Kawawa naman ang nangyari sa pamilya ng mga namatayan ng sanggol sa Rizal Medical Center.
Sa imbestigasyon na isinagawa ng Department of Health ang mga nanay pa ang may kasalanan ng pagkamatay ng kanilang mga anak.
Pambihira naman buhay ito. Nanganak ka sa ospital. Kahit sabihin mong government hospital yun, gumastos ka pa rin. Namatay ang anak mo dahil sa “neonatal sepsis” na sa pagkaintindi ko ay infection sa dugo. Tapos ikaw pa ngayon ang sinabing nagbigay nag infection sa anak mo at hindi ang maduming gamit sa ospital.
Di ginawa pang kriminal ang mga nanay. Kawawa naman. Namatayan na nga, ininsulto pa.
Noong unang lingo ng Oktubre, sunod-sunod na namatay ang siyam na mga sanggol sa RMC. Labinlima ang kaso nag neonatal sepsis.
Sabi ng mga naunang report, dahil raw sa bagyong Milenyo na nagdulot nag brownout at pagkawala ng water supply, medyo nagkaroon ng problema ang kalinisan sa RMC.
Ngunit sa resulta ng imbestigasyon ng National Epidemiology Center na pinangungunahan ni Dr. Eric Tayag, sinabi niyang and mga bagong panganak raw ay nagkaroon ng paghihiorap sa paghinga at lagnat sa loob ng 90 na oras pagkatapos sila ipinanganak.
“Ibig sabihin nito nagkaroon ng mother-to-child transmission bago ipinanganak ang mga sanggol,” sabi ni Tayag.
Wala rin raw koneksyun ang kalagayan ng ospital dulot ng bagyong Milenyo sa pagkamatay nag mga sanggol.
Labin-limang kaso pare-prehong nanay ang nagbigay ng infection sa kanilang mga sanggolo. Mahirap yata paniwalaan.
At hindi lang pala nangyari sa RMC itong napakaraming kaso nag neo-sepsis. Sabi minso ni Secretary of health Francisco Duque III, sa taong 2005, 83 na sanggol ang na-infection at 45 ang namatay. Sa taong ito, 127 na sanggol ang nagkaroon nag infection at 69 ang namatay.
Sinabi ni Tayag na ang mga nanay raw ng mga sanggol na nagkaroon nag neo-sepsis ay hindi regular na ng-prenatal. Mga mahirap kasi itong mga magulang.
Kawawa talaga ang lagay ng mahihirap sa Pilipinas dahil wala kang maasahan na matinong serbisyo sa pamahalaan. Kalunos-lunos ang sitwasyon ng ating mga hospital.
Sa probinsya namin noon , nagkaroon nag LBM ang nanay ko, dinala ko sa Medicare hospital. Naku, kailangan ka pala magdala nag banig, unan,kumot at electric fan. Kulang na lang magdala ng sariling higaan. Siyempre ikaw rin ang bibili ng gamot.
Ang biktima sa ganitong kalagayan ay ang mga mahihirap dahil sila lang naman ang pumupunta sa public hospitals dahil wala silang pambayad sa private. Tapos, sa halip na mabuhay, patay ang nangyayari sa kanila. Kawawa talaga.
Moot na ang issue (hopefully) dahil bumaba na ang decision ng SC tungkol sa PI, although hindi pa rin fully dahil isusunod naman ng kasalukuyang administration ang Con-Ass. Pero ang sabi nila ay ang unicameral form of government daw ang kasagutan sa mga ganitong halimbawa ng kahirapan ng mamamayan. Sino kaya ang maniniwala na magbabago ang ganitong kalagayan kung mabago ang porma ng gobyerno? Lokohin nila ang lelong nila!
Ellen:
This is one reason why my group and I, and other concerned NGOs that used to lobby against the deployment of the Japayukis are now protesting against the deployment of so-called “caregivers” and nurses to Japan, where to be qualified for the job, they will have to undergo rigid training in Japanese and take a qualifying exam in both oral and written Japanese.
Imagine the number of criminal cases that will result from this kind of negligence by this incompetent and bogus government. Cases such as the above that you have related will be treated here as criminal and will be thoroughly investigated by the police.
I sympathize with the mothers who lose their children because of hospital negligence and incompetence, and more so, when they are not attended to properly because they are poor and cannot pay.
Dito, Ellen, may bonus na binibigay when one gives birth. Alagang-alaga ang mga sanggol. If they die because of negligence, nalilintikan ang mga doctor, nurse at mismong hospital. At saka, dahil sa marami namang ibang hospital nawawalan ng pasyente ang mga ganyang hospital. Kung sabagay, kahit saan na lang, ang mga mahihirap ay kapit kasi sa patalim diyan sa Pilipinas. In short, wala silang karapatan! Iyan ang ipinapasok sa mga utak nila sa totoo lang diyan sa bansa ng mga mapang-api at naaapi!
Wala na bang pagbabago talaga? PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
Just a thought, Ellen, hindi kaya sinadya ang pagpatay sa mga bata para makuha ang mga kailagan ng mga ungas na puedeng i-export doon sa sinasabi kong balak yatang gawing bagong export industry ng Pilipinas aside from the Super-Atsay/Atsoy disguised as “caregivers,” and Super Tapu/Topu. Iyong laman-laman, iyong laman-laman?! Mga mahihirap ang puntirya ng mga kumag sa totoo lang kasi mahirap hindi makakalaban diyan sa bansa ng mga mapang-api at naaapi!!! 🙁
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
talagang kawawa nag mga mahihirap sa pinas.
tom, tama ka dyan. kahit anong porma ng gobyerno, walang mangyayari kasi talamak na ang sakit ng pilipino.
nagdaan na tayo sa dictatorial form of government sa kamay ni marcos. mahit 20 taon, wala ring nangyari at ang mga mahirap ay mahirap pa rin. pero sila at ang mga opisyal gobyerno o militar ay yumaman. nag mga mahihirap, binibigyan lang nila ng supot ng bigas tuwing pasko at eleksyon.
nagdaan na tayo sa pogi form of government sa kamay ni erap na naging popolar dahil siya ay artista. ngayon, tinatawagan na namn niya ang mahihirap sa pamamagitan ng pilikula niya na “Mabuhay para sa Masa” na buhay daw niya
pero suspetsa ko, wala doon yung kwento sa dalawang mansyon na pinatayo niya sa dalawang kerida niya.
ngayon, ibang klase naman ang sa kasalukuyang gobyerno ng pinas. wala nang tago tago. garapalan na. pinag-aaralan na ni gloria na ligawan ang mga mahihirap. sa ngayon, kailangan muna niya na patabain ang mga heneral bago niya ligawan ang mga mahihirap, sa gayon, magtatagal-tagal pa siya sa pwesto.
Nakakangitngit itong deklarasyon ni Duque na walang sepsis na nakuha sa RMC. Hindi ako makapaniwala na ang isang tulad ni Duque, na siyang pinakamayaman sa Gabinete ng nagpapayamang Donya, ay kayang masikmura ang nakasusulukasok na kapaligiran sa nasabing ospital. Kung naniniwala siya sa kanyang sinasabi, bakit di niya dalhin ang isang malapit na kamag-anak niyang buntis para doon manganak? O sa Fabella kaya.
Alam mo Ellen, minsan na akong nakapunta sa Fabella, ang pinakamaraming pinaaanak na pampublikong ospital sa buong bansa, at nanlumo ako sa nakita ko.
Ang napakaraming mga buntis ay nagma-martsa sa loob ng compound habang naghihintay ng takdang oras at saka pa lamang bibigyan ng kama. Marami nang basa na ang mga duster dahil sa pumutok na panubigan at dugo (pasintabi po). Sinilip ko ang labor/delivery room at nakita ko ang mga kama ay walang kutson, sapin, o unan man lamang. Sa ilalim ng bawat kama ay may mga timba upang saluhin ang mga tumutulong likido mula sa pasyente. Ang metal kama ay gawa sa plehe na hinabi gaya ng sa banig na malalayong pagitan ng bawat plehe. Parang kama nung mga napapanood natin sa mga pelikulang giyera nung WWII.
Nakakaawa’t nakakadiring tignan ang mga nagle-labor na naka bukaka na walang tabing habang ang mga tao sa labas ng bintana’y animo’y nanonood ng pelikula. Maliban sa isang janitor na nagma-mop, wala akong nakitang nurse at kung meron man mga dalawa lang na pasulput-sulpot na nag-aasikaso sa mahigit 50 na nagle-labor sa kuwartong tinignan namin. At nung napunta kami sa Ward ng mga tapos nang manganak, naku! Dalawang pasyente magkatabi sa kama! Dito, meron nang sapin ang mga kama, pero gawa lang sa karton at hindi kutson! Marami-rami na ring nurses pero sobrang kulang pa rin. Di na kami tumuloy sa Nursery dahil panahon iyon ng SARS at natatakot ang dalawa naming kasama na kauuwi lang galing Hong Kong na baka makahawa sila doon.
Nang umuwi ang grupo naming nagbabalak ng medical mission sana sa Fabella, lumong-lumo at depressed kaming lahat dahil sa aming nakita.
Habang nababalitaan mo na isang Jocjoc Bolante ay kayang kumupit ng 3 bilyong pondo para sa kanyang amo, o isang Abalos na nagwaldas ng isang bilyon sa mga makinang hindi maaaring gamitin, o maging isang Sto. Tomas na pinakialaman ang P500M ng OWWA para magamit ng Donya para sa eleksiyon, o ang isang napakamayamang artista’t politikong Lito Lapid na ibinibili pa ng bahay ni Genuino ng PAGCOR para lang maging legal na residente ng Makati upang itapat kay Binay sa Susunod na eleksiyon.
