Pinapunta na naman ni Gloria Arroyo si dating AFP Chief of Staff, Roy Cimatu na ngayon ay special envoy to the Middle East, sa Iraq para imbestigahan ang report na 51 na Filipino ang parang alipin na nagta-trabaho sa construction ng U.S. Embassy sa Iraq.
Ito at nagsasayang na naman ng pera para lang lalong lokohin ang madlang Pilipino.
Magkano na naman ang gagastusin ni Cimatu sa biyaheng ito? Ano naman kaya ang makukuhang impormasyon doon sa Baghdad na hindi na nabigay ng ating embassy doon? Wala namang pagkukuhaan ng impormasyon si Cimatu kungdi sa embassy.
Ang pagpadala ni Arroyo kay Cimatu sa Midde East ay para lang masabi niya na may ginagawa siya kahit na wala naman.
Ang iimbestigahan ni Cimatu ay ang report na lumabas base sa testimony ni Rory Mayberry, Amerikanong emergency medical technician na nagtatrabaho sa Baghdad.
Ikinuwento ni Mayberry sa US congress na may kontrata siya sa First Kuwaiti, ang kumpanya na nagtatayo ng US Embassy sa Baghdad. Binigyan raw siya ng assignment na mag-escort sa 51 na Filipino papuntang Baghdad.
Nang nasa Kuwaiti airport na raw sila, napansin niya ang kanilang tiket ay papuntang Dubai. Nang tanungin niya kung bakit, sinabi ng manager ng First Kuwaiti na hindi pinapayagan ang mga Filipino pumuntang Iraq ( may ban ang pamahalaan sa pagpunta sa Iraq at ito ay nakatatak sa passport.).
Nang naka-take off na sila (mukhang chartered flight itong kanilang sinakyan), sinabi ng pilot na papunta silang Baghdad. Nagkagulo raw ang mga Pinoy. Tumayo raw ang isang security ng First Kuwaiti at tinutukan ang mga Pinoy ng MP-5.
Doon raw sa Baghdad, nakatira ang mga Filipino sa trailer na parang sardinas. Hindi pala sinabi sa mga Pinoy na sa construction sila pupunta. Ang isa nga doon ay telephone repairman. Wala raw maayos na pruteksyun sa konstructiona ng mga Pinoy.
Sa madaling salita, alipin ang trato sa kanila.
Hugas kamay ang US embassy dito. Ang problema raw ay sa pagitan ng First Kuwaiti at ng mga recruitment agencies na kumuha ng mga Pinoy.
Ano na ang nagawa ng pamahalaan? Press release ni Noli de Castro, bise-presidente na ginawang presidential adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers, 11 lang naman daw at hindi 51 ang Filipino na pinadala ng First Kuwaiti sa Baghdad.
Ibig ba sabihin noon, hindi na kasing bigat ang kaso na ito dahil 11? Sa bawat Filipino na naloloko at naapi, responsibilidad yan ng pamahalaan.
Mga 8,000 na raw ang Filipino sa Iraq kahit na may ban. ‘Yan ang nagpapatunay na ang magandang ekonomiya na pinagyayabang ni Gloria Arroyo ay kasinungalingan.
You bet, Ellen, puro kaplastikan lang. I should know kasi maski iyong pagpapalaya kay Cruz noon ay dahil na rin sa efforts ng mga pilipino sa KSA na nakapagpadala ng kanilang mga mensahe doon sa mga kumidnap sa kaniya. Ang alam ko maraming nagkakuwarta diyan pero hindi iyong mga kumidnap kay Cruz. Mas gusto kong imbestigahan nila at hulihin iyong mga kurakot na nagkapera sa fake negotiation daw nila kuno doon sa mga rebels who won’t talk to any of the US puppets in the Philippines according to a contact in Basrah, Iraq.
You bet, Ellen, magkakapera na naman si Unano diyan sa pagpunta ni Cimatu kuno sa Iraq. Sana ma-kidnap iyan doon, and will see how the kurakots would try to make money out of the deal as usual para hindi siya mapugutan ng ulo kuno. Gandang istorya iyan kapag nagkataon.
Kawawang bansa!
Sayang, Ellen, hindi mo nakuha iyong ipinadala kong DVD sa iyo titled “Iraq for Sale” na nandoon ang lahat ng kabalbalan ng mga kano sa paglusob sa Iraq na wala namang kinalaman kay Osama Bin Laden. Now, kunyari pa silang may mga Al Qaeda na raw sa Iraq. Sabi ng isang kakilala ko sa Basrah, galit pa rin ang mga Iraqis sa Al Qaeda. Iyong tunay na resistance, walang kinalaman kay Osama sabi ng kakilala ko.
Now, tungkol naman sa mga pilipinong nagpapaalipin sa Iraq, well, kasalanan din nila na nagpapauto sila sa mga ungas na nagpadala sa kanila doon alam naman nilang may guerra doon. Pambihira talaga ang kulturang ipinaiiral sa mga pilipino ngayon—gutom as a scapegoat for the No. 1 industry ni Pandak, and that is human trafficking even to dangerous zones like Iraq and other troubled spots i the Middle East and Africa, etc.
Nakakai-Yuck! Patalsikin na, Now na!
If you guys remember, that anomaly in Lebanon (Philippine Consulate) at the height of the Lebanon crisis has not been fully investigated. What ever happened to that. Poor OFWs in Lebanon have not yet been compensated and their problems solved by this evil administration. Now, they`re bragging about looking into the welfare of the OFWs in Iraq!
Ano??? Walang ginagawa si glurilla? Ang daming mga daga kahit saang sulok ng kanyang EK – kung magsimulang maglinis kuluning ang mga naglipanang daga, pupuriin pa siya ng taumbayan. Ang kaso, mga alaga niya yata ang mga dagang iyan. Kahit si glurilla ay mukhang daga na rin.
Sen. Jingoy Estrada chairs the labor and employment committee. There’s no closure in his inquiry regarding alleged misuse of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) trust funds at the height of Filipino evacuation in Lebanon. Money is then running out for the beleaguered OFWs with no fresh funds coming in from Malacanang. Ambassador Roy Cimatu may have benefited from chartered airlines contract at the rate of $1,200 per passenger.
Kapit patalim ang mga OFW. Kahit ibala sila sa kanyon puede basta kumita ng pera para sa kanilang nagugutom na pamilya. Wala silang maasahan tulong kay Gloriang Tiyanak at kanyang mga alipores. Lahat ay gustong kumita kapag may krisis o problema. Maraming Pinoy mercenary sa Iraq bilang armed security ng mga US contractors.
Kapag ang pinagkakakitaan ng isang gobyerno ay ang pagpapadala ng mga mamamayan sa ibang bansa, kesehodang malagay sa bingit ng alanganin ang buhay ng kanyang mga mamamayan.
Lahat sila ngayon ay sabay-sanay na nagsasalita na kailangan parusahan ang mga recruiters na nagpapadala ng mga mamamayan na kung saan mayroong pagbabawal (banned) ng pagpapadala.
Kung wala pang nagbulgar na isang Amerikano mismo sa harap ng U.S. Congress ay hindi pa sisingaw ang kabalbalang ito. Maski ang spokesperson ng DFA na si Steve Rabbit ay nagkakabulul-bulot sa pagsasalita sa harap ng press people!
Buko na ang style ninyo – baguhin naman ninyo upang maging kapani-paniwala.
Emilio:
Hindi ako OFW, pero alam na alam ko ang problema ng OFW sa Japan lalo na iyong mga ilegal because of my work at the police and courts. Matagal na akong kasa-kasama sa mga movement para mapahinto ang pagpapadala ng mga putatsing sa Japan from the Philippines for instance. Kabangga ko iyong mga opisyal bugaw sa Philippine Embassy na mga attache galing sa DoLE.
