In the last hearing of the court martial panel trying 28 military officers for their alleged plan to withdraw support from the bogus presidency of Gloria Arroyo in February last year, notably absent were Col. Januario Caringal and Lt. Col. Custodio Parcon, both of the Philippine Marines.
The two officers were sick. Caringal , former deputy commander of the 2nd Marine Brigade, has been at the AFP Philippines Medical Center (former V. Luna Hospital) in Quezon City from his detention quarters in Fort San Felipe in Cavite since November . He was suffering from acute hepatitis B and hypertension.
Parcon, a medal of valor awardee, is detained at Fort San Felipe in Cavite. In the Jan. 18 hearing, he was represented by his counsel, Alex Lacson, who was his classmate at the Philippine Military Academy.
Col. Ariel Querubin, another medal of valor awardee, almost didn’t make it to the hearing in Camp Capinpin in Tanay too. A few days before last Christmas, Querubin was confined at the Cavite Naval Hospital due to high cholesterol, high blood pressure, fluctuating sugar levels, and high uric acid.
He made it to the hearing in Tanay but he was brought back to the hospital that same day because his malaria, caught in the jungles of Palawan and Sulu many years ago, recurred.
These officers are a hardy lot. But soldiery subjects the body to terrible stress. Querubin, for example, had underwent operations on his liver, pancreas, intestines and many other parts of his head and body where he had bullet wounds.
Querubin’s wife, Maria Flor, had written Vice Admiral Rogelio Calunsag, Philippine Navy’s Flag Officer-in-Command three times to do something with the conditions of the officers who have stood for truth and justice.
A portion of Mrs. Querubin’s letter to Calunsag reads,” Although the hospital in Cavite is clean and the doctors, nurses, and staff are concerned, kind and caring, my husband’s condition demands that he be placed under the care of specialists. CNH does not have the specialist for Ariel’s case and complete medical facilities in case of emergency. Blood tests on Ariel were done last Monday and he even had to pay for one test that has to be done outside of CNH Laboratory.
“Our family doctor recommends that my husband has to immediately undergo a series of sessions to completely eradicate malaria from his system and a thorough medical check up under the care of specialists to ascertain that nothing will happen to him while he is enduring the highly stressful conditions of his incarceration at Fort San Felipe.
“In fact, the Navy Surgeon General in her letter to the FOIC dated November 29, 2006, had recommended his (and the other officers’) transfer to the Marine Camp in Fort Bonifacio because of its accessibility to the V Luna Medical Center due to the expected worsening medical conditions of the marine detainees.
“As a Medal of Valor awardee, the law stipulates that he shall be entitled to free medical services and consultations anywhere in the country even from private hospitals and clinics. I am sure the necessary security preparations needed can be worked out by your staff at the soonest time possible.”
Calunsag has never bothered to answer Mrs. Querubin’s letters.
In the Jan. 18 court martial hearing, which centered on the secret pre-trial investigation report that recommended the dismissal of mutiny charges against the accused officers, Lacson, appealed for justice reminding the panel that the accused are “their brothers in uniform.”
“Who will protect them? he asked.
The same question should be directed to Vice Admiral Calunsag.
Photo captions:
1.First photo is Lt. Col. Parcon at the hearing at the Department of Justice last November.
2. Second photo are Col. Querubin and Brig. Gen. Danny Lim during a break at last jan. 18 court martial hearing in Tanay.
Update: Querubin was brought to V. Luna Hospital the next day, jan. 30, 2007.
The Amerikana wearing Assperon couldn’t care less about the health conditions of these gallant men. Like his master, rule of law and humane treatment are the least of his concerns. They will do anything to break the spirit of anyone who opposes them. Assperon, unlike the Medal of Valor awardees he has imprisoned is nothing but a REMF. (rear echelon mother-f***er)
“Calunsag has never bothered to answer Mrs. Querubin’s letters.”
How arrogant ! Rotten eggs should rain on Calunsang !
The tides do turn. It always does.
Why Calunsag didn’t bother to answer Mrs. Querubin’s letter? He needed Dirty Mama G’s nod? Calunsag’s brain is lunsag-lunsag rin!
Nothing good we can expect from this dark regime of the false president. These S@#$%&*%$@s purposely don’t give medical attention to these men of honor in order to force them to beg for their lives. If something wrong happens to just one of these great military guys, Glueria and Assperon should better hide their fat asses fast!
We are deeply saddened by the plight of these honorable men. They are our true heroes encarcerated by the real criminals. Are there other honorable military men who can save these heroes and the country from these oppressors?
Ellen,
My info is that Gen Lim was brought to Makati Med about two weeks ago. He was to undergo an MRI. A bullet shrapnel is still buried in his back which he acquired during a combat encounter long time ago.
Contrary to the doctor’s advice (he was supposed to be confined), Gen Lim was immediately brought back to Tanay upon orders from GHQ.
He was never allowed to see a specialist. Gen Lim is still suffering from the old wounds (he got a Gold Cross Medal for this) compounded by the brutality of speron!
Who was it who said in this or PCIJ blog that our military is a cannibal eating its own people. It seems it is worst now. looks like it degenerated to eating its very own flesh. Is there a name for that?
Anna
The website of LtGen Dallaire is http://www.romeodallaire.com.
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WHY IS IT that nobody seems to be interested in the recent and Previous junkets of the alleged fake president ?
May I post again some facts on overseas trips of Gloria that I am challenging Malacanang to check its veracity using their website.
At a glance our alleged fake President seemed to have achieve the distinction of being the most traveled President. In her first year she went out of the country eight times in four months, (WOW two trips per month in those 4 months) visiting a total of 10 countries in 39 days. Her second year travel involved 10 countries (Japan, twice) in 26 days. Her third year covered 15 countries in 41 days. During her fourth year, an election year (busy kasi sa phone with Garci) , Mrs. Arroyo visited only 5 countries all in Asia in 10 days. During her fifth year (panay ang sangga sa impeachment) she visited still fewer countries, five countries in 15 days.
In 2006 , Mrs. Arroyo visited 12 countries in 33 days. In 2007 (isa pa lang, pero simula na) ), Davos, Switzerland in 5 days. In all her past travels Mrs. Arroyo within a six-year period had visited 28 countries in 169 days. In other words, that is more than five and half months travel (kalahating taon) in a six-year period. She has also made 58 sorties to these 28 countries since she visited 15 countries more than once.
Mas mabagsik ngayon ang Presidente at AFP.
Noon Panahon ni Ramos, push ups lang.
Ngayon, physical at mental torture na puedeng siyang ika-tepok ng mga heroes brother officer.
Pati pamilya nagdurusa kahit wala pang sentencia.
Is there a term for this?
bakit mas mabagsik? Sagutin ko na?
Walang silang mabigat na atraso sa bansa
at sa tao? Hindi sila decidido na magpakamatay
sa kanilang pwesto.
cocopilot says:
“Are there other honorable military men who can save these heroes and the country from these oppressors?”
I myself was hoping for the same as you, but if you remember a few weeks ago YesArms made a bold statement that they had three teams of men who were experienced as jungle experts that were traking Garci to bring him into custody alive! Nothings happened yet just a lot of hot air talk.
So the answer to your question if there are other honorable military men who could save these hero’s, apparently not.
jay cynikho: said “It seems it is worst now. looks like it degenerated to eating its very own flesh. Is there a name for that?”
Jay: they call it “cowardice”.
All the more reason now that OFWs who have relatives in the Philippines voting this election not to vote for their representatives who are pro-administration. They should be convinced to vote only for the Opposition or anyone against the administration. Pichay, Nograles, Lagman, et al should be removed from the Philippine Congress. The trapos should also be kicked out. Time for a big change in Philippine politics.
The Filipinos should rally en masse, with or without the support of their churches (ours definitely will not be in any political rallies even when members of our church join the protests because of our church policy of respecting the law on the separation of church and state) against these politicians, and more against the political appointees in the court, police and military. By all means, they should demand the removal of the creep acting as Secretary of In-Justiis, and the crony acting as Ombudswoman. With these creeps, justice cannot work and truth cannot prevail. They should be kicked out.
Will submit the names of the two gallant officers to our temple when it opens, and pray for them there so they can stay fighting there for their pride, honor and dignity. Meanwhile, Congressmen and Senators still with some sense of “hiya” to please demand for better treatment of these soldiers.
May God give them the spirit to have courage and fight all these oppressions, too. Sipain na si Esperon at ang mga katulad niyang animal sa AFP, pati na ang patron nilang mga baboy sa Malacanang!
I advise the wives of these officers to write Amnesty International and the UNCHR for the gross inhumanities their husbands suffer from these crooks heading the Philippine military.
Ano nga ba ang ginagawa ng mga sundalong mayayari pa ng mga ungas na ito? PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA! ANG HINA NAMAN!
They have to make sure, too, that the medical doctors even in private hospitals are not under threat for not following Malacanang order to inject medicines into the bodies of these soldiers to make them more submissive to the wiles and whims of the ambitious crook EDSA 2 placed at the palace by the murky river.
I was never a supporter of these EDSAs as a matter of fact. I’d rather Filipinos learn to vote more wisely and maturely. Hindi na puede ang boto for popularity but for platforms that should be well scrutinized.
