Dentist pala ni Gloria Arroyo itong si Leonor Tripon-Rosero, chair ng Professional Regulation Commission, na ngayon ay pinag-iinitan ng publiko dahil sa palpak na pamamalakad sa nursing board exam.
Kaya naman pala hindi magalaw ni Arroyo kahit nagkanda-lokoloko na ang nursing board exam.
Marami ngayon ang nagde-demand ng resignation ni Rosero dahil sa leak na nangyari sa June 2006 ng nursing at sa kawalan ng PRC ng aksyon. Ayaw ni Rosero na ipa-walang bisa ang resulta ng June 2006 exam at ipinasumpa pa niya ang ilan sa mga nakapasa kahit na alam niyang may naka-pending na kaso.
Nagbigay ng temporary restraining order ang korte ngunit naka take-oath na ang 2,000 sa mga 17,000 na nakapasa raw. Gumagamit ako ng salitang RAW kasi hindi natin alam kung ilan talaga ang nakapasa.
Kahit marami ang nagsasabi na dapat mag-resign siya at ang buong board ng PRC para maisalba ang institusyon at maibalik ang pagtitiwala ng publiko, ayaw ni Rosero. “Ito ang aking trabaho at alam ko ang aking ginagawa. Hindi ako susuko sa mga nagpi-pressure sa akin. Hindi ako magre-resign,” sabi niya.
Sabi niya kaya siya linagay siya ni Arroyo sa PRC dahil alam niyang qualified siya. Kung pekeng presidente ang naglagay sa kanya, paano naman siya magiging qualified.
Matagal ng dentist ni Arroyo. Pati rin daw si Mike Arroyo, pasyente niya.
Ang asawa naman ni Rosero ay kasama ni Mike Arroyo sa Rotary Club of Makati Central kung saan miyembro rin si dating Agriculture Undersecretary Joselyn “Joc-joc” Bolante, Pagcor Chairman Efraim Genuino, at iba pang nasa magagandang posisyon ngayon.
Sa artikulo sa Philippine Daily Inquirer,sinabi ni Rosero na nasa Malacañang siya noong isang buwan dahil saw dental check up ni Arroyo ay tinanong siya tungkol sa leakage. Sinabi niyan ini-imbistigahan ay lumabas nga may leakage. Sumimangot raw si Arroyo.
Yun lang?
Malaking palpak na ang nagkaroon ng leakage. Ibig sabihin nun hindi may mandaraya mula doon sa taas. Ngunit mas malaking palpak ang desisyon ni Rosero na hindi uulitin ang exam.
Dahil sa eskandalo, maraming hospital ang ayaw tumanggap sa mga nurses na nakapasa noong June 2006. Malaking bahid rin sa lahat na Pilipina nurses ang nangyayari dahil hindi ngayon malalaman kung sino talagang nakapasa at sino ang bumagsak.
Hindi nakapagtataka na hindi mataas ang standard na pinapairal ni Rosero. Paano nga naman niayng pairalin ang honesty kung ang presidente ay numerong unong dishonest.
Kung ganito ang liderato ng ating professional regulation agency, darating ang araw mawawalan ng kredibilidad and ating mga professionals. Kawawang Pilipino.
Kung mandaraya ang pinuno e di mandaraya na rin lahat ang mga alipores. Kawawang Pilipinas. Maayos lang lahat ang mga kagaguhang ito pag si Glorya ay mag-bitiw, mapalayas natin o di kaya siya ay suma-kabilang buhay. KAILAN KAYA????????
Mas matindi pala siyang magbayad ng utang (loob) kaysa kay Apo. Lahat palang pinkakautangan niya ay puro naka-puwesto na. ASTIG TALAGA!!!! Binura na niya lahat ang mga kagaguhan ng mga naging Pangulo natin. TAOB SILA LAHAT!!!!.
Kung si Imelda pala ay may 2000 libong pares ng sapatos, eto palang mga ARROYO e may 2000 Bank Accounts. TALAGANG TAOB SILA LAHAT!!!!!!! WOW PARE BIGAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!
Sinong may sabing may kredebilidad ang mga pilipino? Titser nga kinukuha lang atsay sa ibang bansa dahil hindi mapaniwalaang titser! Nakakaawa nga iyong mga may talagang kakayahan at napapahamak sa mga gunggong na mandarayang ito. Ang dami kasing ambisyoso, hindi naman kaya. Mali kasi ang paghubog sa mga pilipino lalo na ngayon ang ehemplo ay isang sinungaling at magnanakaw.
Ang alam ko na ang isang pagkakaiba ni Apo kay Pandak ay hindi siya ang nagbibigay ng lagay. Ang alam ko ay siya ang nilalagyan kaya iyong mga naiipon nila sa ibang bansa karamihan ay galing sa lagay na galing sa malalaking kompanya na kumampi kay Aquino para maalis ang malaking lagayan na ginagawa nila para makagalaw sila. Hindi nila akalain na mas masahol pa ang papalit kay Apo na sa totoo lang ay hindi naman siyang talagang kumukuha noong lagay kundi iyong mga ina-appoint niya. Ang mas maganda nga lang kay Apo ay pag nabisto ay tinatanggal niya sa posisyon. Ang epekto naman at kakampi naman ngayon sa kaaway niya.
Hindi niya kasi magawang gayahin si Lee Kuan Yew ng Singapore na ang ginawa pala ay pinagpapapatay iyong mga balakid sa balak niyang patinuin ang bansa niya na tumino naman talaga. Ang maganda kay Lee ay marami siyang kaibigan sa UK na nag-back-up ng programa niya kaya walang makahirit sa mga gustong bumatikos sa kaniya lalo sa USA.
Itong si Pandak nabasa yata ang libro ni Lee Kuan Yew kaya pinapapapatay niya kundi niya mapakulong ng habang buhay ang gustong humadlang sa balak niyang maging reyna ng Pilipinas. At least, si Lee ay walang ganoong ambisyon at saka talaga namang matalino di tulad ni boba na nagdudunung-dunungan lang. Pwe wala namang sinabi ang doctorate niya na balita ko ay hocus-pocus ang ginawa! Ang thesis daw ay recycle lang ng term paper ng tatay niya!
Anyway, mahirap talaga ang klase ng utang-na-loob sa Pilipinas. Sa totoo lang karamihan sa mga pilipino ay wala niyan. Dito nga sa Japan, kapag tumutulong kami sa mga pilipino ay talagang tulong lang. Hindi na kami umaasa pang magpapasalamat. Tutulungan mo nga, kapag hindi nagustuhan ang pagtulong mo magwawalanghiya pa at hindi iniisip ang mga ginagastos, hirap at sakripisyo ng mga tumutulong sa kanila.
Iyong salitang gratitude ay hindi nila naiintindihan na iba sa klase ng utang na loob na tulad ng sinasabing relasyon ni Pandak sa dentista niya na dapat ay inayos na ang usling nguso ni Pandak na parang lahat ng salita ay may “f”!
Kawawang Pilipinas! Nasadlak sa isang hibang na magnanakaw pa at sinungaling! Dito iyan matagal na iyang nagpakamatay o nakulong! Ang kapal talaga!
‘Di lang pala ang kayang ayusin ni Rosero, pati examination. Its not anybody’s fault but the PRC’s. This policy of Pandak to send our people abroad for employment is the culprit why some had to resort to cheating just to get a job elsewhere.
Tedan’s is right, mas garapal pa itong si Pandak keysa kay Marcos. And we thought Marcos is the father of cronyism.
The country really needs Cha-Cha, “character change”, we need to overhaul not the system but the people running the system. The Pandak and JDV may continue to blame the senate for the political gridlock but what is clear is she created the gridlock to cover up her lying, cheating and stealing.
The PRC stole whatever future these poor kids worked so hard for. Studying for 5 years and another year to review is very draining. Now they are the ones paying for the crime someone else committed. Just imagine the trauma this fiasco will leave on the kids and their parents. The expense of sending these kids to school all wasted by this administration who continues to push its people abroad.
“A nation of cheaters!”
That’s what people think of Pinoys these days….
Nakakasuka, pero totoo. Ang lahat ay dahil sa kultura ng pandaraya na patuloy na pinaiiral ng nasa pinakamataas na posisyon sa Bansa.
Marahil, hindi lang “cheaters” kundi “Magnanakaw” na rin.
Sa dami ba naman ng ninakaw at nailagay na ‘safely’ sa ibang Bansa [ hindi lang sa Germany, lasa ko…marami pa!]
kahit na halukayin mo yan, hindi pa aabot sa kalahati.
NO wonder, naghihirap at lubog sa utang ang Bansa!
Lahat ng utang na yan eh,…kurakot ng mga nasa puwesto.
TAMA NA! puwede ba?
BASTA YA! fatso!
BASTA YA! cruella!
ALIS DYAN!
Sa Dentist ni glue?
Aba’y talaga naman….
kasing kapal pala ng kanyang pasyente!
Sana lang….
Next time, magpalinis ng ngipin itong si gloria at ang esposo tabachingching,
may maglagay ng aids virus sa gagamiting instrumento,
para naman mawala na ang problema ng Bayan!
Sana!
Philippines is known around the world as the world supplier of super atsays, then, a country to be governed by cheaters, liars, thieves and a bogus president, and now we will be known to be a nation of bogus nurses. Another honor added to the numerous reputations of the country. Our country is being put in the world map not because of its success or achievements especially in world affairs, but because, of its success internationally in exporting its people to be the slaves of foreign masters, and these bogus nurses in the very near future will be among them. Thanks to the Glue who took pride in her only accomplishment in running this corrupt government.
