by VERA Files
News that former Defense Secretary and Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Angelo Reyes on Tuesday committed suicide shocked the nation, which had been engrossed the past weeks over investigations of corruption in the military.
VERA Files photographer Mario Ignacio visited the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina where Reyes took his life with a gun. One of the photos shows the statue of St. Jude, patron saint of desperate and lost causes, towering over the grave of Reyes’ parents, the very spot where he was found dead.
Renowned photojournalist Luis Liwanag followed the news trail in the aftermath of Reyes’ suicide, from the Loyola Memorial Park where he died, the Quirino Hospital where he was taken, and to the Arlington Memorial Chapels in Quezon City where his remains now lie.
Click here (VERA Files) for Ignacio’s slideshow and Liwanag’s video.
While we condole with Reyes’ family, let’s not treat him like a hero. He just paid for his sins. And the way he ended his life was cowardice. If he truly love his country, he would have revealed what he knew.
Before or during the Senate hearing, Reyes suffered a stroke. Kahit na tumatagal pa ang buhay ng isang na-stroke, siguro isa din itong dahilan kung bakit tinapos niya ang kanyang buhay. Nakita niya kay Rabusa kung paano kahirap ang isang naka-wheel chair. Laban ito sa ka-machohan niya.
In the history of our AFP, I don’t remember a General with his rank ever committed suicide. And if there’s one thing that makes Reyes stand above the other corrupt military officials, it’s his guts to end his life even if he could not endure the guilt and humiliation. For this, I salute him for what he did. But let’s not stop with his death. Let’s dig deeper and unmask the brain of all these corruption. And if your spirit is still roaming around, may we ask you to haunt your protector, the person who was mainly responsible for your death. Multuhin mo siya hanggang magpakamatay din siya.
“Multuhin mo siya hanggang magpakamatay din siya.” – truthseeker
Kung namatay yung minumulto niya, eh di dalawa na silang multo. Takot ako sa mumu. 😛
Let his death be a wake up call to those who are still in denial that they did not do anything wrong. Let his death be the start of real cleansing amongst the AFP. Sana hindi sayang ang pagkitil niya ng kanyang buhay. Even if this is cowardice.
There should be no blame game. He did this to himself. He did not live up to his mom’s expectations. He allowed himself to be corrupted. He enjoyed the material things and power and so did his family. Kung wala siyang milagro, di wala sanang nag-alipusta sa kanya.
His blood spattered on his mom’s grave was so eerie.
Col. Rabusa has made a statement that he doesn’t feel any guilt on Angie’s death. Kaya naman daw siya umiyak sa isang interview dahil close talaga siya kay Reyes at kanyang pamilya. That’s the man !
Truthseeker, hindi mararamdaman ng mumultuhin niya dahil may anaesthesiang cognac… tulog na tulog.
PSB #3 Agree.
Walang ibang sisisihin sa pagkamatay ni Reyes kundi siya.Hindi na siya batang paslit para di niya malaman ang tama o mali.
Kung wala sana siyang ginawang kapalpakan noong buhay pa siya at naging matuwid siya di hahantong sa ganitong imbistigasyon.
I don’t felt sorry for them. Pasensya na sa pamilyang naulila.
Agree. May kasabihang mas nakakatakot ang taong buhay kesa sa patay. Pero ibahin niyo si Angie…sa lahat na multo, siya ang pinakasiga.
Puwede din sisihin iyong bodyguard niya na hindi tumakbong papalapit kay Reyes at inagaw ang baril. Sana man lang ganito ang ginawa at sinabi niya kay Angie: “Sir, huwag sa puso. Sa tiyan na lang.”
I still wish that the family should not blame his death on the lawmakers who are just doing their job. They should come to terms with the abuse of the system which they contributed to somehow. It is a tough pill to swallow. But they have to be humble and admit that they too contributed to Angie’s death.
But then, the lawmakers would be more cautious from now on. Angie’s death has some impact on the future hearings of government and military officials. Alam mo naman ang ugaling Pilipino.
Pwedi naman siyang magbaril na di siya mamatay kung ayaw niyang magsalita sa Senado at kongresso.Sa lalamunan,tiyak hindi na siya makanta.
Ang inaalala ko ngayon kung bibilhan pa ako ng Trublue ng “Blue label”.Hehehehe!
Tama din ano? Pero paano kung sabihin ng mga Senador isulat na lang niya sa papel ang mga sagot niya?
Di sabihin niya imbalido na siya.Hindi na nila siya mapipilit.
Ang maganda sana kung si Fatso at Midget na lang binaril niya.
Sama na rin yung mga biik.
Diyan siya maging Hero.
Sa ginawa ni Reyes, pinasikat niyang husto iyung apat na Senador at pinatotohanan niya na walang kasinungalingan ang testimonya ni Rabusa.
Huwag sanang magbaril muna iyung dalawa,sina Ligot at Garcia dahil nakakapanabik ang susunod na kabanata.Hayaan na lang nilang lumundag si Mercy sa mataas na building ng walang parachute.
SumpPit, I thought of that too, that he could have been a HERO instead of a VILLAIN kung tinapos muna niya yung mga nagsulsol sa kanya na maging masama bago niya tinapos ang buhay niya.
Kahit na sinong Pnoy ang tatanungin mo sa ngayon,karamihan siguro ay suklam na suklam dahil daan daang milyones at aabot pa sa bilyones ang ninakaw ng mga lintek na mga heneral. Pati mga misis nila ginagawang Central Bank ang pondo ng Armed Forces,marami pang mga bahay sa USA at cash ang bayaran samantalang karamihang pinoy dito ay sa mortgage lang ng bahay napupunta ang sweldo for 30 years at maswerti kung every year ay nakakauwi ng Pinas.
Mabuti na lang at sa Anaheim at Buena Park ang lugar ng mga bahay nila at bihira ang Pinoy na kapitbahay nila doon.Kung mga Pinoy ang naging kapitbahay nila kawawa sila dahil itatapon sa bakuran nila ang mga basura.
Cocoy, bato si Maldita, hindi yan magpapakamatay. Papatay, baka pa. Si Garcia, lalong hinding hindi yan magpapakamatay. Ngayon pa! Ilang tulugan na lang eh libreng libre na siya kung hindi iuurong ni Malditas yung plea bargain niya. Si Limot, ehe Ligot, lagot yan pag na-cross examine si Mrs niya. Huwag naman sana ni Mrs Ligot pamarisan si Angie.
@13: Pareng Cocoy, naisahan tayo ni Angie. He made sure my dare wasn’t going anywhere. Well, nasa permanent kulungan sya at tahimik pa down under.
Sana nga ma withdraw nila iyung Plea Bargain sa Sandigan,kung hindi Free man na siya kahit na ng plead na siya ng guilty sa lesser offense for time served in jail.Ano ba ang status ni Garcia? US Citizen ba o Green Card.
Sabi ni Limot pag nagpupunta raw ang misis niya sa America ay mga relatives nila ang gumagastos. Kalokohan iyun walang pera ang mga Pinoy dito kasi pambayad nila ng bahay, kotse at insurance ang pera nila. Good for 1 week lang ang bisita sa America sa mga kamag anak.Kapag lumampas na doon at di pa umalis ay hindi na nila niyaya sa hapag kainan ang bisita.Hanapan na nila ng trabaho ang bisita nila na mag care giver sa matatanda at stay-in na doon.
Mga magnanakaw tahimik.
Ellen, off topic ito. I am wondering if the house of the horsie in San Francisco used the same mortgage company which gave the loans of the homes of the Ligots and the Reyeses. If this was the case then, that was how the midget and her family laundered money through the real estate properties. They formed the mortgage company, with the Philippine money converted to dollars and financed these properties and when they sold them, they got all the cash.
Ang Pinas talaga, many believe in Ghosts.
Cocoy, ang tindi mo naman. Sa akin, taunan ang free stay. May auntie nga ako apat na taong tumira sa akin libre ang lahat, kasama pa yung anak na walang trabaho. Nuong umalis kinuha pa niya ang mga halaman ko. Siya daw ang nagalaga. Yung isang pinsan ko naman halos isang taon din tumira sa akin, libre lahat din. Mas mabait pala ako sa average Filipino sa US heh,heh,heh.
parasabayan ka nga!
🙂
From Armando de leon:
Condolences to Reyes family, but that is not the best way to do to free himself from that anomaly.
Sana bago niya ginawa ang magpakamatay ay sinagip muna niya ang sambayanang pilipino sa mga buwaya at magnanakaw na siyang nagpapahirap ngayon sa sambayanang pilipino.
