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By Tessa Jamandre
VERA Files

A military court will decide today on the plea—twice denied under the government of former President Gloria Arroyo—to exonerate 16 military officers facing mutiny charges for a supposed plot against her in 2006.

This is the first time that the court martial proceedings will resume under the new commander-in-chief, Benigno Aquino ...

]]> Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:05:20 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Noynoy flunks his first test http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/s88XjV_KfJ4/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/s88XjV_KfJ4/

by Maria Ressa

Filipinos have high hopes for President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, who took power two months ago with the largest margin of victory in two decades and an 85% approval rating. His popularity rested mostly on promises of good values and cleaner governance—promises his mother, democracy icon Cory Aquino, made too. Yet his first ...

]]> Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:03:04 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Versoza’s DILG chief dream dashed? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/DpigQOxVnJQ/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/DpigQOxVnJQ/

Versoza

Despite the Euro-generals scandal at the beginning of his term as chief of the Philippine National Police two years ago, Police Chief Jesus Versoza has been lucky and even re-invented himself from a Mike Arroyo man to Noynoy Aquino ally in the last May election.

Aquino confirms VERA Files story that he had differences ...

]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:23:42 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Sablay http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/yQwVahBnJrM/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/yQwVahBnJrM/

Kahit na dalawang linggo na nakalipas ang trahedya sa Luneta, nakakapanghilakbot pa rin ang maririnig ang pinaka-kritikal na mga minuto kung saan nagwawala na ang hostage-taker na si dating Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza.

Pinatugtug kahapon sa hearing ng committee na nagi-imbestiga ng trahedya noong Agosto 23 ang mga huling minute ng trahedya sa testimonya nina Jake ...

]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:20:33 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Saang puntod ka magsisindi ng kandila? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/38xNvu6UBAk/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/38xNvu6UBAk/

Bakas sa mukha ng mag-asawang Fernando at Corazon Fortuna ang sakit at hinagpis ng magulang na naghahanap ng anak. Ganoon din ang mag-amang Pitarico Garcia at Pops Cabaltica.

Hinahanap nina Fernando at Corazon ang kanilang anak na babeng si Daryl, 23 taong gulang at estudyante sa Polytechnic University of the Philippines, na nawawala mula pa ...

]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:57:25 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Palace won’t seek CA confirmation for Robredo, 2 others http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/SPojLOUt0Sg/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/SPojLOUt0Sg/

By VERA Files

When Malacanang submits to Congress for confirmation its list of Cabinet appointees, Interior and Local Governments Secretary Jesse Robredo, who is under fire for supposedly mishandling the Aug. 23 hostage-taking crisis at the Quirino Grandstand, won’t be on it.

A list of appointments made by President Benigno Aquino III since he assumed ...

]]> Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:14:47 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Interesting appointments http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/49J2p9tKduU/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/49J2p9tKduU/

There is something amusing in the latest batch of appointments of President Aquino.

Alex Magno; Ronald Llamas


Like in the high-paying positions of Board of Directors of the Development Bank of the Philippines. Gloria Arroyo defender and Philippine Star columnist Alex Magno is out. Ronald Llamas of Akbayan is in.

I don’t know if Llamas ...

]]> Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:11:57 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Walang dapat ipagyabang si Arroyo http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/bb4I55GVlvs/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/bb4I55GVlvs/

Dapat tumigil na itong si Elena Bautista-Horn sa pagyayabang na mas magaling ang pamahalaan ni Gloria Arroyo sa paghawak ng krisis kaysa sa kasulukuyang pamahalaan ni Noynoy Aquino.

Si Bautista-Horn ang spokesman ni Arroyo na ngayon ay kongresista ng pangalawang distrito.

Okay palpak si Aquino nangyaring hostage-taking noong Agosto 23. Ngunit hindi ibig sabihin noon, name-miss ...