Matagal din ang inabot na panahon ng advocacy namin. At least, sa Japan, nagkaroon ng resulta, na-ban ang mga Japayuki ng pagpasok sa Japan dahil na rin sa reklamo ng mga kano pa ha! Pero, iyong mga pilipino, sila pa ang promotor. Sabi ng kakilala ko sa Philippine Embassy, madalas iyong bugaw na Tongressman na sipsip kay Unano the Pimp. Egcel ba ang first name? Trying hard pa rin na gustong ipasok ang mga pinay na putatsing sa Japan ang ungas. Ang tigas talaga ng ulo at utos pa noong Bugaw from Lubao! Yuck!
Kaya lang naman biglang kumilos si Kabayad De Castro nung ibunyag ni Mar Roxas. Mahirap nang maunahan sa picture, aba. Kalaban pa naman sa 2010. Kaya naman nung sumunod na araw, galit na galit ang drama ni Noling tolongges na abala sa pagpapalayas sa mga iskwater sa riles. At sa barya-baryang nakukurakot niya doon.
Bobo talaga.
When the 2010 presidential election (if it happens) approaches, watch out for Noli de Castro who would start making noise. If there are no stronger candidates in the administration, his chance of being nominated by Gloria Arroyo is great. Can anyone tell me what Noli has accomplished all these years as Vice President please?
Ang trabaho kuno ni Noli Kabayad iyong mga OFW dahil hindi pumayag ang mga OFW na iyong tabatsoy na mandurugas na nagpapapayat sa St Luke’s Hospital na siya ang kumatawan sa kanila.
Accomplishment ni Kabayad? Mapugutan ng ulo ang ilan ng mga OFW sa KSA simula nang maging in-charge siya sa mga OFW. Ilan na sa kanila ang nakauwi sa Pilipinas na mga wala pa rin tulad nang umalis sila sa Pilipinas, wala daw mahihita kay Kabayad!
The other day, I saw a news flash on the Filipino women coming home from Kuwait with their undocumented children. Pareho din ng mga problema ng mga problema ng mga pilipina sa Japan who have the wrong impression that if they get impregnated and bear children of nationals of their host countries, permanent resident na sila. Nakakadismaya talaga ang kawalan ng morality dahil sa gutom. OK lang sana kung walang napapahamak na mga bata. Nakakadugo ng puso! Saklap talaga!
Yuko,
Nang hindi pumayag ang Japan na magbukas muli ang pagbabalik ng mga entertainers ay ipinangalandakan ni Blinky Tiyanak at Pat Sto Tomas ang pagpapadal ng mga nurses at care-givers upang mag-alaga daw ng mga retiradong Hapones. Lahat na lang ng bansang puntahan ay ipinangangalandakan ang pagpapadala ng mga nurses at mga maid-tech. Pagkatapos isasama sa kanyang report ang job-creation na 1 milyon kada taon.
Mayroon na ba napasarang recruitment agency na nagpapadala ng mga kababayan natin sa Iraq at Lebanon? Napapanahon na upang ang staff ni Sen. Jinggoy ay gumawa ng research study tungkol sa mga recruitment agencies.
Ang gawain kasi ng mga recruitment agencies upang papaniwalain ang ating mga kababayan na mayroon silang mga Arabong sponsors ay maghahagilap sila ng mga Arabong babayaran na nagbabakasyon diyan sa Pilipinas. Kadalasan ang hang-out ng mga iyan ay diyan sa Ermita bars. Lalapitan nila at kakausapin. Kapag napapayag ang Arabo ay susunduin ng representative ng agency at pagbibihisin (complete suit and tie). Siyempre ang mga kababayan natin na nakapila sa opisina ng agency ay sasabihin na tunay nga ang interview. Iyon pala ay set-up lamang.
Ito ang racket ng mga recruitment agencies na kailangan maresearch ng staff ni Sen. Jinggoy Estrada upang matigil at maputol na ang kabalbalang ito ng mga recruitment agencies.
Re-Roy Cimatu na ngayon ay special envoy to the Middle East, sa Iraq para imbestigahan ang report na 51 na Filipino ang parang alipin na nagta-trabaho sa construction ng U.S. Embassy sa Iraq.
Cimatu His mission, according to foreign affairs officials, is to verify reports that 51 Filipinos were forcibly smuggled into Iraq to work in the construction of the US Embassy in Baghdad, find them, and bring them back to the Philippines.
Hmmm, since naamoy ni GMA na pikon ang america sa pangyayari sa mga marines at di nagustuhan ang findings nila at sigurado naman na kinokondena sila ng white house, ayun nakakita siya ng pede niyang ipang-checkmate sa washington…sabihin ng nakaupo sa white house…opps teka muna wag muna mapikon meet tayo sa gitna.
tulad din yan ng smith rape case bargaining pareho ng america at pinas about jocjoc bolante at atong yap. basta siya may pedeng gamiting issue na pede niyang gulating bigla ang mga puti gagawa yan. ang mga puti naman madaling magulat, pero pag nahimasmasan biglang buwelta, kaya nung sinabi ng america na nilabag ang vfa agreement at di inilipat ang custody ni smith, at ng sinabing hinto na ang balikatan at inaalis na ang mga sundalo at civilian amerikano para ihinto ang project..ayun kahit walang pasok at holiday napilitan siyang ilipat si smith sa embassy. kasi takot nila na alisin ang vfa sa mindanao eh di wala silang “funds”
kaya ayan, may magandang pede siya gamitin laban sa u.s dahil isipin yun parang ang u.s government pa ang nang-smuggle ng mga filipino workers para dalhin sa iraq para gawin ang u.s embassy, isang napakalaking sampal sa dignidad nila yun dahil isa ang unang gumawa ng batas laban sa human smuggling..
Kahit dito rin sa America there are Filipino women who are selling their flesh to have food for their flesh. All because of the green card. Kahit diyan sa Philippines maraming bata na naglalako ng katawan nila para may makain sila…ang babata na dapat sana ay na sa paaralan at mag aral- they become instead streetwise kids..Noong umuwi ako last year nagpunta ako sa office ng Third World Movement Against the Exploitation of Women at mayroon silang tinutulungan na bata na nakita nila sa Cubao at “prostitute na” 13 years old…sinabi ko sa Madre na founder nitong movement..Gosh ang bata bata. Ang sagot..may mas bata pa dian. Ang lungkot.
Gokusen, are you communicating with Ellen by e-mail? Can we members write her via e-mail? What’s her e-mail address?
Gokusen: “forcibly smuggled to work ..” ito ba ay officially utos ng US gov’t? Sa tingin ko ang nagpalusot na maismuggle ang 51 Filipinos na ito..ay Filipino din naka
kita ng butas at malaki ang bayad..dapat they should control and be strict on their policies about recruiting agencies particularly on recruitment for workers. Ang laki ng kupit…ang sabi ni Noli 11 lang daw. Doon naman sa number of soldiers beheaded bawas din ang bilang..kahit sa ganito pala ay may bawas dagdag.
Goji: if you read Ellen’s regular columns in Malaya and Abante nandoon ang email address niya.
