QUESTION: How many Philippine senators does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: 24 plus their assistants.
I can only observe with distress why nothing ever gets resolved in this country. Malacañang says they will not attend Senate hearings unless the Senate publishes the rules.
How many debates will we have over radio and television? How many statements to the press will we hear? How many bombastic and self-righteous remarks are we away from resolving this?
Maybe I just have a simple mind, but if the rules are already there, then just publish it so we can get moving on these investigations. Isn’t that the simplest, most direct step to take? Can these supposedly learned and principled men for once just do things right?
Just publish the damn rules and get it over with! What is so difficult with that?
– Gus Cosio, Quezon City, Philippines (via e-mail)
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April 30th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
bungangaraw…i think several people from this blog are presidential material, that includes you..you might save our country from perdition !
April 30th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
mc_90 i have done my part re evidence 2004 election we provide solid evidence and give it to trusted people who are now fighting for truth and accountability..eh ikaw ano na ba nagawa mo? puro ka ingay i take your comment as a matter of your short sighted and narrow-minded opinion, but stupidity and ignorance is not an excuse…dami evidence my friend MC_90 and I dont need to work for anyone just to give my small share for our countrys reformation…as I have told you the reason this govt stil exist bcoz of the organized suppression of truth, they have all the resources just to pretend everything is ok here in our country…
MC_90 if you still pretending our country is on the right track tama ka sa sarili mo lang,but sabi ko nga mas kaawaawa ang taong nagtatanga tangahan, nagbubulag-bulagan, at nagdunong-dunungan…hay pag ganyan isip ng pilipino talagang papalubog na tayo…
Allan, Ronald ang isyu ay malinaw may pagkakasala sa bayan ang rehimeng gloria pero kung lagi nyong ipapalagay sa sarili nyo na di patas ang aking mga pananaw ay maluwag kong tinatanggap…ang sa akin lang papanagutin si gma etal, si jun lozada at kung sino pang patuloy na nagpapahirap sa bayan…hindi selective ang isyu..ang totoong isyu patuloy nilang pinagsasamantalahan ang ating bansa at maging si jun Lozada ay bahagi ng sistema ng corruption…sana maging totoo rin kayo na maraming isyu ng corruption na patuloy na pinagtatakpan at tinatago ng gma corrupt-poration at malacanang mafia…magpakatotoo ka at huwag maging hangal base lamang sa iyong paniniwala, patuloy kang magmasid, makialam at makilahok sa isyu ng sa ganun ay mapakinabangan mo ang dunong mo at hindi lamang magaling sa pananalita at naway maging bahagi ka ng pagmumulat ng kaisipan ng ordinaryong pilipino na dapat ng sama-samang hadlangan at labanan ang corruption…
hanga ako sa tibay ng paniniwala mo, ipagpatuloy mo lang yan at sa darating na panahon ay malalaman mo ang ganap na katotohanan.
April 17th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Ms Maria Makiling, wala akong sinabi sa sinulat ko na hindi totoo. Ang ginagawa ni Jun Lozada ay isang maling halimbawa na hindi dapat tularan. Hindi porket bumaliktad ka ay abswelto kana sa mga pagnanakaw na ginawa mo. Anong aral gusto ninyo iparating , na okay magnakaw basta may maituturo ka na mas malakas magnakaw? Mga baluktut pala yang mga paniniwala ninyo. Kaya hindi kataka taka , wala ng naniniwala sa mga opinion ninyo.
April 17th, 2008 at 2:06 am
Sabi ko na sa`yo, abbygail, kumandidato tayong presidente; this is one way to unseat her! The advantage for the people is hindi tayo masyadong magnanakaw.
Lozada–fear of implication when this thing really explodes which, in his own “tuso” way, he saw coming. Hero? My brown and smooth patootsie! This word has become so cheap in its prostitution we might as well pronounce it “(y)ellow!”
April 17th, 2008 at 2:00 am
MBC executive director Alberto Lim said “Catching the Big Fish” would focus on such cases as the P728-million fertilizer scam involving former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn Bolante; the unexplained wealth of military comptrollers including retired Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia, who is charged with plunder; the P700-million IMPSA power project; the P1.04-billion Mega-pacific vote-counting machines; the NBN-ZTE deal, and Malacañang’s P500,000 cash gifts to congressmen and local government executives.
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How can anybody catch all the crooks when they’re also protected by these crooks who is squatting in Malacanyang Palace.
April 17th, 2008 at 1:44 am
Barorot, Lakay, kumandidato tayong senador at pag nahalal tayo, konti-konti lang kung magnakaw tayo. Ibahagi natin ang mas marami sa ating mga kababayan. Alam nýo, utak pating ang mga opisyals na ito. Ang pating, pag nahuli mo, disembowel it and throw its innards into the ocean, then when you throw the pating, while it´s still alive, after it, kakainin nýa ang sarili nýang laman-loob na ýon Ganyan katakaw at kababaw ang utak ng mga anak ng pating na mga magnanakaw na ito!
I really see no end in sight to the misery of the Filipino people due to the actions of a few sharks!
April 16th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Maria Makiling,
Your proposition is well-taken. I take your rebuttal as very objective. Hanga din ako sa pasensya mo. Unlike others na parang tumutula ng pagmumura. Kilala naman nila yung sarili nila d2 sa blog.
Hindi din naman ako 100% for GMA, kasi nga magulo din yung mga nag-ooppose at kanya-kanya ang mga opposition. Siguro kung buhay pa si Ninoy Aquino ngayon, MATAGAL NANG WALA SI GLORIA SA POSISYON.
Pero ayaw ko naman magtiwala sa pulitikong may basbas ni Erap, Naku, siguradong mangungurakot din yun!
Kung si Noli de Castro pwede na sana kaso ewan ko lang kung tatagal siya sa pressure lalo na at marami din ayaw sa kanya at wala akong tiwala sa pinagsisilbihan niyang ABS-CBN station kasi influence peddler din mga tao dito, maaring proteksyon na din sa mga pag-aari ng mga Lopez like Maynilad,NLEX and Meralco. Tauhan lang ni Lopez si De Castro at si Lopez naman malapit or related kina Cory and Erap.
Might as well bite the bullet with Gloria, siguro marami na naman ang aware sa corruption under her regime so babantayan na lang maige, Accountability?, perhaps in 2010.
April 16th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
ang galeng galeng naman nitong si mariang makiling..meron pala itong ebibins ng kurapsyon…hhmmm di kaya pakawala ka ng kampo ni erap? ah alam ko na..nag aral ka sa ping academy bwehehehe
April 16th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
to maria makiling.. i dont know what kind of evidence u have. why dont you share it with the senators & present your evidence at the proper court? i dont think lozada is fighting for truth, i think he is fighting for his freedom from his cases.. that’s the truth. he is only using the word “TRUTH” & “DEATH THREAT” as an alibi, a scape goat from his wrong doings. just like in the bible, jews shouted for the freedom of barabas. lozada is barabas & the opositions are the jews. 1 more thing, why dont u have any evidence against lozada? he is a confirmed corrupt, right?
