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SUNDAY JUNE 19, 2005 VOL. 106 ■ NO.247 ★ ★ 4 SECTIONS 38 PAGES Php 15.00 THE SAN CARLOS SEMINARY: FATHERING FUTURE FATHERS SundayTimesB1 Founded 1898 UP Physics prof up for Nobel Prize How to make Father’s Day extra special PageA10 Looking for jobs abroad? Read the PASEI page for thousands of overseas jobs available in CAREERTIMES section of the The Sunday Times today Pamantasan alumni awardees. Secretary Dante A. Ang of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (center) shares the limelight with Gen. Ricardo de Leon (left) and the Western Police District chief, Chief Supt. Pedro Bulaong, after being honored by the alumni of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila during their grand homecoming at the Manila Hotel Friday. De Leon and Bulaong received the award for law enforcement and Ang for public relations. PHOTO BY DENNIS B. MALLARI Cut tale of the tapes —Enrile House probers welcome Gloria’s decision to keep mum ■ Prof. Edgar E. Escultura has been cited by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for his work on the Grand Unified Theory. PHOTO BY ALBERT GARCIA Laarni, 6 others face police questioning Dr. Johannes Hieber told Escultura that “we have read your work on the Grand Unified Theory and deem it wor- thy of a nomination for the Nobel Prize for Physics.” Dr. Lars Jonhagen in an e-mail that Escultura received on June 15 said: “You, sir, have demonstrated such a high level of understanding of Physics and, as such, your nomination is very special.” Professor Escultura teaches mathemat- ics at the University of the Philippines. He was in the news recently for having disproved Dr. Andrew Wiles’ “proof” of Fermat’s Last Theorem. The Grand Unified Theory (or more col- loquially known as the Theory of Every- thing) has been somewhat of a Holy Grail of modern physics. Albert Einstein spent the last 30 years of his life trying to formulate the GUT with no success. Scores of physicists all over the world, led by Stephen Hawking, the Lucasian Pro- fessor of Mathematics at Cambridge, and Roger Penrose, professor of mathematics T WO members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences confirmed in separate messages that Prof. Edgar E. Escultura has been nominated for the 2005 Nobel Prize for Physics. at Oxford, have been working on GUT for decades. Last month, Escultura received the Michel Prize from the University of Luynes in France, for his work on analysis and foundations of mathematics. The award was conferred on him by Prof. J. Raymond, who, as it happens, is also a nominee for the Nobel Prize for Physics. Escultura studied at the University of the Philippines and at the University of Wiscon- sin, where he earned his PhD in 1970. He was a former mathematics and sci- ence editor of The Manila Times. He also introduced the new mathematics and the mathematics of the new physics at The Manila Times School of Journalism. Nobel nomination: What it takes THE process of selecting a win- ner of the Nobel Prize in Physics starts in September, about a year before the prize announcement. The prize-awarder in Stockholm, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, sends invitations to sci- entists, members of academies and university professors in nu- merous countries, asking them to nominate candidates for the Nobel Prize for the coming year. The nominations reach the Acad- emy of Sciences between Septem- ber and February. Many candidates receive more than one nomination and therefore the number of can- didates is fewer than the nomina- tions submitted. In recent years, about 250-350 persons have been nominated annually. During the spring and summer, five members of the Nobel Com- mittee, the working body of the Academy, go through the nomina- tions. In recent years the Commit- tee members have been extended to include adjunct members with the same voting rights as the regu- lar members. The nominations re- ceived by the Committee are in- vestigated with the help of spe- cially appointed experts. In early autumn the Commit- tee is ready to present its recom- mendations to the Academy. In the beginning of October a decision is taken by the Academy of Sciences through a vote. This decision is final and without ap- peal. The Academy can choose one, two, or three candidates. See NOMINATION A2 BY JEFFERSON ANTIPORDA Reporter SEVEN personalities, led by Laarni Enriquez, the mistress of deposed President Joseph Estrada, are expected to appear before investigators on Tuesday after they were implicated in the attempts to destabilize the Arroyo administration, a source in the Philippine Na- tional Police said Saturday. Summoned for questioning by the PNP Criminal Investiga- tion and Detection Group (CIDG) were Enriquez; the former Armed Forces chief of staff, Joselin Nazareno; former Army chief, Jaime de los Santos; Lt. Col. Dioscoro Reyes from the defunct Presidential Antiorga- nized Crime Task Force; Horacio Morales; the actor Rez Cortez; and Angelito Santiago. Enriquez has been identified BY MARICEL V. CRUZ Reporter THE committees in the House of Representatives that will in- vestigate the tapped conversa- tions of President Arroyo wel- comed Malacañang’s decision not to comment on the tape or submit any reply. Rep. Gilbert Remulla of Cavite, chair of the House Committee on Public Informa- tion—the lead panel in the in- quiry—said in a radio inter- view Saturday that he and the four other committee heads respect the decision of the President, and stressed that whatever will be her response will be noted in the official record of the committee. Remulla said that now that the Palace has chosen not to comment on