Makikipagkita lang daw si Krista nang palihim kay Manny Pacquiao. At balitang pinasundo pa raw ito ng helicopter ni Pacman para magkita sila sa isang ‘di ma-lamang lugar sa America.

Ang latest na tsika ay ang pagpunta sa isang gro-cery ni Krista sa America kung saan sangkatutak daw ang pinamili nito na halos mapuno ang dalang kotse. At kabuntot na naman ng balitang ito ang name ni Pac-man, na siyang gumastos daw ng pinamili ni Krista.

Lahat nga ng gawin nga-yon ng controversial actress ay kabuntot ang pangalan ng Pambansang Kamao. Kaya nga napaaga raw si Jinkee sa pagpunta sa U.S. para bantayan ang mister. Sobrang naaapektuhan na raw ang maybahay ni Manny sa naglalabasang nagkikita nang palihim sina Krista at kanyang mister.

Sa showbiz ay walang naililihim lalo‘t sikat na celebrity ang sangkot. Heto pa, ano naman kaya ang reaction ni Suzette Ranillo sa bagong tsikang binigyan ng mga alahas ni Pacman si Krista worth more than five million pesos?

Sabihin kaya ni Suzette, na Tita ni Krista, o ng mga Ranillo, na may pera din si-lang pambili ng mga alahas?

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“He (Enrile) sent a blast text message to all majority members that this is a conscience vote and he will not bind the members of the majority to vote either in favor or against (the report’s findings and recommendations). It’s up to us as to what we have seen in the evidence in the committee report,” Zubiri said, referring to the committee of the whole report on the alleged unethical conduct of Villar.

In a radio interview, Zubiri revealed that he recently received instructions from the Senate chief to schedule the debates and final voting on committee report No. 780 by Wednesday, their last day of plenary session before they go on another round of congressional break.

The majority leader was specifically told by Enrile to ensure that there will be voting on the panel report.

“Win or lose for the majority, he said, there should be voting on it. He said he’s leaving it to me when to schedule the report. He texted me yesterday (Saturday) to set the date for voting. So I’m appealing to my colleagues in the minority that if possible, we take this up this Wednesday, the entire Wednesday. We will start the debates at 3 o’clock until sawa para magkaroon ng botohan dyan,” he said.

Zubiri admitted that he deliberately scheduled the report mid this week to prevent another clash on the floor between some of the warring senators and this will only derail

their proceedings.

“No one can prevent our colleagues to take the floor and denate with the authors of the two resolution (that called for the conduct of an inquiry), for or in favour of the C-5 road report,” he said.

Zubiri dismissed claims made by Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. that the majority bloc is merely buying time to ensure that they will have enough votes to nail down Villar.

“They can out political color into this but they know that we have a lot of pending bills needed to be acted upon,” he said.

“I am hoping that our colleagues, these are statesmen and women, will accede to my request to deliberate on this on Wednesday and pagkatapos magkamayan tayo at umpiasahan natin ang electoral campaign.

“I think the voting will not be anymore on the report (or resolution) of the minority but on the report of the committee of the whole which was sponsored by Enrile. Useless na magkaroon ng botohan on the resolution dahil pareho lang topic dyan. What take precendence is the committee report of the majority.

“Mayroon po tayong fundamental question on how many votes are needed to censure. There is the group of Sen. Pimentel and Santiago that 16 votes is needed. There is another group led by Enrile, and myself included, it needs 12 votes or simple majority only. This is not suspension or removal of the office as senator. Ito po ay censure lamang.

“But at the end of the day, the decision will be made by the Senate as collegial body. I think it’s up to us senators to decide. Wala sa rules we are allowed to amend our rules for that particular issue only,” he added.

An ally of Villar, meanwhile, said the C-5 road controversy may continue hounding the beleaguered candidate for the presidency even during the campaign period.

