The Supreme Court is set to tackle in its en banc session Tuesday the findings of the panel tasked to investigate the controversy at the Court of Appeals (CA) on the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) – Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) case.
The panel’s findings reportedly showed irregularities and improprieties committed by five CA justices involved in the controversy.
In a 59-page report submitted by the panel to the SC, details of irregularities and improprieties by CA Justices Jose Sabio, Presiding Justice Conrado Vasquez, Vicente Roxas, Bienvenido Reyes and Myrna Vidal were all detailed.
In the panel’s findings it reportedly stated that Justice Sabio’s unusual interest in holding on to the Meralco case seemed to indicate that he may have been influenced “to help GSIS” as his brother, Presidential Commission on Good Government chairman Camilo Sabio, advised in a phone call on the matter.
The panel found Sabio violating the new Code of Judicial Conduct for the judiciary when he allowed his brother to influence his conduct on the Meralco case. The report added that Justice Sabio was also remiss in his duty to inform the CA presiding justice about his brother’s unethical phone call.
The 3-man panel formed by retired SC justices also castigated Justice Sabio for discussing the Meralco case with businessman Francis de Borja which the panel said was highly inappropriate and indiscreet adding it broke the shield of “confidentiality” on the disposition of cases in court.
The SC panel however gave more weight to Justice Sabio’s story about de Borja’s alleged P10-million bribe offer on behalf of Meralco saying Sabio’s disclosure on the bribery attempt to Presiding Justice Vasquez contradicted de Borja’s claim that the justice asked for a counter-offer of P50 million from Meralco instead.
The panel believes that if de Borja’s claim was true Sabio would have waited for Meralco’s reply to his counter-offer.
Still, the panel said in its report that Justice Sabio was remiss in his duty to make a full disclosure of the bribery attempt when he withheld the name of de Borja as the one who offered a bribe.
The panel’s findings also hit at Presiding Justice Vasquez’s failed leadership as CA head citing his hesitation, indecisiveness and lack of action on the issue.
The panel found appalling Presiding Justice Vasquez’s silence, inaction and indifference on the reported attempt to corrupt a member of the CA.
The panel meantime found Justice Reyes discourteous to Vasquez because he did not wait for the presiding justice’s action on his letter to settle the ongoing row on the handling of the Meralco case and ended up signing the decision already.
Justice Myrna Vidal meanwhile was found too compliant for allowing herself to be rushed into signing the first version of the Meralco decision even without reading the parties’ memoranda and without any deliberation on the case.
The panel’s findings however were most harsh on the one who wrote the Meralco decision.
It cited as irregular and improper Roxas’s inaction as ponente on several motions of the parties.
The panel called Roxas dishonest and untruthful when he allegedly fabricated a transcript of the deliberation on the Meralco case and claimed there were a number of deliberations on the case.
The panel also said Roxas was disrespectful to his colleagues, Justices Vidal and Presiding Justice Vasquez in pushing for the promulgation of the Meralco decision.
The high court is set to tackle these findings in its en banc session Tuesday.
No sanctions were recommended by the panel giving SC justices of the supreme a free hand on how they will punish the erring justices. Marieton Pacheco, ABS-CBN News
The revelation deepens my distress about the justice system of Pinoys, as it exposes the penultimate court from the SC apex is as rotten and corrupt as the rest of the bureaucracy. The decadence is worsened by the stink of injudiciousness in SC decisions shielding malodorous executive privilege dissembly.
Due to a personal traffic encounter with Justice Sabio some years ago, I disagree with the polite words of Fr Bernas, Dean of Ateneo Law school, about Justice Sabio, professor of Ethics in Ateneo Law School. He was forgettable at that time, but the Meralco case fiasco is not.
what personal traffic encounter?
fry all of them! include camilo and jess!
Neonate:
Fr. Bernas, Adolfo Azcuna and Camilo Sabio were contemporaries at the College of Law in Ateneo Padre Faura..in the early 60s…thus it is quite understandable that they are polite to one another..
‘polite words’, easy translation in Filipino language = pagtatakip, o pagdedepensa.
ginagamit ito ng mga abugadong de kampanilya para protektahan ang isang mas malaking kriminal: ang Meralco.
I agree with baycas, it’s about time the SC disbarred its own due to ethical violations and unlike Prof. Alan Paguia whose only fault are his arguments that made minced meat of the shamelessly distorted Davide Court the court suspended his license indefinitely.
These unethical lawyers reminds us of a time we complained and complained and complained and nothing happen. Wonder,if companero don’t applies here or only they had all just held hands and smiled! C’mon!Companyero Gie me a little Kampai!
I think one of the Sabio brother is holding Marcos kaha de yero.Papano na ngayon iyan kapag hindi niya ibigay ang combination?
