What is happening to the prosecution of the pork barrel cases? Watch how Jessica Soho and Joseph Morong break down the details of the dismissal of more graft cases (8 out of 16) — Joseph Morong — live, on coverage, on his feet, on the street with cars whizzing by, fields difficult questions on the disparities between the evidence and the charges from news anchor Jessica Soho …
in last night’s State of the Nation GMA News TV Channel 24/ Channel 11, 8-minute snippet of the news program embedded here non-commercially for academic purposes from http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/video/216585/stateofthenation/sandiganbayan-ibinasura-ang-8-kasong-graft-laban-kina-usec-relampagos-at-staff
senate #scrappork hearing: Notes on how to show genuineness of signatures of Enrile, Jinggoy, Bong Revilla
News peg: Ongoing Senate committee hearing on the affidavit of pork barrel co-respondent and TRC director Dennis Cunanan (part of the defenses of the pork barrel scam suspects Senators Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada, and Bong Revilla is: the endorsement of the fake NGOs by the senators and their orders to release the funds and implement the bogus projects as shown by their signatures on the pertinent documents — were supposedly forged.
blog admin’s notes: Signatures can be authenticated not just by the person who signed; they can also be authenticated by 1)any person who saw said person sign the documents, 2)or who was present when the person signed the document, 3)or by any person who is familiar with the signature of the person (such as office staff or colleagues or those with whom the person has transacted in the past), or by a handwriting expert. The approval of transactions as evidenced by the signatures may also be proved by the subsequent ratification of those transactions by the person whose signature appears in those documents — in this case, ratification means that the acts or pronouncements of the principal (the senator) subsequent to the transaction show that he had given his assent or approval of the transaction. In the case at hand, the subsequent ratification was made through phone conversations with the principals (the senators) and/ or their duly authorized agents/ representatives (chief of staff); and/or by other subsequent acts, such as: by joining the agents or representatives for a cup of coffee when the transactions were being made or finalized, etc.
Janet Lim-Napoles hospital arrest: Guide for male reporters
News directors should inform their male reporters that the uterus (in Filipino: matris or matres) is different from the ovaries so that they would not cause confusion when they are covering the impending temporary hospital arrest of pork barrel queen Janet Lim-Napoles. Magkaiba po ang uterus sa ovaries. Women who have access to health care and get annual diagnostics know this. Apparently, male reporters think those are all one bunch or one basket. The distinction is significant because uterine tumors, called myomas, if non-symptomatic, are benign in 99 out of 100 cases; symptomatic ovarian cysts on the other hand raise some concern from your ob-gynecologist. “Symptomatic” means there is bleeding outsideof the menstrual days, another is abdominal pain, and still another is a dramatic increase in the size of the cyst or tumor – dramatic increase is 50% or more increase in size in three months or so. GMA 7 news anchor Kara David asked the right question when she posed this to the spot reporter (another male reporter): “Ngayonlang ba nakita na may cyst siya o noon pa niya iniinda iyan” (translation: “Has she had the cyst for quite sometime or was it discovered only recently?”). As I said, women who have access to health care know these things. Of course, as expected, none of the male reporters who were there in Camp Crame covering Janet Lim-Napoles knew the right questions to ask of the attending physician and the ob-gynecologists even if they had a chance during the medical briefing. The question from Kara David is significant — if the cyst has been there for a year or more and it is the same in size or with only an insignificant increase in size, it is what doctors call “not remarkable”. In all your medical diagnostics, if you get a “not remarkable”, it doesn’t mean you’re in poor health; on the contrary, it means “normal” or good — everytime you get a “not remarkable” in your medical exam, you should jump for joy then put your palms together in thankful prayer that you’re always in the clear. Compared to most women in this country who do not have access to health care and who are so marginalized that they are not even able to buy a toothbrush for themselves because they use the few pesos they have to buy noodles for their children, Janet Lim-Napoles should consider herself fortunate that she has access to world-class medical care. We all wish her to be in the best of health so that justice, not just poetic justice, could be served.
