CenPEG: Governance By Arrogance

The Center for People Empowerment in Governance released their Issue Analysis No.3 on February 8th. In this article titled Governance by Arrogance, the focus is mainly the way The Arroyo Administration seems to be governing especially in the light of the recent events of the Jose De Venecia ouster and The Jun Lozada debacle […]

The Establishment Takes A Walk

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo walks with Vice President Noli de Castro, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, other members of her Cabinet, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon, and Philippine National Police Chief Director General Avelino Razon on their way to the Aguinaldo State Dining Room in Malacanang where she presided over […]

The Harassment Of Jun Lozada

The harassment of Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada, Jr. seems to be a concerted team effort. Who are the players? The Mafia. Not Italian, but the homegrown version. With libel suits, possible perjury charges, a full page ad on two national papers, a raid on his office, threatening Senators (Joker), and other myriad […]

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 […]

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 […]

Lozada Is No Hero, But He Shall Be Redeemed

Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada shall be a redeemed man, no matter how late a man turns to the light of good, that is enough for his redemption. The only criteria in my strong opinion is that of his sincerity for the act and not because he was caught. It is human to be remorseful […]

In Review: The Erap Pardon

Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada, or Erap as he is fondly called by his supporters and allies was rightfully convicted last September. But only a little over a month after that conviction, Erap was pardoned by Arroyo. Had Erap finally been made accountable, we would have seen a Supreme Court decision concur with […]