Additional Sun Exposure For GMA

MANILA, Philippines - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) granted Thursday an additional one hour sun exposure every afternoon for former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

At the hearing held at the Pasay City regional trial court, the poll body did not oppose the new motion filed by the lawyer of Mrs. Arroyo.

Lawyer Ray Montri Santos filed the motion before RTC Branch 112 under Judge Jesus Mupas on recommendation of Mrs. Arroyo's attending phycisian, Dr. Victoria Javier at the Veteran's Memorial Medical Center (VMMC), where she is currently under hospital arrest. Based on the motion, Javier made a recommendation for additional one hour sun exposure in the afternoon for Mrs. Arroyo due to her Vitamin D deficiency.

Santos prayed to the court to come out with the same order on their Urgent Ad Cautelam they filed last December 13, 2011 that the former president be allowed to leave her room daily to have sun exposure and daily exercise for at least one hour in the morning every day.

Mupas granted the request of Santos on December 21, 2011 that the former president to have at least one hour sun exposure in the morning within the hospital vicinity.

Felda Domingo, court spokesperson, said that the court's order on the motion filed by Santos will favor them since the Comelec did not oppose it. But the Comelec headed by Atty. Maria Juana Valezaasked Mupas to order the attending physicians of the former president at the VMMC to strictly comply with the court's order last February 9 and to submit immediately as possible the monthly medical reports and costs/expenses reports.

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MV Pangilinan to buy GMA network

Manuel Pangilinan, one of the Philippines' most powerful businessmen, is in talks to buy a second major television network as part of plans to build a media empire, he said in an interview aired on Friday.

Pangilinan, whose sprawling business portfolio includes the country's biggest telecommunications company, told ABS-CBN television he was in "very preliminary" stages of talks to buy the rival GMA network.

"We believe that there's a lot of synergies that can happen between a telco, which is a broad range of delivery platforms, and media, which is basically a content generator," Pangilinan said.

"The intent is to replicate what other media groups have done elsewhere in the world."

The 65-year-old is chairman of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), which through a subsidiary owns TV5, the third major television network in the Philippines after ABS-CBN and GMA.

The subsidiary also has minority stakes in at least two major Philippine newspapers.

Listed GMA Network Inc. is controlled by several Philippine families and is capitalised at 32.53 billion pesos ($764 million).

Its investor relations division declined to comment on Pangilinan's remarks.

Pangilinan also said he planned to invest his own money for a 5.0 percent stake in Rappler.com, a Manila-based Internet news startup.

Former investment banker Pangilinan is managing director and chief executive of Hong Kong-listed First Pacific Co., controlled by Indonesia's Salim family.

Apart from PLDT, First Pacific's Philippine investments include the country's largest miner, Philex Mining, its top power distributor, Manila Electric Company, and Maynilad, one of two Manila tap water providers.

Through First Pacific unit Metro Pacific Investments Corp., Pangilinan also runs most of the Philippines' toll roads as well as its largest hospital chain.

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Top comment from a certain WONG CHEE MUN:

THE GOV'T. SHOULD BE SUSPICIOUS OF FIRST PACIFIC GROUP WHICH IS HEADED BY DUMMY MVP AND FINANCED BY SUHARTO CRONY SALIM FAMILY BCOZ THEY HAVE ALREADY SUBSTANTIAL CONTROL OVER BIG INFLUENTIAL COMPANIES IN THE PHILS. :

1. SAN MIGUEL GROUP

2. MERALCO

3. SMART

4. DIGITEL 

5. PLDT

6. TV 5

7. PHILEX MINES

8. NORTH LUZON TOLLWAYS

9. MAKATI MEDICAL 

10. CARDINAL SANTOS HOSPITAL 

11. LOURDES HOSPITAL

12. MAYNILAD 

13. Sun Cellular

THIS IS STOLEN MONEY FROM INDONESIA BEING LAUNDERED IN THE PHILS. TO MAKE IT LOOK CLEAN. NICE WORK LAUNDRY BOY MVP.

Indonesia Former President Suharto