As I’m writing this column, the Court of Appeals has issued a 60-day temporary restraining order on Malacañang’s suspension of Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay.
Binay and his supporters rejoiced over the CA’s decision.
While Malacañang is not rejoicing over the decision, our source said they are relieved. Rodolfo Ferraren, Makati officer-in-charge for two- and-a-half days, said, “Well and good.” He made himself look stupid when he said he will turn over the reins of the Makati government back to Binay. When did he ever take control of the Makati government?
On the surface, the TRO was a victory for the political opposition. But it actually did Gloria Arroyo a favor. It delayed her downfall.
Last Wednesday night, there were already reports that Malacañang was urging the CA to grant Binay’s petition, as they needed a face-saving excuse to extricate themselves from the mess they had created in Makati. They realized that they had bitten more than they could chew in the case of Binay.
They had wrongly estimated that Binay would quietly leave his post like Pasay City Mayor Peewee Trinidad. They didn’t expect that Binay’s defiance became a rallying point for the opposition to come together to push for Arroyo’s ouster.
Yesterday morning, a jittery AFP warned members of the Armed Forces against going to Makati. There were already reports of renewed linkups between an opposition group and rebel forces.
What happens now to the big rally planned for today starting at the Ninoy Aquino statue on Ayala Avenue at 1 p.m. and ending at Makati City Hall?
The latest word I got was, the protest action will proceed “all the way.”
No doubt, the TRO diffused the sense of urgency that the Makati standoff provided. That’s precisely what lawyer Lorna Kapunan tried to counter when she spoke in a meeting at St. Peter’s church last Wednesday.
Kapunan said the opposition has scored a number of victories in the Supreme Court: Proclamation 1017, EO 464, CPR (Calibrated Pre-emptive Response), and the latest, against PCGG’s claim of immunity from investigations. “But why is it that we don’t feel that we have won?” Kapunan asked.
She said the issue is not about Binay. It’s Gloria Arroyo’s naked abuse of power. It’s about “garapalan.”
The most defiant of the speakers was former UP president Dodong Nemenzo, who is accused of rebellion in connection with the attempted withdrawal of support by rebel soldiers last February.
Nemenzo said he has decided not to get a lawyer to defend him nor is he going to post bail. He said he will not allow himself to be subjected to the so-called rule of law under an illegal administration. “I have nothing but contempt for this government,” he said.
Nemenzo said Arroyo is trying to destroy all opposition. She started with leaders of militant organizations, then the journalists and now the political opposition.
Nemenzo, who was imprisoned during martial law, said he is not afraid to go to jail again. “Let us show her that we are not afraid of her.”
Responding to Nemenzo’s challenge, lawyer Argee Guevarra, who was also charged with inciting to sedition for his participation in last February’s rally, said they are going to file a petition for inclusion in the rebellion case of Nemenzo.
A surprise presence in the meeting was activist Linda Montayre, wanted by authorities for inciting to sedition and other cases filed against her. She has just come out with a book, “A Nation Unborn.”
In her book, Montayre said, “There was a time I thought that transformation could be brought about through a peaceful political process. But the past years under Gloria Arroyo have shown that she is more repressive and more heartless than any national leader we have known.”
Montayre also said, “The resentment and hatred of the poor against the rich and elite of our society is like a dam about to break. It is only waiting for a trigger point. When that time comes, it can no longer be contained by the elite. ”
Nice quote from JB Baylon in his column today in Malaya:
Good one by JD Baylon, Ellen.
I wonder what other kabulastugans Gloria will think of eg., “I just had a conversation with God” sort of thing.
Gosh, itong taong it talaga namang nawalan na ng hiya. She has not an iota of shame in her body. Imagine, even priests tell her “When you speak to God, that’s called prayer but when God answers you back, it’s called schizophrenia.”
Gloria has an incredibly depraved character, someone who will not balk at committing blasphemy (even grandstanding to the Pope), push truth to the limit and all for the sake of holding on to power. What a phenomenon – for someone so tiny yet so gargantuanesque in doing evil. Quite extraordinary!
Another one, this time from Erap,
Time for the ghost busters to move … 80 million strong
TIA,
Iba talaga tumirada si Erap. Pati yung mga kasama ko sa opisina napatawa sa sinabi ni Erap matapos mabasa ang news ngayon sa tribune.net – (Gloria the true ghost employee in Palace, says Estrada
Minsan lang bumirada pero swak na swak! 😀
Ellen,
Inquirer reports “Yap to reduce gov’t subsidy for fertilizers”.
What subsidy? Haven’t Gloria and her Fatso spouse already dilapidated the fertilizer money during the election? Reducing subsidy? Of course, they have to coz they’ve stolen all the money.
What a bunch of scalawags! Real jerks!
Dapat diyan kay Gloria at sa asawa niyang Judas (insulto daw sa mga baboy kung tatawin na baboy itong si Fatso Judas) batuhin o kaya tabunan ng mga sako ng fertilizer!
Wala si Glue-ria (Herman Laurel’s name for the bansot) ng native talent ni Erap! Ang tunay na ghost employee ay nasa Malacanang, hahaha! Thank you Erap at natawa akong muli after so many years of kumsumisyon kay Mrs. Pidal.
Hindi ko mawari kung anong materyal gawa ang pagmumukha nitong si Glue. Bato or titanium?
OK ka JB Baylon, naghihingalo na ang rehimen ni Glue-ria at walang makakahadlang sa kamatayan nito kahit na ang kanyang Garci Generals na kasama niyang malilibing. I hope that historians will give justice to my President FPJ (huwag lang si Ambeth Ocampo ang magsusulat).
