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2006 Philippine Bird Festival

The Wild Bird Club of the Philippines (WBCP) is sponsoring the the 2nd Philippine Bird Festival themed “Endemik: Dito Lang sa Pinas” to focus attention on conserving endemic bird species of the Philippines, the bird watching hobby and responsible appreciation of nature.

The Philippine Bird Festival, the only one of its kind in the country, will be held on September 22 and 23 at the Crossroad 77 Convenarium, Mother Ignacia Avenue corner Scout Reyes Street in Quezon City.

Malaking papel ni Ebdane

Madaling paniwalaan ang pahayag ni Arsenio Rasalan tungkol sa papel ni dating PNP chief Hermogenes Ebdane na ngayon ay public works secretary, sa pandaraya noong 2004 elections para kay Gloria Arroyo.

Matagal nang usap-usapan yan. Wala lang gustong magkumpirma.

Ito ngayon si Rasalan na kasama sa post-election operation ni Ebdane at ni Atty. Roque Bello ang nagkwento ng buong detalye kung paano nila pinalitan ang mga election returns para mag-match sa mga dinayang COCs (certificate of canvass) na siyang ginamit ng Congress sa pag-proklama kay Arroyo na nanalo sa 2004 elections.

Arroyos’ illgotten wealth in Germany

A news item in today’s (Aug. 19, 2006) issue of Malaya.

by Wendell Vigilia

AN opposition congressman yesterday accused “immediate members” of the family of President Arroyo of hiding a multi-million dollar bank account in a German bank.

In a TV interview, Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano (NP, Taguig-Pateros) declined to identify the owners of the account but said it is inside one of the seven boxes of evidence that were not opened in the impeachment hearings at the House.

Ebdane identified as chief cheating operator

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

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

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

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

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.