We are still trying to get a copy of the reported directive of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus banning Rodolfo Noel Lozada, former president of Philippine Forest Corporation and star witness in the NBN/ZTE deal scandal and former Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos, one of the principal personalities involved in the deal from attending fora in public schools.
We, however, are getting reactions. One came from Sen. Francis Pangilinan:
With news of DepEd’s instruction to ‘insulate’ students from politics in light of NBN ZTE witness Jun Lozada’s campus rounds to gather support, Senate Majority Leader and Independent senator Kiko Pangilinan today scored the “Worsening suppression of our freedoms.”
“DepEd’s use of its influence over school executives to not politicize the education sector is an irony because this move suggests a political motive. Our educational institutions have academic freedom that we must uphold, and DepEd should know when it is stepping on this line,” Kiko said.The DepEd has asked officials from public and private elementary and secondary schools nationwide to protect students from politics.
“In the history of our country, the participation of students in political matters has been significant. As a former student activist, it is in this involvement in matters of national interest that opened my eyes in the realities of our society. We cannot deprive our students of this same learning! We must let them discover that lessons are learned not just inside the classroom,” Kiko asserted
Bernard Chua even wrote a letter to Lapus:
Dear Secretary Lapus,
Peace be with you.
Your instruction to ban Mr Lozada from speaking in school campuses runs smack of suppressing the Truth.
The reason that Mr Lozada is going on campus tours, is in order for the youths to better understand the government, and how it functions and how it should function. The youths of today will be the future of the nation, depriving them of what is the state of their nation or how their government functions is denying them knowledge. You are
denying them the Truth! Let’s educate them on the fine art of corruption then, shall we?
It is no wonder the corrupt form of government we have is like a vicious cycle, because the youths were not made aware of this. The youths are made to believe that the type of government we have in the Philippines is unique and that the government must be corrupt in order to function.
Mr Lapus, you should know better.
FYI, Mr. Lozada has never asked to topple the government in his speeches! He only updates the students about the truth. On many occasions during his Question and Answer, he would beg forgiveness for not being able to answer their questions, not because he does not know the answer, but rather that other people are in better position to answer them. Example, questions about Romulo Neri, like, yesterday at Miriam, he was asked what will happen after Gloria steps down.
I would suggest that you include in the history books the corruption committted by past and present presidents, and what the consequences of this corruption would cost them and their future.
You are wrong to issue such an order, you are depriving the youths of knowledge that they could use in the future.
Each time you receive your salary and perks, think of the hardships the Filipinos are suffering. Away from home, Broken Families, Worlds Apart from Love Ones, and most of all, being away from your own country! I am working abroad, because the government did not provide me with alternatives!
Do we allow our youths to be ignorants? LetTruth prevail. Spread the word.
Respectfully yours.
Bernard S. Chua
OFW – Not by choice, but by situation!!!
Shame on Jesli Lapus. Just shows how the Midget is now getting jittery over being kicked out and stopped from her illegal activities, not at all to finish “the good things” that she claims she is doing for the country. I wonder how much Lapus is getting for his lip service now? ‘Kakahiya ka!
Ni-revoke daw ng evilbitch ang EO464, tinudohan naman ang muzzle ng kanyang aparadores!
Sige mga kabataan at estudyante, i-heckle ng todo-todo ang lukaret na bitch! She forbids you to know the truth about her wrongdoings…let her feel the pangs of tigers in you!
Sugod, huwag paalipin sa memo ng bitch na pinadaan sa natipos na Lapus!
Hindi ko kilala ang Lapus na toh, ang laking gago rin pala!
Si Neri ay chair ng Commission on Educ., si Lapus ay Educ Sec.
Hindi tayo magtataka kung ang mga estudyante ay mambastos ng mga lider ng bansa! Puro duwag, arogante, bastos at walang pagmamahal sa bansa ang mga public officials sa pangunguna ni Gloria.
Sige, kapunin ninyo ang Lapus na urong din pala ang bayag!
Itong hakbang ni Lapus ay lalong magpapainit sa damdamin ng mga kabataan. Mabuti nga at sa loob lang ng campus nagaganap ang pakikinig nila kay Jun Lozada. Kapag ipinagpatuloy ang ganitong paninikil, dadami ang mga kabataang pupunta sa kalsada. At kapag kahit sa kalsada ay kanilang kinalampag, mauuwi ito sa pag-ahon sa bundok ng maraming mga kabataan. Mas malaking apoy ang magliliyab na baka hindi na nila makakayang maapula.
“You shall not steal” thats the no.1 lesson na dapat ituro natin sa ating kabataan.
I am really disappointed with Sir Jesli… he is one of the most admired professors in AIM then and like Prof. Lopez and Dean Andy Ferreira, di ka aantukin pag siya ang facilitator at lecturer… nakakapanghinayang at nagpakain din siya kay GMA. Kung sa bagay, medyo nagpakita na siya ng transition niya sa pagiging trapo nung nasa Congress pa siya. But I think this would really erode his credibility among his peers. Shame on you, sir!
Just like Romy Neri, he started as a well respected professor at AIM. Pareho pala silang burak ni Lapus sa loob!
Junn Losada, isinara ni Gloria ang pinto ng public schools sa truth, concentrate ka na lang sa mga private schools. Susundan ka ng protectors at media dun.
Ang mga public school students ay sa kalsada aapaw para maghanap ng katotohanan kasi sa loob ng schools ay wala silang laya!
Ang sabi ng PUPians: “Alam namin ang aming mga karapatan bilang mag-aaral…ATRAS! ATRAS! ATRAS!”
Kumulo ang dugo ko dito sa pagtrangka ni Gloria sa public schools. Tangna, palibhasa ay sinungaling, mandaraya at magnanakaw…hindi kailangan ang pagtuturo ng virtues sa mga estudyante kung ang bitch ang masusunod!
I doubt if Jesli can impose the said rule on UP students, who are traditionally non-conformists. Tongue, pakisabi nga sa Student Union doon na pag pumunta si Jesli doon batuhin nila ng tae at kung puede, malalaking bato!
