Read this story to see the dreadful kind of human beings we have as members of our House of Representatives.
Go globe-trotting on taxpayers’ money and get paid even without working.
With these and similar promises of the good life, senior members of the House of Representatives yesterday welcomed first-term members during the chamber’s orientation seminar.
Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. regaled his audience of some 80 neophyte and returning lawmakers with the announcement that since last year, each House member’s allowance for foreign travel has been pegged at P1 million.
He did not say if the sum is good for one year but promised that the amount will be given to each congressman or congresswoman even if they just stay put.
“We made an important decision in this House (last year) that all congressmen and all congresswomen, irrespective of their political party, majority or minority will get an entitlement of P1 million … to force you to travel, to entice you to travel,” De Venecia said.
He said the intent of the travel allowance is to prod members to study the culture, systems and policies of other countries to give them an idea how political leaders of progressive countries have brought about prosperity to their people.
“It’s important to see what Malaysia has done, what China has done, Korea and all nations. Not just go there for one day or two days but one week or 10 days and to really learn their system, cultures and work ethic and how they built a modernized and developed infrastructure,” De Venecia said.
Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr. who was serving his third term as Camarines Sur representative when he received the call to join the Arroyo Cabinet last year, was also on hand to welcome the newcomers.
He cracked jokes about the perennial problem of the House to raise a quorum.
“Masarap maging kongresista. You have flexible time. Puwede kang pumasok, puwedeng hindi and still you get your salary,” Andaya said.
He was invited to explain the process of enactment of the annual national budget which, among other important bills, has been the regular victim of lack of quorum.
On top of their P1 million overseas travel budget, House members also receive a monthly P270,000 lump sum for the day-to-day running of their offices; a P50,000 allowance from the Office of the Speaker; P20,000 to visit their legislative districts; and P35,000 in basic salary.
Mandaluyong Rep. Neptali Gonzales II, a returning first-term congressman and majority leader in the 12th Congress, stood as a resource person on legislative and parliamentary processes.
He took the opportunity to warn his colleagues about the penchant of Congress reporters to ask “baiting” questions.
“Be careful about leading questions from reporters. If they get you to answer ‘yes’ you’ll find yourself in the headlines the following day.”
Nagulat ako, Ellen, sa first word ng column. Akala ko yung GO stands for Genuine Opposition. (sigh of relief)
“Masarap maging kongresista. You have flexible time. Puwede kang pumasok, puwedeng hindi and still you get your salary,” Andaya said.
Katulad ng sinabi ni Andaya (tsokaran ito ni Dayana Z) hirap talaga ng buhay sa ngayon lalo na kapag Congressman ka lang. Pasalamat si Pacquiao at hindi siya nanalo. Tingnan nyo, ang tipid ni JDV, P1 million para overseas travel budget, a monthly P270,000 lump sum para sa office nila, may empleyado o wala,P50,000 allowance mula sa bulsa kuno ni JDV, P20,000 kapag namasyal ka sa distrito kahit taga QC. At ito, P35,000 lamang ang basic salary ng Congressman. Kawawa naman, gusto kong maiyak sa habag sa kanila.
Ellen,
People are finding out these huge amounts just now for each tongressman because JdV is in a panic mode publicly enticing them to vote him Speaker again!
My niece has been telling me about these perks, including the 1M allowance foreign travel for each of the reps, so I believe this news.
80 newbie tongressmen. Tiyak, boboto sa kanya ang mga bagong salta! Ang sarap ng buhay ng mga tongressmen at our expense!
Hoy, pera namin iyang nilalagalag ninyo sa mundo! Mga bwiset!
Ang sarap hatakin sa magkabila ang mga taenga de Venecia hanggang sa mabaklas sa ulo niya ang mga ito!
Tongue: Nagulat ako, Ellen, sa first word ng column.
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Me, too, first initial reaction ko—shock! But no sigh of relief kasi shock pa rin ako doon sa dalawang taksil, huwag na si Villar kasi hindi ko naman ini-expect na matino ang taong iyan!
Remember that the amounts mentioned in the above article is only for one (1) Representa-thieve. Imagine i-multiply mo iyan sa lahat ng mga iyan. Milyung-milyung piso na pinaghihirapan ng taong bayan para lang waldasin ng mga inutil!
Carlo Conde in one of his Intl Herald Tribune reports wrote that nearly $2 billion dollars, or roughly 13 percent of the Philippines’ annual budget, is lost to corruption in the country each year, according to the United Nations Development Program.
Isa pang nakakaawa ay itong pamilya ni Sen. Miriam brenda Santiago. Hirap na hirap siya bilang dyulalay ni Gloria Arroyo sa pagpuntang abroad, ang asawa naman niya ay isang undersecretary for nothing doing sa Malakanyang.
Nasa Inquirer ngayon kasi ay ang anak niya si Archie Santiago taking his oath as a party list Congressman for the Alliance for Rural Concern (ARC). At sa harap ito ni Abalos, first time kong napansin na may nanumpa before Abalos. Party list members belong to the marginalized sector kaya poor pala itong si Archie Santiago. Questionable ang kanyang panunumpa dahil may pending resolution to withdraw his name as the group’s No. 1 nominee.
Luz,
Ganda ng tawag mo, bagay na bagay sa mga kurakot sa Tongress, Representa-thieves!!! 😛
What Joe de Venecia is doing is showing the new members of Congress the way to graft and corruption, the easy way, the JdV way!
TurningPoint, ang nakakasuka pa’y mismong nanay niya ang nanumpa sa kanya. Wala na naman delikadesa ang mga buwang na iyan. Hanggang ngayon ay isa pang palaisipan ang pagkamatay ng isa pang anak. Nagpakamatay daw o pinatay? Walang imbestigasyon…basta na lang hinarang at inilibing ang anak. Ka duda duda talaga…Etong si Miriam kung nagkataon na tumakbo noon katatapos lang na election tiyak na sa kangkungan siya dadamputin tulad ng ibang sipsip kay tiyanak. Buti na lang hanggang 2010 pa ang termino niya.
The HSA legalizes extra-judicial violations while this legitimizes theft.
Tongue, Yuko, I edited the word “Go”. Thanks for calling my attention to it. Kakasuka talaga itong mga mandurugas sa Congress.
Ellen,
The financial largesse that each member of the Philippine House of Rep receives ain’t bad at all in as much as the nation’s minimum wage is only some 10% of their monthly salary.
If you are to take that as reference, members of the House receive a lot more proportionally than what their French counterparts receive (based on France’s monthly minimum wage law which is 1 173 Euro before taxes):
A member of French parliament receives the following:
Basic salary: 5 400, 32 € (or roughly 4 times only of a minimum wage earner in France); obviously added to that are the following:
Housing allowance: (3 %): 162.01 €
Parliamentary allowance: (25 %): 1 390.58 €
TOTAL GROSS MONTHLY SALARY BEFORE TAXES: 6 952.91 €
Deducted from that gross salary:
Pension fund: 1 153, 08 €
Mandatory contribution to solidarity fund (national) : 55.62 €
Obligatory contribution to national debt (applies to all employees in France but proportional to gross pay): 539.55 €
Contribution to resources guarantee fund: 27.00 €
NET MONTHLY PAY: 5 177.66 €
Added to this is a monthly representational expense account which cannot exceed 6 278 € out of which the salary of his secretary is deducted.
