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HFCNE 05292010:News Ed.Qxd OPINION LEGAL NOTES MAINLAND NEWS inside look Obama: 7 Heavy Visa Demand 13 Civil Rights Groups 14 MAY 29, 2010 Kiss of Death Puts Nurses In U.S. In Sue to Stop Arizona in Hawaii Tight Spot Immigration Law H AWAII’ S O NLY W EEKLY F ILIPINO - A MERICAN N EWSPAPER MORATO: 7 COMELEC EXECUTIVES INVOLVED IN POLL FRAUD By Delon PORCALLA ANILA, Philippines - Former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) chairman Manuel Morato yesterday claimed a group of men that included offi- M cials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) had approached him to ensure the victory of administration presidential candidate Gilberto Teodoro for P1 billion. Morato made the statement before the House Morato confirmed the earlier claims of lawyer Ho- committee on suffrage and electoral reforms led mobono Adaza that seven people, four of them Com- by Makati City Rep. Teodoro “Teddyboy” Locsin elec regional directors, were involved in the cheating and said he turned down the offer on behalf of operation. Teodoro. “I would like to clarify that it is not my intention to Claiming that he is “completely ignorant” of malign any candidate here. There is nothing scan- computers, Morato testified before the committee dalous in what I will be telling. It (cheating operation) that he is “convinced” that technical irregularities was offered to Gibo (Teodoro) through me. I was sup- were indeed committed in the automated May 10 posed to be the conduit,” he said. elections. Morato clarified though that he turned down the Locsin initially wanted to hear the former offer, telling the group that it was “out of character for PCSO chief in executive session on what could be Gibo” to avail of such services. hearsay testimony. Morato said he initially allowed the group to ex- But Morato insisted he had first-hand infor- plain to him how the cheating operation could work mation since he was personally approached by “profiting from the information I was getting from them” Former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office chairman Manuel Morato seven people who offered to ensure the poll vic- testifies on alleged fraud in the May 10 polls at the hearing of the House tory of Teodoro. (continued on page <None>) Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reform OFWs, Beneficiaries to Enjoy ZTE deal: First Gentleman Lower Remittance Fees Cleared; Abalos, Neri Face Starting 3rd Quarter Raps Lawrence AGCAOILI By By Michael PUNONGBAYAN ANILA, Philippines - Overseas Fil- ANILA, Philippines - Former elections chair- ipino workers (OFWs) and their man Benjamin Abalos and Social Security M System president Romulo Neri will be M beneficiaries are expected to enjoy lower remittance fees starting the third charged with graft before the Sandiganbayan for quarter of the year once the Philippine their alleged part in the controversy-ridden contract Payments and Settlements System between the government and Chinese firm ZTE (Philpass) Remit System becomes fully Corp. for the national broadband network (NBN) operational, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilip- project. inas (BSP) announced yesterday. However, the Office of the Ombudsman ab- The BSP said the settlement of OFW solved First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo of the remittances through the Philpass Remit same charges. Former COMELEC Chairman (continued on page 5) Benjamin Abalos System would result in savings of between P100 and P500 per transaction as current back-end processing fee. With the migra- HAWAII FILIPINO CHRONICLE PRESORTED system charges between P150 and P550 tion to the new system, the fee will be re- 94-356 WAIPAHU DEPOT RD., 2ND FLR. STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE per transaction. duced to P50 for each remittance WAIPAHU, HI 96797 PAID HONOLULU, HI “This will reduce the cost of remit- transaction as the BSP will be charging PERMIT NO. 9661 ting money from the OFW remitter to the banks a minimal amount for the settle- beneficiary. Under the existing system, ment of transactions,” the BSP explained. beneficiaries pay from P150 to P550 as (continued on page 4) HAWAII FILIPINO CHRONICLE - NEWS EDITION 2 MAY 29, 2010 EDITORIAL ployee who used to be assigned at the chairman’s No Sweeping office, Melchor Magdamo, and a volunteer of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting, Under the Rug Arwin Serrano, questioned the deal. The com- ot too long ago, the Commission on Elec- missioners decided that the folders were too ex- tions faced a string of scandals, with one of travagant and that the contract called for 135,520 N them not even related to the conduct of more folders than what was needed. The deal elections. By most assessments, the Comelec was then scrapped. has managed to redeem itself following the suc- Did someone try to pull a fast one on the cess of the country’s venture into poll automa- Comelec? The other day, the commissioners