Statement of Senator Rodolfo G Biazon, chair of the Senate Committee on national defense and security, on the promotion of AFP Chief Hermogenes Esperon without going through the process of confirmation by the Commission on Appointments.
Biazon cited that in the case of General Lisandro Abadia who had been selected by former President Aquino for appointment to the position of AFP COS, General Abadia within a period of five years –from 1986 – 1991 had to be confirmed by the Commission on Appointments in his promotions in each and every step of the way – from Colonel to Brigadier General last February 1, 1989; from Brigadier General to Major General last February 20, 1991; from Major General to Lt General last June 5, 1991 and from Lt General to General also last June 5 1991. Although his confirmation from Lt. General to General was on the same date, still General Abadia had to be confirmed as Lt General.
The rest of Biazon’s statement:
Former President Corazon Aquino invoking her prerogative as Commander in Chief in the appointment of General Abadia to the position of AFP Chief of Staff, and the series of promotions that took General Abadia to the four-star rank WAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION OF HAVING THE COMMISSION ON APPOINTMENTS CONFIRM THE PROMOTIONS IN THE AFP.
General Abadia was promoted from the rank of Colonel to the rank of 4 star General by going through the confirmation process of the Commission on Appointments. He was advanced in rank and position according to the Constitution on the basis of his merit and performance and there was no issue against General Abadia except by senior officers who were by-passed by his promotion.
The case of General Esperon is a different matter. There is still this pending resolution in the investigation of the Garci Tapes for his alleged participation in the conduct of election fraud last May 2004. This has to be resolved.
General Esperon still has to be confirmed to Lt General and his appointment to the rank of 4 star General is a disregard by the President of the confirmation process as provided for in the Constitution.
One thing that could have helped in clearing this issue would be the submission of the Mayuga Report. The Mayuga Report needs to be examined by the Commission on Appointments for the confirmation process.
One strange public statement by Vice Admiral Mateo Mayuga when he headed the Mayuga Board issued after his submission of his report to the President was: “ It was not the intention of the Board to investigate culpability.”
This statement sounded strange and needs to be closely examined in this confirmation process otherwise this disregard of the confirmation process could lead to more instability in the
ranks of the AFP.
One thing I have noticed in GMA’s administration is that they can do almost anything they like. Even if what they’re doing is wrong or illegal or unconstitutional, they just do them still the same. If proven wrong (EO464, PP1017), there’s no punishment anyway.
In Gen. Esperon’s case, when proven that Biazon is correct, then what? What kind of punishment is there for people in the administration, and as Anna de Brux asked, who can punish them?
Honga…what then?
Will somebody please fiel a case against lola glue…
dami na nyang sabit sa Bayan noh?
Bakit hindi natin gayahin ang taktika ni fatso dorobo?
File nang file ng libel cases kapag napansin siya.
Kahit totoo yung sinusulat, file pa rin si fafa[um-mamaw!]
Gloria gets away easily kapag may ginawa siya lalo na’t labag sa Batas: labas nyan whatever gloria wants, gloria gets. Why not make her suffer from her malo trabajo?
Eniweyz, lahat ng gawa ni glue, wala sa Batas, puro Butas!
Will someone who has the balls stand up and say somethin?
ngeeek….Mea culpa!
The second line shd read:
Will somebody please FILE a case agains lola glue?
Impeachment dapat. But with the House of Representatives dominated by Arroyo’s minions, the public has no chance.
We just have to wait for her to dis-assemble. Lahat may katapusan.
Railroading and cutting corners have been this administrations practice. They know they can do anything with impunity. The question is, will we allow this administration to continue its unconstitutional practice? Constitutionality and due process has been thrown out the window. I would like to amend portions of the constitution myself. I would like to make impeachment easier and make accountability stronger. Let’s do away with immunity from suit. Abuse of power stems from this. Let’s do away with EOs. If the legislative is tasked with making laws, then let them. Let’s take this power away from the president. Power must at all times emmanate from the people. To give government too much power such as a parliamentary system leads to tyranny. This is why the administration is pushing the Cha-Cha, they will no longer need due process to get what they want without having to be made accountable to the people.
Yeah, kulang sa numbers….sa dami ng nasa Kongreso, ibig sabihin, more than 3/4 eh mga Korap! 75% ng mga TONGressmen, nalagyan ng TONG!?
Unbelibabol but true! Nakakadismaya.
Ellen says: “Lahat may katapusan.”….
Kahit si marcos na super yaman, natapos din…
I have no doubt gloria’s end will come.
Sana lang, sooner rather than later.
and far worse than ceausescu of romania…
sana!
Bastusan na talaga sa Pinas!
The leader of the Bastusan brigade? Gloria Macapal(gal)-Arroyo.
If she, who purports to “hold” the highest office in the land, breaks the provisions in the Constitution, particularly that which provides for the promotion of the top goon, er, I mean military post (armed and ready), how can she enforce respect of the institutions, the laws and everything that goes with the Rpublic?
Impossible!
That’s why we have many killings in the Philippines, spate of human rights abuse, extra-judicial processes… Gloria has got to go. She is BAD, horrid little woman. She must be put away, the sooner, the better!
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, in defending Esperon’s promotion, stressed the jump in his ranking from a two-star general to a four-star officer, without the benefit of a CA confirmation on his third star, was not without precedent.
He said former AFP chief Lisandro Abadia was also holding a major general when named military chief of staff during the Ramos administration.
wala na. talagang nabulagan na ang kababayan natin, anna. ginagawang katatawanan ang pagiging dating isang heneral na kahit alam na mali, bow na lang ng bow. siguro kapag umuwi siya sa batangas at batuhin ng tae baka mahulasan at magising. aba’y talo pa niya ang nakabarik ng isang timbang lambanog. pagkakasarap tadyakan, ey.
As the 3rd Star of ASSPERON has not yet been passed in the Senate, GLORIA spat on the nation by swearing in ASSPERON as a 4-Star General! Together with GLORIA, ASSPERON is living an illusion! Technically, the guy is a mere 2-Star General lang FEELING 4-Star! And GLORIA a pygmy FEELING tall!
Let’s do our country good: BATUHIN SI GLORIA! BATUHIN SI ASSPERON! NOW NA!
Totoo, Mrivera!
Ed Ermita is really pushing breach of good faith too far. As a former lietenant general, he is speaking pure unadulterated shit.
When General Lisandro Boy Abadia was promoted to Chief of Staff, he had to be confirmed to the rank of Lt General beforehand. His promotion to 4 stars (rank of GENERAL) was incumbent on being confirmed lieutenant general first which carried 3 stars.
Only afterwards could he be OFFICIALLY PROMOTED to 4 star rank.
General Abadia didn’t go about wearing 4 stars until he had secured his 3-star rank. The rank of general (4 stars of which there’s ONLY ONE military officer holding that kind of rank in the Philippines) was held in abeyance.
As General Biazon said, this is provided for in the Constitution and NO ONE BUT NO ONE in the Philippines could change that.
Gloria Macapal(gal)-Arroyo didn’t have to promote Esperon to the rank of 4 stars until after he’s been confirmed as 3-star ranking officer. Esperon could remain chief of staff AFP as major general (2 stars) until his confirmation as lt general is made.
Or, is this the case? Did Gloria promote Esperon to CSAFP with the caveat that he remains major general pending the CA processes?
But that is still jumping the gun because CSAFP carries the 4-star rank automatically.
Talagang bastusan na! Gloria is commander in chief of the BASTUSAN REPUBLIC!
However, Ellen, a commander in chief (even of the Bastusan Republic) can promote any senior officer starting from colonel rank to full general rank IN TIME OF WAR!
Does this mean the Philippines is at war?
Then Gloria Macapal(gal)-Arroyo, as commander in chief of the Bastusan Republic must announce the DECLARATION OF WAR!
(But against who? Against the Filipino people?)
Talaga itong si Eduardo, naloko na dahil sa flatteries ni Gloria!
I had promised to take him on a “pilgrimage” to the Napoleonic battlefields when he comes to visit.
I will take him instead to the Sommes and bury him in the WW1 trenches there!
Ellen, I have more faith in General R Biazon, CSAFP (Retd) than any one star ranking officer in the Armed Forces of the Bastusan Republic.
General Biazon during his leadership of the AFP (even for just 5 months) was responsbible for the drafting and the enforcement of the CODE OF ETHICS, AFP.
i can also say that he, general biazon really worked hard para ma-achieve ang mission ng AFP. he was the CSAFP during my time with the special operations task force.
Ano na ang ginawa ng mga …. banana heneral ni Gloria sa Code of Ethics, AFP?
And Mrivera,
Biazon was no desk general. He was a field general which this stupid Assperson (Esperon) will never be able to achieve. His last real field combat mission was when he was a major (and even then, he was showing off most of the time) and his stints in field commands were only for show and to make sure that Gloria’s votes were padded.
