The approval by the House Justice Committee of the impeachment complaint against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez shows momentum in the fight to make government officials accountable of their actions.
Thirty-nine of the 55 members of the Justice committee found there are “reasonable grounds that an impeachable offense has been committed “by Gutierrez and that she is “probably guilty” and that she should face trial.”
The committee voted on two complaints against Gutierrez. The first one was filed by Akbayan led by former Rep. Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel alleged that Gutierrez betrayed public trust as shown by the low conviction rates of the Office of the Ombudsman under her leadership; inaction on the $329.5 million controversial National Broadband Network-ZTE telecommunications deal; inaction on the 1995 death of Navy Ensign Phillip Pestaño.
The second complaint filed by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) also found her to have betrayed public trust for her inordinate delay or inaction on the fertilizer fund scam, the Mega-Pacific poll automation contract, and the “Euro Generals” cases.
Section 12 of the Constitutions Art XI on Accountability of Public Officers provides that “The Ombudsman and his Deputies, as protectors of the people, shall act promptly on complaints filed in any form or manner against public officials or employees of the government…”
Gutierrez had dismissed all complaints against Gloria Arroyo.
In both complaints, 39 voted that there was probable cause for her impeachment. Nine voted against the impeachment in the first complaint. In the second complaint only six voted in favor of Gutierrez. In both complaints, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman , who tried all sorts of tricks to delay the voting, abstained.
Davao Del Sur’s Douglas Marc Cagas even quoted the Bible, (“Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone”) in trying to block the inevitable. Someone should give him a copy of the Ten Commandments underlining “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain” and “Thou shalt not steal” which is what this impeachment exercise is all about.
The next battleground will be in the plenary where at least 94 signatures or one third of the 283 members are needed to transmit the complaint to the Senate where the trial would be conducted. ABS-CBN reported that some 150 congressmen are expected to support the impeachment of Gutierrez which is the desire of President Benigno Aquino III for him to be able to institute reforms in the anti-graft body in order that he can fulfill his campaign promise to the people make his predecessor accountable for her use of public funds to sustain her hold on her unelected presidency.
It’s in the Senate where the numbers for the conviction of Gutierrez is unsure. The vote of two- thirds of the members of the Senate are needed to convict and oust Gutierrez. There are currently 23 senators (the seat vacated by Aquino has not been filled). That means if Gutierrez gets the support of eight senators, she is free.
Sen. Miriam Santiago has criticized the impeachment complaint. So she is expected not to support it. Gutierrez will possible get the support of Sen. Joker Arroyo who has defended anybody that is an ally of Gloria Arroyo.
Sen. Edgardo Angara is seen as pro-Arroyo. Sen. Loren Legarda often votes with Angara. Those are already four votes.
There are three administration senators: Bong Revilla, Juan Miguel Zubiri and Lito Lapid. Are they going to break party ranks and vote for the impeachment of Gutierrez?
It would be interesting to see how the Nacionalista Party senators (Manuel Villar, Alan Peter Cayetano, Pia Cayetano, Tito Sotto) who now compose the minority, would vote. Same thing with Sen. Ferdinand Marcos.
In the Senate hearings on the plea bargain of retired military comptroller Carlos Garcia, Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile has shown some understanding of the fix the Ombudsman is in. The vote of Sen. Gringo Honasan usually follows that of Enrile.
Those who are expected to vote to oust Gutierrez are Franklin Drilon, Serge Osmeña, Francis Pangilinan, Francis Escudero, Antonio Trillanes IV, Teofisto Guingona III, and Ralph Recto. They are only seven. If Sen. Panfilo Ping Lacson returns to Senate, eight.
It would be interesting also to see how Sen. Jinggoy Estrada would vote because Gutierrez’ nemesis –former Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo and Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio –were the ones who put him and his father in jail.
The evidence against Merci are not of the Clinton variety that easily won the U.S. Senate Acquittal…they are of more serious variety and the Senators better act as the Jury of their peer and examine the evidence and throw away their personal biases and prejudices for this instance in their political career…The nation is watching…
How the senators will vote, in alphabetical order:
1. Angara will vote according to his best interest.
2. Joker Arroyo will vote to screw Noynoy. He has not forgiven Cory Aquino for firing him.
3 and 4. The Cayetano siblings are Villar’s adopted children. They will do what foster papa tells them to do.
5. Frank Drilon will vote to convict.
6. Enrile will vote according to his best interest.
7. Escudero will vote according to his best interest.
8. Jinggoy Estrada will vote to please his father. Nothing is more important to him than beating JV for the title of favored son.
9. TG Guingona will vote to convict.
10. Gringo Honasan will follow his mentor Enrile.
11. Ping Lacson will vote to convict if he is allowed to vote.
12. Lito Lapid is clueless. He will do as GMA wishes.
13. Loren Legarda will follow her mentor Angara.
14. Bongbong Marcos will vote to convict.
15, 16, and 17. Serge Osmena, Kiko Pangilinan, and Ralph Recto will vote to convict unless any one of them feels he is being taken for granted.
18. Bong Revilla is also clueless and will do what GMA wishes, unless it will endanger his position as Chairman for Life of the Committee on Public Works.
19. Miriam Santiago will vote according to the phases of the moon.
20. Tito Sotto, like Lapid, is clueless. However, unlike Lapid, he does not know it.
21. Trillanes will vote to convict.
22. Manny Villar is not Villarroyo for nothing.
23. Migs Zubiri will say he will vote according to his conscience. Unfortunately he has none. As a matter of fact, he is not even a senator, if by senator you mean one who was elected by voters and not by Abalos and the Ampatuans.
Before I forget, are senators allowed to abstain from voting in an impeachment trial?
Kung inintindi nila ang kapakanan ng Bayan …. oo, boboto sila para matanggal yang gorilya na yan.
Kung sino mang Senator na against sa impeachment …. ngayon pa lang ….. tang-ina nila.
wow, this looks interesting.
Wasn’t Enrile the jailer of Ninoy a few years ago? and wasn’t Joker his lawyer? The younger Marcos is a senator now and the son of the man his father tormented is the president.
And why was Joker fired by Cory? Philippine politics is quite funny at times?
Yeah sure, and you didn’t do anything right either. In short, you’re not doing your job and just sitting on your ass. That’s why you should be impeached!
Gutierrez remains defiant: ‘I have done nothing wrong’
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20110309-324289/Gutierrez-remains-defiant-I-have-done-nothing-wrong
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Jug, it used to be President Marcos and Senator Aquino but now baligtad na ang mundo. President Aquino and Senator Marcos. Ika nga ni Erap “weder weder lang”. 😛
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I still remembered a tapped conversation between Joker and Cory years back. Joker was talking about presidential speech writer of Cory Teddy Boy Locsin. If I remembered correctly, he was bad mouthing Locsin. Can’t remember the exact details. The taped conversation was aired on pro Marcos radio stations.
Tuluyan ng ma impeached si merci, Pitong senador lang ang papanig sa kanya.
Iyung mga kongressman na nagtatangol sa kanya doon sa ibabang bahay ang kukulit.Anim yata sila na naglilitanya na kailanagan daw ay pagdebatihan muna. Napagdebatihan na nila last week pa.
Nabokya tuloy sila ng nagpalalabas ang SC na ibasura ang MC ni Merci, Hindi na talaga babaguhin ng mg Justices ang nauna nilang desisyun.
