THERE are obvious reasons why this former priest is thankfully now an ex-priest.
He will bite the hand that feeds him. He is no more than a stir-the-pot-type person. He knew coming in that politics is what it is — and why is it that now he is claiming to be the holy one. The Mister Clean?
– Louis Payawal, California (via e-mail)
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November 20th, 2007 at 12:48 am
huh? so what evidence can he put forward with his claim that there were dole-outs of money coming out of malacanang if he didn’t have the money with him? common sense. hurling accusations without concrete evidence? he’ll make a fool of himself by doing that. common sense is, indeed, not so common.
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:56 pm
AMEN!
November 1st, 2007 at 1:37 am
Louis, I think I missed the footage where Gov Ed claimed to be holy? I hope they have it still. I’d really like to see that to believe you. Oh yeah, since we’re at it, I wonder if you’re anything near being Mr. Clean? You’re so good a shooting down truth-seeking people, I just can’t help but ask.
I keep wondering why Gov Ed is referred to as either a former priest or an ex-priest ‘coz the last time any well-informed person from Pampanga checked, he is a priest on sabbatical leave. Ask his superior.
Here are some other comments for several people:
Eve: pleaaasssse@&*! - i just copied and pasted your own version of the word. What can I say? Let’s all do our assignments on background info checking before making any comments on any particular issue. My suggestion, partner with Louis for this particular assignment.
It’s sooooo easy to make slur comments on people when one is at a distance from the source of real responsiblity.
Gener Simon: Am firing it back at you man, “You ought to be ashamed of yourself!”. Don’t comment on things that you can’t fully understand.
Richard: This isn’t an opposition gimmick. The governor is not interested in parties. Don’t you think it’s obvious enough why he run independently and remains without a political party until now. No to attachments with trapos please. Their in a box. Gov Ed is out of it!
John of Cross and Leon Faryan: He’s not grandstanding. The only reason why he called a presscon was because the media people were buzzing for info when he spontaneously (without batting an eyelash) recounted the events at Malacanang. Put an issue to rest and answer questions truthfully - that’s the standard procedure for issues on both macro and micro level right?
Dar: Gov Panlilio has no personal interest in the money. He is a man of very basic means, hardly any personal assets and properties under his name. I doubt if he’s going to change.
Freddie Argo: from confessor to whistle blower….There have always been two standards in the world…The Standard of Christ, and the Standard of Satan. Which standard do you stand for?
Maugan P. Mosaid: Kindly put your PHD to good use. There’s this term in Filipino “Sayang naman kung mapunta sa wala…”
Robert Reyes: Kawawa talaga ang Pinas kung lahat ng tao parehas mong magkomentaryo. Read the papers again. He was looking and waiting for paperwork re: the P500K. Be careful how you refer to people. Don’t accuse people of being dumb. Baka mapagkamalan ka na ganoon ikaw mismo. Kasi baseless na comment yan.
Thank you Jojo Labayen for pointing out about the “fact omissions” of some media partners. On the national level, maayos ayos pa. In Pampanga, some local media practicioners should seriously review their code of ethics…that is, if they even have one.
Salamat Carlos Santiago for your comment.
At sa lahat ng ibang komentaryo, huwag kayo basta lang tumira at magmamalinis sa gustong maglinis at magumpisa ng maayos na pagbabago sa palakad ng pamahalaan. UTANG NA LOOB! Bago ako tuluyang manggigil sa inis, ipagdadasal ko na lang kayong hindi marunong makaintindi na masaniban sana ng kalinawan ng pagiisip ng Espiritu Santo.
Adios.
October 26th, 2007 at 10:38 am
Sinugo ng Diyos si Among Ed bilang Pari at nakita ng mga taong nakasama niya ang kanyang kabutihan. Ito po para sa akin ay isang pamamaraan ng Diyos na sa pagdating ng pagkakataong gamitin niya si Among Ed sa pulitika ‘GOOD GOVERNANCE, HONESTY and TRANSPARENCY” ang apakikita ni Among Ed, huwag po tayong malungkot para sa kanya at buhay na buhay ang salita ng Diyos, Romans 8:31 ” If God is with us, who can ever be against us”, si Gov Among Ed nasa panig ng kabutihan,God bless po sa inyong lahat.
