Following is Fe Zamora’s story ” Isafp holds lavish Christmas bash with ‘Emperor’ “in today’s issue of Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Decadent!
Update: AFP warned soldiers against solicitation for their Christmas party but played deaf and blind to reports of solicited appliances given away by ISAFP Chief Delfin Bangit in their party last Wednesday.
AMID shouts of “Long Live the Emperor,” Armed Forces intelligence chief Brig. Gen. Delfin Bangit threw P500 bills, like they were candy, at the Isafp (Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines) Christmas party held on Wednesday night.
Easily the grandest party in Camp Aguinaldo this season, the Christmas bash of the Intelligence Service of the AFP turned the highly secured compound into a rock concert-cum-Oktoberfest-cum-noontime TV show, complete with stand-up comics from popular bars on Timog and Quezon Avenue.One insider told the Inquirer that “it was the most lavish” Christmas party ever celebrated at the Isafp headquarters.
AFP information officer Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro declined to comment on the Isafp party. “I don’t really know what transpired during the party,” he told the Inquirer yesterday.
An Isafp employee defended Bangit. “He gave gifts in the spirit of Christmas. Besides, most of the raffle prizes were solicited,” the employee said on condition that her name would not be published.
An Isafp operative said the party was intended to boost the morale of Isafp. This could be the reason why music from three live bands could be heard on the side streets outside the compound. They performed ’70s hits and today’s Pinoy rap.
“It’s eat all you can, drink all you can,” an Inquirer source said.
The sumptuous fare included six roasted calves and an assortment of delicacies spread out on U-shaped buffet tables, the source added. Draft beer flowed and hard drinks were available in cases.
The stage groaned with raffle prizes that included motorcycles, refrigerators, TV sets, ovens, electric fans, mountain bikes and other home appliances, the source said.
Just before midnight, the party was interrupted with a video presentation on the capture of fugitive former Sen. Gregorio Honasan at the Enclave Townhomes in Quezon City last month.
As a way of introducing the video, members of MIG-21, the lead operating team in the arrest of the alleged coup leader, presented a comedy skit that starred a barely dressed man and woman, apparently referring to Honasan and his friend, Ingrid Ramos, the source said.
After the video presentation, Bangit stood up and commended the team.
“Then everybody started shouting, ‘Long live the emperor!’” the source added.
A sergeant assigned to one of the Isafp units confirmed that “emperor” is their code name for Bangit, who was head of the Presidential Security Group, before he was named Isafp chief months ago.
MIG-21, the Isafp unit that handles electronic intelligence, was in the limelight last year after former National Bureau of Investigation deputy chief Samuel Ong named MIG-21 agent T/Sgt. Vidal Doble as the source of the “Hello Garci” tapes.
Doble was “grounded” by the Isafp leadership, but no charges were filed as he had apparently returned to work at MIG-21.
The Inquirer got a confirmed report last month that Doble was among the Isafp agents who were “mobiled” for the operations that led to the arrest of Honasan.
The revelry continued past midnight with Bangit whipping out a bundle of P500 bills and throwing them to his audience, one of the sources said.
“It was fun and we tried to catch the bills. Wala akong nakuha (I didn’t catch any),” one sergeant said with a laugh.
Bangit also crumpled some of the bills into paper balls and tossed them to the audience, the sources said.
“He was drunk, that would explain his behavior,” one of the sources said.
The revelry continued with the “emperor” offering P1,000 to anyone who could drink a mug of draft beer in one swig, the source said.
“It was like Oktoberfest,” the source added.
Still having fun at the beer-drinking party, Bangit also offered P1,000 to anyone who could dance with a bottle of beer on his head—without spilling a drop.
All the money-throwing fun were done to the tune of Wowowee’s (noontime TV show) “Boomtarattarat,” the source continued.
Another source said Bangit had been throwing parties at Isafp almost every other day just this month alone.
On Tuesday, Bangit also brought the Isafp staff to a party with President Macapagal-Arroyo aboard the presidential yacht “Ang Pangulo.”
That’s our taxpayers’ money. Our money!
you bet, ellen! what are they in power for, ika nga. it’s payback time. at kailangan talaga nilang bilhin ang loyalty ng kanilang mga tao.
just reminds me of sodom and gomorrah. how those in power partied and orgied like there’s no tomorrow. and soon enough, in one fell swoop, sodom and gomorrah was turned into ashes.
soon, we will have our justice and our deliverance from the clutches of this dwendeng itim and her minions.
