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‘Major announcement” by Gloria Arroyo today: Malacañang

Yesterday afternoon, Malacañang sent out this media advisory:

PGMA to make amajor announcement tomorrow, may 3, 2007 10 a.m., reception Hall of Malacañang. Open to MOC, FOCAO, MOPC.

Malacañang reporters asked Serge Remonde (I don’t know anymore what’s his latest title but he holds office in Malacañang) what is that “major announcement”. Remonde said, “a major investment.”

Ay naku, I thought she is going to resign.

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  1. What investment is this creep talking about? The exportation of human organs overseas? Or the bidding of Philippine patrimonies in Japan. Puede ba patalsikin na lang ang ungas na iyan na wala nang ginawang mabuti para sa bansa niya. Pilipino ibinubugaw kahit saan. Hindi na nahiya kaya tuloy kahit saan pumunta ang mga pilipino ngayon, ang tingin mga possible TNT.

    Tarantada talaga!

  2. chi chi

    Ano ‘yan, pa eeekkk-eeekkk na naman ni demonyang Tianak dahil gusto niyang takpan ang pagdukot nila kay Jayjay Burgos?! Manigas ka na lang basta!

    Media advisory, my foot! Pa suspense pa ang mga walang alam at mandarambong sa EK!

  3. cocoy cocoy

    Ang announcement at magandang balita ni Arroyo ay mamigay siya ng mga bagong sasakyan sa mga barangay chairman.Totoo iyan kasi sa Zambales ang mga barangay chairman ay nakuha na nila kahapon ang kanilang mga sasakyan.

  4. TonGuE-tWisTeD TonGuE-tWisTeD

    Cocoy,
    I was in Subic the other weekend, it’s still sleepy and unlike when the GIs were still there. Its Koreans that are now all over the base and the resorts.

    I noticed that all throughout the trip, it was only Pichay who had his posters displayed on every tree, electric post and sari-sari store from Bulacan all the way to Zambales. I also noticed many buses carrying excursionists with banners suggesting their trips were sponsored by candidates.

    I saw the new expressway to Olongapo is still unfinished but all the roads we passed are nice except for one town in Pampanga. Would you believe it was in Gloria’s own town of Lubao that has a portion that was all dirt! I saw that in contrast to the tall white concrete fence of the famous Pineda house along the highway we frequently see on TV and the newspapers.

    That happens when you have a corrupt president and the richest gambling lord belonging to the same town, the rot is too visible.

  5. TonGuE-tWisTeD TonGuE-tWisTeD

    Ellen,

    Sorry to hear your disappointment about the “major announcement”.

    Perhaps the major investment is another Korean project either in LCD Panels or shipbuilding.

    Or a Chinese project in Power Generation or dam construction.

    Or a new Australian or Canadian mining venture.

    O baka naman ia-announce na ang formal entry ng mga developers ng Asia’s Las Vegas?

    O baka naibenta na ang Phil. Stock Exchange?

  6. TonGuE-tWisTeD TonGuE-tWisTeD

    Major investment daw, ibig-sabihin major kurakot?

  7. Emilio_OFW Emilio_OFW

    Siguraduhin niya lang na ikatutuwa ng mga makikinig ang kanyang sasabihin.

    Hindi puro pambobola at pagsisinungaling!

  8. cocoy cocoy

    The major investment Arroyo is talking about,has to do with the involvement of USA.The U.S.Marine base in Okinawa are moving out from Japan and Guam is too small to accommodate the whole unit and Philippines is the alternative,either in Mindanao or the former U.S.Naval Base in Subic.

  9. cocoy cocoy

    Tongue:
    Zambales is the most improved province and the best among the Philippines because our elected provincial official down to Barangay council are not corrupt.Our province has the lowest crime in the country,People in Zambales eat 3 meals a day and everybody own their own homes.Mangoes harvested in Zambales are bountiful and it reach several hundred thousand metric tons.We have beautiful beaches throughout the whole province.
    Our provincial hospitals are free.Politics and election are conducted peacefully and the Provincial Commander of the Military has a fat belly although he don’t make money from illegal activities,Maybe,he can get a free beer from karaoke bar.Jueteng operator don’t generate investment because no bettors,they rather play tong-it and cockfighting on week-end.

