Halatang nayanig si Mike Defensor sa exposé ni Sen. Aquilino Pimentel tungkol sa kanyang ginawang pakiki-alam laban sa kaso ng mga Filipino nurses sa New York at kampi sa Amerikano na hindi tumupad sa kontrata.
Ang reaksyon niya ay kailangan raw mag”sorry” sa kanya si Pimentel.
Nahihibang na itong si Defensor. Gayang-gaya siya sa kanyang dalawang amo, si Gloria at Mike Arroyo, na humihingi ng “sorry” kay Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano.
I have not cheated anyone of his vote, I have not diverted a single centavo of money of the people to my pockets, and I drive myself to the limits of my strength working to earn an honest living.
Like many honest, trustworthy and hardworking Filipinos, I admire Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano for exposing bank account No. 87570-23030-32100-6271-571 in Hypo-und Vereinsbank in Munich, Germany which international investigating agencies have been keeping an eye on since 2002.
The huge sums going to this account has been credited to a person who is said to be part of the government armed agency and is known to be close to a person belonging to the most powerful family in the country today.
I will be going on vacation to our place in Antique. I will be back on Sept. 11. Meanwhile, I have advanced some articles to…
Here are two articles on the expose of Rep. Allan Peter Cayetano about a secret bank account in a German Bank which is believed to be belonging to the Arroyos.
The first article is Arroyo, speaking for the first time on the issue, accused Cayetano of peddling lies.
The second article is the column of Lito Banayo in last Saturday’s issue of Malaya.
Malaking kahihiyan dapat para kay Gloria Arroyo ang mapasama sa listahan ng most powerful o pinakamakapangyarihan samantalang ang milyung-milyong Pilipino ay powerless sa kanilang kahirapan.
Para bang isang taong nagpatayo ng palasyo sa gitna ng squatter area.
Malaki sa dinadanas na kahirapan ng mga Filipino ngayon ay dahil na rin kay Arroyo na ginagamit ang kapangyarihan sa pansariling interes sa halip na sa kapakanan ng taumbayan.
Sen. Aquilino Pimentel named Presidential Chief of Staff Mike Defensor as the cabinet official who intervened in behalf of Sentosa Recruitment Agency, being accused by a group of Filipino nurses in the United States of reneging on the terms of their contract.
One of the nurses who was victimized is Elmer Jacinto, the topnotcher in the 2004 board examination for doctors.
Pimentel identified Defensor in a privilege speech delivered today. (Click here for Pimentel’s privilege speech)
I feel sad that one of my favorite TV personalities, Steve Irwin, died today. He is such an affable character. I love his enthusiasm for life and his deep regard for the environment.
Here’s the Associated Press story at MSN:
CAIRNS, Australia – Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the “Crocodile Hunter,” was killed Monday by a stingray while filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.
Gloria Arroyo is number 45 in this year’s Forbes Magazine list of 100 Most Powerful Women.
Last year, she was number four.
The top ten:
1. Angela Merkel
2. Condoleezza Rice
3. Wu Yi
4. Indra Nooyi
5. Anne Mulcahy
6. Sallie Krawcheck
7. Patricia Woertz
8. Anne Lauvergeon
9. Brenda Barnes
10. Zoe Cruz
I’m sorry, i posted the 2005 Forbes article. It’s a good thing Yuko commented on it. I’ll try to get the new one.
Jocjoc Bolante must have realized by now that he got the shorter end of the bargain when he agreed to Mike Arroyo’s bright idea for him to seek asylum in the United States instead of coming home to the Philippines and tell the Senate how he diverted the P728 million fertilizer fund to the campaign chest of Gloria Arroyo in the 2004 election.
Bolante has filed with a Wisconsin court a petition for the issuance of the writ of habeas corpus or release from jail. Earlier, he filed for a motion for bail and to strike out the amicus brief filed by the group of lawyer Harry Roque, Jr. of the Institute of International Legal Studies at the University, who submitted documents related to Bolante’s involvement in the fertilizer scam.
Bolante, as we all know,was the Arroyo couple’s most dependable Rotarian next to Efraim Genuino of Pagcor, when he was calling the shots at the Department of Agriculture where he was installed as undersecretary.