At kung ginawa muna niya iyon at saka niya pinatay ang sarili niya ay doon masasabi na siya ay isang bayani. Sana ay makulong ang mga mandarambong sa ating lipunan, at sana naman ay mag sample si Pres Pinoy na maipakulong ang mga ganid na iyan at para naman magkaroon ng magandang reputasyon ang ating bansang pilipinas sa bansang kinalalagyan namin ngayon.
Sobrang nakakahiya ang ating bansa sa mata ng ibang bansa. Pres. Pinoy sana naman ay baguhin mo ang imahen ng ating lipunan. Kung wala kang magagawa ay wala ng pag asa ang ating bayan. Huwag mo sanang biguin ang sambayanang pilipino. Tulad ni Gutierrez at Corona ano pang pruweba ang gusto nila para convict ang mga mandarambong sa lipunan.Useless lang ang mga taong iyan.
Ikaw lang ang pag asa ng bansang pilipinas PNoy sana wag mong biguin ang aking mga kababayan.
From Bernardo Carpio:
“Hara-kiri” is a common ritual of honorable way of cleansing one’s disgrace name of defeated soldier in Japan, unlike the dreaded “Huramentado” it is an unwelcome Filipino (Muslim) version of ritual in cleansing one’s disgrace name by a soldier because oftentimes it involves a loss of life of innocent civilian.
Angie Reyes and Roberto Mendoza committed this last act of honorable way to regain respect they had flourishes during GMA’s term but unfortunately losses in the time of Pnoy watch.
Since this practice is not a Catholics way of life for the beliefs it’s a sure one way ticket to hell which contradict Jesus according to Judas scroll
In Roberto Mendoza’s case, his family’s confused reaction had allowed to cover his dead body of Philippines flag to give him honor that led to Chinese protest. While in Angie’s case, his family’s confused reaction is committing the same mistake twice which Angie’s trying to correct.
The man is an honorable man after all, but shame to his family, PMAers, AFP, and political leaders who honor him as if he did not commit a mistake; it’s not nice to kill the dead. Let his soul rest in peace, Shame on you.
From:Trial-by-publicity
This is really sad because a man ha apparently taken his own life because he may have felt that he was treated by some in the Senate as already a convicted criminal when, in fact, no charges have been filed whatsoever against him in court.
Our publicity hungry lawmakers should reform because they cannot go about destroying lives and reputation purportedly so they can draft meaningful laws.
Expressions of support from members of PMA Class ’66:
Ret. Col. Manuel Espejo, PMA class ’66 President
We condole and sympathize with his family as we are grieving for him as a brother and as a classmate.
He was righteous, straightforward. Sasabihin nya kung ano mali mo. Allegations lang yan. We wont believe it unless proven in court.
He was a soldier. He fought for the country. We remember him as a brother. It’s more than being a hero for us.
Ret. Gen. Fred Bautista
Angie was a victim of the concept of democracy and justice wrongly applied. It appears he was being judged guilty even before he was tried. The way questions are asked, the way media writes the stories. You are supposed to be innocent unless proven guilty.
Biased na yung mga nagtatanong sa kanya. I hope what happened to him will serve as a lesson to our political leaders to respect human rights, what about mental, emotional.
Ret. Commodore Jose Agudelo
There are some of us who value pride and dignity more than life itself. Perhaps he’s one of those who values pride and
dignity more than life itself. And he found out if this thing continues, this would degrade the AFP. Parang kinakain
ng anay. Maybe he sacrificed himself.
Di siya nagdasal upang palakasin ang loob niya sa ganyang klaseng kalagayan. Nagpagamit siya at patuloy din siyang ginamit. Wala ng ngang sisisihin sa pagpanaw niya kung hindi siya. Kay laking duwag!
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Ret. Commodore Jose Agudelo
There are some of us who value pride and dignity more than life itself. Perhaps he’s one of those who values pride and
dignity more than life itself. And he found out if this thing continues, this would degrade the AFP. Parang kinakain
ng anay. Maybe he sacrificed himself.
Yes he sacrificed himself but for what? That those who used him as he said, will use others because he’s gone? That they may continue to have more money while the rank and file soldiers suffer in the field? While these crooked generals and mafia gets richer?
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From:Trial-by-publicity
Trial by publicity daw?
Buwagin na ang mataas at mababang kapulungan.
Pastilan!
“Since this practice is not a Catholics way of life for the beliefs it’s a sure one way ticket to hell which contradict Jesus according to Judas scroll.”
“Let his soul rest in peace, Shame on you.”
Then his soul will not rest in peace. Because in hell there is no such thing as peace.
Same goes for the rest who continue to cover up their superiors illegal activities. Being greedy will not make a person be at peace. To deal with powers and principalities makes anyone who dares to challenge them, to be in a chaotic situation. But to focus on what is just and true towards the path of light will make someone or anyone to be at peace.
“Hayaan na lang nilang lumundag si Mercy sa mataas na building ng walang parachute.” – Cocoy
Walang hiya yan, di yan tatalon. Itutulak mo siguro, pwede pa. Sabi nga sa Facebook dahil sa sobrang kapal, dapat diyan magpa-foot spa ng mukha!
Yang Class ’66 ni Reyes, marami ang kagaya niya na magiging 66 sana ang edad nitong taong ito.
Tignan mo nga naman ang mga numero, puro 6. Numero ni Taning.
BrigGen Fred Bautista (not sure if he retired with higher than brigadier rank) is over-acting.
Fred, firstly, what do you reckon is the concept of democracy and justice “correctly” applied?
Secondly, Angie Reyes was no more a victim than Garcia, Rabusa, et al, of democracy and justice wrongly or correctly applied. Angie Reyes was a big boy and knew what he was doing. He was a victim of his own ambitions and arrogance.
Lastly, Fred, what he did to himself [and not “what happened to him”] should serve as a lesson to everyone in service of govt, not to do the crime if one cannot do the time.
2011 is the 50th anniversary of PMA Class 61. The class that was supplanted by Class 62 (Abadia, Enrile, and others) in terms of promotion by Cory Aquino’s govt. Henry’s former boss, one of the more honourable graduates of PMA, was a member of Class 61. Very few of them remaining (wonder if Gen Aguirre is still alive.)
Happy anniversary, Class ’61!
Karma may have caught up with Reyes. He experienced how painful is to be betrayed by a “kumpadre”. Erap his kumpadre trusted him the future,as he trusted Rabusa. He should have learned the hard lesson that you can not trust anybody but yourself from himself going the way he did to Erap. He can’t get into himself that he became a squealing victim by his own trusted subordinate and a kumpadre. He can’t imagine himself inside a cell for the rest of his life so he chose the easy way out, leaving his family to fend for themselves and to find their way out of the mess he weaved and led them into.
By his act he only proved the exact opposite of all the prasises for his alleged brillancy, patroitism and bravery. He proved that he can’t stand up to anything except to be a loyal soldier to the highest bidder.
In other words he is a rat and a coward.
Alam niyo na ngayon kung bakit si Gen. Ver ang ginawang Hepe ng AFP ni Marcos imbes na ang mga PMA’yers. 🙁 🙁 🙁
Gen Ver was the vanguard 😉 inside out?
As a former officer of the AFP, I grieve for Angie’s death but I will always remember how unfortunate the Filipino soldiers for having a corrupt system that cost many lives that should have been prevented.
General Reyes was a Proud man, was an achiever and just like the Japanese race that are just as proud of their race (the very reason why they believed that they can can conquer the world) and as a people, defeat is not acceptable…and he senses defeat during the last few days of his life and he would not let his enemies, real or perceived see him wallow in self pity or surrender and he’d rather go…Hitler was just as proud.
I’m still not so convinced that an astute tactician like Reyes didn’t have an end game after Arroyo’s term ended.
Where were the members of his family, his guards, when he shot himself? Were they too far away to stop him? Were all their backs turned?
What if more generals kill themselves after this? hmmmm…
Like the exploding shit box in Glorietta before, I have this nagging doubt at the back of my mind of what we are made to see and hear.
Disgraceful exit but full military honors ang libing ni General Reyes, should his family opt for it.
Wala nga naman kasalanan sa mata ng batas. Inimbita lang sa hearing sa impierno na napunta.
Stigma sa pamilya, grabe.
Anna:
Lastly, Fred, what he did to himself [and not “what happened to him”] should serve as a lesson to everyone in service of govt, not to do the crime if one cannot do the time.