]]> Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:09:28 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Katinko http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/IUjGjXiGNjM/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/IUjGjXiGNjM/

Sa imbestigayon na ginagawa ngayon ng Incident Investigation and Review Committee ng nangyari noong Agosto 23, mayroong mga nakakatawa na nangyari. Katulad nitong kwento ni Chief Inspector Romeo Salvador, ang deputy negotiator.

Sabi niya nahilo raw siya ng mga pasado na alas-dos kaya pumunta siya sa isang ambulansya na nakaparada malapit sa Command Post sa Rizal ...

]]> Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:23:51 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Aquino took responsibility for hostage fiasco; first hearing revealed series of errors http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/oPmqDN1qbcg/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/oPmqDN1qbcg/

Rleated posts:

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100904-290409/Bus-hostage-taking-deemed–local-crisis

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100904-290414/Hunger-prompted-Lim-to-leave-bus-hostage-scene
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100904-290411/Reinstatement-letter-undelivered

President Aquino believed everything that Rico E. Puno, his shooting buddy that he appointed Interior Undersecretary for police matters, advised him during the Aug. 23 hostage crisis.

Rico E. Puno's photo from ABS-CBN online

Puno, on the other hand, believed everything that the police and Manila Mayor Alfredo ...

]]> Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:27:17 +0000 ellen tordesillas » The Malacañang-DFA disconnect http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/5fp-14bnKnE/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/5fp-14bnKnE/

Learning the art of when and what to talk about

Will somebody please tell President Aquino that he doesn’t have to answer all queries of reporters? That’s why he has a spokesperson.

Like the cancellation of the visits to Vietnam (Sept 13 to 14) and Indonesia (Sept. 14 to 15). Coming from him, the cancellation ...

]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:05:35 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Robredo to P-Noy: “Thanks for clarification”; Coloma defends Puno http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/eLnaQCLxfEk/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/eLnaQCLxfEk/

Statement of Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo:


Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo today expressed his gratitude to President Benigno S. Aquino, III for absolving him of accountability on the botched police negotiations during the August 23 Manila hostage crisis.

“I appreciate the President’s clarification of my role as the one primarily in ...

]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:47:20 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Unsilenced http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/34RSd-ZMZjw/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/34RSd-ZMZjw/

Citroni

Visiting Italian Lawyer Gabriella Citroni, in a forum marking the International Day of the Disappeared (which was actually last Monday) at the University of the Philippines, said a person disappearing does not follow logic.

“People are born, they live and they die. They don’t disappear,” she said. But it happens. In the Philippines the ...

]]> Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:29:13 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Robredo washes hands off hostage fiasco http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/tqWfwC0HZks/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/tqWfwC0HZks/

This is a tragic comedy. You have a presidential aide who did not give the telephone to the President when Hongkong chief executive Donald Tsang called because he didn’t know who Tsang is.

Now you have a signed re-instatement of Mendoza by National Capital Region Police Chief Leocadio Santiago which didn’t reach the hostage taker in ...

]]> Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:36:58 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Bakit wala man lang mensahe sa Canada? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/fn7bYxjmJsE/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/fn7bYxjmJsE/

Pangwalong araw na ngayon mula nang mangyari ang trahedya ng panghu-hostage sa Rizal Park kung saan namatay ang walo sa 25 turista na galing Hongkong ngunit wala pang mensahe ng pakikiramay or paghingi ng paumanhin sa pamahalaan ng Canada.

Hindi ba alam ng Malacanang o ng Department of Foreign Affairs na tatlo sa walong namatay ...

]]> Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:34:56 +0000 ellen tordesillas » China’s flag raising http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/cCqZHyQHHcY/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/cCqZHyQHHcY/

While China was protesting the draping of the Philippine flag on the coffin Senior Police Inspector Rolando Mendoza, who hostaged a bus-full of tourists from Hongkong last Monday at the Rizal Park which resulted in the death of eight of the visitors, it was also doing its own flag- raising operation.

Foreign news agencies reported last ...