I was only thinking maybe you have some confidential info to relay that you prefer to be communicating with her in private which is of course within your right. But let me assure you that I for one am not a government agent (he, he). Well, there are just things that should be kept in private for which I respect. Hey Gokusen, all your posts here are very informative and helpful. Keep it up!
goji,
kaw naman. i blogged things here, kaso kung nabasa mo dun sa isang comment ni ms. ellen if i have some na related sa mindanao email ko siya and she posted her email add, sige tingnan mo dun sa mga previous blogs..since nakuwento ko naman dito ang mindanao kaya yung email ko mejo iba sa blog ko dito…
Rose, there are in fact so called mercenary groups or soldiers. Private companies that hire civilians to fight in other countries like Iraq. Guess where these companies are based? In the US. Are they really private companies or funded by the US government? That, I don’t know. So, let’s not be surprised if there are Filipinos working as civilian fighters in Iraq. I’m sure many of them are ex or active soldiers and policemen who agree to engage in such dangerous work for economic reasons.
goji ulit….
thanks ng marami…i count you buddy…!
That’s nice of you to explain that, Gokusen. But please let me know if you know those who killed those Marines so that we can split the reward money, he, he.
rose,
that’s the word used by malacanang so to speak, and the 51 filipino workers were escorted by a u.s. citizen to go to iraq since filipinos are not allowed to work in iraq, right?
so alam mo na ung mga under-the-table communications at reading-between-the lines ng mga countries na may diplomatic relationship…
goji,
sa hirap ng buhay ng mga kalahi ko ngayon, gusto ko na rin na maging bounty hunter para makuha yung mga ulo ng mga yun at ibigay direkta sa washington, para dina makihati ang mga nasa intelligence dun at mga ibang opisyales..at since may food blockade, yung perang ibibigay ng reward for justice ibibili ko ng makakain ng mga tao sa basilan..yung parte mo idonate mo na lang din pangbili ng asin para sa isda..
Goji, my e-mail is there in my profile. It’s ellentordesillas@gmail.com.
Thanks Ellen. I have nothing to write you about. But for sure this December when I greet you Merry Christmas.
Gokusen, there’s one called Dog in the US who’s a popular bounty hunter. These guys make good money. Are there bounty hunters in the Philippines? Is it legal and allowed? If there is none, then maybe a lawmaker can sponsor a bill creating one. If we have bounty hunters, criminals like Garci and the others can be hunted and put to jail. Isn’t that a good idea?
Emilio:
Ayon sa kaibigan ko sa Ministry of Justice, hindi pa approve ang mga nurses at caregivers na pilipino dahil may malakas na opposition mula sa mga nurses, etc. na hapon. Requirement ang language proficiency.
May mga hapon na ini-encourage na mag-retire sa Pilipinas, tapos doon nabibiktima ng mga kurakot sa Pilipinas.
Golly, ang pagkuha ng visa para mag-retiro sa Pilipinas sabi ng kaibigan ko 10,000 dollars daw. Hindi ko pa ito na-check sa mga authority dito, and I am preparing my report that I plan to submit to the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs at saka sa pulis at kaibigan ko sa Diet. Nakakahiya kasi kung mabistong puro raket lang pala ang imbitasyon ni Unano. Hayop talaga ang ugali sa totoo lang. Extra-curricular activity ko ang ginagawa ko diyan.
Foreigners being killed in the Philippines has indeed reached a very alarming rate. They’re not only Japanese, but also Koreans nowadays. They usually died of mysterious circumstances. Many were reported to have jumped from tall buildings and called suicide. But they could have been forcibly thrown down from the buildings.
goji,
there are bounty hunters here , they are the hoodlums in the military as well as politicians, it is illegal to others but for them it is legal since they are the one gaining out of it.
there is such a situation cases filed against abu sayyaf and every busted abu there is a reward … so you know what happened in our place, wag mong titignan ng masama ang mga military, pulis, tao ng mga politician at kukunin ka para sabihin abu sayyaf ka…andun sa mga karsel ang mga walang kasalanan pinagkakitaan dahil daw sa abu sayyaf…at hanggang ngayon ganyan pa rin ang ginagawa…
Ah…is that so? So you mean if you want to find the victim and have him released by his captors, you just go to the police or military for a fee since they are the same ones who kidnapped the victim.
goji,
bullseye!
Kakabasa ko pa lang ng column ni Armida. 2,000 na lang ang nag-test para sa Medical Admissions Exam samantalang 360,000+ sa Nursing! Yung Nursing schools from 40 naging 460!.
Yung hindi nakapasa sa Board, dahil walang leakage, PT na lang (Punas-Tae hindi Physical Therapy according to one blogger here). Nagpakagastos ka ng daan-daang libo para makakuha ng kursong aahon sa iyo sa kahirapan, ibababa mo ang sarili mo sa ganon. Masahol pa sa alipin.
Hindi sa minamaliit ko ang mga nagke-care giver. Kahit ako bigyan ng pagkakataong maging punas-tae ni Gloria, tatanggapin ko kahit walang suweldo.
Kaso lang steel brush ang gagamitin ko, saka ko babanlawan ng asido. Heheheh.
Gago talaga itong si Noli Kabayad. Ang ang pagkakaiba ng 51 at 11 pinoy na ipinadala ng First Kuwaiti sa Baghdad sa kaso na alipin sila duon. Mahalaga ba ng numero sa mga taong ito na naloko?!
Goji, Gpkusen: Thanks for the clarification. I have heard of the mercenary soldiers. Kung ako man ang isang marino or sundalo dian sa Phil. kung ganoon lang naman ang trato sa akin ng gobierno..maliit ang sueldo at ikaw ang ipain sa labanan.. at ang officer naman ay nagpapalaki lang ng kanilang baya..mag mercenary soldier nalang ako at malaki ang bayad..and the ban on the Filipinos to work in Iraq ay utos ni Gloria, hindi ba? Pero yong mga recruiter naman pagkikitaan nila, and I am not surprised if these companies are based here in the US…Filipinos with US citizenship just like the pang gulo ibebenta ang kaluluwa.
rose,
baka nga sa sobrang sama ng loob nung mga dinala sa basilan na marine mag mercenary soldiers na lang …
Way back in the late 70’s I went on a tour of Europe and in London sa hotel, nagulat ako na marami ang Filipinos na nagtratabaho..may Ilongga akong nakausap..nurse siya kaya lang at that time mahigpit ang pagpasok sa US kaya they went via Europe. Ang masaklap na stranded sila sa London, nawala na yong nag recruit sa kanila kaya napilitan sila magtrabaho kahit ano na lang. Sa Rome ganoon din..and my
friend who founded the TWMAE told me stories of how young girls from the barrios are recruited as entertainers and sent to Europe and ended as protistutes..and they ended this way kasi walang trabaho silang makukuha sa atin. They are taken advantage by the pimps at halos wala nang matira sa kanila kaya kayod ng kayod..Malungkot..Dog eats dog.
Rose, my cards tell me that you’re in your 50s. Am I right? Many of our Filipino women ended up as prostitutes in other countries. From Asia to Europe…it’s a billion dollar business. Many also married foreigners and I’m not surprised that some of them were clients who might have taken pity on these Filipinas or fallen in love.
goji,
parang ako yata ang pinakabatang blogger dito kasi puro sinasabi nyo during those times na di pa ako pinapanganak sa mundo ng kahiwagaan..
di lang sa mindanao din marami lalo na yung may lugar sa mainland na biktima ng pedophile, sa zamboanga city lang madami , maglakad ka sa city sa gabi, makikita mo dun sa mga kanto, rugby boys at mga batang prosti…marami din ang pumapasok sa internet dating and marriage , ano yun ah mail bride…
Gokusen, you may be young as you say you are but your posts are all very impressive written by matured person. About young prosti, we need not go far…as far as other countries. Right here where we are…look around Metro Manila. Hang around the schools. Wait for opening of schools and exam days…many girls mostly from the provinces would be willing to offer their services to pay for their tuition. It’s very real…very sad. It has become a social problem.
