Brotherhood runs deep among the men-in-uniform.
That bond showed in last Friday’s court martial trial in Camp Capinpin when comrades in the battlefield found themselves on opposite sides of the courtroom.
When Col. Ariel Querubin exercised his right of peremptory challenge on Lt. Gen. Cardozo Luna during the court martial trial last Friday, he asked the general who had barely warmed his seat not to take it as a “personal affront.”
“I want to spare him from the mockery of sham proceedings,” Querubin, one of the only two living Medal of Valor awardees in the Philippine Marines, told the court.
When it was the turn of Lt. Col. Custodio Parcon, the other Marine Medal of Valor awardee, to challenge Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Sodusta, he said, “Though it breaks my heart, I confirm.”
Querubin and Parcon are among the 28 officers led by Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda and Brig. Gen. Danny Lim who are on trial for their alleged involvement in the aborted plan to withdraw support from Gloria Arroyo in February 2006.
Parcon had tried to avoid exercising his single right of peremptory challenge on Sodusta because he wanted to reserve it on Rear Admiral Emilio C. Marayag, who is in the list of officers designated by Esperon to serve in the court martial trial of Miranda et. al.
But Marayag, commander of the Naval Forces in Western Mindanao, had to be in Zamboanga for Arroyo’s visit last Friday.
For a moment, the court granted Parcon’s request. The law member of the court, Col. Marian Aleido, upheld the assertion of Parcon’s lawyer that military rules allow the accused to exercise his right for peremptory challenge at any stage of the trial.
After a five-minute recess, however, the court announced that Aleido was overruled and the accused who does not use his right for peremptory challenge when called is deemed to have waived that right. Thus, Parcon, though his “heart breaks” had to eject Sodusta from the court.
We wondered why Parcon was specially interested on Marayag. We found out that it had something to do with keeping the integrity of the Medal of Valor award.
A Medal of Valor is the highest military award given by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). To earn this award, AFP personnel or member of the recognized guerrilla forces must have been involved in actual conflict with armed enemies, distinguishing himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. To justify an award of the Medal of Valor, one must perform in action a deed of personal bravery or self-sacrifice above and beyond the call of duty as conspicuous as to distinguish him above his comrades.
Querubin earned his Medal of Valor when he commanded a Marine battalion landing team that engaged an estimated 300-strong, fully armed band of Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels in a 24-hour gun battle in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte from March 18 to 19, 2000.
Parcon earned his Medal of Valor “for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty” during a series of encounters against heavily armed Muslim kidnappers at Bgy. Kapayawan, Isabela, Basilan Province, from 07 to 15 May 1993.
As the commanding officer of the 61st Marine Reconnaissance Company tasked to infiltrate the Abu Sayyaf Camp Al Madinah and rescue victim Anthony Biel III, Parcon, then a captain, “led his men on a hazardous mission, pitting them against extremely fanatic and suicidal armed elements.”
In 2004, Arroyo awarded the medal of Valor to Lt. Col. Noel Buan, a former captive of the New People’s Army supposedly for successfully neutralizing Abu Sayyaf leader Hamsirajih Sali in Basilan.
It was a controversial award because of the questionable circumstances of the military operation that Buan undertook. Military sources allege there was not exactly an encounter because Sali was invited to a dialogue. There were members of the military who believed there was an element of treachery in the so-called encounter and definitely not worthy of a Medal of Valor award.
Marayag was a member of the board that deliberated on the award for Buan. Sources said Parcon appealed to Marayag against giving the highest military medal to Buan to preserve the integrity of the award.
Against the rule that it should be a unanimous decision, the award was given to Buan even when only eight out of 12 members approved.
In last Friday’s hearing, it was not only integrity that Parcon, his fellow officers and their lawyers fought for. Frank Chavez, counsel of Gen. Miranda, protested the blatant railroading by the court when their objections were denied one after another. “Please examine your conscience. Are you doing the decent thing?”
Chavez said “it’s not only the rules of general court martial that are being violated but even the rules of decency.”
Chavez said they would have to go to the Supreme Court to save the lives and careers of the 28 men of honor.
Photo above shows Colonels Querubin and Parcon huddle during a break in last Friday’s trial.
Atty. Chavez is a good lawyer. But so far, I think his record (winning cases) is not that very impressive. The Fortun law office would have been better. Chavez failed politically and to keep his image alive, he needs to take high profile cases.
But please don’t get me wrong, he’s good. He was the former Solicitor General. I hope he runs again in 2010. Decent men deserve decent trial and represented by decent lawyers. Chavez is a decent lawyer. Let’s all pray for them and wish them the best of luck.
Goji, read the entry why they shaved their heads. http://www.ellentordesillas.com/?p=1370.It was for a noble reason.
I know why they shaved their heads, Ellen. Was it a show of protest? My comment about the two looking like the former bald comedians was meant as a joke. I didn’t mean to offend. I apologize. It also reminds me of a group, a cult, during the Marcos regime who also shaved their heads as they protested on the street in Manila. I forgot the leader of that cult. It starts with letter M. Indeed, shaving one’s head is a sign of protest…or defeat. During the old MICAA days, Coach Tito Eduque and his team shaved their heads after losing. I think Eduque coached the Ysmael team (or was it Yco?). I’m not really that old. I was a little boy then but even that early, I already love basketball.
