Broadcasting companies are one the most profitable company in the world…but sometimes some media personalities are crossing the lines of responsibilities, instead of defusing or extinguishing the fire that they are covering LIVE..they are adding more fuel to the fire in order to broadcasting something for PROFITABLE broadcasting instead of RESPONSIBLE broadcasting FOR ECONOMIC UPLIFTMENT..in the US and other country do you think they can do this irresponsible act of coverage?,,SHAME SHAME

I agree with Orly Nazareno 100%. I still remember the time in the past that after watching TV, I feel positive and moved to act on my life’s problems. TV shows in the past makes me positive and enthusiastic unlike today that it makes people negative and feel sorry about their situation instead of solving their problems.

Do you know why the media is mad? It’s not that they were handcuffed but beause the Trillanes caper ended barely after five hours. If it lasted for days, it would have meant bigger business for both print and TV news. According to the ratings, both TV Patrol and 24 Oras topped the ratings for that Thursday.

Yes these media people think that they are untouchable. They were blaming the police for using tie wraps. Hey people we saw in your video footage that only those unfamiliar faces were tied but those who were identified were not even included. Your crying too much but it was your irresponsible attitude towards the situation put you into that trap. There is no absolute freedom we are all bounded by law and we must abide to it.

Ano sa tingin nyo na kayo lang ang tama, hinde! Puro kayo mayayabang!

[...] Orly Nazareno writes about the irresponsible media in Vox [...]

Agree ako sa iyo bro. Eh sa TFC lang, grabe kung bigyan nila ng moment si Trillanes. Saka paulit ulit na nirereplay ang mga mensahe ni Trillanes lalo na ang portion na nanghihikayat ng tao. Samantalang, in passing lang ang binigay nilang panahon para sa mga anunusyo ng palasyo at kapulisan. In fact, habang inaannounce on the air ang mensahe from the Palace eh footage nina Trillanes ang pinapakita.

Ok sana kung parehas ang trato nila sa pangyayari eh kaso obvious na pinapaboran nila ang mga rebelde.

Naniniwala ako sa freedom of the press, pero sana ang information na pinalalaganap nila eh katotohanan lang at walang bahid ng pagkiling. Kitang kita sa TFC na ang pagtataray ni Korina at Ted ng naging bisita nila si Defense SEc. Teodoro pero di umubra sa mahinahon ngunit puno ng katalinuhang mga sagot ni Teodoro.

Sa Pinas, one of the problems is actually the freewheeling press that we have. Sila na ang talagang nag-uudyok sa mga tao kung ano ang dapat na maging opinyon. Kung gigipitin mo naman eh isasangkalan ang kanilang freedom daw. Karamihan ng press sa Pinas ay mga intellectually and mentally dishonest and hypocrite. Laging self-righteous eh behind the camera mas masahol pa naman sila sa taong kanilang pinupuna.

i agree with you orly, akala nila sila lang ang anak ng Dyos………

ano na kaya ang status ng wow wow wee massacre……..

di ba noon laging pinapakita nila ang haba ng pila papasok ng wow wow wee, palagay ko sadyang hindi pinapasok ang tao sa ultra para nga naman pagkuha ng arial shots, mga adviters, ‘ang haba ng pila dito sa aming show’………

eh kaso nagka stampede, may mga namatay, naunsame tuloy ang arial shot, paiyak iyak pa, intention naman nilang pahabain ang pila……

para daw makatulong sa mahihirap, mas malaki pa yata kita nila sa nagtetext para makasaki kaysa premyo nilang halatang ayaw namang ibigay……..

may daya pa, dalawang numero sa isang lalagyan, ‘technical glitch’ daw kasi bagong laro, ang sabihin mo hindi pa kabisado ni willie kung ano hihilahin……..

baka sa kwarta o bayong may daya din, hindi natin atin alam, kabisado na kung ano hihilahin para mabokya………..

will take full responsibility sabi ng management, ano na, puro postpone yata ang hearing…….

calling our state prosecutors, tulong naman para sa mga victima…….

baka sa huli yung mga namatay pa ang may kasalanan……..

nakita ba ninyo kung gaano ka arrogante si charrie villa, aba akala mong napakalinis ng abs, baka multuhin sila ng 51………..

pasaway sila, ayaw umalis, tapos puro reklamo, may nahuli namang nagpapangap na media, tama lang ginawa ng authoridad………

humihingi lang ng raw footage, ayaw magbigay, baka may itinatago, o talaga lang swapang, baka gusto bayaran pa, mukhang pera……..

The Philippine media is like a very “spoiled brat.” They always cry to high heaven at every opportunity, because sensationalisim always attract attention and sell the news, true of not, invented of real.

Some media personnels sometimes have very fertile imagination and could make a mountain out of a molehill. This is indeed the sad affair of the media presentation.

The Administration, the Police, the Military. but never the Opposition or any group that could shout louder are always to blame for everything that goes wrong. The whipping boy of the media. How convenient !!!!!!

Maybe it is time for the media to look at themselves at the miror and see how they look.

chito

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I have to agree with this note. In all honesty, I think the loca media men are over-reacting to the police’s actions during the Manila Pen raid.

Those reporters who were arrested should fulyl understand that them being detained is SOP.

After all, given that Trillanes’ fellow officers were in civilian clothing, it only follows that they may have attempted to sneak out along with the journalists and TV crew.

The same tactic has been done before by hostage-takers and terrorists - for the police to be lax here would potentially have been fatal to both them and any nearby civilians.

and yet another overseas filipino worker making very intelligent comments about how the philippines should be run. remember, YOU ran away from the philippines? who should be ashamed now.

If there was anybody who can be considered responsible for the presence of the Media at the room where Trillanes et al were gathered, it would be the management groups of the different networks whom the media people are working for.

On the other hand, any media personnel who disregards orders from their management would face the prospect of being terminated from their job for disregarding orders from the home office.

Given a choice which order to follow, the police to vacate the premises or the media management to cover the event, it was pretty obvious which order the media would heed.

I agree with you Orly. Some of the media personalities are cry babies and spoiled brats in pursuit of sensationalism and arrogance.

This will be my last comment ever for this website.

The Philippines: A country of ironies…

The manila pen siege shows that as a country we are torn into pieces by people who are in the government, in the media and Trillanes…

Way back then, when he was a mere lieutenant, I do believe that his concerns are valid…but now…after what happened at the manila pen…its a different story.

He and Gen. Lim should have thought twice before doing that. They are not only putting their lives in jeopardy but the whole country itself is affected by their political and public escapades.

Trillanes may have thought that the millions that voted for him in the last senatorial elections will show up and support him in his latest stunt. Hell no!

Filipinos are more concerned on what they can give and feed to their families. We are more concerned on how we will alleviate our own family’s welfare. It’s ok to fight for what is right and for national change but he should have thought twice about how he would execute that. Intentions may be ok but the method of expressing it is definitely NOT OK.

If he would ask a common Filipino about what he will choose in these times, is it the principles and the change we want in the government or start working for a better plight for his family?

Many could have chosen start working for a better family welfare. We all know that there are so many filipinos with hungry stomachs out there. Most of us live in poverty. and yet we are still trying to do everything for our family.

I dont think this is selfish but its more practical when you are trying to change your country. Start with the nucleus of the country,the very seed of our society: FAMILY.

If you can change yourself and your family, then you are already starting changing your country in your own humble ways.

One last word on Trillanes et.al: try seeking psychological help sometimes. You’re thinking too much about our country that you miss a lot of small details that could have an big impact later on.

This is a tough lesson for our country to learn…

Gloria should reform first starting with corruption eradication and starting with those nearest to her (or she herself for that matter), then slowly but surely the rest would follow. If unable to do this, then she must resign.

I agree with Simple Pinoy. His observations are the same as my opinion.
Are most of the ABS/CBN talk show anchormen/women operatives of the opposition?

Anak T. Salit

In my observation some Philippine media personalities are truly irresponsible and highly biased against the government. What the police authorities had done is not an overkill or curtailment of press freedom but just a standard operational procedure and it is within their mandate. I hope the media people has learned something out of this and will not insist on their stubbornness and arrogance.

Kabayan,

Ang topic dito ay “The Irresponsible Media” hindi si Gloria.

Kung ayaw mo kay Gloria, then you should stay out of the Philippines and live somewhere else.

Palaging NI-ROROMANTICIZE at IKINUKUMPARA na kasyo parang ng panahon daw ni Makoy.samantalang haltado na mahihina ang mga UTAK nyang mga Media.At hindi man pumapasok sa isipan nito na ISA sila sa DAHILAN sa lalong PAG-PAPAMANGMANG sa mamamayan.(madalas makikita ito sa linya ng kanilang mga tanong na nagbe-betray ng kahinaan sa isip)Kasi again a bunch of acadamics,journalist,artist,activistetc—BUT DEVOID of any GOOD SOLID INSTINCTS.imultiply mo iyan ng ga milyon—RESULTA—isang bnsang NAPAKA-BAGAL umunlad.Majority ng pupulation mga IGNORANTE at mangmang na walang ginawa kundi mag-ank ng maganak.At kung sino pa ang mga mabababng klase na mga ito–ito pa ang MABILIS mag-anak.MAHIYA NAMAN KAYO S SARILI NYO!!!Numero unong export—KATULONG!!!MAHIYA NAMAN KAYO!!!!!!

@mbagumbayan

I imagine that Orly has his reasons for having to work overseas. Who are we to judge his actions?

I would hardly consider trying to support a family - even if it means being thousands of miles away from them - a cowardly act.

May I ask what yours standpoint on the subject matter is?

media people should cover the event, not be part of the event!!!

those bums should get an award- for overacting!!

why do media people think they are above the rest of us. look at their vehicles, with that “Press” sticker, as if that allows them to drive recklessly.

damn the media!

I do believed the media personnel were on the wrong side & they should not be whining, be a man to take the responsibility of you’re action. use common sense not stupidness. It doesn’t matter there was crime line set up nor you were at the scenes before the police operations started, but when you were given the chance to evacuate the scene you should have done it. yes media broke the law when they choose to remain inside Makati pen. they didn’t only put their selves endanger but also the life of all involved. I am tired hearing all their complains without trying to understand the law enforcements situations. if you put yourselves in their shoes how would you felt when you know there are innocent people in between in carrying & performing duties. just like you, these law enforcement personnels have sworn duties to uphold. The very disappointing most these medias were seasoned and well traveled. They have been to other countries covering news, they know the rules.There were no incidents like these in other countries because their media personnel use their common sense & obey the rule of law in news covering. Do not forget that just because you were journalist or media personnel you were above the law & don’t have to abide to any law. shame on you & to those people think that the media should be allowed anywhere in anyway they want. media supposed to be the fine example of a good abiding citizen to the young generation to come. Media is very powerful equipment if it is use by wrong individual or the wrong way. the coverage was seen globally, thanks to ABS-CBN. so lets not add to the tainted imaged of our country as well to the Filipino people. let’s do it right & honest news reporting.

The local media is a big turn-off. ABS-CBN thinks it’s above the law!Freedom is given only to responsible people.I wounder if abs is aware that they too should have civic responsabiolity insyed of giving signals as if saying, don’t mess w/ us cuz we can hit back”
Ang yabang nila!! They are not even man enough to accept the consequences of their arrogance.

You know I thought I am the only one who noticed what is happening in our country particularly in the way news being reported to public. Well, I tell you people ABS-CBN IS ALWAYS and WILL ALWAYS AGAINST to the administration of GMA, why? well simple.. remember MERALCO? when the government ordered to return the overpaid amount to Metro Manilans? well imagine how furious the Lopezes are and bid to avenge their fate. Further, they’ve used to pressure VP NOLI DE CASTRO that if he did not withdraw support to GMA and her allies.. ABS-CBN will decommissioned the MAGANDANG GABI BAYAN show hosted by the VP’s daughter. All of these were shared to open your mind and further your understanding of what’s happening in our country. Did ABS-CBN have broadcasted what goodness our government did? And why should ABS-CBN has to always report a topic that may exasperate the public about the government’s action. Hmmm? even a kid can tell that ABS-CBN is broadcasting biased to the oppositions, communist, FPJ supporters and to what they called SAMBAYANANG PILIPINO..??? Eh I am also a Filipino but I don’t think I’m going to destroy my country, that is betrayal..

Tanongin po sa sarili:

Kung isa ako sa Magdalo:

Bakit ako susunod sa mga pulis eh kung itong mga civilian na media na nakapaligid sa’kin hindi sumusunod sa kanila, ako pang rebelde?

The world is full of idiots! I’m one of them. Most idiots condemn the media even when the media is always on the side of the people (including, and most especially, the idiots). Most idiots rally to the cause of some oppressive police people who handcuffed media for cause unknown. When idiots experience oppression and police brutality, it is always the media on the scene to come to the aid of the oppressed idiots. Crazy world!

I am tired of hearing media people saying that we have to broadcast the truth to the people, it is the freedom of expression guaranteed by the constitution.
and yet when they are being questioned, investigated, they cry suppression, curtailment of the freedom of the press.

they thought they are the protected ones, above everyone else.
but don’t they know that they are also ordinary citizens subject to police power of the state that they are bound to obey, in this case, the police asking to vacate the premises as in the manila pen abortive coup. and when they did not obey that constituted a violation of the law and should be punished.

enough of this media arrogance of freedom of the press.
the state has rules and law for everyone and no one is above it.

There’s a fine line between responsible reporting and sensationalism. The Pen was a breaking news. The media might have been caught in the process; not “imbedded”. What then was it supposed to do? Did it inject opinion in the coverage? Did it not cover the other end of the news? Entertainment. It’s TV. Being processed is a small price to pay.

Mr. Orly, how can you comment on something you personally had no personal knowledge, as in seeing with your two eyes. Get back here and see how are lives are put at stake by the bogus, corrupt, stupid, inutile and tyrant ‘government’. I believe what you heard and see right there where you are, were already filtered in favor of anybody. If only you are here in Makati during the day it happened until nighttime, you would agree with most people here that Ermita’s ‘curfew’ is the most stupid thing of that day.

Tama po kayo.TABLOID JOURNALISM!!!Its all about ratings rather than objective and balance journalism.Gusto ng media palagi silang bida sa sarili nilang pilikula.They think they are above the law.

press freedom pertains to the expressing and publishing of information, not to the way of getting it. you should not stand in the middle of edsa just because it makes a good vantage point.

Filipino overseas workers did not run away, they chose to find a better alternative to feed their family and uplift the standards of their living because our government can’t provide enough.

But that doesn’t take away their being Filipinos and to give a damn on how the government should be run. Kahit saan at kahit kanino, taas noo Filipino ang mga OFW.

I bet most OFWs paid more taxes individually than you do, mbagumbayan.

Now to comment on the issues:

First, the Media is way off their mark. The right of people to information is secondary compared to the duty of the Armed Forces to protect the people from threats against national security. And do not believe this execs from ABS-CBN. They are talking law from the eyes of non-lawyers. Better ask your lawyers for advice before you assert your “rights”, or you risk, as you are now, to look like stupid.

Second, to Trillanes. I agree that he and Lim needs to seek psychiatric help. Remember that at the time they stage the coup, they were under trial for rebellion. Now, they did it again.

I would give it to them that they thought his well with lawyers, considering that they can’t be charged with rebellion again since rebellion is a continuing offense and the second one will be absorbed in the first.

But again, I beg the question. What is the point? Mr. Trillanes, Lt., Senator, arsehole or whatever your title would be, you were elected by the people to serve them in a democratic way, what on earth were you doing? Did you create even a single job with that uprising? I don’t think so. What you ended up doing is to drag your fellow soldiers to a useless litigation, prison term, loss of income, deprieved custodial right. And to you Gen. Lim, you deprived your own men of their liberty and economic freedom.

Mr. Lim and Mr. Trillanes, you are not leaders. And for that, you should be ashamed of yourselves.

Its very obvious! Any sites you go (from Youtube, inquirer.net, to Philstar.com, etc.) almost 100% disagrees with media including me! And i wonder these media people are so blind! Its a shame not to the Filipino people… but to the media people! My friends are laughing at the way media people behaves in our country…and some even have the guts to declare that they (media)are heroes! And ang mga taga ABS CBN, akala mo kung sino! Ang kakapal ng mukha talaga! I love my country and for me… its the media who destroys us… so shut up media people! I know u have the right, but this time you are motherf#@%ng wrong! Sige PNP, bigyan ng lesson ang media…next time huwag na kayong gumamit ng tear gas sa reporters and rebels na buwisit na yan… chemical weapon na!!!! Wipe them all out!!

pvsoriano
I agree with Simple Pinoy. His observations are the same as my opinion.
Are most of the ABS/CBN talk show anchormen/women operatives of the opposition?

Anak T. Salit

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They’re only doing their job.

silver_angel29
The Philippines: A country of ironies…

The manila pen siege shows that as a country we are torn into pieces by people who are in the government, in the media and Trillanes…
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Can you blame Sen: Trillanes, & co. For what they did.? His only fighting for something he believe. Its true his duly elected Senator but he wasn’t given the chance to do his duty as senator. Why? Gloria Arroyo, Is not duly elected President of the Philippines, She don’t have mandate from filipino people because she only stole her title from the duly elected president Joseph Estrada, And she stole it again from Fernando Poe, Jr. In May 10, 2004. Presidential election. But she’s the one running the country because she control the entire corrupt justice system. Where is the rule of law; if there is any. Salina
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Way back then, when he was a mere lieutenant, I do believe that his concerns are valid…but now…after what happened at the manila pen…its a different story.

He and Gen. Lim should have thought twice before doing that. They are not only putting their lives in jeopardy but the whole country itself is affected by their political and public escapades.

Trillanes may have thought that the millions that voted for him in the last senatorial elections will show up and support him in his latest stunt. Hell no!

Filipinos are more concerned on what they can give and feed to their families. We are more concerned on how we will alleviate our own family’s welfare. It’s ok to fight for what is right and for national change but he should have thought twice about how he would execute that. Intentions may be ok but the method of expressing it is definitely NOT OK.

If he would ask a common Filipino about what he will choose in these times, is it the principles and the change we want in the government or start working for a better plight for his family?

Many could have chosen start working for a better family welfare. We all know that there are so many filipinos with hungry stomachs out there. Most of us live in poverty. and yet we are still trying to do everything for our family.

I dont think this is selfish but its more practical when you are trying to change your country. Start with the nucleus of the country,the very seed of our society: FAMILY.

If you can change yourself and your family, then you are already starting changing your country in your own humble ways.

One last word on Trillanes et.al: try seeking psychological help sometimes. You’re thinking too much about our country that you miss a lot of small details that could have an big impact later on.

This is a tough lesson for our country to learn…

bopols
I agree with you Orly. Some of the media personalities are cry babies and spoiled brats in pursuit of sensationalism and arrogance.

This will be my last comment ever for this website.

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Give up already? If so! I don’t blame you. Merry Chrismas and a happy new year. Salina

mbagumbayan
and yet another overseas filipino worker making very intelligent comments about how the philippines should be run. remember, YOU ran away from the philippines? who should be ashamed now.

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OFW didn’t run away from home. They have no choice, Either go out the country to find a job. Or stay in the Philippines and starve to death just like the rest of 75 million filipino people.

Twin-Skies
I have to agree with this note. In all honesty, I think the loca media men are over-reacting to the police’s actions during the Manila Pen raid.

Those reporters who were arrested should fulyl understand that them being detained is SOP.

After all, given that Trillanes’ fellow officers were in civilian clothing, it only follows that they may have attempted to sneak out along with the journalists and TV crew.

The same tactic has been done before by hostage-takers and terrorists - for the police to be lax here would potentially have been fatal to both them and any nearby civilians.

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No! I don’t agree! The reason they’re doing that because they knows they can. They can have you kill and get away with it. And you knew it. Just look whats happening in the Philippines rapist’Murderer/thieves/ get pardon. While the people who speak out for what is right and just the one getting rotten in jail because they speak out against the bogus President of cebu. Belat mo!

clipmaster
i agree with you orly, akala nila sila lang ang anak ng Dyos………

ano na kaya ang status ng wow wow wee massacre……..

di ba noon laging pinapakita nila ang haba ng pila papasok ng wow wow wee, palagay ko sadyang hindi pinapasok ang tao sa ultra para nga naman pagkuha ng arial shots, mga adviters, ‘ang haba ng pila dito sa aming show’………

eh kaso nagka stampede, may mga namatay, naunsame tuloy ang arial shot, paiyak iyak pa, intention naman nilang pahabain ang pila……

para daw makatulong sa mahihirap, mas malaki pa yata kita nila sa nagtetext para makasaki kaysa premyo nilang halatang ayaw namang ibigay……..

may daya pa, dalawang numero sa isang lalagyan, ‘technical glitch’ daw kasi bagong laro, ang sabihin mo hindi pa kabisado ni willie kung ano hihilahin……..

baka sa kwarta o bayong may daya din, hindi natin atin alam, kabisado na kung ano hihilahin para mabokya………..

will take full responsibility sabi ng management, ano na, puro postpone yata ang hearing…….

calling our state prosecutors, tulong naman para sa mga victima…….

baka sa huli yung mga namatay pa ang may kasalanan……..

nakita ba ninyo kung gaano ka arrogante si charrie villa, aba akala mong napakalinis ng abs, baka multuhin sila ng 51………..

pasaway sila, ayaw umalis, tapos puro reklamo, may nahuli namang nagpapangap na media, tama lang ginawa ng authoridad………

humihingi lang ng raw footage, ayaw magbigay, baka may itinatago, o talaga lang swapang, baka gusto bayaran pa, mukhang pera……..

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Yep! you’re absulotely right, Mr. Ermita: Only Gloria Arroyo, Supporter’s are saint. Huliluhaj.

kilabot
Yes these media people think that they are untouchable. They were blaming the police for using tie wraps. Hey people we saw in your video footage that only those unfamiliar faces were tied but those who were identified were not even included. Your crying too much but it was your irresponsible attitude towards the situation put you into that trap. There is no absolute freedom we are all bounded by law and we must abide to it.

Ano sa tingin nyo na kayo lang ang tama, hinde! Puro kayo mayayabang!

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Grrrrrrrrrrrrr. Kilabot. Only Gloria Arroyo, Is mayabang. She went overseas and brag about her so call pad rosy economy. And said that Sen: Trillanes, Will get fall force of the law; She’s the one should be rot in jail. Not Sen: Trillanes, & co. But, That will never happen because she control the entire corrupt justice system. Tuloy ang ligaya. Mabuhay ang mga kawatan.

Mon Benito
I agree with Orly Nazareno 100%. I still remember the time in the past that after watching TV, I feel positive and moved to act on my life’s problems. TV shows in the past makes me positive and enthusiastic unlike today that it makes people negative and feel sorry about their situation instead of solving their problems.

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If you’re trying to tie yourself on how to solve your problem watching TV. You have the problem! Just like Gloria Arroyo!

Chie
Broadcasting companies are one the most profitable company in the world…but sometimes some media personalities are crossing the lines of responsibilities, instead of defusing or extinguishing the fire that they are covering LIVE..they are adding more fuel to the fire in order to broadcasting something for PROFITABLE broadcasting instead of RESPONSIBLE broadcasting FOR ECONOMIC UPLIFTMENT..in the US and other country do you think they can do this irresponsible act of coverage?,,SHAME SHAME

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You’re blaming the Media about the Philippines economy. They’re not the one squatting in Malacanyang Palace. Just in case you don’t know that. Gloria Arroyo, The one squatting in Malacanyang Palace for almost seven years now. She’s the one should be responsible for economy. Not Sen: Trillanes, & co. Not the Media, Not Me either.

Salve: Thank you, For letting me post in your blog. I got my frustration out! Salina

When bullets fly, it doens’t differentiate between media and non-media; with or without IDs. If something graver happened leading to losing lives; mediamen or not mediamen, someone would have turned against the Police for not doing anything to protect them. Ano pa ba ang bago sa drama nila?

My compliments to many of the media men and women for going through numerous trials of fire and are willing to face the repression of this administration who wish to bury the truth by using force of arms courtesy of the Praetorian Guard generals within the AFP and PNP. Meanwhile the rank and file soldier are unable to get proper wages while the already filthy rich officials and Congressmen get nice paper bags containing hundreds of thousands of pesos with not even a receipt from the Palace.

I think media is more interested in entertainment than in actual reporting. This is why they are selective about what news to highlight, sensationalize bad news and project their own opinions on the public in the guise of reportage. This is also why the speaking tone of news show hosts sound like they are reporting gossip instead of news. It is obvious in the way they ask questions of guests who are “on their side” or on the side of the story they want to promote. Their job should be to report history, not to interfere or influence it.
SOP is to detain all persons in a crime scene until their identities have been verified. If it was my house under siege you can bet I would not want anyone let out until they were inspected and cleared. And what’s the big deal about providing raw copies of your tapes? Ashamed of some of your comments and behavior that were caught on tape? We all saw you taking those photo-ops in the Pen. There was also some looting reported of hotel supplies. Shameful, shameful behaviour.

