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Frankly Speaking By Frank Wenceslao When Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) chairman Andy Bautista was reported he’d conduct preliminary investigation of Imee Marcos’ reported bank account in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), a haven of hot money of foreign leaders who looted national treasuries, a Pamusa supporter in Manila sent me newspaper clippings with a note to expect PCGG’s abolition soon. Bautista has shown Read More …
By REY O. ARCILLA MALAYA ‘Kaibigan, Kaklase, Kabarilan, Kabarkada, Kaeskwela.’ HE did it again. Even before the NBI could finish with its investigation, President Noynoy Aquino, in his usual knee-jerk reaction when it comes to his KKKKKs (kaibigan, kaklase, kabarilan, kabarkada, kaeskwela), cleared his crime czar, Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa of any responsibility in the “Atimonan Massacre”. (I have other Pilipino words starting with “K” Read More …
Back Channel By Alejandro Del Rosario Manila Standard Today A window into the dark world of jueteng was opened on Net 25’s TV program, On Line Balita, which gave an insight into the internecine rivalry of crime bosses and the huge money involved that led to the Atimonan carnage on January 6. Two civilian witnesses have surfaced to give a vivid account of the carnage Read More …
By Macon Ramos-Araneta Manila Standard Today The sacked police regional director, who approved the checkpoint operation in Atimonan, Quezon in which 13 people were killed, said on Wednesday Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, head of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), gave them the go-signal to mobilize their plan. Chief Supt. James Melad, CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas and Quezon) police director, said claims that Malacanang disapproved Read More …
AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo The Philippine Star Per the STAR story yesterday by Non Alquitran, The PNP (Philippine National Police) Fact-finding Committee had announced that the Atimonan shooting incident was an ambush and not a shootout. The physical evidence was simply overwhelming. Lest we lose the proper perspective to this incident, we should bear in mind that there were questionable Read More …
By REY O. ARCILLA MALAYA ‘Noynoy is supposed to lead by example.’ SENATE President Juan Ponce Enrile, he who could not seem to make up his mind about whether or not he was really ambushed prior to the declaration of martial law by his erstwhile boss, says the P1.6 million he gave to some senators was a gift, not a bribe. (A gift at the Read More …
AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo The Philippine Star My friend Ramon Tulfo of the other noteworthy paper wrote a column last October 31 titled “Can’t Ochoa take a hint?” It was a clear broadside against Executive Secretary (ES) Paquito “Jojo” Ochoa. Mon erroneously stated that the Office of the President (OP) now has two executive secretaries and that Jojo Ochoa should Read More …
I can also play rough, says senator BY JP LOPEZ MALAYA SEN. Miriam Defensor Santiago, miffed over the alleged boycott of her colleagues of her hearing last Friday, is gearing for “tit-for-tat” and would herself skip the remaining sessions this month. The last session is on Thursday as Congress will be on break from September 22 to October 7. “Tit for tat. If they snub Read More …
BY AMADO P. MACASAET MALAYA ‘The target-shooting partners have read him correctly. They do not argue with the President. Theirs is to say yes and expect the best or the worst.’ It is becoming more palpable that the target-shooting partners the President brought with him to Malacañang are of minimal use, and worse, could harm him irreparably. The President does not seem to be aware Read More …
BY REY O. ARCILLA MALAYA ‘Puno was the one who unabashedly said two years ago that he is the only person who can tame Noynoy.’ PRESIDENT Noynoy Aquino failed to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Vladivostok. His foreign secretary, Albert “Amboy” del Rosario, earlier announced that the meeting between the two was to take place Sunday. “It just came to a scheduling challenge, Read More …