  10. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    What investment? It’s big time kurakotan. The DOTC deal with China’s ZTE Corp. is to supply the government $329.5 million (P16 billion) worth of broadband apparatus. China’s ZTE Corp is known for under the table deals and corrupt practices. ZTE’s broadband real price is $132 million according to insiders. Where the rest of $197.5 M goes? It’s a repeat of over-priced North Rail Project and IMPSA $14 M bribery deal.

  11. luzviminda luzviminda

    Cocoy,

    Narinig ko na yang balak na paglipat o paglalagay ng US Base dito sa Pilipinas ulit. At ang balak ay sa GENERAL SANTOS CITY. Kaya siguro ganun na rin lang ang pag-udyok ng mga Pidal kay Pakyaw para hindi mahirapan ang mga kano sa panggagahasa ulit sa ating bayan.

  12. Don’t think that the Koreans are there to benefit the Filipinos. I am told by Filipino friends who have done business with Japanese and are now being forced to do business with the Koreans that they are worse than the deals the Japanese give them. Mas lalo daw gahaman ang mga Koreano, no profit is actually left to them. Ang galing daw mag-suck pati na ang konting kikitahin nila. Luging-lugi daw sila!!!!

  13. Cocoy: Zambales is the most improved province and the best among the Philippines because our elected provincial official down to Barangay council are not corrupt.
    *****
    This I don’t believe! Hindi lang makahirit ang mga ita diyan!!! 😛

  14. cocoy cocoy

    Ystakei;
    Totoo ang mga ita ay hindi makahirit pero noon iyon,iba na ngayon,may mga schoolarship program para sa kanila.Sa Zambales malaki ang College of Fisheries affiliated with UP,at maraming mga college students doon from different provinces at mga libreng mag-aral ang mga ita doon,kumikita pa sila pag week-end and summer vacation dahil may budget para sa incentives nila magpulot lang sila ng basura o kaya’y magbunot ng damo ay may bayad sila,marami silang pinagkakakitaan doon sa fisheries habang nag-aaral sila.We already have 5 colleges in Zambales and they offer all kinds of degree up to law.Iyong mga ita ay hindi na itneg ang tawag sa kanila,they also have an equal oppurtunity in our government,marami na rin ang naging teachers sa kanila at nagtuturo sila sa mga public elementary school.May mga PMA students na at mga iba ay nakapag-graduate na at mga junior officers na sa military.Ang Governor namin doon kung minsan ay wala siyang kalaban pag eleksyon.Si Antonio Magsaysay Diaz ay Congressman na ng matagal at ang pork barrel niya ay inilalaan niya lahat sa improvement,sa hospital at schoolarship,hindi siya corrupt.Wala nga siyang magandang bahay.Panahon pa ni Marcos at wala pang martial law ay congressman na iyon hangga ngayon,pero hindi na muna siya pueding tumakbo dahil third term na naman siya,SiRuben Torres at si Amor Deloso ang candidato,either one para sa bayan din ang mga iyon.Si Diaz namigay ng mga libreng sasakyan sa lahat ng barangay chairman sa boung Zambales,kesa raw isauli niya sa gobyerno ang pork barrel na naipon niya,he is not running for any public office and he is not campaigning for any certain candidates.Ganyan si Diaz kaya umasenso ang Zambales dahil sa kanya,maraming nakapagtapos sa college na mahihirap dahil sa kanya.Wala siyang bodyguard na tulad ng iba,simple lang siya driver lang at ang isang aid niya.Ganon din si Vic Magsaysay,mahal nila ang Zambales kaya mahal din sila ng mga Zambaleno.Totoo iyan hindi corrupt ang mga elected officials namin,nauubos nga ang suweldo nila sa mga reseta ng gamot,ang mga bokal sa amin mga attorney at libre ang mga notario,dati na silang mayayaman bako nila pinasok ang pulitika ngayon naghihirap na sila.Nakakasakay nga sila sa Victory liner at nakikipagbulastugan pa sila kahit na hindi naligo ng isang buwan at hindi nagsisipilyo ay kinakausap nila.Ganyan ang mga Zambaleno kahit mamasyal ka doon ng makita mo.