Most of the time, he was busy having dinners in big hotel restaurants.
His real combat duty was to protect the person of Gloria Macapal-gal.
Assperson and Angie Reyes, virtually have the same achievements: MILITARY OFFICER DESK ACHIEVEMENTS!
Ok, I agree you need officers to do desk work but you don’t have to promote them to 4 star ranks. Danilo Lim would have been far better suited to the post than this fake general.
Fake president-commander in chief, fake 4-star rank general!
Ano ba naman iyan? PURO FAKE na lahat?
BASTUSAN REPUBLIC!
ssshhhh anna … easy lang
Ok, am off!
I really get angry when people who don’t know anything about the oldest disciplined organization in the world: the military, make bastos of military organizations.
The likes of Admiral Nelson, Field Marshall Wellington, General Napoleon, General Patton, Field Marshall Montgomery, General Dwight Eisenhower, and even Alexander the Great and General Gregorio del Pilar would be having a fit in their graves today if they can only see how a fake commander in chief shits on the military!
nelbar, “ssshhhh anna … easy lang”, that’s why she can make bastos of the republic because Pinoys always say “easy lang!”
Gloria Macapal(gal)-Arroyo, Commander-in-shit of the Bastusan Republic!
Heil!
Anna,
Battlefield parlance of officers like Esperon are called REMFs. Excuse the language, REMF means Rear Echelon Mother F*ckers. These kind of officers are usually fragged by their men. As in throwing a grenade into the lavatory the officer is in.
Schumey,
REMFs is absolutely fitting and fits Assperson(Esperon) to a T as in s . . t!
Heheheh!
Once again, illegitimate Gloria Macapagal Arroyo got her own time table, her own agenda to follow. Obviously, she couldn’t careless about the law of the land since she’s only answerable to god. Bogus Gloria said so. Illegitimate Gloria has been breaking and disregarding the rule of law and she could do without the Senate. Look at Raul Gonzales till now has not been confirmed. Traitor Reyes has not been confirmed..and who else? It has been proven over and over again, bogus Gloria is truly a counterfeit and no moral authority to be in Malacanang or promoting anyone. Therefore, all those been promoted by fake Gloria are all also bogus like the promoter.
Ladies and Gentlemen of this blog, this won’t be the last, and it’s not going to end with Hermorrhoid Assperon, better known as Gloria’s Hemorrhage, as in the Pain in the Ass.
estudyante – Tagalog
étudiant – Pranses
stooges – PRES Military School Palparan . Reyes . Esperon . Senga Military School
Toney,
My point is, when laws are being taken for granted or disrespected, ignored as in bastos the laws and the same is done by this commander in shit to the military, she sets a major precedent for turning that military, which is supposed to be the last bastion of defence of the country against the enemies of the state, into a banana military.
When that happens, all hell will break loose!
You will end up with a West African “republic” that boasts of a highly confused and indisciplined military.
When the military component of the republic,the ultimate component that epitomizes discipline in a republic, becomes confused and indisciplined eg, not respecting the laws of the Constitution, it is the ordinary citizens of the republic who lose on several fronts.
One more star from his Master Scout Gloria and Esperon will be elevated to the level of the immortals; General Eisenhower, Gen. Mac Arthur, Gen. Patton and Gen. Bradley. Then one of these days as surely as the sun rises, Esperon will somehow meet the Five Stars who gone before him. Patton will be the first to ask him this question; General Esperon where did you got those stars, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts or ROTC? Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur will follow with this one; Please tell us, how did the World War III ended? The General who became the Pres. will surely ask him; Did you make it to the Presidency as well? Gen. Bradley, always the quite one, may had known how Esperon got his star, will just grin and shakes his head.
GLORIA MACAPAL is taunting the people; she is taunting her fate. She DESERVES NOTHING LESS THAN HELL.
We should GIVE GLORIA MACAPAL HELL. That is the least she deserves…BATUHIN SI GLORIA MACAPAL and her LEGIONS!
This GLORIA MACAPAL is simply UGLY inside out! Her new name should be “La Fea” (the ugly woman)!!!!!!!!!!
Anna:
Well said. We’ve bunch of law breakers in our house which is the biggest problem facing the nation. It has been said and repeated so many times illegitimate, Gloria is wrong for the country. She has no moral authority. When she grabbed power, it was the end of law and order as we known it. Illegitimate Gloria set the precedent.
Illegitimate Gloria must be ousted!
Hah!
Vic, that’s spot on and particularly this:
“Gen. Bradley, always the quite one, may had known how Esperon got his star, will just grin and shakes his head.”
Poor Bradley! Well, at least Bradley has something to show… he was in a real war while Esperon’s been only to a bogus war.
Anyway, it appears that Esperon got the CA nod today to officially become lieutenant general. Esperon hurdled the confirmation proceedings because Senator Biazon is no longer a member of the powerful Committee on Appointments.
Just the same, Gloria has shown that she can violate the elementary laws on military promotions without batting an eyelash and the people (or their elected representatives) are cowed to submission.
What’s Gloria Macapal(gal) got in store next?
Off Topic…Just heard over the news where JdV a.k.a. HARI NG TRAPO, says that they have Plan B if the Cha-Cha is shut down in the Supreme Court. According to HARI NG TRAPO, he has 193 signatures to convert Congress into a Constituent Assembly!
Mother F*ckers can only make DESPERATE moves and really have difficulty grasping reality!!! A perfect example of why we should not have a parliament system! We just have to look at the 193 congressmen who will vote for “yes” even though the country or their costituents are against! It’s game over if this pushes through.
BATUHIN si JdV at ang mga 193 TONGRESSMEN!
Agree, Chabeli!
Batuhin sana sila ng granada! (Hindi ng bansang Granada!)
It’s more clearer now than ever, the govt can eliminate the Commission on Appointments. It’s a waste of another layer of bureaucracy that we can do without. All we need is illegitimate Gloria. Joke of course! PCGG is another dept that should be abandoned, discarded in the trash can. It was created to recover stolen Marcos wealth, and as you already know chairman Abcde of the PCGG was dancing the night away with Imelda. Their usefulness are certainly over exagerated. Another, one that need to be abolished is the govt in Malacanang, it’s now the time to move it to Tanay, Rizal and re-establish the govt as dictated by the law of the land.
Toney,
“it’s now the time to move it to Tanay, Rizal and re-establish the govt as dictated by the law of the land.”
Gloria’s assperson (Esperon) will block it.
The thing to do is hogtie all of them first with yellow ROPE!
I say, we should ask the soldiers to protect us. After all, they are the protectors of the constitution!
Vice Admiral Mateo Mayuga will always be the mole on illegitimate Gloria’s butt like many others. Why the Mayuga report was not pulicly published? Simply, because of illegitimate Gloria’s dictatorship regime. And why the life of Erap will not be shown in public and was rated X, because the country has now become communist with illegitimate Heil Gloria, and her subjects are nothing but the Gestapos that do Gloria’s dirty laundries.
With Congress confirming Esperon’s rank to Lieutenant General Assperson, he immediately doubles his retirement pays and general benefits.
I don’t know how much the law appropriates for the retirement of a 3-star rank but it will run in millions of pesos.
Gloria doesn’t even have to take money out of her personal coffers containing the nakaw of her husband to reward Esperon financially for having helped pad her votes in 2004, all she has to do is make bastos of the military promotion laws of the country and taxpayers’ money will make Esperon a millionaire. (While the ordinary trooper wears holes and rags… and can barely make ends meet for his family.)
And when Assperson (Esperon) attains full general rank equivalent to 4 stars (ONLY 1 in the Philippines), he will be all the more financially secure. Of course, this does not include the nakaws that he’s getting by padding the prices of defence equipment purchase!!!! With that in mind, Assperson (Esperon) who could be likened to the original “poor boy from Lubao” will end up being FILTHY, F*cking rich.
And lest you forget guys, Filipino taxpayers are responsible for making Assperson’s (Esperon) wealthy beyong the imagination status absolutely possible!
Anna:
I think your suggestion make more sense, and ROPE represent justice that people wants so badly. I’m for the ROPE and lets start mass producing the ROPE, and make sure there are no shortage.
Time to pay bills. Au revoir!
Anna:
I’m quite surprised of you, “FILTHY. F*cking rich.”
There really is nothing new with military officers becoming filthy rich beyond their wildest imagination when they were cadets (most of them came from modest-income families if not outrightly poor).
Commodore Domingo Salipsip owned or still owns several mansions in Valle Verde.
General Arnie Acedera (1st PAF commanding general to become AFP chief of staff) made a killing and owns several condominium units as well as a fleet of cars.
