70% oppose Cha-Cha to extend PGMA’s term;55% believe she is behind current Cha-Cha efforts
Social Weather Station asked respondents, “Kayo po ba ay sang-ayon o hindi sang-ayon sa Charter Change na papayagan si Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo na manatili bilang Pinunong opisyal ng Pilipinas nang lampas sa Hunyo 30, 2010?” (Are you for or against a Charter Change that will allow President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to still be the chief official of the Philippines after June 30, 2010?).
The answer of 70 per cent was a resounding “No.”
SWS again asked if they believed “that Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is behind the current efforts to amend the Constitution in order to extend her term beyond 2010” (“na si Pang. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ang nasa likod ng kasalukuyang tangkang pagbabago ng Konstitusyon upang palawigin ang kanyang termino lagpas sa 2010”) and majority (55 percent) said “Yes”.
Ang ugat ng kontrobersya sa executive order na magpapatupad ng Maximum Retail Price (MRP) na nakasaad sa 2008 Cheaper Medicines Act ay inggit. Inggit ni Gloria Arroyo na makalamang si Senador Mar Roxas sa isyung ito.
Sabi ng isang source namin sa Malacañang inis raw si Arroyo na ang pipirmahan niyang executive order ay magagamit ni Roxas sa kanyang kampanya para presidente sa 2010. Kaya pinulong niya ang mga hepe ng pharmaceuticals nuong Hulyo 8 at sinabing ibaba nila ang presyon ng 50 na gamot para siya ang sikat at masasabi niya na mas magaling siya kasi 22 lang ang gamot na nasa listahan ng MRP.
Ang kapalit siyempre ng kooperasyon ng mga pharmaceutical firms ay hindi pipirmahan ang MRP.
The first text message I got yesterday morning was from a friend who forwarded a report from his friend in Cotabato City about a bomb that exploded in front of the Immaculate Concepcion Cathedral in that city.
News reports later said that four were killed while some 50 people were injured. Three of the fatalities were identified namely Ruby Ramirez, 43, of Philippine Trade, Barangay Bulalo in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao, and owner of the lechon house where the bomb was planted; Prince Salem Cang Diaz, grand son of Patricio Diaz, former editor-in-chief of The Mindanao Cross, a local paper based in Cotabato City; Paulo Kahar.
Presidential Adviser for Mindanao Jess Dureza said “This is not an isolated case” referring to a series of bombings the past weeks. He called yesterday’s grim incident “murderous act of insanity” and “cowardly act of treachery and violence.”
Update: I thought we heard the last of Arroyo’s silicon breast implant with Malacañang’s admission but here’s the NBI entering the picture:
NBI probes ‘boob job’ leak
Si dating Pangulong Cory Aquino ay nasa maselang lagay dahil sa kanyang sakit na colon kanser at pinagdadasal natin bigyan siya at ang kanyang pamilya ng lakas sa pagsubok na dumadaan sa kanilang buhay.
Ito naman si Gloria Arroyo ang pinag-uusapan ng mga tao ay ang kanyang problema sa kanyang pekeng boobs.
Siyempre, katulad ng dati, kung ano-anong kuwento ang ginawa ng Malacañang. Nang nabuking na, saka nalang umamin.
Marichu Maceda shared with members of media a “shocking” conversation with her eight-year old grandson, Max, to underscore how Gloria Arroyo’s cheating of the 2004 elections has destroyed our concept of elections as a tool for good governance and an expression of democracy.
Manay Ichu said Max asked her how to contact “Garci”, former Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano because he wants him to transfer one million votes to his Lola Gina de Venecia, who will be running as representative for the fourth district of Pangasinan.
Aghast, Manay Ichu said she had to lecture Max on the evils of cheating and the punishment that comes with violating the law and displeasing God. Max, she said, was baffled and asked, “Why is Gloria Arroyo not punished?’
1) Bibeth Orteza and daughter,Sara 2) Harry Roque and his Constitutionbal Law students (UP) 3. UP Law student Michelle Chua-Puyo takes a stand against Con-Ass with her baby in her womb .
1) Manileño contingent 2) Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila against Con-Ass 3) Among those leading the march: Mayor Fred Lim, PLM President Adel Tamano, Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada, Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño, Kabataan Party Rep. Mon Palatino.
1) Protest march became a torch parade when darkness started to set in 2) This young boy asked me to take his picture 3) Precy Lopez-Psinakis, Gina de Venecia, Harry Roque and other members of the Concerned Citizens Movement
Cha-Cha protesters start countdown
by JP Lopez
Malaya
STUDENTS and young professionals led by the Movement of the Youth for Empowerment, Reform, Advocacy and Progress (myERAP), a group aligned with President Joseph Estrada, yesterday served a symbolic “notice of eviction” to President Arroyo near Malacañang.
Sa Martes, magkakaroon ng martsang protesta kontra Con-Ass sa Manila.
Sa halip na matagalang rally sa isang lugar, martsa naman ang gagawin ng mga lumalaban sa balak ni Arroyo na pagpalawig ng kanyang panatili sa kapangyarihan sa pamamagitan ng illegal na Constituent Assembly.
Ang martsa ay manggagaling sa dalawang parte ng Metro Manila alas-kuatro ng hapon. Mayroong magsisimula sa Quezon City welcome Rotonda and meron din na manggagaling sa Vito Cruz, Manila. Magkikita-kita sa Liwasang Bonifacio mga alas-sais ng hapon. Magkakaroon ng maigsing konsyerto ng mga makabayang awitin.
Kahit anong emrgency na sitwasyon ang mangyari, bumaha man o kung ano man, hindi pwedeng hindi bababa si Gloria Arroyo sa Malacañang paglampas ng 12 ng hapon ng Hunyo 30, 2010, sabi ng eksperto sa Constitution na si Edwin Lacierda.
“Come hell or high water, Gloria arroyo cannot be caretaker president when her term ends noon of June 30, 2010,” sabi ni Lacierda sa programang “Strictly Politics” ni Pia Hontiveros sa ANC kung saan pinag-usapan ang kinatatakutan na failure of elections sa May 10, 2010.
Dati kasi pinapalutang ni National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales ang ideya na “caretaker” president daw si Arroyo hanggang magkaroon ng bagong president? Hindi na nakuntento sa siyam na taon sa Malacañang, ang pinakamahaba na pag-upo ng isang presidente na hindi naman binoto ng taumbayan (maliban kay Ferdinand Marcos).
Makati Mayor Jojo Binay, who is president of the United Opposition, is asking Gloria Arroyo to explain why she detoured to Cartagena, Colombia in between her visit to Japan and Brazil last weekend.
Binay has every right to ask because he said “Arroyo is traveling on taxpayers’ expense.”
Since the Department of Foreign Affairs said they arranged only the Japan and Brazil trips and were not told about the trip to Colombia until Friday (Arroyo went to Colombia Saturday and left for Brazil Monday) and Malacañang does not want to say anything about it, the secret visit has become fair game to speculations.
