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Marlyn Divinagacia, 32,wife of Capt Ervin Divinagracia, one of the 28 officers detained in connection with the February 2006 non-event,was laid to rest yesterday. (Click here for brief background info).
At the necrological rites for her at St. Ignatius church in Camp Aguinaldo, Aloy Lim read the following message of her husband, Brig. Danny Lim, (also in detention) formerly the commander of the First Scout Ranger Regiment where Ervin belonged:
When I first heard the final diagnosis that Marlyn’s condition was acute myelogenous leukemia and that she was slowly slipping into coma, I asked God to remove the working tools from those weary hands so her whole being may find final rest, and not long after, when I got word that her mortal remains are all we have, I asked God, why the tragedy?
Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo denied allegations of former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. that he suggested that the national broadband project between the Philippine government and China’s ZTE Corp be undertaken as a government-to-government deal.
“I never suggested anything… Sinungaling iyan si JDV, huwag kang maniwala diyan,” he told reporters.
The First Gentleman was interviewed at the St. Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon City where he stayed overnight Saturday following a bout of diarrhea. He was discharged around 12:35 p.m. yesterday
From Malaya
The Supreme Court has ordered the state-run Philippine Mining Development Corp. (PMDC) to explain why it should not be cited in contempt for starting the bidding process for the exploration and mining operation of the 8,100-hectare Diwalwal gold rush area in Compostela Valley.
The bidding was allegedly undertaken by the PMDC, an attached agency of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, despite the pendency of a legal dispute over the mining area before the high court.
(A VERA Files report said the government accepted on Oct. 14 letters of intent from mining firms to develop the Upper Ulip-Paraiso portion of Diwalwal consisting of 1,600 hectares. On top of this, there is an existing Memorandum of Understanding between the government and the Chinese firm Zhongxing Technology Equipment (ZTE) to explore and mine a still undisclosed part of Diwalwal.)
Diarrhea, not heart attack,downed Mike Arroyo : St Luke’s doctor
Nang unang lumabas ang balita na inatatake sa puso (na naman) si Mike Arroyo sa loob ng eroplano ng Philippine Airlines papuntang Los Angeles at nag-emergency landing sila sa Osaka, Japan, ang dami kaagad ang reaksyon sa mga text at sa blog.
Si Mike Arroyo at kasama ng presidential party papuntang Lima, Peru kung saan magtitipon na naman ang mga lider ng bayan na miyembro ng Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
Hindi maganda ang mga reaksyon. Sample: sabi ni Atty36252 , “Heart attack? Wala namang puso yan eh. That was just an excuse so that he would be left off sa Japan, where someone i is waiting.”
Photo borrowed from Ricelander without his permission.
Update from ABS-CBN: Mike Arroyo “Out of danger”: Malacañang
Mike Arroyo had a heart attack aboard plane enroute to Peru, where Gloria Arroyo will attend the APEC summit.
The plane made an emergency landing in Osaka,Japan.
His doctors will fly to Osaka while Gloria Arroyo will proceed to Lima, Peru.
Malaya report:
A separate resolution on the mode for Charter Change being circulated by Rep. Juan Miguel Arroyo (Lakas, Pampanga) was also signed by 150 congressmen, a source from the majority bloc said.
The resolution, which calls for the convening of a Constituent Assembly (Con-ass), is authored by Kampi president and Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Villafuerte, the source said.
Inquirer: Mikey leads cha-cha bid
This is what the five bishops warned about just three weeks ago: Gloria Arroyo will ram Charter Change down the people’s throats.
The report from the House of Representatives yesterday said House resolution 737 amending the economic provision of the Constitution has been signed by 163 congressmen. House Speaker Prospero Nograles, who authored the resolution, needs only 15 more signatures to meet the required 175 signatures, representing three-fourth of the House of Representatives to bring the resolution to the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, then to the plenary..
The Cha-Cha train is cranking up and is expected to leave the station in the coming days to a destination beyond 2010.
As I’m writing this, Malaya’s House reporter, Wendell Vigilia, sent a summary report that House Resolution 737, amending economic provision of the Constitution that would allow 100 percent owenership has now 163 signatures.
They need 175 signatures to bring it to take it up in the committee level, then to the plenary. They need only 12 signatures more. Kayang-kaya yan.
The Cha-Cha train has cranked up . Tsug…tsug… tsug…tsug…tsug…tsug…Beyond 2010.
Malaya’s story today :
by Lito Banayo
Malaya
Speculations and spins always fly whenever something takes everyone by surprise. Thus did the Senate “coup” which replaced Manuel Villar as its president with 84-year old Juan Ponce Enrile come to most everyone.
One paper bannered an Erap hand in the coup, banking only on the supposed membership of Enrile in the latter’s party, and the perceived “closeness” of the two, which isn’t exactly true. They are friends, but they are not that close. Even when only the two of them survived the Cory juggernaut in the first elections under the 1987 Constitution that re-installed a two-chamber Congress, they were not that close. Estrada, who tries to be friendly with everybody, and forgives anyone and everyone at the drop of a tear, fake or feigned, knew the political value of the wise Ponce Enrile, so that even if the latter did not support his presidential run in 1998, he reached out. He needed the cooperation of the Senate, and so politically, he bedded even with other unlikely political “friends” as Miriam Defensor Santiago. That paper cited an “administration senator” as its source, but the guy, who can easily be identified by any political observer, was also just speculating.
Hindi ginusto ni Manny Villar na matanggal sa pagka- senate president ngunit maaring makakabuti pa sa kanyang political career itong nangyari.
Alam naman natin lahat na may plano si Villar na tumakbo para presidente sa 2008. Kaya nga siya kinukuyog ng ibang may ambisyon rin kasi bilang senate president, may lamang siya. Hindi lamang sa budget ng senado kung di na rin sa media mileage dahil lahat na nangyayari sa senado, dumadaan sa kanya. Nababanggit ang pangalan palagi.
Ngayon na hindi na siya senate president, hindi na masasabi ng iba pang presidentiables – Senators Ping Lacson, Mar Roxas at Loren Legarda – na lamang sa kanila si Villar.