Dito sa Japan, ang impression sa mga pilipina ay kundi ta-pu, atsay. When I first came to Japan as a Nikkeijin, maganda pa ang pangalan ng mga pilipino, at kapag sinabi kong graduate ako ng UP, tingala lahat sila at ang akala ay lahat ng mga Nikkeijin ay matatalino! Wala pa kasing mga Japayuki dito noon.
Ngayon kapag may naghold-up dito at sinabing mga foreigner, ang isip ng mga pulis ay kundi intsik, pilipino ang gumawa. Ganyan kasi ang ginagawa nila! Nakakalungkot at nakakahiyang aminin pero walang magagawa lalo na ngayon ang ikakatwiran pa ng mga ungas na pilipino, “Bakit, kung iyong ngang pangulo natin e magnanakaw na sinungaling pa!”
Forgot to say that the Philippines, since 1986 has been known to be “a country where the presidents are conceived to be robbers and thieves.” Nakakahiya talaga. Buti na lang, I can hide under my Japanese name! Hindi mo nga lang maitatwa ang bayang sinilangan! Maluknot talaga! 🙁
Kawawang Pilipinas!
Kung ang COMELEC ay may Garcillano…
Ang Professional Regulation Commission ay may Tripon-Lucero…
Ano ang pagkakahawig?
Iisang demonyo ang kanilang pinagsisilbihan…
Mahiya naman kayo sa mga professionals na pinaghirapan ang board examinations upang makamit ang numero ng lisensiya na kanilang maipagmamalaki habang sila ay nabubuhay sa mundo.
“Sumimangot si Gloria? Eh,di ba palagi naman nakasimangot yun?”
“Kung minsan naman nakangiti” sagot ng dentista.
“Ngiting aso po yun, doktora”
Wala na. Wala na. Abandon ship na kaya? Dahil sa presidenteng maaring nandaya, lahat tayo ay naging nasyon ng mandaraya. Kung mandaya kaya tayo sa tax natin (for anyway, kukurakutin lang naman ang bayad natin) tapos kung mahuli ay “I am sorry” lang ang sasabihin natin, hindi kaya tayo makulong? Magkano lang naman iyon compared sa kanila. Omigosh, pati ako nakakaisip na rin ng ganoon. Bad influence talaga! Tone from the top, wika nga nila.
@mb: NGITING ASO ba? [*LOL!*]
either way, wlang kuwenta ang mukha ni glue.
quesehodang sumimangot, o ngumiti:
parehas lang: HINDI mapagkakatiwalaan!
Hers is a face no one can trust!
Bwahahahaha!!!!
O abangan natin ang susunod na pandarayang gagawin ni Pandak doon sa 16M dollars na ibibigay ng UN. Aba umaasa pang mamilit na kuhanin ang dapat daw ibigay ng isang international organization sa mga kalamidad na makakaapekto sa kalikasan. Swapang talaga. Buti nga si Cory noong pumutok ang Mt. Pinatubo hindi humingi ng ganitong kalaking pera kahit na halos lahat ng bansa sa Asya at naapektahan ng Mt. Pinatubo. Itong si Pandak sinadya pa yata iyong oil spill na ito para makakuha ng pambayad niya doon sa mga magtutulak ng ChaCha niya para matuloy na ang kaniyang pagiging reyna kasi ang parliamentary form of government ay mas ugma sa mga bansang may kaharian, and she is planning to do just that! Ang kapal din ano?
Gosh, lalong pagtatawanan ang mga pilipino nito. Inuumpisahan na nga ang publicity na galing sila sa royalty at may inutusan sa National Archives na gumawa ng mga papeles na nagpapatunay na dugong bughaw sila. Pwe!
Royal blood, magnanakaw?! Tama talaga ang biyenan ko tungkol sa mga magnanakaw kahit na yumaman pa. Pihadong may nuno daw na magnanakaw din! Talk of the sins of the fathers being visited on the children even of the forth generation!!! Nasa Bible iyan sa totoo lang!
Just who is the Pandak trying to fool and impress with her lies about some thieves being rich?! Patunayan nga niya kung papaano nawala ang pundo ng OWWA, etc. o kahit na iyong perang ibinigay ng Coca-Cola for education in 2001. Alam ko na hindi iyong tinanggap ni Roco who was the education secretary at that time. Ipaliwanag nga niya! 😡
Mandarambong! Baba ka na!
@ystakei: SEEMS to me, ang magnanakaw at limitado sa Malacanang at sa galamay ng pang-ULO ng mga may “magnetic na kamay”/ at least in and around the place where I live, ang mga magnanakaw ay mga brasilieros. They also get involved in tragic accidents, hence naghigpit ang mga pulis sa International Driving Permits. Madalang ang Pinoy na magnanakaw dito. A few years back, may mga nahuling Pinoy dahilan sa droga at OT….
this shd read: ang magnanakaw AY limitado….
Dito sa China, ang tingin ng mga Chinese sa Pinay ay “Huana po” o katulong. Mababa talaga ang tingin nila sa mga Pinay. Pero kahit papaano’y kung magkatabi ang Pinay at Haponesa ay kampi pa rin sa Pinay ang mga Chinese. Hindi kasi makalimutan ng mga Chinese ang lahing Hapon na umapi sa kanila ng maraming taon. Puwede pang Pinay ang mapangasawa ngayon ng mga Chinese (marami na) pero kapag Haponesa, tiyak na tutol ang mga magulang.
Taipan88: Sa Tokyo at malalaking siyudad, ang pinakawalanghiya sa mga foreigners dito ay mga intsik. Sa prison na pinagtratrabahuhan ko pinakamarami ang mga interpreters na Chinese gawa nang sila ang pinakamarami. Mismong mga tsina na kasama ko takot sa kapwa nila mga intsik. Hindi daw sila basta-basta nangungumbida ng kapwa nila intsik dahil nga sa pati daw sila tinatakot na kikidnapin, nanakawan at papatayin.
Brazilian ay karamihan mga Nikkeijin pero marami rin sa kanila mga pekeng Nikkeijin na may mga record sa sarili nilang bansa.
Dito ang karamihan sa mga nakakulong sa preso ay mga miyembro ng tinatawag na Snakehead Gang gaya talagang mga walanghiya at talamak ng mga criminal. Sa totoo lang ay dito lang sa Japan ang libre ang interpreter na binabayaran ng gobyerno ng Japan. Sa ibang bansa, ang Philippine Embassy ang nagbabayad according to the embassy staff that I have talked to.
Kaya masuwerte pa rin ang mga dayuhan dito na walang binabayaran kapag nakulong sila dahil gobyerno ang nagbabayad. Sa Pilipinas nga mas grabe ang situation ng mga nakakulong na dayuhan doon. Pinagkakakuwartahan pa ng mga walanghiya.
How much money was made from the leakage? Follow the money trail and you’ll be surprised where it leads to …
@ystakei:
NOW that you’ve mention it, recently may mga nahuling prosti na mga taga Mainland China. Marami sila at expired na ang visa. Yung iba nmn may mga visa-student-daw pero nagtratrabaho sa gabi; I have classmates rin naman na mga matino, and some are kind….
MY place is the hub of brasiliero/as nikkeijins. Sobrang dami! They are everywhere, becoz this place is a gold mine for those who want to work.
…..and they usually get into accidents and all those crimes.
Yeah, I have heard of fake papers also, including those who come from Davao….
>>>>nagmana kay gloria?
taipan, hindi ko kailan man sinabing malinis ang mga babaeng Intsik; pero malinis sila kung ikumpara sa mga Haponesa. Dito sa Peking lalo na sa Nanking, hindi makalimutan ng mga Chinese ang mga katarantaduhan at kalupitan ginawa ng mga Hapon noon. Sa bigat kasi ng mga bayag, sakang kung lumakad. Mabuting suriin natin kung saan galing ang mga Hapon. Kung walang Intsik walang Hapon. Doon lang nagkalat ang lahing Intsik. Tingnan mo ang hitsura, mga sulat, tradition, kultura, relihiyon, atb. lahat galing sa lahing Intsik. Hindi kita masisi kung nakikisakay ka sa kaibigan mo at binatikos ang Intsik. Sa mga comment mo, may pagkabalimbing ka rin. Hindi nagmana ang mga Intsik kay Gloria dahil kahit isang porsiyente ay walang dugong Intsik iyan. Ang itim at pangit. Siguro kalahi mo si tiyanak.
art:
can’t you SEE?
I am just stating a fact as i find it here;
Ikaw ang nagko-conclude, my dear….
Hwag tayo mag-away. I am definitley NOT fighting with you nor with anyone here….
Gua chushiya, pero bwehyawkong nannan hwe….
My father’s mother comes from Taiwan.His father is Japanese.
Hindi tayo magkalaban. Magkakampi tayo laban kay gloria, remember?
Cool ka lang, Ahiya!
taipan, marunong ka pala ng Chinese. O baka ikaw si Anna? Naiintindihan kita at napagitna ka. Ang hirap kasi kung maraming lahi. Kung may dugo kang Intsik at Hapon, mahirap ka nga makapagbibigay ng matinong komento. Okay lang. Pass ako diyan…
Siyanga pala taipan, kung galing sa Taiwan ang magulang mo, may influence pa rin ng Hapon. Maraming Taiwanese ang marunong magsalita ng Niponggo. Pero ang Taiwan ay hindi maituturing purong Intsik. Tulad sa mga taga-Shanghai, marami nang halo ang Taiwanese.