As usual, the laughingstock of the world. The problem we have as a nation is already a cancer with no cure. Anyone you put in Malacañang would be the same. Greedy for money and power. Our Senate and Congress has three major functions: create laws to legally acquire more money, outdo the NBI in investigations that solves nothing, and beat out the local celebrities in TV airtime. Our local governments are never far behind. As for the media, they are still the most arrogant but useless, only-for-profit organizations. That’s why many of their peers end up in the government. To those who still vote believing that a candidate would be their savior, here’s a simple thought. Ever wonder why candidates would kill each other to work for a meager salary. Definitely its not to help the poorest of the poorest in the country. Their dedication is for their favorite charity, their own self interest.

Mimi
I think media is more interested in entertainment than in actual reporting. This is why they are selective about what news to highlight, sensationalize bad news and project their own opinions on the public in the guise of reportage. This is also why the speaking tone of news show hosts sound like they are reporting gossip instead of news. It is obvious in the way they ask questions of guests who are “on their side” or on the side of the story they want to promote. Their job should be to report history, not to interfere or influence it.
SOP is to detain all persons in a crime scene until their identities have been verified. If it was my house under siege you can bet I would not want anyone let out until they were inspected and cleared. And what’s the big deal about providing raw copies of your tapes? Ashamed of some of your comments and behavior that were caught on tape? We all saw you taking those photo-ops in the Pen. There was also some looting reported of hotel supplies. Shameful, shameful behaviour.

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You meant to say, You rather have Gloria Arroyo, To get away with all the corruption she has done. Then the media do their job to report everything they saw.

Yon missing supply, Probably Gloria Arroyo/cronies the one stealing everything. The taxepayer’s money is not enough to steal. Loco, Loco!

Kabayan
My compliments to many of the media men and women for going through numerous trials of fire and are willing to face the repression of this administration who wish to bury the truth by using force of arms courtesy of the Praetorian Guard generals within the AFP and PNP. Meanwhile the rank and file soldier are unable to get proper wages while the already filthy rich officials and Congressmen get nice paper bags containing hundreds of thousands of pesos with not even a receipt from the Palace.

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You don’t get receive from stolen money. Yep! Gloria Arroyo, Have all the money to buy off all her cronies in order to protect her stolen power.

JunPhillip Ureta
When bullets fly, it doens’t differentiate between media and non-media; with or without IDs. If something graver happened leading to losing lives; mediamen or not mediamen, someone would have turned against the Police for not doing anything to protect them. Ano pa ba ang bago sa drama nila?

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So, In other word you rather support the bogus President of cebu, then support the Media who’s doing their job to report what they saw. If there is no Media all the corruption under the stolen adminstrition of Gloria Arroyo, Will never come out.

To Twin Skies

The people who are sarcastic in their comments regarding OFWs are in fact people who wanted to leave the country too but couldn’t. The only excuse for these pathetic people is to lay blame on the footsteps of the OFWs. Give them the US visa and they will kiss your ass for it.

2010 is near,National Elections.Just like the rest of the media-actor turned politicians,kulang sa pansin.The media today in our country is the lunching pad for public office.They usually end up lousy politicians.Puro pogi points lang ang sa isip.

oo nga pala. bawal nga palang magsalita laban sa mga OFW kasi sila ang savior ng bansa…. HAR-HAR-HAR.

salina, you’re wisdom blows my mind away.

and that other guy whose mind is so deep….. kayo na ang bagong presidente ng pilipinas.

OFW mga fake heroes.

What!?! An OFW telling us how to run the country!?! C’mon. Does anyone really believe these OFW.

Media people are bred. Some go haywire and use their clout to bribe. Some will give their lives to Broadcasting and Journalism. Many times, they are incidental heroes, and sometimes they are true heroes.

We know our Media personalities. I doubt if Tulfo would do what Drillon did. We have to look into the motivation in wanting to do more than what is expected or required of them. I believe that whoever stayed behind were trained to do so over the years of education and training. It was second nature to them to stay behind.

In that standoff, I believe that the priests and the politicians could have created more problems for Arroyo if only they had enough conviction. Labayen should have done a Jaime Sin in pleading for support rather than ranting off socio-political issues. Guingona looked like he truly misses orating in front of an audience. Trillanes looked like a beaten man from the start, having tension getting the better part of his speech. Or maybe the presence of his lawyers tempered the obvious lack of fire and courage within.

The Media stood where they should have. Drillon and Webb did not do a June Kithley. Had they taken sides, perhaps they would even have gotten themselves a place in history.

Given that situation, the troops did right. While their swift action can be laudable, its message may be alarming to many. If only they would arrest all the thieves in Government that way, then they will be true heroes. Trillanes did not cost the country as much as what is being stolen. I was not much of a victory actually.

Summing it up, I believe that among all the Filipinos, it is GMA who greatly personally benefited from the incident and its “lessons” that “taught” the Filipinos.

Never mess around with her powers.

I have to agree with you Bert, that this world is full of idiots. Like you. I am one of them.

Irresponsible or not, but I have to be thankful to those journalists for bringing the action right in the comfort of my living room 8,000 kilometers away from Makati Ave.

These “irresponsible” media men were drying their tears to the last drop (They have to learned from W. Revillame on how to cry without tears, but JV said that the teargas was very effective and was not like during the Marcos days type) just for us to have the chance to see as how it happens.

At one point I was even praying that one technical crew would come and fix the position of the camera, since it was only focus on the floor.

They resisted the police officer, ofcourse! (Even an idiot like me always resists a traffic aid and quick on asking him on what my traffic violation is) And yet they still obliged in going to Bicutan

I bear the antics of Raul Gonzales on TV (though I have to be honest, not all the time) I would have no problem enduring the “irresponsible” abs-cbn news team.

Idiot as I may be, but no kind of irresponsible journalism can cover the true issues presented at me by anybody. But still I have to appreciate the effort they did just to cover the news for us, idiot included.

Mabuhay ang mga malayang Magnanakaw!!!
Mabuhay ang mga walang pananagutan sa Bayan!!!

PS

OFW ‘s are not subject to tax by BIR so it’s totally idiotic to claim that they pay taxes more than a contractual janitor like me. I really have to agree with you Bert 100 percent.

“salina_moron
As usual, the laughingstock of the world. The problem we have as a nation is already a cancer with no cure. Anyone you put in Malacañang would be the same. Greedy for money and power. Our Senate and Congress has three major functions: create laws to legally acquire more money, outdo the NBI in investigations that solves nothing, and beat out the local celebrities ”

Much have been said about these, but little have been done to confront these issues.

Though foolish, at least Trillanes have the hairy balls to stand up to what he strongly speaks of. Have they succeeded, most blogs will praise them as new heroes.

Mabuhay ang malayang Magnanakaw !!!
Mabuhay ang mga walang pananagutan sa Bayan !!!

“Mon Benito
I agree with Orly Nazareno 100%. I still remember the time in the past that after watching TV, I feel positive and moved to act on my life’s problems. TV shows in the past makes me positive and enthusiastic unlike today that it makes people negative and feel sorry about their situation instead of solving their problems.”

Howahh, I miss those time also. What happend to those girls at “Little House on the Prairie”? Any news about Melissa Gilbert and Melissa Sue Anderson? LOL

Sorry out of topic, just can’t help it :-).

The greatest temptation of any corrupt or dictatorial government is to try to either control or muzzle the media. This explains the effort of this government, its police and Puno’s actions, (na punong puno ng raket, remember the money in paper bags?) to do their darnest to intimidate, control and muzzle the news media.

To the news networks and individual brave men and women in media, raise the media banner high and show them that the attempts of this administration to hide their corruption, manipulation of the law, and abuse of power will be to no avail. The corrupt and abusive in power desire media silence and total control, don’t give them any.

to those who think the media people are a bunch of spoiled brats….i agree 100%.
do not compare yourselves w/cnn or bbc, they do not get embedded w/ al qaida, but w/ the coalition troops! they keep on harping “we were at the hotel to cover the event since the people has the right to know”…gasgas na yan. media always use and abuse that line. yes, we have the right to know but your acts should be w/in the bounds of law. you are so arrogant!
just listen to their style of interviewing… they have a certain drift to follow, leading questions to achieve what they want to achieve. esp. to abs-cbn….such gall and hubris! stop making us as alibis to your supposed objective to bring us the news.
we have the right to know, yes, but give us the real truth not your own warped version of the truth, ok? please lang.

we would like to know the credentials of some broadcasters, it seems any tom dick and harry can be a broadcaster nowadays. parang nagtitinda lang ng chicharon yata ang iba dyan :-))
and the voice of failon and mike enriquez, its truly irritating, don’t you think?

obvious naman maka opposition ang abs-cbn… kaya hindi na kayo number 1 kasi mas importante sa inyo yung perang kinikita nyo. Gayahahin nyo na lang si Mike Enriquez at ang GMA-7… Hindi puro porma lang. Just because you get away
with the ULTRA TRAGEDY you can get away with anything else… Luckily, we filipinos are not ignorant. Pataas-taas nyo pa kamay nyong nakatali. Malay natin tinago nyo si Trillianes sa mga cameraman nyo.

during fvr’s time, lee kuan yew once commented that one of the reasons why rp is not progressing is bec. we have too much freedom. ie. press freedom. of course, fvr didn’t like what lee said.

is the media being muzzled? how? just bec. the media people were handcuffed w/ the plastic tags used in luggages? (oa sila masyado!)
tune in to all the networks, read all the newspapers, and tell us if there is no press freedom here..

to jc garcia, art, mimi, harley, eric villegas…i agree w/ what you wrote.
it is time we stand up against these broadcasters who do not know anything about broadcasting but only propaganda…

When we take into consideration how many journalism students graduate every year and only a handful of them are hired by giant networks, it is really unfortuante that many of them would have to do whatever it takes to keep their paychecks coming.

Those media personnel as they claimed are “only doing their jobs”, which jobs if they do not do well, would be gone at the blink of an eye.

This is mainly the reason why most of the Philippine Media are against the GMA administration, for after all anything written against GMA will certainly sell at the news stands.

mbagumbayan,

anong problema mo sa aming mga OFW? wala na ba kaming karapatan na makilahok sa mga isyung kinakaharap ng bansa? pinoy pa rin kami kahit saang lupalop ng mundo kami mapunta. hindi kami tumakbo sa laban, bagkos ay naghanap kami ng paraan para mapaunlad ang aming mga buhay. kung ikaw man ang magkaroon ng ganitong oportunidad na mapaglinang ang iyong buhay at kakanyahan, siguro mas mabilis pa sa alas-kwatrong pipila ka sa embahada para kumuha ng visa.

hindi naman kaming mga OFW ang isyu dito e. magbasa ka nga…media at ang kanilang responsibilidad ang pinag-uusapan dito. kung gusto mong pag-usapan ang ibang isyu, gumawa ka ng sarili mong blog…isama mo ang mga OFW bashers na katulad mo.

at saka, hindi namin inisip na kami ay mga bayani. mga politiko lang ang nag-iisip ng ganon, kahit itanong mo pa sa mga relatives mo na OFW.

Tony
What!?! An OFW telling us how to run the country!?! C’mon. Does anyone really believe these OFW.

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I haven’t heard anybody say something like that.
But, If its true! Maybe they have the point. After all the person running the country is the number corrupted. Now, she’s telling the world she’s not very good on politic! Oh, Please,…..Give me a break!!!

“The greatest temptation of any corrupt or dictatorial government is to try to either control or muzzle the media. This explains the effort of this government, its police and Puno’s actions, (na punong puno ng raket, remember the money in paper bags?) to do their darnest to intimidate, control and muzzle the news media. ”

wow, heavy naman ang dating mo kabayan. corrupt and dictatorial government trying to control and muzzle the news media.

saan mo pinagkukuha ang mga salitang ito. ni wala ka namang pruweba sa mga pinagsasabi mo. mangilabot ka sa mga english mo.

I think we are missing the point here. Freedom of the press has always been upheld. What was branded as irresponsible of the media was their defiance of a lawful order to vacate the premises as a police operation is undergoing. I’ve seen many footages of crises international at that, the int’l media would always stay behind the police line. In our country they swarm all over the area causing more chaos..

To SALINA and BELAT NI GLORIA

If you want to open your own view regarding GMA corruption please create your own topic but be careful not to mislead our people hope what you are about to comment is something TRUE and FACTUAL not HEARSAY or GOSSIP as being delivered by ABS-CBN to the public. We know poverty is currently existing since then but it doesn’t mean it’s the current administrator’s fault. If I ask you whose president wants to jeopardize and degrade the standard of living of their compatriots? none I think, because most of them were looking for solutions to ease the burdens of every family in this country. The only problem is sometimes some people were not satisfied to what the government is doing for their better cause.. and what happened to the previous presidents? if I ask you.. Starting Marcos regime they were all being told to step down.. but from Marcos to Arroyo did our country gained some development?
Please ask yourselves SELINA and BELAT NI GLORIA what is your contribution to our country for the betterment of our compatriots? CRITICIZE OUR LEADERS? Please start looking at yourselves you were being contaminated by the medias’ BAD IMPRESSION to our government.

PINOY KAYO, PINOY DIN PO AKO.. ‘WAG NA PO NINYONG GULUHIN ANG ATING BANSA.. kapag pinaalis ninyo si GLORIA mas lalong gugulo ang pilipinas at kapag magulo ang pilipinas mag-dadalawang isip na naman ang mga investors, babawas naman ang trabaho, mas lalong dadami ang krimen at mas lalong dadami ang aalis ng bansa, mas dadami ang tinagurian ninyong traydor na OFW.
(Actually, Manila lang ang magulo kaya lang pag nagrereport ang foreign media sasabihin “Philippines is in chaos”, wow hanep pati foreign media masyadong sensational, pero pag nasa probinsya ang gulo.. wala lang.)

BTW, OFW’s were planning to create more job for their compatriot here in The Philippines, as they have already invested because of the OFW INVESTMENT program of the current administration.
May this open your mind and be optimistic of our government’s plan for our people, our country.

Kabayan,

The next presidential election will be on 2010. Please run for President of the Republic of the Philippines and you can count on my vote. If you win, then we’ll see how you run this country!

Kabayan,

If this administration is corrupt then how would you describe the present administration of Bangladesh? If this government is dictatorial then how would you call the government of Mayanmar?

It doesn’t make any sense even if you don’t like Gloria Arroyo because whether you like it or not she’s still be your president until 2010. Only a fraction of Filipinos (you included) seemed to dislike her. And you don’t have to blame her for being your president, even if she rigged those elections ’cause I think she’s more intellegent than anybody else and that’s the reason why she won.Why not blame your fellow Filipinos for being “mukhang pera” during elections? This is your only country. Why not start a blog in order to educate the voters?

Surely, media knows what is really happening. They know that among their ranks are participants if not plotters of the coup, or supporters of Trillanes (at least). They know that among them are paid hacks of vested interests. They have been shouting freedom of the press for so long now but forgot that they already gave that freedom away by selling it to the highest bidder!

mbagumbayan

Being an OFW or working in some other countries other than your own is not a cowardly act. Nakatulong kami sa Philippine economy. Ikaw (mbagumbayan) anong naitulong mo sa Pilipinas.

I’ve been working here in Saudi Arabia for the last 14 years and counting. We earn as much as 3 - 4 times compared to what we will earn in the Philippines.

I’m sure wala kang pinag-aralan that is why you are not qualified to be OFW. Puro ka daldal. Next time please read the topic. Hindi OFW ang topic dito. Sabi ko na nga ba, wala kang pinag-aralan.

To SALINA and BELAT NI GLORIA

If you want to open your own view regarding GMA corruption please create your own topic but be careful not to mislead our people hope what you are about to comment is something TRUE and FACTUAL not HEARSAY or GOSSIP as being delivered by ABS-CBN to the public. We know poverty is currently existing since then but it doesn’t mean it’s the current administrator’s fault. If I ask you whose president wants to jeopardize and degrade the standard of living of their compatriots? none I think, because most of them were looking for solutions to ease the burdens of every family in this country. The only problem is sometimes some people were not satisfied to what the government is doing for their better cause.. and what happened to the previous presidents? if I ask you.. Starting Marcos regime they were all being told to step down.. but from Marcos to Arroyo did our country gained some development?

Please ask yourselves SELINA and BELAT NI GLORIA what is your contribution to our country for the betterment of our compatriots? CRITICIZE OUR LEADERS? Please start looking at yourselves you were being contaminated by the medias’ BAD IMPRESSION to our government.

PINOY KAYO, PINOY DIN PO AKO.. ‘WAG NA PO NINYONG GULUHIN ANG ATING BANSA.. kapag pinaalis ninyo si GLORIA mas lalong gugulo ang pilipinas at kapag magulo ang pilipinas mag-dadalawang isip na naman ang mga investors, babawas naman ang trabaho, mas lalong dadami ang krimen at mas lalong dadami ang aalis ng bansa, mas dadami ang tinagurian ninyong traydor na OFW.
(Actually, Manila lang ang magulo kaya lang pag nagrereport ang foreign media sasabihin “Philippines is in chaos”, wow hanep pati foreign media masyadong sensational, pero pag nasa probinsya ang gulo.. wala lang.)

BTW, OFW’s were planning to create more job for their compatriot here in The Philippines, as they have already invested because of the OFW INVESTMENT program of the current administration.
May this open your mind and be optimistic of our government’s plan for our people, our country.

to mbagumbayan…are you serious when you said some writer’s wisdom(S.) blows your mind away ;-))
….but i agree w/you that someone here is trying hard to think so deeply, but methinks even he does not understand what he is saying or is he hiding underneath his vague opinions?

to simple pinoy….i like what you wrote, its an eyeopener to those who adore abs-cbn.

to clipmaster….talagang pasaway na sila.

to paul casem….oo nga, he writes nothing except gma resign. and he does not offer a solution after gma. baka he wants himself instead?

to fred s.of LA…..yes, we agree that those media people have bosses who tell them what to do and it follows they should obey…but it is the law that should prevail, not the bosses. in this case, the police who appealed to them to vacate shld be followed..

remember the hostage-taking at uganda in the 70’s? wherein one of the mossad mistook an israeli hostage as one of the terrorists, and was shot, that kind of a situation is what the authorities are trying to avoid…
and to those who are comparing the present times w/ that of the romans, that’s an exaggeration! during those times, a local leader can kill a perceived enemy, no due process, inquest, miranda law, etc…watch rome 1 & 2 dvd, or read any roman history books.

It’s so obvious that the Lopezes are against GMA Administration and using their communication company ABS-CBN as a tool to bring down the GMA administration because they don’t much enjoy business favours from GMA.

During Cory Aquino and Fidel Ramos Administration ABS-CBN delivered impartial news because the Lopezes acquired many businesses i.e. NLEX, BAYANTEL, MWSS, POWERPLANTS, ROCKWELL and many others. ABS-CBN did not pay much attention to the anamolous deal during the Ramos administration i.e. CENTENIAL EXPO, SALE OF PETRON, SALE OF FORT BONIFACIO, PEA-AMARI DEAL, SLEX-SITRA DEAL which cost 100 Billions of Pesos. Also during the Cory administration where JUETENG so rampant because of her brother who is the jueteng lord at that time, so ABS-CBN doesn’t much bothered to report.

Hindi kaya ang ABS-CBN may pinoproteksyonan na business interest ng Lopezes?

Kayo na po bahala mag analyse kung meron nga ba talaga pinoproteksyonan ang mga media people ng ABS-CBN.

By the way, noon ginawa yun Rockwell Mall, saan pala nila dinala yun NAKAKALASON NA CHEMICAL na hinukay sa lupa ng rockwell balita ko dinala daw sa Pasig at doon binaon at nagkaroon ng tagas. Ito po binalita noon ng namayapa na si Max Soliven pero hindi nabalita sa ABS-CBN.

Tony,

ANd you think you are much better than any OFW? YOU ARROGANT IDIOT!!!!!!! THE WAy YOU TALK…JUST SHOWS YOU ARE NOTHING BUT SHIT!!!!!!

MEDIA AND POLITICIANS ARE THE SAME…

THEY ARE BOTH ABUSIVE AND ACCEPTS BRIBES…

BOTH ARE NO LONGER CONSTRUCTIVE BUT DESTRUCTIVE TO FILIPINOS!!!

BOTH ARE DAMAGING TO OUR COUNTRY!!!

BOTH ARE ARROGANT IDIOTS!!!!

BOTH THINKS ABOUT NOTHING BUT THEIR SELF INTERESTS!!!!

BOTH NEEDS TO BE JAILED FOR LIFE FOR CRIUME OF AGAINST FILIPINO PEOPLE!!!

o you really believe that media in the Philippines are concerned with the truth? As long as they are obsessed with ratings, the “truth” will always be looked at from a particular viewpoint. In this case, from a rating point of view.

See the smiles of ABS-CBN upon learning that their reporters are nearer to the rebel group, while GMA7 asked their reporters into safety? Hear the clapping of those reporters around the rebels when the female activist was thanking them for protecting the rebel group by not leaving the room? Look at the biased in giving air time, rebels vs malacanang announcement?

The right to know of the people should not impede the police authority to quell rebellion. There was enough warning but the media people willfully disregarded the warning, meaning they showed no respect to our police authority. That is arrogance par excellence!

They refused to leave because competitors may get the coverage. I don’t share the sentiment that they’re willing to die there because they want our people to know the truth. The rebels were armed and the police were also armed. They could be “collateral damage” on the situation. The worse scenario, some of them will be killed at the crossfire, and they will sensationalize the whole thing (as they usually do) and blame it all to the police.

My impression on that day, the media people surrounding the rebels were willing human shield protecting the enemies of the state. They were clapping on their role… meaning they agree. Tell me, what are those claps for when they were recognized by the rebels as their protectors?

Chie
Broadcasting companies are one the most profitable company in the world…but sometimes some media personalities are crossing the lines of responsibilities, instead of defusing or extinguishing the fire that they are covering LIVE..they are adding more fuel to the fire in order to broadcasting something for PROFITABLE broadcasting instead of RESPONSIBLE broadcasting FOR ECONOMIC UPLIFTMENT..in the US and other country do you think they can do this irresponsible act of coverage?,,SHAME SHAME
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How can they add more to it. If they’re reporting live? The one you should shame is the one robbing the gov’t. Coffer, Gloria Arroyo, Et. Al. Shame on you! get your fact before saying anything.

Ang masasabi ko lang, mahiya naman sana ang mga taga ABS-CBN reporters. What they are doing right now is IN THE SERVICE OF LOPEZ, instead of IN THE SERVICE OF THE NATION.

Ginawa nilang tanga ang mga tao. Akala nila ganun kabobo ang mga Pilipino na hindi marunong tumingin kung bias o hindi ang kanilang mga napapanood o napapakinggan.

It’s too much!!!!!!

