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Roldan’s friend

Anti-crime crusader Tessie Ang-See was angry when I saw her on TV last Wednesday.

Ang-See, spokesperson for Citizens Against Crime, finds it incomprehensible that Judge Agnes Reyes-Carpio didn’t see the role of actor and former Quezon City representative Dennis Roldan (real name: Mitchell Y. Gumabao) as mastermind in the kidnapping of three-year old Kenshi Yu last year, in her decision the other day to grant bail to him.

Kidnap for ransom is a heinous crime and is supposed to be non-bailable but Roldan walked out from his detention cell yesterday after posting a P500,000 bail bond.

TNT sa NPA

Takot raw si Joc-joc Bolante, dating undersecretary ng agriculture at matalik na kaibigan ni Mike Arroyo, sa New People’s Army kaya siya humihingi ngayon ng asylum sa Amerika.bolanteRI.jpg

Ang asylum ay binibigay ng isang bayan sa national ng ibang bansa na namimiligro ang buhay sa kanyang bansa dahil sa kalupitan ng ginagawa sa kanya.

Dapat matuwa ang NPA at epektibo pala sila sa mga taong nang-abuso ng kanilang kapangyarihan nang sila ay nasa poder. Si Bolante ay nakaharap sa imbestigasyon ng Senado tungkol sa sobra P3 bilyon na pera para sa magsasaka na kanyang ginamit para sa kampanya ni Gloria Arroyo noong 2004. Kasama doon ang P728 milyon na pambili ng abono ng mga mahirap na magsasaka.

Surviving Arroyo’s SONA

After surviving Gloria Arroyo’s more-than-one-hour state of the nation address the other day, I feel confident I can survive anything.

The trick is to do a constant reality check. Or else you will be sucked into her Enchanted Kingdom and you’ll end up with the likes of Raul Gonzalez, Luis Villafuerte, Monico Fuentevella, Hermogenes Esperon, Jovito Palparan. You would rather be disenchanted, wouldn’t you?
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Here’s the reality check (RC):

Kultura ng pandaraya

Akala ng marami sa atin na maari nang pasensyahan ang pandaraya ni Gloria Arroyo noong 2004 eleksyon at hindi ito maka-epekto sa araw-araw nating pamumuhay.

Mali.

Ang eskandalo sa leak sa June 2006 nursing board licensure examination ay isa lamang sa simptomas ng kultura ng pandaraya na laganap sa ating lipunan.

Glitz and lies

Today, while more than 30,000 Filipinos who tried to escape the grinding poverty in the Philippines are scampering for their lives in war-torn Lebanon, 16,000 Filipino troops are making sure that Gloria Arroyo will be able to deliver her State of the Nation address telling us that life has been great in her Enchanted Kingdom.

To stress her point, she will present boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, Miss International Lara Quigaman, the gold medalists of Southeast Asian games and the Filipinos who made it to Mt. Everest.

While those Filipinos trapped in Lebanon have to endure the endless firepower of Israel pounding Hizbollah targets, Filipinos here will have to endure a different kind visual assault.

Pagkupkup ng nangangailangan

Sana ituloy ni Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez na kasuhan si Bishop Antonio Tobias ng Novaliches sa kanyang pagkupkup kay Lt. Lawrence San Juan nang ang tenyente ay tumakas sa kanilang pagkakulong noong Enero nitong taon.

Sabi ni Gonzales at ni Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita imbestigahan raw si Bishop Tobias sa kanyang ginawa at maari pang sampahan ng kaso sa pagtago ng isang taong hinahabol ng pulis at military. tobias3.jpg

Si San Juan ay miyembro ng Magdalo na nag-alsa laban kay Arroyo noong 2002 na ngayon ay tinatawag nating Oakwood mutiny. Tumakas siyang noong Enero at nahuli siya pagkatapos ng isang buwan. Noong isang linggo, ipineresenta siya ng military na bumaligtad na raw at nakipag-cooperate na raw sa kanila.