Noynoy Stays Neutral On Marcos Burial In Libingan Ng Mga Bayani

President Aquino Wednesday said he would inhibit himself from the decision on whether the late President Ferdinand Marcos could be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City.

The President instead said he would ask a government official "who has less personal attachment" to look into the matter recently proposed by the son of the late strongman, Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos.

“Whatever I will say will be bias so I’m thinking of inhibiting myself from deciding the matter,” the President told reporters after meeting senior military officials in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.

"Anything I say on the matter, people might say, was decided on a subjective basis rather than on an objective basis and we would want to spare our country from that,” said the President, son of the freedom heroes the late Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. and President Corazon Aquino.

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Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was the tenth President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives (1949–1959) and a member of the Philippine Senate (1959–1965). He was Senate President from 1963-1965. He claimed to have led a guerrilla force called Ang Maharlika in northern Luzon during the Second World War, although this is doubted. As Philippine president and strongman, his greatest achievement was in the fields of infrastructure development and international diplomacy. However, his administration was marred by massive authoritarian corruption, despotism, nepotism, political repression, and human rights violations. He benefited from a large personality cult in the Philippines during his regime.  In 1983, his government was implicated in the assassination of his primary political opponent, Benigno Aquino, Jr. The implication caused a chain of events, including a tainted presidential election that served as the catalyst for the People Power Revolution in February 1986 that led to his removal from power and eventual exile in Hawaii. It was later alleged that he and his wife Imelda Marcos had moved billions of dollars of embezzled public funds to the United States, Switzerland, and other countries, as well as into alleged corporations during his 20 years in power.

Rhian Ramos and Mo Twister In Mutual Understanding

Actress Rhian Ramos has admitted having a mutual understanding with DJ-host Mo Twister.

“I would think so… Yeah, I guess,” she told PEP when asked about it.  Rating the state of her relationship with Mo, Rhian pegged it at 60 in a scale of 100.
“I don’t know, I don’t know… kasi ano e, parang  marami ka talagang mga bagay na hindi makikita until siguro after a long period of time,” she said. “Parang I want to be sure naman na pag nagka-boyfriend ako  at least sure ako about it. Na pag sinabi kong kunwari 'I love you!' o kunwari 'I love you, too!' sure ako,  yung hindi  sasabihin ko na lang kasi para masabi lang, parang ganu'n.”

This line of questioning followed a discussion on her going topless for her role in “My Valentine Girls.”
At a press conference for the movie, Rhian simply said that while she did go topless, she only showed her back.

She did, however, claim having her front part covered, noting, “Nakakahiya naman, makikita ni Richard [Gutierrez]...” And while she considers the actor almost like a brother, she did say they hadn’t seen each other in a while and showing up naked isn’t how she’d want to greet him after all this time.

She did say she covered her privates with a small folded towel and taped it on her with Leukoplast.

But in sharing a kissing scene with the actor, with whom she shared her first on-screen kiss on GMA’s “Captain Barbell,” Rhian said, “Parang nahiya ako ulit kasi parang... after all these years naman parang natanggal na ‘yung hiya ko kay Chard, ‘di ba? Kasi nung medyo bagets pa ako tinitingnan niya pa lang ako parang... parang nahihiya na ako sa kanya.”

She pointed out, “Kasi… very intimate naman kasi talaga humalik ng ibang tao, ‘di ba? Tapos lalung-lalo na hindi ko naman alam kung ano ang relationship status niya ngayon tapos, parang ganun.”

However, Rhian said she didn’t feel any need to worry about kissing Richard when it comes to Mo. “Kasi trabaho ko ito,” she insisted, saying she did not ask for Mo’s permission to do so.

When asked if Mo has already imposed his dos and don’ts on her, she said, “I think naman when it comes to my job dapat ako nagdedesisyon nun.” Noting that even when it came to her mom she had to explain to her and make her accept that doing such things is part of her job as an actress, she added, “Parang pagdating sa work ko, gusto ko ako talaga ‘yung nagdedesisyon.”

As to further developments in her budding relationship with Mo, Rhian simply said, “Patience, tingnan natin.”

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