Anna: This Colonel did the crime and he will spend the rest of his remaining life in Prison…different kind of crime, but crime is crime…
Thousands of explicit photos that Col. Russell Williams took while wearing women’s and girls’ lingerie show how his sexual obsession escalated from lesser crimes to sexual assault and murder, a Belleville, Ont., court heard Monday.
The decorated former commander of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, in eastern Ontario, pleaded guilty to all 88 charges against him — including two counts of first-degree murder, two counts each of sexual assault and forcible confinement and 82 break-ins and attempted break-ins.
Williams, 47, was arraigned on the murder charges Monday before Judge Robert F. Scott in Ontario Superior Court. Wearing a dark suit and grey button-down shirt, Williams quietly pleaded: “Guilty, your honour.”
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/10/18/col-williams-court-1018.html#ixzz1DT9sOa9U
From the Daily Inquirer:
DZIQ: Ex-defense chief ‘set up’; Palace should speak out, says friend
“Retired Commodore Rex Robles told “Tapatan” that the alleged exposé by former military budget officer George Rabusa on the P50 million “send-off” money to Reyes and to other former chiefs of staff was a “smokescreen” to hide the truth that the former military comptroller facing plunder for amassing illegal wealth and the main subject of these inquiries was being protected by the government.”
parasabayan – February 9, 2011 1:46 pm
Let his death be a wake up call to those who are still in denial that they did not do anything wrong.
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Yeah, it is indeed a “wake up” call for those other idiot-generals/colonels (and Gloria and Piggy, too) to shoot themselves dead if they can’t stand the heat. Huwag kayong mag-alala……………if at first try hindi tumama doon sa talagang target niyo sa katawan niyo, you can always do it again until you get it right and then drop dead !!
Kung hindi namin mababawi ang perang ninakaw niyo, babawiin namin ang mga kaluluwa niyo !!
Ret. Gen. Fred Bautista
Angie was a victim of the concept of democracy and justice wrongly applied. It appears he was being judged guilty even before he was tried. The way questions are asked, the way media writes the stories. You are supposed to be innocent unless proven guilty.
Biased na yung mga nagtatanong sa kanya. I hope what happened to him will serve as a lesson to our political leaders to respect human rights, what about mental, emotional.
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Angie was a vicitim of what ?? What concept of democracy (was Angie a victim of) are you talking about ? Wasn’t it the same concept of democracy that enabled him to study (subsidized by the same government that practices this democracy) and graduate from the PMA ? And wasn’t it the same shit that enabled him to amass the wealth he did not deserve just because he sucked-up to a low-life commander in cheap who raped the very constitution of the same democracy she had sworn to uphold and protect ?
And what is this biased and “justice wrongly applied” shit ? For an ex-general, you sure do not even talk like one (WHEW !!!).
Remember that infamous EO 464, otherwise known as the “GAG ORDER” ? Wasn’t he (and those other generals on the take) merrily traipsed around like little kids having been ordered not to attend any senate hearings to cover up their asses to the chagrin of the senate and the Pinoys as a whole ? How many times did they disregard summons to the senate hearings just because they enjoyed the blanket of immunity Gloria extended them with ?
So, sa tingin mo, General Sir, sino ngayon ang mas na-agrabyado ?
Angie Reyes was never a victim of the Philippines’ concept of democracy. He was a victim of his own stupidity.
RETIRED General Fred Bautista, I’d say you are RETARDED.
Reply to No.38: Puwede din mahilig ang Class 66 (sex, sex).
What do we expect from his Batch mates? Siyempre good or bad, mistah pa rin. I don’t agree with Reyes family not allowing his critics to visit the wake. Sinong family at closest surviving member kundi ang asawa niya na maaaring nagpahamak sa kanya? This is not the time to further divide but to reconcile. Nagpakamatay si Reyes hindi naman pinatay ng mga critics. Baka nga ang utak sa pagkamatay niya isa sa mga maagang pumunta doon. His wife once again shows she’s guilty too. When Erap’s mother passed away, he allowed Chavit Singson to attend the wake and even welcomed the latter.
The Catholic Church announced that she’s willing to provide Reyes a Catholic burial despite committing suicide which is a grave sin. But why not to those who belong to Freemasonry? Even in receiving communion, the church has declared she won’t allow those Catholics who favor RH Bill or contraceptives. When would the church become consistent?
arroyo allies blames ” trial by publicity for reyes death : – tong edcel lagman..!! nakakatawa talaga mga alipores ni arroyo, very funny indeed, bakit iyong mga magdalo group, ipinakulong ninyo, iyong mga marine, na sila gen miranda, col querubin at iba pa, si sen trllanes , seven years ninyong ikinulong, si pres erap at jinggoy na ipinakulong sa mga trumph up charges, lalo na si erap ng hulihin ninyo, buong puwersa ng PNP sumugod sa bahay niya at iyong mug shot sa kanya na akala mo e talagang kriminal na nag massacre ng 57 na tao at mga walang malay na journalist..ni isa man diyan walang nag pakamatay at hinarap nila ang mga kaso nila.. walang ibang dapat sisihin diyan kundi iyong tao na kumitil sa buhay niya.. puwede ba tong lagman tumahimik ka..!!
Si Lagman at ibang alipores ni GMA nakinabang din sa AFP funds. “Trial by publicity” is the most abused phrase by those who are guilty. Reyes and company were called to the Senate hearing. They took their oath to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. Tanong at sagot lang. Eh bistado si Reyes sa unang araw lang ng hearing kasi ang nag-testify mismong tauhan niyang si Rabusa na napaka-credible. Anong Trial by Publicity?
Jawo,
In fairness to Gen Bautista, he is not retarded at all. I believe he said what he said because he was grieving.
BGeneral Fred Bautista (there were 2 General Bautistas during his time in the Philippine Army), is actually a very modest man, someone diametrically opposed to Angie Reyes in character, unassuming, soft spoken and very kind, not the type who bullied underlings, etc.
One general I’d almost say was “sweet” 🙂 🙂 🙂 and frankly, I respect him for those qualities and to my knowledge, he was not corrupt. (In fact, he and Espejo used to be the butt of playful jokes by their classmates. :-P)
He was one of the members of the class to retire early too along with ex-PSG chief Maj Gen Leo Alvez.
Anyone who knows Gen. Santiago Alino if he belongs to Class 66?
Puwede bang pakiyugyog yang si Rex Robles? Rambol na ang takbo ng utak. Si Golez at Trillanes daw ay patagong maka-Gloria? Na pinoprotektahan ng gobyerno ni Noynoy si Garcia? Naman!
Si Golez nga ang promotor ng resolusyon na pinababawi kay Gutierrez yung plea bargain na aprubado na ng House Justice Committee, kahapon pa. Ganun ba ang protektor?
Porke’t di pinatulan ni Trillanes yung hiling (o patibong?) ni Reyes na ibulgar yung tunay na mastermind, nabili na si AT4 ni Garcia at Gloria kaya niya tinatawag na political prostitute?
Ayon sa iyo, ikaw pala ang “nag-alaga, nagpakain, nagpasuso, at nagpalaki” kay Reyes. Bakit lumaking kawatan? Di kaya’t nasa iyo mismo ang problema?
I wish people would stop saying that he was just a victim of a corrupt system. He wasn’t a victim – he was an active participant and an accomplice. He occupied the highest military post in the country and had a very rare chance to become a hero to his people and he blew it.
Isang heneral hindi makaporma sa isang bansot. Buti pa si Heidi Mendoza na isang ordinaryong mamamayan lang may B—G!
BTW Congrats Azkals. A breath of freash air amidst all these scandals and shamelessness
Right, trig! Ang galing nung goal ni Caligdong, he intercepted the Mongolian defender’s header towards the baseline with his left foot, juggling it over the head of another backliner, and volleyed it with his right foot through the goalkeeper’s legs breaking our first point into the scoreless game with barely a minute to go at halftime.
Pang YouTube yung sipang yon!
Ooops sorry, sorry, re: (there were 2 General Bautistas during his time in the Philippine Army), I meant 2 General Freds, one was Fred Ruiz (oh dear, my memory is failing me … 😛 )
Ah, you have a point there, Tongue… Good of you to remind that Golez (not one of my favourite members of Congress) was the one that moved to have plea bargain withdrawn.
Is Rex Robles really suggesting that Trillanes is a Gloria mole? Oh dear! That’s not only farfetched, also not logical.
Rex, the more you lose your hair, the less level headed you become!
