Hands-off raw ang Malacañang sa isyu ng dayaan sa nursing exam noong Hunyo.
Siyempre naman. Ano naman ang karapatan o moral ascendancy ng numero unong mandaraya ang magbigay ng kaparusahan sa sumunod lamang sa kanyang ginawa.
Sabi siguro ng mga nursing students na nandaya, ay kung si Gloria Arroyo ay nakalusot sa kanyang pandaraya noong 2004 elections, at ngayon ay nasa Malacañang pa, bakit hindi namin pwedeng gawin yun.
Mukhang yun din ang pinapa-iral ni Leonor R. Rocerro, chairperson ng Professional Regulation Commission, na ayaw kanselahin ang resulta ng June 2006 exam at ipinagpipilit na tuloy ang ligaya.
Sa 42,000 na kumuha ng nursing examination noong June 11 at 12, 17, 871 raw ang nakapasa. Malaking RAW kasi naibulgar na mayroon parang leakage ng test questions.
Hindi ngayon malaman kung sino talaga ang nakapasa at qualified maging nurse at sino ang pekeng nurse. Katulad ng pekeng presidente.
Kasi kung hindi pala nakapasa ang isang nurse, ibig sabihin noon palpak siya sa kanyang trabaho sa pag-assist ng mga pasyente. Buhay ang nakasalalay dito. Kung pekeng nurse pala ang magaasikaso sa iyo sa hospital baka sa halip na gumaling ka ay lalo kang mamatay. Gumastos ka pa.
Iba’t-ibang grupo ng nursing associations ang nagbigay ng posisyon na dapat kanselahin ang June exam at pakunin ulit ng test ang lahat. Yan ang paninnindigan ng Philippine Nurses Association. Ganun din ng League of Concerned Nurses at ng Binuklod g Samahan ng mga Student Nurses. Ganun rin si Health Secretary Francisco Duque.
Ngunit matigas si Rocero at itinuloy ang oathtaking ng mga 2,000 na nakapasa kuno. Ang problema lang, nagbigay ng restraining order ang Court of Appeals.
Madaling intindihin ang resistance ng mga nakapasa kuno sa rekomendasyon na ulitin nila ang exam. Panibagong hirap at yung mga pasang awa ay baga malasin at hindi na makapasa ulit. At siyempre panibagong gastos yan.
Ngunit dapat nilang intindihin na ang kanselasyon ng resulta ng June nursing exam ay kinakailangan para mawala ang dagta sa kanilang hawak na lisensya. Wala rin naman kwenta ang hawak nilang nursing license kasi kapag malaman na kasama sila doon sa June 2006 batch, duda na ang tingin sa kanila. Marami na ngang kaso na hindi sila tinatanggap sa trabaho.
Napurnada na ang bid ng Pilipinas na sa Maynila gagawin ang U.S. National Council Licensure Examinations, para sa mga gustong magtrabaho bilang nurse sa Amerika. Walang tiwala ang mga Amerikano na walang dayaan kapag sa Pilipinas gagawin ang test.
May rason naman sila. E kung ang nakaupong president nga ay mandaraya. Mga tauhan pa kaya.
Magtataka ba tayo kung may pekeng nurses? Kung ang pinakamataas ng puno ng bansa isang peke, ano pa kaya ang mga iba?
Ano ang ibig mong sabihin artsee sa “ano pa kaya ang mga iba?” Yan ba ay pati na yong mga ibang board exam na gaya ng mga Abogado, Doctor at mga iba pa. Kawawang Pilipinas, nagkaroon lang ng pekeng pangulo naging peke na lahat. Pupuwede ba Aling Glorya magbitaw na kayo, wala ng naniniwala pa sa inyo. Pagbabaligtarin mo man lahat peke pa rin kayo.
Kanselahin ang nurse exam results – kanselahin din ang previous election results. Kakainis naman … peke nurses, peke presidente.
E-mail from Estrella Ronquillo:
Hi Ellen,
Nakakaawa ang mga pinoy na nadadamay sa nursing exam leakage na wala namang kinalaman. Alam mo sikat na sikat and Philippines sa pandaraya. From President to AFP and other government agencies.
Now, Nursing department. It makes me puke. Natutunan lang naman ng Nursing Board Officials ang pandaraya from the Phil. President ano ba naman. Magtataka pa ba kayo? Can you imagine? All over th world kilala ang Philippines sa pagiging mandaraya. Because we have a President setting example to the people to be a MANDARAYA.
E-mail from Lucio Novabos:
Madam, meron po kaming mga komento tungkol sa Cory: Oust GMA Wag Tantanan
Sa totoo lang, dapat hindi na banggitin pa ni Cory Aquino ang pag pamulitika sa panahon na ginugunita ang anibersaryo sa pagkamatay ng kanyang asawa, dahil kong buhay pa si ninoy ngayon siguro sinasaway na siya.
Kaming mga OFW’s dito sa ibang mga bansa sa daig-dig walang bilib kahit katiting sa mga dating pulitiko sa pilipinas maski na sa mga iba diyan (mga oposisyon) na nag serbesyo pa, na walang iniisip kon di pagpanira ng ibang mga naka upo.