Hopefully, Mayor Lim will emulate the example of non-conformist Mayor Lacson of old who would defy any rule even by the presidents then. Hindi puedeng diktahan! Kaya as far as Manila schools are concerned, Lozada is still welcome I believe.
Mangyayari niyan baka maglabanan ang Manila’s Finest at iyong mga tuta ni Gloria Dorobo sa PNP. Frankly, I look forward to such kind of showdown!
Iyong mga students ngayon ang target ni Dorobo. Calling on alll parents to protect their children. Best thing they can do, samahan nila ang mga anak nila sa mga rally. Kung 50,000 iyong mga students na nagpunta sa rally, with the father and mother joining them, the crowd will swell to 150,000. OK na OK! Warm bodies welcome!
OK now, sabay-sabay, sigaw tayong lahat— Jesli, Sipsip! Magkano ka?
Tama rin si Turning Point – the more you suppress the yearnings of the youth, the more that they would rebel. Sa ginawa ng gobyreno na ito na magbawal kay Lozada sa public schools, lalo nilang pinasikat si J.Lo. Resulta niyan, pupunta sa kalye ang mga kabataan na gusto man lang siyang marinig kahit saglit. This is the same tactic that the Apartheid gov’t of white South Africa did in the black public schools. They even imposed the use of Afrikaans and in some cases, even banned the use of the local black dialects. Pero napaka-creative ng mga black students, ang political speeches delivered sa mga soccer games outside the schools — kunwari nagalalaro ang mga magkalabang teams habang nagsasalita ang mga prominent anti-Apartheid activists like Chris Hahn and Steve Biko. Pero nung huli bumuhos na sa kalye ang libo-libong kabataan.
I’m sure this restriction will backfire on GMA. Talagang tama nga si Bishop Oscar Cruz, karamihan sa mga susunod na hakbang ni GMA e lose-lose talaga siya.
Ilista itong taong to at ang kanyang ginawa, dapat wag makalimutan ng mamamayan si Jesli Lapus. Jesli, sana nakikita mo itong post na to NGAYON.
Meron kaya sa inyong may listahan ng 77 na sipsip na Congressman na nagunity walk sa Malacanang na nabulabog ng ulan?
Desperate Moves.
They should not issue any directive they can’t implement.
What if the students demand the appearance of JLo? Who’s accountable for it, schools administrators?
Lalo lang dadami ang magagalit. Mapapabilis lang ang pagpatalsik.
At ito pa ang isang Matandang Gago. Kung anu-ano na naman ang pinagsasabi.
Hoy, Gunggong, Kaya mo bang takutin ang mga ‘yan?
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mssmark416 Says:
March 5th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Inaanak ng pitong dimonyo sa lupa!
Sino yang KIKO na nagkokomento ngayon tungkol sa “Worsening suppression of our freedoms.”
NOTED!NOTED!NOTED!
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Ang lakas ng apog at sikmura ni Kiko Noted! E siya ang pinagmulan ng “suppression of our freedoms”! Damn Noted!
So what if Lapus banned Lozada to go to public schools? The students I am sure will go to where ever Lozada will be..these students are concerned citizens..hindi gaya natin noon..na kung ano ang sabihin ng pari amen lang tayo..but then during those times hindi naman ganito ang gov’t. The private schools will open their doors to search for the truth..the more Lapus will banned them..the more they will be searching for their meaning..
Noong araw sa public schools..ito ang tinuturo..Cleanliness is next to Godliness; Honesty is the best policy..thus we read–Who cut the Cherry tree? Honest Abe..and our songs were” “I will be true for there are those who trust me..I will be pure for there are those who care..I will be humble for I know by weakness..” These I learned in Grade 1 at San Jose Antique, Elem School..Wala na bang kanito sa public school?
Corr: “the more Lapus will ban them..” sorry.
If suppression equals anger, don’t you think we should thank Lapus for doing Lozada this favor? Just a thought….
Hindi ba ang AIM is an Ateneo graduate school? And he taught there? Ano yan..Woe is me..shame and scandal in the faculty? I have a dear friend who is a faculty member at AIM..Frankie, I am sure you are an exemption..
mssmark416,
Aminin muna niya and ask forgiveness sa publiko, kesa sa “trabaho lang” ang rason niya sa pagtataksil sa bayan. Otherwise, manigas si Kiko Noted!
Sec. Lapus,do not be a party to all the falsehoods and deceit of your kabalen. Let our children join the majority of the people in search for truth. Mahiya ka naman, huwag ka nang mgbubulag bulagan sa katotohonan, ang hirap sa inyo ipinagpapalit nyo ang moralidad ninyo sa pera and pwesto sa gobyerno. Huwag mong antayin na pati mga anak mo ang mgsabi na mali ang ginagawa mo at pag nangyari yan buti pa siguro mgharakiri ka na
Rose,
AIM is Asian Institute of Management in Makati City, not in any way connected with Ateneo.
Hindi nagturo si Romy Neri sa AIM, nagturo lang siya ng mga men at doon unang nabuking ang kanyang pagka miembro ng federacion bilang isang tunay na kafatid.
Turning Point: glad to know that! Thanks..Iba pala ang tinuturuan na Management ni Neri..Convenient for him..With Education secretaries (past and present) like Lapus and Neri..nakakalungkot..institution of higest learning..
kabalen pala si Lapus..it pays to be a kabalen..
Lapus is just echoing the command of his master that’s why he issued his own executive order banning Lozada from visiting public schools. Lozada is on a mission to spread the “good news” and gloria wants him to be stopped. The action not only infringed on the constitutional rights to freedom of movement and speech but also as a way again to suppress the truth.
Baka sabit si Sec. Jeslie Lapus sa anomalyang US$ 465.5 million Cyber education project kaya takot mabuko ni Jun lozada. Lahat na klaseng pang-gigipit ay ginagamit para mabusalan ang katotohan.
Isa sa may pinakamalaking kasalanan sa bayan ay itong si Kiko Pangilinan. Kung hindi sa kanyang NOTED NOTED, eh walang mga DEVIL to DEVIL. (Natawa talaga ako duon sa joke na iyon – devil to devil, libre tawag..) Seriously, para sa akin, walang kapatawaran ang ginawa ni Mr Noted. Namangka pa siya sa dalawang ilog nuong recent election, at ngayong palubog na ang barko, alam na niya kung saan siya tatalon. Ganyan ang mga nababahiran ng hindi maganda ang pangalan, kahit ikula, hindi agad mabubura!