Lalo na’t alam natin na ang isang gobyerno’y P300B ang taun-taong ninanakaw sa pondo ayon sa ADB at WB, ano kaya ang iyong mararamdaman kung makita mo ang kahabag-habag na situwasiyon ng mga nanganak sa Fabella? Di ko matanggap ang kalunos-lunos na kalagayan ng mga mahihirap na hindi kayang magbayad ng P12,000 hanggang P50,000 sa mga pribadong ospital para sa normal delivery at higit na mas mahal kung caesarian ay ituring lamang na parang mga baboy na para bang inihahanda na upang katayin.
Galit lamang at wala nang iba ang siguradong mananaig sa ating damdamin. Ipagmalaki pang “umuunlad” na daw ang Pilipinas. Nasaan?
Puro kayo pathetic pati pagkamatay ng sanggol isisi ninyo sa gobyerno. Kayo ano bang naitutulong ninyo? Wla kundi manggulo. Bago ninyo tingnan ang dumi ng iba alisin muna ninyo ang napakalaking dumi na nasa mata ninyo ng makakita kayo ng maayos mga ipokrito at ipokrita.
Ang toto-o lang masisi lang ang manga magulang sa kamatayan ng kanilang sanggol kung ito ay kanilang pinatay. Pag ang dahilan ang kamatayan ay infections o anuman kasagutan din ng gobyerno yon, kasi ang gobyerno ay may obligasyon na alaga-an ang lahat ni mahirap O’ mayaman. At ayaw kong maniwala na ang ganyang kaso, ay “na-isolvar” nila sa ganyang Kadali at makarating sa ganyang “Connclusion”. Para sa Akin yon ay Alibi lamang para maka iwas ng panagutan.
hindinapinoy,
The word is not “ligawan.” Mas ugma ang “ligoyin” o “dengoyen”!
You bet, kawawa ang mga mahihirap sa Pilipinas. Wala nang pag-asa kundi pa magbenta ng kidney, etc.! Kaya lahat gustong umalis na lang ang never to return!
Nakakalungkot din pag inisip mo. Lalo na kung name-meet mo ang mga iyan na katulad ng name-meet ko sa trabaho ko sa pulis, korte at preso ng Japan. Nagtitiis sila kahit na kung tutuusin mas maligaya dapat sila sa sarili nilang bansa. Pero mas gusto pang maging busabos sa ibang bansa kesa maging busabos sa sarili nilang bansa.
May isang nakulong ang sabi pa nga sa akin, “Mas mabuti nang makulong sa Japan kesa naman umuwi sa atin. Walang trabaho at gutom lang. Dito kahit papaano, may trabaho sa loob. Baka puede naman sigurong ipadala ang kita ko sa pamilya ko sa atin.” Pera lang ang mahalaga para sa kanila, wala nang pakialam sa puri’t dangal. Sabi pa ng ng isa, “Bakit nakakain ba iyon?” Shocking! 🙁
Iyan ang key words, TongueInAnew, “puri’t dangal!” Nawala na iyan sa bokabularyo ng mga pinoy. Nakakalungkot di ba?
Kahit mahirap may mga karapatan. Speaking of rights, here’s what concerned people do:
The International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL) held its 3rd congress in the Philippines last October 14-16 with the theme: the role of lawyers in defending the democratic rights of the people.
For photos and documents of the congress, please visit http://www.arkibongbayan.org, or:
http://www.arkibongbayan.org/2006-10Oct24-iapl/iapl.htm
Arkibong Bayan Web Team
Regarding the issue on the death of I think seven infants, randomly or simultaneously…the DOH under SEC. DUQUEsa, was quick to “rule-out” that the “infections” was caused by the “sub-far facilties” at the Rizal Medical Hostpital. But at the same time, he ordered the “sacking” of “senior staffs”. And you’re right Ma’m Ellen, pointing the “fault” to the mothers of the dead babies only added “insult to their grief”…only in da Pilipins! 😡
Siguro pagkatapos “patabain ang mga heneral” ni Gloria, titirisin na lang niya ang mga abalang mahihirap. Para bang si Sadam Hussien noong umalis sa kuwait, sinunog niya lahat ng langis na abot niya. Eto naman, bagong patalsikin si Gloria, manununog rin ng pera na dapat sa dapat sana sa mahirap. At least Erap hindi sugapa sa power, na katulad nitong si Gloria na brina-bride kung sino man, para manatili lang sa Malacanang. I admit, masamabilis si gloria sa kalokohan, kaysa kay erap, kesa rin kay marcos, sa totoo lang.
At itong si Jun napakainutil, dahil hindi naman lang pinupuna ni Ellen ang kamahalmahal niyang Gloria, kung hindi itong Tayag at aged health system ng Pilipinas. Kung marami ng namatay, bakit hindi pa aminin at para matigil ang namamatay. Me epedimic na, dinideny parin niya at sisisihin ang ina. Walang kasing kainutilan at katarantadohan ang kinakalabasan nito. Kung nakikita nito ni Gloria at pinapayagan, di i admit inutil din si gloria.
At walang kinalaman ang muta ko o pagkaipokrito ko.
kahit kailan, ang mga mahihirap ang tagasalo ng lahat ng dusang dulot ng kapritso ng mga nakaaangat sa buhay na walang iniisip kundi ang pansariling kapakanan. katulad din ng mga sipsip na tagapagtanggol ng abusadong administrasyong walang ginawa kundi manggulo. palibhasa mga halang ang kaluluwa at walang budhi kaya balewala sa kanila ang sakit ng kalooban ng mga inang nawalan ng mga sanggol na pinagsakitan nilang dalhin sa loob ng kanilang mga sinapupunan sa loob ng ilang mahahabang buwan.
HindinaPinoy, kahit anong opinyon sa isyu na pinaguusapan, welcome. Pero hindi ang mura.
I deleted comments na may mura. Sana naman hindi na muulit.
Sa halip na gawan kaagad ng paraan para matulungan at mabigyan ng solusyon ang epidemia, sinisi pa ang mga kawawang ina! Hindi lang inutil ang dapat itawag sa ating Health system kundi Balasubas na talaga! At saka ang karumaldumal na situwasyon sa mga public hospital lalo na sa probinsiya ay hindi na bago..Sa Mindanao, lalo na sa mga Muslim areas, halos ayaw mong pasukin kahit entrance man lang ng hospital dahil sabi nga ng karamihan, 5 kilometers away, nangangalisaw na ito sa baho! Hindi na kailangang pumunta pa kayo doon, sa Maynila nga, bulok na…sa probinsiya pa kaya? Alam ko ito dahil ilang taon din akong nagserbisyo sa mga hospital doon bago ako napunta sa ibang bansa!
TongueInANew,
tamang-tama ang patama mo kay jocjoc. aba, sa milyon milyon pera na yun, pwede nang magpatayo ng maraming ospital.
idagdag natin dyan yung ginastos ni erap sa pagpapatayo ng mga mansyon para sa kanyang mga kerida. aba, marami-rami rin na ospital yun. at yung balato ni erap kay tessie oreta, marami ding mabibiling kama.
at yung perang ginastos sa mga sapatos ni imelda, sayang din yun pandagdag sa pambili ng kutson.
Elvie:
Natatandaan ko na ngayon kung bakit noong maliliit pa kami unless na sinabi ng doctor namin, hindi kami dinadala ng mother ko sa ospital. May doctor na pupunta sa bahay namin at doon kami ginagamot o pumupunta kami sa clinic niya.
Noon pa nga kapag nagkaroon nga ng influenza at sinabi mo sa sanitation bureau, pupunta agad sa bahay mo at magbobomba ang mga health inspector. Pinsan ng father ko na kaapelyido ng isang blogger dito na si Mr. Mariano kasi health inspector na nasa sanitation bureau at mismong ama ko maingat sa kalinisan huwag na nating sabihin kasi may lahing hapon siya. Ngayon yata sobrang tipid na hindi na ginagawa ang pagbobombang ganoon para hindi kumalak ang mga sakit. Pero ang pera ng bayan ginagamit ni Bansot sa kaharutan niya!
Isang tanong, Ellen, bakit hindi mag-form ng grupo ang mga nanay na nasalanta at idemanda nila ang ospital na pananagutin ang gobyerno dahil tungkulin nilang pangalagaan ang kalusugan ng lahat? Puede namin silang i-refer doon sa mga lawyers na binanggit ng arkibo sa itaas. Isang grupo ng mga abogado na malalapitan ay ang mga abogado ng CODAL. Ganyan ang ginagawa ng mga taong may hinaing sa gobyerno dito. Kahit nga mga negligence kung may lindol puede mong idemanda ang gobyerno, iyong pang mga katulad ng kasong nabanggit mo sa itaas.
Kaya nga mahirap na dito ipadala ang mga nurses at caregiver na hindi marunong magsalita at magbasa ng wikang hapon at pihadong magkakaroon ng maraming problema. Kung sabagay madaragdagan ang trabaho ko bilang interpreter lalo na kung makasuhan ng negligence, etc. at makulong dahil hindi puedeng gawing dahilan ang walang kakayahang magsalita, magbasa at magsulat ng wikang hapon. Labas ng mga iyan baka maging Japayuki na naman!!!
Iyong kaso ng mga ospital sa Pilipinas puedeng gamiting tema ng mga horror movie ni Stephen King!
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
E-mail from Dan Alupay:
Nabasa ko sa dyaryo yung tungkol sa mga namatay na bata sa Rizal Provincial Hospital.
Tanong ko lang: dyan ba sa hospital na yan eh mayroon silang health and safety procedure to follow kasi sa kaso mga bata yung namatay nagkagasto pa ng malaki ang magulang talagang kawawa tapos ibubunton ang sisi sa mga nanganak.
Por diyos naman hospital na yan anong ginagawa ng dept. of Health o ang Presidente dapat managot yan at dapat makialam na rin ang human rights kasi violations na ang ginagawa ng mga mapagsamantala.