If Bangit’s the emperor, I wonder what that makes GMA.
Isabel, what an apt comparison: Sodom and Gomorrah.
Fake emperor Bangit partied with the fake president Glueria! Nagkakamutan sila!
Gloria is heavily dependent on the AFP to stay in office. That explains why generals litter our government offices and government owned and controlled corporations. This only shows that our generals are now literally swimming in so much money that they can afford to throw some away (no doubt, loose changes). GMA must have the best thing that ever happened to our AFP generals.
But always remember, there’s always the time for paying back. I just hope that’s soon.
Well picture this….you’re watching a video, it’s presented on a “split-screen” format. On one half we can watch this “FANFARE” of a party by the ISAF, with this “mekening” bangit throwing all those crisp 500 peso bills, on a rowdy drunk to their neck “men of the armed forces” and their families…now, on the other half, hundreds if not thousands of our UNFORTUNATE “Kababayans” in Bicol are suffering because of hunger, and lack of decent habitat because of the recent calamity that hit them. OOOppss, excerpt footages of the party held on board the BRP Panggulo with gloria, bangit laughing out loud, so loud that we can clearly see the inside of their throats while gulping expensive wines fit for decent kings and high people, not to PIGS like these animals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Emperor Has no clothes!!Drunk of power, of taxpayers money and while partying to their hearts delight thousands of children won’t even have any gifts from their own parents or from anyone this Christmas. Another nest of corrupt people feasting on the already plundered resource of the nation led by an Emperor without clothes or without “modo”.
Ginanap ang mahalay na ”bigayan” sa ”diwa ng Kapaskuhan”? Owwsss? Ang unang Kapaskuhan ng pagsilang ng nagsa–taóng Diyos ng mararalita, dukha’t api’y sa isang mapanghe’t nanggigipalpal na sulok ng isang kural… nang di namamalayan ng mga nagsasàya’t nagwawaldas na mga taóng maligaya sa búhay–kadiliman – at ito ang uri ng kapaskuhang alam ng Emperador at kanyang mga kampon.
Dole-outs from the different NGOs and private groups and individuals are not enough to help solve the BIG PROBLEMS that our Bicolano Kababayans are experiencing, add this hundreds or so families of Tunasan, Muntinlupa whose houses where torched to the ground by an “accident” the other day. This Bangit could have at least atoned for some of his SINS if he would have just initiated a drive in helping these unfortunate Filipinos, not “pamper” his “wolves” with lavish parties and extravagant “gifts”. ISANG TUNAY NA REBOLUSYON ANG KAILANGAN SA ATING BANSA UPANG MALINIS NA ANG MGA KABULUKANG ITO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unbeleivable,Bangit want to emulate Willie from WOWOWIE.At least Willie has some decency in handing out money.But,to throw in a crowd,it’s like trowing a piece of meat to a hungry wolves.I’ve been almost all over the globe but,I never see a person throwing money in an audience.He revealed his color he thinks,He is Onassis a billionaire.Bill Gates donated money quietly,it come deep in his heart.That’s he’s own money.Bangit doesn’t have money.That’s my tax money and you.There’s nothing wrong giving some bonus to your subbordonates but,have courtesy put it in the envelope.Account everyone and make sure each one got their own piece of the meat.I’m here in Golden States and I recieved my bonus in check tax deducted.My poor motherland,God have Mercy on my people.
binusog ang mga yan dahil gagamitin na naman sila (ang mga nagpapagamit sa isafp) lalo na beginning january next year.malaki at malakas ang labanan ng pulitika matapos ang pasko at bagong taon.
Marahil ang perang pinaghahagisan ni Bangit ay galing sa Dakilang Emperatriz.
Kung na-bangit man lang sana ni Bangit na ilang piraso ng 500s ay natapunan na ang mga batang nakakulong ang mga amang sundalo, katulad ni Val Querubin, baka may ilan pang matuwa sa kanilang ginawang pagdiriwang sa kabila nang kalungkutan at pagdurusa ng kasamahan nilang sundalo.
APOLINARIO MABINI (from sundalo.bravehost.com):
wow! feeling above the world si bangit. he he he ganun talaga, alagang halimaw sya eh , syempre takot lang ng kanyang among engkantada. iba talaga ‘pag alam mo ang kalokohan ng amo mo, busog ka, kayang-kaya mong daragin ang boss mo. he he he.
sarap ng buhay ni bangit! hak hak hak.