Not to forget: General Lisandro Abadia, owns a golf course and has a mansion and a couple of other homes worth 10s of millions of pesos as well as being part owner of a restaurant in Cebu.
His brother, LtGeneral Loven Abadia, former CG PAF owns a home abroad and many business concerns.
Rear Admiral Pastor Ramos, is considered the richest member of the Armed Forces of the Philippines after he was put in charge of the engineering brigade by the National Pinatubo Commission (assigned there by Rene de Villa, erstwhile, chief of staff Armed Forces of the Philippines and DND Chief, who at the time was chair of the National Disaster Commission of the Philippines, handling billions of pesos and spending them without being audited.)
LtGeneral Joey Calimlim, former PSG commander and J2 is equally one very financially rich man.
Brig General Ramiscal who was J6 under Boy Abadia was in charge of RSBS owned Vetronix (soldiers’ mooney) that lost hundreds of millions in no time at all but BrigGeneral Ramiscal became filthy rich.
If I may add to what you said, Anna de Brux, “The thing to do is hogtie all of them first with yellow ROPE!” AND THEN BATUHIN natin sila and THROW THEM where they belong, in the BASURA!
I can’t help but remember the words of a familiar song in EDSA 1: “Di nako papayag mawala ka muli. Di nako papayag na muling mabawi…”
One day, I will itemize the assets of those AFP men who made it past the 10 million peso mark and beyond during and immediately after holding office!
You will be surprised to see where taxpayers’ money went!
For those who don’t know Gen. and Senator Biazon, let me tell you that this man has balls. One of the best Generals we ever had. But do you know who his commander is? The one who wears the pants at home. Oh yes, how scared this man whenever his wife calls and yells at him. If one is too submissive to his wife…or what they call henpeck, then how could he lead the nation?
That would be a great, Anna de Brux, if you can “itemize the assets of those AFP men who made it past the 10 million peso mark and beyond during and immediately after holding office!”
And of course, before I forget, Vice-Admiral Armando Butch Madamba, ghost speech writer of FVR!
Not to be outdone is General Narciso “Narcing” Abaya, former CSAFP and ex West Pointer.
Vice Admiral Madamba’s rank to 3-stars was never confirmed by the CA. He should remain officially rear admiral. He became “ambassador” to Taipei with all the financial bonanza that went with it.
The same thing goes for Major General Espinoza, who succeeded Madamba to Taipei. At one point, so awed he was by his instant millionaire’s luck (that went with the “ambassadorship” to Taipei) that he boasted to friends that he’s got plenty of check books, something that he never owned in his entire life until Gloria appointed him to the post in Taipei!
I am SHOCKED that Cha-Cha will be rammed down our throats!
This is TYRANNY!
“Di nako papayag mawala ka muli. Di nako papayag na muling mabawi…”
Do we stand and watch a ship sinking? Or do we unite and FIGHT?
Chabeli,
Heheh! We won’t sink if we tie ourselves with a ROPE to the nearest lampposts from which Gloria and her cabal of national looter of state coffers will be hanging!
Or better still, we tie Gloria, her fatso husband, her piggy bank Iggy Pidal brother in law, her corrupt actor son and every law breaker to the mast of the ship and sink it!
Admiral Nelson wil be proud of us if we replicate his naval feats!
Oooops, Toney!
“Anna:
I’m quite surprised of you, “FILTHY. F*cking rich.” ”
That was a typo: should’ve raid, FILTHY FRIGGING RICH…
Heh!
I liken this administration of GLORIA MACAPAL to TERRORISTS! It’s like watching the plane hit the World Trade Center on 9/11–the plane is GLORIA MACAPAL and her LEGIONS, and the Filipino people is the World Trade Center!
Anna, I feel your rage..your justifuable rage..even from 5 time zones away. I feel the rage of the bloggers here on this Esperon issue. And I can’t find the words to express my own rage.
This Woman is so desperate to survive she’s clutching at any available straw that floats her way just to keep her head above water. She is stuck in quicksand, in a torrent of situations of her own making that now threatens to engulf her. That explains her erratic behavior and madness and in the process dragging so many formerly good and decent men along with her.
The latest victim is Nachura. A clown and a fool he has made himself today in the Supreme Court PI hearings.
Phil Cruz, yes I am so angry–in fact, I think rage or anger is an understatement! It’s unbelievable!
I agree with you when you say that “This Woman is so desperate to survive she’s clutching at any available straw that floats her way just to keep her head above water.” and to hell with who she steps on!
I believe I know the military history of the Philippines and of the AFP even if only modestly.
Unless I’m mistaken, this is the first time in AFP military history, that the pelting with a rotten egg of the top AFP leadership happened.
This incident speaks volumes. The man is not respected, his suitability for his military office is doubted, his authority greatly diminished and his courage to stand up to the real enemies of the republic is seriously therefore to be questioned!
I can’t imagine how this fake general rank officer in the service of a bogus president, can assemble the troops at clarion call against the enemies of the state begins.
Malacanang is in panic mode!
I’m convinced that Defensor eyed freeze of Estrada assets after reading Manuel L Quezon 3rd’s article in the Inquirer suggesting a referendum on Estrada: for Erap to be allowed to run in next year’s senatorial elections!
Latest report by Gil C. Cabacungan Jr. of the
Inquirer says, “MALACAÑANG is mulling the possibility of freezing the assets of former president Joseph Estrada to prevent him from further financing destabilization attempts against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.”
Hahahah! Malacanang in panic mode! Poor Erap, the Quezon article did him no favor… Now, Malacanang will freeze his assets so he can’t run in the senatorial race next year.
What a friggin bunch of cowards Gloria’s cabal of shitheads really are! They are SO EFFING SCARED STILL of Erap!
Anna de Brux,
GLORIA MACAPAL knows that she’s a FAKE PRESIDENT, the spirit of Erap will forever haunt her. It’s a nightmare she created and won’t be able to get rid of. Malacañan can freeze Erap’s “assets so he can’t run in the senatorial race next year” all they want. But, this bad dream will NOT go away; she’ll just have to live with it. This time, GLORIA MACAPAL won’t be able to get her way.
The bed-bugs will start to bite soon.
Nighty!
Nighty? Already? Whereabouts are you? I thought you were in the States…
Anyway, good nighty!
I meant “Nighty” for Gloria.
Oh sorry! hihihi!
Yeah, oo nga pala, she’s an asuwang!
Chabeli:
The Bansot getting a nightmare is next to impossible. She does not. She gets tantrums only. What she does is hallucinate that the Filipinos tolerate thinking that this woman after all is a lunatic that they can easily get rid off when the time comes. Talk of gullibility, that mos of them have just like the Japanese who come to Japan and think that they can manage to fool the horny dirty old men they meet in bars and clubs in Japan, and take the risk of getting raped on the first day of working in bars and clubs operated by Yakuzas!
It’s actually the same thing these crooks do as a matter of fact, run the country Mafia-style and the Filipinos still think they are doing fine! And what a crap talking of democracy when you see fairly well that there is no such thing as democracy in that country run by a few, and the people not being to make their choice, not even see some “Vox populi” working to the satisfaction of all, who should not be agreeing in fact to being literally shooed out of their country because the stupid crook cannot create jobs for them, but simply ask other countries to take them in.
Nice try, tangna mo Bansot, who is definitely not just acting but is a diehard Pimp together with her tongressmen like this Lagman who comes frequently to Japan to beg the Japanese parliamentarians to allow the wannabe super atsays/atsoys and super puta they are training there to come and work in the Land of the Fluctuating Yen and have some Philippine banks come to Japan and operate even against the law, which by the way, Filipinos are molded to do and perpetrate as well as perpetuate!
Do I feel sad for the Philippines? I do, and for the Filipino people in general. I feel sad for these Filipinos in fact who would rather be citizens of other countries than own fully to being just what they are supposed to be—plain Filipinos, never anything else! But can we blame them? Nope, for these people who run their government make sure they don’t appreciate the fact that they have been born in the Philippines like when I hear a lot many Filipinos here say, “I wish I were not born as a Filipino!”
Nakakalungkot? You bet it is! But with Mrs. Pidal running the country like hell as the bogus president of the Philippines, I can’t blame them. I actually feel the same!
Anna,
Esperon got the nod of the CA? Unbelievable! Wala na talagang pag-asa! Nakakapagod na, but the fight must go on. Sinasadya talaga ng mga walanghiya na pagurin ang mga masigasig na katulad mo at ng barkada. But sabi nga, “Crime does not pay.”
Even the policy of this government to send out Filipinos as overseas workers is actually aimed at containing Filipinos, or should I say taming them to submission as when they would rather attend those receptions that the Bansot deceivedly order to have for Filipinos overseas paid with revenues from taxes and other fees they pay for their services rendered by their embassies and consulates than the demonstrations and rallies arranged by diehards like you and me that ironically end up impressive as a matter of fact with more foreigners in the rallies and demonstrations that should have been dominated by Filipinos!
