It was only three days ago when Mike Arroyo told the Manila Trial Court that he has “forgiven” the journalists whom he sued for libel. Now he wants 8 of them arrested.
by Ashzel Hachero
A lawyer of First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo asked a court hearing the P12.5 million class suit filed by Filipino journalists to issue an arrest order against eight media personalities for their failure to comply with a court-issued subpoena for yesterday’s hearing of the case.
The eight print and broadcast journalists that Arroyo’s counsel, Ruy Alberto Rondain, want arrested and fined are Marites Vitug, Ricky Carandang, Mia Gonzalez, William Esposo, Lito Banayo, Conrado de Quiros and Ramon and Erwin Tulfo.
“The subpoenaed witnesses should be arrested and fined since under the Rules of Court there is a clear disobedience. They should be cited for indirect contempt,” Rondain told Makati Judge Zenaida Laguilles.
He said the journalists were in contempt after they were issued the subpoenas through the Roque and Butuyan Law Office which served as their counsel.
Rondain said the journalists should each pay the cost of his appearance at P4,000 an hour.
The plaintiffs’ counsel, Roger Rayel, objected to Rondain’s motion and accused the Arroyo camp of delaying the proceedings to prevent the First Gentleman from taking the witness stand.
“It is improper at this stage when the trial proper of the case has not even started to use ‘hostile witnesses.’ They are just delaying the proceeding and the presentation of the First Gentleman on the witness stand,” said Rayel.
The plaintiffs’ lead counsel, Harry Roque, earlier said Arroyo risked losing his chance to present his defense if he did not appear in court.
Last May 23, the court gave Arroyo until June 22 to present proof about the lack of basis for the multi-million class suit at the risk of waiving his right to present evidence.
Arroyo has failed to appear twice, citing health reasons such as his heart operation last April at the St. Luke’s Medical Center.
He has also asked the Court of Appeals to block the Makati RTC from proceeding with the trial.
Rondain said that the First Gentleman’s physical condition prohibits him from appearing in court for the next six months as he argued for the appearance of the journalists, saying they had no other witnesses at this point.
“The First Gentleman is not physically fit to appear before this Court at this time,” he said.
In calling for the dismissal of the subpoena order, Rayel said the intended testimonies of the plaintiffs is irrelevant to the case and only Arroyo can verify his allegation in his affirmative defense that the court has not acquired jurisdiction over the case and should therefore dismiss it due to the payment of inadequate filing fees by the complainant.
“The affirmative defenses were incorporated in defendant’s answer and Arroyo verified the truthfulness of the allegation. Those were his allegations, and if there is anyone who can testify and give flesh to those allegations, it is Arroyo; otherwise there can be no other conclusion than that he falsified or made untruthful statements or statement with no factual basis,” Rayel said.
Laguilles ordered the parties to file written comments in five days.
Laguilles also directed Rayel to furnish the court the addresses of his clients and for Rondain to produce other witnesses, if the journalists were not able to make it in the next hearing on July 26.
Last month, the complainants – 36 individuals and three media organizations, The Daily Tribune, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism and the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility – indicated their intention to pursue the charges despite Arroyo’s pronouncement that he would drop all the libel cases he had lodged against the media.
Arroyo decided not to press the libel suits after coming out of a high-risk surgery last April.
The class suit said Arroyo had abused his right to file libel complaints and was suppressing press freedom.
In his libel complaint, Arroyo has maintained that he should be treated like a private citizen as he does not hold any public office.
Report by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility on last Friday’s hearing of the class suit:
CMFR Philippines Alert: Journalists seek to quash subpoenas filed by president’s husband in class suit hearing
CMFR/Philippines—One of the lawyers of the journalists who filed a P12.5 class suit against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s husband Jose Miguel Arroyo has asked Makati City Branch 134 Judge Zenaida Laguilles to quash the defense subpoenas on eight of the journalist-plaintiffs.
The subpoenas were received by the Roque and Butuyan law office, which handles the case of the journalists, on 18 June 2007. It required journalists Ricky Carandang, Mia Gonzalez, Mon Tulfo, Erwin Tulfo, Maritess Vitug, Conrado de Quiros, and William Esposo to testify in a June 22 hearing on Arroyo’s affirmative defense in connection with his motion to dismiss the suit against him. Arroyo’s lawyer Ruy Rondain subpoenaed the eight journalists to appear as “hostile witnesses.”
