IN MY own opinion, our lawmakers should focus more on
putting up laws governing the Internet.
We are so focused on improving our Internet infrastructure, but the laws governing it are not very established. Our economy may benefit from the broadband expansion, for it will create more businesses and jobs in the outsourcing sector, but consequently easy access to the Internet would mean the proliferation of porn, Internet-related crimes, fraud, pedophilia, and other unimaginable damage [to which[ our children and loved ones [would be exposed].
– Efren Cruz, Makati City, Philippines (via e-mail)
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September 18th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Just the same old story. Paulit ulit lang naman to. Bandang huli wala naman guilty.
September 18th, 2007 at 7:53 am
Now something REALLY fishy is happening… damage control?
Mike Arroyo slips out on eve of Senate ZTE probe
By Tarra Quismundo
Inquirer
Last updated 08:01pm (Mla time) 09/17/2007
MANILA, Philippines–First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo slipped out of the country at sunset Monday, the eve of the Senate investigation into the controversial National Broadband Network (NBN) deal with China’s ZTE Corp.
Arroyo was last to board Cathay Pacific flight CX-918 some 10 minutes before the plane took off for Hong Kong at 5:55 p.m. It was not clear whether he was to take a connecting flight to another destination.
It was Arroyo’s first unofficial trip since his heart operation in April. He joined President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on her trip to Sydney, Australia, last month for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit.
In a leather jacket and black pants, Arroyo passed through the highly exclusive Dignitaries Lounge at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1, taking an elevator from the ground level Presidential Lounge.
He had been driven to the airport through the limited-access ramp area, bypassing regular traffic and skipping the long check-in queue at the terminal.
Indicating how Arroyo wanted his departure to be kept from the public, airport security officials prevented the Philippine Daily Inquirer, parent company of INQUIRER.net, from getting close to the First Gentleman when he emerged from the elevator.
As he walked to the boarding gate, Arroyo was flanked by executives of the Manila International Airport Authority, including General Manager Alfonso Cusi and airport security chief retired Gen. Angel Atutubo, an official known to be close to the First Family.
Walking closely behind was National Bureau of Investigation official Pedro Bulaong, who was once on security detail to then Vice President Macapagal Arroyo, and chief airport customs collector Ding So.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=89107
September 17th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
As usual NBN project is really not really intended to make the filipino people lives easier, rather it will make the lives of those involve in this deal much much more easier and much much more “hardier” to mr & mrs juan dela cruz.
Why broadband? c’mon we have already a lot of telecom players around ! In short naghahanap lang sila ng pagkakakitaan ! Take a look at dotc/telof - is it functioning well now-a-days ? After the telof proj, wala na pinabayaan nalang ! why not check on it if what i am saying is not true ! A lot of the telof eqpt now are not functioning well ! Dahil walang pambili o pampaayos ng mga gamit !b Kita? Yes telof does, pero saan na ang kita ?? Sana maisip naman ninyo na pumarehas sa maraming pilipino na nagbabanat ng buto para kumita at ipakain sa kanilang mga pamilya ! Hoy mahiya kayo ! Hwag na sa amin kundi sa mga anak ninyo !
September 17th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
[...] Vox Populi : Senate probe on NBN deal [...]
September 17th, 2007 at 11:53 am
Well, another controversy has rocked this administration. The NBN/ZTE scam. I just hope that the people involve will have the courage and conscience to explain to the people what’s that deal all about. How they’ve come to an agreement on the contract etc. The people have the right to know especially the tax payers-the working class. Abalos have always been in the middle of scams in the past years, remember the Comelec computerization voting project? Where are the machines right now? It is now useless and the people are the ones suffering in paying those expenses by the govt. I really don’t trust Abalos, why is he still there in Comelec he is an incompetent public official. I hope the people involved in the NBN/ZTE deal gets sacked even Pres GMA if found guilty. Another Erap in the making.