Masakit isipin pero yan ang nangyayari sa pilipinas palubog imbes na umangat
ito ang problemang hindi mabigyang katwiran kapag mga pobre ang nasasangkot. palibhasa ay walang tuwirang mapagkukunan ng salaping kailangan upang dagliang bigyang pansin at asikaso ng mga kinauukulan, kapag nagkaroon ng pagkukulang sa panig ng dapat managot, ang mga kawawa ang pinagpapasahan ng sisi gayung maliwanag na ito ay nangyari bunga ng kapabayaan, kawalang interes na maisalba ang mga buhay na nasa kanilang mga pangangalaga at pagwawalang bahala sa kapakanan ng iba.
tingnan ninyo at pansinin ang katwiran ng espiya ng mga walanghiya, nakasalag agad na para bang sobra sobra ang ibinayad. ano kaya kung buong pamilya ng bugok na ito ang mapeste? baka tayo ang kanyang sisihin.
Back in the mud
FRONTLINE
Ninez Cacho-Olivares
10/26/2006
Gloria Arroyo is getting quite a nasty international reputation, both for herself and her government.
With the Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters without Borders [RSF]) World Press Freedom Index report showing even greater slippage in bottom rankings and still being seen as one of the “worst places for media” there is little doubt that constitutionally-guaranteed freedoms are not being upheld by her regime, whether done through the extra-judicial executions of journalists or through indirect censorship or even by attempts to silence media critics through numerous criminal libel suits filed by the presidential spouse and the couple’s officials and cronies.
And it is not only RSF that has pointed out the Gloria regime’s muzzling of the press. Other international press groups have also brought out these same issues against her.
Yet it is not only the reputation of Gloria and her husband, along with their government officials and Malacañang cronies’ filing of libel suits that get the blackeye. It is also the justice system in this country under her regime that gets it, whether it is the fiscals, state prosecutors or the courts, especially as there is already an established doctrine by the high court that public officials and public figures are deemed to be “fair game” for the media.
Given this established doctrine, fiscals, where the libel complaints are first filed against the accused, should by law, and by rights, dismiss the libel suits filed by the presidential spouse, but as the fiscals can hardly have independence, given that they toe the line of Gloria and the Justice department, even when no probable cause exists, these cases are never dismissed and are instead elevated to the trial courts, whose judges also just as quickly, issue arrest warrants against the accused, have them arraigned just as quickly and try the case when this should be promptly dismissed, given the prevailing doctrine.
Neither are the judges generally seen as being independent of Malacañang as they keep up with the cases, even when clearly they could be quickly dismissed. And because these cases flourish, the perception grows even more that judges do take their orders from the powerful and influential in government rather than rule on the case based on the law.
Still, it is not only on the issue of press freedom where Gloria and her regime are being given the thumbs down by the international community and governments, but issues that are inter-related with press freedom.
There is hardly any doubt that the Gloria government’s ranking in the corruption index and other surveys is at the bottom ladder in the category of the “most corrupt” countries, apart from other international surveys that also point to the Gloria government as slipping dangerously in the rankings of investment countries in the competitive category, which surveys also point to corruption in doing business in the country.
What does this corruption tag on the Gloria government have to do with press freedom? A whole lot.
As pointed out by RSF, all these libel suits brought by Big Mike Arroyo are meant to stop the media from reporting on the many scams and scandals of government — and these scams and scandals all stem from the corruption engaged in by Arroyo government officials, especially the top officials.
The irony of it all is that, even as there are libel suits filed by these government officials and public figures on the basis of the media reports, there definitely exists documented proof of their corruption and scams and yet such evidence — if it is testimonial — is promptly recanted by the witness, after being paid off by these powerful figures. If proof comes in the form of official documents, such as the Commission on Audit reports showing the scam, or a taped conversation between Gloria and a poll commissioner on the massive fraud operations to ensure Gloria’s win, this is quickly covered up by Gloria, her aides and her allies in the House.
This is the reason for the killing of two impeachment complaints. Gloria and her aides, along with her House allies, all knew that the evidence of her guilt was much too strong, which is why her allies refused to have the pro-impeachment group bring out their evidence during the hearings.
And as the reports on these scams and corruption in her government persist, the media must be made to toe the Malacañang line.
Gloria may claim to uphold press freedom and all the other liberties of the people, but she can’t fool the people, nor the international community. The steps she takes all show her dictatorial and corrupt ways.
Hanggang ngayon, sa news nadidinig ko na sinisisi pa din ang mga nanay sa pagkamatay ng mga sanggol,nakakainis talaga …
Kung ganito ang larawan ng lahat ng government hospital, e di saan pa tatakbo ang mga di kaya pumunta sa mamamahalin na ospital…
Tungkol sa Ospiatl
naalala ko yung kamag anak ng asawa ni Paquiao nireject din nung walang singkwenta mil….Ilan ba sa atin ang me singkwenta mil…
Kahit yung medyo me kaya,di malaman kung saan kukuha nito pag oras na ng pangangailangan..
Kailangan ang Philhealth natin ay di lamang sa pangangampanya ang gamit,kailangan talaga natin ng Health insurance gaya ng sa Amerika.
kaso dito pag di namaamsukan,walang healthcard…iyang Philhealth ilan ba ang kaya maghulug dyan bwan bwan..
Cha-cha advocates, Iggy, Mikey included in GMA trip to China
10/27/2006
Twelve congressmen, including the presidential son and presidential brother-in-law, along with seven governors and six members of the Cabinet are part of President Arroyo’s official delegation in her five-day working trip in China which starts today.
Based on the list of the delegation, the 12 members of the House of Representatives are presidential son and Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo, presidential brother-in-law Negros Occidental Rep. Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo, Representatives Antonio Alvarez (Palawan), Danton Bueser (Laguna),
Arthur Defensor (Iloilo), Benasing Macarambong (Lanao del Sur), Suharto Mangadadatu (Sultan Kudarat), Anthony Miranda (Isabela), Pedro Pancho (Bulacan), Monico Puentevella (Bacolod City), Generoso Tulagan (Pangasinan) and Amelita Villarosa (Occidental Mindoro).
In the Senate, only Sen. Manuel Lapid is part of the delegation.
Among the representatives in the local government units (LGUs), the seven governors are Erico Aumentado (Bohol), Ben Evardone (Eastern Samar), Gwendolyn Garcia (Cebu), Teresita Lazaro (Laguna), Vicente Magsaysay (Zambales), Adolph Edward Plaza (Agusan del Sur) and Loreto Leo Campos (Misamis Occidental).
Aumentado and Evardone are top officials of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (Ulap), one of the proponents of Palace-backed people’s initiative, which seeks to amend the Constitution, but was rejected by the Supreme Court recently.
The six members of the Cabinet who are part of the delegation are Secretaries Alberto Romulo (Foreign Affairs), Peter Favila (Trade and Industry), Angelo Reyes (Environment), Arthur Yap (Agriculture), National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales and Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye.
First Gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo will follow for a Hong Kong vacation of Mrs. Arroyo on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 which will come immediately after the working trip in China.
Mrs. Arroyo yesterday said her five-day visit to China would further the “golden age” in bilateral relations between the two countries.
The President, during a radio interview, stressed that her visit to China would help encourage trade, tourism and investment to the Philippines, even as she downplayed China’s role as a competitor to her nation.
“Relations between the Philippines and China, as described by (Chinese) President Hu Jintao, are entering a golden age,” she said, adding “trade and other relations with China are huge.”
Mrs. Arroyo cited Chinese investment in railway systems, mining and manufacturing, adding the Philippines could rapidly expand the export of copper, electronics and tropical fruits to Beijing.
“We have our own niche, even if more investments are going to China,” the Chief Executive said. “They buy more from us than we buy from them. They are really a huge market.”
Imports to the Philippines from China in the first seven months of 2006 totaled $2.103 billion, while exports to China in the same period hit $2.352 billion, the National Statistics Office said.
In 2005, total imports from China amounted to $2.973 billion, while exports to China hit $4.077 billion.
“We are also looking at the large tourism market from China that grew three times last year over the year before,” Mrs. Arroyo said.
Department of Tourism figures showed that Chinese tourist arrivals in country hit 64,584 in the first half of 2006, a 41-percent increase from the same period last year.
The President also expressed confidence that a China-financed project to rehabilitate the railway system running north from Manila would be completed by 2009.
magkakasama ang mga kampon ng mandarambong puntang china kung saan magbabalangkas na naman ng mga kawalanghiyaang gagawin pagbalik sa pilipinas. wala nang ginawa kundi mag-aksaya ng salapi ng bayan habang milyon milyong pilipino ang gapang sa hirap.
Palace mulls another pay hike for gov’t workers
10/27/2006
Citing the need to improve the lives of all state workers, President Arroyo yesterday announced her government’s plan to increase the pay of state employees starting next year up to 2010.
In a speech at the ongoing 1st National Summit of the Bagong Usbong ng Lingkod Bayan (BULB) at the Adventist University of the Philippines in Silang town, Cavite province, Mrs. Arroyo said the government has allotted a total of P172 billion in salary increases for state workers in the next four years.
She said based on the estimate of the Department of Budget and Management, the government will spend P10 billion in 2007, P32 billion in 2008, P55 billion in 2009, and P75 billion in 2010 for the salary increases of the government workforce.
To be able to provide the pay hike of state workers, Mrs. Arroyo urged all government revenue offices, like the Bureau of Customs and the Bureau of Internal Revenue, to continue their good revenue collections.
She also asked all agencies to be more prudent in spending government funds so that the pay hikes of some one million state workers can be accommodated.
“It is my wish that it will not only moral generation that would be uplifted by programs like BULB but also the lives of our state workers,” Mrs. Arroyo said in Filipino.
At the same occasion, Mrs. Arroyo also said the government remains focused in its campaign against smuggling.
“We are determined to strike down the problem of smuggling as we have made it clear to the Bureau of Customs that there should be no sacred cow in this all-out effort, to ensure that a just and equitable market be preserved,” she said.
She also assured the public that the government would make sure that all fronts of productivity and fair competition are protected and strengthened.
