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November 22nd, 2008 at 6:32 am
Enrile is a political butterfly. At first, he was with the opposition, and then he switches side with the administration. You just have to view the past Jun Lozada’s NTZ-NBN. See how bias his questions are Together with Senators, Miriam Defensor, and the “don’t mess up with my wife” Jokker Aroyo, all three was vent to demolish Lozada’s credibility, which they dismally failed.
The thing is Enrile, after joining the administration could have gotten away with thousands of hectares of logging concession in Samar, if not for the watchful eye of the NGO’s and the Press.
Latelly, his wife was assigned as Console in Vatican, at the expense of career officials in the department of foreign affaires.
We, the ethnic Filipinos should monitor his actions as Senate President, least he sells us to the devil. Cha-Cha is a very serious matter all ethnic Filipinos should monitor. Our government is completely ruled by ethnic Chinese, and they intend to change our Constitution to give the rights for foreigners (Chinese) to own our land.
Senate is the only vanguard we have against this corrupt ridden administration.
We cannot trust majority of our congressional representatives anymore. They are selfish, self-seeking, rapacious mammals, whoes only concern is to agrandize themselve with the hard-earned people’s tax money.
Even Nograles, who is suspected of receiving a 5 million-fertilzer fund, sounds obnoxious justifying where the money went. He is highly irretional trying to protect the Administraton.
Our government is no longer ruled by the people, with the people and for the people. Ours is ruled by elitist and oligarch, 95 percent ethnic Chinese.
November 22nd, 2008 at 6:10 am
This is in response to Elizabeth Anne Mondray’s comment about Ambassador Kenney.
Just because you live in the Philippines, you do not get the right to comment on the Philippine government. As you said, you are a Democrat (not Filipino). Bad or good our government might be, it is still an independent nation, and we are not looking towards your country to right what is wrong with ours.
Be grateful for the good life that you are enjoying in the Philippines and be gracious enough to know your boundaries.
November 21st, 2008 at 7:47 pm
JPE is not exactly the toothless lion that some people would like to think. Doronila is accurate in his assessment of the situation in the Senate.
From Day One of the EDSA, people power revolution, JPE was waiting to grab the highest position of the land. But, throughout the years and after many elections, he has to acknowledge that he cannot get to that position through the ballots because the people still remember him as the main architect of the Martial Law dictatorship.
Today, JPE has ascended to the third highest position of government; we must remember that Enrile still has Gringo and his RAM boys, besides maintaining his invisible private army. His “war machine” which is capable of staging a coup or military take-over is still very much intact.
A sly old fox, JPE will be watching Malacanang very closely from now till 2010. Any untoward incident before 2010 will be a golden opportunity for him to spring his trap and initiate a military takeover. None of the many candidates will be a majority candidate in the 2010 election and, for sure, there will be accusations of cheating and recounting. If the situation gets out of hand and is not resolved peacefully and judiciously, JPE may have another chance to use his old bag of tricks and achieve his age old dream.
November 21st, 2008 at 8:14 am
Demons lurking behind Enrile…
Demons are late for time is catching him fast, Enrile is now just a name synonymous only to history nothing to fear about.
Devils are not lurking in the heart of Enrile but angels…
November 21st, 2008 at 3:08 am
On the mess createad by Delapaz et al, I could not help but wonder whether the central bank governor is in hibernation or just plain “dumb” like many government officials. Clearly, there is a violation of central bank regulations here but the BSP has not taken the initiative to charge Delapaz. No wonder Filipinos are screwed big time because we have officials who sleep on their duty.
November 20th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Nurse in scandal to get back pay
Good for you! Have you learned your lesson yet? While I acknowledge that you need to eat too I still think that you ought to pay heavily for your shameless malpractice and immoral action that day you decided to make fun of a patient. This goes to everyone in that room especially to the one of highest authority. Shame on you all.
November 20th, 2008 at 7:32 am
Everything that is happening now in Philippine Politics is a big joke. I always ask myself, kung ako kaya ang nahuling gumagawa ng mga ginawa ng mga nahuli recently. GEN. Dela Paz, Joc joc Bolante etc. eh san na kaya ako ngayon? Sigurado nakakulong. Pero sila eh pinagtatangol pa…….. Grabe na itong oppression na nangyayari sa atin……
November 20th, 2008 at 7:01 am
ARROYO ALLIES GO FOR THE KILL
House panel quickly junks 3 more impeach raps
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=173223
On the very first day when impeachment complaint could be filed, the opposition made sure they were first on line when Congress opened its office to receive the complaint. They did this to make sure Oliver Lozano and others including GMA’s allies cannot file ahead of them a complaint designed to be dismissed by a Malacanang-supported House as was done before because the law mandates only one complaint a year can be filed against the president.
As expected Lozano followed suit with his complaint along with another person and PDI columnist Manuel Quezon III.
Of the four, MQIII‘s complaint looked promising. For me, his premise is based on the issue of ancestral domain that the Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional. This is definitely much better than the ZTE–NBN deal and other accusations of corruption against GMA which at best are basically allegations culled from hearsay sources. To this day in all those senate investigations nobody has come up with strong evidence to prove any of those charges. But what went wrong with MLQIII’s complaint that it was thrown out?
MLQIII filed his complaint and called it classically a “motion for intervention” allegedly to support the complaint filed by De Venecia, the Black & White Movement, and other anti-GMA forces. Any dumb person can see through the gimmick that the motion is not about supporting the first complaint with strong arguments that have direct bearing to the ZTE deal for instance. The “intervention” is in fact a NEW complaint which has nothing to do with the first one.
This is the big problem with the opposition. They cannot get their act together. When they have the means or reasons to do what is proper they mess up things themselves. They cannot think as one, they are so disorganized because they want to outdo each other. The only time they seem united is when they shout together GMA Resign! But with the opposition in absolute confusion GMA is not going anywhere. Tsk tsk.
November 20th, 2008 at 6:10 am
So agricultural, so hungry…
We are not anymore so agricultural that’s why we are so hungry.
Our so agricultural land are now converted as so subdivision by villar.
That’s why filipinos are now so hungry and so angry.
November 20th, 2008 at 5:38 am
Impeachment case kicks off …
Wala bang batas na magpaparusa sa mga tinatawag na impeachers.
Halos taon taon na lang ay ginagawa nila itong pampagulo na patalsikin ang pangulo.
Ang kanilang kaso ay recycled, reharsh allegation na inimbestiga na sa senado,kongreso at Supreme Court.
Sila ang mga taong nagsampa noon at ngayon.
Kawawa ang pangulo pati na ang mga susunod pang pangulo na gaya ng ginawa kay Erap.
Ang presidente ay inihalal ng milyon milyon pilipino, tapos mababalewala gawa lang ng accusations ng 5 tao dahil hindi nakapabor sa pangulo.
Abuso na ang ginagawa ng mga impeachers. Sila ang destabilizers.
Ang taong bayan ay sawang sawa na sa mga pampagulo sa bansa kaya wala ng nagrarally.
Ngayon naman ay impeachment ang ginagawa nila para patalsikin ang pangulo.
Dapat ay magkaroon ng batas na magpaparusa sa mga impeachers kung hindi nila mapatunayan ang kanilang ibinibintang.
Abuso na kanilang ginagawa, ginagawa nilang laruan ang impeachment na para bang sa kanila lang ito.
Dapat ang korte suprema ay makiaalam. Yong mga abogado na nangunguna sa impeachment dapat ay madisbar for abuse of authority.
Sa pilipinas lang iniabuso ang impeachment.
Sa ibang bansa gaya ng England na nagsimula ang impeachment ay hindi nagagamit ito for 200 years para patalsikin ang namumuno dahil alam nila ang election ang tamang paraan para palitan ang pangulo.
Napapanahon na para baguhin ang saligang batas at magkaroon ng batas na magpaparusa mga impeachers.
Tama na ang pampagulo, parusuhan sila para madala at makaganti.
November 20th, 2008 at 3:17 am
The fourth impeachment case against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo stands a better chance of making it to trial…
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It is better to be a criminal than to be president of the Philippines.
Here are the reasons:
The criminal is afforded double jeopardy while the president is not.
The accused/criminal cannot be prosecuted twice for the same offense that was dismissed.
The President is impeached with the same offense that was dismissed three times already and the president is being indicted again for the fourth time.
In criminal case, the accused can use the defense of in pari delicto, or he who comes to equity must come with clean hands.
Look at the accusers of the president, they are not clean but dirty as a rug.
De Venecia is associated with Marcos while his son did not get the NBNZTE deal.
One cannot be a witness where there is credibility issue, character is already impeached.
The De Venecia’s have credibility issues.
Lastly, in malicious prosecution, the criminal can sue the accuser if it is proven that the suit is frivolous,
While the accusers of the president are habitual impeachers that their motive and intent is to remove the president even without probable cause and yet the president cannot sue them for malicious impeachment.
Enough of this impeachment.
Let’s apply the due process and equal protection of law to the president.
The president and office of the president should be protected against unjust, unfair and malicious impeachment.
Let’s prosecute the impeachers.
November 20th, 2008 at 1:01 am
A lot of speculations are flying around as to the what triggered the Senate coup.
I want to chip in my speculations which I think is overlooked by many.
The reason for the coup, which was a week after the so-called fertilizer scam investigation, was due to lousy and embarrassing inquiry done by the Senate on Joc-Joc Bolante.
It specifically damaged the image of the presidentiables in the Senate who were not able squeeze something out of Joc-Joc. And at some point asked stupid and irrelevant questions to Joc-Joc.
