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Sign of the times

Published by Ellen on February 17, 2009

Yesterday, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency acquired 195 new intelligence officers with the graduation of the new batch of cadets at the PDEA Academy.

In his speech before the new graduates, Parañaque Rep.Roilo Golez said they are entering a career of risk, honor, glory and high mission.

“The campaign on illegal drugs is the moral equivalent of war. It’s a tougher war than war against the NPA, the secessionist movement and the Abu Sayyaf. More than 4,000 barangays, 50 per cent of them in the National Capital Region, are effected by the menace of drugs. Seventy-five per cent of major crimes in the NCR are drug related. This is a serious public order problem,” Golez said.

Miriam ‘loses’ road rigging contract probe

Published by Ellen on February 17, 2009

Blue Ribbon likely to take over investigation

by JP Lopez
Malaya

miriam-santiago The Senate economic affairs panel chaired by Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago will no longer investigate the criminal side of the World Bank report on alleged collusion and bribery in government infrastructure projects and will instead focus on the report’s economic implications.

Santiago said this was the consensus reached by the majority bloc in a caucus called yesterday after some senators complained that last week’s hearing turned into a forum for bashing the World Bank.

“The first item is, pursuant to my recommendation, the Senate economic affairs committee will no longer issue subpoena to the country director of the WB,” Santiago said.

Reklamo sa Meralco

Published by Ellen on February 16, 2009

FEB. 16, 2009

Galing ito kay Arman Eusebio:

Gusto ko po sanang idulog sa inyo ang isang mistulang ‘big time extortion’ na ginagawa ng ilang empleyado ng Meralco sa amin.

Nagsimula po ito noong October 2008 nang magsagawa ng inspection ang ilan nilang mga tauhan sa lugar namin. Apparently ay may nakitang ‘two-line jumper’ ang mga inspector sa isang katabing bahay namin. Kapagdaka’y pumunta sa bahay namin iyong isang inspector. Ikinagulat po ito ng Nanay ko dahil unang-una ay hindi naman niya alam ang nangyayari dun sa ibaba dahil nasa itaas po ang bahay namin. Bigla daw pong pumasok itong inspector na ito na nang tanungin ng Nanay ko kung sino siya at kung ano iyon… sinabi lang daw niya na taga-Meralco siya at inspeksyon lang daw.

Labis na ikinagulat ng Nanay ko nang bumaba siya at makita na tila kukumpiskahin ng mga inspector ang aming metro at nang kanyang tanungin kung bakit nila gagawin iyon ang naging tugon daw ng inspector ay ‘Nay, makipag-ayos na lang po kayo sa akin!’
Natural hindi ito naging maganda sa pandinig ng Nanay ko dahil pinalalabas ng inspector na may ginawa kaming mali. Nagkaron ng pagtatalo at nakarating ang usapan sa aming baranggay kung saan parehong pinakinggan ng aming punong-baranggay ang magkabilang panig.

Prosecution flaws bog down fight vs drugs

Published by Ellen on February 15, 2009

by Ibarra C. Mateo and Yvonne T. Chua VERA Files For many years, Chinese national Cai Qing Hai had been on the list of Asia’s…

The people’s fury

Published by Ellen on February 15, 2009

Never mind Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Sen. Miriam Santiago. We know them to be allies of Gloria Arroyo (or whoever will serve their interest).

But it was painful to see Sen. Aquilino Pimentel, who fought the Marcos tyranny and was a victim of electoral cheating, spouting the same line as Enrile and Santiago putting the pressure on the World Bank, which exposed the rigging of bids in the public works it finances, instead of Finance Secretary Gary Teves and Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez who, by their non-action, protected Gloria Arroyo, Mike Arroyo and other crooks named in the WB report.

I texted Sen. Pimentel telling him of my disappointment about his role in last Thursday’s Senate hearing and this was his reply:

“Sorry, dear Ellen, for creating the misimpression. That’s the last I’d do: protect GMA and company.

