The controversial and unbashed anti-PGMA broadsheet Daily Tribune is - fortunately - quite fair to Senator Francis Escudero. I have been an avid reader of Ninez Cacho Olivares favorite newspaper ever since the Hello Garci Issue blasted and bamboozled the current occupant of the Palace. Here are some tidbits from their feiry Commentary section:1. Ambassador Ernesto Maceda (August 2 2006)
Rep. Francis Escudero is correct. The Constitution prescribes that the true state of the President’s health must be made public. Is it cirrhosis of the liver or bleeding ulcers?...
2. Ambassador Ernesto Maceda (May 17 2007) New stars. Chiz Escudero, Darlene Antonino-Custodio, Alan Peter Cayetano and Antonio Trillanes are the new stars of Philippine politics. Against all the forces and pesos of Malacañang, they performed excellently in the mid-term elections.Chiz, Darlene and Alan led the House of Representatives floor fight for the impeachment of GMA.
3. Ambassador Ernesto Maceda (September 27 2007)Brilliant. Sen. Chiz Escudero asked the more substantial questions based on provisions of law and executive orders. Escudero was able to pin down Abalos that in a total of 10 to 11 meetings or chance encounters with personalities involved, Abalos was seen or was present.
Escudero revealed a memorandum of agreement with China, which mandates that no announcement or press release on the ZTE contract be made without the consent of the other party, or complete secrecy.
4. Rudy Romero (January 7 2008)Together with his fellow Representatives Alan Peter Cayetano and Gilbert Remulla, Francis Escudero of Sorsogon made life miserable for Gloria and Mike Arroyo and their lackeys in 2007. The voters rewarded Escudero and Cayetano with Senate seats in the May elections.
5. Armida Siguion Reyna (January 12 2008)Third on my list, would be the senatorial elections last May, where three young men made history. Chiz Escudero placed second, when very few thought him possibly top-notcher; Antonio Trillanes IV was 11th, when no one thought he’d be at least 13th; and the third guy, well you know who got to the Senate without even winning, so history pa rin iyon. There at the Senate plays the irony of ironies: Ang nanalo, ayaw paupuin, ang ‘di talagang nanalo, pinaupo at pinapayagang pumapel.
This has nothing to do with any issues but I just find it funny that everyone's favorite Dragon still has time to discuss pertinent issues such as, "Senator Zubiri’s bottom, Sen. Joker Arroyo has now targeted Sen. Chiz Escudero for not wearing the proper dress attire..."
Yup. Bottoms and proper dress...since when did the Joker became a fashion police?! That was taken from an article of Maceda.
Just click the links if you want to read the original articles. This blog acknowledges tribune.net.ph for the picture.