“Nagdududa tuloy ngayon si Trillanes kung ang dahilan ng pagpapatiwakal ni Reyes ay bunga ng komprontasyon nila ni dating Pangulo at ngayo’y Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Nakarating umano sa kaalaman ni Arroyo na nakipag-ugnayan si Reyes kay Trillanes at nangangamba ito na baka may ibinunyag ang dating kalihim sa senador.” … Abante
Puweeeeedeeeeee!!!!
Robles is a goner. He was one year above Reyes at PMA and has not reached the rank of one star General. This guy is a freelance gossiper these days. Invite him to the hearing and let’s see what he got to say.
Robles is a one-star general. He has the rank of commodore.
or rather was…(he’s retired). Although must say he was considered a sea cat rather than a sea dog in the navy. Why? I believe he didn’t complete his sea command badge.
Reply to No. 68: Siguro member lang si Robles ng “The Commodores”. Isang sikat na singing group during the 60s.
Truthseeker, did you mean “Siguro member lang si Robles ng “The Commodores”.” as a joke?
Dapat siguro tanggalin na lang sa libro yong budget para sa AFP … palitan na lang ng PMA. Kasi mula pa sa pag-aaral libre may allowance pa sila. Tapos kung mag-aral sa labas ng Bansa sagot pa ng Gobyerno o kahit mag-aral lang sa mga kilalang school sa atin libre. Libre lahat pati pag-kain at uniporme. Pag-tapos na sila siguradong may trabaho agad at siyempre ang suweldo ay mas mataas pa kaysa sa mga beterano na sundalo.
Tapos gusto pa nilang limasin yong pera na para sana sa hukbo ng sandatahan. Talagang iba talaga ang guhit ng mga yagbols at ngit-si ng mga taong ito.
Sa gawain ng iilan-ilan lang sa kanila at halos yong mga seniors pa nila … kaya hamig na lahat. 🙁
Noong nagusap si putot at si Reyes sinabi seguro ni Reyes na
“Madamn I will no longer keep mum..I will now tell the truth” at ang sagot ni Madamn “shut up” kaya he shot himself..
..he was an honorable military man…true to himself..hindi na niya kaya ang manahimik (which most likely what putot told him) and being that she was his ex boss minabuti na niyang to close the chapter..and be out of it..hindi na rin niya seguro makaya ang investigation and protect putot..it is just sad to say that as a military man he died in vain…but I am sure na gloria si putot..loyal ang mga alagad niya…
..kaya lang ironical had he looked up and said a prayer for help from St. Jude things would have been different…who knows…
“Talagang iba talaga ang guhit ng mga yagbols at ngit-si ng mga taong ito. – Etnad
Napagmasdan mo ba? Langya ka, tinignan ko tuloy kung meron akong guhit dun. Hahaha. 🙂 🙂
#74 tt
Ano meron? 🙂 🙂 🙂
regarding the decision of the Catholic church na bigyan siya ng Catholic rites… para sa akin dapat lang..kasi hindi natin alam kung before he breathed his last..he said “LOrd, I am sorry” hindi ba sa lingo ng miliary “when in doubt salute”? ngayon malawak na ang isipan ng Catholic church..open minded na sila..”liberal theology”..and besides we don’t know kung ano ang state of mind niya at that moment..nag snap ang judgment niya…let us give him the benefit of the doubt..it is between him and his creator..”Bukas loob sa Diyos” or is it Bukas loob ng Diyos
regardless..God is all so merciful and loves us all unconditionally.His mercy has no bounds…that is the beauty of believing in him..kahit sino man..Muslims, Christians et. al…
Courage, Integrity, Loyalty.
Suicide is the worst form of cowardice. He has more degrees than a thermometer but he can’t handle the heat.
His death was preceded by accusations of plunder, which he has never refuted. He did not even take the challenge by Lacson, “All right, sir?”
Loyalty? Ask Erap.
And many praise releases are now claiming that Reyes was a cut above the rest. I can’t imagine how cursed this AFP has become if everyone else was worse than him.
Bakit ganun … gagawin pang bayani itong si Reyes. Bakiiiiit huhuhuhuhuhu!!!!!!
Bakit ganun …. ang catholic church ay bibigyan siya ng Catholic rites … dahil siya ba ay maimpluensiya, mayaman, kilala. Wahhhhh gulong gulo ang utak ko …. huhuhuhu. Bakiiiiiit!!!!!!!!!
Pareng Tedanz,
Natumbok mo! Talagang si Tyanak angnpuno’t dulo ng lahat ng kalokohan at korapsyon!
#60. Porke’t di pinatulan ni Trillanes yung hiling (o patibong?) ni Reyes na ibulgar yung tunay na mastermind, nabili na si AT4 ni Garcia at Gloria kaya niya tinatawag na political prostitute?
Hindi lang rambol utak ni Rex Robles, sira na rin. May hinala ako na mismong sya ang bayaran ni Gloria para ibaling kina Trillanes at Golez ang isyu. Susmaryosep, sinong matino ang pag-iisip ang maniniwala na si Trillanes ay nabili ni Arroyo? Kundi ba naman na-virus tuktok ni Rex? Sino ba yan at mukhang enjoy sa publicity na nakukuha ngayon at the expense of his bff Angie?!
Itong si Jinngoy biglang about face! Hindi na daw niya i-susubject sa inquiry ang asawa at mga anak ni Angie. ANO? After all these charade? Besides, kanino bang mga pangalan ang mga properties na nabili sa US, di ba sa mga MRS? Sino ba ang binibigyan ni Rabusa ng shopping at ballroom dancing money, di ba ang mga MRS? Kung yung mga Mrs ng mga opisyal eh just as guilty as their husbands, let them go through what their husbands had and are going through. Pare pareho silang corrupt.
#77, Tongue. “And many praise releases are now claiming that Reyes was a cut above the rest. I can’t imagine how cursed this AFP has become if everyone else was worse than him.”
Hear hear!
Nag-suicide lang si Angie, bumaligtad na ang media na dating gustong ma-unearth daw ang truth. Ay naku, si Ellen (and very jornalists) na naman as usual ang matitira sa kanila na naghuhukay ng katotohanan. 🙁
psb, si jinggoy para lang kawayan, walang pundasyon!
very few journalists (correction)…
Tedanz, bibigyan ng catholic rites si Angie despite suicide? May Kato talaga noh? 🙂
Tedanz,,,,,,,,can you please eleborate further and explain why Marcos choose Gen. Ver instead of PMA’yerssss,
Sa Libingan ng mga Bayani ililibing si Angie?! Baka hindi katawan ni Angie yan? 🙂
PSB,
Is he really going to just forget all about Mrs Reyes, her 42 trips, etc etc?
By gum, why do our legislators grandstand and then do things halfbaked? I don’t understand. What kind of work ethics do they possess?
Dapat lang na kalkalin nila ang yaman ni Reyes at ipatawag ang kanyang misis dahil kung hindi ay di matatahimik ang konsensya ng mga senador dahil maraming susunod na mga heneral na magbaril sa sarili para protektahan ang mga misis nila sa mga tagong yaman.
May mga bahay pa naman sila sa Las Vegas.
I’d like to know if he’s made a decision to just postpone calling Mrs Reyes to the hearings or did he mean, he’s forgetting all about Mrs Reyes and her 42 trips and all the allegations made by Col Rabusa about their being on the take?
Sen Estrada must be consistent! If he accuses both wives of taking advantage of AFP largesse along with their spouses, he cannot spare one and indict the other and expect his charges to stick.
Cocoy,
Half-baked job in perspective again!!! Naknampucha!
Anne,
Erection,then ejaculation and no satisfaction itong si Jingoy.
Ang dami palang multong sundalo sa AFP mga 26,000 daw.
—> Cocoy: 🙂 🙂 🙂
Oh dear, 26% of the entire AFP population? Which means the AFP is only 100,000 strong, er, weak, er… 100,000 troop count or whatever?
Geez! Do the maths: 26,000 troops x (say a minimum of) 15,000 pesos a month x 12 months, the coversion rate will amount to… ta da da ……….. yearly.
