Edsa II rectification in order EDITORIAL 02/21/2010

Edsa II rectification in order EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 02/21/2010 The recantations and retractions former President Joseph Estrada had collected over the years involving Edsa II that robbed him of the presidency and seated Gloria Arroyo in power would be enough reason for the reopening of the plunder case that convicted him and was feebly based on insider trading and his supposed gains from the illegal numbers game jueteng. In truth, there really was no evidence presented by the prosecution of these two charges against Estrada. Besides, plunder refers to public funds. Neither the BW stocks nor jeuteng can be considered public funds. To say that the arrest, trial and conviction of Estrada were not politically motivated would be a big lie. The most recent Edsa II personality to seek Estrada’s forgiveness was former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Perfecto Yasay whose testimonies were claimed to be key to the insider trading allegations on the BW Resources stocks against Estrada. The Sandiganbayan ruling against Estrada used insider-trading as a principal basis for the plunder case to justify his being incarcerated for six and a half years after the 2001 power grab. But even as Yasay was captured on video stating that he had been used by those who wanted Estrada deposed, which was why he was apologizing to Estrada, Yasay recanted his apology a few days later, perhaps due to the same forces who had used him to paint Estrada black. Just goes to show one how worthless Yasay’s testimony during his impeachment, and now a recantation of that apology is.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary20100221com1.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Edsa II rectification in order FRONTLINE Surveys, surveys ENQUIRY ‘Those whom the gods wish to destroy... they first make mad’ BLURBAL THRUSTS Nightmare wedding in Clark Freeport C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Emergency powers VIEWPOINTS Damaged Institutions TABLETS OF STONE Moderating greed Part 2

Surveys, surveys FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 02/21/2010

Surveys, surveys FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 02/21/2010 Does anyone still believe in these so-called presidential surveys? Or perhaps the better question would be, doesn’t anyone realize that the surveys are clearly being manipulated and all meant to generate that perception that one frontrunner has pulled away in surveys, or that another frontrunner is statistically tied or two points higher than the other frontrunner? The Yellow TV network released the findings of a survey, obviously commissioned by the Liberal Party standard bearer Noynoy Aquino, which showed him regaining the lead from Nacionalista Party’s Manny Villar by about 11 percentage points. The survey was reportedly conducted between Jan. 28 and Feb. 3, with 3,000 respondents, or just about a week after the other surveys, such as the Social Weather Stations (SWS), Pulse Asia and the Manila Standard Today ended their survey field work, whose results and timing were fairly questionable and obviously meant to show the leap of one presidential candidate, despite a controversial issue fought in the Senate.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100221com2.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Edsa II rectification in order FRONTLINE Surveys, surveys ENQUIRY ‘Those whom the gods wish to destroy... they first make mad’ BLURBAL THRUSTS Nightmare wedding in Clark Freeport C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Emergency powers VIEWPOINTS Damaged Institutions TABLETS OF STONE Moderating greed Part 2

‘Those whom the gods wish to destroy... they first make mad’ ENQUIRY Demaree J. B. Raval 02/21/2010

‘Those whom the gods wish to destroy... they first make mad’ ENQUIRY Demaree J. B. Raval 02/21/2010 That statement — attributed to Euripides (c. 480 BC) in reference to those who had become crazed by power — suspiciously applies to the present-day handlers of the presidential bid of Noynoy Aquino. The handlers have acted arrogantly with the thought that the presidency is theirs for the taking. They had better perish that thought by now. In the afterglow of the death of Cory Aquino last year, all too suddenly Noynoy was thrust into the limelight, and the Liberal Party (LP) grabbed him as its standard bearer, over the well-prepared and definitely more qualified Mar Roxas. That was a decision made in a fit of madness. Other seizures of madness followed.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100221com3.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Edsa II rectification in order FRONTLINE Surveys, surveys ENQUIRY ‘Those whom the gods wish to destroy... they first make mad’ BLURBAL THRUSTS Nightmare wedding in Clark Freeport C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Emergency powers VIEWPOINTS Damaged Institutions TABLETS OF STONE Moderating greed Part 2

Nightmare wedding in Clark Freeport BLURBAL THRUSTS Louie Logarta 02/21/2010

Nightmare wedding in Clark Freeport BLURBAL THRUSTS Louie Logarta 02/21/2010 British couple Paul and Girlie McInerney probably won’t ever be coming back to the Philippines. Not after their dream wedding last December 2009 at the Fontana Leisure Park, supposedly one of the featured tourist hotels in the Clark Freeport in Pampanga, turned into a nightmare What’s heartbreaking for Girlie, a balikbayan who had settled in England after landing a job there as a nurse some years ago, is that she could very easily have had her special day in the exotic island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean or the glitzy city of Melbourne in the Land Down Under or the popular tourist spot of St. Kitts & Nevis in the balmy Caribbean which was being highly recommended by friends. But no, she had to insist to her Scottish boyfriend Paul, an established neuro-surgeon, that they should consummate their relationship with a lavish ceremony in the Philippines where she could have all her relatives in attendance, and financially speaking it wouldn’t cost them an arm and a leg than if they had it done in any of the above mentioned destinations.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100221com4.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Edsa II rectification in order FRONTLINE Surveys, surveys ENQUIRY ‘Those whom the gods wish to destroy... they first make mad’ BLURBAL THRUSTS Nightmare wedding in Clark Freeport C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Emergency powers VIEWPOINTS Damaged Institutions TABLETS OF STONE Moderating greed Part 2