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De Lima courts constitutional crisis to cover up incompetence

Published by Ellen on November 15, 2011

De Lima bars Arroyos from leaving — Why has she not filed a case vs the Arroyos after more than a year in office?

Leila de Lima looked and sounded desperate in her early evening presscon trying to salvage the situation where the government was in danger of losing face in the struggle to make Gloria Arroyo accountable for her crimes against the Filipino people.

Related links:

http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/resolutions/2011/november2011/199034_199046_CARPIO.pdf

http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/resolutions/2011/november2011/199034_199046_SERENO.pdf

http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/resolutions/2011/november2011/199034_199046_TRO.pdf

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/11/15/11/arroyos-barred-leaving-ph

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/11/15/11/gma-returns-hospital-mike-cries-persecution

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/11/15/11/de-lima-whats-rush

Defying the High Court’s temporary restraining order against her Watch Order List against the Arroyos, she ordered all agencies concerned not to allow the couple to exit the country because as far as she is concerned, the SC’s order cannot yet be implemented because she has not received it yet and she still has to file a motion for reconsideration.

SC okays Arroyo plea for TRO; she can travel anytime anywhere in the world

Published by Ellen on November 15, 2011

By Ira Pedrasa, abs-cbnNEWS.com

The Supreme Court has voted 8-5 to release a temporary restraining order on the watchlist order against former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, a source told abs-cbnNEWS.com.

Only 13 magistrates voted.

The 8 are: Chief Justice Renato Corona, Presbitero Velasco Jr., Arturo Brion, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Roberto Abad, Martin Villarama, and Jose Perez.

The 5 who did not vote in favor of the decision are: Senior Justice Antonio Carpio, Associate Justices Maria Lourdes Sereno, Bienvenido Reyes, Estela Perlas-Bernabe and Jose Mendoza.

Kailan ba isasampa ang mga kaso laban kay Gloria Arroyo?

Published by Ellen on November 13, 2011

GMA having a good time with the contraption — Akala ko ba masakit itong contraption. Bakit siya tumatawa? *Photo from Yuko Takei's FB wall*.

Sa gitna ng ingay ng diskusyon kung papayagan si Gloria Arroyo at ang kanyang asawang si Mike na umalis ng bansa para magpagamot day (siyempre marami at mas maingay ang ayaw), hindi na marinig ang tanong na bakit ba hanggang ngayon wala pang kaso sa korte na nakasampa laban sa mag-asawang kinaiinisan ng maraming Pilipino?

Halos magdadalawang taon na ang administrasyong Aquino ngunit hanggang ngayon ay wala pang nakasampang kaso laban kay Arroyo. Lahat nasa preliminary investigation pa lang.Pinapag-aralan pa kung may “probable cause” ang akusasyun sa kaniya.

Palagi nga kinukumpara ng marami sa ginagawa ni Arroyo kay dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada na ilang buwan lang siya napaalis sa Malacañang nasampahan na kaagad ng kasong plunder at nakulong.

Hindi sana problema ang pagbawal ni Aquino kay Arroyo umalis ng bansa kung may kaso na hindi pwedeng piyansahan dahil kung sa ganun ang korte ang mag-isyu ng hold order sa kanya . Kaso wala.

Ang pinaghahawakan nina De Lima ay ang kwestyunable na memorandum circular na inisyu noon ng justice secretary ni Arroyo na si Alberto Agra na kahit nasa preliminary investigation pa lang ang kaso, pwedeng ilagay sa Watch List Order ang isang tao.

Thanks Manny Pacquiao for a hassle-free Sunday morning

Published by Ellen on November 13, 2011

pacquiao-marquez by reuters steve marcus — Thanks to Abs-Cbn online for Reuters' Steve Marcus photo

Boxing is too brutal a spectator sport for me but I’m thankful for the Pacquiao-Marquez fight yesterday.

No, I didn’t watch the third encounter of our very own Manny Pacquiao and Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez. But I enjoyed the free-flowing traffic because almost everybody was glued to television starting early morning. I left Las Piñas 7: 30 a.m. for an 8:30 a.m. breakfast meeting with friends at Italianni’s at Greenbelt 2.

I took the bus and made it to Makati in less than an hour!

There was a little problem though because Italianni’s was reserved for those who wanted to watch the fight so we transferred to Mary Grace, where we had a delightful breakfast of bangus and Vigan langgonisa concluded by hot chocolate and ensaimada.

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:

Not taxpayers’ money for Arroyo’s treatment

Published by Ellen on November 10, 2011

Aquino announcing travel ban on GMA — Offering taxpayers money for Gloria Arroyo's treatment

President Aquino should thank Gloria Arroyo for rejecting his offer to bring in medical specialists to examine her or else that would have created another round of controversy on the source of funds for that undertaking.

