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Noy’s three tumors EDITORIAL 05/08/2011

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Noy’s three tumors

EDITORIAL
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05/08/2011
The other side of the coin in the saying two or more heads are better than one, which Noynoy’s aides have bruited about in making a case for the many-headed communications office in Malacañang, is too many cooks spoil the broth.

Add to that a new saying, which is the chief cook spoils the broth some more.

Both the critics and allies of Noynoy trace his recent dipping survey ratings from the consistent ineffectiveness of the communications team, which has Sonny Coloma, Ricky Carandang and Edwin Lacierda holding Cabinet-rank positions for overlapping functions.

Three chefs and no sous-chefs ever goes well and worse, the master chef can’t even provide any direction for the entire cooking class..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110508com1.html

Not knowing when to shut up FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 05/08/2011

Not knowing when to shut up

FRONTLINE
Ninez Cacho-Olivares
05/08/2011
Palace spokesmen really don’t know when to shut up.

When a Muslim group demonstrated and protested the killing of Osama bin Laden by a select American Navy SEALs team, hailing him as a “martyr,” there went the Palace mouthpiece telling these Filipino Muslims demonstrating that they should not honor Bin Laden as he was no martyr and no hero.

Said Noynoy’s spokesman, “We call on our Muslim brothers and sisters to look clearly on what Bin Laden has done. This affects the Philippines and the entire globe as well. He sinned and he has to be responsible for what he did.”

The Muslim group marched from their Mosque in Quiapo intending to go to the US embassy and hold their rally there, but were stopped by the police..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110508com2.html

Obscene duopolies BLURBAL THRUSTS Louie Logarta 05/08/2011

Obscene duopolies

BLURBAL THRUSTS
Louie Logarta
05/08/2011
The only plausible reason behind President Aquino’s desire for the Philippines to adopt an open skies policy in regard to the aviation industry is to afford beleaguered passengers the best value they can get for their hard-earned money.

Contrary to the claims of the highly-paid spin doctors of local airlines led by the Gokongwei-owned Cebu Pacific which is said to be the nation’s biggest passenger carrier today with a volume of about 12 million paying customers in 2010, congressional economic planners tell us the open skies policy now being espoused by the Aquino will not necessarily lead to the ruination of said companies, that is if they are properly managed.

What the Department of Tourism simply wants to accomplish in pushing the implementation of the open skies policy is to safeguard the interests of some 45 million incoming and outgoing passengers (the estimated volume in all Philippine airports last year) against airline firms out to make a big, quick buck..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110508com4.html

Once more with feeling: No to RH Bill! VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 05/08/2011

Once more with feeling: No to RH Bill!

VIEWPOINTS
Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz
05/08/2011
There was once this world famous character named “Henry K.” — an American professional politician and a perceived technocrat who said in many ways and provided different means in order to accomplish three very selfish and highly detestable societal realities: One, to assure that the number of population in Third World countries was well within tolerable count — according to him. Two, to guarantee that with the deflation of population growth in the said countries, the people therein would not consume practically their natural resources — according to him. Three, to ascertain wherefore that the people of First World countries, especially the Americans, could continue benefiting from the said foreign resources provided by nature — according to him. Crystal clear — according to him.

Thus were deliberately born, definitely promoted and accordingly funded the anti-baby realities of institutional “Birth Control,” open or public “Abortion,” “Population Control.” All these are the gross precursors of the now so fondly yet deceitfully called “Reproductive Health Bill.”.... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110508com7.html

Birth control prescribed for Hong Kong monkeys FEATURE 05/08/2011

Birth control prescribed for Hong Kong monkeys

FEATURE

05/08/2011
HONG KONG — Wild monkeys don’t seem to care that Hong Kong is a concrete jungle — they thrive so well on its fringes that the government has introduced birth control to curb a population boom.

Easy food handouts from some of the city’s seven million humans helped push macaque numbers to more than 2,000 in recent years — and a rise in nuisance complaints about monkeys that have lost a natural fear of people.

“I think we still have plenty of space for wildlife. But the countryside and the city are adjacent to each other and sometimes there is conflict,” said Chung-tong Shek of the government’s conservation department.