“And our progress can only continue if you and I as public servants knock down the walls that are diving our country,” she said, as she urged the 3,000 government officials and employees participating in the summit to cooperate and join the government in its fight to end illegal smuggling. PNA
dami pang mga kaeklayan. ibigay na lang kung ibibigay ang marapat lamang na tamasain (noon pa sana)ng mga empleyado ng gobyerno na kung maaari nga lang ay gawing doble ang sahod ng mga nasa ibaba upang makaagapay sa lumalalang pagtaas ng presyo ng pangunahing pangangailangan. sinasamahan pa ng pambobolang hindi na pinaniniwalaan ng taong bayan.
nalalapit na naman kasi ang panahon ng pangangampanya at gumagawa ng gimik upang iboto ang tiket ng mga kandidatong maka-kaban ng bayan.
Huwag kang maniwala sa mga figures na inilalabas ni Bansot. Pihado, tampered iyan at puro kabulastugan. Kailan ba nagsabi ng totoo ang ungas na iyan. Kita mo nga hindi na makaahon ang mga pilipino sa hirap. Kahit iyong mga pilipino sa ibang bansa, hindi naman gaanong umaahon sa totoo lang. Dito nga ngayon ang daming nahuhuling pinay sa kung ano’t anong uri ng racket, pandarambong, etc. para lang may maipadala sa mga pamilya nila sa Pilipinas. Isang pilipina nakakulong ngayon at nililitis sa hukuman sa kasong pagnanakaw at trespassing. 30 bahay ang pinagnakawan. Pihadong kulong ang babaing ito sa dami ng ninakawan niya. Dalawa noong isang buwan ang nahawakan ko bilang interpreter ang nagsunod ng bahay nila sa desperation nila dahil naputol ang kanilang welfare nang malaman ng city hall na ipinapadala nila ang pera para sa kapakanan ng mga anak nilang hapon sa pamilya nila sa bansa nila. Nakakahiya ito sa totoo lang, tapos ang galing ni Pandak na maghambug na improved daw ang economy ng Pilipinas. Walastik ang yabang. Tuloy daw ang Chacha at iyong focus niya pati economy ng bansa. Puede ba PATALSIKIN NA LANG, NGAYON NA!
Tama ka, Mrivera, aksaya na naman ng pera. Ano ba ang ginagawa ng ungas na iyan sa ibang bansa. Puede namang ipaasikaso sa mga ambassador ang dapat niyang sabihin o gawin, bakit buwan-buwan umaalis ang ungas na iyan. Unfortunately, mahirap mangyari ang coup kapag wala siya kasi siniguro ng mga ungas na puro tuta nila ang namamahala ng AFP ngayon. Tiba-tiba naman iyong mga sundalong kanin kaya hindi nagrereklamo. Whadyaknow, kaya kasama ang asawa para kung bumagsak nga naman ang eroplano, magkakasama silang lahat sa impiyerno!!! Sana nga! Nyahahahahaha! 😛
Yuko,
The manipulation of data had been a norm in government. One of the things that helped bring Marcos down was the discovery by a government official on the overstatement of the country’s dollar reserves to a tune of about $350 million. Ellen for sure knows about that.
Ellen,
I have witnessed how government hospitals are ill-equiped to deal with influx of patients. In Labor alone in Quezon City, I saw patients sharing a bed 4 persons at a time. Just imagine how unhygienic that can be. Unless government priorities are redirected, the poor will always bear the brunt of the government inefficiencies. While government continues to tax heavily the people, we should somehow see the tricledown effect of its efforts. What we are witnessing is the government spending on things which we all know portions of which end up in their pockets. Stopping corruption really is the only remedy for this problem.
While the pretender continue to wield power, corruption will never end.
Ellen,
Halfway through your above article, I was reminded of a similar epidemic in some UK hospitals that made the headlines here for quite sometime late last year up to this year. (It was a huge scandal in the UK.)
In two or three hospitals in England, a number of patients who were admitted for benign treatment ended up dead.
After an exhaustive investigation, the two hospitals (can’t remember their names) were found to be infested with the killer bug called MRSA. The cause: very poor or lack of proper hygiene in those hospitals.
I don’t know if those newborn babies died because of MRSA but the lack of proper hygiene could cause infection (caused by the killer bug), and if not treated quickly, it becomes lethal and death may occur.
Here is a BBC guide to MRSA published in July 2006 following the scandal which put the National Health Service on the accusation seat for quite sometime (I personally refused to check into a hospital after food poisoning when I was in England earlier this year for fear of MRSA):
Here’s the Quick guide: MRSA
MRSA is resistant to antibiotics.
MRSA is a potentially lethal bacterium that causes infections in humans. It is difficult to combat because it has developed a resistance to certain antibiotics.
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus usually strikes in hospitals where sicker and weaker people tend to be in close proximity.
Catching MRSA: Infections occur where there is opportunity for MRSA to get into the body, such as at surgical wounds or where a catheter or needle is inserted.
MRSA can exist harmlessly on people’s skins without their even knowing it, but if it infects someone who is already ill or weak, it can kill.
It is no more dangerous than other forms of Staphylococcus aureus. But because it has developed resistance to methicillin and other antibiotics, it is much more difficult to treat.
MRSA deaths: The National Audit Office estimates hospital-acquired infections contribute to some 5,000 deaths annually.
Of those caused by the Staphylococcus aureus family, most are known to be due to the MRSA strain.
Between 2003 and 2004, mentions of MRSA on death certificates increased from 955 to 1,168.
The government has imposed new hygiene standards on hospitals to try to stem its growth.
Combating the infection: The NHS is targeting ward cleaning and personal hygiene.
Tactics include providing disinfectant hand-rubs and encouraging more vigilance among patients and visitors.
Doctors are now more careful about prescribing antibiotics only when essential, which should help slow the evolution of resistance among bacteria.
Growth of MRSA: Mandatory reporting by doctors of MRSA infections in the bloodstream – where the consequences are often more serious – was not introduced until 2001. Cases rose to a high of 7,684 in 2003/4.
The following year saw a fall to a record-low of 7,212 infections – but that is still well short of the target of fewer than 4,000 cases by 2007-8.
The latest figures show that there were 3,517 infections between October 2005 and March 2006.
More than 40% of Staphylococcus aureus infections in the UK are MRSA – one of the highest levels in Europe.
The National Audit Office estimates that hospital-acquired infections, including MRSA, are costing the NHS about £1bn a year.
Ellen,
The lethality of MRSA is when it has infected the bloodstream (through wounds or open injury), from what I read in your article, the babies had just been born, hence there must be open wounds, eg, umbilical cord, etc. Perhaps, it would be good to raise the issue and check if the hospital is perhaps MRSA infected overall.
Here’s another recent article from the BBC which also made the headlines in the UK; fortunately, there were no deaths this time because health authorities were vigilant following the dozens of death previously and it is SOP now in the UK to test patients for MRSA if, for instance, an additional illness occurs while a patient is hospitalized for something else:
MRSA found at new neonatal unit
BBC Last Updated: Wednesday, 23 August 2006, 15:04 GMT 16:04 UK
The £113m hospital opened in July 2006
Four babies at a brand new Lancashire hospital were put in isolation after testing positive for MRSA.
Traces of the superbug were found on the infants’ skin at the £113m Royal Blackburn Hospital last week.
None of the babies had any resulting problems and their clinical conditions were not affected, the hospital said.
As a precaution, admissions to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit from outside of east Lancashire were restricted for a few days.
The hospital did not receive any requests from outside the area and so did not have to turn any admissions away.
Babies born at the hospital who needed neonatal intensive care during the period of restriction were still admitted.
But the affected babies were nursed in separate areas within the unit in accordance with infection control procedures, the hospital said.
Lynn Wissett, director of clinical care, said: “MRSA is common germ that lives completely harmlessly on the skin and nose of about one third of the population.
“As with any infection, we have strict protocols in place to ensure that the spread of MRSA in our hospitals is limited as far as possible.
“The situation is being closely monitored by our infection control team.”
The new Royal Blackburn Hospital was one of the largest public sector building projects in the North West.
Costing about £113m to build, the new facility opened its doors to the East Lancashire public on 8 July.
Ellen, And again, on MRSA more recently (Sept 2006): (If you notice what the news said, “If it gets into the bloodstream of a person who is already very ill they can die.”; considering that newborns are rather immunity weak, it is easier for them to catch an infection, what with open wounds… I really suggest that the hospital where the newborn babies were born be checked for MRSA.)
News – Killer bug ‘not seen by doctors’
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust was charged under the Health and Safety Act with not properly managing the two doctors.
18 Sep 2006
The City Hospital in Belfast was forced to close its intensive care unit for four days because of the killer bug MRSA.
BBC Northern Ireland has learned the patients were relocated to the hospital’s high dependency unit next door.
Three of the patients subsequently died but the hospital has said that none of them died because of MRSA.
MRSA is a bug that is resistant to most antibiotics.
All the main hospitals in Northern Ireland have a big problem with the bug.
If it gets into the bloodstream of a person who is already very ill they can die.
It is particularly feared in places where people are critically ill such as a hospital intensive care unit.
However, that is exactly the sort of place where the bug thrives because of the kind of procedures carried out there.
In the four months up to last Christmas, the City Hospital’s intensive care unit had ten patients with the bug.
Between Christmas and last week they had a further eight.
All were isolated and the intensive care unit was closed temporarily so that it could be cleaned thoroughly.
One patient is still in intensive care and isolated.
The others have either been discharged or they are in other hospital wards and still in isolation.
Infection by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria is increasingly common in hospitals.
There have been cases of bugs which show resistance even to vancomycin, an antibiotic traditionally regarded as “the last line of defence”.
Ellen,
“Noong unang lingo ng Oktubre, sunod-sunod na namatay ang siyam na mga sanggol sa RMC. Labinlima ang kaso nag neonatal sepsis.”
This is grossly abnormal occurrence. Either they were killed willfully or there was an undiscovered epidemic caused by an infectious bug in the hospital.
Impossible that 9 babies died in succession owing to mothers… something is wrong.
I am deeply suspicious – that this is caused by MRSA.
Ellen Says:
October 26th, 2006 at 2:10 pm
HindinaPinoy, kahit anong opinyon sa isyu na pinaguusapan, welcome. Pero hindi ang mura.