Personal meals outside of official receptions are paid for by the member of parliament (out of his own pocket) and if he has official guests whom he invites to meals, he also pays for them either out of his own pocket or out of the representational expense budget which is not much (6 278 € monthly from which he pays his secretary or any other assistant he wants to hire.)
Operational/office expenses that taxpayers pay:
Mail or postage expenses provided correspondences have something to do with his job; anything of private nature cannot avail of parliamentary postage budget a parliamentarian enjoys.
Telephone expenses (but limited to a global amount) are also shouldered by taxpayers equivalent to 5 telephone lines (4 landlines and 1 mobile phone line and fax) and 2 subscriptions to the internet.
Perks:
Transportation discounts, i.e., metro, train and air tickets (since many members of parliament live outside of Paris)
A parliamentary “hotel” is at the disposal of members of parliament who live outside paris for when they attend parliamentary sessions for a very little fee which they for themselves.
No member of parliament in France lives like a king! They pay income taxes just like any of us. No citizen of the Republic will ever accept that his representative in Parliament have the perks and privileges of the members of the House of Congress in the Philippines – believe me, they’d fall like a ton of bricks with their heads on the ground if ever they abused taxpayers’ money.
All these figures are published yearly and open to public scrutiny.
Wow! Anna,tranparent ang Accountancy mo.Sa kanila lang talaga mapunta ang Tax ni Inday na nagpapakahirap sa ibang bansa.Kaya pala ang sabi ni Daisy (Desi-siete)Guapo raw si Congressman pag nakabarong,pero pumapangit na raw pag nasa tabi ng swimming pool,nakakasuka na raw pag hindi nadala ang pitaka.hehehehehe!
And members of French Parliament work hard – none of the bullshit thing here that members of the House of Reps in Pinas do.
People who enter politics here do not do so to be rich – they do so out of desire to serve.
Same case in the UK.
240 congress members x 1 million pesos= P240M. This amount can built hundreds of classrooms. Overseas travel? Baka pati mga kulasisi kasama sa budget. Masarap pala maging tongressman.
In the UK, members of the House of Commons (UK Parliament) receive an annual salary of £59,095 or less than £6,000 monthly before taxes a little more than his counterpart in France; Minimum wage in the UK is 1 083 Euros monthly or roughly £800.
Ooops sorry … UK member of Parliament (House of Commons) makes roughly £5,000 monthly before taxes.
But in the UK each member of the House of Commons has a bigger “operating budget” than his French counterpart; nevertheless, MPs don’t abuse the budget because they have to account for each and every penny of that budget which is actually taxpayers’ money.
“Masarap maging kongresista. You have flexible time. Puwede kang pumasok, puwedeng hindi and still you get your salary,” Andaya said.
This kind of remark would have been deadly for any member of parliament anywhere in Europe!
It is gobsmacking to discover that these members of the House of Representathieves of the Philippines could even joke about their non-performance. Very telling – Andaya has just shown how primitive he is.
(I will talk about this to my friends in the EU parliament here so that they never invite this jerk!)
Anna: No member of parliament in France lives like a king! They pay income taxes just like any of us. No citizen of the Republic will ever accept that his representative in Parliament have the perks and privileges of the members of the House of Congress in the Philippines – believe me, they’d fall like a ton of bricks with their heads on the ground if ever they abused taxpayers’ money.
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Same here, Anna. I don’t even see them having private armies. I used to commute in fact with a member of the Diet who lives near our place, and he would not mind riding packed trains, and people noticing him but wouldn’t say anything but “magtrabaho ka kaya ka namin binoto!”
Like all workers here, they get this train pass at discount rates, and avoid commuting to their offices in private cars because the government will not actually pay for their parking tickets. It is why there are cars provided and they are well accounted for. In the Philippines, in fact, government cars are even used by the spouses of the creeps and their kids, and gasoline charged to the taxpayers! Dito iyan, sibak sila agad! Sa Pilipinas, ipinagmamalaki pa!
Cocoy,
Transparency is the way forward or the way to progress. No nation can progress when their public servants do shenanigans. The citizens of Europe won’t tolerate let alone accept non-transparency from the people they elect to serve them. Impossible! Pupulutin sila sa kangkungan dito!
Cocoy,
Sabi ni Daisy (disisiete) ay pogi si tongressman kung naka-barong pero pumapangit kung hindi dala ang pitaka ha!
Naku Cocoy, pati ang aking asawa ay humagalpak ng tawa sa ‘yo! hahahahahh!!!
Yuko,
I’m so surprised that in a country which is supposed to be one of the poorest countries in the world in terms of poverty of a huge sector of the nation’s population, the country boasts of members of Congress who live like kings!
Ano yan! Baligtad! Dapat members of parliament of rich countries like the ones in Europe should be the ones to show off – pero hindi! Why? Because we don’t have a culture of kurakot here and besides, people will behead them if ever they do that. Like in Japan, many members of Parliament take public transport and they take inter city trains (RER) like anybody else to go to work!
“Masarap maging kongresista. You have flexible time. Puwede kang pumasok, puwedeng hindi and still you get your salary,” Andaya said.
We’ve known this all along but for Andaya to say it aloud, it proves that he’s TONTO!
Sabi ni Confucius:
In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed wealth is something to be ashamed of.
When I was at Oxford, Anna, my foster Dad introduced me to a parliamentarian who was his classmate. I did not recognize him as one because he looked more like a hippie to me, butas pa ang pantalon. I was shocked when I found out that he was a member of the Parliament.
Sa Pilipinas, ang daming mayabang. Sinusupalpal ko ang mga iyan when I meet them. The only clean and pure one I have met is Crispin Beltran. He may not speak hifalutin English, and may not have a college degree but this humble man has guts and full of pep and desire to serve his country and people in the best way he can. I’m glad that his partylist has won, and hopefully, his health will allow him to do the best he can as usual.
There you see the gathering of Thieves, scheming and conspiring how to fleece every ounce of the taxpayers’ money without any qualms.
They don’t need to go Malaysia or anywhere to learn how the progressive countries are doing business, they can do it right inside the hall of the congress. Start by working for their salaries, instead of thinking and planning how to Suck every penny of the country’s finances.. or i’m just talking to the fools..
“In a country badly governed wealth is something to be ashamed of.”
Pero ang mga members of the Pinas House of Representathieves, MGA WALANGHIYA! MAGNANAKAW! KURAKOT!
Dapat diyan sa mga iyan, pugutan ng ulo sa Plaza Miranda a la French Revolution…
Alam mo ba Yuko, there are British MPs whose salaries are just enough to make them live – not luxuriously at all. They pay their bills but after that, some don’t even have enough to put in a savings account?
That’s why a few have left politics altogether to work in the private sector. We all know that Winston Churchill was constantly in debt that he had to write books, newspaper articles, commentaries to augment his income. His wife, Clementine was often heard complaining about bills.
