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Neri: I Can’t Remember Saying She Is “Evil”

The big story as of late is the words coming out of Higher Education Chair Romulo Neri during a December 7 meeting with Jun Lozada, Senator Panfilo Lacson and Senator Jamby Madrigal. The words, according to Lozada, was that Neri said President Arroyo is “Evil”. Neri would later and in many other announcements […]

Benjamin Abalos, HamBerjer, And The Twisting Of Words

The other day I watched Harapan: The Jun Lozada exposé. At first, like most people, I thought that it would be a head on battle between Benjamin Abalos and Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada. It turned out to be Jun Lozada versus Abalos, General Razon, A. Sec. Formoso, and Golez.
There were so many parts during […]

Joey De Venecia Attends Anti Arroyo Rally

ZTE and NBN scandal whistleblower, Joey De Venecia spoke at the Anti Arroyo Rally held yesterday in Makati. As thousand flocked to show dismay against President Gloria Arroyo, Joey De Venecia started off his message by telling the First Gentleman to “back off”. Now, he’s no Martin Luther King Jr, and his tendency […]

De La Salle Brothers Chronology of Events on Lozada Family

Brother Edmundo L. Fernandez of De La Salle Philippines released the following through The De La Salle Philippine Media Bureau. It offers a chronology of The Lozada Family including Jun Lozada’s with regards to their role in providing a safe haven for the family.
(The following is word for word account as released)
We […]

Philippine Bloggers on Jun Lozada

Rodolfo Noel “Jun” Lozada, Jr. our imperfect hero of the hour is standing firm despite the heavy machinations being employed by The Arroyo Administration. I’ve been thinking about Jun Lozada lately, my prayers are definitely with him. My judgment on him will come later as I think about the man himself. I […]

Too Many Unanswered Questions

Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada, Jr. still has one more hearing to endure. I hope he rests well. I for one have many more questions than I have answers about the involvement of Jun Lozada with regards to the scrapped $329 million NBN deal with Chinese Firm ZTE. I also have questions about his […]

Abalos To File Libel Against Lozada, Drops “Bombshell” Evidence

Owing to the fact that Former Commission on Elections Chairman Benjamin Abalos is now going on the offensive against star witness to the NBN ZTE scandal Rodolfo Jun Lozada, maybe he should file a libel suit worth the commission that he was supposed to receive. For the trouble that Lozada has caused poor and […]

Lozada Confirms What We Knew All Along

Rodolfo Noel Lozada, Jr. has confirmed in his testimony last Friday in front of The Philippine Senate that indeed The First Gentleman and Former Commission on Elections Chair Benjamin Abalos were involved in the scrapped $329 million National Broadband Network (NBN) deal. The deal in which whistleblower Joey De Venecia testified a while back […]

The Lozada Saga Continues, Thankfully

After the alleged abduction of key witness Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada, Jr. in the scrapped $329 million NBN deal, I thought for a moment that this is definitely a time in this Administration that anyone can be made to disappear. Anyone.
As Jun Lozada read from a written statement soon after he surfaced early […]

True Intentions Of A Former Speaker

Is this a redemptive moment for Jose De Venecia, a Speaker who had high aspirations for President as well as Prime Minister, who in the last moments of his speakership, turned his back on his own president?
I have no doubt that by doing battle with Gloria and her allies, Jose De Venecia will finally bring […]

Estrada Found Guilty of Plunder, Jinggoy and Lawyer Not Guilty

The Sandiganbayan verdict is Guilty! Former President Joseph Ejercity Estrada (Erap) has been found guilty of plunder. On the lesser charges of perjury, they have been dismissed. If it was any consolation, his son Jinggoy Estrada and lawyer Eduardo Serapio were both found not guilty.
On to The Supreme Court we go for […]

Update On The Cris Anthony Mendez Murder Case

I’ve been calling the death of Cris Anthony Mendez a murder, it just seems like the only appropriate word to describe the hazing that led to his death, and the alleged involvement of Sigma Rho. A graduating public administration student from UP-Diliman, he had his whole life ahead of him. Here’s some updates […]

A Renewed Boycott Against Manila Standard Today

Here it is, our stand, because Manila Standard Today has chosen to hide behind their term “protocol” and issue a pardon to their most beloved columnist for all The Filipinos to see. This is a call to boycott, for the irresponsible behavior of Manila Standard Today, they have chosen to pass up the option […]

Bring It On!

Bring it on, Manila Standard. Let’s talk about the real issue.
We will call for a renewed boycott on Manila Standard. Our next post will be focused on the plan of action, how everyone can participate. No longer will we ask anything of Malu Fernandez, for clearly she is incapable of doing the […]

The Manila Standard and Malu Fernandez Statements to Media in Focus

As was seen in our previous post, regarding Media in Focus, during the airing of the show, Cheche Lazaro made it public the separate statements given to them by both Manila Standard Today and Malu Fernandez. Malu’s statement was a text message. Let’s first focus on the Manila Standard statement directed to Media […]

Only Manila Standard Can Decide The Fate of This Issue

In the past weeks, bloggers, Overseas Filipino Workers, our readers, and the general Filipino public have displayed their outrage, in what was an inappropriate, bigoted, and discriminatory article written by Malu Fernandez. The issue was born out of a scanned article, and quickly grew as soon as blogger’s took up the issue.
Tingog.com […]