Prince of peace.Images of the Santo Niño in his various manifestations are carried in a procession around Sto. Niño parish in Tondo at yesterday’s feast day of the Holy Child. Pandacan and Makati were among the other Metro Manila places which joined the festivity.
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Destabilization jitters Police in M. Manila, 3 regions
on red alert
BY RAYMOND AFRICA
THE PNP yesterday placed policemen in Metro
Manila and three regions under full alert in preparation for
mass actions timed with the seventh anniversary of "Edsa 2" and
the Mendiola massacre 21 years ago.
Under the highest alert since 6 a.m.
yesterday are police in the National Capital Region, Central and
Southern Luzon, Mimaropa (Mindoro-Marinduque-Romblon-Palawan),
and the Special Action Force.
Authorities have been saying there is a fresh
destabilization move which Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez has
said would be launched between January 17 and 22 during protest
rallies.
IS the Office of the Ombudsman getting soft
on scalawags in government?
Based on the year-end report of the
Sandiganbayan, criminal indictments filed by the Ombudsman
against public officials nosedived from 520 in 2006 to 93 last
year, the lowest ever in the Ombudsman’s 29-year existence.
Included in the number were eight cases
elevated by regional trial courts for appeal at the
Sandiganbayan.
VILLAR-De Castro for 2010? Or is it De
Castro-Villar?
The Wednesday Club, a powerful bloc in the
Senate, is discussing a Senate President Manuel Villar and Vice
President Noli de Castro tandem for 2010.
Sen. Joker Arroyo, the most senior Wednesday
Club member, yesterday said a Villar-De Castro team, or the
other way around, has been a regular topic in their last three
meetings.
