Marami na ang nangyari mula nang isinumite ko itong kolumn hanggang ngayon. Unang-una, nagpasiya na si Neri na hindi na siya sasama kay Gloria Arroyo sa New York. Ang abangan natin ay, ikuwento ba niya ang buong katotohanan sa Miyerkoles?
Kinumpira ni Romy Neri, dating director ng National Economic Development Authority o NEDA na ngayon ay chair ng Commission on Higher Education, na sinasama siya ni Gloria Arroyo sa kanyang biyahe sa Amerika ngayong araw.
Sabi ni Neri, pinag-iisipan pa raw niya.
Isinama ko sa aking dasal na sana magdesisyon siyang hindi sumama. Hindi lang ako ang nagdasal kasi marami akong natanggap na ganitong text:”Please join citizens and civil society groups in holding a vigil at his residence at No. 28 Palale St., Banawe, Quezon City to show our support and prevent the Palace from preventing Romy Neri from testifying on Wednesday.God bless our nation.”
Bukas kasi naka-schedule si Neri mag-testify sa Senate Blue Ribbon committee na pinamumunuan ni Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano. Doon natin malalaman kung totoo ang report na inalok siya ni Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos ng P200 milyon na para lang aprubahan ang kontrata para sa national broadband network sa Zhong Xing Telecommunciations Equipment Company Ltd (ZTE) , isang kumpanya na pag-aari ng pamahalaan ng China.
Ayun din sa mga report, ikinuwento ni Neri kay Gloria Arroyo ang tunkol sa alok na P200 milyon ni Abalos. Ang sagot lang daw ni Arroyo, “Ano ang ginawa mo?” Hindi raw na-shock o nagalit si Arroyo sa ikinuwento ni Neri.
Hindi lang yun. Sinabi pa ni Arroyo sa kanya na kalimutan na lang niya ang tungkol sa offer na pera ni Abalos ngunit kailangan aprubahan niya ang kontrata sa ZTE.
Bilang pinuno ng NEDA kasi, ang opisina ni Neri ang nagbubusisi at nagre-rekomenda kung anong aksyon ang gagawin sa mga proyekto na gagastusan ng pera galing sa ibang bansa. Kasama nga itong ZTE.
Pagkatapos nitong paguusap ni Arroyo at ni Neri, tinaggal siya sa NEDA at biglang inilipat sa Commission on Higher Education.
Maala-ala natin na witness si Arroyo sa pirmahan nitong kontrata sa ZTE na nagkakahalaga ng P16 bilyon na pagbabayaran natin kasama na ng ating mga kaapuhan noong Abril 21. Di ba iniwan niya muna ang kanyang asawang Mike na nasa ospital at lumipad sa Boao, China para lang ma-witness itong napakahalagang pirmahan.
Abril ito. Ilang linggo bago mag-eleksyon. Napakahalagang petsa. Mahalaga rin ang pagtaas ng presyo ng poyekto. Mula sa orihinal na $132 milyon, naging $299 milyon. Dolyar yan, ha. May kinalaman kaya sa eleksyon ang pagtaas ng presyo?
Kung ilalahad ito ni Neri, hindi na maa-aring magkunyari si Arroyo na wala siyang alam sa suhulan. Magpapalakas rin sa testimony ni Joey de Venecia, anak ni House Speaker Jose de Venecia at presidente ng Amsterdam Holdings na karibal ng ZTE, tungkol sa malaking papel ni Abalos sa ma-anomalyang deal na ito.
Abangan!
Neri, sana sumipot ka bukas sa Senado at iladlad mo ang katotohanan tungkol sa ZTE. Iladlad mo ang katotohanang sinusuhulan ka ng 200 milyong pesos. Iladlad mo ang katotohan katulad nang naikwento mo na.
Kung hindi ka sisipot, maraming magiisip dito na ikaw ay s..pot.
Let us pray for Mr Neri that he would have the courage to tell only the truth. Alam natin na hangggat maaari ay di niya isasangkot ang kanyang superiora. Pero ganun pa man ay ilahad niya ang tunay na mga pangyayari. He will supply some of the pieces on the puzzle.
Kuya Romy,
Magandang Gabi sa iyo at sa iyong pamilya. Sana nasa magandang kalagayan kayong lahat.
Mahabahaba na rin ang panahon para mailantad ni Glueria kung hanggang saan lang ang kanyang kakayahan pagdating sa governance.
Bilang isang dating chief ng NEDA, siguro’y alam mo kung gaano kalugmok ang kalagayan ng mga ordinaryong Filipino sa ngayon.
Kaya sana magmunimuni ka ng maayos, at magkaroon ng katapangan upang ilahad ang lahat na dapat naming malaman.
You owe it to us, Pare. We are the State, not Glueria.
Maraming Salamat, in advance.
Mabuhay, ka kapatid!
September 24th, 2007 at 10:12 pm, bahagi ng poste ko bilang panawagan kay Neri: ito na ang panahon na ipamukha niya sa lahat na nagdududa sa kanya na isa siyang tunay na lpagkalalaki.
Ngayon sa Abante Tonite: Hamon kay Neri, Magpakalalaki ka!
Sa gitna ng tila atras-abanteng pagdedesisyon kung dadalo sa hearing ng Senado hinggil sa kontrobersya ng broadband deal, hinamon kagabi ng mga senador si Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Secretary Romulo Neri na magpakalalaki at ituga ang lahat ng nalalaman.
I doubt if Neri will be man enough to face the Senate and tell the truth. Like any other govt officials in high places, he has been coopted by at best keeping silent, or as he did earlier, neither confirm nor deny. His position makes him an oddball. As it is, he is now a captive of the GMA corrupt machinery. Spilling the beans is the least he could do, with all those guards around him.
He might tell the truth, if he got an assurance of backing from civil society (will the CBCP do that now? what about the left and the middle?), other cabinet officials, and a good section of the discontented military. Alone, he would not make a hero of himself.
Maiba lang po ang aking tanong, bakit si Legarda tahimik sa isyung ito. Wala ka man lang marinig na comment galing sa kanya. Sana naman hindi na lalaban sa pagka-Pangulo yan kasi ala naman talagang alam yan kundi magpa-beauty.
Kung hindi siya sisipot, supot siya !
Pechanco;
Gusto ko ang post mo,pang-SLOGAN-hehehehe!
Eto ang masamang balita: Neri is going to NY after all, one day before the hearing. While most senators are against his leaving, Joker and Miriam are asking the Senate to stop the hearing. Ano ba iyan?
Thanks Cocoy. Ano sa slogan ang nagustuhan mo? Iyong sipot o supot? Patawa lang naman…I’m in a very low mood due to all these bastards blocking the hearing. Truth must come out !