At least, I know Akbayan and Bayan Muna voters are wiser. Kaya nga sila pinapapatay or their representatives charged with this and that false accusations. I know for a fact that none of the reps of the Bayan Muna and other partylists connected with them have enriched themselves.
I would support the lawyers of these soldiers if I were you in order to help them be more aggressive in pursuing their cases against this oppressive government and/or oppressive AFP heirarchy that should be toppled down as a matter of fact.
I don’t think this is a time to follow any military protocol. What should be done is a passage of a law to consider this present AFP as illegitimate, null and void, and therefore, should be replaced with one that is independent and free from the dictates of the bogus president who has actually awarded Esperon for cheating for her in the last election. This piece of information should in fact be investigated and when found to be true, all those involved be prosecuted and put to jail.
Is that difficult to understand and do?
I doubt that Esperon and his cohorts will achieve the purpose of the tactics that they are applying on these soldiers whose courage and bravery have been well tested in the battlefront unlike him who is definitely just clinging to the apron of the criminal calling herself “president.” He may succeed in sending these gentlemen of the AFP to their early grave but their spirits will not die, nor the ideals and principles that they have fought for. Pag namatay ang mga iyan ay baka iyan na ang mitsa ng pag-aaklas ng mga pilipino laban sa mga burot na ito. Huwag naman sana, for I’d rather see Querubin, Lim, et al, leading the Filipinos to victory against these oppressors.
May God be with them always! PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
BTW, baka matauhan na ang mga pilipino gaya ng nangyayari sa Amerika ngayon. Even traditional Republicans are now abandoning Bush. At least, there are still Americans who will not compromise their “My country, right or wrong” for the mad man at the White House, who BTW a lot many people believe also cheated to get to the White House and making a lot many Americans wanting to bang their heads on the wall!
God protect us from these evil leaders!
Once they are found guilty at Court Martial (and I do believe there is no possibility they will be found innocent and acquitted at that stage) then Col. Angel Querubin, Danilo Lim, and the Oakwood Mutineers will be in the same exact legal status as Lance Corporal Daniel Smith. They will have been convicted by the “court of first instance”, the equivalent of the Makati RTC, of the heinous crime of rebellion with conspiracy and violations of the Articles of War. But I claim they, like Smith, will not YET have lost the presumption of innocence.
If we as Filipinos cannot be blind to a person’s possible guilt UNTIL, as the Law requires, it is proven beyond a reasonable doubt to the Judiciary (the entire Judiciary!), then how indeed can we expect Justice herself to be blind??
The same applies to Ellen, if or when, she is convicted of criminal libel.
Was Angelo Reyes’ “withdrawal of support” mutinous treason? Yes it was. Any withdrawal of support for the Presidency is mutinous treason, if the person does it without first resigning his military commission. If that is what these guys were gonna do, then, I’m sorry, I may sympathize with their objectives, but their means, like that of Angie Reyes and Davide and GMA, were immoral and wrong. They are guilty of mutiny and rebellion. They are entitled to a defense and the presumption of innocence as I have been insisting, but it doesn’t look good. We can’t have our cake and eat it too. We cannot wear the robes of sovereignty with dignity, unless we apply impartial justice to all.
The Main Actors of the 23rd Feb 2006 Group are sick..and almost at the same time, they are requesting for “sick call” or writing their respective superiors for consideration for medical check-up? Gentlemen, this is again a scenario to remind the people that it is their 1st year anniversary in military detention and another reminder for the people to do something against the Administration during the commemoration of the Feb 1986 People Power.
These officers are simply “whiners”. In simple terms, they are not sick! What they have are sick “brains”!!! What they need is simple exercises everyday and they have to watch their diet. They need to sweat and stretch their muscles. Better yet, read the Holy Bible for enlightenment. Send them psychiatrists/guidance counselors and spiritual persons/priests!!! But the ultimate best you can give to these whining officers is SEX…hahaha! (Not necessarily with their wives).
Ellen,
Were you able to watch the movie “Babel” this weekend?
Black Knight;
This officers are simply “whiners”
I don’t find your comment funny .If you want to make a comedy from this brave soldiers miseries join the circus and be a tontu clown.
I agree Cocoy. There is no need to degrade their valor or their sacrifices because of what they were perhaps forced by conscience and circumstance to embark upon. If anyone is whining, it may be their supporters or the Media or the Opposition off on another victimological tangent. These boys are soldiers, but now they are in a legal and political fight in which they are almost defenseless unless they learn new ideas and eternal principles.
Neither can those who support them save them with “people power” which is not democracy but Mob Rule. We must re-establish our fealty to the Constitution, which was destroyed at Edsa Dos and buried alive in 2004 by the smartest manipulator and beneficiary of “people power”.
Masyado namang pong inaglahi ni Black Knight ang katayuan ng mga sundalong nagdurusa sa pagkakakulong.
Pero ito ang masasabi ko:
Kung ikaw Black Knight ay kampon ni Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, masaya ka siguro sa iyong walang pakundangan pagkutya sa mga sundalo. Dumayo ka pa sa blog na ito para ipangalandakan ang iyong pagiging sipsip sa iyong pekeng panggulo.
Kung ikaw Black Knight ay lalaki, isa kang bakla.
Kung ikaw Black Knight ay babae, maitim ang iyong budhi.
Kung ikaw Black Knight ay gustong magpatawa, harapin mo sila sa kulungan at ulitin mo sa kanila ang iyong isinulat. Tiyak matatawa sila sa iyo.
GSDC:Long time no see,I been missing your posting.I’m glad that you are back.Thank you for agreing with me.I was a soldier myself and I hate anyone taunting the principled men in uniform.
Sleeplessinmontreal:
I am staring to liken you.Keep on posting my friend.You send the boomerang back to Black Knight face.Bravo!!
This administration their military and their Judiciary bend the rules otherwise their case wouldn’t hold water with their evidence of dubious confessions. So don’t be surprised that we ordinary people want to resort to bending the rules also, to do anything to stop this discusting situation.
Everybody here in this blog knows that left to this corrupt AFP leadership and their kangaroo court these brave, and remember brave officers that have more than proved their worth to the country, will be found guilty at this micky mouse Court Martial where no evidence has been produced yet (does that give you some indication of how micky mouse these AFP leaders are). Everything with this administration and their institutions are being railroaded and the reason for all of it is to keep this evil wonder woman in power all the way to the German banks.
Admiral Calunsag is not worthy to wear his military uniform if he could not come up with a firm decision to render help for his men in need of necessary medical treatment .He has all the power in his hand to scribble his pen, and send these men in sick bay. This is a matter of life and death. Who cares another promotion in rank, you are seeing your men agonizing in pain from the wound they inflicted in battle .For God’ sake Admiral Calunsag .Are you a soldier?
It seems to be conveniently forgotten that we are presently living under mob rule of this administration their Congress allies, PNP, AFP and Judiciary. Have you not realised this because the ‘barrio classes’ have known this for some time becaused they’re forced to send their children to school without breakfast because they have no food. Thats how the ‘barrio class’ knows it.
Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire, OC, CMM, GOQ, MSC, CD, B.Sc, LL.D (University of Saskatchewan(Granting: 2007) (h.c.) (born June 25, 1946 in Denekamp, The Netherlands) is a Canadian senator, humanitarian, author and retired general. Dallaire is widely known for having served as Force Commander of UNAMIR, the ill-fated United Nations peacekeeping force for Rwanda between 1993 and 1994, and for trying to stop a war of genocide that was being waged by Hutu extremists against Tutsis and Hutu moderates.
Gen. Romeo Dallaire defied U.N. orders to withdraw from Rwanda. Without the authority, manpower, or equipment to stop the slaughter, he saved the lives he could but nearly lost his sanity.
WWNL, you are right! These brave soldiers could not stomach the filth in this administration! Now they have to be incarcerated. Contrary to what Black Knight(suits him well because his soul is sooo black!)says that these soldiers are just feigning their sickness, they are probably sicker than sick seeing how Tiyanak and her goons ( Assperon, Ebdame, Reyes, Palparan, Mayuga and the like)continue with the rape and murder of the Filipinos.These asses are enjoying the perks of the midget while their comrades are in jail even without the due process of the law! The criminals are out enjoying and those who care about what happens to the country are jailed. Who would not be sick with that scenario? It is even sickening that up to now, these soldiers have not received a copy of the pretrial report that supposedly was Assperon’s basis for his convening the Kangaroo court.
It is very obvious that this administration do not really want justice for these soldiers! Just like any other threat to them who were/are put away conveniently by execution or incarceration, they have to be jailed so the thieves can continue with their dirty operations. Remember, the 2004 election cheating was the root of it all. These soldiers were used to cheat in the elections. If you are a responsible officer, would you have just closed your eyes to this deceitful crime? Now all the generals who aided in the tiyanak’s “stolen victory” are all in top ranking positions. Thank you to Mayuga, who whitewashed the reports clearing all these generals from the election cheating . Even the Cheat Justice Davide has his big share of the bounty, by being appointed as an acting permanent ambassador to the UN (as if this makes any sense at all). Now Black Knight you are saying that these soldiers violated something? Who had violated more laws and rights, these soldiers who have conscience or the Tiyanak and her cohorts(including you) who continue to violate the constitution and the will of the people?