I believed that these men in uniform who are persecuted by arroyo government will be vindicated when gloria and her pigs will be out of power. Power won’t last long.
For the meantime, just fight the good fight soldiers. Never surrender. The country needs your courage and honor to fight the ideals of a true soldier. A stinking name gloria and esperon should not ruin your spirit, your honor and your dignity.
Jalendou, it may be true that these men will one day find their places in higher government positions, that is if they survive the legal assaults hurled against them. There are just a few good men in the AFP now and they are mostly in detention. Only a few more are left in the active service and they are outnumbered by the rotten ones. Medal of Valor awards are won because the gallant awardees won the battle inspite of being outnumbered and with less fire power. These two medal of Valor awardees will hopefully conquer the enemies, this time not with actual firefighting weapons but with the legal armory they both have to defend themselves from tiyanak and asspweron. The “honorable”? men on the court panel have their own “carrots”(dog food, money, promotion, a house and lot or even a promise of being another Cheat of Staff if they would nail these incarcerated officers!) dangled by these two wicked bogus leaders(tiyanak for masterminding the oust of Erap by conniving with the left-did you see Satur etc in one of her famous photos? and the right-Angie Reyes leading and then by using the comelec and the military to cheat for her in 2004 and asspweron for manning the military cheating operations for the tiyanak in the 2004 and putting Gen Miranda, Gen Lim, Col Querubin etc in detention).
The battle is long and uncertain but these two Medal of Valor awardees should know that they are continuing to fight for what is right and defending what they believe in that the citizens come first before themselves unlike the two bogus tiyanak and asspweron who only have to continously protect their stolen thrones at the expense of the country.
Ellen, the picture of the two awardees look good. This is the first picture I saw them together.
May I quote a portion of columnist Herman Laurel’s most recent column. So, Angelo Reyes and the other Generals also committed treason. Why aren’t they punished and even rewarded?
“The Basilan treachery is treason of the highest order; but treachery and treason is synonymous to the Gloria regime – from its inception when General Angelo Reyes, indispensable canine of Gloria, abducted a bus load of AFP general and inducted them into the coup saying (and widely reported): “Gentlemen, we are now committing treason.” And treason it is up to this day, through the Operation Greenbase exposed by the Bagong Katipuneros at Oakwood, on to the rape of Garci’s 2004 and Bedol’s Maguindanao elections.”
“In 2004, Arroyo awarded the medal of Valor to Lt. Col. Buan…It was a controversial award because of the questionable circumstances of the military operation that Buan undertook.”
Like all institutions and symbols that stood for the excellence, righteousness, gallantry, fairness, and many other positive virtues of this once-great Filipino race, Gloria singlehandedly, and without much effort, destroyed their significance integrity-wise like she invented the word “circumvent”. In many respects, she even completely disregards rules and the laws to best suit her interests.
The Medal of Valor Award was not spared. Her first ordained valor medalist, yantok-swinging Vidal Querol, who was deadly against unarmed rallyists and took credit for being Gloria’s hero when the “masa” stormed Malacañang by ordering his snipers and blocking forces to fire against the teenagers who were “armed” with debris from a construction site. Which was the part that’s either “heroic” or “sacrifice beyond the call of duty” in this instance?
Under this bogus regime, symbols we once held important have become mere tokens for patronage, or worse, bribes.
Chi,
Gloria bashers would delight reading this editorial: http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Opinion&p=49&type=2&sec=25&aid=20070729129
At the rate Ate Glue is flip-flopping she’s starting to look like a pan cake
GOTCHA By Jarius Bondoc Monday, July 30, 2007. http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Opinion&p=49&type=2&sec=25&aid=20070729130
AFP chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon now says the military will focus on serving arrest warrants on the killers and beheaders of 14 Marines in Basilan. He should’ve done that from the start, instead of building up for an offensive that can’t be sustained anyway.
…Sadly the AFP brass’ first instinct was to get even. But an offensive would have caught civilians in the crossfire; foreign observers would have been incensed. …. The foreign agencies in turn told Malacañang they would pull out aid to Mindanao. President Gloria Arroyo thus ordered the military to stand down.
Too late, the Marines already were primed to retaliate in Basilan. Thus spread bitter text messages from officers. Why was it, they asked, that when the Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers, the Army barreled into Lebanon to destroy the armed party’s strongholds, and only later think of peace talks? Why is it, they went on, that families of soldiers elsewhere are assured of justice for their deaths, but not in RP?
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Rose,
Search for oil to begin off Antique coast
By Nestor P. Burgos Jr.Visayas Bureau
Last updated 05:53am (Mla time) 07/30/2007
ILOILO CITY — A Malaysian oil exploration firm and the Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corp. will start drilling operations next month to confirm oil deposits estimated to reach 160 million barrels off the coast of Culasi town in Antique province. If confirmed, the oil deposits could be the biggest in the country, according to outgoing Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla.
Elated?