April 16th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
bungangaraw….well-said. i have elucidated many times re my disgust, too, on how much is too much for these corrupt politicians to be satiated enough to stop. but it seems, they go on and on and on…you are right, they ignore the signs, and that is plain stupidity. just watch masterminds on crime/ suspense tv, and see how the most cunning, scheming felon gets caught, and how. in the vernacular, “sasablay din yan” ;-))
April 16th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
ronald,
siguro i also have evidence to prove wrongdoings of gma malacanang mafia and arroyo corrupt-poration lalo na garci scandal kaya ako gigil na gigil yun lang yun…
allan…
banat mo parang media brigade ng malacanang personal ang atake at pag di kayang sagutin ang mga eskandalo at pagtatanong sa mga isyu ay character assasination ang laban…re lozada hindi rin ako siyento porsiyentong naniniwala sa kanya ang kaso the way malacanang handle the issue masyado yatang kataka-taka di ba? malacanang propaganda group spend million of pesos monthly not to mention counter intelligence ng national security..pera ng tao yun ginagamit nila laban din sa taong naghahanap lamang ng katotohanan…
jang jang..tama na comparison wala tayong katapusan niyan pero kung yan siste mo..why not check the expenses of malacanang tru COA reports, apti mga department and bureaus under gmas inner circle dami “missing funds” enough to sustain the national hunger program…enough to provide hundred of thousands mass housings for the poor…
in next two yearsmas mahirap pa mararamdaman ng bansa sa maling pamamalakd ni gma etal…
sana nga mali ako at tama kayo butstill akoy labis na humahanga at buo ang inyong paniniwala at paninindigan…
April 16th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Hahaha! I agree!
April 15th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Your right Ronald, this is also the right time to investigate Jun Lozada for the anomalies he made while he is at Phil Forest. An investigation will surely wipe out that GRIN in his face he always showed in between sobs during his campus tour. What puzzling is we dont know if this GRIN is cause by the satisfaction he got from his mistress in bed? or the satisfaction he felt when he thinks he got away with his corruption. Or was the GRIN a feeling of happiness that the nuns are the now who will support his two families. The guy is a joke, he should be a senator. ha ha ha ha
April 15th, 2008 at 12:38 am
ganito ang alam ko: it is said that criminals are the most stupid people on earth. Fact is, I watched a show on television depicting several criminals who got caught during actual perpetrations of different crimes because of their stupidity. They were hilarious in their inanity. Still, I do not agree that these criminals are the densest two-legged talking creatures because they get caught doing crimes. For me the stupidest human beings are some of our government officials who really think and believe they can get away with their crimes forever; these are the kind of stupid people who think they are being able to fool us when they aggrandize themselves monumentally–crudely, at our expense. In their stupidity they become oblivious to the fact that their actions and mischiefs are so transparent and obvious to the public, and they never reckon that eventually there`ll come a time when they, like Estrada, will have to answer for them. What comes up will come down eventually. Nothing stays unchanged! Even pernicious wars that have no end in sight end!
But their avarice make them insect-minded-literally-not capable to recognize the law of nature–who get lured by lamplights or car headlights despite the danger of eventual destruction and death. They´re blind to that natural and potential future consequence because they are so stupid. Will Abalos and his kind live happily ever after? We´ll see…Let´s tighten our belts further, meanwhile, we´re used to it, anyway. Let´s rejoice for the inescapable truth that the world of these automated uglies is also tightening like a coarse rope on their necks!
bungangaraw & partner
April 14th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
O, yung mga Senate Fanatics diyan eto:
Pumunta daw sila with some congressmen to South Africa to “study what is poverty”
Budget: 300,000 thou minimum allowance, of course using business class airlines and 5 star hotel na din sa South Africa. We all know whats in South Africa–Heavenly Leisure. Ironic that it is near the war and famine countries of the continent.
Eto po ang mga Senador at Congressmen natin, GINAGAWA NILA AY PARA SA BAYAN! Magsasakripisyo sila sa South Africa para pag-aralan ang kahirapan!
Dagdag ko na din na ginagawa nila ito “in search for the TRUTH!”
Sige, iboto natin ang mga magagaling na ito sa 2010.
April 14th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
to maria makiling.. bkit gigil n gigil k din kay GMA? ya ur right, we shud wait til 2010 kung cno ang tama s atin. ang sakin lng porke b mka oposisyon c lozada kahit n kurakot e pbbyaan nyo nlng? asan n un cnsbi nyo n labanan ang kurakot? do u think that is fair? kya d mwla s isip ko n kdudaduda un bintang nyo kay GMA.
April 14th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
to luli pidal.. if u think the justice system is rotten then that’s ur problem. do u think u do not rot when u say GMA is guilty? ikw b ang batas n hindi bulok? pls think about it.
April 14th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
to missy.. if u really want to fight corruption u shud also push for jun lozada’s corruption cases para pantay pantay ang batas. dalhin s korte ang mga inaakusa nyo n korakot para mahatulan n cla s batas ng Pilipinas. kung guilty s GMA at c lozada d magsama cla s bilangguan.
April 14th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
maria…i get your point. but, how do we solve the problem, do we solve the problem by removing gma? you know she won’t resign, how do you do it? another edsa people power? many political scientists are disagreeing, even bernas.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
ronald Says:
April 12th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
lulu pidal.. it is very easy for u to say that GMA is robbing the philippine coffer but can u prove it? npka dali lng tlga manira ng tao. do you think that the senators’ only job is to investigate? why dont they investigate the anomaly at the Phil. forrest? yung dating presidente ng Phil. Forrest ang korap talaga! ganyn batas b ang gusto nyo? may kinikilinga? u want to naildown GMA s mga hearsay accusations nyo habang c lozada pinoprotrektahan nyo? its very obvious namn n gngmit nila ang issue re s ZTE/NBN deal para lng magpgwapo s 2010 elections.
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If you really think that Gloria Arroyo, is not guilty why is it she is doing everything in her power to suppress the truth. Truth of the matter is she is guilty to the core! the truth is there for everyone to see if you can’t see it. If there is rule of law in the Philippines Gloria Arroyo, Should be in jail where she belong but that well never happen because she control the entire corrupt justice system.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
The failure of this administration to let out the other pieces of truth being held by the government should lead to a demand for accountability by those who will be found betraying the trust of the people, for without truth and accountability there will be no justice in the land,” he said.
Lozada ended his piece with an exhortation: “I have now come to realize this is not about Jun Lozada. It is about every Filipino fighting for what is right against an unjust order, it is about every Filipino demanding from its government the truth amidst the lies and deceit, it’s about every Filipino rallying to battle against the evil that has long imprisoned the Filipino people
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Poor Jun Lozada, Gloria Arroyo, Et al. Is not about to tell the truth on the corruption that is hounding her bogus regime. They will kill you first.
April 14th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
ronald, abbygail…
bat gigil na gigil kayo sa ibang tao, ang isyu ay ang mga maling palkad ng malacanang mafia and arroyo corrupt-poration, since 2001 patong patong na isyu at eskandalo pero sadyang na perfect yata nila ang counter-measure and pre-emptive strike strategy to lessen the impact of political noise…erap is history whatever his wrongdoings pinagdusahan nya but one thing for sure he is a victim of political mob led by gma etal…re lozada simple lang naman yung tao di nagpadala sa takot sa gma cohorts ang kaso yung pobre binabato ng samut-saring akusasyon na hindi naman siya ang tunay na isyu..abg isyu ang patulog na pagsasamantala sa kaban ng bayan..at huwag nyong ipagsisigawan na walang ebidensiya with our present judiciary and ombudsman under the claws of gma not to mention the ability to create “destabilization scenario” to lessen the impact of political noise…mapapahiya nga ang direktor ng godfather the way malacanang mafia and gm,a corrupt-poration handle this country..sila-sila, tayo-tayo pag di atin kaaway…sana nga mali ako sa aking mga pananaw at kayo ang tama..wait for another 2 years? yung tragedy and catastrophis scenario brought about by this regime is only starting and expect for the worst coz of our so-called economic growth and effective and efficient leadership of gma etal..sana nga,naway magbago pa rin sila para sa bayan
April 14th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
what’s with the rules. what’ the big deal with it and why the arroyo administration want it? we have the issue here of corruption that people deserves to know. we have the ombudsman supposed to be on the fore-front of prosecuting corrupt gov’t official… yeah they can’t just easily moved in… there are rules that need to be followed, procedure that need to be taken…. good thing we have senators digging into this corruption issue. are we getting more stupid because the books says ahhh… no evidence, we can’t prosecute these people. maybe it just plain illusion or some sort imagination that portion of tax payers money went to these greedy gov’t officials…
April 14th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
ronald Says:
April 12th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
lulu pidal.. it is very easy for u to say that GMA is robbing the philippine coffer but can u prove it? npka dali lng tlga manira ng tao. do you think that the senators’ only job is to investigate? why dont they investigate the anomaly at the Phil. forrest? yung dating presidente ng Phil. Forrest ang korap talaga! ganyn batas b ang gusto nyo? may kinikilinga? u want to naildown GMA s mga hearsay accusations nyo habang c lozada pinoprotrektahan nyo? its very obvious namn n gngmit nila ang issue re s ZTE/NBN deal para lng magpgwapo s 2010 elections.