AFP to soldiers: Throw parties ‘within your means’
kayang-kaya ni Bangit! di ba bangit?
bangit? di ba niya kaya? may reyna glueria engkantada yata sya! anong say nyo?
may konting barya pa ang bulsa ni juan dela cruz, pwede pang saidin. poor juan.. hu hu hu..
ang baliw sa malakanyang ay talamak na magnanakaw at tumagal sa inagaw na poder dahil sa panunuhol, ano pa ang aasahan sa kanyang mga galamay na pikit matang sumusunod dahil sa halimuyak at taginting ng salapi at pagkalasing sa kapangyarihan?
wala na sa katinuan ang mga “kagalanggalang at edukadong” namumuno sa ating bayan! napatid na ang kahulihulihang hibla ng kanilang asal tao! mas masahol pa sila sa mga hayop na nag-uulol sa paglapa sa mga mamamayang gapang na sa hirap.
AFP to soldiers: Throw parties ‘within your means’
kayang-kaya ni Bangit! di ba bangit?
bangit? di ba niya kaya? may reyna glueria engkantada yata sya! anong say nyo?
ladlad na ang lahat ng baraha ni glue-ria, lahat ng kalokohan ng kanyang enchanted kingdom alam ng mga halimaw nya, no turning-back para sa kanya, bihag na sya ng kanyang sariling mga kasinungalingan, ng kanyang mga katarantaduhan at ito ang fully exploited na ng kanyang mga heneral!
Talagang ganyan. Kung hinbdi mo pera, madaling gastusin! Para saan pa at may katapusan din ang lahat niyan! Magpakasaya lang ang mga alipores ni tiyanak dahil pag ang mga tao ang huhusga sa dakilang “emperatiz ng mga tiyanak”, magiging empertriz na siya ng kadiliman. SO, SA KAHARIAN NI TIYANAK, MAGPAKASAYA KAYO DAHIL MALAPIT NA ANG KATAPUSAN NINYO! SOBRA NA ANG PAGNANAKAW NINYO NG KABAN NG BAYAN!!! KUNG HINDI BA NAMAN MGA GAHAMAN ANG MGA ALIPORES SI TIYANAK, SANA IMBES NA MAGHAPI-HAPI SILA NG SOBRA, IBIGAY NA LANG NILA SA MGA TAO NA NASALANTA NG MAYON VOLCANO AT MGA BAGYO. KAYA LANG, MAY MGA DAMDAMIN BA ITONG MGA ITO? MANANG MANA SILA SA KANILANG EMPERATRIZ!
parasabayan:
asa ka pa? hindi na papasok pa sa kokote nila ng mga wish mo. mga halimaw yan, mga arogante, pakiramdam nila pag-aari na nila ang pilipinas. MANANG-MANA SILA SA AMO-NILANG-BIHAG-NILA na si GLUERIA, GAHAMAN! bwa ha ha ha!
acpiccio Says: “If Bangit’s the emperor, I wonder what that makes GMA. ”
she may be a valentina or medusa.
Mrivera;
Thank you for understanding me.
You hit it,I’m thinking a name for a lady who has a forked tounge,You come up with Medusa.I think Medusa has a serpent hair.Wow,Could you immagine Gloria and Medusa look alike,we can make a good komedya.
i liken this gloria to “the alien” in the sigourney weaver’s movies of the same title. this alien is cunning, ruthless and cruel. it uses people as its hosts to perpetuate its specie/dominion. the facehugger forces its egg/sperm inside the person’s throat (parang cha-cha ni gloria)that will eventually kill the person and give life to another alien lifeform.
wheww! at ang itsura ng alien, kamukha ni gloria, with that metal teeth and drool.
really? i thought i could take my xmas lightly.oktoberfest is feast for and by the people.this one is more like last evening with the gang.i hope this is the last xmas party for this group which ought to be disbanded.
“Xmas party ni Januario Galut at ang P200 bill”
Mga biglang yaman ba mga ito ?!? Talagang alagang-alaga ni Gloria, Mike, at ni JdV !
And “An Isafp employee defended Bangit. “He gave gifts in the spirit of Christmas. Besides, most of the raffle prizes were solicited,” the employee said on condition that her name would not be published.” Who the hell did they solicit prizes from ? Maybe from the “Hello…Garci” gangsters !
“An Isafp operative said the party was intended to boost the morale of Isafp…” GRABE NAMAN ! AT THE EXPENSE PA OF DEMORALIZING THE NATION, MOST ESPECIALLY OUR SOLIDIERS AND THE POOR ! SO TYPICAL OF THE POLITICAL PROSTITUTE’S (GLORIA’S) ADMINISTRATION !