“The Basilan treachery is treason of the highest order; but treachery and treason is synonymous to the Gloria regime”.
Former Marine Major General Miranda and company don’t expect a decent trial under Esperon Kangaroo Court. Its goal is persecution and sham justice. For sure, they will be absolved after regime change.
Is Akbar and his men were involved in beheading 10 Philippine Marines? The alleged involvement of Akbar men in Tipo-Tipo fiasco makes the situation more complicated. Sleeping with enemy? Former Basilan governor Akbar is a close ally of Gloria Arroyo. The Arroyo government allegedly supplied arms and ammunition to Akbar in 2007 midterm elections. In fact, warlord Wahab Akbar is untouchable in Basilan. He is one of the original member of Abu Sayyaf and former member of the Moro National Liberation Front. He allegedly profited on ASG’s kidnap for ransom activities and facilitated the escape of ASG rebels who were cornered at Lamitan St. Joseph parish hospital.
Ibig sabihin ang mga armas at bala galing sa pamahalang Arroyo. Baka pati jungle bolo government issue. The treachery of Arroyo-Esperon, et al had indirectly resulted to the death of 14 Philippine Marines in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan. The flood of crocodile tears is flowing in their eyes. Beware of cover-up ops!
Tongue;
In 2004, Arroyo awarded the medal of Valor to Lt. Col. Buan…It was a controversial award because of the questionable circumstances of the military operation that Buan undertook.”
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I fully charged the battery of my DVD player and if this is the right CD, Ltc Noel Buan was an Npa captives and he has a shoulder length hair when he was released. Mayroon na palang Medal of Valor ang mga sumusurender sa laban at naging war prisoners. To be awarded a Medal of Valor the recipient needs a recommendation from the Medal Valor board. The board will deliberate on his qualification. Hindi basta-basta ibinibigay sa sundalo iyan. Lintik pala itong si Arroyo, her childhood girl-scout experience as a cheering committee in selling “bukayo” qualify her to master the military rules, laws and procedures. Dinaig pa si Mc Arthur.
Buan was the one who was captured by the NPA whenhe was a younger officer.
But he got his Medal of Valor award for his so-called “bravery” in Basilan in the capture of Sali.
The name Buan sounds familiar to me. I wonder if he’s related to a former Gen. Buan (first name maybe Manuel) who once headed the Highway Patrol Group. For many years, people branded the late Gen. Fabian Ver as the worst Chief of Staff.
Now that there’s Esperon, I wonder if people would pass that title to this Arroyo boy.
Gusa77, Ak-47, here’s the close-up photo of that assault weapon system at the court martial trial venue during last Friday’s hearing in Camp Capinpin:
Is that a tank? Gosh, it looks like a toy to me. So small…it’s more of an armored vehicle than tank. They try bringing it to Afghanistan and Iraq…it would be blown up like a piece of toy.
Ltc Parcon want to exercised his peremptory right to Marayag because he knew that the admiral has a tainted reputation of being bias and a rubber stamp. His peremptory challenge went to Sodusta instead, and it is really a heart breakening. His peremptorily challenge is not only to eliminate extremes or impartiality on both sides and who knows maybe, Sodusta is on their side and what a waste of one vote. His peremptory also assures the parties that the jurors before whom they try the case will decide on the basis of evidence presented before them.
It’s look like the British-made SIMBA Light Combat Vehicle-Pandak version.
Diego;
That was the surplus golf-cart of Gen.Juan Peron converted to military tank.
It’s made to order for Gloria Arroyo’s use only. It will be an insult to her if it’s bigger.
Diego K. Guerrero Says:
July 30th, 2007 at 9:34 am
It’s look like the British-made SIMBA Light Combat Vehicle-Pandak version.
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Hahahahahahahaha. What kind of a military armor does our AFP got? Poor soldier. Oh! boy, how can you defend a terrorists with this kind of vehicle.
Parasabayan, ang mga sundalong ito ang magbibigay ng magandang imahen ng military sa Pilipinas dahil hindi sila corrupt. Ang kapakanan ng bansa at ang mamamayan ang nananalaytay sa kanilang damdamin at kaisipan. Ang pangalan nila ay mas malinis kaysa pangalan ng kanilang kumander in cheat.
At least, we can see the head of the soldier on top of the tank. If it’s Arroyo over in that tank, we can’t even see her hair.
Thanks for good close up pix,really I was amazed.I’m weaponry tech specialist on aircraft&land vehicle,I didn’t see these type of armored personel carrier on war museum. That’s not US equipments,are these designed by 4FT.HUMANOID, for curiousity,how much it is?only one liter of flammable liquid,you’ll be roasted.How they can defend the country if war hardwares are like this or substandard,not even 2 hours the entire country will be in the hands of the invaders.
I was told that so called tank in the pic was manufactured and assembled by Sarao Motors.
It’s the reason why AFP is losing out to the enemies in the many firefights. Hinahagisan lang ng rebentador ang ganoong uri ng tanke, ayos na ang buto-buto.
Pero epektib daw ang ganitong tanke kapag ang kalaban ay armado lamang ng tirador o pana.