  15. chi chi

    Cocoy,

    Sabi mo ay nakuha na kahapon ng mga barangay chairman sa inyo ang mga sasakyan na ipinamigay ni Arroyo na para sa akin ay suhol o binili sila ni Arroyo para sa eleksyon. Kung ito ay tinanggap nila, di ba ito ay maituturing na pagtanggap ng korapsyon/bribery galing sa demonya? At sila ay bahagi rin ng korapsyon? O baka meron ibang tawag diyan na dehins ko alam? 🙂

  16. kitamokitako kitamokitako

    DGK, Limpak limpak na salapi iyang tinutukoy mo, in Dollars pa. Kaya nga gusto ni Glueria at ng kanyang mga alipores ay forever na siya, para tuloy-tuloy ang kanilang ligaya. Talagang gagamitin niya ang lahat ng kanyang powers para hindi siya ma-impeach. Kung hindi man sila lulusot sa dayaan, dadaanin sa dahasan, walang kadudaduda.

  17. This ‘major announcement’ is the Schizoglo’s way of telling the nation to get stuffed. Having received such a blistering written adverse comment from both Salonga & Cruz this is the reaction of a schizoglo.
    It’s okey if the international community won’t be actually observing the election count with their own people. Its about time that the filipino stood on their own feet and openly supported what was written to Schizoglo’s letters because the only way to defeat a bully is to confront them. But confront her now, today, by making it known that if she cheats the electorate it will result in them, the electotate taking to the streets to demonstrate despite her AFP bully boys. To give her continued power there is nothing else for the citizen to lose, but everything to fight for.
    After all, why is it this corrupt midget is talking about investments and not the control of law & order which is the real problem for the populace at large. Her schizo mind tells her best to try to satisfy her 20% business community and to hell with the 80% struggling poor; to control law & order would make the populace stronger. In turn she, being paranoid is afraid this would make her weaker and more than likely being toppled.
    Why is it that she is hanging on to power, with the state of her husband’s health is in such a bad way (he looks like a walking secondary image. a ghost – I wish!) when the writing is on the wall for all to see, is it because of the corrupt deals with the Chinese that will end up in her off shore accounts. Can’t think of another reason, can you?

  18. cocoy:
    The US Marines are already being accomodated in Mindanao and have been for a long time now. They enter & leave the Mindanao Island with their military at will.

  19. cocoy cocoy

    Chi;
    Sinigurado ko at tinawagan ko iyong kumpare ko na barangay chairman at may bago raw siyang sasakyan na bigay ni Cong.Antonio Magsaysay Diaz.Tinanong ko kung ano ang kapalit,wala raw talagang pangako raw ni Diaz sa kanila noon pa kaya lang gusto raw ni Diaz pag magbigay siya at dapat mabigyan lahat para walang tampuhan,galing sa pork barrel ni Diaz ang ginastos,si Diaz ay hindi na siya kakandidato kasi di na siya puwedi sa ngayon,palipas muna uli siya.Si Ruben Torres na dating executive secretary ni Cory at si Amor Deloso ang kandidato for congressman,magkakaibigan iyong tatlo kaya walang pinapanigan si Diaz,at hindi siya nagungumpanya kahit na sinong kandidato.Talagang pangako raw ni Diaz sa kanila ang sasakyan noon pa.Binigyan nga niya lahat kahit na ano pang partido sila at ang sabi raw ni Diaz sa kanila bahala na sila kung sino ang iboboto.Matanda na si Diaz at sa palagay ko ang mag-reretire na talaga siya sa pulitika.Maganda ang nagawa niya sa Zambales,kung lahat ba ng Kongressman ay katulad sa kanya ay magkaroon ng pag-asa.
    Pero ito ang masasabi ko Tony Diaz mahilig mag-cha-cha,iyan ang paborito niyang sayaw basta’t may partner siya ay umaarangkada pa,may video pa nga ako dito kinuha kong sumasayaw siya ng nag-attend siya ng party sa bahay namin.Kilalang-kilala ko iyang si Tony Diaz,pag iyan ang nangako ay sigurado,maghintay ka nga lang ng pagkakataon.Maraming anak na pinapa-aralan iyan sa college, aabot sa libo,kaya nga nagtayo na ng tatlong public college sa Zambales para lahat ay makapag-aral.Matagal ng balo iyan,maliliit pa ang mga anak niya ay nabalo na at hindi na nag-asawa uli,basta’t may tango at cha-cha ay okey na raw sa kanya.Kung boboto man ng TU ang mga Zambaleno ay si Vic Magsaysaya ang iboboto nila,Pero ito ang masakit na mangyari baka ang mga Zambaleno ay si Vic Magsaysay ang ang iboboto nila at wala na silang ililista pa para siguradong mananalo,tsismis lang pero baka nga totoo kasi sa survey within striking distance siya at hindi pasok sa magic 12 at sisiguraduhin ng mga Zambaleno na pasok siya.Ang loyalty ng mga Magsaysay ay para sa bayan at hindi sa interest lang ng isang tao.Kita mo si Jun Magsaysay kakampi ni Arroyo pero siya ang nag-iimbistiga kay Bolante.Si Vic ay para sa bayan iyan at hindi para kay Gloria.Galit lang kasi ang mga Zambaleno kay Erap.