Sino kaya ang susunod na ma impeach na mga huwes ng SC?
Maganda kung i pa impeach nila iyung security guard doon sa ibabang bahay.
Ang mga re-electionist na senador sa 2013 magpapalit na ng kulay ang mga iyan, Baka papanig na sila sa Admin. Ganyan talaga ang pulitika. Kung nasa admin candidate ka tapos maganda ang pamamalakad at gusto ng taong bayan llamado ka.
Kung isinusuka ng taong bayan ang Presidenti,magpakita ka ng tapang na suwagin ang presidenti tiyak panalo ka.
Palagay ko malakas pa rin ang charisma ni Penoy hangang 2013 election huwag lang siyang tuluyang ma kalbo.
Palagay ko malakas pa rin ang charisma ni Penoy hangang 2013 election huwag lang siyang tuluyang ma kalbo.——> cocoy – March 9, 2011 12:58 am
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‘Pag nangyari iyan (na tuluyan siyang makalbo), then iyan na ang “ultimo” ng isa sa kaniyang mga campaign promises……..TOTAL TRANSPARENCY (he-he-he-he).
Erap says to Maldita “fight on if you are innocent”. Is this an indication that Jinggoy, Enrile,Honasan and Sotto will be soft on the Maldita?
This will be an interesting political excercise in the next months to come!
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PSB,
Alam mo naman ang mga politiko dito sa stin, no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. I will not be surprised if those we were expecting to vote against Merci will vote otherwise. Haysss… Ganyan talaga ang buhay natin dito sa Pinas, pasensyahan nalang. 🙁
maasim ang ngiti ni Maldita sa picture niya…bantayan kung sino sa mga senators ang hindi boboto for impeachment and let us not vote for them….this time I will register so I can vote this coming election..and I will also encourage registration…I will also volunteer to be involved in the campaign…sugod mga kapatid…bantayan ang votes ng mga senators on the impeachment…Bantay Come!
Nagbago na ng isip si Mirriam, favor na yata siya na ma impeach si merci kasi mayroon siyang PUNO na gustong palakulin.
Itong si Lito baka bubuto na rin iyan na i convict si Merci because he has a lot of things to gain in Pampanga kapag makasuhan at ma convict si Gloria, Kung walang glorya,walang Pineda. Dalawang pwesto ang mababakante sa Pampanga at may kalalagyan iyung anak niyang si Mark.
Si Joker, hihingi ng tawad iyan kay Cory at malapit na silang magkita,kaya kailangan suhulan niya si Penoy para sabihin sa mama Cory niya na nagsisi na si Joker.
Iyung mga Senador ng NP,makisakay na sila sa LP at iiwanan na lang nila si Villar na tumirik mag-isa doon sa C-5.
Si Bong-Bong i convict niya si Merci para maagaw ni Gloria ang titulo ng tatay niya na “Most corrupt President”
Si angara at loren aampunin nila si Penoy kasi ulila na siya sa ama’t ina.
Si enrile at Gringo, i convict nila si Merci pag makulong si Glorya wala na silang kaagaw na mag kudeta kay Penoy.
Kaya baka si Villar na lang ang matira na kakampi ni Merci.
Si Zubiri crush niya si Mar Roxas kaya didikit iyan kay penoy para magpatulay.
Si jingoy, naghahanap siya ng partner ng kanyang tatay na na impeached.
Tandaan ng mga lintikan ng senadores na hindi boboto sa impeachment ni Merci na katapusan na rin nila sa (un)public service kuno. Pati masahistas sa aromatherapy massage parlor dyan sa SM Fairview ay topic sila ng usapan kahapon habang tinatanggal ang enegy blocks ko. Tawanan sila dahil mukha raw transvestite si Merci na ‘ika naman nung isa ay insulto personal daw sa mga tao. 🙂
Ang mga senador ay binabantayan nila. Kesyo nasaan na raw si Money Villar at biglang naglaho. Sabat ng isa ay nasa Wiling Wili raw at nangangampanya pa. hahahaha! Hindi na raw guapo si Honasan kaya kung panig kay Merci ay di nakapagtataka, :). Ay naku, dinadaan na lang ng ilang ordinaryong tao sa superficial na tawa ang mga kagaguhan ng mga alipores na senador ni Goyang.
cocoy – March 9, 2011 5:37 am
Si Bong-Bong i convict niya si Merci para maagaw ni Gloria ang titulo ng tatay niya na “Most corrupt President”
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Panalo ka dito Cocoy, bwahahaha!
#17 Cocoy, ayos yan. Ang tuwa lang ni Lapid, kanya na ang Pampanga…governor sya at si Mark ay papalit kay Mikey. 🙂
Ang banatan dyan, yung mga may kaso na nasa kamay pa ni Maldita, eh kakausapin si Maldita na hindi na ituloy kapalit ng botong hindi siya maiimpeach. Kaso mo, mukhang wala namang mga kaso ang mga senador. Kaya mahirap talagang manghula kung ano ang mangyayari sa senado. Kung sana wala yung kapabayaan ni Maldita sa kaso ni Garcia, may pag-asa pa na hindi siya ma-impeach. Mahigit isang buwan ng hinihingi ng senado na iurong yung kaso ni Garcia eh wala paring ginagawa si Maldita tungkol dito. Yan ngayon ang malaking problema ni Maldita. Maraming senators and galit sa kanya dahil sa Garcia/Ligot cases.
..the monkeys and gorillas will vote for Maldita kasi mas maganda sila…
..ang mga taga swine land naman will vote for their ka familia
..ang mga aswang naman will vote for Maldita kasi takot sila.
..ang mga aso naman will vote for Maldita kasi mga tuta sila ng bff niya.
malaki ang panalo ni Maldita sa puntong ito..
Oys, nakikiusap lola niyo na fair treatment daw para kay Merci. Parang awa niyo na. Huhuhu 😛
Arroyos want ‘fair treatment’ for Gutierrez
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20110309-324309/Arroyos-want-fair-treatment-for-Gutierrez
walang hiya kayo, lalo na ikaw cocoy! muntikan ng matapunan ng kape ang computer ko sa katatawa, parang ang sarap ng umaga ko ngayon 🙂
Arroyos want ‘fair treatment’ for Gutierrez
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Maybe they were referring to themselves? Premonition?
Enjoyed Manuel Buencamino’s analysis of voting in the Senate.
Comment number 2. Tunay!
Davao Del Sur’s Douglas Marc Cagas even quoted the Bible, (“Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone”) in trying to block the inevitable. Someone should give him a copy of the Ten Commandments underlining “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain” and “Thou shalt not steal” which is what this impeachment exercise is all about.-Ellen
I can’t stand this Cagas. Young yet so offensive.
Parang palaging nakainom o nag-dope itong si Cagas. Baka barkada yan ni Ron Singson.
“Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone”
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thats funny, i kept hearing this from a lot of people after angelo reyes shot himself.
maybe they should rephrase that to “let he who did not steal millions or protect the most corrupt president cast teh first stone” its more appropriate. i’m pretty sure they’ll be buried in tons of it in less than an hour.
“Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone”
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Let’s put that in the the same context, Mary Magdalene was a prostitute, is Cagas saying Gutierrez is one? hmmmmm…
yes, why don’t we all shout in unison “let he who did not steal millions or protect the most corrupt president cast the first stone!” sabay bato!