I remember watching the siege at the manila pen last nov. 29. I also remember General Barrias asking the people inside the hotel including the media to vacate the premises so that the police could do their job. The job of all government officials, police and military personnel is to uphold and defend the constitution. When the constitution is being violated then it is their job to see to it that it is upheld. In defending the consitution they must defend it wholly and not just parts of it. People say that the freedom of the press and freedom of expression should be observed. But people also forget the they are not absolute rights. The right to privacy of individuals should first and foremost be above that. The right of people not to be falsely accused because of insinuations by irresponsible and unconfirmed reporting should be above that. The bible says “Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor” yet the media right now whether they realize it or not are violating that part of the ten commandments. How many times have the media reported things that turned out to be false flags? And when they turn out to be wrong, do they apologize? Very rarely do they apoligize. If they do, it is in a way that is so insignificant that people hardly notice so they still continue to believe what is previously written. Another thing I noticed during the coverage of ABS-CBN. One of their reporters a man, I forgot his name but I think it was C?astro? I remember him being outside the police line and yet he suddenly was inside the line interviewing the police personnel. I saw that despite being asked by the police personnel to step out of the line, he kept on reporting and asking them questions. In any event When there is a police line especially in ongoing hostage or siege situations crossing the police lines is a violation of the law. The police did not arrest this reporter. Why? Because they were of being accused of the exact same thing that they’ve been accused of right now. I also remember the way the mediamen kept following Gen Barrias even though he was trying to do his job to assess the situation. They kept asking him for comments and plans of actions. The General kept asking them to leave him alone for a few minutes so that he could do his job. Yet did the media heed this request? No, they kept following like hungry dogs. They did not leave him alone even after he gave them a statement. Is that responsible journalism? They ask him for the police plan of action, do they really expect a professional policeman to reveal the possible tactical move that they would do? Of all people they should remember that police should be left alone to do their jobs or everything would “F**k-up”. It is because of media coverage that hostage situations are pro-longed. If one would look carefully most hostage situations that didn’t have media coverage were easily ended with very little or minimal damage to either side. Now let us compare the two major Networks that covered the siege. ABS-CBN let their media personnel stay inside the plaza. risking their lives in order to get a story. They did not heed the request of the police to vacate the area. Even if they are to be trapped in the cross-fire they still remained. Admirable? Or Stupid? You decide. GMA. At first they reported accordingly, they let their reporters do thier jobs. They covered all areas possible. But when the time came for the deadline given by the police. They started giving out orders to their people to get themselves out. “Igan” kept telling susan enriquez to be careful and find a way to get out. Every GMA reporter saw it fit to leave the premises and report outside where it was much safer. Those who remained behind were the cameramen who kept themselves out of harm’s way who tried to keep as low as possible. They were brave souls, it’s a good thing that none of them were harmed. GMA saw that the lives of its personnel were more important than anything alse. They believe that they can get the same story even if their reporters aren’t inside the hotel. Thier coverage didn’t diminish even if they didn’t stay inside the cameramen who stayed kept the cameras whithout bringing harm to themselves. In fact I think they even had their cameramen get out since camera can be focused using remote control. Again the same question. GMA network’s actions. Admirable? or stupid? Of those taken in by the police for questioning, only a few were from GMA, in fact the cameraman just got caught while trying to retrieve their camera, Sandra Aguinaldo came on board the bus of her own accord though she wasn’t part of those taken in for questioning. Now let us go to the part of the police. Did they act responsibly during the siege? Okay so maybe they overreacted bringing in about 1500 troops against 30. But again we can ask, How big is the Manila Peninsula? Can it be surrounded by 100 policemen? Can all the roads be secured by 200? Can the safety of those inside and outside of the hotel be assure by 500? Considering that the mediamen inside and outside the hotel outnumber the mutineers and perhaps even the hotel guest. In fact the police did their best in securing the area. Again we ask, did they act accordingly? Did all the 1500 troops storm the hotel? I don’t think so, only a sufficient amount of personnel came in to end the siege. The tank may have been overkill, but without it would there ahve been shots traded taht could have killed a lot of people? The fact that it ended without anyone getting killed is already proof that the police acted accordingly. That the police took in the mediamen for questioning is something left for debate. But are the mediamen arrogant? I believe so. Perhaps not all but certainly some of them are. They believe themselves to be above the law. They refuse to heed request of the police. Ordinary people defer to policemen. They depend on the police to keep themselves safe. Not all policemen are corrupt or idiots. Majority of them are professionals who do their best to protect the citizenry. When their efforts are refused then do we have to blame them? The blame lies on those who refuse to listen to them. With freedom also come responsibility. If we do not have the proper sense of it. If we do apply what we’ve learned in Ethics 101, then are country does not deserve democracy. WE have more freedom that most other countries. WE have experienced less restrictions and less amount of time under dictators. We are not like other SoutheastAsian countries which are ruled by military juntas and dictators, here we still do as we please. We get to voice out our views. Here we can elect our own officials. We can protest injustices. Our goverment is more tolerate than other countries. It is we who abuse this priviledge and cross the line. Now again let me ask with our current situation. The media and other public servants. If we do not act responsibly, will we still be able to enjoy freedom? If we continue to rebel against the present government aren’t we giving more reason for Congress to let martial law be declared? The President can declare it but it Congess can let it stand or be revoked. Let us be more responsible with our freedom lest we want it to be taken away. (This are my opinions and musings though they are based on analysis of facts. I am not pro-gloria nor am I anti-gloria. Not everybody is divided between the two choices. I am pro-constitution and on neutral ground. I do my best to serve others in both my personal and official capacity in my own organization. Though I am but a student I’ve seen enough poverty to know taht it exist and yet I’ve also seeen enough progress to know that it also exist. If we do our part to help those who need it. If we try and actually work, help others, teach them how to make things better for themselves, donate our time, make an effort to join organizations that help others not for political gain but because they genuinely want to help then our country could and would get better. Also please let us not call each other names, we are all people who think though we think differently. Also an appeal to others don’t take my opinions out of context. All of my writings should be taken as a whole and not as individual arguments. Taking things out of their context often mislead others and subject the words to one’s own interpretations. Avoid copying what I’ve written unless you copy the whole thing. Tnx)

According to Fr. Joaquin Bernas: “The media have no special rights, because any freedoms they can claim are freedoms to which all citizens are entitled.”

If the police orders people to vacate a particular area because they are going to storm it, people are required to leave and that includes the media.

Why do the media think they’re special?

Engkanto
“salina_moron
As usual, the laughingstock of the world. The problem we have as a nation is already a cancer with no cure. Anyone you put in Malacañang would be the same. Greedy for money and power. Our Senate and Congress has three major functions: create laws to legally acquire more money, outdo the NBI in investigations that solves nothing, and beat out the local celebrities ”

Much have been said about these, but little have been done to confront these issues.

Though foolish, at least Trillanes have the hairy balls to stand up to what he strongly speaks of. Have they succeeded, most blogs will praise them as new heroes.

Mabuhay ang malayang Magnanakaw !!!
Mabuhay ang mga walang pananagutan sa Bayan !!!
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How can you blame the senate. They’re doing their job the best the know how. But, Everytime they calling the people to attend the senate hearing. Gloria Arroyo, Won’t let her official to attend the meeting. Because she’s afraid the whole truth will come out. Thats be the end of her. And we all knew it too. If she don’t have anything to hide why always used EO#464 to protect them. Sabihin mo, They’re guilty!!!

The media personalities in our country have forgotteb that they are not the news. There job is to report the news and not make news! It is also so apparent that ABS-CBN is a broadcasting company that is against the present administration, and it is using its broadcasting capabilities to promote its opinions to our countrymen. It is sad that they chose to do so. Just spend a day watching the programs they show at there network. TERRIBLE! Me and my friends haven’t tuned in to ABS-CBN for a long time now. We have no plans of doing so. It is the worst network we have in our country. It pure motivation is a simply one. To make a profit no matter what, and it is dragging its media/news are in to the dark pit as well. Corina Sachez? please go back to the way you tell the news before, just based on the facts. Now you always feel the need to inject your opinion, that is sad. Let the viewers form there own opinion, don’t do if for them! The pilipino people are not children, don’t treat them as such…..,

hi blood lang aaubtin nyo sa lahi nila mbagumbayan at salina!!! hahaha kahit sino pa paupu in nyo dyan sa taas, walang ginagawang mabuti yang mga tao na yan kundi kumuntra! hoy kayo nalang kayo ang magpresidente kayo ang palaging nasa tama eh! mabuhay kayo sa 2010 elections!!! ahahahaha

Kabayan
The greatest temptation of any corrupt or dictatorial government is to try to either control or muzzle the media. This explains the effort of this government, its police and Puno’s actions, (na punong puno ng raket, remember the money in paper bags?) to do their darnest to intimidate, control and muzzle the news media.

To the news networks and individual brave men and women in media, raise the media banner high and show them that the attempts of this administration to hide their corruption, manipulation of the law, and abuse of power will be to no avail. The corrupt and abusive in power desire media silence and total control, don’t give them any.

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The reason they’re doing it. Because they knows the can get away with it. Haay, Buhay….

Tony
What!?! An OFW telling us how to run the country!?! C’mon. Does anyone really believe these OFW.

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I have never heard any OFW saying something like that. But, If its true! then pershap they have a point. Because on whats going on in the Philippines. Taxepayer’s money, Has been speed just like there is no tomorrow, While 75% of filipino people are starving.

mbagumbayan
oo nga pala. bawal nga palang magsalita laban sa mga OFW kasi sila ang savior ng bansa…. HAR-HAR-HAR.

salina, you’re wisdom blows my mind away.

and that other guy whose mind is so deep….. kayo na ang bagong presidente ng pilipinas.

OFW mga fake heroes.

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OFW never claim they’re heroes! Gloria Arroyo, The one said that. Because without the OFW money remittance her so call booming economy already went down the gutter.

ang sabi, hope i am correct, freedom without responsibility is abuse. sa tingin ko, ito ang media. pulos na lang exaggerated ang mga ibinabalita nila. at ang hilig-hilig nila sa mga negative news. kung walang negative, sila ang gumagawa o sumusuporta. kapag walang negative news ang lungkot nila pero kapag may gulo, piyestang-piyesta sila. lagi gusto mapatalsik si gma. hanggang 2010 lang sya. etong media, mga taga-simbahan, mga makakaliwa tulad nina beltran, et al., at yang mga kudeta, bakit walang nagsasalita ng laban sa kanila. kasi kayo-kayo. dyan kayo kumikita. dyan kayo napanpansin.
oo, may corruption at malala pa. yan naman ay hindi sa panahon lang ni gma nangyayari. noon pang panahon ni marcos, cory, erap, ramos. eh ano ang nagawa ninyo. dating sakit pero yan pa rin ang alam nyong gamot? o gusto rin ninyong may katiwalian sa gobyerno para naman kayo ay may magawa at hindi nabuburyong?

Tsk, tsk, justifying corruption by this present administration is starting to be the norm. Acceptance of this moral degrading situation is being peddled as “okay” since it is being done in the past or because a lot of people are doing it anyway … a truly unacceptable position … meanwhile, the clock ticks.

The media is fond of making exaggerated news out of small stories and little issues. Not only that. They include their personal emotions and opinions when delivering the news thus creating an impression that the viewers should believe their news because they saw and experienced the events personally. The irresponsibility of the media was seen during the Manila Pen seige when news reporters of every network did not bother to obey the authorities and insisted to take footages. Now they are crying like a baby stressing that the police and this administration trampled upon their press freedom. So what about press freedom? Does that make the media/journalists above the law? Does that make them higher than ordinary Filipinos like me, the rest of the Pinoys not belonging to the media? Or do they think of themselves as celebrities? Well if so, aren’t celebrities stereotyped to be bimbos? Maybe that explains the media’s attitude.

Did Ms Orteza from ABS-CBN really said that she’s ready to die during the siege? Ready to die for what? Is there any reason to die for? Ready to die for Trillanes and company? Gutom lang yan. Taga showbiz talaga, maraming drama. I hope the management of channel 2 will send the same crew to Iraq or Afghanistan and let us see how brave these people are.

Compared to some other Asian countries, we enjoy more freedom of the press. This freedom also has its limitations.

LEVIS
The media personalities in our country have forgotteb that they are not the news. There job is to report the news and not make news! It is also so apparent that ABS-CBN is a broadcasting company that is against the present administration, and it is using its broadcasting capabilities to promote its opinions to our countrymen. It is sad that they chose to do so. Just spend a day watching the programs they show at there network. TERRIBLE! Me and my friends haven’t tuned in to ABS-CBN for a long time now. We have no plans of doing so. It is the worst network we have in our country. It pure motivation is a simply one. To make a profit no matter what, and it is dragging its media/news are in to the dark pit as well. Corina Sachez? please go back to the way you tell the news before, just based on the facts. Now you always feel the need to inject your opinion, that is sad. Let the viewers form there own opinion, don’t do if for them! The pilipino people are not children, don’t treat them as such…..,

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My goodness! Why are you upset on abs-cbn. They’re one of da best co. These co. Help alot of poor people. More than Gloria Arroyo. Do you have any idea how much this company help the less fortunate? I guess you don’t know that because you’re too busy attacking them.

kuya “cj”
I remember watching the siege at the manila pen last nov. 29. I also remember General Barrias asking the people inside the hotel including the media to vacate the premises so that the police could do their job. The job of all government officials, police and military personnel is to uphold and defend the constitution. When the constitution is being violated then it is their job to see to it that it is upheld. In defending the consitution they must defend it wholly and not just parts of it. People say that the freedom of the press and freedom of expression should be observed. But people also forget the they are not absolute rights. The right to privacy of individuals should first and foremost be above that. The right of people not to be falsely accused because of insinuations by irresponsible and unconfirmed reporting should be above that. The bible says “Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor” yet the media right now whether they realize it or not are violating that part of the ten commandments. How many times have the media reported things that turned out to be false flags? And when they turn out to be wrong, do they apologize? Very rarely do they apoligize. If they do, it is in a way that is so insignificant that people hardly notice so they still continue to believe what is previously written. Another thing I noticed during the coverage of ABS-CBN. One of their reporters a man, I forgot his name but I think it was C?astro? I remember him being outside the police line and yet he suddenly was inside the line interviewing the police personnel. I saw that despite being asked by the police personnel to step out of the line, he kept on reporting and asking them questions. In any event When there is a police line especially in ongoing hostage or siege situations crossing the police lines is a violation of the law. The police did not arrest this reporter. Why? Because they were of being accused of the exact same thing that they’ve been accused of right now. I also remember the way the mediamen kept following Gen Barrias even though he was trying to do his job to assess the situation. They kept asking him for comments and plans of actions. The General kept asking them to leave him alone for a few minutes so that he could do his job. Yet did the media heed this request? No, they kept following like hungry dogs. They did not leave him alone even after he gave them a statement. Is that responsible journalism? They ask him for the police plan of action, do they really expect a professional policeman to reveal the possible tactical move that they would do? Of all people they should remember that police should be left alone to do their jobs or everything would “F**k-up”. It is because of media coverage that hostage situations are pro-longed. If one would look carefully most hostage situations that didn’t have media coverage were easily ended with very little or minimal damage to either side. Now let us compare the two major Networks that covered the siege. ABS-CBN let their media personnel stay inside the plaza. risking their lives in order to get a story. They did not heed the request of the police to vacate the area. Even if they are to be trapped in the cross-fire they still remained. Admirable? Or Stupid? You decide. GMA. At first they reported accordingly, they let their reporters do thier jobs. They covered all areas possible. But when the time came for the deadline given by the police. They started giving out orders to their people to get themselves out. “Igan” kept telling susan enriquez to be careful and find a way to get out. Every GMA reporter saw it fit to leave the premises and report outside where it was much safer. Those who remained behind were the cameramen who kept themselves out of harm’s way who tried to keep as low as possible. They were brave souls, it’s a good thing that none of them were harmed. GMA saw that the lives of its personnel were more important than anything alse. They believe that they can get the same story even if their reporters aren’t inside the hotel. Thier coverage didn’t diminish even if they didn’t stay inside the cameramen who stayed kept the cameras whithout bringing harm to themselves. In fact I think they even had their cameramen get out since camera can be focused using remote control. Again the same question. GMA network’s actions. Admirable? or stupid? Of those taken in by the police for questioning, only a few were from GMA, in fact the cameraman just got caught while trying to retrieve their camera, Sandra Aguinaldo came on board the bus of her own accord though she wasn’t part of those taken in for questioning. Now let us go to the part of the police. Did they act responsibly during the siege? Okay so maybe they overreacted bringing in about 1500 troops against 30. But again we can ask, How big is the Manila Peninsula? Can it be surrounded by 100 policemen? Can all the roads be secured by 200? Can the safety of those inside and outside of the hotel be assure by 500? Considering that the mediamen inside and outside the hotel outnumber the mutineers and perhaps even the hotel guest. In fact the police did their best in securing the area. Again we ask, did they act accordingly? Did all the 1500 troops storm the hotel? I don’t think so, only a sufficient amount of personnel came in to end the siege. The tank may have been overkill, but without it would there ahve been shots traded taht could have killed a lot of people? The fact that it ended without anyone getting killed is already proof that the police acted accordingly. That the police took in the mediamen for questioning is something left for debate. But are the mediamen arrogant? I believe so. Perhaps not all but certainly some of them are. They believe themselves to be above the law. They refuse to heed request of the police. Ordinary people defer to policemen. They depend on the police to keep themselves safe. Not all policemen are corrupt or idiots. Majority of them are professionals who do their best to protect the citizenry. When their efforts are refused then do we have to blame them? The blame lies on those who refuse to listen to them. With freedom also come responsibility. If we do not have the proper sense of it. If we do apply what we’ve learned in Ethics 101, then are country does not deserve democracy. WE have more freedom that most other countries. WE have experienced less restrictions and less amount of time under dictators. We are not like other SoutheastAsian countries which are ruled by military juntas and dictators, here we still do as we please. We get to voice out our views. Here we can elect our own officials. We can protest injustices. Our goverment is more tolerate than other countries. It is we who abuse this priviledge and cross the line. Now again let me ask with our current situation. The media and other public servants. If we do not act responsibly, will we still be able to enjoy freedom? If we continue to rebel against the present government aren’t we giving more reason for Congress to let martial law be declared? The President can declare it but it Congess can let it stand or be revoked. Let us be more responsible with our freedom lest we want it to be taken away. (This are my opinions and musings though they are based on analysis of facts. I am not pro-gloria nor am I anti-gloria. Not everybody is divided between the two choices. I am pro-constitution and on neutral ground. I do my best to serve others in both my personal and official capacity in my own organization. Though I am but a student I’ve seen enough poverty to know taht it exist and yet I’ve also seeen enough progress to know that it also exist. If we do our part to help those who need it. If we try and actually work, help others, teach them how to make things better for themselves, donate our time, make an effort to join organizations that help others not for political gain but because they genuinely want to help then our country could and would get better. Also please let us not call each other names, we are all people who think though we think differently. Also an appeal to others don’t take my opinions out of context. All of my writings should be taken as a whole and not as individual arguments. Taking things out of their context often mislead others and subject the words to one’s own interpretations. Avoid copying what I’ve written unless you copy the whole thing. Tnx)

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There we go again! I hated it when people keep saying about constitution law; Rule of law; In the Philippines there is no such thing. If there is, Then Gloria Arroyo, Et. Al. Should be in jail for all their crimes against the filipino people.

rhodel
Ang masasabi ko lang, mahiya naman sana ang mga taga ABS-CBN reporters. What they are doing right now is IN THE SERVICE OF LOPEZ, instead of IN THE SERVICE OF THE NATION.

Ginawa nilang tanga ang mga tao. Akala nila ganun kabobo ang mga Pilipino na hindi marunong tumingin kung bias o hindi ang kanilang mga napapanood o napapakinggan.

It’s too much
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Bakit sila mahiya. They’re only doing their job they suppose too. Why don’t you tell that to Gloria Arroyo/cronies! With all their wrong doing. Sila ang walanghiya.

to the mediamen (esp. abs cbn) and the people who overreacts to the police action to the “trillanes’ mess,” they all forget a golden rule… ” THEN END DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE MEANS,” need i say more?

Granting that the defiance of the Media personnel in disobeying orders to vacate the Peninsula premises are valid, it is really understandable why they would have to stand their post at all cost.

Having Trillanes and Gen. Lim eliminated would mean a loss of one of their “hot items when it comes to reporting controversial issues that normally sell in the newstands.

It is unfortunate that Filipinos in general are more interested in reading negative news than reading wholesome positive news about the country and its people.

Caloy
It’s so obvious that the Lopezes are against GMA Administration and using their communication company ABS-CBN as a tool to bring down the GMA administration because they don’t much enjoy business favours from GMA.

During Cory Aquino and Fidel Ramos Administration ABS-CBN delivered impartial news because the Lopezes acquired many businesses i.e. NLEX, BAYANTEL, MWSS, POWERPLANTS, ROCKWELL and many others. ABS-CBN did not pay much attention to the anamolous deal during the Ramos administration i.e. CENTENIAL EXPO, SALE OF PETRON, SALE OF FORT BONIFACIO, PEA-AMARI DEAL, SLEX-SITRA DEAL which cost 100 Billions of Pesos. Also during the Cory administration where JUETENG so rampant because of her brother who is the jueteng lord at that time, so ABS-CBN doesn’t much bothered to report.

Hindi kaya ang ABS-CBN may pinoproteksyonan na business interest ng Lopezes?

Kayo na po bahala mag analyse kung meron nga ba talaga pinoproteksyonan ang mga media people ng ABS-CBN.

By the way, noon ginawa yun Rockwell Mall, saan pala nila dinala yun NAKAKALASON NA CHEMICAL na hinukay sa lupa ng rockwell balita ko dinala daw sa Pasig at doon binaon at nagkaroon ng tagas. Ito po binalita noon ng namayapa na si Max Soliven pero hindi nabalita sa ABS-CBN.

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Your theory STINK! But you have the right to speak whats in your heart just like the rest of us.

The reason there is lots of people want to get rid of Fake President of cebu. Because of all the wrong doing she has done to the filipino people. The truth is there for everyone to see, Huwag ka mg bulag, Bulagan.

Paul Casem
Did Ms Orteza from ABS-CBN really said that she’s ready to die during the siege? Ready to die for what? Is there any reason to die for? Ready to die for Trillanes and company? Gutom lang yan. Taga showbiz talaga, maraming drama. I hope the management of channel 2 will send the same crew to Iraq or Afghanistan and let us see how brave these people are.

Compared to some other Asian countries, we enjoy more freedom of the press. This freedom also has its limitations.

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Why don’t you asked Gloria Arroyo, I’ll guarantee you, you’ll get your wish.

Gutom? Yes! I’m hungry! I better get going.

Tell it like it is…

LEVIS
The media personalities in our country have forgotteb that they are not the news. There job is to report the news and not make news! It is also so apparent that ABS-CBN is a broadcasting company that is against the present administration, and it is using its broadcasting capabilities to promote its opinions to our countrymen. It is sad that they chose to do so. Just spend a day watching the programs they show at there network. TERRIBLE! Me and my friends haven’t tuned in to ABS-CBN for a long time now. We have no plans of doing so. It is the worst network we have in our country. It pure motivation is a simply one. To make a profit no matter what, and it is dragging its media/news are in to the dark pit as well. Corina Sachez? please go back to the way you tell the news before, just based on the facts. Now you always feel the need to inject your opinion, that is sad. Let the viewers form there own opinion, don’t do if for them! The pilipino people are not children, don’t treat them as such…..,

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My goodness! Why are you upset on abs-cbn. They’re one of da best co. These co. Help alot of poor people. More than Gloria Arroyo. Do you have any idea how much this company help the less fortunate? I guess you don’t know that because you’re too busy attacking them.

As expected those who are corrupt and abusive do not want their bad smell to permeate in society, thus they want to limit press freedom. The media has been an effective check and balance against the continuing corruption and abusive in government.

This Oligarchic Syndicracy (Rule of the rich and criminal syndicates) which is the form of government being espoused by the administration gets chaffed when the media starts bombarding them and as such the only way to stifle them is through force of arms, intimidation, propagandas and illegally procured wealth.

And now as predicted, Charter Change will be resurrected by these same corrupt and abusive clique as a means to extend their term. True to their actual motto “The Rule of the Corrupt will Prevail.”

Meanwhile, the clock ticks.

antonio_andolini
I think we are missing the point here. Freedom of the press has always been upheld. What was branded as irresponsible of the media was their defiance of a lawful order to vacate the premises as a police operation is undergoing. I’ve seen many footages of crises international at that, the int’l media would always stay behind the police line. In our country they swarm all over the area causing more chaos..

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Did you see, Any police line in Manila Pen? No!

dabawenyo
mbagumbayan,

anong problema mo sa aming mga OFW? wala na ba kaming karapatan na makilahok sa mga isyung kinakaharap ng bansa? pinoy pa rin kami kahit saang lupalop ng mundo kami mapunta. hindi kami tumakbo sa laban, bagkos ay naghanap kami ng paraan para mapaunlad ang aming mga buhay. kung ikaw man ang magkaroon ng ganitong oportunidad na mapaglinang ang iyong buhay at kakanyahan, siguro mas mabilis pa sa alas-kwatrong pipila ka sa embahada para kumuha ng visa.

hindi naman kaming mga OFW ang isyu dito e. magbasa ka nga…media at ang kanilang responsibilidad ang pinag-uusapan dito. kung gusto mong pag-usapan ang ibang isyu, gumawa ka ng sarili mong blog…isama mo ang mga OFW bashers na katulad mo.

at saka, hindi namin inisip na kami ay mga bayani. mga politiko lang ang nag-iisip ng ganon, kahit itanong mo pa sa mga relatives mo na OFW.

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You go girl! Tell him off.

The Philippine press, and most especially ABS-CBN needs to re-evaluate its responsibilty and accountability to the Filipino nation.

Is a arrogance part of press freedom? I don’t think so.

To the person making the secondary comments who do you think you are making conclusions like you are better off than most filipinos especially OFWs. If you hate GMA so much and admired ABS-CBN so much then why don’t you just get off the Philippines. Stop addressing GMA as the fake president of Cebu. Dahil kaming mga taga Visyas at Mindanao nagbabayad ng utang nyong taga Luzon. And how much slice of pie do we get from the national budget. Yuing utak mung maka imperialismong Manila are the ones dragging this country down. Subukan mu na lang maging OFW at umalis ka dyan sa opisina mu sa Republic Of Makati ni Binay.

Have all of you given a chance to take a peak at all the newspapers and media outlets in the Philippines? ALL OF ‘EM ARE BIASED.

Now you see what these media people are…I would even suggest to stop condeming media killings, I heard most of those who were killed were commentators. Commentators are stupid people who comments on anyone without facts and bash and humiliate them. These are what people should know before they side with these mediamen.

The Filipinos are like puppets right now…puppets to their politicians, puppets to the media, puppets to social hype, etc. so don’t single out and blame one media station with what’s happening in our country right now, people.

You know ABS-CBN have already lost their credibility, because when I watch their report last Sunday pm (ANC I think) there was their report saying that Manila Peninsula siege was authored by GMA. ??? They also telling they were not to show their witness face but they did.. and the worst of it their witness is out of country. I may not be very much oriented of the story but the point is, what the heck are they doing? are ABS-CBN already desperate to topple the GMA’s administration? because they have to entertain such story out of nothing. I think ABS-CBN and their staff are lunatics. So sad their freedom of the press is going way beyond of control.

THE BEST FREEDOM OF THE PRESS is when reporting exercised with lots of analysis and argument but it does not mean if it would cause to destroy our country where we live signifies freedom. FREE as we are but everything has limit. It does not mean because we are free we can do everything to destroy other people or group THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR FREEDOM.