  20. alitaptap alitaptap

    Malamang na ang annoucement ni Gloria ay tulad ng announcement niya sa same group of correspondents some years back: she (gloria) is enjoying sex full time at the rate of three time daily. No BS ito. Check the archives of the newspapers.

  21. cocoy cocoy

    WWNL:
    I mean the whole unit of U.S.Marines from Okinawa and their dependents and they need a housing.It’s a big housing constructions,runway,hangar,building so on and so forth for Logistics and support.Big projects and a lot of Jobs for local people.

  22. Arroyo’s major announcement was the $1 billion expansion project of Texas instrument in Clark Air Base. That’s her major achievement?

  23. parasabayan parasabayan

    Investment? Baka naibenta na niya ang Pilipinas! Nothing the tiyanak says comes true. She says something and she does another. When she says she is not involved in something, it is just the opposite, her hands are all over. Yun na lang candidacy niya, sa harap pa ng monumento ni Rizal(who lost his life for our country) she said she will not run. The next thing we knew, tumakbo na at nandaya pa para siguradong panalo! Whatever she is going to say is definitely another bribe to the people in a last attempt to influence the people to vote for her candidates. BISTADO KA NA TIYANAK! Kahit na ano pang pa-cute cute niya, masyado na siyang bistado. CORRUPT,CORRUPT,CORRUPT!!! Any investment she will enter into for sure gives her a lot of kickbacks! This is why she goes all over the world asking for business! Tt is not solely for the Filipinos, it is for her! Those around her only say YES to her all the time and HURRAY because they too get a bone! All her contracts should be studied very well baka binenta na niya tayong lahat! This is also why she wants to dominate the elections because when she wins, tuloy ang sayaw niya ng cha-cha. This is probably what she has promised her foreign investors-that they can eventually own and operate investments in the Philippines SOON to their hearts content! So now she bribes everybody so that she will WIN again. The returns to her are just SO MUCH, she can not afford to lose!

    Read the book of Maria Linda Olaquer Montayre, “A NATION UNBORN”. Read ppgs 112-119 on Tiyanak’s sexual escapades! It is HOT, HOT, HOT! Alitaptap, basahin mo itong librong ito!

    I will just take anything tiyanak says as a BIG JOKE! That is just what she is! FULL OF AIR!

  24. TonGuE-tWisTeD TonGuE-tWisTeD

    BREAKING NEWS!
    Ellen, ito na marahil ang mas mahalagang “investment”. Ipinaaatras na ni IpDye ang lahat ng kasong libel na isinampa niya laban samga mediamen!

  25. TonGuE-tWisTeD TonGuE-tWisTeD

    Ito na ang literal na “change of heart”, heheh. Mahirap talaga pag kinikindatan ka na ng matandang may suklob sa ulo at may hawak na kalaykay!

    Sana Ellen, wala na itong atrasan para mabawas-bawasan naman ang mga dinadala mo. Our prayers ARE being answered!