Dapat masibak na itong si Merci. Lahat ng kasong korapsyon na may kaugnayan sa kanyang among mga Pidal mafia ay pwedeng mauwi sa kapahamakan. Isang halimbawa nalang ang korapsyon sa military. Ito ang pwedeng mangyari sa ating mga pobreng kasundaluhan.
Panoorin niyo… 😛
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=130656500339626&oid=125467423917&comments
Jug, dapat “let he who is without millions cast a moist eye on Merci”. 😛
Sama ako dito, Juggernaut.
Sama ako dito, Juggernaut. #39
Talot lang ni Cagas,ng astang maghuhubad na ng sapatos si Farinas tumakas,hindi pa nakapaglabas ng gunting at labaha si Pong.
Off topic.
At last someone is making some sense in land distribution!
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Perhaps, it is time too to take another look at land distribution, the cornerstone of the government’s social equity program that has been in place since the time of Manuel Quezon. Chopping up farmlands into five-hectare lots results in uneconomic-sized production units. What is required is exactly the opposite. Landholdings must be reconsolidated to attract the capital needed for mechanization, irrigation and adoption of improved technology.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/mar09/edit.html
Today , being Ash Wednesday , is a timely reminder to Merciditas and her ilk that … their physical bodies will inevitably turn back to dust but their names will live on in infamy.
Jug #32
Sama ka paminsan minsan kay Tongue na mamakyaw ng tinapa sa Talipapa.Hehehehe!
So exactly how many Senate votes are needed to convict Merceditas? 15 or 16 votes?
I think the senators identified with Gloria will try to get into the good graces of the voting public. They will make all the excuses that this is not about Gloria, this is about Merci. They will up their bargaining chips with the Lilliput.
But this is Gloria’s last battle. She loses her Ombudsman, she goes into the slammer.
So she will dig deep into her treasure chests. What’s a few billions to her to spread around in the Senate?
It’s money-making extravaganza for the senators. Super Mega Grand Lotto!
That fellow Marc Douglas lived up to his name. He Marked himself as a Dog’s Ass.
I never saw a bigger one before. And he walked out not once but twice. Pati sa walking out, napaka undecided and illogical. Pag nag walk-out ka, huwag ka nang bumalik.
Ang “ngiti” ni Ombudsman ay malungkot. pilipt-na-pilit, sa letrato, itaas…dahil SC di nagbago ang disisyon, lumabo ang pag-asa niya..Sa Senado, mukha ding malabo siya, halos yata, katulad ng SC ang magiging resulta, ng botohan, angat ng kaunti lamang, isa dalawang boto ang mag-papalayas ki “maldita” sa upuan niya, na binili ni malaking-nunal. Mabuti na kung mag-kagayun, para masukat na din si PNOY, kung talaga ngang “boss” niya ang madlang people. Masyadong, katulad niyang lumakad, ang pag-usad ng pagbabago, mabagal, ma-politika pa din, katulad ng cover-up sa buddy niya sa LTO, sa DILG, at little President ?…
Merci: “I did nothing wrong.” Wrong. You did nothing. Period.
Supreme Court Spokesman Jose Midas Marquez says there are forces out to discredit the Supreme Court..and they should stop it.
He’s right. But he’s afraid to tell his beloved bosses to stop discrediting themselves.
Phil,
I wonder why the Supreme Court needs a spokesperson, do they really need to have a public image manager? Is the SC a political entity already that it needs PR also?
I still can’t believe we went this far already, my mind is still having hangover from the last 9 years.
jug at# 54…and many of Pnoy Critics said he is not doing anything…for not even trying we already gone this Far…and there are more than FIVE YEARS more to go…more Merci and Reyeses and Garcias and Ligots yet to expose..Abalos, Joc-Joc, Neri will have their turns..
Supreme Court Spokesman Jose Midas Marquez says there are forces out to discredit the Supreme Court..and they should stop it.
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If there is any discredit at all, they brought it upon themselves.
For us Christians, Catholics in particular lent starts today..we are encouraged to go sa matuwid na daan…alam naman ito ni Maldita…sana she will take the road less taken..narrow but straight…kailaingan niya magbawas ng kanyang mga ginawa na hindi tama (she is extremely overweight) para makapasok…she has 40 days to do it she can do it…she can give up her swine ka familia..
..kung ma impeach siya baka siya mag ala-Reyes…at ang putok ay mas malakas pa sa volcano..a volcano that would be most welcomed rather than feared by many…have mercy on yourself Merci…don’t wait for the bitay…
.. just wondering sa Holy week na ito..magpapako kaya si putot like she did before?
“We are disturbed by the list of corruption charges pending in the Office of the Ombudsman against many congressmen, members of their families and close friends. If our colleagues are really sincere in their self-righteous quest for good governance, then they should have been man enough to inhibit themselves from the proceedings if their conflict of interest is as obvious as their enthusiasm to drag Gutierrez out of office.”—–>Rep. MITOS MAGSAYSAY (Zambales)
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Now this is really amusing. Eto yoong pinag-usapan in an earlier thread above na “kung sino ang hindi nagnakaw ng milliones sa kaban ng bayan, eh siya ang unang pumukol ng bato”……….or something to that effect. Nakita mo na, Mitos !!! Due to Merci’s inaction in order to protect whom she thought were her “ka-kosas” in corrption, na-unahan siya ngayon ng mga tarantado. Why would they inhibit themselves when they, too, profess they had done nothing wrong ? Why don’t you, yourself, find probable cause for these asshole-congressmen so they might inhibit themselves for decency’s sake (kung meron sila noon) ? Una-una lang iyan, MItos. Naunahan si Merci kaya manigas siya ngayon. That’s what she gets for sitting on cases of corrupt politicians whom she never thought would not “do her in” for their own self-preservation.
Pakisabi lang sa bugok niyong Pangulo na … kung retired na ang isang General … wag ng bigyan pa ng trabaho sa Gobyerno. Hayaan na niyang magpahinga …. ang daming sibilyan na puwede ….. Puweeeeee!!!! Gaya gaya din pala. Walang pagbabago!!!!
“Noy greedy for power” — House minority. Baka totot nga .. inumpisahan na niyang paligiran ng Malakanyang ng mga ex Generals niya. Puweeee ulit …. kwek kwek
oooopsss… break muna tayo ky merci, may headline ngayon sa Philstar.com na sobrang nakakatawa at nakakagalit din.
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=664680&publicationSubCategoryId=65
Jawo #59
Gaga pala itong si Merci sana kung lahat ng kongressman ay kinasuhan niya sa Ombudsman sana lahat sila ay nag-inhibit at lusot siya sa impeachment.
Mga gago at gaga rin pala itong mga kongressman na naghahamon ng mag inhibit ang may kasong kongressman,Di naman ma dismiss ang mga kaso nila kahit na sino uupong Ombudsman diyan ng automatic.Nandiyan pa rin ang tanong kung kailan sila lilitisin.
Kung minadali ni Merci ang paglilitis sa kanila doon sa Sandiganbayan at na convict o kayay napawalang sala di sana mabawasan ang mga bubuto na i impeach siya.Ngayon aangal siya.
May nakikitang pag-asa sa mga re-reelectionist senators sa 2013. Pupulsuhan daw niya ang tibok-tibok ng taong bayan. Kailangan pa bang pulsuhan iyan,lahat almost 90% ng mga botante ay gusto na nilang patalsikin si Merci. Iyung mga natitirang sampung posiento na gustong manatili si Merci, kung di man mayayaman ay mga milyonarion na na naghihintay na makushan ng Ill-Gotten wealth.
