THE WEAKER dollar would not deter OFWs (overseas Filipino workers) from leaving.
The fact of the matter is simply there’s no job available in the Philippines. And the little that is there could not even offer half the compensation being offered abroad. Just like the Strong Republic GMA [President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo] promised, and the enchanted kingdom she’s been bragging [about], it all amounts to nothing. All myths and lies are. We can’t just simply wait for the manna from heaven. We have to leave the country or starve to death! It’s really a no-brainer.
– Rasheed Catapang, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (via e-mail)
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March 19th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Wala nang padalahan at uuwi ng pinas wakekekekekekeeke
March 5th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Thank you for the response people.
To gorio, I’m not justifying myself. I merely stated a fact.
To Reiner Abdon, your argument is flawed. A child could have reasoned much better.
To Alex Reyes, let no one be spared. Whoever has blood on their hands, let’s stone and crucify. There is no justice without accountability. I cited GMA for the simple fact that the extent of her corruption affects us the most. She’s the President (fake or perceived) for crying out loud! And if the “forgotten” word of NERI is to be taken, she’s “evil”.
The stronger peso GMA trumphets is not a result of her own doing. The dollar just happened to be weak, and the OFWs flooded the market with more dollar.
The next time GMA takes credit to the valuation of the pesos, remember that it is just one more lie staring us in the face.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:16 am
The peso is not rising. It’s the US dollar’s value that’s sinking because of the slow down in the US economy. The OFWs dollar remittances is principally responsible for holding up the Philipiine economy, and GMA should not take credit for it. This in itself is another form of robbery.
Take a look at how things are related. The Arroyos ask Abalos, etal to rig the elections. Abalos, of course, wants something in return, including a $130M flying parachute. All GMA can do is turn a blind eye, even if Neri has told her that Abalos has tried to bribe him/her. In fact, Abalos has the Arroyos by the neck that she can change government policy from BOT to a loan package, all because Abalos needs to retire in luxury - in exchange for stealing the elections. Meanwhile, Filipinos are suffering so much because of all of Arroyos and her lapdogs thievery that they can not join any rallies anymore. They can not afford to lose one day’s pay because that means there will be no food on the table the next day. Meanwhile also, Arroyo and her tutas are using the money that they stole from us to bribe people to go into Pro Arroyo rallies.
Matagal na tayong ginagago at pinagnanakawan, pero mas gusto pa natin na magpunta sa mall at tumanga sa mga mayayaman na may bitbit na pinamimili.
Perhaps, we do deserve all of this. Per haps we will never learn. Perhaps, the best solution for all our woes, really, is to go abroad and in the end break our families’. Tutal hindi lang naman tayo ang nasisira ang pamilya. It’s happening all over. Di bale, may pang mall naman tayo. Hayaan na lang natin na pagnakawan tayo. Tutal wala naman tayong magagawa.
February 25th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Each one’s due will come. Everyone with blood on there hands should be tried (if you please, including Villar). Everybody should be held accountable for their own actions. If we have to make a stand, we should make it count. How? By shooting at the very heart of evil - GMA!
Alex, kailanman ay hindi naging tama ang mandaya. Ang ipinta ang isang sarili na bayani dahil sa hirap ng iba. Ekonomistang naturingan si GMA, sangayon lamang sa salita nya. Puro pahirap lamang ang dulot ng mag-asawang PIDAL, hanggang ngayon ba ay di mo pa nakikita yan.
Tunay na kawa-awa ang mga OFW sa pagbaba ng dolyar. At di rin naman ramdam ang pag-angat ng ekonomiya sa ating bayan. Di nabawasan ang presyo ng pangunahing bilihin….
So, why should we blame only GMA? Tinatanong pa ba yan? Sya ang nagpapatakbo ng papalubog na barko na tinatawag nating inang bayan! It’s a no-brainer!
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Alex Reyes Says:
February 25th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Why don’t you blame Sen Villar and his company among others for converting agricultural land into a subdivision.
February 25th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Why don’t you blame Sen Villar and his company among others for converting agricultural land into a subdivision. In my estimate there are almost 1 BILLION hectares or more, of prime agricultural land were converted into a residential and industrial subdivision in Bulacan, these vast tract of land is supossed to yield BILLIONS of cavan of rice or even more applying the right technology that we had, these are enough to produce the needed rice to feed the hungry Filipinos instead of importing from Vietnam or anywhere in the world. The very problem lies on the law maker and who failed to craft a suitable law that will protect this agricultural land but instead they just remained deaf and blind to protect the interest of real estate developer like Villar ; I presumed that they even made the law easy for the local authorities to declare this land unproductive for deliberately cutting the irrigation and eventually become a very expensive subdivision. I have been witnessing the real estate development for a decade which my heart cries out everytime new agricultural land is being abandoned due to lack of irrigation which supposed to be the responsibility of another corrupt agency the NIA and becoming a milking cow for some politican with their bogus irrigation project like farm to market road. My God in our own village after lots of these unfinished poor quality projects that easily wash out during rainy season. Mostly sponsored by LAWMAKER from their pork and barrel fund. You know the weight of carabao is more than enough to CRACK the pavement. Why keep on blaming Gloria for all economic woes happening in our country and of the whole world as a result of globalization. Why blaming Gloria for the problems she just inherited from the previous administration so much tainted also by corruption like Erap, tabako, apo makoy at Inang Cory. Why blaming Gloria even for the ineptness of the alleged pundits hiding in congress in the disguise of law maker ; for their failure to craft a suitable law that will stop this rampant conversion of agricultural land every where in the phillipines? Why blaming Gloria for the stupidity and misery of majority of Filipinos for electing noisy and uneducated economic manager and law maker like jingoy and his wristband father?
I have not heard too much noise from those street barker to stop Villar and others to develop agricultural land to subdivision. Mga ipokrito pati pagtae nyo sinisisi nyo kay gloria. ZTE tigil na yan , umiiyak llang si De Venecia kasi dapt nakinabang siya. kung natuloy iyon na sila nakakuha ng kontrata mga tahimik din mga *&^%$# yan. Di daw Corrupt ang ama nya. Tanong mo SA TATLONG ITLOG na obispo na si LABAYEN, CRUZ at INUGEUZ, kasama na ang mananakbong pari sa si Robert Reyes kung papaano magsagawa ng examination of conscience para ma remind din ang mga tinaguriang Obispo na ito na nagmamalinis. Napakarami po na mga tiwaling obispo sa kasaysayan ng simbahan kaya naman si San Franciso na isang dukha ang naging taga gising. Hoi … gagara ng mga sassakyan ng obispo na ito at sasarap ng kinakain at sagana sa kwarta… taliwas sa kanilang nirerepresenta na si Jesu Kristo.. dumanas ng hirap… pero punong puno parin ng pag ibig… pwe tulad nyoy mga nitso maganda labas bulok ang loob… yan ang sabi ng panginoon sa mga pariseo at escriba… mga mapag paimbabaw… dinadahilan nyo ang mahahabang panalangin pero inuubos naman ninyo kayamanan ng mga balo at dukha… ang nais ninyoy pagpugayan sa mga lansangan katulad kayo ng inyong ama… sino ang inyong …tanungin mo sarili mo?