I deleted comments na may mura. Sana naman hindi na muulit.
ellen,
sorry, pero hindi ako nagmura. ang opinion ko ay susog sa nasabi ni TongueInaNew. ang problema, na-spell ko sa tagalog ang pangalan ni TongueInaNew.
Karl Garcia Says:
“Hanggang ngayon, sa news nadidinig ko na sinisisi pa din ang mga nanay sa pagkamatay ng mga sanggol,nakakainis talaga …”
to say that newcasters or news reporters put the blame on mothers of dead babies is not quite accurate, in fact it is misleading. No report, whether on tv or radio nor in broadsheet or tabloid, is blaming the mothers. The news report is merely stating a straight fact that the findings shows that neonatal sepsis which caused the death of 7 babies were not hospital acquired.
The findings of the independent investigators was that the infection that resulted to neonatal sepsis causing the death of new born babies happening one after the other was derived from their mother. The reason is death occured within 72 hours from delivery. Neonatal sepsis that is hospital acquired develop longer than that. I heard the report said that roughly 60% of neonatal sepsis is transmitted from the mother and when it is acquired from the mother it could be more deadlier than the one hospital-acquired.
of course any well-meaning citizen could dispute the result of the investigation. the victim families here are poor, they could even hardly afford to deliver the babies in privage clinics that’s why they settled to avail of the services of RMC, so how can they shoulder another expenses involved in pursuing their cases.
irregardless of the findings of the investigators though the attending doctors could still be administratively charged for negligence. as to what degree, it will depend on the surrounding circumstances and the evidences gathered and available against them. first, it is undisputed that the doctors are fully aware that most of the mother of the victims are poor and could hardly comply with the required post natal check-up; second, having known the background the doctors are adequately forewarned of the risk to the newborn babies at hand. what extra ordinary precaution did they take to eliminate or at least minimize the risk; third, during the time the mothers delivered the babies or immediately thereafter, there was no power, no adequate water supply in the hospital and the standard hygiene could have been compromised, again the doctors could have advised the mothers what would have been the best alternative to do under the circumstances, failure of which could be construed as negligence on the part of the doctors.
Hi Fencesitter,
According to Karl, “fencesitter Says:
October 27th, 2006 at 5:08 am
Karl Garcia Says: “… sa news nadidinig ko na sinisisi pa din ang mga nanay sa pagkamatay ng mga sanggol,nakakainis talaga …”
From what I understood from his statement, he was qualifying the news that he heard: “the news that I am hearing (is) still blaming the mothers for the death of the babies….”.
It is, I believe, different from what you interpreted it, eg, “to say that newcasters or news reporters put the blame on mothers of dead babies is not quite accurate, in fact it is misleading.”
I didn’t think his line there was misleading but perhaps I am wrong in my interpretation of his phrase up there.
Ooops, “It is, I believe, different from HOW you interpreted it, eg, “to say that newcasters or news reporters put the blame on mothers of dead babies is not quite accurate, in fact it is misleading.”
anna,
sa tingin ko, ang layunin ni fencesitter ay tayo ay maging mapanuri sa ating mga nababasa at nadidinig. mag-isip ng malalim at timbangin ang mga nasasaad sa dyaryo man o radio.
sa sinabi ng mga imbistigador na nakuha sa mga nanay ang impeksyon o sakit, ang una nating reaksyon ay sinisisi ang mga nanay. pero ang sinasabi ni fencesitter, kung titingnan natin ang paliwanag na ang ibang sanggol ay nagkasakit agad 90 oras pagkapanganak, maaari o posibilidad na nakuha sa nany ang sakit. at hindi rin naman niya inaabswelto ang ospital o mga doktor na posibleng malaki ang pagkukulang.
hindipinoy,
I think I know where Fencesitter is coming from and I do believe you are right.
What I wanted to point out was that according to my interpretation of what Karl said, Karl “heard news(?)” to the effect that “mothers were blamed” and therefore he was being accurate in reporting what he heard (hence his reaction “nakakainis”. I’m not sure if that’s exactly what Karl meant by “sa news nadidinig ko na sinisisi pa din ang mga nanay sa pagkamatay ng mga sanggol…” but that’s how I interpreted it.
Actually, I just wanted to point out my understanding of what Karl said to Fencesitter to try prevent us thinking that there was an attempt by Karl to say something misleading. Of course Karl can very well re-adjust his statement so we can all be in the clear.
(Btw, my own intial reaction to the story is to submit my own posts regarding a case in the UK but not to blame anybody at all, neither the hospital, the mothers nor the investigators. I actually am more concerned about a potential or continuing danger to babies to be born. The blame will have to come later…)
anna,
alam kong ikaw ay isa sa mga mahinahon sa pagbibigay ng kuro-kuro at saloobin mo. kaya naman maraming natututo sa mga ibinabahagi mo dito. salamat.
DoH declares neonatal sepsis outbreak at RMC
Monday, October 23 2006 @ 08:08 PM BST
Health
The Department of Health (DoH) on Monday declared an outbreak of early onset of neonatal sepsis following the deaths of seven infants at the Rizal Medical Hospital last week.
“There is an increase in incidence and mortality rate of newborn sepsis. The increase is alarming and should have alerted hospital officials to impose corrective actions,” Health secretary Francisco Duque III said.
Last October 4, 28 babies were delivered at the RMC. Of these, 15 were confirmed with sepsis, while seven died of the disease on October 12. Another two died due to premature delivery and were also afflicted with the disease.
Based on the investigation culled through hospital records review and interview of medical and nursing staff, the infants manifested difficulty of breathing, poor suck, seizure and fever within few hours of delivery.
“This suggests that mother-to-child transmission has occurred even before the delivery,” Dr. Eric Tayag of the National Epidemiological Center said.
The investigation revealed that 11 of the 15 mothers who delivered the infants were found with high risk factors including obstetric complications, prematurity, low birthweight, intrapartum infection and non-multiparous (or having a child for the first time). Three mothers were ill during the time of the delivery.
The RMC had seen a steady increase of neonatal sepsis monthly. A total of 69 neonatal sepsis deaths had been recorded as of October 15, higher than the 45 deaths during same period last year.
“The FFC and the NEC searched for hospital factors that can explain this occurrence, however, remote. Both the FFC and NEC were unable to link contaminated hospital equipment to the outbreak. The short power interruption after typhoon Milenyo appears to be unrelated too,” Duque stressed.
Despite this, Duque admitted that the hospital staff may have fallen short to exercise highest standard of care.
The DoH legal service is conducting a formal investigation to determine appropriate administrative charges that can be imposed on erring RMC officials, based on existing civil service rules and regulations.
“They cannot be considered as totally off the hook. (The FFC) findings reveal there had been an increase in the incidence of neonatal sepsis on October, there had also been an increase in case fatality rate (CFR) …all of these strongly point to some degree of negligence,” he said.
On October 13, Health Secretary Francisco Duque formed a fact finding committee (FFC) and ordered the closure of the RMC delivery room for cleaning, disinfection and sterilization.
Several RMC officials, including medical director Winston Go, chief of clinic Bernardita Javier, chief of nurse Louise Marie Torres and administrative officer Buddy Ortego, went on a five-day leave during the course of the investigation. The DoH execom will deliberate on possible reassignment of the officials to other hospitals.
The FFC recommended the RMC’s infection control committee to continue routine surveillance for newborn sepsis and other infections, particularly to actively follow up all those delivered on October 4 up to three months after delivery, conduct an assessment of infection control practices of hospital staff and a heightened safe motherhood campaign. (PNA)
hindinapinoy,
Thank you for the compliment.
(I’m not always mahinahon but I like the commenters in Ellen’s blogs in general because I learn lots from what they say and I try to be as levelheaded as possible although I don’t succeed all the time.)
Hi Anna,
hahaha i don’t take offense on your comment. but the magic phrase there is “sinisisi pa din ang mga nanay sa pagkamatay ng mga sanggol”. since actually, no one is blaming the mothers, that phrase could take unsuspecting readers to another conclusion not necessarily intended by karl. my piece was not against karl per se but merely clarificatory. sometimes we make wrong impressions on matters or issues before us because we are very quick in forming our opinons based on distorted facts, inadequate data, biased and opinionated information, etc. just as what the old advice we used to hear from old folks “say what you mean and mean what you say”. that is— saying the truth clearly.
we want to contribute something so this country can move towards the right direction, despite and irregardless of GMA’s unsightly presence until 2010 if she’s lucky enough to resist growing clamor and endless and continuous attempt for her removal in office.
fencesitter,
saludo ako sa ‘yo. sana ay madalas ang pagsali mo sa usapan dito. marami ring matututunan ang karamihan dito sa ‘yo.
The reason why in my comment earlier, i stated that the investigation was a Rush that that everything the “evidence” they are stating qualifies as SUGGESTING or not sure yet of the real cause. The question here, is why this is only a case in one particular Hospital? Even the case of one single child unexplained death in our hospital will take a thorough and complete investigation, before any official can release any statement regarding the case, and make sure the evidence are forthright so as not to mislead the parents and the public and the hospital if contributing to the incident is liable for damages. And mothers who are not well taken care pre-natal is still a responsibility of a caring responsible government…
Fencesitter,
Re: “we want to contribute something so this country can move towards the right direction, despite and irregardless of GMA’s unsightly presence until 2010.”
I’m all for it! Although I wouldn’t mind if everybody would nudge Gloria out of Malacanang.
Truly and without being un-mahinahon, I am convinced that Gloria’s continuing hold to the presidency is very divisive. Short of an impeachment trial today, I am for holding a snap election, a referendum, a plebiscite on whether she should remain in power if that is really what could help us all move forward or whatever just so we can all be in the clear.
The Philippines has a very negative image abroad (Europe) because of the political instability, the lawlessness and the danger of a revolution from within.