Ang sa amin lang magsitigil na sa pamumulitika malayo pang eleksyon, makiisa nalang sa gobyerno, kong sila ay may konsensya, dahil sa ang karamihan sa mga mamayan ang apektado na, mabuti sila (mga pulitiko) mga mayaman
wala silang problema, kong tutuosin mag proposed sila ng mga plano kong papaano i-angat ang ekonomiya at ang
antas ng pamumuhay ng taong bayan, back up doon sa planner ng kasalukoyang gobyerno, hindi puro tahol.
Itoy mga opinyon lamang namin dito dahil, sa hindi namin gusto at nakakasawa na ang mga offensive nga ibang mga oposisyon politically na wala namang kabulohan kung di pansariling interes lamang.
Tedans, kung sino ka man baka pati ikaw peke dito. Ngayon ko lang nabasa ang pangit mong pangalan. Kung sabihin ko ang mga iba, ang ibig kong sabihin “iba” at hindi lahat. Alam mo ba na pati board exams ng abogado noon may daya? Kaya kung mga ganitong exams para sa mga professional ay nagkaroon ng dayaan na ibig sabihin ay peke, tiyak na may mga iba pa na hindi pa nabibisto. Chain reaction lang iyan mula sa itaas dahil kung ang sa itaas ay nandaya sa election, di peke ang labas niya. Dahil masamang ehemplo sa mga tao ang ginawa nitong tiyanak mong pangulo, malakas din ang loob nilang mandaya. Kung magnanakaw ang puno, siyempre gaya din ang mga bata niya.
Ellen:
Simple lang naman kung gusto talaga ng mga pilipinong tumino ang bansa nila. Huwag nilang gayahin ang mga masamang ehemplo ng mga namumuno sa kanila para madali nilang makita ang mga mali at maging malakas sila para tanggalin ang mga ungas sa mga puwesto nila sa pamamagitan ng pagbantay ng mga boto nila.
Ang masama kasi ay iyong mismong simbahan nila ang mga nagtuturo sa kanila ng mga kagaguhan minsan gaya ng pagsunod nila doon sa mga pareng humihingi ng abuloy na galing sa huweteng for example.
Alam mo sa simbahan namin, sinusunod namin ang “Law of Tithing” na nagbibigay ka ng 10% ng lahat ng ginagana mo sa Diyos bilang palit ng biyayang natanggap mo. Ngayon kung galing sa masama ang kinita mo, sa palagay mo ba mabibigay mo ang 10% na kinita mo sa Diyos na alam mong hindi naman niya tatanggapin? Ganyan ang pagdisiplina sa sarili na natutunan ko sa aral ng batas na ito ng Panginoon. Ilan sa mga katoliko ang nagbabayad ng tithing nila? Wala! Kasi ang ipinairal sa simbahan nila ay pamamalimos at pagbibigay ng suhol sa Diyos na ang akala ngayon ng mga ungas najueteng lord halimbawa ay nakakalamang na sila kung magbibigay sila ng malaki sa simbahan ng kinita nila sa masama!!!
Itong pangdarayang ito, dito sa Japan ay malaking krimen iyan na dapat ay pinagbabayaran ng malaki sa hukuman. Pero sa Pilipinas, ano ang aasahan mong pantay na paghuhukom e mismong mga hukom ay bayaran. At saka itong mga pulis humuhuli ng utos lamang ni Pandak para ipagtanggol ang asawa niyang tabatsoy? Ano iyan? Bakit si Pandak ba ang may-ari ng pulisya ng Pilipinas? Dito hindi basta-basta puedeng mag-utos si Koizumi o ang ministro niyang inatas sa Ministro ng Hustisya na walang imbestigasyon muna ng pulis na bagamat nakikipagtulungan sa Ministro ng Hustisya ay hindi sakop ng Ministro ng Pulisya kundi ng National Police Agency at ng Commission ng Public Safety.
‘Langhiya rin ano? At saka iyong naman tungkol kay Cory, bagamat hindi ko siya itinuturing na magaling na presidente dahil sa totoo lang ay wala rin naman siyang nagawa para masupil ang mga ungas sa pamahalaan nang siya ay naging presidente, subalit hinhangaan ko siya sa ipinakita niyang delikadeza niya ngayon. Iyan ang habang tumatanda ay nagkakaroon ng wisdom. Sa sarili niyang karanasan sa ngayon ay dapat lang na matoto siya hindi katulad ni Pandak na tumatandang paurong lalo na’t nawiwili sa ginagawang pag-tolerate ng mga kawalanghiyaan niya!
Kawawang Pilipinas! Condolence sa lahat ng mga pilipino! Sabi nga ng mga kaibigan kong hapon na may interest sa Pilipinas, “Hidoi! Yuck!”
Etong pandaraya, malaking krimen din iyan sa Tsina. Bitay ang aabutin nila. Tungkol naman sa tithing, iyan ay utos noong panahon ng Israelita pero hindi na tinutupad sa Bagon Tipan o panahon ng Kristiyano. Imbes na 10%, ang pag-aabuloy ay ayon sa dikta ng kalooban o puso. Sa English, God loves a cheerful giver. Everyone must give upon the dictate of his heart. Hindi na iyong 10%. May utos din na ayon sa kinikita mo o ang tinatanggap mong biyaya…proportinate to your income. Teka, pati ba naman tungkol sa abuloy at religion napasok na sa usapan. Dito sa Tsina, nagbibigay ng angpaw ang mga Chinese tuwing Bagong Taon o may mahalagang occasion.