Let them enjoy their party for NOW. Mabait naman tayo. After the festivities, the games will begin. Basta, walang iyakan. The door is closed for any compromise. Mabubulaga nalang sila ! Pay back time will happen when the clock strikes 12 ! Are we ready to rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrummmmble?
Chabeli, what a coincidence: I also used “ready to RRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMBLE” in a comment on Manolo Quezon’s blogsite the other day! I sure hope the people are ready in 2007, because with elections around the corner and ChaCha coming back from the dead (shades of the Undertaker!), it looks like we’re gonna witness a real SmackDown! To use a different sports metaphor, HINDI PA TAPOS ANG BOKSING!
“Are you ready to RRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMBLE!!!”
So this is what The Despicable One meanT by her MOST recent catchword “SOCIAL PAYBACK”!
Like I said, there are still many opportunities that will again bring back that public outrage of the Con-Ass type. Greed, arrogance, callousness and the desperation to survive and rule forever…they all combine to bring out the worst in this administration and the best in an outraged public.
MikeM,
Yesss! The games are about to begin..
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Phil Cruz,
I, too, believe, what you say that “there are still many opportunities that will again bring back that public outrage…Greed, arrogance, callousness and the desperation to survive and rule forever…they all combine to bring out the worst in this administration and the best in an outraged public.”
Daily Tribune banner Isafp spends P2M on grand Christmas bash.
What’s the main purpose for lavish Christmas party at the expense of taxpayers’ money? ISAFP chief General Delfin Bangit may be watching too much James Bond movies. Agent 007 lavishly spends money without limits in casinos, expensive hotels and fancy gadgets. Two million pesos can buy tons of rice to feed hungry Filipinos.
Following Phil Cruz’ description of greed to arrogance in taking potshots against GMA and her minions, I will spell out the name of GLORIA as:
G-reedy
L-iar
O-utrageous
R-evolting
I-neft
A-rrogant
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A lighted candle for the early repose of their Souls( kung meron pa!)! Lord patawarin mo sila pagkat di nila alam ang kanilang ginagawa!
joeseg: Thanks for spelling gloria’s name correctly!
“thanks for spelling out gloria’s name correctly)
Off topic:
I’ve been told that Abra is virtually a war zone now with fully-loaded army trucks roaming the streets. I guess moreso with the town of Bangued where the Bersamins and the Valeras are just separated by a fence. Now that Valera has been tagged as mastermind by one of his cousin’s assailants, I wonder how their own private armies will figure in this brewing war since some of Valera’s men are Bersamins and some of Bersamin’s men are Valeras.
Magulo yan. Mahirap mapagitna sa nagpapatayang magkamag-anak. Lalo na kung may eleksiyon.
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Regarding the lavish partying of the Isafp, it isn’t surprising that this unintelligent Intelligence Service has lots of money to splurge on booze, roasted calves, and pussy. TSgt. Vidal Doble, an enterprising Isafp soldier, sells A1 material as his part-time job. He made a cool P2M for the Hello Garci masters. Enough to support his 3 wives for a few months. If this lowly sergeant can produce P2M with much ease, how much can the colonels and generals make? How many wives do they maintain?
Sobrang bangit na ang kasundaluhan. Garapal. Nakakasuka na.
Magiting na kawal, okey lang ba sa iyo na nagtitiis ka sa malamok at malamig na gubat habang patagong kumakain ng skyflakes at sardinas habang ang mga taga-Isafp nagpapasasa sa mga litsong baka, draft beer at tig-lilimandaaning ipinapaagaw? Kung ako sa inyo, imbes na ang mga rebelde ang tutukan ninyo ng armalite, itong mga hudas na ito ang lipulin ninyo. Sila ang mga tunay na kaaway ng bayan. Matagal na kayong tinatawag ng mga mamamayan, panahon na upang tuparin ang sinumpaang pagsilbihan at ipagtanggol ang taumbayan.
Are you alright, sirs?
That money should have been given out with more meaning and spirit if handed out to the needy. The poor living under the bridge, the homeless on the sidewalk,the kids caroling at the streets,wherein some have already lost their lives.
Hindi totoong naghihirap ang ang Pinoy..The money is there.
The real root of the problem is,they cant control their money..Their money took control of their lives.
Tongue,
Buti na lang sabi mo ay “sobrang bangit na ang kasundaluhan”.
