Ang galing-galing talaga ni Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap. Bilib na bilib na ako sa kanya.
Noong isang linggo, ang solusyon niya sa peligro na magkaroon ng pagkukulang sa bigas ay ang pag-order sa mga fastfood na kalahating tasa na lang daw ang isilbing kanin.
From Inquirer online:
Former president Corazon Aquino is suffering from colon cancer and is in a hospital, her family said Monday.
Aquino’s daughter Kris, a people television host and actress, read a statement on television saying the cancer was discovered when the former president went to have a check up.
Update:
Malacañang’s response: Go to court
Trillanes: Sharing provision violates Charter
by JP Lopez
Detained Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV yesterday said that aside from the joint marine seismic study in the Spratly islands, the Arroyo government also entered into an oil exploration agreement with China in April 2006 that would cover the Calamian Islands in Palawan.
“The government of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is again lying to the Filipino people. Contrary to their claim, the Macapagal administration has actually entered into an oil exploration agreement with China not only involving Kalayaan Group of Islands (Spratlys), but within undisputed Philippine territory,” Trillanes said.
Malaya photo by Rolly Salvador
Sa rally na inorganisa ng mga estudyante noong Biyernes sa Liwasang Bonifacio, marami sa mga speakers ang nanawagan na sa kanilang pagbalik sa kani-kanilang probinsya ngayong bakasyon, ipagpatuloy nila ang paghanap ng katotohanan at hustisya na siyang pakay ng mga kilos protesta nitong mga nakaraang linggo at buwan laban kay Gloria Arroyo.
Sinabi rin ng mga batang mga speakers na huwag masyadong magkampante si Arroyo at ang kanyang mga opisyal na libre na sila sa kanilang krimen laban sa sambayanang Pilipino. Sa kanilang bakasyon, ipapaliwanag nila sa kanilang mga kamag-anak at kaibigan ang pinaglalaban dito sa Maynila.
Former President Joseph Estrada at the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines
March 13, 2008
Q and A
(Preparing to run again for presidency in the future?)
Despite of my age i still feel young, there are those people who’s in 60s older than me. I have no intention of running now, but want to ensure the unity of the opposition. Its easier for this adm to cheat again thats what happened in 2004 FPJ. I want to have the opposition of one candidate only to ensure the victory of opposition.
by Regina Bengco
Malaya
National security adviser Norberto Gonzales yesterday said the worst of the moves to oust President Arroyo has passed and the rest of the opposition’s efforts won’t make much of an impact.
Gonzales said the destabilization peaked during the February 29 interfaith rally in Makati City when, he said, the crowd was less than the expected 1 million. Police estimated the crowd at 15,000 while organizers said it was at 75,000.
He said the Lenten break would defuse the tension and this would be helped along by the fact that students, who he said are being targeted by the opposition’s propaganda efforts, would also have their summer vacation.
1.President Arroyo revoked today Executive Order 464, which bars top government officials from testifying in legislative inquiries without express permission from the President. “Effective immediately,…
Sheryl Martinez is a working mother with two very young girls.
She has put up an online Gloria- resign petition:http://www.petitiononline.com/gmaout/petition.html. Her blog address: http://gloriaresign.wordpress.com/
Sheryl said she is not aware that there are already two Resign-GMA online peitition. One initiated by imprisoned senator Antonio Trillanes IV (http://www.petitiononline.com/snap08/) which includes Vice President Noli de Castro and the calling for a snap election within 60 days, and another by the Black and White Movement (http://www.pinoybigbriber.com/index.php).
Related article by JB Baylon: The unnoticed betrayal
As the political storm brought about by allegations of massive corruption continues to slam Gloria Arroyo, Vice President Noli de Castro stays by her side to provide her the option of a graceful exit by resignation, an adviser to De Castro told a member of the opposition.
The source said the expectation of De Castro, as relayed by his advisers who have started talking with different opposition groups like the United Opposition, Makati Business Club, and the Black and White Movement, the end of the Arroyo presidency is a matter of time and he (De Castro) expects to take over as the Constitution mandates.
Click here for Inquirer’s report on “No Fly Zone”
From ABS-CBN Online:
Retired officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the wives of the jailed military officers , and other participants in the failed Peninsula Manila rebellion were also present in the inter-faith rally in Makati Friday, ABS-CBN News reported.
The retired military officials said that while their colleagues could not speak up they will represent their voice, ABS-CBN News correspondent Ces Oreña-Drilon reported.