Re the brewing scandal at the SC, I am not surprised. Matagal nang tradition iyan. I was told in fact that Imelda was once upon a time the biggest briber there kaya nga hindi siya makulong e.
Lalo na ngayong puro kaibigan ng mga magnanakaw na squatters ng Malacanang ang mga nakaupo sa SC, what can you expect. Sabi nga, “Birds of the same feathers flock together.” What’s surprising about that.
Taragis kailan pa ba kikilos ang mga pilipino na patalsikin ang malanding pa-kyut-kyut wala namang alam kundi mangurakot! Pwe!
Mr Neri, your chance of becoming great and be written as such in Phil history books is now. Just do it! Your fake president will be gone soon anyway.
I wish Neri would tell the truth. But judging from his inclination, he may coverup for GMA (he said this: “The President is my superior. I will do whatever she tells me. I guess if she instructed me to go, and it’s a legal order, I may have to follow. I will come back in time. I promise to attend,” he told opposition Rep. Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan de Oro. Philippine Star, 9/25). Now that he is told to stay and face up the Senate probes, the message sent him is could be this: “Ok Romy, you stay. But don’t rock the boat, or else……”
I think Neri is tortured by his conscience. But he needs to balance things out as a ranking official of GMA by covering up for her (or by staying non-committal), and assuring his own safety and future. While he has the beans to spill, he knows that doing so at this stage will only doom himself ahead of Gloria’s corrupt machinery. Unless he does a Singson, but that means getting a significant amount of support from civil society.
It’s time for CBCP, the opposition and concerned citizens to rally behind Neri, now.
Re: Brewing scandal at the SC, how come it is already closed for comments when nobody has commented on it yet? Is something afooting? Baka kaya na-blocked na ang mga gustong mag post while Ma’m Ellen is still sleeping.
Dalawa lang ang pinagpipilian ni Neri ang maging bida o kontrabida sa pelikulang “ANG LIHIM NG NBN”. Ito ngayon ang pinaka hihintay ng madlang pipol.
Bobo talaga. Don’t they know that as bureaucrats, they have their rights unless of course, political appointees lang sila. Talagang kailangan nilang sumunod sa amo nila.
I heard that this Neri is over-ambitious. Tama iyon sinabi ng isang blogger here. Now is the time for him to achieve his ambition—to be famous and….Oops, balita ko gusto niyang lalong yumaman. Mahirap maging mayaman ang isang bayani!
Gets ninyo?
…the message sent him by GMA could have this poignant reminder: “Romy, bahala ka na sa sasabihin mo, pero huwag mo ako sisihin pag binalikan ka ni Leandro at Ben. Grrr#@?!!$$$$*#!”
Brewing scandal at the SC:
Pati ba naman pag comment kailangan mag lagay pa sa Brewing scandal at the SC. Wala po akong pang lagay na 10 million, mag babasa na lang ako libre pa he he he he he he he.
The defenders of Gloria Arroyo in the Senate, although with some semblance of speaking lines, are politically DEAD.
Defensor, Enrile, Arroyo, Dick.
Pitiful are the likes of Angara, Honasan, Zubiri, Revilla and Lapid who can only mutter one word, to say PRESENT come roll call time. Puro tameme.
Pechangco;
Anything basta okey.Ako rin ay sinipon sa tutok ng bentilador ni Atitiway.Sige lang ang banat para sisipot si Neri kung hindi talaga siya supot.Magpapahangin muna ako doon sa bahay ni Neonate,nakakaaliw basahin.Babalikan ko kayo mamaya.
TP: Pitiful are the likes of Angara, Honasan, Zubiri, Revilla and Lapid who can only mutter one word, to say PRESENT come roll call time. Puro tameme.
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Best is to check who among these senators were beneficiaries of this ZTE deal. Kahit hindi sabihin alam naman nating lahat na inaarbor ni Fatso ang deal na ito to help raise funds for the TUta campaign and election cheating galore. Kunyari pa raw may sakit at tahimik. O di lumabas din ang totoo.
Masarap alamin kung ang mga meetings pa nila held at the hospital where the Fatso was confined. Iyong mga hindi kumikibo diyan pihado may kinalaman sa scam na ito. Pati siguro si Binggot involved dito kaya masigasig na i-gag ni Brenda ang mga witnesses, etc. para mamatay ito ng “a natural death” daw sabi ng mga squatters sa Malacanang.
Tignan natin ngayon kung sino ang mga may yagbols at wala. Abangan ang susunod na kabanata! Meanwhile, ihanda na ang mga banners, placards, etc. para sa martsa!
Press Secretary Bunye said Mrs. Arroyo, through Executive Secretary Ermita, advised Neri to “stay behind” and attend the Senate probe. (Note: “stay” is a common command to well-trained dogs). Neri appeared before a House appropriations hearing to defend the budget of the CHED which he now heads. He said that he had been “advised” by the DFA to “accompany” the Chief Executive on her trip to New York, which would make him absent from the Senate probe the next day.
“The President is my superior. I will do whatever she tells me. I guess if she instructed me to go, and it’s a legal order, I may have to follow. I will come back in time. I promise to attend,” he whimpered to opposition Rep. Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan de Oro. “I have been advised by the DFA that I may be needed in New York with the President, to back her up on the discussion of the Millennium Challenge Account, which is one of the areas we dealt with when I was director of NEDA,” Neri said.
Neri validates evaluations he IS a wimp, a pitiful wimp shaking to the point of peeing in his pants. Nonetheless, he needs our sympathy — being a political soccer ball kicked around from NEDA chief to CHED and now by fellow Cabinet Secretaries. So,
BACK OFF!
hawaiianguy:
Neri has only one of two choices to be made, either he avoids spilling the beans (its already been rep[orted that he informed his boss about having a bribe offered to him and that she confirmed that she understood by replying to him to not take the bribe but to endorse the deal). If he decides to keep quiet the people will never forgive him.
If he tells the TRUTH he becomes a hero – simple
“joey” had the balls to tell the truth even though his life was threatened and in the people’s eyes became a hero NOT a reformed drug addict – and rightly so. Neri has no option but to tell the TRUTH or disappear from politics. forever.
It seems we on one hand demand our politicians to be transparent and tell the TRUTH – but when confronted with a political problem we allow them to hide the truth – what utter nonsense, lets stop the rot right now.
The Senate wanted the chance and now they have it – just ignore these fools such as Defensor, Enrile, Angara, Joker Arroyo, Gordon etc. they are all hasbeens nobody listens to them anymore.
WWNL: just ignore these fools such as Defensor, Enrile, Angara, Joker Arroyo, Gordon etc. they are all hasbeens nobody listens to them anymore.