Apparently, only Villar, who did’t examine Joc-Joc did not tarnish his image in the media then. No minus points for Villar then but a big minus point for Roxas, Legarda and Lacson. To get even, they kicked out Villar and made him appear as a lousy Senate President. And Enrile, with all his experience in Govt and admirable work ethic is of course the best anti-dote not only to Villar but to any senator.
The swing votes for Enrile actually came from those who made a lousy inquiry with Joc-Joc.
So there you have it. The mala-showbiz and mala-telenovela story in the Senate. These politicians definitely know how to get media mileage.
November 19th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
Arroyo impeach hearings reset … the fourth impeachment against the president.
Here we go again.
Abuse of power, abuse of authority.
The father and son of Jose de Venecia Jr.and III are humming the song, it is time to make a change.
But look whose singing, I mean talking?
Were these the same people who have fallen from grace from the president?
Of course.
After they were scratched from circle of friends of GMA, they became enemies number one and two.
What a sour grape that did not become vintage wine.
Double Jeopardy…a defense that forbids that a defendant be tried twice for the same crime on the same set of facts.
The president is already in its double double jeopardy with its 4th impeachment.
If a criminal accused/defendant is afforded the double jeopardy protection, much more the president.
These perennial habitual destabilizer impeachers are in abuse of power and authority.
They don’t have regards and respect of the law.
These impeachers are in malicious prosecution… abuse of process, intentionally and maliciously instituting and pursuing impeachment against the president without probable cause.
This frivolous impeachment should not be condoned.
If the criminal is protected against malicious prosecution and defense of jeopardy,why not the president against the impeachers.
Let us not put the president in harm’s way much more let’s put a stop on this impeachers,they should be prosecuted.
November 19th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Erap to run as last option…
Can someone please remind the guy that a condition of his pardon was he cannot run for public office again??? Or am I wrong?
This is stupid. What’s past is past, we’re not arguing the merits of his conviction but I’m sure we can find better candidates even in the opposition??
November 19th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
JDV, a man with questionable conscience is asking the Justice Committee congressmen to vote with their conscience.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:33 am
MANDATORY PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES PROPOSED
Anyone who watched the US presidential debates between Barrack Obama and John McCain would not have missed getting an insight into the minds of the two presidential wannabes. Mediated by respected moderators, questions related to varied issues were asked of the candidates and the answers they gave displayed the extent of their knowledge, sharpness of mind and wisdom. The debates left me wishing if only we also had presidential debates like this to test the intellectual capability and competence of our presidential aspirants. The Comelec’s proposal to hold such debates comes very timely.
Decades ago when there were only two political parties vying for the presidency candidates participated in public debates to present the party’s platform of governance dwelling on significant political and economic issues together with proposed solutions and reforms.
Today candidates talk a whole lot in every forum but confine their talks solely to problems linked to corruption, and attack personalities with spicy juicy items, but hardly offer any solutions to the problems of the country other than call for the removal of an unpopular president, as if their replacing the president is the ultimate answer and everything will be fine. And to make sure their act draws a good crowd they bring along movie and TV personalities then highlight the event by joining the group in a sing and dance for the final act hoping to see the crowd go wild.
The crowd goes home with just two things imprinted in their minds: the candidate is a good talker and a good singer. There was no way to even get a glimpse in order to gauge the intellectual capability and competence of the candidate.
November 18th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
How to be fit during the holidays…
Is this a reminder to americans or fiiipinos?
With the coming consecutive holidays in the USA, americans are in for a treat, a non stop holiday starting from thanksgiving of turkey, all the way to christmas and new year of wine and food.
That’s where weights are added to 16 pounds or more with cold weather to freeze the carbohydrates to fat.
Holidays in the Philippines, I mean christmas and new year is once in a lifetime treat for majority of filipinos, once in a lifetime of pansit and baka, sometimes none.
Weight would not be a problem for most filipinos for eating less is their everyday treat.
No need to diet, for they are in diet.
November 18th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
DUREZA, you need to get your head out of GMA’s posterior. Indeed, the Lord has a sense of humor. We realize that everytime we see you on TV, making a buriko of yourself.
Where’s Lorelei Fajardo? I like to see more of her instead. Her gaffes are original and almost honest - like when she denied that the Palace had anything to do with the fertilizer scam. She did even not say “alleged” scam or that there isn’t a scam. She unknowingly acklnowledged the existence of a “scam”, - or when she said that Ces Drillon will be rescued because she is a “famous personality”. Now we know where the Palace’s priorities are.
The Lord indeed has a keen sense of humor.
November 18th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
DUREZA, you need to get your head out of GMA’s posterior. Indeed, the Lord has a sense of humor. We realize that everytime we see you on TV making a buriko of yourself.
Where’s Lorelei Fajardo? I like to see more of her instead. Her gaffes are original and almost honest - like when she denies that the Palace had anything to do with the fertilizer scam. She did even not say “alleged” scam or that there isn’t scam. She unknowingly acklnowledge the “scam”, - or when she said that Ces Drillon will be rescued because she is a “famous personality”. Now we know where the Palace’s priorities are.
The Lord indeed has a keen sense of humor.
November 18th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
“Lower and Upper Houses Investigations and 4th Impeachment Debate”
I had felt extreme dissappointment to know that our Senate and the Lower House were alternating in spending the very little resources that the government had allocated for them in their functions as legislators. What we have in the Congress are investigators of allege scams that are being investigated in the whole year round. This is in addition to the endless filing and debates of Impeachment cases filed against GMA by her critics and Opposition. These supposed to be legislators are no longer functioning and had neglected their mandate i.e. to enact laws for the good of the nation and its citizens.
Now is the time that those stupid voters are harvesting their investment in electing these kinds of politicians occupying the Halls of Congress. The present occupants are considered GARBAGE that had not given in return to the voters what they received when they were elected as the present crop of legislators. What a waste of time, tax payers’ money and efforts accorded to them by the whole nation hoping that they will improve the quality of life that the Filipinos are longing for. It will take another big leap forward on the part of the voters to elect men and women who will translate their dreams of a national progress that will benefit the majority of the people and not the selected few. Only God knows when can we achieve the change we need in the same way as other nations had already received before us in having the progress they are enjoying at present.
November 18th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
MILF
Why don’t we just leave the MILF rebels alone? I bet the reason they fought back was that they got frustrated that the MOA-AD was aborted even before they had a chance to say their piece. What if you were offered freedom and it was retracted before it was implemented or even discussed? Why do you defend the rights of the unborn while oppressing and not allowing people their freedom. Who of course said the Bangsamoro contract should not be allowed but the people of Luzon and Visayas? And I bet they called their Christian relatives in Mindanao not to allow it? Imagine giving people a whiff of hope, and it disappearing before it was born. So much for the Pandora’s box we have opened in retaliation to GMA’s government for trying to help the poor? I don’t understand it – from Joc-Joc Bolante, to Garci, to Eliseo de la Paz.. What do we have against the government? Jealousy? This fratricidal war we have consigned the Philippines to? Will we wait until it’s over? Won’t we disappear one by one, caught by all manners of corruption? Estafa for helping the poor? Please.
Vanessa M. Bandal
Dumaguete City, Philippines
November 18th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Strengthen our laws against perjury
November 17, 2008 00:16:00
Neal Cruz
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Mr. N. Cruz:
How do we strengthen our laws against perjury? Very elementary.
Just enact a law requiring the witness to prove that the statements he made are true beyond reasonable doubt and the charge for inability to comply is perjury.
Strapping the witness to a lie detector with a pistol against his head will do no good because any innocent person in such situation is going to sweat like a pig, his heart beat will exceed 120, his blood pressure shoots over 200 and he’ll be shaking like leaf; under that kind of conditions even lie detectors lie.
November 18th, 2008 at 8:27 am
Kaya walang asenso ang Pilipinas kasi dami tao na daldal ng daldal kahit wala naman dito sa PInas to feel the real things that are happening. MADALI MAGSALITA lalo na kung kayo ay di nahihirapan…..
November 18th, 2008 at 7:40 am
‘Bantay Korte’ to watch SC appointments …
Heto naman ang isang bantay.
Kaya hindi umasenso ang bansa lahat binabantayan.
Walang tiwala. Paranoia ang isip, lahat duda.
Pati Supreme Court justices pagduduhan ang appointment.
Dapat ang bantay sa aso lang at hindi sa tao.
November 18th, 2008 at 5:15 am
Adopt electoral college here? …
The electoral college of USA is applicable only to presidential election because america comprises of 50 states where there is apportionment of electoral votes based on representation.
However, each states use the popular votes in electing their governor, mayors, state legislators and federal senators.
Just like in California where Governor Arnold is elected by the number of votes on him, popular votes.
The Philippines is a democratic philippine republic and not a federal states.
If electoral votes is applied in Philippine election, the more there wil be cry of fraud, daya and lutong makaw.
They will say, nanalo ang aming presidente sa popular vote bakit talo.
Filipinos are not intelligent voters, not yet ready for a complicated electoral college voting system unlike americans where they understand.
America is contemplating to change their voting system because Al Gore then won the popular election but lost in electoral, and see what happened to America under George Bush.
American electoral college here, no way for we are still elementary in our thinking.
November 17th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Villar resigns
as Senate President…
Mabuti naman at nagresign si Villar as Senate President.
We need a senate president who knows parliamentary procedures, may leadership.