NEWS REPORTING SHOULD ALWAYS BE A CONSTRUCTIVE REPORTING NOT DESTRUCTIVE REPORTING.

My conclusion, REPORTERS (Not all) are the MOST CORRUPT next to politicians, because they allow themselves to be used by some people or group to inflict damage to dignity and credibility of others.

Furthermore, GMA 7 versus ABS-CBN seems like a battle between GOOD and EVIL, and the EVIL is the ABS-CBN.. choose your ally.

TAKE IT FROM ME.

It was a very sickening sight, to say the least, of the pictures in the internet of Brig. Gen. Lim and company wearing the official uniform of the military at the new hearing in Makati. They have the guts and the balls to wear it when in fact they are a “disgrace” of this poor nation! Nakakahiya sila.

Tell it like it is…
Clipmaster:

Tama kayo. Keep on blogging. Some bloggers here do not even know what they are saying. They keep on arguing about the corrupt public officials when in fact the the topic here is about “The Irresponsible Media”.

Dabawenyo:
mbagumbayan:

Stop OFW bashing. Stick to the real issue here. Please start a blog about the OFWs and I’m sure the 5 million OFWs will kick your filthy asses.

These OFW bashers do not even know what is the the difference between right and wrong, black and white.

Tama yata ang survey na maraming mahirap sa Pinas. See, pati utak ni dabawenyo at mbagumbayan naapektuhan na dahil sa gutom. Peace. HAR HAR HAR

Personally, I don’t like President Gloria Macapagal - Arroyo. As an OFW I don’t even bother to vote the last election. But is there anybody right now who can replace her? Things are always easier SAID than DONE. Yan ang hirap sa ibang mga Pinoy. Mahirap makaintindi. Puro dada wala namang naitulong. We always tend to blame the President pati kahirapan sa buhay. Why not emulate people like Sen. Manuel Villar or Mayor Jejomar Binay. Di ba dati silang mahirap. Nasa Diyos ang awa nasa tao ang gawa. Walang ibang makakatulong para aasenso ang buhay ng isang tao kundi sarili mo.

Sorry out of topic ito.

Paul Casem
Tell it like it is…
Clipmaster:

Tama kayo. Keep on blogging. Some bloggers here do not even know what they are saying. They keep on arguing about the corrupt public officials when in fact the the topic here is about “The Irresponsible Media”.

Dabawenyo:
mbagumbayan:

Stop OFW bashing. Stick to the real issue here. Please start a blog about the OFWs and I’m sure the 5 million OFWs will kick your filthy asses.

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Its okay, If the want to talk about other topic. It don’t have to be about this trend. There is nothing wrong with that. Especially if they just want to get their frustration out on about anything come to mind. Its better to let it out. Then keep it inside that you get all stress out. Stress is one of the killer deases. I have no problem reading these posting!

Paul Casem
It was a very sickening sight, to say the least, of the pictures in the internet of Brig. Gen. Lim and company wearing the official uniform of the military at the new hearing in Makati. They have the guts and the balls to wear it when in fact they are a “disgrace” of this poor nation! Nakakahiya sila.

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Why shame them? By wearing their uniform. They deserve to wear that uniform. Just because they speak-out against Gloria Arroyo, Thats don’t mean they don’t deserve to wear their uniform that is rightfully their.

In fact Gloria Arroyo, Should be the one in jail for all the wrong doing she has done to the filipino people. But, That will never happen because she control the entire corrupt justice system, How can you justify that.

Times are about to change and the abusive and corrupt in power shall feel the sting of their indiscretions.

For the ordinary honest Filipino citizen, do not allow yourselves to be abused by those corrupt and bad people nor should you join them just because they have the power to give privileges and the ability to give you illegally procured money. Do not worship the rich, nor should you worship those who are evil and but gives you money. That is part of our responsibility; that as much is being asked of you.

It is during these trying times where each one is being judged whether one would give in to evil or stay with the good. Those who benefit or are blind to the institution of corruption, cover-ups and manipulation of the spirit of the law seem to have gone over to the side of evil. Time however grows short for them as well.

They may escape justice, they may hide behind high walls and guarded by armed men, but they cannot escape from God; from Divine justice.

Hypocrites pervade in this society where now they try their damnedest to justify corruption because “it has been this way before anyway” or going by the reason that “those who would replace are just as corrupt so we just have to accept the present corrupt leaders”.

How far have we fallen. Years before, this line of thought was unthinkable and shameful. Now people are justifying corruption and peddling the idea that this must be presently condoned because the next set of leaders will also be doing this anyway. Simply appalling! Instead of rallying against corruption they justify it as “just the way it is!”

The honest citizen should take heart for things are changing, however you should also do your responsibility in overthrowing corruption and abuse of power as everyone will be held accountable for what one did or DID NOT do to fight the evils of society. Each one is being weighed if one did his or her fair share to remove corruption, greed, and abuse from our midst to the best of his or her abilities.

Do not wait for the time of accounting for each one of us is also expected to be responsible in shaping a far better and moral nation.

Paul Casem,

Tell it like it is…
Clipmaster:

Tama kayo. Keep on blogging. Some bloggers here do not even know what they are saying. They keep on arguing about the corrupt public officials when in fact the the topic here is about “The Irresponsible Media”.

Dabawenyo:
mbagumbayan:

Stop OFW bashing. Stick to the real issue here. Please start a blog about the OFWs and I’m sure the 5 million OFWs will kick your filthy asses.
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Paul Casem,

You do confuse me dear. The views of “Clipmaster” and “Tell it like it is” from what I’ve read, totally differs from that of you. If they are correct then you’re darn wrong.

“Dabawenyo” was totally against the nasty comment made to OFWs by “mbagumbayan”

“Some bloggers here do not even know what they are saying” according to Paul (not the apostle).
Equally or much worst I believe, are people who don’t even read the whole entries before giving their comment.

Expressing views different to that of an OFW will not automatically mean that they don’t know what is right and what is wrong. Same can be said that being an OFW is not a guarantee that you will have more food in your table than my neighbor, Aling Ising.

I hope you’ll find joy the sight of Gloria in her elegant terno in as much you would have enjoyed, I assumed, the sight of Raul Gonzales on TV.

IMHO, we do have moderator here and it’s up to them to decide which is to be deleted.

Mabuhay ang malayang Magnanakaw
Mabuhay ang walang mga pananagutan sa Bayan

Tell it like it is…
There we go again! I hated it when people keep saying about constitution law; Rule of law; In the Philippines there is no such thing. If there is, Then Gloria Arroyo, Et. Al. Should be in jail for all their crimes against the filipino people.

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Stick on the real issue at bulag ka ba? Paano mo nasabi na walang rule of law sa pilipinas?

Isa ka ring bulaan eh, saan ka ba talaga, wala kang magawa kung di i-rationalized lahat! sinusuka po ang mga “lukewarm people” ayon sa bible..

to paul casem….you are correct. people should stop whining if they do not do anything to help the country, except bash it. let us wait when its their time to lead the country, and fall flat on their faces. so easier said than done…
and i agree w/ you when you said, anything anti-gma sells, so it is what they peddle.

to all those who think the media is being muzzled, how? the opposition rules the networks. the network broadcasters have a direct line to all the opposition leaders.the print media is anti too. so w/ the radio. govt. is not complaining bec. thats freedom of the press. what you read everyday is the litany of all the abuses big and small in govt. and still you are saying the govt. is hiding the corruption? the whole world is being told about it.

compare this kind of freedom that we have to malaysia, thailand, singapore, hk, china….who is freer?

to kabayan:
re the imposition of a 5-hr. curfew….read antonio abaya’s articles in mla. standard re trillanes, “why no one came and anatomy of a failure”….the reason for the curfew, so as to prevent the arrival fr. the nearby prov. of pro-trillanes grp., to prevent massing of needed warm bodies like edsa. it is not bec. of muzzling the media. it is a police and military strategy w/c neutralized the enemy. if you were in the side of the govt. you would have done the same. wait till you become police chief or sec. of the interior..

to wolfe…..i agree w/ you….re some writer here who insists on using the word fake pres. of cebu….when we write something, let us be conscious of the fact that our freedom to write has limitations.
avoid derogatory remarks. i have been to ceby many times, nice and progressive place, and many good friends in cebu. i get mad when people use cebu in the way she/he uses it. akala ko walang nakapansin…mabuti na lang.

to mercurion and all ofws….thank you for doing your share in nation-building. to those people who minimize your importance….just ignore them.

to junar…i agree w/ what you wrote, re “heavy ang dating mo”…had a good laugh too.

it seems some writers here assume different aliases or aka…
so, to all those who have not noticed this practice, beware, lest you mistake them for someone and unwittingly agree to what they wrote.
take note of their style in writing, their grammar, spelling, and favorite use of terms….esp. the DRIFT. one particular writer loves to bash, bash, till her subject is black and blue….and doesn’t make sense most of the time. as one writer said, her wisdom or none of it blows one’s mind away!

When we were in college, it is accepted to take Mass Communications when:
a) You love talking, commenting and criticizing others but yourself; or
b) If you are already failing in your math and science courses, so shift to Mass Comm; or
c) If you want to follow the footsteps of ‘respected’ journalists and mediamen, whatever that means; or
d) Just one ‘well-known’ mediaman I’ve overheard in a hotel lobby, “You are not a real columnist if libel charges isn’t in your resume”.
No wonder why people just treat news articles these days with contempt. So much for ’self-regulating’ industry of press/media. let them publish our comments I doubt it if they care….

Who said the ABS CBN help a lot of poor people? They are using poor people for their business interest. Kung talagang may sinseridad ang ABS-CBN na tumulong sa mahihirap hindi na yun ipapakita pa sa harap ng camera or photo op na tumutulong sila sa mahihirap. Bakit pa sila mag solicit sa mga OFW at binibigay pa nila bank account no. nila sa television para magdeposito tapos ma-credit sa ABS-CBN.

yan media, wala ng ibinalitang maganda. lahat na lang ng masama ang ibinabalita.

and to those people whose only known word is corruption, prove your accusation. wala namang maipakita kundi sa haka haka lang.

if you don’t like how our government run its affair, then go to sudan, somalia,africa, go to bangladesh, go to india, go to nicaragua, go to iraq, iran, pakistan,middle east, then you will realize that our country is the best run country in the world.
why? filipinos can talk,criticize, accuse our government without being locked up in jail.

and lastly, if you don’t have nothing good to say, keep your mouth shut.

Tell it like it is…

Bakit sila mahiya. They’re only doing their job they suppose too. Why don’t you tell that to Gloria Arroyo/cronies! With all their wrong doing. Sila ang walanghiya.

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eh sa wow wow wee massacre, 51 tao ang namatay, hindi sila nahiya………

sana man lang maski pangalan ng game show pinalitan nila………..

ika nga ng kaanak ng isang victima, pag naririnig niya ang ‘wow wow wee’ ay naaalala niya ang sumakabilang buhay niyang kaanak……….

i think ’salina’ has metamorphasized to ‘belat ni gloria’………

Tell it like it is…

Did you see, Any police line in Manila Pen? No!

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pinaki usapan na nga ang media ni gen barias na lumabas ng manila pen………..

ibig sabihin noon ay off limits na sila sa loob ng manila pen perimeter………

dapat na gets na nag media yon, matatalino yung mga yon, di ba……..

yon na ang police line, what do you expect, mag lagay pa sila barias ng yellow ribbon na ‘police line, do not enter’……….

Paul Casem

Did Ms Orteza from ABS-CBN really said that she’s ready to die during the siege? Ready to die for what? Is there any reason to die for? Ready to die for Trillanes and company? Gutom lang yan. Taga showbiz talaga, maraming drama. I hope the management of channel 2 will send the same crew to Iraq or Afghanistan and let us see how brave these people are.

Compared to some other Asian countries, we enjoy more freedom of the press. This freedom also has its limitations.

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may i add to that interview………

nagpasalamat pa nga si bebeth sa media na andoon, hindi bumitaw, at ‘NAKIKISYMPATYA’ sa kanilang ipinaglalaban………

palakpakan ang mga tao, pati media……..

sino-sino kaya yung media tinutukoy na nakikisympatya……….

(antonio_andolini)
“I think we are missing the point here. Freedom of the press has always been upheld. What was branded as irresponsible of the media was their defiance of a lawful order to vacate the premises as a police operation is undergoing. I’ve seen many footages of crises international at that, the int’l media would always stay behind the police line. In our country they swarm all over the area causing more chaos..”

I completely agree with this! It was quite a sight to see a couple of arrogant reporters berate police officials as if they owned the whole country. These media people should not have been inside the building beside the cowardly & eternally stupid Trillanes. They deserve what they got when they got tied up & bundled into buses.

This was a police operation in which lives would have been lost had it not been performed properly. It’s good to see the government putting it’s foot down on issues of military adventurism. They don’t deserve a minute in airtime. What they do is whack the country down to it’s knees just as it is getting up & starting to perform better than its Asian neighbors.

And to those posting ideologies & all that stupid ideas, it’s time to stop talking as if you hold the key to the nation’s future. Leninist, Marxist & all that other gibberish rubbish are all outdated & never successfully pursued. Read world history! We as a people don’t have to suffer all those failures to get things right.

Well done to the police & the government for handling the “situation” in Makati. No one should support Trillanes & co. with their stupid ideas.

Fred S. of LA
Granting that the defiance of the Media personnel in disobeying orders to vacate the Peninsula premises are valid, it is really understandable why they would have to stand their post at all cost.

Having Trillanes and Gen. Lim eliminated would mean a loss of one of their “hot items when it comes to reporting controversial issues that normally sell in the newstands.

It is unfortunate that Filipinos in general are more interested in reading negative news than reading wholesome positive news about the country and its people.

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If you have something good to report, Regarding the corrupt regime of Gloria Arroyo, Lets hear it.

why do we get a very irresponsible media?because there are a lot of ignorant and irresponsible citizens in the Philippines.

to Salina aka Belat ni Gloria aka Tell it like it is…

plis lang! tagalugin mo na lang ang mga sinusulat mo! masakit na ang ulo ko sa kakaintindi ng balu-baluktot mong ingles! pilipino ka naman, gamitin mo na lang ang wika natin at nakakahiya sa mga taong ingles ang salita!

pasensiya na kung O.T.

wolfe
To the person making the secondary comments who do you think you are making conclusions like you are better off than most filipinos especially OFWs. If you hate GMA so much and admired ABS-CBN so much then why don’t you just get off the Philippines. Stop addressing GMA as the fake president of Cebu. Dahil kaming mga taga Visyas at Mindanao nagbabayad ng utang nyong taga Luzon. And how much slice of pie do we get from the national budget. Yuing utak mung maka imperialismong Manila are the ones dragging this country down. Subukan mu na lang maging OFW at umalis ka dyan sa opisina mu sa Republic Of Makati ni Binay.

yeah bro!!! way to go abante mga bisaya!!

MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY:
Pulse Asia Survey (Survey covering 5 most recent presidents)

Gloria Arroyo - 45%
Ferdinand Marcos - 35%
Joseph Estrada - 16%
Fidel Ramos - 5 %
Cory Aquino - 1 %
None/Refused/Can’t Say - 2 %

http://www.inquirerbloggers.net/current/2007/12/11/the-battle-of-the-corrupt-marcos-vs-arroyo/#respond

and figures at:

http://www.inquirerbloggers.net/current/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/pulse-most-corrupt-2.JPG

It’s really sad that sometimes our media especially the giant ones were being manipulated by the people who opposed the government and or gma.

actually i already stopped viewing news from abs-cbn. kasi pag issues that somehow the government is involved, nakikita mo kaagad ang bias nila against pgma. tingnan mo si tonying, akala mo kung sino kung magsalita, bakit hinde nalang sila gagawa ng hakbang para gumanda ang takbo ng ating pamahalaan. hinde puro puna lang AT walang ginagawa

Salina says:
“Can you blame Sen: Trillanes, & co. For what they did.? His only fighting for something he believe. Its true his duly elected Senator but he wasn’t given the chance to do his duty as senator. Why?”

Remember Oakwood Mutiny? Duh?!

Salina says:
“But she’s the one running the country because she control the entire corrupt justice system. Where is the rule of law; if there is any.”

Do you even know the government structure of our country? Yes she may have influence over that system but she does not have control of it. Get your facts straight.

Salina says:
“No! I don’t agree! The reason they’re doing that because they knows they can. They can have you kill and get away with it. And you knew it. Just look whats happening in the Philippines rapist’Murderer/thieves/ get pardon. While the people who speak out for what is right and just the one getting rotten in jail because they speak out against the bogus President of cebu. Belat mo!”

Do you even know what you are talking about here? Get you’re English straight. Otherwise mag-Tagalog ka na lang. nakaka-bobo pinagta-type mo aside sa mga pinagsasasabi mong I am sure hindi mo rin alam.

Salina says:
“Yep! you’re absulotely right, Mr. Ermita: Only Gloria Arroyo, Supporter’s are saint. Huliluhaj.”

You are absolutely entertaining. HULILUHAJ!!!!

Salina says:
“Grrrrrrrrrrrrr. Kilabot. Only Gloria Arroyo, Is mayabang. She went overseas and brag about her so call pad rosy economy. And said that Sen: Trillanes, Will get fall force of the law; She’s the one should be rot in jail. Not Sen: Trillanes, & co. But, That will never happen because she control the entire corrupt justice system. Tuloy ang ligaya. Mabuhay ang mga kawatan.”

What the hell are you saying? You disagree with Trillanes at one point and now you are saying that he should be not be jailed after what they have done?

Salina says:
“You’re blaming the Media about the Philippines economy. They’re not the one squatting in Malacanyang Palace. Just in case you don’t know that. Gloria Arroyo, The one squatting in Malacanyang Palace for almost seven years now. She’s the one should be responsible for economy. Not Sen: Trillanes, & co. Not the Media, Not Me either.”

Yes President Arroyo is corrupt but this is not just one person managing the whole country. Not that I am in her defense but she is not the only one responsible for the economy. We have a system that we call the government. And your beloved Trillanes is a part of it. And also you for voting the people sitting in the government now.

freedom of speech as provided in the constitution does not gives the media a blueprint to exercise their duty way beyond the lawenforcement people. nor does gives them a blanket of protection clause beyond what is stated on the constitution.

in a simple request by the lawenforcement groups for the other people to vacate the vicinity for their own safety who are not part of the trillanes group and who does not want to be identified with them. the hotel guests and other hotel personnel obliged to this request. why are these media people who choose to stay and who advocate the right for free dissemination of public information cannot extend a simple courtesy and cooperate with the lawenforcement people? yet the public have the right to be informed that are matters of national interest as recognized in the constituion.

article 3 section 7 of the bill of rights:
the right of the people to information on matters of public concern shall be recognized. access to official records, and to documents, and papers pertaining to official acts, transactions, or decisions, as well as to government research data used as basis for policy development, shall be afforded the citizen, subject to such limitations as may be provided by law.

sometimes these same media people who protest their arrest for inquest proceedings to them needs to show some respect to the people of not their same profession.

for some it has protested the inquest proceedings to the members of the media particulary those who has already been known to the public. why does the police included them also when they are already known media personnalities? right there is no need for them to be identified. the fact is if a few or selected will be brought for inquest would it be fair for others? certainly not.

the public has been noticing a moderate reform in the police and they have been doing well now and becoming more concerned about the welfare of the state even if it is just a little bit. they the police have been performing their duties trying to be fair to all and not just to few or selected.

Caloy

Who said the ABS CBN help a lot of poor people? They are using poor people for their business interest. Kung talagang may sinseridad ang ABS-CBN na tumulong sa mahihirap hindi na yun ipapakita pa sa harap ng camera or photo op na tumutulong sila sa mahihirap. Bakit pa sila mag solicit sa mga OFW at binibigay pa nila bank account no. nila sa television para magdeposito tapos ma-credit sa ABS-CBN.
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tama…….

mas malaki pa yata kita nila sa mga text ng mahihirap para makasali sa gameshow nila…………….

hindi naman nila pera yung pinamimigay nila, tapos abs-cbn ang nakalagay sa mga plastic bag na relief, sana man lang eh ‘donations received by abs-cbn’, ang kapal………..

believe pa sana ako kung sasabihin nilang ‘for every peso you donate, abs-cbn will give 50 centavos’, o kaya maski 10 centavos na lang………….

naku bawas sa kita nila yon……..

an mga lopez, pag lugi ang company insinasauli nila sa gobyerno, mwss ba yon……..

kung gusto nilang tumulong, babaan nila ang singil sa kuryente,………..

babaan nila toll sa nlex, para mura ang paninda ng mga biyahero………..

ang dami nilang paraan para matulungan ang naghihirap nating mga kababayan, hindi nila ginagawa………

chris

why do we get a very irresponsible media?because there are a lot of ignorant and irresponsible citizens in the Philippines.
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mali, ang dapat…………………

‘why are there a lot of ignorant and irresponsible citizens in the Philippines? because of the very irresponsible media!’………

Kabayan, hindi lang si GMA ang corrupt pati mga ibang media corrupt din lalo na ABS-CBN media. Nagmamalinis pa kayo eh pare-pareho lang kulay nyo. Kaso iba lang ang approach ng ABS-CBN paano mangorakot. ABS-CBN is also a corrupt because they are corrupting the mind and moral of the filipino people for their own business interested and ratings.

Kung meron lang survey na kung sino pinaka corrupt ng network e d sigurado mangunguna ang ABS-CBN.

So anong say nyo mga kabayan dyan.

to alabang girl….that’s what i noticed too, hence, i wrote about writers who use difft. names, to hide under their nonsensical views.

clipmaster….add ‘tell it like it is’….to the 2 other aliases/metamorphosis…the drift is the same..

dom briones….i like what you wrote re the media.

to all those who insinuate that some writers here think corruption is ok..
no one in his right mind condones corruption.
but what alternative do you offer? the opposition is equally uninspiring. or you find labayen, guingona, bibeth orteza as alternative?
just look at how the candidates are positioning themselves this early. and you think they are clean? lalo na yung sipag at tiyaga line, please lang…
the opposition are mouthing anything contrary to what this adm. peddles, just to get our votes. madalas nakakainis na, you can see through their insincerity.

is it too much to ask for them to wait till 2010? that’s only 2 1/2 y., not 300yrs.

Kabayan:

First of all, most people do not believe in surveys anymore. This survey is not a scientific one therefore in my own view it is bias. Is this a countrywide survey? Karamihan sa mga taga Metro Manila ay opposition. O kaya ang taga Pulse Asia mismo ay ayaw kay Lola Gloria.

At parang out of topic ito. Irresponsible media yata ang topic dito hindi corruption at surveys na yan. Ay naku ang mga Pilipino talaga ayaw maka-intindi. If it is really true that 60 percent of the Filipinos are poor (meaning di nakakain three times a day) then hindi kaya ito ang isa sa mga side effects ng gutom. Nagtanong lang po!

Lahat ng mga bloggers dito ay magaling. Kahit na mali ang disposition nila ay ipinipilit na tama. Hindi magandang dahilan na dahil opposition ka or ayaw mo kay President Arroyo mali rin yung ginawa ng mga subordinates niya. Hindi magandang example yan. Dapat fair ang mga opinion natin, mahirap man o mayaman.

1. OFWs go abroad because they want a better life for their families. Someone said that “shame on OFWs”, now that’s a very selfish thing to say. What I can say is that OFWs are not only sending money home but are also advertising the Filipinos skills and talents in different fields.

About the survey on who is the most corrupt, I think we are all CORRUPT!!! Why are we always laying the blame in the president? Because she has the last buck!? These surveys are very inaccurate. It’s only the Luzon area that has this much negativity on their minds. Please be concerned that if GMA is ousted, who can do much better in running the country? I’d rather wait for 2010 and let her continue doing good for the economy.

And the media, not all of them are stupid. But to those who were in the peninsula, why do you think you were being evacuated? Because you think military will not bomb the building. YOU ARE BEING EVACUATED IN THE NAME OF SAFETY! Hay, ULTRA all over again. Don’t you think you were being exploited by tillanes people by going inside?

It’s true, news are not news anymore.

If you don’t read the news, you are uninformed. If you read the news, you are misinformed. It’s true.

I’d rather read an encyclopedia.

Even outside the country, news in the Philippines are always a hot item.

I don’t remember seeing any journalists inside a burning building if thats what they want so they choose a less dangerous one - the one with Trillanes inside and with the military outside the premises on the verge of storming or even bombing the building.

Why can’t they stay behind police lines?

Pathetic. No wonder the country is going to the dogs.

paul casem:

OFW din ako… kaya ko sinabing gumawa ng sarili nyang blog si mbagumbayan dahil di naman kaming mga OFW ang topic sa blog na to, at isama nya mga kapwa nya OFW bashers….baka naman ikaw ang nagugutom at di mo naiintindihan ang mga isinulat ko.

mali ata ang tinatahulan mong puno. nasa iisang barko lang tayo, bro.

kabayan,

wala namang crediblity yang survey mo as to the most corrupt presidents in the philippines. 10 tao lang tapos opposition pa. the philippines is a 86 million people to get that survey.

and here is the most credible survey:
Most Corrupt Countries, 2007

Rank Country
1. Myanmar
Somalia
2. Iraq
3. Haiti
4. Tonga
Uzbekistan
5. Afghanistan
Chad
Sudan
6. Congo, Democratic Republic
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea
Laos

The Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index defines corruption as the abuse of public office for private gain, and measures the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among a country’s public officials and politicians.
Source: Transparency International, 2007. Web: http://www.transparency.org.