Pero sa atin, they join Congress poor, they leave it filthy rich! And we tolerate that? Gosh! Pinoys have got to stand up for their own dignity and object to this blood letting!
Sinabi mo pa, Anna. Bumabaligtad talaga ang sikmura ko sa mga taong iyan when I see them.
I was shocked when I learned that a lot of them in fact pester wealthy ambassadors for allowance for their gallivanting spree. I was told of how a wealthy ambasssador to Japan would deliberately hide from these Congressmen because he knew their purpose of paying him a call—para mangikil!!!
Shocked talaga ako when I found out about it. Dito iyan, batikos dito batikos doon ang aabutin nila hanggang magpakamatay sila!!!
Vic is right! What bullshit is Joe de Venecia propagating? Travelling to see Malaysia, China, etc.? For what? They have enough common sense to draft the laws that this country needs to advance – what can they learn that’s not been taught them?
Do they mean to say they want to learn all about honesty, hard work, perseverance, sincerity…? If they don’t have it now, they won’t have it at all even if they visit Fatima, Lourdes, the Vatican or a monastery!
Sabi nga ni Yuko, puro panloloko, puro kurakot, puro katarantaduhan!
Lalong nakurakot ang Congress because of this De Venecia and the Pidals.
Akala ko magbabago na ang Pangalatok na iyan nang malutong buhay ang anak niya. Hindi pala! Kawawa naman iyong dalaga, but I think God was saving her from being corrupted further by her corrupt parent or parents! Sometimes, it is what God allows to happen for the benefit of the good and innocent ones.
Naku!!!!!
Iyan ang dahilan kung bakit mahirap ang Pilipinas. “Masarap maging Kongresista. Pwede kang pumasok at umupo lang, pwede di ka rin pumasok.” Pero may sweldo pa rin. Kung sa bagay kasi buwanan sila sumahod. Kung arawan sila, ewan ko lang!!!
Ganun pa man, dapat magtrabaho kasi pera ng taumbayan ang ibinabayad sa kanila. Napaka walang hiya naman nila kung uupo lang sila na walang gagawin pero sumasahod pa rin.
Anyway, lahat naman tayo mamatay at huhusgahan sa kabilang buhay. Mas mabigat nga lang ang kaso nitong mga TONGRESSMAN na ito kasi MORTAL SIN ang pahirapan mo ang isang tao na mahirap na. That is very uncharitable on the part of this TONGRESSMEN. Pweh pweh pweh!!!!!
Yup, Anna, I know. I have met a lot of these royalties and see them living frugally. Iyong foster Mom ko nga Baroness pero walang tuyo sa ulo di gaya noong apo ng isang labandera who thinks she is a member of some royal family that need to be reinstalled. Hibang talaga. Puro yabang lang!
But as my father-in-law said, kung magnanakaw daw ngayon, pihado may nunong magnanakaw din. I believe this. Tignan mo naman kung ano ang pinanggalingan ng mga magnanakaw na iyan. Dugong aso pa nga e!
Grabe talaga ang kapal ni JDV. If you look at the context of what he said, he was taking credit for it. And he’s telling the whole country that there’s nothing wrong for congressmen to learn things abroad using people’s money. This should not be. A campaigning candidate should say “vote for me because I have extensive experience here and abroad and I can prepare/sponsor bills for our good”, hindi niya sasabihin na “vote for me and I will train abroad using your money”!
Nakakainis!
Anna: Alam mo ba Yuko, there are British MPs whose salaries are just enough to make them live – not luxuriously at all. They pay their bills but after that, some don’t even have enough to put in a savings account?
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I know, kasi nga iyong MP na na-meet ko, butas pa ang pantalon. Pinigil ko ang tawa ko kasi baka ma-offend, but I was told that he was in fact an impoverished royalty kaya iyong castle nila somewhere up north, open to the public for a little fee, parang katulad noong bahay ng mga Spencers or the Montagu’s Beaulieu at Buckler’s Hard or the Blenheim Palace, the home of the 11th Duke of Marlborough and birthplace of Winston Churchill.
Still, I was impressed at the humility of these genuine royalties unlike those trying hard to be high society like the Pidals, et al. Walang binatbat sa totoo lang!
Nagpapasarap si de Venecia at mga tongressmen gamit ang pera natin, walang pinagkaiba kay gloria da poohtha! Kambal-tuko silang dalawang korap!
Kapag na-Karma uli iyan, tignan lang natin. Sa susunod, siya ang masusunog tulad sa nangyari sa kanyang anak noon. Hindi talaga nadadala ang gunggong na iyan.
By the way, while I’m at it, allow me to post hereunder is the 2006 minimum wage matrix in EU before taxes (including the new members of EU which will soon be getting higher wages, thanks to the EU’s richer nations’ taxpayers, grrrrrr….) in Euros:
Note: Not all members of the EU have a minimum wage law. Out of the 25 members, only 18 members so far (the old ones) have mandatory monthly minimum wages prescribed by law (The salaries of the first 7 countries in the list are reported to be the usual average wage in their countries.)
Lettonie 121 €(don’t know this country so can’t translate it in English)
Lithuania 129 €
Slovakia 183 €
Estonia 192 €
Polande 234 €
Hungary 247 €
Czech Rep 261 €
Slovénia 512 €
Portugal 437 €
Malta 580 €
Spain 631 €
Greece 668 €
France 1218 € (minimum reference given above in compared to French MP salary was based on 2005)
UK 1269 €
Irlande 1293 €
France 1218 € (minimum reference given above in compared to French MP salary was based on 2005)
Belgium 1,234 €
The Netherlands 1273 €
Luxembourg 1503 €
Germany, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Iraly, Sweden: no general minimum wage law but each employment/trade sector has its own minimum wage system
US minimum wage: corresponds to 753 € similar to the minimum wage applied in Portugal, Slovénia, Malta, Spain and Greece.
Medyo maganda na ang blood pressure ko ngayon dahil wala akong pambili ng masasarap na mga pagkain tulad noon. Puro gulay na lang. Pero nang mabalitaan kong lumambot na si Bro. Eddie Villanueva kay Gloriang tiyanak ay tumaas na naman ang BP ko.
Sabi ng balimbing na Pastor ngayon hayaan daw manatili si tiyanak hanggang 2010. Kailan lang noon 2005 ay isa siya sa mga maingay na ipinabababa sa puwesto si tiyanak. Siguro may milagro na naman na pinagkasunduan ang Malacanang at lider ng JIL.
“It’s important to see what Malaysia has done, what China has done, Korea and all nations. Not just go there for one day or two days but one week or 10 days and to really learn their system, cultures and work ethic and how they built a modernized and developed infrastructure,” De Venecia said
Impong Jose, You’ve been in Congress for almost of your entire career. Shame on you! you never learned. The solution is not to go to neighboring countries to learn the system. The solution is you and the rest of your congressman. Solution is plain and simple. Eliminate corruption, lakay jose!
I don’t know the income tax rates in other EU countries but minimum wage earners’ average annual income tax pay out in France is equivalent to 1 month take home pay or 73% of one month’s gross wage of 1218 € (the obligatory 27% monthly deduction goes to various pension funds, social security cover contributions, solidarity funds, etc., etc..)