There is this story which is said true. An RTC Judge somewhere in Bicol ruled on a case. Noticing that the Judge’s courtroom was hot and humid during hearing days, unknown to the Judge, the winner of the case donated an air-conditioner through one of the employees of the Judge. The air-conditioner was installed and everyone felt comfortable and good. Now comes a disgruntled litigant and filed a case of unethical conduct on the Judge for allowing his employee of accepting the air-conditioner. It was brought to the supreme court and after hearing a decision was made on the complaint, promptly dismissed the Judge from his post and was barred from holding any public office. Though he was not disbarred. The Judge mistake was not to have his employee return the air-conditioner. Today that Judge has immigrated to the US and is working as a clerk and gives legal advise to his employer though unofficial. Was has this to do with the CA fiasco? The supreme court should decide on the case with dispatch and dismiss all the CA Justices involved. Will they do it? Not after covering-up for fatboy and glory. Some judicial mumbo-jumbo will be conjured and viola, everyone is happy in the end. Some will even be richly rewarded.
matindi, seryoso, at box-office hit ang isyung ito.
kasangkot ang mga who’s who sa industriya ng batas at abugasya dahil malalim ang ugat nito: hundreds of billions pesos ang halaga ng Meralco, at malaking bahagdan nito ay pag-may-ari ng taongbayan sa pamamagitan ng GSIS.
nakikiisa ako sa panawagan ni baycas na prituhin ang mga indibidwal na kasapakat.
pero sana, huwag tumigil at mahinto dito, bagkus palalilim ang panawagan hanggang lumantad ang tunay na balangkas ng pagmamay-ari ng Meralco, at ilatag ang daan para sa pagbabalik nito sa taongbayan.
gagawing palabigasan (siyempre pa) ng mga alipores ni Gloria ang Meralco kapag natuloy ang pagbabalik nito sa gobyerno (sa pamamagitan ng GSIS), at sa isang dako, palabigasan naman ng mga Lopezes kung sila ang patuloy na magpapalakad nito.
alin ang mas masahol? saan mas nakakapabor ang taongbayan?
sa unang tanong, pareho lang, ang sagot ko. pero sa pangalawa, mas pabor para sa taongbayan kung isoli sa kanila ang sa kanila!
kapag matuloy, (at dapat matuloy sa mabilis na panahon) ang pagbabalik ng Meralco sa gobyerno, ang magiging problema na lang ng taong bayan ay paano linisin ang loob ng Meralco, at kasuhan ang mga korap at nangulimbat.
sa isang dako, kung patuloy na nasa kamay ito ng mga Lopezes, bagama’t hindi imposible, magiging mas mahirap ang paghahanap ng ‘salarin’ dahil posibleng magka-kutsaba, at magkakatakipan ang mga nasa loob.
kaya sa ganang akin, suportado ko ang pagkilos para mabawi ang Meralco para sa bayan, at linisin ang loob, at pahusayin ng serbisyo nito.
hindi lamang isang kababalaghan ang pagpapaubaya ng Meralco na pagmamay-ari ng taongbayan, sa mga Lopezes na isang pribadong grupo, na walang malinaw na kontrol sa pinansyal at panlipunang epekto (financial and social cost controls)
ang tunay na may-ari.
ito’y isang malaking iskandalo at pagkakamali.
Kung kay Winston Garcia at Gloria Arroyo lang naman pupunta ang Meralco, hayaan mo na sa mga Lopezes. Ayusin lang sana nila ang pagpatakbo ng kumpanya.
Pakitang tao lamang whatever sanction they will impose. For exposing and comfirming a racket(s).
Gabriela,
hindi habambuhay nasa poder ng kapangyarihan sina Winston at Gloria, pero ang mga Lopezes nandiyan.
mas madaling halungkatin ang katiwalian sa isang gov’t.owned corp. (or even quasi), kumpara sa accounting controls ng pribadong kumpanya nagkukutsabahan ang nasa loob.
wala pang kandidato para 2010, ang nagsabi na ilalakad niya ang pagbabalik ng Meralco sa taongbayan…
zen2,
The government has never been known to function efficiently, I’m afraid that if Meralco is in their hands brown outs will be on a reagular basis. Kailangan pang linisin ang gobyerno, then linisin ang Meralco? Double work yata?
Let Meralco be for the moment, take away the VAT kaya on utilities like electricity, water, and even petroleum? Or is this at all possible?
jug,
sang-ayon ako sa unang linya. dapat nga wala sa negosyo ng pagpapatakbo ng utilities ang gobyerno.
maganda niyan, bawiin ang Meralco at ibenta sa publiko: sa mamamayan ng Republika.
walang intensyon ang Lopezes na isuko ang Meralco; patunay, bakit mag-aalok si de Borja ng bribe money?