Ang alam ko, hiniling talaga nina bansot at mga generals niya sa Court of Appeals na babaan ng TRO si Binay dahil natakot sila sa kahihinatnan ng kanilang ginawang suspension. Aba!! naramdaman nila ang downfall ng illegal regime ni GMA. Bravo!!! Akala yata nila ay natapos na ang kanilang kinatatakutang pag-alis sa malacanang. St. Claus is coming to town……..and so the end of the evils in the palace…..is just approaching. Galing mo ERAP!
Chi, bukod kay Ambeth Ocampo, sana huwag na rin magsulat si William Esposo about Erap. Isa din siyang mapanglait, elitista.
In due time, illegitimate Gloria’s downfall it will soon come, just a matter of time. While Mayor Binay in Makati City Hall surrounded by his loyal supporters, Bogus Gloria is in a self-made prison in Malacanang biting her nails, dying of nervousness, and plotting her next move to beat Mayor Binay. Probably her blood pressure has shot up, and her abnormal pulse is beating like a person’s neck about to be strung on the gallows. Inevitably, justice will prevail and scavenger fake Gloria will be fed to the sharks.
The 60 days TRO is not about the suspension of Mayor Binay, but more or less it was CA payoff-favor to bogus Gloria in order to save the posterior of bogus Gloria of being kicked out of the People’s House. As bad as the stink of Pasig River, Bogus Gloria still able to smell that thing didn’t go to well at Makati City Hall, has gone wrong unexpectedly. And fake Gloria’s confidence level has gone sour. But, ain’t over yet, halt the celebration ’till bogus Gloria is behind bars.
People’s has waited all these years, what is 60 days more? It will be here, and soon bogus Gloria will answer to the people for all her crimes against the Pilipino nation.
Hold the celebration, keep the charcoal hot for the lechons, and keep the San Miguel cold on ice! Folks be patient!
With CA 60 days TRO it only proven, bogus Gloria charged Mayor Binay with bogus and/or with fabricated lies and couldn’t be proven in court. If the law is on bogus Gloria’s side, and if it’s for the good of the Makati residences, bogus Gloria should’ve proceed in removing Mayor Binay out of the Makati City Hall. But, once again bogus Gloria as we know all along is nothing but a liar and a cheat among other things. Now what should happen to the ex-council Brilliantes if he provided lies against the Mayor, Vice Mayor and the 16 councils? Cut his tounge? Then remove bogus Gloria’s brain for listening to Brilliantes. Oooops, sorry folks, I missed spoke, bogus Gloria is lacking a necessary brain. She was forgotten when the power upstair was giving out brain.
Things to keep in mind, bogus Gloria is always been a rich kid, a spoil brat, never have to work for a living. Everything was handed to her in a silver platter. She doesn’t know what it’s to sweat for honest days of work. All she got to show for are all has been stolen from others, and she’ll do anything to keep her lavish lifestyle at any cost, including ridding of Mayor Binay of Makati. To bogus Gloria, Mayor Binay is just another person getting in a way of her quest to be a queen of Philippines.
Ghosts of Malacanang has haunted the House of the People long enough!
Take heart. The fall of gma is imminent. With every repressive step she takes,the latest of which being the obvious persecution of Mayor Binay–who’s proving to be a man of strenght and courage–along with her dupicity, cheating, lying, bribing, insatiable hunger for more power and wealth, and letting loose her attack dogs, she’s heading nowhere but south, with her eventual crash reverberating not only all over the Philippines but throughout the world. What an ignominious end!
Mayor Binay has open the opportunity, now is the moment for all the good people of the Philippines to come together to finish to end what illegitimate Gloria has prostituted, once again. Like many others Mayor Binay is a victim of corrupt regime of bogus Gloria. However, Mayor Binay is fortunate enough to be part of something great, something that finally got bogus Gloria’s attention. While others couldn’t be here to witness on something they died for, of all the places, Makati City Hall.
It’s no Edsa, but it’s something people will never forget, one man in Makati City Hall against illegitimate Gloria’s armies.
Maybe, what is happening now in Makati is the trigger point that Montayre is talking about. Prophetic words? I hope.
I am not sure if Montayre was one of those members of the Evil Society that was instrumental in the grabbed of power from Erap and in the installlation of the Glue to the presidency. If ever she was, and never apologize to Erap, that will be fine with me if she can help undo what they have done. At least in what she’s doing now is showing some remorse, thus admitting that they committed a big mistake in deposing Erap and installing a corrupt regime. Other evil society members, they are all hypocrites and too proud to admit mistakes. They assumed that they are too perfect and only the poor, the smelly and the toothless are the only ones who are capable of doing wrong things. And when they feel and smell that the Glue’s downfall is inevitable they will be there and the first ones to grab credit.
Folks, I admire all of you for showing restraint about this 60-day TRO. For me, I’d strike while the iron is hot… Who knows what gloria’s mafia might be cooking up again while we’re here waiting to pounce on them. They seem to be always one step ahead of the opposition, so, I don’t see the point of giving them the gift of time. But, that’s just me…
Mayor Binay, a hero and history in the making? I think so, if he can keep the flame burning and be the spark and rallying point of the people. Strike while the iron is hot. Huwag ng pabayaang lumamig at lumambot. Samantalahin habang ang mga tao ay nasa kondisyong lumaban. Pasa-saan ba at pati na ang mga pulis at mga sundalo ay kakampi na sa mga tao. It’s just a matter of time and confluence of events.
Ang tindi ninyong mangarap ng gising ha. Tuloy nyo lang yan tutal libre lang naman ang mangarap. Kawawa naman kayo hanggang pangarap na lang ba? Dipa tapos ang kalbaryo ni Binay ano.
Lalong di matatapos ang kalbaryo ni Gloria!
Palagi siyang mumultuhin ni “Hello Garci” at lahat ng mga kawalanghiyaan ng kanyang administrasyon. Kung totoo na sa buhay ng isang tao, mas mahalaga ang integridad at pangalan, aba, lalo talaga siyang hindi makakatulog.