Peope who have French work contract earning a 6-figure salary annually pays from anywhere between 44% and 64% of their annual take home pay in income tax; those with more than 6 figure salaries could pay up to 75% of their take home pay in income tax.
What I would like to know is if members of Congress who declare in their SALs assets worth millions of pesos (like Jose Pidal Jr) pay taxes on those assets notwithstanding if they don’t earn any income from them.
In the UK and in France, you pay taxes (besides property tax, residence tax, Council estate taxes, etc., etc) on the real value of your property.
In France, there is a wealth tax over and beyond assets (even on assets not earning income like your own home which serves as your primary residence) and cash you have in the bank worth more than 800 thousand Euros. You pay wealth tax of 4% over and beyond that amount. (On top of which you also pay income tax on the interest your savings accumulate over the year!)
We have a saying here that you are taxed from the minute you are born to even after you die (inheritance tax)… that you cannot be buried until those taxes are paid (coz there’s also death tax too.)
If this is applied to the Philippines, these Congressmen should be paying lots of taxes! But instead we see a list of libilities on their SALs as a kind of tax exemption. Absolutely gobsmacking! They are the ones who should pay taxes because they are the ones who fleece the country of its wealth to put in their own pockets!
Anna:
Exactly!
Artsee:
Sabi mo naghihirap ka na at na freeze ang mga assets mo and you don’t have cash in hand.what a friend for! ika nga ng mga tiga Bisaya.Huwag mong sabihin na ang kapalaran mo ay katulad ni Koko na iniwan ng mga kasamahan.Dito Atsee ang tunay na solid G.O.hindi ka namin iiwanan.I will pass a hat around and I put in million to start and I am sure the rest will contribute also,para naman makapagsimula ka uli ng negosyo at magiging milyonaryo ka uli,si Ate Chi mo pipilipitin ko na ang braso niya para maglagay uli ng milyon,si Yuko bigyan ka ng Yen at Euro naman si Anna,Iyong mga OFW sa ibang bansa okey na huwag na silang obligahin.Ilagay muna ni Tongue sa stock market.Huwag ka na ngang pakipot d’yan at tangapin mo na.Sayang ang talent mo.Ganyan ang tunay na may pinagsamahan–umiinom ng Tanduay!
artsee,
sinabi ba na hanggang December 31,2010?
kung ganon paulit ulit lang itong problema ng bansa natin?
natatandaan ko pa sa isang ANC News(09Feb2007 Friday 12NN) – nililigawan sa pamBOBOla nitong JDV si Pinky Webb(eksenang pang DOM) para maging SENADORA daw?
ano ba yan? STar Wars na naman?
Nakikinita na natin ang election sa 2010 diba?
Binibigyan nila tayo ng bagong kahulugan ng “Pepe & Pilar sa Politika”?
Magagalit si Manay Gina nyan!
AdeBrux:
Nakakapagtaka dito sa Pilipinas, lantang gulay ka na eh mahirap ka pa rin. Kailangan mo pang mangibang bansa ng mahabang panahon para makapagpagawa ng sarili mong pugad.
Hindi tulad sa mga bansa sa Europa, partikular na sa Pransiya, ang trabaho duon ay ’36-hour work week” lang.
Easy life lang, …pakopi-coffe habang nagbabasa ng mga dyaryo sa daan.
Sa Singapore noong 2000, inirekomenda ng gobyerno duon na magkaroon ng 40hr work week para sa mga mamamayan nilang namamasukan. Ibig sabihin, ang Sabado ay inilaan para sa mag-asawa na magkapiling at makasiguro na makabuo ng kanilang mga magiging supling.
Ginagarantiya nito sa darating na panahon, na ang kanilang populasyon ay magsisilbi para mismo sa kanilang bansa.
Dito sa Pilipinas, pinalolobo ang populasyon para maging dollar earner pagdating ng panahon.
Sabi pa nga ng ibang Nanay, “Gusto ko babae anak ko, para makapag-asawa ng foreigner pagdating ng panahon”.
ito na ba ang ibig sabihin ng melting pot sa ngayon?
“Dito sa Pilipinas, pinalolobo ang populasyon para maging dollar earner pagdating ng panahon.”
Paano, mga kumag (pahiram Yuko) ang mga tarantadong mga tao sa gobyerno umpisa kay Gloria na poohtha at kay daga de Venecia!
Buti nga hindi na publicly ibinebenta ni Gloria ang cheap Pinoy labour in her foreign sorties!
Btw, magkanong tax ang binayad ng dalawang walanghiyang tao na mag-asawang Pidal na yan?
Anna,
Baka hindi nagbabayad ng tax ang mag-asawang Pidal dahil sa alam nila ay ari nila ang Pinas. Ayun, walang koleksyon si Gary Teves!
Cocoy:
What can the crooks learn even in a month if they cannot integrate in the inner sanctum like the Japanese Society? Gago talaga ang pangalatok na iyan. Palusot pa ang ungas!
Dito nga kahit na iyong mga pilipinong matagal na dito, if they don’t get integrated, sabi nga ng mga bisaya, “Dugay na sa gihapon, tonto pa rin.” Tama ba ang bisaya ko?! Sorry, I can understand a little Visayan when written down, but speak, forget it. I know Ilocano but not any of the Visayan languages and dialects.
Baka sabihin ng mga Pidal, wala silang sueldo kaya hindi sila magbabayad ng income tax. What they spend are money they are privileged to take kasi nga president and escort, gratis! Tang…talaga!
Chi,
I’m sure ang mga pinakamalaking tax evaders sa bansa ay iyang mga tao na may position sa gobyerno or related sa poltics.
In any civilized country worth its salt, it is normal for people with the biggest assets to pay the most taxes (and to think that I’m nowhere near the Socialist dogma of believing in equality) but I believe that at the end of the day, people who make tons of money make depend on those who make less without whom folks who make loads won’t be able to do what they do!
To me, it’s a give and take thing. I would rather live in a society where there’s homgenity in living standards because I’d feel safer, less threatened, in the end live a better life because there’s not rampant poverty. How could one realistically swallow living in splendour when the guy in the street scavenges right under your very nose in order to eat?
And this is what shocks me in Pinas! You see these big guns in Manila and in other big cities driven around in their luxury cars, living in mansions, spending money in restaurants for a meal that would feed an entire family in the slums for a month and walking around as if there’s no child in the street scavengin in garbage dumps to find something to eat. This is one of the most shocking sight that person remembers in Pinas – the incredible, blatant discrepancy in people’s standard of life as opposed to Africa where most people wallow in poverty and so are almost all alike.
The worst economic crime besides tax evasion that these politicians and the wealthy commit against the nation is capital flight (foreign bank deposits!)
Itong paglulustau ng pera ng bayan ni Pangalatok, bakit pumapayag ang mga taumbayan diyan? Dito iyan may police investigation na iyan sa totoo lang. Golly, bribery ang gawa para speaker ulit siya! Hindi ba ilegal iyan?
What a way to initiate these tongressmen into law making. Lakwatsa kaagad ang umpisa ng duty nila! Bayad pa!