GMA in contraption — Photo by Belna Cabasan. From Stella Arnaldo's wall.

In his press conference Wednesday, where Aquino affirmed the decision of the Department of Justice not to allow Arroyo to leave the country, he offered to bring in the medical specialists that his predecessor is supposed to be consulting abroad.

Malaya: GMA now a battle of spin;contortionists seek to project high ground
http://www.malaya.com.ph/nov11/news1.html

“If necessary, we are prepared to answer the financial aspect of treating Ms Arroyo,” Aquino said.

Let’s not allow Arroyo to rob us of our humanity

Published by Ellen on November 8, 2011

Update: DOJ bars Arroyo from travel

Gloria Arroyo Nov 2011A — Gloria Arroyo's latest photo released by her lawyers to media Wednesday.

It’s no secret that I’m not an admirer of Gloria Arroyo and her husband, Mike.

I remain firm in my stand that she should be made accountable for the crimes that she has done to the Filipino people, foremost of which is the stealing of the presidency in 2001 and in 2004.

Invoking the primacy of national interest over individual rights, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima Tuesday slammed the door on Arroyo’s plan to seek medical treatment abroad.

“My order is a denial of the request for an allow-departure order (ADO),” De Lima announced at a news briefing.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/90633/arroyo-barred-from-travel

The damage caused by her destruction of democratic institutions just to keep her hold on power deeply affected the mindset of the public. It will take many years to rebuild those institutions which took several administrations to build.

But I’m for allowing her to travel abroad for medical treatment.

The Philippine Constitution guarantees the right of every Filipino citizen to travel. Sec. 6 of the Bill of Rights states: “The liberty of abode and of changing the same within the limits prescribed by law shall not be impaired except upon lawful order of the court. Neither shall the right to travel be impaired except in the interest of national security, public safety, or public health as may be provided by law.”

Bring China’s 9-dash line to UN: Justice Carpio

Published by Ellen on November 6, 2011

The Philippine claim on the islands in the South China Sea , now being called West Philippine Sea by Philippine authorities, could have been stronger had past administrations been more decisive about asserting our claims in the area that is being claimed wholly by China and Taiwan and partially by, aside from the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Brunei.

In a speech of Supreme Court Justice Antonio T. Carpio at the 50th anniversary celebration of Ateneo de Davao University last Oct. 29 on “The Rule of Law as the Great Equalizer’, he mentioned two instances when the Philippines could have done something but did not to strengthen the Philippine claim over the area that spans hundreds of thousands square kilometers including 53 islets.

Justice Carpio’s speech in full:

The Rule of Law as the Great Equalizer by Justice Carpio

The first time was right after the Philippines became a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in 1982 and the other one was before China opted out in 2006 from the compulsory dispute settlement mechanism of UNCLOS.

Binawi ang ban ng OFW sa 41 na bansa

Published by Ellen on November 5, 2011

Heto na naman. Pumalpak si Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz sa pag-anunsyo na may ban sa pagpadala ng manggagawang Pilipino sa 41 na bansang hindi pumirma sa kasunduan sa Pilipinas para protektahan ang mga Pilipino na nagtatrabaho doon.

Ngayon, hindi niya alam kung paano babawiin dahil sa masamang reaksyun ng mga bansang apektado. Sabi niya pansamantala daw ang ban hanggang makapag-comply ang ibang bansa. Nahihibang ba siya> Magku-comply ang Saudi Arabia, Korea at iba pang bansa sa kagustuhan ng Pilipinas?

Sabi naman ng ibang opisyal, wala naman talagang ban.

Noong Biernes, sabi na ni Baldoz, ipagpaliban daw ang ban.

The amazing Ramon Revilla Sr

Published by Ellen on November 3, 2011

Update: Ramona flees to Hongkong

Former actor and senator Ramon Revilla, Jr. is truly an amazing person.

News reports about the quarrel over the P1 million family monthly allowance from the padre de familia as the motive behind the Oct. 28 murder of 23-year old Ramgen Jose Bautista made me more in awe of the 84–year old Revilla Sr, Jose Acuña Bautista in real life.

Results of police investigation, which the Revilla family finds “unbelievable”, reveal that Ramgen was murdered by killers hired by his 18-year brother, Ramon Jose, with his 22-year old sister Ramona as accomplice.

The police said their information came from Ramgen’s girlfriend, Janelle Manahan, who was also shot in the face and is still in critical condition in the hospital and from the hired killers who were arrested two days after Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla (Jose Marie Mortel Bautista in real life) put up a P500,000 reward for the arrest of the killers.

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