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By Jojo Malig abs-cbnNEWS.com MANILA, Philippines – Retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan, who has been ordered indicted by the Department of Justice (DOJ), was mentioned in more than a dozen US embassy cables that tackled extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. The cables, some labeled confidential, have been published by anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks. US embassy cable 07MANILA468 sent purportedly in the name of then US ambassador Read More …
By Nestor Mata Malaya ‘Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) threatens to go back to armed struggle and Balkanize Mindanao, if it fails to get what it wants – its Utopian dream of a Bangsamoro state.’ NO ONE else can be faulted for the impending collapse of the peace talks to end the decades-old bloody Mindanao conflict other than President Aquino himself. First of all, Aquino Read More …
BY DUCKY PAREDES MALAYA ‘Let us see if the Supreme Court can ferret out the truth and restore some credibility in our justice system.’ IMAGINE this: A utility worker in a court gets hold of the Court’s decision; he then writes a “letter-order” to the Philippine National Police, which sends a detail to the site to enforce the letter-order in a way that the court Read More …
By Michaela P. del Callar The Daily Tribune The United States government had cited corruption as a key factor behind the Philippines’ weak position in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea during the Arroyo administration. An Aug. 1, 2008 confidential US Em-bassy report released by online whistle-blower WikiLeaks took note of allegations that the Arroyo government had agreed to a joint maritime Read More …
COMMONSENSE By Marichu A. Villanueva The Philippine Star For what it’s worth, Sen. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan advised the public yesterday not to read so much into purported “confidential” reports — supposed “top secret” documents — and information that have been coming out from WikiLeaks. Honasan calls upon media to go slow on WikiLeaks since most reports were not official but based on opinions only and Read More …
SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH By Ernesto M. Maceda The Philippine Star The Philippine STAR headline said “Malacañang helpless on oil price increases.” Of course not. That statement of Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda is a sign of defeat and diffidence and conclusively mirrors a lack of imagination. The President of the Philippines is the most powerful man in the country. He should never be projected to Read More …
EDITORIAL By Perry Diaz Global Balita The U. S. Embassy diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks in which former U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney described then-Senator Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III as “diffident and unassertive” has ignited a maelstrom of controversy. Was Kenney correct in her assessment of P-Noy when she said, “Previous contacts with Senator Aquino, often accompanying his mother… left the impression of a diffident, unassertive Read More …
PerryScope By Perry Diaz “Figaro” is the name of the main character in the play, “The Barber of Seville,” which was first played in 1775. But today – or should I say in the last decade – “Figaro” was the name of the most powerful and, allegedly, the most corrupt person in the Philippines. You don’t read “Figaro” everyday in the newspapers. It was only Read More …
ON DISTANT SHORE By Val G. Abelgas Mike Arroyo was quoted in newspaper reports last week that he was deprived of due process when the Philippine National Police (PNP) “rushed” the filing of plunder charges against him and several others in connection with the allegedly anomalous purchase of used helicopters by the PNP in 2009. He refused to testify during the Senate investigation of the Read More …
Source: InterAksyon.com MANILA – Corruption in the Philippines during the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was “at its worst, surpassing even the Marcos era,” and the former president’s husband, Jose Miguel Arroyo, was one of the most corrupt. This assertion was made by Washington Sycip, a respected business leader who founded the top accounting firm SGV, during a meeting with US Embassy officials in Manila Read More …