1987 pa, o mahigit 20 years na Lopezes ang nagpapatakbo, kapalit ng pinakamataas na kWh rate sa buong mundo?
zen2,
I’m with you on going after Meralco after Gloria’s administration na. Then hopefully we can find someone who will take on Meralco and examine their costings with a magnifying glass, someone who will not compromise even to the point of career ruin or prison as the Lopez’s will then use everything at their disposal, now who do we have in mind? If you ask me, I’ll sic Trillanes on them, he has nothing to lose anymore, Gloria’s taken everything away from him except his dignity.
halimbawa, kung nanakawin nina Lopez ang yaman ng Meralco, magiging mababaw ang krimen dahil kinikilala pa sa kasalukuyan na isa itong pribadong kumpanya.
lustayin halimbawa ni Winston at Gloria, ang isang gov’t owned corp., mas mabigat ang parusa ayon sa batas. sa puntong praktikalidad, mas madaling maniktik at imbestigahan ang isang GOC kumpara sa isang animo’y family owned, private company.
zen2,
Considering Gloria and Winston’s penchant of driving an organization to the ground malamang malustay talaga nila ang Meralco, but at what cost? If power is compromised maraming industries/businesses ang madadamay, we will all suffer, it will be a pyrhic vistory for us, or lose/lose situation. Of course we can pinpoint the blame on them at last but these pachyderms are not affected by guilt and have proven time and time again that they can slip through our justice system.
jug,
am not giving up and have enough trust in the capacity of the Filipinos to see through the web of lies, deceit and cynicism put forwarded by the two contending camps.
swak ang sinabi ni Gabriela minsan dito sa blog: ‘ Away ng mga Magnanakaw…’ at may kasabihan tayo na kapag nagtutunggali at nag-aaway ang mga magnanakaw, nababalik ang kalabaw sa tunay na may-ari !
Gloriang-gloria na itong mga justices na ito. Nothing will change for the better under the present fake dispensation. Who would thought that even these known names in the justice department would take the center stage of corruption. Nakakahiya kayo!
Btw, Gloria is missing in action these days. Pinagtago muna ng mga ‘handleers’ to cool off the MOA mess. The pig hubby and the loony wife are hiding… to survive even for a day. Presidente daw siya ha!
Talking of GSIS Winston…
My former staff died of C recently. Six months before she died, she filed for an early retirement. All papers were submitted, everything was OK… just wait the GSIS told her. She followed it up incessantly for the sake of her adopted daughter, 6 years old. Ang tagal, hintay…
She died and when the siblings went to the GSIS, they were told that their sister was not entitled to any benefits because she’s DEAD already and that she filed the papers when she was still ALIVE. In short, the money/benefits of the deceased was gone, and the young daughter is left without nothing.
Oh, one more thing, the family was told by the GSIS to bring it to the court!
(An insider, a close friend of mine said what all of us already knew, that Winston’s GSIS is already without money!)
Hindi ito ang GSIS na pagtitiwalaan ko, pati kuryente ay lalamunin ni Gloria and Pinas will be completely enveloped by darkness, literally and figuratively.
Bear with me…yung educational benefit ng pamangkin ko na bayad na ay limang buwan ng hindi binabayaran ni Winston. Malaking kwento pero ganun na rin ang ending…
Ellen, you asked what personal traffic encounter? While I was motoring along CDO’s mainstreet, a car coming from a side street (without yield sign) tried to filter into the mainstreet traffic stream without waiting for a slack to insert. Not feeling too kind to bullies at that moment, I declined to offer the space to insert on my front. The driver took it as an affront and followed me to where I parked a few blocks away. It turned out the driver is an honorable RTC judge named Jose Sabio who felt insulted by the lack of deference to his honor, threatening to hail me to court. Not wanting to waste time in court by this clear case of intimidation and harassment (no probable cause, no witnesses, no incident) I acceded to his demand for a personal apology. His egotism assuaged, we parted ways.
Is he also from Ateneo? They are like that.
abs-cbnNEWS.com | 09/09/2008 4:16 PM
The Supreme Court (SC) dismissed from the judiciary Court of Appeals (CA) Justice Vicente Roxas and suspended CA Justice Jose Sabio for two months for their irregularities and improprieties in connection with the bribery scandal involving the Manila Electric Co. and Government Service Insurance System (Meralco-GSIS) case. (abs/cbn)
Chi,
How much was your former staff suppose to get s retirement benefit? I would hazard that it won’t amount to a month salary and emoluments of winston garcia and directors such as jesus santos. What is amazing is for GSIS not to pay the benefits even though she has filed her retirement six months before she died! Her retirement is suppose to take effect before her death. Like I said its is criminal and an injustice. To dare the surviving family members to bring it to court is an insult and disrespect of the deceased. Good for GSIS they have a battery of paid lawyers. While the surviving family members will have to scrounge for money to pay their lawyer(s). GSIS has become so callous that it even makes infirm senior citizen members to report to their offices to prove that they are still alive. I’ve seem this with my own eyes. An old woman whose limping her way up the GSIS office stairs to report that she’s still alive and to follow-up on her unreleased (8 months) retirement pension. So what do we call that except callousness.
Mabilis rin palang magdesisyon ng medyo tama ang SC, kung hindi si Gloria ang nakasalang.
Parang bitin. Bakit hindi sinabit si Pig Mike at kanyang abogadong Jesus Santos? Selective justice pa rin. Dapat idis-bar sila dahil sa influence peddling.
Iyan ang “medyo-medyo”, Ka Diego.
Ha!ha!ha!
Whistleblowing Sabio was keenly scrutinize because he’s ratting on Tisoys and Tisays and Mestizos and Mestizas.
