My cousins, the Orendains, have a small beach resort in Guimbal, Iloilo and it is in danger of being ruined by the oil spill coming from MT Solar I that sank in the waters off Guimaras.
My cousin, Dolly O. Escobar, whose daughters, Marla and Carla manage Sunrise Beach (about 30 minutes away from Iloilo City), has been texting everybody last week to pray that the government do something to solve the problems that are endangering lives of people in Guimaras and Negros Occidental.
Dolly said the fumes and smell of oil can already be felt in Guimbal. Needless to say, business is down. With the strong winds and waves, they fear that it’s a matter of time before oil reaches their shores. To prevent that, the people in Guimbal are making booms containing feathers and hair to prevent the oil from reaching their shores.
Those are community efforts to alleviate the damage. There is the bigger task of cleaning up which should be the responsibility of the Petron, 40 percent owned by the government, and Sunshine Maritime Development Corporation.
A class suit by the affected communities of Iloilo should be pushed through to compel Petron and Sunshine Maritime to accept responsibility for the damage.
So far, the actuations of the government, Petron and Sunshine Maritime have been infuriating.
The accident happened Aug. 11. While the people of Guimaras were hard put in dealing with the oil spill that blackened their shores and their lives, Petron’s initial position was that it is not obliged to shoulder the cost of the cleaning operations nor is it obliged to extend economic aid to the affected communities.
Not much was heard from Sunshine Maritime except a statement from its president Clemente Cancio that the company was in talks with “international maritime experts” to see if the 998-ton tanker can be raised.
Last Thursday, Aug. 24, 13 days after the disaster and continuous coverage by media, Petron chair Nicasio Alcantara issued a statement that “Petron deeply regret this unfortunate incident” and that they “they are doing everything humanly possible to assist those affected.”
Alcantara enumerated what this multi-billion oil company has done: “Under our Ligtas Guimaras program, we have already cleared 25 kilometers of shoreline and we expect the on-shore clean-up to finish in 45 days. We are currently employing 869 people from affected communities daily and we aim to increase this number in the coming days. We have also deployed about 5 percent of the total workforce of Petron to participate in the work being done on the island.”
Should the people of Guimaras thank Petron for that? Petron was paying those people they employed to clean up P200 a day. How can a family live on P200 a day?
A lawyer from Guimaras, Atty. Elijo Herrera, said Petron has promised to make the payment P300 a day. Should the injured people of Guimaras be grateful for Petron’s “generosity”?
Petron is also not providing the displaced farmers and fishermen, who are doing the cleaning up, with the protective gears like masks, boots, and gloves. Health Secretary Francisco Duque himself said exposure of Guimaras residents to bunker fuel oil could lead to a number of ailments and one of then is “neurasthenia” which is manifested through sensation of pain, numbness in some parts of the body, chronic fatigue, weakness, anxiety and fainting.”
Last Saturday, 15 days after the disaster, Gloria Arroyo visited Guimaras. “I am personally pressing the government, Petron, the ship owner and every responsible party to work quickly and decisively to clean-up this ecological mess,” she said.
Press the government? Isn’t that weird coming from someone who grabbed power to be on top of this government?
Actions speak louder than words. So far, her actions have been deafeningly muted.
it is weird but if true that she is personally pressing her own govt to do something then she must be suffering from double personality. she must go to a psychoanalyst to find out who she really is.
GMA’s words again?
Who believes a mader-of-all lies?
Besides, her action is TOO SLOW::::maybe becoz she is a “hands-on” president who wanted to have a look at everything before her assistants can do some work…..
Sounds true in other sector of government: Remember bolante’s case with the DFA keeping mum for days; garci’s whereabouts withheld, ad infinitum….
Photo-op lang yata yung ginawa sa Guimaras, eh…just like what she always do in other disaster-stricken areas.
Para masabing she is “doing something” samantalang ang asawa niya ay nag-GAGAllivanting ang stashing hot money from their “connection” in Inang Bayan.
just asking:
Hindi ba nasa Petron Board na si Boncodin?
WHAT is she doing? Can she not pressure her comrades who receive such largesse?
In other countries, IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY of the company who owns the barge/commodity to clean up. Why does Petron dodge its responsibility NOW? Kanila yung oil, di ba?
They SHD. have taken more precautionary measures for the transport before hiring that hauler…..
SILA ang magbayad, mag-clean-up at magbalik sa dating kalakaran sa Guimaras AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
anyone has a link or info on how much Petron made in profits for the past five years ???
Unless gloria leaves Malacanang, the disasters (natural or man-made)will not stop pouring in the country. She is the root of all crisis and poverty. WORKS OF A DEMON!! GOD HAVE MERCY ON US!!!
somethin like a curse. goldenlion?
Shivers me timber….
The Legion is at hand!
The TIME is RIPE for the people to think…..
SOBRA NA!
Over here, when something like this happens, it also makes to the international news because this is going to be in the local newspapers and morning, noon and evening talk shows until the government and the company or companies concerned do something to clean up the ocean again.
And yes, there will surely by the environmentalists who will demand for fast action from the government considering the ocean current and the fear of the oil being flowed to countries around Japan and the Pacific ream, for there actually is no time to dilly dally when it comes to this kind of environmental problem regardless of whether or not this has been caused by an accident!
Personally, I have joined rallies and protests when something like this happens. I am amazed in fact at the citizens’ concern because all the participants in such protests may not even be a member of any organization but simply concerned about the environment. But most of all, I am amazed at the prompt response from the government that cannot afford to be indifferent and not all yabang like the bogus government of the Philippines under a bogus president.
But look at the promptness of action when the crooks at the Philippine Tongress kill any motion to have the bogus president removed, and the money being poured on bogus groups called “people’s initiative” but when to this kind of calamity, the bogus president would even wait for weeks before she makes announcements on the newspapers that are vague even and mere bluffs.
Her statement of a national calamity is more like the statement she issued when she finally visited the damaged area in Leyte last Winter when a mountain buried over 5,000 villagers, and ordered the digging to look for survivors stopped and a memorial set up there as a common burial.
Fortunately, there is no reported human casualty in this accident, but definitely a lot many fishes and animals in the area succumbed to the oil and the fumes coming from the pungent oil.
Now, the idiot has called for SOS from overseas but none is fast to respond, and the Philippines cannot do anything with the bogus president not willing to replenish the national treasury with her loots so equipments can be bought, and there are no experts to help solve the problem because they are out of the country having been already deployed overseas with no intention to come back to their country! Pathetic eh?
Ito ang uubos sa lahi natin kung sakali!!!!!!!!! Nasaan na ang mga teknolohiyang ibenenta nila?
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TOKYO, Japan (AP) — The president of precision instrument maker Mitutoyo Corp. was arrested in the alleged export to Malaysia of equipment that can be used in making nuclear weapons, officials said Friday.
Tokyo police arrested Kazusaku Tezuka, along with four other Mitutoyo executives and employees, on suspicion of violating foreign trade control laws, trade ministry official Hiroyuki Murakami said.
Mitutoyo is suspected of illegally exporting to its subsidiary in Malaysia two three-dimensional measuring devices that can be converted for use in the manufacture of nuclear weapons, one each in October and November, 2001, Murakami said.
Three-dimensional measuring machines map cylindrical shapes to great detail and cannot be exported without government permission, according to Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry officials. High-tech versions of the machine can measure centrifuges used in uranium enrichment, Murakami said.
Police also suspect Mitutoyo may have exported similar equipment to a company connected with Iran’s nuclear program via an Iranian trading company based in Tokyo, Kyodo News agency said.
Police refused to comment on the reports. Mitutoyo responded to phone calls with a recording saying the company was not open for business Friday.
Police raided Mitutoyo’s offices near Tokyo in February over suspicions it had exported three-dimensional measuring machines to Japanese companies in China and Thailand in 2001 without seeking permission, media reports said.
At that time, Mitutoyo denied it attempted to evade the law.
Separately, Japanese news reports said the International Atomic Energy Agency also discovered Mitutoyo-made machinery at nuclear-related sites in Libya during inspections in December 2003 and January 2004.
The equipment was shipped to Libya via Dubai by Scomi Precision Engineering Bhd., a Malaysian manufacturer linked to an international nuclear trafficking network, Kyodo reported.
The company, also known as SCOPE, imported six units from Mitutoyo in early 2002, Kyodo said.
The company was linked to a proliferation network led by Pakistan’s top nuclear scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, when some 25,000 SCOPE-produced centrifuge parts for enriching uranium were seized in October 2003 en route to Libya.
Malaysian police cleared SCOPE of allegations that it knew the parts were bound for Libya, or intended for nuclear use. The company said it thought they were destined for the oil and gas industry in Dubai.
Libya said in 2003 it had given up what had been a secret nuclear, biological and chemical weapons program, handing over drawings of a crude nuclear bomb to the IAEA.