Ghost na nga sa Malacanang, mumultuhin pa siya!!! Walang patawad ha! hehehheh
Ellen:
Got this from Tony Abaya. Ano ito:
All of a sudden, Malacanang is pushing for changes in the Constitution that would allow foreign ownership of mass media in the Philippines, supposedly to boost the standards of local newspapers and broadcast stations and bring them at par with global leaders. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, Oct. 13).
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita was quoted as saying in an interview over radio station DZRH, “I am sure there will be foreigners who will be interested to have a large share or to have ownership of mass media in order to improve their management.”
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Stupid din ha? Over here, foreign media are not allowed to meddle in Japanese affairs. It is one reason why they cannot become members of the Nippon Press Club, which prohibits foreign media to write derogatory articles especially on the Imperial Family even when they think they can corroborate their articles.
This proposal by the Malacanang squatter should be all means be opposed by all newspapermen in the Philippines. Tarantado rin ano?
Hahahahaha! Ghost VS Ghost ang labanan na ipinalalabas nitong mga tuta ni Pandak. ‘Tado din ano?
Tama, that’s another bonehead move by this bogus government. I wonder who comes up with their ideas? Maybe si JUn? 🙂
Ipaglaba mo, sinong may sabing tahimik na ang lahat! No way! Umpisa pa lang. May rally ngayon kaya sama ka! TongueInAnew, et al, good luck! Ingat kayo! Meron din kaming pakulo dito! Alam ko sa HK, USA, etc. naghahanda na rin sila! Putok na ito! Nanginginig na ang mga tumbong ng mga magnanakaw!
Rule of the game ni Ale Boba—TAKOTAN! Sabi ni Cory by the Sea, “Qng leon, qng tigre, di ko tatakot! Si Bansot pa!”
Nangangarap daw ng gising! Sino? Si Ale Boba? Yes, nangangarap na maging reyna engkangtada!!!
Jun:
People with dreams and ideas what make them great, and the country they represent has become progressive. Putting men on the moon was just a dream. One day soon, perhaps it may be possible, and miracle do happen, might send your bogus Gloria and the other lard of fake Gloria to Venus, so they can both enjoy their dream of enchanted kingdom. Venus might be too closed for comfort, how about Pluto since it has something in common with bogus Gloria, dwarf.
Furthermore, for your info, bogus Gloria’s name is something of a desease that’s killing the good people of the Philippines. There is only one solution that’s more effective, is to rid of bogus Gloria by any mean possible. There are no other way for the Philippines as a nation to progress, until the country rid of the corrupt people in office. All the bad people must go, doesn’t matter who they may be, matter not. The only that matter is the country. And bogus Gloria is not a country so she must go.
You can start the steel pikes ball rolling on your bogus Gloria, if you love your country. How about it Jun?
Rambo Binay is the man!
Ayos! May rally pala eh. That’s what I’m talking about ystakei. Kung baga sa basketball, we don’t quit at half- time. Keep the ball rolling people! 🙂
Tama Toney, it all starts with a dream. Get rid of this bad leadership before we can start anew…
Matagal ng kumukulo ang dugo ng taongbayan dahil sa hampas-lupang multo sa Malacanang. Ituloy ang laban!
The Court of Appeals 60 days TRO is just a Band-Aid solution. Public anger is ready to explode. The abuse of political power by illegitimate authority -bogus President Gloria Arroyo destroys the fibers of republican democracy. She violated the Constitution several times to remain in power. Where’s the system of checks and balances? Gloria Arroyo is guilty for obstruction of justice, covering-up fraud and stonewalling by deliberately refusing her underlings to cooperate in senate inquiry of alleged anomalies committed under watch. WE, the people must resist Reina Gloria Encantada’s despotic abuses, if not tyranny will triumph. The limits of tyrants are determined by the courage and strength of those whom they oppress. Despotic Malacanang Palace backed track because of the determination and principled grounds of Makati city Mayor Jojo Binay. The fall of discredited and bankrupt Gloria Arroyo regime is imminent and only time can tell.
“The real Ghost is in Malakanyang!” (LOL) How true! Erap couldn’t have said it better ..at the right place…at the right time…to the right person! The Ghost in Malakanyang appeared quite a bit early! Is she trying to catch attention kaysa maunahan siya ng Halloween celebration? Over here, kids have already bought ther Halloween costumes and are just waiting for the “DAY.”
You’re right Toney…Dreams do make up reality…all we have to do is to start! Ghosts do scare people but in reality they’re harmless! That is if that somebody is Not gulty, All it takes is for Rambotito Binay to light the dark “tunnel” and people won’t be afraid of the dark ..anymore!
ystakei Says:
Got this from Tony Abaya. Ano ito:
All of a sudden, Malacanang is pushing for changes in the Constitution that would allow foreign ownership of mass media in the Philippines
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The squatter thinks she can elicit more favorable reviews from foreign media than from Ellen and her friends….LOL
Kung “papakinggan natin” ng mabuti ang himig sa pananalita ni Mayor Binay…”…darating din ang isang umaga na puno ng pag-asa…”, it seems he’s really “prepaired” for this “bonehead move” of gloria and her gang…mukhang sila “aleng maitim ang gilagid” ang pumasok sa “Bitag ni Binay”. 😉
and jun…andito ka na naman pala? LOL…LOL lagi ka lang “magpaparamdam” para “matawa” ako palagi sa mga “inaambag” mong jokes dito…hehehe 😛
The noose is really starting to tighten up.
Time for Anna’s ROPE movement implementation? Mayor Binay being the President of the Boy Scout of the Philippines, must know lots of tie-knots.
Just recently viewed the stand-off between the farmers rally and the police at the C. M. Recto and Morayta through the Dateline Philippines (ANC Channel).
Don’t let the steam die down.
OFWs are watching… Go! Go! Mayor Jojo Binay!
“Sugod my kapatid!,” cried the KKK in 1898. It’s now 2006, patuloy pa rin ang sigaw!