One more thing, for you, “sex”, money and power are probably the only things you know. I wonder where you got these vices? Who else but the heads of your mob! They are a pair of Toh pods.
BLACK KNIGHT Says: “These officers are simply “whiners”. In simple terms, they are not sick! What they have are sick “brains”!!! What they need is simple exercises everyday and they have to watch their diet. They need to sweat and stretch their muscles. Better yet, read the Holy Bible for enlightenment. Send them psychiatrists/guidance counselors and spiritual persons/priests!!! But the ultimate best you can give to these whining officers is SEX…hahaha! (Not necessarily with their wives).”
black knight, bagay sa iyo ang pseudonym mo. alagad ng kadiliman. sundin mo ang payo ni sleeplessinmontreal, para matauhan ka!
gallant soldiers have offered the best in them in serving the motherland and what they only ask from us who they are bound to protect is a little recognition of the sacrifices they have done.
“many have come, but only few are chosen”.
ang bulok na pamunuan ng sandatahang lakas ay buong kapal ng mukhang binabastos ang MEDAL OF VALOR ng mga nasasangkot sa kasong EWAN na ipinagpipilitan ni HENERAL PULBURON.
bilang pinakamataas na gawad parangal na kinakailangang pamuhunanan ng buhay at walang pangalawang kagitingan, nararapat lamang na ang medalyang ito ay bigyan ng pinakamataas na antas ng paggalang na hindi kayang maibigay ng isang walang dangal na nabanggit na pinuno ng sandatahan.
Etong Assperon na ito siguro ni hindi pa niya naranasang matusok ng karayom. How would he know about lodged sharpnels or even mallaria. Baka ni hindi siya sumabak sa mga kagubatan. Naguutos utos lang. Puro papogi pogi lang ang hasta. Kaya hindi niya alam ang ibig sabihin ng MEDAL OF VALOR. Sa kanya ang VALOR ay mandaya at sumipsip. The men of honor in the AFP are just watching him palapad ng papel sa Bansot niyang boss. Natatawa na lang at naiiling ang mga tunay na sundalo. Si Assperon, tutuong pulboron, walang sariling hubog! What he is doing to these men of honor boomerangs to him. Ask even the lowest ranked soldier if they respect him and you will hear “yuck” astoundingly! This stinking Cheat of Staff is nothing but a first class prostituted general. Until he steps down and bring all his baggages (generals who think and act like him) with him, the AFP is nothing but an Armed Forces of the Pandak!
Chi,
Off topic..the Liberal Party launched their Senatorial bids today. It’s a tentative list though because nothing is final until the last minute. In the meantime, here’s the updated list:
1-Florencio “Butch” Abad
2-J.R. Nereus “Neric” O. Acosta
3-Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, III
4-Alan Peter S. Cayetano
5-Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero (heard that he is being backed by a chinese tycoon.)
6-Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson
7-Loren B. Legarda
8-Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel, III
9-Erin Tañada
10-Lt. Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes
Speaking of another BULOK soldier, Ebdane, according to a report on its website, ABS CBN News reported that Ebdande will be sworn in as the next DND Chief on Wednesday. The report says that “The selection of Ebdane, if confirmed, goes against one of the recommendations of the special commission formed after the 2003 Oakwood mutiny..The commission headed by retired Justice Florentino Feliciano warned against the appointment of retired military or police officers to the top post in the defense department.
Ebdane’s selection also goes against the recommendation of Cruz, who has been widely credited for implementing key proposals in the Philippine Defense Reform Program in his two years as defense chief.”
Dirty Mama G is at it again-paying back those who helped in her victory-kuno in ’04. Ebdane is one of them. He even is part of the “Hello..Garci” scandal. Maybe the only chance we have at this point is to write or e-mail Senators who are members of the the Commisssion on Appoitnments (?) & convince them why Ebdane should NOT be confirmed as DND Chief. Let him, like the other appointments of Gloria (siRAULo Gonzalez, etc.) be “unconfirmed” officials ! Let’s at least try & give ’em hell !
Oh no, not Ebdane! I know a lot many policemen of the Manila’s Finest before the Manila Police was corrupted hate this man. Bulok is the right word, Chabeli!
We’ve heard of what he and FVR did to the evidences the Manila police found in 1995 that could have saved the WTC from being destroyed if Bush was not waiting for the opportunity for the Islamic Fundamentalists to move as they have planned.
According to interviews of witnesses done by a US TV network, FVR and Ebdane were paid by the FBI more than the asking price of 30,000 dollars for the information. Nothing was given to the finders of the evidences found at the Josefa Apartment where the Islamic Fundamentalists stayed and planned the assassination of the late Catholic Pope who visited the Philippines then.
Puro magnanakaw! Pwe! Palibhasa si Madame Bovary of the Philippines, a.k.a. Burot, wala nang makuhang matino kaya hanggang mga bugok na lang siya. Point is why are these bulok na bugok pa officers are being confirmed by the CA if the people manning that agency are themselves clean, sane and proper?!
Kawawang Pilipinas! Pinagtampuhan na yata ng grasya talaga!
Mrs. Querubin should insist for an answer. In a democracy, whether she is a military personnel or a civilian, she is enttitled to an answer. Otherwise, palpak talaga ang bogus na pamahalaang iyan!
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA! PUEDE BA, SIPAIN NA ANG MGA UNGAS NA IYAN?! ANG KUPAD NAMAN!
Given that the present government is bogus, how can these honorable men be guilty? These heroes have upheld the constitution by voicing and acting against the oppressive impostors. Yet they have been bullied and made to suffer for their righteous fight. Shame on the mega-cheats, mega-liars, and mega-thieves!
cocopilot:
You can’t be wrong but the shame goes much deeper in my opinion because the shame should be felt by their fellow soldiers and us the people.
By not doing anything, the people like us and these other soldiers are enjoying the freedom to be with their families. Sending the signal to this administration that they agree to the injustice being made to their brave brothers-in-arms by their leaders who have prostituted themselves to their Commander-in-Thief to be involved in crime and against the rule of law. A disgrace to their uniform and everything it stands for.
Even when these AFP retire they need a large body guard detail to be at their side, why is this? Could this be because they have been so evil during their service that they are scared to be out and about on their own! Are they so innocent that they now decline to admit how many military body guards are employed to secure them. The civilians that were gunned down by the AFP in cold blood didn’t have the luxury of one body guard let alone many. There has to be a fight and no doubt it will be dirty when it happens. Enough is Enough.
It is a great insult to call these officers as ”whiners.” They served well in the field. They risked their lives. Most of them were wounded in combat. Most of them are well-decorated. They never bragged about their accomplishments. None of them were ever involved in any irregularities and scandals.
Now, look at those who are now at helm of the AFP. Most of them refused to be assigned in the field when they were junior officers. Most of them spent their combat duties inside the comfort of their Bn at Bde hqs. Most of them unnecessarily risked the lives of their soldiers for personal gratification. Most of them are blabbermouthed. Most of them are involved in a corruption, scandal and irregularities.
Now, who are the real ”whiners?”
The accused officers courageously faced all the accusations against them.
esperon et al never did. They are the whiners, congenital liars and pathetic cowards.
Black night must be blinded by the lies of his bosses or he’s just a paid slave. We will help him open his eyes maybe by introducing his bosses’ real identities and modus operandi here in this blog.
Anyone who tolerates (even giving a slightest consideration) and defends pandak, espn et al….. has sick brain!
I only hope that this blog will spark action and exact real strategies to answer real problems. While alone, one feels inadequate and frustrated not being able to be a part of a viable solution to this injustice. An organized effort led by courageous leaders might be a promising start.
At the outset, I wish to make clear that my comments below do not concern Navy Lt Trillanes and his blow up Oakwood comrades.
GodSaveDConstitution Says:
“Any withdrawal of support for the Presidency is mutinous treason, if the person does it without first resigning his military commission. If that is what these guys were gonna do, then, I’m sorry, I may sympathize with their objectives, but their means, like that of Angie Reyes and Davide and GMA, were immoral and wrong. They are guilty of mutiny and rebellion. ”
I agree Dean but this government of the pathetic and its 2nd rate armed forces leadership have yet to prove that there was indeed a MUTINY or REBELLION or COUP D’ETAT committed by BrigGen Lim, Col Ariel Querubin and their fellow officers and men.
We CANNOT and MUST NOT equate Lim’s and Querubin’s so called withdrawal of support to Angie Reyes’s “mutiny”/his coup d’état against President Estrada in January 2001.
We’ve read what apparently took place in the Feb & March 2006 reports but we don’t know if what we’ve read were all true.
However, given the fact that we have no military report, i.e., pre-trial investigation, Mayuga report to base our conclusions on, we can only rely on newspaper reports.
I’ve maintained – and you and I have kilometers and kilometers of exchanges of ideas on the matter last year right in your blog based on the reports that we’ve read – that the crimes of mutiny and rebellion against Lim, Querubin and their officers COULD NOT be realistic.