Walang kalatoy latoy magpreside si Villar parang nagbebenta lang ng tela sa Divisoria, walang buhay at walang kabuhaybuhay.
November 17th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
We will not gain anything by kicking out a President. The ultimate way to a political solution in a democracy is still through honest election and legislation. The people should vote into office good leaders and legislators; good legislators that can enact laws to prevent the repetition of past corrupt practices.
In America, majority of the people hated Bush and his policies. A man with little knowledge, he dragged the nation into unwanted wars that cause billions and billions of wasteful expenditures. His reckless adventures depleted the vast Federal Reserves and the nation had to borrow money from China to fight his Iraq-Afghanistan wars.
His No-Child-Left-Behind educational program has become a farce; the young American kids did not become wiser. His Health program only made the health insurance companies richer. The civil liberties and privacy of common people were compromised under the pretext of defending national security. His so-called road-map for the Middle East resulted in more serious fighting between the Arabs and the Jews.
Closely related companies such as Halliburton allegedly made fortunes out of the wars where thousands upon thousands of innocent Iraqis and U.S. troops died just because Bush didn’t like the face of Saddam Hussein. There was no Weapons of Mass Destruction; and, there was no Al Qaeda in Iraq before Bush invaded the country.
Did the Americans try to impeach George Bush? No, because they knew that that is not the solution. After an impeachment, the situation will be worse in the hands of Dick Cheney, tagged as the most dangerous vice-president. The results of the last election have proven their point. We hope the Bishops here will study and follow the U.S. example instead of inciting our people to revolt against the government.
November 17th, 2008 at 4:12 am
Strengthen our laws against malicious investigation…
For the past weeks we have seen the senate conducting investigation left and right.
Not only they used threat and intimidation of warrant of arrest but detained witnesses by sergeant at arms.
The purpose of senate investigation is in aid of legislation.
We have witnessed so many investigation but the senate cannot produce bill or laws out of the inquiry.
Last week, the senate did it again.
The televised investigation of Bolante,the fertilizer fund and dela Paz, the euro general put them in embarrassing situation and humiliation in front of filipinos all over the country.
Senators line of questioning is without substance but also sarcastic from sour tongue.
We can digest that the just concluded investigation was only a political show for nothing came out positive in their investigation for the senators knew nothing and knew that there was nothing anomalous.
And who is the winner, nothing came out the winner but all loser, much more the country is the biggest loser for it is a negative publicity.
In line of this malicious investigation by the senate, there must be a law that would clearly define their intention in the investigation or what benefit the country would get out of the investigation.
In short, strengthen our laws against malicious, unscrupulous, ruthless, unethical senate investigation.
November 16th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
De la Paz takes fall in euro fund mess…
I salute De La Paz,
He is the trait of a true soldier.
He lives by the academy’s code of honor that states…
“A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal or tolerate those who do.”
The money was returned, he did not cheat; it was an excess baon, he did steal;he was the head of delegation, there was nothing to tolerate.
Much more he lives by the time honored principled….
“What you see,what you hear, leave it here.”
Silence is the rule.
November 16th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Tolits (1463):
NAPOCOR is no longer the only supplier of energy to Meralco. Meralco is purchasing significant volume of power from several affiliated generating plants owned by the Lopezes such as the 1000MW Santa Rita, 500 MW San Lorenzo (both natural gas-fired power plants), Pantabangan/Masiway Hydroelectric, etc. plus other IPPs and WESM. A rough estimate on Napocor supply to Meralco is 50% and maybe less.
First Philippine Holding Corporation’s two subsidiaries First Gen and First Gas own and operate several power plants and natural gas facilities. The public still believe that 100% of Meralco power comes from Napocor and Meralco conveniently use this fact as an excuse whenever the public complains on high energy costs. Meralco has always been secretive in its dealings with its affiliated companies. It will be interesting to know at what prices Meralco buys its power from the Lopez-owned power plants and in what volumes. Also, how much undelivered/unused power from those power plants is charged to the consumer public under the “take or pay”..
Meralco is a public utility company, publicly listed in the stock markets and its capitalization is public investors’ money. The Supreme Court in its decision against Meralco (G.R. No. 141314) cited the Federal Supreme Court of the United States: “[t]he public cannot properly be subjected to unreasonable rates in order simply that stockholders may earn dividends… If a corporation cannot maintain such a [facility] and earn dividends for stockholders, it is a misfortune for it and them which the Constitution does not require to be remedied by imposing unjust burdens on the public.”
Meralco has never been totally honest with its customers, in the past the Meralco management passed its income taxes as operating expenses and made the consumers pay 30 billions for something which is solely Meralco’s obligation.
There was the instance where Cong. Villafuerte accused Meralco of contracting power from affiliated Lopez-owned power plants amounting to 12.99 billion Pesos of undelivered power which was subsequently charged to Meralco’s customers.
More recently, NASECORE has sued Meralco for misusing customers’ meter deposit for dividend purposes including other irregularities in connection to the meter deposits.
In other words, Meralco is not exactly the public’s ideal of a White Knight in shining armor. The government have required the oil companies to reduce/rollback their prices due to the decline of the world market prices and the critical economic situation. Meralco, for the meantime, is very fortunate and has not yet been subjected to such regulation.
With the way it is managed, Meralco can hardly go bankrupt; and if it does, we should not worry about the possible takers, they will be coming from business sectors where open competition to them is common milieu and for sure, they will turn out to be much better managers.
November 16th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Tolits @ 1465
The WB, IMF, and ADB are international lending institutions and they have every right to rate or provide the financial outlook of the country.
In fact, they do it in every country and not only in the Philippines to help international investors decide which country is best to put their money in.
These country reports, as they call it, also serves as a metric for improvement of country-beneficiaries to ensure growth which in turn will guarantee the payment of loans that were incurred.
But you are right, these lending institutions do interfere in the policies of any country to protect its own interests and secure the return of its investments.
November 16th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
“Fourth Impeachment Against GMA”
These Leftists Opposition Congressmen Satur Ocampo, Casino, et al are exerting all their energies to criticize GMA and repeat re-cycling Impeachment Cases year after year. Also, whenever there is militants’ rally in the metropolis, you will see their ilk in the frontline. It goes to show that these are their main activities as Members of the Lower House. I doubt if they had performed their main responsibility to enact laws that will benefit the nation economically or otherwise.
I consider these Members of Congress to be pests that exist in the hall of Congress without meaning except to criticize. They have not contributed to the upliftment of the living condition of their constituents as the primary reason of their being the members of the House. What a waste of taxpayers money.
November 16th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Really, really, these politicians “talaga”…… So many of them are friends for convinience. Just look at the line-ups of our Senators. Lately, Allan Peter Cayatano, Chiz Escodero, Jinggoy Estrada, these three stoogies realign themselves to the camp of Senator Villar, an invited guest of the opposition. I am not surprise if the oppositions lead by Senator Nene Pimentel got the surprise of his life. Just right after being elected as Senators, these three stooges jump to Villar’s camp to Nene’s consternation.Senator Nene Pimentel could have been elected as Senate President. “Si Senator Roxas naman akala mo siryoso sa investigation, eh, natutulog lang ito ng nakalipas na 7 taon. Hindi siya sumasali sa mga nakaraan mahahalaganag investigasyon. Si Senator Pangilinan, tinawag naman na “Mr Noted” dahil kasama siya sa campo ni PGMA noong Garci scam, ayaw niyang pabuksan ang mga “TAMPERED” na balota.kaya tuloy nanalo si PGMA.
Let us not forget the Senator of Maguindanao, Miguel Zubiti, had it not for the help of Palparan the butcher and another retired Garci General Lumibao of PNP who has nothing to do with the reelection in Maguindanao, was highly visible that day, with just one purpose; to assure Zubiri’s victory, Zubiti would not have won during the reelection.
Off course, Palparan the “Butcher” and retired General Lumibao, Head of PNP, known as Garci General, known allies of PGMA, the plunderer, are both lap-dogs. Zubiri will never free himself from the stigma that he is also a lap-dog of Malacanang.
By envoking that the Budget of 2009 will be delayed if Senate Investagation on Bolante, together with Senator Angara’s opinionated but misleading statement that Bolante’s case should be better of left to the court, both their statement runs counter to the interest of the Filipino public. We, the Filipino people want transparency on the investigation of Joc Joc Bolante. We also know how to read body language and facial expressions whenever these big grafters lies or commit purgury during the investigation. Their facial expressions and body language has more meanings compare to a thousand pages from who knows where.
We know that there are many lap-dogs in the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court whoes decisions are purely bias because of their close affinity to PGMA, who personally appoints them. The only way the Filipino public would satisfy our curiousity, and to weed out speculation on Crimes committed against the People is better to televise the investigation.
Senator Miguel Zubiri’s pet project which will cost the Filipino people billions and billions of pesos on his “Jetropa” project was not feasable right from the start. What thousands and thousands of agricultural lands is Senator Zubiri taking about. Nagkakamatayan na sa “Hacienda Luisita” ni Cory dahil sa pang-lalamang ng mga Cojuanco sa mga Land Reform Recipient, eto naman si Zubiri. Magtatanim daw sa libo-libong hectaria. Nasaan?
Kaya maraming naghigirap sa ’Pinas’ dahilan sa maraming manggaganso, o mandaraya, dikaya magnanakaw sa gobyerno.