Banning Lozada from public shcools is like putting more gasoline to an already fiery fire! The more the Evil Bitch and her alipores suppress the truth, the people, particularly the youth, the more they are asking for trouble!
Natakot siguro sila maulit ang nangyari sa PUP last week. Talaga namang it was a spine tingling scene when the horde of students pushed away the steel gates and rushed inside the campus where Lozada was.
I learned Lozada was scheduled again to go to PUP. With that directive from Lapus and Neri, that would not push through anymore.
speaking of schools, ellen, nagsalita na ba ang head/presidente ng ateneo tungkol dito sa iskandalong ito? bro armin of la salle has been steadfast, refusing even a photo op with gloria. correct me if i’m wrong (and i would love to be corrected as i would love to be proud again to be an atenean) but as far as i know atenean response has been on an individual basis, that is, ateneo itself has yet to issue a statement on where it stands.
in the past re garci tapes, mas indignant pa, enraged even, ang mga atenista sa diploma anomalies ng player ng la salle kaysa pandaraya ng presidente.
Asus,naman! Na-ban na naman si Lozada sa mga pampublikong paaralan.Iyung mga matatalinong studyanti kasi ay hindi lang one plus one ang kanilang alam at alfabit na ZTE kundi ang trono ni pandakikay ay ninakaw not only once,but twice!
Kabayan, paki-ilista mo na yang bagong post ni SumpPit sa listahan.
Nawala na si Peter D. (wwnl) yung isa pang nagko-chronicle ng mga katiwalian ng rehimeng Arroyo. Kabayan, marami ka ring mapupulot doon sa blog ni wwnl (philippinecorruption.blogspot.com). Thanks.
grizzy says:
“I doubt if Jesli can impose the said rule on UP students, who are traditionally non-conformists. Tongue, pakisabi nga sa Student Union doon na pag pumunta si Jesli doon batuhin nila ng tae at kung puede, malalaking bato!”
Dontcha worry, grizzy. Let’s see them implement that in UP. Ipapuputol ko leeg ng kapitbahay ko, in less than a week, pupunta si Lozada doon to test this order. Subukan nilang gawin yan, walkout sa classroom lang ang katapat niyan. Sa UP lang sila makakakita ng 100% na mass action, pag sinabing walkout, walang matitira kahit isa. Central Police District nga hindi makapasok sa campus na bukod sa napakalaki, wala pang gate, ni hindi man lang mag-attempt manghuli sa loob.
Sino ipadadala nila, Marines?
Saka sa UP isang boto lang si Lapus sa Board of Regents, aanong gagawin niya, sisisantehin lahat? Tignan nga natin.
Kung si Assperon nga guwardiyadong de-armas pa, binato ng bugok na itlog at putik e.
Sa UP lang merong genuine na academic freedom, sa PUP din siguro pero hindi ako pamilyar.
Is this Dep Sec. Lapus related to that Tino Lapus of then “Eskwelahang Munti”? I presume both came from the same province of Pampanga.
Neri changes mind, won’t attend Senate hearing after the Senate rejected the SC proposed compromise agreement.
Bakit kasi hindi na lang kaladkarin sa Senado ang malanding ‘yan! Pero irrelevant naman na s’ya, alam na natin ang truth about NBN/ZTE. Kung baga ay para lang i-confirm, buhat sa kanyang red lips, ang mga ibinunyag ni Joey at Jun.
Wala talagang pag-asa ang tao na ito, sayang lang na pag-usapan pa!
You should understand that one characteristic of a gay is being fickle-minded. He-She can change mind at the last minute.
with due respect, may mga gays din o sabihin na nating bakla, na may prinsipyo talaga. itong ginagawa ni neri, naku, dapat talagang magtayo na rin siya ng sariling asosasyon, kasali si zubiri. balimbing talaga. para ngang puwit ng manok na nguso niya, ang prinsipyo niya, kung…meron pa man!
I agree with you, Myrna…but this Neri has no principle.
Why don’t they let Gloria do the school tours! I’m sure the students themselves will throw her out!
Mentioned in the column of Maceda that there are Assumption graduates who signed for her to step down..among those was her half sister..nahihiya na rin seguro..
Kilos na Kabataan!
The government is trying to suppress the truth and at the same time curtail the snowballing movement among the students and the youth in general to oust GMA.
Tama na! Sobra na! Patalsikin na!
kilos na kabataan, makipag giyerahan na kayo. tutal kayo naman ang mapapahamak hindi naman sila. nyahahaha. magsabong kayo sabi ni andres.
>> onga pala, sabihin ko muna mga GAGO kayong lahat. hehehe.. unahan ko na kayo sa pambabastos at sure ako na uulanin na naman ako ng mga pambabastos mula sa mga bastos na bloggers dito. hehehehe
The economic picture, according to Gabriel Singson
By Belinda Olivares-Cunanan
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 23:25:00 03/05/2008
Close this As I was writing this column Wednesday, I found myself running to the TV to watch the incredibly tight race between Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in Texas, which she finally won. As a Hillary fan, I must confess that I felt a lump in my throat as I listened to her highly emotional victory speech in Ohio, after she won there by a big margin. She was so uncharacteristically charged and so were her ardent supporters, as her Ohio victory put this spunky candidate’s campaign back on track. Ohio broke the 11-state jinx for her in the past three weeks, and it took pure guts to keep slugging against Obama.
The underdog image of this first woman candidate for the White House helped arouse sympathy for her and fired anew her army of volunteers. But above all, it was Hillary’s indomitable fighting spirit, of not giving up despite three near-death experiences in the primary race that put her back in the campaign trail. In her Ohio speech, she displayed all these emotions, sounding truly genuine perhaps for the first time. By contrast, in San Antonio, Texas, the usually fiery Obama seemed quite wooden, with his supporters looking tepid.