Delikado lang dito ay baka ma-flat ang gulong.
ang tawag dyan, manned unmanned military vehicle.
actually wala dapat na nakasakay na tao dyan, nilagyan lang.
abangan nyo sa susunod na edition ng Philippine Cavalry, gamit ang mga kabayo ni Mikey.
Hulaan nyo kung sino ang nakasakay dito?
Ipinakita na ito noon sa isang ponyback riding session sa compound ng Palasyo ng Malacañang.
Whoever got the idea of sending the tank out and be pictured in all its majestic bearing should be given commendation if not the medal of valor. Just imagine his bravery and gallantry for parading the sophisticated tank of the AFP from its vast arsenal, part of the modernization program by Gloria Arroyo. It could annihilate the enemies of the nation without firing a shot. With that picture alone, the MILF, MNLF, ABUS, NPA will die….laughing.
Neonate: Thanks for the info. Elated? Not at all. I fear that a project like this would just make the waters polluted and will be a source of corruption. I am quite happy to know that Popong left. He is a very decent fellow and comes from a decent family. Salamat naman that he spared his hands from being dirtied. I will read the news.
Heh,heh,heh…I thought is was a humungos tank, baby tank lang pala! It can also be potent…huwag lang si tiyanak ang mag-mamaniobra! Sabagay sa Europe paliitan ng sasakyan. Pati nga yung Mercedes Benz at BMW may sasakyang halos kasing liit lang ng tricycle pero mahuhusay at mabibilis! Ano naman kaya ang magagawa ng toy tank na ito para habulin ang mga tatakas na officers? Kung sakali!
Going back to the medal of valor ni Buan. Kay tiyanak wala siyang pakialam sa kahit na kanino basta type niya ang tao. Di bat si GungGonzales, si Davide at ang mga iba niyang appointees ni hindi ba binasbasan ng CA? To get a medal of valor para kang dumadaan sa butas ng karayom. Paano nakalusot si Buan?
PSB, guwapo raw si Buan, sabi nila.
By the way, another brave and principled officer who was nominated in 2003 for Medal of Valor award was Cpt. Gary Alejano of the Marines.
But Alejano is a Magdalo member and one of the core leaders of the “Oakwood mutiny”. He didn’t get the award. He is now in detention with now Sen. Antonio Trillanes.
Yup, that could be the Pinoy made SIMBA. I shudder to think of the launching cost of each one.
I eagerly await the reaction of Ellenville to the news that U.S. Congress restored the$30 million military aid for the Philippines for 2008 that was earlier slashed by the State Dept. The aid comes again with strings attached. I’m eager to know if the aid should be rejected, first because it is desired by Ate Glue and Esperon, and second, because it comes with strings attached.
The string? A matter about meddling with our sovereignty – U.S. concern about extra judicial killings here.
May post dun sa taas, Is that a tank? May nagsabi din na APC. Hindi rin APC yun e! Baka nga jeep yun na pampasada at nilagyan ng kung ano para magmukhang tangke? Pambihirang baril, AK-47. Sana 30 caliber man lang ang inilagay. Tama din yung post nung isa e, libintador lang e ayos na ang buto-buto. Baka nga kahit watusi, ibuhos mo lahat sa loob na nakasindi, mataranta yung driver at gunner. Hehehehehehe!
hindi ‘yan tangke kundi support assault armored vehicle. good only for the driver/operator and gunner. sa palagay ko, parang caliber .30 rin ang mounted weapon.
wala pa ‘yan noong panahon namin. ngayon, sa ilalim ng pamumuno ng baliw na babae, nagmumukhang katawatawa ang kagamitan ng hukbong sandatahan.
Ellen says: “PSB, guwapo raw si Buan, sabi nila.”
‘yun ba ang dahilan kaya nagkaroon ng medal of valor si buan?
pinantasya ni d(em)onya gloria? naku naman!
bulok na nga ang sistema.
goji,
general bruan ‘yun hindi buan.
ellen, thanks for the close-up photo of assperon’s sophisticated armored vehicle. ma-heart attack na yata ako dito sa katatawa, kawawa naman nong sundalo na nakasakay, try to look closely on his face, hiyang hiya siya, biruin mo namang ginawa pa siyang display ! palagay ko pwede eto sa “world’s funniest”.
assperon baka meron ka pang mga itinatagong comics collection dyan?
Ellen,
What the heck is that war tank doing there at the trial of the gallant bemedalled soldiers now on trial for defying a criminal? Grabe! What a mockery of the law. Kawawang mga pilipino! Inuulol na ng mga kriminal, hindi pa rin tumitinag! Mabuti na lang mahal pa rin nina Gen. Lim, Col. Querubin, et al ang bansa nila! Patalsikin Na, Now Na!
palagay ko kahit yong tirador ko lang tumba ang tangke na yan !
golberg, wala ng pwesto ang 30 caliber doon! baka babaligtad na yong tangke pag yon nilagay mo! teka ano nga bang klase ng machine gun nong nakikita ko na maliit sa harap? di ba parang yong binabalaan ng perdegones yon?
Di ko alam yung perdegones eh! Hehehehehehehehe!
