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Ebdane identified as chief cheating operator

Published by Ellen on August 17, 2006

As our wise old folks never forget to remind us, truth cannot be forever hidden. Like water, it will find a way to come out.

One day after Goria Arroyo minions in Congress killed the second impeachment complaint, Arsenio B. Rasalan and Clinton John F. Colcol, came out with their testimonies relating their participation in the tampering of election results in the 2004 elections.

Rasalan named Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane, former PNP chief, as the one in charge of the grand post-election cheating operation.

Bias for the underserved

Published by Ellen on August 17, 2006

It was only very recently that I learned that the lowly suka or vinegar can be used to detect cervical cancer.

Suka contains acetic acid which is what is being used in what I find a revolutionary approach to treating the disease that remains to be the No. 2 killer of Filipino women, next to breast cancer.

I’m sure I’m not the only one ignorant about the powers of acetic acid. And I learned about it only because I attended a forum “The Cervical Cancer Prevention Network program” two weeks ago at the Asian Hospital in Muntinlupa.

Supalpal

Published by Ellen on August 16, 2006

Supalpal si Gloria Arroyo ng Amnesty International, isang pribadong organisasyon na nagmu-monitor ng paglabag sa karapatang panta-o.

Sa report na nilalabas ng AI noong Martes, sinabi nila na lalong dumarami ang insidente ng pagpatay sa taong ito kahit pa na sinabi ni Arroyo na kinukondena niya ang pagpatay.

Pinansin ng AI na karamihan sa pinapatay ay mga binabansagan na “kaliwa” o mga miyembro ng progresibong organisasyon o mga kahit ng Communist Party of the Philippines.

Killings continue to be on the rise :Amnesty International

Published by Ellen on August 16, 2006

Numbers of political killings in the Philippines are increasing for a second year, with at least 51 killings in the first six months of 2006 compared to 66 collated by Amnesty International in the whole of 2005. The leadership of the armed insurgency has threatened to form retaliatory assassination squads, according to an Amnesty International report released yesterday.

The killings follow a pattern of unidentified men shooting leftist party members before escaping on motorcycle and have taken place in the context of an intensified counter-insurgency operation. The Philippine government has failed to protect individuals.

Trial of the absurd

Published by Ellen on August 15, 2006

The hearings of Mike Arroyo’s libel suits against Malaya columnist Lito Banayo are bordering on the absurd. We can’t help but laugh.

But we laugh nervously because the absurdity stems from Mike Arroyo’s power tripping. And we know how dangerous power trippers are specially if they have at their disposal the armed forces and the police.

In the hearing last Aug. 8, Arroyo’s imposing presence was felt heavily not only at the RTC Manila sala of Judge Concepcion Alarcon-Vergara but also in the surrounding vicinity.

Wanted:Program Coordinator

Published by Ellen on August 15, 2006

The PGH Cancer Institute’s Cervical Cancer Prevention (CECAP) Center together with JHPIEGO (An affiliate of Johns Hopkins) is in need of a Program Coordinator and a Program Manager that will oversee the JHPIEGO/CECAP programs in the Philippines.

Salary will be at $8,000.00/year, with 13th month pay plus benefits.

CECAP project is for 18 months, with a possible three-year extension.

For more details, you may contact Dr. Cecilia Llave at 524-85-84, 0918-912-81-47 or cesll@yahoo.com

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Impeachment update

Published by Ellen on August 15, 2006

I caught up with the last 45 minutes of the televised impeachment proceedings at the House committee on Justice.

As expected, or rather as Malacañang instructed, administration solons turned deaf and blind to the truth, even if they were staring at it. They dismissed allegations of culpable violation of the constitution, betrayal of public trust, bribery, graft and corruption, obstruction of justice, crimes against humanity and many more as rehash.

They used such terms as “ukay-ukay” and “segunda mano”.

Hail to the Cheat

Published by Ellen on August 14, 2006

The photos below are from kilusan.net. I first saw them in The Bystander

Terorismo sa Nueva Ecija

Published by Ellen on August 14, 2006

Grabe ang sitwasyon ngayon sa Nueva Ecija kung saan ang paboritong heneral ni Gloria Arroyo, si Maj. General Jovito Palparan, ang naghahari-harian.
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Inurder ni Palparan na lahat na tao ay dapat may cedula. Ito ang kanyang paraan para mapuksa ang mga komunista.

Parang bumalik tayo sa panahon ng Hapon na kailangan may ipakita kang cedula o identification card na kanilang ini-isyu. Siyempre bago ka isyuhan ng cedula or card kailangan siguraduhin kang kakampi nila. Ang walang cedula, pinapatay.

May report ang Philippine Daily Inquirer sa reign of terror ni Palparan. May isang vegetable vendor raw na ang kanyang cedula ay 2005 pa. Pinakain sa kanya.. Pati raw barangay captain na hindi nakakuha ng bagong cedula, pinakain rin sa kanya ang papel.

Bolante’s nightmare

Published by Ellen on August 13, 2006

What more indignities would Joc Joc Bolante, former agriculture undersecretary, be willing to suffer to protect his friends and patrons, Gloria and Mike Arroyo?

Bolante, who has been under detention since July 7 at the San Pedro Detention Center in Los Angeles, has been granted his request to be transferred to the Chicago federal detention center because his family is based in Evanston, just outside Chicago. The Rotary International, where Bolante served as treasurer, is also in Evanston.

Bolante probably thought that Chicago would be friendlier to him than Los Angeles.

He is in for a big disappointment.

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