It was most fitting that Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim’s petition before the Supreme Court, through his lawyer Vicente Verdadero, to stop the special general court martial convened to try him, Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda and 26 other marine and army officers for the alleged coup plot in February 2006, started with the statement:
“The fundamental rights guaranteed in the Constitution apply to all persons, including those subject to military law. It would indeed be paradoxical if military men who are called upon in times of the gravest national crises to lay down their lives in defense of peace and freedom would be the very people to be singled out for denial of the fundamental rights for which they risk their lives.”
Miranda, Lim, Col. Armando Bañez, Maj. Jose Leomar Doctolero, and Capt. William Upano, who are now detained in Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal, also asked the High Court for their release. The officers have been accused of either one or two or all of the following violations of the Articles of War: mutiny, disrespect towards the president, willfully disobeying order, and conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline.
To the people, the accused officers are heroes because how can one disrespect a bogus president? How can one be guilty of a crime by disobeying an order from a person who thwarted the will of the people? How can one be accused of conduct prejudicial to good order and disciple by not participating in cheating?
That’s the biggest tragedy under Arroyo’s immoral administration. The honorable officers are in prison while those who participated in cheating and are engaged in extra-judicial killings have been richly rewarded.
Next week, the other officers are expected also to file similar petitions before the Supreme Court. Lawyers Vicente Caoile (for Bañez) and Dante Xenon Atienza (for Doctolero and Upano) said they need a fighting chance which they believe they cannot get from the special general court martial (SGCM).
Miranda’s lawyer Rolando Cipriano said their petition is a novelty because this is also the first time that the convenor of the court martial panel is also the accuser, will be a witness and the reviewing authority of the panel’s decision. That person is AFP chief Hermogenes Esperon.
Verdadero said this is also the first time that a chief of staff, who is supposed to set the tone of respect and dignity for the armed forces “has acted so brazenly against his fellow officers. Atienza said, “Esperon is the single biggest obstacle between justice and our clients.”
In their petition, the lawyers cited that by a single memorandum, dated Nov. 17 2006, creating a general court martial for the 30 officers (Lt. Col. Valentin Hizon and Lt. Col. Romulo Gualdrapa were later dropped from the case) Esperon ignored the recommendations of the panel that conducted a pre-trial investigation of the case.
Caoile said constitutional provisions require that all decisions must conform with facts, law and jurisprudence upon which it is based. “All three are absent in Gen. Esperon’s MR,” he said.
The PTI conducted by a team headed by Col. Al Perreras recommended that the charge of mutiny be dismissed for lack of factual and legal basis. The recommendation was to charge majority of the officers for conduct unbecoming of an officer and gentlemen.
In their petition, the officers disputed the findings of the panel that they should face the charge of conduct unbecoming an officer and gentlemen. They also averred that their incarceration is baseless and illegal. They cited Article 70 of the Articles of War 70 which says “Any person subject to military law charged with a crime or with a serious offense under these articles shall be placed in confinement or arrest, as circumstances may require; but when charged with a minor offense only, such person shall not ordinarily be placed in confinement.”
The officers have been in detention for more than a year now. As pleaded by Frank Chavez, one of Gen. Miranda’s lawyers in a previous hearing, “the rhythm of their lives has been disrupted.”
Not only that of the officers but also that of their families. Members of their families were at the Supreme Court last Monday during the filing of the petition. It’s their prayer that the High Court will give them justice that they cannot get from the establishment their husbands served with loyalty and honor.
We should hand it to these officers ! Despite their tough situation, they continue to fight & hope. That IS commendable. They should be called the Officers of the People. In the end, they will be rewarded.
Kapag mapatalsik na si tiyanak at may bago ng pamahalaan na tunay na pinili ng bayan, ang mga nakakulong na sundalong iyan ay magiging bayani. Sa ngayon ang turing sa kanila ay rebelde dahil kaaway sila ng kampo ni tiyanak. Kaunting tiis na lang mahal namin mga sundalo ng bayan. Hindi magtatagal ay makakamtan niyo din ang inyong pinakamimithi. May awa ang Diyos!
The terrible things about punggok and assperon is all rhetoric,fueled by their own egotistic goal to stay in power.Coasting sufferings and miseries of this brave soldiers that they incarcerated.They keep on talking good governance and strong economy but,they don’t understand what the families are dealing with.They never communicate a message about how grave things are really are.If they understood the families of these soldiers they would just come out an release all of them.These is the main issue that damaging assperon and his master reputation and character as a leader.Leaders has to do what’s best for the collective,not just to stick on their personal agendas.
What is happening now is that there is a POWER-SHARING between the Arroyos and the Military running the government. Esperon can do all his whims and caprices without consulting Gloria. And Gloria CANNOT DICTATE on Esperon. TAKOT LANG NI GLORIA NA TRAYDORIN SIYA NI ESPERON! The Filipinos MUST BE SET FREE FROM THIS TYRANTS!!!
Luzviminda: The Filipinos MUST BE SET FREE FROM THIS TYRANTS!!!
*****
Sinabi mo pa Luzviminda. There is a kind of tyranny going on in the Philippines as when these soldiers are deployed to all the barrios even in Manila, which is supposed to have the best police unit in the country, the so-called “Manila’s Finest,” that is apparently reduced to nothing but a bunch of rowdy boy scouts.
That what happens when the country is turned into a war zone and the military is used also to police the country as some military police, and everywhere you go you see them carrying their guns, and still not be able to feel secured because they surely look more like hoodlums than men of law, peace and order.
With the more than 800 community leaders, lawyers, journalists and even ordinary citizens crying out for justice being sent to their graves before their time, the country is being turned into a killing field by this ambitious crook, who thinks that it is her birthright to stay in the palace by the murky river and by all means, she will stay there!
Point now is how do Filipinos intend to remove these creeps?
luzviminda Says:
Filipinos MUST BE SET FREE FROM THIS TYRANTS!!!
~~~~~~~~~
Better yet Filipinos must slay the tyrant
Wait no more and be freed from want
Sleep no more and rise in protest
Fear no more and face the tempest.
The dragon that dwells by the murky river
Intends to hold pinoys on the yoke forever
Children of Bonifacio must yell and cry
Show their indignations to heavens high.
Ellen: To the people, the accused officers are heroes because how can one disrespect a bogus president? How can one be guilty of a crime by disobeying an order from a person who thwarted the will of the people? How can one be accused of conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline by not participating in cheating?
*****
You bet, Ellen. This is how majority of ordinary Filipinos, regardless of whether or not they are opposed to the bogus president, perceive this persecution of these honorable men.
It is time that Filipinos should join these honorable officers of the Philippine military to demand for the removal of the crooks the creep at the palace by the murky river has installed for her own survival especially this Esperon, known also as “Assperon,” whom everyone knows is part and parcel of the cheating and voterigging done in the last election, and why he now occupies a position so powerful that he can now do what he wants sans the rule of law.
He should in fact be sent to jail together with the bogus president he serves. There are the Garci tapes together with testimonies of soldiers like Gudani, et al., who refused to be used by the Tiyanak so she could be declared winner, to prove what they did in 2004.
Filipinos should be encouraged to support these honorable men and their lawyers as they seek redress for injustice done not only to them but to the Filipino nation as a whole.
They should clamor for the removal of these creeps, including the unconfirmed Secretary of Justice who acts more like a lunatic who should confined in a mental institution where he surely belongs.
As Luzviminda has stated, panahon na. Rebolusyon na! The revolution need not be bloody as a matter of fact. Filipinos can revolt by casting their votes for the people who are opposed to these creeps and promise a better Philippines with the removal of them creeps.
They should not waste their votes. Boycotting the election will not work in the Philippines where the politicians are mostly thick-faced crooks. Boycotting elections work only in more advanced societies as that of Japan, where disgraced officials commit suicide by hanging themselves in some hotel bathrooms or jump from the roof of some highrise building that can truly be messy as a matter of fact. Sabog ang utak sa sementong binabagsakan!
Casting votes for the opposition should be their answer to the challenge of these creeps as when the Tiyanak tries to make another lousy political gimmick that can spell another precious life being sacrificed for her silly ambition, or the sucking of the national treasury that OFWs can hardly fill up with their remittances and reason why the Philippines remain a 3rd world country!
Pathetic? You bet it is!
