Gloria Arroyo’s issuance of Executive Order 731 two weeks before her trip to the United States last month gives credence to talks that she was anticipating trouble that would be caused by soaring gas prices and she sought the support of U.S. President Bush in case she would have to resort to measures akin to martial law..
E.O. 731, issued June 7, 2008 but made public only last week is titled “Activating and Reorganizing the Energy Operations Board into the Energy Contingency Task Force Under the National Food and Energy Council”. It is based on the premise that “global clouds on the horizon are driving the cost of oil and food.”
Head of the task force is Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita and operations officer is Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes. Both are just two of the many retired military officers helping Arroyo run the government.
Included as member of the task force is the commander of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines with a specific job to “ issue timely intelligence assessments of political and security developments related to the oil price issue and alert government offices on the same. It shall provide advice on matters affecting national security.”The current ISAFP commander is the soft-spoken Brig. Gen. Romeo Prestoza whose previous assignment was Arroyo’s chief of security officer.
Prestoza has already issued an assessment that food riots happening in other countries are unlikely to happen in the Philippines because of the Filipino’s passive culture and that the situation has not reached “the extreme” .
Nevertheless, the public’s simmering rage against the galloping cost of living must not have escaped the monitoring of ISAFP because last week oil companies offered a one peso per liter roll back on gasoline prices which only angered motorists calling it a sham. “Why would they roll back when the the price of oil in the world market continue to increase. That has always been their reason for raising oil prices here. It’s a sham because we know that next week they will again increase their price double,”a perceptive motorist said.
Reyes was perplexed by motorists’ reaction to the rollback which reflects his lack of appreciation of the extent of the public’s anger and mistrust of the Arroyo administration.
A Malacañang source who was part of Arroyo’s entourage in her recent U.S. visit said there was no mention by Arroyo of any plans to implement martial law or authoritarian measures in her meeting with Bush, the first since she fell out of his grace after she pulled out the Philippine military contingent in Iraq in exchange for the release of kidnapped Filipino truckdriver Angelo de la Cruz in July 2004.
But he admitted that increased military assistance was top in her agenda in her talks with American officials.
The source was amused that Philippine media covering Arroyo’s U.S visit followed Malacañang’s spin about the near passage of the Veterans Equity when they know very well that it has a slim chance of passing in the House of Representatives despite the approval of the Senate.
He said the real reason Arroyo wanted to meet with American congressmen was to explain to them the government’s side on extra-judicial killings. Like in the Philippines, the appropriation bill originates in the House of Representatives. That’s the reason behind the idea of giving the newly- minted Order of the Golden Heart Award, which is different from the traditional Order of Sikatuna awards given to diplomats or nationals of other countries who have made outstanding contributions to strengthening of relations with the Philippines. According to press reports not all awardees showed up during the conferment affair in Washington D.C. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came very late.
Foreign Affairs officials lobbied hard to get a meeting for Arroyo with Senator Barbara Boxer (Democrat-California), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific. It will be recalled that Edith Burgos, widow of press icon Jose Burgos and mother of missing activist Jonas Burgos, met with Boxer last March.
In the hearing that she conducted on alleged extra-judicial killings perpetrated by the military, Boxer said, “We do not want blood in our hands.We do not want to use US taxpayers’ money to train their (Philippine) military and police to kill their own people.”
Arroyo was able to meet with Boxer, the source said. The meeting must have been so insignificant that it didn’t merit a line in Boxer’s website. Not even Malacañang reported it.
It was unfortunate for Malacañang that whatever propaganda it wanted to generate domestically for Arroyo’s U.S trip was negated by typhoon Frank which struck on the eve of her departure, sank a passenger ship and devastated many parts of the country. Compounding the stigma was the junket of 63 congressmen whom Arroyo brought along with her as part of her pre-2009 impeachment payment.
