The Lighthouse that Brought Darkness

23 03 2009

Mr. President, Distinguished colleagues:

Today, I rise on a matter of personal and collective privilege.

Two years ago, the country was caught in a political maelstrom brought about by revelations arising from voice tapes taken of a man and a woman, the identities of whom have since been laid public.

It all started when on June 6, 2005, no less than Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye, in his office in Malacañang itself, bared two compact disc recordings, one probably real, the other obviously doctored, where a man and a woman’s conversations were quite audible.

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Man at the Market

23 03 2009

That the Arroyo administration is actually training all its guns on opposition Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson to prevent him this early from emerging as a serious contender for the presidency speaks a lot about his no-nonsense fight against corruption and his championing for the cause of the country’s poor and downtrodden.

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Man at the Market

23 03 2009

That the Arroyo administration is actually training all its guns on opposition Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson to prevent him this early from emerging as a serious contender for the presidency speaks a lot about his no-nonsense fight against corruption and his championing for the cause of the country’s poor and downtrodden.

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