Kahapon pa ako natatawa sa taong ma- Bangit. Hindi ako sigurado kung ito ay tagalog lang namin sa Bataan kaya sinarili ko na lang ang tawa. heheh!
Tama ba na sabihin na ang bangit-bangit ni Bangit?!
Ibig sabihin ay napakabaho niya katulad ng kanyang kumander-in-Shit Glueria.
Iyon yatang bangit ay baho na nanggagaling sa hindi nililinis na ‘derriere’ (pinaganda pa e ano?).
chi,
tama ang hula mo.ang bangit ay baho..sa salita namin,
(bang-it)(bang-sit)pareho lang.
apaunayen dagitoy nga tattao, pati kararwa da nabang-it!
lakay toits!!
Aba eh talagang garapalan na ang sandatahang lakas ng pilipinas. Ang bangit-bangit nga talaga! Walang pinag-iba sa Marcos era, kung sino ang malapit sa kalan ay siyang malakas…at nauuna sa promotion…kaya ako umalis sa AFP kasi bulok pa rin. Si Bangit ginagaya niya si Ramas (CG Army) at si Ramos (Chief PC)…naghihirap ang mga sundalo sa relief operations sa Bicol may apog pa rin si Bangit na magkaroon ng “LAVISH PARTY”…at saka gaano kagaling si Bangit???tanong ko lang.Wala na bang mas professional at mas magling sa kanya. ang alam ko nasa ilalim siya ng PMA Class 1978.
Dalawang Milyong Piso para sa party ng isang unit lamang?
Mga walang hiya !!!, Nagpapalimos kayo sa mga karatig bansa para sa mga nasalanta sa Bikol, tapos pera ng taong bayan para lang sa isang gabi ?!
Lipulin ang masasamang ehemplo sa AFP. Gayun din ang sa Malacanan, kung saan sila natuto at tumulad! Ibagsak!
napakasarap maglublob sa kumunoy ng kasalanan..o anong sarap..
esperon says professionalism in the whole AFP? it has gone to sink since he engineered the cheating for the swollen headed woman! he’s a bullshit!! a fucking coward!!
What professionalism is Assperon talking about? Sundalong kanin, labas ang tumbong is more like it! Kawawang bansa! Talo agad kapag nilusob ng mga intsik iyan!
a cut from rey arcilla’s column in malaya:
23 december 2006
Gonzales is off-tangent
on Pozon
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There he goes again, shooting his mouth off, uttering uncalled for smart-alecky remarks unbecoming of a person in his position.
I refer to our pathetic Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales who accused Judge Benjamin Pozon of “interpreting the provisions of the VFA in order to suit his agenda.”
He said Judge Pozon was “sympathetic to Nicole and leftist group.”
And who, may I ask, is the honorable(?) secretary sympathetic to?
As a Filipino, and justice secretary at that, shouldn’t he be sympathetic to Nicole, the victim and not foreigner found guilty of raping her?
Then Gonzales adds: “I think his (Pozon’s) agenda is to please the Left. Maybe he thinks that by doing so, he would be praised and would get the kudos and hosannas of certain sectors. He’s sympathetic to the victim. He’s sympathetic to those who support the victim, and who are those supporting the victim?
I have news for Gonzales. The majority of the Filipinos are sympathetic to the victim, Nicole.
***
Not everyone who speaks against iniquitous arrangements with the United States or any Western power is a leftist. Has it ever occurred to Gonzales and others like him that they could be patriotic Filipinos who love their own people and country above others?
Even if they are leftists, at least they are Filipinos who most certainly love the Philippines more than the Americans or other foreigners do.
What does that make of Gonzales and others like him in government and elsewhere, who would take the side of foreigners over their own countrymen? In certain situations, they would be called traitors.
***
(….)
Mrivera:
Sinabi mo pa! I don’t consider myself a leftist as a matter of fact. I am more of a rightist, but I will not mince words against any American who will try to break our laws and say that he is right to do so because he is from the most powerful nation in the world. Aba, e kagaguhan na iyan.
60 years ago, the Philippines got its independence from the USA. The Filipinos owe it to themselves that they were able to get their freedom as a matter of fact. Abandon ship nga ang nangyari when the Americans found out that the country was so devastated at the end of WW2 that they decided they would not hold tight to the islands they occupied in 1898.