But the source said, despite the bad press that Arroyo’s US visit got, she feels that she accomplished her main objective which was to impress the military that she still has the support of the U.S. establishment.
It maybe a meeting of lame ducks but it was still a White House meeting, the source said. Add to that was her meeting in Pentagon with Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
She may not have gotten categorical support for the things she might do in case her unpopular administration is shaken by the wrath of a long-suffering people, but it is good enough for Arroyo that she has given the military the illusion that the U.S is behind her. With that, she believes that her presidency, whatever questions about its legitimacy, is safe.
For her, it’s all a game of illusions.
Related topic: I just found out that there were actually 74 members of the junket. Here’s the list for the information of all:
WHO ARE THE 74 JUNKETEERS?
Representative Province
Rep. Narciso Santiago III, Alliance for Rural Concerns Party List Group
Rep. Monico Puentevella, Bacolod
Rep. Albert Garcia, Bataan
Rep. Mark Llandro L. Mendoza, Batangas
Rep. Hermilando Mandanas, Batangas
Rep. William Irwin Tieng, Buhay Party List Group
Rep. Jose Zubiri III, Bukidnon
Rep. Lorna Silverio, Bulacan
Rep. Mitzi Cajayon, Caloocan
Rep. Diosdado “Dato” Macapagal Arroyo, Camarines Sur
Rep. Joseph Santiago, Catanduanes
Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr., Cavite
Rep. Antonio Cuenco, Cebu
Rep. Eduardo Gullas, Cebu
Deputy Speaker Raul Del Mar, Cebu City
Rep. Rommel Amatong, Compostela Valley
Speaker Prospero Nograles, Davao City
Rep. Antonio Lagdameo, Davao Del Norte
Rep. Marc Cagas, Davao Del Sur
Rep. Nelson Dayanghirang, Davao Oriental
Rep. Teodolo Coquilla, Eastern Samar
Rep. Andres Salvacion, Leyte
Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez, Leyte
Rep. Trinidad Apostol, Leyte
Rep. Ma. Zenaida Angping, Manila
Rep. Amado S. Bagatsing, Manila
Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr., Manila
Rep. Rizalina Seachon-Lanete, Masbate
Rep. Herminia Ramiro, Misamis Occidental
Rep. Yevgeny Emano, Misamis Oriental
Rep. Rozzano Rufino Biazon, Muntinlupa
Rep. Joseph Gilbert Violago, Nueva Ecija
Deputy Speaker Ma. Amelita C. Villarosa, Occidental Mindoro
Rep. Anna York Bondoc, Pampanga
Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr., Pampanga
Rep. Juan Miguel Macapagal Arroyo, Pampanga
Rep. Conrado Estrella III, Pangasinan
Rep. Ma. Rachel Arenas, Pangasinan
Rep. Eduardo C. Zialcita, Parañaque
Rep. Roman Romulo, Pasig City
Rep. Mary Ann Susano, Quezon City
Rep. Nanette C. Castelo-Daza, Quezon City
Rep. Danilo Suarez, Quezon Province
Rep. Junie Cua, Quirino
Rep. Arturo B. Robes, San Jose Del Monte
Rep. Roger Mercado, Southern Leyte
Rep. Munir Arbison, Sulu
Rep. Rex Gatchalian, Valenzuela City
Rep. Antonio Diaz, Zambales
Senate
Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago
Sen. Richard Gordon
Cabinet
Sec. Arthur Yap, Agriculture
Sec. Rolando Andaya, Budget
Sec. Gov. Amando Tetangco, Central Bank
Sec. Gilbert Teodoro, Defense
Sec. Ronaldo Puno, DILG
Sec. Jesli Lapus, Education
Sec. Lito Atienza, Environment
Sec. Margarito Teves, Finance
Sec. Alberto Romulo, Foreign Affairs
Acting Sec. Marianito Roque, Labor
Sec. Ignacio Bunye, Presidential Spokesman
Sec. Jesus Dureza, Press
Sec. Peter Favila, Trade
How much did GMA reportedly give the victims of the tragedy? A limos of P10,000.
