Ronnie Puno went to the US of A to attend to the wedding of his daughter, set in California’s beautiful Napa Valley. He has been in and out of the US of A, as this is where his family resides. Everyone and his mother in the DILG knows this, and they find it normal when their boss is out of the country. And he designates one or the other of his numerous undersecretaries, usually senior Usec Ed Soliman, as his officer-in-charge.
All of a sudden, three days after Ronnie had already landed in San Francisco International, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita issued an appointment for a DILG officer-in-charge. And it was not one of the usual undersecretaries, which is the usual practice anywhere in the bureaucracy. Ermita designate current DPWH Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane.
That’s not just it. Ermita even announced that Puno went to the US of A on medical leave. Either Ronnie is sick or he is undergoing a medical check-up, Malacañang explained. Still, curiously, why Ebdane?
Ebdane of course used to be PNP chief, before the Doña made him public works czar, and after a brief stint as Defense secretary right after Nonong Cruz resigned because he could no longer take the many machinations in the stinking palace beside the stinking river. Yet again, if Puno would be absent for ten to twelve days, why not one of his undersecretaries? And why Ebdane, not DOTC’s Larry Mendoza, a Batangueno like Ermita? I thought Ebdane has his hands full with almost 200 billion pesos in the current budget, for Doña Gloria’s “legacy” infrastructure program?
Now palace woodwork whisperers of course have long told everybody who cared to listen that Ermita and Puno do not exactly like each other. One is Lakas, the other is Kampi. Besides, one used to get the Doña’s undivided attention when it came to politics, yes, undivided, until he made the mistake of telling the cabinet that Cha-Cha won’t wash. And until Louie Villafuerte who authored House Resolution 1109 suddenly withdrew his signature on that piece of crap. That was the signal for the knives to be sharpened against Ronnie the Tree.
And Ermita found just the right time to pull the knife and strike against the Tree. While the Tree is away, selecting the vintage wines that would be uncorked on July 4, which is when the grand but intimate wedding is scheduled.
As corollary damage, Ermita hinted, rather maliciously I might add, that Ronnie, who has announced his vice-presidential candidacy, and has been moving throughout the archipelago using a newly-purchased Lear jet, is well … sick. Now that’s a low blow.
Inisahan na nga, siniraan pa ng pailalim. Kandidato na nga, sinabi pang may sakit. Aray naman. That’s not the way Batanguenos usually fight, preferring “harapan” as they usually say, but then again, years inside the snake pit can really change culture and nature.
Wait till Ronnie the Tree comes back late next week.
Related story in Inquirer:
“Sayang walang Star Margarine nung araw!” Iba na ang matangkad.
“…….Aray naman. That’s not the way Batanguenos usually fight, preferring “harapan” as they usually say, but then again, years inside the snake pit can really change culture and nature.. ”
Magagalit si Anna kapag pinagpilitang Batangueno si Ermita dahil walang karapatang maging taga-Batangas ang lahi ng mga ahas.
Ang pamilyang ‘yan ay walang dignidad dahil pumapayag silang maging kasangkapan ni gloria. Katulad ni Perez, mga anay ang katulad nila. Kahit moog ay kayang paguhuin kapag sinumpong ng kasibaan.
Cory forgoes chemotherapy
“……Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said President Arroyo has already sent her message of support to the Aquinos as there are “family (members) who are close enough and in contact with the President.”
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jul03/news1.htm
Mahilig mang-intriga itong ahas na itong ang dila ay parang sanga ng sungay ng usa.
Heh,heh,heh…magbalisungan na sila para mabawasan ng dalawang ahas! Who cares if they eliminate each other! Mabuti para menos ng dalawang mafioso sa Pilipinas!
Hello,
Kita mo naman ang kilay ( pataas..bahal na kayong kumilala ) at pag-ngumiti, parang yuong nagbigay ng
mansanas ki Eva,..pati na si ADan nadamay…napakahirap ninyong mag-kilatis….ganyan ang takbo sa palasyo…maka-mandag…walang gamot na pantambal o pang-tapal…kaya mag-ingat kayo..mas magagaling ang ” alaaa…ey…maraming
lambanog doon..oy…mansanas pala..eyyy “…madala na yang Puno na iyan….baka mawalan sya ng mga sanga..at tuluyan ng patuyuin at gAWING pangatong na lamang.eeeyyy !!..Heh, heh, heh….”mata-uhan kayo..eeeyyy !!..”
Si Golez ng malakanyang, na ang bunganga ay parang si bungi Defensor, mukhang alien no?
Ang sabi daw ni Ronnie bago sumakay ng eroplano ay “itaga ninyo sa bato, may eleksyon”.