Ganun na nga yun.
NGAYON: tayong lahat ay may pagmamahal sa Bayan kaya nandito tayo. Marahil, sa susunod, hwag na tayong magpasaringan pa at nang magkaisa ang lahat.
Re: Taiwan: Most of my kamag-anaks are already there and investing overseas, particularly Taipeh and Kaohshiung….
While I take care of my Lolo here ,who is already old. FILIAL connection kaya ako nandito, but I will go back to Inang Bayan when the ripe time comes….
GoodLuck sa iyo dyan, artsee!
art: HINDI ao si anna.
I have my Chinese name as well as my Japanese name. Pero iba ang gamit na Christian name. I am sure you know why….
Konti lang alam kong Chinese.
I respect both worlds, aside from my respect for the Philippines na nag-alaga sa Tatay ko nung nanduon pa siya.
Kaya nasa gitna ako sa inyo dito…and it is difficult, indeed!
BUT please, don’t say na HINDI mATINO ang mga komento ko. I have always endeavoured to live a clean life….and a clean heart. Maybe it can be gleaned from one’s writings, don’t you think?
bago na naman ito. wala na yatang katapusan. para palang science itong mga kalokohan ni gma, laging may bago.
artsee, observation lang… you seem to have the penchant of touching freely on sensitive issues on race (calling one an intsik or hapon or kano or negro sounds very socially inappropriate). payong kapatid lang, don’t do that to others because only racists do that. and racists no longer thrive in civilized society. actually pare-pareho tayong lahat sa mata ng dakilang maykapal.
that is the problem besetting the country today, hence, unity is an elusive dream. we are regionalistic. pag ilokano ang nasa malakanyang… lahat ng biyaya doon lahat napupunta sa ilokos. pag kapampangan… ganon din lahat ng biyaya unahin muna ang kapampangan. if there’d be leftover, a pittance of it will be for the other regions to share.
i am really amazed at how some people get used to calling names. when i grow up a young kid in negros occidental, i often hear children my age calling a physically handicapped playmate: Hoy Libat (duling) laro tayo!; or Hoy Piang (pilay) saan ka pupunta?; or Hoy Punga (ngongo) saan ka galing?
these childlike actuations are ordinary scenes happening in the presence of parents and old barrio folks all the time but who seem so oblivious of the children’s misbehavior. i never heard anyone correcting a child that it is bad not to call one by his name. maybe it did not occur to them that these young ones were exhibiting inappropriate social behavior. of course in the barrio, you do not talk about the finer points of social etiquette. people there then and now are much preoccupied of their own daily survival.
only now did i realize that we cannot really give what we do not have. oo nga naman kung wala o kulang sa pinag aralan ang mga matatanda, ano nga naman ang kabutihang asal ang pwede nyang ituro sa nakakabata? it is so sad, because as years go by our social values is still on a steady decline. so how can we ever promote and teach the art of building a nation?
fencesitter:
Nic one!
I’ve been wanting to do that, but bcoz o my heritage which is a combination of sorts, I didn’t bother…I guess it’s a sin of ommission on my part.
Not that I am justifying my silence on the matter,but “that” race thing has been an issue since I was a child growing in Manila and attending school.
Ours was a difficult one, having to explain the nationality of my Father whose love for the Philippines remain unequalled even by most Pinoys I know.
“Intsik ka!” Tsina ka!” have been reeverberating over and over in my ears when our neighbors start talking…Maybe they perceived us as Chinese, becoz of the surname we used….
Since we have opened this discourse, allow me to say that badmouthing a race, is not a good start if we want to fight the evil one [who remains entrenched by the Pasig].
Both ways, nasasaktan ako, kasi half-half ang lahi ko….
I have a Filipina mother and a Japanese Father whose roots is also half: I consider myself Pinay since I was raised and reared in Inang Bayan.
Allow me to request mr. artsee then, to please refrain from badmouthing the Japanese. Saying “sakang” and all that never brings one good luck, does it? Besides, “sakang” remains as old as my Lolo [even if he isn’t “sakang”, anyway!]. If he has anything against the government of Japan, it should be addressed at the proper forum, e.g., the website of the Japanese government.
Thanks fencesitter for the chance to say my piece on this matter, and the owner of the blog for not deleting my side.
it was nice to read the answer to fencesitter of taipan88, though the comment of fencesitter was directed to artsee. knowing each other’s background gives also a lot of understanding on each side. i hope i am right when i say that it will be difficult to find a pure filipino, for what is that. biologists believe that mixed races produce the best of the races involved.
Fencesetter:
It’s Philippine tradition to name names. It was how they distinguish one another before they adopted the western culture of having surnames. In fact, majority of the Filipinos were called “de” or of what hacienda before they were made to choose a surname in 1848 unless they have had foreign parents like those Spanish mestisos recognized by their fathers, or my maternal grandfather whose family carried the family name of his great, great grandfather even before 1848, a few years before he was born. Then the tradition was carried over even now as when a Filipina would not even be able to pronounce properly the name of her Japanese husband but call him “Tandang Malibog”! 😛
So, what’s wrong about calling especially a bogus president names, who does not deserve any respect from anyone who is willing to abide by the rule or law? Buti nga Bansot, Pandak, etc. lang ang tawag sa kaniya. E kung sabihin pang malandi siya e di lalo na! 😛
Taipan88, mas grabe ang experience namin sa Pinas at sa Tate. My parents in fact hid the fact that we had Japanese ancestry until the time when Japan and the Philippine restored normal ties, but I remembered the place we lived in just after I was born and people were very hostile to us.
My uncles left the Philippines earlier than my father jus like many of the Nikkeijin who were driven out of the Philippines after WWII. If you were born after the 1964 Olympic Games, you are luckier.
In the USA, it is only now that Japan has better reception than what they Americans would even offer Filipinos except on Dec. 7 (8 in the Philippines) when they remember Pearl Harbor. Over there, we are either Filipino or Eurasian with my mother being part British, part Cantonese and part Spanish Filipino (actually Basque origin).
Suwerte pa rin tayo in a way. My father and his siblings had sad experiences being called “Ainoko” and not being truly accepted because they were not pure.
Once I had a friend, an Afro-American who was very disappointed with the Filipinos, whom he described as very racists!
However, sometimes, you can’t help being one. When I was a little girl, I saw a native Filipino boy being beaten by a Chinese who was using him as a delivery boy. I was very angry and felt sorry for the Filipinos. Foreigners pinababayaang maghari-harian sa bansa nila.
It is one thing that a Chinese cannot do to a Japanese in Japan for sure! Kundi saradong bugbog siya ng mga hapon. Call it protecting their own kind. At least, the Japanese do that!
@ norpil:
I felt I have to answer becoz directly or not, I felt alluded to every time the word “Hapon” or “Haponesa” or “sakang” [even if I posses fairly good legs!]….
I guess I have to make a statement once and for all, to put some things in their place.
And THANK YOU, for and others who understand that being a Filipino means one coming from mixed races. That, I believe, makes the Filipino unique in every way. Salamat po!
@ystakei:
Yes, we, too, have to hide behind the Chinese name of my father’s mother in order to live peacefully in Inang Bayan.
And YES, we were often the butt of jokes and bullying even in school becoz of our family name.
Even in the DFA, and the Immigration, we often come across those who barely noticed us and who made life difficult esp. in procuring Philippine passports becoz we had “foreign-sounding surnames”…..
We were Pinoys becoz my Nanay remained adamant that we be raised as Pinoys. They weren’t married until we reached Japan, so that radical change can be made here and make us follow after my Tatay’s citizenship.
sobra init ng ulo nyo sa idol ko. bakit masama ba kung lahat ilagay nya sa pwesto ay mga kurakot, magnanakaw, dorobo, kawatan at masisiba? kayo malagay sa pwesto, bibitaw pa ba kayo? hindi ba ilalagay nyo rin yung mga kasing kulay nyo? huwag na kayo magalit kay gloria de epoxy y cementado de kara. buhay pa yan sinusunog na kaluluwa.
Gosh, lahat ng ma-touch nitong si Gloria magnanakaw, sinungaling at traidor ay nagiging demonyo at walanghiya!
Pati ba naman iyong dentista niya ay na-corrupt na rin!
Eh, iyong wardrobe mistress niya kaya? Baka maging extortionist na ang labas sa huli, i.e., forcing couturiers to make clothes for free perhaps?
At the rate Gloria dons new clothes daily, she will have spent more than the late Princess Diana in make-up, hairdressing and apparel costs… and where does she get the money to pay for all her vain luxuries? Either she pays for them herself (How?, I don’t know coz a presidential salary ain’t big enough to spend on her vanitous needs), steals the money from the State coffers or she extorts services and goods from local fashion people… Take your pick.
Problem is wala namang improvement on her apperance, once pangit inside, pangit din on the outside no matter how many thousands of clothes she changes into and kilos of make up and hair spray she spreads on her face and hair! She will never be mabango because the stink and stench are so deep inside that no amount of body lotion or scent she wears will eradicate the stench she exudes.
She is unfortunately, not only a physical bansot, she’s worse, a moral bansot through and through. No amount of agrandisement in appearance and spirit will alter her image.