Shall we leave our country in the hands of such uncaring people?
It’s time to take back our country!
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At least, you gotta give the whore of Malakanyang a due credit of being very creative for inventing an illusion, the magician of Malakanyang. Now you see it, now you don’t. e.g. Hello Garci, Erap dissapearance, million dagdag/bawas (one have to be a magician to make the one million re-appeared), Joc-Joc, Impsa, NBN-ZTE, et al. Whore Gloria has been hallucinating for over eight years now pretending to be President of the Philippines. Ain’t that a laugh! Anyway, such illusion got her through all these years, survive it all. But, time has running out… Truth of the matter, whore Gloria never accomplished anything but to feed the hungry Jose Pidal. USA got her number, and she’s not fooling anyone, just an illusion as the subject would suggest.
Indeed an illusion of grandeur!
It’s now the moment to rid of the delusional whore of Malakanyang pretending to be head of the Philippines. Where are the One Million Pinoy Warm Bodies? Philippines with the strongest terms must reject the liar, cheater and thief residing in Malakanyang. Such astrocities of the whore must not go on indefinitely, it must now come to an end. Pilipinos deserve must better than the delusional whore.
US Support? By the end of this year US will have a new president..Ano mag McArthur siya? ” I shall return”? and beg for more? May nagsabi sa akin na tayo daw ng mga Filipino ay sanay humingi..come to think of it..mukhang totoo…sa pagdasal “Lord give me this and give me that” kaya we sing gimme! gimme! gimme! Nakakalungkot marinig ang “ganyan ang Pilipino..umaasa na lang. wala ng pag asa..I don’t think so…na sa atin ang pag asa! but we have to change from within..individual commitment..hindi ba may kanta..”let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me..and let it be this moment now”? hindi ba ang sabi ni Jose R?izal..education is important! and the youth is the future? It is never too late..tomorrow is another day…
Grizzy, the list didn’t even include family members, assistants, yayas and security personnel.
Gloria likes to portray herself as a “caring mother” of the nation. But her actions defy logic. A caring mother will not leave her children when she knows that danger is imminent. A caring mother rushes back to her home when danger strikes. And a caring mother will do all in her power and means to support a suffering child. NONE OF THESE WAS EVER DONE BY GLORIA!
I think the Filipino people thru its representatives should demand an accounting of what Gloria has achieved in her junket to the US vis-a-vis the expenses incurred by her large entourage. We should likewise demand to knowhow much she spent to rehabilitate the damages wrought by typhoon Frank as against the scandalous amount she spent on her junket.
A lot many people in CA have written to Boxer about the extrajudicial killing as a matter of fact. One of the strongest groups lobbying against it in fact is based in SFO. Bayan, backed up by the group of former Attorney General Ramsey Clarke, is in contact with senators like Boxer, who is BTW from CA.
But then, I told you, it is merely a Pidal publicity stunt, this talk about Gloria being mabango to the Americans!!! Hallucination of Gloria more like.
A friend in the US Embassy here whom I know is a CIA in fact did not know that the Dorobo visited the US unlike when Marcos was under US surveillance many years back that every move he made was monitored even by the CIA in Japan.
This evil government never admits it’s wrong. Even when it comes to population control, Malacanang says the RP population has actually gone down since GMA became (illegal) president. Another BS !
Poor country…poorest countrymen!!!
The EVIL and her cohorts used and “amusiert” the people’s money while thousands of flood victims suffered and died helpless! Oh, Lord, deliver my poor countrymen from these EVILS!
Thanks Grizzy for posting the names of those who went with the Evil Bitch! Now we know…
I’m just curious but what is the apparent obsession of the greedy piggies at the palace by the murky river for the figure 5 in hundreds, thousands, etc. whether it is in peso or dollar.