Ellen, quite off topic but Philippines is on BBC as I’m typing this message.
Someone (a Pinoy) is being interviewed on TV by Hard Talk host about Filipina women who are recruted to work abroad.
The Filipino whose face can’t be seen says in Filipino (with voice over in English): as a recruiter, he’s lied to the families, promising them decent jobs abroad for their women, but he knows full well that the women will be sent to brothels and sex shops abroad.
While we somehow know that Gloria’s 100,000 export of Pinoys includes the rag=tag pimping of Pinoy women (and this female midget pimp should admit that this is happening), hearing it viva voce by a Pinoy on BBC confessing IS QUITE SHOCKING.
The interview is still on…
Some of the girls who have landed in Manila brothels were lured from their barrios and some are only 11 years old.
Two of the recruiters who were identified by the interviewee as front=line children kidnappers are policemen.
The Pinoy who is being interviewed said, “I have no choice but I have to make a living.”
Gloria should die of shame instead of going about boasting that her government is championning human rights and lifting the poor and the dowtrodden of their misery. BIG FAT LIE.
Ystakei,
I believe that we are in a silent revolution right now. As what is shown by the people’s defiance of Gloria’s evil regime. Unti-unti, this revolution will reach its peak. One bad move by these TYRANTS that will snap the patience of the oppressed and these evils will meet their gory end. Sometimes blood must be poured out for the cleansing. And it will be the blood of Gloria and her minions. So let us keep on defying Gloria and let the revolution get its peak!!!!
Anna:
It was a relief indeed when the Japanese government finally banned the Japayuki, a name used only for Filipino women deployed to work in Japanese bars and clubs and ending up in brothels in the remote parts of Japan.
In the early 80’s when the leftists even used this issue to fund their organizations even when Marcos had nothing to do with their deployment, and why the Philippine Embassy was not in any way helping these women when they ran against the law, I was able to interview in fact a lot many of these prostitutes under the employ of some illegal recruiters with Yakuza connections.
One or two of them turned out to be 12-year-old teens being corrupted in their youth. What was shocking was when these kids would get used to what they did and not feel any feeling of guilt especially when they would even be called “heroes and heroines” for saving their families from hunger.
I was reminded in fact of some teaching in our church about being careful and able to discern between what was God’s and what was of the devil as when they would even indirectly condone this kind of evil for funding a corrupt government and labeling these lawbreakers for they were in fact breaking the laws of Japan that prohibited prostitution and working in Japan without proper permits, for a lot them kids were in fact overstaying, and that was before Cory Aquino was able to get a special quota for Filipino entertainers a year in 1986 as Japan’s contribution to the Philippines’ economic recovery after Marcos.
At lest, now they cannot enter Japan with proper permits even when they still come illegally. In fact, my friends and I in the movement versus the Japayuki are still wary that the plan to pimp and deploy Filipino caregivers to Japan is only a camouflage of the plan to smuggle these wannabe prostitutes to Japan once again.
Worse is when Filipinos do not realize that with 40,000 a year prostitutes being smuggled to Japan between 1986 to 2004, what they have there in fact are a lot of moral wrecks, whom the Tiyanak in fact rely on to keep her in her present bogus position.
Nakakaiyak talaga!
This should read, “At LEAST, now they cannot enter Japan with proper permits even when they still come illegally.”
I have actually warned my friends at the police department in Tokyo to be careful of the plan exodus of wannabe Japayukis once again in two years’ time as I am told of the frequent visits of Lagman, et al to Japan to convince Japan to renew the quota for Filipino entertainers even when the Japanese should have known their lesson that these officials cannot guarantee that only genuine entertainers (not bed entertainers) will be deployed to Japan.
Presently, the recruits are being deployed mainly to Korea, and then to China. Would you believe that there are Filipinos in North Korea, too, doing the same kind of work kidnapped Thai women are doing there? This, I have heard in fact from Japanese who have had the opportunity to visit North Korea even when Filipinos are not allowed to go there legally.
Yuko, Btw, I made a mistake, the BBC journalist was not in fact HARD TALK host as I’d stated earlier – he just resembled the fellow on Hard Talk.
Much of the report centered on young girls from slum areas and barrios forced into prostitution in towns/cities in Pinas. Staggering report.
The report is undoubtedly worldwide. After grabbing headline news concerning extra judicial killings, Pinas is once again in international limelight.
Gloria should be asked to go on stage again and refute the BBC report – I bet she will say again, “We are a democratic country. I don’t tolerate human righst abuses.”
Damn midget must be lectured – extra-judicial killings are only ONE form of human rights abuse; the worst form of human rights abuses is prostituting children.
She doesn’t tolerate human rights abuses? Well, she should go on a promenade around Malacanang, less than 10 km from where she sits her big fat behind she calls her ass, she will see that human rights abuses on children are being committed by some of her own policemen.
luzviminda said 6-01am:
“One bad move by these TYRANTS that will snap the patience of the oppressed”
I agree, and myself believe this is the main reason why the AFP are deployed in the slum area because this is where a revolt will start to erupt among the most oppressed people. There will be violence when schizoglo cheats, which she will out of the necessity to win.
Anna,
Re your post @5:26 a.m. Didn’t Gloria just say 9 out 10 Filipinos are presently employed?
I guess, from that post alone, one of the nine is a prostitute, another one is a pimp, another one is a rogue policeman, one is a bogus president. You should’ve mentioned five more.
Wow, that’s probably her official employment program at work!
I bet you the BBC report is not a hoax. I doubt if they had actually removed all those brothels especially in Pasay and even Bocaue, Bulacan, two of the most notorious places where they deposit these girls they kidnap in the provinces.
I believe the report, Anna. I have interviewed women in the police over here of being first recruited to work in Manila as domestic helpers only to end up in these casas before being shipped to Japan as Japayuki. Why lawmakers like Lagman would even act as emissary for the pimp in the palace by the murky river is proof enough of the involvement of high-ranking officials in this scheme.
Long time ago, when I was working for a big travel agency in Japan as a tour escort/guide, I had the opportunity to join a night tour and our group being driven to a mansion-like house that I was told was owned by a high ranking military officer. I was shocked in fact to know about the involvement of men supposedly of honor in such illegal activity for prostitution was likewise illegal in the Philippines as it was/is in Japan. The girls there did not even have freedom to go out of the casas as they would be delivered to the hotel where the clients stay after being chosen and money for them paid to the establishment.
The asking price from Japanese tourists even as early as the 70’s or the 80’s was 35 to 50 dollars an hour or a night for which the price would be higher. It was nauseating, mind you, and why I had trained myself to consider myself more as a foreigner than some fellow Filipino pimping fellow Filipinos to foreigners even when I made sure to be there only to protect our clients more than to make them buy those young Filipino prostitutes. It was one reason why I had to quit my job after two or three trips to the Philippines with Japanese tourists only to find them being directly pimped here a few years later.
TT:
You bet! Everyone wants to get their share from one Filipino prostitute. And worse, even men are lured to work as prostitutes either as hosts or gayboys! Never heard of in the Philippines before 1986, I am told.
Kahit noon pa’y may call boys na. Hindi lang lantad gaya ngayon. Kung natatandaan niyo pa ang Good Earth Emporium, isa iyon sa tambayan ng mga call boys. Minsan nakatayo ako doon at nag-aabang ng taxi (hindi jeep) may lumapit sa akin isang bakla. Kamuntik ko nang suntukin. Ngayon, hindi na nahihiya ang mga lalaking magbenta ng katawan. Sumasabay na din sa mga babae.
OFF TOPIC and on a humorous note:
was it Fatso caught on Belgian video singing a disUnity skit? reciepe-daily.blogspot.com scroll to bottom of page.
04 April 2007
OFF TOPIC DIN PO, hehehehe….
I dont know if you guys has seen the news this morning, that according to mike the defender, some of the TU(TA) candidates for senator will be junked??? hmmmmm??? that’s sound funny, and to think we all know who these candidates are??? they are the ASO gang of three, hehehehehehe…..
Another things is, in the tribune news “GMA WILL TAP CABINET MEMBERS TO PUSH TU CAMPAIGN” what does it means, they will cheat, for example who has the direct communications with our OFWs or our kababayans abroad, isn’t it the DFA?? definitely with this instructions from the leprechaun, our embassies and consulates aborad will be asked to campaign hard for the TU(TA) candidates, hmmmmmm….
