Police authorities said with the arrest of four suspects in the murder of Bishop Alberto Ramento of the Philippine Independent Church, the case is considered solved. Click here for Malaya story.
Ramento’s killing was a “plain and simple case of robbery with homicide, and not extrajudicial killing” as militant groups have alleged, said PNP chief Oscar Calderon.
But many find that difficult to accept.
The Most Reverend Godofredo J. David of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente had said in a statement, “There are glaring indications that Bishop Ramento’s murder was thoroughly planned and politically motivated. We believe that the brutal killing was the inevitable consequence of his principled engagement with the people and their struggle for the fullness of life.”
The Promotion of Church Peoples’ Response (PCPR), mande up of bishops, priests, religious sisters, pastors, deacons and deaconess, seminarians, religious and lay workers in the church and church-based and church-related institutions, programs and services,called for an “immediate, thorough and impartial investigation” after condemning the police’s immediate conclusion that the prelate was a victim of robbery with homicide.
“PCPR believes that the case was politically motivated in nature as prior to the killing incident; Bishop Ramento had complained about receiving death threats and his inclusion in the military’s order of battle,” said the group in a statement.
The Citizens Congress for Truth and Accountability headed by former Vice President Teofisto Guingona has expressed serious concern “over the haste with which police dismiss the killing of Bishop Ramento as an ordinary case of robbery with homicide and not a case of political killing.
Guingona said “this may result in allowing the real perpetrators to escape investigation and prosecution. CHR participation in the investigation may help ensure that all possible angles and evidence will be considered and the real perpetrators prosecuted.”
The Counsels for the Defense of Liberties (Codal) urges the police not to hastily conclude that the killing was an ordinary case of robbery as it may mislead investigators and cause the real criminals to escape investigation.
Codal stressed that Bishop Ramento was an outspoken critic of Pres. Arroyo and has been an active member of the Presidium of the CCTA. “He voted to find Pres. Arroyo culpable for graft and corruption, electoral fraud and human rights violations in the CCTA verdict,” Codal noted.
The Cordillera Human Rights Alliance (CHRA) said Ramento was killed “to silence a man of truth and a staunch advocate of peace, justice and human rights.”
“We share in the grief of his family, friends and his church. We find the statements of the Philippine National Police that say his murder was simply in relation to the robbery of the church unacceptable,” said Beverly Longid, CHRA vice chairman.
Ask any professional hitman and he will tell you that all ambushes are made to look like robberies or holdups in order to throw investigators off his tracks.
Haven’t you noticed, most unsolved killings lately were perpetrated by men who carried them out with military precision, and take note, while on the way or back from the bank. Not even the hardest criminals just shoot anybody to get their money.
The reason being given that the Bishop’s slay had robbery as the ulterior motive and the police imediately declaring the case solved creates more doubts than it settles.
If Gloria is sincere in her resolve to stop the Killings, political or otherwise, she shoould order the dismissal of PNP chief for hastily concluding the case as “Plain and Simple Case of Robbery with Homicide” as if taking a human life is just a simple ‘Case’. In a country Ripe with political murders, every case should be treated as one, especially if the victim was involved in civic duties, and until a very thorough, conclusive evidence indicate otherwise it is better for the Authorities to refrain from Premature announcement. Make them look foolish and stupid and aggravate the suspicions all over that the killings are indeed Political.
Ellen,
I made comments on this in another loop, and I cannot help sympathizing with those people being framed up to admit to something they have not done, or if they have, they must have been hired by the very same people who are now accusing them.
This is not actually a new story but something that has made the Philippine police look really despicable, corrupt and incompetent. The lack of respect for authority in fact is a reflection of the lack of respect the Filipinos have for their policemen.
It is disgusting for these policemen to be showing the faces of these suspects on TV for instance just for the pogi points even before they can firmly establish evidences against them. What they do not realize is that showing off these suspects do not make them heroes but the asslickers that the criminal suspect calling herself “President of the Philippines” makes of them!!!