Whistleblowing Joey de Venenta was NOT scrutinize because he’s ratting on fellow Filipino!
Connect the dots!!!
The coin-operated pekeng-periodistas are bought, bidded and they enjoyed it. Because it’s more money in their pocket. TO Hell with Filipinos!
Ha!Ha!Ha1 Ha!
09 September 2008
Why is it that the SC was able to say that the 5 CA justices violated the code of ethics in law, but why can’t they find the same way with the Morons who are playing gods, especially those who are involved in the scandalous contracts like the fertilizer, northrail, ZTE and others.
The most infamous violation of the code of ethics is when one who is pretending to be the president is giving away part of the republic.
Why is it in Thailand the SC was able to say that their PM should resign because of violation of ethical standards for government officials, while here in the Philippines, they are even protecting the great(est) pretender of all time.
Why?? SC why??? just like the Morons, some members of the SC are oximorons. Morons!
prans
RMP: “To Hell with Filipinos”.. kung wala ka pa doon..mauna ka na to welcome Gloria and friends, who is a Filipino, otherwise she would not be the president…real or fake!
Re: GSIS..Wins Ton of Gracia…Winston Garcia!
Is the brother Jose also a graduate of Ateneo? I know Camilo did! Sayang siya..all for the love of money!
Rose, Filipinos are already in hell! Filipinos are reincarnation of souls that still has to be decided where they are going. And God don’t know where to. So God made the Philippines. And God put GMA as the president so we’d be poor so we can go to heaven.
God says “It’s easier for a poor man to pass thru the eye of the needle than a rich man”.
So GMA is helping Filipinos become poor so we’d pass thru the eye of the needle
So enjoy our hell! Ha!Ha!Ha! Heaven is ours!
Prans, I don’t know what you’re reading. You must be reading the coin-operated pekeng-periodistas. The coin-operated pekeng-periodistas publish fake, uncorroburated, unvetted reports without fact-checking. Most of all why would a pekeng-periodistas report on laws who is clueless in laws in the first place?
In developed world, they assign journalists who are conversant on their laws.
ZTE was bungled by the Senate! OK? If the Senate has plenty of soy sauce between their ears they could have nailed GMA. But they don’t know judicial and invistigative process.
If the senate clowns are dumb which the Filipinos look up to as intelligent I wonder how the majority of the Filipinos think?
One thing noticeable about this administration is that there are just too many graduates of Ateneo de Manila U and the PMA now among the appointees of the Pandack Omama, people who must have been promised meaty positions int he in her government for helping her and her husband to gain such power. Sa totoo lang nakakasuka itong mga hypocrites na ito. Makes me wonder what the priests and nuns have taught these ex-students of such parochial school for them to become so immoral and the epitome of all that God hates!
RMP sounds exactly like Renato. Why hide under different aliases?
Anyway, more and more lawyers from Ateneo are giving the law profession a black eye, even though I’ve got lots of friends from that school. If you have corrupt lawyers like Nani Perez and Mike Arroyo, both Ateneans…it sure gives the school and law profession a black eye.
rmp,
I enjoyed your post about God making Gloria president so pinoys can go to heaven. And all the while I thought God already left Pinas. Hahaha!!!
bitchevil, i’m Renato Pacifico alright! Ellen just spammed me. Banned me! … For telling the Truth!
“Communist” Malaya banned me. Right-wing Inquirer banned me! Religious ex-communiated me.
it seems filipino don’t want to hear the truth!
truth do not sete us free but a good lawyer does!
bitchevil, It’s the ivy-league-foreign-educated Senate clowns that is giving everyone the black-eye. Who made us chose these SEnate clowns? Who molded our opinon to vote for these clowns? It’s the pekeng-periodistas.
I could have been a good lawyer, but with the reputation of lawyers in the Philippines that I thought when I was a kid they were all candidates for hell, I chose another course. When I came to Japan and met real good, honest and hardworking lawyers, I decided I might as well take up some units to qualify for a position even just as a paralegal.
Over here, they kind of not mix up things. At the beginning of their legal career people who take up law in college are made to choose whether to become a court judge, prosecutor, lawyer and/or paralegal. Judges and prosecutors, when they retire from public office, may try to become lawyers defending people in court as accused, plaintiff or defendant. They abide strictly by the books (Criminminal Procedure Code), etc. and I like it. No hanky panky or they lose their license to practice for life.
Sa Pilipinas, ang daming kurakot at kahit na nakasuhan na, nakaka-practice pa rin like one lawyer who was debarred in the USA now practicing and being used by the Pidals in the Philippines in fact.
Wala na bang pag-asa talaga? Lahat na lang graft and corruption ang labas. Tapos magmamalaking mga Katoliko at Kristyano daw sila.
Kawawang bansa!
What standard of ethics are they basing upon to declare that the CA justices violated? If the CA justices refused to step down, can the SC force them? Come to think about it……most the of the SC justices as well as the CA have been appointed to their respective benches unethically and simply because of this….this all is just “show and tell”
or a moro-moro for entertain……
if the
Look, rookie cops in Amerika are better in handling ZTE invistigation than foreign-schooled-ivy-legue-graduate Senate clown lawyers.