]]> Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:32:08 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Natuto ba tayo? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/oERTp3lWJI0/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/oERTp3lWJI0/

Dumadaan sa matinding pagsubok ngayon ang pamahalaang Aquino dahil sa trahedya na nangyari noong Lunes sa Rizal Park kung saan walong turistang galing Hongkong ang namatay sa palpak na operasyun ng pamahalaan sa panghu-hostage ng isang napatalsik na pulis.

Hindi lang ang mga pulis ang lumabas na palpak. Pumalpak rin ang Malacañang at Department of ...

]]> Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:07:05 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Hindi pa rin lusot si Mayor Lim http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/VD46FRnpmK8/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/VD46FRnpmK8/

Akala siguro ni Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, mababawasan ang sisi sa kanya sa paghingi daw ng tawad sa kanya ni Chief Supt. Rodolfo Magtibay na siyang nagsabi na si Lim ang nag-order na arestuhin si SPO2 Gregorio Mendoza, kapatid ng hostage-taker na si dating Senior Police Inspector Rolando Mendoza.

Sinabi ito ni Magtibay sa imbestigasyon ...

]]> Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:38:51 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Chinese Vice Premier cancels Manila visit http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/DLJ5_24nHaw/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/DLJ5_24nHaw/

By Tessa Jamandre
VERA Files

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang has cancelled his official visit to Manila, supposedly set for the first week of September. But the Department of Foreign Affairs clarified the cancellation had nothing to do with the hostage-taking incident that is straining diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Li was supposed to arrive ...

]]> Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:39:33 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Unending confusion http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/fzTy96B-GH0/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/fzTy96B-GH0/

Our efforts to get clarification on why Hongkong Chief Executive Donald Tsang was not able to talk with President Aquino during last Monday’s hostage-taking crisis has led us to more confusion.

In his press conference Monday evening, after eight of the 22 Hongkong nationals on a sightseeing visit to the Philippines ended up dead when a ...

]]> Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:45:01 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Postscript: How the media covered the Grandstand carnage http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/MCOFM1F4b0M/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/MCOFM1F4b0M/

by Tessa Jamandre
VERA Files

Abandoned tripods tell the story

Despite the criticisms hurled at the media for the way they covered last Monday’s hostage crisis, most of them observed journalist manuals and safety guidelines on dangerous assignments, and only a few seemed unaware of such guidelines. But one thing was clear. They all took ...

]]> Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:11:52 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Hong Kong leader Tsang’s phone calls stopped with President Aquino’s aides http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/EhDjJIzSUXs/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/EhDjJIzSUXs/

Update: Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma issued the following statement on Inquirer’s story on his statement re President Aquino’s failure to take HK’s Donald Tsang’s call last Monday. See story in the comments:

The headline of this story is not correct.

When I was interviewed over ABS-CBN this morning, I did not state nor imply any ...

]]> Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:53:31 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Jackie Chan, a voice of reason and friendship in times of sorrow and recrimination http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/DReS-pCHDXg/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/DReS-pCHDXg/

by TJ Dimacali
GMANews TV

Action movie superstar Jackie Chan provided a voice of reason and extended a hand of friendship to Filipinos over the recent hostage crisis via his verified Twitter account, @EyeOfJackieChan.

Jackie Chan explained that he had just arrived in Hong Kong from South Korea and was shocked to learn of the ...

]]> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:49:27 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Making up to Hongkong (subtitle:Donald Tsang who?) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/nXNiwACjq8k/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/nXNiwACjq8k/

Donald Tsang

President Aquino yesterday called up Donald Tsang, chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, to personally express his condolences to the families of eight Hongkong residents who died last Monday in Manila after they were held hostage by a dismissed policeman while on a sightseeing ...

]]> Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:02:00 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Tumbukin ang problema http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/nyXPNshffD8/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/nyXPNshffD8/

A grim ending

Iba-iba ang opinyun sa nangyari kahapon sa panhu-hostage ngunit lahat naman sang-ayon na ang nagpaglala ng isang delikado na na sitwasyun ay ang pag-aresto ng mga pulis sa kapatid ng hostage-taker.