    Anyways, para sa akin, it doesn’t matter because what you mediamen have done is not against the law. In a fair trial those cases will have to be dismissed anyway. No thanks to the PIG.

    I hope it will not stop the media from hitting and hitting HARDER!

    Gugulatn pa rin namin siya ni Artsee pag nakita namin siya, ngayon pang vulcanized na lang ang linya ng tubo niya.

    Mabuhay ka, Ellen.

  26. Spy Spy

    We’ve just watched that ”Major announcement.” These are the comments of my officemates:
    1. ”Pati siguro investment sa fishball, major announcement na ni gloria.”
    2. ”akala ko im sorry, it was lapse of judgment”
    3. ”akala ko sinibak si esperon”
    4. ”akala ko pinapabalik na si jocjoc”
    5. ”akala ko i-present sa media si jayjay”
    6. ”akala ko martial law na!”

    The last one remarked:
    ”totoo ba yan?”

  27. cocoy cocoy

    Tongue:
    Kaya niya iniatras ang libel suit dahil ampaw ang ebidensya,ngayon puede siyang balikan ng counter suit for emotional stress and legal expenses.Mabuldigat siya ng husto.

  28. parasabayan parasabayan

    The only good news to me is if she will announce that she quits as the “illegitimate”, “acting”, “bogus” president! Anything else she says and does, wa epek sa akin! She is still a PEST na kailangang tiri tirisin!

    A billion dollar investment in Clark Air Base. Baka mas marami pang maibibigay na buwis ang mga Pilipino dahil sa evat kesa sa babayaran ng Texas Instruments sa buwis. Ang mga kumpanya ng dayuhan marunong silang gumamit ng mga tax incentives ng mga bansa. Halos hindi nagbabayad ng buwis ang mga yan. Magkano din kaya ang kickback ni tiyanak diyan sa deal na yan?

    Mas masaya pa ako kung sasabihin ni tiynak na wala ng libel suits ang mga manunulat, pakaka walan na niya ang mga political prisonaers niya( lahat, lahat)!

  29. I would have wanted to hear her free the detained officers, the ones in Tanay as well as the Magdalo officers.

  30. Emilio_OFW Emilio_OFW

    Por diyes por siyento! Saan na naman kayang bansa hahanapin ni Allan Cayetano at iba pang magigiting na senador ang paper trail nitong deal na ito?

  31. Ellen:
    This paranoid midget would never agree to releasing the detained officers in Tanay or the Magdalo officers. There’s a better chance of hell freezing over.
    I was hoping that the ”Major announcement” was a suicide pact between the two of them – – just dreaming of a better life for everyone – smile.

  32. Mrivera Mrivera

    dalawa lamang ang nakakatuwang medyor anawnsment ni gloria lasenggera:

    1. natigok na ang asawa niyang baboy.

    2. aalis na siya sa malakanyang at haharapin ang patungpatong na kasong kanyang dapat panagutan.

    ang pagpapalaya sa mga nakadetineng opisyal ay si espurol lamang ang makapagpapasiya sapagkat hawak niya sa garter ng salawal itong si gloria.

  33. parasabayan parasabayan

    Magdilang anghel ka sana Ellen. For the Fatso and tiyanak to move on, they should stop abducting, imprisoning and murdering their political enemies. Instead, they should start listening to and addressing what the problems are instead of putting blinders and ear plugs. They should face problems of poverty , unemployment,illiteracy, population explosion, lawlessness, homelessness, infrastuctures, corruption and other related issues. I hope the WAKE UP CALL of FATSO is loud enough to effect changes in the way the Fatso and tiyanak run the affairs of the country.

  34. Sorry, Cocoy, but I’m hearing something else about the Magsaysays from a reliable source. I know what the Gordons are doing in Subic but never heard of the charities (kuno) of the Magsaysays!

  35. chi chi

    “Arroyo’s major announcement was the $1 billion expansion project of Texas instrument in Clark Air Base. That’s her major achievement?”