Lastly, Ms. Ellen and guys maybe we could ask mayrial candidates in Manila to tear down the posters of Lito and ali atienza in all the LRT stations, not only in Manila, but from Monumento up to Baclaran, they are hanging there prominently, Ms.Ellen, maybe you can call the attention of COMELEC and inform other Mayoarial aspirants in Manila such such Sen Lim, Vice Mayor Lacuna and the others.
THanks.
Prans
tongue-twisted, Re your post
“I guess, from that post alone, one of the nine is a prostitute, another one is a pimp, another one is a rogue policeman, one is a bogus president. You should’ve mentioned five more.
Wow, that’s probably her official employment program at work!”
–>>> the other five are fixers in LTO and other gov’t agencies…hehehehe
Ay mga bugaw!May bagong raket na naman ba? Good business venture ang prostitution.It is a lucrative business.Karamihan naman sa mga babaing ibinubugaw were usually poor,illiterate and from a broken families.It is the reason of economic poverty,societal disgrace,lack of education were also causes of young girls turning towards prostitution,they had only a limited option available to them.Ito ang unang rason na tinatarget ng mga bugaw.
Prans:
One reason why the Tiyanak is confident that she can have votes for her TUTA if she talks to the Congressmen is because majority of the Congressmen more often than not are warlords of their provinces, and with their private armies funded with government funds, they are able to frighten people within their jurisdiction, especially people who may even be their tenants. Parang panahon pa rin ni Jose Rizal when he wrote in his novels this kind of abuses.
Bayaran lang niya ang mga amo ng mga magbubukid tapos na, luto na ang mga balota unless of course, between 2004 and now, Filipinos in the provinces have learned their lesson and are now firmer in their resolve to practice and enjoy their inalienable right to vote according to the dictate of their conscience.
Sabi nga ni Luzviminda, naghihintay na lang sila ng Go Signal para umarya. Tignan natin! Sabi nga, hindi naman lahat nang panahon magwawagi ang mga kawalanghiyaan. Malapit nang maging history si Tiyanak. Iyan ang nakasulat sa dingding!
pareng cocoy,
hindi na mga pobre lamang ngayon ang nagpuputatsing. kahit mga estudyante sa mga kilalang kolehiyo ay “bumibiyahe” upang matustusan hindi lang pag-aaral kundi ang gustong maging lifestyle. babae o lalaki.
Kung si ducat, nangDUKOT at nang-HOSTAGE
nung isang Linggo,
si glueria at ang kanyang armadong kasangga/kasama eh
MATAGAL na TAYONG HINO=HOSTAGE sa sariling Bayan natin!
NangduDUKOT pa sa Kaban ng Bayan!
At dun sa HongKong at Europa, may sa Singapore pa!
Tingnan n’yo ang mga asta at mga kilos,
mga pakana at pautot…
Di ba nga sangkaterbang militar
Pinakalat na naman sa Metro-Gulag!?
Masyadong takot si glue,
Takot sa sariling anino?
nga pala tungkol doon sa mga japayuki kung ituring… nagkataon kasi na meron akong kapitbahay na isang recruiter. habang nag rerecruit sya hindi naman nya itinatago ang katutuhanan kung ano ang kahihinatnan nga mga kababaihan na magnanais makayapak sa lupa ng mga sakang. pinapili nya ang mga babae kung alin ang ang mas papaboran nila: kung mananatili sila sa pilipinas ay k?k? lang ang lalapad pero kung pupunta sila sa japan kikita sila ng lapad. bakit nga ba marami pa rin ang mga kababayan natin lalo ang mga kababaihan na sadyang pupunta doon. hindi naman lingid sa kanilang kaalaman kung ano ang turing sa kanila pagdating doon? ika nga kapit sa patalim dahil sa kahirapan. kung babalikan ko ang mga dating buhay ng mga dating kapitbahay ko (sinasabi kong dating kapitbahay dahil wala na sila sa lugar namin kundi ay nandoon na naninirahan sa mga mamahaling subdivision ika nga umasenso na) ay maliliit lang anng kanilang mga bahay na kung tawagin ay dampa. karamihan kasi ay nakapag-asawa na ng sakang kaya maayos na ang kanilang buhay at kunti lang ang minalas na bumalik sa dating buhay. subalit para sa iilan kahit pansamantala ay nakatikim ng medyo maayos na pamumuhay.
sabi nga nila ito lang daw ang trabaho na hindi nangangailangan ng matataas na pinag-aralan basta’t magaling ka lang gumiling ay pwede na. karamihan din ay hindi nakakapag-aral dahil sa sobrang mahal ng matrikula lalo na diyan sa mga tinuturing nilang high class na eskwelahan na ang karamihan ay pag-aari ng mga relihiyosong sektor ng lipunan. subalit meron din namang iilan sa kanila ay biktima ng iilang mga kababayan nating sugapa at gahaman sa pera. aalokin ang mga pobre at enosenting kababayan at papangakoan ng maayos na trabaho ngunit ang kinabagsakan ay mga naging prosti. walang ibang salarin kundi ang mga taong peste sa lipunan at ang mga taga gobyerno, kasi naman may mga kasa na pinoprotektahan ng mga kotong na pulis, mga bayarang taga immigration, mga bayarang taga POEA at OWWA, at sa kahit alin pang sangay ng pamahalaan ay naruruon ang mga kurakot at salot sa lipunan.
hindi na bago ang ganitong usapin, ilang presidente na ang nagdaan pero ganito pa rin ang kalakaran. hangga’t walang napaparusahan at nailagay sa kulongan ay patuloy pa rin ang bulok an sistema ng pamahalaan para sa lipunan……
tungkol naman sa paghahanap ng trabaho ng mga nakatapos sa pag-aaral, ihalimbawa ko na ang aking mga anak na babae. ilang taon na silang nakatapos sa pag-aaral at nagbabakasakaling makahanap ng maayos na trabaho subalit walang mapasukan. kung meron man, contractual. kulang pang pambayad sa boarding house, pamasahe araw araw at kapag nagkakasakit, sagot pa rin ng pobreng tatay. wala pang anim na buwan, balik bahay. mga mistulang palaboy na nangahulog ang katawan dahil sa kagutuman.
napilitan tuloy ang isa sa kanilang mag-aaply sa agency upang makapagtrabaho sa abroad. pinalad naman. ‘yun nga lang, ang ipinagkalihim lihim sa akin na pinasukan, domestic helper. at nandito siya sa saudi arabia. ang suweldo? DALAWANG DAANG DOLYAR! tsk. tsk. tsk.
maraming salamat sa ating mahal na pangulo sa pagbibigay niya ng pagkakataon sa mga kagaya ng anak kong matapos magsunog ng kilay (kasama na ang pilikmata) ay sa pagiging katulong lamang pala ang babagsakan. mabuhay po kayo, pangulo naming pinagpipitagan.
sana, kunin ka na ng iyong devil lord!
Magno,
Iyon nga ang saklap. 200 dollars lang ang sueldo tapos mare-rape pa. Iyan ba ang ipinagmamalaki ni Tiyanak. Iyong employee kong pinoy, ang sahod, 1,800 dollars isang buwan kasama ang tax at social security insurance at pension. Simple pa ang trabaho.
Kahit alam ng ating mga kababaihan na malamang magiging flesh vendor sila sa Japan (o sa HK o Macau) pumupunta pa rin sila dahil sa tingin nila mas mabuti na ang maging ganoon kesa mamatay ng gutom.
Pero kung tutuusin, di naman sila mamatay maghihirap lang ng husto. Sariling desisyon nila ang pagpunta sa mahirap na kalagayan kaya kailangan din nilang maging responsible sa mga kahihinatnan ng kanilang desisyon. Siguro karamihan sa mga hapon ay magpapakamatay na lang bago maging puta, pwede rin itong gayahin ng mga pinay di ba? (Meron ding mga Japanese hookers I’m sure!).
