It’s perhaps the unlikeliest of relationships. She was a student activist in her college days at the University of the Philippines (UP), while he was the defense minister who implemented Martial Law under the regime of Ferdinand Marcos. READ FULL STORY
Mahigpit na binubusisi ngayon ng Senado ang panukalang 2014 national budget para makahanap ng paraan kung paano makatitipid para magamit sa iba pang gastusin ng pamahalaan. Sa isang caucus, nagkaisa ang mga mambabatas na ibasura ang ilang congressional oversight committees na hindi na kailangan at tinatayang aabot ng P50 milyon ang matitipid ng Senado kada taon ayon kay Senate President Franklin Drilon. Aniya, pag-uusapan pa ng kongreso kung anong mga komite ang tatanggalin at mananatili. Ang oversight committees ay mga komite na itinatag sa pamamagitan ng batas o resolusyon upang bantayan ang pagpapatupad ng isang batas. Bilang nasa mayorya, pabor si Sen. Ferdinand Marcos sa nasabing reporma para malinaw sa publiko kung saan napupunta ang pondo. “Yes, very much. Ayaw naman namin na may duda ang tao dun sa paggamit sa pondo ng bayan,” saad ng senador, bagama’t maliit ang P50 milyon na matitipid sa isang taon, dagdag pa niya. “It depends kasi which accounts to look at. Pero kung titingnan mo yung oversight committees, magkakaroon ng savings na P650 million from what the budget is from last year,” aniya. Isa sa irerekomenda niyang alisin ang kaniyang dating oversight committee sa Special Purpose Vehicles (Act) sa nakalipas na kongreso, dahil tapos na ang scheme nito. “On the other hand, may ibang oversight committee by mandate of law, ‘di mo naman pwedeng i-cancel unless baguhin mo yung batas. But kung wala nang functions ‘di na popondohan – ganun more or less… it’s just trying to make sense of the system of committee and the use of oversight committees, Read More …
Agence France-Presse 1:25 pm | Friday, March 8th, 2013 MANILA, Philippines—The mortician famous for putting dead dictator Ferdinand Marcos into a glass display case offered his services Friday to the deceased Hugo Chavez, whom Venezuela wants embalmed “like Lenin”. Manila-based embalmer to the stars Frank Malabed stressed experts must act quickly if they wanted to successfully preserve the Venezuelan president, who died on Tuesday from cancer. “I have not been contacted for it but I am always expecting a call. I will process anyone, anywhere,” Malabed, 62, told AFP. He said the methods employed would depend on the condition of the corpse of Chavez, who his successor said on Thursday would be preserved “for eternity”. “What is important is they must not delay (choosing an embalmer). The longer they delay it, the more difficult it would be,” Malabed said. While Venezuelan authorities said they wanted Chavez embalmed “like Lenin”, Malabed said he would not use the same techniques as those employed for the Soviet revolutionary leader. “I was told they preserved Lenin using resin. It’s like making a block of ice. You have a box, you pour water on it and freeze it. If I were asked to do it (embalm Chavez), I would do it differently,” he said. Malabed detailed some chemicals that would need to be used. “You need to inject fluid into the arteries after draining blood from the veins. You use a hypodermic needle for that. Then you replenish it regularly. It has to be checked Read More …