Years back, a gambling operator told me how he was forced to give 500,000 pesos to the Arroyo election fund in 2004 even when he was in fact an FPJ supporter. He had no choice, he said, but to give because he did not want his operation to be closed.
Then, we heard of these expensive junkets with people joining her US and European tours getting 500 dollars, liras, pounds, etc. as per diem aside from the board and lodging, and other expenses, and recently, the 500 pesos rebate on electricity that desperate Filipinos line up for. Ang haba daw ng pila according to my friend, who had asked her maid to go. Sayang daw.
If that is not proof that life has become that desperate over in the old country, what is? Mas masahol daw ang hirap ngayon kesa noong panahon nang inipit ng IMF, etc. si Marcos, or even when Filipinos had to line up for rice likewise when the Pandack Omama’s father did the same thing she does now, go on expensive foreign trips to borrow money here and there, monies that apparently Filipinos have been unable to settle even now despite the rescheduling, deduction of interests, etc. granted the Aquino administration when Marcos was toppled down.
Puede ba, huwag nang mag-hallucinate si Omama about the Philippines becoming a member of the G countries under her leadership or should I say dictatorship? Ang kapal ng mukhang nagmayabang pa doon sa kapareho niyang may tupak sa ulong si Dubya about the non-existent achievement of her administration.
Kawawang Pilipinas! Kailan pa kaya magkakaroon ang mga pilipino ng lakas ng loob na pagsisipain ang mga kurakot sa gobyerno nilang hindi iniaasa sa mga kano? But at least, amenado sila ngayon that without the US military that was based in the Philippines at Clark and Subic then, there would not have been the much publicized “People’s Power” and that it was in fact an illusion created by the Americans.
Thus, the present efforts of the Pandack Omama PRO in trying hard to give the impression that her now truly angry and incensed countrymen cannot remove her because the Americans are backing her up. One proof is the publicity of full support from the woman ambassador of the US of A who ironically has a name that sounds like Kenny…ng buri mo! 😛
Sa Japan iyan, mahaba na ang pila ng martsa toward the US Embassy to demand for the removal of any pakialamerong US ambassador/ambassadress (wala pang babaeng ambassador dito because of the impression about the male chauvinist society of Japan) to Japan. So far, mga desente naman ang pinapadala dito like the Japanophile Reischauer for instance.
Kaya nga nakukulong ang mga tarantadong US servicemen dito na nangre-rape ng mga haponesa at dayuhan dito basta napatunayan ng mga imbestigador na totoo. Di gaya sa Pilipinas na mismong sistema ng kanilang bansa na pinapababoy pa sa mga kano. Unbelievable talagang mismong iyong non-elected president daw ang nagsauli pa doon sa horny Amerikano para hindi makulong after getting convicted for rape. Hanip din ano?
Come to think of it. Kaya siguro sa Mindanao itinatapon ni Gloria Dorobo ang mga kano para sigurado siyang hindi sila makiki-connive doon sa mga galit na sa kaniyang mga pilipino na ipasipa siya sa mga kano, and why she is not giving full go-signal yet for the Americans to build a US military installation there. Nag-aalangan ang ungas likewise dahil doon sa mga shady deals niya sa mga intsik na isa pang anomalya niya.
Off topic but I’m posting this here FYI:
—– Original Message —–
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 1:15 PM
Subject: Photos/Text: FACES: mother of abducted daughters….
… 3 OFWs victims of illegal recruitment and detention in the Middle East,
and a de facto President.
The mother is Maria, widow of the slain peasant leader Eddie Gumanoy. Her two daughters were to meet with him in Alabang but were abducted instead by the military. She was able to visit Fatima, one of the two daughters, a minor, 17 years old, at a hospital inside Fort Bonifacio. But the military refuses to give her custody of her child, a violation of her rights as a mother of a minor..