Listening to Hillary’s fighting stance, I was reminded of how similar she and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo are: smart and in command of facts, but coming across as very clinical and cold. But the fighting, emotional Hillary that came across last Tuesday night could have a lesson for Ms Arroyo. If Ms Arroyo could only put some fire in the belly in her efforts to fight her enemies, she might be able to stay the course.
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Doubtless many found a bit hilarious the one-week deadline, which began Wednesday, imposed by a bunch of former Cabinet officials from four administrations to Ms Arroyo, led by the so-called Hyatt 10 group of resigned Arroyo high officials. This group demanded that she take certain concrete steps dictated to resolve the ZTE national broadband network (NBN) crisis—or face the prospect of more and bigger rallies that they presumably would organize.
In the first place, all of these people are former officials and they command little following aside from their secretaries and drivers. Secondly, the Hyatt 10 were discredited by what was perceived as their treachery in 2005, first praising Ms Arroyo to high heavens, getting her to admit to talking to an official of the Commission on Elections and then suddenly demanding her resignation. This was one reason their call in 2005 didn’t catch on.
Moreover, by their own admission they won’t even recognize Vice President Noli de Castro as the rightful successor, in the event of Ms Arroyo’s resignation. Evidently these former officials remain deluded by a sense of self-importance that makes them think they can influence the course of events.
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Coincidentally on Wednesday, next to the full-page ad of these ex-Cabinet members was another ad signed by 74 House members, led by Speaker Prospero Nograles, 67 governors, 83 city mayors, 37 municipal mayors and eight “barangay” [village or neighborhood district] officials, all expressing support for Ms Arroyo.
Underscoring the “28 quarters of economic growth” under Ms Arroyo and terming the call for her resignation as “pointless, divisive and counter-productive,” these army of local officials exhorted the people to “Wait for the 2010 elections to effect change; Let due process take its course with regard to (the) allegations… Enough of dark politics! Let’s keep the momentum going.”
These leaders were elected into office, and one can truly say they have a very large part of the people with them. The local officials’ support reflects people’s sentiments: the elections are just around the corner; let’s work to have credible elections, not a people power uprising.
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On our 8 p.m. dzRH radio program last Sunday, Cecile Alvarez and I held a “paaralang bayan” [public schooling] with former central bank governor Gabriel Singson, who spoke glowingly about the economy. If it came from an Arroyo Cabinet member, such assertions would be met with cynicism, but Singson, a banker for 43 years, served as central bank chief under President Fidel V. Ramos and one year under President Joseph Estrada, and never under Ms Arroyo.
Singson said, “Hard facts and cold statistics cannot be finagled.” He compared data in 2001 with those of 2007 to show growth and a healthy financial position today. In 2001 our external debt was 68.3 percent of the gross national product (GNP), but today it’s only 36 percent. The debt shrank while GNP grew by 7.3 percent last year. Foreign debt service has been steadily declining: from 14.9 percent of our export and tourism receipts and overseas Filipino workers’ remittances in 2001, to 11.15 percent in 2006 and 9.45 percent in 2007.
An indication of our improved foreign debt situation is that we’re not utilizing as much official development assistance as before, and Philippine dollar-denominated bonds are now being traded abroad at big premiums. More savings are going into infrastructure spending around the country.
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Singson also noted that the budget deficit is now only nine percent, compared with 64 percent in earlier years. Unemployment stood at just 7.3 percent last year, helped in part by the fact that $5 billion to $6 billion is earned by business process outsourcing outfits, e.g., call centers, every year. As a result, per capita income in relation to GNP shot up to $913 last year from $725.7 in 2001.
The peso strengthened from 2001, when it was at 51.40 to the dollar, to 49.00 in January 2007 and 40.41 last week, an appreciation of 18.8 percent in one year. Singson said this was providential as it helped cushion the impact of skyrocketing oil prices; had the exchange rate remained flat, the price of gasoline would have shot up by P2.50 more per liter. It also proved helpful in our continuing heavy importation of rice and medicines.
Singson further noted that inflation was a benign 2.8 percent in 2007, and net international reserves were at an all-time high of $34.79 billion in January 2008, compared to $11.428 billion in 2001.
inquirer
from “Dave Yuzon,” but signed by a “Dindo Soriano”:
Dear Ms. Mayuga,
I’ve just read your letter to Jun Lozada which glorifies (him) as a hero, an icon, a man who loves his country, etc. etc. I for one believe(d) so, until I saw this video. Please check this YouTube link about Joey and Jun.
From what I heard in the news, Jun and Joey admitted that the voices in this video are theirs. Jun said it confirmed his allegation that he was wiretapped. But, I think, that’s beside the point. Since he admitted that the said voice is his w/ PI profanities and all, I believe he has to explain to his adoring fans the content of this taped conversation.
Did he tell the whole truth about his participation in ZTE deal? Did he lie in the Senate when he said he had no connection w/ Joey? Was he promised a commission on the deal by Joey? Is that his way of moderating the greed by dealing on both sides, or (is he) the referee?
In my opinion, we should thank the wire-tapper for exposing the false heroes of our time. He is also a hero, isn’t he?
Dindo G. Soriano
hay.. mssmark416, pagkakamali lang ni gloria ang nakikita mo. tignan mo din ang mga angas ng mga bloggers dito. talagang mga bastos ang mga bloggers dito, aminin. hehehehe
“ If we are to expect the Filipinos to wake up to what is really happening in our country, the Media should cover and air events as they happen COMPREHENSIVELY and not in spurts of news breaks or prime time news features. Unfortunately for the masses, channel 4 does cover the Senate Hearing on ‘Boses’ – its hosts do nothing to calm the public, instead berating, insulting and criticizing whoever the Senators are questioning at the moment. The hosts do not keep an objective stance and show outright disgust at anti-PGMA statements…helping to fan the flames of public resentment by monkeying with the answers given by witnesses – on air.”
para sayo to ellen…. be responsible journalist daw. hehehe. kaw pa ang nasisimulan ng kaguluhan eh. 🙂
Anna: Why don’t they let Gloria do the school tours! I’m sure the students themselves will throw her out!