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Oh yeah! Easier said than done as a matter of fact, for like it or not, these old hags are still part and parcel of Philippine politics. Until Filipinos learn to be more careful in their choice of politicians, who know they are public servants and will consent to be treated as such when they sit in the government, these crooks are here to stay, and they definitely should not be ignored but watched carefully, tamed and clipped if possible.
As for allowing these crooks from hiding the truth, who does or do? I don’t see any of my barkada in this blog as a matter of fact doing that, and I have one or two friends now watching the saga of graft and corruption in the Philippines beyond the veil.
Yup, they have long joined the 800 or more victims of the extrajudicial killings, and reason why I am actively protesting against these killings. Binabanatan nga e.
Point is how many Filipinos out there still willing to be pulled by the legs by the criminals squatting at the palace by the murky river! Iyan ang mas nakakabuwisit—the usual indifference!!! “Basta ako kumakain, wala akong pakialam!” attitude!!!
Kung sakaling sisipot si Neri sa Senado baka ‘half-truth’ ang kanyang ibulgar. Alam ng taumbayan na si Jose Pidal at Benjamin Abalos ang broker sa ZTE-NBN. Si Abalos ay nagpahiwatig ng P200 M partehan para kay Neri. Abangan kung may bagong sabit sa partehan. Gusto kung isabit niya si Gloriang Putot.
WWNL, given two choices I hope Neri will take the path of the hero over the crooked way of the bandit. But he might stay at a neutral ground, to avoid GMA’s (or her tentacles) backlash while preserving or not necessarily losing a heroic stance. From media statements he made (or attributed to him), looks like he is not decisive to avoid antagonizing the “small” boss. I hope he will not refute what Jarius Bondoc wrote about him, and that he will categorically confirm (not deny) the P200 million bribe from Abalos. I will salute him if he corroborates this tempting offer.
Kahapon, hindi ako makapasok, ngayon naman, yung comment ko ayaw mag-appear sa immediately preceding thread. E wais ako, ikinopya ko muna sa clipboard bago i-submit para ipe-paste ko na lang lung madisgrasya. Hindi nga lumabas, pero nung i-paste ko, yung transcript ng questioning ni Mar Roxas ang lumabas. Paanong nangyari iyon e sa email ko nakalagay iyon?
Gumagana na naman ang mga bulate!
Again, nawala na naman! I just mentioned the words intestinal flu at intionally flew, nawala na!
O loko, e di naisahan ko rin kayo. Keyword-monitoring ang mga ulol. (“Intentionally flew” hindi “intionally flew”)
Pechanco,
Huwag muna natin siguro asarin o laitin si Neri. Let’s give him the fullest benefit of the doubt. What he has to say tomorrow is really important, we don’t want to be blamed or what we say here be used as excuse for not doing what he is expected to do.
Hindi pa panahon, salamat, ‘tol.
Neri must have been briefed (threatened) to the last minute that he can manage the senate inquiry well enough while the cat is away to bring home more bacon….
TT,
They took away the Malaya CPU yesterday thouroughly collecting evidences of their enemies, perhaps.
Valdemar Says:
September 21st, 2007 at 8:22 am
Who is not aware that most legislators subsist on their pork barrels which is alien to their functions.
Who is not aware that the executive people thrive on sovereign loan droppings?
As for the third branch, well I dont have enough space here for them…
Five boxes of milk cans is not the end of the story.
Thanks for your kind reminder, Tongue. Let’s give him the doubt of the benefit (tama ba?). Let’s wait for what he has to say before jumping into conclusion. Dala lang kasi sa dami ng mga bata ni GMA na walang bayag. The fact that he signed the ZTE deal against his principle tells us he’s not a man of principle.
Thank you, too, Pechanco.
I am with you in that issue re signing, but he may have an explanation for that, too. I’m sure that won’t excape our senators’ scrutiny.
Doubt of the benefit? Pilyo ka. But I’m keeping an open mind on Neri, if Jarius is willing to sacrifice credibility and dependability when he says Neri will say everything we want to know if he’s under oath, and I think I know that Neri and Joey were his sources when he came out with his series, we will have to take their word for it.
What they actually do will determine what course this scandal will lead to.
The possibilities, either way, are frightening.
Is that true, Ellen, what Valdemar has just posted?
Tongue,
Hindi rin ako nakapasol kahapon, ang tindi ng monitoring these days.
Anyway, dasal tayo na magkaroon ng sapat na lakas ng loob na magsabi ng totoo si Romy Neri. Siya ang susi dito na magkokonek kay Blinky Tianak sa ZTE deal.
Sana, ay bantayan rin ng mga pinoy groups ang grounds ng Senado at ng makita sila ni Romy bago mag-hearing. Sa ganun ay baka ma-konsiensya at bitiwan na si Blinky Gloria!
Pwede pala ang keyword-monitoring, Tongue?
Magpalit ako ng mga keywords ko, kakainis naman.
Tongue, isa lang ang nakikita ko kung bakit pinirmahan ni Neri ang ZTE deal kung talagang matino siya. Siguro tinutukan siya ng baril sa ulo. Anyway, I’m sure the senator will ask him why he signed the deal. So, let’s hear what he has to say.
CBCP? Its silence is deafening.
Now that you’ve mentioned the CBCP, it’s true – they haven’t uttered a word about this Gloria’s ZTE looting.
The last time we heard from them was during the Hello Garci re-opening in the Senate and mentioned something about the murder of Abel (or Cain) not being resolved to this day so how can Hello GArci be resolved kind of…
Re from Valdemar’s comment: “TT,
They took away the Malaya CPU yesterday thouroughly collecting evidences of their enemies, perhaps.
The Malaya CPU at the Defense press office”.
It’s at the Defense press office in Camp Aguinaldo. The office was burglarized.
Where inthe world can it happen? The press office inside a military camp was burglarized. Only in the Philippines. Only under Esperon’s very able leadership.
What? Ohmigosh – this is Burma/Myanmar creeping…
Did anybody else’s office get burglarized?
Here’s the story of Inquirer’s Joel Guinto on the defense press office burglary:
Click here for full story.
Esperon is really gobsmackingly thick too, isn’t he? Imagine having the press office burglarized under his very fat nose?
I have deleted personal, uncalled for comments on Romy Neri. The guy has done nothing to deserve those insults. What his personal circumstances are, are irrelevant to his role in the ZTE expose.
I think we should check ourselves and be careful that we don’t hurt innocent people.
As I said, let’s wait for his testimony. We judge him after that.
# Ellen Says:
September 25th, 2007 at 8:50 am
CBCP? Its silence is deafening.
….Iba na ang ibig sabihin ng CBCP ngayon: Check Bank Cash Payment.