Ang pagkukulang ng ating pamahalaan (at mga pinuno) ay ang hindi pagbigay ng mahusay na environment kung saan ang sociedad ay magkaroon ng kakayahang maka-generate ng negosyo at trabaho. Siyempre hanggat questionable ang pagka-upo ng mga pinuno ay merong pupuna, at magkakaroon ng instability. Nandito tayo ngayon sa kalagayang ito. Hindi man malulutas kaagad ang ating mga problema kung tanggalin si Gloria, ito ay isang mahusay na unang hakbang.
Kahit siguro ang anak ni MRivera ay meron ding choice kung pupunta sa Saudi o hindi. Ngayong ito ang naging choice niya, e di siya rin ang makikinabang sa kanyang sahod. Pero kung merong di magandang mangyari (huwag naman), ay dapat na siya rin ang magdurusa doon.
Ang aking punto ay dapat din nating angkinin ang ating responsibilidad sa mga desisyon nating ginagawa habang binabatikos natin ang mga huwad na namiminuno.
jon m,
hangga’t maaari, ayaw din ng anak na lumayo upang mamasukan gaya na rin ng pag-ayaw ko sapagkat alam ko ang kinahahantugan ng ibang babae dito sa saudi arabia at ibang bansa sa gitnang silangan. ang kawalan ng oportunidad sa pilipinas ang nagtutulak sa mga katulad niya upang mangibang bayan ay pikit matang suungin ang pakikipagsapalaran sa banyagang kapaligiran kapalit ang mababang sahod na kahit sa ating bayan ay hindi masumpungan.
pansinin mo/ninyo/natin, ano’ng programa para sa kabuhayan ang isinusulong at ginagawa ng administrasyon ni gloria? di ba’t laging pagpapalabas ng pondo para lamang sa mga panandaliang solusyon sa paghihikahos ng mga dukha? paano mabubuhay ng marangal ang isang isinadlak sa pagiging pulubing pinaaasa lamang sa limos?
…….upang mangibang bayan AT suungin ang pakikipagsapalaran ….
jon m, madaling gawan ng paraan upang makaraos sa gutom kahit dalawang beses lamang maghapon. paano kung magkasakit? maaksidente?
puwede ba nating sabihing by choice din?
And how do we treat the men and women who done so much for peace and freedom (?) and we can only wish that the same recognition and treatment extended to the Men and Women of The AFP.
Harper government establishes bill of rights, ombudsman for veterans
1. Tue Apr 3, 8:24 PM
By Colin Perkel
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KITCHENER, Ont. (CP) – Canadian soldiers who have done so much for freedom and peace deserve a government that is responsive to their needs, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday in announcing an ombudsman and bill of rights for veterans.
Speaking to scores of former soldiers, many sporting numerous medals, at a legion hall in this southwestern Ontario city, Harper said his government was delivering on an election promise to ensure veterans get the respect they deserve from Ottawa.
“Brave patriotic men and women like you are the reason we’re here,” Harper said. “If it weren’t for you, and tens of thousands of others like you, we wouldn’t have a secure and peaceful country.”
Last month’s federal budget set out $20 million annually to create the ombudsman’s office and address concerns raised by former soldiers.
On Tuesday, Harper announced that the bill of rights would take effect immediately and be written in “clear, concise” language.
It will allow Veterans Affairs to ensure that all veterans are treated with the “fairness, dignity and respect to which he or she is entitled,” he said.
The ombudsman’s office, created in consultation with veterans groups, will operate at arm’s length from the government. It will report annually to the minister of Veterans Affairs, who will in turn send the report to Parliament for all Canadians to see.
“This individual will play an important role in raising public awareness of the needs and concerns of veterans,” said Harper, who added the government hoped to fill the position this spring.
“Anything we can do to improve service standards and get a better sense of any problems that exist in the government’s relations with its veterans community, those things are all very important.”
Mang Rivera at Cokecoy, tama hindi lang mahihirap ang nagbebenta ng aliw o katawan ngayon. Pati mga may kaya sa buhay. Marami sa kanila ay lulon sa droga. Hindi sapat na allowance ang ibinibigay sa kanila dahil ang droga ay isang mahal na bisyo. Hindi lang iyan. Mas maraming kabataan ngayon ang nagsusugal. Hindi basta sugal lang. Big time gambling. Sa panahon ngayon, dalawang bagay ang hinahanap ng isang babae sa lalaki: Perasonlity at Car-acter.
yuko, ang anak kong ‘yun ay graduate ng computer course at undergraduate sa education. talagang wala lamang mapagpiliang mapagtatrabahuhan sa pilipinas kaya napilitan siyang mamasukan kahit katulong. maayos naman ang naging employer niya at hindi siya katulad ng ibang all around kundi parang alalay lamang ng anak na dalaga. nakausap ko na at masasabi ko ring mabait sa pagtawag niya (sa anak ko dahil cellphone niya ang kinontak ko) upang ipaalam ang pagtawag ko at magkausap kaming mag-ama.
hindi ko rin masisisi. nahihiya na daw sa akin sapagkat ako ang tumutustos sa kanila ng kanyang anak dahil biyuda na subalit walang nakuhang benefits mula sa pagkamatay ng napangasawang marines (bago pa man siya nanganak) sapagkat sinuwapang ng biyenang pinalabas na fake ang kanilang kasal. hindi ko na pinaghabol dahil alam kong saglit na panahon lamang ay mauubos din kaagad ang perang galing sa namatay lalo at ginahamang mas masahol pa sa ninakaw. mauubos ang konti nilang perang tinanggap subalit sa akin ang apo kong (lalaki pa naman) hindi sila kikilalanin kailanman.
“The fundamental rights guaranteed in the Constitution apply to all persons, including those subject to military law. It would indeed be paradoxical if military men who are called upon in times of the gravest national crises to lay down their lives in defense of peace and freedom would be the very people to be singled out for denial of the fundamental rights for which they risk their lives.”
one would wonder if gloria arroyo, the poser president and commander-in-thief of the armed forces as well as her equally accountable cheat-of-staff and major service commanders observe and respect the rights of the detained military officers whose only “sin against her administration” were being true to themselves and the oath they had sworn when they first wore the rank on their shoulders signifying the responsibility they must take on in defending the republic and its people.
the pre trial investigating officer had recommended to esperon the dropping of the charges due to lack of concrete evidence that may support what-so-ever or if there were violations of AW 96 these incarcerated officers had taken, but (esperon ignored and) went on with his own charges which he himself cannot put clearly into an argument and instead, ILLEGALLY detained them. what gloria, esperon and the service commanders failed to realize (or willfully forget) are these detained without being properly charged gentlemen are (still) officers of the armed forces who are entitled to respect to their rights and not notorious criminals they should treat like the lowest of all classes of animals. it is their fear of their own shadows that the fake president, her equally immoral cheat-of-staff and her lap dog commanders continue to punish the valiant men who stood up and denounced the rancid administration. they did not even commit any disrespect either to gloria or esperon because this partner in cheating are no less than the devouring devils of our time.
the supreme court had acted on the case of satur ocampo and it is imperative that they act on this, too.
Gusto ko man pintasan ng todo ang gobyerno sa pagdami ng mga OFWs natin, hindi ko naman masisi ang mga tao dahil wala talagang mangyayari sa Pilipinas. Ang kikitain nila sa ibang bansa ay mas higit pa sa kikitain sa Pilipinas. Kung ako lang ang masusunod, okay lang na magtrabaho ng ilang taon at mag-ipon tapos balik agad sa Pilipinas para makapiling ang pamilya. Kaya lang habang kumikita sila ay lalong tumatagal at hiwalay sa kanilang mga mahal sa buhay. Kung marunong lang sila, gamitin na lang nila ang naipon nila sa negosyo kahit maliit. Pero may ugali tayong basta may pera gastos agad. Di tulad ng mga Intsik na sadyang marunong magtipid. Pero hindi na din. Maraming mga batang Tsinoy ang gastador at lulon sa bisyo. Palibhasa kasi mga laki sa layaw. Ako kahit na pinalaki ako na may apat na yaya at walong katulong ay nanatiling simple at mabait.
Bayaan mo, Magno, pag nangailangan ako ng staff ulit, tatawagan kita. Balak ko kasing magtayo ng bakery na specialty iyong pan de sal. Kung marunong mag-bake ang anak mo, kukunin ko. Hinay-hinay muna ang operation ko kasi. Hindi na kailangan dumaan ng POEA. Diretsong local hire at bibisahan dito sa Japan. Kailangan ko lang ang diploma sa college para madaling kumuha ng visa dahil skilled job ang dating.