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So bale wala na ang ZTE/NBN sa iyo, ganoon ba yon? Hindi bale na nangyari ang anomalya tutal lahat naman ganoon din? Huwag nang buklatin at ibulalat ang kurapsion ni Gloria at Abalos? Ganoon ba yon?
April 13th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
i remember during erap’s time, an impeachment complaint was filed against tancangco by monsod and group(overpriced computers w/c aren’t working), but, since congress was controlled by erap that time, she wasn’t impeached. the scenario is being repeated now, w/ congress controlled by gma.
i’m pretty sure the same thing will happen post-gma, because it’s the same politicians who will run the govt.
btw…i remember tancangco was my prof. in grad. school, and you know how many times she met w/ us in 1 semester? twice! she just gave us tons and tons of reading assignments, 2 or 3 lectures , then mid-terms and exams. did i learn anything from her? nothing, bec. i self-studied.
look what her legacy was at comelec@#%^&8!
and now erap is talking about accountability? accountability my foot!
they are all the same….pansarili lamang, walang malasakit sa bayan!
April 12th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
lulu pidal.. it is very easy for u to say that GMA is robbing the philippine coffer but can u prove it? npka dali lng tlga manira ng tao. do you think that the senators’ only job is to investigate? why dont they investigate the anomaly at the Phil. forrest? yung dating presidente ng Phil. Forrest ang korap talaga! ganyn batas b ang gusto nyo? may kinikilinga? u want to naildown GMA s mga hearsay accusations nyo habang c lozada pinoprotrektahan nyo? its very obvious namn n gngmit nila ang issue re s ZTE/NBN deal para lng magpgwapo s 2010 elections.
April 12th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Is this about the abuse of power? Is the Senate abusing its power to investigate suspicious government transactions by invoking its being a co-equal branch, under the guise of a purported legislation? Is the SC abusing its power by voting 9-6 in favor of the executive privilege of the presidency, not the president per se, in Neri vs. Senate? But then again, is GMA abusing the power of the presidency?
The use of power should be, in a moral sense, for an intended goal, i.e. good consequences. Its abuse, i.e. abnormal use, means that it is utilized for something else other than the intended goal it should have.
Perhaps, we can also refer to “people power”, which is the original meaning of democracy, i.e. demos means people, kratos means force or power. But some say “people power” is also being over-emphasized.
Conclusion: Our country is on a tailspin.
April 12th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
what about the hacienda luisita of cory? just ask the poor farmers what kind of deal they are being offered…
re political dynasty…we don’t have to go far…in makati, it’s binay country from local to national(congresswoman and councilor), in the senate, there is a sibling dynasty, in congress there are so many father-daughter-son tandem. if koko won, there would be another father-son tandem in the senate. its a good thing loy didn’t run anymore, mother-son.
how do you solve a problem like the political dynasty? these lawmakers would not pass a law banning it bec. they love the practice! they are so happy their whole families are being benefited, why bother ;-((
tatad brought this issue up and he incurred the ire of the guilty senators.
the people in the meantime suffers and pay for these lawbreakers.
the arroyos, children, in-laws, and other officials down to the local levels, not only congressmen, are guilty of this political dynasty practice.
re senate investigations….i have nothing against it, except that these boorish and ill-mannered senators ought to undergo a seminar re how to handle an investigation. i am for ferreting out the truth, but, they should not malign, and insult witnesses.
i have relatives and friends who have been in the senate and mind you, they have such horror stories to tell. one friend refused to be confirmed(a general), lest he suffer a heart attack.
it’s alright to know the truth, but, the gestapo methods they inflict on the witnesses and resource persons are just too much. you have to experience it to understand what i mean.
i am not pro-gma, i did not even vote for her,(that lucky b@#$& h, accdg to salceda)but i am for a senate who should abide by the rules too. the senate is the bastion of potential presidents, hence they should act like one, and not emulate the incumbent. ang senado na lang ang pag-asa natin, di ba?
April 12th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Law Makers and Rice Crisis
There has been an idea floated that NFA should adjust its prices a little bit up. To be strong and to sustain operation, and to be fair competition with the private sector, I think, yes. Normally many businesses out there actually, normally operate around 30-35% Gross Profit (GP). Maybe NFA should evolve near that figure whatever would be the final outcome of the prices of its rice. If masses can not afford the prices, I’m sure there must be trouble somewhere else. Like, probably wages are relatively, abnormally low?
April 12th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Hahaha! I can see TONGUES WRATH brain down to his feet. Unfair also to call this guy BOBO(peabrain) as there are many here in these blogroll.
Its been the Senate whose on the offensive all the time doing investigations here and there but did they formulate rules from these stupid investigations like tongues wrath??? What happen to the CHeaper Medicine Bill which is more important?
SC had decided against their favor and yet they are “childish” on SC’s decision?
Tongues Wrath believes the Senators are the sole “check & balance” govt agency, better & higher than the Executive & Judiciary. How can you be so BOBO man, hahaha!
How many weeks or months already are these senators investigating on this NBN issue and nothing has been put into the rule( or law, for tongues wrath to understand?)
Grandstanding is what it is, like what Jinggoy, Madrigal and Lacson is doing.
Well, the issue is dying already. You can bent your ire in the 2010 election when Arroyo finish her term.
April 12th, 2008 at 2:19 am
why nothing ever gets resolved in this country? We are crazy people who make crazy laws, that’s why. I don’t mean just our lawmakers but everybody to include you and I. Take these for examples:
“Anti crime groups seek stiffer penalties for rice hoarders”…It’s ridiculously to increase penalty to death when we cannot even send them one day in prison.
We asked ‘Total log ban’ that when granted and applied totally killed our forests because nobody, public or private, was there watching our forests!
I think our problem is that we have too many laws that are not applied.
April 11th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
It always boils down to the electorate electing irresponsible and egoistic Senators. Some would say we should not blame the people, but who else is there to blame for putting the likes of Cayetano and Madrigal in the Senate?
Maybe it would be better if in the next days we see a different activity in the Senate. Why not try debating on important pending bills so they would become productive even just a few times a year? The Cheaper Meds Bill has not been passed yet because the Bicameral Conference Committee have not agreed on some provisions up to this time.
Sabi ng ni PGMA our sick people should not be kept waiting.