She’s as corrupt as only Dorian Gray could be.
Arya, Anna, iyan ang gusto ko sa iyo. Banat talaga! Sabi nga ni Jesli noon na bano daw magdamit iyan noong wala pang pera iyan. Ngayon million dollars (baka billion) pa na galing sa mga pondo kaya nakakabihis na ng maganda pero bano pa rin ang labas! Yucky! 🙁
hahaha!!! reading frm the previous entries..yes, i stated before as wat taipan mentioned…we here who are with multi-culture/racial backgrounds should jst think of how our ancestors mistakes can be learned frm…i mentioned that calling someone intsik is synonymous to calling an african-american nigger…i never fail to tell my filpino friends that bec i care na hindi naman sila mapahiya or masupalpal…some people find racial issues very sensitive…i jst shrug it off..”u ho-u phai” as they say in chinese(this means “ders goodness and worst in things”. this is in fookien not mandarin. am limited to my mandarin, although i can understand 95% and cantonese 80%)…am also chu-siya as my dad is chinese and my mom is part spanish filipino n my kids also mix blood. thus i have explained to them of these name calling issues. i am amazed that fencesitter knws this. few filipinos know that “instik” is a derogatory word..also like Chao-huwan..as what some ignorant chinese would call Filpinos but this comes out when a kababayan is exhibiting manners like that of super-barbaric attitudes…it is also so true that there is no true filipino excerpt maybe for our aeta brothers na pinapabayaan ng mga gobyerno na kasi wala silang nakikitang pakinabang kaya ine-etchapwera..
and artsee, it was me who you wer asking before not ms anna…yes we r not the same person. ms anna is in europe and i am here in makati 🙂 …
speaking of the topic…it will be very hard for the future professionals to prove their real worth due to this scandal. sadly here in the Phil…hindi mawwala ang laging paghihinala…and why?..bec of corruption runs in the blood of the govenment, whatever administration it might be…pakapalan at patapangan lang ng apog…for sure that we cant think Cory was one, she was too naive of what those were doing around her or she just let them be…as Cong Chiz said…ang pumiyok ang siyang guilty!
artsee may be just joking, who knows?
After all, we have the same enemy: the squatter by the Pasig.
Let’s all join hands and bring gloria out of Malacanang.
RE gloria’s dentist: parehas lang sila ni glue:
They both said, they won’t resign….
Ganyan talaga ang walang kahihiyan: 50-50 lang yan…
50% -tapang ng apog
50% – kapal ng mukha.
gloria and her esposo tabatso possess both!
sadly n i had to admit that there were and still the old chinese here who are very barbaric in their attitude of being human..pero again..uulitin ko uli saan mang gubat may ahas…marami din pinoy na super yabang..naka abroad lang kung pwede i-telecast na nag-abroad sila samantalang puro utang..pagtrato sa kasambahay akala mo hindi tao samantalang kapwa nya Pinoy. our messenger nw was a househelp in an eatery..his emplyer, a filipino(i wont mention frm w/c region nalang)makes him work frm 4am to 1230am..ang mga pinapakain ay tira-tira ng customer..its so sickening when he was making kwento and i believe him as i can see frm his personality. a very soft-spoken guy who will devout his whole life now to us(as he said) for giving him a better life..frm a lowly househelp, he is our liaison personnel being entrusted with collection and he is forever grateful for this…at the same time, we have a friend who is very chinese but is sending the 3 kids of their maid to school..no strings attach and the eldest will be graduating this year, even helping him to connect to get a job in singapore…or an american or french who looks at every girls as a good lay, and anther american friend who donated a parcel of land to some aetas and a french retiree who decided to retire here in the Phil of all places at the same time helping people in his own simple way…you see guys, life is really interesting…thats why we have to have hope when i for one is very frustrated thinking that the only way this forsaken country can prgress is another martial law or somone with an iron hand rather than a bogus democracy and bogus adminstration…
Napakahirap ipagtanggol bilang isang Pilipino na nasa ibang bansa kapag ang kapwa mo expatriate na sabihing “Cheating is the way of life in the Philippines!”
Hindi ko pinalalampas ang mga commentong ganito lalo na ang nagsasabi ay isa ring mamamayan ng isang bansa na ang pandaraya at pandarambong ay laganap. Pero kung kaming mga OFWs ang hirap na hirap sa pagtaas ng imahen ng bansang Pilipinas ay walang kime naman ang mga namumuno ng mga agensiya ng gobyerno sa paggawa ng mga kapalpakan lalo na sa pandaraya.
Kahit na sinong pinakamagaling na advertiser siguro ang upahan ng gobeyerno ng Pilipinas ay mahihirapan pagandahin ang imahen ng Pilipinas dahil ang ugat ng pandaraya ay pinagdududahan na nagsimula sa pinakamataas na pwesto ng bansa.
kaya pala “fake” kung ngumiti si ginang arrovo… baka “fake” yung license ng dentist nya.
thanks to bunye, defensor, ermita, claudio, garcillano for conditioning the public mind that cheating is no longer a scandal in Philippine society. this country is going down with mrs. arrovo.
sadly Emilio, talagang nakakapagal at nakakapanlumo…kapwa pinoy man o hindi, kahit gusto mong ipagtanggol, u will think twice. i have my former staff who are engineers nw based in HK are saddened by what is happening here…hindi sila bulag at bingi sa mga nangyayari…they are thnking themselves na mag-iipon sila ng para emergency nila kc baka nga naman patay na sila bago mag decide kung magpapadala ng tulong o hindi ang administrasyong ito sakali…baka daw palanguyin nalang sila at sabihing sa spratlys nalang sila susunduin..it may sound that i am nang-iinis but please read between the lines guys..this is hw this admin is playing with the lives of every citizen that this country represents…i mentioned sometime ago about health awareness especially cancer. kung wala kang pera at aasa ka sa philantrophic acts ng mga nakaka-angat nating kababayan, magdasal ka na ikaw ang tatamaan ng bala kung baga sa russian roulette..those who are fortunate to have people to run to could be spared the desperation of seeing their 7 month or 7yo child dying slowly…kahit anong health issue ay hindi tumatagal dito…by social awareness i mean it is a regular thing that people are really aware of…and there is proper report to the genral public of the concerned office’s goings-on…before there was this girl who came out that she is an HIV-AIDs carrier, ther was so much hoopla even making a movie out of her life..then after pffftt!!!! now there are still people in SanLAzaro hospital jst sleeping on the pavement outside so as just to have a puff for a precious minutes of breathing peacefully frm the nebulizer…and so this scandal and issue of putting people that the bruha owes favors in one way or the other is really the most KASUKLAM-SUKLAM!!!! PLEASE LORD GIVE THIS WICKED WOMAN THE CONSCIENCE EVEN FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES AFTER SHE CALLS A PRESSON SAYING I RESIGN!!!!
ONLY IN DA PILIPINS…IT’S OK TO CHEAT; AS-LONG-AS-YOU-DONT-GET-CAUGHT OR SOMETHING…WOW!!! big f$%king words frm someone whose brain is the size of a caterpillar!!!..tuloy my kids are asking how we can change citizenship bec they are aware now that they have classmates who have dual citizenship…its so sickening…kahit paulit ulit nating ungkatin…at kahit paulit ulit nating sabihin wat now mga kababayan..ano ang gagawin natin para mapalayas ang mga buhong na ito..sana nga ocayville(sori if wrong spelling ha, not sure kc)magdilang anghel ang lola mo..
I must admit that I’m hard on Supermaid Gloria Arroyo, only because I despise her corrupt behavior along with her family. It’s the rotten system, culturally acceptable even before Gloria stole Malacanang. Surely, the system need to be overhauled, our ways and attitude toward the future need to be changed for good if we are to make something of ourselves. And Leonor Tripon-Rosero is just another part of this obnoxious corrupt system, the kumpadri/kumari obsolete institution. It has been with us ever since the katipuneros revolted against the realm of Spain. Up to the present, we haven’t really made an honest sincere move to change a failed system, instead we’ve been taking the short cut and now many of us has been paying for such negligent of our future. We have been bitching and complaining that the system ain’t working, yet we let those corrupt to make a fool of us and the Republic. Even our many kababayans has been mute and deaf, blind in many cases are willing to let Gloria get away with murder knowing fully well that Supermaid Gloria is without honor nor integrity, a liar, cheater and thief. And Leonor without to many options living in the Philippines, like many others are caught on this disgusting dishonest institution of ours. Would you blame her of what she become?
We must take all the blame like the Leonors of the country. But fake Gloria must shoulder the blame even more since she stole the leadership from a legitimate President. Fake Gloria must be punished if we’ve to change for the better and Gloria should be the starting point.
Overheard, “The Philippines is hopeless and a nation of cheats.” No, we are not. It is our POLITICIANS who make things HOPELESS and a FAKE PRESIDENT who CHEATS, LIES and STEALS that gives us a bad name! Leonor Tripon-Rosero is just ANOTHER IDIOT who hails this IDIOTA GLORIA!
The Philippines is reaching a point where its people MUST REDEEM itself and bash the heads of these SMUT POLITICIANS against the gates of Muntinlupa! Papayag ba tayo na these people give the Philippines a bad name? Like all that is EVIL, they must not be allowed to thrive in our society! GMA should “make the supreme sacrifice” and get the F*CK OUT OF MALACAÑAN!