Maiba ako. Alam niyo ba na sa ginagawang pagboto sa impeachment sa Kongreso, naghakot ang Malacanang nang hindi bababa na 10 malaking bus para ihatid ang mga pro-GMA crowd sa Congress? Ang bayad sa bus bawa’t isa ay mga P10,000. Hindi pa kasama dito ang mga allowance ng mga pumunta. Kawawang opposition…biktima na naman.
Itong si Pandak, kapag ganitong dayaan, kunyari sila sa Malacanang, walang pakialam, pero kapag may nanalo halimbawa katulad ng panalo ni Pacquiao o ng Miss International na galing sa Pilipinas, akala mo naman ay may ginawa siya para manalo sila kaya niya ginagamit sila para sa mga publicity stunt niya.
Puede ba pakisabi kay Pandak na kung hindi naman pala niya kayang tumayo sa sarili niyang paa—meaning taking credit for accomplishments she has done and deserve to be recognized for—e tumigil na siya ng kaaarte niya at bumaba na lang siya para magpakulong sa mga kasalanang ginawa niya laban sa mga sambayanang pilipino at nang manahimik na ang lahat at makakilos ng tama.
Ang kaso mo pinag-aaralan pa yata ang pamamalakad sa Burma na sa totoo lang ay military junta na binabatikos ng mga Burmese lalo na iyong mga nasa ibang bansa gawa nang wala namang magawa ang mga Burmese sa loob ng bansa nila. Iyan in fact ang suspetsa ng mga kaibigan ko sa pagpunta ni Romulo sa Burma gawa nang wala namang magagawa ang mga pilipino sa problema ng mga Burmese dahil kung ang sarili nilang problema hindi nila kayang lutasin.
Please, puede ba, PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
Dito sa amin sa Tsina, hindi na kailangan ang sumkay sa pagkapanalo ng kung sino man. Sanay na ang Tsina sa mga papuri ng mundo. Sa pandaigdig na lang ng palakasan gaya ng Olympic, isa sa nangunguna ang Tsina. Kung babasahin ang kasaysayan ng Tsina ay hindi mabilang ang mga karangalang ginawa ng mga mamamayang Tsina.
Napakalungkot isipin ang Pilipinas, bayan na aking pinagmulan. Kaunting karangalan pandaigdig ay malaking balita na. Maraming matatalinong Pinoy kasama na dito ang mga imbentor pero kailan man ay walang suporta galing sa gobyerno.
artsee and tedans, with all due respect, you better stick and focus your discussion to the issue at hand in each thread so that we can better discuss important matters that would help us improve ourselves individually, and enlighten us and enable us to gain clear insights on some complex and technical topics being discussed. stop attacking each other or your force of combatting your common enemy well entrenched and fortied in her malacanang seat will be diminished.
i am sure that after reading all of the conflicting entries here, we can emerged more informed and become a beacon of light that would eliminate the shadow of ignorance pervading in our respective communities and our society at large.
when reading entries here, we should empty ourselves, keep an open mind and acknowledge our own biases and prejudices so that we can still be capable of taking in contrary opinions we do not share with others and compare it with ours. i am sure no matter how an opinion looks so stupid or idiotic, there is always something there we can learned of.
i am not so sure, whether it was lincoln or jefferson who said this: “i may not agree with you but i will defend your right to say it.” free flow of information and intellectual debates (except unsubstantiated or baseless claim [rumors] and libelous statements)are extremely necessary in our intellectual pursuit of the truth. we should not abuse our relative freedom in this blog to advertise our own intellectual superiority over the other or to peddle lies, rumors and unsubstantiated claim to destroy any person we hated most because we cannot attack them upfront. hiding in the anonymity of the blog to attack a person we hate, is pure cowardice. so the test of pure motive is, if we can say face-to-face, without blinking an eyelash, the very same words we are writing here against the person concerned, then such act is indicative of pure intention and clean motive.
a political discourse or discussion based on unresolved grudge and anger will take us nowhere. that is the reason why, our country, after the WW-II, considered the basket case of asia, economically ranked next to japan, had become the sickman of asia now. did we see any marked improvement from the time of president quezon to present? there was none, because the halls of congress are stuffed with few intellectual giants but most of them pure demagogues. the rest were there because the voting masses took pity of them or they became famous via the big screen and boob tubes. so it is no longer amazing to note that our journey as a nation is moving in reverse.
our society is deteriorating because we put blind political leaders leading us straight to the ditch. or we relish in unproductive debates centering on personaliy attack, innuendos and rumors. after all, we have come to accept as wise the show biz philosophy that publicity whether good or bad, is still publicity.
mind you, the most vocal critics themselves do not have ready and sound solutions to the problem bedevilling this poor country.
an intelligent person not necessarily is a wise person.
politicians in all shapes and sizes have used us for too long. public office has become a property forming part of an heirlom, inherited by succession and handed down from generation to generation.
we should get rid of politicans whose qualification is highlighted not by sterling academic or employment track record but because he or she is the next line in political succession. we shuold refuse to give them favor by providing them luxurious vehicle for a free ride in this endless political debates because the very same accussations flying thickly now will be the same issues we will be assailing two or three years after the 2010 presidential election. vicious cyle indeed!