Why Ermita’s Binay suspension order is void
By Alan F. Paguia
10/20/2006
Executive Secretary Eduar-do Ermita’s preventive sus-pension order against Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay, dated Oct. 16, 2006, is illegal and, therefore, void on its face.
Why?
First, under Section 63 (a1) of the Local Government Code of 1991 (Republic Act 7160), preventive suspension may be imposed “by the President,” not “by the Executive Secretary” and not “by the Office of the President.” The law is clear and specific. It confers the authority on the person of “the President.” In other words, the exercise of the authority requires the personal attention of “the President.” The Executive Secretary has no authority under the law to impose preventive suspension or issue the suspension order.
Second, under the Adminis-trative Code of 1987 (Executive Order 292, Book III, Title III, Chapter 9, Section 27, sub-paragraph 2), the Executive Secretary has the duty to “IMPLEMENT presidential directives, orders and decisions.” The law does not authorize him to MAKE or ISSUE “presidential directives, orders and decisions.” He may PROMULGATE and IMPLEMENT, but he cannot MAKE them. May
the President delegate such authority to the Executive Secretary? No. The Executive Secretary cannot substitute his personal discretion over the President’s. To do so would, in effect, make him an “acting President.” Under the Constitution, the Executive Secretary can never become an “acting President.”
Third, the order was signed by General Ermita alone. While it is true the Executive Secretary is authorized by law to sign papers “by authority of the President,” it is equally true such authority is limited to IMPLEMENTING, not MAKING “presidential directives, orders and decisions.” In the case of Mayor Binay, the suspension order was MADE by the Executive Secretary, not by the President. The order does not merely IMPLEMENT. It is the suspension order itself. The order does not even mention any suspension order signed or issued by the President herself. Thus, it seems clear that the Executive Secretary is imposing, albeit without legal authority, the subject preventive suspension.
Fourth, while it is true the Executive Secretary is authorized by the Administrative Code to “decide, for and in behalf of the President, matters not requiring personal presidential attention,” it is equally true the matter of placing a duly elected Metro Manila city mayor plainly requires “personal presidential attention.” Moreso where the controversy involves the possible political destabilization of the country’s premiere financial hub.
Fifth, the Executive Secretary’s order admits Mayor Binay had duly requested a “bill of particulars.” The law provides that – BEFORE responding to the complaint – a party may ask for a definite statement or for a bill of particulars of any matter which is not averred with sufficient definitiveness or particularity to enable him to properly prepare his answer (Rule 12, Section 1, Rules of Court, which applies by parity of reasoning with respect to similar factual situations in administrative or criminal cases). The Executive Secretary completely disregarded the request for a bill of particulars without stating nor claiming there was no need for it. Therefore, there is an implied admission there is valid ground for a bill of particulars. Consequently, Mayor Binay could not possibly “properly prepare his answer or responsive pleading.” It would follow that without being given the opportunity to properly prepare his answer, it was UNFAIR for the Executive Secretary to have concluded the issues have been joined. Under the law, preventive suspension may be imposed only AFTER issues have been joined. In Mayor Binay’s case, there appears no proper joining of issues. Therefore, his constitutional right to due process of law was violated when he was placed under preventive suspension.
Sixth, the Executive Secretary’s ruling to the effect that “the evidence of guilt is strong” is in the nature of a quasi-judicial conclusion. Reason dictates it must state clearly and distinctly the facts and the reasons on which it is based. Instead, the order lamely argues “the documents submitted as annexes to the complaint present strong evidence of guilt that some of the employees may be ‘ghost employees’ from their respective offices, collecting salaries from the city government to the prejudice of the latter.” This is an absurd case of a conclusion being supported by exactly the same conclusion. What is the nature of the documents referred to as strong evidence? The order does not say. Which particular annex is referred to as strong evidence? The order does not say. Why are such annexes considered strong evidence of guilt? The order does not say. Who are the particular ghost employees? The order does not say. How many ghost employees are there? The order does not say. The order seems to expect the reader to accept the conclusion of the Executive Secretary as self-evident truth. Is that fair or legal? No. The law abhors unreasonability. An administrative conclusion which does not state its factual and legal bases is necessarily presumed to be baseless in fact and in law. That conclusion is, therefore, unreasonable.
Is General Ermita trying on Mrs. Gloria Arroyo’s presidential shoes for size? So it seems. But he must remember, those shoes were stolen – not just once before, but twice. And the rightful claimant may reclaim it sooner than later.
nye heheheheh!!!! anna, parang nakakain ng panis na ginataang bilobilo itong si eduardo. hindi na siguro mapakali sa isang lugar na akala mo naghahanap ng matatakbuhan para magbawas ng sama ng tiyan! nangangamoy na ang bagoong balayan!!!!!
Montayre was part of that group, Florry, pero ano ang ginanti ni Bansot! Patong-patong na lawsuit against her, Saycon and who else? Di ang laki na sisi niya! But let bygone be bygone basta siguraduhin lang natin na hindi sila ang magiging bida kundi ang lahat ng pilipino, may pinag-aralan man o wala!!!
Mabuhay ka Mayor Binay! Bantayan ninyo ang tatakasan ni Bansot! Hindi dapat na makalabas iyan ng Pilipinas dala-dala ang mga ninakaw nila!
Join the People’s Tribunal kapag napaalis na ang mga ungas. I understand that there is one being arranged somewhere.
60 days! Hanggang Christmas? Wow! Matutupad na rin siguro ang pangarap ni Ocayvalle, et al na palaging nagsasabi na hindi na aabot ng New Year si Ale Boba!
Hopefully, the end will not come as bloody as the removal of the Romanian President Ceauşescu, even when the Bansot clings to the pillars of the palace by the murky river and will not mind seeing a hundred or even a thousand Filipinos killed in the process unlike even Marcos or Erap.