I’m happy though to see the great number of Filipinos in the Bay Area in CA, USA, who protested with those in other countries against the political killings on 21 September 2006. That’s the spirit!
Diyan na lang, Anna, you see how these crooks prostitute justice. Esperon would be now in jail over here if he were Japanese. The Fatso and the now bloating Bansot, too, with their admission of funding Alan Cayetano’s candidacy with public funds hoping that he will return such favor with his asslicking loyalty the way these shameless (garapal) generals, tongressmen and senatongs do! Tangna, Mafia-style reminiscent of the gangsterism in the USA in the roaring 20’s when even gangsters like Bonnie and Clyde operated ala-Pidal and being admired, praised and exalted!
Down with this useless Commission on Appointments. I’ve been told that a lot many people would want to be appointed there because of the lagay! I have first hand knowledge of the asking prices and payments to members of this group for the confirmation of even shady appointments. The problem is that none would even dare expose this anomaly there especially now with the agencies supposed to be in charge of prosecuting these crooks even filled with personal appointees of the No. 1 criminals perpetrating these crimes against the people of the Republic of the Philippines. Hindi mo tuloy alam kung saan napunta ang dunong ng mga pilipino!
Such indifference that I feel like saying to majority of Filipinos! Buti nga sa inyo, ang pangit ng bansa ninyo! Tapos magkakalat din sila sa ibang bansa! Kaya lalong nakakahiya!
Sorry, this should read: Talk of gullibility, that mos of them have just like the JAPAYUKIs who come to Japan and think that they can manage to fool the horny dirty old men they meet in bars and clubs in Japan, and take the risk of getting raped on the first day of working in bars and clubs operated by Yakuzas! I actually had encountered this women in the police when they were rescued by sympathetic customers who would get beaten likewise by the gangsters.
Anna,
Even during the Marcos dictatorship, there still was some decency among the generals in the AFP. The complete corruption came after the dictator was removed and replaced by much worse crooks, and the worst of them all NOW!!!
Gosh, where in the world have you known of its military academy being dictated upon by someone who have no military training much less scruples and decency and appointments made by asslicking? Onli in da pilipins! 😡
Tangna, wala na bang katapusan ang mga kawalanghiyaan at katiwalaing iyan?
Nakakapagod na. Nagbabasa lang ako pero nakakapagod na talaga. Wala namang kapangyarihan kayo para baguhin ang mali at tila wala rin makapangyarihang nagbabasa sa mga comments ninyo. Kung baga umiikot lang usapan sa mabibilang na tao. Puro hinagpis at mura lang ang nababasa ko.
Wala na bang pag-asa? I wanna hear something happy naman.
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Lakay, Happy birthday to you!
Happy now Lakay?
Happy holidays Lakay! Happy Halloween Lakay! Happy Valentines Lakay! I’m sure haping-hapi ka na niyan. Balik ka ng 5:30 pm for the Happy Hour. Drinks are on Ellen. Hehehehe
Hoy, Lakay, makupad man daw ang pagong, nakarating din. Remember the story of the rabbit and the turtle? Tignan mo ang nangyari kay Hitler who came to power in the late 20’s. Di patay din siya after almost 20 years. Huwag na si Hitler, si Marcos din napabagsak, di ba? This time, wala nang mga kano, kaya mas makupad siguro.
But don’t forget what the guerrillas did in WWII. Sila din ang nagpahina sa defense ng mga hapon sa totoo lang. Please huwag mo naman insultuhin ang mga kababayan mo kahit na dada ka lang. Wala ka namang ginagawa. At least, kami ni Anna kahit papaano merong ginagawa! Baka di mo alam ang sakripisyo naming ginagawa para sa mga katulad mong dada lang! Ikaw na ang malagay sa listahan ng possible political killing!!! Ukininana nga kanayon nga agdaldal awan met maaramid nga nasayaat!!!
Yeah, ONLI IN DA PILIPINS! AND ONLI IN THE DICTATORIAL REGIME Of GLORIA! Lahat na ng institusyon sa ating bansa ay INUUOD NA! Si Gloria at lahat ng galamay niya ay mga bulok at inuuod. Wala ng galang sa batas ang mga nakaupo. Si Esperon ay isang ‘mabahong bad egg’ sa military. Symbolic ang pagkakabato sa kanya ng mga estudyante sa UP! I hope that the soldiers below the ranks of these bad eggs in the military will wake up ang restore their honor!!!
sorry guys and gals , but my alzheimers is acting up again ….
can you please help refresh my memory ???
wasn’t Esperon mentioned in the Garci tapes …
isn’t it probable that he helped facilitate cheating in the 2004 elections ???
and now he has been promoted and waiting for his promotion to be approved ???
is this good governance ? respect for the rule of law ? winning the battle against graft and corruption ? a foundation for a strong republic ?
kuhang kuha ni ate glue ang istilo ni marcos. bayaran at alagaan ang mga heneral. kahit na magpuputak kayo dito, walang mangyayari kung walang babaliktad sa mga yan. lahat ng pilipino ay hindi sumusunod sa batas. maglakad ka lamang at bumagtas sa alin mang kalsada sa pinas, kitang-kita na ang walang disiplinang nasyon.
Hoy “hindinapinoy”!
Huwag mong lahatin ang mga taong nakatira sa Pilipinas! Bilangin mo ang sarili mo na isa sa mga matitigas ang ulo!
“hindinapinoy” ?!!! bakit ka pa nandito?!!!!
npongo,
“For those who don’t know Gen. and Senator Biazon, let me tell you that this man has balls. One of the best Generals we ever had. But do you know who his commander is? The one who wears the pants at home. Oh yes, how scared this man whenever his wife calls and yells at him. If one is too submissive to his wife…or what they call henpeck, then how could he lead the nation?”
– Were you there sa bahay nila para makita ang lahat ng ito?
– were you one of their katulongs? or what?
kabonegro,
matagal na akong wala diyan. nagsawa na ako. isa ako sa mga nag-rally laban sa gobyerno ni marcos. akala ko gising na ang pinoy noong palayasin ang mga marcos. walang nangyari. balik ulit ang mga marcos at mga alipores at hangga ngayon kurakot pa rin mula presidente hanggang pababa.
mahal ko pa rin ang pilipinas. pero suko na ako sa pinoy.
It’s The Glue’s usual Ways and Means, what do we expect. Laws?, Constitution? Those are considered as doormats. She considers herself above the law, she considers herself as the law, kaya lahat ng gusto nila, pilit na isinasaksak sa lalamunan ng mga tao. She is a bogus prez, kaya lahat illegal din ang pinag-gagawa sa gobyerno. Anong klaseng demonyo kaya ang bogus na yan.
florry,
minana lang ni pandak ang istilo ni marcos. ilang taon ba na iligal si marcos?
sa lahat:
kumanta na lang tayo ng kanta ni gary V…..
DI NA NATUTO!
hindinapinoy,
Hindi na si marcos ang pinaguusapan ngayon, nakaraan na yon at hindi na kailangan na mabuhay pa tayo sa nakaraan. Ang mahalaga ay ngayon at hinaharap at kung matino ang mamumuno, hindi na niya tutularan ang masamang nakaraan, dahil dapat natututo sa nakaraan. ang masama ngang nangyayari ngayon, bukod sa ginagaya niya ang sinsabing masama, mas hinihigitan pa. Sa kurakot,mas malaki na ang ninanakaw niya sa mahigit na limang taon niya compare sa 14 years na martial law ni marcos. Alam natin na ang pamunuan ni marcos ay under martial law, si gloria nagiging diktador siya without declaring martial law, kaya lumalabas, mas demonyo siya kay marcos, and comparing marcos to the Glue, marcos is a saint.
