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Detained ex-Marine chief joins probe call

Published by Ellen on August 16, 2007

Superiors sent men to their deaths in Basilan?

by Victor Reyes

The 28 military officers implicated in the failed power grab last February said they have an “idea” on who led the Marine contingent to their deaths in Basilan last July 10 but said they have to validate it.

Fourteen Marines died, 10 of them later beheaded, in clashes with forces from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Abu Sayyaf and lawless elements.

In a statement to media during the continuation of court martial proceedings, Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda, a former Marine commandant, said “all of these will come to light if there is an honest to goodness investigation so that the deaths of those Marines will not be in vain…and for the sake of the living who are still willing to offer their lives,” he said.

Trillanes supporters to launch campaign

Published by Ellen on August 16, 2007

Supporters of detained Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV are set to launch next week the “Trillanes Paglingkurin Movement” that will campaign for the reversal of the Makati regional trial court’s rejection of the detainee’s petition to be allowed to attend Senate sessions and have access to media.

Trillanes is currently held at the Marine brig in Fort Bonifacio pending completion of his trial in civilian and military courts for his role in the 2003 Oakwood mutiny.

Trillanes’ spokesperson Sonny Rivera said the new group will hold an information campaign beginning next week and solicit signatures of support. “We should put pressure into this illegitimate government to grant the wishes of the people, not only those who voted for Senator Trillanes, and to allow him to function as a lawmaker,” he said.

Just do it, ‘mutineers’ tell JDV on amnesty

Published by Ellen on August 16, 2007

Military officials facing mutiny charges in connection with the February 2006 aborted withdrawal of support from President Arroyo yesterday dared Speaker Jose de Venecia to go beyond “floating” his proposed “all-encompassing” amnesty proclamation.

“Don’t just float it… offer it. Then we will decide,” Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda, former Marines commandant, said after a court martial hearing in Camp Capinpin, Tanay today.

Miranda said they still have to look into the proposed amnesty.

Para talaga kay GMA

Published by Ellen on August 15, 2007

Ang dami ng sinabi si House Speaker Jose de Venecia tungkol sa kanyang planong “Amnesty for all” ngunit hindi sinasabi ang totoong pakay nitong kanyang hindi pa napa-file na bill.

Ang hindi sinasabi ni JDV ay para talaga kay Gloria Arroyo at sa kanyang mga kampon ang amnesty para kapag wala na sila sa Malacañang hindi nila sasapitin ang sinapit ni dating Pangulong Estrada.

Sabit na lang o collateral beneficiaries sina Estrada, Trillanes, Gen.Renato Miranda, Gen. Danny Lim, Col. Ariel Querubin, at ang iba pa nilang kasamahan. Isinama pa nga niya ang MNLF, MILF at NPA.

Faulty US poll machines made from Manila factory

Published by Ellen on August 15, 2007

Our officials are not just elected by cheating. We manufacture cheating machines for export!

Another incident that reinforces Philippine reputation as cheating capital. With a cheat for a president, what do we expect?

From ABS-CBN Online:

Defective voting machines used in a US congressional election in the state of Florida have been traced to a factory in the Philippines, an American news anchor has exposed in a 13-minute Web news clip.

In his HDNet report, Dan Rather was able to trace the touchscreen voting machines produced by Ivotronic Touchscreen to a Manila factory of Teletech Corp.

4,500 troops moving versus 150 Abus

Published by Ellen on August 14, 2007

by Victor Reyes

Around 4,500 government troops are poised to contain about 150 Abu Sayyaf bandits and rogue Moro National Liberation Front forces in one area in Sulu to prevent the military offensives from spilling over, the Armed Forces said yesterday.

Another battalion is set to arrive in Sulu this week.

“Our troops in the area, particularly those under Task Force Comet, continue to run after the group…We do believe that they are in the general vicinity of the area,” Armed Forces public information office chief Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro told a press briefing yesterday.

Kiko’s clarification

Published by Ellen on August 14, 2007

Senator Francis Pangilinan sent me a message clarifying some issues I raised in my column last Friday titled “Who’s afraid of Adel Tamano?”In that column, I discussed Pangilinan’s objection to the plan of Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, chairman of the Blue Ribbon Committee, to get Adel Tamano as general counsel to set the direction and pace of the investigations the committee would undertake.

It has been reported that Pangilinan resented the statements of Adel, who was spokesperson of the Genuine Opposition, on his ambivalence about joining GO. I said that Pangilinan should not blame Adel about the public perception that he is an opportunist because people have not forgotten his “Noted, Noted” act during the presidential canvass of the 2004 elections.

Trillanes: Govt execs led Marines to death trap

Published by Ellen on August 14, 2007

Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday accused high ranking government officials of having a hand in the ambush that killed 14 members of the Philippine Marines on July 10 in Al-Barkah, Basilan, ABS-CBN News reported.

In his proposed Senate Resolution No. 72, Trillanes revealed he received information on the involvement of several high ranking officials of the government.

“Whereas, there have been serious insider information reaching this representation that ranking officials of the government had a direct hand in feeding our own military to the enemies of the state that led to the tragic death of the fourteen members of the marine corps,” Trillanes said.

Trillanes, Paglingkurin

Published by Ellen on August 13, 2007

A group, “Trillanes, Paglingkurin Movement” has been formed to mobilize the 11 million who voted for Antonio Trillanes IV for senator and the Filipino people…

Showbiz at pulitika

Published by Ellen on August 13, 2007

Magkakabit talaga ang showbiz at pulitika sa maraming paraan.

Noong isang linggo nasa balita na pinagsabihan ni Senator Francis Pangilinan si Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano na huwag ituloy ang kanyang balak na kunin ang abogadong si Adel Tamano, spokesman ng Genuine Opposition noong kampanya, bilang general counsel ng Blue Ribbon Committee.

May isang naiinis kay Pangilinan na sumulat sa aking blog. Sabi niya, takot lang ni Pangilinan na awayin si Alan Cayetano. Kasi daw, kung mainis si Alan kay Kiko, susumbung siya sa kanyang kapatid na si Lino, na boyfriend ni KC Concepcion. Sasabihin ni Lino ang reklamo ng kapatid kay KC. Iiyakan naman ni KC ang kanyang mommy. Ay, kung batukan ni Sharon si Kiko, papapalag pa ba ‘yan? Hindi naman yan nanalo kung hindi siya asawa ni Shawie.

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