Jug, I share your skepticism on his death. The two sons were 50 meters away, the guard was positioned to make sure that Reyes was by himself. No one actually saw the incident. The witnesses just heard the gun shot. I wonder if they took gun powder residues from his left hand. But evidence gathering can be made by skillful and corrupt Soco officers, no shortage of corrupt officers in all our institutions. This is why even in the earlier comments I had, I was saying that, “was he really the one who was shot”? But it looks like they had an open coffin. I wondered too who was with him when he was brought to the hospital. The midget could have engineered this whole thing and substituted the body or replaced the body with someone else’s. Ona was the one who was in the hospital. Isn’t he the Health Secretary whose apppointment was disputed because he was not really pro poor and was into the kidney transplant business? This could be a whole drama again so that the issue of the AFP corruption will just be abandoned altogether. I HOPE NOT. But all would be possible, a whole conspiracy. Family members positioned for the cover up. Nowadays, a look alike is so easy to create. Remember the Chinese kid who had an old man’s mask that looked so real and was able to board the plane until a stewardess caught him? An old man went into the toilet and when he came out, a young man emerged. It can be a conspiracy that only monied and powerful people can do.
But when I saw the face of his wife weeping, I told myself, that is Angie because I saw the tears and the grief. Then I told myself not to get carried away because had she not done the things she did to her husband, he could still be alive.
“I can kill myself if I want to,” a final act of control on a life of someone who feels powerless.
– Brian, La Mesa, CA
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libingan ng mga bayani???
bad joke…
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well, actually, suicide is a sad thing especially to those close to the taker who were left behind.
naah…not that i’m sad how this turned out…but one thing often gets into my mind when suicide happens and i somehow want to clear the air of sadness is the thought…
suicide is painless: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVUXPjFWfX4&NR=1
good joke!
Kaya nga sa dami ng cash na hawak ni Rabusa during his time, he had four vaults in his room! And since the cash could no longer fit these vaults, he and his assistant (Col Sonny Lim who is now also on the witness protection) had to exchange these to dollars so they would fit unto his vaults. Then most of these monies were put in envelopes and delivered to the Chief of Staff or to whoever the Chief of Staff and his Comptroller ( then Garcia) wanted the money to be delivered to.
I watched all the hearings so far. Pretty damning information on how the monies were siphoned out from the AFP.
#77 – Like …. (although I cannot find the Like button)
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=656017&publicationSubCategoryId=63
With all the hymns of praise being sung and talked about, pretty soon, the AFP will be building a memorial to Reyes and might even re-name Camp Gen Emilio Aguinlado, Camp Gen Angelo Reyes!
Sanamagan…. world is turning upside down! Time for our senators to earn their pay Soldier on Senators, and continue with the hearings, call the spouses, Mrs Reyes and Mrs Ligot et al, to shed light into how their husbands, and they by extension, accumulated so much wealth.
and theirs (wives’ wealth) by extension.
Estrada must remember that he took it upon his person to investigate the issue of corruption by the military officers and their wives. He must now show that his wasn’t just an act of vengeance. He must not leave a half-baked job. You must finish what you started Senator!
Anna, we all have short memories and soft hearts. We hated Marcos so much then but look at Imelda in Congress and Bong bong in the Senate now. Pretty soon, Marcos will have an airport, a park etc etc in his name. But first he has to be buried. Marcos contributed more to the country (except in the last 7 yrs when he got sick and Imelda and her generals and her close relatives ran the country to the ground) than Angie who became the side kick of the most corrupt president, the bansot!
PSB,
Having goose pimples here reading eulogies to Angie Reyes! Good Lord! Indeed, we all have short memories and very very soft jelly hearts! 🙁
And like you, I believe “(except in the last 7 yrs when he got sick and Imelda and her generals and her close relatives ran the country to the ground)”
No matter what his family and friends think of him, our countrymen’s perceptions are on the contrary. Working for the MOST CORRUPT president, covering up the wrong doings of the AFP, the midget’s goverment and the wrongdoings of his own wife is not necessarily the best resume. TAKING HIS OWN LIFE even made it worse.
In the Senate Hearing, Angie Reyes asked Rabusa: “Ako ba’y nagswapang? Ako ba’y naging ganid?”
In the wake of Reyes, Pat Daza banned his critics in going to the wake.
If Reyes is not “swapang”, how could his family and Ms. Daza be that selfish? After all, it’s not money that is involved.
If he could have assisted our lawmakers to do their job of going to the root of the corruption, maybe I would have a better regard for him. But dying to rerail the progress of finding out the truth to me is VERY COWARDICE!
Reyes was arrogant to the bitter end…
wala bang ibang libingan para sa mga sundalo but the one in Makati? Ano ang ilalagay…in plunders field the puppets grow?
The rats are coming out of their holes!
Words of a coward! Have nothing but contempt for ex Vice-Admiral Temy Mayuga of the infamous Mayuga report, loyal dog to Gen Reyes’ without whom he wouldn’t have served as Flag-Officer-In-Command PN.
Reyes worked his ass out so that Mayuga, with only a year left in service, would be given berth in the navy (even if he didn’t deserve it) which meant shipping Mayuga’s lowerclass, then FOIC as envoy to Australia.
Shut up Mayuga! Make that report public and you might just redeem yourself!
COMPLETE REPORT and not the sanitized one…
Like Reyes, Mayuga said he will bring to his grace the complete information gathered by his group. I doubt even if he really gathered information diligently.
Is that their idea of service to the country?
Anna, please remind him of the PMA Cadet honor code.
Ellen, which group? Mayuga should shoot himself too! I do not even think he interviewed any of the real witnesses. Para lang may masabi siyang report, he made one up! Shut up Mayuga!
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/212574/jinggoy-wants-reyes-family-spared-from-senate-probe
If he will have his way, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada will spare the family of the late Defense chief Angelo Reyes from any inquiry on the alleged corruption in the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
ungas talga to si Jinggoy, naka puntos at lamang na.. ipinasa pa sa kalaban ang bola… 1 step forward, 2 step2 backward… hindi maalis sa isipin ng mga tao na pinersonal nya si Reyes.. pero huwag naman syang pahalata… hindi na nya ipapatawag ang pamilya ni reyes dahil bayad na ito sa kanila ni Erap? kugn talgang may milyones na kinuha si Reyes sa bayan.. dapat maibalik ito sa pamahalaan… pagkakataon din ito ng pamilya ni Reyes na masagot ang mga binibintang sa kanila…
#116, o baka nman takot lang sa karma si jinggoy.. iniisip nya na posibleng mangyari din ito sa pamilya nya sa hinaharap? may dapat bang katakutan jinggoy?
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/212588/closed-door-congressional-hearings-opposed
Malacañang is not in favor of closed-door congressional hearings, which were proposed after former Defense secretary Angelo Reyes’ death supposedly to avoid trial by publicity of persons accused of wrongdoings.
“The public is very interested in what is going on in the hearings and I think the public should be afforded the right to see what is going on. The public always has the right to know,” deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said at a press briefing Wednesday.
Good!
#112 – I read that article earlier today … and several quotes in it was just plain classic !
“Ang tapang ni Sir Angie (He was so brave). It showed his strength of character. It was a shot to the heart, not to the head, to show that he was not out of his mind when he did it,”
“People like you and me will never understand it. ”
and then he proceeds to explain it.
” I am just an ordinary mortal. He belonged to a different league of distinguished individuals who value honor more than life. You have to look at it from a military point of view.”
“Only courageous people can do that—shooting yourself in the heart in front of the grave of your mother. I cannot do that. It takes a lot of courage to do that,” Mercado said. – Or a lot of guilt.
“He was extremely brave. I can’t do that. I’d rather have myself jailed than shoot myself in front of my mother,” – Pichay waiving his right to self-incrimination.
“To judge Sir Angie is to judge how he raised his five sons—as upright gentlemen, all successful in their own right. That is the total description of a true and good man,” – Mayuga again. and how should we judge Gen Garcia ???
laughing so hard it hurts
sorry I do not know how to put in the quotes properly
Guilty si Reyes …. nagpayaman siya habang siya’y nasa posisyon … hindi niya kayang magsinungaling kaya ayon dinedbol niya ang sarili. Nakinabang ang pamilya kanya’t dapat lang na ituloy ang imbestigasyon.
Kung totoo nga na hindi na nila(Senado) isasama sa imbestigasyon ang pamilya … maigi pa huwag na lang kayong mag-imbestiga. Puro papogi lang ang ginagawa niyo. Puweeeeee!!!! Iniiisssss ….
Hi Ellen,
I’m afraid, no amount of reminding him of the PMA cadet honour code will change who he is… a moral coward!
These rats are compelling people, even those who are trying desperately to refrain themselves from being politically incorrect so to speak, to be blunt about the man they call a hero!
These rats must be told in no uncertain terms that General Angelo T Reyes, PMA Class 66, CSAFP-turned mutineer and coup d’étatist, CSAFP to a usurper and election cheat, DND chief to a moral dwarf-coddler of warlords, was an ignoble moral coward!