The subpoena also ordered the journalists to bring “all the articles they have published or caused to be published, concerning Atty. Jose Miguel Arroyo from January 2001 until the present.”
“By presenting the journalists, papalabasin ko na walang chilling effect (I will show that there is no chilling effect),” Rondain said to reporters after the hearing.
In his motion to quash the subpoenas, the lawyer of the journalists argued that the subpoenas were not in compliance “with the relevant rules on the service of the subpoenas” as they were only served on the office of the journalists’s lawyers and not on the journalists themselves.
Laguilles gave Arroyo’s camp five days to file a formal comment on the motion.
Lawyer Roger Rayel argued during the hearing that the testimonies of the eight subpoenaed journalists are irrelevant because Arroyo’s motion to dismiss could be decided solely on the basis of the complaint filed by the journalists. Arroyo’s motion to dismiss argues that Laguilles does not have jurisdiction over the case because of insufficient docket fees and the complaint filed by the plaintiffs had failed to state a cause of action.
The motion to quash submitted by the plaintiffs’ lawyer cited the Supreme Court ruling in the Peltan Development Inc. vs. Court of Appeals (270 SCRA 82, 91) case which stated that “In the resolution of a motion to dismiss based on failure to state a cause of action, only the facts alleged in the complaint must be considered.”
Rondain said the eight journalists, none of whom appeared for the hearing, should be cited for contempt and arrested for not abiding by the subpoena.
The plaintiffs’ lead lawyer, Harry Roque, said that “Their (Arroyo and his lawyers’) threat to cite for contempt journalists is nothing new. If they cannot threaten media through filing of libel suits, he will do this through contempt charges. This just proves that they are truly an enemy of the press.”
The class action suit was filed on 28 December 2006 by 36 journalists and media organization Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism and The Daily Tribune against Arroyo, arguing that the 11 libel suits Arroyo had lodged against 46 journalists is an abuse of his right to litigate and an attack on press freedom.
Only wondering if there was really an heart operation on citizen Arroyo.
On June 22nd, 2007 at 12:49 am, I doubted the “magnanimity of Mike Arroyo for dropping the libel cases against the journalists. So, I searched for what magnanimity stands for and the dictionary says: Quality of being magnanimous; greatness of soul or mind.
Now, in seeking the arrest of the no-show journalists, is that greatness of soul or mind? It is clear that everytime the Arroyos open their mouth, there are sides of it. Just recently, Gloria is seeking for media help. Within hours, Mike is seeking to jail the media practitioners. Or, does it mean they are now uncouple and already living in two different world?
Beware of mr and mrs pidal. They have forked tongues.
This guy is evil, Ellen. He thinks that he and his wife own the Philippines and that whatever he says is an order from heaven. Masaya siya!
It is he and his wife whom the court should order arrested for the miseries and hardships Filipinos are suffering now, and worst the shame and humiliation these idiots bring to Filipinos. I, myself, cannot find anything to be proud of the Philippines, the land of my birth, now. For decades, in fact, I have found solace and consolation. and even refuge in my Japanese me, looks, name and all, especially when people here talk about the Filipino prostitutes that even now this big pimp called “Gloria Mama-san” still tries hard to sell to the Japanese through her emissaries, Egcel Lagman, et al., work hard to make it possible for these women, and men, too, dressed as women, to still come here as the Philippines’ ambassadresses of goodwill. Pwe!
I am in fact interpreting for a girl or two charged with illegal entry to Japan and working here without proper permits as bar hostesses, when it’s been two years now since Japan passed the new immigration law that bars their entry here. Ang tigas talaga ng mga ulo like the idiot and her husband there.
It is only now in fact that I’m feeling proud and not ashamed of the Filipinos—kasi lumalaban na sila. The election of Senator Trillanes is for me hope for all sane, logical and God-fearing Filipinos, not the woman who pretends to be holy, but deep in her heart she is evil, devil-possessed as a matter of fact.
I hate to say this but for this Fatso, I pray that may it be God’s will to have him eliminated and removed from this world soon para hindi na makaperhuwisyo sa mga tao. Iyan ang isang malaking salot na dapat na sinusupil. God, please bawasan na po ninyo ang mga salbahe at walanghiya sa mundo, lalo na sa Pilipinas! Unahin na po ninyo iyong matabang mamang siyang may pakana ng lahat ng kasamaan sa bansang sinilangan namin ngayon.