Kailan na naman ba uli ang senate hearing nina Ligot at garcia sa Senado. Magaling na kaya ang malingering ni Mrs. Ligot o nalimutan na niya na may sakit siya.
Sabagay marami rin pala ang nagmamahal kay aling Gloria, iyung mga pinayaman niya na naghakot ng pera,kaya lab na lab nila si Merci.
Pag ma impeach si merci gagawin siyang provincial prosecutor ni Aling Gloria sa Pampanga.Magpipista ang mga kubrador ng Jueting doon at may boodle fight pa.
Off topic..
Tuluyan ng makalbo si Penoy sa daming problema na kahaharapin niya sa bago matapos ang taong ito.Kapag magtatagal pa ang gulo sa middle east higit na maapektuhan ang Pinas dahil marami na ang nakauwi na OFW sa Libya, syempre walang mga dalang pera ang mga iyan at wala ng monthly remmitance ang matatangap ng kanilang mga pamilya.Saan sila makakahanap ng trabaho sa Pinas. Tataas na naman ang palitan ng dollar kasi mababawasan ang pasok sa Pinas.
Nag namumuong tension sa Saudi,sana huwag ng matuloy.Apektado na rin ang US at tumataas ang gasolina araw-araw. Kahapon $4.05 per gallon, kanina $4.15 na baka pag magkarga na naman uli ako sa makalawa ay $5 na kaya puro full tank na ang ginagawa sa tuwing karga. Mabuti ng mawalan ng asawa huwag lang gasolina.
Bangkarote ang Pinas kung lahat ng OFW sa Middle East ay iuwi ng Pinas kapag tuloy tuloy na ang gulo doon.Payag kaya ang mga kongressman na gamitin ang pork barrel nila sa pagpapauwi ng kanilang mga kaprobinsya.
lumabas lang ako sandali magpalagay ng ashes hoping that pagbalik ko nabitay si maldita…buhay pa pala! bakit niya masabi na “the devil made me do it” and like Pontius Pilate maghugas kamay niya…pinatatagal pa niya ang pagbitay sa kanya… may magagawa ba si putot? kung mayroon why not do it now..para matapos na ang agony ni Maldita..but come to think of it she does not seem to be agonizing…naka ngiti pa siya…
Cocoy #62
My thoughts exactly, pare ko !!
lumabas lang ako sandali magpalagay ng ashes hoping that pagbalik ko nabitay si maldita…buhay pa pala! bakit niya masabi na “the devil made me do it”———>rose
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What she meant was GLORIA ARROYO made her do it !!!
The displaced OFWs can go to Qatar. Qatar is projected to grow 20% this year.
Yun nga Cocoy, akala ni Maldita, ignoring the tongress is a good thing coz 50 or more of the tongressmen have one way or the other with pending cases with the Maldita. Akala siguro niya mahahawakan niya sa leeg ang mga ito but NO, masisiba ang mga tongressmen, they DID her IN instead. Nautakan siya ng mga ito…heh,heh,heh.
Then in the senate, she thinks that there are only 5 LPS. Kayang kaya niya ang senado. She has to think very well coz it is more gracious to just resign than be impeached. Galit halos lahat ng mga senators dahil ginagawa silang tanga ni Malditas sa kaso ni Garcia and Ligot. Lagot siya sa mga ito.
Kahit na si Miriam na akala mo ay kakampi sa kanya, biglang tumahimik na. The sentiments of the people will weigh in big on her impeachment in the senate.
sa impeachment ni Maldita dapat pakingan ng mga politicians and the gusto ng mga tao..after 9 years of putot natuto na ang mga tao..wise na!
people’s desires…if they want to stay in politics
tahimik nga si Brenda! she is smart..she knows when to shut up…
Jug, re your #53:
Yes, you got to wonder why the Supreme Court needs a spokesman/pr and image maker..
They don’t need one especially if your spokesman has the Midas touch of putting his foot in his mouth every time he faces the media.
But it’s pretty tough trying to cover up the stupidities of your bosses. So Midas better scoot out of that position before he becomes another Gloria Pinocchio.
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Rene A.V. Saguisag‘We cannot give up on the only country we have’
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But Aquino’s human-rights guards had no mass constituency, making them easy targets for a restive military that had resented the president’s decision to free all of Marcos’s political prisoners, including communist leader Jose Ma. Sison. Bobbit Sanchez, who had been named labor minister, was the first to go. By the end of 1987, only Factoran would be left of the human-rights lawyers who had sat in the first Cory Cabinet
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“Beginning with Gringo (Honasan),” Saguisag says with some bitterness, referring to the then young army colonel who would later lead several coup attempts against the Aquino administration. “He never gave us space, he kept shooting at us.”
http://pcij.org/stories/rene-a-v-saguisag/
A moratorium on big spending, rationalizing the budget, clean up corruption in the institutions…we may really have a shot at making things better.
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Gov’t debt payment hits P690B
New DOF unit to manage borrowings, risks planned
By Ronnel Domingo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—The government spent P689.8 billion in 2010 for debt repayment, higher by 10.8 percent than the P622.3 billion paid in 2009, according to the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr).
The government’s debt stock, expressed as a percentage of GDP, remained within the range of 56 percent to 58 percent in the past three years, much higher than the average for the country’s Southeast Asian neighbors of about one-third.
http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20110309-324444/Govt-debt-payment-hits-P690B
Rose,
Brenda is quiet now because she is in her period. Not the monthly one. Tapos na yan a long long time ago. It’s the other period. One of those episodes where the afflicted one locks herself in her room and stares into space and contemplates jumping out of a plane without a parachute.
Biglang nagtratrabaho na tong Ombudsman ngayon, of all people kakasuhan si Padaca? Talaga naman.
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Ombudsman files rap vs Aquino ally
By Villamor Visaya Jr.
Inquirer Northern Luzon
ROXAS, Isabela, Philippines—The Office of the Ombudsman has recommended the filing of malversation charges against former Isabela Gov. Maria Gracia Cielo Padaca, an official of President Benigno Aquino’s Liberal Party, and three other officials.
But in her counteraffidavit, Padaca denied any irregularity.
She said everything was done above board as the loan was approved by Isabela board members in December 2005 and January 2006.
She said the provincial board also ratified the memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the Isabela government and EDWINLFI on Jan. 31, 2007.
In their joint counteraffidavit, Soriano and Pine denied any irregularity, too. They said they appeared before the provincial board to explain the program while board members deliberated on the MOA.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20110309-324429/Ombudsman-files-rap-vs-Aquino-ally
phil: full moon ba ngayon kaya ganoon si Brenda?
Gago talaga tong si Lagman, dati “numbers game” daw ang impeachment ngayon gagawing parang court case? Anong tingin niya sa mga tao “bobo?”
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Hypocrisy Inc.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
THE ELABORATE hand-wringing in the House of Representatives by political allies of Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, over the alleged politicization of the impeachment process and the supposed rush to judgment against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, is not unexpected. All the same, it is deeply offensive to Filipinos who remember how the very same politicians, then in the majority, politicized the impeachment process in 2005 and in succeeding years, in a rush to defend then President Arroyo.
