GMA brains in move to oust Senate president 03/24/2010

GMA brains in move to oust Senate president

03/24/2010 To ensure the capture of the entire line of succession, President Arroyo is alegedly the brains behind the early ouster of the incumbent Senate presidency. United Opposition (UNO) vice presidential bet Jejomar Binay sees Malacañang’s hand in the proposals to install a new Senate president, saying it is part of Arroyo’s plan to capture the entire line of succession which she would then control in case of a failure of elections. “The lady is leaving nothing to chance. She is covering all the bases right now,” Binay said, accusing Arroyo of “simultaneously moving in four fronts to achieve hegemony of power.”.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20100324hed3.html

HEADLINES Noynoy vows Edsa 86 repeat Malacañang won’t act to delist two Carpios GMA brains in move to oust Senate president Bro. Mike, Mikey Arroyo vie for party-list seat Six Filipino expats die in Sabah mishap Duterte dared to double bounty on Davao NPA chief

Noynoy vows Edsa 86 repeat By Aytch S. de la Cruz 03/24/2010

Threatens to mount ‘people power’ revolt over poll failure Noynoy vows Edsa 86 repeat By Aytch S. de la Cruz 03/24/2010 Liberal Party (LP) standard bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, along with his yellow supporters, in yesterday’s sortie, appeared to be plotting to stage a repeat of Edsa ’86 with the aim of establishing a revolutionary government, no different from the revolutionary government established by Corazon Aquino, his late mother, and also using the trigger of failed elections. Aquino issued the warning of a people power revolt in Pangasinan, where he was campaigning for votes, telling reporters that he is certain the Filipino people will mount another 1986 Edsa revolt should their will be thwarted through a failure of elections. Aquino was quoted as saying that “sovereignty resides in the people. If they feel their will has been thwarted, I’m sure they will again regain sovereignty among themselves.”.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20100324hed1.html

HEADLINES Noynoy vows Edsa 86 repeat Malacañang won’t act to delist two Carpios GMA brains in move to oust Senate president Bro. Mike, Mikey Arroyo vie for party-list seat Six Filipino expats die in Sabah mishap Duterte dared to double bounty on Davao NPA chief

Chances are EDITORIAL 03/24/2010

Chances are

EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 03/24/2010 Chances are, neither Supreme Court (SC) Justice Antonio Carpio nor Conchita Carpio Morales is going to formally inform the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) that they are still interested in staying on as nominees. What they will probably do, is to merely remain silent on the issue and wait for the list of nominees, which may either include their names, or their being delisted. Or, they could also formally inform the JBC that they are not interested at all, since they still believe, despite a majority ruling of the high court, that the incumbent Malacañang tenant should not be allowed to appoint the next Chief Justice, it being their stand that a Gloria-appointed CJ is a midnight appointment. .... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100324com1.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Chances are FRONTLINE O.M.G! ZOOMING IN Senatorial candidates who deserve victory HE SAYS Of desires and failures SHE SAYS Scare tactics focus Fish and chips celebrates 150 years as a British classic ANALYSIS Thailand’s ‘Red Shirts’ make headlines but little progress

O.M.G! FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 03/24/2010

O.M.G!

FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 03/24/2010 At least two televangelists are seeking high political office: Jesus is Lord founder and preacher Eddie Villanueva, who seeks the presidency, and surprise, surprise, El Shaddai leader and preacher Bro. Mike Velarde, who is trying to get a congressional seat through the back door, as a Buhay party-list congressman. Earlier, Velarde was toying with the idea of running for the presidency himself but has apparently lowered his political sights — at least for now. Presumably, God advised them to mix religion with politics, after all, there is already a priest turned governor of Pampanga, who is now seeking reelection. .... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100324com2.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Chances are FRONTLINE O.M.G! ZOOMING IN Senatorial candidates who deserve victory HE SAYS Of desires and failures SHE SAYS Scare tactics focus Fish and chips celebrates 150 years as a British classic ANALYSIS Thailand’s ‘Red Shirts’ make headlines but little progress

Senatorial candidates who deserve victory ZOOMING IN Rudy Romero 03/24/2010

Senatorial candidates who deserve victory

ZOOMING IN Rudy Romero 03/24/2010 In a piece that appeared on March 3 (“Only five Senate seats up for grabs”) I suggested that seven candidates for the Senate enjoy a big edge over their rivals by virtue either of their being reelectionists or former senators or of name recall. But saying that some candidates appear well-placed to achieve victory on May 10 does not mean that there are no other senatorial candidates capable of mounting a serious challenge to the victory prospects of the candidate I named in the March 3 piece. There are. I can think of at least 11 candidates who, by virtue of their personal qualities and professional track records, have earned the right to be favorably considered by the voters when they go into the voting booths less than two months from now. The surnames of the 11, in alphabetical order, are Acosta, Baraquel, Biazon, De Venecia, Guingona, Lao, Lim, Lozada, Ocampo, Querubin and Roco.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100324com3.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Chances are FRONTLINE O.M.G! ZOOMING IN Senatorial candidates who deserve victory HE SAYS Of desires and failures SHE SAYS Scare tactics focus Fish and chips celebrates 150 years as a British classic ANALYSIS Thailand’s ‘Red Shirts’ make headlines but little progress