Tama ang lahat ng sinasabi mo at ng mga bloggers dito, Ellen. Iyong ibang sumisingit dito baka pa nga iyong matabang mama na nagpapakulo ng mga dugo natin. Hopefully, natatauhan na rin ang mga hukom ng korte ng Pilipinas. Hindi sila dapat nadidiktahan ng mga ungas.
Itong ginagawa ng ungas na iyan dapat i-disbar siya. Pati na iyong abusadong abogado niya. Maraming precedents, Ellen. Lawyer Roque can cite the recent case of the disbarment of a US prosecutor who abused his power recently.
We’ll past and pray for you, guys.
…..We’ll FAST and pray for you, guys…..
Xanadu:
I never believed this Arroyo couple. Hayup ang mga iyan. They should be the ones arrested and imprisoned for violating not just one law but even the Constitution of the land when they plotted the removal of a duly elected president of the Philippines. Mas hanga pa ako kay Erap for allowing himself to be subject to the rule of law.
These crooks should be pulled from their high horses. The creep’s visits to the holy places of the Catholics in fact are simply for a show—pretend to be holy and frighten the ignoramuses when she claims that she has the blessing of the Catholic Pope!
If I were a Catholic, I would write to the Pope and ask why he still entertains this crook and not scold her for the miseries and pains she and her husband have caused their fellow countrymen. The husband in fact should be condemned to hell.
BTW, the Arroyos wield power in Negros. No wonder Negros is portrayed around the world as something like Darfur! It is the symbol of hopeless and poverty. Kung matinong tao iyan bakit hindi na lang sila bumaba?
Tuloy ang laban, Ellen. We are all on your side. Kudos to Atty. Roque. Ingat siya. I bet you he has received a lot of threats on his life too many. But God is on his side, for sure, for as long as he does God’s Will and for the good of his fellowmen, he will be able to get protection from up above.
God bless you, Ellen!
….Negros … is the symbol of HOPELESSNESS and POVERTY while the idiot and her family live in luxury! Golly, parties for her children, grandchildren, et al, I am told are charged to the Filipino taxpayers. Meron pa ngang isang kababayan nila ang sabi sa akin, pirmi siyang kumbidado sa mga party nila sa Malacanang. Assumptionista din gaya niya. Buti na lang wala nang Assumption ngayon!!!
(1)Mike seeks arrest of 8 no-show journalists June 23rd
(2)DOJ junks coup raps vs Gringo;Affirms charges vs Trillanes June 22nd
(3)CA confirmation costs P5 M – Teves June 22nd
(4)A national shame June 22nd
(5)Mike Arroyo’s lawyer to seek dismissal of media class suit” June 22nd
(6)Media’s sole responsibility is to the people’ June 21st
(7)Original contracts for $365M telecom deal with Sino firm stolen, says DOTC exec June 21st
(8)Esperon passes buck to Pimentel June 20th
(9)The ghost of Hello Garci is back June 20th
With these Headlines over the past four days give reason to watch Schizoglo closely with the possibility of another Headline “Canvass of tainted CoC to triggers political crisis” with the unrest giving her the excuse to declare Martial Law.
Her back is to the wall, the corruption in her government continues to be uncovered, losing documents is the latest excuse. The people are watching, now fully awake, if the Comelec are stupid in their final confirmation of the number twelve slot – don’t be surprised if the people will take their grievance to the streets – Abolos, be warned because it will be your neck in the noose!
Korek ka dyan, WWNL.
What else is new with the Pidals! You can never trust this pair! What they say is not what they do! One thing they are very good at is LIE!
this people of evil GMA will do anything,even to the devil to protect their interest!! the filipinos are not dumb or stupid to know what is really the situation of FG! the reason that FG can not make it in public is that FG is not that normal anymore!! baka nga pag tinanong siya sa huwes to state his i dentity is mag kamali siya at sabihin niya ay si Jose Pidal siya! because we all know what happens with him when he was tap by the almighty to wake him up and remind him of all the wrong doing aside from cheating, lying and corruption, they are in murdering and kidnapping of people who go aginst them!!FG is not capable to stand and speak for himself anymore! FG doesn`t know who he is now!! baka sabihin niya aside from jose pidal ay siya ay si LUCIFER.. it hurts,but that is the truth!!
kunyari ay mabait kahapon, pero maliwanag na asal hayup ngayon!
‘yan si jose pidal, ang dakilang balatkayo!
