WHY does Mr. Winston Garcia insist on representing the Government Service Insurance System in his fight with the Lopezes?
Does he really think that just because of his position in the GSIS, he represents all government employees? Has he tried to get their opinion? He is gambling with these employees’ future. The pension fund is not his alone. He is just its caretaker.
He will soon be out of office as soon as his bosses in Malacañang are either booted out or their terms expire. What will he do then? In my opinion, Mr Garcia might be diverting attention from his management of the pension fund altogether. His strategy seems to be to go after his neighbor’s trash so that his own trash won’t be looked at.
The Senate should start looking at the management of the pension fund. I’m not saying they’ll find anything there, but it’s worth it to take a cursory look at how it’s being managed being that it affects all past, present, and future government employees. Look at how the money is being invested, look at the balance sheets. It’s only fair we take a look at Mr Garcia’s backyard as well, not just the Lopezes. I’ll bet there are unwanted weeds and trash in his backyard that’ll need cleaning up or may lead to the eviction of its occupants.
– Bong Dignadice, Fontana, California (via e-mail)
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July 10th, 2008 at 10:52 am
Sa haba haba ng prosisyon sa pagbabayad parin ng mahal na kuryente ng meralco ang tuloy.. yan ang katotohan, kahit anong esplika gawin ninyo at depense sa meralco sa sarili parin ninyong bulsa at pawis manggagaling ang ibabayad ninyo sa kuryente buwan buwan.
Kung ikaw ay isang driver ng pampaseherong jeep, ikaw ay nahuli dahil nagsakay ka sa “no loading zone”, sisingilin moba sa pasehero mo yung multa sa traffic violation mo? Isa lang yan sa mga “system loss” ng ordinaryong Juan dela Cruz. Ang pagkakaiba lang, hindi kasing gahaman ng Meralco ang ordinaryong Juan dela Cruz..
July 10th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Chiquito, we can forget Garcia and the Lopezes, they are just personalities; but can we forget our electric bills and Meralco?
I’d say let’s forget about the bishops, consider them as just flies in the ointment. More than half of the world’s population do not believe in what they say.
July 10th, 2008 at 7:02 am
Ding Estraza,
I have questions for you for the enlightenment and benefit of everyone here in our blog regarding your claimed knowledge gained by just paying your electric bills for the past couple of decades:
1. What power plants is Saudi Electric using?
2. What are the prices of diesel, bunker and petrol right there?
3. What are the transmission, distribution and utilization voltages right there?
4. How can they get rid of the system losses in their electric system? Does their lines do not have resistance or impedances?
5. How much royalties, and taxes does the Saudi gov’t. slap on their oil imports?
6. Are there subsidies in your domestic fuel right there? how much per liter?
Thanks. Please respond the soonest so that everyone will be eductaed.
July 9th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Congressman and Godo is right, Mang Godo must be a Great Fool or Dakilang Tanga like other people whom I read that supporting GMA. There’s no Official Confirmation that GMA is our Head of State but what we discovered is that there’s a name of HM, King Anthony Santiago Martin of no. 133 Rizal St., San Sebastian, Hagonoy, Bulacan and having multiple financial warrants that could be saved us from this crisis. GMA is making promise out of nothing and she is also expecting these wealth solely entrusted to HM, King Anthony Santiago Martin directly intended for us, worth dying Filipinos.
July 9th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
I will not start calling anyone here a MORON because it will be an insult to all the stupid people. And I would also like to tell Mr. Estraza that I do not speculate in the business of electricity.
Just because there is a single item in your bill in Saudi does not mean your system does not have losses. I will not repeat myself after this, about the inherent characteristics of electrical systems - one of these is technical losses.
If Mr. Estraza can prove to me that the electrical system in Saudi has no measurable losses, then I lose this argument and I will stop commenting here. Otherwise, I think that he is an incompetent finance manager for not knowing the basics of price structures which is taught in business courses starting as early as the freshman year.
If I sounded too technical for you in the previous comments, you can use wikipedia to help you. Try looking up core losses, hysteresis and copper losses for beginners. Now, UNLESS Saudi uses loss-free materials UNLIKE copper for transformers and conductors, your “perfect” Saudi system WILL ALWAYS HAVE SYSTEMS LOSSES, from the generating plant all the way into your house, dormitory, or building.
And don’t give me the BS that only Meralco is greedy because it has many items, which includes systems loss, in its bills.