Yep. It will make me very unpopular with friends, but I really believe it was Reyes’ way of saying “kiss my ass losers!” instead of doing the right thing of sheding light or contributing to bring the truth out – he left everybody hanging. If that is the sacred “honor” these officers and gentlemen are talking about well I’m content to be just an unsophisticated hillbilly who at least can still call a spade a spade.
…and if I hear someone ask “sino ba ang malinis?” again I’m goin goin going to lose it entirely.
Bayonic,
Could very well picture the gathering of moral cowards around the coffin of another moral coward! They should all hang themselves in shame instead of singing praises to a man who lived a life of arrogance, lies and moral cowardice!
Da bes talaga para wag kang mapahiya ay wag kang gagawa ng kagaguhan lalo na’t may ini-ingatan kang pamilya. Gawin lang ang nararapat at yong tama wag sosobra.
Ellen,
What really, really irks me is the nerve of this group of moral cowards re-defining who or what makes a hero!
And Temy Mauga’s exalting Reyes’ act of extreme moral cowardice as a heroic deed which he should goddamn know is all that is utterly wrong. He is setting all the wrong examples to younger PMAers and re-defining the PMA cadet honour code along the lines of his and his master Reyes’ brand of moral cowardice! The shithead is utterly despicable.
I’m really puzzled why no one in Malacanang is speaking against this farce, its not that anyone can mount a coup if sensitive hearts are hurt at this point in time?
Do they expect the people to dumbly listen, cry, and say “ah yes, he was a good man?” are they out of their minds?
That, Tedanz, should be part of the honour code!
Jug,
A political tactic? Not to get embroiled in a highly emotive issue? After all, the farce is hitting the right notes (at the moment.)
Sooner or later though, Sec de Lima has got to get up and gather evidence against these corrupt generals and moral cowards.
anna,
We saw earlier how the ones who exposed the violations of the code were treated, they were the ones that were “ostracized”, marginalized, never to return to the service again. That seems to be the message these people want to send here? These guys are making it look like the prevailing culture is practicing a different kind of “honor” , the code of silence, the one that is practiced only by criminal syndicates.
Its af if we are being told here that “the truth is what we say it is.”
Jug, agree… that is the message they are almost wittingly trying to project!
Dang! These guys are either dumber than just dumb or are really crazy (as in psycho crazy.)
One thing that the officers, the Magdalos and the others, who rebelled against Gloria cannot be accused, not ever, for doing what they did, of moral cowardice.
Theirs was all that was diametrically opposed to their upperclassmen’s omerta code, theirs was exmplary moral courage!
Ang hindi ko lang maintindihan ay kung may subject sila sa PMA kung papano mangurakot sa Gobyerno. Palagay ko lahat ng importanteng puwesto sa ingat yaman ng AFP ay puro PMA’yer … kanya kanyang team … tulong tulong silang mangurakot. Tama lang siguro ang suhestiyon ni Pichay 🙂 — ipasara na lang itong PMA.
Libingan ng mga Bayani … hindi yata bagay kay Reyes dito.
tedanz,
hindi naman, isang paaralan lang yan, like UP, Ateneo, etc, depende na sa discarte ng graduate kung anong gusto niya.
jug,
Mina-master na lang nila ang pangungurakot kung ganun 😉 🙂 🙂
these events reminds me of this Gary Granada tune :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3A5Mg2gZwY
” Nanakawan na at naholdap si Juan
Ngunit ang holdaper pa ang pinasalamatan
Nabaon sa utang ang bayan ni Juan
Ngunit ang nagnakaw pa ang pinararangalan ”
ang tagal na nito … awit pa ng isang Gary … “di na natuto “
Tedanz,
Agree with Jug… PMA instills honour in its yearlings and beyond, and indeed, there are those who lose their honour half-way much like those who were reared, educated and moulded in any other school.
We are all struck by the seeming severity of the deeds of these generals (and admirals) because we put such a high level of expectations on the graduates of the Philippine Military Academy, expecting them to act with higher level of honour than the ordinary man or woman in service of the state, and rightly so but my suggestion is that we should not condemn the institution as such but single out the scalawags who march out of its gates.
Bayonic,
I like that song… 🙂
And Tedanz, remember the group of young officers, the Magdalos, who went to Oakwood? The Marines and other officers who were involved in the Fort Bonifacio stand off?
They were graduates of the PMA… They were not involved in the heist. They were the ones that tried desperately to denounce their upperclassmen.
If we condemn the PMA, then we are condemning their act of moral courage.
i know tedanz sees the bigger picture, kaya nga smiling face nilagay niya. yun nga lang i know he’s as frustrated as we are.
imagine what it costs the government right now per cadet – 2million pesos (i read in the newspaper). dati sabi 500k lang.
re # 114, PSB, I mean the task force that “investigated” kuno the involvement of the military in the manipulation of the 2004 election results in favor of Arroyo.
Jug,
Wow, double already? 10 years ago, t’was only 1 million pesos…
anna,
i tell you its rabusa that is being treated as an outcast now, you should hear the sordid stories being told about him, honestly i believed them earlier. that includes jinggoy and trillanes too.
Matagal na yang kay Trillanes.2003 pa. kasama pa si Tulfo dyan sa smear campaign. Inulit ulit ng 2007.
I don’t blame you if you believe your friends, Jug. I know the other side of the story. I have my basis for not believing them.
i don’t know what to believe anymore actually, but i definitely can’t believe these accolades to reyes.
Jug,
Not surprised… he took the honourable route by coming out and as you, and many people do, PMAers (and members of the military en toto) could be so cruel to one of their own when he is perceived to have squealed.
Militaries all over the world, somehow, likes to keep their secrets and their dirty linen as far away as possible from the prying civilian world.
Ooops, as you, and many people know
thats just it, the concept of not squeeling is supposed to apply to not divulging vital information to the enemy even under torture right? but who is the enemy now, the people, the country? its really perplexing
ellen,
deep inside i tend to believe trillanes, with all the smear stories against him, both professional and even below the belt personal ones, i find them to be ridiculous already.
Ayayayay… from the looks of it, they have decided that the people, eg., you, us, everyone and anyone, have now become their enemy.
And Gloria and her gang of thieves are experts at disseminating smear stories.
precisely anna, noitice how they talk about it, like we could never understand, we look at it from a different perspective, etc, etc…what perspectives are there to choose from really, there’s only right and wrong?
they should have just kept their mouths shut and suffered this crisis in quiet dignity.
I remember in my younger days when I used to spend summer vacations at the PMA (I had a cousin who was married to an officer staying there), there was this cadet whom they knew cheated in an exam. That cadet was ostracized by the entire PMA––nobody socialized or talked to him, no one shared his table at mealtimes (the mess hall people had a special table just for him).
Pretty soon, that cadet couldn’t stand being treated like a pariah that he resigned.
The cadets while at the PMA are taught and live under a strict code of honor; it’s when they get out into the REAL world that they become what some officers have now become––greedy, grasping generals.
I have several close relatives who are PMAers. Mga walang bahay kahit na retirado na at nasa mataas na posisyon. Not all PMAers are corrupt. I beg to disagree. Mas marami pa rin sa kanila ang matuwid ang landas!
lurker,
i find it hard to believe you know this without ever experiencing life inside. i believe that what you’re saying as summer vacation is summer camp already. 🙂
juggernaut: I only spent summer vacations at the PMA. I was at the mess hall when I saw this cadet eating alone in one table, so I asked why.
I only learned of his leaving months after.
lurker,
yep. they even trash his things and his room. its a living hell…but you won’t believe it, in some cases (at least one i heard of), if the guy is thick faced enough, he still gets to graduate.
and this guy goes out to be involved in carnapping, probably even in the drug trade, and he still enjoy the perks of his rank.
Jug,
re: “deep inside i tend to believe trillanes, with all the smear stories against him,”
Can tell you that I too heard many stories about Trillanes direct from his superiors and others who knew him in the service. My misgivings about him were exacerbated by the fact that Honasan wielded great influence, it seemed then, on him and his group (and as everyone here knows, I dislike Honasan).
Took me awhile to get round to it but I went on to observe and made up my mind on my own.
That said, despite my earlier misgivings, I never accused Trillanes of moral cowardice and thought long ago, right after the Oakwood mutiny, that he and his friends possessed exemplary moral courage.
anna,
i don’t know him personally, never even talked to him, but after seeing so many people weave ridiculous stories of him – he must be doing something right.
