Court okays Napoles transfer to Laguna fort

ESTRADA WAS HERE This bungalow inside the Fort Sto. Domingo training camp for police special forces in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, awaits its latest occupant, Janet Lim-Napoles, after playing host to previous detainees like former President Joseph Estrada, former Moro National Liberation Front chair Nur Misuari and Sen. Gringo Honasan, Fort Sto. Domingo. Photo by CERES DOYO Phiilppine Daily Inquirer/by Jaymee Gamil Janet Lim-Napoles will be on the...

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Endless could haves, should haves, would haves

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo The stolen billions could have been spent for this … and that. Millions of poor people could have benefited … countless lives would have been improved, etc. Instead, the money went to the pockets of a few greedy individuals. The should haves, could haves and would haves are endless. And now we are not surprised that the waylaid P10 billion is just the tip of the iceberg. More pork barrel-“ghost...

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Ground swell in August

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo Something about August. Many of us who are August-born have not failed to notice that the many fateful and earthshaking events in this country’s historical timeline happened in this month. It is a month when we remember guns, bombs, blood, fire and water tearing through our nation’s life—the Plaza Miranda bombing, the assassination of Ninoy Aquino, etc. So life-changing were these August events...

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Tagle: 'You can be better than this'

Phiippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo Fighting back tears, Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle answered ABS-CBN reporter Nina Corpus’ question on the alleged channeling of a staggering P10 billion in lawmakers’ pork barrel funds to fake nongovernment organizations. What, she asked, would the cardinal want to say to those who engineered the scam?   While the cardinal was clearing a lump in his throat a hush fell on the room full of...

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Legit but fake--an oxymoron?

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo I have not yet heard anyone utter “legit but fake” in one breath to describe the nongovernment organizations that allegedly siphoned off some P10 billion in lawmakers’ pork barrel funds and have none or little to show in terms of beneficiaries and accomplishments. But I have heard the words “legitimate/accredited” from those allegedly involved and their defenders. And the words “fake/bogus/fly-by-night/dummy”...

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NGOs eager for NGO transparency (2)

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo Last week I wrote about nongovernment organizations coming together to address alleged corruption in their sector. In attendance were 50 NGO/civil society representatives concerned about the recent exposés of lawmakers’ pork barrel funds being channeled into bogus NGOs. The exposés have badly smeared the NGO/CS sector.   The founders of bogus and fly-by-night NGOs who pocketed the people’s money should be lined up against the wall, but there are also legitimate NGOs that are problematic...

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