Artsee, pakibasa ulit yong sinabi ko at basahin mo rin yong sagot mo di ba parehas lang ang ibig sabihin. Hirap kasi sa atin hindi nagkakaintindihan, Intsik ka kasi. Hindi ako bago dito adre dugay na. At hindi ako peke na gaya ng amo mong si Ponga (Glorya).
Pero friendster, bago lang itong si tedans na hindi ko alam kung saang planeta galing; tapos gumagawa ng eksena agad dito. Bilang isang criminal investigator sa Tsina, alam ko kung ang isang tao ay peke o kung ano ang nasa utak niya. Etong si tedans may kutob akong taga-Malacanang. Salamat sa reminder mo, friendster, pero mas maigi siguro kay Ate Ellen mo na lang ibigay ang trabaho ang pag-sermon.
Tedan, kahit Intsik ako hindi masama ang Tagalog ko. Di gaya mong Bisayang matigas ang dila. Dito sa Tsina, binibitay ang mga tulad mo na pabaligtad.
Malinaw sa sulat mo na binabatikos mo ang sinabi kong “ang mga iba” na para bang nilalahat kong peke ang ibang profession.
Ellen, Kagabi napanood ko sa Bandila ni Korina Sanchez na yung PRC appointee ni Gloria, personal dentist ng pamilya Arroyo. Even the husband, a dental technician, is currently Chief of Surveillance ng Pagcor courtesy nino pa? E, di ni
FG!
Kaya pala malalakas ang loob (read: makakapal ang mukha), nakasandal sa conjugal dictatorsip. Paki-verify naman.
Ganyan kalakas ang virus ni bansot….lahat ng ahensya ng gobyerno ay unti-unti niyang nahahawahan ng pandaraya. It is unfair na ipawalang-bisa ang nakaraang board exam ng nurses. Paano na iyong ibang examinees na hindi naman nandaya, bagkus ay nagsunog ng kilay, nag-gastos ng malaking halaga para sa review at talagang deserving na pumasa? Ang pinakamagandang paraan dyan ay imbestigahang mabuti, ang mapatunayang na-involved sa leakage ay di alisan ng lisensya!!
Paano makikialam si bansot sa isyung ito, sige nga? Wala siyang karapatan, wala siyang kredibilidad, wala siyang mukhang ihaharap sa bayan para ipursige ang kasong ito ng mga nurses dahil siya ang presidente ng pandaraya….baka nga kamayan pa niya ang mga nurses na nandaya at sabihing WELCOME TO MY WORLD!!!
Hindi maaring makialam si aling gloria dito sa gusot ng nursing case. Siya ang gagawing example ng mga nursing examinees, na bakit nandaya siya pero nakaupo pa rin. Totoo its unfair na ipawalang bisa ang resulta ng exams, dahil papaano yong mga nakapasa ng fair & square? Kawawa naman sila. Ang hirap yatang mag-aral uli at hindi ka pa nakakasiguro na sa second time around makapasa ka uli. Ang sa akin lang, bakit hindi gawin na ang lahat ng mga nakapasa na nagreview sa mga review schools na nakakuha ng leakage sa examination ay ipawalang-bisa, at yong mga nakapasa na galing sa review school na walang leakage ay ipasa. I think that’s fair enough. May balita kasi na may review school na nakakuha ng leakage at balita pa nga na ginastusan nito ang pag-holiday sa Switzerland ng dalawang mataas na opisyal ng PRC. So its just fair to give credit to where it’s due, and deny it to cheaters like mrs. Arroyo.
Dapat iyong in-charge ng examination na nakadaya ang mga nurses ay dapat nang tanggalin at kung puede nga magbitay dahil baka naman kumita sila ng malaki sa mga nandayang wala namang ibubuga. Alam kong marami ring doktor sa Pilipinas ang gumagawa niyan kaya kakatakot magpagamot sa kanila na parang puro mga quack doctor lang. Kawawa naman iyong mga magagaling na napapahamak sa kanila.
Tulad na ng dati mong “thread” na may titulong “Kultura ng Pandaraya”…eto na naman nga at ang mga “nurses” naman ang sangkot. Nakakalungkot na talaga ang nangyayari diyan sa ating bayan…hindi ba’t isa ang mga “nurses” sa may magandang tsansa na “makapangibang bansa” lalo na papunta sa US, pero dahil sa mga “bagong kaganapan” na iyan, tiyak na maaapektuhan ng malaki ang “pagkonsidera” ng mga “kanong ospital” na kumuha ng pilipino.