Ang nang hostage ay si dating Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza. Ang kanyang kapatid naman na nasa Manila Police Department traffic bureau ...

]]> Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:34:27 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Statement of the President on the hostage-taking incident at the Quirino Grandstand http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/k6_TLvJKS1M/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/k6_TLvJKS1M/

Aquino says brother of hostage taker and media fueled tense situation

With the rest of the Filipino people, I wish to offer our deepest condolences to the families of the victims whose lives were lost in the hostage situation at the Quirino Grandstand. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs has conveyed our deep feelings of sorrow ...

]]> Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:32:48 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Hostage taking is turning for the worse http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/PdqP5l1yJCU/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/PdqP5l1yJCU/

Hostage taking crisis is turning for the worse after relatives of the hostage taker were bodily arrested by the police.

The bus driver was able to escape from the bus. He was shouting “Patay na lahat”.

Police is now trying to break into the bus with mazo. It seem the hostage taker is alive.

8:43, ABS-CBN ...

]]> Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:55:01 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Trillanes holds committee hearing in detention http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/beaj7rYEQPw/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/beaj7rYEQPw/

Last Thursday, Sen. Antonio Trillanes, who is chair of the Committee on Civil Service and Constitutional Reforms, conducted a hearing in his detention quaters. Senators Gregorio Honasan, Tito Sotto, and Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. attended the hearing.

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]]> Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:12:11 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Remembering Capt Rene Jarque http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/VqWlFQyIsuE/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/VqWlFQyIsuE/

May his dreams live on

Last Thursday, Aug. 19, was the fifth death anniversary of Capt. Rene Jarque, an officer I have always held in awe for his superior intellect and unblemished integrity.

Rene died of a heart attack at the young age of 40 in Jakarta, where he was an executive of a multinational ...

]]> Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:13:31 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Nakakalukang Coco http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/XbneHNjCD-8/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/XbneHNjCD-8/

ABS-CBN update: Quisumbing says sorry to media

Noong Marso pa pala unang pumunta itong si Ana Evangelista sa Commission on Human Rights at nagsampa ng kaso dahil sa pagkawala ng kanyang asawang si Darius, suspek daw sa panghu-hold up pagkatapos mahuli ng mga pulis.

Meron din ibang pamilya na nagsasabing ang nakikita sa video na ...

]]> Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:33:23 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Iba’t ibang klaseng torture http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/6RC00AjZgHA/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/6RC00AjZgHA/

Iba-ibang klaseng torture ang nakita natin nitong nakaraang linggo.

Una yung kahindik-hindik na video ng turture sa isang hinahalaang holdupper sa Asuncion precinct station sa Tondo, Manila.

Ang pangalawa naman ay ang pagwawala ni Commissioner Coco Quisumbing ng Commission on Human Rights sa media.

Makikita sa video ang isang payat na lalaki ang namimilipit sa ...

]]> Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:56:50 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Coco goes loco http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/QgsNicPnqoY/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/QgsNicPnqoY/

What's happening to her?

Click on this site. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/08/20/10/chr-commissioner-coco-goes-loco#ooid=ZwdnZuMTr9BqVNywApk_PWoISyqPS95D

It looks like there’s another kind of torture reporters who are covering the Commission on Human Rights have to suffer with Commissioner Coco Quisumbing.

When is Etta Rosales going to assume the position of chair?

Here’s a related report from the Inquirer:

CHR exec ...

]]> Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:58:02 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Torture http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/eUAzRCEUWrM/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/eUAzRCEUWrM/

by Harry Roque

It was not the ideal image to wake-up to. There he was: naked, emaciated and cringing from pain whenever his torturer would pull the rope attached apparently to his sex organ. He was hog-tied like a beast lying on a cold floor. His torturer, on the other hand, was stocky, full of energy, ...

]]> Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:04:17 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Ninoy assassination a closed book for Aquino sisters http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/6kR-7BuvVek/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/6kR-7BuvVek/

by Booma Cruz
VERA Files

Ballsy and Pinky

Twenty-seven years after the murder of opposition leader and former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., his daughters say the search for the brains behind his assassination is over, and that the Aquino family has already achieved justice.