Ganoon lang pala kadali makanakaw sa PNP Intelligence Funds.laway lang ang puhunan ni Elesio de la Paz na PNP Comptroller, labas agad sa KAHA DE YERO ang 10 million! Kung ganito ang patakaran sa mga ahensya ng gobyerno, hindi na ako magtataka kung bakit sa 2009, interest palang 682 billion ang babayaran ng TAX PAYER. Eh dapat pala, lahat ng mamamayang Pilipino millionaryo na pala sa laki ng utang panlabas. Saan napunta ang malahiganteng loan?
Just came to think of it, even our “Honorable” Senator Villar got away with 1.2 billion pesos just by diverting the C-5 to pass through his 12 Subdivisions. Adding insult to injury, the road passing through his Subdivisions is not a straight road, but a winding road, to take advantage of the overprice lots he charges the governent. Not 3,000 pesos which is the going rate, but 40,000 pesos is charge per square meter. Naraan ang kaluluwa mo?
Hindi na “PERCEPTION” ang corruption katulad ng palusot ng Malacanang. Ang katutuhanan, pinaka corrupt ang gobyerno natin sa buong mundo!.
Ano, puro tange’ na naman ang mga politiko natin, kulang kulang 160 na offisyal ng gobyerno ang nakinabang sa Fetiilizer Scam ni Bolante; ngayon puro hugas kamay? Hindi 600 million lang ang involve dito, approximately 3 billion! Ano ngayon?
November 16th, 2008 at 7:04 am
DE LA PAZ TAKES FALL IN EURO FUND MESS
He clears superiors, says only he’s to blame
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=172452
Like a loyal and faithful ‘mistah’, De la Paz took the blame to save his fraternal brothers. This is the culture of the PMA brotherhood that Sen. Ping Lacson proudly adheres to. Lacson rebuked PNP disbursing officer Rodriguez repeatedly chiding him for failing to observe the chain of command in getting proper clearance in the release of 10 million pesos to De la Paz.
Clearly, Lacson is misinformed about the application of chain of command in a strictly civilian function. It is precisely this wrong notion that the so-called chain of command being applied in the PNP which is not a military organization that led to the “tayo-tayo” system among the ‘mistahs’.
Most of the top PNP generals are holdovers from the military and obviously have hang ups of the military culture that they continue to employ it in the police organization for their own personal reasons.
Sen. Gordon reminded the PNP generals, and rightly so, that they cannot apply the rule of chain of command in the PNP because the PNP is a civilian organization. It is civilian in character and functions as such.
The image of the PNP has improved a lot since Lacson left it as PNP chief with Erap’s downfall. But more has to be done to remove the vintages of the old corrupt ways left in the system.
Once again, the ‘mistahs’ have given a bad name to their alma mater the PMA where they swore to live by the honor code. Disappointing isn’t it?
November 16th, 2008 at 6:49 am
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago had divulged another multi-million anomaly in the Philippine National Police. And she estimated that the PNP may have diverted part of the P700 million intended for hiring of new policemen for the retirement of police officials, on top of their retirement pay, which could run to millions of pesos.
If the Commission on Audit had unearthed huge anomalies in other government agencies, why not in the Armed Forces and the Philippine National Police. Should we make another circus out of the millions of taxpayers’ money which are supposed to be for the funding of development projects rather than the personal pockets of select few of police officials and military generals?
November 16th, 2008 at 5:32 am
COA or commission on audit should have been the right agency to conduct an investigation on the fertilizer fund and not the senate.
The question is here is figures, whether the amount distributed to local officials were really disbursed correctly.
The senators are not good in numbers , they are good in emotions, paawa like saying “kawawa naman ang ating mahihirap na magsasaka” as uttered by one senator in the hearing.
Let’s have the right agency to conduct a hearing, the senate is taking it all, hindi marunong magbigay.
They are usurping other agencies’ function like issuing arrest order, which should be the judge, sergeant at arms arresting officers,which should be the police, detaining witnesee in senate chamber which should be in jail.
Let’s have enough of the Senate investigation.
Let’s the put the work to the right agency of the government.
Let’s have the right agency which is expert in their field.
Let’s put Who is in Charge.
November 15th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
JocJoc Bolante, the tv series…
The televised week of Senate inquiry has just ended.
As we were glued to watch the episode, we thought it would be another blockbuster but it was not.
Too much publicity lang, not classic, no substance.
And how do you rate the week of inquiry by the senate, it was not suspense, not drama, not musical but sarsuela and comedy.
All the senators line of question and answer were all funny, they are all good in comic delivery with some adlib.
Anyway, our senators made our week funny and comedic.
Watch next week for another new episode.
As to the leading man Jocjoc, who was the butt of joke, who became a joker, we found out that he is a serious man.
Though we have a police general senator who was known to be good in extracting testimony by all means, was no match to Bolante.
In short hindi niya napatuga, hindi napakanta.
As you know Jocjoc is now humming his favorite song while having a good night sleep with smile on his face.
He is now dreaming that the nightmare is over.
He is in reflection that our senators are good only for nothing, magaling sa dakdak sa press other than that inutile.
Now we found out that Jocjoc is not a joke, not a joker not a Bolate, fertilizer man.
But Jocjoc is Bolatic in bisaya, Bolador in tagalog.
Jocjoc Bolante is JocBola, magaling mambola…what a fitting description nakalusot sa senador.
November 15th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
To the priest who sanctioned refusal of Holy Communion to voters of Barack Obama as U.S. president because of his stand on abortion (pro!):
Bah! Even God sanctions cannibalism. Look it up in the Book of Lamentations. What did the Jews do when they run out of food and were consumed in hunger because of the slight of the Babylonians who plundered their land as well as being subjected to the punishment God gave to those who refused to submit to the Babylonians: I can’t remember exactly, I think it was: war, famine, and attack by wild animals. What did they do? They sacrificed, killed, and ate their own children. Did God condemn them for that? He mentioned it as if it were part of history. Even Jesus sanctioned cannibalism: Why did he let his disciples and his beloved Mother Mary, and His Beloved Mary Magdalene eat his own flesh and consume his own blood. It wasn’t just plain relationships or symbolism. Jesus was doing something symbolic for history or even theology or even moral law or doing away with self-righteousness.
What self-righteousness the Roman Catholic Church has indulged itself in, these days; what hypocrisy! Hah! I’m sure all you Catholic priests are dying to get yourselves wives just because the lifeline, lifeblood, lifetime of everyone has been increased to 10,000,000,000,000 years. (If you can, if you can live this long?!) What on earth are you going to do all those years if you’re not going to have sex. Didn’t you know that sex was God’s gift to people for their obedience. That’s what God is. HE is SEX. Or SHE is Sex. The Goddess, I mean. (I think Gods are males. Forgive a little chauvinism.) So grant me what I want, and I’ll think about taking Pope Benedict XVI in, as he asked. And all your future popes. Take turns, you assholes. And make my beloved the next pope. (This is directions from God, so you know what the future is, if you dare predict my future.
As Mordred sang in Camelot by Loewe Lerner: “The seven deadly virtues…” (i.e.,) “humility means being hurt; it’s not the earth the meek inherit, it’s the dirt.” Oh, and by the way, Jesus Christ told me to write this (meaning, the above) for you. “Fie on goodness… fie!!”
Vanessa M. Bandal
Dumaguete City, Philippines
November 15th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
“WB, IMF, ADB & Other Economy Concern Groups”
It puzzled me why WB, IMF, ADB and other overseas financial analysts are monitoring the financial outlook of the Philippines in more details and in more frequency than any other nations in Asia or the whole world for that matter. I can categorally state that the economy of the nation is above the levels than that of African Nations, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, etc. Why, they always rate the country’s economic status as if these agencies are directly interfering the affairs of the nation? Is it because of the loans granted to the Philippines by these lending institutions? But, some countries have incurred more loans from them than our country made. The Philippines had not encountered any default in paying the countrys external debts.
November 15th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Open note to PGMA:
Hoy, Gloria, palayain n’yo na nga ang mga preneso n’yo na komunista. At nasaan na si Jonas Burgos, malamang ikaw ang nakakaalam? Sabihin mo nga kay Raul Gonzales na maging matuwid (sori, I’m Bisaya) na Secretary of Justice. Anong ginagawa n’ya d’yan? Bakit ganon ang mukha n’ya? Hindi mo ba alam na dati sinabi ni Pres. Abe Lincoln na “After forty, a man is responsible for his face.” Baka imbestigahin ko pa kayo. Tell all your allies to repair their faces by doing what is right. Baka i-exorcise ko pa si R. Gonzalez, para maging gwapo naman. That’s all. You may contact me anytime.
Vanessa M. Bandal
Dumaguete City, Philippines
November 15th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
“To Harry King”
As far as I know, MERALCO is subcribing power generation to NAPOCOR and they are only engaged in power distribution all over Metro Manila and to some adjacent provinces. It is still NAPOCOR who is engaged in power generation using all kinds of fuels that the country is importing from OPEC and other sources of coals. In short it is NAPOCOR who will stockpile the bulk of the required fuels for power generation. On the other hand, MERALCO will stockpile fuels needed only to distribute the power directly to the end users and the cost of the quantity of these fuels are not substantial compare to when it is use for power generation.
MERALCO is a private firm and will not exist if it will suffer huge losses, unlike NAPOCOR that habitually made routine losses in the form of high prices of oils imported buy the country to operate power generating plants for the entire country. The losses are simply absorved by the national government in the form of subsidies. This kind of operational losses cant not be afforded by MERALCO. Only one huge loss of MERALCO is needed to stop the power supply to their costumers. Other takers will experience the same cycle of operation as far as the cost of the business is concerned.