It’s the same thing that happened re the Mt. Pinatubo devastation. Ayaw pa nga nilang umalis noon despite the ratification of the ban on foreign military bases in the Philippines in 1992. Diyos na nga ang nag-decided dahil may mga inutil na katulad ni Gongonzales. Tinabunan ng volcanic ashes at lahar ang dalawang US bases na malapit sa Mt. Pinatubo. Hinayang siyempre ang mga kano, kaya nang umupo si Ramos, ni-railroad ang VFA na pabor sa mga kano kesa sa mga pilipino.
No, it is not anti-Americanism but pro-Philippinism that this VFA should be criticized and scrapped. Wala namang pakinabang diyan ang mga pilipino sa totoo lang. In fact, a friend of mine told me that the US does not allow weapons used in the Balikatan to be left unwatched by an American in the Philippines, and after each day’s exercise, they are well-accounted for kasi baka daw nakawin ng mga pilipino!!! If that is not insulting Filipinos, what is? A guy claiming to be one of the Bansot’s uncredited ministers in fact bragged about such information to me.
To be anti-American is not being a leftist. It is being a patriotic Filipino as a matter of fact.
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
ystakei, not my words but of rey arcilla’s. he’s referring to the ideas of judge pozon discerned negatively by siraulo gagonggonzales.
As China prestige increases, America’s power declines. Recent statistics showed an estimated gross domestic product of China to be $1.8 trillion second to Japan’s $5 trillion. At the expense of the US, trade between China and Japan is increasing. About 80% of Japan’s increase in exports came from China’s demands. China has already displaced the US as Japan’s largest source of imports.
Medyo kasalanan din ang Amerika dahil nakaligtaan nila ang Asia. In recent years, the US concentrated on wars and Europe neglecting Asia including her close allies. Kaya nga ang mga bansa sa Asia ay sa China tumitingala ngayon. There’s also no question that America is still the world’s greatest military power; and it would be stupid and a suicide to attack the US land.
However, war is seldom initiated by direct military conflict. At the least, that’s what the Chinese think. Sabi nga ng tanyag nilang Heneral na si Sun Tsu sa kanyang sinulat na “The Art of War”: In antiquity, those that excelled in warfare first made themselves unconquerable in order to await the moment when the enemy could be conquered. Look at the current relationship between China and the US. Para sa China, ang paghanda ng digmaan ay mas mahalaga sa mismong digmaan. Iyan ang hindi naiintindihan ng Amerika. Instead of resisting the gradual takeover of American dominance, the US seems to be only watching while China takes the lead as a new superpower.
And as Asia is becoming the world’s central operations, its rise is hastening the decline of America and hindering the rise of a united Europe. Sa mga susunod na mga taon, hindi na Amerika ang aasahan ng mga maliliit na bansa tulad ng Pilipinas. Instead, Asian countries particularly those belonging to ASEAN would be depending on China, Japan and even India. Kaya sa ngayon, tama lang na unti-unting bitawan ang pagkatali sa Amerika. Kung ito man ang nasa isip ni Arroyo at kanyang gobyerno, sa tingin ko’y makakabuti ito sa bansa sa hinaharap. Therefore, it would be wise to start strengthening our relationship with larger Asian neighbors like China and Japan.
Ayaw kong bigyan kulay ang pagdalo ni Arroyo sa pagtitipon ng El Shaddai Charismatic Group pero nagkaroon ako ng hinala ngayon na may lihim na usapan sila ni Bro. Mike Velarde kung kaya’t hindi masyadong mainit ang naging rally nila noon. Gloria Arroyo attended the El Shaddai gathering recently. Karapatan niya iyon bilang Pangulo pero hindi pa rin maiwasan ang pagduda ng mga taong tulad ko.
mandirigma,
delikadesa, kahihiyan. ‘yan ang wala sa mukhang dagang babaeng baliw na ayaw umalis sa lungga niya sa malakanyang!
at itong si velarde, maaaring tama ka at sa palagay ko rin – NABAYARAN!
muntik ko na ngang maibalibag ang TV set ko kagabi habang nanood ako ng TV patrol nang biglang lumabas ang mukha ng walanghiya. ini-off ko na lang. wala kasi akong pambili ng bago dahil hindi pa ako pinapautang ni artsee.
pero alam mo, may kulay ang pagdalo ng magnanakaw sa pagdiriwang ng el shaddai. dalawa pa nga, eh. yung isa kulay itim tulad ng budhi ni gloria at yung isa kulay suhol ng pera (panay lilibuhin).
on mandirigma December 25th, 2006 at 2:54 am message:
ang mother country ngayon ng Pilipinas ay ang Filipino diaspora.