Samakatwid walang silbi ang embahada natin sa Iraq. Ito nga ang malimit kong marinig sa marami nating kababayan at karanasan ko rin naman. Dito man sa U.A.E. na pinagtatrabahuhan ko ay ganoon din ang sitwasyon. Gusto kong dalawin sa kulungan (Al Wathba prison) yung kasamahan ko sa trabaho pero nakatatlong balik ako sa embassy ay walang nangyari. Maraming dahilan, walang schedule ng pupunta sa kulungan, walang sasakyan, wala ang pipirma ng request. etc. etc. Nakadalaw din ako sa mga kasamahan ko na nasa kulungan pero hindi dahil sa embahada.. Nagmakaawa ako sa amo ko na U.A.E. national at walang isang kisap mata, isang tawag lang sa director ng kulungan ay nandoon na ako. Pero marami rin namang silang nagagawa, alam natin yan… siguro ang pinakamainam ay mas lalo pang pagbutihin ng mga nakapuwesto sa embahada ang kanilang trabaho. Para hindi na kailangan pang magpadala ng envoy ang gobyerno sa isang bansa gaya ng Iraq… Ibig sabihin kasi nito walang silbi ang nakapuwesto… pauwiin na lang kaya… para hindi naman malaki ang gastos ng Pilipinas..
Sa mga Pinoy naman na nagpapakamatay at handang mamatay makapagtrabaho lang sa Iraq sa halip na mamatay sa gutom sa Pinas, mas mainam siguro na payagan na lang ng ating pamahalaan, parang mercy killing, mamili sila… Mamatay sa gutom sa pinas o mamatay ng busog sa Iraq… Palagdain sila sa kontrata na pag-uwi lang sa bangkay nila ang responsibilidad ng gobyerno. Yung mga pamilya palagdain din sa kontrata na bangkay lang ng anak mo, nyo, asawa nyo ang sagot namin, kasi matigas ang ulo nyo. sabi ng hindi puwede sa Iraq mapilit kayo.. kaya bumaba ang bilang ng 51 dahil malamang ang iba sa kanila ay talagang gustong magpakamatay sa trabaho sa Iraq,,, kuha nyo dagdag bawas, pero totoo.
TT: Hindi sa minamaliit ko ang mga nagke-care giver. Kahit ako bigyan ng pagkakataong maging punas-tae ni Gloria, tatanggapin ko kahit walang suweldo.
Kaso lang steel brush ang gagamitin ko, saka ko babanlawan ng asido. Heheheh.
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Tongue, I let my Tagalog-speaking niece (the father is from Cavite) your post above. Umutot ng malakas after reading it and said, “Eww!” 🙂
Buti ikaw, steel wool ang gagamitin mo. Ako, iyong pangkudkod ng luya, tapos tapalan ko ng asin!
leonard,
pera lamang ang nagpapakilos sa mga tumatao sa embahada. natatapalan sila ng pera.
ano ba ang trabaho at ginagawa ng nasa pinamataas ng poder? ginagaya lang nila!
Dapat tingnan ang kalagayan ng mga pinoy sa buong Middle East. Yang nangyayari at kalagayan ng mga pinoy sa Iraq, halos walang pinagkaiba sa kalagayan ng maraming OFW sa buong middle east. Mababa tingin ng maraming arabong employers sa laborer na mga pinoy, indian atbp.
teka, mukhang okay yang mga gagamitin ninyong brush na panglinis ng mga care givers! pero bakit di nalang yong di- kuryente, yong “power steel brush” sigurado pati lamang loob linis yan! hahahhaha…
Off topic, puro reshuffling lang pala ang ginagawa ng inutil na nagyabang pa. Iyon din ang mga secretary niya na pinaurong lang niya ng upuan. Kaya ano iyong sinasabi niyang progress at accomplishment niya? Inutil talaga ano?
Tulog na ako kasi hatinggabi na sa SFO. Maginaw na mainit ang pakiramdam ko. Pag inalis ko ang “hanten” ko maginaw, pero pag suot ko mainit. Sa Tokyo sabi ng anak ko, mainit daw masyado. OK ngarud, hanggang bukas.
I can blog from the hospital because I have installed a wireless in my laptop.
Chi, I use Belkin. OK ang reception kahit na lulubog-lilitaw ang blog ni Ellen. Spyware ko on all throughout, pati ang virus buster ko.
roy cimatu, gloria’s especial envoy? or “ass-facial enjoy” ? i don’t believe he will go to iraq and investigate the anomalies of the 51 OFW’s forcibly taken to iraq, i’d rather believe if gloria says ” i already sent cimatu to kuwait to get the reports of our embassy officilas “.
malaking pera na naman ang binulsa ng mga walang hiya !
speaking of kabayan noli de catro, isa ring walang pakialam yan kahit kelan. wala din malasakit sa mga tao, noon pa’y tingin ko sa kanya makasarili. sa dati nyang progarama na “mgb” sa abs-cbn akala mo maka-masa ang dating nya, ngayon asan sya? tama na yang napakinabangan mo kay gloria, wag kana mag ambisyon sa pagka pangulo, bulok !
AK-47..
yung asawa ni noli ngayon muslim din…shhhh wag ka maingay..atin-atin lang..
mgas bastos kayo!
panggulo ng pilipinas, ginaganyan ninyo? hindi kayo marunong gumalang.
meron kayong sinasabing steel brush, asido. meron pang pangkudkod ng luya tapos bubudburan ng asin. tapos itong de sabog na de perdegones, power steel brush pa gagamitin daw. ano ba naman ‘yan, nasa na ang inyong mga puso at damdamin? para kayong mga walang awa sa kapwa? pinagaganda na nga nu’ng tao ang ekonomiya ng bansa, hindi ninyo tanawing malaking utang na loob at gusto pa ninyong pahirapan pero ayaw amining gustong tuluyang patayin?
mga sadista kayo! masahol pa kayo sa mga lumapa sa mga marines sa basilan!
bakit hindi na lamang ninyo igapos tapos ihulog sa meat grinder nang buhay? o kaya ihulog sa concrete mixer at hayaang tumigas ang semento bago ihulog sa gitna ng pacific ocean?
gokusen, cge atin nalang eto… muslim pala asawa ni kabayan? dapat pala sya na lang gawing peace negotiator sa mga milf at abu.
mrivera, gusto ko lang kasi mawala ang stress ko kaya sumama na din ako sa “brush gang” ! hahahhaha… kaso mukhang dinaig mo kami ! pambihira ka nman.
US$1.3M midnight deal ni Reyes, nabunyag
(Eralyn Prado)
Tagilid si Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes sa Commission on Appointments (CA) dahil sa nabunyag na US$1.3 milyon midnight deal na umano’y nilagdaan nito bago umalis ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) noong nakaarang linggo.
Nagbanta si Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Teddy Casiño na dadalhin niya ang naturang usapin sa CA upang hadlangan ang kumpirmasyon ni Reyes sa bago nitong posisyon.
“Before he left the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) last July 31, Sec. Reyes signed a ‘midnight’ deal for the full payment of US$1.3 million to a Guam-based company engaged in a failed air pollution monitoring project. This is another case of corruption involving a high profile government official,” ayon kay Casiño.
Noong Biyernes ay ibinunyag ng Environmental watchdog Kalikasan-People’s Network for the Environment na nilagdaan ni Reyes ang Letter of Undertaking (LOU) para sa DENR Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) para bayaran ang Emissions Technology, Inc. (ETI) ng US$1.314,776.46 para sa Ambient Air Monitoring Network component ng US$6.2 million Air Monitoring Project.