Kabonegro, my relatives are neighbors of the Biazon family. Not only that, everyone in Senate and Congress knows Biazon’s predicament. A brave, good man…just chain smoker and likes to talk and talk like this Gordon. But it’s true, Biazon is under his wife’s skirt. Check it out before you accuse me of spreading this rumor. Even Ellen knows it….
so arroyo doesn’t feel the need to follow the process? well, it has worked well for her in the past, diba?
http://politicaljunkie.blogspot.com/2006/09/arroyo-must-have-her-way.html
regarding those appointments, all i can say is: they did their job. mission accomplished.
kung laging ikakatwiran ay minana lamang sa mga nagdaang administrasyon ang mga istilo ng pamamalakad sa bansa nangangahulugang walang karapatan at kakayahang mamuno ang sinumang mayroong ganitong katwiran. ginagawa lamang nilang utuuto ang taong bayan at huhuthutin ang kaban. ang masakit pa, katwiran ng ibang nagmamagaling na halatang sipsip at bayaran, mas magiging magulo at mawawalan ng direksiyon ang pilipinas kapag nawala sa pwesto ang terror na presidente daw na hindi lang minsang naging garapal upang makamtan at huwag mapaalis sa palasyo. magaling nga si gloria. sa pagwawalanghiya!!!!!
anna, please don’t get me wrong. hindi ko sinasabing desk general si general biazon kung hindi he always finds time to be with troops in the field when he was still the CSAFP. katunayan nga during our conduct of special operations within metro manila, lagi siyang bumibisita sa mga pwesto namin to give moral support and assess every situation.
lakay, eto, para maging masaya ka …..
panahon na para magsaya forget muna ang problema, pa dance dance para sumigla
rock en roll hanggang umaga…
Sobra nang dumarami ang mga abusadong general na galing sa pma, kapag hindi pa masolusyonan ang ganyang problema habang buhay na problema ito ng bayan, nagiging trend sa mga future generals na kailangan nilang yumaman tulad ng mga nauna sa kanila kaya sunod-sunod ang pagiging corrupt, at mga bayaran, karamihan sa active at retirado ay nakatira sa mansion.
si takawstar gen esperon ay matigas ang mukha, skunk ang dating niya, bakit parang walang pakialam ang pmaaa, at ang mga ibat-ibang class sa pma, dapat sila mismo ang maglinis ng afp at huwag maghintay sa sibilyan para linisin nila ang kanilang grupo. Tingin ko wala nang prestige ang maging kadete ng pma sa ngayon, di tulad noon.
Hindinapinoy,
Interesting statements you made. It really got me puzzled though.
You say you joined rallies against Marcos. That’s good. That means you are an activist and courageous, too. You left the Philippines to live elsewhere. That’s okay, too. Nothing wrong with that.
But now here you are in this blog deriding the bloggers for expressing their thoughts and feelings about an authoritarian Marcos-type regime. Then you seem to be saying that Filipinos are hopeless. You have given up on them. But you say you still love the Philippines. Love the country but deride the Filipinos??
I really find it hard to understand where you’re coming from. How I wish your good old activist and courageous spirit could at least have given a morale boost to that segment of Filipinos here who are still doing their part to put up a fight against this mad power-hungry and corruption-ridden regime. Wish us luck.
>Admiral Horatio Nelson
>Field Marshall Wellington(Arthur Wellesley)
>General Napoleon
>General George Smith Patton, Jr.
>Field Marshall Bernard Law Montgomery
>General Dwight Eisenhower
>Alexander the Great
>General Gregorio del Pilar
Tanong ko na rin dito, baka magka interes kayo lalo na dun kay valentin:
Sino ba ang pwedeng ipangtapat sa pulis na si Sgt. Eddie Esguerra?
Gambian Lieutenant Almamo Manneh?
Major Pierre Buyoya ng Burundi?
Ano ba ang ranggo ni Yahya Jammeh ng Gambia ng mag Kudeta noong 1994?
Sino ba alam nyong enlisted men na naging successful sa kudeta?
philcruz,
una, may nagtanong sa akin, paano ko raw natagpuan ang blog na ito. kung may malasakit ka sa pinas, maghahanap ka at makararating.
pangalawa, bakit suko na ako? basahin mo ang mga kuro-kuro ng mga tao dito. ano ang iyong napapansin? dito lang may nagsabing si marcos ay nakaraan na. ibig sabihin pinatawad na si marcos kahit hindi man lang naparusahan kahit kaunti ang mga nagnakaw noon. mayroong iba gustong tumakbo ulit si erap.
okey. halimbawa magkakasama tayo at napatalsik natin ang mga maligno ngayon sa malakanyang, sino ang ipapalit natin?
sa isang matinong pilipino, isang libo ang magnanakaw.
Matagal-tagal na rin naman akong wala sa Pinas, pero I can’t say I give up on the Land of my Birth….
I still consider myself Pinoy sa Puso at Diwa. Wala nga sa gawa ngayon:>na sumali sa mga rally dyan, pero I try my best
to share my thoughts and be one with my kababayans whenever I could.
I am here and post also in other related blogs simply becoz I love my own and cannot help myself na MAKIALAM porque Bayan ko ang nakataya. Tax na binabayad ko [sa Pinas] ang ginagamit sa pagpapalakad sa gobyerno….na siya namang pinipiga at ninanakaw nang walang kapararakan ng mga nakaupong peke.
Taliwas sa paniwala ng iba, naniniwala ako na napakaraming matinong Pinoy, hindi magnanakaw, may moralidad, at tapat….at hindi lamang si gloria ang pedeng maupo sa puwesto.
Gloria’s time is near….and we all know it.
Let Us Unite and work for the common goal:
Patalsikin ang mandaraya, sinungaling at pekeng squatter sa Malacanang!
You know nelbar, the guys you mentioned who staged coups in their respective countries are samples of what happens when every tom dick and harry from a para-military institution takes it upon himself to topple a government. Obviously, that happens when the leader of the government toys with the military institution and the republic as if they were his personal properties.
The resulting republic is one of those West African republics with a renegade military. All hell break loose when confusion is sown, when indiscipline creeps in and order boggs down.
There’s chaos and the ordinary citizens suffer.
hindinapinoy, ibig mo bang sabihin, ipagkatiwala na lang natin ang lahat sa palad ng mag-asawang wala nang ginawa kundi takutin ang sinumang ayaw sa sistema nila? huwag naman! para mo nang sinabing wala na talagang iban pag-asa ang pilipinas at si gloria na lamang pinakahuling taong makapagpapabangon na ating ekonomiya. susmaryosep!!!!
…..ibang pag-asa…..
Ellen,
Schumey just informed me that Esperon’s been confirmed.
Extraordinary bastusan na!
In a country under martial law, this is normal occurence – in West Africa, even a sergeant can become chief of staff of the forces, but in a country that still considers itself operating within the democratic parameters, how can decent and good people allow Gloria to make bastos of the Republic?
Absolutely gobsmacking in the extreme.
Philippines has become, not just a banana republic but worse, it’s replicated Zimbabwe!
“anna, please don’t get me wrong. hindi ko sinasabing desk general si general biazon kung hindi he always finds time to be with troops in the field when he was still the CSAFP.”
Oh no, no Mrivera, I didn’t get you wrong at all… I fully subscribe to your thought that Biazon was one good CSAFP all through and through.
Furthermore, the man was a product of the old school where honor primed above everything else!
Sa pangalan pa lang na gamit ni ‘hindinapinoy’… eh hindi na siya pinoy, at suko na siya, kaya wala na siya sigurong pagmamahal at malasakit sa Pilipinas. Kaya huwag na dapat siyang mag-aksaya ng panahon sa blog na ito!!!
If I may suggest, unless Ellen disagrees and rejects my suggestion, I believe even those who sound like Gloria apologists should be allowed to air their sentiments in Ellen’s blog.
For one thing, I don’t believe that hindipinoy is a Gloria apologist.
It is a good idea to discuss and even argue about issues that are raised by Ellen and to hear everyone’s thoughts and arguments.
I do realize that sometimes it’s frustrating to read people who are clearly Gloria apologists take their ad hominems here but I still subscribe to freedom of speech and more so because Gloria is making bastos of the republic!
Florry:
Marcos has been deed for almost 20 years now. Kung baga sa guerra tapos na ang guerra for almost 20 years, bakit hanggang ngayon sinisisi pa siya sa mga kahayupang ginagawa ng mga hayup na ito na mas walanghiya sa kaniya?
Gosh, the crooks had already confiscated even those properties and monies he acquired before he became president of the Philippines except perhaps what they own in the Ilocos province because it is definitely Marcos land, but by golly why should he be made to be responsible for the crimes being committed by the bogus president and her cohorts at this dispensation? Tangna, kagaguhan na iyan! Pati nga nakumpiska sa mga Swiss bank bakit pinabayaang makamkam nitong tangnang Pandak na ito na binastos ng husto ang Saligang Batas, etc, ng bansa niyang lalong nabulok sa ilalim ng kabobohan niya.
STOP THE BUGAW NOW! PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
What I meant was “For one thing, I don’t believe that hindipinoy is a Gloria apologist THROUGH & THROUGH.”
Yuko,
“Marcos has been dead for almost 20 years now. ”
Heheh! Perhaps, people who still blame Marcos (and I believe many should and can still blame him) should FILE lawsuits in Batac against him… ugh!
Anna:
Arte lang iyan. Me? I’m also no longer a pinoy since I was 20, and so are my parents and siblings, but for me, the Philippines is still my birthplace, and whatever happens to it is my concern. Kaya I am in this blog!