Si Edong naman ay ayaw bumitiw sa na-reconstruct na groin ng kanyang milady kaya sa Cha-cha s’ya. Kaya nasabi ko sa previous loop na iyang cha-cha/con-ass ay kicking and alive na dapat matyagan ng husto.
Bakit si Ebdane? Kung pumaltos ang con-ass ay kamay bakal ni Ebdane ang bahala sa local officials. Hello Garci!
Buti nga at mag-away sila, palagay ko ay itsapwera ni Gloria si Ronnie dahil hindi ito militar. Masaya ngayon sa EK.
Papalitan na din daw si Sec. Andaya sa Budget at si x-Gen. Garcia ang ipalit. Si Sec. Teves naman ng Finance ay si x-Gen. de la Paz ang papalit. Para puro General na ang nakapaligid kay Glorya at puro hayok pa sa kuwalta.
Stay lang daw si Sec. Duque sa Health at pati na din ang mga u-sec niyang puro bakla. Bwa-haahahahahahaah!!!!!
Goodness gracious me, Edong seems to believe that he really can only rely on his para-military friends… Ebdane is like a robot — he does what you tell him to do. You tell him to shoot he will, incapable of independent thought and that’s why he’s been chosen.
Edong, how utterly despicable you’ve become — allowing yourself to be manipulated by this moral midget administration? Never would I have thought it possible. You are an embarassment to the Batangueno race. Naduwag ka in your old age!
I pity Edong’s wife actually, she’s a nice person, doesn’t meddle, just a homebody; maybe that’s why Edong has been on the prowl for aggressive women…he likes them aggressive and abusive like Gloria and so when a well known aggressive Ilonga came along, he got hooked, ahem, ahem…
(Btw, does anybody know where Rowena G is now?)
Nasusuka ako sa mga taong iyan.
The term malakanyang is derived from the kapampangan word lakan which means king,Dayang means Lady in kapampangan,the wife of Lakan Lontok was known as Dayang Kaylangitan,Dayang Kaylangitan was the one in charge of Namayan(modern day Metro Manila) in the reign of Lakan Lontok.
Si Gloria ang magandang tawag sa kanya Dayang Kaputahan.
Does it mean that the wily Ronnie Puno lost this round to the Ermita bloc?
Nakarma naman si Ermita pero hindi siya nagsisi,sagad hanggang buto ang kasamaan niya.
Al, Ellen said wait for Ronnie to come back. Hehehe, labu-labo na sila diyan. Matindi na ang agawan ng pansin nilang dalawa sa kanilang reynang bagong vulcanize ang implants.
Gloria Arroyo:What is NOT Fake?
EQ, lahat fake! Pati nga boses niya fake. Sabi nga ni Mike Defensor “That is the voice of the president, but that is not her speaking”. Susmaryosep!
ermita , just doing what tabaco tells him to do
Nag-sawa na ako ng kaka-analyze ng political moves ni gloria at ng kaniyang mga “convicts”-, este, comrades-in-arms. Whatever maneuverings they do defies all logic, so why bother. Baka ma-bobo pa ako trying to get inside their empty minds. Everything is tuned up to each and every partner in crime for political perpetuity, so what else is new ? But that is not to say that I am not closely watching them anymore.
Sabi ni Lito Banayo, “why Ebdane” ? Bakit nga ba ? Beats me !! Besides the fact that it may as well be a strategic move for gloria’s advantage, Ebdane is the epitomy of the so-called, “jack(ass) of no trades, and a master of nothing”.
Funny, isn’t it ? Prospective average Joes and Joannas applying for jobs are scrutinized for their expertise and experience for the job on hand. Newly graduates are hired as OJT’s. But in the case of Lieutenant-General (4-Stars) HERMOGENES EBDANE) who’s only qualification is that of a military man (and many more like him who are not even good at what they do) now heads the DPWH for which his qualifications are a total mismatch. Now he is being groomed as the DILG head by no less than another ignorant and un-qualified (ex) Gen. EDUARDO ERMITA for whatever malicious intents they have against Ronnie the Tree (as Banayo calls him). Both Ebdane and Ermita are ex -PMA’ers. Need I say more ??
Truly, this admistration is full of shitholes, assholes, clowns, nincompoops, fly-by-night generals and cabinet secretaries, guard-attacks (mga bantay-salakay), liars, thieves, pimps, and congressmen (and two senators) who could be bought dirt-cheap
for the price of a Halls candy. What a fu***ng regime !!!