October 24th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Okey! So, the money came from the LPP, heh? Took them 3 weeks to come out to admit culpability (discussed who would be the goat first?)! That appears strange and suspicious! This is one damage control that does not compute! Just to jog your memories folks, why was this act done WITHIN the walls of Malacañang? What makes this more bizzare was that those people DID NOT even tell recepients what the “hush” money was for!! So they thought the general public is that gullible and stupid they can say anything and be credibly believable? The antics of corrupt politicians…..
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Kahit ano pa dahilan ni Gov. Ed e sa huli tama pa rin sya. E walang katapusan yan ke negatibo sa kanya o positibo ang ginawa nya, may personal na interest sya o wala di na mahalaga yun. Ang importante ang ma-ibulgar ang katiwalian at malaman ang katotohanan.
Ang perang yan ay pera ng taong bayan!!! Ibalik nyo sa tao di sa Malacanang kasi siguradong mapuputa lang ulit yan sa walang mga kwentang tao dyan sa gobyerno!!! Dati pag may mga press release na palpak ang sabi “Grounded”, e ngayon ano naman itong sinasabi ni Reynaldo Puno na dito, doon at dyan galing yan pero ano? E lahat naman e todo deny. Sinong niloloko ninyo kundi ang mga sarili ninyo!!! Buko na kayo e hihirit pa, talagang wala ng lusot na ganyan katalamak ang pangungurakot nang gobyerno!!! Lahat kayo nagkakada-ugaga na kung paano malulusutan yan mga kahihiyan ninyo!!! Mabuti pa mag-resign na lang kayo!!!
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:56 am
here’s an oxymoron…”honest politician!”
October 22nd, 2007 at 10:46 pm
A doctor,nurse,engineer,architect who enters the boxing ring simply becomes known as a “boxer”. Similarly, a docotr, lawyer,engineer…..a priest etc., who enters the political arena is known as a “politician”. Mr. Panlilio knew the dirty world of politics that he joined. He walks straight to the middle of a mud field and come out claiming his feet are clean??? Mr. Panlilio left the noble vocation of priesthood and embraced politics…and now re-claims being holy? He ought to be ashamed of HIMSELF!
October 21st, 2007 at 7:01 pm
VICTOR CASIOU,
NICE OBSERVATION AND OPINION, MOST OF WHAT YOU SAID IS CORRECT EXCEPT THE ADVICE TO THOSE WHO ARE CAPABLE TO JUST BETTER LEAVE THE COUNTRY. MAJORITY OF FILIPINOS DONT HAVE THAT OPTION AS MOST ARE INCAPABLE. AND EXODUS OF PEOPLE WHO CAN LEAVE WILL JUST FEED THE POOR AND HELPLESS PEOPLE LEFT IN THE PHILIPPINES TO THE DOGS (GMA AND HER ALLIED POLITICIANS).FOR WHAT POOR AND HELPLESS FILIPINOS CAN DEFEND THEMSELVES OF WITHOUT THE HELP OF THOSE WHO HAVE THE MEANS SHOULD MOST OF THEM LEAVE. THE PRESENT CORRUPT GOVERNMENT WOULD BE HIGHLY GRATEFUL IF BRIGHT AND PEOPLE WITH ENOUGH MONEY WOULD BE LEAVING AND WOULD WORK ABROAD. IT WOULD JUST MEAN MORE OFW REMMITANCES AND LESS BRIGHT PEOPLE CAPABLE OF OPPOSING THEM TO WORRY ABOUT.
October 21st, 2007 at 2:02 pm
..i wish my boss will also do what gov panlilio did.. way to go gov panlilio!
October 21st, 2007 at 10:29 am
On Carter Change, start it now guys, that is your only hope for change. You would not be dictated by rich and powerful kingmakers who choose the only people they wanted that you should elect. Only select the people who you could trust that won’t sell you to the dogs. If you again sell your votes and be fooled by the trapos, expect already a very bad government. Don’t go to EDSA and rally because the people you elected are not doing the right things. What they are doing have already been paid to you. So you deserve a government of people that bought your votes. A corrupt elector begets a corrupt government. Magtiis kayo, ginusto ninyo ‘yan….