Maraming lenggwahe at kultura na alam ang mga Pilipino. Ito yata ang naituro ni Jose Rizal.
Samantalang ang tibay ng dibdib , lakas ng loob , tatag sa anumang pagsubok , tikas at katapangan ang itinuro naman ni Gat Andres Bonifacio.
kaya nating tumayo sa sariling paa! naipakita na ito noong 1896 hanggang 1901.
kung noong 1991 hanggang sa kasalukuyan ay nakayanan natin na walang pang bluff(american bases) sa “teatro ng pasipiko” , ngayon pa kaya?
Ang US bases at ang mga latak nito ang nagsisilbing humahati sa pagkakaisa ng bansang Pilipinas!
Magkakahiwalay man ang ating mga pulo(Luson, Palawan, Bisayas, Mindanao at Sulu), pero iisa ang ating diwa at layunin! – ISANG BANSA, ISANG DIWA!
Isang inspirasyon at patuloy na magsisilbing pamulat sa mga susunod pang henerasyon ng mga karatig bansa(i.e., Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand) ng S.E.Asia ang pagbubulod-buklod nito!
PILIPINAS TUNGO SA ISANG PINAG SAMA-SAMA AT PINAGBUKLOD-BUKLOD NA LAHING MALAYA! … isulong!
naniniwala ako sa simulain nina Claro M. Recto, Mohammad Hatta at Nguyễn Văn Linh.
I have never trusted Mike Velarde. Fashion sense lang niya (checkered suits, naku po!, nakaka-turn off na.
Gloria Arroyo and he deserve each other.
And why would the people who work for truth and justice need Velarde at this point? Where was he all these time?
ellen, kailan ba nagpakita ng kababaang loob itong si velarde? kita mo nga sa mga prayer rally, stand out palagi ang bihis niya. ibig sabihin lang, ginagamit niya sa pagpapayaman ang paniniwalang kabobohan ng kanyang mga tagasunod. halos lahat sila (o baka lahat na nga) parang ginawang negosyo na ang aral sa banal na kasulatan!
Salamat mga kapatid. About Bro. Mike Velarde, one only has to check his past to understand why he’s behaving this way today. He was a self-confessed gambling addict. Nagkasakit daw minsan at habang nasa hospital ay kinausap siya ng Diyos o Anghel. May vision siya at ang utos sa kanya’y ipamahagi ang mga aral ng Diyos. Such narration sounds familiar to many of us isn’t it?
Most preachers use the same story. Simula daw noon nagbago na siya at naging Alagad ng Diyos. Unknown to many faithful, I once learned that the reason why the mother church, the Catholic Church, allowed Velarde to form his own group was to prevent the disgruntled Catholics from moving to other religious groups like Iglesia Ni Cristo.
Velarde formed his group El Shaddai at a time when Charismatic Born Again groups were popular and became a fad. Kaya nga may tinatawag na Born Again Catholics at Born Again Christians (Protestants). Velarde uses a very effective preaching style: Gospel of Prosperity. Kaya nga karamihan sa mga kaanib ay mga mahihirap at walang pag-asa sa buhay.
Sa grupo ni Velarde sila nakahanap ng panandaliang ginhawa. Even with a terrible Tagalog accent, Velarde has proven to be a very good speaker. He’s a very good salesman. Have you ever attended some marketing and sales seminars where you get to listen to high powered motivational speakers? Iyon nga iyon…walang pagkaiba. Ang pagkaiba lang ay may hawak na biblia si Velarde.
We can’t blame the members, though. If they can find some comfort and happiness in joining the group, then fine. Ang hindi lang maganda tingnan iyon ibabaligtad pa ang mga payong na ang ibig sabihin sasaluhin ang mga biyaya mula sa langit. Ang mga panyo at mga bagay-bagay na ibinebenta tuwing meroon silang prayer rally.
People have even noticed the gold eyeglasses Velarde is wearing. How many carats? We don’t know. He also wears very expensive, signature suits and clothes. If asked he would proudly say all these are given to him by loving members for free. And when he travels, he has a convoy of security equals if not more than than of the President. To further hold on to power, he allowed his son to run as Congressman and indeed now a solon. His son is undoubtedly El Shaddai’s conduit to Congress and Malacanang. El Shaddai’s former spokesman Mel Robles has long been appointed Chairman of LRT. What else?
mula sa Yahoo News:
Taiwan steps up patrol in disputed South China Sea: report
Sun Dec 24, 2:08 AM ET
TAIPEI (AFP) – Taiwanese coastguards have stepped up patrol in the disputed South China Sea after local fishermen complained that they were harassed and robbed by Vietnamese pirates, it has been reported.