Japan’s technological prowess as Asia’s most advanced economy makes it an attractive shopping ground for countries and others eager to build a nuclear weapon. Resource-poor Japan is active in nuclear energy.
My goodness. Blaming the oil spill on Ate Glue? Please.
Why not? How is she handling the problem? It happened Au. 11. Two weeks had passed and what has she done? Has she ordered Petron to do something about it right away? No, because she cannot do anything with Alcantara, who is the brother of her fundraiser, Tom Alcantara.
If not for the unrelenting public outcry, did she act? Up to now, the japanese ship that is supposed to look at the sunken solar I is still scheduled to arrive. Because they only acted last week. In the beginning petron’s stand was, it’s not our fault and Arroyo didn’t do anything about it.
There are talks that Sunshine Maritime is connected to a powerful figure in Congress. Is Arroyo doing anything about it?
Petron is 40 percent owned by the government. The government should be held responsible for how it is run.
This happened not long after Boncodin joined Petron. What a timing…
Related topic: Nauubusan na ng pangalan ang Internet Brigade ni Pandak. Puro Tony ang nakikita ko! I understand the Pandak had a student by the name of Tony something Chinese and he must be blogging or someone is cloning him and blogging here! Nice try Ungas. There are a lot many of us who are also trying to safeguard this blog and maintain the status quo—more against the Pandak than pro, which is a fact despite the paid Tongressmen who are supposed to represent their constituents but are not doing what they are supposed to! All this people’s initiative daw is all publicity. And initiated by the legions of the Adversary, I doubt that they will succeed.
In finding the best scriptures for this topic, I was led to Ecclesiastes. I recommend that you read it, too. It talks about bad leaders and bad governance and what happen next.
Huwag kang magkamali sa pag-isip na etong si Tony ay ako rin dahil Chinese ako. Kung ako ang pinatatamaan mo, hindi ka nakatama. Hindi ako singkit tulad ng mga taga-Rising Sun.
Tutoong may Internet Brigade si tiyanak pero di naman tayo dapat ma-paranoid. Hayaan na lang natin. Kung puro banat kay tiyanak at walang papalakpak sa kanya, wala din excitement.
Trabaho na ni Ate Ellen ang mag-monitor at magtanggal kung sino ang sa palagay niyang nanggugulo dito.
Why should the Pandak be held responsible for this spill? Bakit kailangan pang tanungin ito? It is because this should be her prime concern at the moment since she is the one who can give orders on her environmental government to do something on thing for instance. And with the kind of turuan and who to blame plus the tantrums of the bogus president, naturally, no one would want to take action and take responsibility for this alone without any go-signal from Malacanang. So, who says that this is not a concern of even the bogus president when she the one sitting there? Gago din ano?
Etong si Anthony Scalawag…tanga na bobo pa. Gusto niya na kapag magandang balita, pabor kay tiyanak pero kung problema ng bansa hindi daw dapat idawit si tiyanak. Hoy Scalawag…kung ayaw mong sisihin namin si tiyanak, bumaba siya sa puwesto. Hanggang nandiyan siya sa poder, siyempre sa kanya bagsak ang mga problema ng bayan na wala naman talaga siyang ginagawa.
Ellen,
The people of neighboring islands of Guimaras should now start taking precaution. I don’t know what those hairs can do to prevent the flow of oil into their shores, but I surely have seen bags, and bags of cement put around beaches likely to be affected by such spills in Japan. They may try to search for answers on how to prevent further damage to neighboring islands on the Internet. I am pretty sure they can find answers there.
I know Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth have representatives there, and must be trying to help. The problem is in the idiots in the government who are trying to make sure first if they will profit or not from allowing these environmentalists to help. Tarantado talaga kahit na alam nilang mamamatay na ang mga kababayan nila, nagpapapapel pa rin!
Bentong, aka maraming Clones, just what is your purpose posting the above here when we are talking of oil spill in this loop?
At least, our government is definitely not into this scheme as you say. That is why our police can immediate arrest. E sa Pilipinas ba puede ito?
Puede ba unahin ninyo muna ang problema sa Pilipinas hindi iyong humahanap kayo ng palusot by touching on problems that are even being given attention to be solved and eradicated elsewhere!
You and your fellow Internet Brigaders should be cracking your head to find out how to remove a bogus president, not allow yourselves to be used even to give the bogus president freedom to turn into an enchanted kingdom and turn herself into a despotic queen! Buti sana kung kaya naman niya! Pwe!
Back to the topic of the oil spill!
This should read: At least, our government is definitely not into this scheme as you say. That is why our police can IMMEDIATELY DO an arrest ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE CONCERNED CITIZENS REPORTING THIS KIND OF ANOMALY TO THE AUTHORITIES CONCERNED. E sa Pilipinas ba puede ito? Baka barilin ka pa!
With UN fund of 16M dollars to be given to the Philippine government, who says that the bogus president, bogus though she is, is not responsible for what happens next to this oil spill. We don’t even know if this has not been deliberately done to get the needed funding from the UN or the insurance company supposed to pay for accidents such as this.
Puede ba, bantayan na lang mabuti kung papaano gagamitin ni Pandak ang fund of 16M dollars from the UN. Baka ibubulsa na naman iyan! 😡
What a tragedy for the Filipino nation!
Man-made disaster upon man-made disaster!
Not content with poising a moral bansot at the helm of government, men have taken it upon themselves to ruin the environment too and their human inhabitants.
This oil spill is a tragedy of unspeakable proportions – it reminds me of the oil spill tragedy in France in the mid 70s.
It took the Brittany Coast of Portsall in the Finistere region in the northwest coast of France more than 30 years to have a semblance of decent marine and fishing life after the Amocco Cadiz oil spill in the mid-70s. For example, even today, mussle produces in the region still suffer from that tragedy – Brittany mussles are still of the tiniest variety in France – following the eco-holocaust provoked by the Amocco Cadiz tanker accident.
(By the way, isn’t the husband of Belinda “Cunanantics” Olivares Cunanan, a former military officer of ‘short’ standing, the president of a government petrol or some energy sequestered corporation?)
What worries me is that the UN’s millions of dollars earmarked for the purpose of doing something to limit the effects of the oil spill might be stolen by the mafioso family squatting in Malacanang and the consiglieris of Gloria, the moral bansot hors pair.
Belinda’s husband, Thelmo Cunanan, was with PNOC (Phil National Oil Corporation) before. He is now chair of Social Security System.
Petron’s chair is Nick Alcantara, brother of Tom Alcantara. Boncodin was recently placed there as director.
Thanks Ellen.
Wow! Social Security chair? That’s a good milking cow.
The current social security ID cards were devised and manufactured for SSS members by a member company owned by the Ayala Group of Companies sometime in the late 90s.
The Ayala partners were a French electronic company which had a habit of doubling or tripling costs and disbursing ‘lagays’ and bribes and were known in France as THE SHARKS (“Les Roquins”) when doing business in the Philippines.
What was amazing is that they were chosen to do the ID card in spite (or perhaps despite) the fact that the said company had absoultely no experience nor prior record in the field of electronic official ID card manufacture. Perhaps, being the Ayala techno arm or partners sufficed! The Ayalas & their French partners won the “bid” without competition.
The manufacture of cards could easily rake in millions and millions of pesos for the current chair (even if he was not involved in the card’s initial set up and decision making) plus lots of good time abroad (travel invitations abound easily from the Ayalas’ French techno partners, natcherly!).
No wonder, Belinda and Thelmo Cunanan can go on travel and shopping sprees in France and in Europe without batting an eyelash.
The daughter is married to a Japanese (Or is she?). I wonder if she is connected with the lobby group of the Pandak in Japan tyhat is rumored to be part of an operation headed by the Fatso in the Philippines. We’re getting information on this in fact. Puputok na lang when we have gotten enough.
palagay ko mas matalino itong tony s. kaya lang ay maikli ang kanyang contribution dito. hindi ko tuloy malaman kung sino ang dapat gumawa ng aksion dito sa guimaras.
And so, my fellow Filipinos,
ask not what your country can do for you;
ask what you can do for your country.”
Sus ginoo, puro ad hominems talaga dito. Parang di na ako nasanay dito. Well, anyway
To ystakei and artsee:
Akala ko ba pekeng presidente si Ate Glue? E bakit ngayon gusto nyo siyang umaktong presidente sa oil spill? Ano ba kayo?
It takes one to know one. Tinawag niyo akong gago at bobo. By your reasoning, you just showed na ganun din kayo.
To Dominique:
The “government” that owns 40% of Petron is the PNOC. The Chairman of PNOC, I think, is the Energy Secretary, a member of the Cabinet, an alter ego of Ate Glue. Yes, Ate Glue could dictate upon the Energy Secretary to instruct PNOC to flex its 40% in Petron. However, he can only do so much.