We all know that electric power supply is the lifeline of the business and industries all over the country and what we should expect from MERALCO is to make their power supply to the end users in the most efficient way & prevent power outages especially during peak times when productivity is at its maximum. In this way huge losses in production will be minimized if not eliminated thus, the national economy will prosper.
November 15th, 2008 at 5:09 am
Sorry senators ..the truth is naisahan kayo ni Bolante, including the incorrigible Santiago. Please do a better job next time and turn the table on him.
November 15th, 2008 at 3:09 am
The Senators must understand fully the intent in asking questions to Joc Joc. Otherwise they will end up empty handed and will tell Joc Joc at the end of the day his statement is unbelievable.
The best for senators is to see meticulously how the 720 millions was being spent? I think COA can provide all the necessary documents with the help of DA.
Anything anomalous on the documents submitted should be the subject of debate.
To connect the 720million fertilizer scam to election campaign for Arroyo is difficult to probe without substantial evidence to probe.
Senators should be wise enough to know the trail of that scam if indeed it is really a scam.
I would say the inquiry of senate is just a Pogi points to senators so that people would think that they are doing their job properly by asking so many questions????
Extra carefull is needed if sombody is exposing scam. Otherwise it will end up half truth.
To senators keep the good works but not the bad works that will jeopardize your integrity and moral values.
To senators please learnt a lesson from your previous inquiry.
Be wise and smart enough….
November 15th, 2008 at 1:39 am
Why courts are so politicized?
Do they?
As far as I know, courts or judges are working independently without political interference from others.
How could courts be politicized where decisions are based on facts presented, evidence and the applicable law.
We see how many criminals were sent to jail, heinous criminals were meted life and death sentences.
I don’t see any political interference there.
Courts are independent, their judgment is without reasonable doubt and their conscience is clear, their knowledge of the law is without question and their integrity is beyond normal person due to delicadeza.
Don’t intrigue the courts with politics.
Politics is for politicians and courts are for judges.
In short, leave the court alone for they are independent.
November 14th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
I’m posting this article as further information about the fertilizer scam.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20081114-172117/Why-P728-M-fertilizer-fund-was-a-scam
November 14th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Tolits:
Public utilities are not supposed to be all-win, no-loss ventures. They are granted a certain market free from competition and allowed a profit based on a percentage of their investments. A utility company can lose from its operations if there are internal irregularities such as embezzlements, pilferage, defective facilities, and unwarranted speculations on oil and energy commodities, etc. Losses as such arising from mismanagement and irregularities must not be charged to the consumers.
Meralco is not increasing their power rates because of power pilferage. The reason is because they have overstocks of gas fuel which they previously contracted and “banked” at much higher prices.
It is unfortunate that Meralco decided to increase their rates when world economy is down and oil prices are hitting the fifties per barrel. Many businesses will soon be closing and unemployment will be on the rise. As a responsible utility company they should try to absorb the loss arising from their high-priced fuel inventories. Like any other businesses, there are good and bad times. A franchise only assures a ready market but not the success or profit from the investment. Even Consolidated Edison of U.S. suffered from difficulties and losses without going bankrupt; and should Meralco goes bankrupt now, there will still be many takers.
Electric power is the backbone of almost all industries today and to let all those industries suffer high energy costs just so that Meralco can make its usual profit is totally incomprehensible.
November 14th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
“To Harry King”
So your fed up that MERALCO is giving a lot of burden to their power users, in short screwing the costumers by increasing power rates. You made MERALCO’s move as one of the reasons why this nation can not attain progress.
On a closer look, you will note that it is the mentality of some of our irresponsible countrymen that should be held liable for this problem. It is a common scene to discover some members of certain communities who want to have electricity in their homes by means of jumpers. In the entire Metro Manila alone, how many households are employing jumpers to steal electricity from MERALCO making this practice from generations to generations. By approximation, it will run to minimum of 10% of the total power being generated by MERALCO in Metro Manila that are taken away by jumpers. Of course these losses will be transferred to the paying costumers of MERALCO in the form of power adjustments, unit rate increases, etc.
As a business venture, you should expect MERALCO to make profit otherwise, you have to produce your own power supply if MERALCO ceases their operation on account of financial losses due to the use of power jumpers. You should blame your fellow electric power users for being irresponsible and not to use illegal power jumpers tapped to MERALCO LINES.
November 14th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
hindi na natuto ang ating mga kababayan , lagi na lang alang nangyayari sa ating bansa kasi may batas lang tayo na nakasulat sa papel na hanggang duon na lang. kung mayroon man na naipapatupad ay para duon lang sa mga maliit na tao …
kaya kung ang mga politiko lang sa pilipinas ay gagaya sa bansang hapon na may delicadeza siguro isang prosyento lang ang matititira dahail puro mga gahaman….
maraming batas at maraming gustong gawing batas para ano ilagay sa archive ?
ang kailangan lamang ay implementasyon .. amimin na natin na mabuti pa noong panahon ni marcos isa lang ang magnanakaw kasi takot sila at may konting disiplina ang tao abay ngayon di na ata uso iyan sa pilipinas… saan ka ba nakakita ng isang pulis na hindi alam ang regulasyon sa pagdala ng pera palabas ng bansa .. hindi na kailangan ang dokumento galing russia sa airport lang ng pilipinas sobra na yan naman eh kung ginawa ng ating mabuting tao sa airport na mga umaalis na mangagawa laang ang inaatupag…
November 14th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Jang says,
“Look at Senator Lacson. Pinagyabang pa niya na di siya kumukuha ng pork barrel as the investigation was about to adjourn. Nagpa-pogi pa si Lacson para siguro sa boto.”
Truth of the matter Jang, even if Lacson begged for his pork barrel Malacanang won’t give it to him. Ping is saying that to save face and show a clean and incorruptible image.
November 14th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Joc-joc is telling the truth. Once the President approved the National Fiscal Budget, she does not necessarily have to re-approve all the expenditures. It is possible that the President knows who is releasing what; but, does she really know who is receiving what?
Mar Roxas found Joc-joc’s statement unbelievable. Is it because the questions posed were nonsensical? It is not too easy to make the senator believe in something that he doesn’t want to believe. If Mar Roxas thinks that Joc-joc lied in his testimony, the senator should charge him with perjury; otherwise, he should just keep quiet.
The nation can not stomach the statements and denials of Bolante, but it also finds the abusive arrogance and sarcasm of the senators equally nauseating.
November 14th, 2008 at 9:04 am
BOLANTE’S TESTIMONY ‘UNBELIEVABLE’ - ROXAS
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20081114-172100/Bolantes-testimony-unbelievableRoxas
Jocjoc Bolante came prepared. He did his homework well. He endured the grueling nine-hour senate interrogation before an intimidating presence of a dozen angry senator-interrogators.
Bolante held out and showed he was one cool cat who won’t breakdown against a barrage of hostile searing questions. He had a ready answer to every tough question thrown at him and was not intimidated by threats and insults from Jinggoy and Roxas which only frustrated the angry inquisitors more.
It’s quite obvious the primary objective of the senators is to link GMA to the alleged fertilizer scam. The attempt miserably failed. Anyone who understands the workings of government knows that release of funds for budgeted items no longer needs the president’s approval or consent. Bolante eplained the 728 million was in the 2004 budget that Malacanang set aside and approved by Congress. The release of those funds becomes the responsibility of the DBM and not GMA. Though this may be true it can also be assumed GMA could have given oral instructions as to who should get these funds for election purposes. This is where the paper trail stops with which to link GMA. This left the annoyed helpless senators livid.
Roxas also failed to link the Esperat murder to the 728 fertilizer scam. Bolante pointed out he had no connection whatsoever with another alleged fertilizer scam in 2003 that led to murder. The charge against him was withdrawn for lack of evidence.
Failing in that, the secondary objective is to hold Bolante criminally responsible for indiscreet dispensing of the funds associated with overpricing and related criminal activities in squandering the funds. Even if he can present data-based computer records that the recipients of the fertilizer funds were the ones who requested for the funding and not chosen by GMA, Bolante still cannot escape the responsibility for the anomalous mess his lack of prudence had created.
Without the link to GMA, the suspense and excitement of the Bolante escapade shall be lost and the glitter and attraction some senators are expecting for themselves are for naught. Like the NBN-ZTE deal, the senators will eventually lose interest for their failure to link GMA. From the looks of things, this is how the Bolante case will end. Once again GMA triumphs.
November 14th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Cayetano and “Delicadeza”
Senator Allan Peter Cayetano’s decision not to inhibit himself from the probe on the fertilizer fund scam made me feel “delicadeza” (a sense of what is proper and improper, a sense of shame) is really in near extinction.
Though Senator Ping Lacson clarified that he was “not casting aspersions and giving any hint of indictment” on Cayetano, the fact that he raised is that Cayetano’s name is on a list of supposed beneficiaries of the fertilizer fund.
But Cayetano still refused to inhibit himself. Yet I find the reasons he gave self-serving. It is because he was the one who cleared himself and not the proper authorities like, for example, the Ombudsman. The one who clears and the one who needs to be cleared cannot be one and the same person.
He said the Department of Agriculture has already disowned that list. But that is the very office that Cayetano is investigating. He claimed that his district did not get any fertilizer fund when he was a congressman. But he added a caveat to be safe: “to my knowledge”. He claimed that list was bogus. But since that list is also submitted to the Ombudsman, then it should be declared as such by that office, not Cayetano. Former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocjoc Bolante, the alleged mastermind of the scam, cleared Cayetano. But Bolante also cleared the president. Yet, the senate probers themselves would not accept his exoneration of the president. How can we then believe his exoneration of Cayetano?
