Last minute roundup

Conrad de Quiros is upset that there's little outrage accompanying the rape case vs. the 6 US servicemen.

Ellen Tordesillas OTOH, is eagerly awaiting former budget secretary Emilia Boncodin's testimony.

Ping Lacson says Norberto Gonzales is leading the drive to abolish the senate.

TIME to get even.

After being "released" from Senate "detention," national security adviser Norberto Gonzales has reportedly launched a smear campaign to support moves to abolish the Senate, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said yesterday.

Lacson said he received reports that Gonzales, who returned to work yesterday, was in Cebu "and he was orchestrating the formation of several groups to call for the ouster" of senators.

"They are holding seminars, bi-monthly seminars, with some non-government organizations in Cebu… to be led by Mayor Tomas Osmeña," he said.

He expressed suspicion that the P5 billion fund earmarked for government’s "Kilos Asenso" program would be used to bankroll rallies and demonstrations supporting the move to abolish the Senate.

P8 Pork Barrel nagpalit-pangalan. New name: "Kilos Asenso Fund" at "Kalayaan Baranggay Fund"

Bad news from BIR:

Unang bad news sa panig ng sambayanang Filipino nang aminin ni Bunyag sa harap ng mga senador na tanging 115 kumpanya mula sa kabuuang 400 na nakarehistro sa Securities and Exchange Commission ang naghain ng corporate tax noong 2004.

Ikalawang bad news, tanging apat na milyong Filipino lamang ang napuwersa ni Bunyag na magbayad ng buwis mula sa humigit-kumulang 80 milyong populasyon, dalawang milyong indibidwal mula sa income tax return, at 1.5 milyong empleyado ng gobyerno habang 500 libo sa private sector.

Ang pinaka-bad news sa lahat, tanging 44 kaso o indibidwal ang nasampahan ng tax evasion noong nakaraang taon habang wala itong maibigay na kasagutan kung ilang kumpanya ang nakasuhan sa ilalim ng pamumuno ni Bunyag.