October 21st, 2007 at 10:18 am
Fr. Ed Panlilio is almost my hero, only it became half-baked because he did not know who gave it to him. This is the the disconnect to a supposed to be complete admiration. He has gone to the airwaves without even knowing who the actual giver is. Is this not grandstanding to make him more popular? What now Governor…is this your way of getting donations? Not knowing that you are accepting jueteng money which you denounce as immoral? So when you accept something that is immoral that you don’t really know who is the source, you are like the police enforcer that was given bribe money without asking for it. Who is more immoral, the priest or the police?
October 21st, 2007 at 9:56 am
Fr Ed was RIGHT in exposing the BRIBERY (Consummated) right at the doorsteps of Malacanang.
He was WRONG in accepting the DIRTY MONEY because in accepting, he became a PRINCIPAL in the crime of bribery.
He cannot account something(bribe money) that is not documented as public funds unlike IRA allotments, realty taxes and others which are covered by public documents before its release.
The right thing to do for Fr. Ed, is to return the P500,000 lock, stock and barrel in Malacanang.You cannot give to your constituents goods from a polluted source. Its a mortal sin. He can have all the money, with plenty to spare from lahar, to aid his people.
October 20th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
Gov. Panlilio, in his press conference, said that he believes the money was given in good faith, to help his constituents and that it was not meant to bribe him. These statements, however, was not given prominence by the media.
Gov. Panlilio welcomes the assistance but wants everything in order. I think that’s what he was trying to convey. HOwever, the media portrayed him as a whistleblower.
October 20th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
mr. panlilio should understand the current situation in our country.. he created another trouble to our already sinking economy and loss confidence from investors..
why come to media immediately? he should have done the official inquiry first before putting things on fire.
he loves being in public view..
October 20th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
It is easy to see if one is a defender of the evil scammers, even if most of them comes in many and different colors and shape. Something is wrong with their eyes. They can see only the bright side, however miniscule, but never the dark side which occupies almost the whole body of their idol. Maybe the darker color is too dark for their eyes, or these defenders are afflicted with a malady akin to selective blindness. They always praise their idol, or attack their idol’s detractors, most praises and attacks are camouflage because of embarrasment, you know, praising someone with an statistical rating of negative 15% trustworthiness and popularity. Very easy to understand them, but more pityful. This entry here by Louis Payawal is one who attack, one blog here praise the merit of Charter Change, forgetting to mention that the success of a move for Charter Change will be a success by the scammers to perpetuate their rule and their stinks on this land and its people forever.
October 20th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Heres the differentiation of American Democracy and Philippine Democracy, all americans has what we called freedom, while pilipinos has what we called Corruption. Its almost ingrained in the eyes of Transparency international. There are lots of magician in the eyes of philippine politics which a 500 thousand pesos can be given through a politician without receipt and the politician who received it cannot determined whether its corrupt money or Bribery money, Corruption and Jueteng remains the same forever.
October 19th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
If these politicos will continue to be arrogant and irresponsible, more Panlilios will invade their turf bcoz they did not perform their duties. Worst, if the people become restive and hopeless, chaos will surely follow. The government is saying that communism has no place in our country but why are embracing the Chinese communists. It seems better for a communists leadership leaning towards liberal economy than a dictatorial regime hiding in the guise of democracy.
October 19th, 2007 at 10:57 am
Without Gov. Panlilio’s expose, these politicos could have an unabated & arrogant whims & caprices for spending peoples’ money for projects, “only they know”. No wonder that in 2006, 615 million of peoples’ money remained unliquidated. What about this year-2007, how much could have already been irresponsibly spent or shared w/ the happy gangmembers? Without Joey de Venecia’s whistle blowing, another monstrous project could have become a replicate of BNPP (remember the nuclear plant that we have already paid, we never benefited except proving that we are honorable people). The ZTE-NBN deal is worst… ang kapal talaga. Do not invite us to help build our country, you are there and you are paid. Just do your job and do not lie, cheat nor steal. Mahiya-hiya naman kayo.
October 19th, 2007 at 10:42 am
I think Panlilio is doing the right thing. Although he is now politician, he is still a priest by heart and soul.
Other politicians especially the newly elected ones don’t have the guts to come out in the open for the reason they are somehow into it, or perhaps not, but someday they likely be.