Time may ran out on senators who are expected to go on a head-on collision in resuming this week the floor debates on the committee of the whole report on the alleged ethical misconduct of Villar surrounding the C-5 road extension project, as Congress is set to go on another recess.

“It’s possible that we may not be able to finish the debates and I always have this doubt that they wanted to put this in hanging so that they can use it as a political issue against Villar, of course,” Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said, in reference to the majority bloc members, during an interview over at dzBB.

Pimentel reiterated his assessment that the majority bloc is buying time, the reason the matter of the committee report was put in their so-called legislative calendar for Wednesday, the last day of their plenary sessions to ensure that they could muster the needed numbers should deliberations bring them to voting process.

At least two members are already abroad, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada who is in the United States to attend to the medical needs of his wife and Sen. Panfilo Lacson.

“So they’re not sure if they can get more than 12 (votes) or absolute majority. We feel that we need not put any requirements on what should be the number of votes to impose the penalty on Villar,” he said.

Villar, who is effectively found “guilty” of unethical conduct in funding the C-5 road extension project is called to be “censured” by the upper chamber and refund the cost of P6.2 billion of the project to the government.

“The ball is in the hands of the majority. They’re the ones deciding on what will be our agenda (during plenary proceedings). If they want debates to go on even after life, then we’ll accede to it. It’s really up to them if they want another round of protracted debates, even a messy one,” he said.

“The problem now is, if they will place it in the agenda, we will insist that we interpellate on the committee report. We cannot allow it to be disposed just like that and it will take two to three days to finish,” he said.

Pimentel pointed out that there are actually two reports they need to debate on in the issue of C-5 controversy, the committee report that meted Villar with penalties and the resolution filed by the minority bloc and some members of the majority seeking to absolve the senator from the charges.

“It would be better if there will be an all-senators caucus like what we used to do in the past. We need not take this on a personal level. It will be clear to everyone how the deliberations will be carried, smoother proceedings,” he said.

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“Nagte-text kami pa-minsan-minsan (ni Efren). Minsan, pumupunta siya sa bahay kasama ang kids at minsan lumalabas din kami at nanonood ng sine kasama siyempre ang mga bata. Alam naman niyang friend lang kami. Ayokong magpaasa sa taong nagi-effort at ang bait-bait naman ni-ya talaga,” say ni Angel

Would you believe, si Efren pa ang tumatawag kay Luis at Lipa Governor Vilma Santos para malaman ng mga ito ang tunay na relas-yon nila ni Angel.

“Napaka-proper niya. Siguro, ayaw niyang ma-ka-offend. Bakit kasi may ibang lumalabas na balita. Si Tita (Vilma Santos), sa-nay na siya sa showbiz kaya alam kong naiintindihan niya ang sitwasyon,” dagdag ni Angel.

Nagpapasalamat si An-gel na nagkaroon siya ng ka-ibigan na nagbibigay sa kanya ng inspirasyon na gumawa ng mabuti para sa bayan at lalong mapalapit sa Pa-nginoon.

“Binigyan niya ako ng libro na nagbibigay ng kasagutan sa mga bagay na ‘di ko alam at lahat ng kasagutan ay makikita mo roon.”

Well, kung ganyan ang paghanga ni Angel kay Efren Peñaflorida ay hindi naka-pagtataka kung mahulog din ang loob niya sa CNN Hero.

Maaaring hindi ngayon dahil sariwa pa ang sugat sa puso ni Angel. At nandiyan pa si Luis na ginagawa ang lahat para manumbalik ang kanilang naudlot na pagma-mahalan.

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In fact, mula nang makilala niya si Georgina nu’ng dyowa pa ito ng kapatid ay humanga na siya sa ganda ng dalaga.

Perfect partner daw sina Georgina at Chard kung ang dalawa ang magkakatuluyan.

Hindi nabanggit ni minsan ni Ruffa si Jewel Mische na natsi-tsismis ngayong kinalolokohan ni Chard. Maging ang parents ni Chard ay tutol kung si Jewel ang magiging ka-sintahan ng aktor. Although wala namang sinasabing masama against Jewel ang pamilya ni Chard.