In other words, the hand-wringing, or in the case of Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, he of “prejudicial questions” notoriety, the resort to fustian rhetoric, is an exercise in hypocrisy
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view/20110309-324460/Hypocrisy-Inc
bilib din ako dito kay Gutierrez, no retreat no surrender, in fact attack pa nga! uy, gumagalaw mga galamay ni putot. tingnan natin kung maging liability siya sa mga kaalyado niya kung hindi siya ilalaglag ng mga yan?
To get a bird’s-eye view of how the Senate will vote, it is best to check first how they voted on the resolutions and committee reports. Majority of Senators in the upcoming impeachment court are the SAME ONES who investigated and voted on the reports of scandals that were dissected, mostly in the Blue Ribbon Committee under Magsaysay, Cayetano, and Gordon.
For example, I remember Miriam Santiago abstained from approving the Fertilizer Fund Scam report, which appeared to me, as one-upmanship as she may have forecast that those who showed bias during the investigation will be pressured into abstaining in an earlier Gutierrez impeachment should Mercy fail to be protected by Gloria’s lapdogs in Batasan. She will have the impeachment court all to herself. But Gutierrez mustered the number of Congress supporters she needed then, so Miriam’s Plan B was useless. It looks like she is Plan B’ing this one, too.
I tried to get the details of the signatories to the resolutions/reports on NBN-ZTE, Fertilizer Scam, and others that might be included in the articles of impeachment but the website of the Senate’s Archives is structured such that getting the older docs seems to be an impossibility. These reports explicitly prodded the Ombudsman to investigate and it will show which side each senator was leaning on (or which scandal they might have dipped their fingers into).
Matutuluyan na si Merci, katatapos ko lang pakingan iyung press releasd ni TG Guingona.Ang partila report ng hearing tungkol sa Plea bargaining ni Garcia, at inirerecomenda na I impeach si Aling Mercy at ang team ng mga prosecutors.
14 senators ang pumirma.
1) Guingona
2) Franklin Drilon
3)Francis “Chiz” Escudero
4)Serge Osmena
5) Ralph Recto
6) Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV
7) Juan Miguel Zubiri
8) Pia Cayetano
9) Loren Legarda
10) Ramon “Bong” Revilla
11) Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan
12) Manny Villar
13) Alan Cayateno
14) Joker Arroyo.
16 ang kailangan.Dalawa na lang ang kulang para matuluyan na si Merci na ma impeach.Isa na lang kapag lumabas na si Lacson by that time.Si Sotto kinkausap pa yata si Willie.
2/3 of the Senate votes ay 16. 24 ang senators.Dapat pala 9 ang papanig kay Merci para di siya ma-impeach hindi walo.
Malamang e- lift na ni De Lima ang arrest order kay Lacson para makaboto siya.
Madali na ng utuin ni Penoy si Brenda, bigyan lang ng lollipop ay ayus na ang buto-buto.
O kaya’y bigyan ng PUNO.
Anong say niyo mga klasmyt?
Kinasuhan na ng BIR sina Garcia, Mrs.Garcia, Ligot,Mrs. Ligot at ang bayaw niya ng tax evasion.
#86, Well, muzta muna Igan Cocoy…inip na ang Sambayanang Pinoy kasi nga po e dapat sipain na yang si Merci kaya umasa tayo na ang mga butihing Senatong e magpakatotoo sila sa kanilang mga sarili at never yong personal interest kundi ng Bayan at Kapinuyan once & 4 all di ba.
Padir Balweg,
Kumusta ka na?
Matutuluyan na iyang si Merci. susunod na ang kanyang mahal na Reyna at mga alipores niya.
RE: Anong tingin niya sa mga tao “bobo?”
Hehehe Igan Juggernaut, kung matalino ang mga Pinoy disin sanaý dito tayo aabot sa isang damakmak na problemang kinakaharap ng bansa at lipunan?
Naturingan nga pong may angking talino ang karamihan ng Pinoy pero row 4 naman ang takbo ng kukote…e ka nga, utak-pulbura…sa halip na gamitin sa kabutihan para sa ikauunlad ng bayan at kinabukasan ng mga darating pang henerasyon ng Kapinuyan e puro panglalamang sa kapwa at pangungurakot ang ugali-asal.
In layman’s word e 99% sa mga lingkod-bulsa e pangsarili lamang ang inaatupag sa tungkuling ipinagkatiwala sa kanila ng mga botateng ang hangad at inisip e mapaunlad ang Pinas.
Ngayon, heto isang damakmak na problema ang kinakaharap ng Pinas…ibig sabihin puro sila BOBO at kung mayroon pang bait na natitira sa kanilang mga sarili e ipakita nila ngayon na gawaran nila ng hatol itong si Merci na tuta ni Goyang?
90M + ang Kapinuyan so ibig sabihin kahit papaano e sure mayroon pang Pinoy na tapat sa kanilang sarili lalo na sa tawag ng panunungkulan unlike sa mga lingkod-bulsa na walang inisip kundi magnakaw at magpayaman.
#94, To God be the Glory Igan Cocoy…so far so good naman at heto aligaga sa mga nangyayari dito sa Gitnang Silangan.
Talos ng lahat ang mga nangyayari dito lalo na sa Libya na ngayon e binabalot ng takot at pangamba dulot ng mga nag-aapoy na damdamin ng locals upang sipain ang kanilang Pangulo?
Ang hirap nito e tulad din siya ni Goyang na kapit-tuko sa puder ng kapangyarihan, but ang kagimbal-gimbal nito e mukhang mauuwi sa civil war ang scenario doon.
So far, malayo naman kami sa gulong ito but of course aware kami sa mga nangyayari dito dahil sa magkakalapit lang ang lugar na ito at karamihan sa kalapit-bansa e maliligalig ngayon ang kanilang people na sumusigaw ng pagbabago.
Sana, ganyan din sa Pinas na kung walang silbi ang mga lingkod-bulsa e sipain sa trono at palitan ng bago…bakit tayo magtitiis sa kanilang kabobohan ang dami namang qualified na Pinoy to run our gov’t di ba.
Best regards sa lahat at mabuhay ang lahing Pinoy sa kabila ng lahat e taas noo tayo to find a way na magkaroon ng pagbabago sa ating bansa in a peaceful means unlike dito giyera-patani ang laban.
Kami rin dito apektado sa kaguluhan diyan pareng Balweg, araw-araw tumataas ang halaga ng gasolina. buti sana kung may jeep na masakyan para mag commute na lang.
Parang takot yata si Obama Kay gaddafi. Kung si Reagan iyan nagpadala na ng aircraft carrier diyan sa Persian gulf at pasadahan ng figther jet ang bubungan ng palasyo ni Gaddafi.
Parang wala yata bumabraso sa kanya na mga malalakas na ibang bansa kaya, kawawa ang mga tinawag ni Gaddafi na rebelde, pinupulpos ng loyalist ni Gaddafi. Magtatagal ang kaguluhan diyan kasi “Fight to death siya” Di Tulad ni habibing Mumar nag alsa balutan agad sa Egypt.May namumuong tension na rin diyan sa Saudi at isinisisi nila kay balbas sarado na nagtatago daw sa Afghanistan.
Sana nga hindi kayo masyadong maapektuhan sa kaguluhan diyan at tuloy tuloy lang ang hanap buhay.Marami ng umuwi sa atin, Buti sana kung may itinira si aling Glorya na bigas at pera para sa kanila para makapanimula sa tulong na bigay ng gobyerno. Kasalukuyan pang nagongolekta ang BIR at nag-iipon si Penoy, tapos ito, sabay sabay umuwi ang ilang libong OFW.