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/aug0707/main.htm
iyan ang paboritong alaga ni gloria. hindi kurakot. walang iniisip kundi matapat na paglilingkod sa bayan at hindi iniisip ang katiwalian.
PWEEEEEEEHHHHHH!!!
ano itong 2,600% pagtataas ng buwis na sinisingil sa mga public utility vehicles (PUVs), tulad ng jeep, bus at taxi? hindi ba’t kung ipatutuapd ito ay walang dudang tatama sa mahihirap?
wala na bang kayang gawin si gloria kundi ang pahirapan lalo ang mga naghihingalo na sa kahirapan?
AK47,
ah..nakakaalis ba ng stress ‘yung “brush gang”…sige hanap na tayo ng AK47 at MP47 with attachable stressbrush…para kumpleto ang “brush gang” na hahanting sa mga mamumugot at mga nangpain sa napugutan na nag-aalalaga ng mga mamumugot…o di ba!
Mrivera,
tumaas na nga ang ekonomiya ano kaba, kaya nga wag kang magulat pag nabasa mo na ang tao ang nagtutulak na lang sa mga sasakyan…di ba sabi nga pag tumaas ang ekonomiya..taas din ang gastos..tax at lahat..yun ang improvement at socio-economic development!
AK-47,
oo wag ka maingay kasi baka marinig ni Mrivera, malaman niya alam mo naman yan 2 lang silang makakaalam siya at ang buong sambayanan…
gokusen,
kaya nga eh, galit pa man din sa akin si mrivera ! pero mas gusto ko naman yong taong nagagalit kesa manloloko !
mrivera, relax ka lang dyan. magwawagi din tayo.
Mrivera..
pahabol..
ang di lang tumataas ang pandak..bow!
Mrivera,
wala na bang kayang gawin si gloria kundi ang pahirapan lalo ang mga naghihingalo na sa kahirapan?
eh ano ba palagay mo dun…sadista nga eh, mas nahihirapan mas lalo siyang natutuwa!
gokusen, cute talaga baril mo! MP47, may music ba yan? kasi may MP4 eh ! hahahaha…. cge eto nalang isugod natin kay gloria, habang niraratrat natin sya ay sumasayaw pa ! hahahaa..
mrivera,
tama si gokusen, alam mo na ngang sadista si gloria eh! okay lang sana kung kagaya ng pagkasadista mo ! itinatali mo muna yong tao bago ratratin tapos na! si gloria hinde, ratrat muna bago itali tapos ratrat uli ! continues yon !
What Cimatu wil do?, the Client, US Govt., legally must ensure the welfare of their contractor’s employees. US must be questioned too.
ak-47,
hindi ba’t sinabi ko na sa iyo sa kabilang thread na hindi ako maaaring magalit sa kasama ko? tahan na. kalamayin mo ang loob mo. talagang ganyan lang ang buhay. una una lang.
tandaan mo ito: una at huli mo nang sasabihin na galit ako sa iyo at uuliting ko sa iyo, hindi ako maaaring magalit sa iyong bastos ka!
he he he heeeh!
gokusen,
malugay na ako wayruun nakakaun sin duyan, marang iban mangosteen. parahi ba kita isab dayang.
bang awun, lamugaya na in tiyula itum, pyutu iban bubuk malara.
kiyahapdi na ako isab ini.
gokusen,
am glad that everyone in this blog had been enlightened on the real and true development there in mindanao particularly in lupah sug and basilan. you became the center of attraction here and source of first hand information. just be cautious and not be over confident. the tentacles of evil deeds find their way of reaching those against the queen of hell.
ibut ibut kaw.
Let’s hope Gokusen is not a member of MNLF. MILF or Abu Sayyaf spying on us here. I have sent my own intelligence operative to check his background. You guys would be informed of my investigation. In the meantime, let’s all join the fun…it’s fun to keep on kicking Gloria’s A S S.
ang ipinagtataka ko lang ang dami ng kawalanghiyaan ang ginawa ng regiming ito pero nandyan pa rin sila palagay ko kagaya rin ito nong panahon ni marcos
bihira akong magcomment dito sa ellenville kung maari kasi ayaw kong makapanakit ng tao pero nasosobrahan na nila
Claudio latest on list of ailing Cabinet execs
By Juliet Labog-Javellana
Inquirer
Last updated 02:22am (Mla time) 08/07/2007
MANILA, Philippines — Add Presidential Political Adviser Gabriel Claudio to the list of Cabinet officials who have fallen ill while working under a seemingly indefatigable President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Claudio, 52, went on a one-month medical leave Monday to undergo surgery. Claudio said he has congenital scoliosis, for which he already had surgery in the 1970s.
News that Claudio had taken a medical leave coincided with a report that 76-year-old Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez was about to be discharged from an undisclosed hospital where he had been treated for bleeding ulcers.
http://www.newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=80991
sasabihin ng bruhang hudita “kaya nagkakasakit ang aking mga gabinete ay dahil sa sobrang trabaho. kulang na sila sa pahinga at walang iniisip kundi ang pagpapabuti ng kalagayan ng bansa”.
o, sino pupusta?
Mrivera:I have read a news item that she said nagkasakit ang mga gabinete niya ay dahil sa sobrang trabaho” napatawa ako-kasi sa akin kaya sila ng kakasakit ay dahil sa pagisip kong paano masunod ang mga utos niya. God gave us 10 commandments..The Jewish Torah contains 613 laws and rules. ang kanyang “law-ko” ay mas higit. At ang mga gabinete na pinatalsik niya gaya ni Bunag at Popo Lotilla are God fearing men at may consensya kaya nahirapan siyang mag-pasunod kaya ang sabi niya “alis diyan. get out of my way.”
Goji: thanks for making me young. Retired na ako kaya I have all the time to blog. Besides dito lang ako makalaro ng sipa at kick ball with such a small puck pero challenge ang pasipa siya..and soon it will be done.
Rose:
Thanks for reminding me of my youth. I used to sing those songs that you post here, too. They remind me of my growing up years in the Philippines. I was a baby boomer, too, you know. OK naman than growing up in the Philippines now where everyone is being brainwashed to think that it is good to be super maid-techs (a word coined by Emilio_OFW) or prosties overseas!
I was born after the US granted independence to the Philippines and my father pledged his allegiance to the US flag, so I don’t know any foreign master, and my father made sure that none of his children remembered having been under foreign rule.
Boy, was I dumbfounded when a little girl I asked when I visited the Philippines what she wanted to be, and she looked at my fair and smooth skin, etc., and said, “I want to be a ‘Japayuki,’ too!” Shocking! It’s because I knew exactly what “Japayuki” meant and it was/is “prostitute.”
Tapos itong si Gloria Bugaw still insist on sending them here. Mabuti na lang, our officials at the Immigration Bureau of the Ministry of Justice are getting wiser to think of stricter measures to prevent the influx of pseudo caregivers and super maid-techs because she cannot create any other more worthwhile industries than human trafficking!
Ooops, out of topic na for this loop! Sorry, Ellen, but can’t be helped!
If I’m not mistaken, many of the bloggers here are middle-aged. I was able to guess Rose’s age not because of the fortune telling cards, but she gave the clue away. She mentioned that she toured Europe in the 70s. Assuming she was in her 20s then, she must be in her 50s now. Ystakei said she was born after the US granted independence to RP. Well, to say that she’s in her 60s would be a good guess. Congratulation Grandma ! This blog represents all walks of life. Young and old, rich and poor, educated or not so educated…we’re all here in one mind and spirit to remove this evil woman in Malacanang.