1) If indeed there was a mutiny committed by Lim, why did then CSAFP Senga simply send him back to his quarters. Remember a mutiny cannot be committed by only ONE MAN! There’s got to be 4 officers/men threatening SENGA with violence for mutiny to stick.
2) As to Querubin’s alleged rebellion? What rebellion? Did they march to Edsa that day and threatened to fight this bogus government with violence, arms? Didn’t they go back to their barracks? Based on what we’ve read and first hand reports then, the only military offence that Querubin and his officers committed WAS INSUBORDINATION.
Senga and Esperon never came forward to reveal anything except for a bit of their usual grunt grunt here and there.
Where is the military pre-trial investigation file that both parties , the accused and the accusers need to start a military trial in a court martial?
Where is the MAYUGA report. I do not believe that the report ocntained information that would endanger the security of the nation – heck, the nation’s security has always been in danger forcing Gloria to come forward systematically and even play bedmate with George Dubya Bush and his troops…
As you like to say Dean, we might as well have 9 not guilty verdict out of 10 than pronounce all of them guilty without trial.
cocopilot,
iisa lamang naman ang tunay na solusyon – ang mawala ang ugat ng lahat ng kaiwalian, ang baliw na babaeng mukhang daga sa malakanyang na ayaw umalis sa kanyang lungga.
“many have come, but only few are chosen”.
These great military guys mentioned in these issue are not supposed to be ridiculed. Instead, we should pay tribute to these few chosen ones because they embody the truth about soldiery.
AT gaya ng sinabi ni Mivera, ang puno at dulo ng mga nangyayaring ito ay ang pekeng pangulo. Ang bansot ang nag-iisang “tunay na solusyon” sa lahat ng pangit na nangyayari sa Pilipinas! Sina Assperon, Calundang, etc. ay mga lintang security guards lang ng bansot nilang commander-in-thief. Wala silang mga utak dahil natatabunan ng pera!
I am 101% against the designation of Secretary Ebdane as the next Secretary of National Defense. Reading the editorial of the Philippine Daily Inquirer says it all. I predict Ebdane will have a rough sailing with the DND and AFP. Everybody should rejoice that the senior and junior officers of the AFP have a reason again to “break” the chain of command and ultimately bring down the present administration. Let us pray and hope that this will be a successful one this time. See you at the EDSA Shrine this coming 25th of February!!!
Ellen,
I joined your blog as one of your commentators in order to express my personal opinion on your published column/s in your blog and Malaya and also tell you about my ideas and observations of what is happening around and within the country. I am not here to argue with the other commentators and I really respect their comments on my postings. As a simple personal protocol in your blog, (it is assumed that) all my comments are directed to you. More power to you. Mabuhay ka!
These officers are supposed to be hardened combat soldiers.
Detention is not good for them – if the conditions of detention are poor, they will inevitably suffer from lack of adequate physical exercices and worse, boredom which are bound tp have an effect on their physiques and minds. (Have posted something similar earlier on in another thread.)
This is obviously what Esperon supot wants to happen to them.
The sick officers must have appropriate medical attention – part and parcel of their fundamental human (& military) rights. No ifs, no buts.
I do understand that their health is bound to happen but I’m pretty sure it will take loads for Esperon supot and his bitch (technical female name for a dog, i.e., Gloria) to break their spirit.
Ooops…
I do understand that their health is bound TO SUFFER but I’m pretty sure it will take loads for Esperon supot and his bitch (technical female name for a dog, i.e., Gloria) to break their spirit.
BLACK KNIGHT Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
Ellen,
As a simple personal protocol in your blog, (it is assumed that) all my comments are directed to you. More power to you. Mabuhay ka!
Ma’m Ellen
Ayaw niyang sagutin ang komento ni GSDC, Cocoy at iba pa. Sa inyo po pala directed ang personal opinion ni Black Knight na pinagtatawanan ang mga nakakulong na sundalo.
BLACK KNIGHT Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 8:13 am
..But the ultimate best you can give to these whining officers is SEX…hahaha! (Not necessarily with their wives).
How do get rid of termite infestation? Of course, you kill the queen….then you kill the rest of the colony.
Schumey,
Agree !
These bemedalled brave soldiers. who have risked their lives for their country and people, deserve all the respect and support the Filipinos can give them. Best is to support the “rebellion” that they are supposed to have committed against the bogus president even by making it real. It does not even have to be bloody. A vote cast for the Opposition can make the difference.
Anyone who spits on these soldiers deserve to be spat at himself! Everybody knows that these soldiers have all the reason to withdraw support and allegiance to a president that they know for a fact had trampled upon the Constitution of the land, and cheated in the election, and that instead of them, she deserves to be in prison together with all her accomplices, including her Rasputin of a husband.
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
black knight: why not e mail directly to ellen if you just want to discuss with her.
Hang on friends, if Black Knight is a member of the AFP, I believe he knows more than what we know. Let’s understand where he is coming from (if indeed he is a member of the AFP.)
A member of the military is unusually harsh or harsher on his own people because a soldier is expected to be really tough.
Of course, the civilian in us feels horrified when a member of the armed forces calls another a whiner. But lemme tell you that between them, it’s an ordinary thinggy to call another a “whiner” when said fellow trooper remotely “complains” about his physical condition. You should hear the troopers of the British Army call a fellow trooper when he or she complains of being sick.
However, to put the record straight, based on Ellen’s report, it isn’t the officers who are “whining” but their wives, perfectly normal of them to feel bad and to whine… absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Okey! Let’s stop ganging up with Black knight.Maybe he didn’t notice the stop light ahead of him. The ticket was been already issued to him. Next time he might drive safely. Isn’t that right Black Knight?
I think it was Dadong Macapagal who established the dirty Kitchen outside the legal kitchen of Philippine bureaucracy, until the legal kitchen has been fully supplanted by the dirty one by the ascendancy of Cory, Ramos, then Erap. It was Gloria who shamelessly, even criminally abolished the legal kitchen. What operates now in the Philippine bureaucracy is a dirty, stinking kitchen that whosoever is called to work in that kitchen cannot escape being soiled by blatant corruption.
Gloria being the cheat chef, is blindly aided by handsomely paid cabinet cooks, kitchen security officers, procurement officers, food handlers, janitors, etc. The dirty kitchen (buong gobierno po yan) is devoted to cooking stuff design to enrich the officers and workers in the kitchen and to slowly and eventually poison the people who eat the cooked food (smuggled po yan, etc) from the kitchen.
Since Dadong’s time, nothing happens in the kitchen without corruption and bribes (remember Harry Stonehill?). Even lowly kitchen cleaners must be bribed to do their jobs. Too many cabinet cooks have enriched themselves and their families through their work in the kitchen.
Gloria’s bureaucracy, called the unabashed dirty kitchen is one hell of an animal farm. All cooks and workers in the kitchen cannot escape participating or from being down right corrupt, otherwise the few that stayed and survived being honest becomes stressed misfits, and remain poor and ostracized by the loyal dirty kitchen denizens.
Ellen’s bloggers if they have worked in the kitchen before and had been soiled by its dirt and crime cannot escape having their views colored by the benefits they received or the fact that they still have relatives working in Gloria’s kitchen. The objectivity and vehemence of blog contributors about corrupt personalities and political issues is dominated by their experience and stint in the dirty kitchen of Dadong until today now run by daughter Gloria.
So fellow bloggers, what you say now, and where you position yourself on issues defines whether you have been a misfit stressed survivor with your integrity intact or a loyal fanatic who made good ande had given up everything for the kitchen.
If you are a present or former businessman blogger, can you or have you transacted business with the kitchen without being contaminated? Like the animal farm, the dirty kitchen is the microcosm of Philipine society.
Very well put Jay. My father was one of those in the late Macapagal’s dirty kitchen but he died a very poor man. There are people who survive the so called dirty kitchen and are very glad they never got contaminated by it. This is why personally, I do not respect anyone who work for the government who flashes their loot by sporting fancy cars, humongus homes, able to send their children to expensive schools like Harvard and Yale and act like they own the Philippines. They know who they are and believe me, there is a higher judge in all of these. The day of reckoning will come.
Anna: I do understand that their health is bound TO SUFFER but I’m pretty sure it will take loads for Esperon supot and his bitch (technical female name for a dog, i.e., Gloria) to break their spirit.
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Sinabi mo pa, Anna. A lot of them have experienced being between life and death, kaya wala nang takot ang mga iyan. It is just that hatred can be psychologically impairing, and I think it is what Esperon is hoping he can achieve.
Cocoy you said:
“The ticket was been already issued to him. Next time he might drive safely.”
Some drivers don’t accept they made a driving error so don’t accept the ticket they have been issued. You only assume that he regrets what he says (smile).
schumey:
“termite infestation? Of course, you kill the queen”
Which queen Glo or Assperon hahah!
WWNL:
Either Black Knight migth contest it or pay the fine.Let’s see.(I’m smiling).Your a good friend.
Coco:
What really concerns me is that when you compare the AFP as an organisation with say the information on the website of the British Army and it then becomes very obvious to all of us that the AFP leadership is 3rd class. Same is for the PNP 3rd class (just view their Website) same is for Congress 3rd class (just view how George Galloway M.P. conducts himself) same for this rotten 3rd class Judicial system.