40% is owned by Aramco, a Saudi company. The remaining 20% is owned by the public. I don’t know if these 20% is still with the public.
The Chairman may be a Pinoy, but the ones really running Petron are the Saudis.
So its not easy as it seems.
Simple lang ang sagot sa tanong mo. Pag hindi na linis ang oil spill kawawa kami. Pag hindi na account ang mga teknolohiya na lumabas sa bansang Hapon mas kawawa kami pati na ang magiging apo ko. OO me aksiyon na ginagawa..tignan mo ang timeline 2001 pa nagsimulang patraydor na ibinenta sa mga kapitbahay namin. Sinong makapagsasabi kung nasa bakuran na namin at itong oil spill ay ploy lang para masalisihan kami. Bilib na sana ako sa iyo Yuko kaya lang me pagka-tunnel vision ka rin naman tumingin ka naman both ways, hindi porke salungat sa opinyun mo ay brigade na ni GMA bawal sa relihiyun namin ang cloning baka sa inyo ok. Bottom line huwag lang puro sa problema ang tira, kailangan tirahin din ang solusyon..ng me nangyayari naman.
i am quite sure tony s. is right that it is not easy as it seems. but there must be somebody responsible and since it happened in the phil, it is but natural that the govt must be at the top of the action. pointing to others is highly irresponsible.
Anna,
The Pandak is getting 16M dollars for the clean-up from the UN. I knew she was waiting for that, and reason for the declaration of state of national calamity because her earlier call was apparently being ignored unless she could prove that there was a need for some international response and action.
Now, it is up to the people in the old country to watch out that the money is used for that, and not for something else. Using force or killing people who are likely to criticize and reveal her is not actually being intelligent. It is breaking the law and being criminal as a matter of fact. To say that she is intelligent is like saying that all criminals are intelligent!!!
Ellen,
I understand that Japan has already sent experts to the Philippines to study the situation. The US has done likewise. In 1997, we had two major oil spills and it took 4 months for example for the oil spill in Fukui to be totally cleaned up especially after it moved to neighboring prefectures like Niigata, etc. The incident there resulted in an estimated 6,240 kl of oil spill, most of which reached the coasts and damaged the environment and human activities.
The villagers in fact worked in relays to collect the oil in buckets, not plastic bags, and the companies concerned being made mainly responsible for the clean up under the supervision of the local government, which created commissions to look into the effects of the oil spill on human beings and the environment because the fumes from the oil can be hazardous to the health.
Your relatives in Iloilo may perhaps start the movement there to insure that the local government in Iloilo will get a bulk of the funds coming from the UN for the purpose of cleaning up the oil spills moving to Iloilo, and nothing else.
Hopefully, with these experts from Japan and the US and international organizations like Greenpeace, the creep will not be able to freely loot the fund coming from the UN unless of course she does her usual trick.
Four months will be long enough to clean up the affected area there. If that is not done on time, then we know the funds have been looted once again.
Golly, ang dami pang palusot ng mga ungas who should be held legally responsible for this spill. At saka iyong Pandak talaga, wala nang ginawa kundi magbilang ng abuloy para sa katangahan niya. Magaling lang magnakaw! Pwe!
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
Facts:
Japan has sent a ship from Okinawa to salvage the sunken ship and help determine the actual damages to determine the steps to be taken in cleaning up the mess caused by this oil spill.
The 998-ton tanker Solar 1 was carrying about 500,000 gallons of bunker fuel from an oil refinery in northern Bataan province to the southern Zamboanga peninsula when it sank Aug. 11 in bad weather off Guimaras.
It began spilling oil that has polluted coastal areas in a region known for its beach resorts and marine reserves.
The oil slick has damaged some 187 miles of coastline, 1,235 acres of mangroves and 148 acres of seaweed plantations, affecting 26,000 villagers in Guimaras, where the Taklong marine reserve is located on the island’s southern tip, provincial Gov. Joaquin Nava said.
The tanker, believed to be 2,950 feet under water, has spewed almost 100,000 gallons of oil and continues to leak.
Meanwhile, Greenpeace is assessing the damage to the environment of this oil spill. Precaution has to be taken on the effect of the fume to health as a matter of fact, but you don’t hear the idiot say anything about it as she occupies herself perhaps with plans on how to use the 16M dollars from the UN elsewhere. Talaga naman ang tindi!
Why don’t those who are pro-PANDAK stop practicing bigotry and just stick to their pro-PANDAK web blogs? I suggest for all of us just to IGNORE these people who are pro-PANDAK who enter anti-PANDAK blogs. It is obvious that these people LACK BLOGGERS on their pro-PANDAK blogs kaya nag papapansin lang sila-eh, kulang kasi sila sa tao! Pro and Anti PANDAK are those who have already MADE UP THEIR MINDS about PANDAK-they cannot anymore try to change their mind. Eh pumunta sila sa mga undecided o sa mga blogs na balimbing at doon sila humataw…kulang na kulang sa pansin! I-DEAD MA NA NATIN SILA!
On the oil spill issue naman, of course, PANDAK is to be BLAMED!!! It took SHORTY a looooooong time to react, right?! It was only “Last Saturday, 15 days after the disaster,” that PANDAK “visited Guimaras.” And is was only after international pressure that PANDAK moved. She has this knack for being soooo slow. It also took her also a loooooooooong time to react to the evcauation of the OFWs in Lebanon.
Ystakei mentions: “UN fund of 16M dollars to be given to the Philippine government”. Obvious naman na nag hihintay lang to si PANDAK ng foreign funding. Just like the OFW issue, POANDAK also waited for foreign funding, diba? Muka yatang earmarked na ang pera ng gobyerno para sa CHA-CHA no?
I, too, worry, like what anna de brux said that “…the UN’s millions of dollars earmarked for the purpose of doing something to limit the effects of the oil spill might be stolen by the mafioso family squatting in Malacanang and the consiglieris of Gloria, the moral bansot hors pair”.
She must have promised the Legions a share of this 16M dollar-fund for the ChaCha.
Aba e sira na ang ulo ng mga taga-Guimaras, Iloilo and Negros kung hindi sila aatungal if nothing is done within 4 months to clean up the mess caused by this oil spill. Hopefully, we won’t see a lot many of the inhabitants there dying too like the birds and animals there now—isa-isang tumutumba at namamatay according to my Japanese contact who is there now watching for an environmental organization.
Tangna, panay na lang ganito, ano iyan? Sobra na! PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
I was going to say, mauubos ang mga pilipino sa ginagawa ni Pandak na ganito. O baka iyan ang sagot niya kay Ping Lacson regarding control of population explosion in the Philippines. Si Lacson, birth control ang proposal. Si Pandak naman, manigas kayo at mamamatay!
Anthony Scalawag, alam mo ba ang salitang De Facto President? Kaya kahit na isa siyang pekeng pangulo, problema niya ang oil spill. Mainit na ang international media at mga forums sa kanya. Sobra ang corruption; patuloy ang patayan at ngayon ay oil spill. Sana naman bitawan na siya ng Amerika para tuluyan nang bumagsak at maitapon sa kumukulong langis.
Guimaras is an environmental disaster! Where many lives has been disturbed and effected by such unfortunate accident or negligent by someone. Whatever, it’s a catastrophe most especially in the areas where the only mean of survival is by mean of sea. Now, it’s ruined. Yet, Gloria took her time to declare it a national emergency. See, what happened when you’ve a crook unfit to be in the highest office. It all started at Edsa 2 when bunch of crooks took the law into their hand – the vigilantes. Ever since then, the country has never the same, its worsen, and cheating, lying and stealing has become the way of life, it’s now the fundamental standard Pilipinos cann’t do without in order to survive. Gloria promised that she’ll never run for president, and now we know the rest of the story – Jose Pidal was created. Gloria can’t be trusted, she’s without a credibility and her name is mud among the foreign dignitories. Gloria has ruined the many chances of opportunities presented to Pilipinos. She has lead with only think in mind, Jose Pidal. Gloria is not a builder but a destroyer.
How mnay promised have we heard from Gloria? The most recent was the evacuation of ALL Pilipinos in Lebanon, again we now know what happen to such promised. Gloria doesn’t have the funds, the OWWA funds. Perhaps, it went instead to German accountor to congressmen pork barrel. Gloria has been tested to deal with such magnitude and always Gloria has failed. Always, the poor of the poorest that suffer the most while Gloria and Miguel, along with Jose Pidal are laughing all the way to German banks or San Francisco. Guimaras will be among the list of forgotten, al as always. Such as, Edsa 2, Impsa, Piatco, Diosdado Macapagal Blvd., Hello Garci, Joc Bolate and the fertilizer scam, just name the few.
