Ex-Quezon exec wants COA probe on DA funds given to NGO….BY JOHN BELLO (BUSINESS MIRROR, March 21, 2013)
LUCENA CITY—A former Quezon provincial board member and now a practicing private lawyer is asking the Commission on Audit (COA) to probe the questionable disbursement of funds by a non-governmental organization (NGO) supposedly set up by Quezon Third District Rep….
Breaking Up, part three
Scheming Old Man Willie Enverga, the grand patriarch of the Enverga dynasty tried to pass one over the Alcalas. But his gambit was seen early on by the Alcalas and the old man is fidgety right now and is bent on breaking his alliance with the former. The ploy of the…
Roorback
“No Person other than a Rider may use a whip on a horse, or otherwise strike it in any way, while it is under the control of the Starter before and during the start of any race… The Starter is there to ensure that each race begins on time and as fairly as possible,…
THE TESTOSTERONE OF JPE
At 89, JPE is still in his elements: fighting some fights of his life. We have grown familiar with the man. For 46 years and counting he graces and continues to dominate the front pages and morning and evening newscasts. His adrenal gland remains autonomous, pumping…
Palace Connection
In the aftermath of the Atimonan Massacre that saw 13 persons dead, attention is now focused at the Palace as to who is the well-placed protector of one of the deceased, Vic Siman. In one of the pictures taken by the NBI and the media, the Montero SUV where Siman was…
Who Axed Gwen Garcia?
Its Garcia-Davide all over again in Cebu comes 2013. The last time they met, the son of the former Chief Justice and name sake, Hilario Davide III, got a drubbing from the durable emerging dynasty of the Garcias in Lapu Lapu’s island province. Gwen Garcia, a…
TABI SA KALULUWA
Madalas sabihin ito ang aking Inang Matanda kapag may paglalarawang may katangian sa isang hayop ang taong paksa ng kanilang usapan. ‘Ika niya, “tabi naman sa kaluluwa, ay kung makatingin ay parang alimuranin….tabi sa kaluluwa, ay pasal na pasal na parang bulao na…
APECO: ANOTHER DYNASTY GONE BAD
Suddenly it dawned on me that the APECO law is poised to kill hundreds of people in Aurora. By the expedient of legislating economic progress, the Angaras are driving away indigenous people and legitimate land owners from their livelihood.
THE LEAKING ROOF
In no time at all, they passed the Local Government Code in 1991. That was just when the Cory Constitution was only four years old. Many noted that the Cory Constitution is a voluminous document as it looks like a Bucket List of the late President. Max Soliven whom…