Ma. Elena “Ballsy” Cruz and Aurora “Pinky” Abellada, elder sisters ...

]]> Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:44:08 +0000 ellen tordesillas » The incredible and talented Boy Gee http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/vVwXW0JDykw/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/vVwXW0JDykw/

Will he get his third star despite the one-year ban?

There were two significant things that Rear Admiral Feliciano Angue mentioned in his marathon griping with media the past few days.

One is the continued thriving career of Maj. Gen. Gaudencio “Boy Gee” Pangilinan, one of Gloria Arroyo’s dependable generals, under Aquino’s supposedly reformist administration. ...

]]> Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:09:46 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Advocates renew call for peace in Mindanao http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/OGDPYF_nOeE/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/OGDPYF_nOeE/

by Khrysta Imperial Rara
VERA Files

AbdulBasit Benito (left) and fellow participants

My son wants to be an MILF commander,” said 38-year-old Abdulbasit Benito, a peace advocate based in Cotobato City. “He wants to fight soldiers because they are causing displacement and poverty.”

Benito’s son, Hareeth Djibril, is eight years old and likes to play ...

]]> Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:14:55 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Paboritong heneral ni Arroyo, appointed ulit ni P-Noy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/qXrkMfJePyY/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/qXrkMfJePyY/

Ang galing nitong mga heneral na busog na busog kay Gloria Arroyo. Hanggang ngayon patuloy pa rin sila sa hapag-kainan ng bagong administrasyon.

Isa na si Maj. Gen. Jonathan Martir na nakakuha ng appointment kay Pangulong Aquino bilang director IV. Isa siya sa unang hinirang ni Aquino noong Hulyo 15. Ang swerte talaga ni Martir.

... ]]> Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:18:06 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Gagged admiral refuses to stay gagged http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/2YQ5mp56gfE/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/2YQ5mp56gfE/

Rear Admiral Angue has mentioned the name of MGen Gaudencio S. Pangilinan Jr as one of those who engaged in politicking in the 2010 elections and is a beneficiary of favors under this new administration. Pangilinan also served Gloria Arroyo very, very well.

Angue, decrying new assignment as a demotion, goes to media ...

]]> Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:01:16 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Tenor Arthur Espiritu captures Manila http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/bOtwGwgqyYQ/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/bOtwGwgqyYQ/

Video produced by elementary school classmates of Arthur:

Arthur Espiritu with girlfriend, Candy

My writer friend Nelson Navarro said he was glad he went to watch tenor Arthur Espiritu last Saturday despite his restricted mobility, walking with the aid of a cane due to a recent stroke.

I went with Charmaine Deogracias ...

]]> Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:48:49 +0000 ellen tordesillas » War hero or collaborator? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/NHsuo-Sujok/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/NHsuo-Sujok/

(On Aug. 16, 1945, Japan, down on her knees with the Aug 6 bombing of Hiroshima and Aug 9 of Nagazaki, informally surrendered to Allied Forces. The surrender ceremony was on Sept. 2, 1945 aboard USS Missouri.This article reminds us of that dark chapter in human history.)

By Tessa Jamandre
VERA Files

Pvt Pascual ...

]]> Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:46:48 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Dengue http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/fj0Jv1HL4aE/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/fj0Jv1HL4aE/

May sumulat sa akin na taga-Marinduque na alalang-alala siya sa dumadaming kaso ng dengue sa kanila ngunit parang hindi alam ng kanyang mga kababayan kung ano ang dapat gawin.

Sabi niya walo na raw ang namatay sa kanila nitong mga nakaraang linggo kasama ang siyam na taong gulang na si Lovely Gail Ramos ng Brgy. ...

]]> Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:51:20 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Ang telenobelang Kris at James http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/qsYhgQEDC4g/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/qsYhgQEDC4g/

In happier times?