Fifteen 15) days, and now the oil has altered for good the many lives of Guimaras and surrounding villages. And, Gloria still lying, cheating and stealing.
Fatso and the midget must go!
Time to re-evaluate the future. Gloria Arroyo can’t be the future, she is nothing but a slick oil hanging on to destroy the lives of many Pilipinos. How many more country’s embarrasment in order to rid of Gloria Arroyo? It must now happen, Gloria must be forced out, vanished for eternity. Gloria is an evil person like a black oil that spread with only intent is to sabotage people’s lives. There is nothing that corrupt fake Gloria can do now and to the years ahead that can bring peace and prosperity to the county, yet only dissapointment and embarrasment.
If revolution is the only answer, why not. What other choices has left for the Pilipinos. Constitutionally, a waste of time.
gloria mandaraya, sinungaling, magnanakaw, ngayon ay enemy of the earth. ano pa kaya, abangan. sana wala ng kasunod ito dahil pa grabe ng pa grabe ang nangyayari.
What the bogus president is doing is profitting from disasters. Matalino? NO! Tuso? Yes? And definitely a crook, for look at how she tries to profit from these disasters as when she tries to make Super Atsays of the leaping ladies of Lebanon, etc. etc.
Kawawang Pilipinas! Nasadlak sa isang kriminal!
Once a liar always a liar! Oil slick Gloria Arroyo said, that the ecological tragedy from now on be called “Solar 1 Oil Spill” instead of Guimaras Oil Spill. As if things can get better by covering the truth. Kinda reminded me of the shortage of classroom, instead of a ratio of 50 to 1, Gloria made the classroom disappeared by changing the formula to 100 to 1. Bwala, its no longer a shortage. How many people has disappeared to serve Gloria’s only best interest? I can think of Garci and Bolate were the famous two that come to mind, not including those over 700 that are now pushing daisies in the cemetery.
I almost puke to see Supermaid Gloria on a photo-op standing on the clean beach at the Costa Aguada Island Resort. As if the Guimaras environmental disaster really never happened.
Furthermore, Supermaid Gloria said, the government is on top of the situation, that we, along the international partners, will be meeting this challenge. Of course, the international will do all the brain work and Gloria will take the credit. Such disgusting sick woman!
Anthony Scalia, as if I heard that name before, sounds familiar. Now I remember, its Anthonin Scalia, a member of the US Supreme Court, and one of the best legal eagles here in the US. Bata, ang galing mong kumuha ng alias, isang brilliant legal mind at one of the recipients ng James Cardinal Gibbons medal that includes no other than JFK, an award for those who served their country with great distinction. Mabuti naman at nagkaroon ka ng kaunting delicadeza na palitan yong last 2 letters ng pangalan from IN to Y. Pero ang masasabi ko, ang kapal naman ng mukha mo, at mataas pa ang ambisyon mo, mabigat nga yong pangalan na ginagamit mo pero wala ka namang laman, kung baga sa itlog, isang mabahong bugok. Alam mo ba kung bakit? Justice Scalia represents justice. His breakfast, his lunch and dinner are JUSTICE. Ikaw, ano at sino ang nirerepresent mo? Mga grupo ng criminals, bunch of thieves, cheaters and liars. Hindi ka na nakutya sa sarili mo, gagamit ka rin lang ng ibang pangalan, sa isang dakila at marangal pang tao ang gusto mong dumihan, – the most appropriate name for you should be Joseph Goebbels, the Propaganda Minister ni Hitler, ganoon ang trabaho mo sa grupo ninyo, di ba?
About the oil spill, nobody is blaming the Glue, only her way of dealing the disaster that is being criticized. They are the ones running the government, so they are responsible to deal with any disaster or calamity that occur within the territorial boundaries, but just like the Lebanon crises, the Mayon, and now the oil spill, the government under the Glue is always a latecomer. Before they act, as if they are waiting for some miracles to happen, wishing that the crises will be gone or solved by itself, or they are waiting for somebody else to do the job for them. Take a look at the Lebanon, most of the repatriation of the OFWs were done by the Migration International. That’s how this government under Glue works. If possible, they don’t want to spend even a penny for the good of the people and the country, but they are very generous to themselves in cases of kurakutan sa kaban ng bayan, trips and pasarap and shopping abroad for themselves, friends and families, milyon-milyon na pambili sa mga boto ng mga Tsonggo sa Tonggress para patayin ang impeachment, pero para sa mga taong bayan at para sa bansa, kapag kailangan ang gagastusin, ang pagpalabas ng pera, si Glue ay parang nag-tiya-tiyani ng buhok sa kaniyang kili-kili.
Artsee, I agree with you na mas excited kung may mga pro-Glue na mag-blo-blog dito. OK lang sa akin mas challenging kung may paminsan-minsan ay may nababanatan.
Florry:
OK lang may kalaban na bumabanat dito pero kung iisang tao lang ang mga iyan at iba’t iba pa ang pangalan na nag-aaway pa sa isa’t isa na iniiba pa ang topic ng usapan, e sira na ang ulo niyan.
Like you, I don’t mind replying to good debate but something that is deliberately done to make bloggers here look stupid is what I cannot tolerate.
So what I do is I don’t read the provocateurs planted here to mess up the discussion for this is what exactly the members of Internet Brigade of the bogus president do not just in this blog but also in other blogs and egroups for Filipinos. What they want to show is that all those who go against the bogus president is as stupid and corrupt as she is!
Oh yes, the daughter likewise loves to lurk in groups such as this. I often see her alias in the Malaya forum knowing that Malaya is not fond of her mother. We also have found out that a lot of these lurkers cooperatingwith or being paid by the Pandak is based in the USA especially those living around the area where they have properties. They actually need to know what their critics are saying to refute them with a pack of lies and invented figures!
Muted response?
Nakabibinging katahimikan?
Hindi siguro dahil nagsalita na si Velarde, eh dahil mayroon din siyang mga lagad diyan sa lugar na iyan.
Ano naman kaya ang singaw ni Manalo? Nakabibinging katahimikan naman!
Emilio:
Huwag mo nang asahan ang mga INC. Wala namang magagawa ang mga iyan. Ang alam ko marami sa kanila ang hindi nakaboto dahil wala naman daw sinabi si Manalo na magparehistro sila. At least, this was the situation in Japan.
Iyong deacona nila nga dito galit na galit kay Pandak e. Maniwala ka doon sa panay ang puri sa mga INC na tuta yata ni Pandak na sumisingit dito para manggulo. Ang dami pang pangalan.
Glad to know, however, that your blogging here is smoother than previous days. Ang masama kasi akala ng mga lurkers ni Pandak e naka-score na sila.
May disaster preparedness drill kami sa simbahan namin sa Sept. 9. Ipinakita ko ang litrato ng mga bata sa Bicol na sinabihan lang ng mga sino bang gunggong na takpan lang o sipitin nila ng daliri nila ang ilong nila para hindi malanghap ang amoy ng sulphur mula sa bulkan. Napanganga ang mga miyembro naming galing sa iba’t ibang panig ng daigdig.
Dito ang mga bombero ang nagbibigay ng demonstration sa mga ganitong drill. May simulator machine pa para sa pagpapakita ng epekto ng iba’t ibang lakas ng lindol gaya ng makikita halimbawa doon sa Natural Science Museum sa London dahil walang lindol doon. Dito halos araw-araw lumilindol.
Meron pang idinidistribute na preparedness kit na ginagawa namin ngayon para ipamigay sa lahat na may kasamang mask! Golly, sa Pilipinas, walang maipamigay sa mga drill daw na mukhang wala namang alam ang mga nagdedemonstrate basta masabi lang na nag-drill kuno. Papaano, ninakaw na ni Pandak ang pera para makapaghanda kahit man lamang ng lugaw na ipapakain sa mga nasalanta in case of a disaster. Nakita ko nga sa TV ang ginawang pagpapakain sa mga biktima ng typhoon, etc. sa Pilipinas. Kung ako mandidiri akong kainin iyong mga pagkaing nakabalandra lang sa langawan!!! Inuuna pa ng mga volunteer ang kanilang mga tiyan. At pihado, pinili na iyong mga magaganda para sa sarili nila at iyong bulok ang ipinamumudmod.
Sa totoo lang nakakawalang ganang magbigay ng abuloy sa Pilipinas. Doon lang ako nagbibigay sa International Red Cross. At least, may integrity. Palaging nasa isip mo kasi nanakawin pirmi ang abuloy mo.
Kawawang bansa! Bakit nagkaganoon ang mga pilipino–karamihan pala! Kasama na iyong mga sinungaling na nanggugulo dito.