I believe that we are all in agreement, and I will weigh my words extremely carefully here, that the local and international PERCEPTION that Gloria CHEATED is the main stumbling block to any true progress. The opposition, their inability to unite, the “culture of blame” that other quarters talk about, the non-stop criticism of Gloria by or non-cooperation of Filipinos which are the recurring themes evoked by Gloria supporters in and out of Congress, to me all take a backseat in the case at hand.
Vic,
Re: “And mothers who are not well taken care pre-natal is still a responsibility of a caring responsible government…”
What Karl said about the requirement to post 50 thousand pesos before being admitted to a hospital is quite shocking. That’s a lot of money to post even by European standards to require of a patient especially when someone needs immediate hospitalization.
We are lucky here – we don’t pay for anything at all for maternity and hospital costs, neither for pre-natal up to delivery even by caesarean including all medication, anesthesia, etc., mother’s and baby’s post natal medical check-ups(required by the State) are all covered by our social security.
Children are required by State to undergo (mandatory) regular check ups by pediatricians, all completely covered by the state till they are 16 years of age.
All children till they are 16 years of age are required to keep their health book containing their medical history – all costs till that age are totally 100% covered by the State whether the child sees a private practicioner or goes to a hospital.
Yes, anna, I can’t imagine the harm the cost of motherhood inflicted upon our mothers especially single mothers who has no means of livelihood. In any other situation, it could be considered a criminal irresponsibilties on the part of the government, who spent Billions on a military, without a threat to its sovereign, Billions to enrich its corrupt officials and not a clean and safe facilities for its Maternity. Yes, we are lucky indeed for our children our taken care from the day they are concieved to their graves..
Health care, education, infrastructures, to me should be on the priority of any responsible government. Some people savage Cuba but what many don’t know is that Cuba has a comprehensive health care system for its people. Their educational system in the primary and secondary schools is excellent, the students to class ratio is 25 or 30 pupils to 1 classroom.
Cuba may be in need of modernizing its infrastructures but tourism there is hitting the roof and I believe it’s becoming a top revenue maker for the country.
anna,
tama ka tungkol sa cuba. sa amerika, kawawa rin ang mahihirap kung pangkalusugan ang pag-uusapan. kung tutuusin, isa sa pinakamayaman na basa ang amerika, pero kulelat sa ibang progresibong bansa kung pangkalususgan ang pag-uusapan.
Bakit hindi kumilos ang congressman na sumasakop dito sa ospital na ito? Hindi ba siya ay ibinoto para tingnan ang kapakanan ng kanyang mga contituents? Mr. congressman, (Si Dodot Jaworski yata ng Pasig), ipa-inspect at ipa-imbistiga po ninyo independently po ito dahil lives ang involved dito. Mga taga Pasig at mga taga Rizal, ipressure ninyo po ang inyong Mayor or congressman na harapin itong problema at hingin po ninyo na magbalangkas sila ng mga solusyon. (Baka sakaling nagbabasa sila dito).
Sa Pilipinas, kung mahirap ka, bawal ang magkasakit, dahil kung magkakasakit ka at pupunta ka sa private hospital, lalong madadali ang buhay mo dahil baka ma-heart attack ka pag nalaman mong kailangan mong magdeposito ng 50,000pesos bago ka tanggapin.Kung pupunta ka naman sa public ganoon din ang mangyayari dahil sa haba ng pag-interview saiyo bago ka tanggapin baka patay ka na at kung nakalusot ka naman sa admitting, hindi ka pa rin sigurado dahil baka naman infection ang abutin mo sa dumi ng kapaligiran at sa mga kagamitan ng hospital dahil sa kakulangan ng pondo, baka wala na silang pang-sterilize sa mga gamit nila sa panggagamot.
You know guys malaki ang maitutulong ninyo dito sa mga mahihirap na ito e. Kung talagang naaawa kayo dito sa mga mahihirap ang pinaka malaking tulong ninyong magagawa sa kanila ay hwag na ninyong guluhin ang gobyerno. Pabayaan nyo si Gloria kung di nyo sya magawang tulungan. Nakikita nyo naman at bumubuti ang business natin. Lalong gaganda yan kung stabilize ang pulitika. Hindi yung panay ang dakdak ninyo na para bang concern talaga kayo sa mahihirap, pero ang totoong dahilan isa kayo sa nagpapahirap sa kanila. Dahil sa mga kalokohng mga intriga ninyo napipigilan ang pagpasok ng mga forein investors na makapagbibigay ng magandang trabaho sa mga magulang nitong mga batang ito. Ang problema pakitang tao lang kunyari ay naaawa kayo pero kung makapagsasalita lang ang mga batang yan baka sabihin sa inyo na kayo talaga ang dahilan ng kanilang paghihirap with matching takyak pa. Isip – isip please. Kumilos at hwag yung puro pakitang tao lang sa mga salita. KILOS>>>>>>>> LAWAY BRIGADE……
hindinapinoy Says:
“fencesitter,
saludo ako sa ‘yo. sana ay madalas ang pagsali mo sa usapan dito. marami ring matututunan ang karamihan dito sa ‘yo.”
compliment undeserved but i really appreciate your kind and generous words hindinapinoy (although i feel sad you abandoned being a pinoy). i am sure all of us really wanted our country to move forward and march toward progress, except the shameless politicians who are only interested in bleeding the philippines dry. it is in our approach and our style that sometimes differentiate us from one another miles apart. some would like to effect change by marching down the streets and shouting empty slogan. others would retreat to the mountains and fight the government violently through the use of arms and weapons, while some would meticulously pick the candidates they wanted to put into office, protect their votes as if they are protecting their very own lives, after election time return to their normal activities and “reasonably” cooperate fully with the government, work hard and productively to contribute something to the GNP of the country.
one classic example of the evil scheme of opportunistic politicians is the way they go around the term-limit. so what do they do. after the father politician has exhausted his term in office as mayor, he will just relinquish the office to his wife or his children. after the maximum term of the wife or the children the father will reclaim the position once more. the very purpose for which the term-limit was placed in the constitution has been defeated because we have wily and manipulative politicians while majority of the masses will just vote for them kasi nakasanayan na nilang isulat ang apelyido ni mayor eh or kasi everytime they approach the mayor nagbibigay eh.
people here had been praising binay to high heavens because he looks a martyr in his bout with malacañang. i have nothing against him but i heard so many uncomplimentary remarks about him. some could be a violation of the anti-graft law if what these people are saying are true. but that is the same story told and retold about the very same practice in every municipality in these country. so talamak ang corruption and the citizens have already been desensitized about it. day in and day out, umaga at hapon puro corruption ba naman ang nakikita mo sigurado you will get used to it in no time at all. next time you witness it hindi na katakataka, ordinaryo na lang yan, kasi everybody is doing it eh.
i hope mayor binay will answer all of those allegations against him so that he can clear his name. total naman if he is absolutely innocent of the accusations against him, what other forum is best suited for him to vindicate his good name other than the courts.
what interest me most is this. supposing i am the mayor, (or governor, or congressman) if after i exhausted my term of office why can’t i relinquish the position to other completely unrelated to me by blood, affinity or political affiliation. the reason is simple, kasi kung hindi sa kamag-anak ko o political ally ko, yong mga bulok na transactions na naganap sa panunungkulan ko madaling mabuko.
i haven’t seen any politicians who dared to be different. yong bang pagkatapos ng termino ko tama na yon. nakapaglingkod na ako sa bayan, bahala na ang iba dyan para magkaroon naman sila ng pagkakataon na mapaglingkuran ang bayan.
everyone of you here should be interested to know that the “ghost employee” is not an aberration or extra ordinary phenomenon happening in the government service only today and in the local government unit only. talamak yan kahit saang bureaucracy ka pumunta. one senator wryly commented: “kahit sa senado meron nyan”. nangyayari yan noon pa at nangyayari pa rin yan hanggang sa ngayon. as far as i can remember i already heard the “ghost employee” issue even when i was still in grade school.
Fencesitter,
Re: ” if after i exhausted my term of office why can’t i relinquish the position to other completely unrelated to me by blood, affinity or political affiliation.”
What you say make sense. In a civilized nation, a bit of political delicadeza is a kind of norm.
The problem is that these recycled politicians (recycled by way of members of their immediate family, relatives, best friends or whoever) can easily invoke the same Gloria encantation that “it’s God’s plan” for them to be there again and again.
This is why, the highest officer in the land must be strong enough to show the best example.
When you have a person who acknowledged on Rizal day that she was the single most divisive reason for the continuing divisiveness in the country and swore not to run in the next elections only to renege and to claim that God had spoken to her to do so, how can you expect the other ‘lowly’ politicians to follow suit?
I do accept that the method of political family recyclings in the Philippines is embedded in the culture but that is no excuse for Gloria to rubbish delicadeza and to stay glued to the seat of power.
Jun,
Re: “Pabayaan nyo si Gloria kung di nyo sya magawang tulungan.”
Para sumaya siya?
Hindi Anna, para masaya si Jun!
Pinakamalaking tulong daw, e, wag nang guluhin ang gobyerno. Sabi nga mismo ng gobyerno (specifically, Merciless-Against-Small-Fry Gutierrez), 1.2 TRILLION!!! pesos ang ninakaw sa loob ng panunungkulan ni Gloria, tapos tutulungan pa natin? Para ano, para maging P5 TRILLION ang nakawin? Neknek n’yo!
Ayoko na sanang magdetalye pa dito ng gawain ng grupo namin pero pag may isang nag-gegeneralize na akala mo kilala niya ang lahat, kailangan na sigurong supalpalin iyan, kahit na hindi namin ipinagsisigawan na tumutulong kami, kagaya ng idol mong bulol. Dumadakdak nga kami pero tumutulong din. Yung kaibigan naming kasamang nagme-medical mission, na sikat na doktor sa San Francisco (Dr. Borja), binili ang St. Francis Hospital sa Mandaluyong para sa kanyang cancer mission kung saan ang indigents, libre. Tinutulungan namin siya noon sa ibang pangangailangan ng mga pasyente. Namatay nga lang si Dr. Borja a few years back kaya napabayaan na ang charity work ng naiwang staff. Suportado kami ng San Francisco Host Lions Club, kung saan namin nakilala si Dr. Borja nung siya pa ang pangulo. Patuloy kaming tinutulungan ng SFHLC dahil kamag-anak ko ang kasalukuyang pangulo. Ilang doktor na Pinoy at Kano na halos taon-taong pumupunta rito para sa projects ng Lions sa loob ng nakaraang sampung taon. Nung hirap na ang ibang doktor dahil nagkakaedad, bumili sila ng ospital para makatulong ng permanente.