Magandang ehemplo ang ginawa ng traffic aide ng Metro Manila Development Authority na nanghuli sa driver ni Kris Aquino na nag-park sa “No parking” na lugar sa tapat ng ABS-CBN sa Quezon city.

Hindi siyang nag-atubili na ipatupad ang batas at tinikitan ang driver ni Kris. Tumawag ang driver kay Kris at ...

]]> Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:18:34 +0000 ellen tordesillas » What’s with Joker? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/tWfVSVrlbdY/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/tWfVSVrlbdY/

Sen. Joker Arroyo just won’t give up even if he had been reduced to stammering after he was proven wrong about his opposition to Senate Resolution 84 that seeks custody of detained Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV so could perform his duties as elected legislator.

Yesterday, Arroyo tried to block the implementation of the Senate resolution expressing ...

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:40:12 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Senate seeks custody of Trillanes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/4eSqUSSOd0M/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/4eSqUSSOd0M/

The Senate has passed a resolution urging the Makati Regional Trial Court to allow them to take custody of detained Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV so he can attend sessions and perform his functions as a senator.

At least 16 senators have signed Senate Resolution No. 84 that was formally adopted Tuesday night by the upper chamber, ...

]]> Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:02:21 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Beautiful singing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/Ui8JlVHfA2k/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/Ui8JlVHfA2k/

Update, Aug. 15: Arthur Espiritu was fantastic last night at the Viva Bel Canto concert. His voice has a pristine quality and he moves with certain savvy. It’s such a joy listening and watching him on stage.

One of the rare times that the Philamlife theater was full. Thanks to Klassikal Music Foundation (Donald Yang), ROS ...

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Amb. Harry Thomas, Flora May Cerna, Yvonne Chua and Ballsy Cruz

Veteran journalist, journalism educator and VERA Files trustee Yvonne Chua was named 2010 Ninoy and Cory Aquino Fellowship Awardee for journalism.

In a simple ceremony held Monday, Chua was cited for the “depth and breadth of her work” as journalist.

Flora May M.Cerna, head ...

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Talagang magkaka-maganak sa tapang ng apog itong mga Arroyo at mga Ampatuan.

Kung sino pa ang malaking kasalanang sa taumbayan, sila pa ang malalakas ng loob magreklamo.

Noong Lunes nag-privilege speech ang anak ni Gloria Arroyo na si Camarines Rep. Diosdado “Dato” Arroyo at binatikos ang mga kongresista katulad ni Walden Bello ng Akbayan,. Teddy ...

]]> Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:18:25 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Finally, E.O on communications group released http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/0GjXAbbbad8/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/0GjXAbbbad8/

Finally, Executive Order No. 4 was released yesterday “reorganizing and renaming the office of the press secretary as the presidential communications operations office; creating the presidential communications development and strategic planning office; and for other purposes.”

Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma heads the Presidential Communications Operations (PCO).

Secretary Ramon “Ricky” Carandang is Presidential Communications Development and Strategic ...

]]> Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:44:06 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Lucille Ortile and the Acuzar connection http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/9KgerxWQc4w/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/9KgerxWQc4w/

Why is Lucille Ortile, once rumored to be former Vice President Noli de Castro’s special someone, in Malacañang as chief of staff of Executive Secretary Paquito “Jojo” Ochoa?

In February 2008, when De Castro was still being considered as a presidential candidate for the 2010 elections, an item went around the internet and text about a ...

]]> Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:06:02 +0000 ellen tordesillas » Weder-weder lang http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/EG95KhmQaiE/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllenTordesillas/~3/EG95KhmQaiE/

Hindi sang-ayon ang grupo ng mga scientists,Agham (Advocates of Science and Technology for the People) sa pagsibak kay Dr. Prisco Nilo, director ng Pag-asa.

Sabi ng Agham dapat ay ipinaliwanag kay Pangulong Aquino na tingnan ang kaso ng pagkamali ng weather forecast sa bagyong “Basyang” sa dalawang punto.

Dapat, maintindihan kung ano ang bagyo. Iyon ay ...

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