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Cong. Rufus Rodriguez is an opposition member in the House (is still he?). Months ago, he said if there are moves to oust Speaker Jose De Venecia Jr., their ranks will rally behind the embattled speaker. According to Rufus, they are supporting in principle Jose de Venecia because the ouster move was meant to punish the Speaker for the latters failure to stop his son, Joey de Venecia from linking Mike Arroyo to the aborted NBN/ZTE deal.

However, Rufus is now singing a different tune. He said he will support Rep. Prospero Nograles of Davao City as Speaker of the House because of the Mindanao bloc. At least the 4 Congressman from Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental namely Rep. Rolando Uy, Rep Yevgeny Emano and Rep. Danilo Lagbas will support Nograles as Speaker.

What about Joey De Venecia’s expose’? Is this a complete turn around by allying himself with the people who want to punish the Speaker because his son exposed the truth?

Tell the people, Cong. Rodriguez. Those who voted you wants to know.

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SET THEM FREE. Lorena Santos, daughter of NDF consutants Elizabeth Principe and Leo Velasco, the latter missing since his abduction in Cagayan de Oro February last year, at a rally before the Court of Appeals, where a petition for a writ of amparo has been filed in the hopes it will help free her parents. PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/RYAN LIM.

How time flies. Its almost a year since Leo Velasco was abducted in the busy J.R. Borja street in Cagayan de Oro in the presence of so many people on February 18, 2007. The men who abducted Velasco even declared, “ Ayaw mo’g kabalaka, sa gobyerno mi.” They were wearing shirts with some government agency markings.