Money. That’s all what this is about. Sadly, many media folks have become bounty hunters - do whatever it takes to make money.

Yeah… The arrogant display of wanton disregard to private property and welfare of normal working people in the hotel and the surrounding offices by Trillanes and Company was not even made the focus of the coverage by the media… It was repeated on and on especially by ABS CBN the garbage messages of Trillanes and Danny Lim. Let us not forget that as soldiers (or so they claim to be), Trillanes and Company were paid out of taxpayer’s money to defend the country against threats - domestic and international… What would ABS CBN say if their guards lay siege on their station demanding the ouster of the heads of top ABS CBN executives for whatever reasons… would they give more coverage on the grievances of the guards rather than management… I don’t think so…

Hello again, ABS-CBN and other media keeps on insisting that storming of Manila Peninsula is “overkill”, hahaha.. me namatay ba? kahit nga injuries wala eh.. haay the media is like NEW GENERATION of DEMONS they always want our country to be in CHAOS.. kaya hindi matuloy-tuloy ang mga proyekto para naman makita na natin ang pag-unlad. That is how they sell their news.. and that is how they instigate other people to revolt on the current administration. If that’s overkill bakit nakalusot pa sina Capt. Faeldon at iba pang Magdalo? Wow nama mahiya naman kayo media people kung “overkill” yun sana pinatay na kayong mediamen kasama nina Sen. Trillanes, pati kaluluwa ninyo pinatay na rin sana.

It is very much obvious mga kababayan na malabo nang makakuha nang suporta ang mga taga-oposisyon/komunista at iba pang organisasyon na ang iniisip ay pansariling kapakanan.

Sana patuloy nang wuhag suportahan ang mga GANID sa pulitika at mga me ari nang malalaking kumpanya pati na mga komunista.

At yang mga pulse asia at iba pang survey group anak ng.. oposisyon lahat yan hahaha.. nagpapatawa..

Salamat po

let us not forget manolo quezon 111 is w/ abs-cbn….but he does not belong to the group that we are critical of. manolo has a good segment, the explainer, w/c is very educational, informative…

re the writer who wrote that IDIOTS rally to the cause of the oppressive police who handcuffed media….were the media subjected to the methods done at guantanamo? do you call the tie-wraps around their hands oppressive?
remember, these same group of people were sympathizing and rallying w/ trillanes group under the guise of reporting the truth. some from the rebel groups changed their clothes, so its just right that everyone inside the hotel be processed. is that hard to understand?

someone wrote about the networks propensity to solicit from people abroad, and then giving credit only to the network, such self-serving practice!

re surveys about gma….let us not be too naive to take it hook line and sinker. who commissioned the survey? the latest news is… it was commissioned by ex-sen. sergio osmeña 111, is that reliable?
so long as the survey is c/o the opposition, the results are obvious…
in the same manner it will not be valid if the govt made a survey w/c resulted in favoring gma. ganoon ka simple yan….

what about the survey(not done locally) w/c shows pinoys one of the happiest people, among the top 10?…as opposed to sweden, having one of the highest in suicide rates.

p.s. re the mariannet “suicide” in dvo….she was raped, accdg. to the police reports. some writer here blamed it on govt

Dabawenyo:

I’m so, so sorry for that. It was’nt my intention. Nagkamali lang po ako. I apologize…

Raul T. Lumacad
Kabayan:

First of all, most people do not believe in surveys anymore. This survey is not a scientific one therefore in my own view it is bias. Is this a countrywide survey? Karamihan sa mga taga Metro Manila ay opposition. O kaya ang taga Pulse Asia mismo ay ayaw kay Lola Gloria.

At parang out of topic ito. Irresponsible media yata ang topic dito hindi corruption at surveys na yan. Ay naku ang mga Pilipino talaga ayaw maka-intindi. If it is really true that 60 percent of the Filipinos are poor (meaning di nakakain three times a day) then hindi kaya ito ang isa sa mga side effects ng gutom. Nagtanong lang po!

Lahat ng mga bloggers dito ay magaling. Kahit na mali ang disposition nila ay ipinipilit na tama. Hindi magandang dahilan na dahil opposition ka or ayaw mo kay President Arroyo mali rin yung ginawa ng mga subordinates niya. Hindi magandang example yan. Dapat fair ang mga opinion natin, mahirap man o mayaman.

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You’re absulotely right! But, The question is, Is Gloria Arroyo/cronies. Being Fair! I think not. Whatever she’s getting she deserve it. You can’t blame the filipino people perception against her because she’s doing everything in her power to blocked any accusation against her. If she don’t have anything to hide why suppress the truth?! Truth of the matter is, She’s guilty!

I think there’s something wrong in here. Did you know that the word “Belat” is a Cebuano word? It simply means “vagina”. This is a blog site not a Yahoo Messenger (Room) where everybody may choose unpleasant words. Ganyan na ba talaga ang mga Pinoy ngayon, kulang sa edukasyon. Shame on us all kase doon tayong lahat lumabas eh.

May nanay kaya si “Belat ni Gloria”?!

Kabayan:

Please be informed that there is a new blog by John Nery and Mnuel L. Quezon III entitled “The Battle of the Corrupt”: Marcos vs Arroyo. Doon na po kayo manggulo. I’m sure you’ll be the first blogger there. Isama mo na rin ang lahat na mga anti-Arroyo

Maraming mga conflicting opinions ang lumalabas, lumalayo na po tayo sa usapan, “the irresponsible media”po , pero sige lang basta konektado sa topic.

Marami kasing masyadong smart or very much intellectual people kaya masyado ng conflict dito sa mundo, Simple lang naman ang buhay;

1.Basta gumawa ka ng tama, e masusunod mo na rin ang mga batas.
2.Huwag mong gawin sa iba ang ayaw mong gawin sa iyo ng iba.
3.At pag-aralan muna nating mabuti ang lahat ng gagawing hakbang sa kahit na ano pa mang bagay para sa higit na ikabubuti ng lahat.

hindi lang ang ABS-CBN ang media, buong tri-media ang pinag-uusapan dito at kung magkokomento man tayo tungkol sa pagiging biased e, tignan muna natin ang ating opinion baka isa na rin tayo sa mga biased. I’m not an ABS-CBN fan.

abbygail:

“to all those who insinuate that some writers here think corruption is ok..
no one in his right mind condones corruption.
but what alternative do you offer? the opposition is equally uninspiring. or you find labayen, guingona, bibeth orteza as alternative?
just look at how the candidates are positioning themselves this early. and you think they are clean? lalo na yung sipag at tiyaga line, please lang…
the opposition are mouthing anything contrary to what this adm. peddles, just to get our votes. madalas nakakainis na, you can see through their insincerity. ”

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Abbygail Dear,

No entries would you find that the likes of Labayen, Guingona and Orteza were presented as alternatives, except that of you.

IMO, having “the lack of alternatives” as you would have thought, is not enough reason not to act against corruption that is happening in our country (we have new one after the 500K token at Malacañang and it’s about NPC). It pains me a lot to know that some if not most people accepted corruption as part of our daily life. The thought of you Abby, condoning it gives me hope (hope, for lack of a better word) to say the least.

I found this blog very amusing since it is the only thread were you can find people who were quick on “recognizing” a person using the same aliases by just his/her style and drift in writing. But these people fails miserably identifying the voice on the Hello Garci tape brouhaha (Willie Nepomuceno would have a hard time doing that. Even Ate Glow mimics only her facial expression but not her voice)

Here you found naïve opinion (though I respected it) who expect that big Companies whom had invested their time, efforts and billions of pesos not to be profit oriented.

IMHO, it’s their fortune and reputation that they have put in to and that would be unfair of me, commenting on how they should run their acts, but I do have my own view to see what junk and what is not. (Though without this media, I would have not learned that at girl from Davao have committed suicide out of poverty. It could have slip away from me that 500,000.00 pesos were mere token at Malacañang. I would have not known that our country’s economy is bullish because aside from the dollar depreciating globally, nothing dramatic would tell me that my neighbor, Aling Ising, had improve their life economically for the past years)

Here you find people who were quick to denounce fault on our Government, but as to how much have they have done to ideas they strongly speak of, I gave them the benefit of the doubt. Have they fallen in line the last time they renewed the driver’s license? Have they tried to give a sandwich to traffic aides on their usual route (30% of traffic aides, have pulmonary problem by being exposed daily to our polluted roads) Have they segregated their garbage? Have they actively campaign for their selected Presidential candidate whom they believe to be the right person to lead this country? That I wouldn’t know.

Here you find OFW’s who were quick on denouncing and even calling names deemed OFW bashers who just differ from their views. You’ll find OFW who was even bragging about their numbers in millions, but looking back at the last national election they mustered only 8% of their total who had voted and have done their basic constitutional mandate.

Here you find people like me whom because out of lack in social life had glued my time with the internet and would comment on most if not all Blogs and “virtually” participate in the rebuilding of my beloved country.

Abby (that is if you won’t mind, me, calling you “Abby”), who would have thought that Gabriella Silang, after the death of her hubby, would lead her people to continue the revolt against the Spaniards.

I have to agree with you again Bert, the world is full of idiots and I am one of them.

Cheers

Clipmaster write,

“an mga lopez, pag lugi ang company insinasauli nila sa gobyerno, mwss ba yon……..”

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LOL, this comment made me smile, though poignant, but I have to agree with you Clip.

But rumors had it that it was part of the deal for Kabayan Noli De Castro to run as GMA’s running mate. But who would have believed on rumors, even Lolit Solis do made phony chitchat.

in re:mr.tom tolibas’ [office of sen. meriam defensor} quezon crab mentality shows op-ed.

i wonder if sen. defensor agrees with your comment to mr. quezon’s op-ed, and you as a self-appointed official press secretary of her office(aka mouth piece).
if sen. defensor can’t stand the heat, she can just get out the kitchen w/o your help. i am pretty sure sen.defensor can wiggle her way out of the situation. just like you said mr. tolibas, she is an alum of michigan university???
mr. tolibas sir, if you are trying to gain points and to look good with your boss, do it in your own time. and do not use sen. defensor’s office as a flasher(it does not impress me.)
mr. quezon’s asignment is to write op-ed. whether we agreed with it or not, that is his job. remember- freedom of the press-, check and balance- just to ring bells for you.

salamat po,,,,,
chrisgalon
lasvegasnv.

Plain and simple - the media is verry irresponsible. Theyre really a bunch of spoiled brats AT WALA NA SILA NI-REPORT NA MAGANDA BUT LAHAT NALANG NEGATIVE. Like Ces Drilon and Pinky Webb of ABS-CBN nong hinuhuli sila tanong sila bakit daw sila huhulihin eh kilala naman silang taga press. Eh diba si Trillanes mas kilala pa bilang Senador pero gumawa ng kapalpakan? And this Beth Ortiza imagine sabihin nyang willing syang mamatay…hehehe…syempre talaga namang may taning na buhay nya kc may cancer sya…mmmp…nagpapakabayani pa.

fred edoria
kabayan,

wala namang crediblity yang survey mo as to the most corrupt presidents in the philippines. 10 tao lang tapos opposition pa. the philippines is a 86 million people to get that survey.

and here is the most credible survey:
Most Corrupt Countries, 2007

Rank Country
1. Myanmar
Somalia
2. Iraq
3. Haiti
4. Tonga
Uzbekistan
5. Afghanistan
Chad
Sudan
6. Congo, Democratic Republic
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea
Laos

The Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index defines corruption as the abuse of public office for private gain, and measures the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among a country’s public officials and politicians.
Source: Transparency International, 2007. Web: http://www.transparency.org.

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Whoa! You can deny all the allegastion against Gloria Arroyo, But you can’t deny the filipino people perception because the truth is there for everyone to see. Yes! I agree she’s corrupted to the hilt.

GMA allies pikon-talo sa survey
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Talo sila because its true!
(Rey Marfil)

Sa pamamayagpag ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo bilang most corrupt president, hindi maitago ng mga alipores nito sa Senado ang matinding pagkapikon sa oposisyon, partikular kay dating Senador Sergio “Serge” Osmeña III.

Sa ambush interview, nairita si administration Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago sa pag-amin ni Osmeña bilang nagkomisyon sa Pulse Asia para isagawa ang survey.

Ayon kay Santiago, kilalang tagapagtanggol ni Mrs. Arroyo, hindi nakakagulat ang survey, maging ang pagkomisyon ni Osmeña sa Pulse Asia kung kaya’t hinimok ng lady solon ang publiko na huwag paniniwalaan ang resulta nito.

“Ngayon inaamin nila na may nagbayad pala sa kanila. Kaya ang kasunod na pagtatanong diyan ay iyon bang nagbayad na iyon sa oposisyon ay nakapag-impluwensiya nitong survey firm para ang resulta ay magiging ganon, laban sa Pangulo. Dahil ang pangulo sa administrasyon, ang nagbayad ay oposisyon,” reklamo ni Santiago.

Katulad ng litanya ng Malacañang, inirason ni Santiago na ‘one sided’ o pabor sa oposisyon ang questionnaire sa isinagawang survey ng Pulse Asia.

Sa hangaring madepensahan si Pangulong Arroyo, ikinasa ni Santiago ang pagpapatawag ng imbestigasyon sa Upper House, partikular sa committee on information and mass media na pinangangasiwaan ni administration Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.

“That’s why I’m going to call for an inquiry, in aid of legislation, siguro dapat na talaga may batas na tayo tungkol dito sa mga survey firms na ito. My understanding as a lawyer is that they are not ordinary commercial concerns, they are impressed with a public interest and so that the State has the right to regulate maybe not absolutely stop them but they have to be regulated because they are engaged in mind manipulation. And of course, they vested interest in the minds of the citizens,” ani Santiago.

Kaugnay nito, mistulang pinayuhan ni Senate President Manny Villar si Santiago na tanggapin na lamang ang resulta ng survey at gamitin itong wake up call ng administrasyon para mabago ang pananaw ng taumbayan.

KABAYAN WROTE:
As expected those who are corrupt and abusive do not want their bad smell to permeate in society, thus they want to limit press freedom. The media has been an effective check and balance against the continuing corruption and abusive in government.

This Oligarchic Syndicracy (Rule of the rich and criminal syndicates) which is the form of government being espoused by the administration gets chaffed when the media starts bombarding them and as such the only way to stifle them is through force of arms, intimidation, propagandas and illegally procured wealth.
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alam mo kabayan, we are in a forum.

we are here to express our opinions, our thoughts, our ideas.
and you keep issuing statements to impress with your high fallotin words taken from webster and thesaurus.

your thoughts are ancient, medieval. your english is way back 14th century during europe renaissance as my son studied in his grad 11 literature.

in short, you’re very elementary like kids who used to memorize lines but short of knowing it.

anyway, i admire your vocabulary.

Cops clean up streets around Quiapo church
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Lets give the credit to these Police! Its about time. I salute you! Merry christmas, And happy new year too.
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By NESTOR ETOLLE
The Philippine Star

Manila policemen and civilian volunteers joined hands Wednesday in a massive cleanup of dirty streets around Quiapo church in preparation for the start of the midnight Masses, which start on Sunday.

Armed with brooms and water hoses connected to three firetrucks, Sta. Cruz police station chief Superintendent Romulo Sapitula led his men and civilian volunteers in sweeping and hosing down the streets to remove years of dirt and grime.

Churchgoers and Quiapo shoppers expressed elation over Wednesday’s cleanup.

“For the first time, the vicinity around Quiapo church exudes a whiff of fresh air. Gone are the stench of urine and feces,” said Aling Merlie, who regularly shops at Quiapo.

The midnight masses traditionally start on Dec. 16 and end on Dec. 25.

Sapitula plans to conduct cleanups at least every 10 days, not only in Quiapo but also in other areas in his jurisdiction that are frequented by people.

The police also rounded up street urchins, beggars and “taong grasa” or vagrants during the cleanup. “These are the polluters in the city. They urinate and leave their feces everywhere,” Sapitula said.

His men also seized bottles of what herb vendors around the church claim are abortifacients.

After the cleanup, Sapitula distributed Christmas cards to vendors and shoppers, asking them to help the police rid the city of criminality, terrorism and “kotong” or extortion. The cards bear his cellphone number and that of Manila Police District director Chief Superintendent Roberto Rosales, who urged his other station commanders to emulate Sapitula’s efforts.

I aggree 95% of comments posted in your blog… Some people dakdak nang dakdak against the arroyo admin na pahirap nang pahirap ang pilipinas… ikaw ano ginawa mo to help the gov’t? Ang iba, anak ng anak kahit walang trabaho, then blame the gov’t na hindi na makakain 3 times a day.. What kind of Presdient you want? Wala namang nakaupo dyan na di binatikus… si cory, 7 kudita? si Marcos at Erap pinatalsik? kahit na pinakamatinong (superman) presidente nakaupo dyan, di mawawala pinoy (not all ha) mentalidad kaya bansa natin di aangat.

paul casem:

apologies accepted.

Out of topic but…

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JUNJAR,

For admiring my vocabulary … thanks I guess? As for 14th century style of writing, I cannot really say that is my style since my reading materials are extremely varied.

As for seemingly trying to impress others, that is not intentional since this is how I regularly write in any forum or articles for that matter. I simply go by the style of writing I am most comfortable with.

I am glad however that Grade 11 kids are able to comprehend this despite my seemingly archaic vocabulary. As for perceiving that I “memorize lines but short of knowing it”… just ask me which are these lines which you believe that I “come short in knowing” so that I could be more explicit, could correct, explain it to you in layman’s terms or even attempt to translate it in Pilipino language for that matter. Cheers.

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So back to the forum…

To Paul Casem,

I would rather Gloria leave this country than myself sorry Paul but that’s the way it goes. Besides if she does leave and by “leave” meaning leaving her post as pseudo-president (The Hello Garci investigation was covered up by Congress and her E.O. 464 so her presidency is still questionable), she would do a great service to the great majority of the Filipinos. She can also take the rest of her corrupt allies and relatives along with her as well.

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To Raul T. Lumacad,

What? And let you have all the fun here? Why ? Does it grate your sensibilities if the irresponsibility of Gloria seems far greater than your perceived irresponsibility of media?

You said that people do not believe in surveys anymore? But surprise, the administration believes in surveys when it favors them. Perhaps you can check out this editorial link titled “The mostest” for your enlightenment: http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view_article.php?article_id=106721

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To fred edoria,

It seems you confuse the top 10 most corrupt nations of the world to the Most Corrupt President of the Philippines.

We were surveyed to be the Most Corrupt Nation in Asia, by the looks of it we are still gaining ground to get the Most Corrupt Nation in the World title, but don’t worry, if people allow this administration to have it’s way, we may yet reach the world’s most corrupt title as well.

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Caloy,

If you believe ABS-CBN is a corrupt network, then by all means post your reason why, no one is stopping you

to engkanto….

what proof does one have in order to say he/she condones corruption? i hate the shenanigans happening in the adm. but do not expect me to rally behind trillanes, or any of the opposition. simply because they do not have anything to offer. if i do not side w/ the opposition, it does not follow that i condone corruption, right?
non-sequitur. i cannot denounce the govt openly in the streets and make it my business w/ the help of the bayan muna, gabriela, etc. these people have cdf, and lots of funds, i don’t have one…i can denounce corruption in my own way, by not being corrupt…

i noticed the propensity of some people to use difft. aliases bec. some mistakenly adheres/refutes the wrong blog, and the result is confusion…hence, the hurt feelings and apologies after.
it pains me that my sincere motives have been taken w/ malice…even equating that of some people who can’t discern garci/gma’s voice for that matter.

re media….of course they do a great job of informing us, that’s a given. but we should be able to discern the real truth or the truth w/c they want to project w/ the help of their questions. i do not totally condemn the whole abs-cbn. i even commended manolo’s segment at anc.
just listen at the way bbc commentators do their job. they do not inject their opinions, and do not ask leading questions, that’s my point.

re the dvo girl who committed suicide, yes, it was reported by the media, but, they DID NOT do a follow-up report re the police findings that the poor little girl was Raped. why? bec. they blamed the govt. for her death bec. pf poverty. so, why wouldn’t they report that she was raped? didn’t it cross their minds that the girl took her own life bec. of that unfortunate incident, not only bec. she was poor?
media should be fair. we cannot forever be blaming the govt. mahirap na nga, ang dami pa maganak. is that the govt.’s fault too?

one does not have the monopoly of feeling the pain this govt. is causing(or perceived to be) us. everybody is pained too, i am sure. each of us has his/her own role to do in life. let us just fulfill that role and not swing to the evil ways some people are wont to do…..

Engkanto, please go slow on abbygail, she’s a lady, and you’re a true gentleman. Let’s just agree with her, for the sake of the Christmas Season, that we should stop condemning corruption because the alternative politicians are just as lousy. It’s Christmas time, CORRUPTION—GO, GO, GO! Malacanang—get ready with your Christmas glossy, glossy paper bags. Merry Christmas, Congressmen and Governors! Hu-hu-hu-hu-hu-hu……hikbi…

I should agree with Orly’s statement about media reformation. He has his point. Media people should not only focus on the government but also themselves. They should’ve been more careful about their news forecast because it brings great impact to the people.

Abbygail Wrote:

“p.s. re the mariannet “suicide” in dvo….she was raped, accdg. to the police reports. some writer here blamed it on govt ”

Engkanto Wrote:

“(Though without this media, I would have not learned that at girl from Davao have committed suicide out of poverty. It could have slip away from me that 500,000.00 pesos were mere token at Malacañang. I would have not known that our country’s economy is bullish because aside from the dollar depreciating globally, nothing dramatic would tell me that my neighbor, Aling Ising, had improve their life economically for the past years)”

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Abby Dear,

This might be OT, but I have to say I appreciate that you have painstakingly read some of my thread, but next time please don’t put different meaning to what I have written. This might mislead others and that is being unfair of you. Above I have copied the same text on my earlier thread. Again, if you would have the time to read it, no where will you find that I have blamed our Government for the suicide, poverty or not, of the poor little girl.

You have a penchant of putting different meaning to others thread; you did that first when you made it appear that others were presenting Labayen, Guingona and Orteza as alternatives. Please be responsible even if it is not about journalism.

Amazing (even than Spiderman), how on earth would one comment on poverty allegedly being blamed to my beloved Republic but fails to see the next sentence that 500,000.00 pesos given as token at Malacañang to those “poor” Governors. Abby I have to agree with you when you wrote “No one in his right mind condones corruption”

Like many of the current Blogs, Filipino differs in opinion but obviously all of us in our own little way are concern for the betterment of our Country. These are more than enough reason for me or should I say us to honestly believe that there still hope for our Country.

Merry Christmas

PS,
According to police report too, Glorietta 2 blast was an explosion from G2’s septic tank. Filipinos in Afghanistan now lives in fear as Al Queda operatives were in hot pursuit, obviously to study on how they can make use of Filipino’s shit on some of their future plans (Give it a thought but don’t take this seriously Abby)

Raul T. Lumacad Wrote:

I think there’s something wrong in here. Did you know that the word “Belat” is a Cebuano word? It simply means “vagina”. This is a blog site not a Yahoo Messenger (Room) where everybody may choose unpleasant words. Ganyan na ba talaga ang mga Pinoy ngayon, kulang sa edukasyon. Shame on us all kase doon tayong lahat lumabas eh.

May nanay kaya si “Belat ni Gloria”?!

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“Belat” is a Pilipino colloquial word meaning “to heckle or to express disapproval”
Example: “Belat ni Gloria, mali ang sinasabi nya”

“Bilat” is a Cebuano word meaning “Vagina”
Example: “Wa ko mosulti nga gamay ang bilat ni ……”

Cheers

Listening to Maria Ressa in her excellent defense for press freedom, I could not help but look at her as an icon of freedom fighters in the country today. But would she exhibit the same vigor against the blatant injustice to the poor farmers? I cannot imagine her recoiling in silent protest for justice in her diary than voicing out in public as she used to in denouncing injustice. Is she afraid of the unnecessary “chilling effect” of SMC ad ban? Same feeling that crippled many media people tend to be selective in their cry for freedom.

Manila Times Dan Mariano wrote:

“SMC is one of the country’s biggest advertisers—whose advertising allocations could affect the bottom line of many newspapers and networks. In the Sumilao case, SMC’s ad clout has evidently had a greater “chilling effect” on press freedom guardians than the mass arrest of media workers during the Manila Pen standoff.”

It could be out of topic. My apologies if I derail the thread. However, this could be fundamental to the topic.

I heard from a media authority way back that Freedom of the Press originally was strictly applied to the Press, meaning newspapers. Broadcasting is not the Press. The Freedom of the Press had also something to do with the fact that everything involving the Press is private property. Broadcasting uses the airwaves and frequencies, which are the State’s.

It is also true that any newspaper is free to print what it likes and to quell any news that its owner does not like printed. It is only answerable to the public, who will then make a decision to patronize it or not, and to the libel, defamation and decency laws. Newspapers are self regulated. They can choose to be totally unethical or to become the mouthpiece of vested interests and the only recourse for the public is not to buy the newspaper or read it, if it would be given away free.

