Solidarity Philippines prays for truth, courage: lauds Lozada’s testimony on ZTE scam
Solidarity Philippines lauds the courage of Rodolfo Lozada Jr. in
revealing what he knows about the corruption involving high government
officials. His testimony further confirms that former Comelec Chair
Abalos earmed a big sum of his retirement package from the
multi-million anomalous ZTE deal.
Solidarity Philippines joins church groups [...]
The Black & White Movement hails the moral courage of Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada, a great Filipino! Though exhausted, stressed and emotionally drained, Jun showed his strength of character as he told his explosive story. By facing his great fear, he found the heroism to defeat it at great risk to his personal safety [...]
Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Satur C. Ocampo today assailed what he called a “Gestapo-like abduction” of Rodolfo Lozada, a witness on the controversial National Broadband Network-ZTE deal.
“The abduction and disappearance of Lozada demonstrate the extreme way equal to the Gestapo methods of the Arroyos in trying to protect themselves from further damaging [...]
As we tremble at the thought that the President and Commander-In-Chief doesn’t have any compunction in violating human rights - as evidenced by the police’s abduction yesterday at the airport of a rich and known personality like Mr. Rodolfo Lozada, Jr., star witness to the anomalous ZTE deal — we are enraged at the systematic, [...]
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Nene” Q. Pimentel,
Jr. (PDP-Laban) today warned that the Arroyo
administration will find itself being hounded by
another scandal if it will insist on revoking its
original decision to award the development of the
government-owned 2,488-square meter Nampeidei property
in Tokyo in favor of another party.
The Nampeidei property, located in the Sibuya District
in Tokyo, was among the [...]
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