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Preparing for a nasty exit

Published by Ellen on September 7, 2008

In her fake presidency, Gloria Arroyo has every right to appoint anybody- scoundrels and losers -in her cabinet.

If she thinks Chavit Singson, will help her stay in power, let her be. After all, if not for Singson, she would not be in Malacañang today.

In fact, she should not stop at Singson. When Joc-joc Bolante comes back, she should appoint him agriculture secretary so he could go back to his familiar ground and continue what he does best – diversion of funds for farmers to her campaign kitty. That way, he could invoke the all- season weapon against truth – executive privilege.

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Quedancor swine program another fertilizer scam

Published by Ellen on September 1, 2008

Following is the first of a three-part series on Quedancor written by VERA Files.

by Diosa Labiste, Luz Rimban, and Yvonne Chua
VERA Files

(First of three parts)

ILOILO CITY— Aura Drew Escanlar was all set to take the nursing board examinations that December of 2004 when she decided instead to put up a piggery.

What changed her mind was an offer from the Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corp. (Quedancor). Called “the poor man’s financing institution,” the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) credit guarantee arm was giving out loans in the form of piglets and feeds, with a buy-back scheme that assured borrowers some income.

Escanlar then used her parents’ savings to build pigpens and buy piglets, and signed up for the Quedancor Swine Program (QSP). Less than a year later, Escanlar lost almost everything. The income from the buy-back scheme was always delayed, and the feeds came late or were not delivered at all. After 50 of her piglets died, Escanlar stormed the Quedancor regional office here. “You have turned my farm into a graveyard,” she told Quedancor employees.

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Is Ermita taking charge?

Published by Ellen on August 24, 2008

Amidst the disarray in Malacañang, it looks like Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita is asserting authority which had almost slipped out of his hands sometime ago.

Consider these confusion in Malacanang:

Last Thursday, Gloria Arroyo, in her speech at the 2nd Philippine International Motor Show at the World Trade Center, announced a policy shift towards the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, with whom her administration had forged an agreement for the creation of a Bangsamoro homeland that would include the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao and more than 700 barangays from North Cotabato, Zamboanga City and Palawan.

She announced this supposed policy shift a few days after hostilities in North Cotabaro and Lanao del Norte that left more than 30 dead and some 70,000 homeless .

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Ang pagtataray ni Gloria Arroyo

Published by Ellen on August 20, 2008

Napanood nyo siguro sa ABS-CBN ang pagtataray ni Gloria Arroyo noong Lunes nang nagtaping siya ng kanyang mensahe tungkol sa pag-atake ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front sa Lanao del Norte?

Gloriang-gloria. Nag nagtitili siya na “But they are not here! But they are not here!” Lumabas ang kanyang pagka- spoiled brat.

Maririnig mo pa na may natapon. Mukha ngang nagtapon pa siya. Maririnig ang sabi ng isang Malacañang staff, “Mukhang tinapon ang laptop.”

Sabi ni Joe Capadocia sa Office of the Press Secretary hindi raw laptop ang tinapon ng kanyang pekeng presidente. Siguro nga, baka cellphone. O baka ash tray.

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