Please visit:
http://www.arkibongbayan.org/
or go directly to:
http://www.arkibongbayan.org/2008-07July12-faces/faces.htm
Arkibong Bayan Web Team
At least, we know that corrupt presidents, et al can now be indicted in an international court of justice if because of graft and corruption they cannot be prosecuted in local courts. Just now, CNN reported that the ICJ in Netherlands has indicted the president of Sudan for crimes committed against the people of Sudan in Darfur.
I surely pray for similar action against the present occupant of the palace by the murky river in some international court for crimes similar to those committed by the presidents of Sudan, Zimbabwe, etc. Her attempt to look regal and clean by rubbing shoulders with the royalties of Europe is no guarantee of her innocence. Remember Mugabe also had a knighthood from the Queen of England but with the anticipated lawsuit in the international court against Mugabe, the Queen is stripping him of it.
Hopefully, we’ll soon see the presidents and royalties around the world dropping Gloria and treating her as they should—a scum of the earth!
Ito ang problema bakit sa Amerika dumideretso ang isang diktador para mabasbasan ang ang kanyang makahayop na liderato? At bakit kinakanlong ng Amerika ang ganitong mga lider? Ano ba talaga ang papel ng Amerika sa ating Bayan?
Bayan tutunan ang kasaysayan, “Makirali, huwag magpasosi”
grizzy: how can the people of the Phil. take their cases against GMA to the International Court? Through the UN? Is there not a UN office in Manila? And Raphael Lotilla, former GMA’s Secretary of Energy not working there now?
Tilamsik: I think US also needs the Phil.kaya malakas ang kapit ni Bush at Gloria sa isa’t isa’t…pero Bush will be out end of this year..and we also can have GMA out if the new US Pres. will help us. Sino kaya makatutulong sa Phil. to make it a truly democratic country..McCain or Obama..if we love the Phil. we who are here can vote for that person..we do have a voice, let’s shout and be one..Time for us here in the US to be united..Who of the two presidential candidates will truly help the Phil?
If we Filipinos here in the US unite we can have a strong voice in the gov’t. Ang mga US citizens na galing sa ibang lugar, gaya ng India at Korea, are united kaya hinahabol ang votes nila..it is important if not imperative if we Filipinos, who are citizens here, register and be part of the democratic process..alam ko maraming Filipinos went out to campaign for Hillary Clinton..let us for once unite and vote for the one who will help. Kung si Gloria ang problema pa alisin si Gloria..
If we Filipinos here in the US unite we can have a strong voice in the gov’t. Ang mga US citizens na galing sa ibang lugar, gaya ng India at Korea, are united kaya hinahabol ang votes nila..it is important if not imperative if we Filipinos, who are citizens here, register and be part of the democratic process..alam ko maraming Filipinos went out to campaign for Hillary Clinton..let us for once unite and vote for the one who will help. Kung si Gloria ang problema pa alisin si Gloria..
rose:
Gustong mawala ng Republican ang Russia sa G8 dahil gusto nitong palitang ng España bilang representative ng mga bansang galing sa Central-South America.
WHAT CAN BE MORE CALLOUS THAN THIS? “THE JUNKETEERS”
While Typhoon Frank devastated the country and claimed more than 650 lives, including the poor victims of the MV Princess of the Stars sea tragedy, illegitimate President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her 74 junketeers mindlessly spend billions of taxpayers’ money to visit Bush and watch Pacquiao fight in the US.
MONEY SPENT MINDLESSLY
USD 1.5 M JUNKET!
300-5000 – Willard Hotel rate
30 rooms booked
400-500 – Dinner per plate
207++ – Airline rate per person
800-1000 – Rental per car
30 cars rented
250 consulate officials mobilized
P100,000 – each congressman gets monthly travel allowance
P1,620 – travel tax exemption when traveling with the President
Gising na Bayan tanghali na..!
Bumabalikwas ang Kabataan.