The Senate clowns are telegraphing to GMA what they have found out thru pekeng-periodistas by opening the hearing to the public and most of all to the coin-operated pekeng-periodistas.
What did you say, RMP? Ellen spammed and banned you? I don’t think so. She just reminded you not to capitalize your words.
Why are you still here if that’s true?
kabute,
She’s supposed to get a little over P500,000.00, as a librarian who spent almost her entire active life in the government service.
My insider friend did everything she could to release the benefits, pero wala na raw…meron ng kumuha. Nakakaiyak talaga.
Its high time that these justices shall be punished. No wonder we have a rotten justice system in the Philippines.
RMP/Renato: you mentioned as Renato that you are an atheist..who is this God that you are talking now as RMP? you reminded me of my 93 year old neighbor, who would read the papers everyday and would say…”Rose, hell must be full, they are all here in Jersey City, read the news!” I am Filipino and proud to be. I am from Antique and very proud to be! Am I in hell? No, not at all..”The Lord is my Shepherd..there is nothing I shall want”..ever heard of that? hindi seguro kasi you are an atheist..pero that is Psalm 23..
This RMP is yakking and yakking but doesn’t have a clue on the actual conditions on the ground. Its easy to see he’s just basing his opinions from what he reads in the papers and television. At least go around the country and talk to real people, visit real government offices, try to attend hearings, etc.
…and if you really like to meet senators, congressmen, etc., go to EDSA Shangrila during lunchtime, check out Heat, Summer Palace and Senju.
We have a relatively young democracy, give it some time. The USofA once had laws making slavery legal, its media used to justify going to war, and they worship tv deities like Oprah. What a bunch of whackos right?
Rose….I thought you are from Mindanao….say, what part of Antique did you come from? So, you believe what the Bible says….good for you….some dont…maybe we should
not talk much about our personal inclination particularly that of our religion…because there will be no end to such….and no one would admit their beliefs are not right…because this issue is a personal one…dont you think so?
Nah, whether one admits one’s belief is right or not, all of us have the fundamental option, deep down inside individually we know what is right and wrong, if you choose to lie to yourself and others thats you.
Coel: My father is from Sibalom, Antique, and my mother is from San Remigio, Antique. I grew up in Antique though I studied in Manila..I love going home to Antique, and I still do each time I visit the Phil..taga Antique gid takon! kag naga gurugumu gid ang kinaray-a..I love wearing the patadyong and I love butong-butong..
religion to me is a personal relationship to the God that I believe and live for..I am a Christian and a catholic..and I respect all religions..simply lang..
Ang sabi ng Tatay ko..we should not quarrel and argue on one’s religion and politics…respect is the word..on politics ang sabi ko sa brother ko na nakakabata sa akin..kung kay barack siya papal(u)in ko siya..pero kung uuwi kami (he is under disability) kung si barack ang manalo- sigue na payag ako..basta uuwi kami..
Rose, please enlighten me when you said you’re a Christian and a Catholic. Isn’t a Catholic also Christian? For some, a Catholic is not. Anyway, I’m just curious why you have to make a separate distinction. What is a Christian? And what is a Catholic?
juggernaut / Rose, I cannot post my comments anymore. It tagged me as Spam. in Manuel L Quezon III blog, I was spammed, too!!!
Both you must be abroad. And thanks juggernaut for telling me not to trust the pekeng-periodistas that I have to go out there and smell the smoke and dust and the pollution in walang batasang pambansa.
Now we are on the same frequency. The pekeng-periodistas cannot be trusted.
Philippines is the oldest democracy in South East ASia.
Vietnameses was just liberated 1972. Koreaneses, liberated late 50s. Japaneses, in 45 but they were bombed out back to the stone age. Singapore very very very young. Indonesianeses another very very very young country.
{Philippines, even before 1945 when Manuel Quezon created Quezon’s hell by giving the country back to the Philippinos we were already practicing democracy.
We are the oldest in South East ASia but we are irresponsible democratic country. We are irresponsible in religion. We cannot separate faith and reality.
We’re dooomed ……
Diyos ko pooooooo!!!!! La.at na yata ng mga naka puwesto sa Gobyerno ng ating Bansa ay puro kurap … Magmula Dyanitor .anggang Presidente (peke pa).
Cancer na talaga ang sakit ng ating Bansa. Dapat talaga magbitaw na yang Glorya na yan. Wala ng tiwala ng mga tao sa kanyang Gobyerno. Mahiya naman kayo mga Arroyo!!!! Wala na kayong ibinigay na maganda sa aming Bansa kundi puro problema.
Everyone is corrupt!!! The pekeng-periodistas was afraid of Marcos then. Now the pekeng-periodistas are afraid of the katsilas and tsinoy
We don’t have real free press because the pekeng-periodistas are afraid.
http://philippinepolitics.net is the real free press. But not for the weak of hearts
Tedanz, Filipinos are sick. Sick in the mind and sick in the body. We have nothing to be proud of except that we are goot speakengese in englischtzes and perpekt spellengers.
