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Fighting has broken out between pro-Erap and anti-Erap rallyists on Ayala Avenue. As anti-Erap groups gathered at Buendia and De la Rosa and started heading towards Ayala, Pro-Erap rallyists threw stones and threatened them. There’s a lot of shouting outside right now, and live TV coverage shows scattered fighting, as people throw stones and whatever […]
The prosecutors say that they may reconsider returning to the impeachment court if Erap himself is made to testify on allegations of corruption and bribery.The defense, however, will only wait to see all the evidence before they decide whether the president should testify. The protest rally at EDSA numbers is estimated at 250,000 people, and […]
More and more rumors are popping up about the possibility of military intervention. One popular SMS-forward claims that as soon as a critical mass of one million people is reached, the military will side against the administration. The human chain today was successful, and the crowd at Edsa continues to grow (estimated about 100,000 to […]
Possible military dissension has Erap worried? Like I said, a military coup to remove Erap from power is likely; maybe not this week, but soon. Of course, his advisers and secretaries claim that everything is under control and that the military is loyal to the administration, but wouldn’t we expect them to tell us that […]
I may have neglected to blog about this particular item before: Senator Tessie-Aquino Oreta was seen triumphantly dancing, openly gloating, and even making faces at the opposition after winning the vote against opening the controversial envelopes. Her actions were immature and completely inapproppriate, no matter who she claims they were directed at. It has been […]
Blatantly pro-Erap Senators, displaying absolutely no sense of impartiality or justice, yesterday voted NO to the opening of important evidence which could show President Estrada guilty of bribery and corruption. Immediately afterwards, the prosecution panel and Senate President Nene Pimentel resigned from their positions, and a People Power protest was launched. The revolution has started, […]
You know something really depressing? Despite all the damning evidence and credible witnesses testifying against President Estrada, and despite the obvious clarity of the crimes he committed which led to his impeachment trial, the verdict of guilt still rests with the Philippine Senate. A two-thirds vote (of 22 senators) is required to convict Erap and […]
Chaos. The day before New Year, 14 people were killed and a hundred injured in simultaneous bomb blasts in different parts of Manila. Possible suspects: NPA communist rebels, Abu Sayyaf Islamic extremists, and government conspirators trying to derail President Estrada’s impeachment trial and create a situation where he can declare martial law and keep himself […]
I just want to share something with you, because I don’t plan to blog till after Christmas… We all know what sin is. Even in this “whats-true-for-you-isn’t-true-for-me” world of moral relativism, we still have a conception that there are things you absolutely shouldn’t do. (i.e. push old ladies in front of 10-wheeler trucks, rape your […]
It’s raining outside. A tropical depression creeped up on our country from below, positioned itself over the middle south of the archipelago, and promptly stopped moving. Now it is indiscreetly flooding out villages and people on the islands of Visayas and Mindanao, and dumping rain on Manila. And stupid me, while the first drops hadn’t […]