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)
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.