Neonate;
You have a very good putter stored in your house, I was busy looking for a word to described what you have written; only two words I found excellent and marvelous. I remember my best friend way back in Gapo na medyo nagpapakipot pa kay canuto,ang sabi niya kay ay,What do you think of me,”just!just!’ang ibig niyang sabihin ay “basta!basta!”
As I told you I don’t trust person “just!just!” But,your work is real!Fantastic! walastik!and Lastikman!
Not,Like the Wannabe I talk to the other day,I don’t believe him “just!just!–hehehehe!
What I am saying, I don’t believe also to this guy Romy Neri that the senate can get an answer from him “just!just!” I wait and see! Baka nga sabi ni Pechangco ay supot siya.
I want to visit Tongue house again,pero malayo na iyong bus station,susumpungin na ang rayuma ko sa paglalakad
Ellen,
To be quite honest, I don’t believe that the personal circumstances, the wealth or poverty of a person, his/her sexual preference or even his/her looks (whether ugly or pretty or handsome) are any gauge of a person’s moral and/or physical courage…
A person’s social status, sexual preference or looks do not at all reveal or determine his/her capability or incapability for courage or cowardice. It’s how that person confronts adversaries, on how he behaves accordingly, and how he sorts out lies from truth that makes him less or more of a man or woman. They are neither better or worse than you or me – they are human beings like any of us.
I’ve met soldiers, British Royal Marines, even officers who have sexual preference for one like them but have never been short of courage nor bravoura. Thus to me, it is wrong to believe that homosexuality is a gauge of lack of courage, moral or physical.
I don’t and won’t judge Neri on whether he is ugly or pretty or whether he is a homosexual or not, I won’t even judge him on the basis of physical courage because physical courage to me is not the ultimate gauge of his being a man – but I will definitely judge him on his ability or inability to project and assume his moral courage.
I am not Catholic, but I would prefer the priests and nuns to stop meddling in politics if they cannot really help make better Christians of these politicians, who must think that as long as they give indulgences in even millions of pesos to the priests, nuns, parishes, etc., they can still go to heaven even when they engage in bigtime government heists.
Maybe, the priests and nuns can start doing their own confessions themselves, kind of clearing up the many dead skeletons in their closets.
Meanwhile, I hope they will stop taking pictures of these crooks like the Pidals praying in their synagogues and publishing them in newspapers. It is actually bad taste and smacks of hypocrisy.
OK, let’s roast him like a pig when he does show bravado and moral courage in exposing his bosses in this scam!
…when he does NOT show bravado and moral courage….
napanood ko sa gma7, hindi sisipot si neri sa hearing, kasama siya ni glueria sa usa.
I’m expecting a cover up from Neri.
He’s got lots to lose if he implicates the Gloria mafia.
The boy isn’t made of sterner stuff, else, he should have joined the Hyatt 10 a long time ago.
He knows it in his heart that Arroyo is beyond corrupt but continue to serve in her prostituted cabinet anyway even accepting that CHED demotion.
Unbelievable talaga, Ellen! Inside job iyan, no doubt—inside job ng mga tauhan ni Esperon!!! Nakakahiya! He should take responsibility for all these robberies inside the AFP camps. Baka isipin lahat ng sundalong pilipino magnanakaw!!! Yuck!
From an email:
BROADway Show; Ties that BAND
1. Napansin n’yo ba? Secretary Teves mistakenly kept addressing Chairman Abalos (of the Kumisyon on Eleksyon) as sekritari? Ok lang ‘yon. But in fairness, he should also mistakenly address secretaries Mendoza, Formoso, Favila and Neri as… ‘yon, kumisyoners.
2. What’s the band among Joe DV and Joey DV? They are both speakers, the first is the speaker of the House, the other is the speaker in the Senate.
3. What’s the band among Sean Connery and Romy Neri? They are both spy, the first is the spy in James Bond, the other is the spy of Broadband
4. And now, let us all sing the new Luli-bye: “Rock a-bye Joey on the treetop, when the wind blows, thin hairline will rock…”
Kayong mga taga-New York at New Jersey (Rose), balitaan nyo kami sa rally. Show your disgust to the illegitimate president!
Neri… please don’t “BACK-OFF”
Sayang kung kailan pa ako busy, hindi tuloy makalipad sa New York. Mahalaga kasi itong ginagawa naming documentary ngayon tungkol sa Negros. Iyong mga Japan based bloggers, abangan ninyo ang palabas na ito. It will be aired in October. Let me check the date, and I will post it here.
“Time to show the world Ateneans are not buzzards in Blue Eagle’s clothing! Attend Senate hearing tomorrow, 9:30 am to boost morale of Romy Neri, HS ‘66, to tell the truth. Wear blue or your homecoming uniform.text going around″
Ateneo has been the home to our great heroes..Jose Rizal,Ninoy Aquino,Ed Jopson and many others.
BUT,remember also where Ronnie Puno,Joseph Estrada and MIKE ARROYO studied…
Ateneo has been the home to both GREAT heroes and also sadly,scoundrels!!
Let’s see in what category of Blue Eagles does Neri belong to… abangan..
CHINA SCANDALS
The ruling Communist Party is intensifying its campaign to shore up the reputation of China as a trading powerhouse following a recent series of embarrassing product recalls, contamination scandals and ZTE Bribery scandals.
As China feverishly prepares to play host to the Olympic Games next year, the Chinese government is becoming alarmed
at the spate of bad news.
WE have this small window of opportunity (until the 2008 Olympics) to keep blogging and telling our countrymen and the world about the ZTE scandals with the collaboration of GMA in the Philippines!
My advice to Mr Neri:
My advice to Mr Neri:
If your captain can’t decide whether to steer the ship away from the eye of the storm and that it will be pooped anytime, better watch out. You may have to jump ship – not good trying to stand by your captain and to be so stubbornly obedient, difficult to save a ship that has three sheets to the wind.
When that happens Ex-Os are allowed to take a stand – either to assume command and control or failing that, to go down with the captain and the ship.
The President’s Resignation Letter
Good evening.
This is the 37th time I have spoken to you from this office, where so many decisions have been made that shaped the history of this Nation. Each time I have done so to discuss with you some matter that I believe affected the national interest.
In all the decisions I have made in my public life, I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation. Throughout the long and difficult period of Presidency, I have felt it was my duty to persevere, to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which you elected me.
In the past few days, however, it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the Congress to justify continuing that effort. As long as there was such a base, I felt strongly that it was necessary to see the constitutional process through to its conclusion, that to do otherwise would be unfaithful to the spirit of that deliberately difficult process and a dangerously destabilizing precedent for the future.
But with the disappearance of that base, I now believe that the constitutional purpose has been served, and there is no longer a need for the process to be prolonged.
