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Senatorial aspirants can’t resist opportunity in other people’s misery

Valuable political exposure 1

This picture of President Aquino’s visit to Barangay Tunasan in Muntinlupa accompanied by Liberal Party 2013 senatorial aspirants is generating controversy in social media. Among those with Aquino were Transportation and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas, Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon, former sectoral Rep.Riza Hontiveros, TESDA Administrator Joel Villanueva, and Aurora Rep.Sonny Angara.

Some comments:

Mae Paner: Siguro mas okay na di kayo ma expose na ganito kasi we cannot afford you guys, esp our president PNoy sick. Ang perception pag w Kris, wannabee senatoriables, Mar, tapos open truck, parang nangangampanya! So i guess you are hitting two birds w one stone? Tulong sa kalamidad sabay kampanya na rin? Di ba kung hiwa-huwalay na lakad mas maraming area na matutulungan at mako-cover?

Lee didn’t make it as envoy to China

Going to China but not as ambassador yet
The Commission on Appointments was not able to take up the nomination of Domingo Lee as ambassador to China in its hearing last Wednesday so he won’t be able to assume the post in time for the visit of President Aquino starting tomorrow up to Sept. 2.

To justify Lee’s inclusion in the official delegation, President Aquino appointed him “presidential adviser for the China visit.”

We are sure the Chinese will perfectly understand.

The next CA meeting will be on Sept. 7. If any member of the CA invokes Sec. 20 (Suspension of action by the Commission on any nomination), Lee would have to wait for the November hearing for him to take on his much-coveted post which he got with a lot of help from presidential brother-in-law Eldon Cruz.

That should give him time to make his assets and income tax payments jibe because we heard a CA member noticed the big discrepancy and would like to ask him about it.

Lim’s resignation puts Mark Lapid issue in Aquino’s court

Mark Lapid: a test of Aquino's 'tuwid na daan' crusade
Now that Bertie Lim will soon be out of the Department of Tourism, the issue about Mark Lapid rests squarely with President Aquino.

People in the DOT are keenly watching the case of Lapid because it would prove to them that the President’s pledge l to lead the people through the “matuwid na daan” is more than just sloganeering.

I would like to make it clear here that the case of Lapid is a separate issue from Lim’s lackluster performance as tourism chief.

I think that quitting the DOT was a good decision for Lim. His one year stint with the DOT showed that he is not cut for that job which requires more than sincerity, honesty and dedication.

Anyway, sometime in May, Lim reported to Aquino about his problem with Lapid, chief operating officer of Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA), formerly Philippine Tourism Authority. The report allegedly involved deals with suppliers.

Aquino’s first year: The good and the bad

Shortcoming: shooting buddies
One area where the year-old Aquino government has made reforms, slow it may be, is in the fight against graft and corruption through reforms in the justice system.

This is not to say that Aquino has eliminated graft and corruption or there is no graft and corruption being committed by his own appointees. I merely recognize some reforms made in the justice system that could help in the fight against graft and corruption that was the campaign battle cry of Aquino -“Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap.”

Number one ‘achievement’ is the removal of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez and her subordinates either through dismissal, resignation or suspension. As long as Gutierrez was head of the anti-graft body, her benefactor Gloria Arroyo, her husband and members of her family could feel safe from prosecution.

Walang “K” bumanat ang magnanakaw

Photo taken at the renewal of wedding rites of the Santiagos.
Ang isang rason bakit pinupuna ko ang mga palpak ni Pangulong Aquino at ng kanyang mga tauhan ay dahil ayaw kong magkakaroon ng oportunidad si Gloria Arroyo na tatawa at magsabing, “Ayan, banat kayo ng banat sa akin. Ano ngayun ang nakuha nyong pumalit sa akin?”

At tama nga. Lumabas lang ang survey na bumababa ang satisfaction, approval at trust ratings ni Pnoy, bumalandra na si Arroyo.

Noong Huwebes, nagpa-press conference si Arroyo. Yan ang unang-una niyang press conference mula nang bumaba siya sa Malacañang, mag-isang taon na ang nakalipas. Sa Kongreso kung saan kinatawan siya ng pangalawang distrito ng Pampanga, mailap siya sa media. Makikita mo sa TV, Taas noo na parang emperatris yan kapag pumasok sa session hall.

Ayun sa mga report, nagbabala daw si Arroyo sa mga panganib sa ekonomiya dahil sa palpak na pamamahala ni Aquino ng bayan. Ginamit niya ang sinabi ng isang columnist tungkol kay Aquino: “nobody’s home.”

Alam naman natin na ang “nobody’s home” ay sinasabi sa isang taong bobo.

Precision journalism

There’s a lot I have to learn writing about survey results.

By Mahar Mangahas
Philippine Daily Inquirer

The June 3-6, 2011 Social Weather Survey, reported through (but not commissioned by) BusinessWorld last Tuesday, has 64 percent satisfied and 18 percent dissatisfied with President Aquino, implying a 64 – 18 = +46 net satisfaction rating. SWS classifies net ratings in the range of +30 to +49 as Good.

The previous SWS survey of March 4-7, 2011 had found 69 percent satisfied and 18 percent dissatisfied, for a 69 – 18 = +51 net satisfaction rating, which SWS calls Very Good (from +50 to +69).

Between March and June, therefore, gross satisfaction fell by 5 points. Since dissatisfaction was unchanged, net satisfaction fell by 5 points also, by simple arithmetic.

3 Cabinet men giving P-Noy headaches

Aquino with Singson, not one of the 'dreaded' 3
By Delon Porcalla
The Philippine Star

President Aquino dreads seeing two or three members of his Cabinet he considers harbingers of bad news.

Aquino’s candid admission was made before dozens of officials and employees of the Department of Public Works and Highways gathered for the department’s 113th anniversary celebrations yesterday. He made it clear Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson was not among the three.

“Sa totoo lang, meron akong na-obserbahan na mga miyembro ng gabinete, mga dalawa o tatlo – kada makita ko agad iniisip ko, ano kayang bad news ang dala-dala nito (In truth, I have observed Cabinet members, about two or three – each time I see them I wonder what bad news they bring),” he said.

Pulse Asia’s May 21 to June 4, 2011 survey:Aquino’s overall approval and trust rating declined but he continues to enjoy approval by majority

About seven in ten Filipinos (71%) express appreciation for and trust in President
Aquino. On the other hand, less than one in ten is critical of presidential performance
(8%) and distrusts the President (7%). Essentially the same percentages of Filipinos are
unable to say if they approve or disapprove of the President’s work in the past three
months (21%) and are ambivalent as regards his trustworthiness (22%).

Hindi pwedeng i-ignore ni PNoy ang pagkadismaya ng taumbayan

Ano pa nga ba ang sasabihin ng Malacañang sa pinakahuling survey ng Social Weather Station kung saan lalong bumaba pa ang satisfaction rating ni Pangulong Aquino? Natural lang yun na depensahan nila ang kanilang ginagawa at hindi nga lang daw masyadong alam ng nakakarami.

Ngunit sa kanilang pagdepensa, sa halip na maghanap ng palusot, dapat aksyunan ang mga bagay na nagdulot ng dismaya kay PNoy ng taumbayan.