Dapat na “kondenahin” ang mga “pasimuno” ng mga ganitong “raket”, magmula sa mga may ari ng mga “review center”, na ang gusto ay “sumikat” ang kanilang negosyo sa pamamagitan ng “pagbabando” kung gaano karami at puwesto ng mga “nakapasa” na sa kanila “nag-review”. Iyong mga “estudyante” na pulos lakwatsa at pag-gimik lang ang inaatupag during the time of their studies, at umaasa lamang na “may mga leakages” nga upang makapasa…pero higit sa lahat, ay ang sarap “PUKPUKIN SA ULO” ang “whistle blower” (kuno)…dahil tiyak na “may hidden agenda” ang UNGAS na iyan. Kung talagang may “malasakit siya sa INTEGRIDAD ng BOARD EXAMS”, sana nuong pagkatapos na pagkatapos ng sinasabi niyang “SM Cinema show”, ay “sumilbato” na siya. Sana’y naipagpaliban na lang muna ang “actual exams pending investigations”, nang sa gayon ay hindi NADAMAY ANG MGA WALANG KASALANAN. Speaking of…ang mga WALANG KASALANAN na estudyante na dumaan sa napakaraming HIRAP upang makapag-aral, makapag-tapos, makapag-board exam, at makapasa…upang makamit ang kanilang mga pangarap..mga pangarap na sa ngayon ay mga “nakabitin sa balag ng alanganin”…KAAWA-AWANG mga tao. Marami akong kilala na nagta-trabaho sa mga “clubs” just to earn the money she needs to use for her schooling…papaano na ang mga kagay nila ngayon? “Bulok” na talaga ang maraming pilipino ngayon, sayang ang mga kababayan nating nadadamay. 🙁
A Land full of fakes!
Yan tuloy ang image ng Pinas ngayon…
From the usurper by the Pasig, down to the lowliest position in the Land.
Kakahiya!
PAANo na lang ang kabataan na namumulat sa ganyang ka^peke-han? Matututunan nila na pwede palang mandaya, kaya sama na tayo!
We are sending the wrong signal to the youth IF we allow these things to happen.
For me, para walang cloud of doubt hovering among the recent batch of nursing grads….cancell the exam and let them take another one.
ALISIN LAHAT ang nasa PRC ngayon at mga iba pang nagpapalusot:…sa kaunting barya, ayos na, kahit hindi nakapasa.
It is common knowldge in and out of the PRC na kapag may “koneksyon” ka, pasa ka. Just ask someone privately…daw.
I learned about it from fixers who have access inside and those frequenting commercial establishments in the area. An old friend has one [business] near the PRC office.
RE sa COMELEC, ibasura rin yan. ALISIN LAHAT at palitan ng mga respektable at TUNAY na kagalang-galang na mga FILIPINO nang maibalik ang nawalang tiwala ng mamamayan.
Kakasawa nang malaman na pulos na lang PEKE ang nasa Pinas ngayon…
walang kaduda duda, pati history sa bansa natin pinepeke!
Related topic on dayaan. Veronica Uy of Inquirer wrote about the proposal of Comelec’s Abalos to have voting by mail for Filipinos in Korea, etc. Right now Japan and UK are the only two places where OA Voters are allowed to vote by mail. OK sana because of the efficiency for example of the postal service in both countries where the police is controlled by a public commission composed of ordinary citizens not appointed by those sitting in positions in the government. However, much as I admire the dedication of our postal workers in Japan, it does not guarantee that the votes cast by Filipinos cannot be tampered with especially with the Comelec Chief being an appointee of the Pandak, and therefore not immune or independent of the dictate of the person who has appointed him to his position lalo na kung kabalen!!!
In Tokyo, it was easy to detect who cheated in the last election (si Pandak siyempre) because of the low turnout. Saan ka naman nakakita ng ang daming nagpalista, kaunti ang nabigyan ng ID na hindi pa kumpleto at halatang inararo lang para makadaya si Pandak.
Please, tama na ang arte. Kung gusto ng mga pilipinong tumino ang bansa nila, umpisahan sa itaas. Patalsikin ang palpak. No vote by mail. Hindi iyan guaranteed lalo pa ngayon na kung hindi ka kaibigan o tuta ni Pandak, tanggal ka sa puwesto. Sipsipang katakot-takot ang nangyayari.
Please, PATALSIKIN NA! ANG KRIMINAL AY KRIMINAL KAHIT NA PAGBALIGTARIN PA ANG MUNDO, KRIMINAL PA RIN!
totoo naman na di naman bago ito, buti pa yata ngayon at na bulgar at may mga nag resign yata. problema lang ay ang consequence nito sa mga nurses abroad dahil dati mataas ang quality nila, baka ngayon kahit assist nurse mahirapan ang iba.. agree naman ako kay fencesitter na maging open minded tayo dito at sana ay makita natin ang positive sa ideas ng iba.. sa akin lang, ang problema ng pinas hindi natin dapat iasa sa iba para malutas, pero dapat din ay maging thankful sa tulong nila. pinoy din ang makaka solbar ng problema natin.
Napanood nyo na ba ang “bush video john the revelator by depeche mode”
ASEAN ministers ready to sign for easier trade
Kuala Lumpur, August 24: Asean’s economic minister want to sign an agreement to liberalise logistic services by next April, says Malaysia’s Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz. The services are a key element to facilitating the free flow of trade in the region by the end of the decade.
The ministers have also begun talks to integrate the region’s air transport, e-commerce and health care industry.
“We have to look inwards to see how we can change our policies…to make sure there are better cross-border flows,” she said.