Ako, Magno, kahit kailan hindi maniniwala sa mga iyan. Puede pa siguro kung bumaba at kusangloob na magpahuli sa pulis at magpakulong sa mga krimen na pinaggagagawa nilang mag-asawa. Tignan mo naman si unano, ayon at namamasyal na naman. Tuwang-tuwa ang animal na nilulustay ang perang hindi naman kaniya.
Ano ba iyan. Hanggang condolence na lang ba tayo sa nangyayari sa Pilipinas. Puede ba mag-alsa na kung mag-aalsa. Nakakasawa nang nakikita ang pagmumukha ng ungas na akala niya sa sarili niya ang ganda niya. Kundi pa niretoke ang mukha ng ungas. Di hamak namang magaganda iyong mga kapatid sa ama pero may nakita ka bang pagdi-display nila ng mga mukha nila sa dyaryo? Nada! Pero tignan mo naman ang mga walanghiya. Iyong Fatso nakabukaka pa nang magpalitratong nakahiga sa kama. Ang lakas-lakas ng katawan. Kaya ang duda ko diyan, nagpapapayat lang ang animal dahitl ngayon nagagawan na ng paraan ang obesity. Risky nga lang. Sana magkamali iyong doctor at matepok na ang animal!
alitaptap Says: “Beware of mr and mrs pidal. They have forked tongues.”
alitaptap, hindi ako naniniwala. dahil ang pagkakaalam ko ang mag-asawang ‘yan at may dilang WALIS TINGTING!
….ang pagkakaalam ko ang mag-asawang ‘yan AY may dilang WALIS TINGTING!
“Rondain said the journalists should each pay the cost of his appearance at P4,000 an hour.”
Antipatico ! To begin w/, unless one is fighting for a lost cause or will be embroiled in an “unwinnable” case, would one really get this Rondain as a lawyer ?
Rondain is a reflection of Mike Arroyo. Ika nga, “It takes one to know one.”
Pag napapanood ko itong si Atty. Rondain sa TV, hindi abugado ang naiisip ko. Mas mukha siyang miron sa sakla na laging nakabuntot sa bangkero.
P4,000 per hour? Saang saklaan ito?
On a more serious note, he said there should be no case for failure of the journalist to pay the correct docket fees, why is he calling this journalists to testify? Parang sinabi niyang wala dapat sakla, pero kailangang tumaya kayo… ang gulo! Sa sakla pa rin nauwi.
Bakit babayaran ng mga journalist ang Rondain na iyan, e siya ang may gusto ng ginagawa niya sa sarili niya. Gago din ano?
Tangi na niya! Puro sila kalokohan. Ginagawa pa nilang tanga at bobo ang mga kababayan niya.
May kapareho iyan na isa pang gagong abogado. Iyong MakaLINTAl. Golly, bakit ba puro linta ang mga nakapaligid sa mag-asawang sucker?! Unbelievable.
Dito sa Japan iyan, matagal nang natanggal sa trabaho iyan. Baka hindi pa iyan naka-qualify! Tangi na, imbes na turuan ang kliyente niyang magpakatao, tinuturuan pang magpatay-patayan o nasa bingit ng kamatayan kahit na sa totoo lang ay nagpapapayat lang. Yuck! Ang bobo naman!
In fact, I met a Philippine lawyer. Bagay hindi graduate ng UP. Golly, gustong makialam sa legal procedure dito. Walang alam na hindi siya puedeng magpractice dito gawa ng hindi naman siya kumuha ng board exam dito! Gusto pang lokohin ang pamilya ng isang pilipinong nakakulong na kaya niyang ipagtanggol iyong pilipino na tuturuan pa niya na magsinungaling. Gago! Sinabi ko nga sa kaniya na hindi puede ang abilidad niya dito gawa nang matinik ang mga pulis sa paghahanap ng ebidensiya. Gunggong din. Sabi ko sa pamilya ng nakakulong, huwag nilang bayaran ang ungas. Kaso daw nakapag-down na sila ng pera. Gustung-gusto ko nang ipadakip sa pulis dito for fraud!!!
Sabi nga lang ng kaibigan kong pulis, wala namang involved na hapon at ang usapan ay sa Pilipinas naman nangyari. Iyan ba ang ipinagmamalaki ng mga switik na ito? Pwe! Kakakulo ng dugo!
Serious na nga, nagkamali tuloy. Corrections on the last paragraph:
“On a more serious note, he said there should be no case for failure of the JOURNALISTS to pay the correct docket fees, why is he calling THESE journalists to testify? Parang sinabi niyang wala dapat sakla, pero kailangang tumaya kayo… ang gulo! Sa sakla pa rin nauwi.