Reports of aggressive monkeys chasing hikers for food, grabbing bags and reaching for pockets surfaced in recent years as the macaque population grew..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110508com5.html

A little sense of religious history TABLETS OF STONE Larry Faraon, OP 05/08/2011

A little sense of religious history

TABLETS OF STONE
Larry Faraon, OP
05/08/2011
The beatification of Blessed John Paul II last Sunday was a great single event that should really touch the hearts of the Filipinos deeply. Unlike our first Filipino saint, Lorenzo Ruiz, who lived around the 17th century, we have a contemporary, live, tete-a-tete experience with this holy man from Poland since he has stepped into our shores, kissed our land twice in 1982 and 1995 during the World Youth Day. Our bonding with the man extended beyond his being the universal leader of some 1.2 billion Catholics all over the world including the nearly 70 million local Roman Catholics toward a deeper level where encounters were personally empowering and inspiring.

In 1982, the first time he came, he really wanted to see and bless the lepers of the Tala Leprosarium in San Jose del Monte Bulacan. Unfortunately then President Ferdinand Marcos discouraged the papal entourage for doing so for security reasons. But the Pope insisted, since he really had an eye and a heart for such dejected people whenever he visits a country. In his 1980 visit to Brazil, his tears trickled down freely upon beholding over a thousand lepers at one of the Brazilian colonies. To solve the impasse, the late Cardinal Sin thought of a way out. He summoned for me with instructions that I invite some 50 lepers from Tala Leprosarium, then bring them to Radio Veritas conference room where the Pope could meet and bless them, since the Holy Father was awarding the winners of the Catholic Mass Media Awards at the Radio Veritas auditorium on the same day..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110508com6.html

Meralco earns P2.1 B in 1st quarter, up 6%

Meralco earns P2.1 B in 1st quarter, up 6%

May 7, 2011, 1:28am
MANILA, Philippines – The core income of power distribution giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) rose to P3.2 billion in the first quarter from last year’s P2.0 billion, while its resulting consolidated reported net income expanded 6.0-percent to P2.1 billion.

The company qualified that the increase in its consolidated net income has been generally propped by the implementation of the fourth regulatory year on its Second Regulatory Reset under performance-based regulation (PBR). This took effect in January this year.

It must be noted that the third and fourth regulatory years of its PBR-drawn tariffs have been voluntarily suspended in January last year; and the third regulatory year was only re-implemented in April billing of 2010.

Meralco emphasized that its “balance sheet remains strong and is in a favorable position to avail of opportunities to gear up.” In fact, it noted that when it tapped the financial markets for P2.5 billion worth of loan, it has been offered a very low interest rate..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/317130/meralco-earns-p21-b-1st-quarter-6

Five more [U.S.] states adapt anti-immigration laws

Five more [U.S.] states adapt anti-immigration laws


By Contessa Rita Bourbon

WASHINGTON—Filipino undocumented workers are getting more worried as anti-immigration measures similar to Arizona are proceeding through legislatures in other states including Alabama, Indiana, Oklahoma and South Carolina and Georgia.

The new bill in Georgia  is similar to one passed by Arizona last year that fueled  a national debate on state  measures to squeeze and discriminate immigrants.

Arizona's law criminalizes illegal immigration and  allows police authorities  to question anyone they suspect lacks legal immigration papers.

Asked about the Georgia bill, President Obama said: "It is a mistake for states to try to do this piecemeal. We can't have 50 different immigration laws around the country. Arizona tried this and a federal court already struck them down.".... MORE

SourceThe Filipino Express

URL: http://www.filipinoexpress.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30:five-more-states-adapt-anti-immigration-laws&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=2

Hotdog:The Reunion

Hotdog:The Reunion

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS

ON May 16, the grand ballroom of the Dusit Thani Manila hotel will be filled with the delightful hits of the Hotdog band when the trailblazing Pinoy pop- rock group in the 1970s stages a one- night reunion concert.

