State of the Visit

According to our Washington ear-spies, the US National Security Council is re-assessing whether POTUS (code word for the President of the United States) should continue with his trip to the Philippines in October or not, in view of the recent escape of Jemaah Islamayah bomber Al-Ghozi. CIA and FBI operatives on the ground are in fact evaluating whether the escape of Al-Ghozi would have serious implications on the personal security of POTUS. The operatives are concerned that if the PNP can be bought and bribed as investigations of the Al-Ghozi escape strongly suggest, then POTUS’ movements would be greatly compromised. A cancellation of the Bush visit could derail the plans of GMA’s closest "adviser" and the "firm" for 2004.

Greenperez initiatives

Good news: Even as Energy Secretary Vince Perez works day and night to forestall a power crisis by 2005 as allegedly predicted by the Little Lady herself a few months back, our ear-spies disclosed that Perez is also working to convert in due time a DOE Central Luzon "white elephant" into a hazardous waste management facility. This is good news for the Japanese and American embassies that have been complaining about the country’s apparent lack of initiative on this issue of hazardous wastes.

Political extrabraganza

A few days ago, while inside a restaurant on a rainy night, our eye-spy saw a Cabinet secretary together with a group of people who seemed to be strategizing for the Little Lady while a stunning mestiza beside him adoringly looked on (they were munching on German-style crispy pata). Meanwhile, it was learned that Lakas has reinstated Secretary Angelo Reyes and Bong Revilla in its senatorial slate due to rising survey points. For a while, these two were in the "nuisance candidate" zone. The Presidential advisers have supposedly zeroed in on Kabayan Noli de Castro as the MVP, or Malacañang Vice Presidential candidate, because of his runaway winnability. Our eye-spies saw Gringo and his PMA Class ’71 and members of JUSMAG having lunch recently. Our eye-spies said, either they were talking about old times, or Gringo and his PMA Class were already sounding out the Americans for support in 2004. There’s more to getting America’s support than feasting on apple pie.

Sharp infighting

CF Sharp, one of the top manning agencies in the country, is now the main subject of the squabble between the late Arturo Rocha’s half brothers – Johnny and Tony Lou – even before the cement on Arturo’s crypt has fully dried up. Our ear-spies disclosed that his wife, shortly after the burial, started putting Arturo’s properties on the selling block before her late husband’s half-brothers can get their hands on them, including the Maserati that Jukebox Queen Victoria wrote about.

All in a day's work

Boy, oh boy! Some people just have all the luck! Imagine bagging P50 million in just 24 hours! This presidential consultant and his horde, so our ear-spies heard, got in the middle of a deal between two real estate biggies who initially needed to get the thumbs up from government for their private transaction. Consequently, they met a high official of the Palace to make the necessary consultations. As the two biggies left the room of a high official who gave them an unconditional green light, they were stopped by the presidential consultant by the door and somehow got the two biggies to follow his lead. He asked them to have a "review" of the transaction by the Palace’s law firm just to be sure. But since the deal must be closed by Good Friday, the presidential consultant said not to worry since the law firm can do it all in a jiffy for a fee of P50 million – which he knew was just a drop in the bucket for the two real estate biggies. It was all in a day’s work for this presidential consultant.

The Big Pretender

It’s finally confirmed – there are no jobs for Filipino overseas workers in the reconstruction of Iraq, and "Mr. Big Spender" presidential adviser is now wobbling around the Palace trying to get out of his "Mr. Big Pretender" jacket. So, where did the P10 million go? As one can plainly see, Mr. Big Pretender blew it all in expensive First Class tickets and accommodations to as far as Kuwait – where Mr. Big Pretender will not be hit by bullets. As for the OFWs, all they got out of the P10 million was a big lump on the head courtesy of the "Mr. Big Spender-Mr. Big Pretender" himself.

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