Of desires and failures HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 03/24/2010

Of desires and failures

HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 03/24/2010 Yet, in Gloria Arroyo’s waning days in Malacañang, there continues an overflowing abundance in, and generosity of, controversies and intrigues, that they seem to be drenching our appetite for a revolution more powerful than the smell of the junta that reeks all over the Palace. No linguistic gap between Charito Planas and her intended recipients of the junta message could blur Malacañang’s intent of measuring public reaction to what could be among Gloria’s plans to extend her hold on power, but a junta is simply unacceptable to majority of Filipinos. Planas cannot compare us with our Southeast Asian neighbors. Planas’ junta soundbite cannot be simply be waved off as it is coming from a newly-appointed Palace spokesman, whose earlier assignments were limited to politically inconsequential topics such as saving water in times of El Niño.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100324com4.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Chances are FRONTLINE O.M.G! ZOOMING IN Senatorial candidates who deserve victory HE SAYS Of desires and failures SHE SAYS Scare tactics focus Fish and chips celebrates 150 years as a British classic ANALYSIS Thailand’s ‘Red Shirts’ make headlines but little progress

Scare tactics SHE SAYS Dinah S. Ventura 03/24/2010

Scare tactics

SHE SAYS Dinah S. Ventura 03/24/2010 The upcoming elections have been giving people more jitters than hope. It’s easy to see why Filipinos would feel that way — the Arroyo administration’s decade in power has been marked by uncertainty, controversy, distrust and broken vows.  Who is to say, then, that this May 10, 2010 elections, which we are all praying will install a new president who will inspire and lead us with both strength and conscience, will truly bring us that much-needed change we have all patiently been waiting for?.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100324com5.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Chances are FRONTLINE O.M.G! ZOOMING IN Senatorial candidates who deserve victory HE SAYS Of desires and failures SHE SAYS Scare tactics focus Fish and chips celebrates 150 years as a British classic ANALYSIS Thailand’s ‘Red Shirts’ make headlines but little progress

Fish and chips celebrates 150 years as a British classic focus 03/24/2010

Fish and chips celebrates 150 years as a British classic

focus 03/24/2010 LONDON — Whether wrapped in newspaper and eaten with greasy fingers or served on white china with silver cutlery, fish and chips has come a long way since it began 150 years ago. But the traditional British dish, celebrating a landmark anniversary this year, still boasts pride of place in British culture. The dish has survived the arrival of McDonalds and the trend for healthy and organic food, and there are now about 10,500 “chippies” across Britain serving up between 250 million and 350 million portions each year. What began as a cheap working-class meal became a national favorite and is now a culinary classic served at some of Britain’s top restaurants..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100324com6.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Chances are FRONTLINE O.M.G! ZOOMING IN Senatorial candidates who deserve victory HE SAYS Of desires and failures SHE SAYS Scare tactics focus Fish and chips celebrates 150 years as a British classic ANALYSIS Thailand’s ‘Red Shirts’ make headlines but little progress

Thailand’s ‘Red Shirts’ make headlines but little progress ANALYSIS 03/24/2010

Thailand’s ‘Red Shirts’ make headlines but little progress

ANALYSIS 03/24/2010 BANGKOK — Thailand’s “Red Shirts” have propelled their theatrical protest movement into a second week, but observers give them little chance of achieving their ambitions of forcing snap elections. Despite headlines generated by stunts including splashing their own blood on the prime minister’s home and offices, they have gained little traction against the government they say is the tool of Thailand’s elites. But even when the supporters of fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra pack up their protest camp in Bangkok and head back to their homes, mostly in the rural north, the phenomenon they have unleashed will continue to rage. .... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100324com7.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Chances are FRONTLINE O.M.G! ZOOMING IN Senatorial candidates who deserve victory HE SAYS Of desires and failures SHE SAYS Scare tactics focus Fish and chips celebrates 150 years as a British classic ANALYSIS Thailand’s ‘Red Shirts’ make headlines but little progress

