Think twice and hard on the presidency FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 01/19/2010

Think twice and hard on the presidency FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 01/19/2010 The Senate committee of the whole’s report which reportedly censures Sen. Manuel Villar, finding him guilty of improper and unethical conduct on the issue of the C5 road extension project and for which the report sought the return of the money amounting to P6.22 billion that has been spent on the anomalous road project had his supporters in Congress quickly trash it, saying this is nothing but a scrap of paper since the report — coming from the majority bloc of the Senate does not have the 12 needed signatures. Villar’s all-out supporter, Sen. Nene Pimentel, said that apart from this censure report being a useless draft, this is politically motivated. He added that this draft is nothing but a product of the committee composed of “biased members” that did not follow the rules.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100119com2.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Silly challenge FRONTLINE Think twice and hard on the presidency FEATURE Hunt for Russia’s famed Amber Room leads to Nazi bunker MR. EXPOSE Too many advisers NO HOLDS BARRED Power tripping AN OUTSIDERS VIEW The Americanization of an outsider