Tira lang ng tira!
mas maganda nga kung hanggang todos los santos na lang! para kasabay na malibing at ipagdiwang ang kamatayan ng kanyang bulok na administrasyon sa araw ng mga patay!
pero kung aabot pa hanggang krismas o bagong taon, mas magandang regalo para sa pamilya maligno at kanilang mga kampon!
ermita and his group of hawk is testing the water.he is playing God,he thinks the people are now cowed because
no leader in the opposition,he uses his death squad in murdering student,militants,social worker,journalist,priest and bishop,lawyers and judges and afp and pnp officers and men and politicians that exposes their corruption,cheating and lying,he think hes an expert in psywar or psyops in military lingo,,he uses people to speak in behalf of him.like ltc bacarro speaking on media the way mayor binay wear his marine uniform.the different types of wearing uniform is GOA an office attire,BDA or battle dress attire and type b,none of this was violated by mayor binay who is a legitimate full colonel of marine reserve.everytime GMA and FG the conjugal evil make a mistake,there is rep uy,pichay,nograles who are there to read the messages of mr ermita,even to the extent that they use civilians,medias and lawyers claiming concerned citezen,but the truth is they are all ermitas asset.no matter what mr ermita do..he can not cover all the sins of GMA and FG,someday this conjugal evil will be ousted and mr ermita should be punish as the same with GMA and FG.we should not forget all the killings and murdering and human right violation that ermita and his hawk did to this country.the only place for this evil people is hell!
Mrivera…the “legality” of the preventive-suspension order that exec.sec. ermita “signed, sealed, and had it delivered” as “raised” by another good Filipino in the person of Atty. Allan F. Paguia just shows “how blatant” in their “disregard, twisting, bending, and abuse” of the laws gloria and her gang are. Ika nga ni taipan88…”mga AYOP talaga!” :-X
spartan, hindi lang ‘yan. gusto nilang subukan kung kaya nilang ligisin ang kanilang mga kalaban at ilagay sa ilalim ng kanilang paanan ang buong bayan. at diyan sila nagkakamali.
pansinin mo rin ang mga bayaran nilang bloggers dito, mayroon nang nagku-cool down. medyo tumatagilid na!
i don’t have any problems with the gov’t subsidy for fertilizers. it’s a good project intended to help farmers.
what i don’t like is if the money intended for fertilizers is being diverted for election campaign expenses or pocketed by corrupt politicians.
besides, they may reduce subsidies for fertilizers, but it won’t stop this admin from finding and misusing other sources of gov’t funds (OWWA funds? Road user’s tax? or god knows the US millions of aid money meant for the Ombudsman or the RP AIDS and HIV prevention program), unless they’re caught, that is…
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/26/asia/AS_GEN_Philippines_US_Aid.php
Yesterday’s “backing-out” from the “Binay confilict” that Malacanang did was a TRIUMPH not only by the “brave and strong-willed” people of Makati City, but in the whole…all the Filipino people that “still see” the TRUTH behind the LIES and DECEPTIONS this “evil regime” had been SHOWING since “its” birth in the 1st month of 2001, the period in our country’s political history that a “small-black-gummed-woman” in the name of gloria began her “reign of terror”.
nag-uumpisa nang magpakita ng pag-aalimpuyo ang pusod ng bulkan sa dibdib ng mga taong bayan! ang matagal ng pagpipigil ay unti unti nang umaabot sa sukdulan. pagsabog nito at manauli ang kaayusan, panibagong pag-asa ang dalangin natin sa kinabukasan.
o luli…heller! andito ka pa ba? anong “irit” mo ngayon?…hehehe 😉
amen Mrivera…amen
Hahahahaha! Mrivera, according to the history books, lumapag si MacArthur sa Pilipinas Oct. 20, 1944 at inabot pa ng sampung buwan bago sumurender ang Japan. Mahirap yatang matanggal si Bansot sa katapusan ng buwang ito hangga’t hindi kumilos iyong mga sundalong naapi sa AFP at pabayaan nila iyong mga mandarayang bayaran ni Bansot na palitan sila ng mga taga-Macabebe.
OK na rin ang 60 days araw-araw na protest rally laban kay Bansot. Kaldero brigade dapat ihanda na. Huwag nang pabayaan na makakilos pa si Bansot. Sa palagay ko naman hindi makikialam iyong mga kanong dumayo sa Pilipinas ngayon. Sabi nga ng embassy nila, huwag silang gagala sa Makati!!!
Ito lang ngang si Atienza ang mukhang utong-uto pa rin. Dapat sa taong iyang sibakin ng mga taga Manila.
Gotta go to the temple para magdasal. Ingat sa lahat ng sasama sa rally.
Tawag nila ng bumaba si MacArthur noong October 20 1944, “Liberation of the Philippines. Ngayon, October 20, 2006, liberation of the Philippines from the bogus regime! Totohanan na ito!
malapit na katapusan ni kapalmuks dyutayglu kaya huwag na ninyong tantanan, tuloy tuloy na, hala bira.
Kung hindi ngayon ang downfall in Glue, kailan kaya?
Pagbutihin ninyo mga justices ng Supreme Court. Better watch out! Do not be super (dis)court(eous) sa will of the people on cha-cha. You shd learn from this Makati episode. Any which way your side, talo na talaga si Glue. She is so desperate that is why she is putting too much pressure on you.
Sayang! Sana natuloy na!
Mas maganda nga sana kung natuloy na…para mabura na yung ganid na macapal sa may Pasig.
Lasa ko, nanginig ang t–mb-ng ng nanay ni jun. LOL!
Baka naglasheng na naman ang lola! bleheheheh!!!
Kaya nagmadaling ibigay ang TRO.
OK yung sinulat ni JDBaylon:”not even the best political embalmers that money can buy can prop up a dying regime.”xxxx
…pero natawa ako sa sinabi ni Erap: Yung tunay na ghost employee nasa Malacanang! SWAK to the bones! Hahahahah…..