This is not so with broadcast and cable because of the above-mentioned use of State “property”. They are also an oligopoly because, in broadcast particularly, Congress grants only very limited franchises. Therefore, for Broadcast, the State can demand balanced reporting and adherence to standards, not merely the requirement to be within the boundaries of what is legal. Still, it is a good thing that here in the Philippines, the professional standards are mostly self regulated in a private sector rules making and policing body, the KBP.

Some suggests that this is an archaic distinction. However, it could still be very much valid, as witnessed by the fact that there is still no need to ask for any government permit or franchise to publish a newspaper, other that the registration as a business, in case it is.

The press also have their news delivered at a later time and the surrounding events are handled more comprehensively. There is time to proofread and edit. In fact, the code of ethics of the Philippine Press Institute requires that everything about an event must be told in the first telling. This is not always possible during crises reporting on TV. For the Press, that is deemed as a reasonable standard for ethical practice.

Obviously, the time factor is a defining trait.

Broadcast News and Public Affairs could be delivered live/instantly and therefore may not always have the complete perspective available or presented. Even with an extended coverage, the need to have the camera focused on the main subject, to await that “moment” prevents a more in-depth coverage of all sides, until after the crisis is over. Broadcast Control is afraid to switch, lest the critical moment be missed.

The press, on the other hand, normally provides this perspective with side bars.

So given the divergent nature of coverage requirements, it is not surprising that it was the Broadcasters who were the most adamant about staying on. However, could they reliably invoke “Press Freedom” in order to do that?

I agree with Father Bernas that they are free to stay on. But only in the context of his next statement. I seem to recall him saying, facetiously, that they are free to decide if they want to die. So there are consequences, and for the moment until the authorities have a better way, change their mind or Congress passes a law that prevents it, having to go through a Scene of the Crime processing in the aftermath could remain as part of the perils for Broadcasters.

Whoa! You can deny all the allegastion against Gloria Arroyo, But you can’t deny the filipino people perception because the truth is there for everyone to see. Yes! I agree she’s corrupted to the hilt.
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i remember what kobe bryant said against a basketball player who clotheslined him on flagrant foul.
“maybe he was not hugged much when he was young.”

same as filipinos, we were not taught how to hug and love instead taught how to criticize, hate and blame.

that’s why there are people that are so happy to know that our president is corrupt as if to prove a point that they are better , honest than the president.

as if they are saying you can say all the bad things to my mom and i am ok and happy.

I don’t know the policy of vox populi on new entry. But how I wish that there will be a blog on the Sumilao farmers.

Their slogan: “Walk for Sumilao Land, Walk for Justice” could be the title of the said blog.

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Here is the call:

Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan invites everyone to join the

Church Procession to Malacañang in Support of the Sumilao Farmers

DECEMBER 14, 2007 (FRIDAY)

7:30 AM

DAR Office (Elliptical Road, Quezon City Circle)

Updates:

On Dec 4, 2007 DAR Secretary Pangandaman went to Sumilao, Bukidnon and conducted an ocular inspection of the contested landholding. During the ocular inspection, San Miguel representatives presented the corporation’s plan to build a piggery in the area

On Dec 5, 2007 , the DAR Secretary called a press conference where he announced that he would convene the DAR’s Center for Land Use Policy, Planning and Implementation and would await its recommendations

On Dec 6, 2007 , the DAR Secretary made an announcement, before the Sumilao Farmers who had just reached the DAR Central Office, that the parties to the case were given three (3) days from receipt of the order, after which the DAR shall make a resolution of the case. In the meantime, the resolution of the prayer for a Cease and Desist Order against San Miguel’s construction of a piggery had been “deferred” by DAR

Currently, the Sumilao Farmers are staying in front of the DAR Office in Quezon City

Statement of Support from Church Authorities:

“The cause the Sumilao farmers are championing is well known to me; and I know the farmers and their families as well…We ask that the contested 144 hectares of land be given to the landless tillers of Sumilao”

“…tilt the law in favor of the poor”
Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales, DD

“Ako ay nakikiisa sa mga kapatid nating magsasaka na galing SUMILAO. Idinadalangin ko na matamo nila ang kanilang ipinaglalaban…”

- Archbishop Angel N. Lagdameo, DD

“A solution to this problem will surely bring light and abundance not only to the SUMILAO FARMERS’ families but also to their children and their children’s children”
- Bishop Honesto Pacana, SJ, DD

A Call to Action

Please join the Church Procession with the Sumilao Farmers to show our solidarity with our farmer-brothers and sisters and to deliver the letter of Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

“Moved by those who suffer…

Moved by those who struggle…

Moved by the Spirit…”

Manalangin. Manindigan. Makialam.

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Bro Karl Gaspar reminds us of the popular Martial law quote:

“First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out -
because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for the communists
and I did not speak out -
because I was not a communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out -
because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for me -
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.”

(The quote was attributed to a German Pastor, Martin Niemoller, who resisted the terror of Hitler’s Fascist regime in Germany in the l940s.– Karl Gaspar)

My apology for the date of the said procession. I failed to edit it. What is importance is the call for support to the Sumilao farmers. Thanks.

Glad to note that we have Simple Pinoy, Kilabot & many others who have critical thinking enough of what ABS-CBN/TFC have been negatively presenting the news and unbalanced presentation of views in talk shows, seemingly wanting to brainwash us viewers & readers. Let us have news and views that are objective, not negatively slanted. And let lawyers tell media that while there is a constitutional right to freedom of the press, there is also a recognized constitutional right of the government to police power. Police power is higher in hierarcy over press freedom. Please check this out, editors.

Here is the updated date of the Church Procession to Malacanang with the Sumilao Farmers.

Date: December 17, 2007 (MONDAY)
Time: 5:30 am
Assembly area: in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform (Elliptical Road, Quezon City Circle)

“President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has agreed to meet with the Sumilao farmers on Monday, December 17. Because of this positive development, the planned Church procession to Malacañang on Friday, December 14, is moved to Monday, December 17.

We assemble in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform (Elliptical Road, Quezon City Circle) at 5:30 am and from there, march to Malacañang.

Please wear white and bring your rosary.”

JUNAR
KABAYAN WROTE:
As expected those who are corrupt and abusive do not want their bad smell to permeate in society, thus they want to limit press freedom. The media has been an effective check and balance against the continuing corruption and abusive in government.

This Oligarchic Syndicracy (Rule of the rich and criminal syndicates) which is the form of government being espoused by the administration gets chaffed when the media starts bombarding them and as such the only way to stifle them is through force of arms, intimidation, propagandas and illegally procured wealth.
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alam mo kabayan, we are in a forum.

we are here to express our opinions, our thoughts, our ideas.
and you keep issuing statements to impress with your high fallotin words taken from webster and thesaurus.

your thoughts are ancient, medieval. your english is way back 14th century during europe renaissance as my son studied in his grad 11 literature.

in short, you’re very elementary like kids who used to memorize lines but short of knowing it.

anyway, i admire your vocabulary.

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I see nothing wrong with his english. Stop attacking the person, And concentrate on the TOPIC.

Raul T. Lumacad

I think there’s something wrong in here. Did you know that the word “Belat” is a Cebuano word? ………

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bastos pala yan, bastos din siguro ang gumagamit ng pangalan na yan……….

hindi na nahiya sa mga fellow bloggers niya…..

hoy, irespeto mo naman ang may ari ng blog nito, at kaming mga fellow bloggers mo……….

nakakahiya ka……..

out of topic but relevant still….

to raul lumacad….

i agree w/ you when you wrote about some writers who are careless, tactless and irresponsible, when they use certain vernacular words like b__at ni gloria, etc.

i wrote about this earlier too, when i cautioned the writers to be respectful and be responsible re use of some words and style of writing…

re being naive, as to big media outfits to be profit-oriented as they have invested $$B….yes, we are aware of that, but hand in hand w/ profit goals, is the social responsibility that comes w/ it. hindi puro profit, sensationalism, and inanities…
just look at their pathetic programming during daytime. what values do they teach young minds? you will argue, it is what sells, right it is, but…your social responsibility is to give people what they need, and not what they want…
what i do is turn to discovery and natl. geographic channels, w/c will make me richer w/ knowledge.

Salina

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You’re absulotely right! But, The question is, Is Gloria Arroyo/cronies. Being Fair! I think not. Whatever she’s getting she deserve it. You can’t blame the filipino people perception against her because she’s doing everything in her power to blocked any accusation against her. If she don’t have anything to hide why suppress the truth?! Truth of the matter is, She’s guilty!

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To tell you the truth, I am not a fan of Gloria Arroyo. My question is, “Is there any other person in the opposition right now who can possibly run the country better then her? Look at what happened in the last elections. The opposition should have ruled the Senate but what happened to them? Instead of working together as a group they were divided because of self-interest. If they just worked together then they could be the “check and balance” of this administration.

Another thing is I think we have to educate the voters. Yung pera na natanggap nila during the election ay naubos yon just one day at di nila alam na naghirap sila for the next 6 years. Maraming mga matino at matalinong tao na kumandidato sa opposition pero hindi nanalo dahil wala silang binigay na pera during the election. Kung matino pa tayong mga botante sana di tayo pwedeng bayaran ng pera. Sa last election, maraming nanalo sa mga tauhan ni Lola Gloria sa Lower House dahil sa pera. Kung matino at matalino pa tayong mga botante sana mas marami ang nanalo sa opposition. Then that will be the time na pwede siyang i-impeach. After all, politics is very dirty.

what makes the phil. media(or to be specific)the dailies and networks news people so irresponsible? news gatherings or even gossip tidbits that shows up on prime time and morning headlines of soon to be fish wrappers dailies creates intrigue and second-look of the situation/circumstances among the current events junkies like us.
there might be some protocol violated on both side of the aisles- the media and the law enforcement personnel- they became the spectacles for being over zealous or i should say over-kill reaction to non-life threatening situation. from all the monday morning quarterbacking and pundit’s chatters i read, nobody ever mentions that the trillanes’ group et al have some illigal equipments with them. or did i missed reading about it?
one thing is sure,especialy for the readers and followers of the daily soap opera in our patria adorada. the phil.’s news men and the men in uniform in the phil. are some group of people with hard act to follow.

mahalofromsinzcityboy,,,,
chrisgalon
lasvegasnv.

Oo, media nga dapat ang nagbabalanse ng lipunan, e kung ginagawa nga nila? E ang kaso ang nangyayari hindi, ang importante sa kanila ay yung rating, yung gagawa sila ng ingay kahit walang kabuluhan. Sila sila mismo nag-aaway sa rating kung sino ang magaling. Marami ang nagsasabi na ang media ang repleksyon ng lipunan, Oo sana kaso one way lang ang gamit nila. Ang iba namang ay balanse tulad ng mga media sa internet o print pero ang masma-implewensya e yung sa radio at television. e halos lahat na yata dito Pilipinas e kahit walang bahay e my radio at television.
Kung talagang balanse sila e bakit puro kabulukan sa lipunan at gobyerno lang ang ibinabalita nila? Nasaan na yung mga proyekto ng gobyerno o mga investment na pumapasok sa pinas? Sa pagbibigay ng mga tulong tulad ng relief operation,e yung station or foundation lang nila ang binabalita nila, e marami ding mga grupo ang mashigit na nagbibigay sa mga nasalanta at nasunugan pero ni hindi nila ibinabalita o nababangit lamang. Napakalaki ng role at responsibilidad nila sa lipunan, kung gaano kagulo ang lipunan ay dahil ganun din kagulo ang ang media.

totoong malaki ang influence ng media sa buhay nting lahat.malamang ang lhat ng mga opinions na mga nasulat ay na-impluensyahan ng mga nabasa,narinig o napanood ntin.kya sna nman ang mga media people ay mging tunay na malinis ang hangarin sa kanilang paglalahad ng balita.kung pede nga lng mgbalita na lng kyo eh,wag na mgbigay ng opinion..ksi lalo lng kyo nakakagulo eh..yun mga tao na ayaw ng mg-isip ng mabuti regarding sa mga issues eh,bibibili na lng ang mga hunghang nyong opinion..and please,wag nyo lagi sabihin,na ang tanging nais nyo lng ay mglingkod sa bayan..mgpakatotoo tyo,anjan kyo sa media kasi malaki ang pera jan bukod pa sa iyan ang alam nyong gwin sa buhay..kya sana nman ay irespeto nyo rin yun trabaho ng mga ibang tao..ang mga police,trabaho nila ang ipatupad ang batas,seguruhin ang kaligtasan ng mga tao,so hayaan nyo silang gwin ang trabaho nila..yun sa Manila Pen,tungkulin ng mga Police na pa-iralin ang batas..and I am glad our lawenforcers did just that..sa mga members of the press na hinuli dun Manila Pen,wag nyo lagi idepensa ang freedom of the press,isipin nyo din ang responsibility of the press,ang tungkulin nyo bilang mamamayan..ano ang gusto nyo mangyari,makita ng mga tao in national tv,na media ang dpat na nasusunod at hindi ang mga police?aba eh,kung ganoon ang mangyayari,eh kyo na rin ang manghuli nga mga kriminal sa ating lipunan,kyo na rin ang mgpatupad ng batas..

dun sa mga tagahanga ni Sen Trillanes lalo na sa mga tiga media,ano b tlaga ang hinahangaan nyo sa kanya?ang knyang katapangan?anong matapang sa kanya?lagi nya sinasabi na handa syang harapin ang ano mang consequences ng kanyang mga actions..kung totoo tlaga sinasabi nya eh,dpat sabihin na nya sa korte na ikulong na sya dhil totoo nman na act of rebellion ang ginawa nila sa oakwood mutiny..eto ay base na rin sa mga press releases ni Trillanes..dpat rin sana ay di na rin sya kumandidato bilang senador dhil alam nya na bilang parusa sa knyang past actions (criminal acts) maliban sa pgkakakulong ay to give up his civil liberties,i.e. bumoto at kumandidato..o bka nman sasabihin nya na he is entitled to a due process..eh due process ba ang mgtake-over ng hotel?ang mambulabog sa operation ng isang commercial establishment?..kung tlagang handa syang panagutan ang mga ginawa nya eh di mgpasentensya na sya..bka mas martyr ang dting if hingin pa nya sa korte na patawan sya ng death penalty..hingin nya sa korte na gus2 nyang i-firing squad sa Luneta?perhaps,that would certainly make a difference…bka mgkaka-isa na tyong lhat na Pilipino,bka eto na ang pupukaw sa damdamin nting lhat para gumawa ng tama at itigil na ang pagsasamantala…

mbagumbayan
and yet another overseas filipino worker making very intelligent comments about how the philippines should be run. remember, YOU ran away from the philippines? who should be ashamed now.

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They didn’t run away from the Philippines. The went abroad to work because there is no work available in the Philippines. If they stay in the Philippines they’re going to starve to death just like everyone else. The only people who can eat 3x a day is rich’s people, Thats including the crooks in Malacanyang Palace. Why should they be ashame for working abroad to be able to give a better life for their family. Shame on you! silos ka lang!

OFWs membership fee, sobra-sobra
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The OFWS is over charge because they knows the can get away with it. Dollars pa, SUS! Even if they’re only going to charge OFWS P200.00 each time the leave the country the gov’t. Still make alot of money because there is lots of filipino people leaving the country everyday. If they really think that the OFWS is heroes then the should cut the charges or better yet, Don’t charge them. Remember without the OFWs money remittance the Philippines economy will collapse either you people admitted or not.
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Manny Villar

Ano ba naman ang nangyayari sa Philippine Overseas Employment Administration o (POEA)? Hindi ko alam kung ito ay natutulog sa pansitan at hindi nakikinig sa balita o gusto lang talagang gatasan ang mga OFWs na dapat ay kanilang tinutulungan.

Paano mo naman matitiis na ‘di punahin ang POEA na hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa yata alam na nasa 41 level na ang halaga ng piso kontra dolyar. Hanggang ngayon kasi, ang $25 membership fee ng bawat OFW ay sinisingil ng POEA sa palitang P51 kada dolyar o katumbas ng P1,275 pa rin na bayad kada OFW.

Samakatuwid, kumikita ng sobrang P250 ang POEA sa bawat OFW na nagbabayad ng membership fee dahil dapat ay P1,025 na lang ang kinokolekta sa mga ito. Sino ba naman ang matutuwa sa nangyayari sa gobyerno. Sa kaliwa’t-kanang ulat ng katiwalian, overpriced na government biddings, pati ba naman ang membership fee ng mga taong kung ituring ay bagong mga bayani ng bansa ay overpriced din?

Hindi barya-barya ang usapan dito. Sa 3,000 Filipino na bawat araw ay nangingibang-bansa para magtrabaho, P750,000 o higit pa ang nakukulektang membership fee.

Hindi uubra ang ganitong gawain. Hindi pa nga nakakaalis ang mga OFWs, pinagkakakitaan na sa sariling bansa. Kaya naman agad kong inihain ang Senate Resolution 247 na nagpapakilos sa Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources upang imbestigahan ang sobrang paniningil sa OFWs. Layunin na makalikha ng mga batas na may malasakit at pag-unawa sa mga Filipino na nagtatrabaho sa ibayong-dagat.

Sana naman, umayos ang POEA sa kanilang trabaho at agad na itama kung anuman ang pagkakamali na kanilang ginawa. Malaki ang tulong ng OFW remittance sa ating kabang-bayan kaya naman, talagang ‘di ko maisip na pati sila, ay pagkakakitaan.

Bubusisiin din ng Senado kung magkano na ang nalikom ng POEA sa sobra-sobrang paniningil ng membership fees upang ito’y maibalik sa mga OFWs.

Napag-uusapan ang mga OFWs, nakahinga ng maluwag ang sambayanang Pilipino sa pagkakaligtas ni Marilou Ranario sa parusang bitay dahil na rin sa personal na apela ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sa Emir ng Kuwait.

Pinakamasaya sa nangyari ang pamilya ni Ranario na sa ngayon ay nagdarasal at umaasa na makakauwi ng bansa si Marilou Ranario.

Gayunpaman, hindi pa rin tayo dapat lubos na magdiwang dahil marami pang OFWs ang nasa death row. Sana lang ay bigyan din ng kaukulang pansin ang kaso ng mga ito katulad ng ginawang aksyon ng gobyerno sa kaso ni Ranario.

mercurion
To SALINA and BELAT NI GLORIA

If you want to open your own view regarding GMA corruption please create your own topic but be careful not to mislead our people hope what you are about to comment is something TRUE and FACTUAL not HEARSAY or GOSSIP as being delivered by ABS-CBN to the public. We know poverty is currently existing since then but it doesn’t mean it’s the current administrator’s fault. If I ask you whose president wants to jeopardize and degrade the standard of living of their compatriots? none I think, because most of them were looking for solutions to ease the burdens of every family in this country. The only problem is sometimes some people were not satisfied to what the government is doing for their better cause.. and what happened to the previous presidents? if I ask you.. Starting Marcos regime they were all being told to step down.. but from Marcos to Arroyo did our country gained some development?
Please ask yourselves SELINA and BELAT NI GLORIA what is your contribution to our country for the betterment of our compatriots? CRITICIZE OUR LEADERS? Please start looking at yourselves you were being contaminated by the medias’ BAD IMPRESSION to our government.

PINOY KAYO, PINOY DIN PO AKO.. ‘WAG NA PO NINYONG GULUHIN ANG ATING BANSA.. kapag pinaalis ninyo si GLORIA mas lalong gugulo ang pilipinas at kapag magulo ang pilipinas mag-dadalawang isip na naman ang mga investors, babawas naman ang trabaho, mas lalong dadami ang krimen at mas lalong dadami ang aalis ng bansa, mas dadami ang tinagurian ninyong traydor na OFW.
(Actually, Manila lang ang magulo kaya lang pag nagrereport ang foreign media sasabihin “Philippines is in chaos”, wow hanep pati foreign media masyadong sensational, pero pag nasa probinsya ang gulo.. wala lang.)

BTW, OFW’s were planning to create more job for their compatriot here in The Philippines, as they have already invested because of the OFW INVESTMENT program of the current administration.
May this open your mind and be optimistic of our government’s plan for our people, our country.

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If these two only gossiping then you have nothing to worry about. You’re the one should asked yourself if these two are really telling the truth or not. But just in case you don’t believe them. Then you should investigate because the truth is there for everyone to see.

to mbagumbayan…are you serious when you said some writer’s wisdom(S.) blows your mind away ;-))
….but i agree w/you that someone here is trying hard to think so deeply, but methinks even he does not understand what he is saying or is he hiding underneath his vague opinions?

to simple pinoy….i like what you wrote, its an eyeopener to those who adore abs-cbn.

to clipmaster….talagang pasaway na sila.

to paul casem….oo nga, he writes nothing except gma resign. and he does not offer a solution after gma. baka he wants himself instead?

to fred s.of LA…..yes, we agree that those media people have bosses who tell them what to do and it follows they should obey…but it is the law that should prevail, not the bosses. in this case, the police who appealed to them to vacate shld be followed..

remember the hostage-taking at uganda in the 70’s? wherein one of the mossad mistook an israeli hostage as one of the terrorists, and was shot, that kind of a situation is what the authorities are trying to avoid…
and to those who are comparing the present times w/ that of the romans, that’s an exaggeration! during those times, a local leader can kill a perceived enemy, no due process, inquest, miranda law, etc…watch rome 1 & 2 dvd, or read any roman history books.

abbygail, yohoooooo way to go… nice one.

Group slams Jalosjos release as gov’t belies ‘biased’ pardon
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The next person to be realease is the husband of Amilita Villarosa. The bag lady in Malacanyang Palace. Thats been promise to her by Gloria Arroyo~!
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12/16/2007 | 08:59 AM

Email this | Email the Editor | Print | Digg this | Add to del.icio.us An anti-crime group on Sunday criticized the alleged “hush-hush” release of Romeo Jalosjos, former Zamboanga del Norte congressman, from the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa City.

Dante Jimenez, chairman of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC), said the release of Jalosjos might embolden high-profile personalities to commit crimes because even if they get imprisoned they could easily be pardoned.

“Yan ang isang tanong na maaring sabihin. Grabe ang rape ngayon (You could say this will embolden high-profile personalities to commit crimes. Rape is especially prevalent these days),” Jimenez said in an interview on dzXL radio.

He also urged authorities to disclose the list of inmates at the NBP who are up for parole or pardon.

The relatives of Jalosjos are allied with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi) party, according to Jimenez.

“Dapat ay pantay-pantay, dapat malaman natin in public sino ang nabibigyan ng laya through the pardon and parole (We should be fair. Authorities should make public who had been pardoned and paroled),” he said.

But Persida Acosta, head of the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) head, belied claims that Jalosjos got preferential treatment from Malacañang, which she said had pardoned more than 400 inmates.

Acosta, in a separate interview on dzXL radio, said the release of the other inmates was done without fanfare.

“Dapat kung may di kilala may pina-cover at pina-interview sa inyo. Kami naman pag kliyente namin uuwi na di na request pumunta sa amin (We should have let the media cover the lesser-known inmates released),” she said.

She said the release of the pardoned inmates was kept low-profile because most of them were poor and could not afford to stay longer in Metro Manila.

“Sinasabi ko lang sige uwi na, nagsusulat na lang sila nagpapasalamat sa mahal na Pangulo (I just told them to go home. Some of them had written the President to express their thanks),” she said. - GMANews.TV

Tsk..tsk..kawawang ABS-CBN bumabagsak ang rating bwahahaha tapos dinemanda ba ang Nielsen dahil daw nandadaya sa survey eh noon sila ang nata-top sa survey eh walang daya. Dapat isipin ng ABS-CBN kung saan sila nagkakamali kasi dahil sa pamumulitika nila sa mga balita at media biased. Akala ata kasi nila eh makakuha pa ata ng simpatiya sa masa eh nakakasawa na yun binabalita at mga ibang mga nakakabobo na shows nila lalo na yun noontime show na Wowowie na ginagawa nila stupido mga kawawang contestant at yun pagsisigaw nila na nakakabingi…kahit sa ibang show nila na sumisigaw din ang host tulad ni boy abunda sa the buzz at boy & kris. Kaya baguhin nyo na kasi yun style nyo dahil hindi na mabenta sa publiko at saka dapat balance yun parereport nyo sa balita.

1. Hwag nyo na kasi proteksyonan ang mga business ng mga Lopez.
2. Tanggalin nyo na yun pay per view ng Pinoy Big Brother kaya nga umalis siguro si Manny Pacquio sa ABS kasi paano nalaman siguro ni Manny P. na pay per view yun mga laban nya sa ABS-CBN.

A hunch, paranoia or a portent?

I have noticed that before the administration slams down on anyone or on any institution, the apologists first issues floods of criticisms in blogs before they proceed with their plan.

Just a hunch. If there would be no massive response against supposed “media irresponsibility”, the next phase would be cracking down on the media using both legal and illegal Executive Orders by you know who.

Perhaps my hunch is wrong and I hope it is; but if is not, the media and civil society should prepare for the administration’s “Operation Media-crackdown” which may possibly come in the near future.

Correction, I meant … no massive response against those who claim that there is supposedly “media irresponsibility”…

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Gloria and allies, “testing the waters” as usual before doing something unconstitutional and repressive.