Di yun machine gun, AK-47 yun. Bakit kasi yn pa ang inilagay dun eh!
Kung kumuha na lang sana sila nung mga armored van na nagdadala at naglalabas ng pera sa BSP maganda pa at talagang nakakasindak. Yun, pwedeng lagyan ng 30 caliber or 60 caliber, kahit 6 barrel gatling gun pwede rin. Kung pasagasaan ng armored van na malaki, baka maudrog yan eh! Hehehehehehehehehehe!
di mo ba alam yong perdigones? punta ka minsan na carnaval may laruan doon na shooting gun at makikita mo kung anong klaseng bala yon. wag mo na idamay etong baril ko.
30 July 2007
Ms. Ellen,
A bit off-topic if you may allow me:
What is the violation if a government employee hires a losing candidate 2 or 3 months after the eletction?? or what is violation if a govt agency hires a consultant, when somebody or someone else is doing for the hired consultant??
prans
The first war tank I saw was the one left by the US soldiers in a street in front of Manila when I was growing up a year or two after the US granted the Philippines its independence. I remember that war tanks then did not have rubber tires. No wonder these humvees more often than not rendered useless during battles as what is now happening on the humvees of US soldiers in Iraq.
A member of our church in fact was run over by it in Iraq while taking a nap. Kundi ba naman isa pang inutil itong si Esperon! Bakit niya pinalabas iyong humvee?
Displaying such military surplus during the trial of gallant soldiers incarcerated for defying a stupid order by a criminal is no doubt stupidity of the worst degree! Yuck!
Ah yun pala ang perdegones.
Eh pampatay lang ng daga, pusa at ibon yun e!
Baka nga pusa di pa mapatay eh! Hehehehehehehehehe!
Ystakie;
Off-topic.But, you need to defend yourself at Manolo Quezon’s blog.Look who’s talking out there,they are all Ellen’s rejects.I did my part in defending our turf
merong nakakalimutan upang malaman kung meron pang paggalang at pagpapahalaga sa kagitingan at karangalan ang mga aso ni espweron na ipinalit sa mga kangaroo na hindi umubra sa preemptory challenge.
dapat na sinusuot nina col querubin at ltcol parcon ang kanikanilang medalya ng kagitingan hindi bilang pagyayabang kundi upang ipamata sa mga sunudsunurang mga tsuwawa ng cheat of staff na itinalaga sa katungkulan ng commander in cheat kung sino ang tunay na naglilingkod ng buong dangal sa bayan.
bilang bahagi ng tradisyon, kahit ang pinakamataas na pinuno ng bansa ay sasaludo sa medalyang sumasagisag sa pinakamataas na antas ng kagitingang ipinamalas ng ginawaran nito.
Prans, sorry I don’t know the specifics of those issues.
M Rivera, So yun pala ang pangalan noon:support assault armored vehicle.
Thanks. I learned something new today.
MR, nakuha mo a. (Ellen says: “PSB, guwapo raw si Buan, sabi nila.”
‘yun ba ang dahilan kaya nagkaroon ng medal of valor si buan?
pinantasya ni d(em)onya gloria? naku naman! bulok na nga ang sistema.)
In the article, click on the link to news report about his award. A line in Malacañang’s press release reads:
Hi folks,
That’s a support assault weapon system for crowd control.
From the looks of it, it’s not a 30 mm caliber gun but 20.
Thanks, Anna. This is the advantage of having someone knowledgeable in weaponry.
It’s presence there in the trail venue was still overacting. Crowd control? The only “crowd” they are trying to control there is a handful of media that persistently cover the trial despite the distance. They have already thrown us back so far, it’s becoming impossible now to interview the officers.
Maybe that’s what Esperon wants. For us to give up covering the trial. He will have to try harder.
Ellen,
It’s there for intimidation purposes – I guess if the going gets rough, the fellow driving it will back down. Heheh!
“the President upgraded the award to Medal of Valor in recognition of Buan’s distinguished service and bravery.”
owwwws!?!?!?
kinilig ang bruha! sawa na kasi sa tabang baboy kaya ang pinantasya ay ‘yung pekeng magiting.
tstk. tsk. tsk. wala na talaga. hindi lang bulok ang sistema kundi masahol pa sa basurang hindi na pakikinabangan ng matitino.
# Ellen Says:
July 30th, 2007 at 11:48 am
PSB, guwapo raw si Buan, sabi nila.
…..The Buan that I knew was dark and not handsome as you said. Mrivera was right…it was Bruan (not Buan). I got confused because of the almost similar name. Thanks.
lahat ng imposible sa tunay na dapat pagkalagyan ay ginagawang posible ng baliw na babaeng ang palaging hanap ay ‘yung hahalik sa kanyang puwet na umaalingasaw!
ano pa ang silbi ng reward and punishment board kung ganyang wala namang matibay na batayan ay iba-bypass ang mga pamantayan? ‘kadaming mga nabaldado noong kasalukuyang kainitan ng mindanao peace campaign subalit ang ganitong hokus pokus ay hindi namin naranasan.
naku, ewan!