For one thing, nobody is buying this police claim that this case is closed. For one thing, I understand that Bishop Ramento was a very powerful critic of the bogus president and like the many who have criticized the crook and her minions, he was marked for either libel suit or be buried 6 feet underground.
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA! STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKING! STOP THE TRAFFICKING OF HUMAN ORGANS FROM THE PHILIPPINES!
Read somewhere that the good Bishop was living a modest life.
Tas, ROBBERY with homecide?
Who’s gonna believe that crap?
ANO naman kaya ang nanakawin pa sa Bishop na wala naman yaman sa mundo?!:?
‘Case closed’ means in THEIR parlance….na-salvage na!
Kelan kaya masa-salvage ang ganyang KA-ipokritang tao?
Nakakatulog pa kaya ang mga yan nang hindi kinakailangna ng sleeping pills?
Harinawang bangungutin na sila at nang mawala na ang karimarimarim na kasamaan sa Bansa.
HOW MUCH MORE CAN THE PILIPINOS TAKE of this??? Do we just accept that we are being lead by a “Terrorist” in Malacanan? She’s only 4’9″, what’s so difficult in ejecting this woman?
Yeah, HANGGANG KAILAN MAGTITIIS ang BAYAN?
JUST-TIIS na lang ba palagi?
Yuko shares this letter to Amb. Domingo Siazon from the National Christian Council in Japan:
Anna shares this letter from Sen. Nene Pimentel:
Nakikisakay na naman itong Pimentel na ito. Nakuha na nga yung singsing ng Bishop sa mga suspect eh. Tanggapin na ninyo na pumalpak na naman ang inyong mga haka-haka gaya ng mga usual report sa abante “di umano, siguro, ayon sa isang ayaw magpabanggit ng pangalan, etc. etc. pangiintriga abante style courtesy of corrupt and irresponsible writers like you, ellen. Pimentel Magtrabaho ka naman masyado kang pahirap sa bayan hayup ka. Mahiya ka naman pinapalamon ka ng taong bayan pero ganyan ang sinusukli mo. Hindi ka lang napiling Vice President ni GMA ginugulo mo na ang buong bansa palibhasa matanda ka na wala ka ng pakialam sa future namin gago. Sayang ang paghanga ko sa yo noon makasarili ka rin palang ulol ka. Sinasali mo pa ang Diyos sa kalokohan mo. Alam naman ng buong bansa na nag so sourgraping ka lang.
Tanggap ng lahat ang imbestigasyo dito kayo-kayo lang na kaunti ang ayaw tumanggap mga L O S E R S………….
ang isang anggulo kung bakit hindi basta basta matatanggap ng tao na solved na ang ramento killing ay dahil ang nasawi (o pinatay) ay isang kritiko ni gloria. maaari ding pinalabas na robbery ang motibo na ang mga “nahuling mga suspects” ay fall guys who were planted with evidence to divert the attention of the public. alam na naman nating kapag ang biktima ay hindi kaalyado ng administrasyon madaling bigyan ng closure o solusyon ng pulis ang kaso just to please and ease the public outcry.
Stupid pala itong anak ni Bansot na sumisingit dito. Bakit hindi mapupunta sa PNP ang singsing ng pare kung kanya nga ang sinasabing singsing na nasa PNP na e pinuno nila ang ang nag-utos na ipapatay ang pare.
Robbery pa ang ginawang anggulo e matagal nang sinasabi ng nasawing pare na may threat siya dahil sa ginagawa niyang pagbatikos doon sa mga halimaw sa bogus administration na ito. Napuruhan lang ang pareng ito kasi maliit lang ang organization nila di tulad ng Catholic Church kaya hindi magalaw iyong mga pareng kulong-kulo ang dugo kay Bansot.