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Good suggestion, Anna. Tignan natin kung makakapunta si Dorobo doon ng walang kasamang may mga armas, baril at granada kundi iyong mga matronang sipsip and how much ibinenta ang mga kaluluwa. At least, si Lozada napapaligiran ng mga anghel—iyong mga madre at pareng nagmamahal sa kaniya pag nagpunta sa mga eskuwela. Anna, pakimura na lang si Jesli, OK?
Knives kung data din lang naman ng mga alipores ni Evil Bitch ang paniniwalaan, lahat yan ay FAKE katulad niya. What she says is different from what she does. Believe it or not pag pinaaudit ang mga economic data na yan, puro retoke pabor sa Evil Bitch! These data are all dressed up!It does not take an Einstein to figure out the padding here and there! Kung yung ngang mga kontrata ay nagkakawalaan pagkatapos nilang pagkaperahan, siyempre ang mga economic figures ay ganun din. These economic indicators are used to get more loans.
On the debt service, yan ay dahil sa malakas na peso. But the strong peso is due mainlu to the fact that almost all Asian countries have very strong currencies right now, hindi lang ang Pilipinas. It is also largely due to the tripled number of OFWS who have remmitted triple the amount compared to prior years. Kaya tama na ang kasinungalingan! Kung yung pangdaraya sa election at yung sunod sunod niyang pagnanakaw sa kaban ng bayan, pagpaslang ng mga aktibista, pagkulong ng mga sumasalungat sa kanya ay nalulusutan niya, kayang kaya niyang magmaniobra ng lahat ng sangay ng gobierno para gumanda ang image niya kuno! But we know better!
yeah, mssmark416 inaamin kong bastos na din ako simula ng nag blog ako dito. nagsimula na akong magblog ng mga salitang GAGO, etc etc. ewan ko ba. nahawa na ako sa mga tao dito.
parasabayan,, pwede akong maniwala jan sa sinasabi mo pero pede din akong maniwala na nagsasalita si lozada not for the TRUTH but just to save his ass..
I also want to know the truth, pero ayaw ko kay lozada.
mssmark416… i wonder kung kelan ka pa nagsimula mag blog dito? pakicheck nga ung history ng mga blogs dito at malalaman mo kung panu sila magsabi ng STUPID, etc etc sa bawat isa..
hindi ko ginagawa un sa mga blogs ko. dito lang.
bumabalik?? hmmm. onga noh, kakatuwa kasi mga blogs dito. kahit kasi ung simpleng letter ni luli sa friend nya ay ginawan ng issue.. 🙂
isa pa… hindi ako pro-gloria…. pro administration ako, regardless kung sino pa ang uupo. pag naging president si trillanes ay susuportahan ko rin xia. kasi un ang pananaw ko.
i think tama din naman ginawa ni jesli lapuz. kung papayagan niya kasi na magsalita si lozada sa mga public schools, magkakaroon ng public knowledge ang mga public school students at magiging publicly aware sila sa pangyayari. siyempre malalaman din ng mga public school students na niloloko rin pala sila ng gobyerno dahil habang nagpapasarap ang iilan sa million-dollar kickbacks at SOPs, itong mga public school students ay nag-aagawan ang mga puwit sa kakarampot na bangko at pisara ng kanilang mga eskuwelahan; nagsisiksikan sa kokonting classrooms; nagpipipilit gumising ng maaga para lang mahabol ang three shifts ng kanilang paaralan; at nagtitiis sa gutom o kaya nagkakasya na lamang sa limang pisong baon. kung magsasalita kasi si lozada, baka mainggit lang itong mga public school students sa sarap ng buhay ng iilan, na maganda rin pala sa wack-wack, at ansarap ng P650 na burjer ni Abalos. kung mangyayari yun, baka mag-drop out sila sa klase at mag-applay na lamang bilang mga caddie.
kaya go lapuz, go!
anak ng “bitch” talga tong gobyernong to oh, oh.. pinagkaitan na nga ng silya, libro at eskuwelahan ang mga estudyante… pati ba naman katotohanan, libre na nga lang eh pilit pang pinipigilang lumabas.
Sa tingin ko, ok lang naman itong directive na ito ni Lapus to ‘insulate’ students from politics. Di po ba, elementary at high school lang naman ang sakop ng DepEd? Masyado pa pong bata ang mga elementary and high school students para makialam sa pulitika. Mas mabuti pang tutukan muna nila ang kanilang pag-aaral.
PUP president Dante Guevarra assures President Arroyo of his support during a courtesy call at the palace Wednesday according to gmanews.tv
PUP students block PUP officials who want to express their support to President Arroyo according to news.
Re:Economy Picture by G.Singson; Let say all the datas and facts were true and correct,but a deep study on the meaning and purposes of this posted picture,are a work of spin to neutralized the impending of rallies?or another sweeping dirt under the rugs?if this posted pictures was to deciminates how economy look like during Arroyo watch fine!The answer for this,a painter himself was not good artist,one lack of contrasting shades and colors about the subject and ojectives of the picture.All colors are blinding.WHY?where are all the data of FORIEGN loan incurred from 2001-2007,purposed of loans.Employement remains 7.3%,good!but still questionable lack of statistic of DOMESTIC data,according to DOLE more than 2500/day leaving the country to seek employment(legally or illegally),considered those been employed,you’re losing 75000/month productive manpower,for a year 900,000,now!are these created by the administration?UNDOUBTLY correct,EXPORTATIONS OF manpower main sources of DOLLARS reserved, meaning strong peso!!but what happened to DOMESTICS EMPLOYEMENTS,did the administrations try to generates some local livehoods for the people?IT showed they rather send our manpower abroads to gained doolars.If this administration runs effectively,generated taxpayer money would be enough to sustained the operating capacity, but why we to obtained external finacial help to operates,since all the datas are looking good.A 1.3 trillion pesos=400 billion dollars has to be borrowed to operates w/ 85 millions populations.means something wrong is going on,It is clear, that the gov’t has required to spend $4700 or 188,000 pesos/citizen annually, just to live in the country.Where all this money goes, your best answer are mine too.
Gusa77, sabi nga ni Singson, “Hard facts and cold statistics cannot be finagled.” Wag na nating itwist ang facts.
PUP President in Malacanang? Wow! Magkano kaya ang pabaon pagkatapos? Lord, please stop it! Nakakasuka na po kasi!
