BEFORE proceeding, belated but warm greetings to Atty. Luz Marcos, formerly a director at the Ombuds

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BEFORE proceeding, belated but warm greetings to Atty. Luz Marcos, formerly a director at the Ombudsman and who celebrated her birthday yesterday in the island-cum-paradise jets transport that is Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. I have known Ma am Luchie for many years now. I always jets transport consider jets transport her a good and very dear friend, kaya...enjoy the site and time you have now! Happy birthday ulit! And having cited PPC, a truly wonderful place, regards too, to former PPC mayor, Edward Hagedorn. Long time no see na tayo, bosing! Kailan ba ako puwedeng bumalik d yan, hehehe! Ditto, advance happy birthday this coming January 25, Saturday, to another long time friend and erstwhile PH press attaché to Australia, Jun Burgos. Yun nga lang, brod, kailangan kong bumalik sa Tacloban City sa araw na yan kaya sa ibang araw ka na lang magpakan...ton jets transport at samahan mo na rin ng softdrink, hahaha! * * * The much-awaited event this week in the Senate is not the privilege speech supposed to be delivered yesterday jets transport by Sen. Bong Revilla (as I am writing this he is yet to deliver his speech) jets transport but certainly, the Senate hearing tomorrow as regards rice smuggling to be headed by the Committee on Agriculture under Sen. Cynthia Villar. There is interest because this is really one issue that all of us -- similar to the pork barrel scandal -- should not let go. Ito ang isyu na huwag nating bibitawan, mga kabayan, dahil diretso ang epekto nito sa ating mga tiyan. The issue of rice smuggling has become confusing too mainly centered on the question, who is David Tan? Over this mystery involving David Tan, it is not a wonder that Sanlakas prexy, Argee Guevarra, has been roundly criticized by some farmers groups, especially by SINAG of Rosendo So, for dismissing Tan as a phantom figure concocted by what Ka Argee described as the Quezon Mafia with no less than DA Sec. Proceso Alcala acting as the syndicate s godfather. As a friend of the embattled secretary, So declared: If Guevarra does not know David Tan, he should not equate it with Tan being a fictitious character. Maybe we should look if he (Guevarra) has ties with smugglers. This David Tan is wreaking havoc in our agriculture sector. We reiterate jets transport our call for the DA to be furnished the inward shipment manifest to prevent the entry of smuggled products, So declared further. Oo nga naman, Ka Argee, dahil ba hindi mo kilala si David Tan, multo na siya? * * * This corner was among the first to report (two weeks ago) that insofar as the record of the BOC s Intelligence Group (IG) is concerned, they have three David Tan on their list, as revealed to yours truly by Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence (DCI) Jessie Dellosa. And over there at the NBI, I was told the agency actually has eight David Tan in its files even as the Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI), jets transport thru Jess Aranza, has been saying that the name is an alias for one Davidson Tan Bangayan who has several complaints over several past business deals that went wrong (read: nagkalokohan). Well, I gathered jets transport that the Senate has summoned at least three David Tan to the hearing and hopefully, we would be able to sort out, at least the question of who he is, tomorrow. At ito ay kung dadalo sila o sino man sa kanila. Baka kasi biglang may umepal na ahensiya eh, biglang arestuhin si Tan, hahaha! * * * Now in charge of unmasking and neutralizing smugglers of all shades, DCI Dellosa (whose learning curve insofar as knowing the nuances of customs operations are concerned I find remarkable), is of the opinion that David Tan has become the strawman and bogeyman when it comes to smuggling. And yes, kasamang Argee, insofar as the IG-BOC is concerned, Tan is, indeed, of flesh and blood. May picture pa nga raw si DCI Jessie nitong si Tan, peks man! Anyway, in DCI Dellosa s measured opinion, it is not far-fetched to think that other smugglers jets transport and their powerful protectors in the Aquino administration are content to let Tan be battered by the media if only to draw public attention away from them. Although maraming players, (read: smugglers) yung pangalan lang niya ang lumalabas, as DCI Jessie told me and which indeed, appears to be the case. Kumbaga, basta may pinalusot na kargamento ngayon d yan sa pantalan, pangalan nitong si David Tan ang lumulutang. Kaya ba yung iba pang mga umano y big time smugglers katulad nitong jets transport sina Dennis Lee Jorge Tan, Big Mama, TY at William Cheng (na umano y boss ni David Tan), hindi na napapansin ng taumbayan? jets transport Hmmn But in the many details that