Gago! Bobo talaga ang patakaran ng imbestigasyon sa Pilipinas. Golly ang daming taon nang mga nakaupo ang mga tamad hindi pa rin nasanay sa mga trabaho nila. Gosh, hocus pocus, hula-hula lang ang ginagawa!
Ikaw ang bobo. Madumi ang isip mo tanga palibhsa brain wash na yang mga utak ninyo. LOSERS.
Yuko,
Jun is being the true heir to Gloria punggok and her fatso husband who’s become baboy with all the nakaws that he’s made…Let’s ignore him. His is the rant of one who is simple minded – nothing he can do about that. He probably was born that way.
Vic’s comment is spot on:
“In a country Ripe with political murders, every case should be treated as one, especially if the victim was involved in civic duties, and until a very thorough, conclusive evidence indicate otherwise it is better for the Authorities to refrain from Premature announcement.”
anna, i disagree. simple minded? maybe not. mabuti pa nga sa kanya ang fungus, mas pinakikinabangan ng marami dahil nagagamit sa science pero siya, ang gumagamit yung parasites in the society.
Mrivera’s ” mabuti pa nga sa kanya ang fungus, mas pinakikinabangan ng marami”
Hahahahahah!
losers are those who are trying to cover up their inability to do what is expected from them and pass the blame by harming those critical of their ineffectiveness and lapses.
Right ka diyan Mrevira! Losers are like this “Jun” kuno who’s only job is to contradict the opinions of those who are against her employer. It won’t take anylonger, iho, then you’ll define to us the meaning of Losers, dahil ikaw at ang Ama mong sa Malakanyang ‘yon! Sabad-sabad ka lang, gago!
Anna,
I don’t read this guy/gal as a matter of fact. I just follow the leads of others I know are not asslickers of the Bansot, who may be just one or two posting in various aliases, one of them must be the daughter, who is often in the Malaya forum blogging in various email addies and ID’s.
Over there, I have easier way of tracing the source(s) with the help of some net investigators who are looking exactly for materials for their study on how to make the Internet Law here work properly.
I’m actually not deceived regarding the identity of this bogey trying hard to mess up the discussion in this blog. But no dice, we are here to stay, right, friend, until the Bansot is safely placed in a cubicle at the Maximum Security at the Muntinlupa Penitentiary?!!! 😛
Correct me if I am wrong but the information that I got is that the slain Aglipayan bishop is not the first, but the third or fourth from his church based in Tarlac. Now, another one is also getting a threat and all aimed I believe at being blamed on the owner of the Luisita Hacienda just because she is no longer a staunch supporter of the Bansot, the genuine “Dugong Aso.”
The slain bishop is very political so who will believe the crap that his death is a simple case of robbery resulting in murder? Puede ba bumaba na lang si Pandak para matapos na!
For one thing, the members of the National Council of Churches in Japan are not buying the crap about the death of the bishop being called a robbery with murder. The bishop was threatened before his death because he is very critical of the Bansot and wants her to step down. Therefore, she has the greatest motive to get rid of the bishop! It’s as simple as that. It’s common sense!
Puro balita ng aresto pero wala din nangyayari. Paano arrestuhin ang kabaro o kasamahan nila? Mismong pulis at militar ang pumapatay. At mangyayari ba ito kung walang basbas ng Malacanang?
Jun:
I can’t say much about Pimentel, nevertheless it’s like pot calling kettle black. I took exception for your lacking a sense of responsibility on the statement you’ve made toward a person with whom we’ve great admiraton. Ellen has been of what I believe are doing more to the betterment of the country in bringing about truths and justice to public and her readers, more than I can say of illegitimate Gloria. First and foremost you should kiss the ground of a great Pilipina Ms. Ellen and be grateful for providing you a blog where you can air your dissatisfaction without fear or even shot by drive-by mask killers. I hope you can appreciate Ms. Ellen generosity. You stated, “pangiitriga abante style courtesy of corrupt and irresponsible writer like you, ellen.” What you said was far from the truth, it’s pure hate on your part withtout foundation. You calling Ms Ellen corrupt and irresponsible are unimaginable, callous and it could only came from the game-book of fake Gloria. How can you justified corrupt and irresponsible? You can’t, because it’s all about lies and to mis-inform the readers. Does is it have some familiarity of Malacanang patented spin of false propaganda? You bet!