October 19th, 2007 at 8:34 am
It is precisely that this priest-turned governor of Pampanga understands what’s grievously wrong about our kind of politics that he stirred the pot to wake people up to the moral bankruptcy that this administration is trying to propagate. What is being given as a gift are taxpayers’ hard-earned money given quite freely and quietly in a no-questions asked manner. There is no receipt, no legitimate instructions of its purpose given, no accountability. In that sense, that is a bribe in exchange for some special favors. The fact that this happened right in Malacanang why is it not one from Malacanang admits to it as its handiwork? It does not save GMA from owning the responsibility on the claims of others that she was no longer there when monies were handed out. Where else will the money come from and who else has the means to give it than the one who lives in that big house?
October 19th, 2007 at 8:19 am
[...] Vox Populi : Panlilio and money [...]
October 19th, 2007 at 3:41 am
I somehow agree. Regardless of whether he is a priest or not, when somebody hands you money, specially in such big quantities, you will not forgot who and when the money was given. In addition, if you are really clean, won’t you ask paper work, specially it is well known how corruption is prevalent in the Philippines. Just claiming that he is a priest that he cannot lie is illogical. There is this big sex scandal among priest here in the US (who knows if it exists in the Philippines). If he just forgot, I thinks that a very dumb of him and I don;t think a dumb person should serve as a governor.
He should have done more private inquiry fist on his own before we went to the media. He seems to love the attention. If he’s one of them who have true honest intentions for the country, kawawa naman talaga ang Philippines.
October 19th, 2007 at 2:28 am
We need more AMONG ED PANLILIO in the Philippines. A light in the midst of darkness.
October 19th, 2007 at 1:26 am
The Philippines is a very HOPELESS country,look what happened with the marcos cases!
October 19th, 2007 at 1:24 am
Kunwari lang iyan. I smell something fishy. Bakit ngayon lang siya lumabas? Normally, pag nakatanggap ka nang bag eh curious kang tingnan kung anong laman nito. Sinong niloloko ninyo? We were not born yesterday. Another opposition gimmick? Another investigation ito. Just a waste of time. Kaya hindi na umasenso ang Pilipinas. Hindi move forward kundi backward. Hay naku. Puro kayo pasaway.
October 19th, 2007 at 12:33 am
Folks - the distribution of so-called “tokens of appreciation” at an official palace affair, without the “supposed” knowledge of the convenor of the conference - if one is stupid enough to believe that canard - should ring alarm bells to those who still do not grasp the implication of what really is going on at the topmost echelons of government. Reading the rationalizations of the usual underlings,
one wonders - what are these people thinking when they engage in these acts?
Does GMA even know what she is getting into or allowing to happen? Nothing can be more dangerous than incompetent people commiting acts that they do not seem to understand. It is so Filipino to engage in these palusots when they scarcely comprehend the errors they have just committed.
Without mincing words, this is the most brazen act of corruption that one has ever heard of. Sure, cash has been doled out in the past in the same location, but not with such callous impunity and disregard for senstitivity. This is proof if any is still needed that the present government under GMA has already lost any remaining trace of propriety, sense of morality and capacity to govern.
Such things only happen when the head is no longer able to distinguish right from wrong and rationalizes things only in terms of how they can ensure survival.
Unbenown to these crooks are the following repercussions:
a). Foreign investors will see how corrupt and how dangerous dealing with Filipinos is. No matter how populist Pinoys are, without foreign capital, the country is doomed, just look at all the unemployed around you and at your neighboring countries like China, Vietnam, India.
b). Government employees who are already inured to corruption will grow even more apathetic and callous. They will not care to follow orders and deliver decent service if their superiors are themselves engaged in corruption on even bigger scale.
c). And the restive military will get further emboldened to think that if civilian authorities can commit crooked acts, they too can - the road is clear - nobody has moral high ground to stop whatever they are thinking.
Folks, these are ominous portents and I implore those who are Humpty Dumpties out there - wake up and get off those fences - the signs that Philippine society is now reaching the point of no salvation.
The CBCP is 6 decades late and the entire society has become cynical.
Those who are still young and can take risks, I advise you to seriously consider leaving before the whole sink ships into the deep mire. I don’t think anybody can still save this rotten society, nor should one even ask if it is worth doing so
The elites, as usual will already have made provisions for such eventualities. It is the lowest masses who as usual willl get creamed. What a pitiful and ugly spectacle the country has become - all complements of the elites who have remained as rapacious and devious as they have ever been, no matter how much rearing and education they have been exposed too.