El Shaddai, INK…Pare-pareho ang mga iyan. Bakit, magaling ba ang Mormon? Isang Kulto din iyan. Kailang ka nakakitang turo at aral na puwedeng bautismohan ang isang PATAY? Tapos, kahit itinatangi nilang wala nang polygamy ay marami pa rin ang gumagawa niyan. Huwag na natin pag-usapan ang relihiyon dito dahil hahaba lang iyan. Basta ako, Born Again ako…mas naniniwala ako sa direktang relation kay Kristo. Ang mga simbahan ay kung minsan pinagkikitaan lang ang mga nalolokong mga kaanib.
Sabi ko na nga ba, eh, na ang kriminal ay babalik at babalik sa pinangyarihan ng krimen kahit na mag-disguise ay kriminal pa rin!
Sino unang pumiyak siya ang kriminal….
Nahuli ka na naman!
all these tongressmen, senatong and watever tong are breathing, living in corrupt money…eating corrupt money and nothing more. nakakasuka na lahat na nasa position ng gobvt na ito ay puro kawatan ni bruha!!!..ito ang tatawagin kong mga “chaohuwan”…as i mentioned in another loop this means mga taong bundok in genral…kahit anong bihis na mga branded at namumutiktik sa hepa ay ungas parin sila lalo na ang mga mukhang baul…
For the record, and as reported, Gloria’s response to the catastrope was disgustingly a lot to be desired. It took fake Gloria 15 days to visit Guimaras oil spill, an environmental disaster. The incident has been on the news globally where many lives in the area has been altered permanently, yet no peep from Gloria the bogus midget occupying our house. Supermaid Gloria Arroyo with her finger stuck up to her nose, moved like she has all the time in the world while the people in Guimaras experiencing a calamity. Yet, when Hello Garci called, the one million dagdag/bawas, Supermaid Gloria didn’t have lost of memory nor suffering with the lapse of judgement. But, it was different in Guimaras Oil Spill as we all now know. Fake Gloria was awol for 15 days.
Supermaid Gloria will never be a person that can bring stability and prosperity to the country. And she always be known as the worst that have occupied Malacanang, a liar, cheater, and thief, not necessarily in such order.
i think all filipinos even those abroad has a stake in the phil, not only those who by accident and chance presently is living there. i suppose even joma, who i believe is not living in utmost luxury but depending in meager alms from his host govt has the right to say what he meant. most fil abroad donot live in luxury but certainly all of them send money to the phil to help indirectly the govt. when living abroad i suppose one becomes more patriotic which can explain some of the heated contributions here. i suppose at 64 i am too old to become a foot soldier but it is no excuse not to help in other ways.. what i have been wondering is if anthony scalia really believe that gma did not cheat, lie and steal.
Toney, bumisita lang si tiyanak sa Guimaras pagkatapos banatan siya ng international environment groups. Walang iba iyan sa nangyari sa mga OFWs sa Lebanon. Kaya lang umentra sa eksena nang pumutok ang anomalya sa pondo. Wala naman ibang iniintindi iyang bruha kundi ang sarili at kung paano manatili sa poder. Nasa Europa ngayon ang gaga…para ano? Utang at bolahin ang mga pinuno doon. Magsisinungaling o dili kaya tingnan ng personal kung nasaan na ang bank account ng baboy niyang asawa. Tandaan niyo, ang banko ni Batsoy ay sa Germany. Ang Germany ay nasa Europa na bahagi ng itinerary ni tiyanak.
Emilio:
Tama ka. Your comment reminds me of the many criminals I have translated for in the police and the court. Sila ang unang pumipiyak sa totoo. Ang tawag ko nga sa kanila, mga pahamak dahil kung sinu-sino ang itinuturo.
Ang kriminal ay kriminal kasi ano pa ang gamitin pagbabalatkayo! Yehey!
Pero may mga kriminal na tahimik at hindi kumakanta. Ang tawag diyan ay “code of silence” na ginagawa ng organized crime syndicates tulad ng Mafia at Yakuza. Iyan ang ginagawa din ng grupo ni Batsoy na kinabibilangan ni Chavit Singson. Pinapatay nila ang mga saksi at mga magtuturo sa kanila.
To norpil
As per your most recent post, Aug. 30 – OK I respect your views. I did not know that you are already 64. I apologize. But I’m glad you started an intelligent, civil discussion, free from ad hominems. Now, do I believe GMA cheated, lied, stole? YES, I BELIEVE. NOW WHOEVER TOLD YOU THAT I AM PRO-PANDAK? I AM PRO-PHILIPPINES. SADLY, ALL THE ANTI-PANDAK ARE UP TO THAT LANG, ANTI-PANDAK. WALANG PAKINABANG PA RIN SA PILIPINAS.
By the way, the “meager alms” received by Joma from his host gov’t IS STILL A LOT LOT MORE THAN WHAT HIS FOOT SOLDIERS HERE GET.
Justice Anthony Scalia”
So what’s wrong if I’m based in the US? That doesn’t mean that I am deprived of my rights as a Filipino. I am still a Filipino and I can exercise my legal and constitutional rights wherever, and whenever a situation permits me to do so. Being one of those you compared to Joma, maybe I can take it as an honor, but that’s about it. He is espousing a different ideology, while I am for democracy.
Mr. justice, the reasons why hundreds of thousands are abroad including me and my family and many more are wanting and eager to go because of survival and dream of a good life. They want to survive from poverty and hardships, they want to give the best education to their children but, unfortunately, they can not find or see any hope to make life better for themselves and their families there in the Philippines, especially under the reign of evil queen, the glue. Walang makita at mapasukang trabaho, ang mayayaman ay lalong yumayaman, at ang mahirap ay lalong naghihirap, and this is very true to those who are out of the loop and to those who are close to the powers that be. But it doesn’t mean that once settled in another country, they turned their backs on their motherland (maybe, some) they maybe become even more patriotic, that’s why, like myself, though life has been so good and still is to us, my thoughts is always with the Philippines. I love my country, that’s why I kept on finding some ways to at least contribute to the reawakening and a little bit of stirring the conscience of those power-grabbers to show some sensitivity and care for the masses. That’s when I realized that I can do a little bit of something by posting critical comments in this blog.
And now Mr. Justice you want us to come home to do battle right in the battlefield. I personally think, how foolish of you to say such thing. Did it ever cross your mind that if every Filipino abroad follow your advise for them to go home and join the action in there, 95% will be there in no time at all. That’s how numerous they are. At papaano na yan kung mag-siuwi na ang lahat, di mawawala na ang mga remittances na dollars na siya pa namang backbone ni glue-economics, at ganoon din wala na ring makukurakot na dollars para i-deposit sa mga secret bank accounts sa Germany and elsewhere. At saka bakit mayroon na bang mga trabaho na ibibigay sa amin ng iyong reyna? And as if you don’t know that your super evil queen has created a new Philippine super industry, the exportation of Filipino super atsays of the world, para taga-punas ng puwet at taga-paligo ng mga matatanda, taga kuskos ng mga kubeta at lahat-lahat na trabahong-bahay, at kasi binigyan na sila ng power ni glue para maging super, kaya no problem lang sa kanila-kayang-kaya ang kayod, ika nga.
But you know, I am having second thoughts that maybe behind what appeared to be an innocent and casual statement, something sinister maybe brewing, nasa puwesto pa si Palparan, di ba?
Please be careful with the language you are using when making comments. Walang bastusan, please.And stick to issues.
Ate Ellen, sino po ang tinutukoy mo…ang Reyna ng Hapon? O kaming lahat maliban siya?
To florry:
How sure are you that a majority of OFWs are anti-Pandak like you and the “united opposition”? Ang wish ko lang pauwiin ay yung mga “armchair” anti-pandak na could not get their feet to agree with their minds. The Batasan 5 I salute. Kahit papano saludo din ako sa mga nagrarally na na-spray ng water, dahil kaya nilang panindigan ang paniniwala nila.
I know nothing about you or your situation, so I just assumed na you’re like Joma – in luxury there (letting his people suffer here). So if you’re like the majority of OFWs that had no choice but to work abroad, I apologize for the hasty generalization.
Para we’re on the same page – the OFW phenomenon has been with us since Marcos in the 70s. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HINDI PRESIDENTE ANG MAGBIBIGAY AT NAGBIBIGAY NG TRABAHO.
SUS GINOO, HANGGANG NGAYON BA, UMAASA PA RIN KAYO SA PRESIDENTE NA MAGBIGAY NG TRABAHO? NANIWALA KAYO SA MGA CAMPAIGN PROMISES?
By the grace of God, I was able to set up a small business here, that modestly employs 4 people, and allows me and my family to live in relative, modest, humble comfort. I can send two of my children to private schools. I reached this stage without any help from Marcos, Cory, FVR, Erap, and yes, including Ate Glue. The only government help I received is subsidized education in UP, where I received two degrees. Ang point ko dito, take sole responsibility for your own career development. NEVER WAIT ON GOVERNMENT. Reality is, that for most of us, being an OFW is the only way. That I acknowledge
ONE PAKIUSAP – JUST BECAUSE I DISAGREE WITH 99.9% OF YOU HERE DOES NOT MAKE ME A TUTA OF ATE GLUE. PLEASE AVOID USING “your reyna” “your super evil queen” and the like.