“It’s there for intimidation purposes – I guess if the going gets rough, the fellow driving it will back down. Heheh!”
paanong maiintimideyt kung ganyang parang dinisenyo lang upang sakyan ng ga-kulangot na babae sa malakanyang?
sabi nga ni ak-47, kayang pataubin ng kanyang tirador.
pangkomedi. he he heh.
may palagay akong walang alam si espweron sa pagpapalabas ng assault vehicle na ‘yun.
sobrang sipsip lamang ng camp commander at ng division commander sa mag-swithart na kambal tukong salot kaya ipinarada ang sasakyan ni dagul.
siguro kaya na upgrade sa medal of valor ang supposed to be distiguished conduct star award ni buan ay dahil pinadagdagan ni gloria ang write up.
maaaring pinalabas na ganito: “mag-isang pinalibutan ni buan ang pinagkukutaan ng kalaban, matapos niyang mailagay sa ligtas na lugar ang kanyang mga kasamahang sugatan at maiayos ang mga namatay. bawat putok ng kanyang armas ay daan daang kalaban ang tumitimbuwang at sa paghawi ng usok ng labanan ay tumambad ang nangaghambalang na bangkay ng mga kaaway.
sa kanyang ipinakitang kagitingang pinamuhunanan niya ng buhay, sa pagliligtas sa mga sugatang kasamahan at pagbawi sa bangkay ng mga nasawing tauhan, sa kabila ng mag-isa na lamang siyang natitirang kayang lumaban ay wlang takot niyang sinagupa ang mga manliligalig upang pangibabawin ang pagpapanatili ng katahimikan.
at, sa kabayanihang ito, na hindi maaaring sukatin ng alinmang batayan ng tapang at kagitingan, iginagawad kay eltikol buwang ang medalya ng kagitingan.”
The info we got is that Buan invited Sali for a dialogue. The Muslim rebel was on his way to the agreed venue when the so-called “encounter” happened.
Ok,he got one over Sali. But does that merit a “Medal of Valor award”? Marayag was one of those who went along with Malacañang’s wishes.
Magno, did you notice the front lights? Hahahahaha! Reminds me of the lights on the first cars circa 1900s. Hahahahhahah!
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Army got an already existing design and bastardized it to look like this – ingenious device! I like it! Hahaha!
Heheheh! Nakakatuwa!
Once I bought a tank from the French Army for something like 1,000 francs in a bidding (those that they would transform into scrap iron kind of)… My husband was at his wits end, he said, what the Fxxxx are you gonna do with that – will cost you more to get it out of the armory now than the value of the scrap iron in it… heheh! Anyway, I hired a truck to carry it to the garden of my house in the mountains to prevent people from passing in my otherwise open plan path leading to one of the slopes… Hahah! The children loved it. They used to play IN it (di pwedeng pagulungin dahil masisira ang fields and the roads, heheh!) Every year, kiddies and I would paint it different color.
In the end, it looked like a technicolor barbie doll tank… and guess what my daughter called it? Daisy! Hahahahaha!
That little Army armoured vehicle in the pic reminds me of my own tank.
Nakakatuwa ka naman, Anna.
BTW, how many persons can fit in that armored vehicle?
Normally, from what I can see, only 2 – 1 driver and 1 gunner but in Pinas, siguro mas marami just like what we do when we ride the jeepneys! Hahahahahah!
Ellen,
Am not sure if the gunner is also the driver – if that’s the case completely idiotic but difficult to imagine that gunner is also driver.
In any case, I can very well imagine it must be a furnace inside that tin-can vehicle.
Ano kaya yong 3 torotot sa each extremity? Pampaingay?
Ang mahal diyan ay iyong mga wheels, hahahahahaha!
On our men of valor fighting for a decent trial…
It’s ironic that these men staked the only 1 life they had to fight for the Republic and now they have to fight again for their life in front of a bunch of colleagues who can’t even begin to be their equal.
How many military lives of valor does Gloria want to add to the trophies on her mantelpiece in Malacanang?
These men have nothing to prove in terms of honour and valor – Gloria’s entire lifetime will not be sufficient for her to even begin to prove that she has a miniscule fiber worthy of honour and valor!
Damn her!
Nakakainis talaga ang ang judgment ni Judge Pimentel on Sen. Trillanes. Kaya dito na lang muna ako reading again all the many hilarious comments about the tank in the picture. Nakakaaliw sa gitna ng pagkainis lalo na dito sa poste in Xanadu in saying:
It could annihilate the enemies of the nation without firing a shot. With that picture alone, the MILF, MNLF, ABUS, NPA will die… laughing.
# Ellen Says:
July 30th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
Nakakatuwa ka naman, Anna.
BTW, how many persons can fit in that armored vehicle?
…If it’s the size of this Gloria Arroyo, then I can safely say 100 can fit in that vehicle.
Esperon’s armored vehicle is similar to British-made Ferret Scout Car.
files.uzitalk.com/reference/shoots/princeton2003/personelCarrier.jpg
It was designed and built for reconnaissance purposes. Two crew vehicle, the Ferret was produced between 1952 and 1971 by UK’s Daimler. It’s a collectors item.