Internet Brigader siguro. Magkano kaya ang bayad? But Anna, pagsubok lang ito sa mga pilipino kasi naging tamad sila, at palaging umaasa. But God surely will not allow this crook to go on and on selling young boys and girls to be Super Puta and Atsay/Atsoy. Ganyan ang ginagawa sa mga anak ng mga mahihirap sa Pilipinas. Binibilog na makaka-abroad daw sila kung magiging katulong at puta sila! Tangnang hayop iyan, bakit naging pangulo iyan?
Raket dala kahit saan. Glad to hear that the Europeans did not fall to her kagagahan, not even Prince Andrew, I am told! Otherwise, baka may sira na rin ang prinsipe na iyan.
Anna:
Did I write that? Tangna ang bilis kasi ng kamay, nagkamali tuloy! Never at Batac, Anna, talo sila doon! Mahal ng mga Ilocano si Marcos that’s why!
How about the ICJ? Kaya lang walang mga ebidensiya ang mga gunggong kundi bintang lang! Sorry na lang sila.
Yuko,
Pero nandoon si Marcos e di kung gusto nila talagang idemanda siya, et di doon sila magpunta!
Heh! “Never at Batac, Anna, talo sila doon!”, Just imagine patay na itong idedemanda, talo pa rin sila! Hihihi!
ystakei & anna:
Base sa 1973 constitution, ang term talaga ni FM ay matatapos pa ng 1987.
Pero merong mga power blocks sa KBL na gusto syang ma-extend beyond 1981-1987. …Syempre alam mo na?
Kung nagkataon, at na-labanan lang sana ang mga ideya tulad nina “Solarz” at “Lugar” noong panahon na yun, malamang ang direksyon ni Marcos ay pinagsamang Slobodan Milosevic-Mira Markovic.(Remember how the the AFP was Ilocanize).
Base sa nabasa kong libro, demoralized din ang AFP noong mga panahon yun. Kaya naman lumabas na talaga ang SCRAM at ipinakita nga nila ang simbolo ng “We Belong”.
Kaya itong darating na June 30,2010. Alam na siguro ni GMA ang gagawin niya.
Marami syang matututunan kay Marcos.
Agree Nelbar!
I’m not pro or anti Marcos. To me, the guy is dead and long gone but we are faced with a Gloria today who is deadlier and more viscious than Marcos.
We mustn’t waylay what we’ve learned that dictatorship is bad as in B A D! Use what we’ve learned under Marcos’ martial rule to offset Gloria.
But to say, “parusahan si Marcos”, paano iyon gagawin? E patay na siya, di ba?
anna de brux, schumey, mrivera: Thanks, pinasaya ninyo ako nang kaunti.
ystakei: puede ba huwag mo akong paandaran ng kabastusan mo. huwag mo naman akong i-HOY. Hindi ako nagdadada dahil sinabi ko na nga na ako’y nagbabasa lang. Higit sa lahat huwag kang magmura ng Ilokano. Huwag mo akong bastusin dahil wala akong binabastos o iniinsulto sa blog na ito.
One who admits being no longer a Pinoy since 20 is not in the position to assert his opinion in a forum like this given the lack of credibility and questionable intention. There’s conflict of interest and motive. One who has not set foot again in the Philippines for decades cannot claim to be knowledgeable about the current events in the Philippines. It’s not enough to base one’s opinion on print and broadcast media abroad as well as what friends convey. That’s my take on people who only know how to bla-bla. I dare these people to return home or take a brief vacation; then deliver anti-GMA speech on stage.
Re General and Mrs Pong Biazon
Reminds me Lieutenant General and Mrs Vic Mayo. When Mrs Mayo gets angry, she tells Vic, “Hoy, ikaw general sa AFP pero dito sa bahay, lieutenant ka lang!”
Hahah! But I like Josie, she’s really cool. I enjoy her company even if she orders her “favorite lieutenant” around.
Sabi nga ni Erap kay Vic Mayo, “Takusa ka pala!” (E ang laking tao nga naman nitong si Heneral Mayo pa naman!
Pero totoo, medyo ander si general biazon. di bale na lang… sa labas ng bahay over naman siya! and that’s more important.
Anna, Ellen once deleted my comment about Senator Biazon’s being “under”. I’m glad she now allows me to post it. It’s true, though. But, this man doesn’t back off from a fight. He almost got into a fistfight with Fred Lim at the Senate one time. Why he has so much respect for his wife, well, only the two could answer.
Back to admitting not being a Pinoy since 20 (not you, Anna), if she’s now 60+, then she’s been away from home for 40+ years now.
Noel,
Bakit mo naman isinisingit iyang age?
Naku naman! Huwag na lang iyang age…
Sabi nga ni Clare Booth Luce to a young woman who sarcastically said, “Age before beauty” (meaning, sige, you go in first), “Yes, indeed, pearls before swines!”
Marami pa rin sa mga Pilipino ang matuwid at matitino kaya nga lang may kasabihan na “evil reigns when good men do nothing” di pwedeng mga aktibista lang ang dapat na magsasakripisyo at mga iilan, yung iba wala, parang patay, parang they dont exist, kapag antayan ng antayan ang mga pilipinong matitino walang mangyayari sa Pilipinas kong bayan.
Yes, I heard about the “He almost got into a fistfight with Fred Lim at the Senate one time.”…
Malayo ang reach ni Biazon! Heheh! Im90 iyan e si Fred Lim 1m75 lang! Hahaha!
Parang si Admiral Sibayan at si General Acidera noong cadets pa sila sa PMA (Class 63) noong plebes pa sila.
Pinagboksing sila ni Commodore Divinagracia na upperclassman nila(class 62).
Imagine si Arnie Acedera is at least 6’1 e itong si Antonio Sibayan ay only 5’4!
At kailangan totohanin. Kawawa naman itong si Tonio!
Hhahaha!
Well, it’s disgusting to note that Hermorrhoid Assperon has been confirmed twice, three star and the four star. No opposition all well in good. No question ask, just that Assperon is qualified for the highest post. How about the person’s credibility and integrity as a person? And when his name was mentioned in the Hello Garci tapes, that should’ve at least raise the red flag. Nevertheless, Assperon confirmation was saying, crimes matter not. What a bunch of hooligan running the country. Is there anybody in the branches of government that can be trusted?
Toney,
I just saw the Asperson pic in the Star… members of Congress guys were lining up to congratulate him and to make sipsip already…
Estraordinary!
Just gobasmacking in the extreme.
Here are the favors those guys in the pic can extract from Esperon:
– free gazoline for private, corporate aircraft and even for land vehicles!
– use of military choppers every now and then
– use of military/naval boats to ferry cargo (and more importantly, election or campaign paraphernalia, including already prepared or filled in ballot boxes)
– military drivers and pilots when they need it
– aides in time of elections (they can say that this system have been outlawed but I don’t believe it… )
– monetary contributions from the office of the chief of staff armed forces to pay for campaign posters, etc.
a few more things …
and of course, intel gathering!
Anna:
Quite sickening about all this bastusan (pahiram na Anna)in our own institution. Walang-hiyaan sa harap-harapan na. What a bunch of shamelss people, they even called themselves soldiers. Yeap, soldiers of fortune, the fortune of the Philippines and illegitimate Gloria is the head, since like it so much. I don’t know what to think of it anymore about the motherland. I’m still hoping endlessly that someone out there with enough guts to realize the future of the Philippines with bogus Gloria and what at stake. It seems no one cares anymore. Losing hope Anna! Here I’m still citing the rule of law, Constitution of the Republic, fairness of justice and then I’ve to hear, see and read this guy Assperon. I won’t even trust Assperon to take charge of a one car funeral.
Anna:
If you mean Imelda, she lives in Manila, pagala-gala sa ANA Hotel! I doubt if she is comfortable in Batac likewise even when the son lives there and is the Governor. Ilocanos in general blame her and the cronies for the downfall of the Apo!
So far no major anomaly and I am told that he’s doing his best for his provincemates sans publicity unlike the Pandak who has the nerve to publicize her activities as successful even before they can even be actually done, and all that she does in fact is pimp her countrymen. I cannot even understand how Filipinos working overseas can tolerate her calling them her No. 1 Export Commodities!!! Tangna tao, ibinebenta!
I read the Ilocano Times to brush up my Ilocano which I learned only by ear from my mother and grandmother. Never got proficient in it because I have nobody to talk to for the past 40 years except when I visit my mother in the USA and/or her relatives in the Ilocos during rare visits to the Philippines when I do my genealogy or attend conferences, etc. in connection with the advocacies for Filipinos I am in these past 20 years or so.
So, what’s the problem, dear, with having lived overseas longer than staying in the Philippines made rotten by these crooks who run the country literally like hell? You bet, Anna, age is not a question here. The question is the bogus president, who is my contemporary, and her bastos reign!