Yesterday, the Southeast Asian ministers agreed to quicken the liberalisation of services and provide incentives to achieve its ambitious plans to create a European-style single market by 2015.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations pledged to progressively remove “all forms of restrictions that affect national treatment and market access limitations by 2015,” the ministers said in a joint statement.
Services included aviation, tourism and health care.
They would extend a waiver of a 30 percent national equity requirement for industrial projects in the region until the end of 2009 to woo more foreign investors amid rising competition from China and India.
The ministers also agreed to remove all non-tariff barriers such as licensing requirements, quantitative restrictions, technical, control and inspection measures by 2012.
Malaysia’s Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz dismissed suggestions that Malaysia’s policy of giving business and other privileges to help Malays compete economically was a barrier to regional trade liberalisation.
The policy, instituted after bloody race riots in 1970, was crucial to ensure political stability,” she said.
“The policy has never been a hindrance…we cannot be talking about economic integration in a vacuum. If one country is not stable, the whole of ASEAN will be hit,” she said.
The Southeast Asian Times
http://www.southeastasiantimes.com/
News for Northern Australia and Southeast Asia
E-mail from rain drew:
I’ve read your column in abante bisaya and it seems that you know fully of what had happen around us especially to our president.
Why are people always watching the bad side of one person? Even how bad the person is as what you think but i think not all of what they did are always bad.
Are you perfect? You can’t commit mistakes? The ones who judge the president are they perfect? I’m just wondering why some people want to have a position in a government but yet less of service in the community.
Why they are always criticizing people instead of helping them to make our country grows and develop.They do not realize that we are all filipinos.
We can’t blame all to the president but to the subbordinates.I’m always reading news everyday and the topic is always the same making comments to our leader…..Is that a trade mark as a filipino? Nobody’s perfect.The one who make comments to the president are they perfect?
Rain Drew
simple lang ang sagot sa tanong mo! Mas mabenta kung dark side ang paguusapan..maraming nakikisawsaw!
Apparently, the Internet Brigade are not getting it. Criticizing the Pandak is not being negative. It is seeking redress for a wrong done to the people of the Republic of the Philippines. It not a matter of just cooperating with the president (who?). It is a question of legitimacy. Of course, Filipinos in general would not like to be ruled by a criminal but someone who has admitted committing a crime but pretends to be ignorant of the law, and pretends to be not culpable of the crime she has committed and does her dumbest to prevent the machinery to work and prove her culpability. It is as simple an answer to a question as that. Apparently, a lot many Filipinos are not aware of that so that they are willing to tolerate a criminal who will not hesitate to commit another crime when he/she is able to evade the law even once. In the case of the Pandak, she is able to get out of the mess so easily because she and her husband has made sure they place kin, cronies and friends in positions at the departments responsible for bringing criminals to justice, pamper them even with loots from the treasury, etc. to keep their loyalty! Once the supply dwindles, though, we see once again those balimbings!!!
Kawawang Pilipinas! Patalsikin na, now na!
the president is not an ordinary person, in fact sitting on the highest position of the land, by her own will makes her the target for all that is happening. and this is not without reason. behind the criticisms are actions or sometimes inaction which some disagree. i think this is just normal in a supposed to be democratic country. if some activists get killed, shall we blame those not in power who has no chance to limit those killings? i think the worst we can do is to be indifferent to what is happening in the phil today.
nelbar Says:
August 24th, 2006 at 3:00 pm
walang kaduda duda, pati history sa bansa natin pinepeke!
Anong bansa ang tinutukoy mo? Hapon? Oo. Binago nila ang kasaysayan ng ikalawang digmaan sa kanilang aklat para iligaw ang mga estudyante sa tunay na pangyayari kung anong lagim na ginawa ng mga sundalong Hapon noon digmaan. Kaya nga tumanggap ng malaking batikos mula sa Tsina at mga bansang inapi ng Hapon noon.
Talagang talamak na ang pamemeke me mapagusapan lang.
artsee:
Dito sa bansang pilipinas, isang threat sa national security ang pumanig ka sa kagustuhan ng sambayanan.
Ang agenda ng mga politiko sa bansa natin ay hindi talaga para sa kapakanan ng sambayanan kundi para sa perpetuation ng kani-kanilang business at economic interest sa pamamagitan ng kanilang patronage politics.
Sa Pilipinas mayroon tayong sariling interpretasyon ng meritocracy –ito yun, ang magpakitang gilas sa sinumang nakaupo sa Malakanyang.
Ang mga mambabatas, lokal na opisyal ng bayan, punong lungsod man o panlalawigan, ang kanilang layunin ay hindi talaga para sa kanilang nasasakupan kungdi sa kapakanan ng kanilang partidong politikal. Ganito ang nakikinita ko sa sistemang parliyamento na isinusulong ng mga nag-a-anyong tupa sa lipunan natin.
Nakakalungkot isipin na ang nasa kalunsuran man o kanayunan, ang ultimong mithiin nila ay makalabas ng bansa o makapag trabaho sa ibang bansa. Ang mas masaklap pa nito ay mas gugustuhin pa nilang manirahan na lang sa ibang bansa.