It made my catching up on numerous reads better and interesting.
i really like this new tag for gma, ghost employee in malakanyang. as a ghost she might even be bogus.this happening also shows that she has a weakness and is not so strong as others may want to believe. indeed she might be weakening and may soon be gone with the wind like other fellow ghosts.
Sabi ni Joker Arroyo napahiya daw ang Malacanang sa nangyaring TRO ni Binay (headline sa Abante).
Naguguluhan ako dito kay JOker. Hindi ba ito iyong dumepensa kay Iggy Arroyo duon sa ‘PIDAL-Alam ba Toh ni Mrs’ issue na inilabas ni Ping Lacson? Wala pa itong nagagawa sa Blue Ribbon committee. Arroyo din siya, nakakaduda. Siguro alam na niyang malapit na ang wakas ng Ate Glue niya kaya balimbing na. An opportunist i would say.
Emilio,
“jorgie, bakit si luli na lang ang sumasagot paminsan-minsan?
“akala ko ba wala kayong iwanan?
“oooohhh baka naman….”
Ano, Emilio, may chismis na naman ba? Akala ko ba buntis na si Luli doon sa boyfriend niya. Eh sino naman itong si Jorgie? Boyfriend din ni Luli?
Wow!
Kitamo,
Re: “Sabi ni Joker Arroyo napahiya daw ang Malacanang sa nangyaring TRO ni Binay (headline sa Abante).
Sa palagay ko walang hiyaan diyan sa Malacanang. Sabi nga ni Yuko at iba pa, makapal ang APOG ng mga squatters sa Malacanang. Pag nakita mo pa si Gloria, ang kapal ng pancake sa mukha, talaga sigurong APOG ang ginagamit – white pancake pa at kita mo ang difference sa color ng neck niya compared sa mukha.
Kaya sa palagay ko talagang wala ng hiya ang mga tao doon.
(LOL) I like that, too, Gloria is the “Ghost Employee of Malacañan”!!!
Anna,
Did you see her picture in Inquirer Online? Sabi ko na sa iyo, ia-advice ni Pingot na magpakita kunyari matapang. Pero halatang hindi nakatulog kasi haggard ang mukha. Ang pangit!
You bet, ang kapal ng make-up! Alam mo baka ang ginagamit niyang iyong parang pintura na ginagamit ng mga geisha o kaya ng mga maiko girl sa Kyoto para pumuti ng husto ang mukha tapos liliitan ang bibig para magmukhang cute. Pero itong si Apog, acute! Tawag kay Marcos ng mga supporters niya, “Apo” pero ang mga non-supporters ni Ale Boba mas mabuting tawag nila “Apog”! 😛
ystakei-san,
Pede rin ng NAKAKATA-KYUT…ang mukha ni lola glue….
nalaglag ba ang eyebags?
Sleepless in Malacanang?
Yuko, tama ka!
That’s exactly my impression of her – she uses geisha make up. And the worse thing is she’s got yellow teeth (and so unpretty teeth, sungki pa iyong cuspid tooth niya sa kanan ng face niya) so they are highlighted by the white pancake on her face.
What’s odd is that the face is snow white or geisha white but the neck is tan. Very odd make up. Talagang APOG ang labas!
Hahahahaha! What a description. Nakakata-kyut talaga!
Baka gumagamit ng nganga, Anna, kaya dilaw ang ngipin, ang lalaki pa naman ng ngipin niya na parang rabbit!
The GEISHAS cover their napes with special make-up becoz the Japanese of old find the nape the sexiest part of the woman. So they say…..
IN LOLA GLUE’s case, GLUE yata ang nilagay nung assistant ni GLUE as base make….TAS, NADAPA SA ARINA, NAKATINGALA LAGI EH…SA SOBRANG TARAY>>>>>KAYA AYAW MAALIS….
Sensya na kayo……PARUSA SA KANYA YUN NG MAKE-UP ARTIST NYA! SALBAHE KASI, EH!
“TAS, NADAPA SA ARINA, NAKATINGALA LAGI EH…SA SOBRANG TARAY>>>>>KAYA AYAW MAALIS….”
hahahahahahahahahah!
Tawa ako ng tawa dito nag-iisa pa naman ako, nagtataka tuloy iyong doggy ko…
I will be amazed, if this will bring us better things, like the ouster of Gloria. It will be close to a miracle. Before, kasi I thought we need some kind of violence to oust her. But now, I can see that she does not have the grip of power I though she has. Its only temporary, and she is just a big bully and paranoid. She is simply paranoid bully. So we should stand up to her like Binay did, and that ghost of a President will no longer hunt us.
Josephs,
“and she is just a big bully”
How generous you are naman to her… saying she is BIG, she will be so kiliti if she hears you saying that.
To me, she is a BULLY-LIT (as in little bully)
Anna:
Napansin ba ninyo na tayo na “nagce-celebrate” kasama ang mga taga-Makati na nagpo-post ng mga comments dito.
Biglang nawala kasi si jorgie…paiba-iba kasi ang ginagamit na pangalan, eh…. kaya ngayon hindi na niya malaman kung sino sa kanila ang gagamitin niya.
Pero si luli, pasulpot sulpot… maya-maya sasabat iyan, tingnan mo…
Sayang talaga dahil akala ko ay gagamitin mo na ang ROPE, eh!
Cory by the Sea:
Naalala ko iyong batang tinutulungan kong makuha ulit ang Japanese citizenship na nawala dahil sa katangahan ng ina. Medyo kayumanggi at gusto daw na maging katulad kong maputi. Alam mo kung anong ginawa nang hindi makita ang pulbos, nakita ang arina, naglagay sa mukha at braso. Susmalosep, parang si Samara ng Ring!
Anna,
That happens to me when I see some lines I find funny.