You Pinoys deserve it, too bad, but that is just how nature clubs folks who do not want to learn from bitter experience.
October 19th, 2007 at 12:13 am
This statement may have been in support of the term “dirty politics”. Based on the above premise politics will always be in bad shape in the Philippines whether we like it or not. People who will try to “clean up” the government of graft and corruption will either be ignored or outrightly be assasinated by agents of perpetrators of anomalies and legal activities in the government.
Unfortunately I would say that Gov. Panlilio is just protecting the interests of the people that put him in power. Money that belongs to the people should be used for the people and by the people. The hand that feeds Gov. Panlilio is definintely not that of GMA but of his people back home.
October 18th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
It took a priest to openly disclose the long time on going lagayan by GMA. This is how corrupt the Tongressmen and the Gobernors, and the Mayors.
October 18th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
@Louis,
man before you make irresponsible comments like that i suggest you do your homework.
i know Among Ed personally and none of what you claim is true.
October 18th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
The issue of charter change is most welcome. We are the only country in the Far East that has a US style government.
Where are we now in terms of economic progress? This type of government is not applicable to us Filipinos as we indulge ourselves in too much politics that is counter productive to economic progress.
Look at our Neighbors, specifically Thailand. The President can always dissolve the Parliament headed by the Prime Minister.
Why not give a chance to Federalism?
We have experienced for so long the Bicameral System. We should learn from
this experience. We Filipinos need to have self discipline first and foremost. If after adopting the Unicameral System for say 10 years and still we will be on the
same level economically, then we as Filipinos have always an option.
October 18th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
i say amen to louis payawal’s comment. if pareng ed is really “squeaky clean” as he professes himself to be, why on earth did he receive it in the first place? ano yan? as an afterthought, then he will call the media to parade the money? pleaaaasssse@&*!
October 18th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
sus, ginoo! you must be missing the point of the issue. We must band together to create a dent on Phil politics if you are in a far land. They (politicians) are doing irregular bad things (cold cash gifts to avoid paper trail). So better come up with solutions to be heard and not only read. I do not know the solution but something from those in the far and wealthy land should be done. What daya think? bro
October 18th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
i admire mr. panlilio for doing what he thinks is JUST right. how many honest people we have now in the government who is willing to return P500,000??? not many…
we need more of him. is there any way we can clone him so we can have more like him in the government???
more power to you Mr. Panlilo!!! hope your tribe grow.
stingray
October 18th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Mabuti nga may lider pa tayong ganyan, kesa naman sa mga nasa Malacanang, lalo na yung press secretary, ano ba ang pangalan non BUNGE or BUNYE, puro kasinungalingan ang sinasabi sa taong bayan.
October 18th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
I laud Gov. Panlilio for telling the truth, unlike most politicians who are right now in a dilemma on whether they should tell the truth, a lie, or a half-truth. He only shows that there are still people in the government who would stand up to what is morally right even if it is not convenient.
October 18th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Kudos to Ed Panlilio, his advisors, and those who believe we can actually change Philippine politics. As someone else has said before me, evil reigns when good men fail to speak up.
I have lost all expectations for Philippine politics, but have not yet lost hope.
This tells us that to vote for one good man into office is to give the light of one bright candle against the darkness of Philippine politics.
October 18th, 2007 at 11:05 am
This panlilio Jueteng money vindicates my own opinion about jueteng activities has ruled the philippines since the Removal of President Erap intension to make Jueteng funds legal, by investing it to Belle Resources stocks which was mostly owned by SSS and GSIS members, where it was priced at $3.14 per share, it would have tripled its price earning ratio, if it was not derailed by those Jueteng lords the hero of edsa2, we SSS and GSIS members can sue the government to recover the lost pension funds whoever is the guilty person. jueteng remains the same.
October 18th, 2007 at 11:02 am
I beg to disagree to Mr. Payawal. Obviously you don’t know the person and you are just basing your opinions and thoughts based on what you see and read on the news.