Heard in a rally early this evening, asking people NOT TO ACCEPT THE TWO HUNDRED PESO BILL, as the Fake’s Father’s face is there. We can just ask to have them changed to 2 100 Hundred Peso bills…He he he.
You bet, Emilio, tarantado talaga ang mga ungas na nagsasabing natural lang na mandaya ang mga walanghiya kasi tradition na. Alam nilang mali bakit nila gagawin kundi sila sira! Itong si Pandak basta law ma-justify niya ang mga kalokohang ginagawa niya, kino-condition pa ang utak ng mga pilipino na walanghiya sila at siya at iyong asawa niya at mga walanghiyang kasama niya lang ang matino. What a crap!
Pababain na iyan. PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
at last something positive. phil is not hopeless and definitely not a nation of cheats. living abroad and reading the contributions in this blog, can make one depressed.
This should read: Itong si Pandak basta LANG ma-justify niya ang mga kalokohang ginagawa niya, kino-condition pa ang utak ng mga pilipino na walanghiya sila at siya at iyong asawa niya at mga walanghiyang kasama niya lang ang matino.
Back to work. May pumasok nang transmission.
fencesitter: Salamat sa payo mo…pero dapat ay iyon isa dito ang pagsabihan mo rin. Simula nang sumali ako dito sa blog, napansin kong puro lahi nila ang ipinagyayabang. Noong umpisa, di ko pinansin ang mga pahaging niya kontra ibang lahi lalo na ang mga Intsik. Isa akong Intsik kahit sa Pilipinas ipinanganak kaya hindi ko papayagan na gawin niya ito.
taipan: Halos lahat ng Pinoy ay may dugong Intsik. Bago pa ang mga Kastila at mga ibang kahi, may Intsik na sa Pilipinas. Maraming bayani ang may dugong Intsik. Ang mga datin nating Pangulo ay may lahing Intsik din…Osmena, Marcos, Cory. Pati ang numero unong pakialamerong Cardinal na si Sin ay Intsik. Pero ang mga Hapon? Nag-umpisa lang iyan kumalat nang sakupin tayo nila. Marami ang bunga ng mga anak na ginahasang Pinay ng mga sundalong Hapon tulad ng ginawa ng mga Kastilang Pari sa mga Pilipina…kaya nga maraming mga mestiso at mestisa sa atin ngayon.
Soleil: Hindi ko ibig sabihin na superior race ang Chinese.
Pero kung ikumpara sa mga Hapon, sasabihin ko ng diretsahan na mas superior ang Chinese sa kanila. Bakit puro ang banggit ko nang Chinese dito sa blog? Dahil ba isa akong Tsinoy? Dahil iyan sa paulit-ulit at nakakairitang mga komento at kuwentong nababasa ko dito sa isa nating kasamahan kung gaano kagaling ang kanilang bansa at patuloy na pahaging na banat sa ibang mga lahi. Kaya pasensiya na…patuloy ko rin ipagmamalaki ang Tsina kung patuloy niyang ipagmamalaki ang kanila. Patas lang di ba? Kung tutuusin, mas may karapatan pa nga mga mga Intsik sa Pilipinas kesa sa ibang mga lahi.
Anti-IMF, World Bank protests switch to Batam
From News Reports:
Singapore, August 30: More than 2,000 activists who plan protests at next month’s IMF and World Bank conference in Singapore next month will rally on a neighbourning Indonesian island because of the city-state’s banning of demonstrations. Trade unionists, farmers and members of the Jubilee South, a network of non-governmental organisations, plan to demonstrate on Batam, less than an hour by boat from Singapore, participating in a worldwide protest linking 350 activist groups in 74 countries.
“Since Singapore doesn’t respect the rights of people to express their views, we are moving the demonstrations to Batam, where there is more democratic space,” said Jubilee South international coordinator Lidya Nacpil.
The group was already in touch with Indonesia about logistics, she said.
Anti-globalisation activists usually gather at similar international summits, but Singapore will make no exceptions to its ban on demonstrations and has said it will arrest lawbreakers and cane vandals.
Public protests are rare in Singapore.
Any public gathering of more than four people requires a police permit and a person convicted of unlawful assembly can be fined up to S$1,000 ($650).
Caning is commonly used as punishment for offences ranging from vandalism to drugs.
The Southeast Asian Times
http://www.southeastasiantimes.com/
Walang magagawa ang pagdadakdak natin against Gloria at ang kanyang Dentista! Dapat aksyunan kaagad natin ‘to. Kami dito sa Germany, hindi na nagbabasa ng mga newspapers na pro-Pandak. Tuwing kami’y nakikipag-usap (through long distance) sa aming mga relatives and kaibigan, sinasabihan namin sila ng mga dapat gagawin para maipakitang mali ang mga ginagawa ng mga kampon ng kadiliman. Lalo na ngayong may plano na naman ng eleksyon, aba’y iprepare n’yo na ang pinakamabisang strategy. Mahirap yatang manatili sa ibang bansa, may pera ka nga, malungkot naman at nakakahomesick, di ba? Aba’y aksyon tayo mga kababayan!
itong si ystakei… palibhasa d dugong pilipino kaya kung laitin ang pilipino walang pakialam… hindi mo ba alam na ang mga guro na yan na sinasabi mong atsay sa ibang bansa ang isa sa mga nakakatulong sa ekonomiya ng pilipinas!!!!ikaw siguro ung ambisyoso na sinasabi mo… ikaw ang gunggong wag mong idamay ang mga guro na siyang humubog sa mga mahuhusay, magagaling, mandararaya at mandarambong na mambabatas ng pilipinas…
pupunta daw ng europe si gma. pagkakataon na ng mga european based filipinos na maipakita nila in action ang kanilang patriotism. alala ko nito marami na namang mga photos si gma kasama ng mga filipino pagkagaling ng europe.
There’s no doubt that Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Chairman Leonor Tripon-Rosero is a FG Miguel Arroyo crony. She is rewarded for her loyalty. Mrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is synonymous to CHEATING, FAKE, FRAUD, IMPOSTOR, DECEPTION, EXPLOITATION, KLEPTOCRACY and TRICKERY. Since she grabbed power in 2001 cheating becomes its standards or administration’s standard operating procedure. Mrs. Arroyo filed a false statement of assets and liabilities (SALN) and cheated the government from possible taxable income. Fall guy Iggy Arroyo faked Jose Pidal’s signature to save his big brother Miguel. Former National Archives chief Ricardo Manapat forged presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr.’s birth certificate in attempt to disqualify him on citizenship issue. Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye deliberately presented to the media a doctored Hello Garci disc to mislead the public. Virgilio Garcillano’s dirty works operators faked election certificates of canvass (COC)’s in favor of Gloria Arroyo. Ex- Comelec Commissionaire Garcillano possibly used fake passport in his “great escape” to Singapore. Malacanang sponsored a charter change thru bogus people’s initiative’s petition. Sigaw ng Bayan mercenaries gathered fake signatures including those from long dead residents of San Juan, Manila, Makati City and elsewhere. Even young Palarong Pambansa players are not spared from Gloria Arroyo’s culture of cheating. National games officials fielded ineligible players. They manipulated age limits for qualification or age-cheating. There’s no surprise the recent alleged nursing test cheating because the presence of incompetent and corrupt officials identified with the First Family. Gloria Arroyo poll fraud-cheating is a bad precedent to young generation. Oust Gloria Arroyo! What’s the next option? Take your pick civil disobedience, revolution or election.
Pasensiya na kay Anna at akala ko siya at si taipan ay iisa. Si soleil ang nasa isip ko kasi pareho kaming may dugong Chinese. Kaya ngayon…tayong tatlo: soleil, taipan at ako ay may iisang pinagmulang lahi.
Tungkol sa mga kababayang hindi matulungan sa sakit tulad ng cancer, huwag na lang maselang na sakit…iyon na lang simpleng sakit na ubo at lagnat…hindi man makabili ng gamot dahil sa sobrang mahal. Tapos, ang mabibili mo pa pekeng gamot. Kawawang Pilipino. Iyon mga may high blood at diabetes, hinahayan na lang lumala dahil walang perang pambili ng gamot. Kung bumili man ay pa-isa isa lang. Kung may pera uli saka bibli uli. Hindi ito dapat mangyari sa mga tao at bayan. Samantalang nilulustay ng mga magnanakaw ang pera ng bayan, hindi naman makapaggamot ang mga mahihirap. Tangina!
ystakei, calling a person his name is different from calling names. the first one is proper and done to properly address or identify a person concerned, the second one is inappropriate because it is derogatory and done purposely to berate or ridicule him. that would be a very unkind and uncharitable act. while it may be true that long before we have adopted a surname our ancestors were using a single word name such as Lapu-lapu, Dagohoy, etc., i did not know that they invented that just for fun. of course, we know that in the provinces or even in selected areas in metro manila, giving a person a second name we call “bansag” is a common practice but they do that purely out of clean fun, not to embarass or berate another.
we can make our discussion here lively and enlightening if we can elevate our discussion a notch higher or maintain proper decorum even if the host here does not impose her house rules. oftenly using expletives to express an idea is just a deeper symptom of a troubled personality overburdened with hosts of unresolved personal issues accumulated in one’s subconscious mind. writing unprintables would not help us find solution to a pressing national problem our national leaders choose to ignore but ordinary citizens like us must solve if we have to survive yet another day of uncertainty.