Filipinos in Amerika are useless crap of people. They never can be found in Economic and scientific journals except their goot englischtzes and peprpekt spellengers.
Filipinos in AMerika has never made in life-altering accomplishment and business-enhancing decisions.
Filipinos in AMerika are justled, commanded, controlled and they follow. Because Filpinos look up to white people as god!!!!
Filipinos in Amerika make no trouble to government but make trouble here in the Philippines.
Filipinos in AMerika follow the rule of law but when they come back to Philippines they trash it and become Filipinos again
Lav ya Filipinas!!! Nyuk! Nyuk! Nyuk!!!! Filipinas before we spread our viruses to other countries
Hindi na sila nahihiya na tawaging kurap dahil ang Pekeng Presidente ay kurap din. Oh my goliiiiiii!!
http://philippinepolitics.net is the real free press of Filipino people.
The forumers in http://philippinepolitics.net are mostly from America. I learned from them than reading from pekeng-periodikos.
Join! Filipinios gising! Filipinos mahiya tayo!
We are only known for flying househelp. From Hong Kong to Dubai househelps fly out of skycrapers without wings!!!!
We are selling our compatriots for that measly dollar that needs to float our country.
Everyone is corrupt. The church is corrupt. Do you know that papa sa roma herr RAtzinger knew that his priests in the vatican were buttfucked by a fellow priests even before he became papa sa roma? Then they covered it up and some iinvistigative reporter from ABCnews.com named Brian Ross got wind of it and exposed it and that was the only time Herr ratzinger talked about it.
Ha!ha!ha! the church is perpetuating corruption with all their dirty excuses. before they said “ask and you shall recieve” since they can provide what we asked for now the vatican and the church is conveniently blaming the people for being lazy dumb and stupid.
look , if god were true, god can devinely make us intelligent. But nothing. All God is doing is blame game. Blaming us for what’s ailing the Philippines!!!
ha!ha!ha!ha!
Does anyone know that the Vatican helped the Nazis escape Europe to Latin America?
Vatican made their convent sanctuaries to these murderous catholics. Vaticans don’t care about who they killed because they are jews.
You cannot find it in our pekeng-periodistas because they practice self-censorship. But when it comes to Filipinos vs Filipinos (ie: Joey de venenta vs GMA) no self-censorship. But when it comes to katsilas vs Filipinos (ie Sabio vs MERALCO’s Borja) the pekeng-periodistas would go for Sabio.
Why do people believe that Sabio is corrupt? Because the pekeng-periodistas has inculcated that Katsilas are incorruptible. That they can never go wrong because they are white!!!!
Rose…cun amo gali ina, magcasimanwa kita. I am here because MALAYA is the only Philippine newspaper I read now and then if I have the time specifically Ellen’s opinion.
Needless to say…I have stopped thinking about Philippine politics after they toppled Estrada. There is no way out from this rathole unless the Filipinos join forces and do something to stop the shenanigans of elected either by bloodless coup or bloody revolution. As people we are timid and can smile through our gritted teeth inspite of hardship and through sadness…it has been always like this…there should be a limit to their patience and that is what I want to see.
it’d would have been much better if all 5 SUStices (sabio, roxas, vasquez, reyes and vidal) were sacked to help regain CA’s credibility.
sabio will file motion for recon according to inq7. let him…it’s unlikely he’ll be off the hook anyway.
…but he’d better resign his Ethics teaching job already!
RMP, many know about the dark side of the Vatican and Roman Catholic Church but are afraid to admit and say it simply because they were born, raised and shall die as Catholics. My disgust for the Catholic Church began during the 1986 Edsa Revolt when the late Cardinal Sin and the other hypocrites conspired with other groups to oust a legitimate President. Again, they did it to Erap, a duly elected President voted by 11 millions Filipins. It was Sin and the Church again. However, Catholic apologists will be quick to defend and point out that these Bishops as well as all the Catholics are only human. That ends the discussion.
coeL,
Pastilan ka man gyud bay!
The priests, bishops, even the pope do not constitute the whole of christianity. Its up to us to discern what is right and wrong based on the word of God that strengthens our convictions. We just have to see if what our leaders are saying are in accordance with the word, if not, then we have the fundamental option to choose.
Contrary to what you believe, we are not expected to be automatons but must strive to live in righteousness as much as we can, of course we stumble every now and then, but its the getting up that makes us stronger each time…
See what I mean? Juggernaut immediately responded. Before even saying that Priests and Bishops do not constitute the whole of Christianity, better ask first if they are Christians…true Christians. This is a lengthy discussion, but I’m ready if given the opportunity.
Since Meralco was mentioned above, let me fill you with some of the related buzz in the business world.