I would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever the personal agony it would have involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do so. But the interests of the Nation must always come before any personal considerations.
From the discussions I have had with Congressional and other leaders, I have concluded that because of the Scandals I might not have the support of the Congress that I would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of the Nation would require.
I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as President, I must put the interest of the country first. The country needs a full-time President and a full-time Congress, particularly at this time with problems we face at home and abroad.
To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home.
Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. The Vice President will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office.
Richard M.Nixon
Sayang,Mrs.Pidal does not have the “delicadeza “of Richard M.Nixon.
TDC, Mrs Pidal was not born with “delicadeza”. She did not come from that. To even wish she had a conscience is asking for the moon. She is so unrespectable; bastos.
chabelli:Agree;but sad for the country.It is in this respect that I admire ERAP for quitting at the right time(even at the expense of his personal reputation).
Did Erap really quit? Or was he declared “constructively resigned?”
Am not an Erap fanatic, not even an admirer – Erap to me at the time was merely the symbol of universal suffrage in exercise; that the impeachment process did not reach a conclusion and later on the Constitution breached, democracy was waylaid for an ideal that wasn’t there, is one of the major reasons we are where we are at today.
Re: Sayang,Mrs.Pidal does not have the “delicadeza “of Richard M.Nixon.
TDC,
Ayan ka na naman (:-)), I’m having goose bumps seeing the name of Gloria Pidal in the same sentence with that of Richard Nixon.
Hindi showbiz ang mundo ng politika. Unless may director at producer, which is obvious na meron.
Pero sabi nga minsan ng isang manunulat, “in showbiz, the issues will arise will seperate men from the boys.”
Lets pray and hope that Mr. Neri is man enough to face the issue.
Marami na tayong nakitang tao na walang prinsipyong pinaninindigan. Sana may matira kahit na isa.
Oy, baliktad tuloy ang smile ko, heheh!
Sige, sama sako sa rooting mo kay Neri para tumapang!
CHI
TY.
sana after tomorrow’s hearing,my Blue Eagles honor roll will
look like this:
Blue Eagles Heroes:Jose Rizal,Ninoy Aquino,Ed Jopson,Romy Neri and countless men and women serving this country!
Excluded from the above list:Ronnie Puno,Erap,FG Mike Pidal,etc…
As Tongue pointed out and Ellen as well, let’s give Neri the benefit of the doubt. But one day before his senate appearance, he’s been complaining of sore throad and cough. There are two scenarios why I’m pessimistic his attendance would not give us the truth. First, maybe he would fake illness just like his predecessors. Either he would be rushed to the hospital before the hearing or he would be taken to the hospital at the middle of the hearing. Second scenario is while being thrown with difficult questions, Neri would say he cannot speak due to sore throat or he would just keep coughing until the Committee Chairman called for a recess or adjournment of the hearing. Possible? You bet. Lahat na ng kababalaghan at kababuyan nangyari na at mangyayari na sa bansa natin sa ilalim ng pamahalaan ni Impakta. Of course let’s hope and pray for the best. May the Holy Spirit guide Neri as he tells the Senate all what he knows about the deal.
pechanco: God writes straight with crooked lines! Let’s pray for Romy Neri for him to have the courage to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth…
Romy:Fly high!
He might need some bananas, too.
valdemar:Reserve your nasty comments until after the senate hearing tomorrow if he really deserves it!
Ok ba tol?
“Neri conceded he could be removed from his government post after his testimony tomorrow.
He acknowledged that Arroyo may have to consider his trustworthiness after his Senate appearance and that he was .”
Bravery like cowardice is contagious!
Neri has manifested his desire to tell the truth even if it means losing his job. Job only? That’s the least concern he should have. Kung ako siya, ang sasabihin ko “I’m willing to tell all even if it means losing my life”. Iyan ang tunay na lalaki. Sa demotion na ginawa sa kanya, parang nawalan na nga siya ng trabaho. But let’s see…let’s give him the doubt of the benefit and not be justicemental (oopss judgmental pala).
FOR ROMY:
“Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow His grace to mold them accordingly.”
~ Saint Ignatius of Loyola
TDC, ayaw ko ang mga quotes ni Saint Ignatius. Patron ng mga Atenista iyan. Maraming corrupt sa Ateneo led by Mike Arroyo.
Mismo si Rizal binatikos ang Ateneo de Manila noong panahon niya. Nagkataon lang kasi na isa lang iyon sa mga puedeng pasukan para magkaroon ng diploma. Discriminated pa nga ang mga katulad niya na mestisong intsik. Iyong nga ang isa sa mga hinaing niya e.
PECHANCO:
There are two kinds of Atenistas:(heroes and scoundrels)
the HEROES: Jose Rizal,Ninoy Aquino,Ed Jopson
the others who also studied there:Jose Velarde,Jose Pidal,Ronnie Puno.
To ROMY:
“Dearest Lord,
teach me to be generous.
teach me to serve You as You deserve;
to give and not to count the cost;
to fight, and not to heed the wounds;
to labor, and not to seek to rest;
to give of myself and not to ask for reward,
except the reward of knowing that I am doing
Your will.”
Pechanco:Btw,De La Salle has its own heroes and scoundrels…
the Heroes:Jose W.Diokno,Lorenzo Tanada
the others:The Original PACMAN (not Manny D’Pacquiao)
Let’s give Romy Neri a chance to say his piece. Baka magkaroon ng ‘himala’.
If he tells lies and becomes just a ‘good boy’ of Gloria, ako na ang makikipag-unahan sa upakan blues!
chi:Ako rin!!!!!!!!
“God writes straight with crooked lines!” This is a fallacious statement, for God is perfect and cannot do any imperfections. Crookedness is an imperfection.
Please stop using the name of God in vain. Mabigat ang parusa diyan.
“Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” (Ex. 20: 7)
“Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. (Deut. 5: 11)
“Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.” (Prov. 30: 9)
ystakei:PEACE brother!Kampi tayo!si Gloria Pidal ang kalaban!
BTW, I’m glad to hear that Erap is standing on his ground. There is really nothing for him to accept a pardon since for me, his crime is not plunder but something else, and since he is being charged for a crime he has not committed since it is not plundered money that he financed his foundations, etc. with, the court should dismiss the case filed against him by the Pidals and their cohorts.
Over where I am based, no one can be indicted in court without proper investigations and any mistake in the filing of any case, be it criminal or civil, can be reason enough for a case to be dismissed by the court.
No matter what, Erap should stand by his resolve. Good luck to him!
I got it from GMANews TV.
“Neri to invoke executive privilege in ZTE deal inquiry”
He may be the witness who senators say could tell “something big” about a controversial telecommunications project between the Philippines and China. But Romulo Neri might disappoint the Senate on Wednesday when he testifies on the inquiry about the National Broadband Network project.