Recent action:
More than 1,000 students walked out of their classes and joined the youth march in Manila calling for the immediate lifting of the VAT, scrapping of the Oil Deregulation Law and P125 wage increase for workers.
Protests also rocked the regions as more than a thousand students in Baguio City walked out from their classes and hundreds of students in Cebu held candle lighting activities. Various protest actions were also launched in Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Bacolod and Laguna.
Iyan ang mulat na kabataang Pinoy. Pagbalikwasin ang “First Quarter Storm”
Rose:
Alam ko meron nang nakasampa sa ICJ laban kay Gloria Dorobo re the extrajudicial killing. An international tribunal was in fact conducted in the Hague a year or two ago. Naghahanap pa siguro ng iba’t ibang mga ebidensiya. Kailangan kasi sunod-sunod ang sampa ng reklamo ng mga pilipino at mga supporters nila.
It took many years likewise before the international court has come to the decision to indict the Sudanese president as a matter. Marami pa kamong international organizations pushing for this action as a matter of fact. Ako nga sumama doon sa movement backed up by Hollywood stars like Mia Farrow, Dan Cheadle, et al. on Darfur.
Volunteer din ako doon sa Japan charter ng International Criminal Tribunal on Afghanistan, International Criminal Tribunal on Iraq at saka doon sa International Criminal Tribunal on the Philippines.
Iyong pagpapakulong kay Gloria Dorobo, it can be done kung gugustuhin talaga. May nakasalang din laban kay Dubya Bush sa totoo lang na isinampa ng mga abodado sa Europe.
Tilamsik di lang tanghali na, gabi na sabihin mo pa! 😛
Sabi ng secretary ko, hindi lang daw gabi na, bumaba na daw ang araw. Bilisan na raw kasi baka matulog na naman ang mga pilipino! 😛
grizzy: thanks for the info. Now I understand why Brenda and her best friend gloria are both trying hard to have Brenda elected..ang tagal pala bago ma investigate tunay. At any rate, noong pinatalsik si Marcos, with the help of Solarz hindi pinatapos kumain at pinasakay na sa plane..Sana ganoon din ang gawin kay putot..take them all to SF para amligayahan si fat boy..so they can all be together–and VicTohRee is his..Baka sa kaligayahan, sisikip ang dibdib and makatulog siya ng mahimbing..
I know some international body, Rose, is watching the atrocities being committed on the Moslems in Mindanao. I have seen already several documentaries on the plight of the Moslem refugees within their own country that Filipinos do not seem to care and notice because of the prejudice against them perpetrated by so-called “Christians” who do not read the Bible to know that Moslems have been descended from Abraham, too, via his son, Ishmael.
Added to that are the numerous abductions and atrocities perpetrated by the military kept loyal to the scum of the earth with money stolen from the national coffers against suspected dissidents. Despite the reports submitted by people like Ashton, et al., the number of victims of these extrajudicial killings committed by the police and military in the Philippines has not abated. The number is nearing a thousand now.
Lawmakers there in fact should be pushed to make laws to clarify the functions of the police and military there, especially the latter because the Philippines is not supposed to be a military state where soldiers meddle in civilian affairs rounding up civilians they want eliminated our of whims or order from corrupt politicians like the Pidals.
Hindi puede iyong nagkukutsaba ang military sa hustisya ng bansa. Sa totoo lang mga bobo na nagdudunung-dunungan!
I disagree about allowing the piggies to be taken to the US, Rose. They should be tried and incarcerated in the Philippines just like what the Americans did to Sadam if she could not be taken to the ICJ court in Europe and put in an international jail to await execution.
Marcos never wanted to be taken to Hawaii as a matter of fact unlike the idiot who is even trying hard to talk to the Americans to allow her and her family to come and enjoy the fruits of their lootings in America.
Marcos, as a matter of fact, refused to be tried in an American court. He was willing to be tried in his country. Unfortunately, he died in exile. His last words to his supporters in fact was, “History will be kinder to me!”