First, if you can get an online copy of Philippine Star of June 30, 2006, it says “RP inks 350M euro deals with Spain” it was really a loan from Banco Bilbao Vizcaya for which 200M euros will be for Burgundy (now called Burgundy Global Exploration Corp. or BGEC) which is an obscure investment/finance company owned by a real-estate developer which, surprise, is now drilling oil in Sulu. Another 50M euros of that loan was for Port Irene (or the Cagayan Export processing Zone which was in the news lately as a port of entry for car smuggling) which is a short boat ride from Fuga Island-a 10,000 hectare island co-owned by … dyaraann!!…Diosdado Macapagal and Burgundy! Notice how GMA seems to personally see to the fund requirements of an asset-manager-turned-oil-producer. Just a coincidence? How about this, crony firm Monte Oro (winning bidder for TRANSCO assets), whose contract SC 52 is precisely in offshore Cagayan (where Fuga Island sits) is also a coincidence? Also this: more than half of the 5 oil exploration contracts recently awarded were given to different Filipino companies…but with the same person as president! Rogelio Serafica is president of Burgundy, Helios, and Miocene all of them “lucky” enough to be awarded exploration contracts all over the country.
Another Spanish company, Union Fenosa Gas S.A. just last month signed a joint-venture contract with BGEC for the exploration of SC 62 in Sulu Sea. What is interesting is that Union Fenosa has just sold off its 40% stake in Meralco to the Lopez family for $250M after the instability caused by the attacks against Meralco scared investors. From the gov’t “enemy” to a gov’t “friend”. Is that what the whole Garcia vs. Meralco thing all about? Getting investors out of Meralco and into funding their friends/dummies? Notice that Union Fenosa is putting in $200M – the same amount that Banco Bilbao Vizcaya was said to be lending Burgundy! Did that loan from Bilbao
Lopez company FPHC needed money quick to buy back the Spanish firm Union Fenosa Gas-held shares for additional 40% in Meralco. FPHC has just sold its shares in NLEX for $275M, it can now buy back the Union Fenosa shares, making $25M more in the process. It further strengthened its control of Meralco with the additional shares. It would be more difficult now to remove them in Meralco.
I’ve predicted this before, the purpose of the lapdogs is not really to bring down the price of electricity when it used Garcia to attack Meralco. But that move gave a crony company much needed funds – $200M – to finance oil exploration by snatching one of Meralco’s foreign investors. They did not succeed in loosening the Lopezes’ stranglehold on Meralco, they even strengthened it!
This is a government run by an economist, let me remind you. From a businessman’s perspective, I can only sympathize with Meralco, expecially if people in the government is doing all it could to sabotage your business, you are limited by what the law allows, while your enemy doesn’t even follow the law.
It is still part of the old Arroyo-Lopez clan war which started with jueteng in which everyone is collateral damage.
RMP, it is true the Roman Catholic Church helped the nazis escape to most latin american countries, most if not all are bastion of catholicsm. The Church was also lukewarm in helping the Jews immigrate to Palestine by not providing them safe passage. If you want to go deeper with this issue
you have to go back as far as the Children’s Crusade. For one thing no one can deny that the hands of the Church is full of blood….like a ruthless emperor expanding his empire. I could add more to what you mentioned but its not worth the effort…however, let history be a reminder even though some are in denial over facts and evidence available.
Talking about the existence of God is where I separate from you….but I would encourage you to keep on.
sorry, naputol yung isang sentence.
“Did that loan from Bilbao have to pass through some sticky hands it was used first to get a substantial chunk of Meralco shares so that attacks like that of Winston Garcia may have more weight before it was finally used to fund another venture? Could this be happening to our other foreign loans, too?”
That was supposed to be the complete paragraph.
Coel, God does exist. Almost all people despite belonging to different religions believe in God. But, the Devil also believe in God and trembles.
There’s what’s called Apostasy and Restoration. The accounts mentioned in the Bible refer to the Catholic Church as the apostatized church. After Jesus and His Apostles died, false teachings were taught by false preachers. Instead of following the words of God, people were deceived and followed human traditions and practices.
The Vatican not only conspired with the Nazis, it continues to keep its relationship with the Italian Mafia until this day. Church documents also proved that even a Pope was assassinated after discovering the financial anomalies within the Vatican. True or not, there was even one Pope discovered to be a woman and she was stoned to death by angry mob.
BE: A christian for me is one who believes in Jesus Christ and follows His teachings as written in the Holy Bible the New Testament in particular. The Catholics believe and follow the teachings of Jesus Christ passed on by the Apostles..thus they are apostolic…and it is in the Catholic teachings that Jesus gave the authority to Peter (the first Pope) when He said..Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my church…The Apostles Creed spells out what the Catholics believe that not all Christians follow..I respect all religions..almost all of us (except perhaps the atheists) believe in a Supreme Being..and all of us will find heaven..
I don’t know if you folks believe in curses…pero somebody mentioned to me last night that she believes the Phil. is cursed…unang una Pres., M, Quezon said..he would rather see a Phil. run like hell by Filipinos rather than by Americans..In this respect I agree with RMP..secondly, when Cardinal Sin did what he did to oust Erap..makasalanan daw si Erap..dahil lasenggo? babaero?..ano ang pinalit niya..San Miguel marca demonyo? sino ang mas makasalanan sa tingin ng tao? Nagnakaw ba si Erap? nagsinungaling ba? nang daya ba? The first time I went home after so many years..Erap was running for President and so did Camilo Sabio. Sino ang maS corrupt ngayon?..the drop out of Ateneo or the scholar of Ateneo? the wheel of fortune keeps turning around indeed..