Neri told GMA News on Tuesday he would invoke “executive privilege” when senators ask him about the government’s NBN project that was awarded to China’s Zhong Xing Telecommunications Equipment (ZTE) Corp. for $329.4 million.
“Hopefully they will allow me to use that (executive privilege)… I also have to consult with my lawyers on how far I can use it,” Neri said.
Cyberlearning defines executive privilege as the right bestowed to a President and other top officials of the executive branch of the government to withhold information from Congress and the courts.
From GMANews.TV
Neri evaded questions about the deal and the reported P200-million bribe offered to him.
“’Wag na natin pag-usapan ‘yan (Let’s not talk about that). I have not been commenting on that and will not comment on it now,” he told GMA News.
When told that the same question would be asked in the Senate hearing, Neri said, “I will answer the question as truthfully as I can within certain limit because there are things that are covered by executive privilege.”
Now I doubt kung talagang magsasabi si Neri ng totoo, But I’m still hoping he will spill the beans. Naniniwala pa rin ako sa miracle and sana lang mag miracle si LORD sa kanya.
TDD,
I am not a brother, for I belong to the female sex. Ang tigas naman ng ulo mo. Kasasabi ko lang noong isa araw na babae ako!
And what I tell you has to be told regardless of whether or not you and I are of one accord when it comes to Gloria Dorobo. You may not have learned it at that Catholic school you are proud of, but God forbids you and me, and everybody here to make fun of Him and His name, for God is not Gloria Dorobo!!!
Besides, there is no excuse for propagating false doctrines you know as when you say that God writes in crooked lines! This is a fallacy. I abide by the truth!
“Neri to invoke executive privilege in ZTE deal inquiry”
Wow, what a farce, but what does he mean by it? I am amazed at how criminals in the Philippines are privileged to defy the law on basis of position, even stolen one! Isn’t that contrary to the principle of NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW?
Kawawang bansa! Ang dali kasing magpaloko ng marami!
Hahahahahah! Ayan nagkalokoloko na ang diskusyon!
Hahahahah! Oo nga naman, TDC, Yuko is not a brother… Hahahahahah!
“Ang tigas naman ng ulo mo. Kasasabi ko lang noong isa araw na babae ako!”
Hahahahahahahah!
Sabi ko na walang mangyayari sa attendance ni Neri sa hearing.
If not faking illness, he would invoke right to privacy and executive privilege. Luto na iyan bago umalis si Impakta. This was what Gloria could have told Neri before she left: Okay, you stay. But make sure not to make damay to me or my family. Use the old trick that worked in the past. If you have question, you could consult Iggy. Submit your report to me twice a day. Directly to me not to anyone else. Is it clear? Sagot ni Neri: Opo mam.
The right to remain silent and invoking executive privilege is like the same defense tactics used by Iggy Arroyo a.k.a. fake Jose Pidal during the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on Jose Pidal’s money laundering scandal. Let’s observe if this is an effective defense to cover-up alleged anomalies in the ZTE-NBN scam. I think Romulo Neri cannot outsmart opposition Senators Pimentel and Lacson in today’s hearing.
“The right to remain silent and invoking executive privilege is like the same defense tactics used by Iggy Arroyo a.k.a. fake Jose Pidal”
Right to privacy daw. But if Neri invokes this, could only be on the advice of someone from Malacanang.
Diego, baka iyan nga ang gawin din ni Neri. But according to Manny Villar, Neri is an honest decent man and Villar believes Neri will tell the truth. At this point, puro speculation at guessing game lang tayo. Let’s just wait for the hearing.
I’ll prefer that Mr. Neri will spill the beans for the sake of our Inang Bayan. I consider this as his last hurrah.
Diego, baka hindi lang spill the beans kundi spit the beans at sana tumama sa mukha ni Abalos.
24 oras na lang at malalaman na natin kung guwapo at matapang o pangit at duwag talaga siya…
Kulang ang spit the beans sa kanilang mukha. Dapat sumpit the beans sa dalawang mata nila Jose Pidal at Gloriang Putot hangang mabulag. Sana madilim ang kanilang mundo hangang kamatayan.
The front page pic of Gloria who’s about to fly to NY is shown giving her final marching orders to Neri – the pic is great.
Lookin her pugilist best, Gloria is visibly giving instructions to a highly attentive and rather submissive-looking, open mouthed Neri…
“You go get ’em, fight ’em, kick ’em, punch ’em, and when you’re done with them, you squeeze them by the neck like this…”
Ooops, pic is on Philstar front page on line.
As he promised Neri attended the senate hearing.Bilib naman kayo.Neri was there to full filed his promised.But,he never promised that he talk.–Neri will only talk on his budget hearing.Pechangco hindi siya supot! sumipot siya,Pero bugok!
Ano sa palagay ninyo,he is Just!Just!–I posted this comment last night.
# AdeBrux Says:
September 26th, 2007 at 1:08 am
24 oras na lang at malalaman na natin kung guwapo at matapang o pangit at duwag talaga siya…
…Huwag na natin hintayin malaman kung guwapo o pangit si Neri. Halata naman pangit di ba? Sino ba ang guwapo sa cabinet ni Gloria? What we need to wait is kung matapang siya o hindi.
Right to remain silent, Anna, is a privilege given to the innocent about to be fed to the dogs, but as judges in Japan’s court say that I actually translate in Tagalog, this right is defined and described as:
Ikaw ay may karapatang tumahimik na ang ibig sabihin ay maaari kang huwag magsalita kung sa palagay mo ay makakasama at hindi makakabuti sa iyo, subalit dapat mong tandaan na hindi nangangahulugan na komo hindi ka nagsalita ay makakaiwas ka na hindi maparusahan. Bagkos, ang iyong pananahimik ay mangangahulugan na may itinatago ka.
Gayunpaman hindi ka pipilitin magsalita kung ayaw mo. Marami namang ebidensiya na maaaring magpatunay ng ginawa mo, kaya magsalita ka o hindi ay nasasaiyo. Lalo na kung magsasalita ka ng pawang kasinungalingan lamang, mabuti pang manahimik ka na lang. Tandaan mo na ang pagsisinungaling ay isa ring krimen na maaaring idagdag sa kasalanang dahilan kung bakit ka lilitisin sa hukumang ito. Kaya kung magsisinungaling ka rin lang naman e huwag ka nang magsalita.”
In short, what they really need to have there in the Philippines are competent and efficient investigators, prosecutors and judges, who cannot be bribed!
Kung sabagay, mahirap mangyari ito sa Pilipinas. I had an aunt who confessed to me that she used to work in a Manila as a “Perjurer”! Believe you me!