Diego,
Absolutely right! Spot on! When I showed it to my husband he said it resembled the ferret (exactly same term you used) or scout car that he reckoned they used in the 50s and 60s in the UK…. heheh!
Oo nga! Antique na! Hahahahah!
My son’s valuation is even more antique, in one shot, he said “Wow! It looks very much like the engine or armoured vehicle that was used by Lawrence of Arabia!”
Hahahahahah!
My son said, “I’d like to have one to drive around town or tool as a motor vehicle of some sort – would be cool!”
Hehehehe! Ellen, I’m afraid, the “cute” little gun carrying mount is not being taken seriously, hehehehe!
ooops, “…..or to SCHOOL as a motor vehicle of some sort – would be cool!””
Maybe the whole system pictured in the above was given as a gift by the Brits when they sold the SIMBA personnel armoured personnel vehicle which the Army got from Caddilac-Gauge (UK operations)!
The Philippine army bought the SIMBA technology using RSBS money to mass produce in Pinas; unfortunately the production came to a standstill on account of blatant corruption with the end result that only Pinas now operates or owns SIMBA armoured personnel vehicle and was never sold to any other army.
You are right Anna. Blatant corruption all the way!
Kickbacks and Negotiated Deals Mar AFP Procurement System
Excerpts from PCIJ: This is because even quartermaster equipment such uniforms, boots, helmets, bayonets and mosquito nets have not escaped the heightened “business skills” of those involved in the procurement chain, and are reportedly overpriced by at least 30 percent. Quality is often sacrificed to make up for the “extra expense.”
The prize deals, however, are obviously those involving big-ticket items such as armed personnel carriers, aircraft and patrol vessels.
According to military insiders and contractors alike, contracts entered into by the AFP involving such items have, at the very least, been suspicious.
Among these deals are those inked by the Aquino administration before it exited in 1992. One of these contracts was for 150 Simba armoured vehicles from GKN of the United Kingdom. Another was for 18 S-211 basic trainer jets from Augusta of Italy.
The Philippines now has the distinction of being the sole nation using the Simba, which even the United Kingdom, the manufacturer’s home country, does not use.
The local partner of the Simba deal, Asian Armoured Vehicle Technologies Corp., had a board dominated by retired military officers, including General Juanito Dator, and Col. Cesar Pio Roda. It was organized only in September 1989, or close to the award of the contract.
A “revolving door” phenomenon has emerged: a number of military officers assigned to technical and logistics units, upon retirement from the service, have signed up as consultants or executives of certain defense suppliers they had favored earlier.
Like the deal signed just a few months ago by Reyes and Defensor, the Simba deal had an in-country component—the production of tractors and heavy equipment.
No such thing happened, and no transfer of technology took place. Only an assembly line of knocked-down parts was set up at the firm’s offices in Subic.
pcij.org/stories/print/lockheed2.html
I don’t think there is country would buy or take it for free,due the base not quite wide enough to sustain the balance when it change the center of gravity,try to run that in some metro manila areas w/c like moon crater,what else in rural areas like in 3rd countries,that would look like a dying GIANT IPIS,ano sila baliw,they jeopardies the lives of their RAG TAG armies, on that junks.Support and assault vehicle,on what category,of terrains,conditions of battlefields,type of enemies.I don’t believed are designed for that kind porposes.It’ s just to show we had our own hardwares w/c laughing stock in any armed forces.
Ang saya ng thread na ito. Nasaan yung mga lurkers dito? Bakit di kayo mag-comment ngayon? You do not have our kind of humor siguro, ‘no.
Ellen, while the blog has been getting much flak everywhere from “undesirables” who once thought they could massage their egos here, they got the same firebrand of bitch-slapping from our bloggers here, right in their own turf! I’ve read good responses from Anna, luzviminda, johnmarzan, manuelbuencamino, many others, but though I had wanted to put in my own counter-attack, my posts were filtered, don’t know why. It’s in Manolo Quezon’s blog, and in PCIJ’s shoutbox, too!
One particular avid fan of Ystakei is spreading his I-hate-yuko campaign using different IDs all over the political blogs lately.
Just goes to show how “apektado” these whiners are. Let’s keep the fire burning!
“AdeBrux Says:
July 30th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
Normally, from what I can see, only 2 – 1 driver and 1 gunner but in Pinas, siguro mas marami just like what we do when we ride the jeepneys! Hahahahahah!”
I think I’ve seen one of these tanks up close. And though I think the space is too cramped inside even for just one soldier, I would say the gunner in the photo was, no doubt, sitting on the driver!
Tongue, Ha!ha! Ha!.
Okay ito ang aga-aga, natatawa na ako. At least it made up for yesterday na natulog akong inis na inis with Pimentel’s decision on Trillanes.
pambihira kayo!
ba’t n’yo pinagtatawanan ‘yung tangke ni espweron? regalo niya ‘yun mula kay gloria. ‘yan ang bahagi ng modernization program ng AFP. mantakin ninyo kung gaano kahirap ang inabot nila sa pag-iisip upang makagawa ng sasakyang katatakutan ng mga manggugulo?
kayo, kaya n’yo bang gumawa ng paraan kung paano mapapalakas ang ating hukbong sandatahang at palakihin din ang kita ng inyong bulsa?
ellen,
then lt danny lim conquered the most invincible stronghold of the rebels in sulu, the bud (mount) daho.