Ellen,
This is off-topic but I thought I should also post here (or it’s updated version) a message I left in in Jon Mariano’s or John Marzan’s blog re the Fat Man’s German bank account caper after I read your message in one of the said blogs (can’t remember which one).
Here’s what I posted to Jon’s question to John Marzan or vice-versa re “What do you think will happen, etc.”:
My thought is that unless someone (Rep Cayetano in particular) becomes bold and daring, enough to launch a worldwide sleuthing with the help of the OECD and their financial brigades, to track the ownership of the dubious bank account, this latest Fatso Arroyo caper will be swept under the carpets of Gloria’s bedroom, never to see the light of day.
Rep Cayetano could easily send the OECD financial brigade in Germany the elements he’s got without divulging his own sources and could easily ask them to withold his identity. Otherwise, he could anonymosly send the whole bunch of documents to the said brigade that he’s got with a note that the bank account is suspected to contain money sourced from money laundering.
The key term to get action and help from the any member OECD financial brigade is MONEY LAUNDERING!
Technically, if a public official or any member of his/her family is suspected to have committed malversation of state funds or government money or money intended for official public use or that the money was sourced from illegal or undeclared pay-offs constituting bribes or if he/she receives some form of payment from by a foreign company which could be interpreted as having been some kind of a pay-off resulting in a deal beneficial to the said foreign company (headquartered in an OECD member nation) and then diverting said funds to a European bank which is also headquartered in an OECD member nation, the act of diverting the funds by the public official and/or any member of his/her family may be qualified as MONEY LAUNDERING by the OECD financial brigades.
The OECD financial brigades are very low-profile but will act and verify, check and counter-check, patiently collate their info and diligently track the paths leading to the bite. They are extremely powerful and possess virtually blanket legal mandates to track and bring to justice money launderers, get them imprisoned and fined heavily.
Granted that the Fat Guy is untouchable physically because the Philippines has no extradition treaty with members of the European OECD nations, they can still get at him if he’s found guilty because they can freeze all his assets which may be directly or indirectly owned by him or members of his family in Europe if he has any, bar him from stepping into Europe or if he dares show his face here, detained illico. Anyway, once the brigade gets that far, his assets will be tracked down anywhere in the world. In other words, he will know no peace if he is guilty even if he doesn’t land in a European jail.
Once they have their teeth on a public official, they usually don’t let go. But to do that, they need public support and info that they could collate in order to assemble a reasonable amount of proof that MONEY LAUNDERING has been committed.
Rep Cayetano already has a lot of the info and so, could start the ball rolling.
With a bit of faith and patience, his battle may be won for him by the officials in Europe and he need not stake his name dangerously to do it.
fencesitter, mabuti naman hindi ka bias tulad ng iba. Salamat sa iyong pagpuna sa kanya. Tutoo…iba iyon tatawagan mo ng kung ano at iba naman iyon may pagka-insulto. May mga iba kasi na nakapunta lang sa ibang bansa na mas maunlad at nanirahan ng matagal, akala mo na kung sino kung umasal. Para bagang ang mga iba ay tae sa kanya pero siya ay tama at napakarunong. Ewan ko lang kung tutoo ang kutob ko pero kahit dito sa blog na ito ay may gustong maghari at malakas sa pamunuan. Iyan ang sumisira sa ating lipunan. Bago natin isipin na linisin ang gobyerno, tingnan muna natin ang ating mga sarili kung ang ating mga ugali at pakikitungo sa kapwa dito ay tama. Kung dito walang pagkakaisa at pataasan ng ihi, paano mapapatalsik ang kalaban sa Malacanang?
@ fencesitter:
Great Thoughts! My sentiments, exactly! Salamat for a well-balanced opinion. You have my deeepest respect.
@ artsee:
The Chinese knows that my name here has Chinese roots.
I understand your sentiments but please remember: “It takes two to tango”. Mas maganda na mag-focus sa issue on hand.
RE: MONEY LAUNDERING: “nilabhan” na ni gloria labandera ang pera ng Bayan…. I sincerely hope progress can be made to trace them, ASAP!
Anna,
They can even ask the help of Interpol regarding this as a matter of fact. Cayetano, et al in the Senate do not actually have to go through the DFA or some protocol when asking for the help of the Interpol to investigate on this anomaly especially with the organization against money laundering in Europe tabbing the Philippines as a violator.
Simple lang naman if they already have leads as they claim versus the attempt to condition the minds of the Philippine public that Cayetano, et al are just bluffing and have no valid proofs.
I don’t see why they have to muster courage to do this when they are duty-bound to do so not even for saving faces, but for the sake of justice and truth. I would ask for such documents myself if the deposits were in Japan, and move mountains to expose what need to be exposed as a matter of fact.
Fencesetter:
You bet! Being deliberately insulting is bad manner, but how do you stop these people from doing that when they are here in fact to deliberately mess up the discussions in this blog to make contributors here especially those clamoring for the removal of the Pandak to look stupid and uneducated?
I would rather say, lumang tugtugin na ang tactic ng mga galamay ni Pandak similar to how the Gonggongzales labels UP students protesting against his benefactor without realizing that over at the state university, we are actually not obligated to comply with the establishment especially one that is bogus. Apparently, the gonggong is not from UP.
It’s one reason why I don’t read the contributions of the members of the Pandak’s Internet Brigade assigned to mess up discussions in blogs such as this to avoid putting down myself to their level!!! It is actually not worth replying to these crooks pretending to be anti-Pandak but are here apparently to brainwash Filipinos that they are a helpless and hopeless lot so they may just as well give in to the Pandak and allow her to continue committing impunities against her country and compatriots.
As for the Pandak, her husband and their minions, they deserve the name callings as a matter of fact. I don’t think one is lowering himself to their level when the only way to vent one’s anger is to use profanity in reference to them. I would rather use all kinds of derogatory words in reference to the Pandak than address her as president knowing that she is bogus and has cheated her way to the palace by the murky river. It’s more being truthful and be less a hypocrite that we actually are told not to be!
What is irritating is when they try to take you off the blog, and then make silly insinuations that Ellen has blacklisted you when Ellen is the most reasonable blog owner I have ever met. Bless her soul!
I feel guilty in fact saying those profanities in reference to the Pandak because we are in fact counseled to not use profanities in our church, but there are no words in the dictionary more appropriate to express my sentiments against this crook who would be dead or in prison by now if she were a politician in Japan as when I say “malandi” that is more potent in fact that the English equivalent which is “flirt. “Slut” may do, but still it does not give the same satisfaction as when you use the word “malandi” in Tagalog that the Pandak understand very well especially with all those talks about some adultery being allegedly committed by her and her husband.
Talk of being cruel to be kind!
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
This should read: but still it does not give the same satisfaction as when you use the word “malandi” in Tagalog that the Pandak, et al understand very well especially with all those talks about some adultery being allegedly committed by her and her husband.
I should add that you will notice the time element of blogging of these Internet Brigaders. Parang hindi natutulog and you wonder how he/she does it. Then you check and discover that they are one, two or even three to represent an anti-Pandak, pro-Pandak and in-between. It’s actually not difficult to spot them. Ingat na lang because they can send you viruses, bugs, and worms. I advise that you get AVG virus buster to do the cleaning of your PCs of these bugs. I also use Lavasoft’s Spyware to remove the spy ads when getting to blogs such as this.
Matalino si Pandak? No way, but she surely is magaling sa mga ganitong kabulastugan!
Thanks, Fencesitter for this: “we can make our discussion here lively and enlightening if we can elevate our discussion a notch higher or maintain proper decorum even if the host here does not impose her house rules.”
I did not lay down house rules because i take it for granted that we are all civilized people. We don’t have to agree with each other on all issues but we should respect each other’s views.
When I say respect, there should be no name-calling.
And please,if you suspect others of not being on your side, unless you have solid proof against her or him, please give the benefit of the doubt.
let’s not fall into the trap of becoming paranoid.
Bonjour, anna de brux. Pardon my ignorance, but what does OECD stand for?
Chabeli, OECD is Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. It’s composed of 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy.
The OECD plays a prominent role in fostering good governance in the public service and in corporate activity.
it is nice to read arcee’s comments. being older than most in this blog, in addition living abroad for over 30 years and in a very rich country, i will just say that i am not among those who will try to impose on others. on the other hand, when i was younger and idealistic- the dream was to change the world. now i just want to change myself by understanding others.
Thank you for your response, Ms. Ellen. Maybe, just maybe, the OECD can help the Philippines in its fight against corrupt officials.
Hi Ellen, Chabeli and fellow commenters,
Disgressing again but still linked somehow to good corporate governance.
I just read Mlq’s link to the Manila Times report about the ICC decision on PIATCO vs RP.
My thought is that MIAA General Manager Alfonso Cusi may be technically right when he said that the arbitration court had no jurisdiction in the country and that Piatco should go to a local court to have the ICC order enforced. But he is being narrow minded.
If Piatco fails to obtain satisfaction from a local court to enfore the ICC decsion, the government of the Philippines will be treading on dangerous grounds. Piatco could go back to the ICC and if the ICC finds that there’s sufficient ground to find the government/MIAA in breach of good faith, they could issue an order to freeze or sequester RP government-owned assets elsewhere. Gloria Macapagal’s goverment has a poor record in terms of honoring its contracts with foreign-entities and their local partners. There’s no telling how ICC member nations will react to this latest RP international business caper.