There were signs of such a lack of “delicadeza” when he ran as senator. He toyed with the anti-dynasty law and insisted that there’s nothing wrong with him and his sister serving together in the Senate and his wife serving as a congresswoman. Yes, the people elected them. But lawmakers should be the first to set an example in obeying the law to those very same people. When the Senate President Manny Villar was accused of double-insertion of a budget for a so-called “road to nowhere,” Cayetano immediately rose to defend Villar without even calling for an investigation.
Like Lacson, I am not casting aspersions or indicting Cayetano. He has all the right to defend his good name. It is also possible that he is not really a beneficiary of the questionable fertilizer fund. But I think he should have the “delicadeza” to inhibit himself. I feel that he just couldn’t resist the glare of the news cameras.
To paraphrase a famous quote of a former Manila mayor, Cayetano seems to me so young yet so… confused.
November 14th, 2008 at 5:34 am
Jocjoc is now the joker…
We were so much fascinated and captivated of this melodrama called JocJoc the fertilizer man, an appropriate fitting description indeed, being Bolate a fertilzer in tagalog.
After INS detention, hospital arrest, Jocjoc who is the talk of the town, though his Doc do the talking as his health finally talk.
With so much publicity and fanfare, we thought that Jocjoc will be a blockbuster if it is a movie, though it is televised investigation.
Yet the bomba did not explode, the only loud bang you can hear are the senators senseless line of questioning.
No dramatics, no exposee much more no linkage which the senators are trying to pin the president.
In short, it is futile exercise of senate inquiry.
We are all again cheated by this magnitude publicity for nothing.
In tagalog parlance, harang.
As for Jocjoc who was the butt of joke for several days showed grit and tenacity under pressure that he is a serious man not a joke that can be pushed around.
JocJoc is now a Joker… as he is laughing all the way to his home not the hospital.
As in tagalog, nakaisa na naman si Joc.
November 14th, 2008 at 5:31 am
Lorelei Fajardo is the real spokesman for Malacanang, to wit:
1. Re. Jocjoc.. She empathically denied that the Palace had anything to do with the Fertilizer “Scam”… So there is really a scam.. She never denied it. She even acknowledged it.
2. Re. Ces Drillon… She came out saying that Ms. Drillon is a very famous personality.. that’s why she needs to be rescued (or something to that effect).
Thank you Ms. Fajardo for letting us know what the Palace really thinks.
November 14th, 2008 at 3:15 am
Bolante’s testimony ‘unbelievable’—Roxas
Ang hirap sa ating mga senador, magiimbestiga, pag sumagot ng tama ang testigo ayaw maniwala.
Gusto nila ang sagot ng testigo ayon sa kanilang paniniwala… at iyon ay isangkot si GMA.
Kaya dapat seguro ay tigilan na ang kabalbalan ng senado.
Panay palabas lang.
Let’s audit first the senators, audit their funds, pork barrel and most of all performance audit to know kung meron silang batas na nagawa at hindi dakdak.
November 14th, 2008 at 2:06 am
Bolante told a Senate investigation that the President was not involved in the P728 million fertilizer fund controversy…
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News are deceiving.
Much more it is manipulating and exaggerating to be more appealing.
With the magnitude of amount involved in this fertilizer ; the administration and those beneficiaries mum and silence on the issue, I was made to believe that maybe this fertilizer fund scam is true.
With the testimony of Bolante in the open, we found out the truth, supported by those officials who received the amount that it was not diverted to election campaign for Arroyo for it happened after the fact, meaning the fund was distributed after Arroyo’s election.
We have been cheated, manipulated by this scandalous story of fertilizer.
Much more, the farmers thought that the money should go directly to their pocket.
Poor farmers.
The media should be more open and detail in their story.
Don’t make it sensational with insinuation that something is hidden.
For the meantime, I salute Bolante.
He suffered enough but brave enough to face his accuser to tell the truth and nothing but the truth.
He can go home now in the comfort of his home not in the hospital.
I hope that he won’t suffer another sickness to confine him again in the hospital.
My advise to Bolante, if it only diarrhea, just go to the toilet at doon mo ibuhos ang iyong sama ng loob.
November 13th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Bolante Clears Arroyo in Fertilizer Fund Scam…
Sometimes when we read, we take it literally and not its content or meaning.
Just like this Fertilizer Fund Scam.
We read everyday about this fertilizer. We thought that this fertilizer is to be given directly to farmers but instead used by politicians for political campaign but it was not.
Now it is getting clear that this fertilizer fund is a fund allocated to its province and town for agriculture program which was coursed thru the governor, mayor of congressmen.
Farmers were crying foul that they did not receive the fertilizer.
Of course they should not, for they were not the beneficiaries.
Sometimes news reporting is misleading. They just report to report without examining.
I or you have been mislead, cheated about this fertilizer.
What a waste of time diverted about this fertilizer.
And the senators are in the forefront of this fertilizer scam news. They just investigated without first detailing what it is.
Who benefited this fertilizer issue, the media and of course, the senators.
Sila lang ang gumawa ng issue.
At sino ang tumaba sa pataba, mga senador ang tumaba.
November 13th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Suplico cries persecution ….
Look who’s crying.
What a nerve to cry persecution.
This man is always in the forefront of impeachment against Arroyo.
He was everywhere, he was in television hurling accusations of corruption against Arroyo.
And he won’t stop even he was already a vice governor of his province.
Arroyo did not mince a word about everyday persecution against her.
She just do his homework, which should be.
And now this man Suplico crying persecution that he is being investigated by the DILG.
You’re not being persecuted, you are just being investigated.
Jab lang ang tumama iyak na, is this the kind of leader we have, iyakin.
Manindigan ka at wag magbintang.
November 13th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
I assume, by now, most everybody has read interviews of random members of the public on the falsity or truth of Bolante’s testimony.
These are the people who are the most deserving of the truth, the most important ones he should convince since they are the people that are affected, directly or indirectly. More so than politicians who just want their 15 minutes of fame.
By far, there is prevalent skepticism about the veracity of Bolante’s testimony. This means many things … the public is now becoming inure to these hearings/investigations that go nowhere and indefensible testimonies that are blatantly self serving. There will be no visible punishments for wrongdoers and no redress for victims anyway, so why bother? Apathy prevails … I have to survive day to day first, feed myself and family, work to the bone in a thankless job that pays peanuts.
One can just feel the despair and frustration out there. Talk is just that, talk. If there is no action behind it, these senate hearings are farcical and probably should be done away with.
Tune in again, till next time. There will be a next time but until then, don’t hold your breath. This one will go away, relegated to the back burner. The show will continue when another scandal surfaces and diverts attention elsewhere again. What a vicious circle we’re in!
November 13th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Senate should investigate Jocjoc Bolante but the Senator “investigators” cannot be stop in grandstanding their personalities and querries.
Look at Senator Lacson. Pinagyabang pa niya na di siya kumukuha ng pork barrel as the investigation was about to adjourn. Nagpa-pogi pa si Lacson para siguro sa boto.
Ang hirap din sa mga senador like Lacson, he’s trying to put the answers in the mouth of the accused with his own questions.
Damn if you say, damn if you do not say.
Bakit hindi niya muna pakinggan si Jocjoc at pagkatapos magsalita o mambola tsaka niya birahin. Ang siste, nagtatanong siya tapos pag sumagot si Bolante sisingit agad siya at siya na din mismo sumasagot ng tanong niya!
Kaya tuloy gagawa at gagawa ng palusot ang mga iimbestigahan sa Senado kasi nga alam na nila na hindi naman talaga sila papakinggan ng mga senador na grandstanding.
Isa pa yung Jinggoy na walang sense ang pagtatanong. Panay pang-pelikula ang litanya. Manang-mana talaga sa ama.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
The Philippine Senate Investigations are futile efforts. Every fact-finding investigations conducted under the media are almost all of the time tainted with baffoon-like stage play acts. They should have build their cases with concrete evidences and file their complaints in the proper courts. Otherwise, it all falls downs to a witch hunt like the tragic McCarthy investigations conducted in the U.S.
November 13th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Tolits:
No way that this country can crawl out of this economic mess because Meralco just announced that it will raise the power rates due to high gas prices. This is one fantastic company that never loses from their operations. They charge all their business speculation errors and mis-management losses to their customers; and the government allows them to do so.
November 13th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
“Bolante Clears Arroyo in Fertilizer Fund Scam”
The entire Senate Machinery is in full throttle that costs each senator their salaries and perks as well as the entire Senate Staff also of their salaries doing Investigation for the alleged Dept. of Agriculture’s Fertilizer Scam amounting to P728 million. By the time the investigation was started by the Senate, how much the government had spent conducting this investigation? I’m sure it will amount to several millions of taxpayers money and we know that the first investigation done by the Senate Committee headed by then Senator Magsaysay, had already recommeded filing of criminal raps against Bolante in the Ombudsman. If Senate is sincere in their work, they should have enact law/s in aid of legislation on account of Bolante’sd investigation.
But no, it is very clear from the very beginning that there is a case against Bolante. Why then the Senate want to make another investigation on the alleged Fertilizer Scam when they had concluded on the culpability of Bolante? One this is sure, they are not satisfied to make Bolante alone as the only culprit. They even want GMA to be indicted in that scam in order to achieve full satisfaction especially the Opposition Senators aiming for political grandstanding as Presidential Wannabes.