O isa pang injustice. FYI:
From: bong Arki
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:00 AM
Subject: Photos/Text: Supreme Court orders release of Rep. Satur Ocampo
Please visit http://www.arkibongbayan.org, or go to:
http://www.arkibongbayan.org/2007-04April03-SaturFree/saturfree.htm
for photos/text of the release of Rep. Satur Ocampo from WPD detention, a caravan from Manila to Quezon City and an advance birthday celebration at the Bayan Muna national offices.
Arkibong Bayan Web Team
yuko, salamat.
Off Topic:
Kalalaya lang ni Ka Satur kakasahuhan nanaman, garapalan na ang laban.
Off-Topic:
Nagiging madarama na si Pacquiao. Hindi naman pinahihinto ang laban kung di yun mga advertisement/commercial niya. Kailangan manindigan ang Comelec sa Fair Election Law. Pinili niyang maging politician panindigan niya at maging aral sa mga artista o sa mga taong may mga endorsement na once you enter politics mawawala talaga ito.
Sabi niya he is willing to give up boxing but lately sabi niya di niya iiwan ang boxing dahil trabaho niya ito..so paano pagnaging Congressman wanna be na siya. He is paid by our taxes but will not work full-time. Ano ba talaga ang isang congressman, do they have to work full-time?
Hindi naiintidihan ni Pacman ang responsibilidad niya dahil sa masamang ehemplo ng mga Pidal na nagtuturo sa kaniya ng mga kagaguhang ginagawa niya. Akala niya betting place ang Congress siguro kaya nga sabi niya, doon siya gagawa ng pera kung maboto siya! Tang….oops, cannot say bad words! Kaya lang talagang nakakainis.
Matalo sana siya sa susunod na laban niya! Pwe!
Magno,
Maraming salamat sa iyong paglalahad sa amin dito sa bahay ni Ms. Ellen tungkol sa naging karanasan ng isa sa iyong mga anak na babae.
Tayong mga ama ng tahanan ay mayroon kanya-kanyang krus na pinapasan at iyan ang nagiging sukatan natin kung papaano natin ito dadalhin upang matagpusan ang lahat ng mga pagsubok na ito. Kaya nga tayo nakikipagsapalaran at mangibang-bansa dahil nais natin guminhawa ang kalagayan ng mga mahal natin sa buhay.
Ang nakakangitngit ay ang paglalahad ng kasalukuyang pamahalaan na maganda ang ekonomiya at ang sinasabing siyam sa bawa’t sampung Pilipino ay may hanap-buhay. Ngunit anong uri ng mga hanap-buhay ito? Kaya bang bumuhay ito ng kahit isang anak at mangupahan ng isang maaliwalas na apartment? Puro kasi kasinungalingan at pananakip-butas sa mga tunay na suliranin ang pinagsasabi ng mga tagapagsalita ni Tiyanak. Aminin nila na mayroon problema at sabihin nila na hinahanapan na kalutasan upang hindi sila maging katawa-tawa sa harap ng mundo dahil kaliwa’t kanan ang pagbatikos sa kasalukuyang pamamalakad ng pamahalaan. Maliban pa diyan ang naipalabas at napanood ni Anna sa BBC tungkol sa illegal recruitment ng mga batang babae na gagawin lamang prostitutes.
Kakayanin natin ang krus na inatang sa ating mga balikat, kaibigan, kaya hang-on there!
Pinoys still prefer GO over Team Unity
Opposition senatorial candidates continued to lead administration bets based on the Social Weather Stations’ (SWS) first quarter survey, ABS-CBN News learned Wednesday.
The survey, which was conducted nationwide from February 24-27, indicated that among those who would vote for opposition candidates for congressman, governor or mayor, the Senate race scores are consistently 8-2-2 in favor of Genuine Opposition (GO)
The survey also said that for those who would vote for administration candidates, the score would be 6 or 7 for GO, 4 or 5 for Team Unity (TU) and 1 for Independent.
For those who prefer independent candidates, the score would be 7 or 8 for GO, 3 for TU and 1 or 2 for Independent.
The SWS said the survey used face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults divided into random samples of 300 each in Metro Manila, the Balance of Luzon,
Visayas, and Mindanao (sampling error margins of ±3% for national percentages and ±6% for area percentages).
Local opposition candidates are also leading in the survey, which said that 36 percent would vote for an opposition candidate for representative, 28
percent would vote for administration and 26 percent for an independent candidate. The remaining 10 respondents have no answer.
For gubernatorial candidates, 28 percent said they would vote for the opposition, 25 percent for administration and 21 percent for an independent candidate.
For mayoral candidates, 35 percent said they would vote for the opposition, an almost equal 33 percent would vote for administration and 23 percent for an independent candidate.
— Sana magkatotoo ito from local to National — GO opposition.
Gumising ka Gloria! Kayong mga Arroyo ay salot sa bayan, masahol pa si Gloria sa mga hayop na gumagapang sa lupa, masahol pa sya kay Erap, masahol pa sya kay Marcos, walang katulad si Gloria isa syang kampon ng demonyo na nagaala-santa. Palayain mo ang lahat ng ipinakulong mo sa ilalim ng fake mong gobyerno isa ka namang fake na president, at hindi ka kilanman dapat na igalang ninuman. Palayain si Ka Bel. Meron bang gobyerno na katulad nito, na ang mandaraya, sinungaling, magnanakaw ay isang sinasabi ng mga TUTA nya na president? Ang dapat dyan ay palayasin! Meron bang AFP na ang pinoprotektahan ay si Gloria lamang? Palayasin si Esperon! Meron bang ganito sa DILG? Palayasin si Puno. Kelan ka lang dyan pero punong-puno na kami sa iyo.
Lahat ng nasa gabinete ni Gloria ngayon ay pawang CORRUPT, kasi andyan pa rin sila sa tabi ni Gloria—-mga TUTA—-alam naman nila na si Gloria ay nagnakaw,nandaya,sinungaling at kung anu-ano pa. aLAM NA NANG LAHAT NG TAONG BAYAN YAN. Hindi natin dapat ihalal ang mga katulad ng TU, lalot higit ay sina Sotto and Oreta. Alam naman nila na magnanakaw si Gloria,mandaraya at kung anu-anopa bakit sila nasa TU? Dahil ba para makatulong sa bayan? Hindi! Dhila para humakot rin ng pera ng bayan.
ordinaryong mamamayan lang po ako, pero kung ako po ang tatanungin nyo kuing sino iboboto ko——–100% GO ako. Bakit ko naman iboboto ni isa sa TU e alam naman nila na maraming kasalanan si Gloria pero nasa tabi pa rin sila ni Gloria. Ano ngayon sila e di TUTA. Magsalita kayo ng nalalaman nyo tungkol kay Gloria mga TU tyak akyat paitaas agad ang rating nyo. Ang kaso nagtatago kayo ng baho ni Gloria. Si Kiko naman nadadala lang ni Mrs. Noted kaya tumataas ang rating pero tignan nyo sa halalan wala yan sa magic 12.
Ystakei,
Kasi gusto yata ni Pacman na maging Gambling Lord sa lugar niya sa General Santos. Mga utak at tao sa pasugalan ang mga taong nakapaligid sa kanya di ba like Mike Pidal Arroyo, Chavit Singson, Lito Atienza. Nasanay na siyang makahawak ng malaking pera kaya maski wala na siya sa pagboboksing ay limpak-limpak na salapi pa rin ang darating. Nung huling natalo siya sa laban niya na non-title fight sa abroad ay malaking pera ang napanalunan nila (kasama sina Arroyo, Singson, atbp) sa pustahan dahil talagang PINATALO niya ang laban at tumaya sila sa kalaban.
At di ba nga ay nahuhumaling siya ngayon sa SUGAL. Kailangan malaman natin ang tunay na dahilan ng pagpasok niya sa pulitika.
Walang paroroonan ang kumag na iyan. Kaya kumakapit iyan kay Pidal ay sinasabihan siyang kung tutulungan niyang maging reyna si Burot ay magiging ministro siya at kaniya na ang GenSan. Parang walang katapusan ang pag-agos daw ng grasya sa kaniya.
