check out also the youtube teaser. calling out congress! hala, madaliin at tapusin na yang mga debate-debate. ipasa na ang RH bill!
ipasA, mabilis, accent on the last syllable, please. not ipAsa, malumay, as i’ve already heard it pronounced twice today, which means to leave it to the next person or congress, definitely not!
in the time of erap’s arrest in april 2001, it would seem that his mug shots were not meant to be released to media. or so i gather from this bulatlat.com article i found while googling edsa tres for my next (and last, promise!) EDSA book:
Pres. Arroyo was flabbergasted when an “enterprising Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF) official” sold a video of a humbled Estrada to the local and international media. Estrada was shown in police custody and grim-faced as his mug shots were taken. A noted TV commentator said that the sight was enough to move people to take the deposed president’s side. And, certainly, this was supposed to have given the “EDSA III” instigators the spark needed to start an uprising.
there was another link that named the PAOCTF official, but can’t find it now, kainis, so guess who na lang, public figure din.
what’s interesting now is that the gma camp is begging the authorities not to release her mug shots to the media. i suppose they’ve given up on the paawa strategy, which is smart of them. it would seem there is little sympathy from the masses anyway, i guess because they can’t relate to the notion of, because they could never afford, medical treatment abroad.
which is not to say there is no sympathy for gma. there is, especially from her own class, but who are not wont to expose themselves unnecessarily. more likely they’re just storming the heavens with prayers that the supreme court regain the upper hand in the unfolding constitutional thrilla in manila.
meanwhile, media must be on tenterhooks: heed this tweet…
Marvic Leonen @ANCALERTS there is no public interest in the release of the mugshots except to degrade the accused. Her pictures should not be released.
…or be scooped by the competition. abangan.
someone’s been doing her research. got this email via blackberry from smart:
KAWAWA NAMAN SI MAM
kawawa naman si madam…
payat-payat nya na, nakawheelchair pa
hindi man lng sya… nirespeto sa airport
e dating presidente ng pilipinas
ung tao. dami nya kya nagawa sa bayan1. NBN ZTE Scandal
2. Millions of bribe money to Congressmen and Governors (October 2007)
3. Cheating in 2004 Elections (Hello Garci)
4. Joc Joc Bolante Case (Fertilizer Scam, P728 Million)
5. Jose Pidal Bank Account (Unexplained Wealth, P200 Million)
6. Nani Perez Power Plant Deal ($2 Million)
7. Use of Road User’s Tax for Campaigning
8. Billion Peso Macapagal Boulevard (Overprice of P532 Million)
9. Juetengate? (Illegal Numbers game kickbacks)
10. Extra Judicial Killings
11. Arroyo Moneys in Germany (Exposed by Senator Cayetano)
12. General Garcia and Other Military Men
13. Billion Peso Poll Automation contract to(Mega Pacific) (P1.3 Billion)
14. Northrail Project($503 Million)
15. Maguindanao Results of 2007 Elections (Zubiri, Bedol)
16. NAIA-3
17. Venable Contract (Norberto Gonzales)
18. Swine Scam (Exposed by? Atty. Harry Roque
19. GLORIA Arroyo son hidden assets in united states
20. EURO GENERALS
21. CALAMITY FUND SCANDAL.
22. the C-5 road controversy — Senator Manuel Villar
23. P550-million worth of funds from the Overseas Workers’ Welfare
Administration (OWWA).
24. P780-million LWUA funds-Prospero Pichay
25. Bishop’s SUV-Gloria Birthday gift
26. Arroyo linked in P325M lotto intelligence fund
27. Arroyo got P200M in kickbacks from govt projects-Zaldy Ampatuan
28.P200.41 billion or $4.6 billion in Malampaya royalties from 2002 to May this year.
29. LACSON ACCUSED FG MIKE ARROYO OF SELLING 3 REFURBISHED HELICOPTERS TO PNP AT P105 MILLION EACH
30. 600, 000 metric tons of Rotten rice imported from India.Kishore
Hemlani, an Indian trader allegedly close to Arroyo, reportedly bagged the P9.5 billion contract for the rice importation.
31.Dato Arroyo wife bought the condo unit for $570, 000,
70-square-meter one-bedroom, one-bathroom unit (Unit No. 533) at the luxury high-rise, full-service Gramercy Towers located at 1177
California St. in upscale downtown San Francisco.
31. P50-million bribe to FG for the president’s veto of two franchise bills
32. The additional funding led to a 41-percent spike in advertising
expenses, from P76.129 million in 2008 to P107.420 million in 2009,
which went mostly to ads for Arroyo’s achievements.
33. The report said the PIA received from the Department of Budget and Management a notice of cash allocations amounting to P344.789 million, even though only P222.488 million was appropriated for it under the national budget.
34. Denial of pork barrel funds to Malacanang’s political enemies
35. Praises for Jovito Palparan, alleged mastermind of extra judicial
killings of militants
36. Removal of govt bodyguards for former pres and Arroyo critic, Cory Aquino
37. Appointment of manicurist as a member of the board of Pag-Ibig
38. Appointment of gardener as deputy of the Luneta Park Administration.
39. Midnight appointment of an Arroyo ally, RENATO CORONA, as SC Chief Justice
40. 200+ other illegal midnight appointments
that’s U.S. president barack obama telling asia that the U.S. military would expand its role in the Asia-Pacific region, despite budget cuts, declaring America was “here to stay” as a Pacific power which would help shape the region’s future.
he said it in australia, in a pre-ASEAN summit visit, but he might as well have said it here, where U.S. forces continue to be based (“visiting” kuno) and where hillary clinton happened to be celebrating the mutual (so-called) defense treaty with the prez and shrugging off anti-America demonstrations by the militant left.
not that it needed saying. alam naman natin, the history is indisputable, they never meant to leave.