From Pattaya, GMA intoned a most disturbing Easter message: “Risk all for Truth!” What callousness. What audacious hypocrisy. Easter is supposed to be about redemption and hope. But with such an official statement, the hopelessness of many only waxes further. At the very least, beyond merely pontificating about truth, she should move the pertinent agencies to do better police, legal and forensic work on all the kidnappings and killings that remain unsolved in our country. Tragically, with killings on the rise, government seems overly anxious to let murderers and rapists get lighter sentences or commutations of their prison terms. Is this Government being more Christian than the Christ? It’s very tempting to simply say that, in this country, the science of forensics is purposely left underdeveloped so that the killers (many of them probably in government) maintain their impunity. And if found guilty anyway, you can get out earlier by some pious power. No wonder many are drowning in hopelessness.
Consider these: Ninoy Aquino. Lean Alejandro. Dacer. Corbito. What do these names have in common? Mystery. For who really killed them and why? Even in the case of Ninoy, the question remains for the mastermind has yet to be identified. And yes, we also want to raise the ghosts of the Dacer-Corbito case. But where is the solid forensic evidence behind these two killings? To compound matters, how can we fully trust government on this when those involved might have been government agents themselves… or are now “enemies” of the government for they purportedly support certain political interests anti-thetical to the current regime? Why are the Dacer-Corbito twin murders being revived this time around? Eleksiyon na naman? We hope government can put as much effort on other killings and disappearances especially the political ones where the military and police are being implicated. This country needs two S’s–science and sincerity. More science in its system of governance. More sincerity from its political leaders. May we remind GMA, you have been called many times to risk all for truth. What have you and your minions in Congress done? So as you say that we must risk all for truth, we cannot help but ask, whose Truth? For whom? Puro patayan dito, habang nasa Patayya ka.
Louie Checa Montemar, Singalong, Manila, via e-mail
June 21st, 2009 at 11:32 am
I would suggest PGMA should take the opportunity of a graceful exit in 2010 as she completed her term, completely retiring from politics.
Regardless on how history will judge her administration, be it good or bad, it is only prudent for a former president to completely retire for private life away from politics.
Any attempt to continue holding public office after 2010 will only reflects greed and lack of delicadeza.For doing so, It only shows the very ugly face of Filipino culture, PAGKAGAHAMAN SA KAPANGYARIHAN AT PAGKAKAPAL NG MUKHA!!! Why not just allow others to serve?
June 10th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
I agree with anak t. sa-it, people were preceived to the things which no one knows it will happen, baseless or creating bad insinuation to PGMA and her gov’t? Assessment base on clouds and stars? Other media outlets used for simply demolition job courtesy from pork barrel. PGMA has gone to every corner of the philippine island assisting relief operation or symphaty to people during calamities even on dangerous areas? How many roads, bridges built and new airports and facilities and handed land tiltles given, just to mentioned few. If she is not smart and good leader the phippine already collapsed during the food shortage and global melt down. I think no one could surpass her achievements. Her administration based on program built she offered to people during her first term. Accomplishment based on scheduled program phase by phase. That’s a true good leader, planner and management wise. She been respected here abroad and around the world, the 4th to address UN general assembly, seated on special table for great leaders at China’s olympic gathering and recognized as one of the strongest woman in the world. For sure, the rest big mouth politicians are after only of the gov’t funds to pocket and nothing more scrambling and infighting everyone to position. That’s their plan and objective, a lot of money in gov’t!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Rallying in silence is better. Its saves times and sanity wise. Tompak! Anyones can rallys now for unsure reasons and motives but angerly. Anger misdirected displaying. Vehement, utterly wrong against gloria and miguel. Alam mo, mahal kita. Mahalin mo kaya akomismo nang dahil sa totot? Maghulosdili ka nga ‘tol
May 3rd, 2009 at 7:50 pm
hello pedro, are you expecting a housemaid with full knowledge of the Law on probe, oh my God, you have cited a lot of REPORTS which definitely you only heard it, these reports need veracity to obtain truthfulness, let the spirit and letters of the LAW deals with it, at the end of the day reports are mere reports, but how about us, we remain as we are….thanks..adios!
May 2nd, 2009 at 1:40 am
Maybe instead of GMA, there should be truth about Failon, too.
There are so many different statements now, some regarding to parricide denied but still upheld by the person who made it, other contradicting each other and so forth.
There has been Failon’s statement reported that he rushed home shortly before his program ended. Why he had to “rush”?
There was his statement that the evening before, he and his wife had arguments but all was cleared already next morning. Why the housemaids stated there was no such problem?
There was a report, saying the gun has been found at the side where the bullet came out, very unusual that the victim would put the gun to the other side with already such a wound.
There is the statement of helpers they cleaned the bathroom “to spare the daughter that view”. More than senseless because they just had to close and lock the door, knowing well that there will be an investigation.
here is the report that when police came, the gun was already back to the holster and bearing no fingerprints of the victim.
There is the fact that Failon did not report immediately to the police. Why not?
There is the report that the hospital also did not report a patient with bullet wound, why not, that is their duty?
Anybody and for sure the doctors know well that investigation will take a paraffine test, why the victim should have been cleaned? And if this cleaning was so successful, then Ted or any other suspect could also have cleaned his or her skin.
The hospital tells now that theyare not prepared for such kind of emergency cases, why the victim has been brought there?
And now, lastly even the cloths of the victim have disappeared at the hospital. Are there all people so thumb that they did not know the cloths would be laboratory checked by the investigators?
With all these discrepancies, there should not be any blaming about the QC police. But now, who will “risk all for the truth”, esp. after the popular Failon has been mentioned as an opposition candidate for 2010?