April 10th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
luli, tama ka diyan sa punto mo…dami dito site gma fanatics kuno pero isang grupo lang and they always tried to avoid the issues..co equal ang executive, legislative and judiciary para may check and balance, eh ang kaso gusto malacanang mafia and arroyo corrupt-poration to control the ader branches of government para tuloy-tuloy na ligaya nila…and if not for senate inquiries and investigation pano na lang yung iba pang malalaking anomalya ng gma regime na patuloy na sanhi ng mga problemang kasalukuyang nararanasan ng ating mahal na bansa…puro daw politics pero sila gumagapang sa senado at lower house to solidify their political party…bring it to proper forum/court pero they are doing all legal bruhahas to delay or make fool of our laws…wala daw evidence, dami nga eh pero patuloy nilang niloloko at pinagsasamantalahan ang bansang pilipinas…2010 election with gma etal again? think again filipinos,we have the power to change our future and to make our own destiny tru our sacred votes, kahit ano pang daya at manipulation nila pero kung matalino tayo sa pagpili ng lider,tayo pa rin ang magwawagi…nangyari na ang milagro tru sen. trillanes, gov. ed and gov. grace padaca…at mangyayari uli yun sa 2010
pilipino manindigan ka para sa pagbabago para sa susunod na henerasyon.
April 9th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Pablo Says:
April 8th, 2008 at 12:46 am
It is funny how some bloggers think about the senate, his role and his rights. It looks like these bloggers just want to hide their trying to protect GMA from anything that could hurt her through questions and investigations. As said many times, if there is nothing wrong to hide, GMA and the entire administrations could just neglect the senate’s moves.
How selfserving this administration is, shows the new reports about Iggy Arroyo’s pushing to reclassify their Hazienda from agricultural to industrial for to evade all the land reform cases. Those who have been sponsoring the concerned biofuel law are said all to be big land owners who want to profite more on oil production than helping to supply the Filipinos who elected them withfoods. They do not even want to help RP to have more own fuel, they want to sell their products to foreign buyers who pay more. Means, less corn, sugar or rice but still not more fuel to RP. How this matches their oath to work in favor of the Filipinos? It is nice to know that Iggy is now Chair of the Commission on natural resources and another Arroyo controls the energy. But of course, there is no dynasty, no corruption, no problem of personal and national interests. And then the senate should not investigate things like that, matters of plain personal advantages out of political ranks, no bribery and cheating? What irreal imagination of a democratic system. Of course, that is why so many want an unicameral system where a majority, even by cheating or bribery, can push through anything their boss wants.
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Well all I can see is they didn’t kick Erap for nothing! As we all can see it the only reason they kick Erap so that they’re the one can rob the government coffer.
April 9th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
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bon Says:
April 8th, 2008 at 4:10 am
you elected dumb and supid senators.
all of you deserve what you got .
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Why are you blaming the senator’s they’re not the one robbing the government coffer but Gloria Arroyo, Et al. Walanghiya!
April 8th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Senator Francis Escudero should not force Quedancor to disclose its entire borrowers’ information. Loans must be treated with the same degree of confidentiality as in deposits. Any credit or lending institution, private or public, may not release a borrower’s information without the consent of the borrower and his co-signers. In many countries it is unlawful, even for state-owned corporations, to unnecessarily disclose borrowers’ information.
Although, according to the senator,there are no such laws in the Philippines but he must still respect the privacy of all the borrowers of Quedancor, unless he possesses evidence of irregularities between a certain borrower and the credit corporation.
April 8th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Ronald,
Wala naman nagugutom dito. Ayaw lang kumain. At kung wala maibili sa bigas, may ibili naman sa lotto at shabu at sa motel at inumin at saka load. Hayaan na natin ang fundo ng mga senators. Racket narin nila yan. may taong nagsabi wala siyang makain at humihingi ng tulong kangina, sabi ko, kuha ng malunggay sa bakod. Libre. Galit pang umalis.
April 8th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
HEHEHEHE. HINDI NASAYANG BOTO KO. LALO NA KAY CAYETANO. I VOTED FOR HIM KASI GUAPO SYA…. WALA AKO PAKIALAM KUNG AS OF THIS DATE ISA SYA SA MGA WALANG NAGAWANG BATAS BASTA ANG ALAM KO,,,,, MARAMI TAYONG MGA GAGO NA NAUTO NYA.
HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE
April 8th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
ano ang gusto ninyo….pabayaan na lang mag-nakaw ng mag-nakaw si glorya at ang ang kanyang mga alipores…
think people!
April 8th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
ronald Says:
April 7th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Senate is wasting money on investigations. pwde b mlman kung mgkno ginagastos s isang araw n hearing re jan s ZTE/NBN deal? sana idonate nlng nila s mga nagugutom s kalsada un budget nila jan. nka tulong p cla s mga nagugutom. cguro miryenda lng nila jan s banana q plng e bka 50peso n ang isa.. ginagamit nila pera ng gobyerno s maagang pangagampanya para s knilang pgtakbo s pgkpresidente s 2010..
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The senate only doing their job they suppose too. What do you mean they’re wasting the taxespayer’s money on all the investigation they’re doing.
I guess its okay with you if Gloria Arroyo, Et al. Keep robbing the government coffer for as long as you got piece of the action yourself. Duh…..! Kurapt talaga.
April 8th, 2008 at 11:04 am
I believe the decision of the SC is right and just. Just imagine if SC did not make that decision, the senate investigation will not be called “circus” anymore. It will be called GRAND CARNIVAL!
April 8th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Luli Pidal,
Why the Senators are putting too much attention on Gloria Arroyo? ITS FOR POLITICAL GAIN, Its for their CAREERS as politician and not for you, pogito, gloria lavandera and other oppositions admirers.
Even if PGMA steps down in 2010, there will still be unrest on corruption issues as we have loose and shallow laws on punishing the ill doers. It all boils down on who is on whose side.
Filipinos naturally tends to pull down each other on the way up. TALANGKA!
April 8th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Jang-Jang says: “The senator forgot the that also ‘check and balance’ in the 3 branches should prevail.”
Lol. I would have called this guy a moron but it would be unfair to all the stupid people.
Precisely that’s what the Senate was doing - exercising checks and balance! And that’s what the a-holes in Supreme Court prevented.
*****
Ditto to this nothing-between-the-ears Ronald whose banana cue logic asks for the cost the Senate “wasted” on ZTE. Do your family a favor - get an education!
How much did the Senate save you when this ZTE-NBN ripoff was nipped? P13.5 Billion ONLY!
I like reading Gloria’s fanatics’ comments. Very revealing indeed. Hahahaha!
April 8th, 2008 at 4:10 am
you elected dumb and supid senators.
all of you deserve what you got .
April 8th, 2008 at 1:56 am
kaya nga ang pagbabago ay nasa ating mga sagradong boto pa rin di ba? bakit kayo gigil na gigil sa mga imbestigasyon ng senado samantalang masa rin ang naglagay sa kanila sa kanilang mga puwesto…kung sakali man na puro grandstanding at useless investigation lamang ang kanilang ginagawa ay may bahagi rin tayo sa pagkakamaling iyon…ang bumoto ng tunay na lider.
ang sagot lamang sa mga pagtatanong tungkol sa legislation power at jurisdiction ng senate ay mamili tayo ng karapat-dapat na senador…hindi popular hindi sikat, pero hanggang walang tunay na reporma sa Comelec at walang moral recovery siguro patuloy tayo na magkakaroon ng lito lapid, bong revilla, jinggoy estrada, jamby madrigal, miriam santiago sa senado…
mas malala nga ang problema kung useless investigation ang isyu sa Lower House kasi “rainbow coalition” ang pagsasamantala nila sa kanilang mga constituents..meaning sama sama sila sa paggawa at pagpasa ng mga batas upang lalong mapangalagaan ang kanilang interes, dynasty at lalong magpayaman sa puwesto.
ang tanging solution lang sa mga suliraning ng ating bansa ay ang matalinong pagboto sa 2010, bumoto kayo at makibahagi para hindi lang tayo puna at batikos.
God bless the Philippines
April 8th, 2008 at 12:46 am
It is funny how some bloggers think about the senate, his role and his rights. It looks like these bloggers just want to hide their trying to protect GMA from anything that could hurt her through questions and investigations. As said many times, if there is nothing wrong to hide, GMA and the entire administrations could just neglect the senate’s moves.