To Ellen,
Your advisory is just in time. If possible, if you have the time, count the ad hominems and the “bastusans” in each post of your regular posters here. Sad to say, only a handful of them can stick to the issues without ad hominems and “bastusans”
ty for your reply and apology accepted anthony scalia. nobody told me that you are pro-gma, but that is why i asked you since you seem to defend her. i donot know joma nor believe in his ideology. i just happen to interview one of his followers during the peace talks here in europe between the govt and the political arm of npa, and i believe too myself that he is supposed to come home and be the foot soldier you call.
Anthony Scalia;
“Hindi presidente ang magbibigay at nagbibigay ng trabaho” 100% agree ako diyan. Ang binibigyan lang niya ng trabaho ay mga kapartido sa politika, mga buddy buddy at kasama sa mga club ng asawa, mga kakalase noong araw pa, mga kamag-anak at siyempre mga kaibigan at mga kakilalang malapit sa kanilang pamilya. But that’s beside the point. I still agree with you and I consider your statement as the most politically correct that was ever posted in this blog.
Ang hindi mo sinabi ay ang mas mahalaga, papaano magkakaroon ng trabaho? Now medyo gamitan natin ng common sense. Kung walang INVESTORS, locally or from foreign countries na magtatayo ng mga factories, o kaya magtayo ng business, papaaan magkakaroon ng trabaho? TO ILLUSTRATE MY POINT, SABI MO BUSINESSMAN KA, MEANING YOU ARE AN INVESTOR, AND BEING AND INVESTOR YOU WERE ABLE TO CREATE AND PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT TO NOT ONLY FOR YOURSELF, BUT TO 4 PEOPLE. Simpleng-simple, di ba? Ang mga tao ay hindi umaasa sa presidente na bibigyan sila ng trabaho, ang hinahanap nila ay trabaho. Ang sinsabi ko ay kung may mga foreign investors na pumapasok sa Pilipinas, magiging maunlad ito at magkakaroon ng maraming trabaho at hindi na kailangang may mga OFWs. Ang tungkulin ng gobyerno ay mag-encourage ng mga investors, unfortunately, all over the world, alam nila na hindi stable ang gobyerno, alam din nila ang massive graft and corruption, red tapes and the illegitimacy of the present dispensation, so sinong matinong investor ang maglalagay ng capital sa ganitong situation? Ang ginagawa ng gobyerno ni Glue, instead na mag-encourage ng investors, binubugaw pa nila ang mga ito. Take the case of PIATCO. I-nexpropriate at wala man lang compensation na ibinigay, meaning, ninanakawan ng harap-harapan, kaya ang German government ay isinusuka ang Pilipinas bilang investment destination. Ngayon naman, sa mga government offices, my brother-in law who is a customs broker, described the bureau of customs as a “land overflowing with milk and honey”-umaagos daw ang pera diyan. Ang mga drawers daw ng mga examiners, bungkus-bungkus daw ang laman, kasi maraming mga importers/smugglers ang umiiwas na magbayad ng mga import taxes and duties, kaya puro lagay-ang tawag diyan corruption and smuggling. Lahat ng mga bagay nay an ay nakakadiscourage sa mga prospective investors. Kaya tulad ng sinabi mo “HINDI PRESIDENTE ANG MAGBIBIGAY AT NAGBIBIGAY NG TRABAHO”, AT ANG SABI KO NAMAN MAG-ENCOURAGE ANG PRESIDENTE AT ANG KANIYANG GOBYERNO NG MGA INVESTORS PARA MAKA-CREATE NG MGA TRABAHO. Simple common sense lang, di ba?
Tungkol sa akin, I really don’t like to talk about myself and family, but for a little birds eye view, I am a plain housewife to my husband and a plain mother to my son. I divide my time 5 months with my husband in New York, 5 months with my son in Toronto and 2 months in the Philippines. My husband is a CPA back there and a CPA here and work as an Accountant in NY, My son is a Software Engineer and work as programmer/software developer in Toronto. We have a house in NY and my son has a house in Toronto, and we have a house in the Philippines, that’s why I have to stay there for at least to months every year. I and my family are quite happy with our living arrangement, anyway from Toronto to Buffalo, NY will take less than 2 hours by car and anytime we wanted too, we can be together.
Ngayon naman, tungkol sa pro-gma and anti gma. Let’s be honest to ourselves and call spade a spade either you’re pro or anti. Don’t hide behind by saying pro-Philippines. Everybody is pro-Philippines not unless you are an anti but because you are benefiting from the government and even if you hate how they govern, you are force to go with their flow, then call yourself a pro-self-interest.
Ito talaga si Arroyo. Walang pinapatawad sa kanyang propaganda. Kahit kalamidad gagamitin niya.
Di ba noong Lunes, bumalik siya sa Guimaras para raw ipaglandakah sa mundo na hindi naman raw lahat na beach sa Guimaras nasira ng oil spill. Kaya lang ng dumating siya doon, dumating na ang oil spill sa beach resort na gusto niyang ipagyabang. (Ibig sabihin noon, ayaw ng Panginoon na lokohin ang mundo!) Kaya, nagtaray na naman siya.
ano bang magandang pag-uugali ang aasahan sa taong mas masahol pa sa walang pinag-aralan? hindi nalalaman sa hitsura ng tao ang pagkakaroon ng mataas na pinag-aralan kundi sa kung paano niya dadalhin ang sarili niya – sa pananalita, pakikiharap sa kapwa at sa ekspresyon ng mukha. ‘ika nga iba ang sibilisado kaysa edukado.
To florry,
Oh I must have touched a nerve.
I just reacted dun sa sinabi mo na bakit babalik ang mga OFW dito, eh wala na bang ibibigay na trabaho si Ate Glue. Pero kilometric na ang reply. At least thanks for the effort of posting a very lengthy reply.
Saka why are you focusing on investments on heavily regulated industries, or those that require either congressional franchises or permits from the naitonal government like mining, telecoms, and public utilities like airports? Talagang corruption is a given na dyan. THE REAL DRIVERS OF THE ECONOMY ARE NOT THE BIG INVESTMENTS BUT THE SMEs AND THE ALMOST-BIG INVESTMENTS LIKE THE CALL CENTERS. THE LATTER ARE THE BIGGEST EMPLOYERS.
In call centers, you don’t need any permits beyond the usual ones given by the SEC and city hall. Yet the fastest-growing industry and employers are the call centers.
To whom could you attribute that? Ate Glue? NO WAY. Its the private sector! KAYA IMBES NA MAGTATATALAK ANG MGA ANTI-PANDAK, TUMULONG NA LANG GUMAWA NG TRABAHO.
Talagang magkakatalo tayo sa punto de vistang “one is either pro or anti.” Mukhang made up na ang mind mo dyan. Of course you can say that. You are comfortably there in the US. I think almost all of the anti-pandak can afford to be anti-pandak. The many jobless do not care whether you are pro or anti, they just want jobs. I’D RATHER FOCUS ON JOB CREATION. HINDI KO NA HIHINTAYING GUMAWA NG KAHIT ANO SI ATE GLUE!
I’ll say again an earlier comment – SADLY, ALL THE ANTI-PANDAK ARE UP TO THAT LANG, ANTI-PANDAK. WALANG PAKINABANG PA RIN SA PILIPINAS.
DI BALE NANG MAGKA-LECHE LECHE ANG ‘PINAS, MAPALAYAS LANG SI PANDAK.
ALL THE ANTI-PANDAK ARE LIKE CHEMOTHERAPHY TO THE CANCER THAT IS ATE GLUE. DEDO PA RIN ANG KATAWAN.
Anthony Scalia,
Nahabaan ka ba sagot ko? Talagang ganoon, ipapaliwanag na mabuti, para maintindihan mong mabuti, at maintindihan din ng mga taong mahirap umintindi, pero mukhang bokya yata dahil ang focus mo ay para maalis ang responsibilidad sa mahal nating reyna. Mahirap palang kausap at paliwanagan ang mga taong maraming degree, lalo na kung hindi nakakuha ng Economics subject. Nagbigay ka na ng simpleng-simple halimbawa, sarili niya mismo ang prop, pero walang epekto. Iba talaga ang mataas at maraming pinagaralan, naghalo-halo na yata doon sa grey matter.