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An excellent quote “deep caring”, allow me to post it again:

Bro Karl Gaspar reminds us of the popular Martial law quote:

“First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out -
because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for the communists
and I did not speak out -
because I was not a communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out -
because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for me -
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.”

(The quote was attributed to a German Pastor, Martin Niemoller, who resisted the terror of Hitler’s Fascist regime in Germany in the l940s.– Karl Gaspar)

Hello bloggers,

Why don’t we just think positively in order to bring this poor country out of disgrace? Think of something on what you can do for your country not on what your country can do for you.

Is there anybody around who can start a topic (blog) about “poverty”?

More than half of the Filipinos are poor. The poor people care more about their stomach not the EOs as what Kabayan always dicussed here.

Abby Dear,

Again I have to agree with Bert, except that I am not a gentleman, but like you, a lady too. In the spirit of season I want to be apologetic to begin with.

To be perfectly honest, I am sorry Abby, if I have caused you pain because of my irresponsible comments on your opinion.

I am sorry that the only proof I can come up that would say the least that I am against corruptions were my few entries in this blog.

I am sorry that if I were made you to believe that you have to denounce corruption openly in the street. You don’t have to do that, there are people who would do that for us like what they did before, during and after EDSA 1 – 3. (I skip the number 2 instead put dash; you might find number 2 “irresponsible”)

I am very sorry to disagree, that not because you’ve notice the propensity of some people to use different aliases this would qualify that your observation was correct. It’s not a matter of opinion when it comes to this; you need to be an expert on this field to say the least.

I am sorry if I have equated you to some people who can’t discern garci/gma’s voice. And I felt equally sorry that you still find good words for her, you knowing she was the voice behind Hello Garci Tape.

I am sorry if you have not seen the follow up report on TV Patrol (Maybe you were tuned to BBC) a day or two after the girl’s death. They DID run reports that allegedly she was raped by her father. But as to why she committed suicide it has to be resolve by authorities but not bloggers.

We can not forever blame our Government true, but equally or much worst is being ignorant and indifferent to what our Government’s wrong doing.

“mahirap na nga, ang dami pa mga anak. is that the govt.’s fault too?” It was only NOREX’s entry who insinuated that.

I felt sorry for me because I don’t have the access to Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel and BBC that would make me richer with knowledge.

I felt sorry to ABS-CBN, after their programs like Bahay Kalinga Village in Bulacan that shelters less privilege people, Bantay Bata, Save Lamesa Dam, to name a few, still some people (Abby included) believe that they lack social responsibility and comment on their day time programming as pathetic. I was almost made to believe that media’s social responsibility is greater than that of the President of the Republic.

This “irresponsible ABS-CBN” news media team was the same “irresponsible” media who covered EDSA 2 and EDSA 3.

I’m going to miss you Abby Dear, since this would be my last post in this Blog. Not that I have grown tired of you and other people who comment on English writing but not on issues (those who comment on English writing IMO are pathetic as day time programming).

I believe I have read the better answer and gained knowledge (Thanks to this Blog) as clearly explained by LUX’s entry. I need to move to other Blogs “that would make me richer in knowledge” (allow me Abby to use your own words).

Let us continue to defy corruption just in our thoughts and within the comfort of our homes.

Mabuhay ang malayang Magnanakaw
Mabuhay ang mga walang pananagutan sa Bayan

Yzabelle,

You can always try to start a blog by submitting a topic to the editor or request the admin for your topic to be considered.

BTW, abused Executive Orders or E.O.s are among the support mechanism which causes corruption and henceforth affects correct financial management and aggravates hunger in the Philippines. E.O. 464 for one is designed to cover-up anomalies in government and protect people involved in corruption.

What is primarily being asked of the government is to stop CORRUPTION, ANOMALIES and COVER-UPs, so far they are expert in skirting the issue and throw the blame to everyone else but themselves.

Abbygail,

Thanks for trading ideas, to be perfectly honest, I appreciate most of your thoughts.

May God continually bless us all and our country.

Merry Christmas to you and all the people here.

Engkanto

Back to the topic

Hi Yzabelle,

There’s is a simple answer to our country’s poverty problem “Population Control or Family Planning”. It was the time of Cory administration when our population has rapidly gone up and which called the “Post Revolution Babies” because she abolished the Population Control Commission created by Marcos. We don’t have to blame the present administration for the poverty that the Philippines encountered today. We have to blame the Church for this phenomenon because they are against family planning. If you look the index for the most populous country in the world, the Philippines is in the list of top 12 most populous country and most on the top list are poverty stricken countries. Even the Philippines sustain the economic growth of 7-8% per year it won’t sustain our fast population growth of 2.5% per year. Before the EDSA revolution our population is only about 48-50 Million, now we have 85 Million population it was up more than 70% in the span of 21 years!

The root of poverty is the fast population growth. Our present administration should act immediately before it’s too late and not to be influence by the church or the bishops because they only want their followers to grow and they don’t care if our country is in deep shit.

to engkanto….re propensity to put difft. meanings to other people’s thread…i think i can say that to you too, bec. to my mind, you interpreted it differently to what i really meant…like when i wrote guingona, labayen, orteza as alternatives…when i wrote those names, i did not mean that you wrote that yourself. that was just a joke, a sarcastic joke, a style w/c one uses to prove a point. get what i mean now? never did i say you presented them as alternatives, bec. i know you wouldn’t.
if you didn’t like the sarcasm, i am sorry. but, there was no malice intended, just a joke
but, good you wrote abt. this, perhaps the sarcastic style/joke may not appeal to some. i will heed you, will refrain from this kind of sarcasm.

re the aka b___t ni gloria, i think raul is correct in his reference to the word being inappropriate bec. based on the way this writer writes, methinks she’s visayan
the e becomes i ;)..review the blogs….

happy new year!

Rigodon ng mga kapit-tuko

Ellen Tordesilla

Sinulat kamakailan ni Lito Banayo, kolumnista ng Malaya, ang nasagap niyang balita sa kanyang mga kaibigan sa Malacañang na magkakaroon ng rigodon sa gabinete ni Gloria Arroyo sa bagong taon.

Sinabi ni Banayo, at kumakalat na ngayon sa text, papalitan ni DILG Secretary Ronnie Puno si Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita. Bibigyan daw ng ambassadorial si Ermita o isang posisyon sa isang malaking korporasyon na lumalangoy sa pera katulad ng San Miguel Corporation.

Si Environment Secretary Lito Atienza raw ang papalit kay Puno sa Department of Interior and Local Government. Papalitan naman si Atienza ni dating congressman Prospero Pichay. Maaalala natin na si Pichay ay tumakbo ng senador. Gumastos ng malaki sa advertisements ngunit natalo pa rin. Ngunit maaari lamang maging DENR secretary si Pichay sa Hunyo pa dahil mayroong isang taong ban na hindi maaaring manungkulan sa pamahalaan ng isang taon ang mga tumakbo at natalo sa isang eleksyon.

Si AFP Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon na dapat ay magre-retire sa Pebrero ay ie-extend. Nang tanungin si Esperon tungkol dito, sabi niya handa siyang umalis na sa serbisyo sa Pebrero ngunit kung ie-extend siya ng kanyang among si Arroyo, siya raw ay “honored”.

Dapat talagang i-extend ni Arroyo si Esperon dahil wala siyang makuhang ibang berdugo na kayang bastusin ang Constitutions, gagamitin ang military bilang cheating operators sa eleksyon para lamang mapanatili sa kapangyarihan si Arroyo kahit hindi binoto ng taumbayan. Pinagpipilitan ni Esperon na malinis ang eleksyon noong 2004.

Wala nang ibang opisyal na walang atubiling sirain ang career at buhay ng ibang opisyal na walang ginawa kundi manindigan sa katotohanan at hustisya.

Sabi nga ng isang blogger, “Kung hindi pa naman ‘yan ma-extend, sayang lang ang mga patak ng luha niya sa mahal niya. Naaalala pa ba ninyo ‘yung punas-pawis? ‘Yung subuan ng lobster?”

Naalala n’yo naman kung paano umiyak si Esperon nang inanunsyo ni Arroyo noong Dec. 30, 2002 sa harap ng monumento ni Jose Rizal na hindi na siya tatakbo sa pagka-presidente dahil ‘yun ang ugat ng pagkahati-hati ng sambayanan. Malapit na ang anibersaryo nu’n.

Ang extension ni Esperon ay nagpapakita na marami sa ating mga heneral ang propesyunal kaya hindi sigurado si Arroyo na kaya nilang bastusin ang Constitutions para sa kanya. Sa pag-extend kay Esperon, marami sa mga heneral ang maaantala sa kanilang promotion. Pinapakita lang ni Arroyo kung ano ang criteria para umasenso ka sa military. Kailangang sumipsip ka nang husto sa kanya.

Sa kolum ni Banayo, sinabi niya na inalok ulit si dating presidential chief of staff Mike Defensor na bumalik sa Malacañang. Sabi raw ni Defensor, ayaw na niya dahil alam na niya ang ibig sabihin ng “political suicide”.

Yzabelle
Hello bloggers,

Why don’t we just think positively in order to bring this poor country out of disgrace? Think of something on what you can do for your country not on what your country can do for you.

Is there anybody around who can start a topic (blog) about “poverty”?

More than half of the Filipinos are poor. The poor people care more about their stomach not the EOs as what Kabayan always dicussed here.

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Yes! we can and why not. But if you’re in the same situation your stomach is crueling of hunger you’ll say the same thing just like everybody else in this blog. But as you can see is not everybody talking about hunger. Because the Majority of people who have computer have money. In Fact some of them just critize other people because they can’t write english very well. Gloria Arroyo/cronies did the same thing, They’re calling Erap, Supporter’s stink, No education, No tooth among other things! I never forget those thing! This is one of the reason why I HATE GLORIA ARROYO, BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE DID, AND WHAT SHE’S BEEN SAYING TO THE POOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF. SHE’S ANTI-POOR EVEN THOUGH SHE’S FROM THE POOR FAMILY THE ONLY REASON SHE BECOME RICH’S BECAUSE OF HER FATHER DID THE SAME THING ROB THE GOV’T. COFFER THIS IS ONE OF THE REASON WHY GLORIA ARROYO, IS NOT GOING TO STEP DOWN FROM HER STOLEN POWER BECAUSE THERE IS PLENTY OF MONEY TO BE MADE WHILE SQUATTING IN MALACANYANG PALACE. IF HER FATHER CAN DO THE SAME THING, HE STILL BE IN POWER FOREVER. MGA KAWATAN TALAGA!

BusinessWorld: Satisfaction with Arroyo falls further - SWS
12/18/2007 | 12:10 AM
Ok. Heres another survey against the FAKE PRESIDENT OF CEBU. You’ve the judges! Kong ako sa kanya magtago na ako. But of course she has no shame.
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Email this | Email the Editor | Print | Digg this | Add to del.icio.us BY ALEXIS DOUGLAS B. ROMERO, BusinessWorld Reporter

PUBLIC SATISFACTION with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has fallen further in the fourth quarter, with her net rating now at -16 from -11 previously, a new survey from the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.

This was despite another SWS finding that more than half of Filipinos believe Mrs. Arroyo’s grant of a pardon to convicted former President Joseph E. Estrada was “good for the country.”

A Palace spokesman said the survey results could be viewed as a challenge for the administration to do better, but would not distract the President from continuing to implement programs that will ultimately lead to benefits for the public.

A political analyst, however, said positive government programs do not automatically mean positive approval ratings as long as the Arroyo administration remains dogged by issues and controversies.

The results of the November 30 to December 3 nationwide survey, made exclusive to BusinessWorld, had 32% of respondents satisfied and 48% dissatisfied with Mrs. Arroyo’s performance, for the net rating (% satisfied minus % dissatisfied) of -16.

The President’s net ratings were close to neutral in the first and second quarters (-4 and -3, respectively) before plunging to -11 in the third quarter.

The question posed to 1,200 adults nationwide was “Please tell me how satisfied or dissatisfied you are in the performance of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as President of the Philippines. Are you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, undecided if satisfied ordissatisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, very dissatisfied?”

The independent survey research institution said loss of support in Mindanao and the Visayas, and worsening dissatisfaction in Metro Manila, resulted in the fourth-quarter drop.

In Mindanao, Mrs. Arroyo’s net ratings plunged to -20 (30% satisfied, 49% dissatisfied) from -1 (38% satisfied/dissatisfied, rounded) just a quarter ago. In the Visayas, it turned negative, at -9 (35% satisfied, 44% dissatisfied), from the neutral +1 (40% satisfied, 38% dissatisfied, rounded) in the third quarter.

In Metro Manila, it was -34 (25% satisfied, 59% dissatisfied), down from September’s -24 (28% satisfied, 52% dissatisfied).

She gained somewhat in the Balance of Luzon, where her net rating was -12 (34% satisfied, 45% dissatisfied) from -18 (32% satisfied, 50% dissatisfied) previously.

Rural net satisfaction, however, fell to -8 from -3, while in urban areas it dropped to -23 from -18.

The margin of error, the SWS said, was plus or minus 3% for the national average, and plus or minus 6% for area results.

By classes, net satisfaction with the President turned negative among the ABC sector, at a net -16 (35% satisfied, 51% dissatisfied), from +8 (46% satisfied, 38% dissatisfied) in the previous quarter.

It remained negative among the class D or masa, at -13 (33% satisfied, 46% dissatisfied) from -12 (34% satisfied, 46% dissatisfied) previously.

Satisfaction went down among the class E, to -25 (26% satisfied, 51% dissatisfied), compared to -13 (33% satisfied, 46% dissatisfied) in September.

The SWS also asked the respondents how they agreed with the statement “The grant of pardon by President Arroyo to former President Joseph Estrada in his plunder case was good for the country: strongly agree, somewhat agree, undecided, somewhat disagree, strongly disagree.”

A majority of 54% agreed, compared to the 23% who disagreed for a net agreement of +32. The rest of the respondents (22%) were undecided.

“However, the President did not gain from the pardon because those who agreed with it were even more dissatisfied with her than those who disagreed with it,” the SWS said.

It said the President’s net satisfaction rating was -12 among those opposed to the pardon, but was an even lower -22 among those supportive of it.

In October, Malacañang announced that Mrs. Arroyo was granting Mr. Estrada a full pardon, just weeks after he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Sandiganbayan on graft and corruption charges.

Support for the Estrada pardon was prevalent in all areas, with net agreement highest at +45 in Metro Manila, compared to +38 in Mindanao, +32 in the Balance of Luzon, and +15 in the Visayas.

It was much stronger in class E, at +35, and in class D, +33, compared to class ABC’s +15.

Not a distraction

Asked to comment, deputy Presidential spokesman Lorelei C. Fajardo said the survey would not distract the President from her focus on improving governance and promoting economic development.

“It (the survey) is a challenge for us to do better but we must focus on the programs of the government with or without these surveys. We hope the economic gains will translate to benefits for the public,” she said in a phone interview.

Ms. Fajardo said the perception may have been shaped by the bad news in the media.
“The good things being done by the government are not being communicated properly. Bad news tends to overtake the good news so we must work double time to spread the good news to the people,” she said.

But Amado M. Mendoza, Jr., a political analyst from the University of the Philippines, said that while people may feel the positive effects of government programs, these would not necessarily translate to public approval due to continuing controversies.

“People may recognize [the programs] but these may not win for her approval because of basic issues that do not have closure until now.

“For example, the legitimacy issue is not yet finished. This is further worsened by corruption scandals and other issues like extrajudicial killings,” he said.

Ms. Fajardo, meanwhile, also clarified that the President did not pardon Mr. Estrada to gain the support of his followers.

“No, it (the pardon) was not for popularity but because of a policy and for humanitarian reasons. This will not bother her (Mrs. Arroyo) because she knows she did the right thing,” the Palace spokesman said.

But Mr. Mendoza said it would have been better if the Arroyo administration also prosecuted incumbent officials guilty of corruption and not just Mr. Estrada.

“There would be public satisfaction if the government punishes everybody engaged in corruption. It would be better if administration officials are also punished. The people who approve of the pardon know that there are others who committed corruption aside from Mr. Estrada,” he said.

“There is dissatisfaction because they can see individuals who have been accused of corruption but remain free. People may think that Estrada was convicted because he is no longer the one in power. They see a sense of injustice here.” ArticlesMedia Links
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Davide impeachment aborted
11/06/2007 | 12:19 PM
Unlike the impeachment against Gloria Arroyo, Nothing good happen because they’re protected by the corrupted JUDICIAL SYSTEM.
Email this | Email the Editor | Print | Digg this | Add to del.icio.us November 11, 2003: The constitutional crisis brought about by the impeachment complaint against the Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. ended ended when the House of Representatives voted not to transmit to the Senate the articles of impeachment, in deference to an earlier Supreme Court ruling.

Two impeachment complaints were filed against Davide over alleged anomalies in the disbursements and expenditures of the Judiciary Development Fund. The first complaint, filed by former President Joseph Estrada in June 2003, was dismissed by the House Committee on Justice on October 22, 2003. A group of congressmen filed a second impeachment complaint the following day (October 23), and this complaint was eventually endorsed by at least 1/3 of the House members, mostly from the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC).

The case was taken to the Supreme Court, which ruled that the second complaint was unconstitutional (the Constitution states that no impeachment proceedings shall be initiated against the same official more than once within a period of one year

To those of you, Who critize some of the poster who cannot write english very well you should be ashame of yourself.
Because each of us has something truly unique to offer the world if only we have the courage to dream and the determination to make our dreams come true!

jackbaer
dun sa mga tagahanga ni Sen Trillanes lalo na sa mga tiga media,ano b tlaga ang hinahangaan nyo sa kanya?ang knyang katapangan?anong matapang sa kanya?lagi nya sinasabi na handa syang harapin ang ano mang consequences ng kanyang mga actions..kung totoo tlaga sinasabi nya eh,dpat sabihin na nya sa korte na ikulong na sya dhil totoo nman na act of rebellion ang ginawa nila sa oakwood mutiny..eto ay base na rin sa mga press releases ni Trillanes..dpat rin sana ay di na rin sya kumandidato bilang senador dhil alam nya na bilang parusa sa knyang past actions (criminal acts) maliban sa pgkakakulong ay to give up his civil liberties,i.e. bumoto at kumandidato..o bka nman sasabihin nya na he is entitled to a due process..eh due process ba ang mgtake-over ng hotel?ang mambulabog sa operation ng isang commercial establishment?..kung tlagang handa syang panagutan ang mga ginawa nya eh di mgpasentensya na sya..bka mas martyr ang dting if hingin pa nya sa korte na patawan sya ng death penalty..hingin nya sa korte na gus2 nyang i-firing squad sa Luneta?perhaps,that would certainly make a difference…bka mgkaka-isa na tyong lhat na Pilipino,bka eto na ang pupukaw sa damdamin nting lhat para gumawa ng tama at itigil na ang pagsasamantala…

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Gloria Arroyo, Did even worse but she is not in jail where she belong. Can you explain that?

SUNHEE
To those of you, Who critize some of the poster who cannot write english very well you should be ashame of yourself.
Because each of us has something truly unique to offer the world if only we have the courage to dream and the determination to make our dreams come true!

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Thats including the poster who can’t write english very well. Shame on you people. For putting them down, This is one of the reason why the Philippines never get out from under because of the filipino people bad attutude. And you have the nerve to claim that you are christian. Heaven help you!

In Cebuano language, it doesn’t matter if you use the letters “i” or “e”, or letters “o” and “u”. It’s on how you say the word and how you express it. In this case the writer (Belat ni Gloria) is against the president therefore the word he/she used really makes the difference. The words “belat” and “bilat” are synonymous to them. It’s on how the writer spells/writes it.

Just like when I say, “Bilat ni nanay nimo” or ‘belat ni nanay nimo”. To them it’s the same banana.

HOLD IT!

This blog is about IRRESPONSIBLE BROADCASTING of IRRESPONSIBLE MEDIA.. this blog does not tolerate such act, that is why we exuberantly condemn some media and ABS-CBN in particular is the most corrupt. Media should not practice biased reporting but since they were dealing with the truth, what truth? if the media has to attack consecutively the administration.

Media? How come you were called media? Reporter? Of what?
You media people only care for your self interest.. your selfish thought.

Our soldiers are dying on the battlefield to defend our democracy, yet you sided more the communist who were fighting for freedom? (Should it be Free Communist?) And why the communist where hiding on the midst of the civilians so that when civilians get killed the finger poke automatically (like automatic rifle) to our soldiers and the media get excited to arouse the people in hate to the government.

Aren’t we Filipinos who love freedom? Aren’t we Filipinos who exercise freedom? In what way we should do it if we were mislead by our fellow countrymen particularly by media people?

I love my country than you are my friend, this is paradise compare to other neighboring countries. Why destroy our country and put it into chaos? I’d rather help the government find better solution to our problem.. it the only chance.

ANG TAONG WALANG BAIT SA SARILI… (SIRA ULO) AY NANINIWALA SA SABI-SABI.

Take it from me MERCURION

to engkanto

i appreciate your thoughts too.
rest assured i am not blind nor indifferent to the wrong-doings of this adm. perhaps i feel jaded and numb by it all.

merry christmas and a happy new year!

‘Bye Engkanto, so nice to have you with us here even for just such a short period. May your restless spirit find some more of what it is you are looking for in the other worlds of blogosphere. And may you find another idiot there who would respect your outlandish style of argumentation as much as I do. MERRY CHRISTMAS nice lady!

Gloria Lavandera Wrote and also qouted Sunhee:
“To those of you, Who critize some of the poster who cannot write english very well you should be ashame of yourself.
Because each of us has something truly unique to offer the world if only we have the courage to dream and the determination to make our dreams come true!
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Thats including the poster who can’t write english very well. Shame on you people. For putting them down, This is one of the reason why the Philippines never get out from under because of the filipino people bad attutude. And you have the nerve to claim that you are christian. Heaven help you!”

Engkanto Wrote:

“I’m going to miss you Abby Dear, since this would be my last post in this Blog. Not that I have grown tired of you and other people who comment on English writing but not on issues (those who comment on English writing IMO are pathetic as day time programming)……”

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I hate to break my promise to Abby, but please let me just say another out of topic for the last time.

Gloria Lavandera,

Ipag paumanhin mo, datapwat kung ako man ang iyung tinutukoy, hayaan mong isalin ko sa ating sariling wika ang mga katagang aking naisulat sa aking na unang pitak.

Pilipino Translation of what Engkanto has written above:

“Akoy malulumbay mahal kung Abby sapagkat ito na ang huli sa aking mga tala sa “Blog” na ito.

Hindi sa kadahilanang akoy nakaramdam na ng pagka bagot sa iyo o sa mga ibang tao na nag bibigay ng puna patungkol sa pag susulat sa wikang inglis bagkos ang nararapat ay sa tunay na usapin. (sa mga pumupuna sa wikang englis, (estilo ng pag susulat at hindi sa tunay na usapin, sic) “In My Opinion - IMO” sa aking palagay ay yaung mga labis na ka awaawa at kahalintulad sa pang umagang programa sa telebisyun)”

Muli ang aking paumanhin kung hindi ako ang iyung tinutukoy Lavandera, datapwat sa mga susunod, marapat lamang na turan natin kung sino ang ating pinapatungkulan at huwag puro pasaring lamang.

Tagalog translation:

“Juice ko utang na loob, basahin nyo muna at unawain! tol kung hindi ako ang trip mo, peace tayo.”

Raul T. Lumacad Wrote:
In Cebuano language, it doesn’t matter if you use the letters “i” or “e”, or letters “o” and “u”. It’s on how you say the word and how you express it. In this case the writer (Belat ni Gloria) is against the president therefore the word he/she used really makes the difference. The words “belat” and “bilat” are synonymous to them. It’s on how the writer spells/writes it.

Just like when I say, “Bilat ni nanay nimo” or ‘belat ni nanay nimo”. To them it’s the same banana.

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E and I don’t matter when you pronounced or say the words in Cebuano true. But when it is Written as “Bilat ni nanay nimo rin” or “Belat ni nanay nimo rin” its not the same banana.

True, you can say or pronounced Cibu Cety but you can not write Cibu Cety. And what made you think that Belat ni Gloria is Cebuano or Cebuana in the first place?

Do you know that Poke (pronounced po-keh) is a Hawaiian food delicacy and with no offensive meaning for Americans but have different gist for Filipinos. Meaning, words when pronounced may have offensive connotation to other language but can be exactly different to other dialect. But WRITING it is totally different.

You have to do better with your logic and not to assume too much. Better yet ask Belat ni Gloria what was his/her true meaning.

Well….its obvious that ABS-CBN is a selfish protector of their own interest. They have businesses that will cross fair & investigative journalism. Lopezes hench men like Korina Sanchez, Ted Failon, Ces Drilon and other ABS reporters are maintaining a level of broadcasting arrogance and protectionism to the businesses related to the Lopezes in exchange for a promise of cinematic effect to the people and hefty amounts. My advice is just to watch their faces, listen to them and just ignore and laugh at what they say! Mayayabang naman kasi talaga sila. Mag-artista na lang kaya sila, sisikat pa sila lalo!

