BY JP LOPEZ Ang Pahayagang Malaya www.malaya.com.ph SEN. Mar Roxas yesterday lashed at President Arroyo for "bringing international shame to the country" for her deliberate disregard of the corruption that pervades her administration. "Nakakahiya na talaga. This administration should be ashamed of itself. Si Joc-Joc Bolante, nahuli sa US; si General Carlos Garcia, nahuli sa US; itong mga euro generals, nahuli sa Russia; mga ilang contractors, nabuking ng World Bank," Roxas said. Bolante, a former agriculture undersecretary, has been tagged as mastermind of the P728-million fertilizer mess. Garcia, a former AFP comptroller, was convicted by a general court martial over undeclared wealth. Former PNP police general Eliseo dela Paz was involved in 105,000 euro money scandal. "The entire world knows how corrupt our government is, even arrested these Filipino grafters when caught with their loot, but we cannot put them to justice," Roxas said. Roxas also cited t...

George Orwell was one of the shrewdest, clearest political writers of all time. His book, "1984", is a departure point for a well-argued editorial in today's issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Read on. *** 1984 is once again upon us. We refer to the novel by that title by George Orwell, a prophetic, nightmarish vision of a “negative utopia.” In Orwell’s generation, and even up to now, no other novel has stimulated so much loathing for tyranny and so much desire for freedom. In “1984” the slogans of the Party are the following: WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH Under the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration, the following might be the slogans of the times: FALSEHOOD IS TRUTH CORRUPTION IS SAINTLINESS BLACK IS WHITE, AND EVIL IS GOOD At no time in the history of the current administration has the truth of these supposed “slogans” been more strongly demonstrated than the present. Consider the following: An upright, incorruptible, right-thinking Chi...

EDITORIAL Philippine Star www.philster.net Wednesday, October 1, 2008 The government is planning to phase out the Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corp., which was brought to ruin by its former top officials and, if reports are accurate, used as a milking cow by politicians. But before the phase-out, taxpayers will have to fork out another whopping P475 million to pay off the loans of Quedancor to private creditors. Apart from the additional burden to taxpayers, the gross mismanagement of the government corporation has destroyed the livelihoods of thousands of people who obtained Quedancor loans. Its deactivation will render its employees jobless. Who will pay for this disaster? Congress, which is investigating the Quedancor mess, is waiting for the extradition from the United States of former agriculture secretary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante, whose testimony is also needed in connection with the P728-million fertilizer fund scam. Bolante had fled to the United States as the Senate sough...