Baka pwedi silang mangutang muna kay Garcia at Ligot pambili ng bigas at pamasahe.
Ang malaking problema pareng Balweg, kung uuwi ang lahat ng OFW diyan sa Middle East baka magkagulo naman sa Pinas dahil sa kawalan ng trabaho at pagkain. Tatlong buwan na walang remmittances ang Pinas galing sa mga OFW, patay ang mga negosyo at gobyerno sa atin.Biglang taas ang palitan ng dolyar.Iyun sa Libya lang ang dami na nila buti sana kung sa isang daan lang ang bilang kundi libuhan na.
#97, Korek Igan Cocoy, dapat pautangin muna nina Garcia at Ligot ang mga OFWs na galing Libya kasi nakakaawa naman sila dala ng biglang jobless at walang trabaho ngayon?
Papaano na yong pangkabuhayan ng kanilang pamilya lalo na kung may pinag-aaral na mga anak di ba? Ang siste ni e nagbigay nga ang OWWA ng 10T pesos yaks masyadong silang palabiro.
Nasaan yong 25US% insurance na ibinabayad ng bawat OFWs every year, kung susumahin natin ito x 11M OFWs = milyones ang collection ng OWWA?
Pagkatapos ang daming kesyo-buretse ng liderato ng OWWA na wala daw pera para pang repatriation ng mga biktima especially from Libya?
OK sana kung 50T man lang ang give nila sa bawat apektadong OFWs from Libya minus sa milyones na kolekta nila every year sa aming lahat di ba?
Onli in d’Pinas…ang gagaling mangulekta pero pag sa oras na upang ibalik sa mga pobreng OFWs e ang dami nilang alibi?
Saan tayo patutungo nito kung ang ugali-asal ng mga lingkod-bulsa e walang inisip na maganda para sa welfare ng mga OFWs o pangkaraniwang obrero?
Ang magiging resulta sa Impeachment ki Mercedita-Ombudsman ng Senado ay “crossroad” ng pagbabago o hindi, sa bansang Pilipinas. Kapag di na Impeach, ibig sabihin, balik sa dating ugali, ang pag-bali-wala sa Saligang Batas, at “Moro-Moro-Sarzuela” lamang ang mga palabas ng mga Senador. Dapat malaman nila 2013, ay panahon ng eleksyon, gumawa sila, kung ano ang hinihingi, o pulso ng bayan tungkol sa Ombudsman at dating GMA admin. Kapag na impeach naman, seryuso ang Senado sa pagbabago, at paglilinis, lalo na sa anomaliya o pagnanakaw ng mga kurakot na iilang heneral sa AFP. Sinira nila ang magandang imahin o layunin ng Military. Sa halip nagpaka-baboy-ganid sila sa mga tungkuling pang bayan lamang.
Ang taong bayan ay nag-mamasid at malapit-lapit ng mapuno sa galit sa mga magnanakaw sa Gobyerno. Baka ang gulo sa Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, mahawa ang Pilipinas, dahil na din sa inpluwensya ng KASAKIMAN sa tungkulin ng mga mambubutas ng batas. Lately, ang SC office ay may mga butas-butas na, nawawala ang tiwala ng bayan. Sila-sila ay nag sisisihan sa di pagkaka-intindihan sa mga protocols nila. Sila ang nagiging “basag” na salamin ng hukumang bayan. Sana naman, kung sila’y nagdarasal, sa totoong Diyos sila naka-harap, di sa kapangyarihan ng salapi…just my penny worth analysis for the love and concern to the country, na minahal ni Dr.JPRizal.
Naku, sana huwag kang magdilang anghel Igan Cocoy, kasi nga delubyo ang mangyayari sa Pinas especially kung ang mga OFWs dito sa Saudi ang maapektuhan kasi nga morethan 1M + ang OFWs dito plus 1M dependent na kasama nila sa kanilang pagstay dito ah.
Sa ngayon e tahimik naman dito at under control ng atoridad ang planong pagrarally ng mga locals, hope na maging normal ang sitwasyon dito sa Middle East or else laking problema ni PNOY?
Wala na ngang maibigay na trabaho di yan e madadagdagan pa ng mga OFWs na daanglibo + yong every year na graduating sa unibersidad at technical schools + out-of-school youths na walang matrabaho o makitang trabaho?
Kaya dapat pasiglahin ang agrikultura at paghahayupan sa bawat probinsya at yan ang focus ko ngayon whatever ano mangyari dito sa aming place who knows di ba?
Ayan Ellen, mukhang hindi na iffy sa senate ang lagay ni Maldita. Malinaw pa sa sikat ng araw na isinusuka din siya sa sanado. Kung ako si Maldita, mag-reresign na ako ora mismo! If she doesn’t resign, kasingkapal ang mukha niya kay putot. Putot had long been hated by the people but “kapit tuko” siya sa pwesto. Mukhang ito rin ang style ni Maldita.
#100, Muzta Igan Rodolfo…hehehe tukayo mo pala ang aking mahal na Epa!
Well, tumpak ang iyong tinurang…baka gusto nila e matulad sa Libya, di makuha sa pakiusap so dapat magalsa-balutan para bigyan ng leksyon ang mga pahirap sa atin bayan?
Sobra na ang pagtitiis ng Pinoy, puro sila ka ek-ekan…walang bait sa sarili kundi puro personal na interest ang laman ng kanilang mga kukote…obvious na itong si Merci e tuta yan ni Goyang at alam ng lahat na inupuan laman niya ang mga sensational na issues na dapat e nasa bartolina at naghihimas na ng rehas na bakal ang mga kurap tulad ni Bro. Abalos ng Isang Daan ZTE Ministry, et al.
Sa ngayon nga e wala pang closure ang kaso ni General problem Garcia at Ligot…nagsuicide na si Reyes kasi di niya matake ang magsinungaling sa puntod ng kanyang mahal na Ina so…tinodas na niya ang sarili para matapos na ang kalbaryo ng kasinungalingan di ba.
If na di magpakatotoo sa kanilang sarili ang mga Senatong natin ngayon e dapat matulad sila kay Kadafi?
The SC, lower congress and now the senate are ALL telling Maldita to resign. Pati si Pnoy, sinabi na rin niya ito nuon pa. Kung hindi pa magre-resign si Maldita, kaladkarin na lang siya palabas sa Ombudsman.
Saan aabot ang 10T pesos? diyan na nila kukunin ang pamasahe nila pauwi sa kanilang probinsya. Baka isang bigkis lang ng singkamas ang pasalubong nila sa mga anak nila na sasalubong pagbaba ng bus. Tapos uutangan pa ng mga in-laws at kapitbahay nila. Syempre may sasalubong din sa kanila na kunyari kumustahin, anong gagawin kung sa oras ng tanghalian sila darating syempre pakainin na ng tanghalian ang mga bista.Pagdating ng gabi romansa kay misis pagkagising sa umaga mag-away baka naibigay na ni missis ang padala sa kumpare.
#102, Natumbok mo Igan PSB…ang manhid at kapamukz e wala na yang pakiramdam so dapat palimanaw ang dapat diyan kasi nga po di yan matitinag kundi magseryos naman itong mga Senatong natin na TAMA na SOBRA na.