Nakalimutan pa ni tengang daga na kasama sa perks ang pagbili ng boto para sa anti-impeachment ni tiyanak. Balita ko 50 milyon ang isang boto. Kaya talagang yayaman ang mga tongressmen! Kaya naman kapag natapos na sa tonggresso, minamani na lang ang gumastos ng limpak limpak na advertizing money na maging sanatong naman. Kawawang Pilipinas talaga.
Anna, it is really amazing to see the public servants of first world countries earning so little but working so hard to serve the public with integrity. Nakakainggit talaga. In the Philippines, if you see someone driving a fancy car and living in a posh subdivision, you exactly know where they are employed, top positions in the government! Shame on these vultures!
All this mismanagement and mal-management of the country by our present leaders validate the fact that we still have a Spanish era system of governance.
Democracy is an illusion.
To rectify this aberration, no less than a revolution is needed.
In the end, it will still be a class war.
The only way the masses can reclaim their dignity and freedom is for them to rise and declare war on their present day oppressors.
Failing that, the masses can expect nothing but betrayal after betrayal in their struggle to be free.
Question is, will the masses continue to be ignorant and naive instead?
Will they continue to be lost in their own corruption, in their hedonistic pursuit of a life that has been systematically bastardized?
Will the middle class come to their rescue?
Doubtful.
Our middle class are nothing but opportunistic bastards all wanting to take over the reigns of the the upper class!
Kaya Pinoy gumising na. If you want to be free, pick up a bolo and start chopping off the head (and ears) of the likes of de Venecia.
“We made an important decision in this House (last year) that all congressmen and all congresswomen, irrespective of their political party, majority or minority will get an entitlement of P1 million … to force you to travel, to entice you to travel,” De Venecia said.
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240 Congressman x P1 million is P240million on the drain annually if JDV will force his Congressman to travel. We can keep an enormous hundred thousand mothers and daughter to stay in our country if that money is use for employment development purpose, We can keep them to be with their family and keep on eye on their junior to get an education and not on drugs. We can keep them from being rape by a sadist employer in the middle-east.
Of course! Most of this Congressman don’t see the problem because when they visit their constituent when they needed votes, the Mayor is attending to them with a lot of lechon and puto bong-bong. The Mayor will tell his people na maligo sila at magbihis ng maganda dahil darating si Congressman. When the Congressman arrive, who are the person tending to him?Aba si school principal,Mrs.Mayor with a big Diamond ring at ang mga mayayamang angkan sa bayan na iyon.Kaya dehins kita ni Congressman ang problema dahil mayayaman pala ang mga tao doon sa pinuntahan niya.Kaya ibulsa na lang ang Pork Barrel niya.Hindi naman pupunta sa liblib na pook iyan dahil maputikan ang bagong Expedition niya.Kaya wala siyang nakitang mga taong “One Day,One Eat.”
Si Devilnecia ay katulad ni Glueria na mahilig mag-bribe sa mga tongressmen para lamang manatili sa puwesto. Mahilig si Devil… ng ‘win-win’ solutions sa tongress. Itong competition nila sa speakership with Garcia, ang pakiwari ko ay ipinu-push ng mga buwaya si Garcia para lamang kumagat si Devil…. at siempre maglalabas siya ng pera. Dahil sky is the limit kay Devil …., naku, napaksuwerte ng mga buwayang tongressmen, pera kaagad sa bulsa nila sa opening pa lang ng tongress.
Masarap maging kongresista. You have flexible time. Puwede kang pumasok, puwedeng hindi and still you get your salary,” Andaya said
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Andaya naman nitong taong ito.Hindi pa nga nag-uumpisa ang class ay skip na kaagad ang nasa isip.Maraming mga staff siguro sa opisina ito.Iyon bang 15/30 employee kung tawagin.Papasok lang ng a kinse at katapusan ng buwan para pirmahan ang pay-slip.Una na rito si Mrs.Andaya,Andaya junior,Andaya III,Andaya the fourth and Andaya the fifth.Kaya nadaya na naman ang taong bayan.Sa Senado may Dayana!Andaya naman pati pa sa Tongresso!Kaya TALO!
Pedro;
This is what I am talking about,my friend.CORRUPTION.
Cocoy,
I believe that corruption even at this level can be minimized, if the people are able to demand and achieve proper management of Philippine law enforcement (NBI)
Pedro, how can you minimize corruption in the Philippines when most of the leaders are the most corrupt? Follow the leader, ika nga. If we have leaders who are clean and have integrity, then and only then will we have real reforms. For now, forget it!
Hindi pa nag uumpisa ang trabaho sa congreso, ini imagine na ng mga buwaya papaano ubusin ang pinagbaguran ni Juan. Mga Sucker talaga. Hoy mga buwaya..Kahit na malaki ang deficit sige pa rin sa pasarap. Ang mga perang ginagastos ninyo ay hindi galing sa natural resources ng pinas kung hindi dugo at pawis na ng mga OFW. Hoy Kirat, huwag mong turuan ang mga bagong Alligator ng kasamaan, sabihin mo na ang tungkulin ng congressman is to serve and be servant to all. Hindi ka ba nakikinig, malaki na ang deficit, wala nang pera sa bahay ni kuya, magtipid na kayo. Ikaw rin, Pag nagutom na si juan de la cruz, baka ma extinct na kayo at kayo na ang kakainin ng taong bayan.
PSB,
Mababawasan ang corruption kung natupad lamang ang kagustuhan ng mga bomoto noong nakaraang May 2007 mid-term elections. Iyan ay mapalitan ang mga katulad nina AngTenga de Venecia at kanyang mga kauri.
Paano nga naman niya mababawi ang mahigit na PnP500Million na kanyang ginasta upang siguradong siya pa rin ang lalabas na nanalong Congressman.
Tangna na kahit na dito ako mag-retiro sa aking trabaho sa abroad ay hindi ko makukuha kahit na 1% ng kanyang ginastos bilang retirement benefits ko.
Mahigit na tatlong buwan lang ang ginawa niyang paggasta ng mahigit na PnP500Million!
Happy times will be here again for these representathieves!
I have forgotten that i have a copy of Excel on my desktop until this topic.
If the travel allowance above is a one-time offer, 3 years of useless speeches and press releases will cost us P 4,205,000,000.00 excluding operating expense of the venue itself [what’s it called? gas chamber?] and the 40% these Blessed Ones collect from every project they called their pets.
I have heard that even in the Senate, a lot of bills filed have not seen the light of day for lack of time. It’s more complicated and time consuming if every law passed needs the concurrence of the Lower House.
In short, even if we get rid of the Lower House, laws can still be crafted at a much efficient pace and at much lower cost to taxpayers.
General Overhauling the System, this is what we need. Remove the non-performing assets [asshits]. Reengineer the whole bureucracy. Offer Early Retirement to all government employees. Hire young professionals. Maximize existing IT infrastructure.
This way we can generate more employment, while the early retirees can venture into micro-business which will result to even more jobs.
Palitan ang mga lumang gulong ng hindi lang “recapped” kundi’y ng mga bago at makapit pa, upang di tayo magkawindang-windang sa ating patutunguhan.
But then again, can we do these reforms with Ate Glue still around?
That is the question.