the tape, he has as- signed the Committee on Pub- lic Order and Security to talk to foreign experts who are willing to authenticate of the tape for the inquiry. He stressed that the joint com- mittees intend to conduct the hearing “in aid of legislation’ and not to prosecute anyone. But he said the testimony given by the resource persons can be used for any proceed- ings, including an impeach- ment trial. Remulla hopes to get hold of the master tape, which former National Bureau of Investiga- tion official Samuel Ong claims is in his possession. See ENRILE A2 See MUM A2 BY EFREN L. DANAO Senior Reporter SEN. Juan Ponce Enrile on Satur- day urged all political leaders to forge as soon as possible a com- mon agreement on how to resolve the current political turmoil “in- stead of treating it like a long-run- ning telenovela.” “President Arroyo and her ac- cusers must resist the urge to keep the people in suspense, as if to keep them glued to a running telenovela, while the economy and the very life of the nation head for destruction and ruin,” he said. He noted that the lingering doubt caused by the alleged tapped conversations had pro- vided the opposition with a “po- tent weapon” to weaken the presi- dency and perhaps to demolish it. “But beyond waging a propa- ganda war, we are called upon to use all available avenues to ferret out the truth, especially because the nation can ill-afford to be in an indefinite state of confusion, un- certainty and turmoil,” he stressed. Enrile has urged President Arroyo to confront the “serious accusations against her,” but added that her accusers “equally share the burden of proving their case before the people.” Enrile, the senior member of the Senate, said that a good start- ing point is for political leaders to try to arrive at an independ- ent and mutually acceptable way of ascertaining the authenticity of the alleged wiretapped conver- sations between the President and former Election Commis- sioner Virgilio Garcillano. He warned that the country would remain “confused and di- vided” if political leaders fail in this attempt because they mis- trust each other. by the military intelligence agent, Vidal Doble, as the source of funds of the whistleblower Samuel Ong. She has denied Doble’s allegation. The source said the CIDG had mailed the summons to the seven personalities, who are expected to appear before the CIDG head office in Camp Crame. The CIDG sent the summons last week and expects the re- spondents to receive them on Monday, the source said. The PNP chief, Director Gen- eral Arturo Lomibao, said at a press conference Friday that Doble has denied he was the source of the tapes containing the wiretapped conversation al- legedly of President Arroyo and an election commissioner, as al- leged by Ong, a former deputy director of the National Bureau of Investigation. 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THE SAN CARLOSSEMINARY: FATHERINGFUTURE FATHERSSundayTimesB1
Founded 1898
UP Physics profup for Nobel Prize
How to make Father’s Day extra special PageA10
Looking for jobs abroad?Read the PASEI page for thousands
of overseas jobs available in CAREERTIMES section of theThe Sunday Times today
Pamantasan alumni awardees. Secretary Dante A. Ang of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (center)shares the limelight with Gen. Ricardo de Leon (left) and the Western Police District chief, Chief Supt. Pedro Bulaong,after being honored by the alumni of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila during their grand homecoming at theManila Hotel Friday. De Leon and Bulaong received the award for law enforcement and Ang for public relations.
PHOTO BY DENNIS B. MALLARI
Cut taleof thetapes—Enrile
House probers welcome Gloria’s decision to keep mum
■ Prof. Edgar E. Escultura has been cited by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for his work on the Grand Unified Theory.PHOTO BY ALBERT GARCIA
Laarni, 6 others facepolice questioning
Dr. Johannes Hieber told Esculturathat “we have read your work on theGrand Unified Theory and deem it wor-thy of a nomination for the Nobel Prizefor Physics.”
Dr. Lars Jonhagen in an e-mail thatEscultura received on June 15 said: “You,sir, have demonstrated such a high levelof understanding of Physics and, as such,your nomination is very special.”
Professor Escultura teaches mathemat-ics at the University of the Philippines.
He was in the news recently for having
disproved Dr. Andrew Wiles’ “proof” ofFermat’s Last Theorem.
The Grand Unified Theory (or more col-loquially known as the Theory of Every-thing) has been somewhat of a Holy Grailof modern physics.
Albert Einstein spent the last 30 years ofhis life trying to formulate the GUT withno success.
Scores of physicists all over the world,led by Stephen Hawking, the Lucasian Pro-fessor of Mathematics at Cambridge, andRoger Penrose, professor of mathematics
TWO members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences confirmed inseparate messages that Prof. Edgar E. Escultura has been nominated
for the 2005 Nobel Prize for Physics.
at Oxford, have been working on GUT fordecades.
Last month, Escultura received theMichel Prize from the University of Luynesin France, for his work on analysis andfoundations of mathematics.
The award was conferred on him by Prof.J. Raymond, who, as it happens, is also anominee for the Nobel Prize for Physics.
Escultura studied at the University of thePhilippines and at the University of Wiscon-sin, where he earned his PhD in 1970.
He was a former mathematics and sci-ence editor of The Manila Times. He alsointroduced the new mathematics and themathematics of the new physics at TheManila Times School of Journalism.
