http://pcij.blogsome.com Stories behind our stories Mon, 04 Jul 2005 10:35:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en IN THE strongest statement yet to come from the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales lays down the basic principles by which, he says, the Filipino people must proceed to solve the current political crisis. The Archbishop begins by saying, “the offended cannot simply be consoled by expressions ... http://pcij.blogsome.com/2005/07/02/manila-archbishop-rosales-says-forgiveness-does-not-eliminate-the-need-for-justice/ SENATE President Franklin Drilon is calling on the Commission on Elections to make good on its promise to purge its ranks in ARMM of officials involved in poll irregularities. In a letter to Comelec chairman Benjamin Abalos, Drilon expressed alarm over reports that the suspension of ARMM Regional director Renato Magbutay ... http://pcij.blogsome.com/2005/07/01/drilon-challenges-the-comelec/ THE NATIONAL Secretariat for Social Action, Justice & Peace (NASSA) of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) adds its voice to the discussions following President Arroyo’s explanation of why she phoned an election official during the canvassing. NASSA calls on the people to pray, observe sobriety, and have ... http://pcij.blogsome.com/2005/07/01/nassa-cbcp-we-appeal-for-sobriety/ FORMER President Corazon Aquino yesterday called on Filipinos to seek enlightenment from prayer in these troubled times. This is her statement. People power has succeeded only if it is for others. It was so in 1986, when those who led the revolution led from the front; it was so in ... http://pcij.blogsome.com/2005/07/01/mrs-aquinos-statement/ AGRICULTURE Secretary Arthur Yap today announced that he was leaving government so that he could clear his name in the P4-million tax evasion case filed against him by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Yap said in a news conference today that the tax case would make him more a liability ... http://pcij.blogsome.com/2005/06/30/adios-arthur/ AS we have pointed out, last Monday’s televised message of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo failed to address a lot of issues and only raised more questions. While she admitted that she ”had conversations with many people, including a Comelec official” and that the phone call was a “lapse in judgment,” Pres. ... http://pcij.blogsome.com/2005/06/30/faqs-on-anti-wiretapping-law/ THE Social Weather Stations has released the record of First Gentleman Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo’s past trust ratings following the President’s announcement that he has volunteered to go abroad. In 11 national SWS surveys from January 2001 to March 2005,  Mr. Arroyo had an average of only 22 percent saying they ... http://pcij.blogsome.com/2005/06/30/mike-arroyos-trust-rating/ NOW that Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has admitted that “she is the woman in the tapes talking to a Comelec commissioner” (widely believed as Virgilio Garcillano), the Committee for the Defense of Lawyers (CODAL) has come out with a legal memorandum citing possible violations of the Constitution and threats to the ... http://pcij.blogsome.com/2005/06/30/arroyo-liable-for-possible-charter-and-legal-violations-says-lawyers-group/ WITH the ongoing House hearings on the taped conversations involving Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, we are also making available for download the audio files of the versions — "original" and "spliced" — that Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye released to the Malacañang Press Corps, as well as the one that Sen. Panfilo ... http://pcij.blogsome.com/2005/06/29/more-tape-versions-bunyes-and-lacsons/ AT about 11:30 this morning, the President, speaking in her usual drone, announced before the country’s top business executives the exile of her husband, without admitting that he or any other member of her family were guilty of indiscretions and stressing instead the sacrifices her family had made for her ... http://pcij.blogsome.com/2005/06/29/mrs-arroyo-and-mrs-poe/