Hindi naman pala tayo corrupt according to the advertisement over the radio and TV that I see and hear day in and day out. Many might believe it because wala naman nahuhuli at nakukulong pa. Dont tell me the police, the NBI and Department of Justice and what have you are not doing their jobs in spite of investigations and street whines. Perhaps only those outside can see what we dont.
Uy tatakbo daw si Gloria Arroyo bilang representative ng Pampanga sa 2010.
Dapat kinukulong ang mga ungas dahil ano ba ang pinag-iba ng ginawa ni Erap sa kanila. OK sinabi kasi nila plunder ang ginawa ni Erap na tinanggap ang suhol na galing kay Singson. Sa ingles, tawag doon “bribery” pero dahil sa hindi naman talagang nakakaintindi yata ng ingles iyong mga nag-a-accuse kay Erap, sabi nila plunder. Iyong ginagawa ni JdV ang talagang plunder na bribery pa. Para maging Speaker siya ulit, nangungurakot siya ng public funds, pinapag-absent with permit and pay ang mga lakwatsero binoto ng mga inutil ding nagsusuporta sa mga kuto. Bilib ka rin ha. Ang lalakas ng loob kasi iyong mga mamamayan wala namang imik. Nalito na rin doon sa ibig sabihin at pagkakaiba ng plunder sa bribery and vice-versa. Mga inutil talaga! Dapat diyan tinatagalog na para maintindihan ng mga pilipinong hindi masyadong nakakaintindi ng ingles, nagkukunyari lang! Yuck!
Jon M, ganoon ba? Kung totoo iyan, dalawa ang maaaring ibig sabihin – (1) Parliamentary System na tayo sa 2010, o kaya (2) ginagaya ni Gloria si Pinochet na naging Senator-for-life sa Chile para hindi mawala ang kanyang immunity.
Rolando Andaya, Jr. is the budget secretary. He used to be congressman of camarines (i’m not sure if Sur or Norte) but he gave way to Dato Arroyo, the son of the great Cheat.
Is the orientation to the 80+ brand new (never been used/unblemished/uncorruptible) members of the House of Representatives required?
With the old (corrupt!!!!) guards giving the do’s & don’ts to these neophytes, expect they will be exactly the same in due time.
it is surprising that even those who may have been used to corruption news from the pinas can still be surprised. the new thing here is the vulgarisation of what they do, as if nothing is wrong with it and should just be accepted. not strange it is quite popular to be a politician, from bar topnotchers to film stars, husbands, wives, children and even in-laws of politicians want also to become politicians.i have long lost faith on our politicians but now it seems to be that there is a system for producing corrupt politicians that even my hope is waning.
Rectification of the name per Confucian teaching.
I’m not really superstitious, but I believe in this teaching of Confucius that is in fact also a common custom and tradition in ancient Israel as when Jesus was called “Emmanuel” at birth and then “Christ” on His death. It’s living up to one’s name as this Andaya! Bagay na bagay ang pangalan rubbing shoulders with the cheats.
Siguro mandaraya rin ang nuno niyan kaya ang pangalan niya ay “An(g) Daya”! Who knows, the posterity of another mandaraya may someday be also known as “Dayanazubiri”!!!
What can the neophytes learn from the veteran kurakots? Of course, being like those kurakots themselves, and be good at being one, even surpassing their mentors. Ang saklap!
Morning Folks!
Very strange things are happening to my blog – Just accessed it this instant and guess what, to my surprise a big picture/poster that was on the right hand margin of my blog (a main feature) saying “OUST GMA” is no longer there all of a sudden!
I will put it back and see what happens!
Tatakbo daw sa 2010 in her district? Well, if she can do election cheating in 7,100 islands composed of 80 provinces (??? tama ba?) or in roughly 200 districts (tama ba????) of the country, she can do it hands down in a Pampanga district.
So that means we can expect her to cheat and to steal some more for at least another 6 years after 2010!
To Sampot, would it be possible to estimate the amount of money this insane president kuno would have plundered from the nation’s coffers from 2001 to 2016 (representing 15 years of unabated thievery)? That’s in terms of financial corruption, what about moral corruption?
Kilabutan ako!
Here’s a few tips for Speaker de Venecia of how to make his House of Representatives truly the representatives of the People.
*Appoint a party “whip” for each party (if there is such thing) and make sure the whips make everyone do the business of government during the session. ( there will be a quorum every time).
* Set aside a period to which a member will be exclusively looking after the concern of their constituents and during this period of non-session those who wish to travel for business must account all travel expenses subject to auditor’s audit and must submit the results of their travel to the house committee and pleasure travels should not be included in the official budget, where they can bring the whole family (should pay from their own)
And by the way, PM Harper just made a statement that Lord Conrad Black, convicted of Obstruction and 3 counts of mail fraud in Chicago Court will not get help from the Conservative Government in Regaining his Citizenship. Lord Black renounced his Citizenship in order to get Appointed to the House of Lord and now wants it Back so he can serve his sentence in Canadian Jail in case Judge Amy Ste. Eve sent him to jail. PM Harper said Government Officials should follow the Rule Of Law of reprocessing Lord Black re-application without regards to his Lordship or his Order of Canada award and not be influenced by any Elected Official ( there are protest that award should also be taken back).
I Think that is one Good Lesson to Our other Head of State Ms Macapagal Arroyo on how a President or a PM should conduct himself or herself in Office…
Etong si Andaya dating kabarkada (hanggang ngayon din yata) ni Mike Defensor noon kasama sina Senator-cheatlect Zu-bili. Ang tawag sa kanila noon “Spice Boys”. Tungkol kay Mike Defensor, ano na kayang nangyari dito sa dating ubod ng daldal na sipsip ni tiyanak? Biglang tumahimik. Baka nagpapalit na ng kulay.
vic: mahirap ng turuan ang mga iyan, dahil sila na nga ang nagtuturo sa mga bagito. kung gustong matuto ng mga iyan ay matagal na, pero ang hindi kanais nais na nakikita natin ngayon ay ipinag mamalaki pa nila ang mga ginagawa nila sa mga baguhan.
Si poohtha gloria, tatakbong tongresswoman sa 2010?! Sige, tumakbo s’ya, uso na rin lang ang miracle sa Pampanga. Maging ala-Lily Pineda ang bruha!
Ate Chi, natuto ka na din magmura ng simple. Inisip ko kung ano ang ibig sabihin ng “poohtha” dahil akala ko “pooh-pooh”.
Ikaw talaga, gumagaya ka na sa iba dito. Hindi maganda sa isang babae ang ganyang pananalita. Iyan ang natutuhan ko sa loob ng piitan…maging mababang-loob, ingatan ang mga salitan masama at huwag mataray sa kapwa. Amen.
Ang isang kapansin-pansin ay ang pagdami ng party-list groups.
