the 2004 elections. But she has effectively placated her political adversaries. This time, however, she has expended her political capital. Derided by majority of Filipinos, Arroyo’s words have no value.

Even MILF spokesman Mohagher Iqbal is not taking her seriously.

Join Truthfest

Published by Ellen on August 21, 2008

Tomorrow, Aug. 22, an “Evening Gathering for Truth” will be held at Baywalk along Roxas Boulevard. It’s planned tob e a twelve-hour marathon, from 3…

A country not even his own

Published by Ellen on August 17, 2008

Last month,Meralco chair Oscar Lopez said in a forum that with what is happening now to his family in relation to the ruling power, it’s as though Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship had not ended.

Lopez said this following attempts by Gloria Arroyo’s avid supporter, Winston Garcia, president and general manager of the Government Service Insurance System, to takeover Meralco, the Lopez family’s flagship firm.

Lacson accuser recants, says Palace made her do it

Published by Ellen on August 2, 2008

By Alcuin Papa
Philippine Daily Inquirer

A Filipino-American businesswoman who initiated an investigation into the alleged US assets of Senator Panfilo Lacson is now singing a different tune and has accused Malacañang of concocting the charges against Lacson.

Blanquita Pelaez claimed that it was Major General Delfin Bangit, the former chief of the Presidential Security Group (PSG), who had ordered her to make up the charges against Lacson involving the latter’s US-based assets.

Ibang mundo ni Arroyo

Published by Ellen on July 30, 2008

Tinanong ko ang isang dating cabinet member ni Gloria Arroyo kung ano ang atmosphere kapag nasa loob ka ng Malacañang.

Gusto ko kasing intindihin kung bakit ang mga pinagsasabi ni Gloria Arroyo ay malayo sa nakikita at naramdaman ng taumbayan. Hindi ko alam kung siya ba ay nasa alapaap o talagang sobra siyang sinungaling.

Naloko kayo ‘no?

Published by Ellen on July 29, 2008

Naloko Kayo ‘no?

That’s the after-Sona joke directed to those who applauded Gloria Arroyo when she announced that cost of text messages would now be 50 centavos per message.

Here’s Arroyo’s boast: “Texting is a way of life. I asked the telecoms to cut the cost of messages between networks. They responded. It is now down to 50 centavos.”

Complicity in poll fraud coverup taints SAF record

Published by Ellen on July 29, 2008

by VERA Files

(Conclusion)

It was no accident that it was the Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police that penetrated the Batasan Pambansa and stuffed the ballot boxes with fake election returns to make it look like Gloria Arroyo won the 2004 elections.

Established in 1983 initially to help combat insurgency and later to “destroy enemy forces that undermine the nation’s stability,” the police commandos are trained as a rapid deployment force and to “noiselessly operate in the shadows.”

In its 25-year history, the elite unit has not been impervious to the country’s political upheavals. The SAF joined the February 1986 people power revolution that followed the defection of its founder, then Armed Forces vice chief of staff and Philippine Constabulary-Integrated National Police chief Fidel V. Ramos, and toppled President Ferdinand Marcos.

Ang multo ng “Hello Garci”

Published by Ellen on July 28, 2008

Nilabas ng Vera Files ang special report na ginawa ko tungkol sa pagpalit ng Election Returns ng 2004 election sa Batasan na isinagawa ng Special Action Force ng Philippine National Police.

Ang Vera Files nga pala ay binubuo ng anim na beteranong reporters (kasama ako doon) na sumusulat ng mga artikulong nagpapaliwanag at nagbibigay ng perspective sa mga nangyayari ngayon sa ating lipunan.

Malacañang statement on SAF’s role in 2004 election fraud cover-up

Published by Ellen on July 28, 2008

Golez shrugs off report on 2004 Presidential poll fraud

“Don’t believe in the baseless allegation, but, instead, respect the decision of the Supreme Court.”

This was the reaction of Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Anthony Golez to the claim of a certain police officer that irregularities were committed in Batasan in connection with the 2004 presidential election.

SAF commandos confirm 2004 poll fraud coverup

Published by Ellen on July 27, 2008

by VERA Files

When Gloria Macapagal Arroyo delivers her eighth State of the Nation Address at the Batasang Pambansa session hall today, she will be standing close to where, three years ago, police commandos say they replaced genuine election returns (ERs) with fake ones in ballot boxes that were being readied for a recount of the 2004 presidential election.

The ER switching at the Batasan had been talked about and reported on since 2005, when Arroyo apologized for talking to an election official while the votes were being counted, in what has since been known as the “Hello, Garci” scandal.

Recently, some of those who took part in that clandestine operation have sought legal refuge, executing affidavits and taped testimonies of their involvement. Others told friends in confidence, while a few boasted about it in drinking sessions.

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