Dennis Garcia, one of the founders of the band and who plays bass, said the rare event will bring together other members of the group, namely, Rene Garcia (lead guitarist/vocals), Jess Garcia on drums, and Gina Montes, Maso Diez, Joy Reyes, and Rita Saguin Trinidad, all former lead vocalists of Hotdog at various times.

They will be backed up by guest performers Joey Abando from The Boyfriends, and session musicians Benjie Santos, Carlo Gaa, Roy Marinduque, and Roy Sadicon.

Hotdog revolutionized Philippine musical landscape with what was dubbed as the “Manila sound.” The songs were original Pilipino music distinguished for their catchy lyrics written by the Garcia brothers, Rene and Dennis, which mostly conveyed exuberance..... MORE

Source:  Vera Files

 URL: http://verafiles.org/features/9244/

JPII’s beatification beats the record

JPII’s beatification beats the record

 Rome, Italy---The crowds expected at Pope John Paul II’s beatification last Sunday were being pegged at first at no more than 300,000 for a number of reasons. The Royal Wedding in London the preceding Friday was said to have cut the Rome crowd in half; moreover, times were tough economically and the weather was not very good. Another big reason for the expected low turnout was that Rome hotels were said to have jacked up their prices way before the beatification, perhaps in anticipation of crowds similar to the mammoth throngs that flocked to the funeral of JPII in April 2005.

All these were said to have frightened his devotees that two days before his beatification we kept hearing of turnout of only around 300,000 people. I thought, kakalug-kalog ang St. Peter’s. Kawawa naman si JPII.

Poles flock to Rome for their compatriot

But the day before the event, people descended on Rome from everywhere in unbelievable numbers. The Poles, ever grateful to their compatriot JPII for supporting them all the way in their battle against Communist rule, arrived on trains and in over 200 big buses from all over Poland with their families, waving their red and white flags. Last Saturday they occupied the sidewalks around the Vatican with their sleeping bags and blankets, and the innumerable portalets assembled by the Rome Commune helped make their lives a bit bearable. ..... MORE

SourcePolitical Tidbits

URL: http://www.polbits.com/2011/05/jpiis-beatification-beats-record.html

Cordi elders sign pact vs mining, militarization

Cordi elders sign pact vs mining, militarization

Written By: editors on May 1, 2011 One Comment
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL
www.nordis.net

LACUB, Abra — Elders from the Cordillera signed a unity pact (pagta) against large scale mining and militarization on April 27 during the Cordillera Day celebrations here in barangay Buneg.

According to Johnny Sawadan of the Cordillera Elders Alliance (CEA), the unity pact was a result of a workshop held here. He said through the sharing and discussions, the elders representing all six provinces of the region deemed wise to seal a pact to protect the Cordillera from destructive mining and rights violations brought about by militarization.

Data from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources showed that 1.2 million hectares of the 1.8 million hectare total land area of the Cordillera is covered with approved and ongoing large scale mining applications..... MORE

SourceNorthern Dispatch (nordis) Weekly

URL: http://www.nordis.net/?p=9517

May 1, a day of outrage

May 1, a day of outrage

Written By: editors on May 1, 2011 No Comment
By ALDWIN QUITASOL
www.nordis.net

BAGUIO CITY — Cordillera workers led by the militant Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) and other sectoral organizations and individuals join the rest of the Filipino people in marching the streets to condemn the administration of President Benigno Aquino III for refusing to heed the workers call for a substantial wage increase.

The central theme of this year’s commemoration of May 1 as the International Labor Day is “Sahod dagdagan, makabuluhan! Presyo, ibaba ngayon na! Patung-patong na pahirap ni Pnoy, Labanan!. KMU declared May 1 as Workers’ and Peoples’ Day of outrage against the policies of Aquino administration..... MORE

SourceNorthern Dispatch (nordis) Weekly

URL: http://www.nordis.net/?p=9514

Subpar anti-graft post EDITORIAL 05/06/2011

Friday, May 6, 2011

Subpar anti-graft post

EDITORIAL
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05/06/2011
The Ombudsman for the past few years proved to be a critical and at the same time controversial post that has almost always been plagued by suspicions of political bias and for a reason, since the term of the top anti-graft executive of seven years as fixed by the Constitution is being exploited by administrations leaving a six-year term.