Continue readingThe people’s fury

Palitan ang liderato sa Senado

Published by Ellen on February 14, 2009

Dapat siguro palitan na ang liderato sa Senado.Mukha ngang naisahan ng Malacañang sina Senador Ping Lacson, Mar Roxas, Jamby Madrigal nang tinanggal nila si Senate President Manny Villar at ipinalit si Senador Juan Ponce Enrile.

Para kasi makuha ang suporta ng mga kaalyado ni Gloria Arroyo sa pagtanggal kay Villar, pumayag sina Lacson na ibigay ang mga mahalagang committee sa mga kaalyado ni Arroyo. At nakikisama sila sa kanila.

Akala kasi nina Lacson na dahil itong sina Enrile at Santiago ay makasarili, kapag mabaho na si Arroyo, bibitawan nila. Hindi nila naiisip na kaya ni Arroyo magbigay ng hindi kayang ibigay ng iba para sa mga katulad nina Enrile at Santiago.

Binaligtad na

Published by Ellen on February 11, 2009

Pare-pareho ang istilo nitong mga sangkot sa Alabang Boys na kontrobersiya. Kapag naipit binabaligtad ang totoo.

Di ba si John Resado ang prosecutor na nagkaroon ng P1.6 milyon sa araw na pinadismis niya ang kaso laban kina Richard Brodett, Joseph Tecson at Jorge Joseph ay gumawa ng kwento na sinubukan daw siyang suhulan ni Atty. Alvaro Lazaro ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency?

Ngayon ito namang sina Brodett sinabi sa independent (kuno) fact-finding committee na nagi-imbistiga sa napabalitang suhulan ng mga Alabang Boys ng mga prosecutors na hindi raw buy-bust operation ang nangyari noong Sptiembre 2008 nag nahuli sila.

SC orders Smith placed under RP custody

Published by Ellen on February 11, 2009

Constitutionality of VFA affirmed

by Tetch Torres
Inquirer.net, Agence France-Presse

The Supreme Court has ruled that custody over convicted rapist Lance Corporal Daniel Smith should be transferred from US to Philippine authorities and ordered the Department of Foreign Affairs to negotiate the move.

While affirming the constitutionality of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) that governs the military exercises between the two countries, the high court said the subsequent accord which Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo and US Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney signed and which granted the US custody over Smith was “in violation of the VFA.”

Election stimulus

Published by Ellen on February 10, 2009

At a forum sponsored by the Catholic Media Network and the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines at Ilustrado yesterday Bertie Lim, executive director of the Makati Business Club and Vince Lazatin of the Transparency and Accountability Network expressed concern that despite the damning revelations in the World Bank report, corruption in the Arroyo government is not expected to diminish.

Lim said the public should be vigilant over how the Arroyo government spends the P330 billion stimulus package to alleviate the effects of the global financial crisis on Filipinos.

Lim took note that elections are 15 months away and politicians are known to be brazen in their fund raising for that exercise. In fact, in the investigation that World Bank conducted on the road projects that it was financing, a portion of the report stated, “The winner paid off politicians for election campaign funds.”

Kabit-kabit na sabit

Published by Ellen on February 9, 2009

Sa hearing kahapon tungkol sa pagbagsak ng mga Legacy banks na pag-aari ni Celso de los Angeles na malapit kay Vice President Noli de Castro at House Speaker Prospero Nograles, inalam ni Rep. Rufus Rodriguez kung sino ang mga judges na nag-isyu ng temporary restraining order sa Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas sa kanilang imbestigasyon.

Pinangalanan si Lina Valenzuela ng Manila Regional Trial Court. Ganun din ang tatlong Court of Appeals justices na nagpatibay ng desisyon ni Valenzuela. Sila ay sina Justice Apolinario Bruselas, Jr., Bienvenido Reyes at Mariflor Punzalan Castillo.

Dahil sa kanilang TRO sa imbestigasyon ng BSP na ipinalabas noong Mayo 2008 at napabale wala lamang nang labas rin ng TRO sa kanilang TRO ang Supreme Court noong Nobiembre 2008, nakaloko pa ang mga bangko sa ilalim ng Legacy ng libo-libong depositors at nakakuha ng halagang P1.3 bilyon.

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