If na walang mangyari sa impeachment na ito against Merci, kwentuhan na lang tayo tutal libre naman ito di ba or else inis-talo na naman ang Pinoy?
Napapanahon na siguro na gayahin natin ang mga Libyans na kung walang hustisya tayong makakamit sa tunay na pagbabago ng lipunan e idaan sa santong paspasan para minsanan na lang ang paghihirap natin lahat after all may bagong umaga muli na nagaantay sa ating lahat unlike kung uupuan lamang ng mga kurap at walang-bait sa sarili na mga lingkod-bulsa natin.
Dapat mabura na sa mundong ibabaw ang lahat ng mga pahirap sa ating bayan at mga tisod sa pagsulong at pag-unlad ng ating pamayanan.
PSB,
Double Dead Meat na si Maldita.
Pareng Balweg, ubos na raw ang 400M pesos ng OWWA para sa repatriation ng mga apektado sa Libya. 100M na lang daw ang natitira sa budget na 500M. Pinoproblema nila kung saan sila kukuha.
#105, Ang talas ng IQ mo Igan Cocoy…pinahanga mo naman ako sa iyong tinuran.
Tama ka, ito ang tunay na realidad…suma-total palwado pa ang isang OFWs pagdating ng Pinas? Maliwanag pa sa sikat ng araw ang iyong winika, imagine yong 10T nakafront page pa yan sa newstand at akala nila e enough na ito to help itong mga pobreng OFWs?
See, kung taga-South ang OFWs…magkano pasahe sa barko o eroplano? Pagdating sa kanila hayon ang daming sasalubong at mangungumusta sa pobre…normal na kung matapat ng lunch or dinner natural na pakainin mo pa sila o kaya miryenda time.
At pag napadaan pa si Kumpare…toma agad ang salubong, kahit na daw manok manaog e oks na…sana solo lang pagbisita e ang kaso lahat ng mapadaan sure makikishot walastik talaga buhay parang life hehehe.
#107, Ganoon ba Igan Cocoy…ibig sabihin purdoy na ang OWWA?
Alam mo di ko magetz, nasaan yong bilyones na contributions ng around 11M OFWs around the world? Kung tutuusin e wala namang 1M ang apektado na galing ng Libya or anywhere?
Majority naman ng mga OFWs kung magkaproblema sa kanilang work ang sasagot naman ng repatriation e ang kanilang mga employers so nasaan yong bilyones na nakulekta nila sa milyong OFWs sa mahabang panahon na?
Yaong 25US% na collection nila nila sa lahat ng mga OFWs every year…gaano kalaki itong amount, at ngayon magkano lang ang figure na sinasabi nila?
Ang OWWA fee na 100pesos sa lahat ng mga returning OFWs every year e gaanong kalaki ito sa pondo ng OWWA na pangpasweldo at other operational fees. Di ba enough na ito to support their department + yong collection fees ng bawat embassies sa abroad at iba pang bayarin ng OFWS na kinokulekta nila?
Pag pera kasi ang usapan e akala mo poor ang kanilang aritmitik, but sa pagkolekta naman e ang bright nila lahat ng computations nakalahad?
Nasaan ang logic nito?
Hi Father Balweg! Long time no hear! Welcome back!
Magtataka pa ba tayo sa pera ng OWWA. Di ba puro appointees ni putot ang mga nakaassign dyan sa mga ahensiyang yan? Siguro nagagamit nila ang pera ng OWWA. Nag-ala Garcia at Ligot sila. Akala nila pera nila ang pera ng bayan.
#110, Salamat Igan PSB…tama ka, simpleng bagay masyadong pinahihirap ng OWWA officials…akala nila di marunong ng aritmitik ang mga OFWs?
Ito e simpleng computation Igan, dito sa Saudi ang total numbers ng OFWs around 1.1M sa ngayon x 25US%/year = 27.5MUS$ collected/year, gawin na natin na 24mos/year ang bayad ng bawat OFWS dito na lang sa KSA, di ba ang laki ng kolekta nila around 27.5M US$ x 43Pesos = 1182.5M pesos/24mos.(2-years OFWs contract period).
Ibig sabihin sa 2-years na pagkolekta ng 25US$/24mos. e around 1.1B pesos ang cash on hand ng OWWA ngayon sasabihin nila na mauubos na ang pondo nila…saan nila dinala ang collection nila sa mga OFWs? Ibinulsa, nilustay o ipinangnegosyo? Ang hirap magsuma ng wala, puro figures pero reklamo dito reklamo doon na walang pondo ubos na daw hehehe?
GRRRRR! Nakakagigil itong si Maldita. Patawa tawa pa ang bruha. Parang nangiinis pa sa interview niya. May hired audience pa yata. KAPAL!!!!!!!
#112, Ganoon ba Igan PSB…aba e nangaasar talaga ang Maldita, naaamoy na siguro niya na nalalapit na ang kanyang maliligayang araw na goodbye Merci?
Kailan ba matapos ang impeachment na ito sa Senado? Kailangan matutukan natin ito para see natin kung sino ang kontra-pabor para sila ang mapagbuntunan natin ng galit sa oras na pomabor sila kay Merci?
Lintik lang ang walang ganti…ano nga ba ibig sabihin nito hehehe!
Re OFW repatriation.
Ganun lang kadali yun, walang pera and gobyerno sabi ni Villar? Hindi ba pwedeng mag set aside sila galing sa mga pork barrel nila? Ang tagal ng releasing/processing ng funds para dito, dapat magpaturo sila kina Ligot at Garcia paano mag “conversion.” Kung para sa bulsa lang ang bilis lumabas ang pera.
#114 tama, humingi ng aral o abiso kina Lagot-Ligot, Garci-Garcia, kung papaano mag convert ng Cash money, para sa problimatic na pondo ng OFW, pang-tulong sa 10K ng mga umu-uwi na mga contract workers..magagaling sila diyan. Saka yong salapi na itinago sa bolt ng mga bahay nina ampatuan, malaki-laki din ang mga iyon ?. Kawawang Pilipinas, bansang biktima ng “kurakot system”. Panahon na sa pagbabago, enough is enough. May hangganan ang lahat sa mundo. Dahil dito, bilang na din ang mga araw-hangganan ni Ombudsmn,M.G.
Senators are more perceptive and sensitive to public opinion than their House counterparts. Each one is considered to have a mind of its own and their political senses are sharper in interpreting the barometric mood of the people at any given time on issues that will determine their political survival, the propagation of their name, and their continuous endearment to people including that of their children and kins who may already be on the assembly line of politics. They read well the people’s sentiment that this is a battle between good and evil, the right and the wrong. Gutierrez therefore becomes a liability at this point to each one of them when taken in the context of losing the hard- earned trust and confidence the Filipinos have reposed on them if they vote to acquit, a stark reality anyone including the most avid Gloria fanatic cannot begin to imagine. Everyone in that august chamber will not let this golden opportunity slip past their hands in affirming their election platforms of good government by their action thus further engraving in people’s mind that they are the true defenders of the Filipino and not anyone else. They will not be left out as third class winners in this popularity contest of ingratiating themselves to the nation after the House and the SC have said their respective pieces. Things will be easy in the conscience of the early proclaimed impeachers but the task will be dauntingly difficult for the avid defenders of Merci and Gloria who will have to weigh between the ire of their master versus the abomination of the entire country, the doom it will confer on their political careers and the hatred that will haunt and follow them wherever they go even in their graves. They will relent. The walk is a long arduous road to cleanse this government of its dirt but at last we can begin with this one single step for the future of our children. Let the euthanasia in the Senate begins.
correction: Let the euthanasia in the Senate begin.