Pechanco, ang kagandahan at kaguwapuhan ng isang tao ay nasa kanyang katapangan. Masasabi natin na maski na sabihing pangit and isang tao kung siya naman a may katapangang moral, siya a mas magandang lalaki o babae kesa sa marami na nagpapangap na Venus o Adonis!
Sabi nga ni Willy S, “Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.”
Correction please: It’s “Beauty is in the eyes of the witness”. Kaya si Neri para maging guwapo dapat may-testify as witness. By the way, matapang ako. Ako nga ang pinakamatapang sa amin…sa aming bahay.
And if I follow your premise and logic, di ba matapang din si GMA at Luli? Bakit ang pangit pa rin ? Hindi lang sila matapang…mataray pa.
Hindi matapang iyan, nagtatapangtapangan lang! Ikaw naman – tapang lamig lang sila as in tabang lamig.
“Kaya si Neri para maging guwapo dapat may-testify as witness.”
Eksakli!
Ang taong matapang di kailangan magsinungaling, magnakaw at mangikil – kaya ayan si Gloria at si Luli, tignan mo ang nangyayari sa kanila – hindi sila gumaganda sa mata ng taong bayan, habang tumatagal, lalo silang hindi gumaganda, I mean pumapangit.
I mean LALO SILANG pumapangit.
“Ako nga ang pinakamatapang sa amin…sa aming bahay”.
Matapang ka? Aha, alam ba ni Mrs. itoh? Baka miyembro ka ng Yokusa?
Pechangco;
Ako nga ang pinakamatapang sa amin…sa aming bahay.Hehehehehe! Totoba iyang sinasabi mo? Joc-joc lang.
Iyong kumpare ko na pinakasiga sa Bajac-Bajac ang pinakamatapang na taong nakilala ko,kahit na sampung sigue-sigue at benteng oxo ay hindi niya inuurungan.Siya talaga ang siga, may mga sidekick pa siyang tiga masahi.Sabihin na nating siya ang terror ng Gapo.
Ngayon iyong tattoo niyang agila sa dibdib ay naging kalapati.Iyong mga pinagkakainan nila ay puro paper plate na binibili sa 99 cents store.Noong bagong kasal sila,ay sangkatutak na regalo,mga china ware at saladmaster.Sa ginawa ng diyos ay araw-araw pagkatpos ng honeymoon ang unang ginawa ng kumamder niya ay sinubukan gawing fresbi iyong platito,kinabukasan iyong plato hangang sa nawili sa laro si misis,ng nubos ang mga china ware,iyong mga sandok,biruin mo makapal ang saladmaster kayang kayang ibato ni misis.Ang kaso ang pinansasalo ng kumpare ko ay ang kanyang ulo at hindi siya makareklamo kay kumander niya at iiwanan siya.Ahahahay mahirap talaga ang mag-asawa ng pang miss universe kung hindi guapo.Tinutukan kasi ng Balisong.
Anna, you asked if Ricky Razon, owner of Manila Standard is Filipino0Chinese?
No, Ricky Razon is Spanish mestiso.
TDC,
Ok. Mind I reserve some bananas for you, too? Its good for the heart.
Paano ba yan, ang press release eh gagamitin daw ni Mr. Neri yung ‘executive privilege’. Meaning pwede niya i-withhold yung information na alam niya. Sana naman ay makunsiyensiya siya. Pero kung hindi lalabas na wala ring B—- si Neri! Teka baka kaya hanggang ngayon eh walang pang asawa! Sana naman ay magsabi siya ng totoo!
Nabanggit sa taas yung sumpit. Balak kong magdala nun. Munggo ang bala. Tuwing maliligaw ng sagot si Neri susumpitin ko sa batok.
Kay Abalos, pwede bang ibala sa sumpit yung binilog na kulangot?
Pag nag-invoke siya ng executive privelege, walkout ng gallery ang katapat niyan. Kaso balita ko, naghahakot na ng palakpak boys ang palasyo.
Dwight Eisenhower was the first president to actually use the term “executive privilege,”
A privilege that Gloria’s thieves now is invoking. Executive privilege is nowhere mentioned in the constitution. executive privilege is a principle implied in the constitutionally mandated separation of powers.
There is one crucial word left out of this explanation that word is “criminals”. If Neri thinks that he is smart in invoking this privilege, the senate must fight him tooth for tooth. Neri is not absolute in getting off the hook. The senate can vote to declare him in contempt and refer the case to court for prosecution.
If he is indicted for refusal to testify or produce papers he would face a trial. In court, he could raise the defense of executive privilege or claim that what senate wanted wasn’t pertinent to the issue. But, wait who cares? It’s only a misdemeanor with few time serve in jail and less amount of fine. Also, there’s a pop-gun effect to the statute, because it’s a misdemeanor. And so you have all this gnashing of teeth and then it takes years and years to litigate and Gloria was no longer a president until the case is resolve. Neri still win!Susmalyosef!
FYI…here’s the latest:
Neri said he might have to invoke executive privilege when asked some questions about the NBN project of the government.
As former economic planning secretary, Neri had the power to recommend or reject such projects.
“Maliwanag na ito ang paraan niya at ng Malakanyang para pagtakpan ang naging papel ni GMA sa ZTE-NBN deal [It is clear that this is how he and Malacanang will cover the role of Arroyo in the ZTE-NBN deal],” Lacson said.
The opposition senator urged Neri to tell the truth.
Neri said that people have high expectations of what’s he’s going to divulge at the Senate hearing, while pouring water into it by saying that there will be no surprises coming from him.
There, he said it all!
Pagbalik ng among si Gloria, balik Neda na si Neri bilang kapalit ng kanyang pagiging ‘good boy’!
pambihira kung mag invoke na naman ng executive privilege. para ano, to safeguard national secrets? ano pa ba ang sekreto diyan sa eskandalong yan, nabuking na lahat.
sana naman, magpakatotoo na si mr. neri.
at itong statements ng obispo (cruz and lagdameo) na sabihin niya ang katotohanan, medyo iba lang ang dating nung tinuran ni lagdameo. parang double-edged eh. 🙂
malisyosa nga siguro ako, pero iba ang basa ko.
sabi naman ni abalos: “hear my side first on the nbn deal”.
kung di ba naman baligtad sikmura niya, noong unang tinanong siya tungkol sa zte, ang sagot niya, wala siyang alam. tapos, unti-unti, sinabi niya, mga golfing buddies, etc,etc.
simpleng tanong: kumisyoner siya ng eleksyon, panahon ng eleksyon, bakit kailangang pumunta siya sa china at doon pa mag-golf? mas maganda ba dun kaysa sa wack-wack?
ako dito, naghihintay lang ng news update tungkol sa nagaganap sa senate. sana, hindi puro kasinungalingan ang maireport.