How selfserving this administration is, shows the new reports about Iggy Arroyo’s pushing to reclassify their Hazienda from agricultural to industrial for to evade all the land reform cases. Those who have been sponsoring the concerned biofuel law are said all to be big land owners who want to profite more on oil production than helping to supply the Filipinos who elected them withfoods. They do not even want to help RP to have more own fuel, they want to sell their products to foreign buyers who pay more. Means, less corn, sugar or rice but still not more fuel to RP. How this matches their oath to work in favor of the Filipinos? It is nice to know that Iggy is now Chair of the Commission on natural resources and another Arroyo controls the energy. But of course, there is no dynasty, no corruption, no problem of personal and national interests. And then the senate should not investigate things like that, matters of plain personal advantages out of political ranks, no bribery and cheating? What irreal imagination of a democratic system. Of course, that is why so many want an unicameral system where a majority, even by cheating or bribery, can push through anything their boss wants.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Sana ang mga COMMENTS na ito bilang vox populi ay makarating naman sa mata at mga tainga ng mga senadores, at hari nawaý makarating din sa kanilang mga utak na maunawain at puso na mapagbigay at matulungin para sa ganoon magising naman sila. Sana naman marunong din sila tumanggap sa kanilang mga pagkukulang at pagkakamali. Pakinggan ninyo ang democratic na bayan dahil sila ang salamin ng inyong consciencia. Kahit kayoý mga professional at marunong raw, kailangan pa rin ninyo ang spiritual formation, marunong tumingin kay kristo …at hindi lamang marunong tumingin sa kintab at ningning ng PERA para maging magnanakaw o mapagdaraya o mapagsarili sa gana ng kaban. Tingnan naman ninyo kung paano umunlad ang bayan. Be reminded that you are elected to be PUBLIC SERVANTS…pero ang nangyayari ay ginanagawa ninyong servants ang mga taxpayers at OFWs. Dapat lang magtrabajo kayo para mapaunlad ang buhay ng mga ito. Kayo ang mas masaya kay sa kanila. Nagkakandamatay na ang marami sa kanila sa pagtatrabaho sa abroad para lang masueldohan kayo. Bilisbilisan naman ninyo ang pagpasa ng mga bills na nabubulok na parang itlog sa senado para naman walang masyadong reclamo at sufrimiento ng bayan. MAY CONSCIENCIA PA BA KAYO?
April 7th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Senate is wasting money on investigations. pwde b mlman kung mgkno ginagastos s isang araw n hearing re jan s ZTE/NBN deal? sana idonate nlng nila s mga nagugutom s kalsada un budget nila jan. nka tulong p cla s mga nagugutom. cguro miryenda lng nila jan s banana q plng e bka 50peso n ang isa.. ginagamit nila pera ng gobyerno s maagang pangagampanya para s knilang pgtakbo s pgkpresidente s 2010..
April 7th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
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Alain Says:
April 7th, 2008 at 4:27 am
There is so much talk about Senate investigation of so many useless issues. Every one involved is just grandstanding for their own personal agenda.
How about investigating the tremendous INFLUENCE of the CHINESE and KOREAN people in our own government.
If we do not wake up, we wil end up like the TIBETIANS. Right now, Laos is being overrun by Chinese influence and government in the form of rural developments.
Wake up Senators and do your homework for the people who elected you.
juan dela cruz
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You must be really out of your mind. Its the senate job to investigate all the corruption on government office’s,. I guess its okay with you if they’re not going to investigate the corruption that is hounding the bogus President Gloria Arroyo. There is solid evidence that they’re robbing the government coffer.
April 7th, 2008 at 4:27 am
There is so much talk about Senate investigation of so many useless issues. Every one involved is just grandstanding for their own personal agenda.
How about investigating the tremendous INFLUENCE of the CHINESE and KOREAN people in our own government.
If we do not wake up, we wil end up like the TIBETIANS. Right now, Laos is being overrun by Chinese influence and government in the form of rural developments.
Wake up Senators and do your homework for the people who elected you.
juan dela cruz
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April 6th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
To Wilfredo…
GISING KABAYAN.., Like you, I dont like most in the senate. In particular, I dont like Lacson, Legarda, Joker, Pimentel, Gordon to name a few.. But just like college, it is not the professor we select, it the subject we take. If Gloria indeed have nothing to hide, why uses the clauses in legality to supress the investigation. let a free wheel investigation lost it steam if their are not guilty. Yes, most of the people dont trust the Senate, but they abhor more the Malacanang Palace… Well, just the same, Kudos to you.. You are one of the very rare species that still believe with Gloria. Cheers! Life is beautiful.
April 6th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Pangilinan insists that the Supreme Court “intervenes” with the internal ruling of the Senate? That they also also “supreme” in what they had decided?
The senator forgot the that also “check and balance” in the 3 branches should prevail. The Senate has no outright monopoly of the “Truth” and they can be subjected to corrections also. Pangilinan and the rest of the opposition senators are just licking their wounded bloated egos on the losing battle of their investigations
I wonder how would Gabby feel on his comment?
April 6th, 2008 at 7:31 am
no need for cerebral exercise here..just watch the clowns in ANC and you’ll know the kind of senators we are having….
senators with mouths firing faster than their minds..
April 6th, 2008 at 1:56 am
dear vox populi,
hindi ko alam kung papano ko umpisahan ang sasabihin ko.. at hindi ko rin alam kung saan ko ipapadala itong aking nararamdaman tungkol sa mga nangyayari sa ating bansa.. isa lng po ako sa mga OFW na mahilig magbasa sa mga nangyayari sa ating mahal na bayan.. lalong lalo na sa iyong column…
its around 1:40am here in my place and just open my PC to browse or read some news back home.. i found it disgusting about one of the news header which says: “JVD HIT FOR CLAIMING $100M CUT IN “08″ RICE IMPORTS”…
nakaka inis na ang mga nababasa ko/namin sa mga nangyayari sa ating mahal na bayan.. naiinis ako o dili kaya nagagalit sa mga tao na kung ituring ay mga matataas na tao sa ating lipunan…
ang mga taong kasangkot sa head line na yan ay puro sila wala sa tamang kaisipan.. lahat sila ay pare pareho ang hangad.. like JVD.. nawala na ang cridibilidad… ginagamit na lng niya ang kanyang pagka JOE D BOLA.. at ito naman sina hunghang na PUENTEVELLA at MITRA na yan, pare parehas lng kayo… nasisikmura niyo ang mga pinag gagawa niyo na ang inyong katungkulan ay ginagamit para makapagnakaw sa perang hindi niyo pinaghirapan… nasisikmura niyo na ang inyong ipinapakain sa inyong mga mahal sa buhay ay galing sa inyong hindi pinaghirapan…
sa iyo MITRA, sana lng tularan mo ang ugali ng iyong yumaong ama… balasubas ka.. hindi mo alam ang iyong pinagsasabi.. p… ina mo… at ikaw naman PUENTEVELLA… isa ka rin mapagsamantala… ikaw naman JOE D BOLA tigilan mo na ang iyong bunganga.. sobra sobra na ang ninakaw mo… hindi ka ba nadadala sa nangyari sa pamilya mo noong nasunog ang anak mo… p… ina mo rin… at kayong mga ibang tongressman at mga senadores… gawin niyo ang dapat na trabaho niyo ang paglingkuran ang mga mamamayan na nagtiwala sa inyo… alam na alam ng sambayanan na kayo rin ay pare parehong corrupt…
sana naman maawa kayo sa sarili niyo… at sana rin maisip niyo na ang sinasahod at ninanakaw niyo ay galing sa amin mga maliliit na nagbabayad sa tinatawag niyong tax… mga p…. ina niyo lahat…
April 6th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Philippines is considered one of the most corrupt nation in the world. How sad that this once promising nation has gone down to the hole. When will this country get back up and truly show that you are a great nation? It’s a shame.