If they are really interested to recover the money plundered by current or former government officials, they should investigate further the former President Marcos and Erap on the un-expalined wealth that involved billions of dollars which are recoverable.
I think it high time the Senate stop this Moro Moro and concentrate helping the government to pass laws that will improve the economy of the nation during this hard financial time the world is facing i.e. the global economic meltdown.
November 13th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
jocjoc bolantes senate testimony are full of lies, scripted, and a well-prepared palusot at paikot-ikot courtesy of the best legal minds of malacanang mafia at arroyo corrupt-poration.
may problema rin ang senate bakit pumayag sa delaying tactic ni jocjoc, eto ang kasalukuyang realidad ng ating gobyerno…sa kabila ng mga ebidensiya at dokumento ng coa at senate report ni former senator jun magsaysay ay eto parang ginagawang tanga ang mga senador na sumasakay naman sa mga kasinungalingan ni jocjoc.
at eto naman malacanang “vindicated na daw si gloria” whoa!!!! grabe kasinungalingan, pagtatakip ng katiwalian at patuloy na panlilinlang sa taong-bayan.
eto ba ang gobyernong iiwan niya sa 2010? mga taong gobyerno na bihasang-bihasa at animoy eksperto na sa pagnanakaw, pandurugas, kasinungalingan, panlilinlang, pagsasamantala, pananakot at pang-aabuso ng kapangyarihan at etc. etc. sabi nga ni sen. miriam ang kapal ng mukhang magsinungaling na halos nagmamalaki pa at hindi kumukurap sa pagsasabi ng kasinungalingan?
meron ba lying academy ang malacanang mafia at arroyo corrupt-poration? nakakabilib silang lumusot at magpalusot.
tapos may mga senador pa tayong grandstanding at paikot-ikot din na walang saysay ang pagtatanong?
kawawang bayang pilipinas nasa kuko ng mga buwitre, buwaya at ahas….
God save our country!
Mabuhay ka pilipino!
November 13th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
“Oil Price @ USD55 a Barrel”
As long as USA, China, & India are regulating their oil consumptions due to hard financial times, OPEC will not have the time to exploit oil prices as they did when the price went up to USD147 a barrel. This is good opprtunity for consumers like our country to bring the cost of living to the same level as before the oil price @ less than USD 60 per barrel.
Maintaining this kind of oil price, the nation’s economy can still achieve a positive growth by 2009.
November 13th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
“SWS & Pulse Asia - Critics and Opposition Tools Against GMA”
It is very obvious that with just over a year left before GMA complete her presidential term before election 2010 will be held, the above highly critical Pollsters keep on doing Surveys that brought negative results for GMA. These surveys can be attributed as follows:
1. The survey/poll/s were commissioned
by GMA’s Critcs and Opposition.
2. These Pollsters are anti-GMA Critics that make efforts to send strong signals to the mass that GMA should be removed from office and replace by their own man.
From the events taking place such as 4th Impeachment Case file by GMA’s Critics, Bolante’s repeated Senate Investigations, we can easily conclude that Opposition is trying all efforts to remove GMA by any means. They probably know that having GMA complete her presidential term, the election 2010 will become the Waterloo of the Opposition as all of them are greed to become President. They will not be united in fielding a single Opposition Presidential Candidate.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:29 am
kaibigang abstract…natumbok mo! mabuhay ka!
November 13th, 2008 at 9:25 am
jangjang umarya ka na naman…
ang sarili mo ang tanungin mo kung ano na ang nagawa mo sa bayan kundi ang ipagtanggol at ipilit na mas maayos ang bansa sa panahon ng magaling mong gloria….
hindi ako tumitigil sa paggawa ng munti kong makakaya sa aking mga tauhan at sa aking bansa, hindi ako tumitigil na hindi maliwanagan ang mga katulad mong langaw sa lipunan, hindi ako tumitigil hanggat ang demokrasya ay umaabot sa ordinaryong pilipino hindi yung demokrasya ng iilan habang gutom ang mas maraming juan dela cruz.
jangjang the langaw, inuulit ko hindi ako katulad mo na hindi ko alam kung paano nasisikmura na magtanggol at magtakip ng kamalian ng isang pekeng administrasyon.
sabagay, ayon nga sa kasaysayan laging may mga langaw na katulad mo laging naka-istambay sa basura (malacanang).
at kung ako magtitinda ng lugaw gaya ng iyong tinuring, ikaw ang una king papakainin marahil ay kulang sa nutrisyon ang iyong utak o di kaya naman sobrang kabusugan mo na dahil alagang-alaga ka ng malacanang mafia at arroyo corrupt-poration.
akoy isang simpleng negosyante lamang, may maliit na negosyo at may mga anak na pinag-aaral…ang hangad ko lang ay mamulat at mabuhay ang aking mga anak sa isang tunay na demokratikong pilipinas at hindi pinamumunuan ng mga palalo at kawatan sa gobyerno…
haay jangjang kung ako lang sana naging nanay mo ay madalas na kitang napapalo kasi ang tigas ng ulo mo at nagiging pasaway ka na, biro panay ingay mo na wait til 2010 habang panay salag mo naman kay gloria at alipores, at panay atungal mo ng pagkakaisa at iwasan ang paghahati-hati pero iba naman ang pananaw mo sa mga isyu puro paglilihis…san ka ba talaga?
sabi nga ni mang goding sa isang pamilya ayhindi maaring walang lumabas na blacksheep, siguro ikaw na yon sa pamilya nyo..pero sa akin still jangjang the langaw - the truth crusader of malacanang mafia at arroyo corrupt-poration…oh di ba parang evil action hero ka? o evil villain? o basta jangjang the langaw ka pa rin.
at hanggat mali at baluktot ang pananaw at opinyon mo ay ako ang iyong konsensiya ok jangjang the langaw!
mang goding..yun nga ang nakakalungkot dahil ginagawa ng mga superiors nila ginagaya na rin sa baba…halos lahat ng ahensiya ay kalat na ang “culture of corruption” sa ating bansa, sinubukan kong lapitan upang obserbahan at makipag transaksiyon magmula lto, dti, cityhall and etc. etc. same script sila…at yun ang nakakalungkot na katotohanan.
marami pa ring tapat pero mas malakas ang hatak ng kurakot.
November 13th, 2008 at 6:06 am
DE VENECIA ENDORSES IMPEACH RAP IN HOUSE
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20081112-171790/De-Venecia-endorses-impeach-rap-in-House
Three times before ex-House Speaker Joe de Venecia was instrumental in killing impeachment attempts against GMA. He fought tooth and nail and called on his House allies to rally behind the president to make sure the impeachment attempts would fail.
All that is over now when his son was shut out from the NBN multi-million peso deal which was awarded to ZTE. And he lost the House speakership as a result.
Now GMA has become JDV’s mortal enemy and wants her impeached allegedly for corruption which is the very reason why impeachment attempts were previously made but which JDV strongly opposed.
JDV is doing a Jun Lozada. He saw the light though unlike Lozada who ran to the religious to save his skin, JDV is doing this to avenge the loss of the NBN deal he wanted for his son.
Tsk tsk.
Reminds me of the saying, there is no honor among thieves.
November 13th, 2008 at 5:45 am
LAKAS MOCKS BINAY’S BID
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20081112-171836/Lakas-mocks-Binays-bid
Lakas party mates see Binay, who Erap supports, will go the way of McCain who lost for carrying GWB as his baggage.
Lakas is hopeful one of its presidential wannabes particularly MMDA chair Bayani Fernando will win in 2010.
Lakas may not be aware of strong resistance against Fernando. People are afraid he will paint the entire country pink, his favorite color, if he wins. Pink!!! Yuck!!!
November 13th, 2008 at 5:30 am
ARROYO RATINGS STILL ‘RATHER LOW’
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=171897
If would seem things look gloomy for GMA but it seems she’s not bothered by this at all and why not?
The survey says, “… 46 percent of Filipinos disapproved of the President’s performance while 51 percent distrusted her.”
Conversely, that’s how a pessimist would look at it, but to the optimist it means 54 percent approves of her performance while 49 percent trusts her.
That should help answer the nagging question why there appears some resistance to join calls for her immediate removal.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:50 am
Economic pointers from Obama’s victory…
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Obama’s economic plan is only a party agenda on economics.
It is not yet implemented to know the effect, whether it is good or bad for americans.
Anyway, it is one of the battlecries in the campaign that helped him in the white house, though more americans who did not vote since were persuaded to vote.
This economic pointer of yours cannot be applied to the Philippines to follow.
There so many rich people in america, millionaires, billionaires, middle class.
Low income family in america, are those whose income is less than $ 48,000 annually for a family of four.
That differentiates Obama’s rich and poor family.
America is a first world country while Philippine is a third world country where most people are poor.
There are not so many millionaires much more there are not so many middle class. Majority of filipinos are poor.
The pointer is general and not specific.
No point of comparison to Obama’s economic plan.
No pointer for it is pointless.
How come the issue becomes corruption at the end?
What has corruption to do with your economic plan?