CJ betsa delisting nears 03/23/2010

CJ betsa delisting nears

03/23/2010 Senior Supreme Court (SC) Justices Antonio Carpio and Conchita Carpio Morales, two magistrates who had accepted the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC)’s nominations for the top judicial post on condition that the appointing power will not be President Arroyo but the next president, are in danger of being delisted as nominees for the position of chief justice, following the mandatory retirement of Chief Justice Reynato Puno on May 17, 2010. This was bared yesterday by Justice Secretary Alberto Agra, who is a member of the JBC by virtue of his position as Department of Justice Secretary. During a press conference yesterday, Agra said he plans to suggest to the other JBC members to get a clarification from Justices Carpio and Carpio-Morales, if they still stand by their position of accepting the nomination only if it is not Arroyo who will be appointing the next CJ..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20100323hed1.html

HEADLINES CJ betsa delisting nears Villar accused of land grabbing in fight over sequestered property Erap reminds Noynoy on Cory pardons Aquino drops again, Villar up by 2%, Estrada a strong third WHO challenges RP bishops' advice on condoms AFP chief walks out of interview; GMA snubs PNP chief in Army event

Erap reminds Noynoy on Cory pardons By Jason Faustino 03/23/2010

Erap reminds Noynoy on Cory pardons

By Jason Faustino 03/23/2010 Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) standard bearer former President Joseph Estrada reminded Liberal Party presidential bet Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III that his mother, the late former President Corazon Aquino, freed Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison and other rebel leaders in reference to a statement of Aquino that he was not in favor of the pardon President Arroyo gave Estrada after he was convicted of plunder. In a short rebuttal to the alleged  remark of Aquino, Estrada said former President Aquino also issued pardons to Sison, Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chairman Nur Misuari and New People’s Army (NPA) leader Bernabe Buscayno or Kumander Dante during her term. Estrada then criticized the prevailing problem with communist rebels in the country. MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20100323hed3.html

HEADLINES CJ betsa delisting nears Villar accused of land grabbing in fight over sequestered property Erap reminds Noynoy on Cory pardons Aquino drops again, Villar up by 2%, Estrada a strong third WHO challenges RP bishops' advice on condoms AFP chief walks out of interview; GMA snubs PNP chief in Army event

Junking the post-poll scenarios EDITORIAL 03/23/2010

Junking the post-poll scenarios

EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 03/23/2010 Even if a new Senate president is elected before June 30, 2010, purportedly to stave off a junta by having a legitimate constitutional successor to vacancies created in the offices of the President and Vice President, due to a failure of elections, there really is nothing that a new Senate president, as the acting president, can do to stop the junta from being established. This was already proved in 1972, when then President Ferdinand Marcos staged a Palace-military coup and reinstalled himself as President under a martial law regime. The military, as well as the police force, can be called to action by Gloria, as their still Commander in Chief to prevent or suppress lawless violence, and this can come about should the automated polls fail. But to establish a junta is another thing altogether, mainly because even if elections fail, the fact remains that Gloria will still be the Malacañang occupant until June 30, 2010, Noli de Castro will still be the Vice President until June 30, 2010, Juan Ponce Enrile will still be Senate President and Prospero Nograles will still be the Speaker until June 30, 2010. Stated differently, there will be no leadership vacuum as far as constitutional succession goes, simply because all these constitutional successors will be in place — at least until June 30, 2010..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100323com1.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Junking the post-poll scenarios FRONTLINE Un-Islamic FEATURE Heard on the grapevine: Uruguay is wine world’s rising star NO HOLDS BARRED The greater sin AN OUTSIDERS VIEW When bipartisanship means surrender focus South Sudan independents rattle ex-rebels in poll campaign SILVER LINING Hell hath no fury

Un-Islamic FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 03/23/2010

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Heard on the grapevine: Uruguay is wine world’s rising star FEATURE 03/23/2010

Heard on the grapevine: Uruguay is wine world's rising star

FEATURE 03/23/2010 MONTEVIDEO — Argentina has its Malbec. Chile has its Carmenere. Now Uruguay, not to be out-muscled by its more famous wine-producing neighbors, is taking the world of viticulture by storm, with its distinctive Tannat wines. Uruguay, the fourth most important wine-producing country in South America, grows a variety of grapes, but none more celebrated than Tannat, which is fueling this tiny country’s rise to prominence in the wine world. Over the years Tannat has come to be seen as the quintessential Uruguayan grape and wine, representing about 40 percent of the country’s entire wine production. Now bold and full-bodied Tannat wines are putting upstart Uruguay on the map, and winning prizes against competition fronted by more established regional rivals..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100323com3.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Junking the post-poll scenarios FRONTLINE Un-Islamic FEATURE Heard on the grapevine: Uruguay is wine world’s rising star NO HOLDS BARRED The greater sin AN OUTSIDERS VIEW When bipartisanship means surrender focus South Sudan independents rattle ex-rebels in poll campaign SILVER LINING Hell hath no fury

The greater sin NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 03/23/2010