I commend Gov. Panlilio or Among Ed as he is popularly known for his courageous act in receiving the money and then going public to let the people know that what is happening in the Philippines political arena is downright dirty and muddy. Some people says, that he should have not accept the money and just kept mum about it, if he kept mum about it, then the public will be kept in the dark. This is the people’s money thru payment of taxes. So the public has every right to know what is really happening inside the close doors of Malacanang. If Malacanang has not issue a response in 15 days on where the money came from, Among Ed will have no choice but to return the money and I call on the other public officials to do the same to show solidarity that being Clean is IN! It is high time that we Filipinos stand up for what is really Right.
October 18th, 2007 at 10:49 am
NBN controversy, cash dole outs, a justice secretary playing dumb, influential and corrupt couples taking turns in public office, worsening poverty, rising illiteracy. Add a bloated bureaucracy and politicians’ headcount bigger than that of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Spain combined and you get the perfect recipe for a Philippine Banana Republic.
October 18th, 2007 at 10:43 am
I thought a priest is a keeper of confession, no matter what.
Father Panlilio is now a confessor to whistle blower.
October 18th, 2007 at 9:14 am
What’s ironic is that his revelation only happened AFTER the first congressman spoke. If the so-called pay-offs did not break out, he would probably have kept the money to himself.
October 18th, 2007 at 8:48 am
Panlilio should be hailed for telling the truth. He is one of a kind. He was right, he should use the money on the projects in his province. If he returns the money, then it will become unaccounted, and it will fall into the pockets of unknown officials.
The CBCP wanted Panlilio to return the money. They envied Panlilio for receiving that much. Remember when the bishops were deliberating if they would condemn GMA for the “Hello Garci” issue. Their decision was influenced by the benefits they received from Malacanang. Free food and transport, and who knows if there was any money given. It took time for them to admit that they received some sort of benefits.
Panlilio should be emulated. Please don’t stop exposing irregularities in the government. The Filipino people have already enough, they just can’t tolerate anymore.
October 18th, 2007 at 8:27 am
It is very regrettable. The money was given away to already rich and famous politicians, benifiting kickbacks from both legitimate and illegitimate transactions. How about the teachers and soldiers? How about the taxpayers?
The money could have been spent on projects which could benefit the majority. The money could have been used to reduce the budget deficit, pay a portion of our foreign debt.
The government should not blame ordinary people and businessmen for not paying the right amount of tax. They don’t want their money to be wasted to unnecessary expenditures.
IT IS A SHAME.
October 18th, 2007 at 7:01 am
Gov Panlilio did the right and moral thing any public official should do. There should be accountability of any funds coming out from the government. Unfortunately not many of the Honorable gentlemen who came to Malacanang admitted in receiving the supposedly gifts (bribe). This is a very sorry state of our country’s sense of Morality and Governance. I think it is dire time that we act into exorcising the Devil in Malacanang before it corrupts everyone else that even Gov Panlilio won’t be able to resist anymore.
October 17th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
The cash gift received by Panlilio and others, apparently, are intented for bribery. Money from the government whenever dispensed must and should always be properly documented. Whatever office and/or whichever agency in the government is responsible for this abuses the entrusted-power the Filipino people gave them. Nobody in the government should use money as if it is their own!
October 17th, 2007 at 11:37 pm
Among Ed need our prayers, as all of our government servants do. He is surrounded with money and power hungry politicians and if not for his Godly convictions, will be contaminated in no time.
You want to play with the devil, join Philippine politics and you will learn how to serve him well.
I pray that one day there will be more Among Ed to force the devil and his demons out of the system.
October 17th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Louis Payawal of California, it seems you are either out of your mind or an Arroyo brown-nose.
October 17th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Hello Mr. Payawal,
There are billions of obvious reasons why these trapo’s are trumpeting in chorus airing their shallow alibi’s to the immediate rescue of who ever handed over this so called 200,000 pesos bribe money…1st is, they’re afraid to lose their milking cows…if you think the majority of filipinos consisting of the poorest of the poor benefit from this? wake up!!! “imagine”, these are billions of pesos going right down to the pockets of these corrupt trapos/crocodiles/voltures…
kaya nga nasa California ka dahil di mo kayang mabuhay sa pinas…o baka isa ka sa mga Lacoste…read my lips…
“Mabuhay ka Fr. Panlileo, go ahead with your just cause…and may your tribe multiplies”
October 17th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
We salute you Gov. Panlilio for being honest sa job niyo.