P4,000 an hour?
4,000 pitik sa tenga, puwede pa!
bakit, sino ba siyang babayaran ng ganito kada oras? lakas ng kurakot talaga ng mga ‘ayup!
Lawyer Rodain is crying wolf. It’s an upside down world. Si Jose Pidal ang dapat maunang magtestigo sa korte bago ang mga nagrelamomg mamahayag. Ang bait mo naman Ka Magno dapat 4,000 pitik sa yagballs para matauhan.
sigurado ko na kaya marami ang natalo sa team unity kasi naniniwala ako sa sinabi ni OCAYVILLE na hindi na normal si FG ARROYO kaya di siya nakamaniobra sa pandadaya
sorry mam ellen di ko nabasa yong hindi dapat gumamit ng capital letter
P4,000 per hour. sinisingil ang mga journalists? Pati abugado nila Pidal, pangingikil ang lakad, nakakahiya!
Kaya sabi ni Harry Roque: “Their (Arroyo and his lawyers’) threat to cite for contempt journalists is nothing new. If they cannot threaten media through filing of libel suits, he will do this through contempt charges. This just proves that they are truly an enemy of the press.”
Amen.
Sa susunod, Atty. Roque, ituloy mo na kung kakandidato ka!
TongueT
Ang pakilasa ko, itong abogado ni Mike Arroyo, gustong bumibili ng bagong kotse kaya mahal ang sinisingil. Hanggang ngayon, naka-trisikad pa yan, pedal ng pedal.
BTW, what legacy is the idiotic unano talking about? Her legacy of fraud, lies and deceit? May naniniwala pa ba diyan? I wonder. Abaw, bebentahan daw niya iyong mga Filipinos overseas ng mga pasiklab niya kasi iyong mga pilipino sa Pilipinas, tumalino na at hindi na niya maloko? In short, ipinapalabas pang inutil at bobong katulad niya iyong mga pilipino sa ibang bansa. Masaya siya!
Ystakei,
“BTW, what legacy is the idiotic unano talking about? Her legacy of fraud, lies and deceit?”
Maybe her legacy is to be a national shame !
Her legitimacy is still under the clouds of doubt, what legacy she’s talking about?
But considering her contribution in putting our country as the world’s No. 1 in corruption, we should put our hands together in applauding her as the very first to be called the National Shame of the Philippines.
Bravo…..bra..booooo!
Naglamierda na naman pala si Buruka Blinky Tiyanak. Ang balita sa The World Tonight ay papunta ng Singapore (kasama na naman kaya si Brenda?)
P4,000 per hour ang legal fee ni Rondain sa korte ay mahinang klaseng abugado,iyong kumpare ko na graduate ng Upang at 3 times bar-flunker ay P5,000 per hour ang legal fee niya pero kumuha siya ng doctorate of law sa Yale.Itong si Rondain kahit na sa University of Guam ay hindi yata nag-master ng law tapos sisingil ng P4,000 per hour.Daydreaming!
Ano ba kuya talaga? You said you dismissed the libel suit tapos naman ngayon ipapaaresto mo ang mga 8 journalists. Anak ng tianak naman. Ang gulo niyang kausap.
The tiyanak is enjoying her trips kasi this is where she gets all the KUPITS by entering into shady contracts. The Senate will really have a lot of work checking on all the contracts she enters into. Baka mamaya sa kanya na ang Pilipinas kasi lahat ng businesses ay nasa DUMMIES niya. Di ba ganito rin ang ginawa ni Marcos noon? But I still have some admiration for the late President Marcos. For this tiyanak, I despise her with passion!
Mike is now probably brain dead and the lawyers representing him are probably doing the killing. If the price is right, anyone can do anything. For his lawyers, this is the time for them to make some money. In Philippine politics, there are only two main commodities, money and power. Nothing else matters-no honor whatsoever!
Parasabayan,
Baka may dalang dollars, kaya maya-maya bumibiyahe. Murang bumili ng dollars ngayon.
Matanong ko kayo, for example pag napatunayan na talagang ninakaw nga ni Gloria ang 2004 Presidential election at isa siyang bogus na presidente, lahat ba ng pinirmahan niyang contracts ay magiging VOID?
Jadenlou
I’m not a lawyer but for practical approach lang, I think what Gloria signed in behalf of the government cannot be voided kahit siya mapatunayang not the duly elected president. Unfortunately, yan ang kalakaran dahil we have diplomatic relationship with the concerned countries who should be always behind whenever their citizens/companies entered into a contract abroad.