The intent of the guaranteed term of the Ombudsman was to free the post from political influence because of the longer tenure compared with the president.

The highly politicized nature of most administrations voted into power, however, sees the Ombudsman as a guarantee, particularly after the assumption of a rival political power..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110506com1.html

Noy allies worried FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 05/06/2011

Noy allies worried

FRONTLINE
Ninez Cacho-Olivares
05/06/2011
Malacañang tries to portray Noynoy as still popular; still enjoying popular support, despite his falling ratings. But his allies — especially those who have an eye on the presidency, as well as senatorial seats, both in elections of 2013 for senators, and 2016 for the presidency and the vice presidency, are clearly worried over the close to 20 point drop in Noynoy and his administration’s performance ratings.

Add to this the fact that international surveys, such as the 2010 Global Integrity Report, which showed that the Philippines, under the stewardship of Noynoy — and obviously, his Liberal Partymates and other allies — and obtained a “very weak” rating in terms of governance and corruption, have already been pointing out the weak leadership along with more corruption under the Aquino government.

These global surveys, showing that corruption under the Aquino government is worsening, along with very weak leadership, it should be stressed, can no longer be blamed on the previous administrations, as Noynoy has been in Malacañang for close to one year..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110506com2.html

Native Americans offended by code name ‘Geronimo’ focus 05/06/2011

Native Americans offended by code name ‘Geronimo’

focus

05/06/2011
WASHINGTON — Native American leaders in the United States expressed outrage Wednesday that the name of legendary Apache warrior Geronimo was used as a military code name during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

“To associate a native warrior with Bin Laden is not an accurate reflection of history, and it undermines the military service of native people,” said a statement by Jefferson Keel, president of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI).

Geronimo, an Apache chief who lived from 1829 to 1909, was a famed warrior who fought in what is now the US state of New Mexico, battling US and Mexican authorities as the American West was being settled.

Keel said using the name of Geronimo during the US special forces operation against bin Laden in Pakistan was an affront to Native Americans because it linked them to one of the most reviled enemies of the United States..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110506com3.html

The Obama dividend C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Jonathan De la Cruz 05/06/2011

The Obama dividend

C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S
Jonathan De la Cruz
05/06/2011
Talk is rife about a so-called Obama dividend just a day or two after the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Variously defined as a slowing down of high profile terrorist attacks, a redirection of intelligence gathering and funding as well as a redefinition of the engagement between so-called target states such as the United States and sponsor states such as Iran and Libya or a combination thereof, the Obama dividend is supposed to usher in a more peaceful and stable world. The “dividend” buzz is especially high pitched in the US and other countries under constant terrorist threat such as the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Spain and even Indonesia, Russia and a number of Middle East states which were attacked or targeted by al-Qaeda operatives and affiliates since the 9/11 attack which triggered the US-led “war on terror.” With Bin Laden’s death, the observation goes, the inspiration not to mention funding for high profile attacks will now slow down if not altogether disappear as the Bin Laden Inspired groups including their sponsors will now have to reassess their position. In addition, American policy makers on both sides of the aisle were also talking about a more thorough review of US engagement in Pakistan and Afghanistan which are considered the main battle grounds on the war on terror with a view toward reducing the presence of US combat troops and, of course, the multi-billion funding for their cooperative endeavors. Whether these expected dividends, as it were, will come to fore remains to be seen. Suffice it say that for now this so-called Obama dividend has definitely re-energized the American people if we go by the euphoric reception of President Obama’s announcement of Bin Laden’s death and the zest infused into the US economy as evidenced by the surge in US stocks and the US dollar.
.... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110506com4.html

Top lawyer boosts Singapore opposition FEATURE 05/06/2011

Top lawyer boosts Singapore opposition

FEATURE

05/06/2011
SINGAPORE — Supporters say he could have easily become a Cabinet minister, but Chen Shao Mao has caused a stir in Singapore by running against the government in Saturday’s general election.