Well, hindi masisisi si Ruffa na humanga kay Georgina dahil talaga naman itong maganda at super-lakas ng sex appeal.

Sabi nga, kapag dumaan sa harapan mo si Georgina, hahabulin mo talaga ito ng tingin.

Marami nga ang super-inggit kay Chard nang malamang naging dyowa niya si Georgina.

If ever pasukin din ni Georgina ang showbiz, si-guradong maraming magpapantasya sa magandang modelo.

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Pero ano nga ba ang totoong dahilan kung bakit kay tagal bago muling nagkaroon ng primetime show si Juday?

“Parang, mag-ina ‘yan eh! May mga konting hindi pagkakaunawaan. May mga konting tampuhan na naaayos din naman. Open naman ako sa ABS-CBN management. Kung ano ang naging tampo ko ay sina-sabi ko naman sa kanila at nakita ko naman, in fairness, ‘yung pagiging professional nila at ‘yung pagsuyo nila at pagbibigay ng effort para suyuin ako. Hindi naman talaga maiwasang may mga ganoong tampuhan lang naman! No-ong kinausap nila ako, si-nabi ko lang naman sa kanila na sa susunod ay huwag naman akong abutin ng tatlong taong walang trabaho, mga isang taon at kalahati lang, okey lang sa akin,” bungisngis na pagkukuwento sa amin ni Juday sa presscon ng Habang May Buhay.

Hindi maiwasang kulitin ang sikat na aktres kung ano naman ang kanyang reaksiyon sa naging desisyon ni Claudine na lumipat sa bakuran ng GMA-7!

“May mga bagay-bagay na dumarating tayo sa puntong kailangan nating gumawa ng desisyon katulad ng desisyong ginawa ni Claudine. Isang mabigat na desisyon ‘yun at bilib ako kay Claudine dahil napanindigan niya ‘yun. Siyempre, hindi na siya tulad noong dati na single lang, isa na siyang pamilyadong tao at kailangan mayroon siyang hanapbuhay, ‘di ba? Bilib ako sa kanya!” komento ni Juday.

Minsan niya na rin bang naisipang mag-ober da bakod?

“Oo naman! Jusko day, mga apat na beses ko na yatang naisip gawin ‘yun, pero tulad nga ng sinabi ko kanina, may mga bagay na kailangan lang pag-usapan at huwag pabigla-bigla sa pagpapasya! Hindi naman ako perpektong tao at tao lang din naman akong nakikiramdam din!” aniya.

Mismong si Juday na rin ang nagsabing wala na nga sa bansa kundi nasa Amerika na ang kaibigan niyang si Beth Tamayo.

“Alam ni Beth kung gaano ko siya kamahal bilang kaibigan at hindi ko na kailangang sabihin ‘yun sa kanya dahil alam niya na ‘yun! Bago siya umalis, nag-usap kami at ang alam ko ay okey na siya ngayon, and she’s doing good and great already at mas masaya ako para sa kanya,” pahayag ng Queen of teleserye ng Dos.

Ngayong February 1 na mapapanood ang pagbabalik-primetime ni Juday via Habang May Buhay.

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A censure is neither a suspension nor an expulsion of a member of Congress, or more specifically, a Senate member.

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said this yesterday, adding, however, that criminal prosecution and imprisonment of Villar is possible, if the case is pursued before the courts.

“He will continue to be a senator. And all we will be saying is ‘don’t engage in this misconduct anymore. Don’t repeat this misconduct. If he continues to do it, the Filipino people will say: ‘Tell your senator colleagues so that they will know that the money that was taken from the budget was used for your project from which you benefited,’” Enrile said in a radio interview yesterday.

Enrile said it will be up for the courts to decide on the fate of Villar, in which jail term is among the possible penalties.