Maganda sana kung pwedeng maging void kasi si Gloria ang pinakamalaki ang inutang to run the government and now part and parcel of our foreign and local indebtedness. Kung sinong susunod na presidente ang magmamana ng mga utang or contracts na pinirmahan or even witnessed by Gloria.
Jadenlou, the tiyanak was installed to the presidency by no other that the Supreme Court in 2001! If proven that she really cheated her way into office in 2004, the best that can happen to her is to rot in jail! All contracts usually have expiration dates. Let us just hope that there are protection clauses too in these contracts that would protect the Philippines in the event that this bogus president has indeed compromised us. She has so far acted like she owns the Philippines and she has acted against the will of the people from day one. As to how extensive her blunders are, we will only know when she leaves her post and the now allies of hers can start to enumerate all her wrong doings by then. Let us brace for the worst! As it stands right now, everyone who knows her “dirt” are bribed with money and powerful positions so the chances of knowing the truth is nil! It is like looking for a needle in a hay stack. This tiyanak has mastered(or even earned a doctorate degree) in corruption!
PSB: This tiyanak has mastered(or even earned a doctorate degree) in corruption!
*****
One thing I am told by friends at UP was someone was paid big sum of money for the idiot to be granted a doctorate’s degree in Economics from UP, the same university that actually turned her father down to have her enter UP when she graduated from the Assumption Convent’s high school without the usual entrance exam that I was told she could not pass!!!
In short, tinuruan pang maging corrupt iyong kulapong nagbigay sa kaniya ng doctorate niya based on some dissertation paper that was in fact a recycled paper done by Dadong Macapagal.
Isa pang curious ako, PSB, is the hush-hush talk about the paternity of this idiot. Ang sarap sigurong ipa-establish doon sa mga anak ni Dadong na mga pamangkin ng mga Dela Rosa iyong paternity ni Pandak. Ano kaya kung lumabas na hindi pala siya anak ni Dadong? Kahiya-hiya ano?
Xanadu: I’m not a lawyer but for practical approach lang, I think what Gloria signed in behalf of the government cannot be voided kahit siya mapatunayang not the duly elected president.
*****
Kahit na pinirmahan niya, by law, it is common sense that Filipinos can ask for a revocation of any contract, etc. signed by this idiot on the ground that she was not legitimate and legally holding the right to make such deals. The foreign counterpart will be obliged to do what is right for the contract signed by anyone not having authority and legal right cannot be binding.
Sabi ng ungas, doon daw niya ibebenta sa mga OFWs sa Singapore ang hindi na niya mabenta sa mga pilipino sa Pilipinas. Aba ginawa pang mga tanga ang mga pilipino sa Singapore ha!
Tangi na, anong kabulastugan na naman ang sinasabi ng ungas na ibebenta daw niya ang mga pilipino sa ibang bansa? Puede ba tigilan na niya ang pagta-traffick niya ng mga pilipinong bugaw siya. Nakakahiya ang asal ng bugaw na ito na daig pa iyong mga putang ibinubugaw niya at ng mga kasama niyang mga bugaw din. Ang lakas ng loob ng ungas na wala namang ginagawa para hindi mapugutan ng mga ulo ang mga pilipino sa KSA, etc. Hindi ba niya alam na nakakabuwang ang malayo sa mga pamilya na nangyayari sa mga pilipinong ibinubugaw niya?
At least, dito sa Japan, ang mga katulad kong galit sa policy ng mga bugaw sa Pilipinas ay pinapakinggan. Ang tagal din namin nilakad ang paghihigpit sa mga Japayuki sa totoo lang. Ngayon talagang hindi nagbibigay ang Japan sa mga kabulastugan ni unano. Iyon ngang ipinadala ditong mga tourists to work as bar hostesses kamakailan, hinuli at mukhang makukulong kahit na isang taon lang para mabigyan sila ng leksyon. Pero naantig ba si bugaw? Hindi!
Iyong mga deals niya sa mga intsik for one ay mahigpit na binabantayan ng mga hapon lalo na kung detrimental sa interest nila. Isa na itong nawawalang contract daw. Tama ang Mister ko nang sabihin niyang ginawang collateral ni unano ang Pilipinas sa mga pangungutang niya sa China at Korea. Baka balang araw wala nang Pilipinas!
mlm, thank you very much.