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ellen tordesillas » Why a Joint AFP-PNP Elite Security Force would fail
by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV Yesterday, at a press conference, Pres. Aquino announced his plan to create a security force similar to the British SAS composed of around 200 to 400 police and military personnel to be deployed during crisis situations. This was a policy response to the Aug. 23 Hostage Crisis that led to the death of 8 Hong … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » Transcript of President Aquino’s interview with three TV anchors
Gleaning from this interview, do you still believe heads will roll aside from probably Gen. Rodolfo Magtibay? Click here for GMA-7′s video of the interview. Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Today marks one year since the President declared his candidacy. We have traveled far since then. This afternoon, for the first time, the President engages the … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » Military court to decide fate of 16 officers in mutiny charge
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. Update: The court yesterday set another hearing on Sept. 24 for promulgation of this case. The hearing yesterday started with the court … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » Noynoy flunks his first test
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 major test in office … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » Versoza’s DILG chief dream dashed?
VersozaDespite 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 with Robredo. “There are various reasons … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » Sablay
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 Maderazo, manager ng Radio … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » Saang puntod ka magsisindi ng kandila?
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 noong Marso 26 habang nagre-research … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » Palace won’t seek CA confirmation for Robredo, 2 others
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 office on June 30 shows … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » Interesting appointments
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 specifically asked for DBP because … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » Walang dapat ipagyabang si Arroyo
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 na ng taumbayan si … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » Katinko
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 Park. Wala raw ammonia … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » Aquino took responsibility for hostage fiasco; first hearing revealed series of errors
Rleated posts: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquir~ http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquir~ http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquir~ 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 onlinePuno, on the other hand, believed everything that the police and Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim told him about the hostage situation. Lim … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » The Malacañang-DFA disconnect
Learning the art of when and what to talk aboutWill 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 had a grating effect. Aquino also … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » Robredo to P-Noy: “Thanks for clarification”; Coloma defends Puno
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 charge of local governments, rather than … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » Unsilenced
CitroniVisiting 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 practice is more known as “salvaging” … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » Robredo washes hands off hostage fiasco
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 time because it was … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » Bakit wala man lang mensahe sa Canada?
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 ay Canadian citizens? Isa na … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » China’s flag raising
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 Friday that China “had … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » Natuto ba tayo?
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 Foreign Affairs sa tawag ni … [Link]
ellen tordesillas » Hindi pa rin lusot si Mayor Lim
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 ng Senado. Sang-ayon naman ang … [Link]