Etcetera and Bitchevil, I transferred your comment on the Magdalo under the article “AFP court discharges 11 Magdalos from service”.
Rose: Now I understand why Brenda and her best friend gloria are both trying hard to have Brenda elected..
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Exactly, Rose, that’s the purpose of all of Gloria’s lobbying for the lukaret from Panay. Fortunately, there will be a lot of opposing voices especially from the Philippines to prevent the nightmare of Brenda becoming a judge of the ICJ a reality. Heaven forbid!
There is a new case of abduction by the military that should be looked into by human rights lawyers in the Philippines that I have posted in this blog. Baka magaya sila doon sa nawawalang UP students na hindi pa inilalabas ng mga militar kahit buto na sila!
The teen-age daughters of a suspected dissident killed by the military a few years back should be returned to their mother by all means, pero mukhang ayaw isauli ng mga military na baka ni-rape na ang mga dalagita gaya nang ginagawa sa mga dinarakip kuno ng mga bobo, malalaki o mababae. Worse iyong mga pini-frame up nila.
Remember the young girl they killed in the south na pinalabas pa nilang nakipagbarilan daw sa kanila? Nakakakulo ng dugo sa totoo lang. Pati iyong mga kamag-anak kong nasa military na matitinong sundalo napupulaan din dahil sa katarantaduhan ng mga kurakot ngayon sa AFP.
Masamang influence talaga iyong kriminal na nakaupo sa Malacanang sa totoo lang. Bakit iyan pinababayaan ng mga pilipino? Kakasuka talaga.
grizzy: When I mentioned SF had in mind Alcatraz..isn’t that empty now? And if Bush really meant what he said re..money laundering..hulihin na niya ang mga ito at ipasok sa Alcatraz..
I was at a meeting of Iloilo Society yesterday..and when I commented about her..may nagsabi sa akin na masiado siyang matalino kaya ganyan..ang sabi ko “oo nga there is a hair line distinction between an intelligent person and a crazy one..and in the case of Brenda nabura ata ang intelligence yon ang nangyari.” Also at the said meeting may nagpropose na magcollect ng donation para sa Iloilo via the consulate..ang sabi ko hindi ako kasama though ako ang treasurer kasi taga Antique ako..hardest hit in Antique were Sibalom and San Remigio where I spent many summers…let Gonzales and Brenda help…
Rose,
Alcatraz is no longer a prison. It is now a tourist spot. San Quentin is way up north of SFO. Still, giving the Americans the right to try Filipinos committing crimes in the Philippines is not my idea of true justice. It’s an insult to the capacity of Filipinos to solve their own problems and make the guilt culpable and pay for their crimes.
OK lang sana doon sa ICJ which is not bound one country. I doubt if Gloria Dorobo can peddle her influence despite her attempt to lure the royalties of Europe to be on her side. Kung alam lang nilang basura ang pinanggalingan ng ungas kundi pa mangurakot at mag-imbento ng istorya to glorify her gutter beginning!
…make the guilty culpable and pay for their crimes…..
Sabihin mo sa kanila, don’t give to the Philippine government or to individuals collecting (kuno) donations for the victims of Fengshen, etc. Better give to reliable organization like the International Red Cross. Ako ganyan ang ginagawa ko kasi maraming kurakot. Kawawa iyong hindi nabibigyan ng tulong.
grizzy: I agree with you..dapat sa Phil. Maraming marurunong in the real sense of the word sa mga abogado natin..kaya lang hawak sa leeg ni GMA…dapat ang leeg ni GMA ang hawakan nila..patay na ang justice sa atin…btw buhay pa ba si siraulo?
kawawa talaga ang hindi naabot ng tulong. Doon sa isang baranggay sa San Remigio..na naanod and now part of the river..(sa Bugo ang sabi sa akin) ultimmo paglutuan nila ay anod din..their pots and pans..kung sabagay wala naman silang isasaing as their crops were all deamaged…Bugo is the last town of San Remigio..