Ikaw dakdak ka rin ng dakdak, may naitulong ka ba?
fencesitter/anna,
masakit mang sabihin, iyan ang sakit ng pilipino.
boboto doon sa kilala ang pangalan at sikat. kaya ang political dynasty ay buhay na buhay. gawin na nating halimbawa ang dalawang nag-aagawan sa kapangyarihan ngayon. si gloria ay anak ni diosdado macapagal, na ang anak na si mikey ay siyang nakasunod sa pila. si erap, nandiyan si loi, si jinggoy, si jv. mga marcos, imelda, imee, bongbong.
binay, binay, binay. jaworski, jaworski. rivilla, rivilla.
etsetera, etsetera.
Re: “Sa Pilipinas, kung mahirap ka, bawal ang magkasakit, dahil kung magkakasakit ka at pupunta ka sa private hospital, lalong madadali ang buhay mo dahil baka ma-heart attack ka pag nalaman mong kailangan mong magdeposito ng 50,000pesos bago ka tanggapin.”
Alam mo Florry, may kilala ako sa Pilipinas na nangyari namatay ang tatay dahil walang ibayad sa ospital. Na-ospital ang tatay niya dahil sa kidney problem. Dati siyang nagtratrabaho para sa nanay ko. Dahil siguro nahihihya na siyang pumunta sa nanay ko para humingi ng tulong ulit at ulit, pumunta siya sa kanyang mga kamaganak para makautang ngunit hindi pa rin niya maipon ang hinihingi ng ospital na bayad sa pang operasyon urgently ng tatay niya. Napilitan siyang bumalik sa nanay ko ng bigyan siya ng ultimatum ng ospital na ilabas niya ang tatay niya kung hindi siya makabayad para sa operasyon (life or death matter).
Unfortunately, even after he finally got the money from my mother to pay for the operation, his father died due to complications made worse by wanton medical neglect in the hospital.
What I found macabre was the hospital refused to release the body until after he’s settled every single hospital bill for medication and other costs even when the doctors miserably failed to honor their Hippocrates oath by operating on the man lest he died (and he did, he died because they refused to operate on him till they had the cash which, unfortunately arrived the day the man died).
Hindinapinoy,
Don’t blame people who do not know that they have rights under the law to demand for better candidates to vote for during election. Wala kasing mga pinag-aralan, at talaga naman sadyang ginagawang mangmang. Bigyan mo ng tamang mga edukasyon ang mga pilipino, pihado ko naman magkakaroon na sila ng common sense na hindi iboto ang katulad halimbawa ni Sonny Jaworski. Delikado kasing binibigyan mo ng posisyon ang mga iyan na walang ginagawa kundi magpasa ng batas na sinubo sa kanila ng mga ungas para iyong mga ungas ay makalibre lalo na batas na ginawa nila para sa kanilang mga kapakanan, batas na ginawa para hindi mahuli ang mga kriminal!!!
Ang kailangan sa kanila turuan sa totoo lang, pero I know a lot many people who have tried educating them. A lot of them are now six feet under ground. In other words, pinatay matapos na pagbintangang kasabwat ng mga tulisan? Saan ka nakakita ng ganyan. At least, dito sa Japan, right now, we are busy indocrinating Filipinos of their basic rights under the laws of the Philippines and even Japan. Walang nagbabawal sa amin. Ini-encourage pa nga kami lalo na kung makakabuti sa lahat. Mga simpleng bagay na ganyan, I bet you, hindi alam ng pangkaraniwang pilipino sa totoo lang.
Suppression of freedom pa nga. Dito nga sa blog ni Ellen, may attempt to suppress our freedom of speech, not by Ellen who owns this blog, but by the Internet Brigade assigned to create chaos and anarchy here. One thing sure though is majority of the bloggers here are not that easy to be discouraged to stop blogging here and expressing their opinions against the bogus president, her minions and their bogus activities and scams!!! 😡
You bet, TongueInAnew, why should we be bothered by insinuations by Internet Brigaders detailed here when we know what we do for the Philippines and Filipinos regardless of whether or not we still have Philippine citizenship. Alam namin natin kung ano na ang nagawa and still continue to do for the land of our birth. Ako nga libo-libo nang pera ang nalustay ko ng pagtulong sa mga pilipino dito sa Japan at sa mga movements na sinasalihan ko, lalo na iyong movement namin para hindi mawaldas ang mga ari-arian ng Pilipinas sa Japan, nagagalit na nga ang nanay at mga kapatid ko, pero OK lang. Hindi mababayaran ang kasiyahan kung makita mong nananalo ka kahit mabagal ang takbo. Tira lang ng tira. Tuloy ang laban, kaibigan!
Huwag kayong maniwalang walang magagawa ang pagbibigay natin ng opinion dito sa blog ni Ellen. Salamat sa kaniya sa tapang din niya.
Ellen, I talked to our post office here re the package I sent you. They can only try to ask for the post office there to look for the package. The decision to deliver or not deliver is up to them. But they have given instruction that if they won’t deliver it to you to just return it to Japan. If that happens, I’ll just ask a friend to deliver it to you in December. Marami akong pasaherong uuwi diyan sa Christmas as a matter of fact.
ystakei Says:
October 28th, 2006 at 9:14 am
Hindinapinoy,
Don’t blame people who do not know that they have rights under the law to demand for better candidates to vote for during election.
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they have rights to demand for better candidates? paki eksplika lang. batas ba ito?
Hindinapinoy,
It goes with responsibility as a matter of fact that goes with rights and priveleges that do not even have to be specifically stated in any existing laws.
Yes, the voters have a choice on who to vote and not to vote, or demand for better choices of candidates in an election as the implication of the provision that anyone not qualifying or meeting the rules and requirements for qualification can be eliminated and be subjected to disqualification especially when they break the rules stated for example in the Election Code of the Philippines. But how many Filipinos do you think even know about this disqualification? How many of the non-educated Filipinos would even bother to know there is such a rule?
Over in Japan, we even have unwritten and customary laws, rules in fact based on existing norms, customs and traditions. There should be such things over in the Philippines as well.
But as I have stated, how many of the unschooled Filipinos would even dare reason out or claim for their rights based on laws that they would not even be able to understand because they are in fact written in a foreign tongue that not even lawyers there, who are not that well-versed in English in which Philippine laws are written, fully comprehend and understand?
In short, walang pinag-aralan kaya lalong naloloko!
I should add that over in Japan, palibhasa lahat ay may pinag-aralan at walang mangmang, at least, with everyone guaranteed to have at least 9 years of schooling, candidates do not even have to spend and waste time convincing people of their platforms when they run for office. Voters simply boycott the election when they cannot be presented with good candidates as a matter of fact. It is one way the government is able to gauge the performance or no performance of an outgoing administration as a matter of fact.
We have a parliamentary government with two chambers, not one, and political parties that cannot under-estimate one another as what the Bansot seems to encourage among her palakpak brigade at the Philipping Tongress. Lalo pa kung itutuloy nila ang balak nila palitan ang 1987 Constitution ng Constitution na ginawa ni Abueva, et al na sobrang matapobre.
Parliamentary ang government namin dito kasi may emperador (monarchy) kami parang katulad sa UK. Kaya itong gusto ni Bansot, isa lang ang layunin niyan. Matupad ang pangarap niyang maging reyna engkangtada para lalo silang makapagnakaw ng asawa niya!!!
ystakei Says:
October 28th, 2006 at 4:39 pm
I should add that over in Japan, palibhasa lahat ay may pinag-aralan at walang mangmang, at least, with everyone guaranteed to have at least 9 years of schooling, candidates do not even have to spend and waste time convincing people of their platforms when they run for office.
ang problema nga sa pilipinas, ang mga masisibang pulitiko ay ginagawang dahilan at puhunan ang kamangmangan ng nakararami lalo na sa mga kanayunan upang maisagawa ang kanilang maiitim na hangarin. patunay lamang ito na hindi nakukuha kahit sa pinakamagagaling na unibersidad ang malasakit sa kapwa, bagkus nagiging tuntungan pa ang taas ng pinag-aralan upang yurakan ang karapatan at nakawin ang dapat na nakalaan sa hikahos na mamamayan. habang tumatagal, ang asal ng karamihan sa mga pulitiko ay nagiging masahol pa sa hayop na maihahanay lamang sa pinakamababang uri ng nilikhang gumagapang sa pinakamarumi at pinakamadilim na bahagi ng gubat. isama na rito ang mga mapagkunwaring nagkakawanggawa.
Mrivera:
Tama ka doon sa sinasabi mong mapagkunwaring nagkakawanggawa. Unang-una ng masamang example ay iyong ginagawa ni Bansot na paghingi ng malaking pera para daw sa pagmudmod ng bigas sa mga mahihirap para ipangpasikat niya. Ngayon lumalabas na ninakaw na ang perang hiningi para sa pagbili ng bigas na ipapamudmod sa mahihirap.
Noong 2001 nabisto iyong hino-hoard na mga bigas na abuloy ng US CARE or kung ano pang tulong na galing sa Amerika. Nabulok ang bigas na balak yatang ibenta ng mahal kesa ibigay sa mahihirap. Dito iyan pihado may nakulong na!!!