Sa panig naman ng mga politong nabanggit ko, mas natutuwa sila sa pangkaraniwang mamamayan na ang nangyayari sa kasalukuyang dramang political ay magsasabi nang “ipag pasa diyos na lang natin ito”.
E-mail from Eddie Guarin:
Isa po akong magulang na nagta-trabaho dito sa ibang bansa para maitaguyod ko ang aking mga anak sa kanilang pag-aaral. Kahit gaano kahirap dito ay nag-titiis kaming mga Ofw para lang maka-raos ang aming pamilya sa araw-araw.
Nabasa ko po ang inyong article na pinamagatang Pekeng Nurses sa inyong kolum sa Abante na kumurot sa aking damdamin dahil isa ang aking anak na pumasa dito sa batch June 2006.
Sana naman po bilang isang journalist dapat sana tinimbang muna ninyong mabuti ang situation at hindi kaagad na husgain na sila ay mga pekeng nurses dahil papano naman po iyong mga inosente na dahil sa kanilang pag-sisikap at tiyaga sila ay pumasa? Biktima lamang po ang mga estudyante dito at ang dapat parusahan ay ang mga taong nasa likod nitong leakage na sumira sa imahen nang nursing.
Sila ang inyong dapat sisihin at tawagin na PEKE o kahit na buwitre o satanas dahil sila talaga ang dahilan kung bakit lumitaw ang problemang ito. Kaming mga magulang sampu nang aming mga anak ay hindi dapat mag-dusa sa kasalanan ng ibang tao dahil kami ay talagang nagsikap at naghirap para lang makapasa kaya wala kang karapatang tawaging PEKENG NURSES ang aming mga anak.
i hope i will be corrected here if am wrong. i talked with other nurses in this country i live, and i was told that it is only one review center which got the leakage for one reason or another. i am not a nurse but i understand their sentiments. sometimes journalists generalise to highlight their point when they mean only the guilty but there is another point in generalising and that is almost always that the criticism is directed to the guilty and that the innocent normally will not care because something better may come out.
Tama ka norpil. Dapat hindi nilahat ang mga nurses. Paano iyon mga talagang nag-aral at pumasa? Naniniwala pa rin ako sa kahusayan ng ating mga nurses. Mas magaling nga kesa sa taga ibang bansa. Ang mga nurses natin may tender loving care sa pasiyente. Iyon nga lang, isang malaking black eye ang nangyaring dayaan. Pati lahat na nurses nadamay. Mawawala lang ang ganitong masamang reputation kung mawala na si tiyanak.
This cheating definitely is giving ALL Philippine nurses a bad reputation. In fact, Philippine nurses for example in the USA are hired more for out of expediency or necessity than because they are commendably qualified.
Sorry na lang sa mga apektado. All the more reason why the more qualified nurse themselves should feel disgusted with this cheating and condemn it likewise. Tama na ang self-pity at palusot! A wrong is done. It should be corrected and some people have to be made legally responsible for them. Walang dapat na palusot! Nawiwili kasi!
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA! Hindi naman kailangan ang rebolusyon sa totoo. It is just a matter of implementing seriously the law!
Based on Gloria’s direction, cheating should be treated as “a win-win solution.” Just provide an insincere public lip services without accountability. And taking a page on Gloria’s book, “how to cheat and get away with murder.” Take it from a professional cheater, its a win-win, Gloria knows best. Cheating is profitable as a already been proven and tested for over 5 years, so how can anyone go wrong. Gloria is the living testimony to the fact that cheating is good -only in the Philippines.
May narinig nga akong bagong labas na libro ang pamagat ay “How to cheat and get away with murder” written by Gloria Arroyo. Magkano kaya ang presyo ng isang kopya.
One nursing graduate to another: “Kailangan daw tayo magretake ng nursing exam.” Reply to nursing graduate 1: “Bakit, unfair yan.” Answer to nursing graduate 2: “Kasi may dayaan daw.” Reply: “Dayaan? May dayaan din sa election ni GMA. Dapat retake din ang eleksyon!” The next day, GMA, to the surprise of Dante Ang, issues a statement supporting the no-retake position of nursing graduates.
gusto ko itong joke na ito ni artsee, puedeng basahin sa radio.
Salamat norpil…pero hindi na original iyan. Hayaan mo’t iisip ako ng bago.
Why should I pay the price?
CTALK By Cito Beltran
The Philippine Star 09/01/2006
This is a true story of sacrifice and injustice.
It was a big sacrifice for Noli and his family.
For two years, Noli set out to do what two generations before him couldn’t afford or failed to achieve. A simple dream, a human right. It did not require much travel, nor was it about scaling Mt. Everest.
However, it meant somehow being indebted even if there was no expectation from his sponsor who committed to support his expenses for two years.
It meant not being able to help in the day to day chores of a family where an extra man and extra hands greatly eased his parents’ burden.
And if that wasn’t hard enough he also had to give up on any gimmicks, outings, fiestas that his friends were going to. Given his disadvantage in life, he needed to focus on the goal.
Everyone in the small barangay knew about his good fortune in finding a sponsor, now everybody was watching if he would pass or fail. If he had what it took to reach the goal, to fulfill the dream.