I’ll be in Napa Valley a few days after the wedding! Darn it, I would have snucked in and taken some pics, maybe crashed-chat with the Secretary. Not sure if I could do the “opo”, “oho” crap.
Wonder how expensive this wedding is and how much “Filipino Pesos” were used.
TruBlue, you can re-arrange your itinerary to be able to attend the wedding. It would be fun and share with us some of the pix.
Was Ebdame one of the “Garci” generals?
Too late PSB. Will be in UpState NY then down to Napa. Would be curious who’s in that wedding.
This was same reason I lost respect to Ping Lacson when one of his children several years ago went to Las Vegas and had their luxury wedding at Mandalay Hotel. Had an idea who their guests were at that time. Hirap ang mga noypis but politician’s children can afford to travel anywhere and spend the people’s money on virtually anything.
parasabayan – July 4, 2009 2:17 am
Was Ebdame one of the “Garci” generals?
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Was he ever ?? YES,YES, YES !! He was, in fact, the PNP chief during that time. Read below a portion of that news item which I had kept in my files related to that infamous scandal:
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“Incidentally, Ebdane was among the police and military generals implicated in the tape.
Aside from Ebdane, who was Philippine National Police chief at that time, the other officer mentioned in the tape was then PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group chief Arturo Lomibao, who later rose to become PNP chief.
The four military generals mentioned in the tape were then Army chief and now AFP chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon, then Southern Command chief Lt. Gen. Roy Kyamko, then Joint Task Force Comet chief Maj. Gen. Gabriel Habacon and then 1st Marine Brigade chief Brig. Gen. Francisco Gudani.
It was implied in the tape that all the generals and officers, except Gudani, cheated in favor of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Gudani, who supposedly supported an opponent of the President, testified before the Senate how allies of the administration in Lanao del Sur rigged the elections.”
Trueblue, you might be referring to Ping’s son married to actress Jodi Sta. Maria. Hindi naman extravagant ang wedding.
Average lang. Ang mga ninong sina Lito Lapid at Bong Revilla.
Kimchi so it is pay back time! Kaya hindi maalis ang galisin, peke at magnanakaw na pandak eh super galing magpamudmod ng pera at pwesto!
TruBlue, on the contrary, I heard that Ping’s children are living a very modest life in the US. Nag-tatrabaho sila like anyone else and they are just renting, I heard. So kung totoo na maraming pera si Ping eh di sana may mga real estate properties na sila just like all the other generals and politicians who were and continue to be prostituted.
Sana may mga bloggers si Ellen na mag-aattend ng wedding para may feedback tayo.
parasabayan – July 4, 2009 3:54 am
Kimchi so it is pay back time! Kaya hindi maalis ang galisin, peke at magnanakaw na pandak eh super galing magpamudmod ng pera at pwesto!
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There you go !!! Right on the money.
yes, sa loob na ng malakanyang ang labanan.
sige magpatayan na kayo sa isa’t isa at iwan na ninyo sa mga tao ang gobyerno
PSB said “TruBlue, on the contrary, I heard that Ping’s children are living a very modest life in the US. Nag-tatrabaho sila like anyone else and they are just renting, I heard. So kung totoo na maraming pera si Ping eh di sana may mga real estate properties na sila just like all the other generals and politicians who were and continue to be prostituted.”
PSB: The simplest analogy I can share with you is; if the lowest ranking police or a Barangay Kapitan (of course, not everyone), have private vehicles and are living the good life – how much more for a Senator who was once head of the PNP. Keep in mind when he was in the US several years back, he shipped TWO Toyota Sequioa with no questions asked when the SUV’s arrived in the Philippines. When the Arroyos turned the tables on Ping and accused him of hiding 700 million dollars abroad and the US, why did he suddenly flew to Hongkong then to the US? Isn’t that suspicious?
Further more, there’s a rumor Ping and one other Senator own
a joint venture business in the US but I only had three who corroborated with me, I need more than three to spell out the venture in this blog or any blog.
These people know how to stash their ill-gotten wealth and I need to learn from them so I can hide the meager two hundred bucks from my wife which I buried in my backyard.
To Dodong: Have to disagree with you that the wedding party was just AVERAGE. One of the attendees in that wedding was Norbert Quisumbing, a millionaire (daw in Pinas) who gloats he only eats expensive food in expensive restaurants, at least that’s what he told me over and over a few years ago, haven’t seen him for four years now. Never asked him though if he was related to the Filipino Justice Quisumbing.
Tru Blue, it is so easy to research incorporation papers in the US for a minimal fee and even for free! In the US almost everything is recorded unless of course it is just an arms’ length transaction or they used dummies. Let
Ellen know the name of the company and maybe I can even help you with it.