Kawawang bansa! PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
Wala nang hihirap pa sa Tsina noon. Kawawa ang Tsina sa kamay ng mga dayuhan noon at isa na ito ang bansang Hapon. Kung may alam kayo sa kasaysayan, nabasa niyo din ang “Opium War”. Naging dahilan iyan kung bakit nahati ang Tsina na parang mga pirasong karneng pinag-agawan ng mga banyaga. Masakit din ang Cultural Revolution. Maraming namatay. Maraming nawala. Pero ano ang Tsina ngayon? Sa loob na kulang na dalawang dekada, ganoon na lang kaunlad ang Tsina. Umikot kayo sa tindahan at sa ibang bansa…puro Made in China. Iyan ang dahilan kung bakit hinahangaan at kinatatakutan ang Tsina ngayon. Iyan ang dahilan kung bakit pumunta dito sina tiyanak. May imbitasiyon ako sa isang dinner party nila at ang mga pinuno ng Tsina pero dedma lang ako. Mas gusto kong manood sa High Definition TV ko sa bahay ko kesa pumunta.
To fencesitter:
Some thoughts on Binay:
If GMA is Ate Glue, Binay is Kuya Glue. He’s no different from the original kapit-sa-puwesto. Wait, he should be the original kapit-sa-puwesto pala. He’s been there 20 years, not wanting to let go. Talo pa niya si Marcos.
He’s been ruling Makati since 1986 (his wife’s term is counted). What happened to Makati since then? Still full of squatters! The suquatters of 1986 are still squatters now!
His supporters are content with the dole-outs he’s giving! Free education? Free healthcare at Makati Med? Free movies for seniors? With the revenue Makati is earning, all of these are expected! They are not “over and above” but mere average performace. Binay can’t brag over his “dole-outs.” If a fourth-class municipality was able to duplicate Binay’s dole-outs, then that’s commendable! Because only Makati can afford the dole-outs Binay is giving! WALA TALAGA SIYANG IPAGMAMALAKI.
I’m reminded of the anti-Cha Cha rally of Cory vs. FVR’s attempt to extend his term. Cory said to FVR – “You said you improved the economy? Fine. You’re just doing your job”
Whatever progress you see in the business district and the mall areas – Glorietta/SM and Rockwell – are due to the efforts of private individuals. Binay has nothing to do with it.
He is no different from the other politicians – he keeps his supporters poor, making them dependent on him, not really empowering them. These poor squatters do not know their real situation – Binay is preventing them from reaching their full potential, from becoming middle-class!
If Binay is really a servant of the poor, then Makati should have been squatter-free now. He’s already 20 years in power! 20 years not enough for a city? What then can we expect from a President’s 6 years?
How come Marikina, not Makati, is deemed the mini-Singapore? Kaya galit si Binay kay Bayani Fernando. Without the revenues of a Makati, Fernando has transformed Marikina into a model city.
Siyempre, kayang kaya niyang bilhin ang loyalty ng mga CIty Hall employees. Kung wala na si Binay, wala na rin ang ganansya nila. Kaya ganun na lang ang pagsuporta ng mga taga-City Hall kay Binay. Sabagay, kung maambunan ka nga naman, sa hirap ng buhay ngayon.
Kaya walang credibility ang ‘united opposition’ – dahil si Binay ang front man nila! diyos ko day! Ang dami-daming squeaky-clean anti-GMA people ang puwedeng piliing front man, ba’t si Binay pa! (Mas may credibility pa si Satur Ocampo!) Mga bobo talaga! No wonder strike two na sila sa impeachment!
Anthony Scalia,
Re: “Ang dami-daming squeaky-clean anti-GMA people ang puwedeng piliing front man, ba’t si Binay pa!”
Who do you suggest to put as front man from your list of “Ang dami-daming squeaky-clean anti-GMA people?”
anna, ang wait-and-see na uri ng tao, walang magiging pagtanggap sa sinumang magdadala sa oposisyon. pero subukan lang na mawala sa poder ang kunwari ay ayaw niyang si glutonia at kalaban ang papalit, parang tuta ‘yan na papayupoy ang buntot at ikikiskis ang katawan sa paanan ng nasa poder.
o baka naman nagpapahiwatig lamang na BAKIT HINDI NA LANG SIYANG NAKAPAGBIBIGAY NG TRABAHO SA WALANG HANAPBUHAY ANG GAWING FRONT MAN? PANSININ MO NGA ANG BRILLIANCE NIYA?
Walang credibility and united opposition…as if may credibility si Gloria, Hah!
Naiinggit kaya si Binay kay Bayani? Or is it the other way around?
I just talked to the guy who said Marikina is the new Singapore, I left him in his cell in Mandaluyong afterwards. He’s still crazy and dreaming.
Marikina, model city? Well, you can live in Marikina, for all I care, I’ll live in Makati! I don’t want to live in a house that turns into a huge swimming pool after heavy rains. I guess the expats are now leaving Forbes or Dasma or Urdaneta to live in Marikina because they have opened one call center there, huh? Ok, let’s not go to Glorietta or Makati Square or Greenbelt or Rockwell for one month. Instead, let’s try Riverside Mall. eeew!
Unless maybe for a dictator unofficially lording it over in Singapore, I think there is no other similarity that it shares with Marikina.
To anna de brux:
“Who do you suggest to put as front man from your list of “Ang dami-daming squeaky-clean anti-GMA people?”
Satur Ocampo. Teddy Casiño. Any one of the Batasan 5. At least I’m assured that they are not puppets of Erap or Marcos or any oligarch.
“I just talked to the guy who said Marikina is the new Singapore, I left him in his cell in Mandaluyong afterwards. He’s still crazy and dreaming.”
It seems you are intimate with that guy. Was he your former cell mate?
“Marikina, model city? Well, you can live in Marikina, for all I care, I’ll live in Makati!”
Thank you.
“I don’t want to live in a house that turns into a huge swimming pool after heavy rains.”
Admit it. You live near the back of the new Makati City Hall. It also turns into a swimming pool after not-so-heavy rains. (whether its as huge as the ones in marikina, its still debatable)
“I guess the expats are now leaving Forbes or Dasma or Urdaneta to live in Marikina because they have opened one call center there, huh?”
Don’t ask me. I don’t know.
“Ok, let’s not go to Glorietta or Makati Square or Greenbelt or Rockwell for one month. Instead, let’s try Riverside Mall.”
I just did. So?
Please thank the Zobels, the Ayalas, the Sys, the Tantocos, and the Lopezes for those malls and office buildings. Also to be thanked are the rest of the developers who put up malls and buildings in Makati.
Thank them, because they believed in Makati no matter who is mayor.
Walang kinalaman si Binay dyan.
Binay also thanks them. He has the fattest of the fattest milking cows.
The allusion to Singapore is the efficiency and integrity of Marikina’s local government. How come Makati is not cited for that?
Inggit si Binay dahil halos lahat ng mga taga Marikina, boto kay Fernando. Eh kay Binay, dependent lang naman sya sa mga squatters! After 20 years, squatters pa rin sila! Nagpapagamit pa rin!
Tolerable na sana yung mga kick-backs ni Binay kung yung mga squatters ay nagiging middle-class in the long run. Pero hindi eh.
Pero for sure Binay doesn’t care. For all he’s getting in Makati, who gives a hoot?
“o baka naman nagpapahiwatig lamang na BAKIT HINDI NA LANG SIYANG NAKAPAGBIBIGAY NG TRABAHO SA WALANG HANAPBUHAY ANG GAWING FRONT MAN? PANSININ MO NGA ANG BRILLIANCE NIYA?”
Sayang, wala kasi akong squatter base eh. kahit makumbinsi ko yung mga legitimate residents of Makati, outnumber pa rin ng mga squatters.
Puwede rin namang campaign platform ang pagtatatalak – ipagsigawan lang ang kabuktutan ng nakaupo, at huwag magbanggit ng kahit ano tungkol sa sarili. Nadadala rin ang mga squatters dyan.
As if brilliant si Binay. Wait, brilliant nga pala sya, dahil he was able to stay for 20 years.
sus, sino kaya ang hindi mas lamang ang pagtatalak? sino kaya ang hindi piling pili ang pinupuna sa blog na ito? ilabas na lang sana ang tunay na kulay, huwag nang magtago pa sa tabing ng alinlangan.
>Inggit si Binay dahil halos lahat ng mga taga Marikina,
>boto kay Fernando.
tipikal na pananaw na isang Pinoy.
Alam mo anthony scalia gusto kitang tulungan sa kamalayan mo sa usaping Mariquina?
Kamag-anak kong “hilaw” ang isang branch ng angkan ng De Guzman dyan sa Marikina.
Kaya masyadong “malabnaw ang pananaw” mo tungkol dyan sa Marikina.
Pero hayaan mo, gagabayan kita kung pagmamasid lang naman ang pag uusapan dyan sa BALUBAD at sa bandang Tumana.
Kung ‘Little Singapore’ ang binabanggit mo? Sadya mo lang sigurong nililimitahan ang pananaw mo sa may area ng Marikina Heights-Concepcion 1 at parteng Bayan malapit sa palengke?
Tanong ko: pamilyar ka ba sa investment ng Federal Land(Metrobank) dyan sa Marikina?Blue Wave Marquinton siguro ay narinig mo na?
Iskwater ba kamo? Tumungo ka sa Balubad at ipagtanong mo ang color coding nina Candazo at BF? –…ibig kong sabihin, si Candazo at si Sonny Parson ay parehas din na biktima ng pandaraya dyan sa Marikina. Meron paksyon ni Candazo at meron din paksyon ni Marides.
Sabi nila, ang Singapore ay maiikot mo sa loob ng isang araw , totoo yan dahil nakapag trabaho ako duon ng halos isang taon.
Sa Marikina, maiikot mo rin. Pumunta ka lang ng palengke tuwing Linggo, malalaman mo kung ano ang pananaw ng bawat mamimili(namamalengke) at mga tindero/tindera duon.
Karamihan ng mga talipapa sa Montalban(Rodriguez) San Mateo, Antipolo, Proj 3& 4 Q.C, Manggahan/Santolan/Dela Paz/Ligaya Pasig ay dyan humahango/namamalengke sa palengke ng Marikina.
sana natulungan kita 🙂
To nelbar:
“sana natulungan kita”
Thanks for the effort. Pero hindi ka rin nakatulong.