Aliping Filipino;–Do we need more further interpretation on this bondage?Many Filipinos continue to feel no alternative to misery in the Philippines except to find work abroad. In spite of repeated humiliation, hunger, brutal treatment, rape, seem incapable of learning the lesson of ignorance, refusal, or sheer bullheadedness. When they are arrested for having entered Iraq without a passport and visa, our government don’t provide them assistance in legal representation and they go to jail. Prisons and detention centers, the conditions prisoners endure are so harsh that they amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment.They allows no independent organizations to visit prisons and detention centers. Their slammer is overcrowding, lack of hygiene, ill-treatment and lack of human consideration for prisoners.Torture is most frequently practice, for those in prisoners who fear they face execution, the psychological torment is extreme. Nothing Roy Cimatu can do about that.
Goji and rose; When I was a child, I remember spending a lot of time in the world of make believe, especially when it comes for me to see my barber. While waiting for my turn on the barber chair, I’ve heard those fathers many dreams for their children, as their hair was being shaped to a flat top Ross Perot cut. Listening was the first step to able recede myself in those innocent years.
There was a moment, I was listening to a conversation of two friends whose both spouses were pregnant that time discussing the gender of the unborn fetus, Mang Berto wanted his baby to be a boy. His reason was if his boy grown-up to be a man, he will joined the U.S.Navy after high school graduation at Subic Naval Base in Olongapo so that he can taste the “Spam”, his second option to his son is to become a policeman, in Manila,that time a cop in the City are big earners just blowing their whistle. Or if his son wander in different path ,he said his son will just join the rebel and earn money on extortion and intimidation. On the other chair, Mang Fidelo has too much baldness on his head even the fly will having difficulty balancing it’s glide slope landing, want her baby to be a girl. He said once her little darling start menstruation, she wanted her to get a PRO job along Magsaysay Drive,So that she can find G.I. american husband to go to america and then he can also have “Spam” and stateside “Tang”.
After so many years, I went back to that same barber shop, the son who was my H.S. classmate inherited the business from his deceased father. The conversation was bit different. Every patrons whose having a hair cut only wanted a baby girl. I asked Oscar the barber, Why they want girl? He said–The younger the more better and expensive along suburbs tourist belt, and when they gained experience next step is “Japayuki”
Goji,
Re-Let’s hope Gokusen is not a member of MNLF. MILF or Abu Sayyaf spying on us here. I have sent my own intelligence operative to check his background. You guys would be informed of my investigation
you don’t need to send any intelligence operative to check my background if i’m an mnlf, milf or abu , you can get my email add to ms. ellen and you can email me to ask me directly, it doesnt need to be a member of mnlf, milf, or abu to experience those things, remember “in between” the conflicts of mnlf, milf and the operatives, and hunting of those abu are “we” civilians who see all what’s happening on our surroundings..we the civilians the victims of those chaotic place….
mnlf, milf, abu will not waste time blogging here leave their guns away from themselves in spying. what could they get out of this..all they want is to fight for what they believe is right..and expressing that for them is through guns and mortars…and their families are the one sacrificing most for their “beliefs” which sometimes outcasted by the society and discriminated by other..
so i will keep my stand here why i joined this blog is to let others have an idea on what’s happening in our place and let them analyze the situation…so hope you understand me..and give me spot blogging here what’s on our side..the people living in war…thanks
Hey gokusen, you know that was only a joke. Why would I send an operative to check you? Maybe all my posts were too serious that when I crack a joke once in a while you think it’s real. Please don’t be sensitive, gokusen. Of course you’re not a spy. If ever you become a spy, you would be this blog’s spy in Mindanao so that you could feed us with information. Cool ?
Goji,
i know you are joking, for us who see and read you how you blog…yet syempre there are others na nakikibasa ng blog di nga ba? at magkaroon ng ibang utak ang nasa kabila eh..ngeek patay tayo jan baka dun ako pulutin sa kankungan may bulak sa ilong…i answered you in that way…
minsan…kailangan konting balat sibuyas ng kalabaw ang dating para yung may mag-iisip ng iba eh magdalawang isip..
You had a little drama and you almost made me feel guilty with my untimely joke. Sorry.
goji,
kakagising ko lang kasi, di ako pinatulog dahil dun sa wala na daw makain yung mga taong nagsilikas sa mga liblib na lugar…una nga may food blockade na order si kagagalang na General Sabban.
alam mo yung ibang mga civilian lalo na kamag-anak ng milf o abu di yun pupunta sa center dun sila rin makikituluyan sa malalayong kamag-anak..sa isang bahay pinakonti na ang 5 pamilya..isipin mo papano sila kakain..pupuntahan ba sila sa gitnang bukid o sa isla ng mga nasa local government para bigyan ng pagkain?
Anyway, this news might pssst you more: Bedol was penalized by Comelec with a six months jail and P1,000 fine. Son of….
Mrivera..
Utoh…cge papadalan kita padadaanin ko dito sa blog..ayaw mo bang samahan ko ng lanzones at rambutan , pati baulo dagdagan ko ng agar-agar ha…
goji,
baka i-review pa ng appealate court yan at gawin “community service” na lang…ano sa palagay mo?
Worse, Bedol might be allowed to be in the custody of Abalos.
gokusen and goji;
At least Abalos can proudly say that he punish the culprit. Kurot sa singit,That is a very severe penalty considering the crime Bedol committed.Filipino people must be thankful because the COMELEC don’t tolerate any wrongdoings especially when their own people is involved.Hehehe!
Goji: nabasa ko rin yong penalty ni Bedol..pero ang pagkaintindi ko he was not tried for his role in the Maquindanao election fraud.. thus this penalty is just for an administrative case. Sa tingin ko kasi malaking pera ang ibinayad sa kanya sa pagdaya…magkano kaya ang galing kay “me gal so very” magkano naman sa pang gulo..kung 6 months in jail..ok hindi ba? At seguro maraming pa siyang privileges while in jail..bale wala ang six months sa ibinayad sa kanya…ang sarap ng buhay niya ano?
Goji: ok lang ang Lola basta whatever Lola wants Lola gets..na gaya ni pang gulo. Kung hindi lang ako takot sa tatay ko, at napakahigpit..mayroon na rin akong apo na kasing edad mo. Dito sa JC Tita ang tawag ng mga kabataan sa akin.
And Rose, if it is his first criminal offense, he could even be allowed to shorten his sentence such as probation. And for $1,000 fine…that’s just his tip to the waiter.
rose;
You got all the advantage in the world,anywhere you go, you have 20% discounts.I need few more years to qualify for that discount card.
Sorry, it’s P1,000 (in pesos) not $. A P1,000 fine? They gotta be kidding.
so from now on i will call you Tita Rose…and kuya cocoy?
Goji, you should be careful about your jokes.
May nabasa ako kanina na binigyan daw ng salary increase na 12 pesos a day ang mga employees working in metro manila.
Ang 12 pesos ba ay makabili ng pandesal at kape? pandesal at coke? Sa mga kalalakihan.. paano kung may date ka..hati na lang kayo sa pandesal (sana may palaman)? Iba nga ang math ngayon.
Gokusen & Cocoy: areglado! But seriously speaking, I learned a lot from both of you. Keep on blogging…
Sorry but this will be out of topic. Just wondering why it seems nobody is raising the issue that, inpite of the apreciation of peso againts dollar which is almost 20%, the price of prime commodities is still the same in not going up. What’s the effect of the peso appreciation then? It’s seems that they’re just manipulating it so that those who contributed in there campaign kitty can get back their contribution at the expense of the OFW who now serves as the milkong Cow of this administration. There’s a lot of blah blah blah at the senate ang among us bloggers but I never read this topic, i’ sorry to say.