In a political culture obsessed with academic credentials, the 50-year-old lawyer and economist with degrees from Harvard, Stanford and Oxford universities has boosted the profile of the tiny, fragmented opposition.

Chen advised the Agricultural Bank of China on its $22 billion initial public offering (IPO) last year — the world’s second biggest share launch — and counts the Chinese finance ministry and international firms as clients.

A partner with prominent US-based law firm Davis, Polk and Wardwell, Chen fits the profile of a top candidate running under the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP), which recruits high-flyers from the public and private sector..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110506com6.html

Kadaffi’s son and granchildren DIE HARD III Herman Tiu Laurel 05/06/2011

Kadaffi’s son and granchildren

DIE HARD III
Herman Tiu Laurel
05/06/2011
Barack Obama timed the Osama bin Laden action-drama, tagged by the Inquirer as an “Epic raid like spy thriller,” for several major dilemmas the US is facing today. First is the massive deleterious impact of the US-Nato bombing of a residential area that killed Moammar Kadaffi’s second youngest son Saif al-Arab and his three pre-teen grandsons.

Second is Obama’s dwindling poll numbers while entering an election year. Third is the Establishment’s worry that on the 10th year since 9/11 — after the destruction of the World Trade Center (WTC) Twin Towers, including Building 7, with close to 3,000 victims — up to 84 percent of Americans, based on a 2006 New York Times/CBS News poll, reject the official US government story while over 80 percent support actor Charlie Sheen’s view that 9/11 was an “inside job” by high government officials.

This Obama stunt is the latest in a long history of hoaxes in aid of warmongering, going back to the fake Sinking of the Maine to the Gulf of Tonkin incident, to Bush’s 9/11 as well as Saddam’s WMD.

One of Kadaffi’s sons, Saif al-Arab, was wounded together with younger brother Khamis, back in the 1986 bombings (ordered by Ronald Reagan) that killed their 15-month-old adopted sister, but was not so fortunate this time in this second act of US barbarism against the Kadadfis.

I know the massive emotional impact these murders of innocents must have had on the entire Arab world since I, not even an Arab, felt the great injustice like a sword through my own heart. If I were in Libya, I would take up arms against the invaders too. I can see how the incident will fire up all Arab peoples, even in the puppet Arab countries, as well as other nations against this blatant Western aggression. Hence, Obama staged this “epic raid like spy thriller” to divert attention from the mourning for Kadaffi’s kin and their burial on land (which Muslim tradition requires, as against a burial-at-sea which the cowardly lying Americans did for the alleged Osama corpse).

I empathize with Kadaffi, as a father and grandfather, for the sacrifices made for his children (who represent the hope of the nation) and, more importantly, for his continued struggle against the real tyrants of this world.

As a Filipino, I am ashamed at the way local mainstream media have groveled at the feet of US and Nato propaganda, re-issuing Western media lies for domestic Filipino consumption.

All told, they are merely part of the global warmongering and oppression, of the campaign of dehumanization against emerging nations such as Libya, the Philippines, and the rest of the Third World. Either that or they are just stupid — stupid to believe that the 9/11 WTC atrocities could have been planned and executed by pre-modern mujaheddins hiding in the most backward areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and stupid for refusing to read the genuine American conscience, such as the 700 scientists, architects, and engineers for “9/11 Truth,” who say the entire WTC collapse was a “controlled demolition.”

Fortunately for us all, Obama’s “epic spy thriller” script didn’t stay intact long enough to convince many. As soon as the tale hit the media, it began to unravel. Initially, the US said bin Laden fought back and used his wife as a human shield. That story quickly changed when other officials denied it. Then, as Bin Laden’s face, battered and smashed by bullets, appeared on the Internet, this was later proven by skeptics as a manipulation of two of his old photos.

Chinese media, which had reporters on the ground but were kept a distance away, initially reported that it was Pakistani troops that raided the alleged Bin Laden “mansion” but later retracted this. The “mansion” being reported by Western media turns out to be an ordinary three-story building typical of the community of many retired Pakistani military and civil service residents there. But the real fly in the ointment was the “burial-at-sea” which puts the Bin Laden body beyond verification.