Sus, Ginoo, saan mo nabasa yong tungkol sa sinsabi mong heavily regulated industries? Baka mali yong sinsagot mong posting. Pero, OK lang. Ang pagusapan natin ay ang sinasabi mong Call Centers. Ano ang call centers? Dito sa North America, ang mga call centers ay isang maliliit na extension ng mga big companies sa iba’t-ibang bansa na ang function ay parang sa isang consulate ng isang bansa na sasagot sa mga inquiries tungkol sa company at ang kanilang mga products and services. Kahit na mga schools ng ibang bansa ay naglalagay ng mga call centers sa ibang lugar, ang purpose ay para magkaroon sila ng representation, makilala sila at tumulong na rin sa mga callers sa lugar na iyon. As the title implies, its self-explanatory, di ba? At hindi ito malaking employer, ang operation ay 24/7 and being manned only by a skeleton force. I just don’t know where you get the idea that this is such a big business, Matagal ng uso yan dito.
Now on your job creation, papaano ka maka-ka- create ng jobs kung wala kang capital para maka-pagsimula ng business. Bibigyan ka ba ni ate glue ng puhunan, ibibigay ba niya sa mga tao ang mga nakatagong nakurakot para gawing capital para maka-create ng trabaho. Capital doesn’t appear at the snap of your fingers or come from thin air. You have to work for it, kaya nga kailangan ni ate glue na ipakita sa buong mundo na ang Pilipinas ay conducive at maganda ang business climate para sa mga investor. The investors provide the capital (business) and the Philippines will provide labor (Jobs). Iyan ang pinakasustansiya ng business and economy-Labor and Capital. Magkakambal iyan, the other will not survive without the other.. In all business-no exceptions-Capital ang kailangan. Magtinda ka sa talipapa kailangan mo capital, magtinda ka ng fish ball-capital, mag-shine ka nga lang ng sapatos kailangan mo rin ang puhunan, di ba? Focus mo nga job creation kung wala ka naming puhunan, managinip ka na lang. So, the buttom line is CAPITAL, kung wala ka niyan pulubi ka tulad ng Pilipinas.
Ngayon kung ayaw mo sa mga foreign investors, baka marami kang puhunan, ikaw na lang kaya ang magtayo ng mga business at magcreate ng mga trabaho para ang mga Pilipino ay hindi na mag OFW.
Regarding sa mga nagtatalak. Ang mga nagtatalak at nagcricriticize kay ate glue ay hindi for personal reasons kundi para sa mga tao. Tulad ko, ano ang mapapala ko sa pagpo-posting ko rito. SI ELLEN bakit siya nagsusulat at nag-cri-critize sa goberno ni ate glue? Ginagawa yon para matawag ang pansin ng manhid na gobyerno at para iayos ang pamamalakad at magcare sa mga tao at tigilan na rin ang pandarambong sa kaban ng bayan. At tutal die-hard kang pro-GMA, baka naman puwede kang mag-share at ipaalam mo naman sa amin ang mga successful projects niya na nakatulong na sa mga tao? Kahit isa lang, puwede?
To florry:
Oh my that was an eyeful. I really touched a nerve
“At tutal die-hard kang pro-GMA, baka naman puwede kang mag-share at ipaalam mo naman sa amin ang mga successful projects niya na nakatulong na sa mga tao? Kahit isa lang, puwede? ”
AY NAKU. ILANG BESES KO BANG SASABIHING DI AKO MAKA ATE GLUE? YAN ANG HIRAP SA IYO, NAIBA LANG NG PANANAW PRO-GMA NA. DELIKADO YAN. HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH.
AND I REFUSE TO NAME EVEN ONE SUCCESSFUL PROJECT NIYA, KASI I DONT KEEP TRACK OF THEM (ALAM KO NA ANG SASABIHIN MO, DAHIL WALA NAMAN KAYA WALA AKONG MATA-TRACK). THE PROGRESS OF THE PHILS DOES NOT DEPEND ON GMA. BESIDES DI AKO PRO-GMA.
“papaano ka maka-ka- create ng jobs kung wala kang capital para maka-pagsimula ng business”
MAHAL NA KABABAYANG NASA TATE, ANG DAMING LITERATURE DYAN, LALO NA SA INTERNET, NA CAPITAL IS NOT A STUMBLING BLOCK TO START A BUSINESS. YANG MGA GANYANG SINASABI MO, MENTALITY YAN NG ISANG EMPLEYADO, NA KAILANGANG BAGUHIN NG MGA PINOY. LACK OF CAPITAL DID NOT STOP ME FROM STARTING MY BUSINESS
“Matagal ng uso yan dito” (IN REFERENCE TO CALL CENTERS)
YES, napakatagal na nga dyan. NAPAKAMAHAL NA RIN, KAYA ANG MGA COMPANIES NA SINASABI MO AY INA-OUTSOURCE ANG CUSTOMER RELATIONS TO THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS LOCATED IN THE PHILIPPINES! PARA MAKATIPID AND SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON THEIR “CORE COMPETENCIES” HAVENT YOU HEARD OF THE TOUCHY ISSUE ON OUTSOURCING DIYAN? THAT INDIANS AND PINOYS ARE TAKING OVER JOBS OF AMERICANS?
Mare, lumalabas ang colonial mentality mo. We’re talking about our country. eh ano ngayon kung matagal nang uso dyan? SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY, THE CALL CENTER INDUSTRY IS THE BIGGEST EMPLOYERS NOW IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND THEIR GROWTH RATE IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT (AND INCOME) IS REMARKABLE. (nandyan ka na kasi kaya di mo gamay ang action dito re call centers/BPOs) BET YOU DIDNT KNOW THAT BY 2010 THE CALL CENTER/BPO INDUSTRY HERE WILL EMPLOY AROUND 350,000 AND GROSS US$10B.
No wonder it grows. It is not regulated. WALANG CORRUPTION, NO NEED TO GET THE NOD OF HIGHER UPS LIKE IN TELECOMS AND MINING. JOBS ARE CREATED
Wala kasi ang job creation for pinoys in your mind. LAHAT NA LANG KICK GMA OUT. Maybe you are realizing na ANG PAGTATALAK AY DI GUMAGAWA NG JOBS.
KUNG LAHAT IAASA SA PANGULO, TALAGANG DI UUSAD ANG ‘PINAS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, KAYA DI UMUUSAD ANG PINAS, DAHIL LAHAT INASA NATIN KAY MACOY, CORY, FVR, ERAP AND NOW ATE GLUE.
One last thing, PLEASE AVOID AD HOMINEMS. STICK TO THE ISSUES. You are older than me, you should know more than that.
Naaalala ko tuloy na may isang basketball player noon na ang pangalan ay Anthony Dasala…parang katunog ng lintek na ito.
Ellen, pasensiya ka na medyo napasarap ang usapan naming ni Mr. Scalia, kaya bago mo i-archive ito, gusto ko lang na ulitin sa kaniya ang ilang bagay na hindi niya makuha.
Mr. Scalia, ang galing-galing mo pala iho, nakasimula ka ng business na walang puhunan. Bakit hindi mo naman turuan ang mga kapuwa Pilipino natin para sila man ay makapagsimula naman ng kanilang sarili para ang lahat ng Pilipino ay magbi-business na lang, wala ng mamamasukan bilang empliyado, wala na ring mag OFW at baka pati ako uuwi na rin at magbi-business na lang at diyan na rin ako titira sa Pilipinas. Ang alam ko kasing nagbi-business na walang puhunang pera (pero may puhunan pa rin, dib a?)kundi yong laway lang nila at husay nilang manloko ay yong mga swindlers, mga estapador, at alam mo na siguro yong mga modus operandi ng mga mandurugas diyan sa Manila.
Ang mga prostitutes, call girls, call boys, may puhunan din. Mga criminals or crime or drug syndicates, may puhunan pa rin, Ano nga kaya yong business mo na hindi nangailangan ng capital?
Alam mo Mr Scalia, prior to being a plain housewife, I was in business too. I am a Certified Professional Financial Consultant. I do Estate Planning, Project Studies, Business Financing, Retirement Planning and all about finances both business and personal. Prior to that I was employed in one of the biggest investment company here in NY. My business was really good, kaya lang ubos ang oras ko kaya pinatigil ako ng aking mag-ama. Sinasabi ko ito para ipaalam na when I talk about investments ,capital and financing, I know what I am talking about.