April 5th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
While the forest is burning, the monkeys are amazed by the parrots in the banana trees. And doesn’t anyone disturb them, for it is I, not the fire, who will consume them.
April 5th, 2008 at 11:08 am
that’s why we are doomed as a nation, kahit sino maupo sa posisyon nilalamon g sistema! senador pa lang asal hari na, what more kun sila na ang nasa malacanang! Yan si pimentel tumatanda ng paurong, pareho sila ni guingona at cory! up to this moment, he’s still bitter kasi di sya ang na appoint na bise presidente! common old man… grow old gracefully!
April 5th, 2008 at 5:46 am
Who says they are learned and principled? ha ha ha, what a joke, di ba Erap?
April 5th, 2008 at 4:33 am
ganoon nga ba talaga ang trabajo ng mga senadores sa oposition? manglalait, fault finders? parang wala na silang ginawa kundi maninira sa incumbent government no? Di ba maganda sana kung nagtututlungan para mapaunlad ang bayan, samasamang nagtatrabajo…parang laging negative thinkers ang mga ito…parang di na nagkaroon ng positive thinking o appreciation ang mga ito. o hindi marunong tumingin sa mga mabuting bagay na nagawa ni Presidente…duling lang yata sila…o baka naman puro lang self-interests ang pinauunlad nila. okay lang sana kung nagkicriticise sa gobierno positively, pero ang iba ay may intention na sirain ang gobierno ni Gloria…gusto nila sila ang may glory..vainglory!!
April 4th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
Oh yes, publishing again is an easy task. It’s only, if all was published already, why again? There have been other claims of executive privileges already and never before the publication has been mentioned as a hindrance to hearings, not by the claimants and not by palace or SC, only now when GMA would be direct hit by questions.
The ZTE deal involves corruption which is a crime, no kind of privilege can allow the cover-up of a crime. And that there is a lot of crimes to hide is the only imaginable reason for the palace to be so hellbent on blocking any investigation. Look at other countries, real democratic or not, how fast accused people, up to presidents and prime ministers, resign or are forced to resign, one has just to look back two days for an example.In RP, they would rather glue their ass to their seats than facing the truth. But still, they boast of being honorable, transparen and, of course 1000 percent democratic.
April 4th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
As I observed senate only use what they said it is an aid for legislation to prosecute the president ang her family about corruption which they don’t have any evidence at all, that is why until now they don’t put in closure their investigation to let the people got angry and have another people power to toppled the current administration. I think if they are really educated by the data they already gathered they could compose bills to make law not to repeat the same mistake on what they are investigating now. I wonder if they have education to do that or they are just afraid that the law they will create will be used against them once they have been elected on the position they dream on 2010. They are just wasting taxpayer money…..
April 4th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Mahirap matawag sa Senado, bukod sa wala ngang rules na nakapublish… eh puro mga self-serving agenda ng karamihan ang topic… Eh yung namang public hearings na ginagawa nila eh ‘in aid of legislation’… Wala namang batas na ginagawa galing dun sa mga imbestigasyong ito… Ang hirap pa eh, pag akma sa gusto nila yung sinasabi ng supposedly witness kahit walang basehan eh gagamitin ng ebidensya… Pag di naman tugma sa gusto nila eh sasabihin na sinungaling yung witness… Eh wala palang pinagkaiba sa mga pulis patola mga senador natin… Maraming batas na kailangan ang bansa natin… Malaki na rin ang nagagastos sa mga imbestigasyon na yan… Sana naman, kung ang nais ng mga Senador na magimbestiga na lang sila… Dapat mag-PNP na lang sila o NBI… Nakakahiya naman siguro sa aming nagbabayad ng buwis na kung ayaw gawin ng mga Senador ang trabaho nila, eh walang napuntahan ang pinapapasweldo sa kanila…
April 4th, 2008 at 5:21 am
My Japanese friends say that the most difficult words for filipinos to say are the words “I am sorry”. Filipinos would always find an excuse for any fault that he has committed.
Take the case of Senator Pimentel who accused DA Secretary Yap of having a father in law involved in rice trading which of course was immediately denied and disproven by the honorable secretary.
Did the unhonorable Senator Pimentel offer any apologies for his wrong and unreliable information?
I got from a reliable source that Senator Pimentel has colon cancer and is a gay.
I wish the senator could prove this information inaccurate.
If my information was not correct at least this early, I am offering my apologies and say “I am sorry”.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:18 am
The problem is that once the Senate publishes its rules for inquiry, it’s as if it already admitted the veracity of the bickering of the Palace.
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:48 pm
It’s hard to print a non-existent tabulation of rules.
Rambo-style shooting; you empty the clip and hope you hit something. Senate’s just buying time because frankly, they can’t make laws that truly help Filipinos without first attending to their personal needs.
We need leaders who take a little more responsibility and a little less credit for their work.
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:55 pm
nakita dw ng bulag n magksama s miting c PGMA at abalos at may nkrinig din dw n pipi at bingi s usapan nila regarding s ZTE/NBN deal. abangan ang knilang pgtestigo s senado! mabuhay ang senado!
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:47 pm
more witnesses to appear! hindi lng star witness ni jamby, surprise witnes ni lacson & secret witness ni cayetano kundi mga blind witness at deaf & mute witness din.. hehehe. cno nmn kya sponsor nila?
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:46 pm
The email message hereunder is being circulated among OFW’s. This is the reason why we call OWWA useless & should be abolished, or at least make OWWA membership for OFW’s voluntary, not complulsary.
FYI
Basahin ninyo ang nadiskubre ng Commission on Audit kung saan
> nilulustay ang pera nating mga OFW at ipakalat
> o ipaalam sa mga
> kasamahan natin na walangdaan sa e-mail.
>
>
THE Commission on Audit (COA) has rebuked
> the
> Philippine Overseas Employment
> Administration for “illegally”
> granting about P40 million in incentives and
> allowances to its officials
> and
> employees for the past three years.
>
> COA also took the POEA to task for allowing
> its executives and
> employees who were issued mobile phones to
> download about P796,000 worth
> of games,
> tones, picture messages and other
> unauthorized items.
>
>
> In its latest report, prepared by Director
> IV Roberto Marquez,
> COA said the POEA drew P24.048 million from
> the funds of the Overseas
> Workers’
> Welfare Administration to grant an
> “incentive allowance” to its
> personnel. Such use of OWWA funds is
> unauthorized, COA said.
>
>
> It said that even if the OWWA Board of
> Trustees had justified
> the giving of the incentive allowance by citing
> the increase in OWWA
> collections from overseas Filipino workers, the
> move was “without legal
> basis.”
>
>
> Section 15 (e) of the General Appropriations
> Act, FY 2003 (as
> reenacted in 2004), “as well as previous
> general appropriation acts,
> provides that
> no government funds shall be [used] to pay
> honoraria,
> allowances or other compensations to any
> government official or
> employee, except
> those specifically authorized by law,” the
> report stated.
>
>
> Section 3 of Administrative Order 103 also
> bans national
> government agencies from granting new or
> additional benefits to their
> officials and employees “except for Collective
> Negotiation
>
> Agreement (CNA) Incentives and those
> expressly provided by
> presidential issuance,” the COA said.
>
>
> Although it recommended that the POEA
> management stop granting
> the incentive allowance, COA acknowledged that
> the issue is awaiting
> final disposition before the Legal Adjudication
> Office.