So what’s wrong with getting old? Age is not the problem. It is how one makes use of the time given him/her by God above here on earth Why should I be ashamed of my age especially with all the available remedy now to remove the wrinkles!!! Lucky me, though, I have no crow’s feet yet around my eyes. Thanks to health food and a fairly good and contented life! Mukhang matanda pa nga iyong pilipinang 37 years old na tinulungan kong maka-stay sa Japan so she can bring up her Japanese daughter right kesa sa akin e!
I expect to live more than a hundred even just to make sure that the Philippine properties in Japan cannot be sold and the money squandered or stashed in some private bank in Germany, etc. Life span here is 87 for women and the age is getting higher.
Will probably have a face lift when I’m 85, and try to look half that age! I don’t stay long under the sun because it is bad for the skin.
Bakit, Anna, sino na namang ungas ang nakikialam ng personal life ko?
Under the Saya, over the Saya, outside the Saya, that is General Biazon private life and has nothing to do with the issues here. So, my suggestion, as to the subjects private lives that do not impinge on their public duties, we’ll leave them private. There are a lot of issues to talk about, but touching on privates lives that has nothing to do about with anyone’s performance of their public duties is I believe crossing the limit and would be in violation of privacy, even if you know first hand of the facts.
“Under the Saya, over the Saya, outside the Saya, that is General Biazon private life and has nothing to do with the issues here. ”
Agree with you 101%!
Ana, bilib ako sa info mo sa mga AFP Generals, I myself can confirm some of the data you provided here. Ang pinakakawawa lang yata e yung uncle ko, si Comm. Ismael Aparri. Bukod sa hanggang ngayon lumalaban pa rin kay Immoral Bansot, nakatatlong rebellion charge na yata, napagiwanan na rin siya ng mga kaklase niyang puro kurakot. Kung sino ang pumaparehas, yun pa ang nagmumukhang-kawawa kahit pa ilang taon siyang WESCOM commander kung saan maraming dilihensiya lalo na sa Palawan – langis, troso, isda, mina, etc – hindi nagpatukso kaya hayun sa military housing project pa rin nakatira sa Taguig. Di gaya ng kilala kong katatapos lang ng mansion sa Las Villas sa Canlunbang. Para sa isang anak pa lang iyan. Tig-P26M lang naman ang unit doon.
Nakakaengkwentro ko ang iba sa mga nabanggit mo, Anna. Malulula ka sa kayabangan ng iba diyan pagdating sa sports gear, lalo na sa mga SUV na papalit-palit, naka-Rolex, pang-magazine ang attire.
Nakakakilabot pag naaalala ko iyung kwento ng mga Magdalo, tungkol sa butas na combat boots, walang first aid, walang airlift, kesyo ginagalis na ang mga singit nila sa sardinas at Skyflakes (crackers), tapos mababalitaan mo yung mga heneral, member ng Manila Golf, Wack-Wack, tatlo ang asawa, mansiyon ang mga bahay, sa States nag-aaral ang mga anak. Pagkatapos mababalitaan mo pa na na-confirm na pala ang estupidong si Esperon.
Ulitin ko lang yung post ko sa another thread on Esperon (also in Ellen’s blog). Nagpapanggap pa na aktibista kuno si Esperon, sa interview niya kahapon, sabi niya aktibista siya nung First Quarter Storm laban kay Marcos. Lalo na raw nung 1971 na uso ang batuhan ng molotov cockail bombs sa Mendiola.
Kundi ba naman bugok talaga, e, Class ’73 siya sa PMA, paano siya nakasama sa rally sa Mendiola? Saan siya nag-aaktibista nung 1971, sa PMA? Sinong niloko niya?
Sinungaling, magnanakaw, mandaraya! Bagay kayo ng kabit mo!
Hahahhah! “Sinungaling, magnanakaw, mandaraya! Bagay kayo ng kabit mo! ”
Tongue, I don’t know Commo Aparri personally but if he’s charged with rebellion for the 3rd time, gosh, he must be a hero!
Like poor Commo Calajate who died almost penniless.
Your closing remark reminded me of a story that involved a former PNP chief (not Lacson, heheh! more to do with PMA Class of 66 but definitely not Gen Sarmiento who is of Class 66 and former PNP Chief)…Anyway, here’s the story…
PNP Chief (let’s call him Kolokoy) had done something naughty during his stint. He put his loveydovey in one of the homes in Crame or thereabouts. His family of course, lived in the same compound. Every day, before going home, he would drop in on loveydovey to relax there; unholsters his gun, takes off his shoes and all other bits of clothing, well, I suppose to be able to relax really well. Then, at 7 PM sharp, he dresses up and returns to his quarters to join his family.
One day, feeling ill, he went hole to his quareters directly and fell asleep soundly. The clock struck 7 – Kolokoy woke up in panic and got out of bed, started dressing up, put his gun where he usually put it, put on his shoes and started for the door. His wife stared at him and said, “But where do you think you’re going?”
Kolokoy said, “Home sweetheart! It’s 7 already and am late!”
This story was told by Kolokoy himself…
“Kundi ba naman bugok talaga, e, Class ‘73 siya sa PMA, paano siya nakasama sa rally sa Mendiola? ”
Hahahah! Siguro, he was a Vic Corpuz recruit!
Naibenta na rin pala sa wakas ni Winston Garcia ang Equitable Bank shares ng GSIS kay Henry Sy. Sandamukal na komisyon ito! Napakabwenas naman nitong mga Cebuanong itong malapit sa diyos.
P44.1B na gagamitin ni Garcia para humanap daw ng private fund manager, nagkakagulo na nga mga brokers sa Ayala kakabuntot kay Garcia, pati sa kubeta binabantayan. Siyempre, komisyon pa rin, double blade sa talas mangurakot ng isa pang baboy. Pag minalas-malas pa, mauubos lahat ng fund manager iyan, sasabihin lang na nagkamali yung fund manager, maiiiwang nakanganga na lang ang mga GSIS pensioners.
At natabunan na rin ng SM/Banco de Oro ni Tatang ang dating #2 na BPI ni JAZA. At oras na i-merge kasama ang Chinabank na pag-aari rin ng mga Sy, malamans na taob pati Metrobank ni GT.
Sarap ng buhay ngayon ni Garcia. Payat ang P4-B na padulas dito kay Garcia, e sa amo niya kaya?
Pareho ng ginawa sa RSBS!
Shit a brick!
Anna, si Commo Aparri, kasama ng grupo ni De Villa. Kasama rin niya si Amba Señeres nung “arestuhin” sa Klub Filipino. Isa rin siyang markadong “destabilizer” at usual suspect na kasama ng retired AGFOs na nag-rerecruit kuno para mag-coup. Pati yung mga nagsulputang mga AFP frats/orgs daw e, itinuturo siyang adviser. Palibhasa matino, kinukuha daw adviser, sabi ng ISAFP.
Kawawa naman yung mama, sa kagustuhan magsilbi sa bayan (wala nang asawa, wala ring anak), pati partido ni Eddie Gil sinalihan para may pantustos sa kampanya nung 2004, nagoyo lang sila.
Teka, kilala ko iyang si Kolokoy! Matulis nga iyan. Walang ibang ’66 na may ibinahay sa kampo kundi iyan kaya kilala ko na.
Tama ka again Anna, yung sa RSBS, panay imbestigasyon, walang naparusahan. Kung saan-saan ininvest na palugi naman. Pero itong sa GSIS kahit maubos iyan, hindi maiimbestigahan hanggang nakaupo ang Donya Diabolica sa palasyo.
Yung GM ng RSBS na si TGS, barkada ko noon sa UP. Nasa NAIA siya ngayon, consuholtant/consulsoltant ni Cusi ang papel. Palagay ko, may nangangamoy ding pera doon sa NAIA. Diba nagbayad na si Bansot sa mga Cheng? Kaso mo, hindi yata naambunan si Sir Raul O. kaya pinakakasuhan sa NBI ang Fraport at Piatco ng violation ng anti-dummy law. Nanggugulo lang. Sila-sila nag-oonsehan. Mga ganid, hayuk sa pera!
Lalong magagalit ang mga German kay Gloria niyan, sana ibuking na lang nila yung account sa Hypo und Vereins!
Activist si Assperon. I doubt! Kundi hindi iyan na-promote and would be with Joma now!!! Kunyari against Marcos ang mga ungas pero sila iyon mga ass lickers ni Marcos kaya nga nakatagal si Marcos sa puwesto!
Hah? Talaga Tongue? Ito ba iyong Anak noong may ari ng Gregg Shoes?
ystakei Says:
September 28th, 2006 at 3:03 am
Anna:
If you mean Imelda, she lives in Manila, pagala-gala sa ANA Hotel! I doubt if she is comfortable in Batac likewise even when the son lives there and is the Governor. Ilocanos in general blame her and the cronies for the downfall of the Apo!