Until these important Institutions take their functions seriously and become as professional as other countries, this country will stay in a 3rd class, make no mistake.
When we send one million OFW going abroad to feed their families here, thats not a success story, only when those one million are produced proper jobs for them in this their own country, thats when you can call it a success story.
But of course its so easy for this administration to sell filipino cheap labor abroad and ALL the expenses are met by the OFW applicant. Placement fee, airticket, even airport tax, etc. Whereas for this government to produce jobs for them here at home the cost of doing so is with this administration, plus this government lack the willpower to have a long term employment plan.
Everything they do is quick fix just to earn a quick buck at the expense of others. The fact that OFW’s abroad had outreaching effects on their families and children when the parent is most needed here at home.
Until we get a government administration that sees the long term problems for what they are, then we can never expect to reach above 3rd class.
The AFP for one will be relying on American Aid (second hand junk helicopters) forever & forever.
The AFP can start by installing a Chief-of-Staff with the proper qualifications to command respect, they can find a way only if they have the will to do it. You got this joker Assperon holding onto the skirt of the wonderwoman he’s just pretenting he’s in command when you’ve got Danny Lim, with a proven military record to command, banged up in jail on trumped up charges on the say so of Assperon. Are you all (officers & soldiers) crazy or what! Do something!
Ooops Cocoy: – sorry
WWNL:
As I was reading your post it was eloquently written indeed .Yes, our country will always remain third class unless ,we eliminate those barricade on our path to success .Our country is bless with bountiful natural resources from the deep ocean to the highest peak .Philippines is the one of the most beautiful of them all .In tourism alone we can generate millions. We don’t need to export our supermaids and suffered abuse if only our leaders make some sacrifices to refrain from stealing our treasures .Corruptions, illegal transaction, smuggling in any government agencies are rampant.
Our fortune is in our backyard, if only our leaders knows how to share, none of any filipino will suffer hunger ,we won’t have no illiterates ,beggars and criminals .Any person could not just stay home if they don’t have food in the table.
Our government can afford to buy sophisticated and up to date weaponry. We have money,unless of course that money was included in Pidals hidden coffer. Then our military will just get the junks from the U.S.surplus.
We will remain third class forever if we won’t start participating for the transparency on what’s going on with our leaders. The person who is holding our savings.
Inquirer banner Marine Colonel Ariel Querubin is stricken with malaria and was transferred to a military hospital in Quezon City on Tuesday morning for treatment. Vice Admiral Rogelio Calunsag is responsible for the health deterioration of Col. Querubin.
Diego:
Thanks for the info.That’s what I’ve written on my previous post about Admiral Calunsag.If he is a soldier.He must be court martialed if anything happen to Col.Querubin.
cocoy:
Lets look at some top jobs in this country, its self evident who’s selecting them but for the wrong reasons.
Such as Assperon he’s scared that wonderwoman will be toppled because when she is his days are numbered also, he cannot be sure it won’t happen or when that will be.
Same goes for Justice Sec Viagra, same goes for DILG Puno, same goes for PNP leadership, FA leadership, same goes for the complete mob known as the administration. All of them and more protect the wonderwoman for their own survival also.
So the answer to solve the problem of this mis-governing stares us in the face. Get rid of this fake wonderwoman then the house built like a pack of cards will collapse.
My view is that there should be a series of civil demostrations outside the palace every day aimed specifically at the evil wonderwoman.
Starting with many small groups constantly appearing to demonstrate, in lightening raids, outside the palace daily, then the groups will become bigger and bigger. Why will they become bigger, simply put, once people see some success and can expect a daily show of demonstrators they will want to join in these demonstrations.
WWNL:
That is what I am waiting,Civil disobedience and massive demonstration unless,we won’t imply that logical tactics we will be blinded forever by there evil greed.You hit the right tune,I hope the rest will learn how to sing the lyrics.
Cocoy:
Marine Colonel Ariel Querubin is stricken with malaria.
So now Black Knight has his answer! Ouch! “whiners” my ass
WWNL:
This what I was trying to imply.A matter of life and death.If I am only in there I will do it myself to point the barrel on this shitty Admiral Calunsag on his temple.
Vice Admiral Rogelio Calunsag is responsible for the health deterioration of Col. Querubin.
Vice Admiral Calunsag gets whats due to him for following an illegal order. Now lets hope that these officers convening this military court come to their senses and have the balls to halt these illegal proceedings before its too late. They are all responsible for their own actions and those taken by this fool Assperon, unless they stop him. I’ve just been writing how 3rd class the AFP are. Do we need more proof than this. Goodness help us, please.
Problem now is that Assperon wont decide what to do until he seeks what the evil wonderwoman wants. What a big girls blouse this Assperon is.
cocoy:
“point the barrel on this shitty Admiral Calunsag on his temple” if its his brain your aiming for your in the wrong area, his brains are in his ass!
Heh,heh,heh, WWNL, you are absolutely right! Calunsag’s pea brain is in his big ass!
parasabayan:
Lets stretch this one a bit further, Calunsag is Vice Admiral, Wow! but of what is he Vice Admiral of, a large Nato fleet eh! He cant even decide to get his men to hospital when he’s asked tsk tsk. why, because he’s busy listening to his no brainer boss Assperon. Well tough luck on you Calunseg the problem is all yours.
WWNL:
I was outrage and depress upon learning the misfortune of Col.Querubin.I said something that out of context,I was just kidding,he got no brain.Is it in his ass?I am not a violent person.Let God curse him.
wala na binugbog na ninyo ng todo si kabalyerong itim!
cocoy:
Maybe the truth is these AFP leaders are out of their depth but surely sending a fellow officer to the sick bay is easy enough I would have thought.
I’m just hoping that one of them have the balls to take the lead and sort themselves out properly in total because the whole world is watching their 3rd class antics.
WWNL:
OOPPS!I mean it was the shitty Calunsag I am reffering that his barin is in his ass,Correction please not Querubin.
WWNL:Don’t you think it’s too late to send the brave Col.Querubin in sick bay.
cocoy, it’s better late than never. but at any rate, late pa rin.
Cocoy:
Sick bay was just an expression, and the wrong one at that because he needs specialist treatment. None of them should be banged up in jail anyway. Someone alongside Assperon should sort this bastard out.
You know there was a time when these leaders giving the troops a hard time would find something in their coffee, but too late and not before the diarrhoea! Haah!
WWNL:
I am having a very good time talking to you.It’s 11:00 pm on my time.I have to say goodnight now and I was a great pleasure talking to you.See ya’ again maniana amiga.
Thats good as you know its 3pm here, time for a nap too!
Hindi court martial ang gusto ko kay Calunsag kundi ibitin ng patiwarik kasama ang Dirty Mama G at Assperon!
As I said in a previous post, if something bad happens to Col. Q because of Calunsag’s ignore attitude towards health of these brave guys, humanda na s’ya sa mga susunod na pangyayari!
From what I understood in the news, Col. Ariel Querubin has malaria & is in the hospital. Assperon made a side remark about it, but I didn’t catch it. Assperon just keeps making an ASS of himself, anyways.
Chi,
I think you are right.
If anything untoward happens to one or both of those two valiant officers, there will be reckoning.
Primo, Gloria and supot dog Esperon will have turned one or the other into a martyr. What or how will they manage the martyrdom of one who is a medal of valor awardee within the military?
Secundo, rightly or wrongly, several segments of the military will rebel.
At this stage, there is still no cause for alarm but if one of those brave officers die, Esperon will have to hide.
I just read the rules pertaining to the benefits going the way of a medal of valor awardee and his/her dependents.
There is no turning around it, incarcerated or not, these awardees and their dependents can claim the benefits due them.
The benefits don’t amount to much but by golly, they have every right to those benefits so, what is this bogus government doing – give it to them!!!! They earned them, you goddamn dumbos!
ABS-CBN News, in its web, reported that “..AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon said he did not receive the letters.”
“Mrs. Querubin said a private doctor has sent three letters seeking her husband’s hospitalization but the AFP and Navy leadership continued to ignore the request.”
Assperon said “..that he has to see a medical report first before authorizing Querubin’s transfer to hospital.”
“I have yet to see any medical report about it. But certainly we will address those things. That is not hard for us to accommodate. We still treat them as officers,” Esperon said.”
“We still treat them as officers” ? Bullsh*t !
Chabeli,
Epseron said the only one thing that ought to be said: “We still treat them as officers!”
He may be the supot chief of staff Armed Forces but unless Gloria’s midget government demotes these officers to private class ( I don’t know how they can do that!), all these incarcerated officers ARE AND WILL REMAIN OFFICERS to their last dying day.
Unless the demotion happens, supot Esperon has NO say whether the incarcerated officers are to be dealt with as officers or not because even he, supot as he is, in military law, is recognized 4-star ranking officer although I don’t know, for crying out loud, how he got them.
Lest supot Esperon forget, the military officer’s rank is one of the rare titles that an officer carries to his tomb and rightly embedded on his tombstone come hell or high water?