If anybody would like to read up on Merci’s impressive track record…read the link too.
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Mercy’s magical numbers vs crooks
Ombudsman a failure,
despite flood of fundsby Malou Mangahas and Karol Anne M. Ilagan
The Ombudsman’s budget has tripled from P392.08 million in 2003 to P1.33 billion in 2009 during the administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the wife of Gutierrez’s law school batch mate, then First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo. In five years under Gutierrez, the Office’s budget grew by an annual average of 21.35 percent, or twice more than the usually allowed increase in the budgets of most other government agencies.
On top of this, the Office has also received not less than $7.2 million or P316 million in four different foreign grants and assistance, including funds committed to her predecessor, Simeon V. Marcelo, between 2005 and 2009.
Among the Office’s fund infusions from abroad was a $6.5-million grant that was its share from the $21-million Philippine Threshold Program under the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
Before this, the European Union extended a $716,600 grant managed by the World Bank to help the Office set up its Case Management System software. Until the close of the project in March 2007, the Ombudsman never got to use the software, prompting the donors to cancel a third or $194,838.96 of the grant funds.
Under AusAid’s Philippines-Australia Human Resources Development Facility (PAHRDF) from August 2004 to June 2009, the Ombudsman also received funds to build its internal capacity and competence for administrative and service delivery functions.
Then in December 2009, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) funded two more projects for the Office: an “Integrity Project” to focus on corruption cases in the regular courts, and the second, in cooperation with the American Bar Association, to provide technical assistance in identifying, formulating and lobbying for its priority legislative agenda.
That the Ombudsman has failed to produce more and better results in its campaign against corruption despite such windfalls could be traced to issues that money alone cannot resolve.
http://pcij.org/stories/ombudsman-a-failure-despite-flood-of-funds/
Nakakahiya, the Ombudsman resorted to “cheating” to get funding pero nabuking, eh di alam na rin ng mga Amerikano to?
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Fudging numbers?
And yet a senior finance department official points out that the Ombudsman did not qualify for further funding under the $484-million Philippine Compact Program, the subsequent grant that the MCC and President Benigno Simeon Aquino III signed in New York last September.
“If they’re (Ombudsman) such a success story, why did it not get any money again?” asks the official familiar with negotiations for donor funds. “Nagkalokohan, kaya ‘di sila binigyan ng pondo (They were fudging, that’s why they weren’t given funds)…They’re just beating the system, that’s why they did not get anything.”
In truth, it was largely in compliance with the project’s indicator targets that the Ombudsman “performed” in the last five years. The skewed formula for computing its “conviction rate” that the project adopted has also been the basis for the Ombudsman’s claim that it has achieved higher and higher rates of conviction from 2006.
The project set the Ombudsman’s target at 40-percent “conviction rate” from a baseline of 30 percent. By the project’s formula, the “conviction rate” is derived thus: number of cases that went to trial resulting in convictions, including guilty pleas, divided by the number of “decided cases” in the Sandiganbayan for the year. In other words, the formula looks only at the cases decided by the Sandiganbayan (including guilty pleas) that resulted in convictions.
The formula uses this “very small denominator” because the project wanted only to focus on “a subset” of data, according to Leandro Trinidad of the Department of Finance who joined the Project team as monitoring and evaluation officer.
But the formula is an apparent statistical anomaly. It nets out other bigger numbers that should have been included to reflect the quality, diligence, and actual performance of the Ombudsman, such as the number of cases withdrawn by the Ombudsman for lack of evidence or poor investigation, cases that resulted in the acquittal of the accused, and cases dismissed or pending over long periods of time before the Sandiganbayan.
The “conviction rate” indicator for the Philippine Threshold project was originally prescribed as an annual target, or which the Ombudsman must achieve in the year. On motion of the Ombudsman, it was later amended into a “cumulative” target for the 30-month life of the project, allowing the agency to catch up with compliance.
http://pcij.org/stories/ombudsman-a-failure-despite-flood-of-funds/
Ang galing magsalita nitong si Merci, ang galing din pala mag magic ng reports, talagang magka level sila ng mga “conversion” expert generals. 🙂
Siguro panay kodigo nito dati, ang galing galing mag cheat?
matibay talaga itong si Maldita…ano ang sapatos niya? Ang Tibay? huwag na natin siyang batohin..chop! chop! the head na lang! tadtarin at ipakain sa swine land! hindi cremated o very well done…raw!
..maiba ako..naalaala ko wans-upon a time..nagkaroon ng scandal sa Ateneo Law School,,Teehankee time..did she belong in this group?..in the mid ’60…
..huwag i firing squad..kasabwat nila ang military! ipakain na lang kaya sa sharks..pero baka kampi rin nila ang Navy? ano kaya bintayin sila ni putot at mag “dart” contest. sino ang maka tama sa kanilang nunal…huwag din ipakain sa crocodiles…kasabwat rin nila ang mga ito…and dami dami seguro doon sa Pampanga rivers…gawin nalang silang pork chop o kaya ‘amburgrrr!
ang sabi ni’me gal so very” he/she will vote according to his/her conscience..and if this is so..alanganin din..kung confuse na siya sa sarili niya..how can his/her conscience be right? malabo ata!
ay ay kalisud..buhi pa si Maldita…chop! chop ‘er ‘ead now..
in the history of our country was there ever a case of impeachment? sino ang na impeached? kasi sa nangyayari ngayon at kung ano man ang maging result…it seems to me a mere exercise in/of futility…
Pirming sinasabi ni Merci na ang impeachment na ito laban sa kaniya ay political in nature. Hindi raw tama ang mga procedures of impeachment na ginagawa ng mga tongresman sa lower house. Bakit niya ito sinasabi ? Nakalimutan na ba niya na noong mag-file si ex-Senator Jovito Salonga ng impeachment laban sa kaniya eh pareho ang proseso ng impeachment na sinunod (para mabasura lang) ? Bakit wala siyang sinasabi noon ? Simple lang. Panahon pa noon ng tarantadong si Gloria and they had all the numbers then to junk any and all impeachment moves. Now that the numbers are against her, hindi na tama sa paningin niya kasi hindi panig sa kaniya ang takbo ng mga numero.
Pero sa akin lang, if and when talagang ma-i-impeach itong mahaderang mukhang bakla na ito, it is my wish na it will be so not because the ruling coalition has the numbers to do it but on the legalities and true merits of the case on hand. For once, I hope these elected officials will set aside personal alliances and give Juan de la Cruz a winning hand for a change.
Kahit na ano pa ang sabihin ni Merci, Pulitika lang iyang impeachment. Pulitika rin kung bakit nakapwesto siya sa Ombudsman, kaya kung pulitika ang naglagay sa kanya, pulitika rin ang magpapatalsik sa kanya.
give up na ako kay Mercedita Guttierez…greater love than that only she has for her bff! sino nga ba ang kanyang bff..si tabbaboy o si putot? litong lito na ako…she indeed is willing to give her life for whoever she has but one love…ang pag-ibig nga naman, pag nakapasok sa puso ng sino man..”hamakin ang lahat masunod ka lamang!” the only line I know from Florante at Laura…