Raul T. Lumacad

In Cebuano language, it doesn’t matter if you use the letters “i” or “e”, or letters “o” and “u”. It’s on how you say the word and how you express it. In this case the writer (Belat ni Gloria) is against the president therefore the word he/she used really makes the difference. The words “belat” and “bilat” are synonymous to them. It’s on how the writer spells/writes it.

Just like when I say, “Bilat ni nanay nimo” or ‘belat ni nanay nimo”. To them it’s the same banana.

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Tanong lang po Mang Raul,

Sabi nyo nga po “It’s on how the writer spells/write it” BELAT ni Gloria nga po ang sinulat, bakit po ba napakahirap nyong intindihin at binibigyan nyo po ng ibang kahulugan? Nadinig nyo na po ba syang i pronounced yung screen name nya?

Dito po samin sa Parañaque, hindi po SYNONYMS ang Belat at Bilat. Tawag po namin jan ay HOMONYMS. Nag check nga po ako sa Cebuano dictionary pero, wala po talagang word na BELAT. Mas lalo naman po sa Cebuana, sanglaan lang daw po sila ng alahas.

Sabi nyo rin po lahat tayo lumabas duon, hindi po tutuo yun! Ano ka ba mang Raul, cesarean po ang nanay ko.

Para po kayung si Zaido, pulis pang kalawakan, pati po ba screen name nag ko comment kayo. Out of topic na po kayo jan masyado. Sigurado po ako, hindi nyo pa napanuod ang “Vagina Monologue” Title pa lang, bad na po kc cguro sa inyo un.

Tu2vingcarayum@yahoo.com - email addy ko pa ito chaka screen name d2 nyo po me sagutin para di kau ma out of topic ulit.

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Chichi

Yzabelle
Hello bloggers,

Why don’t we just think positively in order to bring this poor country out of disgrace? Think of something on what you can do for your country not on what your country can do for you.

Is there anybody around who can start a topic (blog) about “poverty”?

More than half of the Filipinos are poor. The poor people care more about their stomach not the EOs as what Kabayan always dicussed here.

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Yes! we can and why not. But if you’re in the same situation your stomach is crueling of hunger you’ll say the same thing just like everybody else in this blog. But as you can see is not everybody talking about hunger. Because the Majority of people who have computer have money. In Fact some of them just critize other people because they can’t write english very well. Gloria Arroyo/cronies did the same thing, They’re calling Erap, Supporter’s stink, No education, No tooth among other things! I never forget those thing! This is one of the reason why I HATE GLORIA ARROYO, BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE DID, AND WHAT SHE’S BEEN SAYING TO THE POOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF. SHE’S ANTI-POOR EVEN THOUGH SHE’S FROM THE POOR FAMILY THE ONLY REASON SHE BECOME RICH’S BECAUSE OF HER FATHER DID THE SAME THING ROB THE GOV’T. COFFER THIS IS ONE OF THE REASON WHY GLORIA ARROYO, IS NOT GOING TO STEP DOWN FROM HER STOLEN POWER BECAUSE THERE IS PLENTY OF MONEY TO BE MADE WHILE SQUATTING IN MALACANYANG PALACE. IF HER FATHER CAN DO THE SAME THING, HE STILL BE IN POWER FOREVER. MGA KAWATAN TALAGA!

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Ate Chichi,

Sukdulan naman po ang galit nyo ata kay Darang Gloria, naka CAPS Lock pa lahat grabe.

Ate Ysay, ayoko ko pong mag participate sa topic ng poverty kung meron man, di ako maka relate

Well, it’s not a very important topic to talk about. What I’m supposed to say is that “I thought that all bloggers here are educated”. And that’s one of the reasons why we don’t prosper because we never use our good education. Until the next thousand years, the Filipinos will never have a better life because we never use what we know in school in a better way. Magaling tayong lahat sa mga kalokohan. Tatak Filipino na yan!!! Blame it to Gloria Arroyo again? Maybe not. I think this time you should blame it to your parents.

Merry Christmas….

Ate Chichi,

Sukdulan naman po ang galit nyo ata kay Darang Gloria, naka CAPS Lock pa lahat grabe.

Ate Ysay, ayoko ko pong mag participate sa topic ng poverty kung meron man, di ako maka relate
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Haay, Naku! Ok. Lang yon baka ma high blood ka pa mas lalong problem iyan. There is lots of people can’t relate to what I’m saying. I’m just letting out all my frustration on what’s going on in the Philippines. Kay sa ma high blood pa ako. Oh, Di Ba? Merry christmas I hope you have a good one.

Engkanto
Gloria Lavandera Wrote and also qouted Sunhee:
“To those of you, Who critize some of the poster who cannot write english very well you should be ashame of yourself.
Because each of us has something truly unique to offer the world if only we have the courage to dream and the determination to make our dreams come true!
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Thats including the poster who can’t write english very well. Shame on you people. For putting them down, This is one of the reason why the Philippines never get out from under because of the filipino people bad attutude. And you have the nerve to claim that you are christian. Heaven help you!”

Engkanto Wrote:

“I’m going to miss you Abby Dear, since this would be my last post in this Blog. Not that I have grown tired of you and other people who comment on English writing but not on issues (those who comment on English writing IMO are pathetic as day time programming)……”

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I hate to break my promise to Abby, but please let me just say another out of topic for the last time.

Gloria Lavandera,

Ipag paumanhin mo, datapwat kung ako man ang iyung tinutukoy, hayaan mong isalin ko sa ating sariling wika ang mga katagang aking naisulat sa aking na unang pitak.

Pilipino Translation of what Engkanto has written above:

“Akoy malulumbay mahal kung Abby sapagkat ito na ang huli sa aking mga tala sa “Blog” na ito.

Hindi sa kadahilanang akoy nakaramdam na ng pagka bagot sa iyo o sa mga ibang tao na nag bibigay ng puna patungkol sa pag susulat sa wikang inglis bagkos ang nararapat ay sa tunay na usapin. (sa mga pumupuna sa wikang englis, (estilo ng pag susulat at hindi sa tunay na usapin, sic) “In My Opinion - IMO” sa aking palagay ay yaung mga labis na ka awaawa at kahalintulad sa pang umagang programa sa telebisyun)”

Muli ang aking paumanhin kung hindi ako ang iyung tinutukoy Lavandera, datapwat sa mga susunod, marapat lamang na turan natin kung sino ang ating pinapatungkulan at huwag puro pasaring lamang.

Tagalog translation:

“Juice ko utang na loob, basahin nyo muna at unawain! tol kung hindi ako ang trip mo, peace tayo.”
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Why should you leave this blog just because some people criticized other people just because they can’t write english very well. I don’t think thats relivant, You have the right just like other’s to post in this blog just like everybody else for as long as the owner of this blog is not going to filter/block your screen name. In fact most of my posting has been deleted but its okay. Atleast I got my frustration out. And thats the most infortant. I can careless if people going to criticized my englis for as long as I know what I can do, And can’t do. If the can’t understand what I write the should never read my posting. As simple as that.

Gloria Lavandera,

Ipag paumanhin mo, datapwat kung ako man ang iyung tinutukoy, hayaan mong isalin ko sa ating sariling wika ang mga katagang aking naisulat sa aking na unang pitak
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Good grief! Why should I do something like that? Is your name Gloria Arroyo? If it is, Then what I’m saying is true!

Engkanto
Gloria Lavandera Wrote and also qouted Sunhee:
“To those of you, Who critize some of the poster who cannot write english very well you should be ashame of yourself.
Because each of us has something truly unique to offer the world if only we have the courage to dream and the determination to make our dreams come true!
************
Thats including the poster who can’t write english very well. Shame on you people. For putting them down, This is one of the reason why the Philippines never get out from under because of the filipino people bad attutude. And you have the nerve to claim that you are christian. Heaven help you!”

Engkanto Wrote:

“I’m going to miss you Abby Dear, since this would be my last post in this Blog. Not that I have grown tired of you and other people who comment on English writing but not on issues (those who comment on English writing IMO are pathetic as day time programming)……”

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Engkancanto: Your reason for leaving this blog is irrilevant. The people who criticize other just because the think they’re better than them are hypocrites! I hope you read this and come back, And post whatever your heart desire! Merry xmas!

Walang kwenta!
Wala palang kwentang makipag-deal sa gobyernong Arroyo.

Ito ang inilutang na impresyon ng pahayag kamakalawa ni Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon na nagsasabing ‘not binding’ ang pakikipagkasundo ng pamahalaan at mga mutineers noon sa Oakwood Premier Hotel noong Hulyo 2003.

Ang katwiran kasi ni Esperon ay napuwersa lamang noon ang gobyerno sa sitwasyon at kinailangang pumayag sa anumang ilatag na kondisyon ng mga mutineers para lamang mapasuko ang mga ito at matiyak ang kaligtasan ng lugar na noo’y pinalibutan ng mga bomba.

Sabihin na nating tensyunado ang sitwasyon at talaga namang masasabing ‘hostage’ ng matinding banta noon ang pamahalaan, pero hindi sapat na katwiran ito para balewalain ang “gentleman’s agreement” na nabuo sa nangyaring negosasyon.

Sundalo pa naman at isang heneral si Esperon pero tila hindi ito marunong kumilala sa isang “gentleman’s agreement”. Sa isang lalaki - sa pagkakaalam namin - ang “gentleman’s agreement” ay higit pang matibay kaysa anumang papel o legal na kasunduan.

Ang salita ng isang maginoo ay pader na paninindigan anuman ang mangyari. Ngunit iba pala ang “gentleman’s agreement” para kay Gen. Esperon. Pwede pala itong mabali, talikuran at balewalain para sa kanya.

Malakas ang loob ni Esperon. Palibhasa’y hindi siya mismo ang kausap noon ng grupo nina Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV. Katwiran n’ya siguro, hindi niya salita ang masisira kundi salita ng mga taong kaharap noon at nagbigay ng ‘word of honor’ sa mga mutineers.

Pero paikut-ikutin man ng heneral ang kanyang katwiran, ‘salita’ pa rin ng gobyerno ang masisira kung hindi nila kikilalanin at paninindigan ang Oakwood pact.

Sinisira ni Esperon ang usapan sa pagitan ng maginoong mga sundalo. Kung papayagan ito, marami pang mga kasunduan na maaaring sirain at ibasura ang heneral na ito sa hinaharap. At hindi siya dapat manaig sa masamang asal na ito.

Wala itong pinag-iba sa naging posisyon kahapon ni Sen. Gregorio ‘Gringo’ Honasan na tila gumigitna sa isyu ng panggigipit ng pulisya sa media. Bakit biglang naiba ang ihip ng hangin? Nakalimutan ba ni Sen. Honasan na sa unang pag-aalsa ng militar sa EDSA (kasama siya noon nina noo’y Defense Sec. Juan Ponce Enrile at PC chief Gen. Fidel Ramos) ay ang media ang tangi nilang naging sandalan?

Sa pamamagitan ng magdamagang pagngawa sa radyo (Radio Veritas) ay nakarating sa taumbayan ang kanilang mensahe dahilan para dumagsa roon at matipon ang libu-libong tao at siyang naging kalasag nila laban sa mga tangke ni noo’y Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos.

Nasa’n na ngayon ang dugong sundalo at salitang maginoo nina Esperon at Honasan? Pareho lang silang nababali at bumabaligtad depende sa tinatayuang kapanalig.
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Its Senator Trillanes, & co. Fault for believing them when they already know that these idiot can’t be trusted. Especially their boss Gloria Arroyo!

Official: RP defends rights record over US arms aid

Agence France-Presse

MANILA - The Philippines said Thursday its human rights record “can stand up” to global scrutiny amid reports the US government may hold back on military assistance.

Ricardo Blancaflor, who was named as head of a recently created task force to solve political killings, said the Philippines only suffered from bad perceptions carried by the media.

“Our human rights record can stand up to the rest of the world,” Blancaflor said on local television.

He said he hoped US legislators would not apply “double standards” in approving military aid for the Philippines, stressing that Manila was closely following cases of human rights abuses and political killings.

Blancaflor noted that Manila did not attach conditions when Washington requested a Philippine contingent to serve in the Iraq war.

“We did not tell the Americans, ‘You know we’re going to join you in Iraq provided you don’t do what you are doing in Guantanamo Bay or in Abu Ghraib prison,” Blancaflor said, referring to US detention centers in Cuba and Iraq where human rights abuses against detainees have been documented.

Blancaflor’s comments came after news reports that US legislators had agreed to slightly increase military funding for Manila from 29.7 million dollars this year to 30 million dollars in 2008. But part of the increase was contingent on the Philippines improving its rights record.

US special envoy Philip Alston earlier this month released a damning report blaming the Philippine military for many unsolved killings.

His report said soldiers were “systematically hunting down” leaders of left-wing groups as part of its anti-insurgency campaign.

Among those killed, he said, were judges, lawyers, anti-government activists, trade union activists and journalists.

Local rights group Kaparatan said the number of extra-judicial killings had dropped to 68 this year from 209 in 2006. It added that since President Gloria Arroyo came to power in January 2001 up to October this year, a total of 887 killings were reported.

Blancaflor defended the military, saying they were the only defense organization in the world where officers can only be promoted if cleared by a human rights office.

“We don’t deserve this kind of reputation. We have to attack this perception that aid is being withheld because we are violating human rights,” he said.
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Heck. The Philippines gov’t. Don’t deserve this money they’re only going to used it to on killing/jail the people who si speaking out against her bogus regime. I HOPE THE U.S. GOV’T. GOING TO STOP GIVEN THEM MONEY, AFTER ALL THATS THE TAXEPAYER’S MONEY THEY’RE GIVEN AWAY.

Tu2vingcarayom,
President GMA is not the fake president of the philippines, she is the greatest leader of all time in the history of Mankind, and her base power is Jueteng Power, the real reason of why we have a very strong president who has the support of all the laws of the philippines from the Judiciary,The Senate and lastly the Congress. Sadly but thats the reality of how the Majority of Pilipinos minds had decided and it is irreversible.

clipmaster
Raul T. Lumacad

I think there’s something wrong in here. Did you know that the word “Belat” is a Cebuano word? ………

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bastos pala yan, bastos din siguro ang gumagamit ng pangalan na yan……….

hindi na nahiya sa mga fellow bloggers niya…..

hoy, irespeto mo naman ang may ari ng blog nito, at kaming mga fellow bloggers mo……….

nakakahiya ka……..
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Give me one good reason why I should be ashame of my name. Atleast I have the nerve to post my name in this blog. How about you? there is nothing wrong with that. If the owner of this blog going to block/filter my screen name just because they don’t like it. So be it!

Mla time) 12/21/2007
I think I’m going to puke! Just listen to his bullshit.
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MANILA, Philippines — Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. lashed out anew at rebel soldiers involved in the failed November 29 uprising, this time in front of the commander-in-chief, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

In a speech during the 72nd anniversary of the AFP in Camp Aguinaldo
on Friday, Esperon labeled the rebels, led by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, as “destabilizers [who are] no different from communist insurgents, ready to sacrifice the common good just to quench their thirst for power.”

Trillanes and a number of his co-accused, all members of the Magdalo group, walked out on a hearing of their coup d’etat case at the Makati City regional trial court on November 29, marched to the central business district, and seized the Manila Peninsula Hotel for over six hours.

They were joined by a witness in their case, Army Brigadier General Danilo Lim in the hotel takeover, which was ended by a military and police assault.

“The swift response of the PNP [Philippine National Police] and the AFP was intended to contain an incident that could go out of hand in the premiere financial district. [These] theatrics could lead to panic and adverse repercussions,” Esperon said.

“We commend the brave police and soldiers who carried out their jobs with professional restraint and decisiveness,” he added.

Esperon also showered thanks on the President for the P150 per day increase in soldiers’ combat pay, the icrease in allowances, and for the release of P1 billion for soldiers’ housing.

In his speech, Esperon reiterated that the military was on track to defeating the communist insurgency and the Islamic extremists and to contain Muslim secessionist groups.

“I now issue to the whole AFP a call to urgency. The communist insurgency problem is the malevolent leech that sucks our national pride and brings the malady of poverty to our midst,” he said.

Esperon said the strength of the New People’s Army, the guerilla arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines, was reduced to 6,000 this year, from 7,200 in 2006, and a high of 12,000 in 2002.

The number of guerilla fronts, on the other hand, was reduced to 87 this year, from 100 in 2006, and 107 in 2005, the military chief said.

On the campaign against the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf, Esperon noted that the group’s second-in-command, Jainal Antel Salialias Abu Solaiman, was killed in an encounter in Sulu in January, at around the same time DNA tests confirmed the death of the bandit group’s chieftain, Khadaffy Janjalani

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Tu2vingcarayom,
President GMA is not the fake president of the philippines, she is the greatest leader of all time in the history of Mankind, and her base power is Jueteng Power, the real reason of why we have a very strong president who has the support of all the laws of the philippines from the Judiciary,The Senate and lastly the Congress. Sadly but thats the reality of how the Majority of Pilipinos minds had decided and it is irreversible.
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Yes! I agree with you! She’s da best in kangkonga. This is one of the reason why the Philippines in such a mess! Heaven help us!

alabang girl
to Salina aka Belat ni Gloria aka Tell it like it is…

plis lang! tagalugin mo na lang ang mga sinusulat mo! masakit na ang ulo ko sa kakaintindi ng balu-baluktot mong ingles! pilipino ka naman, gamitin mo na lang ang wika natin at nakakahiya sa mga taong ingles ang salita!

pasensiya na kung O.T.
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Excuse me wa! So what if my english is not for your liking. Don’t read it. As simple as that! You don’t need to insult my intelligent. Just because you think you can do better. Lets hear it!

Let’s switch to the lighter side, I am momentarily. It’s Christmas time! Merry Christmas to all, to all, no exception. Merry Christmas to admin and all staffs. Merry Christmas President Gloria M. Arroyo!

This is a comment about so-called media irresponsibility where ABS-CBN is called to task over their actuations during the Manila Peninsula snafu.

After popping innumerable Advils to mitigate a migraine caused by trying to decipher what earlier comments meant, I have now realized that the reason there is so much discord in this country is because we chose to use a language we are inefficient in. I appeal to those who persist in using English for their posts to please ensure that you read back what you have written to make sure that you yourselves understand your own words.

When we write about media needing to respect government authority, that smacks of a gross misunderstanding of what media and government authority is.

Media and government authorities are under no obligation to respect each other. Because as well all know, respect is earned and cannot be forced on anyone or any organization.

In fact, we do not even need to respect the law. We simply must follow it.

Our problem is that we think that respect is something that is naturally deserved. This is wrong.

Even the truth is which supposed to warrant the utmost respect from a media practitioner is often the first and most disastrous casualty in the exercise of his profession. I won’t even go into mentioning truth and government in one discussion.

Media is obligated to report the TRUTH, an unadulterated mirror of events expressed in words and pictures to enable people to form their own opinion about an event and conditions that relate to it.

In pursuit of reporting the truth, media is mandated to employ ONLY lawful means. In the same way that government authorities are mandated to the use of lawful means in their efforts to maintain public order and safety and the enforcement of our laws.

We have appropriate anti-defamation laws that would sanction and punish anyone including media who unfairly sullies a reputation.

Media may have a moral and ethical obligation to fostering public order and safety but this must not be at the expense of its paramount responsibility–reporting the truth.

We should be more discerning about lumping everyone in mass communication under the label of ‘media.’

True journalists are reporters, editors, and the few columnists and opinion writers whose works leads us to a greater understanding of current events.

Sadly, our media is replete with hacks who will try to pass off their biased and/or ill-thought comments as news. They seek to misinform rather than inform for their personal gain and that of their sponsors/clients.

By falling for their nefarious work, we allow them to sow, fear, uncertainty, and doubt among our people.

For example, I admire ABS-CBN’s zeal for reporting the news. But I lament Korina Sanchez’ passing off her comments about the news as if those were still part of the news. There should be a distinction made when they shift from reporting to commenting. Because there should also be a distinction made when you shift from zombie-mode when you are ‘reading’ the news on camera to stupid mode when you start commenting on it in front of the same camera.

2 BuCor off’l suspendido

(Grace Velasco)

Sinuspinde na ng Department of Justice (DOJ) ang dalawang opisyal ng Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) na pinaniniwalaang may kinalaman sa paglabas sa kulungan ni dating Zamboanga del Norte Rep. Romeo Jalosjos.

Ayon kay DOJ Undersecretary Fidel Exconde, nag-isyu na ang kagawaran ng 90-day preventive suspension order laban kina Superintendent Juanito Leopando at BuCor Administrative Division Chief Teodora Diaz.

Sinabi ni Exconde na sinuspinde ang dalawang opisyal habang sinisiyasat pa ang mga kaganapan sa likod ng ilegal na paglabas ng bilangguan ni Jalosjos at upang maiwasan ang posibleng pag-impluwensya ng mga ito sa proseso ng imbestigasyon.

“They are preventively suspended pending the outcome of the investigation,” ani Exconde.

Kasunod nito ay inatasan na ni Exconde ang dalawa na maghain ng kanilang paliwanag sa insidente.
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Bakit sila sinospendi eh, Si Gloria Arroyo, The one give the order for Jalosjos release. Dapat si Gloria Arroyo, Ang managot.

No media entities are exempted from grandstanding as grandstanding simply means catching the limelight and this is synonimous to good ratings thus money flows in to these profit focused networks. So MONEY is at the bottomline of all the rhetorics thrown to the people by these networks, “pakitang-tao lang ika nga”. Yet many people are taking it seriously because the rhetorics are well said and with emotions, cinematic to that effect. ABS-CBN is very good in delivering these kind of “effects” to the people, especially the masa people. Magaling sila sa pagproduce ng pelikula/drama series na hanggang sa pagbabalita ay nadadala ng mga reporter nila ang epekto ng pag-aarte ng mahusay nilang artista sa pelikula at drama series! There’s a “hero” or “star” effect ika nga. Kaya nga marami ang kumakanditato at nanalo sa mga reporter ng ABS-CBN, and this is enough reason that they will deliver bias reporting on political issues.

Haay naku hanggang ngayon ba naman eh patuloy pa ang propa-campaign ng mga tiwali sa gubyerno para patahimikin ang media na nagsisiwalat ng katiwalian ng administrasyon at alipores nito?

Kayong nasa administrasyon, kung hindi niyo titigilan ang kurapsyon at abuso ninyo, wag niyong asahan na tatantanan kayo ng media.

Kayong mga corrupt, magbago na kayo!

Ano ba yan! Parang nag-aawayaway na ata ang mga tao dito sa blog na 2. Pero in fairness ha, natawa talaga ako sa iba’t-ibang comments nila. Haha. Ang da,i talagang bisya dito sa mundong ito..

What I don’t like among the big media organizations is they are playing with the lives and emotions of the people.

Just take for instance the game shows. They may have entertained many but they are cooking the fans and audience with their own lard. Prizes don’t come from their own funds but from every 2.50 text messages sent to them by millions of watchers. In addition, we are made to buy ring tones worth 15 pesos. This is a form of stealing. Nobody knows how much they are collecting but the prizes are too small and our chance is too little. Why spend 2.5 plus 15 when I can gamble this money in lotto?

Another example is they conduct charitable works but they make people, especially OFWs spend / contribute the needed funds. While the media takes the credit for charity works, the OFWs unknowingly foot the bill.

Now, who is responsible for the political turmoil we have today? I think the main culprit is the media. It’s the media who is spreading lies fed by politicians and people with vested interest. Politicians create the scenario, while the media gave the poisonous dosages into the minds of the ignorant. Even the big survey outfits have also become tools for poisoning the minds of the public, with the aid by the media.

Now that there is no more senate investigations, the big media outfits are choking each other because somebody is manipulating the ratings.

I can hardly stomach the greediness of these people who want ti keep making money by taking advantage of the weaknesses of people who cannot discern truth from facts, from lies and truths, from good or bad and from stealing or pure entertainment.

Its so sad we have allowed our media too much freedom.In other countries they all end up in jail for allowing themeselves inside a military/police operation.Look at Ces Drillon,she went to the SC to show her arrogance.I pity her.She lost the sense of true jornalism-To make news without sacrificing,allowing the enemy from making decisions out of her live tv coverage.Sayang!!Our journalist are acting like our policitians.They are all the same-thinking they are above the law.SHAME!SHAME!SHAME ON ALL ARROGANT MEDIA!!!

Sa panahon ngayon sana mag kaisa ang Filipino hindi mag siraan lalo na lenten season para sa mga katoliko.
Ano ba ang ibig sabihin ng Lenten season. Sasagutin ko na lang, para mag sisi na kasalanan na nagawa. Hindi para gumawa ng kasalanan. Ang nangyayari ngayon gumagawa ng kasalanan mag tulakan pa para magka sala ang isang tao. Wala na ba kayong RESPETO. Bakit hindi kayo makahintay ng desisyon ng ombudsman at saka senate inquiry. Poro ingay ang nangyayari sa atin. kaya magulo. Kahit ang celebration ng Edsa na dapat tahamik solemno para sa mga nag sakripisyo sa ngalan ng DEMOKRASYA. hindi niyo pinalampas. Pati interfaith naging politika. Iangat niyo naman Pilipinas. Hindi poro kontra. Ganoon ba talaga ugali Filipino. Poro negatibo.

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