I ditto your statement, Toney!
after bishop ramento, an aglipayan priest in cagayan de oro city is getting death threats thru text messages. and after him, wonder who comes next? i really believe gloria is sincere i her campaign: eliminate those who are against here high profile leadership.
if given a chance i will shoot the tongue and both ears of this jun. calling ellen a corrupt? really, a spinned head.
…against her high profile leadership.
toney c., no just hate but foolishness and loss of senses and reasoning.
….gloria is sincere in her campaign: …..
Re: Public can’t accept PNP closure of Ramento killing
WHY? The Philippine National Police under the leadership of Jose Pidal’s cousin PNP chief Oscar Calderon have zero credibility. He promised to stop jueteng nationwide in 30 days and just a hot air after all. Task Force Usig is selling the idea that militants and journalists were killed by the communists. The arrest of the robbery-murder suspects does not mean case is closed. Are they fall guys? How about the death threat angle? The general public has lost trust and confidence to the police under bogus Arroyo regime. There’s a perception that PNP is the protector of Gloria and Jose Pidal crime family. Pulis Ni Pidal (PNP)?????
JUN is an ally of the macapal, hence may cacapalan!
ARU, dyos co, qeng leon qeng tigre, ecu tatacut, keka ka pa?
For all Jun’s faults, please be kind to him:
We are all kind to animals,right?
I understand your work jun….
….lapdog of the satan, kasi, work mo na ipagtanggol ang cabalen mu…
Kaya naman guys, allow him to do his work in peace. Para naman makasweldo siya….DI BA JUN?
i will try to be kind to jun by asking him to explain how he came to the conclusion that ellen is corrupt and irresponsible.
Re: “Pulis Ni Pidal (PNP)?????”
Good one Diego!
According to an Inquirer report, 5 more Aglipay priests fear that their lives are in danger.
All five are vocal critics of Gloria’s inept government.
The threat to their lives alone constitutes a serious violation of moral decency.
Gloria would do well to accept that she has lost all morality to even “fakely” govern this nation.
First step is for her to step down and to call for elections. She will not do it but all people who have lost all sense of morality believe that they’ve nothing else to lose if they’ve lost everything by way of decency.
And good people in the Philippines still support her?
This is the first and last I will say about comments saying I’m corrupt. Honesty is my credo in life. And that I use in my writings.
I ignore all those allegations of corruptions because they are untrue.
It’s absolutely unfair to call Ellen corrupt. Whoever said that should be shot by firing squad. Even though I don’t totally agree with Ellen’s moderating style in this blog, I know her to be a person of unquestionable integrity. She’s one of the most honest journalists in the county.
Of course di mo aaminin Ellen at siempre pagtatanggol ka ng mga tuta mo dito. Masakit ba ang mapagbintangan ? (Kung talagang di totoo, but I am sure of what I am saying. Darating ang araw na magbibigay ako ng mga ebidensya). Pero ganyan ang trabaho ninyo di ba ang magbintang at manira ng tao at sirain ang buong bansa. Pinararamdam ko lang ng kaaunti sa inyo ang mga ginagawa ninyo sa iba. Wala akong dapat ipagpasalamat sa inyo dahil nasasayang lang ang precious time ko sa pag posts dito. Mas maraming kahayupan ang nasusulat sa blog na ito kaysa sa katotohanan.
Hwag mo akong takutin MRivera. I am available kung ano ang gusto mo gago. Ellen is honest? Ang honest ay two way ang pagsusulat hindi one way at di gumagawa ng mga intriga na walang basehan ano ka hilo o tuta npongco?