For two years he trained, morning till night, daily he showed up resting only on Sunday to keep a promise to attend Sunday service. Soon enough the dream was more real. He actually had an on the job training.
For that he needed more money. He had to live in Manila for two months, work day and night and adjust to a culture so different from the life he knew in the province.
Inspired by actual work experience, Noli returned to the province to undergo in-house review. That meant asking for another P8,000 from his sponsor. But it would all be worth it once he graduated and that he did.
He wasn’t top of the class but it didn’t matter. Not to him, not to his sponsor, not to the whole barangay. He had a bigger hurdle ahead of him and everyone wanted to encourage him.
Noli was not immune to the envy of his younger brother and sisters who wonder if they will be lucky enough to pursue their dream. Nor could he spare himself the guilt that his brothers and sisters have to pick up the chores he should be doing.
He had to take the state exams. For this he would have to move back to Manila and ask his sponsor for another P25,000 for what they call critical review program. A month later would be the intensive interview training which would cost his parents and grandma P20,000.
It didn’t matter that his grandma was just a cook earning P3,000 or that his father was just a carpenter feeding 5 kids and a grandchild. Even his sponsor ignored the dent on his limited finances. Everyone was taking part in building the dream of the next generation.
Once the dream comes true, the next generation can now believe it can be done. That they can graduate from any course they set their hearts and minds to, that with the help of God and family they can now become licensed professionals.
Noli took the State tests. He passed. He passed the board exams for nursing of 2006.
Two years and more than two hundred thousand pesos later the state now denies him his dream. The state denies the dreams of his parents, his family, his sponsor, even his barangay.
It is claimed that there was a leakage in the exams, that there was cheating in the exams. Claims, claims, claims.
No one had yet been arrested, charged, found guilty. But the reckless, irresponsible, self-appointed guardians of society such as politicians, professionals, government officials, judges even media practitioners simply shoveled out their opinion.
Their hypocrisy and manure in the form of qualified opinion, totally disregarded the rights of the examinees. Suddenly they were all suspect, suddenly they were all probably unfit, suddenly they are now potential risks, questionable employee material.
Would the self righteous be as judgmental and irresponsible if their children were one of the examinees, would they be so quick to deny those who passed their right to take their oath if it were their life savings invested?
They still don’t know where the actual leakage took place. Was it at the PRC, at some review center, at the photo copy shop next to the exam centers, or was it at the exam center itself.
What crime really took place? Leaking, falsification of public document, cheating, murder adultery or just plain bull shit?
Who are the criminals. The leaker or the leakee? The examinees or the PRC, the review centers or the schools.
Who has more to lose and who should the justices be protecting: the rights of those whose future are at stake, whose reputations have been besmirched, whose family savings are depleted or the hypocrites merely protecting their professional status and interest in the guise of public health safety?
Because of SELFISH not SELFLESS interests, because of PARANOIA not PROFESSIONALISM, hundreds if not thousands of Nursing graduates, can’t take their oath, can’t get their license, can’t get jobs, have no way of paying back the support they got for two years and a half.
What I see here is a class action suit against the PRC, the group of people who got a restraining order that prevents those who passed from getting their license, a defamation suit against senators, congressmen, even media for recklessly tarnishing their reputation.
The usual complaints would state . . . sleepless nights, anxiety, loss of income, not just wounded pride but DISHONOR from those who would call themselves HONORABLE.
I throw a challenge at all of you so-called honorable men and women . . . how dare you cite the words “Better to let ten guilty men go free than to condemn an innocent man” as you take away the death penalty and then judge innocent hard working students and condemn the labors of their parents and their families because “SOME, NOT ALL, CHEATED.”
How dare you add insult to injury by demanding that everyone retake the exam!
Yes, adding insult because it would be easier and simpler to stage a retake than to follow the rules of Law, the very same laws you as Jurists and legislators base your accusations and presumptions upon. That sirs is what I call SIMPLETON LAZINESS!!!
You as public officials should be under judgment for pre-empting and not immediately conducting the established rules of investigation. Let the police, the NBI, the PRC, specially the Department of Justice earn its keep as keeper of the law and not as speaker for the cause.
Perhaps even those who claim to be wise men of the law should reflect not only on the provisions of law but intent tempered with just equity for all concerned and not who comes first to their salas.
As for me, I choose to keep faith with the youth, their dreams, and honor their sacrifice. I will continue to be a sponsor, I will continue to fight the good fight.
I shall also leak out a list of all government officials, professionals, and media who DISHORED the truly honorable. Maybe a few thousand votes less, a few thousand readers and viewers, a few hundred thousand pesos of losses will somehow make you realize the need to apologize to our children.
http://www.philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200609012607.htm
September 01, 2006 4:19 PM
Sinong Noli? Noli de Castro? Kailan naman nag-aral ng nursing ang taong iyan? Ang kaya lang alagaan niya iyong mga mamahaling sasakyan sa kanyang garahe.
Bilib ako kay Cito Beltran. Isa iyan sa mga journalists at taga-media na hinahanggan ko. Hindi iilan beses sinubok ang kanyang katapatan sa propesyon at pagkatao kahit na sa ABS-CBN pa. Nanindigan siya. Palibhasa kasi isang tunay na Christian.