In fact, if one of his superiors (and Trillanes, if he is reading this, knows who I mean) who happens to be a compadre (I’m godmother to the son) learns that I’ve changed tack about Trillanes, he might become upset with me but really, I don’t care! I try “to do what is right even if it’s unpopular” 😉
bottomline, these gentlemen who are rallying behind reyes should have thought twice about it. they should rally around the country instead, and sing songs of love for country not just for an institution.
then again we learn from our mistakes, but we must admit it first.
Jug, Angie must have done something right because of the show of support? He was generous in giving everyone a part of the loot!
Btw, is it true that Angie is going to be buried at the Libingan ng Bayani?
chi – February 10, 2011 6:06 am
Sa Libingan ng mga Bayani ililibing si Angie?! Baka hindi katawan ni Angie yan?
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Pati ba naman ang sagradong lugar ng pananahimik ng ating mga bayani eh idadamay pa sa pagkakataon na ito ? Ano ba ang malaking kasalanan ng ating mga bayani at mahahaluan sila ng isang magnanakaw ? Baka bumangon pati si Bayani Casimiro at manguna sa protesta ng mga multo.
A Message from my Friend
Berteni Cataluña Causing
Berteni Cataluña CausingFebruary 9, 2011 at 8:30pm
Subject: DON’T BURY ANGIE REYES AT LIBINGAN NG MGA BAYANI
DON’T ALLOW ANGELO REYES TO BE BURIED AT “LIBINGAN NG MGA BAYANI.” IT IS AN INSULT TO REAL HEROES and it degrades the credibility, integrity and sanctity of this exclusive place.
Reyes has never done acts of heroic proportion. Unless somebody can present clear proofs to the contrary, I don’t agree for him to have a place in “Libingan ng mga Bayani.”
Agree
Baka magprotesta si Imelda diyan at mga anak ni Marcos,dahil hindi nila pinayagan si Apo na mailibing sa Libingan ng mga Bayani.
cocoy,
maybe ridding the country of himself was heroic enough?
Ilibing na lang siya sa gitna ng feild ng Camp Aguinaldo.
Bagay na bagay siya dun. Huwag sa libingan ng mga Bayani.
and its puzzling why they allowed his son to lash out in public like that, as if other people pulled the trigger? don’t they know how to take responsibility? where were they when their father took all this money, did they even bother to ask why they had so much when they were not scions of a Lucio Tan?
i hate to be insensitive here, but i personally subscribe to “pagalit galit” if my wife catches me with a lie.
hey guys, after all we said about reyes, is anybody feeling guilty already?
Jug #173
Bakit nila isisi sa ibang tao ang pagkamatay ni Reyes? Siya ang pumatay sa sarili niya. Mga iba nga diyan tulad nina Jun Lozada,Col Rabusa,Heide Mendoza palagay ko handa silang mamatay para isiwalat ang katotohan, Itong si Reyes nagpakamatay para itago ang katotohan.
Ako, hindi guilty.
Pero kung isiniwalat niya ang lahat ng alam niya tapos isa ako sa babatikos sa kanya at nagpakamatay siya, sigurado tatamaan ako.
Ang kaso talaga, abnormal ang ginawa niya.
Mas nakaka-guilty kung ipinagtanggol ko si Reyes o sino man sa mga heneral na ito o kahit mababa pa sa kanila sa ranggo na nagkamal ng iligal na yaman, subalit di ko man lang naisip yung mga pobreng sundalo na nagkandamatay na yung marami sa kanila pero salat sa tulong mula sa gobyerno (kung meron man) dahil yung dapat na pantulong sa kanila, naibulsa na ng mga buwaya.
Might as well make three columns of the “Libingan ng mga Bayani” and label them in the following manner:
First column – Tunay
Second column – Medyo
Third column – Mga Lintik
Hindi mahalaga ang libingan, ang importante ituloy ang investigation para ma recover ng Philippine government ang pera para sa tao at ating mga sundalo. Simple lang, kung ayaw nila mapahiya huwag sila gumawa ng katarantaduhan. Million kaming Pinoy naghihirap at naghanabuhay sa ibang bansa para lang makatulong sa ating bayan.
#175. hey guys, after all we said about reyes, is anybody feeling guilty already?
Not I, jug! Reyes had always a choice, but he made the easiest way out taking no responsibility to what he’d done. Galit ako sa mga tao na nagsu-suicide, takot mabuhay…kaduduwag!
What guilt Jug? I did not steal anything or became a side kick of the most corrupt president of the Philippines and I did not take advantage of multi million perks for myself and my family, so why should I be guilty?
And, I did not take a short cut exit just to cover up the crimes of my friends and relatives, so why should I be guilty?
Sa isang puntod sa sementeryo:
“Mama, inalipusta nila ako, binaboy. Sorry, ‘Ma, I did not live up to your expectations. Alam ko, walang kakanta dahil hindi naman ako naging swapang, lahat naman sila meron, inabutan ko na lang na ganyan na ang kalakaran, ipatitigil ko ba yun? Ang daming gumagawa, di lang naman sa AFP, pabayaan ko namang makinabang din ang mga kabaro ko para patas. Si Pareng George, nagtaksil pa. Matapos kong pakainin sa palad ko, tinuklaw ako ng makamandag na ulupong na yun.
Sorry uli, di ko alam na aabot ito sa ganito, gusto ko lang naman ipatikim sa mga anak at asawa ko ang mga tinamasa ng mga nauna sa akin pati na yung ibang nasa gobyerno. Yung masarap na buhay, may konting luho sa katawan.
Inaamin ko may kasalanan ako pero hindi ko kayang makita na madamay pati na ang pamilya ko, higit lalo yang apelyidong pinakaiingatan ninyo. Hindi ko kayang harapin si Papa, bahala na po kayo sa kanya. Lalo nang hindi ko papayagang kaladkarin ang mga anak ko’t asawa, pati na ang PMA sa kahihiyang ito.
Ako, na isang Valedictorian, iskolar ng PMA, topnotcher sa mga klase, AA sa AIM, iskolar ng Kennedy School sa Harvard, pinakamataas na ranggong sundalo, Secretary ng apat na Departments, patatahimikin lamang ng isang ni hindi man lamang nakatapos ng kolehiyo dahil senador siya? Ipakukulong pa nila ako. Matapos kong pagsilbihan ang bayan ko sa mahabang panahon, iyan ang kabayaran?
Yung dati kong amo na iniluklok ko sa puwesto, alam nang hirap na hirap na ako ngayon, imbes tulungan ako, pinagdududahan pa akong nagsusumbong sa kalaban. Tinalo pa yung unggoy na senador kung mag-imbestiga, walang utang na loob!
Eto, ‘Ma, tumatawag na naman sa cellphone, ayaw talaga akong tigilan. Sino na ang kakampi ko? Sino na magtatanggol sa akin ngayon? Hindi ko na kaya. Sasama na ako sa inyo ni Papa. I will not give them the satisfaction.”
Bang!
– The Angel who drinks with Kings
# 184 …. gawin nating musical.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkDFD9sw-eo
Sa kakaunti,ang naggagawad ng kabayanihan o bayani ang isang kinakuulan,dalawang bagay lamang ang gaagapay ng sa litang Bayani,pagtupad at pagalang sa utos ng DIYOS at bayan.isa man nilabag sa kautusan ng dalawang nasabung bagay ang kabayanihan ay nawalang saysay.Ilang libo olaksa man kabutihan ang iyong ginawa,ang lahat ay magiging isang alaala lamang at hindi dapat pagbatayan upang gawaran ng salitang BAYANI,ang isang tao.
if reyes was to be accorded the honor at libingan ng mga bayani,, why cant the late president marcos
is there a trash can sa Libingan ng mga Bayani?
nice one tt, but if i ‘m going to write a story about it i still prefer the faked death, new identity in the bahamas sipping a frozen margarita in the company of baywatch like babes
What if he believed that by dying an honorable death by shooting yourself in the chest he gets a free pass to heaven where 50 beautiful virgins cater to his beck and call? Imagine his desperation when he comes to and finds no virgins but mandingos who cant wait to ravage him?
