‘Bad’ fortune is catching up on Villar BACKBENCHER Rod. P. Kapunan 01/23/2010

‘Bad’ fortune is catching up on Villar BACKBENCHER Rod. P. Kapunan 01/23/2010 That avid fan of Sen. Manuel “Manny” Villar should stop his childish remark of the report made by the Senate committee of the whole penned by Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile as a move to destroy his colleague’s reputation. The reasoning raised by that young but wholly saturated politician, Sen. Alan Cayetano, is weird because the poor boy from Tondo who promised to extricate the poor Filipinos from poverty has consistently, even to a point of being defiant, snubbed the hearings conducted by the committee tasked to determine his culpability on the exposé made by Senators Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and Jamby Madrigal. The billionaire politician who keeps on reminding the masa of his humble beginnings even had the gall to... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100123com3.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Of pots and kettles FRONTLINE Ban Namfrel BACKBENCHER ‘Bad’ fortune is catching up on Villar

Erap: LP, NP bets must face music 01/22/2010

‘Noynoy, Manny owe it to the people to tell the truth’ Erap: LP, NP bets must face music 01/22/2010 Former President Joseph Estrada weighed in on the dual controversies hounding both Liberal Party (LP) presidential candidate Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino and Nacionalista Party (NP) standard bearer Sen. Manuel Villar, advising both bets to face the charges frontally and answer the respective charges leveled against them. Both presidential contenders have refused to answer the allegations of conflict of interest and overpricing of their properties in rights of way payments... Villar stands accused of having committed an “unethical conduct as a senator of the Republic and has, by committing such violations, damaged the integrity of the Senate as an institution.” ... Aquino is also being dogged by charges of the Aquino-Cojuangco family of having profited from an overpriced Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTX), an overpriced payment for the right of way in Hacienda Luisita by government, along with having a private road leading to the Hacienda paid for by the government..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100122hed1.html

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Erap unbound EDITORIAL 01/22/2010

Erap unbound EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 01/22/2010 The decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) freeing former President Joseph Estrada of legal obstacles in his bid to regain the presidency which was stolen from him in 2001 will remove uncertainties clouding the public’s mind in choosing him for the May 10 elections. The darkest cloud that hangs over Estrada’s campaign is public doubt that the current administration with its encompassing control on all arms of the government will let him fight fair and square in the political arena.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100122com1.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Erap unbound FRONTLINE Afraid of Erap ZOOMING IN Wrong timing, wrong endorser, wrong party NO HOLDS BARRED Options DIE HARD III National destiny unfolding FEATURE Punk’s not dead in military-ruled Myanmar

Afraid of Erap FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 01/22/2010

Afraid of Erap FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 01/22/2010 It beats me why the civil socialites and their presidential candidate continue to stress that Erap Estrada’s being cleared by the poll body for his second presidential run is still not final, as this issue would still be elevated to the high court. At the same time, two political groups keep on spreading the rumor that Estrada is ready to withdraw from the race to endorse their candidates. Fidel Ramos, commenting on Estrada being cleared by the poll body to run for the presidency, said Erap should hold the bubbly, since this is still a long process, as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) decision can be overturned by the high court. So what is it to him? Former Comelec chairman Christian Monsod quickly claimed that.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100122com2.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Erap unbound FRONTLINE Afraid of Erap ZOOMING IN Wrong timing, wrong endorser, wrong party NO HOLDS BARRED Options DIE HARD III National destiny unfolding FEATURE Punk’s not dead in military-ruled Myanmar