Funny we can still laugh at all, despite all these bullying tactics of the ghost by the Pasig.
Glue IS a ghost employee in Malacanang: THAT is a established fact. Even Erap says so.
Right now, Lola glue must be drinking again…..
SLEEPLESS BY THE PASIG….
MINUMULTO NA RIN SIYA NG SARILI NYANG KABALIWAN.
Anna,
Hehehehe! I stand corrected, bullylit nga pala.
From the maka-Gloria only in here, we can glimpse at how nervouse Gloria must really feel. I have faith that we have more people like Binay who are willing to fight.
ystakei-san,
nasan na yung INU dito? Yung peyborit ka?…
NAWALA? O NAGPALIT NG DAMIT?
Taipan:
Ako man ay nagtataka, eh, dahil hindi mo mauunahan ng post si jorgie. napakarami ng thread ni Ms. Ellen simula ng pag-suspend kay Mayor Rambo Binay. Walang post kahit isa man, di ba?
Bakit kaya?
Delayed ang bayad?
Hmmmm…
Ni-request ko kay Ellen kasi na puruhin muna ang loop on Binay para magkaroon tayo ng matinong usapan para matulungan ng tama iyong mga nakikibaka sa Makati. We do not need the attempt of the Brigade to twist our reasonings at this important moment. I also would like them to realize that we are fed up of the Bansot and that among us there are a lot many who can make a better analysis, etc. of the situation back in the Philippines to recommend the best things to do and adopt to make their fight there more effective. Kami na lang dito sa Japan, exposed sa pakikibaka kaya we have an idea of how to contribute to this struggle for better Philippines.
Thanks Ellen. Walang magulo kaya nakapag-isip tayong mabuti and had a better brainstorming, I guess. Ang masama nga lang a lot many of us were prevented from blogging in. I have a suspicion the idea is to make it look konti lang ang ayaw kay Bansot.
‘Tado talaga!
Yuko, I dont’ want to prevent anybody from posting. Just ignore them.
That’s the price we have to pay for a democracy.
That’s exactly what I have done, Ellen. Ignore the provocateurs!
Yuko:
Ganoon ba?
Anyway, we’ll just follow Ms. Ellen’s advise – ignore them!
Tuloy lang ang laban.
You bet, Emilio! Hindi dapat pansinin. Maganda ang naging talakayan so far nang walang nanggugulo. Puede naman magpalitan ng kuro-kuro ng walang bastusan. Nakakasuya iyong nagpapatutsada pa. Mainit ang ulo ko sa mga ganyan sa totoo lang.
With all due respect, I don’t agree with Ms Ellen and others. Please don’t get me wrong, I do understand many of you and your arguments. And have great respect of what you believe are just.
To my point of view, I’ve different attitude about dealing with those in the opposite side of the spectrum. e.g. Jun, anthony and others. I’d rather confront them head on than ignoring them hoping it’ll go away. Perhaps they will, but I think I’ll be losing out of not getting my messages to them, as the different views than theirs. Certainly, I can’t convince anyone that believe the same think that I do, just repeating the same rhetorical that you already knew. We become so predictable, and you can almost anticipate what on one side will say as being agreeable to each other. So, there is no challenge on the argument when all are in the same page, specially in the political arena? Surely, no checks and balances. I think, instead of ignoring others on the opposite side, you should controvert them in substance what you believe are on the side of justice, law, truth or whatever that happen to be. To ignore them (opposite side)is not in my opinion is commendable. I’d rather grilled the opposite side with facts, and at the same undestand their weaknesses, so I can deal with it in a manner appropriately.
To make my point, no one can convince me that Gloria Arroyo is illegitimate, bogus, fake, liar, cheat, thief, corrupt and among others things, like incompetent, or bansot if you will. I already know all that, but the challenge is to convince, hopefully the opposition of your message,like Jun. Jun might not listen to you but he got something to think about, beside Gloria the boring Gloria’s promises she will bring to Jun.
I read lots of your comments, and practically they all the same, including mine. That’s why I enjoy seeing Jun peeking in this blog. Jun is quite a dispute in itself. I don’t think he’s listening to reason, yet keep coming back for more. Talking about Pilipino being resilience, Jun would be a good example.
Dialogue is power tool to have.
I dare to contradict Toney. I have met criminals of the sort, and no matter how much you try to tell them it is wrong, they still do things that they know are wrong and can send them to jail.
You can’t convince people like this Jun that may even be the Bansot herself or one of her children to reform especially when they believe that they are right and infallible like the Pope, and worse when they have made cheating, lying, etc. their habit.
I won’t waste time with people who are hopelessly obstinate, dishonest, etc. It’s a waste of time arguing in fact with such people. In the Bible, in fact, we are told to dust our feet on them.
I commend you Toney for the effort but, as we’ve noticed in the past and in several other blogs, these brigaders as Yuko calls them, are actually “monkey wrenches from Malacañang’s enormous tool chest” whose only purpose is to take the discussion off its present direction especially when several alternative courses of action are being forwarded by bloggers and when some semblance of agreement seems to have been achieved and the action plan is just about made, these agents-provocateurs throw you off by taking the discussion elsewhere.
Notice how this Jun conveniently injects into his arguments non-related issues like Cayetano’s German bank exposè, for example, then when nobody takes him up on it, switches to personal issues like, Maka-Erap kayo, or as in that above, mangarap kayo, etc. I still sometimes fall into that trap though.
We’ve even gone as far as tracking their IP addresses, for example, in PCIJ’s blog and the moment they were exposed, they were back to where they really belong – Sassy’s and Austero’s – and we never saw them again! The same thing in Capt. Faeldon’s Pilipino.org blog, although later, the comments were screened and most monkey-wrench posts were edited out. When that happens, the only alternative left for them is to bomb the blog. Look, even PCIJ’s blog has been defaced and the only way you can conveniently navigate through it is by avoiding using Internet Explorer. The brigaders here are however more prepared as they leave no clues behind, they’re probably using public computers or use prepaid accounts.
