Saturday, September 06, 2008 (Philippines)

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo visits the wake of Fidela Mendoza Magpayo a.k.a Tiya Dely to pay her last respects to the veteran lady broadcaster at the Premier II Chapel of Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina City. (Contributed photo) SENATE President Manuel Villar Jr. on Friday criticized the Supreme Court (SC) decision favoring the use of executive privilege to hide the truth to the anomalous US$329 million broadband deal as an “ominous sign of things to come.” Voting 9-6, the high court upheld last Thursday its March 25 ruling that former economic planning secretary Romulo Neri properly invoked executive privilege in the Senate investigation into the questionable national broadband network (NBN)-ZTE deal. What's your take on the Mindanao crisis? Discuss views with other readers [full story]