Ellen:
Who says you’re dishonest? Ang kapal naman! Papasok dito ng wala sa lugar tapos manggugulo. Kundi ito Internet Brigade, e baka inmate ito sa Mandaluyong! Anak ng ani Pandak!
Another Aglipayan priest killed in Surigao del Sur. Is this just a coincidence? What’s happening? It seems that there’s a pattern of both killings. Death squads are roaming freely and kill their prey in a precision manner without a trace.
Another priest of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) or the Aglipayan Church was killed in Surigao del Sur Monday, a week after the murder of Aglipayan bishop Rev. Alberto Ramento.
Initial reports from ABS-CBN Regional Network Group said three suspects stabbed and shot dead Dionisio Ging-ging, 53, in Barangay Bajao, Tago, Surigao del Sur. Operatives of the police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group are investigating the incident.10/8/06 ABS-CBN
Re Jun’s ” (Kung talagang di totoo, but I am sure of what I am saying. Darating ang araw na magbibigay ako ng mga ebidensya).
Eh bakit di pa ngayon? Siguro natakot ka sa sinabi ni Mrivera…
Diego,
I heard about that… has the report been confirmed?
(Sino kaya ang puwedeng mag-confirm from government investigating or police authorities when most of people in authority are on Gloria’s payroll and cannot be trusted!)
Personally, I’m happy to be called “tuta” ni Ellen instead of “tuta” nitong si punggok sa Malacanang na liar, thief, cheat at iba pa.
jun, sobra naman ang tapang mo. kung tumira ka personal na laging umuusok ang puwet mo na katulad din ng mukha mo. tuta? ni minsan hindi ko pinangarap na maging sunud sunuran sa kahit sinong tao kahit pa presidenteng peke na nanay mo. sabihin mo kung kelan ipinatungkol sa iyo ang mga puna kay gloria upang manggalaiti ka at pumutok halos ang luslos mo? ang ginagawa mong panggugulo ay gawain lamang ng isang bayarang walang kamag-anak. in short, singaw! at hindi kita tinatakot, dahil hindi ko ugali ang gawain ng isang katulad mo.
Ellen, I don’t understand why you allow such nasty comments by this Jun to be posted here given the fact that sometimes you delete our (my) negative comments about some personalities. I hope you would be a little consistent. And that not only disciplining this bastard Jun; but also your best friend Queen of the Blog who keeps directly or indirectly attacking me.
jun, if ever i got a gun, i will never fire a single shot at you because the cost of a bullet is not your worth. mas mabuti pang ipamaril ko na lang ng baboy damo sa gubat (hindi sa baboy damong tatay mo sa malakanyang) para meron akong maiulam. you better examine yourself upang malaman mo kung may dignidad pa ang pagkatao mo sa mga ginagawi mong asal asong ulol.
Mrivera’s “jun, if ever i got a gun, i will never fire a single shot at you because the cost of a bullet is not your worth.”
Spoken like a true soldier!
Mrivera, you can use a toy gun. A fake gun works as well as a real gun just like Jun’s boss in the Palace who despite being a fake leader is operating like a true one; that is, sucking people’s blood and money.
I just want to express my piece. I have long been a reader of Ellen’s columns even before i became aware of this blog. I found her consistent in all her stand in any issue. I used to have 3 favs, her, Banayo & Paredes. If ever she had been dishonest, probably, any reader can sense it. I have never doubted her, otherwise, i would not even join here.
It is easy to sense when a journalist is ‘envelop’mental, by using commonsense. I have long concluded that Common Sense is not what Jun has.
Cheers for Ellen!
New from Arkibo:
Members of a human rights alliance and parishioners of the Philippine Independent Church in Hongkong held a mass, vigil and candle-lighting for murdered bishop Alberto Ramento.