tion, although losing candidates and their summoned Magdamo and Serrano, who thought relatives will disagree. they would be commended for blowing the whis- The Comelec should sustain its momentum tle on the deal. Instead the two were berated for in regaining public trust by confronting questions casting doubt on the Comelec Bids and Awards regarding its supply procurement. Those ques- Committee, and Serrano ended up in a shouting tions led to the scrapping of a deal that would match with Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer. have made the Comelec buy 1.8 million ballot se- This is a fight the Comelec cannot win in the crecy folders at a cost of P690 million, or P380 court of public opinion. Magdamo found public each. The contract was initially awarded to a sympathy in lamenting that he thought they had company that applied for a patent to its folder de- saved taxpayers nearly P700 million. The elec- sign 17 days before submitting its bid to the Com- tions survived without the plastic folders, with the elec. One Time Carbon or OTC Paper Supply, Comelec using ordinary, cheaper ones instead. If which has reportedly won other supply contracts at the Comelec, offered to Comelec commissioners do not want to hear criticism of their bidding com- produce folders made of polypropylene or hard plastic and as long as the mittee and its head, Maria Lea Alarkon, they should turn over the investi- new ballots. gation of this case entirely to another body. It is not a case that can be swept Comelec commissioners were about to approve the bid when an em- under the Comelec rug. (www.philstar.com) mation of a new president and vice president. Good as Dead Media groups are still pushing for ratification of the proposed law within s members of the 14th Congress rushed legislative work in the final the next two weeks. But Speaker Prospero Nograles has pointed out that the weeks before they adjourned for the campaign period, they made all two congressional chambers convened in joint session starting yesterday A the right noises about their commitment to freedom of access to infor- not for legislation but to serve as a canvassing body. Like all other bills that mation. Congressional leaders assured the nation, particularly media groups were not acted upon, House leaders said the proposed Freedom of Infor- that have been pressing for it, that the proposed Freedom of Information mation Act would simply be referred by the current Congress to the next Act would be passed into law. one. The proposal will then have to go through the regular legislative mill in The bicameral conference committee did its job and so did the Senate, the 15th Congress, and there is no certainty that it will ever reach this far. ratifying the consolidated version of the bill. The one that dropped the ball This proposal has been tossed around in the halls of Congress for 14 was the House of Representatives. The House failure was not surprising, years. What stymied the effort this time? The lack of a quorum, which on coming from the chamber that has long been perceived as a rubberstamp the final legislative session day in February was blamed on the fight over of Malacañang. Legislative allies of President Arroyo were expected to con- who should serve as representative of Cebu: Benhur Salimbangon, who tinue shielding her and her administration from attempts to extract sensitive was unseated at the last minute by the Supreme Court, or Celestino Mar- information from government agencies — the kind of information that Mala- tinez III. In keeping with the opaqueness that has characterized gover- cañang wants protected with executive privilege. nance in the past years, the House is proving to be good to the last drop. As Congress resumed session in the final days before a new govern- (www.philstar.com) ment comes in, the House became preoccupied with fishing for evidence of electronic poll fraud, with a parade of losing candidates, or relatives of los- ers, as resource persons. When the search for the source of the distraction started pointing in the direction of Malacañang, House leaders finally got down to the main business of Congress: national canvassing and the procla- HAWAII-PHILIPPINE NEWS EDITION Contributing Writers Advertising/Marketing Director Columnists Calvin Alonzo, O.D., Clement Bautista, Linda Chona A. Montesines-Sonido Charlie Y. SONIDO, M.D. Carlota Ader Dela Cruz, Fiedes Doctor, Gregory Bren Garcia, Publisher and Executive Editor Carlo Cadiz, M.D. Danny de Gracia II, Amelia Jacang, M.D., Account Executives Sen. Will Espero Caroline Julian, Paul Melvin Palalay, M.D., Carlota Ader Chona A. Grace F. Fong, Ed.D. Glenn Wakai J. P. Orias MONTESINES-SONIDO Mayor Mufi Hannemann Creative Designer Big Island Distributor Publisher and Managing Editor Governor Linda Lingle Junggoi Peralta Ruth Elynia Mabanglo, Ph.D. Elmer Acasio Dennis GALOLO J. P. Orias Philippine Correspondent Ditas Udani Edwin QUINABO Pacita Saludes Guil Franco Reuben S.
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