Diyan mo makikita kung anong kaplastikan pati pananampalataya ng taong iyan. Madasalin daw pero iyong pinalalapit ko sa kaniyang may sakit na bata ay hindi niya tinulungan at ang pera niya ay nanghihinayang siyang itulong sa mga nangangailangan kasi baka maubos daw kaya doon na lang daw siya sa Congress para gumawa ng pera, pero wala siyang sinabing ang gagawin niyang pera ay para sa ikagaganda ng buhay ng mga mahihirap sa Pilipinas.
Mali pa ang mga concept ng mga ito tungkol sa kung papaano pagagandahin ang buhay ng mga pilipino. Pulubi culture pa ang ipinapairal ni Mrs. Pidal para palaging may utang na loob daw ang mga pilipino sa kaniya kahit na alam ng lahat na ang mga bigas at ramen na ipinamumudmod niya para lamang makakuha ng pogi points ay galing sa kaban ng bansa.
Oo nga, Paquito, bakit mo iboboto ang mga TUTA e ang linaw-linaw ng sinabi ni Pichay na kahit maboto sila sa Senado ang layunin nila ay buwagin ang Senado. Kundi ba panloloko iyan sa mga boboto, e ano ang matatawag mo diyan? Kaya nga boboto sa Senado ay para mapanatili ang Senado tapos sasabihin ng mga kumag, para ipabuwag daw? Bakit ano ang palagay nila sa mga pilipino? Bakit nila ginagago ang mga tao? Pambihira! Unbelievable talaga! Panahon na para patalsikin ang mga ungas!
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA! IBASURA ANG MGA INSULTADOR! IBOTO ANG GO 11+0! HUWAG NANG MAGPALOKO PA!
Siguro naman hindi naman mga gunggong ang mga tao sa Cotabato para iboto si Pacquiao versus doon sa mas may kakayanang abogada para maging kinatawan nila sa Congress. Ano naman ang ibubuga ni Pacman kahit na ano pang gimmick ang ipalabas ng mga ungas. Walang sinabi ang taong ito.
Di hamak namang magaling si Elorde na sininop ang kinita niya sa boxing para matulungan ang mga kapwa niya boksingero. Itong si Pacman, ni hindi nga tinulungan iyong boxer na nasalanta sa isang laban dito. Ni hindi iniwanan ng pera ang manager na kundi pa balatuhan ng isang promoter na hapon ay halos walang makain sa pagbabantay sa naospital na boksingero. Andito si Pacquiao nang mangyari ang disgrasya sa totoo lang.
Hindi ko nakitaan ng tunay na pag-aalala sa mga napinsala ang ungas. Katwiran niya kasi, bakit nga daw niya uubusin ang kinita niya sa boxing e pinaghirapan niya iyon. Sayang ang taong iyan na bumaligtad na rin ang sikmura dahil sa mga Pidal at masamang asal at bisyong ipinapairal sa kaniya.
Sobra na, tigilan na! PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA! IBASURA ANG ADMINISTRASYON! IBOTO ANG OPOSISYON! GO 11+0!
kung gustuhin ni Darlene puwede naman ma disqualified si Pacquiao pero di niya ginawa. Una, dati gusto ni Pacquiao tumakbo sa Maynila as Vice Mayor kaya dito niya nilipat ang residency niya doon palang according to Abalos may ground for disqualification si Manny. The Comelec should not allow the commercial of Pacquiao o dapat nga hindi ibalabas ang laban to serve as lesson na hindi puwedeng ipagsabay ang boxing and politics…tama kayo sa dinami dami ng posisyon sa national Government bakit Congressman pa o kaya bakit hindi na lang siya gawing ambassador for goodwill kasi ang mga ibang athletes karaniwang binigyan ng ganitong titulo dahil sa kanilang influence ( Federer, sharapova, agassi,ali,lance amstrong, etc.)
Jojovela;
Kay Abalos mahirap ma disqualify si pakyaw.Kita mo ha,iyong kapatid niyang doktor na hindi naman tricycle driver ay naging presidente ng party list nila at kapatid niya ang kandidato.Tiyak lusot na iyon dahil nabilang na nila ang boto,Tongressman na iyong kapatid niyang albularyo,este!duktur.
Jojovelas: tama kayo sa dinami dami ng posisyon sa national Government bakit Congressman pa o kaya bakit hindi na lang siya gawing ambassador for goodwill kasi ang mga ibang athletes karaniwang binigyan ng ganitong titulo dahil sa kanilang influence ( Federer, sharapova, agassi,ali,lance amstrong, etc.)
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Hindi puede si Pacman na maging ambassador of goodwill kasi hindi naman sa pang-iinsulto, ang dating niya ay sorbetero pa rin di tulad noong boxer na naging modelo sa pelikulang “Cinderella Man.” Golly, ang dating ni Pacman ay isang sanggano! Tignan mo naman ang bearing ni Agassi hindi naman sa pamimintas. Iyan ang mahirap na sumama sa mga sugarol tapos siya iyong ginagawa nilang tsimoy!!! Ipinagmamalaki pa nga ni Pacman na kanang-kamay siya ng mag-amang Pidal doon sa gambling operations nila e. Kawawang nilalang. Sumobra ang yabang!
Akala siguro ni Mike Defender makakakuha siya ng boto sa paninirang ginagawa niya sa mga kasama niyang TUTA. E ano ngayon kung i-junk nila ang mga kasama niya at sila lang nina Pichay ang matira. Wala naman sigurong matinong pilipino ang boboto pa sa kanila, at pag sinabing matino ay iyong hindi puedeng bayaran at boboto ayon sa dikta ng kanilang mabuting loob at budhi.
O sinong magulo ngayon? At least, kahit kaniya-kaniyang lakad ang mga GO para makatipid ay sama-sama pa rin sila. Ginawan pa sila ng tsismis ng mga tsismosong parang mga p**i ng baboy!!! Buti na lang nakagawa ng sarili nilang blog ang GO para mapabulaanan agad ang mga smear campaign sa kanila.
Wise step! Kudos kina Adel Tamano, et al. Hindi na lang tayo magbabanggit ng mga pangalan at baka ipadukot sila at sabihing mga komunista sila at ipagpatay sa mga berdugo ni Assperon. God willing matatapos din ang paghihirap ng mga pilipino kahit na iyong mga madaling maloko!
Nice try, Mike Defensor! Sinasayang mo ang qualification mo! Sa kadidikit mo sa mga Pidal, nagmumukhan ka tuloy na mokong na wala pang ibubuga!!! UP ka pa naman daw! Pwe!
Following Yuko’s call: BTW, mga kaibigan, kung taga 2nd district kayo sa Davao, pakiboto naman ninyo at ng mga kamag-anak ninyo si Narcisco Ner na anak ng isang dating hukom. Napilitan umuwi ang taong iyan para ipaglaban ang karapatan ng kaniyang mga kababayan. Pakisulong na lang.
I would like to make the same appeal and with Ellen’s permission, posting here, Boy Ner’s e-mail:
From: Narciso Ner
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 6:42 AM
Subject: Candidacy
Dear friends in the web,
After going around and getting the pulse of the residents, I have decided to run for councilor in the 1st dist of Davao City with fighting corruption as one of my platforms.
My cell phone nr is 0915-204-2207.
Need your prayers.
Thanks and God bless.
Boy Ner
MABUHAY SI BOY NER and vaya con dios, Boy….
Thanks, Anna. Mali pala ang district. Hindi ko na kasi na-check. IBOTO SI BOY NER NG 1st District ng Davao.
pinalaya ng supreme court si satur dahil sa maraming “butas” ang mga ikinakaso sa kanya nina gloria at esperon at isa na dito ang mga hindi kapanipaniwalang paglalahad ng mga testigong mistulang mga buhay na mummy na binalot ng lampin ang mga mukha.
kung pag-aaralang maige ng mga magigiting na mahistradong siguro ay bumabaliktad na ang mga sikmura (dahil sa masangsang na alingasaw ng kabulukan ni gloria) ang petisyon ng kampo nina gen danny lim at ikukonsidera ang rekomendasyon ng PTIO na binalewala ni esperon at sa halip ay ipinakulong sa hindi makataong kalagayan, marahil ay maipapanalo ang kasong bunga lamang ng bastos na imahinasyon ng bastos ding cheat-of-staff ng sandatahang lakas at imoral na huwad na pangulo ng bansa.
pansinin din natin. kung nagagawa ni esperon ang ganito sa matataas na opisyal ng hukbong sandatahan, hindi kaya mas masahol pa ang gawin niya sa mas mababang ranggong mga opisyal at karaniwang kawal kung hindi niya maiibigan ang gagawing hakbang sakaling suwayin ang labag sa batas niyang kautusan?
emilio,
maraming salamat.