Posting includes a TV video clip showing the principal suspect in the killing DENYING his involvement in the murder.
Please visit http://www.arkibonbayan.org, or:
http://www.arkibongbayan.org/2006-10Oct08-HK4BishopRamento/oct8HK4BishopRamento.htm
Arkibong Bayan Web Team
Saw the video where the suspect in this murder case denied having anything to do with this case. Halata naman iyong police spokesman na wala silang ebidensiya. Siyempre hindi makahirit ang mga suspect an akusado na bago pa gumawa ng imbestigasyon ang mga kumag na tamad na pulis. Kundi ba naman sila inutil e bakit sila sumusunod sa isang bogus president imbes na hulihin nila.
Dito nga napapahiya ang mga pilipinong matitino kapag nakakabalita kami ng mga pulis daw sa Pilipinas na pumupunta sa Japan during their leave para magnakaw o mag-smuggle ng drug o baril. Ang galing pang mag-frame up.
Gosh, hanggang kailan pa dapat magdusa ang sambayanang pilipino? Sa totoo lang dapat isaayos ang pulisya ng Pilipinas kapag natanggal na si Punggok. Dapat ibalik iyan sa ilalim ng isang civilian commission na hindi puedeng diktahan lalo na ng isang bogus president para madala ang mga kurakot!
kitamokitako and all,
alam natin kung ano ang kalagayan ni ellen. ang hirap na kanyang tinitiis upang mag-survive. ang kirot na kanyang dinaranas sa bawat pagsailalim niya sa kanyang chemotherapy. kung paano niya gawing kapakipakinabang ang kanyang maibabahagi upang mabigyang linaw ang mga isip na nalalabuan at ginagawang laruan ng mga taong ganid sa kapangyarihan. napakahirap tanggapin na mayroong mga katulad nitong jun na isang kaluluwang walang katahimikan na nagagawa pang sabihing corrupt at sinungaling si ellen.
at sa iyo jun, kung maaari, pumunta ka na sa dapat mong puntahan. pabayaan mo na kami dito sa daigdig ng mga buhay. spare ellen. baka sakaling ito ang isang paraang makapagpapabalik sa iyo sa landas ng mga kaluluwang maaari pang patawarin at makapasok sa kaharian ng lumikha.
I am sorry to hear if indeed Ellen is undergoing a chemotherapy. Hindi ito personalan. Sometimes it helps when you stop harboring negative comments to other especially kung wala ka namang pruweba. Nakakatulong din sa paggaling ang humingi ng tawad sa mga taong nasasagasaan mo. Ang pag-iisip ng masama ay malaking bagay din. Politics in the Phils is not healthy. I advised Ellen to spare herself from this kung gusto mong gumaling ng mabilisan.
Are you really undergoing chemo, Ellen? Sorry to hear about that. I will pray for you. I humbly suggest that you temporarily discontinue moderating this blog for the debates here are getting worse each day. It’s even getting out of control. Why not designate someone to replace you in the meantime? What about Ystakei? And she can get Anna as her co-moderator.
Noel,
I nominate YOU as co-moderator in case Ellen decides have the blog under moderation temporarily.
And I second my motion! Finished!
Those who vote “aye”, raise your hands! (Anna raises hand…)
OK, the vote is closed! SO BE IT!
NOEL PONGCO (npongco) is nominated and elected to be YUKO’s co-moderator if Ellen decides to have the blog moderated by commenters here in the future.
“Politics in the Phils is not healthy.” This is the most sensible thing I’ve read by Jun.
Why not? But not co-moderator. I’m a man so should be the leader. I don’t allow a woman especially in the caliber of this comadre of yours to dominate/overpower me. How was the voting? I didn’t see any hand raised…
Motion of Confidence
A Motion of Confidence is a motion of support proposed by a government in a parliament or other assembly of elected representatives to give members of parliament (or other such assembly) a chance to register their confidence in a government. The motion is passed or rejected by means of a parliamentary vote (a Vote of Confidence). Governments often propose a Motion of Confidence to replace a Motion of No Confidence proposed by the opposition.