Nang umalingawngaw ang inilantad na “pabaon” sa mga nagreretirong heneral, nahinuha ko nang mayroong mababaon sa kaso sapagkat matagal nang umuusok ang kwento tungkol sa anomalya sa AFP. Hindi ko akalaing si Gen. Angelo Reyes na tahasang pinangalanan, sa kabila ng kanyang pagtanggi na wala siyang tinanggap na pabaon, siya ang unang ibabaon, hindi sa kaso kundi sa libingan ng mga bayani matapos magbaril sa sarili na ikinagulantang ng buong bansa.
dito sa america me cat and dog cemetery, sana mamili na lang sila sa dalawa kung saan, kaya lang parang hindi rin bagay si angie.. dapat dun siya sa libingan ng maga tuta..!! at lahat ng maga tuta ni GMA ay duon ilibing..!!
Hindi rin nalalayo sa mga opinyon dito ang mga narinig ko mula sa mga tambay, kubrador ng jueteng, barbero, tindera ng isda sa palengke, jeepney at taxi drivers matapos kitilin ni Gen. Angelo Reyes ang kanyang sariling buhay. Bakit daw bibigyan ng parangal bilang bayani ang isang nagpakamatay sa kabila ng isang usapin na sandamakmak na salapi ng bayan na diumano ay isinabulsa ng mga matataas na pinunong militar na dapat ay pinakikinabangan ng mga kasundaluhan. Hindi raw ba isang karuwagan na sa halip humarap sa katotohanan ay mananahimik sa pamamagitan ng pagkakamatay?
Bang!
– The Angel who drinks with Kings
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Hahaha! Galing, Tongue!
Sabi ni Trillanes ..
“We can’t possibly put the blame on anybody here for the death of General Reyes. Only he knows what led him to that (commit suicide),”
At dugtong pa ..
“We’ll keep on digging into this thing until we catch those who stole from the nation’s coffers,”
Yan ang talagang palaban … hindi gaya nila Junior Erap at si Escudero na biglang natanggalan ng bahag.
Kung hindi magbabago itong si Trillanes … may pag-asa itong maging Pangulo sa 2016. Itong dalawang surot na si Jinggoy at Escudero ay ala talagang kakuwenta-kuwenta. Puro papogi points lang ang ginagawa na akala nila magpapa-angat sa kanila sa 2016.
Sabi ng ate ko na sarado Katoliko, “bakit kung ordinaryo ang nagpakamatay kasalanan at hindi tinatanggap sa simbahan para bendisyunan…deretso libing na, si Reyes inaasikaso pa ng simbahan?”
Palagay ko mag-Buddhist na rin si ate ko. 🙂
Kung ang mag-asawang baboy kaya ang mag-suicide pact, lahat siguro ng bells ng simbahan katoliko kakalembang pa. 🙂
Sabagay no worry ako dyan, hindi magpapatiwarik si putot at pig, madami pa silang ihi-Hello! 🙂
#197 …. because he was man enough to blame God on the rising oil prices ?
At kung ililibing si Reyes sa tabi ng mga Bayani …. e di puwede na rin ilibing si Marcos sa tabi nila. May kasabihan na pag ikaw nangurakot piso o bilyon bilyon man … parehas pa rin …. parehas pa rin kayong tawaging mangungurakot 🙂
At etong mga pari na magbibigay ng rites dito kay Reyes … ipapa-excummunicate natin.
Di ba mukhang may mali parehas ang palakad ng simbahang Katolika at ang palakad ng Gobyerno? Papano aasenso ang buhay sa inyong Bansa kung yong mga nanunungkulan ay hindi tinutupad kung anong nakasaad sa kanya kanyang batas.
Ah ewan … kabuwisitan sa buhay talaga ang mga tangnang nanunungkulan pari man o Gobyerno. Simpleng rules lang hindi pa matupad.
juggernaut – February 10, 2011 1:35 pm
hey guys, after all we said about reyes, is anybody feeling guilty already?
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Guilty ? Guilty of what ???
ang hindi ko pa maintindihan, nag pakamatay lang si reyes bigla 360turn mga media,, na ngayon parang inaabswelto na si reyes,, binibigyan pa ng pogi points,, what a shame..
at un nga sina jingoy at chiz… bigla namn di na itutuloy ang imbestigation sa mrs,,,
matalino pala si reyes,,kung ganun ,,nagpatiwakal at wala na hahabol sa kinurakot nya..wise move..at hero pa…
only in the philippines,,,you can get away with graft..either by plea to lesser offense or commit suicide
pati si trillanes ay hindi na sigurado ngayon na si reyes nga ang malaking taong behind kay garcia.
Norpil, basahin mo ang latest article ko.
Hahaha! Galing, Tongue! – chi
“Angelo Tomas Reyes” – “The Angel who Drinks with Kings” trinansleyt ko lang sa Ingles yang katagang baluktot na Espanyol.
Pwede, diba? Fitting!
jug, actually yan yung mood o temper ng sympathizers ni Reyes pati na yung mga cheering squad ng mga opisyales na “tuwang-tuwa” na nagpakamatay yung kabaro nila para isalba sila. Nasalba nga ba?
Bottom line, in denial pa rin na magnanakaw. Hero pa nga ang turing.
Dagdag ko chi, para sa akin merong message yung in-email kong photo nung lapida ng nanay ni Reyes na puno ng dugo.
“Purification Tomas Reyes” and nakapangalan sa lapidang na tigmak sa dugo at dalawang kandilang walang sindi – isang photo essay na ang ibig sabihin, para sa akin, ay “Ang Karimlan at ang Paglilinis ng mga Lasenggong Hari (at Reyna)” yan ang essence ng kamatayan ni Reyes.
Hehehe! tagay pa pareng TT.
TongueT,
Naaliw ako sa kwento mo sa *184. Makabagbag damdamin. True to Life!
Remember the interview with Angelo Reyes concerning the Oil Price hike? When he said na …’don’t blame us, Blame God’!…At that moment, sa tingin ko ay nilukuban na siya ng espirito ng demonyo and was already cursed to die because he mocked God!. To those still covering up for the Mastersminds…It’s time to Repent and REVEAL! SAVE YOUR SOULS!
Hahaha@Tongue! Sakto ruler mo a…lol!
Don’t I feel guilty?
It has been asked, Do we or I particularly feel guilty? Yes I am for not speaking out like AdeB, TT, Jug, Vic and the many others against this heinous monstrosity against moral courage.
The AFP is has been ravaged by tsunami,a 10 intensity earthquake, a Noah’s flood of international shame. I feel guilty
as hell like the AFP Commander in Chief for being silent.
s
where O where is the C in C of
the AFP in these times that
tries lowly soldiers’ soul?
Who killed Angie?
It’s the LAW that caused him to kill himself. Think about it.
Tinanong ko kanina sa pastor namin kung bakit hindi binibigyan ng Catholic rites ang isang nag suicide…ang paliwanag niya sa akin..hindi sa hindi binibigyan ng church …the rites or the blessings are given..kaya lang daw privately…kasi maging scandal kung openly..being that suicide is killing oneself..and killing is against the ten commandments…but he said we should pray for the person’s soul…ang sabi ko kung ayaw ng familia? nevertheless daw we still have to pray for the person.. gusto ko sanang sundan ng tanong..”how many candles should we light?”
Italiano itong pastor namin and alam ko sa Rome maraming mga chapels…
Humus, please do something about your margin so I don’t have to fix your comments.
Thanks.
Sorry Ellen and your patriots bloggers.
I believe in this as instituional remedy
to damaged institutions. So I like many
to read and think about it.
Let Corruption also Kill the Philippine Military Academy.
Abolish it and use its gargantuan budget to a start
A new life for the future officers of the Armed Forces.
Divide the PMA budget into three: Trillanes should author a law creating (1) the Philippine Army Academy (PAA); (2) The Philippine Air Force Academy (PAFA), and (3) the largest because the country is an archipelago: The Philippine Sea Forces Academy(PSFA),
( compose of the Philippines Navy, Marines and Coast Coast Guard The strategic Academy locations should be: PAA in Fort Magsaysay; PAFA in the Visayas, and the PSFA Cotabato or Zamboanga City.
The time is opportune and propitious. Funding may be augmented from foreign military assistance. The Armed Forces of the Philippines at the time after all those PMA graduates had retired can start on a clean slate. Let this idea be the start, the foundation and the building blocks for the straight way (patriotism) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines under P NOY.
If this will come to pass, General Reyes’ suicide will be mitigated by history.
153. humus – February 12, 2011 7:46 am
Organization theory is quite explicit.
New organizations are born to become
institutions because of extremis situations,
often times born out of calamities and
catastrophy.
Now is the time to have a few small
academies that can be focused and
effective to fulfill their doctrinal
role to the country. MONEY is of no
matter here.