Anwar praises Erap MR. EXPOSE Amb. Ernesto Maceda 02/02/2010

Anwar praises Erap MR. EXPOSE Amb. Ernesto Maceda 02/02/2010 Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim who has been reelected to the Malaysian Parliament praised President Erap’s honesty and sincerity during a breakfast hosted by former Finance Secretary Jose “Titoy” Pardo at the Manila Polo Club Saturday before returning to Malaysia. He was accompanied by two members of parliament of Malaysia. “From the time I knew him (Estrada), his passion has been with the masses. And his passion for the poor is for real and coming straight from the heart, very genuine and its speaks of the character and conviction of the man,” Anwar stressed..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary20100202com4.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Submit and be done with it FRONTLINE Questionable surveys focus US casualties in Afghanistan sow seeds of anger, frustration MR. EXPOSE Anwar praises Erap NO HOLDS BARRED Protectors of the status quo AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Mindanao and the Cordillera

Protectors of the status quo NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 02/02/2010

Protectors of the status quo NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 02/02/2010 Within the week of the Senate wars, there was time for the congressional oversight committee on poll automation co-headed by Sen. Francis Escudero and Rep. Teodoro Locsin Jr. to meet on Jan. 27, 2010. During the proceedings, the TV cameras accidentally picked up people in the background, among them Bayan Secretary-General and spokesman Nato Reyes, Bayan chairman Carol Araullo, Fr. Joe Dizon of Kontra-Daya, Concerned Citizens Movement representatives Bettina Legarda and Henry Kahn, as well as others whom I can’t specifically remember. Suffice it to say the truly involved were there, while I didn’t see any of the doomsday theorists. Who are they, you ask? Well, there’s one in every neighborhood, coffee shop cluster, whatever umpukan that gather around to discuss the automated elections system and if at all it will push through. It’s easy to spot them, male bellyachers who speak as if only they know what’s going on, and only they are up-to-date, as they with full authority declare: “Hindi matutuloy ang AES. Babalik sa manual counting, magkakadayaan like never before, there will be failure of elections, so si Gloria Arroyo pa rin ang presidente.”.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary20100202com5.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Submit and be done with it FRONTLINE Questionable surveys focus US casualties in Afghanistan sow seeds of anger, frustration MR. EXPOSE Anwar praises Erap NO HOLDS BARRED Protectors of the status quo AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Mindanao and the Cordillera

Mindanao and the Cordillera AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller 02/02/2010

Mindanao and the Cordillera AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller 02/02/2010 We saw in last week’s column that Thomas M. McKenna (Muslim Rulers and Rebels, Anvil, 2000) disputes the proposition that the concept of “Morohood” was born before or during the Spanish colonial period. Instead, he argues that it “was first developed and nurtured during the American colonial period with the active encouragement of representatives of the colonial state.” In Muslim Mindanao, the USA initially “ruled indirectly through cooperating datus...” As stated by Leonard Wood, governor of Moro Province (and later of the whole country): “Our policy is to develop individualism among these people and, little by little, to teach them to stand on their own two feet independent of petty chieftains. In order to do this the chief or headman has to be given some position of more or less authority under the government, but he ceases to have any divine rights.”  MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100202com6.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Submit and be done with it FRONTLINE Questionable surveys focus US casualties in Afghanistan sow seeds of anger, frustration MR. EXPOSE Anwar praises Erap NO HOLDS BARRED Protectors of the status quo AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Mindanao and the Cordillera

SC cannot intervene in JBC process — Puno 02/01/2010

BODY TO DECIDE TODAY WHETHER OR NOT TO SUBMIT LIST TO GLORIA SC cannot intervene in JBC process — Puno 02/01/2010 Chief Justice Reynato Puno yesterday turned down suggestions that the Supreme Court (SC) motu propio or on its own intervene in proceedings of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) in preparing a list of nominees for his replacement when he retires on May 17. Puno, who is ex-officio chairman of the JBC, however, said the nominating body will likely decide today at a meeting whether or not to submit a shortlist of nominees to “the sitting president.”.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/headlines/20100201hed1.html

HEADLINES SC cannot intervene in JBC process — Puno Enrile wants vote on Villar by Wednesday RP growth not enough under Arroyo — Neri Gov’t sets final phase in crushing Reds Smartmatic’s BGAN broadband facilities to connect voting areas unserved by telcos ‘Writ of kalikasan’ rules out soon — Puno Gov’t, MILF KL proposals to pave way for new talks