Ngayon pinaiimbistigahan na po yung mga kawatan sa Malacanang, “very bad” sabi nga ni Dating Pangulong Ramos.
Kawawa naman pala kaming naghihirap at mga mahihirap.Yung 500 thousand pesos pinamimigay lang sa Malacanang.
Pati yung mga sundalo siguro nadidiscourage na rin dahil sila buhay ang sinusugal para sa pamilya nila.Sa Malacanang just to attend the meeting meron ka ng 500 thousand.
Eh yung overseas worker lungkot ang tiinitiis para umahon ng konti sa buhay pati pamilya sinakripisyo kahit malayo para kumita ng pera…
Sa Malacanang doon pala dapat tayong pumunta dahil di mo na kailangan pang mag sacrifice kikita ka na agad walang kahirap hirap 500 thousand na agad..
Mga kabayan ko.Ano sa tingin niyo…..
kawawa naman pala tayo sobra na sila….
October 17th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Father Panlilio is the hope of the new politics that this country needs. He knows what he is getting into and he is not playing Mr. Clean. He is just changing the rules.
One day he will lose his life but that is too late for the trapos. He already opened the eyes of the people on so many posibilities.
I am excited. Mabuhay ka Father.
October 17th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Para sa akin tama lang na tinangap nya yung pera kasi kung di nya tinangap yun e di walang ebidensya na namimigay nga ng pera ang Malacanan. Dapat din na maging malinaw kung saan nangaling ang pera at kung para saan. Simula pa noon e ganyan na talaga ang kalakaran ng gobyerno natin kaya malinaw na ang sistema talaga ang bulok kaya kahit na sino pa ang umupo dyan e ganyan at ganyan pa rin ang mangyayari. E bakit kailangan pa ng mga pondo na di na kailangan resibuhan para saan para may dahilan ang mga opisyal na yan na mangurakot. Ang batas mismo puro butas kaya di talaga matitigil yan. Yan ba ang kalakarang matino ang bigyan ka ng pera ng ganun na lang basta tangapin mo at bahala ka na. Yan ba ang hustisya?
October 17th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
I beg to diagree to Mr L Payawal’s comment abt Mr Panlilio’s expos’e on Malacanang supposed gift giving but if I know that this is their strategy to a have a stronghold on these politicians who’s very much happy that they have easy money at the expense of the people’s money…Don’t you know that there are lots of Filipino people that are hungry because of unnecessary spending by politician esp in the government. I’m really so sad that nothing is changed in our gov’t..Ganoon pa rin. To tell u the truth, At that time I when Arroyo was appointed as Pres, I rooted for her thinking that our Gov’t will improved esp from corruption …a lesser evil as u say compared to Estrada but sad to say…with all these news..things are getting worse….I don’tknow…when can we have a better government free from corruption which meang better life for Filipino people. I just hope that Pres.Arroyo could find a way to straighten her acts while she still in power or the impeachment might squeeze before her last day in the Palace.
Also, Mr Payawal, aren’t you glad that there is a person like Mr Panlilio in the government who’s honest enough to inform the public about this or else …up to now the public doesn’t have a slightest idea that this has been a trend in the gov’t offices as Sec. Lito Atienza said ” It is just normal” Wow, no wonder even actors or actresses really want to be in politics coz the perks of easy money just to be awaiting to land in their hand….tsk tsk..tsk..even though they don’tknow anything…Also,I don’t care if Mr Panlilio is an ex priest…we need an official like him in the gov’t who has integrity and a courage to say what is wrong for the sake of th people…
Mr Panlilio as you can see is from California.. He can’t feel what those lowly people , the masses.in the Phils..the employees who pay their taxes for the good of the Land..the Phils…I still love the Phils.no matter what…as far as I know the people esp on the computer field and the medical people no name a few have an edge than U.S and other countries…Mas magaling tayo sa kanila…Hooray for Mr Panlilio.. we need more of you to check and balance in the gov’t…Pres. Arroyo,I hope no more stains in the gov’t…
October 17th, 2007 at 11:41 am
What Among Ed did was just the right thing to do and I wish the others will have the courage to follow.
October 17th, 2007 at 11:01 am
[...] Vox Populi : Panlilio and money [...]