Nobel nomination:What it takes
THE process of selecting a win-ner of the Nobel Prize in Physicsstarts in September, about a yearbefore the prize announcement.The prize-awarder in Stockholm,the Royal Swedish Academy ofSciences, sends invitations to sci-entists, members of academiesand university professors in nu-merous countries, asking them tonominate candidates for theNobel Prize for the coming year.
The nominations reach the Acad-emy of Sciences between Septem-ber and February. Many candidatesreceive more than one nominationand therefore the number of can-didates is fewer than the nomina-tions submitted. In recent years,about 250-350 persons have beennominated annually.
During the spring and summer,five members of the Nobel Com-mittee, the working body of theAcademy, go through the nomina-tions. In recent years the Commit-tee members have been extendedto include adjunct members withthe same voting rights as the regu-lar members. The nominations re-ceived by the Committee are in-vestigated with the help of spe-cially appointed experts.
In early autumn the Commit-tee is ready to present its recom-mendations to the Academy.
In the beginning of October adecision is taken by the Academyof Sciences through a vote. Thisdecision is final and without ap-peal. The Academy can chooseone, two, or three candidates.
See NOMINATION A2
BY JEFFERSON ANTIPORDAReporter
SEVEN personalities, led byLaarni Enriquez, the mistress ofdeposed President JosephEstrada, are expected to appearbefore investigators on Tuesdayafter they were implicated inthe attempts to destabilize theArroyo administration, asource in the Philippine Na-tional Police said Saturday.
Summoned for questioningby the PNP Criminal Investiga-tion and Detection Group(CIDG) were Enriquez; theformer Armed Forces chief ofstaff, Joselin Nazareno; formerArmy chief, Jaime de los Santos;Lt. Col. Dioscoro Reyes from thedefunct Presidential Antiorga-nized Crime Task Force; HoracioMorales; the actor Rez Cortez;and Angelito Santiago.
Enriquez has been identified
BY MARICEL V. CRUZReporter
THE committees in the Houseof Representatives that will in-vestigate the tapped conversa-tions of President Arroyo wel-comed Malacañang’s decisionnot to comment on the tape or
submit any reply.Rep. Gilbert Remulla of
Cavite, chair of the HouseCommittee on Public Informa-tion—the lead panel in the in-quiry—said in a radio inter-view Saturday that he and thefour other committee headsrespect the decision of the
President, and stressed thatwhatever will be her responsewill be noted in the officialrecord of the committee.
Remulla said that now thatthe Palace has chosen not tocomment on the tape, he has as-signed the Committee on Pub-lic Order and Security to talk to
foreign experts who are willingto authenticate of the tape forthe inquiry.
He stressed that the joint com-mittees intend to conduct thehearing “in aid of legislation’and not to prosecute anyone.
But he said the testimonygiven by the resource persons
can be used for any proceed-ings, including an impeach-ment trial.
Remulla hopes to get hold ofthe master tape, which formerNational Bureau of Investiga-tion official Samuel Ong claimsis in his possession.
See ENRILE A2
See MUM A2
BY EFREN L. DANAO Senior Reporter
SEN. Juan Ponce Enrile on Satur-day urged all political leaders toforge as soon as possible a com-mon agreement on how to resolvethe current political turmoil “in-stead of treating it like a long-run-ning telenovela.”
“President Arroyo and her ac-cusers must resist the urge to keepthe people in suspense, as if tokeep them glued to a runningtelenovela, while the economy andthe very life of the nation head fordestruction and ruin,” he said.
He noted that the lingeringdoubt caused by the allegedtapped conversations had pro-vided the opposition with a “po-tent weapon” to weaken the presi-dency and perhaps to demolish it.
“But beyond waging a propa-ganda war, we are called upon touse all available avenues to ferretout the truth, especially becausethe nation can ill-afford to be in anindefinite state of confusion, un-certainty and turmoil,” he stressed.
Enrile has urged PresidentArroyo to confront the “seriousaccusations against her,” butadded that her accusers “equallyshare the burden of proving theircase before the people.”
Enrile, the senior member ofthe Senate, said that a good start-ing point is for political leadersto try to arrive at an independ-ent and mutually acceptable wayof ascertaining the authenticity ofthe alleged wiretapped conver-sations between the Presidentand former Election Commis-sioner Virgilio Garcillano.
He warned that the countrywould remain “confused and di-vided” if political leaders fail inthis attempt because they mis-trust each other.
by the military intelligenceagent, Vidal Doble, as the sourceof funds of the whistleblowerSamuel Ong. She has deniedDoble’s allegation.
The source said the CIDG hadmailed the summons to the sevenpersonalities, who are expectedto appear before the CIDG headoffice in Camp Crame.
The CIDG sent the summonslast week and expects the re-spondents to receive them onMonday, the source said.
The PNP chief, Director Gen-eral Arturo Lomibao, said at apress conference Friday thatDoble has denied he was thesource of the tapes containingthe wiretapped conversation al-legedly of President Arroyo andan election commissioner, as al-leged by Ong, a former deputydirector of the National Bureauof Investigation.
See POLICE A2
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