RP is a member of the arbitration court and should know that it cannot take ICC decisions lightly.
this issue should be followed…ICC Philippines is headed by Rizalino Navarro..any comments please, anyone??
Anna,
ICC has threatened international sanction which is not unlikely. Diyan kakailanganin ni Pandak ang America in fact. When America gives the go-signal lalong gutom ang abot ng mga Pilipino, and more graft and corruption and more grabbing to power ang gagawin ngayon ni Pandak!
Whichever, kawawa ang mga pilipino, but better that than nothing to show the evilness of this bogus administration and validity of the call for her removal even from the outside.
hope that realy works Yuko..anything jst to kick the SMAELLY ASS OF THIS BITCH!!!!..as Ninoy said ‘the Filipino is worth dying for’..i really hope so…i really hope so 🙁
Eremita just said that they will not allow Piatco to take over the NAIA3. Wala silang paki-alam sa rule of law.
Ellen:
Keep me straight or tell me if I’m wrong. Facts as I understand them. Philippines govt didn’t spent even a centavo to build NAIA 3 – right? My understanding of the contract or any contract most especially govt contract provided by the govt to all supposedly the prospective bidders was to construct the terminal and operate. Needless to say, Piatco won the contract and built the terminal 3. And Philippines govt has never even made a partial payment to Piatco to date and yet Gloria wants to void the contract due to some discrepancy on the contract. To make matter worst, Gloria wants to take over in running the new terminal or to hand it over to one of her cronies. If something wrong with the contract, shouldn’t Philippines govt be responsible since they are the one I would imagine that wrote the written construction documents and distributed to all interested bidders. Also the govt respresentative (if any) are the one responsible in enforcing the contract to make certain the terminal 3 get built in accordance to the signed documents during construction phase. So, why Gloria’s govt wants to deny Piatco of what due them and made to suffer? Why even has to go to court when obviously Phil. govt enntered into agreement with Piatco. Obviously the Philippines govt reneged in the contract, as I see it. Don’t they (Piatco) entitle to something? Can you enlighten me please, I’m at loss. Of course, entering into a contract with the Philippines govt is not that simple as you can imagine. Am I missing something?
So that’s it! I saw about 2 trucks of fully armed soldiers parked along Roxas Blvd. where it intersects Airport Road (in the Uniwide Mall vicinity) yesterday morning. Now I realize this will be the opposing force in case Piatco’s Huang makes good his word that he is taking over Terminal 3 beginning today, I guess, with private security personnel ensuring his men’s safety. Akala ko coup d’etat na kahapon.
Iyong dalawang truck na mga sundalo, baka naman may emergency drill lang. Kung itanong sa AFP at Malacanang, iyan ang kanilang sasabihin. Lingid sa karamihan ay may tinatawag na Black Army si tiyanak. Eto iyong elite na grupo na handang tumulong at mamatay sa kanya. Sa panahon ni Cory, may tinatawag ding Yellow Army.
Slip of The Tongue: I should have said Piatco’s Cheng instead of Piatco’s Huang
Well, Piatco is definitely not the last to fall victim to the Diabolic Doña’s evil kleptocratic reign. Just as everybody is focused on the thin layer of oil floating in the sea off Guimaras, the stealing, lying, murderous cheating bitch has her eyes trained on another oil-related disaster, this time millions of barrels under the gas cap of the Malampaya natural gas fields in Palawan, a disaster she created herself.
Ang Mitra (no relation to Mitra of Palawan), a Malaysian exploration company that won the bid last May to serve as PNOC’s partner in extracting oil from under the natural gas deposits, was barred by Squatter #1 from its agreement with PNOC to “farm in” by virtue of another Executive Order sending business expats more wrong signals of her supposed investor-friendly policies. Carried in the press initially by Upstream, a trade journal catering to the exploration industry, the said order has delivered shock waves to the investor community in Europe, which has only recently sighed a breath of relief owing to the ICC’s fair adjudication of the Piatco Fiasco.
Malacañang, on urgings of, ironically, Palawan Rep. Baham Mitra, effectively canceled Ang Mitra’s contract with PNOC, as business pundits have it, to hand over to favored cronies now that the reserve deposit has been determined to amount to billions of dollars. Even Energy Sec. Popoy Lotilla or Trade Sec. Peter Favila is clueless as to the order. Apparently, the order was kept between Gloria and Ermita, the old soldier who runs the country like a military camp, later said that PNOC bypassed a local group that was interested in the exploration.
As far as I know, only one local firm expressed interest, an obscure company called Burgundy, which was not in any way engaged in the oil business but in asset management. You can google Palawan.com’s website for the info. The name alone makes me doubt this company’s capability to handle a $5-Billion exploration project much less its track record in asset management. I’m more inclined to believe Burgundy is a boiler-room stock market scam act trying to pull a fast one. Similar to that of Masinloc but with a different modus operandi. What is intriguing here is that Gloria no less seems to be favoring Burgundy or some other similar dummy. One point is clear though: PNOC awarded a huge project to Ang Mitra without the “blessings” of the gods above and the gods are angry. You know the billions of reasons behind it, I’m sure. Ellen, your sleuthing is very much needed here!
After The Great Economist fucked up Piatco, Mega Pacific, Northrail, Masinloc, now Malampaya, its no wonder the Philippines is one country the investor community has blocked from their radar screens. Peter Wallace has expressed concern of expats on the way Government honors its contracts. He even cited one major manufacturer pulling out because of this new scandal. When will it ever end?
Gloria claims she is pro-investor? Look how they love investing here, it’s as much as they love getting their root canal drilled.
just in case u dnt knw guys..the fatguy had sent harrassment goons with all the death threats and kidnap threats to the family of Cheng…hence they decided to pack up and bring the whole family somewhere safe…away frm the couple by the murky river…my husband met the wife sometime early this year in this far away place and she is almost in the verge of crying cursing the fatguy and bruha!!!panay ang demand ng cut and kung anu-anong raket na kuno sa iba nakapangalan pero sa dorobo gang ang bagsak!!! can u beat that?!? as Toney menationed, kahit 1 sentimo walang inambag ang hayop na adminstrasyong ito…lahat ng BOT project dito ay inaangkin ng hilaw…kahit pa sabihing BOT…boploks sila kc they dont understand the mechanics of this. how can the Phil be accepted as a member of the ICC when they dont care about the rule of law kuno? and then panay ang sigaw nila noon ng rule of law when Querubin et al wer running ‘amok’ in Fort Bonifacio?!..
One thing with Filipinos in general is indifference. Hanggang hindi sila naaapektahan, hindi sila gagawa ng kahit na ano, kahit na sigaw kaya nawili si Pandak at iyong Fatsong akala mo president din siya. Dito nga isang asawa ng Prime Minister during his term, binatikos na panay ang sama niya sa mga trips ng PM at mga publicity para sa kaniyang mga charity at advocacy. Kasi hindi root daw ng corruption ang ginagawa niya na nagpapa-publish ng mga ginagawa niya na magagawa naman niya ng walang publicity. Baba ang Prime Minister dahil doon!
But then Japan is not the Philippines. Nababanggit lang as a comparison. Hindi naman kailangang bigyan ng walang kabuluhang kabulastugan sa totoo lang. Take it or leave, ika nga. Pero tignan mo naman kung anong bansa ang mas matino at ang mga mamamayan ay hindi parang tau-tauhan lang!
Soleil,
Ang nangyayari ay parang paligsahan kung sino ang mas magaling umarte—ang taumbayan o ang Pandak na pangarap talagang maging katulad ni Nora Aunor, hopefully, hindi bilang isang drogista!!! 😛 Lasenggera, Yes! 😉
d b mahilig din tumoma si aunor?..idol nila ang isa’t isa noon d b?…kaplastikan talaga..yes yun ang kinaibahan ng japan…kahit naman nga kwnto ng lolo ko re japanese time, sabi nya marami din ang mga sundalong mabait at paminsan minsan ay umiiyak dahil sa kanilang kinasuungan…kc nga naman, to the japanese, it is always an honor to defend and die for the country dahil ito ay ang pag-respeto sa kanilang leader dahil may honor din..i remmber watching “the LAst Samurai” of Tom Cruise…the scene when Tom was to present to d young emperor ang sword ni Watanabe(? nto sure of the name)and instead binigay ng emperor yung sword kay Tom. Honor is the word…which sadly most politicians dont have.
this is a scoop!!! itong si Tongbalos ay nanenermon kuno sa ANC…hah!!!..lumalabas pa rin ang natural nya!!!!
I saw it too. Ang pikon, talo.
kaya lang, this Abalos is shameless. He was the one lawyering for Singaw in the Senate hearing. Defending Singaw’s spurious signatures.
Remember in the Hello Garci tapes, he was completely deaf and blind to the evidence of cheating.
Ellen,
Nakadebate ko iyan si Abalos via phone during the deliberation for the OAV Law for an ABS-CBN show. I was asked to represent the OFWs in Japan as a matter of fact.
Hindi ako abogado (paralegal on the side, yes) but I know the basic laws of the Philippines like the Civil Code and Penal Code because I translated them into Japanese. I also know the Six Basic Laws of Japan so I can compare, plus my experience as a volunteer in an election campaign just to be able to get the thrill of it and know what to say when we were fighting for the OAV Bill even when I actually would not benefit from it since I could not have dual citizenship.
Abalos at that time was still in fact waiting for approval of his appointment as Comelec Chief. I was not impressed.
