TRIVIA 0019: WHO IS JUSTICE BIENVENIDO L. REYES?

FROM C.A. WEBSITE:

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE BIENVENIDO L. REYES

Justice Bienvenido L. Reyes was born on July 6, 1947 in Obando, Bulacan to spouses Fidel Reyes and Timotea Lorenzo Reyes. He is married to Teresita Jacinta Reyes with whom he has two sons.

He obtained his Ll.B Degree from San Beda College in 1971 and passed the Bar examinations in the same year with a rating of 81.6%.

He worked as Vice-President for legal and Corporate Affairs of R.C. Silverio Group of Companies from 1975 to 1981. In 1982, he founded a Makati based law firm, Reyes Daway Lim Bernardo Lindo and Rosales. He acted as Chairman, Director, President and/or Corporate Secretary of various private corporations; the Board Secretary of National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation and Chairman of the Board of Celebrity Sports Plaza.

He joined the judiciary sometime in July 1990 as Presiding Judge, RTC of Malabon. He was appointed Associate Justice to the Court of Appeals on August 8, 2000.

Justice Reyes was a recipient of the most outstanding alumnus award in 1998 from his high school Alma Mater, Colegio de San Pascual Baylon; and most outstanding Obandeño in the field of Law in 2003. He was also a finalist in the 1997 Awards for Judicial Excellence.

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FROM www.i-site.ph

REYES, Bienvenido L.

Date of Birth: July 6, 1947

Place of Birth: Obando, Bulacan

ADDRESS

Provincial: no data

Metro Manila: #16 South Lawin Ave., Philam Homes, Quezon City

Civil Status: married

Spouse: Teresita Jacinta B. Reyes

Position: Staff assistant

Office: Asian Development Bank

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FROM MALAYA BUSINESS INSIGHT

Incidental Intelligence

PNoy’s buddy

Justice Bienvenido Reyes of the Court of Appeals will go to the Supreme Court to fill one of the two vacancies to be left this month by the retirement of Associate Justices Conchita Carpio Morales and Antonio Eduardo Nachura. In a straw vote by the justices of the Supreme Court, Reyes got 10. That should normally be considered as a sign of respect for the integrity and competence of Reyes.

The candidates in the top four in the straw votes are also all from the Court of Appeals. They are justices Jose Reyes, Noel Tijam and Magdangal de Leon. Based on academic excellence, the most qualified should be Estela Perlas Bernabe.

Ms. Bernabe was salutatorian of the Ateneo law class of 1976. But she is not as close to the President as Justice Bienvenido Reyes.

Reyes’ background

Many lawyers say that Justice Bienvenido Reyes is eminently qualified for the Supreme Court. He is possessed with honor and integrity and is well-lettered in the law. Setting all that aside, Justice Reyes is said to be a partner of the security agency of then citizen Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino when his mother was president.

That is as good a qualification as any, considering the particular preference of the President to pick friends to serve his government.

Justice Reyes is an old friend of Len Oreta, husband of former senator Teresa Aquino Oreta, sister of the late Sen. Benigno Aquino.

We have to see the friendship of Justice Reyes with the family of President Aquino.

The main point to consider is he got 10 votes from the members of the Supreme Court.

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TRIVIA 0018: WHO IS AL HAJJ MURAD EBRAHIM?

FROM THE WEBSITE OF GLOBAL JIHAD

Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim

Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim was born in 1950 in the Southern Philippines.

Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim was one semester short of completing his civil engineering degree at the Notre DameUniversityin CotabatoCity, at age 22, when he joined Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in 1972. Then, in 1981, Al-Hajj Murad moved to the more militant Moro Islamic Liberation Front – MILF.

Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim became with time vice chair for military affairs of the MILF under Hashim Salamat, head of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces and MILF peace panel chair from early 2001.

Al-Hajj Murad took over the leadership of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front –  MILF, after the death of his predecessor Hashim Salamat died from died from heart attack, on 07/13/2003. Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim suspended its guerilla and terror activity in order to give way for political negotiation. 

In early June 2005, Al-Hajj Murad moved from the shade of the underground life to the public open life when he joined open negotiation with the Filipino regime in Sultan Kudarat, inSouthern Mindanao.

Today (03/2009) Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim is still negotiating peace on base of a large autonomy to the Muslims in Southern Philippines  with the Philippinesgovernment. Segments of MILF are still clashing, from time to time, with the Filipino army (see – MI.LF warning) but generally, the situation in theSouthernPhilippines is much more calm and stable then in the 90s’. Many recognize Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim as the real boss ofMindanao.

TRIVIA 0017: WHO IS JOSE NUNEZ JR.

TO THE POINT

BY EMIL JURADO

MANILA STANDARD TODAY

09 AUGUST 2011

But who is this Jose Nuñez Jr. who has sent a show-cause letter to some 20 senior managers of the bank?

I have never heard of any experience of Nuñez as a banker. Now, all of a sudden, he becomes the hitman of the Aquino administration against past officials and directors who were appointed by Mrs. Arroyo.

Nuñez was chief of staff of the youngest of the Zamora brothers, Salvador “Buddy” Zamora, who was a big contributor to the Aquino campaigning 2010. When payback time came, Nuñez got the plum post of DBP chairman.

This is clearly a witch hunt. The young lawyer Pinpin tragically became collateral damage. By the way, I have copies of those show-cause letters.

I have a sneaking suspicion that Nuñez and his cohorts want to link Ongpin and former DBP president Rey David to former First Gentleman Mike Arroyo.

Come to think of it, there was this complaint addressed to the Ombudsman and the  Bangko Sentral of the Philippines by DBP “Concerned DBP Employees and Officials” that Nuñez had violated the Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and BSP rules and regulations by utilizing the planes of his former boss, Buddy Zamora.

Zamora is also a client of the DBP with yet-unpaid loans yet unpaid (it would be interesting to find out why they have not been paid).

That complaint was even published in The Manila Standard Today. Whatever happened to it? We have not heard more about it. What is BSP Governor Amando Tetangco doing with that complaint, may I ask?

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FROM THE DBP WEBSITE:

JOSE A. NUÑEZ, JR.
Chairman

Chairman Nuñez has built an extensive career in banking and management.  He is the current chairman of Asian Express Money Services Corporation, a company engaged in foreign exchange dealership, money changing, and global remittance services.  He was also a former director of Philippine Veterans Bank, serving as chairman of its board credit committee and member of the executive and corporate governance committees.

He also serves as director of Camp John Hay Development Corporation, Northwood Resources Corporation, Citystate Savings Bank, Tranzen Group, Inc., La Costa Development Corporation, Agus 3 Hydropower Corporation, Universal LRT Corporation Ltd., and Goldenville Holdings Corporation.

He  was vice chairman and chief executive officer of Federal Savings and Mortgage Bank from 1997-2000 until its merger with Security Bank Corporation; and executive vice president and chief operating officer of Premiere Development Bank from 1982-1986 and 1989-1991.  He has also been affiliated with Allied Banking Corporation, and Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation.

Chairman Nuñez has a Bachelor of Arts major in Economics degree (Honors Program) fromXavierUniversity, and is a candidate for a Masters in Business Administration degree from the Ateneo de Manila University.