The Senate chief maintained that while they merely recommended that Villar be censured for funding in the 2008 national budget, a portion of the C-5 road extension project where some of his known real estate properties are found along its stretch, Enrile said information gathered by the committee of the whole is considered “credible substantial evidence.”

“If his (Villar’s) case is brought to a court of law, he will be jailed. We have evidence and based on the evidence, it says (Villar is) guilty,” he said.

Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago earlier contradicted Enrile’s position on the matter of standard of proof, saying that this is not provided by the Rules of the Senate.

“The draft committee report uses the following standard: ‘credible substantial evidence.’ I humbly submit that the standard of proof should be proof beyond reasonable doubt.”

Proof beyond reasonable doubt is the requirement in convicting an accused in criminal cases. In civil cases, the proof needed is merely a proponderance of evidence.

“In my humble opinion, there should be a different standard of proof on the two occasions when the Senate exercises its power to investigate. The first occasion is when the Senate conducts ordinary public hearings of a criminal nature, which usually ends in a recommendation for preliminary investigation to the Ombudsman. This being the case, the standard is low: prima facie standard, which is lower than the probable cause standard in a preliminary investigation.

“However, on the second occasion, when the Senate conducts an ethical investigation of its own members, the proceedings do not end in a mere recommendation to another government agency. On the contrary, an ethics investigation in the Senate leads to a decision which is immediately executory. According to the Senate rules, penalty is imposed by two-thirds vote of the entire membership. The Senate may punish any member for disorderly behavior, and may either go to the extent of suspending the senator, or expelling him. This being the case, since the penalty can be as high as expulsion, an ethics investigation can, in effect, even impose the capital punishment on a senator, by expelling him from the Senate. Hence, the standard of proof should be the same as the standard of proof in criminal cases: “proof beyond reasonable doubt.”

“Respondent Senator Villar preferred not to participate in the investigation. Analogous to a civil case, the committee can validly issue an order of default, or consider Senator Villar to have filed a demurrer to evidence. Analogous to a criminal case, the Senate investigation was a valid trial in absentia. Under the Rules of Court, absence of the accused is considered a waiver of the right to defend himself.

“The draft committee report admits that there is “no direct evidence” against Senator Villar. This being so, the lack of direct evidence does not meet the standard of “proof beyond reasonable doubt,” she said

Santiago is a senatorial candidate in the ticket of Villar.

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“I welcome any interpellation on that,” Enrile said, referrring to the attempt by Villar to strike a deal with him during a luncheon meeting sometime in August last year in exchange for a favorable resolution on the C-5 road extension project controversy where he is alleged to have anomalously funded.

“I had a companion when this lunch took place. Villar came alone. He had no companion. I was expecting that he would be accompanied by somebody. But evidently, he did not bring anybody simply because he was going to talk the way he talked,” Enrile said.

“We have no reason to fabricate these things and I think the gentleman knows where the truth lies,” he added.

Villar, on the other hand, insisted that no such bribe attempt or even offer of help to the veteran lawmaker took place in that meeting, but he also refuses to bring this up in the Senate, preferring to deny this bribe charge and other charges leveled against him through the media, along with his Nacionalista Party spokesmen making the rounds of media and denying the bribe offer made to Enrile.

He admitted through interviews that he was “hurt” by Enrile’s latest allegations against him, appealing to his colleagues to refrain from resorting to what he called below the belt accusations.

“The accusation made by Enrile hurts, but even if I have hurt feelings toward him, that’s still okay, but not that way. That is not right. There have been so many charges leveled against me even in the report which is full of lies. I borrowed money. I offered a bribe. Everything is a personal attack,” he said.

Villar stressed that his critics in the Senate appear to be running out of issues against him that they are now getting into taking it on a a personal level.

He maintained that there is no reason for him to seek out Enrile, much more ask for a favorable decision because he’s not guilty of the charges.

“At the right time, I will answer these charges, but I will not involve myself in such antics,” Villar said.