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hmmmmm……ano kaya ang maari kong isipin sa pahayag na ganito…….
Vic, one’s private life reflects his leadership outside. There’s a saying that if you can’t take care or lead your own household, you can effectively manage a company or lead a nation. Since you seem to always differ with my opinion from politics (Canada) to this Biazon, I now rest my case. You’re too VIC (Big) for me!
Correction: Should read “cannot effectively lead…”
npongco, in reallity I very much admire your logic and reasoning all the time, that is why I can’t resist to reply, even if sometimes I have to play a “devil’s advocate”. There is really nothing personal I know both in our parts and I appreciate it, because even our opinions on lot of things do not agree, we hold the exhange without at any time resorting to anything personal. Thank you very much.
You’re welcome, Vic. In fact, your letters are among the first I usually read and the one from Japan the last. I don’t understand Japanese language…it’s too long and boring…too opinionated. Go Toronto!
Anna, you mentioned a certain Admiral Sibayan. Was this guy already a Phil. Naval Officer in the 70s? If I’m not mistaken, he used to be the school commandant at La Salle in the early 70s.
I mentioned age Anna ’cause someone said she’s no longer a Pinoy since 20 years old. If she’s now in her 60s, she must be away from the Philippines for over 40 years now. And never been back in the Philippines…but the way this person argues on this blog makes us think that she’s been traveling to and from RP frequently. As I said…it’s all bla-blah. Empty above and empty below.
ToungeInAnew(dila sa bago), Anna & All:
tutal napag-usapan na rin dito ang mga “big banks”, i-open ko na rin sa inyo ang ICBC IPO – Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
Sa palagay ko, itong BDO ay magiging instrumental sa pagpasok ng United Overseas Bank dito sa Pilipinas sa pamamagitan ng Singaporean investment(i.e., UOB Philippines, Keppel, DBS).
Matatandaan nang tumiklop ang UOB Philippines ay sinalo naman ito ng BDO. Samantalang itong Keppel ay may partnership ng SM group.
Itong DBS ay kasosyo naman ng JAZA investment and the like.
Sa palagay ko, pagkatapos nitong IPO ng ICBC Bank, magkakaroon ng consolidation sa industriya sa rehiyon ng East Asia.
Alam nyo na siguro na meron “Bangkok Bank” at “Bangkok Metropolitan Bank” sa Thailand, kung sakaling makakapasok ito sa Pilipinas ay mas madali itong makikilala kung makikipag merge ito sa MEBTC ni G.SK.T.
Aba’y dapat pag isipan na ito ng mabuti ng Bank of P.I.(BPI) para makasiguro sila, at nandyan ang DBS at United Overseas Bank ng Singapore at ang CitiGroup.
Ano kaya ang gagawin ng may-ari ng PNB at Allied Bank?
Sa ngayon ang Japan ang humahawak ng may pinakamalaking bank sa buong mundo, ang “Mitsubishi Tokyo-UFJ”.
Samantalang sa Pransiya ay ang BNP-Paribas.
Ano kaya kung magsama ang HSBC , BNP at Deutsche Bank?
Sa palagay ko, magbalae ang mag ru-rule sa banking industry sa Pilipinas.
Kamusta na kaya ang Veterans Bank?
Sana magkaroon ng sariling Bank ang SSS para sa milyon nitong miyembro.
Ano kaya kung magkaroon ng Worker’s Bank dito sa Pilipinas?
The Chinese bank puzzle
SINCLAIR STEWART AND GEOFFREY YORK
From Saturday’s Globe and Mail
Toronto and Beijing — The world’s largest IPO is still a month away, but Ding Qiang is already mapping out his strategy. It’s not the money that’s the problem — the veteran Beijing stock investor has more than $300,000 (U.S.) of his own cash waiting at the ready — but getting the opportunity to spend all of it.
China has been staging a series of progressively larger initial public offerings for its Big Four banks, and the attendant investor frenzy, some would say madness, is escalating in lockstep, conjuring images of the gold rush spawned by the Internet boom.
Hong Kong bank branches have resembled movie theatres on opening night, with lineups queuing out the door as hopeful investors jockey to buy shares. Such is the unabashed confidence in the prospects for these banks that one woman reportedly plowed three times her annual salary into Bank of China’s $11.2-billion offering in June. China Merchants Bank, a smaller player, was so overwhelmed by the response to its $2.4-billion IPO this month that retail orders were oversubscribed by nearly 270 times.
Analysts are predicting this demand will reach even greater heights on Oct. 27, when Industrial & Commercial Bank of China launches what is expected to be a $19-billion IPO of its shares, beating the previous record set by Japan’s NTT DoCoMo Inc. in 1998.
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Zhiwu Chen, a professor of finance at the Yale School of Management, has seen the challenges of Chinese privatizations up close as an independent director of a handful of firms there. For him, China’s decision to invite investors into its “Big Four” banks (ICBC, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, and, if it ever sorts out its problems, Agricultural Bank of China) is the only way to cure these institutions of their ills, and at the same time incite more profound political and economic change.
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“You can’t blow up your balance sheet at 20 to 25 per cent a year and not incur a very substantial portion of bad loans,” said Gordon Chang, an outspoken critic of China’s debt problems and author of The Coming Collapse of China. “You can’t do that with a well-managed bank in a well-regulated society. How the devil can you do it China? This is just ludicrous.”
Vic, may I ask what ever happened to that Filipino kid’s case in Montreal against a school teacher? Remember that incident wherein the boy was not allowed to eat with his spoon and fork? Was there a settlement? Please share us with the latest info on this.
npongco, last time I heard there will be an inquest before Quebec Human Rights Commission regarding that issues. Until the scheduled inquest starts, all parties refrain from any press release or talking publicly in order not to undermine the integrity of the inquest and also not to jeopardize their respective case.
The Teddy Reodica Coroner’s Inquest resumes Sept. 12 (the Filipino Descendant Teenage boy shot to death by undercover drug officer), but most testemonies now are from officers of the emergency people and special investigation units and witnesses whose testemonies will affect mostly as an “aid to legislation” which is one the main purposes of the inquest of the coroner’s inquest to find out what went wrong. The Provincial Ombudsman may take over the investigation after depending on the coroner’s report. The Reodica family Civil case which was filed before the statute of limitation expires (two years) for $5.4 millions will be either heard after or settled out of court. Our Police Services Board just settle another similar case for $3.8 million when an officer shot to death a South Asian (Indian) descendant car napping suspect. Although the officer was judged justified, the force used was unreasonable. In Reodica Case, it’s more of the Cop’s attitude at the issue here. but we will have to wait for the Coroner’s, beacause his is the final say.
I have some feelings that one of the recommendations the Coroner’s will submit will be to equip all Officers with Stun Gun (laser guns), which the police services in most cities are already doing. Our uniform officers already equiped with stun guns. Leave the use of lethal force to the ETF and only when life in in imminent danger.
So Vic, can you honestly say that the killing of Filipino youth in Toronto by a white cop was committed partly or mainly due to racism? The case has taken so long that it has not even reached the first base.
Speaking of armed security men, I think it’s high time for Canadian government to arm their border guards. Imagine, Canadian immigration border guards are unarmed. Compare it to the US guards who are equipped with the latest. I know the Canadian goveernment is now planning to arm the guards but it would take some years to be implemented. In the meantime, these poor border guards are at risk daily.
Believe it or not, the only people authorized to carry guns for lawful purposes are the police officers and the armored carrier guards. All others are illegals. Our soldiers can’t even carry their weapons out of training or not on duty. Even our cops can’t carry theirs off duty. But drug groupies and bike gangs are having a shootout night and day.
Regarding the Reodica case, the officer is already ruled justified by the special investigation unit (SIU). He can not be subjected to criminal prosecution anymore, but can be subjected to internal discipline. The issue that is being brought in the inquest is the ‘attitude’ of the cop. More of his “bad temper” or macho attitude. The subject officer is a Status Indian himself, meaning a native, and he was accused of and got away of beating a “white suspect” in another case. In another word he is unfit to be a police officer in the first place. I hope pretty soon our custom officers, our immigrations and our court officers will also be trained and armed.
As to the implementation of the arming of the border guards and security personnel, it could be hasten if we have a majority government. Our prior governments have different priorities. The current government, which party I belong has been open about our plans to improve our security, borders and our military capability to enable us to respond to more peacekeeping roles and emergency responses, but the look of it, the Liberals are getting smart of trying to elect a Leader of Harvard Professor Ignatieff who is more of a conservative leaning than a liberal. We did beat them by playing the game and now they are returning the favour. hayyy politics…
Its really really fabulous!!!