Stick to the issue.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:24 am
halos lahat ng ahensiya ng gobyerno ay kinukunsinti pa ang red tape at katiwalian..biruin mo mga simpleng kawani ng gobyerno na nasa posisyon akala mo mga empleyado ng mga multinational corporations sa dami ng luho-magagarang sasakyan, malalaking bahay, daming investment at properties…
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maybe may mga kawani ng gobyerno na ganyan pero hindi naman lahat ay sangayon sa iyong paglalarawan.
but you are making a blanket statement that if one apple is rotten the whole basket of apples are rotten.
sa pamilyang disente ay may tinatawag na black sheep pero disente pa rin sila.
sa pagkaalam ko ang kawani ng gobyerno ay kulang sa sweldo, mahirap at kapos.
kaya yong iba ay kinse at katapusan lang ang pasok dahil kulang ang kinikita, kung papasok pa araw araw ay wala ng kakainin ang pamilya.
bihirang bihira ang nangungurakot na kawani ng gobyerno pero ang perception ng tao ay kurakot. sa isip lang.
nahuhuli naman yong nangungurakot.
kaya wag mo namang lahatin ang kawani ng gobyerno… marami pa rin ang bayani sa kanila.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Maria Makiling,
Mas maigi pa pumunta ka sa puntod ni Ninoy sa Makati at mag-rally. Mag-organize ka, kumalap ng pondo para sa pagpapa-kain sa mga dadalo sa rally. Pwede mo bansagan yung rally mo na “Truth shall prevail” or “Interfaith Rally 2″ na parang TV series.
Papa-putol ko ang daliri ko, walang masyadong susuporta sa iyo. Bakit? Sawa na ang tao. Pare-parehong lang ang mga politiko lalo na sa opposition, panay inggit at pan-sariling interes.
Mas mabuti pa magluto ka ng lugaw at ipamigay mo sa mga batang lansangan, nakatulong ka pa.
Ano ba ang maitutulong ng pagbabatikos mo sa kapakanan ng bansa? Gusto mo maghati-hati ang mga Pilipino? Maitim ang balak mo kung gayon? Wala ngang makikinig sa yo kung ganyan ka.
Kung wala ka trabaho, mag-apply ka. Kung may trabaho ka, pagbutihin mo. Kung mayaman ka na, ibahagi mo ang konting yaman mo sa kapwang nangangailangan.
Ipagsigawan mo ang karapatan at pagpili mo sa 2010. Ito ang tamang panahon ng pagbabago.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Let Binay run the Philippines? Not by any chance.
Binay has to prove first that he’s more honest than GMA; and then, he has to show that he is more intelligent. To warm him up for the presidential race, his party should arrange a debate between Binay and GMA on important national issues. But, just like any government exams, the debate questions might also leak out, eh?
The same should apply to the rest of the presidential candidates that, up to now, still couldn’t prove their honesty.
Another thing to expect is that the next president after Binay may be the First Lady.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
For those that want to invest in the Philippines, they can check first with the Malaysians that won the bid and invested in the Manila Hotel.
The Supreme Court decided years later that the hotel should go to the a loser of the bidding.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
mang goding, lets all forget Pimentel. The man has long passed his stage of senility; he doesn’t realize what he’s saying. Just blame the guys that elected him to the Senate.
November 12th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Rewarding the Corrupt is the best practice the GMA goverment since she stole the election. Not only she rewards the retired (retarded) generals with prestigious and powerful posts in her cabinet, she also covers up their mess.
We have a phenomenon for which I don’t have any explanation except that there is a general lack of awareness about big official mistakes. These mistakes no longer attract anybody’s attention and nobody even thinks much about them. These violations constitute the beginning of the end of society. The end takes many forms and has various characteristics, the least of which is that society will stop growing and will be dragging behind other societies.
There are areas where corruption is so conspicuous that no monitoring authority is needed to expose it. Like What happened with JOCJOC, The officials in such places make distasteful and shameless statements that there is no corruption. This is of course harmful to people’s emotions. I do not want to speak about anyone’s fear of being questioned because this is not a part of their thinking.
In rare cases when one of these officials is relieved from his responsibilities, it is done quietly and only after the situation has reached such a point that no cover-up is possible.
In situations like these, people expect the corrupt official will be put on trial — or at least he will be questioned about the damage that he has done to his department as well as to the public interest. No such thing, however, ever happens. The official leaves his position in order to enjoy the money he has embezzled. He spends the rest of his life like a celebrity with an abundance of worldly goods.
Worse than this is when the official returns to a more important position in authority as if he were being rewarded for his corrupt practices. This conduct represents a grave challenge to all attempts aimed at improving the country and safeguarding its assets. It is a cause for despair and frustration. The spirit of belonging to the country will dwindle when people realize that the corrupt are being rewarded
November 12th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
“Suspects sa UP Holdap Tukoy Na”
This is a statement of PNP-NCRP about the recent hold-up that took place inside UP resulting from the death of three persons. PNP-NCRP is composed of Manila’s Best and Elite Police Force but, why the criminal elements outwit them even in the broad daylight? The Public don’t need such kind of statement from the Police Authorities but what we want is when they will be able to solve the crime/s. Knowing the identities of the criminals if they will not be brought to serve justice is meaningless. PNP should have less talk and to act more to achieve good results in combating crimes. They are laughing stock by those evil criminals in their fight against crime.
PNP should refrain too much media exposure for unnecessary interviews on how they perform their jobs. The citizens want result and not mere statements in solving crimes.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:29 am
tolits re your comments on “eliminate red tape”???? o bigla yatang nagbago ihip ng hangin, akala ko ba maayos ang sistema ng local at national agencies re red tape in doing business transactions?
now are you saying malala ang red tape dito sa ating bansa? at di ba sabi mo maayos kang pumipila to get passports and other docs re your work abroad? so you never experience fixer? palakasan? red tape?
yun nga ang problema…dahil sa red tape at katiwalian lalong nasisira mga institusyon ng gobyerno, lalong dumadami ang buwaya at buwitre sa gobyerno, lalong nawawala ang mga oportunidad sa mga bagong negosyo at hanap-buhay, lalong nawawala ang sanay dagdag serbisyo kay juan dela cruz sa pamamagitan ng mga buwis sa mga bagong negosyo…
lto,dpwh,bir,deped, afp/pnp,sss, gsis at halos lahat ng ahensiya ng gobyerno ay kinukunsinti pa ang red tape at katiwalian..biruin mo mga simpleng kawani ng gobyerno na nasa posisyon akala mo mga empleyado ng mga multinational corporations sa dami ng luho-magagarang sasakyan, malalaking bahay, daming investment at properties…whoa! ang yaman pala ng gobyerno natin with these kind of lifestyles they have!
dito nga sa amin sa paranaque city, ang budget officer ay kamag-anak ng mayor ang mga clerk lang dati sa budget office ay ngayon puro mayayaman na kasi mismo ang supplies ng paranaque sila ang nagsusuply using dummy companies-clerk na casual mayroong tatlong sasakyan, may bagong bahay at mga properties sa batangas samantalang ang suweldo ay less than Php15k lamang at may mga negosyong binuksan gaya ng bakery at trading companies para nga di masilip ng ombudsman at sabihing may legitimate income other than being a govt employee.
at sa tingin nyo ba sa raket ng mga taong ito walang blessing ng mayor? ganun kalala ang sistema ng corruption sa ating bansa just imagine pa sa national govt kung saan bilyon-bilyon na ang usapan.
sana nga magkaroon ng bagong pinuno sa atin na matuwid at lilinisin ang sistema ng pamumuno sa atin - nepotism, palakasan, padrino at kaniya-kaniyang negosyo raket magmula barangay chairman, congressmen, mayor, gobernador, head ng govt bureaucracy at institution, executive dept…lahat lahat sila ninanakawan ang pobreng juan dela cruz!
hindi naman mawawala ang nakawan pero dapat ayusin na natin ang ating bansa para sa tunay na pagbabago at tunay na demokrasya-walang saysay ang demokrasya kung mas maraming nagugutom, walang bahay, walang trabaho, walang pagkakataong mag-aral, walang oportunidad ang isang simpleng juan dela cruz.
at higit sa lahat accountability at good governance…at kapag nakita ng mamamayang pilipino ang sinseridad ng kasalukuyang pamunuan na baguhin ang buhay ng isang pobreng juan dela cruz siguro naman maiiwasan na ang batikos at kritiko. pero sa ngayon habang patuloy na kinukunsinti ang mga pagnanakaw at kung ang lider mismo ang pasimuno ng pagnanakaw malabong mangyari na yakapin ng pilipino ang politicalceasefire at national unity na laging binibida ni gloria at alipores.
mabuhay ka pilipino!
November 12th, 2008 at 7:47 am
BINAY DECLARES PRESIDENTIAL BID
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20081111-171499/Binay-declares-presidential-bid
Jojo Binay’s drum beater Rep. Teddyboy Locsin calls him the Barack Obama of Makati which anyone with fairly good knowledge of the man would take the comparison as pure nonsense. Obama would feel insulted too as the only thing that comes close to the likeness of the US president-elect is their deeply tanned skin and nothing more.
But can Mayor Binay make it? Quite possibly if 2010 becomes a multi-candidate elections and with the help of Erap.
Makati Mayor Binay is Erap’s point man of United Opposition. Binay can win as President of the Republic of Makati on his own but never as President of the Philippines simply because his popularity does not extend beyond the boundaries of Makati.
So why has he declared his bid this early? To test the waters perhaps and see how the rest of the country will react to his declaration and hopefully catch his benefactor Erap’s interest.
Coming off from six years of forced confinement, Erap came to realize his vaunted ‘masa’ support some 30 percent of them has remained solidly intact. They along with the FPJ supporters never left him. He proved his political strength by winnin