MR, I like your “Cheat-of-Staff” title for Esperon.
Basta ang siguruhin ng mga pilipino ay hindi makakilos ng tulad ng ginawa ng mga salbahe sa Rwanda na pinag-iitak ang mga Tutsi ng mga Hutus sa utos na rin ng mga ungas na militar doon noong kaguluhan sa bansa nila. Ngayon sa Pilipinas parang hinahawi ang mga pilipino sa pro and anti GMA at iyong anti ay kung anu-anong labeling ang ginagawa na nandiyang komunista sila, opposition, etc.
Kung sabagay, sa isang banda naman, ang mga anti-GMA ay puede ding lagyan ng labeling na mga psycophatic at lunatic na puro yata schizophrenic dahil sa tayog ng mga ambisyon. Nakakaloko kasi iyong mag-imagine silang apo sila ng mga hari at reyna kahit na apo lang pala ng isang labandera, and worse, ng isang dugong asong ipinagkanulo ang mga kasama sa isang rebolusyon. Baka pa nga lahi ng mga magnanakaw.
This reminds me of what my father-in-law told me when I asked him why he hired a private detective to check on my background. Ang sabi niya sa akin ay dahil ayaw daw niyang malahian sila ng magnanakaw! Kasi daw iyon daw mga magnanakaw, etc. ay pihadong my nunong kapareho nilang magnanakaw, etc.! Whew! Buti na lang wala kaming lahi ng magnanakaw!!! Matapang at walang takot sa mga ulupong, OK pa!
One Yahoo! Headline says : British military personnel leaves Iran.(By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer | April 5,2007)
THIS IS A TRIUMPH OF DIPLOMACY!
Key factor to the successful release of the British in the custody of Iran was the Foreign Ministry of Syria.
Naging tulay ang Foreign Minister ng Syria sa masusing pag-uusap nina Nigel Sheinwald(Blair’s Foreign Policy adviser) at Iranian chief negotiator Ali Larijani.
Kung ating o-obserbahan, kahit na anong payapang pakikipanayam ng mga adviser ni Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sa West, lalo lamang panggigi-gilan ang Iran ng Western powers dahil sa isyu nito sa programang nukleyar.
Mabuti na lamang ay mga kaparehas ni Nancy Pelosi ang nasa US Congress kaya’t masasabi ko na magandang kombinasyon si Pelosi at ang Foreign Secretary ng UK(Margaret Beckett) sa international diplomacy na kapwa kontra sa konserbatismo.
Alam nyo na siguro kung bakit nakakapanlumo itong balita sa mga kabalahibo ni DICK Cheney!
May Commander-in-Cheat na tayo, may Cheat-of-Staff pa. Idagdag na natin ang mga Police Cheat.
ystakei says: “Kawawang nilalang. Sumobra ang yabang!”
yuko, mali. sumobra ang KATANGAHAN sapagkat hindi nga abot ng kanyang pang-unawa kung bakit siya ay kunwaring ginagawang huwaran para tularan ng mga kabataan gayung lulong sa lahat ng uri ng bisyo.
Yuko, Magno, sino yang ““Kawawang nilalang. Sumobra ang yabang!””
anna, sino pa kundi si Pacyaw na naging contestant ni kris aquino sa deal or noodle.
Nang mapanood ko sa BBC News ang tungkol sa balita ko sa itaas.
Napansin ko na mga naka-business suit pa yung mga 15 British at iyong isa na si Faye Turney ay naka-veil(head scarf) pa nang i-present at i-released.
Pero nung nasa loob na sila ng eroplano at nasa ere na ay nagbihis naman sila ng military uniform.
(wow! pogi talaga basta naka BERET)
Sa pagkaka-alam ko, nire-respeto talaga ang kasundaluhan sa Britanya. At bilang pagkilala sa kanila ay pinapayagan sila na mag-suot ng business suit?
Tama ba ito AdbBrux?
Ganon din ba sa France at Benelux?
ellen, salamat sa censorship. tinatangay kasi ako ng inis sa ganyang uri ng taong kinakain ang isinusuka ng lipunan.
In any country, uprising military personnel, and influencing others are guilty of mutiny or whatever it is called in any language…
I hope you guys all look superb and magnificent and all summa’s, for you to call your own president names…
It must be great help for your country to show how little you think of your top officials and how your respect is translated into name calling… are you guys all “tall’?
Can’t you guys accept who the president is at this point? Wait ’till next election and make sure you “watch the votes”, like one of the candidates (Ping) said.
I do think that those that did not get away with their cheating and lost, are still holding grudges… It became easy for them because you guys won’t let up… Enough already… go to the poor area and help the poor.. do not let your government do all the work… help the needy, instead of spreading the seeds of hatred and using your time planting and nurturing those seeds.
Move on… Next election is another generation of “fun politics,” take your constitutional rights then and exercize
same by voting and watching the votes… Move on… it’s worst for the country to blabber after the fact..
My Lord naman…!!! Pati si Pacquiao pala binabastos na ninyo diyan sa Pilipinas… Proud na proud pa naman kami dito at nagbabayad ng $49.95+tax ma-suportahan ‘lang namin ang kapwa namin Pilipino… Wala na talagang santo sa inyo ano? Hirap na hirap siguro kayo sa paghahanap ng dumi sa anyone na puedeng maging hero… ayaw ninyo ng Pilipino that you can be proud of…
Mag-retire na sana si Pacquiao, para ‘di na malaman pa dito na “bastusin'” na naman pala ang pinamamalaki namin… Kaya pala ‘yung iba rito, ang tawag sa lahi nila (natin) ay “CRABS” —naghahatakan.
I guess you now will say, “sino ba ako?.. o why do I care…
just another Pilipino who won’t allow anyone from here to say anything negative about the Philippines, the Philippine president, and Manny Pacquiao. If that is wrong, then no wonder why more and more educated Filipinos who can drop their accent and a little better looking, would no longer
volunteer and say they are Filipinos.. Oftentimes, if locals tell them that they are Filipinos (Pilipino), they feel offended inside.
Once, a non-pilipino convenience store clerk told a fellow Filipino (Pilipino) “salamat” after she was helped, and it surprised her… She asked herself (afterwards asked me), “how did he know I was Pilipino”? She unintentionally (or maybe intentionally) disassociated herself from our race… why…? to be a Pilipino is to be too traumatic and traumatized, and a lot more…
I can say more but I will quit…
I tried so hard to find news from the Philippines, and the first thing I find are the words “tiyanak” and “bisyo”… Honestly, I was so nauseated to read it.. The web made Pilipinos open and available for scrutiny and analysis by other nation… to speak tagalog, do not bar other nation (who may want to invest or contribute or donate into the Philippine economy and social causes) to find a Pilipino translator to translate verbatim what the people of this Philippines is all about….
Did Pacquiao asked anyone of you to go up in the ring and fight his fight for you???? Why can’t he spend his hard earned money without you salivating about what he want to do with it? At least he uses some of it to help out… When did you guys last picked up a “pulubi,” fed, dress, treated and respected them enough to help them? Pacquiao is not a saint, yo’… he’s a human Filipino (Pilipino) who got lucky to “broke face,” win, and get rich… got to be well known..most especially here in the US and other countries… but criticized by his own country men… I hope he leaves the Philippines and migrate here, so he does not have to deal with the likes of you… “Que Vadis Pinoy?” Bakit kayo ganyan???????
Wake up, people!!!
Regarding other countries and nations, you seem to know more than their own citizens…. Iraq, Iran, UK, etc…. what gave you the right of speaking about these countries and nations when you can not even speak of your own country ever kindly? “Que Vadis ‘Pinoy?”
puro kau dada…walang magagawa.
PRESS RELEASE
NYPM-010-07
17 MAY 2007
PHILIPPINES NO. 4 IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION
NEW YORK –The Philippines proved critics of its human rights record wrong when it landed in the top five in today’s race for 14 seats in the United Nations Human Rights Council.