The title of politician, governor, senator, congressman, doctor, atty, etc. disappear with the person’s death and in reality this title doesn’t have to be attached to their name on a tombstone but a military officer’s rank precedes the deceased officer’s name even in death!
Chabeli Says:
January 30th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
ABS-CBN News, in its web, reported that “..AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon said he did not receive the letters.”
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Here’s the link.
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Detained colonel rushed to hospital for malaria
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20070131hed5.html
Chi,
Just accessed the tribune report.
Supot Esperon asks something that sounded “Is V Luna not good enough?”
Tarantado talaga itong supot na ito.
Of course, V Luna would have and should have been the hospital for the military, good enough to serve the needs of the 120 thousand people in the military including their dependents if only he and his likes were not stealing the money intended for the medicine, the required equipment, upgrade and the renovation of the bleeding hospital.
He’s a shithead aint he?
Geez, have you been to V Luna? Well, lemme tell you that even my dog will have second thoughts about being confined in that hospital.
It used to be ONE GREAT hospital that’s become absolutely filth and is becoming more filth with the advent of supot generals and bugaw politicians.
Anna,
I heard from my folks that V Luna was once the best hospital in RP, but it’s now turning into an R.I.P.!
Bet hindi nagpapagamot sa V Luna si Assperon and his likes!
I think back in the early 60s up to the 70s, it used to be a very very good hospital… with good doctors, good equipment, nurses, etc.
Now, it’s a ghost hospital!
Chi,
Nagmumura ka na rin? Me, too, can’t help saying “Tangna” in reference to the Great Switik, et al. Just had to be reminded in fact by a lesson in our family home evening, though, about refraining from saying profanities. Tanong ko tuloy iyong isang member ng church namin kung masama talaga, pero sabi niya, “Siguro, Sister, OK na rin basta para lang kay Glueria at doon sa asawang baboy!”
Anna,
Sabi ka ng sabi ng supot, pero baka sa totoo lang baka pa nga kahit iyong supot wala na, pati viag niya! 😛
I read about the present health condition of Col, Querubin. Kawawa naman. I hope the doctors at the V Hospital are keeping with their medical oath and not follow any order or suggestion to inject poison in the blood of this great hero. May araw din ang mga walanghiya sa totoo lang!
Hold on tight, Col Querubin! Hindi ka nag-iisa! Maraming nagdarasal para sa iyo. Witness ka ng mga kawalanghiyaan ng mga bakla at kurakot na ni-rangko ng kapwa nila kurakot!!!
Yuko,
Hindi mapigilan kapag ganito ang mga isyu. Kumakawala bigla sa daliri! Sorry, Ellen.
Yuko, Assperon’s wife is one of the doctors at V Luna. Yes, Col Querubin, his family and his friends have to be very careful with his treatments at V Luna. The thought of getting rid of him is very real! Particularly so in this administration where it is easier to get rid of their enemies by killing them methodically or incarcerating them and the sad thing is everyone knows it and nobody can not do a damn thing about it!. I hope that Col Querubin’s guards are all vigilant. Being a patient of the hospital many a times, a lot of doctors and nurses know him well. I hope they will take care of him! If something happens to him, all fingers will be pointed at …who else…they know who they are! The rotten scoundrels!
parasabaya:
Better to eliminate Assperon then the AFP would start solving many problems including their reputation.
Sorry folks, excuse the errors my keyboard is clapped out! (smile)
Assperon – anybody watch him interviewed on television – is that the new kind of military haircut – more like a thatched roof type of thingy with a wide forehead kind of haircut – looks like the haircut of coco-the-clown.
Where can we procure a lethal termite mix so is will eradicate the queen and all her kingdom! Everything that Assperon sports, whether it be Armani or a coco cut hair style, he is still an ass–le! Nothing can make him look any better. His soul stinks, his body stinks, all of him stinks… The gall of saying he was not informed of Col Querubin’s medical condition. I wonder where the letters went? He also looked like a clown when he said he treats these incarcerated soldiers as “officers”. HIS ASS! That is the MO of these irresponsible leaders(kuno), if they can all hide all their wrong doings, they would. The only time they admit to their mistakes is when the whole world knows about it. Then they do their sing and dance routine! With Ebdame, Assperon and the Tiyanak Queen, ayos na naman ang CHEATING squad. Watch out soldiers, candidates and responsible citizens! CDCP can not quite make up their mind if they are for or against the administration. I guess they are waiting for the “brown envelopes”. This is called irresponsible BS!
parasabayan: said
CBCP can not quite make up their mind if they are for or against the administration. I guess they are waiting for the “brown envelopes”.
Allow me to recall what Bishops were only saying on 21st December, less than eight weeks ago but can’t seem to say it through the CBCF :-
Bishop calls for all-out protest rally Tribune 12/21/06. Amid efforts by the administration to revive moves to amend the Constitution, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz yesterday called for an all-out protest rally instead of a prayer rally by anti-Charter change forces. Cruz, former president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, said the mass action should be unrestrained in allowing expressions of outrage against the administration, unlike the CBCP-initiated gathering last Sunday which was purely a prayer gathering, “If you ask me, let’s hold another rally but this time let’s drop the tag of a ‘prayer rally’ and call it an all-out protest rally,” The people have spoken ‘At the Rizal Park, they – Catholic prelates, evangelists, representatives of all sectors of society, from the rich to the poorest – raised their collective voice against insidious attempts to rape our democratic Constitution.’ The Catholic Church prelates who presided at the prayer rally may not have polemicked like politicians, but their rapier-like words truly cut the issues to the bones.
Recently, GMA transferred custody of Lance Cpl. Smith to US custody in violation of the Constitution. All these spell doom for our rule of law.
So, problem of CBCP could well be brown envelopes when they cannot all sing from the same song sheet whats to think eh!.
On the request of the Querubin family that he be treated in a private hospital, Esperon practically rejected the plea, saying, “Can’t V. Luna handle malaria?”
He stressed that during his early days as a junior officer, he had been also afflicted with malaria.
Hah! looks like Assperon never recovered!
Ebdame just got named as the new DND chief. Another pay back! Expect the worst Soldiers! You ain’t seen anything yet with the Assperon, here comes another one maybe even worse than him! An election cheating operator! It was not enough for him to pad his pocket with public construction money. Payat siguro doon so he has to be moved to the Defense department! More money and more illegal operations to make and execute. Dog loyalty certainly gains pogi points. What a rotten leadership. Wake up Filipinos!
Nachura just got appointed to the Supreme Court. With two newly appointed pro-charter change justices, I can smell something cooking. With the cheating operators to guarantee the Tiyanak’s candidates’ victory in the polls and a judicial system dominated by her cronies, it looks like we may be having Tiyanak for the rest of her life! Are you ready for this guys?
WWNL, maybe the malaria eggs are still in his brain! This is why he is thinking like a mosquito! Heh,heh,heh…
Actually I lost my faith with this prelates in robe. They don’t practice what they preach.
We can impose a family planning program ,but, there doctrine is against it. I’m not pro life nor against it. Don’t get me wrong.
The main problem why people submerge in deep poverty, because they don’t know how to control there life.
Immoral but, logical reasoning I will elaborate——How could you have so many numbers of children if you couldn’t feed them, clothe them, provide them good education and roof above there head.
If they can afford to provide the necessary needs for there children, it’s fine .But, if they couldn’t. What can of life? Hardships and miseries I suppose.—-The church don’t see this problems ,they don’t condone the overgrowth of population.—-To them it is immoral and a sin.—For this reason I am having a disagreement with them. I better not bear my child if I am not sure where to get our next meal. Which one you must have faith on? The church or the trouble you will be facing having so many number of children, especially the kind of governance we are having..
parasabayan:
This Ms Ebdame thought that DND meant Deal or No Deal.
Ano ba ang naging role ni constitutionalist Eduardo Nachura noong May 2004 election sa National Board of Canvassers – Joint Committee of Congress to Canvas the vote Cast for President and Vice-President in the May 10,2004 election.
Si Antonio Eduardo Nachura ay naging myembro ng 12th Congress , bilang kinatawan ng 2nd District ng Western Samar.
Siya rin ay naging myembro ng Prosecution team na lumitis kay Erap sa aborted impeachment trial noong January 2001 na nagbunsod ng EDSA Dos.
Post ko na rin dito ang mga myembro ng prosecution team noong Erap impeachment trial.
Feliciano Belmonte
Sergio Apostol
Joker Arroyo
Salacnib Baterina
Raul Gonzalez
Roan Libarios
Clavel Martinez
Oscar Moreno
Antonio Nachura
Oscar Rodriguez
Bobby Tañada
Sa kababasa ko sa internet, napag-alaman ko na kabilang din sa mga private prosecutor ay sina: Arno Sanidad, Romy Capulong, Leonardo de Vera at Eduardo delos Angeles.
Ito na ba ang legacy ng Hilario Davide Judicial system?
Ano ba ang kinalaman ng Judiciary noong panahon ni Marcos at bakit ganito na lang ang pananaw ng mga abogado natin?