Rose, Coel, I’ll just give you each other’s e-mail. Let’s go back to the topic, please.
Tongue, that’s heavy stuff that you shared with us.
Ellen…am sorry for my post above….didnt read your rejoiner….please delete my of 1:05 pm if you may.
sometimes, faceless as we are in this cyberspace, we meet others along the way that catched our attention…and Rose was one of the few.
Coel, thanks for understanding. Rose will be happy to trace family links with you.
Tongue,
Very enlightening piece. Sus, game of the economists starring Gloria ‘d loony economissed and her cronies.
Spanish companies ha! Kaya pala palaging nasa Spain ang bruha.
Majority of Filipinos have no trust in the appointees of the Tapalaning Pandak in the SC. They should all resign en banc. They should each stop playing unblemished and clean, for they are all just the same as the people they now order removed or suspended just because they want to protect the criminal they owe their positions to. Nakakahiya silang lahat! Sibakin lahat ang mga iyan lalo na iyong mga appointee ng kriminal.
Ellen,
Why did you delete my comment?
RMP/Renato Pacifica,
Take note.
I didn’t delete your comment. But like Kabute, you were spammed.
chi, Ellen,
I got tips from businessmen the Anti Money Laundering Council in Europe are skimming through bank transactions between Spain and the Philippines with a fine tooth comb. The criminals have to move the money fast and quietly before it gets trapped there. When large money moves around from one investment to another, look at the amounts. Then look at the final destination. I have first hand experience in this when the Spanish government witheld a large commission due from our telecoms supplier in Spain, because of the large percentage of the indent commission, they figured it was going to be bribe money since the buyer was a GOCC. Without even asking for our opinion, they concluded it was illegal. They were absolutely spot on.
I remember the German bank account.
Also the Fat Man’s Europe trysts with E.S.
ellen,
That was quick.
Spammed for what?
Euphemism for “Censored”, a word “journalists” abhor.
Well, it is your blogsite.
I will try Banayo.
Maybe he can take the blows as well as he deliver them.
Bambi trashed Barders now she is getting hers.
Good bye girl, may get more RMPs(he is wild) and BEs and Tongue/twisted.
sdl
Be cool man! Spammed happen.In my blog I have so many Spam and that’s beyond owner’s control.Maybe,you sent a wrong URL,handle or e-mail address.I have a regular blogger at my site who’s been spammed so many times.
Stick around!
Huwag ka ng magtampo sa mga bloggers dito at sanayin mo na ang sarili mo.Mga sutil lang sila siguro.Ganyan lang talaga kapag bumanat si BE at Tongue ipinaglihi kasi sila sa micropono.Hehehehe!
I don’t know why sdl doesn’t like spam. It’s my favorite for sandwich.
Tongue,
Knowing how the Pidal family members work, the monies for sure already did a merry-go-round ahead of the AMLCE Ang dami nilang ayudas.
pwede ba walang iyakin. Blog lang tayo. Nagselos pa, sus.
Babae ka ba sdl? Type mo ko? Hindi nga kita pinapansin diyan. Maliban lang kung may second alias ka.
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chi, mahirap pa din kahit nailabas na sa Spain. You have to route it through several banks in different amounts, park some, move some, then consolidate towards the final account. All these movements are monitored. Pinakamadaling magtransfer kung meron kang cash cow gaya ng Pagcor, PCSO, o Manny Pacquiao. Mahirap especially beyond $10,000 which is the hurdle for most countries. Nabubuko lang yan pag nag-press release. Hindi kasi pwedeng iannounce na meron kang maraming investors na tig $10,000 lang ang pera. Walang magpapauto sa iyo. Kailangan magyabang o mang-impress. In oil, the bigger, the more impressive. Yan kasing mga oil and mining na yan, ginigisa lang sa sariling mantika ang investors. Wala naman halos nagsu-survey or nagdi-drill talaga hanggat walang mauutong investor. Kaya ba ni Serafica na pondohan ang 4 the exploration sites? Unless dummy lang siya ng isang taong may pondong P1 Trillion a year.
Kaya nga ang modus, dito na lang iinvest ang pera. Mainit na sila sa labas. Laging kinukutsaba ang mga Tsino pero laging sablay. Wala pang matinong project na ka-JV ang China na natapos, meron ba?
“Pinakamadaling magtransfer kung meron kang cash cow gaya ng Pagcor, PCSO, o Manny Pacquiao.”- Tongue
So, that’s the reason why FG is always present in all manny Pacquiao fights. May ina-asikasong negosyo pala.
Woooo Hooo!!!! I’m back in business!!! Thank you Ellen!!! You are a darling!!!
Everyone read the post of TongueTwisted, hmmmmm, it seems the coin-operated-pekeng-periodista protected tisoys/tisays/mestizos/mestizs seems to be involved. Who else would have the werewethal, cultural, and personal connection to Espana?
Why are the coin-operated pekeng-periodistas silent about this?
Hmmmmmm ….