    Ay naku, Ellen. E latak na lang iyang Texas instrument expansion project na ‘yan! Isang bilyong dolyares lang, hahahah! Bakit, hindi sila mag-research kung magkano ang investment ng TI sa ibang panig ng bansa! Aba, pati pala latak ay ikinatutuwa ni Tianak, meaning wala talagang mag-invest ng tama sa kanya!

  36. chi chi

    Thanks, Cocoy. Clear!

  37. chi chi

    Oops…ibang panig ng mundo.

  38. TonGuE-tWisTeD TonGuE-tWisTeD

    Teka, sabi sa Yahoo, $1B in a span of 10 years. Payat yan. Considering that TI gets 10 years of tax perks and probably duty-free importation of capital equipment.

    Its still fresh in my mind how this credit-grabbing miniscule she-devil stole the show from Mar Roxas who worked his butts off just to get UPS to open a hub in Clark Air Base. At the time, she won’t give authority to DPWH or DOTC or from her own contingency fund that runs in billions for fresh money needed to re-pave the Clark runway. Feeling that the deal was fast slipping away, that, after UPS made clear that they won’t land their planes on that bumpy stretch and that they may just take their business elsewhere, Mar Roxas used the funds of DTI to rebuild the airport, using up about P300M that could have gone to trade promotion.

    Well, Roxas saved the day and UPS now operates a Major Hub out of Clark. But Gloria was there to inaugurate both the airport and UPS’ offices, took full credit for the accomplishment and even named the airport after the “poor man from Lubao” (who retired in Forbes Park). Mar Roxas was nowhere to be found.

    Sino namankaya ang nagluto nitong Texas Inst? Inagawan na naman ng papel ni Pandak?

  39. TonGuE-tWisTeD TonGuE-tWisTeD

    Isa pa, yung sa Ford. Hayup ang labanan sa offer diyan ng Pilipinas vs Thailand. Kulang na lang ilibre na sa tax para sa $400M investment. Lahat na yata ng sweeteners inoffer. Ayun, isang malaking planta sa Thailand ang itinayo ng Ford.

  40. TonGuE-tWisTeD TonGuE-tWisTeD

    But hey! This one’s new! Yung southrail project pala ay nai-negotiate na rin sa China. Tiyak magagalit ang kaibigan kong si Consul Bong V. dito. Siya kasi ang lumakad para matuloy itong southern portion. Korea ang mag fi-finance, magbi-build, at magsu-supply nito. The design is superior to that of Northrail and it’s about half the price! This was his baby.

    Ngayon, P15B na para sa China, tsk tsk tsk. Mawawala na ng pagkukumparahan ang Northrail, matatakpan na ang malaking diperensya sa presyo at disenyo, at sigurandong malaki ang kurakot. Ito na siguro ang pondo ni Kabayad Noli para sa kampanya sa 2010.

    Magwawala tiyak si Bong, na-freezer na nga siya dahil sa mga sinagasaan niya mapigilan lang na makurakot itong southrail, tapos, inilipat lang sa iba.

    Kilala siguro siya ni Yuko dahil Japan ang last assignment niya. Yung asawa ni Bong nasa PMS Malacañang nagtratrabaho kahit na pasaway silang mag-asawa. Fil-Jap rin at kapangalan ni Yuko.

    Yang tatlong deals lang na iyan sa itaas ang natatandaan ko sa ngayon kaya wala akong kabilib bilib diyan kay Pandak. Puro sablay, lahat may tell-tale signs ng kotong, at pag natutuloy, inaagawan ni Pandak ng credit ang trumabaho.

    Nasaan na yung mga tagapagtanggol ng kutonglupa dito?

  41. Tongue T:

    Ang alam ko collateral ang mga Spratleys at iba pang isla sa Pilipinas sa mga utang ni Pandak. Magulang ang mga intsik pagdating sa utangang ito. Ingat!

  42. chi chi

    WWNL,

    “I was hoping that the ”Major announcement” was a suicide pact between the two of them – – just dreaming of a better life for everyone”

    Naunsyami din ako!

  43. paquito paquito

    Hwag magtitiwala at maniniwala sa Demonyo sa Malakanyang, tignan nyo marami na sila natukso. At palagi tayo magmasid sa mga ginagawa ng Demonyo at mga kampon nito

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