>
>
> COA noted that the POEA granted P15.448
> million for the CNA
> signing bonus and rice allowance to its
> employees, a violation of rules
> laid down by
> the Public Sector Labor Management Council.
>
>
> COA said the POEA management and the
> employees’ union agreed on
> a quarterly rice subsidy to its employees,
> including casuals,
> contractual and
> temporary workers, and a P15,000 signing
> bonus “to be given on a
> staggered basis within three years subject to
> the availability of
> savings.”
>
>
> On the strength of the agreement signed on
> December 10, 2001,
> the POEA granted P15.448 million from 2002 to
> 2004. But! the COA
> reviewed the
> payments and found they could have violated
> the rules on CNA
> signing bonus and allowances. Rice and other
> subsidies require
> “appropriation of funds,” or approval from
> Congress and subsequent
> enactment of the President, COA said.
>
>
> COA also cited a May 16, 2002, circular from
> the Department of
> the Budget and Management that said the
> President has issued a
> “moratorium on the grant of CNA signing bonus
> due to some problems
> raised on the payment and fund source.”
>
>
> COA added that the moratorium has been in
> effect until these
> problems are resolved and a policy is issued on
> the matter.
>
>
> It also cited the July 11, 2002, decision of
> the Supreme Court
> in the case of Social Security System v. COA,
> in which it ruled against
> the signing
> bonus as a form of additional compensation
> under the
> Constitution.
>
>
> COA said that despite the Court’s earlier
> pronouncement against
> the granting of incentives and allowances, the
> POEA in 2004 still gave
> P7.2105 million to its employees and officials
> as signing bonus and rice
> subsidies.
>
>
> The POEA justified its move by saying that
> the budget department
> had approved the release of incentives and
> allowances, COA said.
>
>
> COA also questioned why the POEA failed to
> follow the guidelines
> in its memorandum on October 26, 2001, covering
> the use of cell phones
> after the POEA paid for the nonessential
> downloads made by its officials
> and employees.
>
>
> The POEA is supposed to put a limit on the
> use of cell phones,
> but the audit on its telephone bills showed
> that P487,283.59 of the
> P1.3-million total
> from 2003 to 2004 consisted of charges in
> excess of the
> authorized limit.
>
>
> Even POEA’s bookkeeper in charge admitted
> that she could not
> impose limits on the use of ! the cell phones
> to some officials, COA
> said.
>
>
> “We also noted that the POEA had incurred
> other charges
> amounting to P308,747.58 in the use of the
> mobile phones, in addition to
> the fixed charges of P400,002.80 due to
> subscription to Globe lines or
> plans. These additional charges are value-added
> taxes and currency
> adjustment fees. Other charges which are
> personal and which are easily
> incurred and billed due to the nature of line
> subscription, include
> share-a-load and its processing fee, GPRS such
> as Globe games, photo
> messages, polyphonic
> ring tones,digital postcards, photo album,
> cinema and magazine
> covers, premium java download, instant
> messaging and catxtcism, etc.,”
> COA said.
>
> To avoid further overpayments, COA
> recommended that the POEA
> coordinate with Globe to shift to prepaid cards
> and end the subscription
> of postpaid
> lines.
>
>
>
>
> ____________ _________ _________ __
>
> If this is all true it is ROBBERY.CORRUPTION
> AND DISREGARD FOR
> THE LAW.
> I propose the following action:
>
> 1. The OFW, through a legal
> representative file
> a corruption case against the
> officers, and
> employees of POEA and OWWA.
> The legal funds can be donated by OFW,
>
> through a US$1.00 Contribution, per
> OFW.
> We have to find how the money can be
> collected. Through a bank? Through a
> trust
> Fund? (Any suggestions? )
>
> 2. Petition the Government, through the
> Senate
> to Scrap the POEA and OWWA.
>
> 3. Force the Government to return to the
> OFW
> the payments issued by the OFW to the
> POEA
> and OWWA.
>
> (Ex)-Chief Justice Panganiban, please give us
> some advice on how to
> proceed with the necessary action.
>
> OFW DOES NOT NEED POEA AND OWWA.
> THE OFW IS PAYING THE SALARIES OF THESE
> PEOPLE, AND THEY ARE
> TREATING OFW’S AS DIRT.
> THEY ARE ROBBING THE OFW OF THEIR HARD
> EARNED MONEY THROUGH THE
> HELP OF THE GOVERNMENT THAT SHOULD PROTECT ITS
> WORKERS.
> INSTEAD OF THE FAMILIES OF THE OFW, THE POEA
> AND OWWA IS
> ENJOYING THE LABORS OF THE OFW.
>
> THIS IS THE TIME THAT OFW MUST SHOUT AND
> DEMAND FOR ACTION.
> THIS IS WORSE THAN THE DIRECT HIRE
> REGULATION.
>
>
>
>
> Dear “OFW” ,
>
> Ganito siguro talaga tayong mga Pilipino,
> kahit pinagsabihan na
> ng
> kamalian, patuloy pa ring magpapalusot
> especially kung sa
> gobierno
> nagtatrabaho. Not all as I know of but the
> below COA findings
> are clear
> indication and self-explanatory.
>
> Anyways, it’s about time we explore
> alternative means of having
> a separate
> private insurance company which will
> properly invest the
> premiums that will
> result to concrete and practically available
> insurance and
> medical benefits
> at hindi katulad sa OWWA at POEA na
> pi-nagsa-samantalah ang
> gastahin maging
> pang-load sa cellphones ang ating ibinabayad
> na premium sa
> dahilang wala
> silang alam patungkol sa ‘insurance’.
>
> I bet my ass (forgive my language), no one
> from OWWA and most of
> all from
> the POEA is knowledgeable about insurance
> business much more how
> to invest
> the premiums paid thru these agencies
> (inorder to generate
> income and
> return these thru exceptional benefits to
> the insured) except to
> enumerate
> the OWWA guidelines and the memorandum of
> objective creating the
> POEA from
> which, in defense to this accusation,
> officials from these 2
> government
> entities will immediately refer to. Ang
> alam nila ay gastahin
> ang pera
> kahit hantarang hindi nila eto pueding
> galawin.
>
> Any more better thoughts to add, be my
> guest.
>
> Cheers and good day,
“Kabayang OFW”
>
> VERY DISGUSTING AND DISAPPOINTING! !!!
> What will happen to us if these things
> continue to happen?
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:40 pm
I belived that the rules have been published since then, simply because of the fact that the Senate is a continuing body not like the House of Representatives. The majority in the Supreme Court who voted for upholding the right of Commisioner Romulo Neri to invoke executive privilige in refusing to answer the queries from the Senators was a deliberate manuevering by the majority with absolute help from Malacanang, of course, to deflect from the real issue of a commission of a crime, that is why they came up with a decision to uphold because of a technicality they argued that the Senate is not a continuing body and had not publish their rules. Based on simple logic my argument now is that the Supreme Court must recognize and uphold that the Senate is a continuing body because it is a law making body that needs to make and enact laws swiftly and immediately no matter what time, day, or event to keep the rule of law of the land meaning to prevent chaos, unlike the Supreme Court which is the law interpreting body and the Executive Branch which is the law enforcing body and from this logic we can separate their distinction. So to make my point, the majority should have given more weight in their argument towards national interest which is there was a commission of a crime as evident by the admission of the President and Commissioner Neri in public, than a technicality on the part of the Senate which is just doing their job as eyes, ears, nose, and mouth of the people. I believe Malacanang meddled in those justices decision to uphold because Malacanang wanted Commissioner Neri to lie and to get former chairman of Commission of Election Abalos of the hook because Abalos knew a lot about the cheating in the 2004 presidential election. Why can’t president Arroyo testify or prosecute against Abalos if she is really for anti-corruption. Also, just a thought, did anybody cross in their mind that the automation of poll before the 2004 presidential election might have been intentionally sabotaged by Abalos dictated by Malacanang because they found out that Fernando Poe would run and could win it, so they opted not to automate it to manipulate the results.
