The book on Max Soliven will be available after Nov l0th from your community bookseller indicated below. Just send me an email if it interests you. Thanks.
Linda --- Philippine Expressions Bookshop The Mail Order Bookshop dedicated to Filipino Americans in search of their roots. PO Box 4201, Main Post Office Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274, USA Tel (310) 514-9139 www.philippineexpressionsbookshop.com [email protected] Join Friends of Philippine Expressions Bookshop in FaceBook http://www.linkedin.com/pub/linda-nietes/29/558/7ab Visit the personal page of Linda Nietes in FaceBook ---- "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. We have blazed the trail in promoting Philippine books in America. 2011 marks our 27th year of service to the Filipino American community. Mabuhay. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: ellen tordesillas <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, November 2, 2011 5:11:18 AM Subject: The Latest from Ellen Tordesillas The Latest from Ellen Tordesillas ________________________________ Dennis Garcia’s art exhibit and Max Soliven’s biography Posted: 01 Nov 2011 09:18 AM PDT Just perfect after the long holidays are two events next week: Rakenrol, the first art exhibit of Dennis Garcia and the launching of the book “Maximo V. Soliven: The Man and the Journalist” by Nelson Navarro. They don’t make journalists like Max Soliven anymore. One of the co-founders of the two largest newspapers in the country today- Philippine Daily Inquirer and the Philippine Star (where he served as publisher until his death) – Soliven, wielded influence on presidents. His daughter, Sara, sent me excerpts from the chapter on the Oakwood mutiny where Soliven was part of the five-man panel that negotiated for a peaceful ending with the young military rebels lead by now Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV. The book said Soliven was drafted by Gloria Arroyo upon the request of the mutineers. Navarro wrote: “Max would write the inside story of what had led the reformist soldiers to mutiny, an armed protest that had luckily ended with a peaceful solution. At issue was what happened to the $1 billion fund that President Estrada had turned over to AFP chief-of-staff General Angelo Reyes, by then Arroyo’s Secretary of Defense. “The soldiers alleged that the three armed services (Army, Navy and Air Force) only received P50 million each; some P850 million had not been accounted for. In Max’s column, he mentions a secret “retirement” bonus of P150 million that had allegedly gone to an unnamed retiring general. “Within weeks in August, Max would cry foul over the government’s unexpected move to charge Trillanes and company with mutiny before a civilian, instead of a court martial as agreed upon. They would be charged with a non-bailable crime, meaning they would be jailed indefinitely. Max pointedly accused Arroyo of “double cross” and reneging on a solemn promise to the soldiers. “This sensitive point would become a constant source of irritation between Max and the President who couldn’t keep her word. “What could Gloria say?” says Arthur Lopez to whom Max poured out his disappointments with the President. “Privately, she took much abuse from Max. She claimed that she had no choice but to go along with the generals who insisted on jailing the reformist soldiers.” Maximo V. Soliven: The Man and the Journalist is published by La Solidaridad. Sara is inviting journalists and friends of Max to the launch on November 10, 2011 (Thursday), 11- 2 pm at The Manila Peninsula Hotel’s Rigodon Ballroom. Sara wrote, “It is a very interesting book with many insights and details that makes the reader understand or realize why certain events happened in our country during the lifespan of my father from the 1930’s to 2006.” You are subscribed to email updates from ellen tordesillas To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Email delivery powered by Google Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/filipinolibrarians?hl=en.