Antayin si Neri sa Senado. Malaman natin kung anong klase tao ito. Matapang, may prinsipio, nationalist, honest, etc. Bahala siya kung gamitin ang executive privilege. Malaman ng sambayanang Pilipino.
Sa isa umanong pagpupulong sa Malacañang tungkol sa posibleng damage control sa ZTE scam, isang cabinet man ang pabirong nagsabi kay Pangulong Arroyo na “huwag kayong mag-alala ma’am, walang babaligtad…isang preso lang ang katapat niyan!”
Biro lang ‘yun pero kung ikaw si Neri na nakarinig din sa mensahe, ewan ko na lang kung hindi ka dadagain!
Para sa mga mahinang umintindi, ano ba ang kahulugan ni Mr. Cabinet Man sa kanyang biro na sadyang ipinarinig sa kapwa niya cabinet secretary? Ibig sabihin, isang pusakal na preso lamang sa National Bilibid Prison ang pakakawalan upang itumba ang kakanta ng sintunado sa Senado!
Maaaring itanggi ni bagong Bureau of Corrections Director Ricardo, pero alam naman ng mga datihan sa Munti na nangyayari talaga ito. Pagkatapos ng trabaho ng killer na preso, ibabalik siya sa selda nito!
I hope Ellen would ask permission from Tribune to post a photo of Neri here that Anna called “puwet ng manok” if this guy turns out to be a disappointment. Tignan din natin ngayon ang lakas ni JdV at FVR kasi bata daw nila ang taong iyan.
Unlike you, guys, I’m not impressed with this fellow kasi kung matino ang isang tao, really matino for that matter, hindi puedeng sumama kay unano, knowing the kind of crook she and her husband are! Taragis, isang kilatis lang sa taong iyan, kita mo naman agad na may tupak sa ulo—imagining herself to be royalty as a matter of fact, pero ang kilos naman parang taga-bangketa!!!
I did not know that she was the one being referred to as being a lousy dresser at salbahe sa mga subordinates niya when she was in the Senate. Akala ko si Brenda dahil pareho sila ng tipo. I actually heard it from one of her cabinet members.
Neri confirms Abalos bribe offer during a golf game at Wackwack … also confirms Abalos brokering for ZTE.
pero medyo vague pa …
Chi,
May yagbols ba iyan to tell it all today? O mas malaki pa iyon tuldok na sinabi ni Magno? Ay, ay kalisog! Yawa man gid!!!
BTW, I’m learning to speak Ilongo. Two weeks na akong nagta-translate ng interviews in Ilongo. Ang dami ko nang natutunan. I just found out from a friend that a lot many words there are similar to Indonesian with a mixture of Spanish and Tagalog. Siguro next time, puede nang mag-aral ng Bahasa Indonesian.
Bayonic,
Totoo ba iyan. If so, OK na iyong dating picture ni Neri, huwag na iyong galing sa Tribune na tinawag ni Anna na “puwet ng manok”! 😛
Kung totoo ang sinabi mo Bayonic, vague though it is, now we can believe na mas malakas si Tata Fidel kay Dubya!!!
From the Inquirer:
‘BACK OFF.’ Activists hand over a signed petition asking China to ‘back off’ from the controversial NBN deal to a security officer at the steps of the Chinese consulate in Makati City. Philippine government. The protesters also demanded that the Chinese government conduct it’s own investigation into the allegedly graft-ridden deal in which President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s husband, Jose Miguel, has been implicated. AFP/LUIS LIWANAG
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Frankly, this is one of the things that a lot many of us can do, which is, submit petitions to the Chinese government via its embassies around the world. Time to expose the criminals squatting at the palace by the murky river.
For all you know, may nagagawa ang mga ganyang petitions overseas!
yes it’s confirmed.
Neri recalled Abalos as telling him: “May 200 ka dito.” Abalos allegedly made the offer during a golf game in the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Mandaluyong
source
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/61985/On-ZTE-deal-Abalos-told-Neri-Sec-may-200-ka-dito
abangan ang susunod na kabanata.
Impeach Abalos!
he is still being questioned sa senate as i type …
that was one of the first questions asked after his opening presentation …
he said Abalos told him ” Asec, may 200 ka diyan ” while they were discussing the ZTE Broadband project.
Neri claimed he was shocked with the offer because
1.) he was not used to being bribed
2.) kasi ganun kalaki ang offer
“Commissioner” Abalos on the other hand invoked this Biblical phrase,
” for what will it profit a man if he gains the world but loses his soul ”
i was expecting a lightning bolt to strike twice … but instead i just noticed a slight lengthening of Abalos nose.
Just finished watching Evan Almighty. Good movie about dirty politics, and God’s probable miracle in the last days to help get this world of bad people. Lots of quotable quotes there. I recommend it to Neri to see. Baka matauhan siya.
Bakit? Maski nga iyong demonyo nagko-quote sa Bible sa totoo lang. Kaya, quoting from the Bible does not make Abalos a holy man!!! Besides, nabenta na ng ungas ang kaluluwa niya sa demonyo. Tignan mo naman ang mukha? Kulang na lang na lagyan ng sungay!
Abalos says Neri is lying under oath
What can we expect from Abalos? All he can do now is to deny, deny and deny. He denied Joey’s and now Neri’s. If there’s going to be another witness against him, he will also deny. May magnanakaw bang umaamin na siya’y nagnakaw? His mentor is no other than the Denial Queen herself, Madame Gloria Arroyo.
For Bayonic: Talaga naman kagagawan or dinidiin si Abalos. Nabibilang na ang maliligayang araw mo sa mundo. Ano Ben-HUR Abalos mag-chariot kana at lumaban sa kanila, may panahon pa. Ikaw rin kung patagalin mo pa. Sa mundong ito, hindi na-uuna ang pagsisisi. Ikaw Abalos part and parcel ng Transitory Provisions of the Constitution sooner or later deleted ka na. Bye! Bye! Bye!. Sa Sambayanang Pilino ang huling halakhak.
Ystakei…
it’s good to know you’re learning Ilonggo…
paki mura nga si Brenda Defensor Santiago sa native niyang dialect.
kahulaya ang iya ng mga guinapanghambal …
nag drama pa sya na … she “resents her time being wasted by people fighting over government kickbacks ”
and she also attacked Chinese Civilization
Neri invokes “executive privilege” when asked if GMA followed-up the NBN deal with him after he informed her of Abalos bribe offer …
Bayonic:
Bro, ang bilis ng updates mo. Andyan ka ba sa senado? Keep it coming please.
Dahil mahusay ka, may 200 ka rin sa kin (200 claps that is…yipee)