God bless the history of the Philippine Judiciary!
ang palcifarum malaria virus na umaatake ngayon kay col querubin ay isang uri na madaling makapanghina ng resistensiya ng biktima at kapag hindi maagapan ay aatakihin ang atay at nauuwi sa hepatitis na siyang magiging sanhi ng kamatayan. at marami ang hindi nakakaligtas sa sakit na ito.
soldiers assigned in sulu and palawan are likey to contract the disease where malaria cases is rampant.
Magno,
Just being curious, are troops who get assigned to known malaria infested regions equipped by their service commands with anti-malaria medicine and whatever before deployment to those regions?
Mrs. Querubin should address all her letters to the Presiding Officer/President of the Court Martial and not to the commanders. The President of the Court martial will have to decide on the merits of the appeal. The commanders, including the Chief of Staff, should provide for whatever the President of the Court says. Its a contemptuous act not to follow…. If Admiral Calunsag neglects to inform the Court that he had received a request from Mrs Q., and that COL querubin continously cannot stand trial due to unattended medical needs, the court can pronounce contempt.
The way I picked it up from the news, the court martial panel is not even sworn in yet and neither have the accused been arrainged yet so the Kangaroo Court has not been up and going. Col Querubin filed a case with the court of appeals to issue a TRO( temporary restraining order) against this Kangaroo Court( Essperon appointed the panel, he will be a witness and he will be the ultimate decision maker). Col Querubin is still awaiting for the reply from the Court of Appeals. Besides, all the lawyers of the accused are still waiting for a copy of the Pre-trial investigation report which supposedly absolved all the accused from the rebellion and mutiny charges leaving just a few to face the lesser of the charges-Conduct Unbecoming of an Officer( a copy of that pre-trial report was published in this blog-217 ppgs in all). The letters of Mrs Querubin should have been forwarded to the right party if the officers who received them were not the decision makers-plain and simple! But to our AFP leadership, this is a tough decision to make because tiyanak has all the strings tied to her fingers and no one does anything unless she makes the move. Never mind if these soldiers are suffering as long as the crooks are in power! Nothing else matters-not even a life of an officer like Col Querubin who has a Medal of Valor Award (someone who did not think of himself and his family when he was fighting the enemies for his motherland).
anna, during our times in jolo, our common drinking water was treated with chlorine to kill any disease causing micro-organism.
usually it was (also) abuse of one’s health that cause anyone contracting the disease, particularly drinking liquor with empty stomach and ignoring feverish condition, which i remember were the very reasons why i got malaria palcifarum leading to hepatitis sometime in 1985 whilke stationed in liang, patikul, sulu.
oh, i forgot that it was only during my stay at the advance command post of the first infantry division where and when i experienced this precautionary measure. after that, and during the transfer of the division headquarters to where it is now, the camp general bautista in gandasuli, patikul, sulu, we were on our own.
it was also my experience during my assignment with the 10th infantry battalion in pata island, the place of the infamous pata massace sometime in 1981 or 1982 and also during my stay with the 24th infantry battalion. it was up to one’s initiative and self concern to protect himself.
….while stationed in liang, …….
….while stationed in liang, …….
bakit na-double post? nanang kupuuuuu!!!!!
Thanks for the input Magno.
Kawawa talaga ang troops natin, they put their lives in the line of fire but the basic essentials of survival are not met, kept by the kurakots.
RP is still extremely lucky to have such valiant troops in spite of the Republic’s shortcomings.
Mrs esperon isn’t an ordinary doctor in AFPMC (v.luna). She’s more powerful than the CO, AFPMC.
Mrs esperon, thru a dummy company controlled by chosen members of the AFP ladies’ club, corners all procurement contracts in medicines, hospital equipment and even office supplies NOT only in AFPMC but also in all military hospitals and clinics AFP wide. She must be heard saying ”what are we in power for?”
Not only that, all afp officers seeking audience with esperon at the White House (casfp’s official quarters) MUST ask her permission first and she can outrightly turn you down if she wants! Don’t argue, ive also passed thru that disgusting protocol too.
Afterall, the afp is controlled by wives. (same with mrs tolentino, wife of the cgpa)
Ebdane says:
“‘AFP vehicles, planes can haul poll paraphernalia’”
“MoA with Comelec ‘flexible’”
Very disturbing! A copper is now the Defence chief!
The Philippines has all the right in the world to have an ex policeman as head of DND. It merely confirms the fact that there is no real military in the Philippines, third rate at best. Well, along with a poxy little Coast Guard, the Philippines is in deep military shit!
Oooops…
It merely confirms the fact that THERE WILL NO LONGER BE a real military in the Philippines, third rate at best; the troopers will be turned into traffic cops.
Well, along with a poxy little Coast Guard, the Philippines is in deep military shit!
Get the incarcerated officers out of that hole NOW so they can shoot Ebdane before he turns the country’s entire military into one big police vote cheating outfit.
Oh my, the AFP is run by Mrs. Assperon, assisted by AFP Asswives!
Revolt! Revolt! Revolt!
Anna, “the Philippines is in deep military shit!”, indeed.
Chi:
Kawawa naman iyong mga sundalong matino, nasisira ang mga pangalan dahil sa mga inutil who now run the country like hell. Iyong babae naman akala niya siya pa rin ang boss, e mukhang wall decoration na lang siya basta makapagnakaw silang mag-asawa. Tahimik iyong talagang boss nina Ebdane!
Come to think of it, mas maliit pa sa California ang Pilipinas pero tignan mo ang mga inutil kailangan pa raw ang mga pulis cum hoodlums to man the election. E kung sa US nga wala namang nakikialam na mga pulis except to keep the hoodlums away from the polling places.
Sa Japan, policemen especially with guns are not allowed at the polling places 100m radius. Siguro meron plainclothes detectives to just see kung may manggugulo but they are definitely inconspicuous.
Kaya bakit nagsalita ng ganoong kagaguhan itong Ebdane? Para manakot ng mga kababayan niyang hindi boboto sa nag-rangko sa kaniya? Aba e, abuso iyan. Kailangang umalma ang taumbayan diyan. Patalsikin din ang kumag na iyan? Sa Japan iyan na magsasalita ng “anong reklamo ninyo?” sa media, siguradong sibak siya!
Sarap magmura! PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA! PATI ANG MGA INUTIL NA PINAUPO NI MRS. PIDAL.
gone are the glorious days of the noble armed forces of the puilippines!
Sinabi mo pa, Magno. Two of my uncles (first cousins ng nanay ko) Brig. General (ret.) ng AFP, mga nagmartsa din sa Bataan. My mother’s brother was a Philippine Constable himself, and was also a Bataan March veteran. Namatay nang ma-sona sa Pampanga nang dumalaw siya sa kapampangang asawa niya according to reports received by my grandmother relayed to my mother. Hindi ko nakita kasi ipinanganak ako pagkatapos ng guerra at independence ng Pilipinas mula sa Amerika.
Tama si Anna, puro sundalong kanin na lang ang natitira sa AFP. Kapag nilusob ng mga kano ang Pilipinas ala-Iraq at Afghanistan, patay na. I wonder kung free for all ang mangyayari sa mga pilipina, pati na siguro iyong mga bakla! 😛
parasabayan: “Essperon appointed the panel, he will be a witness and he will be the ultimate decision maker”
cocopilot: “I only hope that this blog will spark action and exact real strategies to answer real problems”
Mrivera: “gone are the glorious days of the noble armed forces of the puilippines!”
parasabayan: “Nachura just got appointed to the Supreme Court. With two newly appointed pro-charter change justices, I can smell something cooking. With the cheating operators to guarantee the Tiyanak’s candidates’ victory in the polls and a judicial system dominated by her cronies, it looks like we may be having Tiyanak for the rest of her life! Are you ready for this guys?”
With backs against the wall the only answer will be to get One Million warm bodies outside the palace gates. Enough is Enough.
WWNL, we almost had a million people at the height of the Charter Change marathon sessions of the tengang daga but the CBCP made the gathering into a Prayer Rally instead. Worse, they even made it as a “thanksgiving” mass so a lot of people did not care to attend.
Ebdame,one of the chief cheating operators of the tiyanak in the 2004 elections, is now the DND chief. You know what this means! The first on his agenda was to offer military assistance to the comelec! Dejavu! Then second thing on his agenda is to weed out the undesirables among the junior officers! Poor soldiers! I hope that the naive soldiers who will be deployed to cheat in the upcoming elections will not just blindly follow orders from these cheats. I hope that the teachers who will be assisting in the polls will have all their eyes open at all times. I hope that the responsible youth will be in all election precincts to keep an eye on the ballots. I hope that the reporting and tabulating agencies will be more responsible on the results of the May elections. I hope that the Almighty will help us pick worthy elected officials to effect political changes in our ravaged country.
All avenues have been closed in preparation for their cheating machine by this administration and should they be found by the people to be cheating there will be a revolt. But when backs are against the wall the revolt could become very bloody.
Castro is reported to be pleading with the Bishops to attend the election summit, saying that GMA is sincere to have clean elections. As usual the majority of these Bishops are sat on the fence ready for the brown envelope.
Haemorrhoid Ebdame, what a cute walk he has, looks as if he has trouble in the egg department Waaaaah!…hahaha.
Lahat na lang nabubulok na sa Pilipinas. Proof na nawaldas na ang mga pera sa kapritso ni Great Switik! Kawawang bansa!
