November 28, 2008 at 10:32 am (Politics)
Tags: Antonio Tobias, Antonio Trillanes, Danilo Lim, Deogracias Iñiguez, Generals, police and military officers
Manila, Philippines -
An article in Malaya today centered on the renewed call of Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim for the ouster of President Arroyo. Gen. Lim together with Oakwood mutiny leader Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, both currently detained in Camp Crame, led The Manila Peninsula siege last year in an attempt to persuade other military officers to withdraw support from the President.
Their views are shared by a number of civil society groups and church leaders. Read the rest of this entry »
November 27, 2008 at 8:03 am (International, Politics)
Tags: People’s Alliance for Democracy, Samak Sundaravej, Somchai Wongsawat, Thai protests, Thailand airports, Thaksin Shinawatra
Credits to http://www.guardian.co.uk/
BANGKOK, Thailand -
Month-long protests in Thailand have caused a damaging effect on its economy that is dependent on tourism as a primary source of revenue. The latest development has it that anti-government group People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) had already stormed and took over two of Thailand’s airports. This despite the change of leadership just months ago when Samak Sundaravej was removed from office for allegedly protecting ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Apparently, he was replaced by Thaksin’s brother-in-law, Premier Somchai Wongsawat, thus the same predicament befell him. Read the rest of this entry »
November 26, 2008 at 10:40 am (Nation, Politics)
Tags: 42-8, impeachment, justice committee, sufficiency in substance
Credits to http://www.philstar.com/
Manila, Philippines -
As expected, President Arroyo’s allies in the Lower House junked the impeachment complaint filed by Joey de Venecia by a majotiry vote of 42-8 among the members of the justice committee.
Though sufficiency in substance may have been established through the recital of facts, pro-administration congressmen who voted against the impeachment complaint still argued that offenses included in the complaint are mere rehash. This decision will now be endorsed by the committee to the plenary for possible adoption or predicted rejection. Read the rest of this entry »
November 25, 2008 at 7:54 am (Journalism)
Tags: Ella Valencerina, Cheche Lazaro, GSIS Premium Based Policy, Probe, wiretapping, media harassment
Credits to http://www.philstar.com/
Manila, Philippines -
Just this morning, several broadsheets (Philstar, BusinessWorld, The Daily Tribune) featured the news about the wiretapping complaints filed by GSIS vice president Ella Valencerina against veteran broadcast journalist Cecilia “Cheche” Lazaro. Other respondents to the complaints are ABS-CBN president and chief operating officer Ma. Rosario Santos-Concio, ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs Division head Maria Angelita Ressa, ANC chief operating officer Glenda Gloria, and ANC Director for Current Affairs and Channel Operations David Celdran. Read the rest of this entry »
November 24, 2008 at 7:55 am (Crime, Nation, Politics)
Tags: Benjamin Abalos Sr., Global Filipino: The Authorized Biography of Joe de Venecia Jr. the Visionary Five-Time Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, impeachment, JdV, Jose de Venecia Jr., Jr., kickbacks, NBN-ZTE deal, Rodolfo "Jun" Lozada, Romulo Neri, secret meeting, ZTE Corporation
Credits to http://www.tribune.net.ph/
Manila, Philippines -
Former House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. is set to launch his autobiography in Washington, D.C. this week. The book entitled “Global Filipino: The Authorized Biography of Joe de Venecia Jr., the Visionary Five-Time Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines” is said to contain first-hand accounts of JdV on the “secret meeting” held in Shenzhen, China among President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, First Gentleman Mike Arroyo, former Commission on Elections chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr., and ZTE officials in 2006. Read the rest of this entry »
November 21, 2008 at 10:28 am (Blogging, Event, Journalism)
Tags: Journalism Seminar, Pinoy Weekly
UP Diliman, Philippines -
From tonyocruz
Pre-registration is now open for the first Pinoy Citizen Journalism Seminar sponsored by the online news magazine Pinoy Weekly.
To sign-up, please visit this page.
Thanks in advance to all bloggers who plan to attend or wish to support the event, and who would post the logo below and link it to the official invite:
Tara, sali na!