I hope UP President Romana will abide by the usual UP tradition. I remember UP President Cinco adamant on imposing UP rules regarding entry to the state university so much that he got in conflict with the father of the Midget that I was told was the reason why she went to Georgetown U. Para hindi mapahiya even when her entry to the US university was just as a salingpusa!!! 😛 Hindi nga doon natapos ang ungas, puro yabang lang! Her undergrad degree was in fact received from Assumption College.
Anyway, may araw din iyan? Taragis, ibinibenta na ang Pilipinas, wala pa bang kikilos?
JERZ,if your’re telling me I’m TWISTINGt he facts,why don’t you open your common sense,Ican’t say EYES,due you might have defective visions,looking on objects it might deviates senses due the way it looks.But senses are better than visions,due even on the dark could visiualied the surrounding.
Thank you Lapus for creating that stupid directive! High school kids are now starting to boil up because of your attempt to silent and cover up the truth! Stupid gameplans of stupid people in this stupid government! No wonder the Philippines is still the laughing stock in the international community at the expense of the ordinary Filipino (as always)! Thank God, the lifespan of the Pidals are getting shorter and shorter! Thanks you Lapus for your contribution! God is Great in 2008! The deliverance of the Pearl of the Orient Seas is in the making! The die has been cast!
PUP President in Malacan? Don’t worry walang magagawa PUP President sa mga students ng PUP, tignan natin kung kaya nilang tibagin ang tigas ng mga PUP students…
Just brought my grand daughter a senior kinder this morning to their school thanksgiving mass. The celebrant told the little tots and the elder audience about TRUTH. It was a primer for Lozada’s in that little crowd.
They are just there to show their support for the president. There’s nothing wrong with that.
Students ang future ng ating bansa. Wag natin ituro sa kanila ang ginagawa ng ating gobyerno ngayon. Lagay dito lagay duon. I still believe na magiging maganda ang future ng Pilipinas !
Gusa77, you just can’t accept it. The facts are there.
jerz,
ano ba ang pagkakaintindi mo doon sa mga data’ng sinasabi ni singson?
mahina kasi ako istatistiks, eh. at saka walang sabdyek na istatistiks noong nag-aaral pa ako sa aming baryo sa greyd one na hindi ko pa natapos.
paki eksplika naman para maliwanagan ako, plis?
Di naman twisted ang numeric figures ng economic indicators natin,e, jerz… But it is also a cold and hard fact that what is keeping us afloat are the foreign currency remittances from OFWs – contributing to our increased foreign reserves. Add to that the current depreciation of the US Dollar kaya nag-aapreciate Peso natin. Pero ang cold and hard fact din is the social cost of the increasing number of OFWs. Cold fact din that within our region, we are one of the lowest in terms of social human index at competitive index.
Simplehan natin — marami nga tayong dollar at pogi ang piso ngayon pero kung ang ginagastos na budget ng gobyerno e napupunta ang at least 20% ng budget natin (cold fact din yan ayon sa WB at ADB) sa bulsa ng naka-upo, di talaga aangat ang bayan natin. This is the same opinion about the Philippines that the former PM of Singapore Lee Kwan Yew wrote in his latest bio – that unless our government spends its budget on items that would increase our human index (health, education, housing, water, low utility rates, etc.) and improve our competitiveness (infrastructure and “governance”), kahit na mataas ang foreign reserves natin we are very vulnerable sa social and political upheavals.
“talagang mga bastos ang mga bloggers dito, aminin. hehehehe”
knives, ang bastos ay ang katulad mong pumapasok sa bahay ng may bahay na hindi marunong gumalang sa may ari ng bahay.
at dahil para ka na ring basurang pakalatkalat dito katulad ng mga kauri mo ay BASTOS KA RIN katulad naming mga sinasabi mo!!!!
kung hindi binababoy ng pinagtatanggol mong sinungaling, mandaraya, ganid at huwag na presidente daw siya kahit hindi tunay na hinaqlal ng tao, HINDI magiging bastos ang mga naritong ginugulo mo.
Yan ang gusto kong sagot, tulad ng kay sandinista – based on facts.
“remittance boycott” / one day no remittance day a month ang sigaw ng mga OFW’s sa ibang bansa.
Sarap sana pakinggan ng huling post mo, jerz, pero di ka na nakasagot sa posting natin last time re-ireport ang corruption.. sabi ko sa iyo ang hirap talaga ituwid ng baluktot.. siguro pag nangyari sa iyo at maramdaman mo ang hirap ng pagiging isang whistleblower or manindigan na NO sa bribery or corruption, at ipitin ka pati pamilya mo, maiintindihan nyo ni happy g. ang punto ng karamihan sa mga nasa blog na ito…
Hi Marian,
Kung hindi ka bastos why not say it in a nice way.
Ang unang blog ko dito ay maayos pero sa mga reply na katulad ng sau, naging bastos na din ako gaya mo.
Wala ka bang salamin sa bahay mo at hindi mo napapansin ang sarili mong baho. at ayaw pang aminin. grabe. pag naging presidente ka malaman katulad ka din ni gloria (as per your description kay gloria)
maayos akong nagblog ng opinion ko dito dati. Tignan nyo ang history ng blog na ito. Pero dahil against sa inyo ang opinion ko, nabastos ako nun. kung ano anong nang itinawag sa akin. kesyo, pakawala ni luli. etc etc.
hindi ba kabastusan un?
MRivera isuggest mo kaya sa registration dito na mag lagay ng isa pang field asking if the person is an ANTI-GLORIA or PRO-GLORIA. Tapos ilimit lang sa mga anti-gloria ang pag popost dito. Tapos palitan nyo na rin ang pangalan ng abante ng ‘ANTI-GLORIA’ tabloid.
sandinista, naiintindihan ko naman ang point mo, pero di ako basta maniniwala sa kahit na sinong whistleblower. Pinag-aaralan ko muna. Hindi ko naman sinasabing sinungaling si Lozada, hindi ko rin masasabi kaagad na nagsasabi sya ng totoo. Pag-aaralan ko muna. Pero habang di pa napapatunayan yung mga bintang sa kaninuman, di muna ako manghuhusga.