Ingatan si Querubin kasi baka lasunin! Huwag naman sana! Dapat nandoon ang asawa at kamag-anak niya on a 24-hour shift para mabantayan siya na hindi ma-liquidate!
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
Guys,
Ang tingin ko ay patungo ang Pinas sa pinakailalim na kasasadlakan. Natutuwa na sana ako noong kasagsagan ng cha-cha, pero sinira ng CBCP ang kamada! Kayang-kaya na sana noon ang isang milyong warm bodies! Back to square one. At itong eleksyon ang huling baraha ng magkabilang panig. Pag nanalo pa si Dirty Mama G, may Pinas rest in peace na lang!
Mrivera, WWNL, Yuko, Parasabayan, Chi and company, here’s today’s headline:
MILF springs 49 inmates from jail
Muslim insurgents using grenade launchers blasted their way into the Kidapawan jail in North Cotabato early Friday and freed 49 inmates, including two Jemaah Islamiah bombing suspects.
Hahahahah! A supot chief of staff and a copper for DND chief, what happens? An immediate show of force by the insurgents…
Gentlemen (pains me to call them that but never mind), you realize you cannot vanquish a group whose power of resistance resides in the brain – whose ideals will keep them going, witness US military, the mightiest, most powerful, best equipped, 1 million strong cannot defeat Bin Laden…
I can almost bet that these two unfortunate cop-soldier Hermogenes pair have never heard of that tenet. True, when they were cadets in PMA, they were allowed to read excerpts of Karl von Clauswitz “On War” but they never quite mastered the most important parts of the Clauswitz doctrine on how to win a war.
Heheheh! And arrogant, shithead Ebdane ain’t seen nuthin’ yet!
Anna,
Nabangungot na! Caqn’t sleep kasi hindi pa tapos ang downloading ko ng “Man of the Year” starring Robbin Williams. Kami sa Tokyo cracking our heads kung papaano lalabanan ang mga tuta ni Pandak na i-a-assign niya para mandaya sa Japan ng mga boto. With Ebdane and Esperon there, wala nang pag-asa ang mga botong hindi madadaya kaya nasa taumbayan na ang desisyon kung babantayan nila o hindi ang mga boto nila at hindi papayagang makadaya ang mga ungas.
Golly, sinong nag-approve kay Ebdane? Bastusan na talaga ha.
Chi, kapag nakadaya pa si Bansot, tama ka RIP na ang Pilipinas! May she rest in peace!
Through the grapevine, I heard that most of the doctors in the hospital know Col Querubin very well and are very concerned with his health. I am pretty sure the wife knows all the ill possibilities of her husband’s confinement.
WWNL, thank you for your possitive note on the upcoming elections.
Anna, how true, the US can not even stop all the Bin Ladens in the world with a million troops. The death toll in their military is increasing everyday. For every insurgent they kill, more are recruited. Tiyanak is so into crushing the insurgents, NPA and all but she will fail because what we really need is development and education in our depressed localities. Until the poor receive the bounty of the so-called “economic growth”, no way will the insurgency stop. Having two heads, known to be corrupt to their bones(the two hemorhoids) will not help the soldiery either in keeping their morals high.
Chi, pag nanalo pa si Tiyanak dito sa May elections, revolution na! Magingat-ingat lang siya at lahat ng lider na corrupt at maraming kababalaghan ay nauwi sa kamatayan-Hitler had it and lately Saddam Hussein! She will be the first woman leader of today who may suffer the same fate if she does not let up in her greedy and oppressive ways!
Ayon din ako sa ‘yo, Chi. Kapag nanalo pa sa dayaan ngayong electiong ito ang mga Senador ni Tiyanak, RIP na ang talaga ang Pilipinas. Kaya takot kaming magbakasyon ngayong Mayo,dahil we’ll never know what would happen. Baka Revolution na talaga!
Parasabayan,
Ay thank you sa magandang balita na alaga ng mga V Luna doctors si Col Q.
Kung minsan ay sawa na ako sa tahimik na laban. Baka kailangan ay rebolusyon na at nang makita ni Dirty Mama Glueria kung paano nakabitin ng patiwarik!
Elvira,
I’m actually begging the hubby to let me visit Pinas this May. He’s thinking kasi the university president has time and again sends out advice to faculty members not to visit Pinas, no matter what, in accordance with the US security travel advisory. Kakainis ano?! Pati tayo purnada sa katarantaduhan ng bansot!
Re: MILF springs 49 inmates from jail
Malas talaga si Ebdaneng buwisit. Jemaah Islamiyah operative Al-Ghozi walked away from the heavily guarded and walled PNP HQ Camp Crame. Indonesian terrorist Fathur Rohman Al-Ghozi, the principal suspect in the Rizal Day LRT bombing that killed 22 people. General Hermogenes Ebdane then Philippine National Police chief at the time Al-Ghozi escapes. The raid on a Kidapawan jail may be just a coincidence or karma for newly appointed Acting Defense Chief Hermogenes Ebdane. He just warms his seat when this incident occurred. Special Operations Group of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) freed their comrades-in-arms in a daring prison dawn attack. It’s highly possible that the two Hermogenes will cheat for Gloria Arroyo’s candidates in May 2007 midterm elections under the direction of Benjamin Abalos and Virgilio Garcillano clones.
Diego, it is not a possibility, it is a reality that these two hemorroids will cheat for Gloria in the May elections. Whether they succeed or not will depend on the vigilance of the citizenry including the military who always use the chain of command as a way of controlling their lower ranks and hiding their bosses’ corruption. This is the time the soldiers will say “enough is enough” and fight for the right thing. Unless like the corrupt heads, they are also promised juicy posts and money to boot! The reality is, the administration can not even come up with credible candidates. Did you see the two (Defensor and Zubiri) so happy as can be when Tiyanak endorsed them for the senatorial candidacy? They were shaking hands with everybody along the way, like kids who got their candies.
While the Hemorroids are watching over the detained soldiers with Hawk Eyes( according to sources, surveillance cameras are installed in all their quarters) and layers and layers of security at the detention centers and even relatives and friends of the detained soldiers are interrogated and have to wait for hours to be allowed a visit with the incarcerated, the real bombers and tyrrants escaped under their watch. The incarcerated soldiers who were not found guilty of rebellion and sedition by the pre-trial group are guarded like hardened criminals! Now, under their watch, the real criminals are much wiser than them. The real criminals freed themselves outsmarting their guards. This is called WRONG WATCH! The Hemorroids are barking at the wrong tree! DUMBOS!
during the 80’s, there was a joke involving the four major sevices command of the AFP, the army, the air force, the navy/marines and the philippine constabulary/INP (the police being integrated with the PC):
army soldier: kaming mga sundalo ng army ay magagaling dahil kaya naming i-mani obra ang bakal (APC, tangke) sa mga bundok at gubat kapag meron kaming operation.
air force soldier: talo namin kayo. kami, kapag humingi kayo ng air support, kaya naming paliparin (helikapter, tora tora, jet fighter) ang mga bakal!
navy/marine soldier: lalo naman kami, kaya naming palutangin ang bakal (fast craft, barko, amphibious tanks) sa tubig kapag kailangan ninyo ang naval support!
PC/INP troopers: wala kayong sinabi sa amin. kami kapag nasira ang mga bakal ninyo, ibinibenta namin ng por kilo! me pera kami, kayo wala!!
Blacknight, your views and your inputs to the discussions here are very much welcome. We don’t have to agree with each other.
We are here to protect democracy in this country. Democratic ideals include the freedom to express what you believe in. By doing so, we enrich each other.
“PC/INP troopers: wala kayong sinabi sa amin. kami kapag nasira ang mga bakal ninyo, ibinibenta namin ng por kilo! me pera kami, kayo wala!!”
Mrivera,
Noon pa pala ‘yan, ha?! hahahah!
chi, biruan lang namin ‘yan, pero minsan nagkakapikunan din. at meron pa..
question: what is a Criminal Investigation Service (CIS) agent?
answer: a CIS agent is a PC/INP intelligence agent with a cal.45 tucked in his waist, eating in a panciteria without paying and still asking for a change.
question: who are the members of the INP?
answer: members of the INP are police officials and personnel who always ride in a bus, enter a cinema, get a cigarette, eating in a restaurant while flashing their badge saying “i never pay”.
Spy, re:”My info is that Gen Lim was brought to Makati Med about two weeks ago. He was to undergo an MRI. A bullet shrapnel is still buried in his back which he acquired during a combat encounter long time ago.”
So that must probably be the reason why during the last hearing in Tanay, someone was not expecting Gen. Lim to be present because she said she knew he was not well.
M, okay yung joke about the payabangan of the four major services of the AFP.
ms ellen, lagi nga kaming talo sa PC/INP noon, eh. sa pakapalan ng pitaka! he he heh.
Mrivera, mukha namang hangga ngayon ay panalo sa pakapalan ng pitaka ang PC/INP. Galing ng jokes mo, heheh!
chi, PNP na lang ngayon dahil wala na ang PC/INP. pinagsama na ang dating PC at INP kaya Pakapalan Ng Pitaka.