Walang sinabi ang sagot niya! Kunyari pa ayaw nilang bigyan ng right to vote ang mga OFWs pero ngayon sila ang nakikinabang ng mga boto ng mga katulad ni Emilio! Plastic talaga! Grrrrrrr! 😡
Soleil, marami ngang pagkapareho sina Nora Aunor at Tiyanak.
Wala nang balita kay Ate Guy ano? Maaaring natulungan na ng Malacanang. Tandaan niyo isa sa endorsers noong 2004 election si Nora para kay Tiyanak. Mga P10 Million daw ang bayad at balita ko halos naubos sa sugal ang pera. Hindi sa sinisiraan ko si Nora pero hindi lang lasenggo at drug addict iyan, sugarol pa. Ang pinakamasa ay pagka walang utang na loob niya kay Erap. Pagkatapos siya tulungan ni Erap na isa dito ang Jolibee franchise, kinalaban pa si Erap sa kampanya noon at pati na noong Edsa Dos. Ang away ay nagsimula noong pilit na tumakbong Gobernadora si Nora sa Bicol pero may iba nang napangakuan si Erap. Puro hingi daw ng pondo si Nora. Tapos, nagsimula na ang kanyang paninira kay Erap. Ayon..na-Karma siya at nahuli sa US dahil sa droga. May kutob akong lihim siyang tinulungan ng Malacanang. Kaya lang hindi makabalik sa Pilipinas dahil maraming utang na naiwan.
KARMA is a very powerful..(i dont knw what is the proper term to describe)…kaya ako nagsunog ng kilay to knw about Buddhism is bec of my strong belief in karma, reincarnation..true or nt ang latter, life is really a mystery, kaya ang mga taong nagdudunung-dunugnan at mga hayok na tulad ni bruha at fatso kasama ng buong angkan nila – bilang na ang araw nila..kahit pa lumalangoy sila sa yaman at power now. time will come wen they will be more smelly than the most nauseous(nt sure of spelling) s$%t in the universe…i have a book..WHAT WOULD BUDDHA DO…in diff situations…and i must admit it helps me calm my nerves…as i mentioned b4 having to work with arrogant expats n seeing what out politicians are turning this country into…i never thought na totoo ang stress and tension until it hit me!..kaya nw, i prefer to be tending to my farm and my family but i cant turn deaf and blind to what this bogus adminstration is making this Inang Bayan into, what the citizens are becomng into..kawawa ang mga mangmang lalong nagiging mangmang…hindi marunong mag-isip ng 10 steps forward or to analyze things as they come…puro tsismis and showbiz…we here who are privilege few, can ‘pay it forward'(remmber the movie)..showing others frm the heart at hindi pakitang tao…PAKITANG TAO PAREHO NI DOROBO GANG IN EK!!!!
ms Ellen…di ba ang pikon nya no…if i were Pia Hontiveros, masusupalpal ko yun…sasabihan ko syang “we cant guess what ur explanation will be as wer jst taking it by context..u can defend it right here, right now”..pero Pia has to keep her composure..and yung kasama nya (forgot his name)..hehehe natawa ako kc sbi nung guy ‘we’re nt here to argue/debate(?) on that…’panay pa ang ek-ek nya na kung may copy na sila sa studio…eh sira pala si tongbalos, super kupad na nga ang action nila aasa pa ba ang media sa kanila..baka kailangang dumaan pa sa EK yung copy para ma-edit!!!
soleil, Buddhist ka pala…saan templo ka pumupunta? Sa Sing Guan Si? May Santo ka bang pinupuntahan?
Karma ay pareho ng “Golden Rule”. Kung ayaw mong gawin sa iyo ng iba, gawin mo sa kanya. Tama ba?
am nt ‘saradong’ Buddhist…i go to LamHai, i go to Narra(if u knw that)sometimes SingGuanSi..and i offer every 2nd and 16th of the month to Kwan-Yin-Ma..i go to Baclaran, i attend and respect mass, my kids are all baptized catholic and attend catholic schools,and practice the respected days when it pertains to Mama Mary kc i have a personal attachment to this Lady; i have and read a personal guidebook of a friend who is a Jehovah’s witness everyday one chapter a day,…but all in all, i respect whatever religion one has kahit pa Moslem…although there are really religions na mas organized hindi pareho ng Catholic(not all, please dnt misinterpret)..marami lang akong alam lalo na POLITIKO..puro pa communion pa pero maiitim ang budhi..i dnt go to confession anymore, i confess direct and conscience ko nalang kc nga i believe in KARMA…kumain ka na ba ng lunch artsee? paki-revw m yung Golden Rule mo hehehe…where in china are u ba?
Soleil,
Witnessed with my own two eyes how a high-ranking official adulterous (used to be a ‘friend’ of mine) who was attending mass with his wife in San Antonio church in Forbes, received Holy Communion.
OK, that’s his business with God and not mine, but what shocked me was he seemed to be violating Catholic Church dogma that one couldn’t receive communion when a person commits a mortal sin even if say, he went to confession but thereafter continued to live with a “mortal sin”…
Di ba, according to the Catholic Church, adultery is a mortal sin? Ang nakakatawa ay iyong mistress niya na ipinakilala niya sa grupo namin (walang discretion pa naman!)na hindi namukhaan ng asawa niya ay nandoon din sa simbahan at pareho silang nag komunyon one after the other! OK, sabihin natin na accidental lang dahil siguro tapos na ang relasyon nitong dalawang adulterers… pero hindi pa tapos (ako hindi nag receive dahil masama ang iniisip ko sa oras na iyon, hahahhah!)
Paano ko na judge na the guy was still living in sin? Dahil kinabukasan, itong mistress ni lalaki (kilala ko rin kasi si babae) na proud na proud siya na sabihin sa grupo ng mga kaibigan niya over lunch na itong si lalaki ay kasama niya nuong gabi rin ng Sunday sa condo na iniregalo ‘daw’ sa kanya – pinakita pa iyong love bites sa kanya!
Sabi ko sa kanya (hindi na kami “magkaibigan” ngayon), “And of course, I understand that you must feel so proud to be in Church receiving communion side by side with husband and wife in total state of adultery?” Mula noon, bad shot na ako sa kanya! Heh! Pero si gago stayed as a ‘kaibigan’ dahil alam niya noon na puwede ko siyang tulungan dito sa Europe ma-konek sa industries dito…
Sabi nga ni UNIFFORS, naknampucha talagang buhay!
Btw, itong si lalaki ay serving under Gloria today in Malacanang!
Soleil, tama naman ang Golden Rule ko…Kung gusto mong gawin sa iyo ng iba, huwag mong gawin sa kanila. Correct? Nandito ako sa Nanking kung saan napakaraming mga Chinese noon ang inabuso, ginahasa at pinatay ng Hapon. Isa sa mission ko dito ang huliin ang mga natitirang Hapon dito na nagtatago. Kasama ko ang mga Chinese intelligence units sa paghanap. Ang hirap…parehong singkit, maliit at maputi. Ang focus ko na lang sa kanilang mga paa at kung paanong maglakad. Kung maikli ang mga binti at sakang, malamang sila na nga. So far, iilan lang ang nahuli namin. Pati kasi sulat ng Chinese ginaya nila. Mahirap talaga…
Noong buhay pa ang lola ko, sinamahan ko siya sa SingGuanSi, sa Narra, sa Malabon at may isa pa sa may Paco, Manila. Nagawa ko rin na sumama sa Pao Ung Kong sa Pasay…Sam Tai Chi at kung anu-ano pa. Sa dami ng santong Intsik hindi ko na tuloy alam kung sino ang susundin noon. Inaalay pa lang ang pagkain gutom na ako. Naalala ko na dinadampot ko ang pagkain kapag hindi nakatingin ang lola ko. Iba na yata ang lasa kung tapos ang alay ano? Nakain na daw ng mga nasa langit. Kaya kung minsan inuunahan ko na.
Having a concubine, a paramour on the side in the Philippines most especially is just like Gloria Arroyo lying, cheating and stealing. We tend to learn to accept it as acceptable standard since many women are emotionally and economically in desperate situation. Of course, morally wrong if we are to make argument on such behavior, but then again, so is lying, cheating and stealing and we still have Galungong Gloria at the helm. Ain’t amazing!
gulat naman ako ms Anna sa ni-relate mo..mga walang hiya talaga!..ys pagkaganyan di ko rin masikmura na mag-communion. although medyo ‘expert’ na ako mag-numb ng feelings when i see or get to knw bastards like what u described..as u said, bahala na sila sa ‘situation’ nila with God…
naku naman artsee,parang di ko type ang ‘job’ mo, very stressful and i dnt have the guts for however things turn out whenever u ‘find’ what u are looking for…for me kasi, the culprit is the one talagang involved..like example may couple na living in sin bt had a child out of wedlock..kawawa din in some way if we will keep on vindicating the innocent offspring of the illicite relation(unless of course hinayupak ang kinalabasan)..hindi naman ginusto ng anak na ipanganak sya na ganun ang mga magulang nya..well i dont knw if am making sense here…i am at the point na in my life where kung ano man ang pagtutuunan ko ng buong puso ko, i will be happy and having fun…
for now…WHEN THE BITCH WILL BE KICKED OUT, THEN I WILL HAVE MORE FUN!!!!
artsee,
yung mag-asawang salot, iba religion nila, pero tunog din ng buddhism. maitim ang budhi!!! o mga walang budhi!!!