Jerz, it seems made up na mind mo talaga with happy g., etc. to continue supporting Gloria.. the train of history is moving, and I and most of those in this blog, and many of the Pinoys have also decided to take this historic ride. At least now it is clear that we have drawn the battle line. Venceramos! See you in the front lines, kabayan!
mssmark416: Kasi ako at ilang mga kasama ko e desidido na rin to make ourselves count in this battle all the way… like sheila m., nanahimik ang marami sa amin ng ilang taon din — we tried to live a normal life as professionals and entrepreneurs, pero may hangganan ang lahat di ba? Kaya seryoso ako sa front lines…
At dapat mas tibayan natin mga loob natin kasi totoo yong sinabi no J.Lo, talagang di basta basta bibigay ang rehimen ni GMA nang walang patayan. Kaya naghahanda lang po.. and it seems desidido yung mga kababayan natin dito sa blog na tumalima kay Ma’am (tulad nina jerz at happy g.), kaya kita kita na lang sa front lines kung umabot man sa puntong yun..
Big news today, kakasuhan daw si lozada ng mga taga malacanang kasi nadawit daw si FG at mga ibang government officials sa broadband scandal.
WOW PHILIPPINES talaga !!
Mssmark416: Pareho pala tayo… marami na rin akong experience nung estudyante pa sa kalsada.. yung iba kong kasama pinili ang mas mahirap na pakikibaka, at ilan e nagbuwis na rin ng buhay dahil dito… it has really been a while since kumulo ang dugo ko dahil sa politika dito sa bayan natin.
Hamo, kahit kayong mga OFWs o mg balikbayan ngayon na dating lumalaban sa lansangan e pwede pa rin namang makibahagi. Tulad nitong blog na ito.. tsaka siguro dasal mula sa inyo para kaming nandito pa e mas lumakas ang loob. Salamat!
knives,
hindi kita pinagbabawalan mo ang sino mang kasangga mo na mag-post dito dahil bisita rin lang ako kaya WALA kang karapatang UTUSAN AKO kung ano ang gusto mo.
takutan na ba dito? parang giyera na ‘yang pinag-uusapan, ah?
meron na ba sa inyong nakipagpatintero sa gitna ng umuulang bala, maliban sa mga katulad nina zardux?
baka naman sa pakikipag-agawan sa ipinauulang pera ni gloria?
ako’y iiskiyerda muna. sobrang tapang na ‘yung mga kapatid nating nasilaw sa pakunwaring kabaitan ni gloria.
nakakatakot! baka sa kanila pa ako matuluyan. ‘kakaawa naman ang aking mga anak at mga apo. matagal na kaming hindi nagkikita dahil hindi ko magawang magbakasyon dala ng kahirapan ng buhay diyan sa pilipinas, eh mahirap nang baka sa mga matatapang dito ako matigok!
huwag kayong susunod, babala ko sa inyo. umiiwas na ako.
Correction, sandinista. You’re implying that I have already made up my mind and will continue supporting Gloria no matter what. I made it clear that I will not be judging anyone unless he or she is proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt (in court).
Talking about the possibility of a civil war, I don’t think anyone of you here has the courage to die for what he believes in. You have had so many chances before to show your bravery.
Marami dito naniniwala sa pinaglalaban ni Trillanes. Nasaan naman kayo nung nanawagan sya ng suporta? Nagpapasarap sa bahay nyo. Nanonood ng noontime show. O di makapunta dahil TAKOT.
And that’s why you can’t win…You won’t.
Marami naman dito, ang tatapang lang sa rally, dahil alam nilang di sila pwedeng galawin ng pulis sa rally (syempre bad image yon sa pulis). Atsaka ang tindi magparatang sa mga nakaupo sa gobyerno, pero di maireport ang mga nakikitang anomalya sa kanila mismong mga lugar, bahay, o opisina. Paano kasi, TAKOT!
Mas mabuti pang maging peace-loving and law-abiding ngunit handang lumaban kung kinakailangan kaysa puro dakdak pero nagtatago sa tunay na laban.
Jerz, linya ni Dr. Anthony Golez yang sinasabi mo… ang pakikibaka maraming porma. Di porke di humawak ng armas at nakipag barilan sa kalye e duwag na. Siguro sa sobra mong pag-aaral kung talagang tama o mali ang isang kaso e nabulag ka na sa mga lumaban at lumalaban ng walang armas at nagbuwis pa ng buhay. Punta ka dun sa bantayog ng mga bayani para makilala mo sila.
“YOu can’t win, you won’t” — linya yan nung isa sa mga naging direktor ng CIA sa Latin America patungkol sa mga rebolusyonaryong Latino. Ngayon, problemado si Bush kasi Colombia na lang ang pangulong best friend niya sa S.America tulad nang “Ma’am” mo..
Nagsaliksik ka na ba sa labas ng Metro Manila? Dati akala natin “spent force” na ang mga NPA, pero in the past few years, thanks to your “Ma’am” umangat ang myembro nila. Ever read the article of Time mag na cover pic pa ang isang amazona?
Sa mga universities ngayon, I have never seen such vigor sa biglang pagdami ng mga chapters ng LFS for the past few months. Akala ko nung panahon ni Cory, history na ang LFS.
Ang Bayan nagulat ako dati isa o dalawa lang ang chapters sa US. Ngayon, dahil na naman kay “Ma’am” mo, gulat ko na lang at may Canadian, HK, at Aussie chapters na rin.
Dati lahat ng militar, kaaway ng mga namumundok. Again, ngayon lang sa panahon ng “Ma’am” mo, may mga units ng AFP, esp. yung mga nasa special forces, na di gagalawin ng mga namundok because of their “patriotic” tendencies.
Dahil sa pang uudyok mo at mga kasama mo sa, mas marami ang lalong nagiging militante. Kaya in a way kahit nakaka-offend ka man sa ibang tao sa blog na ito, minsan e mainam din kasi mas lalo mong pinapadali ang pagdami ng mga lumalakas ang loob lumaban. Kaya jerz, thank you! Hamo, ipagkakalat ko itong posting mong huli sa ibang Pinoy. Sana dagdagan mo ang mapag-alab mong mga postings! VIVA!