The evidence of the lie is there for all to see. We culled the following from the best compilation of materials on the subject, prisonplanet.com: (a) photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the US assault on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan show three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons; (b) “Not a single bullet was fired from the compound at the US forces and their choppers. Their chopper developed some technical fault and crashed and the wreckage was left on the spot,” according to a Pakistani official; (c) a reference to the “rescue” of famed dramatic Marine Jessica Lynch which turned out to be a PR stunt (“Was Bin Laden assault a Jessica Lynch-Style Fable?”); and (d) the cover-up of the death of American football star turned Special Forces in Afghanistan Pat Tillman who was killed by fellow US soldiers after he questioned the war.

Finally, on the matter of 9/11 and who really did it, prisonplanet.com reports, “Top US Government Insider: Bin Laden Died in 2001, 9/11 a False Flag,” referring to Dr. Steve R. Pieczenik, who worked at influential positions under three different presidents and still works with the Defense Department, going on Internet radio on The Alex Jones Show, stating that Osama bin Laden died in 2001 and that he would be ready anytime to testify to a grand jury how a top general told him directly that 9/11 was an inside job. That should uncover the whole truth. But surely, the US ruling class dreads the day when this shall come to pass.

(Tune in to 1098AM, Monday to Friday, 5 to 6 p.m., and Sulo ng Pilipino, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 to 7 p.m.; TNT with HTL, Tuesday, 8 to 9 p.m., with replay at 11 p.m., on GNN, Destiny Cable Channel 8, with this week’s topic, “Ten Years of PNAC: Project for a New American Century;” visit http://newkatipunero.blogspot.com for our articles plus select radio and GNN shows)

(Reprinted with permission from Mr. Herman Tiu-Laurel)

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110506com5.html

Noynoy’s DoF, BoC chiefs face graft raps 05/06/2011

PURISIMA, PARAYNO, ALVAREZ CHARGED BEFORE OMBUDSMAN BY CUSTOMS STAFF

Noynoy’s DoF, BoC chiefs face graft raps

05/06/2011
Three Cabinet officials of President Aquino were charged with corruption on April 19, 2011 at the Office of the Ombudsman, documents obtained by the Tribune showed.

Facing criminal and administrative charges for violating anti-graft laws are Cesar Purisima, secretary, Department of Finance (DoF); Guillermo Parayno Jr., undersecretary, DoF, and Angelito Alvarez, commissioner, Bureau of Customs (BoC).

Purisima, Parayno and Alvarez are appointees of Aquino and considered the first three Cabinet officials of his administration to be charged with graft amid Aquino’s claimed crusade of his administration and government walking the straight path to eliminate corruption in the bureaucracy and weed out public officials embroiled in anomalies.

Another Aquino ally, losing senatorial bet Neric Acosta, who has announced to the media that he is going to take over the helm of the Department of Environment and National Resources, has been charged with graft over the misuse of his pork barrel, which the charges said he had funneled to non-governmental organiztions that are, however, alleged to be managed and controlled by his relatives..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110506hed1.html

Dacer-Corbito slay suspect’s extradition ‘in a few weeks’—DoJ By Benjamin B. Pulta 05/06/2011

Dacer-Corbito slay suspect’s extradition ‘in a few weeks’—DoJ

By Benjamin B. Pulta 05/06/2011

Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson’s close aide, Michael Ray Aquino, may be sent back to the country within a few weeks after the Department of Justice (DoJ) said it is now preparing for the extradition of the former police intelligence officer, a suspect in the murders of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corbito in November 2000.

“The information given to us is that there are no more legal impediments for his extradition,” Justice Secretary Leila de Lima yesterday said, noting that Aquino had exhausted his appeals before the US courts.

“What we are awaiting from our US counterparts, the US-DoJ, is a formal written note informing us that the extradition process has been completed,” she said, adding the confirmation could happen “in a few weeks.”

“We’re just talking here about a few weeks’ confirmation,” De Lima said..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110506hed4.html

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