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In Arroyo’s indecent regime: loyalty over substance

Published by Ellen on August 2, 2009

As we bid goodbye to President Cory Aquino, we reminisce her presidency with affection because that was the time when sincerity, honesty , and decency characterized all her decisions and actions.

Decency is one thing that we cannot say of the hustling among members of Gloria Arroyo’s men and women on who would be included in Arroyo’s official party in the meeting with US President Barack Obama last week.

The White House bilateral meetings was supposed to be five plus one for both sides. That means Arroyo and five cabinet members. Obama and five cabinet members on the others side.

Babuyan na talaga

Published by Ellen on August 1, 2009

Wala na talagang natirang delikadesa itong si Gloria Arroyo at ang kanyang mga kampon.

Sa kanilang mga kilos, para silang nagpa-panic na malapit na ang kanilang katapusan at kailangan mahakot nila ang kaya nilang mahakot. Astang magnanakaw at mapagsamantala.

Itong paglagay kay Lani Mercado sa San Miguel Corporation kung saan ang isang direktor para pangangalagaan ang kapakanan ng taumbayan ay tumataggnap na hindi bababa sa P1 milyon bawat miting.

The Cory years

Published by Ellen on August 1, 2009

by Chit Estela VERA Files For someone who had undergone much sorrow and pain, Corazon Aquino laughed easily and well. People unaccustomed to hearing the…

Arroyo would be treated with civility if she comes to Cory’s wake : Noynoy

Published by Ellen on August 1, 2009

Update: Cory will be buried on Wednesday, Aug.5, at the family’s plot at the Manila Memorial park beside her husband, the late senator Benigno Aquino, Jr.

Necrological rites on Tuesday evening.

Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III said personally, he “would not totally welcome Gloria Arroyo and Imelda Marcos” but if they come to the wake of his mother, former President Corazon Aquino,they would be treated with “civility.”

In an interview by David Celdran on ANC, Noynoy said he was expressing personal views and that the matter would have to be discussed by the family. “I would not totally welcome (Arroyo’s visit) but we have been taught civility, he said.

Asked if the same applies to Imelda Marcos, he replied “yes.”

Goodbye, President Cory

Published by Ellen on July 31, 2009

Former President Corazon C. Aquino passed away 3: 18 a.m Aug. 1, 2009. Goodbye, President Cory. I’m comforted by the thought that democracy and the…

Furor over Arroyo’s debasement of National Artists Award

Published by Ellen on July 31, 2009

Update: F. Sionil Jose, Arturo Luz, Bienvenido Lumbera, Virgilio Almario, Bancab will lead artists and community in a Necrological Service and Funeral march for the National Artists Awards on Friday, Aug. 7, 2 pm at CCP.

Last Wednesday, Malacañang released the names of the latest batch of National Artists, the most prestigious award for Filipino artists. They are:

Cecile Guidote-Alvarez (Theater)
Manuel Urbano aka Manuel Conde (Film and Broadcast Arts)
Magno Jose “Carlo” Caparas (Visual Arts and Film)
Federico Aguilar Alcuaz (Visual Arts, Painting)
Lazaro Francisco (Literature)
Francisco Mañosa (Architecture)
Jose “Pitoy” Moreno (Fashion)

The Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP) issued the following statement:

Moribund, decadent politics behind this year’s selection of National Artists

The Concerned Artists of the Philippines joins much of the Filipino arts and cultural community in expressing indignation over the unprecedented brazen use by the Arroyo regime of the National Artists awards for its moribund, decadent politics.

The spectre of failure of elections

Published by Ellen on July 30, 2009

In the 10-hour oral arguments at the Supreme Court last Wednesday on the motion of the Concerned Citizens Movement to stop the Smartmatic-Total Information Management agreement with the Commission on Election for the automation of the 2010 elections, counsel Harry Roque anchored his argument on the provision of the Republic Act 8436 which requires pilot testing of the system before it is implemented.

RA 8436 authorized the Comelec “to use an automated election system or systems in the same election in different provinces, whether paper-based or a direct recording electronic election system as it may deem appropriate and practical for the process of voting, counting of votes and canvassing/consolidation and transmittal of results of electoral exercises:

“Provided, that for the regular national and local election, which shall be held immediately after effectivity of this Act, the AES shall be used in at least two highly urbanized cities and two provinces each in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, to be chosen by the Commission: Provided, further, x x x. In succeeding regular national or local elections, the AES shall be implemented nationwide.”

Letter to President Obama

Published by Ellen on July 29, 2009

His Excellency President Barack Obama
Washington District of Columbia
United States of America

Dear Mr. President,

We shared the wonderful jubilation of the American people during your historic election triumph. When you assumed office early this year, we rejoiced at the audacious hope that you inspired, and on your promise of change for the common good.

We joined all freedom loving people of the world who exulted when you declared that “those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent…are on the wrong side of history.”

Dapat manindigan si Chiz

Published by Ellen on July 29, 2009

Dapat ipaliwanag ni Sen. Chiz Escudero itong akusasyon ni Rep. Mikey Arroyo, anak ni Gloria Arroyo, na humihingi siya ng tulong sa kanyang ina at ang mga patutsada niya (Chiz) ay pang-media lang.

Hindi natin malalaman kung nagsasabi ng buong katotohan itong anak ni Arroyo ngunit kailangan maliwanag sa taumbayan kung saan nakatayo si Chiz sa isyu ni Gloria Arroyo.

Sabi ni Chiz sa Inquirer na hindi totoo ang kinakalat ni Mikey at hindi siya hihingi ng endorsment ni Arroyo. “It is obviously not true. I am not asking and will not ask for her endorsement. If I run, I will always run as opposition.”

The gall of Gloria

Published by Ellen on July 28, 2009

Riddle of the day: What’s the difference between a fairytale and a state- of- the- nation address?

Answer, according a text message: A fairytale is fiction with dwarfs as characters.SONA has a dwarf relating fiction.

Gloria Arroyo was not even an engaging storyteller. Bitchy, catty and spiteful, she looked so ugly.

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