Kahit sino at anong grupo puwedeng magtatag ng samahan at ito ang gamit sa pulitika. Ang tanong, sino ang mga nagpopondo sa mga iyan? Etong nakaraang election, maraming party-lists ang konektado sa Malacanang. Ibig sabihin Malacanang ang siyang nagpondo sa mga iyan. At isa sa mga nanalo ay itong anak ni Miriam Santiago.
ang hinalal ng taong bayan upang maging kinatawan nila sa kongreso ay nagsipaghubad na (uli) ng kanilang balatkayong tao.
inilantad nila sa pangunguna ni jose tae nga ng daga devilnecia ang kanilang tunay na kaanyuan. sila ang mga patabaing baboy na walang sawang sumasabsab sa kaban ng bayan at pagkatapos na magpakabusog ay magpapasarap kung saan saang lupalop. wala silang inaatupag kundi ang pagbabantay ng malalamon mula sa pinagkatasan ng wala nang mapipigang patay sa hirap na katawan ng mga mamamayan!
sila nga kasi ang mga legal na magnanakaw na hindi maaaring basta hulihin dahil may basbas ang sambayanan. ang pinagkaiba nila sa mga pusakal na kapwa nila magnanakaw ay tumatakbo muna sila bago magnakaw samantalang ‘yung mga kawatan ay nagnanakaw muna bago tumakbo.
magkagayunman, parepareho pa rin silang mga KAWATAN na nararapat lamang na pagpuputulan ng mga kamay at ibitin ng patiwarik sa langgaman!
“…will the masses continue to be ignorant and naive instead?”
tayerevo,
Tne masses are not ignorant and naive, they are doing their shares.
Proof? The almost 12 million votes for Trillanes! More than majority of these votes came from the masses because the middle and upper classes didn’t/don’t want to rock the boat. Nakahimlay lang sila sa mga kutson!
Huwag tayong magtaka kung bakit marami ang gustong pumasok sa pulitika. Dumarami ang tumatakbong konsehal, congressmen, senador at ang babata pa nila. Mantakin niyong mga edad 30 o pababa lang. Si Mark Lapid nga napakabata nang mahalal na Gobernador. Bakit? Dahil gusto ng magulang na karamihan ay mga dati o aktibong mga pulitiko. Siyempre sa paghawak ng kapangyarihan kasama na ang pag-unlad ng buhay at pagka-pera.
Iyan ang mga sanhi ng maruming pulitika sa atin. Sa ibang bansa, ang mga pulitiko ay walang driver o bodyguard. Tulad ng mga mayor na mag-isang namimili sa tindahan na hindi mo makikilala kung hindi sabihin na sila’y mga pulitiko. Kawawang bansang Pilipinas!
maski naman ako, bakit nga hindi ko uunahin ang pagpapayaman kung ang pagkaluklok ko sa poder ng magiging paraan. kahit nakakakilabot na isiping ang bawat sentimong pumapasok sa aking bank account ay makapagliligtas ng isang naghihingalong walang pambili ng gamot at ng ilang unti unting pinapanawan ng buhay dahil ilang araw araw ng kahit patak ng tubig at ilang butil ng kanin ay walang pantawid gutom.
bakit ko nga sila uunahing paglingkuran, eh hindi naman sila nag-ambag sa aking puhunan sa kampanya noong eleksiyon. pasensiya sila, ibinoto nila ako, eh, naniwala sila sa aking mga boladas. babawiin ko muna pati tubo sa aking ginastos noong halalan at ilalagay ko muna sa puwesto ang aking mga kumpare, mga kumare, inaanak, kamag-anak, ‘yung aking alagang isang dosenang kulasisi at mga maton na nagsilbi kong badigard.
hindi naman nila ako maaaring kasuhan dahil pumapasok naman ako sa kongreso at kumpleto ang attendance kahit walang ginagawa kundi magtanggal ng patay na kuko.
haaaay! sarap talagang maging tongresman.
dapat kayo rin!
he he he heh!
makatakbo na nga palayo at baka bambuhin pa ako ng mga tao!
takboooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!
would it be possible to estimate the amount of money this insane president kuno would have plundered from the nation’s coffers from 2001 to 2016 (representing 15 years of unabated thievery)? – AdeBrux
i don’t have the exact figures, but some analysts said that our foreign debt today has ballooned to more than that of Marcos to Erap combined. This is one good measure of her highly regarded economic prowess.
i remember FPJ then said that if he is elected he will move for debt moratorium. This prompted the ruling Elite and Concepcion-controlled Namfrel to support for Glueria.
moral corruption?
Kung dati’y patago ang pangungurakot, pagsisinungaling, at pandaraya. Ngayon, sa awa ng Diyos, harapharapan na.
Talagang umasenso na tayo.
Thanks Sampot…
I’m pretty sure there will be Gloria watchdog groups from now on that will itemize every single boladas she will launch in public.
Ang unang basa ko sa “GO globe-trotting..” ang akala ko GO-Genuine Opposition…” As I went on reading…ang basa ko sa Cong. Rolanda Andaya- ay ANGDAYA. Naku po! may Senador Dayana na..ang sabi ni Artsee magkabarda sila..bibingka ang labas- may Mangdaya sa Upper House May Angdaya sa Lower House. hindi ba ganoon ang pagluto ng bibingka may apoy sa ibabaw may apoy sa itaas? And then ang sabi ni Ellen Budget Secretary na ngayon? The reyna’s magic wand will be working…3 more years to go…she is looking for a legacy…ubos ang pera ng Pilipinas yon ang legacy na iiwan niya…Ang Budget ba ay available for the public to see? If I remember right, in the Office of the Appropriation Committee, itemized ang positions with the amount of money allotted for each..May General Auditing Office..pero tunay ba nilang inuaudit? I think it is time for the people to look into this matter too.. For the military we have Sen. Trillanes and the other officers who had looked into the financial operation of the military..kaya lang ang sabi nga nila we “offered our help in the solution” but they were put in detention. And malabo ata na payagan si Sen. Trillanes to attend…malabo mabantayan sa Lower House…but can the people be the external auditors? Calling the PICPA and other accounting associations to come forward…SGV, etc.Help! SOS! before ma hokus pokus tuluyan ang pera ng bayan.
Sampot: Kung dati’y patago ang pangungurakot, pagsisinungaling, at pandaraya. Ngayon, sa awa ng Diyos,
harapharapan na. Talagang umasenso na tayo.
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Kaya nga bagay iyong mga pangalan ng bininyag ni Magno, Macapal-garapal! Tapos, Poohtah pa!
Sampot: Kung dati’y patago ang pangungurakot, pagsisinungaling, at pandaraya. Ngayon, sa awa ng Diyos,
harapharapan na. Talagang umasenso na tayo.
Hahahahah!
Honestly, I am quite admirative of Ellenville citizens that in spite of the ugliness of Gloria we see day in day out, they never lose their sense of humour even if that sense of humour is delivered with a razor edge sting!
they never lose their sense of humour even if that sense of humour is delivered with a razor edge sting! – AdeBrux
Oo nga, maraming magaling dito when it comes to wit and humor. Noong nakaraang araw nga, habang umiinit ang aking ulo biglang pinapalamig ni Ka Enchong & Co., nagkasipon tuloy.
AdeBrux
Sa totoo lang, matagal nang mayroong watchdog groups si Gloria. It’s headed by no other than the First Gentlepig (according to Chi). Mga hinayupak talaga!