Instead, he set his NP attack dogs against Enrile, with NP senatorial candidate Adel Tamano yesterday saying that the bribery charges hurled by Enrile against Villar “defies human experience,” adding it is unusual for a high public official to report an alleged crime months after it took place.

“Enrile’s accusations are highly improbable and uncommon if based on human experience. He should ask himself: Is it normal behavior for a person to report a crime four months after it allegedly occurred?” said Tamano.

“If he wanted to be at least credible in his claims, Enrile should have reported it right away. But since it was told belatedly, Enrile’s statements now belong to the realm of the incredible.”

He said Enrile’s “ill-motivated smear campaign” against Villar has turned from bad to worse and from the ridiculous to the outrageous.

“At first, he said it was his duty to bring out the committee report on the C-5 Road Extension Project as the principal sponsor to allay fears of being politically motivated. And all of a sudden, Senator Enrile had a change of heart. The C-5 issue in the Senate is turning from bad to worse, and Senator Enrile’s handling of the issue is turning from ridiculous to outrageous,” Tamano said.

“With this new accusation, we no longer doubt that the whole exercise is political in nature,” he added.

Enrile said he did not bring up the alleged bribery attempt during hearings on the road project because he didn’t want to destroy Villar’s case.

Meanwhile, the continuation of plenary debates on the committee of the whole report No. 780 was shelved, at least for yesterday’s plenary proceedings to pave for the approval of pending bills.

Congress has three remaining session days left before they go into another recess.

The panel report carries the recommendation on Villar to be censured by the Senate and for him to refund to the government the over P6 billion cost of the C-5 road project.

Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said they in the majority bloc, called for a “ceasefire” on the deliberations of the C-5 report so as not to derail the passage of pending bills.

Tension flared up within the halls of the Senate when the matter was brought on the floor, with political allies and foes of Villar lashing against each other, others, even resorting to name calling.

“As of now, it’s ceasefire time for all of us because of the many pending bills that are a priority,” he said.

Based on the explanation given by Zubiri, the move to suspend the debates was also aimed at averting a possible stalemate in voting for the adoption of the report, especially in the matter requiring 12 or 16 votes will be an issue.

Sources from the Villar camp said Enrile’s ranks do not appear solid in voting for the report as there are those who seem to be apprehensive in coming out in the open as to their “actual” stand on the case against Villar.

“That’s why they want to push for votation,” Zubiri said, referring to the minority bloc, moving to put the report to a vote.

“For me, let’s do it for next week whatever the outcome of the voting. Of course, if one in the group moves to adjourn then there’s nothing we can do. I just wish to ask the minority if we can do this on Monday. We will go on with the voting.”

Zubiri said this has the blessings of Enrile, the Senate chief who is said is concerned over the issue of another round of floor debates which is turning out to be a circus-like, as described by observers and reported in the media.

“It’s no ploy to delay. There’s no ploy to delay, believe me. If there’s anything I want to do, it is to finish it already. We’re just out to dispose of our job, our duties,” he said.

“There are many of us who want to work. We don’t want trouble. Let’s reserve next week for the boxing match. The final boxing match,” he said.

Sources said the ranks of the majority bloc are polarized insofar as “voting” on the panel report is concerned, as there are those who are said to be having some apprehensions in exposing themselves to be sympathetic to Villar.

A possible stalemate is seen when voting procedure comes, sources said.

Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. suspects the move as a possible delaying tactic by the majority bloc, considering that they are not likely be able to carry even at least the number of a “simple majority” or 12 votes for the adoption of the report, with the absence of Sen. Panfilo Lacson.

Pimentel said they could only be “buying time” in the hope of gathering enough support.

“We are ready for interpellation, we are ready for debate, we are ready for the vote since yesterday. They (majority) were rushing this. Why don’t they want to tackle it today? They have the control of the agenda,” Sen. Joker Arroyo, a member of the minority bloc, said.

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