October 17th, 2007 at 10:59 am
i think panlilio is just grandstanding. why create all these fuzz and media exposure? why did he not just return the money quitely? the country is in so much problem and the last thing it needs is another issue that other politicians can blout up for their own circus.
the ex-priest said during a press conference that he accepted the money thinking that it would be for community projects. if hes confused as to the real purpose of the money why not go directly to malacanang and ask? if hes in doubt as to the real motive of the cash gift, then he should’nt have accepted it. in his many years of service in the church hasnt he received similar donations for parish projects and/or cash gifts from donors? did he question where these money that the donors are giving come from? im sure he have accepted money from politicians before. panlilio is just another clown in this political circus.
October 17th, 2007 at 10:08 am
Louis,
A very nebulous statement, do you mean that “…the hand that feeds him…” is the Palace administration? If it is, then the hand that supposedly feeds Fr. Panlilio is corrupt and institutionalizes corruption. Fr. Panlilio did his correct duty to report any attempt at corruption.
Actually your statement surprises me Louis, going by what you say, do you mean that if someone in a higher position offers you corruption money you will accept it and not blow the whistle since the one who gave the money is supposedly the “hand that feeds” you?
Tsk, tsk, tsk better examine your conscience and morals Mr. Louis Payawal.
October 17th, 2007 at 9:54 am
Gov. Panlilio will never be the politician and an ex-Priest. He will always be both! So, he plays the role of a politician and Priest at the same time, either alternately or vice-versa. So you see? He accepted the money because he is a politician, and after that he has to divulge it because he is a Priest. If he allows other people to unearth the “gift” he accepted he will lost his personality as a priest. Lesson No. 1: If you are a politician, dont trust ex-priests for they are trained to bite the hand that feeds them, after all they can afford to leave a virtuous vocation for something else. Lesson No. 2: If you are a priest don’t join politics in the Philippines because this vocation is full of surprises and politicians can do dirty tricks and still act like priests. Good luck Gov. Panlilio, D.D. For Gov. Panlilio he should not return the money. The virus in the money may have already infected his hands. He may invest the money in the quarrying business and allow it to multiply. Never mind ex-Gov. Lapid. He was not a good manager of an income-generating business.
October 17th, 2007 at 9:08 am
You have a very corrupt attitude Louis. It is very sad.
October 17th, 2007 at 8:33 am
Simple. People, specially in politics, change and adapt like chameleon to survive.
October 17th, 2007 at 7:01 am
Art imitating life
nick ilagan, 101607
Let me tell you the plot of my favorite show.
It airs in HBO and they call it “The Sopranos”.
Tony leads the family of gangsters and criminals.
He’s an Italian Mafia who grabbed power from
his uncle. They always get their way by bribing
and killing. The sole purpose of their existence
is to make money out of peoples’ fears, greed,
weakness and stupidity. They have no regard
to human lives. They even use the church achieve
their purpose. They think they are the law. They
buy the police, the media and anyone who gets
in their way. If any of them refuses to be bought,
they are killed in ways you can’t imagine. Their
loyalty lies with their family and their money.
They operate through deceit, violence and secrecy.
Their only rivals are other families who can’t wait
to overthow them.
For those who don’t have cable access, you can
watch the local version in Malacanang.
October 17th, 2007 at 6:41 am
Read Wikipedia entry- allegations that the good father has children while still a priest. We should be careful. We might be bringing to power another Gloria. For one, he has an ugly face like Gloria. Sometimes, you can tell a devil by its looks.
October 17th, 2007 at 4:19 am
So what is new? Philippine politics has always been and will likely be this dirty in the years to come.
October 17th, 2007 at 3:57 am
What is your real last name, Mr. or is it Ms. Payawal? Is it Arroyo? Abalos? Singson? Noclue?
October 17th, 2007 at 12:12 am
the issue is not panlilio and money. the issue is that money was distributed per se. whether the money was given out in good faith or not is again not the issue. the issue is why the president or her advisers not sensitive to the effect of their actions. there is always a “blur” of unethical conduct in the way they do things lately. otherwise, no uproar from the public will be heard if their recent actions have been on the level, transparent and genuinely felt as good for the country. they can do better.
October 16th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
[...] Louis Payawal writes about Panlilio and money in Vox [...]
October 16th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Do not let the U.S. use the Philippines as their forward operating base. They don’t own us, we don’t exist for their pleasure, they need to leave the Philippines alone.