Tita Rose,
Buti kahit 12 dinagdagan sila eh ang mga militar dito 60pesos lang ang food allowance sa isang araw. Isipin mo naman dun lang sa bitbit nilang mga baril at bala, may backpack pa na andun na lahat pati kaldero, bote ng softdrinks na may laman na tubig lalakarin mo kung ilang kilometro ano ang mabibili mo na masustanyang pagkain manghihina ka na at mawawalan ng lakas kumalabit ng gatilyo ng armas na dala-dala mo..samantalang yung mga high ranking nila naka-aircon na room, kumakain ng masasarap na pagkain..kahit generator lang ang gamit sa brigade may nakalagay na airconditioner..may magagandang sasakyan…
Rose,
Iyan ang increase na nakakaawa. Kung babalikan natin ang computation ni Tongue sa bayad koryente, e talagang walang kwenta ang increase na ‘yan. Sigurado na ginagawa pang pogi points iyan ni gloria.
Ang biyahe na ito ni Cimatu ay walang kahihinatnan, kasi ay hindi naman talaga ang pagtulong sa mga nabiktima ang pakay niya duon kundi junket trip lang ito…dagdag sa pocket!
kevrhimar,
siguro na overlooked lang namin kasi nagcocomment kami regarding dun sa sinusundan naming post and carried away kami about the issues, i particularly about mindanao….but since you started commenting and opening about it …the bloggers i think , particularly the ofw’s will comment on it and those filipinos living outside philippines like tita rose, ystakei, cocoy, chi, mlrivera ..etc…
Panahon pa ni Sabel ay problema na ang panloloko na ganito sa mga pinoy na nais mamasukan sa abroad. Ang dali namang resolbahin ‘yan kung tinatrabaho lang ng POEA at DFA ang kanilang mga tungkulin. Kasi naman ay kanya-kanyang silang parte sa raket na ganito.
Sa panahon ni gloria ay mas lalong sumama ang raket kasi ay hindi niya gustong pakialaman ang problemang ganito dahil wala siyang puso para sa mga manggagawa, kahit na anong uri!
Goji:
You don’t call me grandma because I am not one yet.
Over in Japan, to call 60-year-old ladies “grandma” if you don’t want to get slapped hard on the face nowadays. You don’t call them “grandma” until they reach the age of 80! 😛
Over in the USA, people retire at the age of 60 or 65 as in the Philippines. I’m not a retiree yet.
Whoops, this should read, “Over in Japan, you don’t call 60-year-old ladies “grandma” if you don’t want to get slapped hard on the face nowadays! It isn’t a joke. It is considered an insult!
In the USA, you can’t even ask for a woman’s age as it is considered unethical.
Our poor overseas worker are the main exporter of their hard earned dollars, euros, pounds and yens to the pocket of corrupt politicians of the country.That’s why the lady in the castles are always on the go,attending economic summits and etc,coz she needs more BREADS for those hungry Animals in her court,either peddling hardworking world class slaves or our environment to be exploited by corrupt country like our gov’t.We will always hear advance anouncement of Opening for overseas works,the reason for that she was alarming the ones who would like to milk the poor worker to go abroad,specially OWA,POEA and DFA,and if you got guts you could set up an “Certifying Agency” or Illegal recruitment angencies.
nadagdagan na ang uri ng mga alipin.
ang napadagdag – aliping patapon.
patapon sapagkat balewala sa amo kung magkapeste peste sa lugar na kanyang pagtatapunan!
another legacy of gloria makagarapal arroyo, the cheat, liar and thief!
Mother Seeks Help in Locating Missing Daughter
Arab News
JEDDAH, 8 August 2007— Whoever knows where Christia A. Solomon is, please speak up.
This request comes from her mother and friends desperate to know whatever happened to the woman, a mother of two, who came to Riyadh in May 2002 to work as a baby sitter.
In an e-mail forwarded to the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh and to media, Susan A. Arastam, an employee of the Royal Commission Hospital in Jubail, said she used to get in touch with her daughter in Riyadh “from time to time” by cell phone until the night of Feb. 3, 2005.
Worried because Solomon’s cell phone was no longer in service, she called her daughter’s employer and was told that she woman left for the Philippines on Feb. 7, or four days after their last phone conversation.
Surprised that her daughter did not tell her she was leaving, she called up her daughter’s husband and her son in Jolo in the southern Philippines and also learned that she was not there.
Whoever has information may contact Arastan at +966-5029-33729.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=10§ion=0&article=99448&d=8&m=8&y=2007
While our OFWs are victims abroad and continue to suffer, foreign tourists in the Philippines are enjoying their stay to the maximum. Below is a portion of the news I quoted:
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The four Japanese tourists detained for filming a sex video on Sulpa Islet off Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City, availed of “voluntary deportation” on Wednesday, one week after their arrest.
The four Japanese left Cebu together with 10 other Japanese nationals who were part of their tour group that arrived in Cebu on July 27, Bureau of Immigration (BI) 7 regional director Geronimo Rosas confirmed on Wednesday.
Rosas said the group left Mactan Cebu International Airport for Narita, Japan on board a 7:55 a.m. flight.
The bureau has blacklisted the four — Miyawaki Yuki, 26 (female); Yokomizo Masashi, 36; Izuno Hiwaki, 24 and Takimoto Yuichiro, 40 — because of “indecent acts” in Cebu.
Thanks for the above article, Goji. I will pass it on to my friends at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and ask them to investigate, because we have strict laws on immorality and indecent sexual acts in Japan, too. Faster action if I can have the detail of their expected departure from the Philippines and arrival in Japan. Madali naman silang ipahiya sa totoo lang, and proper action taken especially with our new law that can now prosecute Japanese even in Japan for illegal actions done overseas and they do not get penalized properly because of the incompetence and inefficiency of justice system there.
The Philippine Immigration would be doing a great service if they will notify and send a report the above matter to the Japanese Embassy in Manila where one of the ranking officers there always come from the National Police Agency of Japan.
Thanks ystakei. Quite frankly, when I posted that news item you were not in my mind just because you’re in Japan. They being Japanese was only incidental because there are much more criminal aliens in the Philippines who are of other nationalities among whom are the Chinese. I think those caught with that sex video could be from a criminal syndicate producing porno films. I’m not sure if the names listed are their real names. They must have arrived in Japan by this time. But with your connection, yes maybe you could do something about it. These kind of people not only pry on our helpless victims in the Philippines but give shame to Japan.
On the contrary, Goji, this kind of information, we actually do not take for granted in Japan. That is why we now have a law that can prosecute in Japanese courts and penalize Japanese who have committed crimes overseas and escape punishment because the system overseas is corrupt. Kaya mali ang mga pangalan na nilagay sa news. Mahirap i-trace iyan sa totoo lang kung mali. Still, I will pass on the information to my friends at the police in Tokyo and the National Police Agnecy for investigation. Much better kung hindi negligent iyong mga ulol sa Pilipinas na i-report ang ganito sa Japanese Embassy sa Manila. A ranking official there comes from the police as a matter of fact.
Iyan ang dapat na tulungan if we want our world to be a better place to live in. Hindi iyong one sided relationship with the Philippines being always the beneficiary of economic progress in other countries, pero wala namang pakinabang dahil sa kurakot.