Defeat of a Motion of Confidence in a parliamentary democracy generally requires one of two actions:
1. the resignation of the government, or
2. a request for a parliamentary dissolution and the calling of a General Election.
Jun Says:
October 11th, 2006 at 1:46 pm
I am sorry to hear if indeed Ellen is undergoing a chemotherapy. Hindi ito personalan. Sometimes it helps when you stop harboring negative comments to other especially kung wala ka namang pruweba.
hindi ito personalan? sometimes it helps when you stop harboring negative comments to others especially kung wala ka namang pruweba? sino ba ang namemersonal? sino ang hindi? sino ang wala at merong pruweba? sino ang nagbubulagbulagan sa lahat ng nangyayari sa pilipinas? sa lahat ng mga ginagawa ng abusadong-kulang-sa-pansing presidente daw na ayaw harapin ang lahat ng isyung kanyang kinasasangkutan? ang kanyang pangungurakot sa kaban ng bayan? ng kanyang panloloko sa bawat pilipino?
sino ba ang laging parang asong ulol na umaatake nang walang direksiyon? hindi ba ikaw, jun?
Mrivera, Kayo ang umaatake dinedepensa ko lang ang alam kong wala naman kayong ebidensya (Remember ang inyong mga haka-haka na suntok sa buwan). Kayo ang mga parang asong ulol na indiscriminately firing sa mga taong di naman ninyo kayang patunayan any inyong mga bintang.
Re: Noel’s “But not co-moderator. I’m a man so should be the leader.”
Am curious because I know very, very little about INC so please tell me, is that an INC (Iglesia ni Cristo) doctrine?
It’s not only an INC doctrine, but so does the Mormons and most churches. The Bible clearly teaches that the man should be the head of the household. Christ is the Head of the Church. But for this Queen of the Blog and her Princess, that may not be true. They sure will cry out loud in protest. Aren’t they behaving like amazons in this blog?
Are you a member of the INC, npongco?
jun, sinasabi mo OFW ka? wala kang pakialam kahit nilustay ni gloria ang pondo natin noong eleksyon? sa pagpapaimprenta ng philhealth cards kung saan nakabackground ang mukha niya? ipinagtatanggol mo ang presidente (daw) na kailangan lamang ang dollar remittances nating mga OFW’s at kapag tayo ay nasa panganib na, silang mga ganid ay nagtuturuturuan kung saan kukuha ng pondo upang mailikas tayo? nakalimutan mo na agad ang karanasan ng mga naipit sa gyera sa lebanon? na gagawing mga super atsay? upang pagkakitaan na naman ng gobyerno ni gloria? ipinagpaparangalan pang lupain ng tsimay ang pilipinas? na pinatutunayan lamang na ang malasakit ni gloria sa mga kababaihan at mga nandadayuhang manggagawa ay nasa kanayang talampakan? ubod ng tapang ng kanyang sikmura at kapal ng mukha upang ipanghingi ng limos na trabaho sa ibang bansa ang kanyang mga pinangakuang bibigyan ng marangal na pagkakakitaan? kinukulaba na talaga ang mga mata mo at nawala na rin sa tama ang katinuan mo. huwag mo na kaming idamay.
Woman tops list of China’s richest for first time -—Reuters(Yahoo!® News)
By Jerker Hellstrom
Tue Oct 10, 6:00 PM ET
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A woman has topped a list of China’s richest people for the first time, elbowing past two-time leader Huang Guangyu of GOME Electrical Appliances and a coterie of CEOs at old-economy government enterprises.
Newly minted billionaire Cheung Yan -— the 49 year-old founder and chairwoman of top Chinese paper packager Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Ltd. -— saw her fortune balloon nine-fold to US$3.4 billion boosted by her firm’s March initial public offering.