Para sa kaalaman ninyong lahat, nagbabasa na daw ng biblia itong si First Gentlebaboy. Walang iba sa mga dating salbahe na naging Born Again Christian na daw kuno. Ilan dito ang tulad nina Jackie Enrile na isang tambak na atraso noon panahon ni Marcos. Porke naging Born Again at namigay ng aklat ng biblia, patatawarin na lang ba? Isa pa itong si Cong. Crisologo na nakulong. Sa loob daw ng bilangguan nagbago ang buhay niya at nagbalik loob sa Diyos. Naging Pastor pa kuno. Pero kitang-kita natin sa TV kung paano niya hinamon ng suntukan ang mga tauhan ng MMDA na gumaganap lang ng tungkulin sa pag-demolition. Balita pa’y mahilig sa chicks at mismong mga tauhan niya’y kinakatalo niya. Isa pa itong si Mark Jimenez na nagtatag pa kuno ng sariling simbahan. Pero ano ang ginawa niya sa asawa niya? Kaya itong si First Gentlebaboy ay walang pinag-iba sa mga binanggit kong mga mapagbalatkayong mga pulitiko. Kaya tahimik iyan hindi lang sa mahina na ang katawan kundi may magic na ginagawa. Wika nga ay isang silent operator. Patuloy pa rin sa pag-raket ang mga tauhan niya.
Gentlepig, gentlebaboy…. heheheh!
Are we sure he is at all ‘gentle’?
Rose,
For your info. Ang salary ng mga empleado noong panahon ng eleksyon ay nais pang gamitin ni Devilnecia para pangsulsol sa mga botante sa Pangasinan. Hindi lang pumirma ang isang magiting na finance officer at mukhang lalaban ang mga empleado.
Ang tawag naman sa mga anak nila (Mikey, Dato, Luli) ay Gentlebiik.
Sa dami ng mga residents sa Ellenville ay hindi na natin matandaan kung sino ang maysabi ng ano. heheh!
I call Mike with 2 names only. Mike Pidal/Pidal and IpDye. With his wacthdogs… direkto ang tawag ko…Pidal and his hackers!
Sure, Mike Pidal is gentle…with TOH!
Anna,
“Honestly, I am quite admirative of Ellenville citizens that in spite of the ugliness of Gloria we see day in day out, they never lose their sense of humour even if that sense of humour is delivered with a razor edge sting!”
Yan ang wala sa ibang blogs. Pag mainit na, siguradong may papasok para magpatawa (pero patawang may laman). Lalo na’t nagbalik-loob na si Artsee (welkam bak, Art!).
BTW, thanks for dropping by, I’m really honored. SME is subject matter expert, an abbreviation we commonly use in project management.
Sampot,
“Noong nakaraang araw nga, habang umiinit ang aking ulo biglang pinapalamig ni Ka Enchong & Co., nagkasipon tuloy.”
Hehehe. Mas mura naman kasi ang neozep kaysa bala ng kwarenta y singko. Sabi nga ni Vito Corleone, do not hate your enemies- your hatred will affect your judgement.
Politics has grown to its astronomical dimension of corruption and a cartel of a few. It has turned into a disservice to the rest.
I hope that will end sooner for the better.
This could happen only if we teach politics starting at primary grades, disect present and earlier ills. Put the corrupt officials on the internet games.
pedro Says:
July 19th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Cocoy,
I believe that corruption even at this level can be minimized, if the people are able to demand and achieve proper management of Philippine law enforcement (NBI)
Pedro my friend,are you suffering a lapse memory? Have you forgotten what happened to Ong an agent of NBI who made an expose on Hello,Garci!
Mang Enchong, hindi ako nagbalik-loob. Kalalabas ko nga lang bakit ako babalik sa loob. Salamat naman at nagustuhan mo ang mga patawa ko. Alam niyo ba na ang paborito kong manunulat si Joe Guevarra?
artsee;
Sutil talaga itong si Pareng Enchong ko,ano.Kalalabas mo nga lang ay gusto kang pabalikin sa loob.hehehehehe!
Pareng Cocoy, Artsee,
Bakit di ko naisip yun? Kalalabas nga lang pala, papapasukin ko uli?
Anyways, (Ma’am Ellen, may I plug?), I mentioned both of you in my blog- ang kakalog n’yo kasi e!
Ang dapat ay “nagbalik-labas” hindi balik-loob. Ang hina niyo kasi sa Tagalog.
artsee,
paki Tagalog nga itong pho-chu.
naririnig ko kasi yan sa mga chinoy kong ka-office mate.
“pho-chu talaga itong si tule’ oh, tinawag ba naman na NPA si Jonas?!”
Pareng Enchong:
Kaya nga masaya dito sa Ellenville.Pati nga Iyong Hubby ni Chi Ay napapahalakhak.Pero,Pare,palagay ko ay may tampo si Neonate medyo matagal na siyang hindi naglalaro dito.Nami-miss ko na rin ang posting niya.Isauli ko na nga iyong ninakaw kong putter niya para makapaglaro uli siya.Pero iyong ruler ni Tongue hindi ko isasauli.Ano siya sinusuwerte.Marami nga siyang ruler pati pa ba iyong isang ruler na dinugas ko sa kanya ay babawiin pa.Magsaulian na kami ng kandila kung pipilitin pa niyang kunin sa akin iyon.Hehehehehehe!
Pareng Enchong:
While you are away,I break-in in your door but,don’t consider it as a burglary.Thank you for writting my name on your wall,it is my humble honor and you are free to get some of my personal belongings in here at Ellenville if you needed some wall decorations.
TurningPoint Says: “AdeBrux, Sa totoo lang, matagal nang mayroong watchdog groups si Gloria. It’s headed by no other than the First Gentlepig (according to Chi). Mga hinayupak talaga!”
teka, mali yata yan, ah. watchdog na naging gentlepig? bakit hindi na lamang watchpig?
malilito sa inyo ang mga matadero’t maglilitson niyan,eh.
pati ‘yung mahilig mamulutan.
If you noticed, I deleted some comments here. Please naman, walang bastusan.
“See the world, feed on public trough”
magliwaliw sa buong mundo ng libre at magpakabusog sa buwis na pinaghirapan ng mga pobreng madaling utuin.
‘yan ang ibig sabihin ni jose tae nga ng daga de amnesia.
Hello Ate Ellen! Okay lang kung alisin mo kapag nababastusan ka. Etong sina Cokecoy at Mang Rivera kasi. Pero nai-copy at paste ko ang akin sa file ko. Puwede ko bang ibalik ang post ko na inalis mo kung tulog ka?
artsee, walang ganyanan.
kung sino man ang mapalo dahil sa kapilyuhan ng katabi, walang sumbungan.
akala ko ba sanggang singkit, este dikit tayong lahat dito?
ngaun ko lng nabasa mssage nyo, ano ba mga pinag uusapan nyo? at may inalis si ellen na comments. lambingan lng kasi walang bastusan.
bka nmn may pekeng oposisyon d2.
Mang Rivera, hindi ko naman kayo sinumbong. Gody, hindi naman bastos ang mga sinulat namin. Hindi naman kami sumali sa Bastusan Pambansa noong SONA.