In its report to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo, the Philippine Mission to the United Nations said that Manila’s fourth place finish demonstrates the international community’s continued confidence in Manila’s commitment to uphold, protect and promote human rights.
Ambassador Hilario G. Davide Jr., Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said the Philippines received 179 votes or 43 more votes than it had during last year’s elections. India topped the elections with 185 votes followed by Indonesia and Madagascar with 182 votes each.
“The reelection of the Philippines to the United Nations Human Rights Council is a vindication for the Philippines and President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,” Ambassador Davide said, referring to the campaign launched by non-government organizations to frustrate the Philippines’ reelection bid because of alleged human rights abuses.
This was the Philippines’ first election victory under the watch of Ambassador Davide who assumed as Permanent Representative only three months ago. This reelection follows Manila’s successful one-year term as member of the 47-member Council. With the reelection, the Philippines will serve another three-year term until 2010.
In Manila, Secretary Romulo welcomed confirmation of the Philippines’ election to the Council and thanked the country’s partners in the community of nations for their “overwhelming support.”
“Our reelection to the Council is a clear vote of confidence for the Philippines and President Arroyo’s efforts to move further forward the global agenda of upholding and protecting human rights,” Romulo said.
“With this fresh mandate, the Philippines has been given another opportunity to strengthen further its advocacy in key human rights areas,” Romulo added. “This fresh mandate likewise underscores the success of our Foreign Service Posts in harnessing and sustaining global support for Philippine initiatives in the United Nations.”
Secretary Romulo cited in particular the efforts of Ambassador Davide and Ambassador Enrique Manalo, the Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva.
In its reelection candidature, the Philippines indicated voluntary commitments that include strengthened resolve to address politically-motivated killings of media members and activists, sustained leadership in promoting interfaith dialogue, continued advocacy of the rights of migrant workers and commitment to making the Council a more efficient and effective organization.
Aside from the Philippines, India, Indonesia and Madagascar, the other member-states that were elected to the Council are Qatar, Italy, Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Nicaragua, Bolivia, South Africa, Angola and Egypt.
The Human Rights Council was created by the 191-nation UN General Assembly on 15 March 2006 with the adoption of Resolution No. 60/251.END
Reference:
ELMER G. CATO
Second Secretary & Press Officer
Philippine Mission to the United Nations
556 Fifth Avenue, Fifth Floor
New York, New York 10036
Tel. No. 212.764.1300 Extension 38
PRESS RELEASE
NYPM-009-07
15 MAY 2007
RP NO. 1 CONTRIBUTOR OF POLICE OFFICERS FOR UN PEACEKEEPING
NEW YORK—The Philippines is now the No. 1 contributor of individual police officers to United Nations peacekeeping operations, the Philippine Mission to the United Nations said today.
The Philippine Mission, citing statistics from the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), said that the Philippines emerged last week as the main provider of police officers with 288 individual officers from the Philippine National Police (PNP) deployed in seven UN peacekeeping missions around the world.
“The Filipino police peacekeeper is doing our country proud by helping restore peace and rebuild lives in places as near as Timor Leste and as far as Sudan,” Ambassador Hilario G. Davide Jr., Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said in his report to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo.
Aside from the Philippines, the others in the list of the top 10 contributors of civilian police officers are the United States (284); Turkey (275); Germany (230); Cameroon (167); Niger (165); France (159); Ghana (144); Zimbabwe (121); and Burkina Faso (120). The figures cover individual police officers and do not include police officers belonging to so-called Formed Police Units.
“The Philippines climbed to the top position as a result of Manila’s positive response to the calls of the UN for Member-States to contribute personnel in view of the unprecedented surge in the demand for peacekeepers worldwide,” Ambassador Davide said, as he cited the cooperation of the PNP led by Director General Oscar Calderon.
“It is also an indication of the high regard of the UN for Philippine police officers who have proven their professionalism and competence in the various UN field missions as well as in the UN Headquarters where three PNP officers have been seconded,” he added.
The bulk of the Philippine police officers (145) are deployed with the UN Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT) where former PNP Director Rodolfo Tor is presently the Police Commissioner. The rest are deployed in Kosovo (44); Sudan (39); Liberia (34); Haiti (19); Cote d’ Ivoire (6); and Afghanistan (1).
Ambassador Davide expressed confidence that the Philippines will remain on the No. 1 spot especially with the commitment expressed early this year by Secretary Romulo to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for the Philippines to further enhance and expand its participation in UN peacekeeping operations. ###
Reference:
ELMER G. CATO
Second Secretary & Press Officer
Philippine Mission to the United Nations
556 Fifth Avenue, Fifth Floor
New York, New York 10036
Tel. No. 212.764.1300 Extension 38
PRESS RELEASE
NYPM-008-07
19 APRIL 2007
RP JOINS CLAMOR FOR INTERNATIONAL UNITY, ACTION ON ENERGY SECURITY CLIMATE CHANGE
NEW YORK—The Philippines on Tuesday joined the mounting clamor for greater international attention on energy security and climate change, saying member-states of the United Nations must work together to attain the much needed consensus for speedy cooperation and action on these issues.
“There is an extreme urgency for international community-wide prioritization, including at regional and national levels, to address the challenges posed by energy security and climate change,” Ambassador Hilario G. Davide Jr., Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said in his statement during an open debate of the Security Council.
Aside from Ambassador Davide, those who spoke to call for greater international cooperation and action on energy security and climate change included United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and representatives from at least 50 other member-states.
“The years 2007 to 2009 will be critical in testing the resolve of member-states to take bold and decisive steps to mitigate climate change,” Ambassador Davide said in the first statement he delivered before the Security Council since assuming as Manila’s envoy to the world body in February.
“As long as the approach involves all stakeholders—governments, parliaments, non-governmental and civil society organizations, the private sector, faith communities, and above all, the peoples themselves—and a determination and political will to make and fulfill commitments, we will be able to save mankind and make this planet a beautiful place to live in,” he said.
In his statement, Ambassador Davide underscored the importance the Philippines places on the issue of energy security and climate change. A delegate to the 1971 Constitutional Convention and the 1986 Constitutional Commission, Ambassador Davide cited the Philippine Constitution which expressly provides that the State shall protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature.
A former Chief Justice, Ambassador Davide also cited a landmark Supreme Court decision (Oposa et al vs Secretary of Environment Fulgencio S. Factoran Jr.) that allowed children, on their own behalf and on behalf of children of succeeding generations, to sue the Government to enforce such constitutional right, thereby enunciating the doctrine of intergenerational responsibility and intergenerational justice.
“Mankind’s survival on our fragile planet faces a serious threat posed by our fast deteriorating climate,” the ambassador said. “In [that] landmark decision, the Supreme Court declared that unless something must be done now, mankind may inherit a parched earth incapable of sustaining life.”
Ambassador Davide also cited the creation in February by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Presidential Task Force on Climate Change, which is mandated to conduct a rapid assessment of the impact of climate change to ensure strict compliance with air emission standards, combat deforestation and apprehend violators.
In the regional level, the ambassador mentioned the Cebu Declaration on East Asian Energy Security adopted during the Second East Asian Summit on 15 January 2007 where the Philippines and the nine other member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), together with Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and Korea, agreed to work closely to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions through effective policies and measures.
The ambassador, who is presently chair of the ASEAN New York Committee, also referred to the Cebu Declaration on Sustainable Development issued by ASEAN environment ministers in November 2006 where they expressed their concern over the impact of climate change on ecosystems and reiterated their commitment to address global environment issues through national and regional cooperation.
He said climate change is also built in the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation which mandates the inclusion of environmental and sustainable development concerns in regional energy policy development.
Ambassador Davide also cited the 16 th Ministerial Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of ASEAN and the European Union, where the Cebu Declaration on East Asian Energy Security was discussed. In that meeting, the ministers agreed to promote cooperation on climate change, energy security, sustainable energy and multilateral measures for stable, effective and transparent energy markets. ###
Reference:
ELMER G. CATO
Second Secretary & Press Officer
Philippine Mission to the United Nations
556 Fifth Avenue, Fifth Floor
New York, New York 10036
Tel. No. 212.764.1300 Extension 38