No, I’m not telling you to stop taking them head-on, in fact, it’s good to know there’s one untiring soul who takes up the cudgels for the others. It’s even entertaining sometimes. If you think you should listen to their “reason”, if any, please do not hesitate.
Anyways, let’s keep blogging and before I ruin the emotions and myself be a monkey wrench by, as the thread fittingly says, “Delaying Arroyo’s Downfall”, let’s give them a fight they never dreamed they’d see.
‘Luck to all.
Dialogue is powerful tool to have. Indeed it is, but not when you are talking to someone with a mind like the Bansot and her Internet Brigade, especially those who make it a living.
You bet that you and I do not have to fall hook, line and sinker to what Ellen and the rest of the bloggers here say about the pathetic state of the Philippine nation today. Otherwise, why would Filipino professionals opt for instance to do menial jobs overseas where they can even be subjected to all kinds of discriminations?
You and I in fact have known and outgrown the graft and corruption that exist in the Philippines, a reason in fact why a lot many of us have left the country in the first place. In my case, though, it is more because of family decision than a personal choice.
Dialogue is applicable only when the other party is willing to listen, not when it is a one-sided affair by one who is deliberately being rude and insulting. It is in fact useless to argue with them. Worse is when they resort to metamorphosing into various personalities with the intent to deceive that they are many. That for me is sick!
You definitely cannot argue with someone who is sick in the head as a matter of fact! Baka mahawa ka pa. 😛 It is a useless endeavour!
TongueInAnew:
I have actually just finished trying to battle with wits with another Junior with a different approach this time as if he is really one of us who can see the root cause of all these hardships and miseries of Filipinos today.
However, reading between the lines, you know that this is the same person who has been pledging undying allegiance to the Bansot he considers blameless for all the pathetic state the nation is in presently.
I, for one, cannot have the time to argue with this guy who tries his worse to make one look stupid and unlearned as if he alone has had the best of education that money can afford to provide, in which case I’d rather say goodbye and go to a higher level of argument than end up wallowing in stagnancy and ignorance.
One thing I do, though, is I don’t argue on matters I am not familiar with. It is for this reason that I can sound strong, powerful and obstinate!
Call it intuition and common sense, I have plenty of those. I thank God for them as a matter of fact!!!
Emilio says: Bakit kaya?
Delayed ang bayad?
Hmmmm…
Baka nga….nakalimutan ng amo nya.
o hirap magpalit ng handle? Dami kasi, eh!
mwehehehehehehh!!!!
“APOG”????? yaaiiiikkkkkssss!!! apog nga! paano nyo nalaman na apog nga ang ginamit sa ppagpinta sa pagmumuka ni cheap monks? pandakaki? ginamit ko yun para unti unting maagnas ang muka nya at tuluyan ng maging impaktita sa mundo ng kanyang ENCHANTED KINGDOM!!!!!! ako ang make-up artist nya!!! nyah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!
Philippine mayor defies government
By Carlos H. Conde
International Herald Tribune Published: October 18, 2006
MANILA Wearing an unbuttoned camouflage Philippine Marines jacket with a colonel’s insignia stitched onto it, Jejomar Binay looked ill at ease, even awkward, hardly the picture of a man at war. But there he was, holed up in his office for two days, surrounded by hundreds of supporters and a handful of bodyguards, promising to wage war.
“I think in your unguarded moments, in these times of crisis, you are compelled to wear something that is demanded by the situation,” Binay, the 64-year-old mayor of Makati City, the financial district of metropolitan Manila, said Tuesday.
Later, Binay, a reserve colonel in the Marines, declared: “They might as well just kill me. I never run away from a fight.”
The leader of the opposition in the Philippines, Binay has been facing down the administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in a standoff at the Makati City Hall, not far from Ayala Avenue, the country’s Wall Street. The crisis, observers said, has the potential to turn ugly.
For the rest of the story, click here.
Kaya nga, Ellen, when the Internet Brigaders say that the Apog is irreplaceable, I go ballistic, because the truth is it is an insult on the mentality of Filipinos since I do not believe that God would be unfair to bless a crook and deprive the worthier of his creations the power and ability to lead.
Now, we know that the Philippines is not a hopeless case and that though no one is perfect, there are those who love their country and people more than the crook who loves herself and her pockets more!!!
Mabuhay ka, Mayor Binay!
Hindi kabisado ni Hawiyanguy ang kasaysayan ng Pilipinas kasi lumaki sa Hawian Island. Tungkol sa pag-uniporme ni Binay, walang masama ito basta reservist ka. Anong problema kung hindi nasa ayos ang suot niya? Pumasyal kayo sa presinto at makikita niyo ang mga Pulis natin na palpak ang uniporme. Marami ang nakabukas ang pag-itaas at nakalabas ang malaking tiyan. Mas mukhang maton pa kesa isang tunay na pulis.
Dapat sa mga maingay dito ay sumali sa rally at hindi puro dada na lang sa blog. Kung talagang matapang kayo kahit na nasa ibang bansa kayo, bumalik kayo sa Pilipinas kahit ilang araw lang at sumali sa ipinaglalaban. Ako…mag-oorganize ako sa Chinatown. Titipunin ko ang mga Tsinoy tapos may Lion at Dragon dance pa. Lahat kami ay magsusuot ng pula. Sisigaw kami ng “Piyaw Si”.
Now that a TRO on Binay has been issued, does the fight against Arroyo’s fake presidency end or slow down? That’s the more worrisome concern.
Iyan nga ang problema Mang Dominic Coseteng…tahimik lahat. Puro salita walang action. Bakit noon kay Marcos at Erap ang bilis. Ngayon dumadaan tayo sa butas ng karayom…