The greater sin

NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 03/23/2010 On Facebook, just yesterday morning: A young boy, at most three years old, humps his mother frontally, and when she turns on her side, humps her again from behind, then stops but only long enough to follow an older female voice’s off-scene instruction for him to take out his penis and try inserting it. This, while adult laughter is heard in the background. The video has mercifully been stricken off the popular social networking site and YouTube "due to terms of use violation," a phrase I can’t really say I understand. But what I had seen stunned me, to say the least. The boy had either been allowed to watch his parents have sex or was taught by the adults around him to simulate sex, and then captured on video. Gross doesn’t define it well enough..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100323com4.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Junking the post-poll scenarios FRONTLINE Un-Islamic FEATURE Heard on the grapevine: Uruguay is wine world’s rising star NO HOLDS BARRED The greater sin AN OUTSIDERS VIEW When bipartisanship means surrender focus South Sudan independents rattle ex-rebels in poll campaign SILVER LINING Hell hath no fury

When bipartisanship means surrender AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller 03/23/2010

When bipartisanship means surrender

AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller 03/23/2010 Paul Krugman had an interesting opinion piece in the New York Times last month ("The Bankruptcy Boys," Feb. 22) in which he argued that conservative Republicanism, while virulently opposed to "big government," lacks the courage to grasp the opportunity before it. This, says Krugman, is due to the fact that the big-spending government programs — Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security — have, understandably, significant public support. The neocon strategy since the late 1970s has been one of "starving the beast" — pushing popular tax-cuts which create or contribute to a fiscal deficit and then arguing that spending-cuts were required to cure it. Now that "Bush-era tax cuts (and Bush-era unfunded wars)" have created a deficit that will outlive the current recession, the neocons have their opportunity. Indeed, that opportunity was handed to them by President Obama with his call for a bipartisan deficit commission..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100323com5.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Junking the post-poll scenarios FRONTLINE Un-Islamic FEATURE Heard on the grapevine: Uruguay is wine world’s rising star NO HOLDS BARRED The greater sin AN OUTSIDERS VIEW When bipartisanship means surrender focus South Sudan independents rattle ex-rebels in poll campaign SILVER LINING Hell hath no fury SILVER LINING Hell hath no fury

South Sudan independents rattle ex-rebels in poll campaign focus 03/23/2010

South Sudan independents rattle ex-rebels in poll campaign

focus 03/23/2010 BENTIU — Shouting and dancing, thousands of supporters of south Sudan’s rebel turned ruling party waited two days in the blazing sun to see their presidential candidate Salva Kiir. "We want him to stay as president of the south," said former guerrilla fighter Peter Kwong, at the election rally for the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM) in Bentiu, the capital of Unity state. "He was a strong army leader who was never afraid of the fight against the north," said Kwong, referring to the 22-year long civil war that ended five years ago. But the flag-waving supporters in the crowded stadium left deeply disappointed... . MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100323com6.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Junking the post-poll scenarios FRONTLINE Un-Islamic FEATURE Heard on the grapevine: Uruguay is wine world’s rising star NO HOLDS BARRED The greater sin AN OUTSIDERS VIEW When bipartisanship means surrender focus South Sudan independents rattle ex-rebels in poll campaign SILVER LINING Hell hath no fury SILVER LINING Hell hath no fury

Hell hath no fury SILVER LINING Dean Ernest Maceda 03/23/2010 Resign.

Hell hath no fury

SILVER LINING Dean Ernest Maceda 03/23/2010 Resign. GMA snubbed the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) graduation rites in Silang, Cavite on Wednesday. She sent DILG Secretary Ronnie Puno as her stand-in. One hundred ninety eight cadets graduated this year. GMA was reportedly upset by PNP Director General Jesus Verzosa’s statement that he would not support any move of AFP Chief of Staff, Gen. Delfin Bangit to extend her term. But why would she resent such a statement by General Verzosa if she has no plans to extend her term as she has insisted many times? Still, reports of "Oplan August Moon" to extend her term due to a failure of elections are "in the air." The PNPA is headed by Tingting Cojuangco, wife of Peping Cojuangco, Noynoy’s uncle, as president. With this snub, there is added reason for Tingting to now resign. q q q Erap in Bulacan. The Erap-Binay Caravan then visited Bustos, San Rafael, San Miguel, Calumpit, ending in a grand rally at Northville, Meycauayan with 8,000 hysterical supporters applauding Erap who also sang his song "Kahit" in a duet with Marissa Sanchez. At the motorcade in Calumpit, the route took Erap to parts of Apalit, Pampanga.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100323com8.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Junking the post-poll scenarios FRONTLINE Un-Islamic FEATURE Heard on the grapevine: Uruguay is wine world’s rising star NO HOLDS BARRED The greater sin AN OUTSIDERS VIEW When bipartisanship means surrender focus South Sudan independents rattle ex-rebels in poll campaign SILVER LINING Hell hath no fury SILVER LINING Hell hath no fury