This is it for now!
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:16 pm
it’s high time someone write about these “dis-honorables”.
whenever this senator from cdo gets hold of the mike, you can be sure it will spell disaster. but, that’s ok, because more and more people will come to realize they have wasted their votes. remember during cory’s time he created an uproar as sec. of the local govts.? friends of mine from cdo will attest to this senator’s arrogance.
along w/ jamboy, pingky, jingoy, they demean, insult, taunt resource persons w/o let-up, and they all say they are in search of the “truth”? give us a break.
it’s as if they have claimed a franchise to dishonor one’s reputation.
and this senator whose only claim to fame is sharon, how dare him call the sc inutile, just because he didn’t like the decision? such arrogance..
mang godo is right, what legislation have they crafted after their investigations in aid of legislation? nothing.
perhaps it’s time we start our own 1M online petition to ABOLISH the senate. if erap die-hards can muster their 1M for their idol, why can’t we? we are giving them 200M/yr as cdf funds, for what?
April 3rd, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Jinggoy, Stop pretending that you know a lot of things. Di bagay sayo sa senado. Parang may kasaling pusa sa loob. Minsan lang kumana, di pa malinaw.;
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:45 pm
To Gloria Kawatan,
obyus bna obyus na galit ka kay GMA…hehehe
well, ang utak mo ay sarado (kung may utak ka man)..pinagtatanggol mo ang mga senador na nagnanakaw ng buwis na binabayd mo (kung nagbabayad ka man ng buwis)…pinagtatanggol mo ang mga politiko na kasama sa pumapatay sa ating bansa at nagpapahirap sa mamayang pilipino…
Kung galit ka talaga sa kurakot…MAGALIT KA SA LAHAT!!!!
Pahalata ka naman na makitid ang utak mo…galit ka dun sa tao (kay GMA) at di ka talaga galit sa kurakot…
kung suporter ka ni erap at ng mga estrada..maiintindihan ko na wala kang utak..tulad ng mga idolo mo
susmaryosep!!!!
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:41 pm
the only rule these GOD DAMNED politicians know…¨MAGNAKAW NG PERA PARA LAGING MANALO SA ELEKSYON¨!!!
Bakit ba hindi ninyo maintindihan yan? Sana ang mga pilipino simulan ng tanggapin na walang politiko sa atin na hindi KURAKOT!!!!! LAHAT SILA KURAKOT!!!!
KAYA TIGILAN NA NATIN ANG PAGBIBIGAY PUGAY SA MGA LINTEK NA MGA POLITIKO NATIN!!!!
MAS MARUMI PA SILA SA EBAK!!!! AT MAS MABAHO PA SILA SA AMOY NG NAAGNAS NA BANGKAY!!!!
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Question: How many person does it take to screw one country by bending all the rules? Answer: One. Just look at GMA.
Malacanang needs no rule as they don’t follow any. For one with no shame, for one who lies to the skin of her teeth, no rule applies!
What nonsense!
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:19 pm
With all the corruption that is hounding her stolen administration they won’t be able to plug all the holes. I don’t care how good her MAFIA’S on covering all the corruption under her bogus regime. One of these day, Somebody will wake-up! and show all relevant document’s on all their corruption, I just hope they’re not going to bring it to court because if they do Gloria Arroyo, Judges just going to trash it, If not they’re going to burn it so that there is no proof to pin her down. How anybody trust them when they already proven themselves that they’re only protecting the squatter’s in Malacanyang Palace.
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Ang hirap naman kasi sa mga pulitiko natin, daming satsat wala namang gawa. Dapat tinangal na lahat ng magkakapamilya diyan at hinde puwede ang ganyang kahabang imbestigasyon, sayang lang pera
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:50 am
If the Senate publish the rules that means they have to follow with it. Senators are notorious for not following the rules even obeying the law, because they believe THEY ARE THE LAW. Is there anyone in the senate that can be trusted and honest. I don’t think they even respect the highest institution of the land. The senate is where the BIG MONEY is, being there is a prize and your family will be settled for life. The Senate belongs to 90 million filipinos in 2010 it’s time to take it back and return it to the rightful owner, lets start KICKING THOSE LOUSY ASSES of current so called 24 Senators.
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:44 am
Our present legislative and executive will go down history as the worst in their respective areas.
I will tell my kids that they are the worst people to have assumed office
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:27 am
Di na yata nagtratrabaho o nag iisip ang mga senators natin. Ang main functions nila ay magpanukala ng mga batas na magiging armas ng pamahalaan tungkol sa pag unlad ng sambayanang Pilipino. Pero di ito ang nangyayari. Puro Senate Investigation in aid of legislation ang halos ginagawa nila. Ang nangyari ay puro investigation lang at walang legislation so nasayang ang bilyong piso na pork barrel nila dahil walang batas na nagawa resulting from their investigations. Ang naging resulta ay bangayan ng mga administration officials, opposition senators and some members of Supreme Court. Naipit sa kanila ang kapakanan ng mamamayan. Ngayon ako kumbinsido na dapat na talagang alisin ang senado at gawing unicameral na lang ang legislature natin because senate is a symbol of elite’s dysfunctional system whose aim by its majority is not to serve but to become the president of the republic.
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:06 am
This is not yet over. Senators having a field day of free tv exposure for the 2010 and directing their own telenovela for their own selfish political agenda is helping this nation to crumble. Senatongs, you are doing disservice to this country. Go on make laws that will benefit the people not for your own political agenda.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:17 am
Hello, Guz: I believe the rules already been publish. And even though the senator’s going to publish it again thats don’t mean the crooks from Malacanyang Palace going to follow rule of law; As we already can see it. They’re doing everything in their power to cover-up all their corruption that is hounding her bogus regime. If she don’t have anything to hide why suppress the truth. Truth of the matter is she is guilty to the core. The truth is there for everyone to see. If you can’t see it then you’re blind.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:15 am
Malacanang says they will not attend the senate hearings.
The guys in Malacanang are such kill joys. The senators won’t like that. Taking away the fun and free TV and radio plugs ain’t no way to treat the presidential-vice presidental wannabes.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:07 am
Oh, but the fun is to be seen on TV and heard over the radio especially now that 2010 is just around the bend. So don’t stress yourself out my friend, rules or no rules, more is yet to come. You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:08 am
Wala siguro rules itong Senado, simple lang ang request ilabas ang rules ng senado. Pag kayo ang inuutusan ang titigas ng ulo ninyo, kapag ayaw kayo sundin nanakot naman kayo ng contempt. Sayang lang ang pera ng taxpayers inaaksaya ninyo sa hearing at publisidad. Wala kayo ginawa kundi tirahin ang Presidente nagtatrabaho, araw-araw na puro pulitika ang naiisip ninyo. Check and balance kuno, sa inyo mga senador sino ang magtse-check and balance kung tama ang mga gastusin ninyo. Tigilan na ninyo ang Malacanang Palace. Pimentel mag resign ka na puro ka bintang sa kapwa mo wala ka naman evidence, sayang naman ang pagiging abogado mo, hindi mo ginamit puro ka pasikat. Sige, appeal kayo sa Supreme Court pero kung talo kayo matuto kayo sumunod karamihang sa inyo matitigas ang ulo. Kapag nanalo naman kayo sa Supreme Court ang yayabang naman ninyo at sasabihin dapat igalang ang decision, kapag natalo naman kayo ayaw ninyo igalang ang decision. Mga salbahe kayo. Magsilayas kayo sa Senado
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:39 am
They would have to go thru a lot of holes. Which is damn numerous, I’d say. :/