The move came as Taiwan is building a runway on one of the islands in the disputed Spratlys, sparking protest from Vietnam.
The coastguards, whose frigates previously sailed to Tongsha (Pratas) once every month, have extend patrols to the disputed Sisha (Paracel) islets, which are about 1,100 kilometers from Taiwan, the Liberty Times said.
Tongsha is some 455 kilometers (273 miles) from Taiwan.
The new patrol area also covers waters off the disputed Jhongsha (Macclesfileld Bank) islands, it said.
“There were frequent reports of pirates ransacking fishing and cargo vessels sailing through that area,” Cheng Chang-hsiung, head of the Maritime Patrol Directorate General, told the daily.
“Local fishermen also complained that their fishing nets and catches were stolen by Vietnamese fishermen,” Cheng said.
However, Taiwanese fishermen were unenthusiastic about the expanded coastguard patrol saying it did little to protect local fishing boats operating off the disputed Spratlys, a major fishing ground for 200 fishing vessels from southern Taiwan.
Taiwan in January 2006 rejected Vietnam’s demand that it stop building a runway in the Spratly Islands.
Vietnam’s foreign ministry had described the building of the runway as a “severe violation of Vietnam’s sovereignty” and said it would have a negative impact on peace, stability and regional cooperation.
Taiwan, Vietnam, Brunei, China, Malaysia, and the Philippines claim all or part of the potentially oil-rich Spratlys.
All claimants except Brunei have troops based on the archipelago of more than 100 islets, reefs and atolls, which have a total land mass of less than five square kilometres (two square miles).
Agence France-Presse
The Sprately islands will trigger a major conflict in the region in the near future. Mark my word. These places are not only rich in oil deposits and mineral resources, they are very helpful as military posts as offense and defense. Sa dami nang mga claimants baka dito magsimula ang awayan ng Tsina at Amerika.
Taiwan quake cuts communications
Taipei
December 27, 2006 – 5:57PM
A strong earthquake off Taiwan’s southern coast killed two people and damaged undersea cables, cutting off phone and Internet service today to parts of China, South Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia and the United States.
Yesterday’s quake, which hit offshore from the town of Hengchun near Taiwan’s southern tip, came on the second anniversary of the tsunami that killed more than 200,000 lives in southern Asia.
It was felt throughout Taiwan, shaking buildings and knocking objects off the shelves in Taipei, in the northern part of the island.
Two members of one family were killed in Hengchun when their four-storey home collapsed.
The quake injured 42 people, three homes collapsed and 12 fires broke out, the National Fire Agency said.
Repairing the cables harmed by the 6.7-magnitude tremor could take three weeks but “quality will improve day by day,” said Lin Jen-hung, vice general manager of Chunghwa Telecom Co, Taiwan’s largest phone company.
The company said damage to a cable off Taiwan’s southern coast has interrupted 98 per cent of Taiwan’s communications capacity with Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong.
The damaged lines knocked out Internet service for some Hong Kong customers, who were unable to access websites in parts of Asia and the US.
Hong Kong telephone company PCCW Ltd, which also provides Internet service, said several undersea data cables were damaged.
“Data traffic to Taiwan, Korea, Japan and the United States are affected,” PCCW said in a statement.
The company also warned customers that they may experience congestion for several days on the Internet because of an upsurge in use as people surf the Web for more information about the quake.
Financial traders in Hong Kong – one of Asia’s biggest business capitals – complained they had lost their connection to Bloomberg LP, a key provider of news and data about stock markets.
Internet access has been cut or has become extremely slow in Beijing, said an official from China Netcom, China’s No.2 phone company.
The official, who would not give his name, said the cause was thought to be the earthquake, but he had not further details.
Businesses in various parts of the city also said they were experiencing Internet access problems.
CCTV, the state-run television network, said the earthquake had damaged undersea communications cables from China to the United States and from Asia to Europe.
It said China Telecom Corp, China’s biggest phone company, was contacting counterparts in the United States and Europe about using satellites to make up for the shortfall.
Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said that international roaming service provided by Japan’s major three telecommunications – NTT DoCoMO, KDDI, and Softbank, had been affected.
AP
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/taiwan-quake-cuts-communications/2006/12/27/1166895305245.html