Mabuhay ka, mssmark416!
Jerz, due time zone differnces bet. us,I didn’t have time to make a rebut on “I can’t accept the facts.Let me give you a brief and basic of ECONOMY,how does it evolves and functions as a tools for the progress of any country. Productions thru domestic manpower utilizing the natural resourses,lands,sea air and industrial machineries. Consuming public are the prime sources to generates the public monies for gov’t operations and it functions.How’s does the public will have buying powers,hence they can’t find any source to meet the ends.Does not occured to your mind why there’s lot of them live in below “POVERTY” line.Causees of these,are lack of infractures growth and developements, to generates jobs for the public.FORIEGN AND DOMESTIC INVESTOR discouragement,due to a long red taping processing, habitual and rampant corruptions of gov’t officials.Another sources of incomes are EXPORTATION(not manpower),of products to foriegn lands,these are to balance the expenses of Importations of products for developements.Public comsumes more imported basic needs due to lack of productions.What are the back bones of the economy now?Strong pesos,are not base factor to indicates a Blooming economy,neither foriegn loans.Now is time to open your common sense to visualized your VIRTUAL economy.Lastly I give you true images of your economy,compare it to a fruit bearing tree,looking in any angles it was blooming and flourishing,but no flowers nor fruits to harvest.Is this progress of the Economy.
The OFWs are our only hope now. If only their families can withstand a month without allotment, this will place our economy in disarray. It could increase the peso exchange rate back to 50 or more to a dollar. Two months without allotment, we cannot pay our foreign debts anymore. Just three months in a row that there’s no allotment, the government can no longer pay salaries. Four months without allotment, PGMA will be hanged upside down. Civil war will be at its apex. There might be already incursions of either the US expeditionary forces or the Chinese PLA to prevent chaos. Lets all pray this will happen.
Kakatawa naman ang DepED, Pwede na daw magsalita ngayon si Lozada 🙂 wag lang daw magencourage ng mga estudyante na kontrahin ang ating gobyerno and as long as he does not create controversy
“…I made it clear that I will not be judging anyone unless he or she is proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt (in court).”
Buhay pa kaya tayo nun?
Grabe ka Valdemar. Hindi ata si gloria ang maapektuhan ng ipinagdadasal mo.
After that?? ano na? Sarili mo lang ata ang iniisip mo. Safe na safe ka kasi sa ibang bansa. tsk tsk.
Valdemar: The Philippines is very ripe for a civil war. Politicians are positioning themselves and the interest of outside forces are being jeopardized. I wouldn’t be surprised if these outside forces would fund some groups to start the ball rolling. It would be a pity to see disarray and chaos in the Philippines, however, most of the great nations today went through civil war, hence they value their blood-earned democracy. Something that has not occured in the Philippines. But democracy prevails, though I think Filipinos take this for ganted. They tend to become the audience, and wait for things / situation to die down. Most Filipinos would rather air their grievances about situations when it is already too late. This present crisis could be an opportunity for the Philippines to redeem herself from the political bankruptcy that she is at present. Civil war can still be avoided. How? Perhaps, when GMA has come to her sneses and step down, the Filipinos would take it upon themselves to be guardians of their freedom, by reigning in the politicians who most of time would think of themselves during their long tenure in office and think of the public only during election campaigns. One of the reasons Jun is doing the campus tours is to educate as much as he could on the ill-effects of the youths not taking action when it is required. From his campus tours and dialogues / fora with students, he encourages students to be more active, by finding their MINDSET which devlops their ATTITUDE, in turn would motivate them to take ACTION and get the RESULT they wish.
The Philippines at present in a state of “Organized Chaos”. This situation is well suited for our politicians.
This is the 1st time that I have engaged in fora like this, my interest developed only when Jun surfaced and imparted to us what he knows about the scandals the government has done and continues to do to. The Dysfunctional Procurement Procedure. I have always wondered how come the Philippines is lagging behind, when the Philippines should have been in the forefront of Economic achievement, not just because of the natural resources but also because of the Philippines’ massive talent in manpower. Eye opener if you could call it that. Peace to all! And hopefully changes would be achieved to improve the lives of the Filipinos. Opportunities for employment, not merely call centers. I have been to a lot of places and have observed how countries have developed, quite a long narrative, only if you guys would indulge. I am no Economist but have seen how some countries have progressed. Surely we could still do it! Cheers!
I have had the chance to talk to Jun in length about the state of the country. Very enlightening and educational for me. Never thought it was that bad! Akala ko, medyo pa lang.
I usually see him whenever I am in Manila, yes, even during these times, and I can guarantee that no money or promises were given to him as some may suspect. Also, I wish to impart to you all, Jun will not run for any public office, even way after this NBN/ZTE investigation. To give you an idea of the kind of person he is. Jun values friendship alot, remember how he would not say anything that would put Neri in a bad light, even if Romy has chsoen to be on the other side. Even today, he would not say anything bad about Romy. He helps alot of people. In his own samll way he extends help to whoever is in need, in whichever he can. Family is important to him as it is to everyone. He is very apologetic to the whole clan for putting everyone in danger. Believe me, everyone… As a closely knit family, everyone understood him and standing by his side, literally. Hindi yung “Jun nasa likod mo kami…” Its more like, Jun we are here side by side with you. A great person who has a passion for books and holds both Jose Rizal and Pope John Paul II high up there in a pedestal. His office and house has portraits of this Two. Just thought I’d share this with you. Thanks.
Thanks for the sharing, kapatid.
Hello Ellen,
any ideas sino yun next witness nila sa martes ? sabi nila dalawa daw ang sisipot
Uncvlized, what i know is he is a male. Let’s just wait. Baka maharang pa ng Malacañang.
The next witness is a male. He’s Manalac, former official of PNOC. I’m surprised why his name is made public now with only two days to go before the hearing.
There are reports that Jun Lozada’s life is in danger. There are plans to assassinate him. We all know that no one can stop a determined assassin. If Lozada pushes through with his planned visits to the provinces for speaking engagement, his safety would be at high risk. It’s much easier to be killed in the provinces. I’m very concerned.