Considering the short distance between the Philippines (Cebu) and Japan (Narita), the group have already arrived in a few hours. I don’t know how the Japanese Embassy handles their citizens who are arrested in a foreign land for criminal offense. But as far as I know, protocol and diplomatic rule dictate that the embassy is informed of the case. The embassy then can send its representative to assist especially if the suspects are in jail. This kind of policy applies to all countries with diplomatic relation meaning with embassies. Therefore, the Japanese Embassy has the list of the names; and at the very least, they would have learned it in the news. I’m sure there’s Embassy staff monitoring such matters.
I shortened that news item. The rest of the story was that the Filipino Judge slapped the lightest penalty on these suspects (no longer suspects because they were caught in the act). They were only fined a few hundred pesos and then voluntarily departed. What transpired before and during the prosecution stage and between the judge and the suspects is something worth being looked into. The Judge gave the most minimum penalty in exchange of……
samantala, sa ibayong dagat:
ang rehimeng arroyo ay naghihintay lang ng lutong pagkain.
Crossfire War – Lebanon Election Fortifies Political Divisions
By Willard Payne
Crossfire War – BEIRUT – DAMASCUS – TEHRAN WATCH – West Asia Theatre: Beirut – Damascus – Riyadh – Tehran – Metn/East Beirut – Paris – Rome – Washington; Political-Militia Divisions Re-Affirmed by Lebanon Election – Dissolution of State Continues
Night Watch: METN – Divided loyalties were again revealed in Lebanon during and after the election within the Maronite Catholic community Sunday. What is extremely significant they were the dominant political power in the country ever since its creation by the French in 1920 and were used by industrial groups in Paris to begin the fifteen year civil war (1975-90) as a way of maintaining regional instability, the divide and conquest strategy of major powers to weaken areas targeted for manipulation. However, in the course of the fifteen-year war another power element entered, Tehran through Hezbollah in the early 1980s as an extension of the Islamic revolution in Iran (1979) led by the Ayatollah Khomeini. So while the war weakened the Maronite Catholic community, and political disputes and wars since then, it strengthened not only Hezbollah, but other political forces across the religious – secular spectrum, whose position became more nationalistic and no longer saw close political relations with France and the West as a benefit. [SWISSINFO]
Paris keeps insisting Lebanon owes them an enormous amount of debt due to the civil war and the French have played a major role in leading European units into south Lebanon through the United Nations military presence UNIFIL. The European presence is designed to support the current embattled Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, who is still surrounded by street demonstrations and under a very real direct military threat in the north, the Islamic suicide unit Fatah al-Islam trained and armed by Damascus-Tehran. It is no secret that action, which began the war in Lebanon this year May 20, is intended to prepare Lebanon for Syria’s re-entry into the country as fighting spreads south to UNIFIL and Israel’s border.
What was also so alarming to France and the West, as they discussed regime change in Syria and eventually Iran, major political leaders close to Paris have been routinely assassinated by agents of Tehran for at least the past three years the most important being former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri (Feb. 15, 2005) and Pierre Gemayel last November. In addition, it was his father Amin Gemayel who just lost, by only 418 votes, yesterday’s election to another Maronite Catholic Kamil Khoury. Khoury was supported by one of the main Christian nationalist’s leaders supporting the demonstration against Siniora and the West, former general Michel Aoun, who will run for President next month, a position reserved for the Christian community. The English language paper Daily Star reported, as a sad commentary that during the contentious campaign there was no real discussions on policy issues and did nothing to achieve reconciliation between Lebanon’s diverse-hostile-warring political divisions. It had been mentioned by observers, ever since demonstrations began in December, Lebanese politics had descended to the base level of personality disputes and name-calling. Old hatreds, feuds and the “settling of scores” are the issues now. In the meantime, Tehran, either quietly or violently, increases its influence all over Lebanese society, a mirror of what Iran has been doing in Iraq.
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Goji,
What you say is true only when the system is not corrupted and bureaucrats follow the rules, but not apparently in the Philippines. Before the embassy is even informed of the case, kamag-anak pa ng mga hapon ang nagsasabi sa kanila to help the Japanese in distress. Tapos pahirapan pa ng paghanap sa nakasuhan with very limited and often wrong information as in the case of the above case with wrong names and IDs.
Parang naghanap ng karayom sa haystack! Ngitngit!
ystakei:
sa librong binabasa ko, may nalaman ako na noong 17th century pa pala na may mga unang nag-settle na mga Hapones dito sa Pilipinas?
Nanirahan sila sa di kalayuan ng Maynila at tinanggap naman ng maluwag ng rehimeng Español.
Ang mga Hapones na ito ay nagawang makisalamuha sa lokal na populasyon at naging madali sa kanila dahil sa pagiging Kristyano ng mga ito.
Ang mga nasabing Hapones ay ang mga persecuted Chritians na nagsilikas sa bansang Japan at ang Pilipinas ang sumalo sa kanila.
Sa katunayan, ang isa sa mga foreign settler na nag-alsa laban sa mga Kastila ay ang mga Hapones. Pero madali naman itong napayapa ng mga Kastila.
Bukod sa mga Hapones, mayroong din mga ibang taga-Europa na nanirahan sa Maynila at sa paligid nito. Ito ay ang mga Pranses, Portuges at ang mga Swedes: sila ang mga nanilbihan bilang mga Kapitan at crew ng mga barkong Galyon nang panahong yaon.
[Relationship with Foreign Settlers in the Philippines, The Endless Cycle of Conflicts, When Britain Ruled The Philippines 1762-1764]
Ellen,
I posted your articles on the stranded Filipino workers in Iraq in our UPAA in Japan egroup, and here’s a comment I got from on of our members:
Re: Filipinos in Iraq need help
O sya, makikisawsaw na nga sa isyu na ito…
Kumaltas ba ng atip ang peh-oh-eh-ey (as in POEA/OWWA) dyan sa mga Pinoy
workers na na-Shanghai to Iraq? I’m sure na pinagbayad sila ng kung
anu-anong orientation fee, membership fee at departure fee kuno.
In that case, this is POEA’s problem as well. This agency must be made to
realize that if they insist on forcibly collecting these fees, then they
have a responsibility for the welfare of their “members”. It is extremely
immoral for them to be getting money, then claim later on that they do not
have the resources to take action. Pwede ba, kung pulos ganun din lang ang
Delia at Darius (as in, razon) nila, isara na ang pekeng agency na yan –
walang nakikinabang dyan kundi yung mga useless employees nila – sa sweldo
lang nila napupunta ang perang kinakaltas.
Francis
Nelbar,
Iyong binabanggit mong mga hapones ay iyong mga kasama ni Takayama Ukon na naging kristyano at napaalis sa Japan nang magsara ng pinto ang Hapon sa mga dayuhan. Doon sila nag-settle sa isang isla sa ilog Pasig na ngayon ay nasa San Marcelino at na-extend pa doon sa Paco (Plaza Dilao) at iyong kalye na malapit sa Echague sa may Quiapo.
I think we should not worry much having our brave sons in Iraq. They send in more dollars. Looking at statistics, there are more japayukis killed in Japan than OFWs in Iraq. There are more killed in other places. The bodybags allowed in the military is 15% which the generals are trying to fill up. We have dismembered bodies splattered all around us here every other day at home as if we can do something about it. Alipin in Iraq is sweeter than the practically all aliping workers here. They live in squalor here. Just watch them in every police sona, those quarters. Watch them under those fallen walls. under bridges. Under the rampaging trucks. Even our embassy brothels in the middle east…
Valdemar, I beg to disagree with your statement that there are more Japayukis being killed in Japan. Are you advocating more OFWs or Japayukis in Japan? I don’t think the Japanese government tolerates undesirable aliens in their country. It’s not a credible comparison between those in Iraq and Japan. One is a war torn country and the other lives in peace.