The entrepreneur, who controlled 72 percent of Nine Dragons as of August 31, has lapped up a 165 percent rally in the company’s stock, according to an annual survey compiled by Rupert Hoogewerf, who pioneered a list for Forbes.
Cheung’s stellar ascent is rare in a Communist country whose largest corporations are state-owned or run by well-connected male executives, and where “capitalism” is still a bad word in some circles.
Decades after Mao Zedong famously remarked that women “hold up half the sky,” no female has yet made it onto the country’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee -— although Vice Premier Wu Yi is on the 24-member Politburo -— and academics continue to point out the inadequacy of women’s rights.
“China’s women are becoming more visible in business,” said Hoogewerf, who has published the list since 1999.
“Traditionally women have always been on the inside and men have been on the outside. It hasn’t been until the economic reforms that women have actually started to make inroads into the public arena.”
Cheung, born in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province and now a Los Angeles native, began building her fortune in 1985, when she set up a waste-paper trading business in Hong Kong.
She later became the top exporter of scrap paper by volume in the United States, processing the paper in China to make containerboard.
Her personal wealth leapt from $375 million last year, when she was logged as number 36 in the survey, surpassing appliances king Huang’s $2.5 billion, according to the report.
Huang, chairman of GOME -— the country’s top retailer of household electronics -— had topped the list in 2005 for the second consecutive year, with a fortune of $1.7 billion.
The man who started his career with $500 and a Beijing roadside stall hawking radios and gadgets built GOME into a multi-billion dollar empire spanning nearly 100 cities across the country.
The number of Chinese billionaires on the Hurun list increased to 13, from seven last year and just three in 2004.
The rise in the number of China’s super-rich comes amid a widening gulf between rich and poor that analysts say threatens social stability even as the economy booms.
Chinese President Hu Jintao in July called for stronger efforts to tackle the wealth gap, saying salaries should be market-oriented but that the country must focus on fairness.
The 500 richest Chinese in the Hurun report are now worth an average of US$276 million, a 48 percent rise over the previous year, controlling a total US$138 billion in assets.
INC iyan, Anna. Iglesia Npongco Church. Pare-parehong mga Kulto iyan. Basta may lider na sinusunod mas malamang Kulto. Kapag may religion na nagsasabing sila lang ang maliligtas at ang nasa labas ay hindi; tapos ay sasabihin ang utos ng pinuno ang utos din ng Diyos…tiyak na Kulto iyan.
Tungkol naman sa pinakamayamang babae…sa Pilipinas ay itong si tiyanak. Mrs. Gloria Pidal.
Artsee,
Thanks for the info pero sa palagay ko Catholic si npongco at hindi INC (Iglesia ni Cristo) based on his other posts (but I could be wrong).
Anyway, para sa akin, pareho lang ang mga religion, ang importante ay belief in God or that there is just one God.
No I’m not, Anna. I’m not an INC member and will never be. INC is among the most popular cults we have today. The others are Jehova’s, Mormons, Moonies…I was born and raised as a Catholic. But quite honestly, I’ve long doubted this religion. I began to get cold in my Catholic faith when Cardinal Sin and these priests started politicking. They were very instrumental in the ouster of two duly elected Presidents of our Republic, Marcos and Erap. I asked myself: How could I belong in a church and religion where these leaders don’t practice what they preach. I said to myself: I don’t want to be a part of this hypocrisy. Now, I believe that religion and church are there just to control the people. Such groups create fear and always talk about the unknown. Scare tactics are being applied. Constant brainwashing and money making schemes just to fatten the pockets of these people running these groups. In the end, it’s all about faith and your personal relationship to the creator up there.
Anna, mayaman si ngongo este si npongco kaya INC iyan. Ang ibig sabihin ng INC ay I Need Cash. Kulto din iyan kaya ang tawag ay Iglesia Na Cult (INC).