Ngayon yong isinasaksak mo na Call Centers/Outsourcing. ang dapat na una mong maintindihan na ang mga CALL CENTERS AY HINDI MGA EMPLOYERS, Yong mga company na naglagay ang employer. Kung baga sa SMC yan ay yong Customer Service lang nila at ang employer ay SMC at hindi yong Customer Service. Ngayon, tanong ko
saiyo, kaninong business ang mga yon. Maari ka na lang bang magtayo ng call centre
office na sarili mo na wala kang dadalhing company? Sino ang mga nagtayo ng mga call centres na yan? Sino ang namuhunan? Sino pa kundi yong mga FOREIGN INVESTORS na karamihan ay mga American businesses at ilang local businessmen na naglagay ng investments na kung tawagin ay CAPITAL. Siyempre walang corruption, kasi, hawak iyan ng mga foreign investors, subukan mong ipahawak sa ating reyna at ang kaniyang gordo esposo, pupunuin yan ng mga cronies at mga retired generals at bankrupt kaagad. At dahil nag-invest ng CAPITAL yong mga investors diyan, nagkaroon ng trabaho ang ibang mga tao, kaya lang ang mga trabaho na yan ay exclusive lang sa mga college graduate at kailangan ang rigid training. Ang mga mahihirap bang Pilipino ay maka-afford na mag university at kumuha ng degree? Papaano sila maka-employ sa mga CALL CENTERS MO? Iyan ang problema ng Pilipinas, Karamihan ay mahirap at iyan ang dapat pagtuunan ng pansin ng ATING MAHAL NA REYNA. At alam mo yong term mong colonial mentality, sa panahon ngayon, obsolete na yan, ikaw na lang yata ang gumagamit niyan.
At yong pro or anti-gma , ikaw na ang makakasagot niyan. Remember, actions and body language speaks more than words. And to that, I say Amen.
Got a note from a friend re an article about some scientist stating that the crude method of cleaning up the oil spill in Guimaras recommended by the occupants of the palace by the murky river in a vain hope to kupit the 16M dollar fund from the UN for that is not recommendable but more hazardous than using chemicals to dillute the oil, etc.
Sinabi ko na nga sa inyo di ba? Never heard of such pakalbo being done elsewhere. Sino bang gunggong ang gusto pa yatang magpakalbo ang lahat ng mga pilipino para makolekta nila ang mga buhok na hindi naman nila gagamitin sa Guimaras kundi ibebenta doon sa mga intsik na gumagawa ng mga wigs para may panggastos si Pandak sa Europe dahil hindi nila ngayon magalaw ang mga hidden money nila doon!!!
Gosh, what a gullible lot! Kaya madaling maloko ng isang Pandak! 😡
artsee,iyong dasalla ba na sinasabi mo ay number 99 ang jersey?hindi ko lang matandaan ang team niya kung SMB or U-Tex.
Siya iyong palaging nagbabantay o pangtapat kay Mon “El Presidente” Fernandez
Yo florry:
“Mr. Scalia, ang galing-galing mo pala iho, nakasimula ka ng business na walang puhunan. Bakit hindi mo naman turuan ang mga kapuwa Pilipino natin para sila man ay makapagsimula naman ng kanilang sarili para ang lahat ng Pilipino ay magbi-business na lang, wala ng mamamasukan bilang empliyado, wala na ring mag OFW at baka pati ako uuwi na rin at magbi-business na lang at diyan na rin ako titira sa Pilipinas.”
HAY NAKU MRS FLORRY, MATAGAL KO NANG GINAGAWA YAN, ANG TURUAN ANG MGA KABABAYAN NATING MAGING JOB-CREATORS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, HINIHIKAYAT KO RIN NGA SILANG MAGING “MARTYR” NA HUWAG NANG MAG-MIGRATE SA IBANG BANSA AT HANAPIN NA LANG ANG KAPALARAN NILA DITO.
I DARE YOU TO COME HOME AND START ANEW HERE. ITS A LOT BETTER THAN PAGTATALAK ABROAD
“Ngayon yong isinasaksak mo na Call Centers/Outsourcing. ang dapat na una mong maintindihan na ang mga CALL CENTERS AY HINDI MGA EMPLOYERS, Yong mga company na naglagay ang employer. Kung baga sa SMC yan ay yong Customer Service lang nila at ang employer ay SMC at hindi yong Customer Service”
IM SORRY I HAVE TO DO THIS – IS THAT YOUR IMPRESSION OF CALL CENTERS?!?! I AM SURPRISED YOU ARE NOT AWARE THAT A CREATURE SUCH AS A THIRD PARTY PROVIDER OF CONTACT CENTER SERVICES EXISTS!! YOU ARE NOT AWARE THAT ALL OF THE FORTUNE 500 (EVEN FORTUNE 2000) ARE OUTSOURCING THE CUSTOMER SERVICE FUNCTION BECAUSE THE COMPANUES BY THEMSELVES CANNOT DO CUSTOMER SUPPORT BY THEMSELVES ALONE?
PLEASE GOOGLE BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES and CALL CENTER ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT 95% OF ITS MEMBERS ARE THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF CONTACT CENTER SERVICES. ONLY A HANDFUL ARE OFFSHORE DEPARTMENTS, LIKE DELL, HSBC, AOL.
BET YOU DIDNT KNOW THAT THE PRESENT MANPOWER SUPPLY CANNOT COPE WITH THE DEMAND FOR CONTACT CENTER AGENTS!.
BET YOU DIDNT KNOW THAT MANY CALL CENTERS ARE NOW HIRING UNDERGRADS AND CAREER SHIFTERS!
“At alam mo yong term mong colonial mentality, sa panahon ngayon, obsolete na yan, ikaw na lang yata ang gumagamit niyan.”
ANONG OBSOLETE? ITS ALIVE AND WELL, LALO NA DIYAN, LALO NA SA MGA PINOY NA NAG-MIGRATE DIYAN. KAYA NASABI MONG OBSOLETE KASI NANDYAN KA NA.
“Sinasabi ko ito para ipaalam na when I talk about investments ,capital and financing, I know what I am talking about”
OBVIOUSLY YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. BUT IN FAIRNESS TO YOU, INVESTMENTS, CAPITAL AND FINANCING ARE VERY BROAD AREAS. OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING IS A VERY NARROW AREA. YOU CAN BE FORGIVEN FOR NOT BEING AS WELL-VERSED IN IT AS YOU ARE IN INVESTMENTS, CAPITAL AND FINANCING.
BY THE WAY, INVESTMENTS, CAPITAL AND FINANCING BA KAMO? PARA MAY PAKINABANG ANG PILIPINAS SA IYO, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP RAISE CAPITAL FOR FDI IN THE PHILIPPINES BY STARTING “OFW BONDS” A PRIVATE INVESTMENT VEHICLE FOR OFWs. THEN THE MONEY RAISED CAN BE USED TO FINANCE INVESTMENTS HERE. THIS IS NOT AN ORIGINAL IDEA BY ME. IT WAS FLOATED NOT LONG AGO BY A COLUMNIST OF THE PHIL STAR.
AT SAKA MAYBE YOU CAN HELP LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS HERE RAISE MONEY BY SELLING LGU BONDS. UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, LGUs CAN ISSUE BONDS TO RAISE FUNDS.
“At yong pro or anti-gma , ikaw na ang makakasagot niyan. Remember, actions and body language speaks more than words. And to that, I say Amen”
TALAGANG ACTIONS AND BODY LANGUAGE SPEAK MORE THAN WORDS. AKO I HELP IN JOB CREATION. EH KAYONG MGA ANTI-PANDAK NA HANGGANG PAGTATATALAK LANG ANG ALAM. YES, YES, YOUR PAGTATATALAK SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT YOU!!!
AMEN!
To artsee and nelbar,
Anthony Dasalla was a 6’4” guard.
At saka artsee, why do you have to call me lintek? Tinatawag ba kitang lintek?
Pagsabihan ka sana ni Ellen.
Oo nga ano…naglaro itong Anthony Dasalla sa U-tex noon. Kasama niya sina Mumar, Pineda, Lim Eng Beng. Nahalata tuloy na may edad na ako. Teka, ano naman masama sa salitang “lintek”? Mas pino iyan sa salitang gago di ba?
To artsee:
“Teka, ano naman masama sa salitang “lintek”? Mas pino iyan sa salitang gago di ba?”
Ewan ko. Malay ko sa ‘yo?
As I’ve said earlier, it takes one to know one. Siguradong lintek at gago ka rin. Naghahanap ka pa ng kasama. Kaya di mo masagot ang sarili mong tanong. HOY, MASAMA ANG MANDAMAY NG KAPWA
Pero since I always presume good faith, baka nagkaka-senior moments ka lang in your gratuitous use of lintek at gago.
Letter from France:
Bonjour ,
Sorry for my bad english.
I signed your petition.
I am member of a plaform born with the Erika oil spill in France.
We know that it is important to pressureour governant to prevent
other oil spil and have a complete cleaning in the shortest time.
We have a website. We put our actions, and give information on the
maritime life. We have made a special report on Guimaras oil spill :
http://www.coordmareenoire.net/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=402
We should be glad if it can help you .
We are searching about notice of the social impact of the oil spill.
I find few ones.
Is there more ?
Cordialement,
JC Hervé
mailto:205fsu@fr.oleane.com
http://www.coordmareenoire.net/sommaire.php3
Thank you for this article really a big help for everyone.