..Inspite of the tragedy, however, a good thing happened. Dahil sa typhoon dumagsa ang mga putol na kahoy (illegal logging) at nadiscobre ngayon that illegal logging exists..Roming Pefianco wrote about this in his column MB and I personally inquired via the office of the Congressman..daw sa butig but it is so..Hindi ata nakita ng governor ang nangyayari na may illegal logging..ang mga logs daw ay may numbers thus organized ang pag cut..and many logs were found in Belison..and this is quite far from San Remigio kaya lang sa agos ng tubig na galing sa bundok napadpad sa malayo..I wonder if Sec. Atienza knows about this too. Kung alam man it seems na nasilaw siya at nabulag..Daw sa butig..but that is our government! malayo ang Antique..at hindi naabot ng marami..
Rose:
Ganyan ang nangyari sa Quezon. Remember that disaster where many were buried alive by landslide in the same year of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Grabe and neglect ng rehimen ni Dorobo. Nangongolekta lang ng mga abuloy pero hindi ginagamit sa talagang dapat pagbigyan. I remember how the idiot tried kuno to go to the disaster area kuntodo paganda, bagong sapatos pa daw kaya biglang balik si gaga. Tapos sabi ng mga apologizers niya, mapuputikan daw kasi siya. Ulol!
Iyon ngang emperor at empress namin dito, nagpupunta sa disaster area kahit maputikan. Tunay pang mga royalty iyan ha. Si gaga trying hard to look regal, basura pa rin ang itsura!
Worse iyong ginawa sa Leyte na pinahinto ni gaga ang search kahit na sabi ng mga naghahanap may naririnig pa silang mga humihingi ng tulong sa rubbles. Pinapunta pa kuno iyong mga kanong mukhang mga senorito rin at walang magawa kasi nadudulas at hindi makatayo sa putik! Nagpatayo na lang nga malaking krus doon para daw isang malaking nitso. Iyong mga abuloy as usual ibinulsa na lang.
Kaya don’t be surprised kung ilan pang dagok ang mararanasan ng Pilipinas hangga’t presidente iyong demonya.
Matagal nang problema ang mga bagyo, etc. sa Pilipinas pero walang ginagawa to lessen the number of casualties, etc. Worse ay iyong hindi nabagabag ang mga inutil kahit na nalamang maraming nasalanta doon sa probinsiya nila. Dapat nagsi-uwian ang mga inutil when they heard about the disasters caused by Fengshen dahil wala namang dahilan para sumama sila doon sa lakwatserang pasikat. Dapat diyan nagmamartsa na ang mga pilipino at nagde-demand nang ipakulong lahat ng mga magnanakaw sa gobyerno nila kasama na iyong nababasbasan ng nakaw! Off with their head! Dapat lang!
….off with their heads!…
I was wrong in describing the Order of the Golden Heart Award given to American legislators as “newly-minted”.
Manolo Quezon, a history buff, said the Golden Heart Award was established by President Magsaysay. The first foreigner to receive it was Helen Keller in 1954.
The Sikatuna Award is for diplomats and the Philippine Legion of Honor is for defense officials.
The Golden Heart Award is given to people engaged in charity work. Manolo is wondering why it was that award that was given to American politicians.
Ellen: The Golden Heart Award is given to people engaged in charity work. Manolo is wondering why it was that award that was given to American politicians.
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Iyan kasi ang nagdudunung-dunungan, bobo naman! The idiot must have thought the US politicians would be doing a great charity once they have passed the Equity Bill to enable the “begging” veterans from the Philippines to avail of “US charity.” Ginawa pang pulubi ang mga beterano para siya makinabang. Added remittance din kasi kung may makuha iyong mga sundalo while she is president! Iyan ang inutil!