180 degrees ang gilid ng bundok na buong tapang nilang inakyat sa kanyang personal na pamumuno noong siya ang commanding officer ng forward reconnaisance unit ng 1ID. masusing pag-aaral, pagpaplano at walang katulad na sakripisyo. ito ang naging puhunan upang matagumpay nilang makubkob ang nasabing kuta ng kalaban. walang casualty sa panig ng pamahalaan.
ang tanging nakuha niya, military merit medal.
isipin ninyo, katumbas kaya ito ng kahit na distinguished service star (sanang) makukuha ni buwang na in-upgrade ng baliw sa medal of valor?
Mrivera,
Di naman namin pinagtatawanan yun o nilalait.
Mukha naman kasi talagang kalaitlait at nakakatawa yung Support Assault Weapon System eh!
Sabi nga ni AK-47, yung baril na mounted dun ay binabalahan ng perdegones.
Meron pang isa na nakapansin dun sa left and right part nung assault weapon system. Alam ko para sa smoke granade yun. Pwede rin lagyan ng katol kasi uso dengue ngayon. Hehehehehehehehehehe!
goldberg,
ewan ko kung anong klaseng kasalbahihan meron ka!
saragate kang lukutoy ka. magpakatino ka nga at ak’e naiihi na sa katatawa dahel sa katol mo’t dengge na sinasabi.
tongue,
nakasaklang ba ‘yung gunner sa batok ng drayber? kawawa pala, hane? hindi bale, modernized naman, eh. kasama pati sakripisyo para masiyahan si gloria.
Cocoy: Off-topic.But, you need to defend yourself at Manolo Quezon’s blog.Look who’s talking out there,they are all Ellen’s rejects.I did my part in defending our turf
*****
Sorry, Cocoy, no time to visit MLQ’s blog. Hindi ako pumapatol sa mga loko-loko! Sabi nga, ang pumatol sa mga gago ay mas lalong gago! Let them enjoy their own pranks there. Huwag lang silang mambaboy dito. Alam kasi nilang totoo ang sinasabi ko, which BTW is being true and faithful to the ideals and principles of Ellen’s blog.
I have better source of information than the amateur spies of the Poohtah like those guys in the ISAFP. Walang sinabi!
pambihira nman kayo, wala namang driver ng tangke na yan eh ! yong gunner ay siya na rin mismo ang driver kasi yong manibela nyan ay puro paa ang ginagamit! kaya nga nakakaawa yong sundalo na itinalaga dyan !
wala. mga salbahe talaga kayo!
Tongue,
Heheheheh! Didn’t think of that! Yep, you’re right the gunner is sitting on the head of the driver! Hhahahah!
Diego,
I bet they’ve got a few of these engines in the Army sort of add ons (maybe) for the purchase of Simba.
Ooops, posted the following in the wrong thread – re-posting it: (Thanks!)
Ellen,
Some more inputs on the crowd control tank sent by Esperon to intimidate media and civilian family members of the incarcerated officers:
My husband said that he believes the ferret model above was used during the second world war; says as far as he could remember, he used to have Dinky toy models of those engines as a child (that little boys liked to play with) and used to see these assault engines roving around in Sandhurst where his Dad was one of the commanders in the late 50s; believes it must have been upgraded from Scout to Fox; they were sold in the 50s like pancakes to many armies in the world; also he corrected my caliber version of the gun saying the one in the pic is more likely .765 mm and not even 20 (which is supposed to be a huge gun); production of this ‘amrmoured’ vehicle was halted because RRF (recoiless rifle fire) bullets could go through the body armour of the tank (hence my version is right that the engine there which I’ve not seen in modern armies, IS indeed for crowd control); tells me too that no way that engine could go efficiently on the kind of terrain in Pinas, i.e., Mindanao or Nueva Viscaya, etc.
He’s ammused to still see a living, operational model in ‘action’!
Ellen, that stuff up there should be displayed in a museum…no kidding!
So, the serving of the warrants of arrest yesterday for the Marines’ beheaders went pffft.
Of course, they were telegraphing their punches, courtesy of newly-ordained Datu Tawaga. The criminals are now several islands away or are, maybe, already in Sabah.
The Marines must now be shaving Esperon’s eyebrows!
Re serving of warrants:
Of course it went pfft! They should stop this moro-moro offensive kuno. They think they are able to fool the people. Hindi, ano.
Baka kaya nagpunta ng Mindanao si Marayag e alam niya ang balak ni Col. Parcon na peremtory challenge sa kanya! Pwede naman na hindi niya salubungin ang kanyang commander-in-cheat at cheat-of-staff.
Ginawan nila ng paraan para si Sodusta ang ma-peremptory challenge ni Col Parcon ang not Marayag. Gipitan ‘yun a! Kangaroo court, walang kapupuntahan!
Pareho ni Gloria ay fake din ang medal of valor ni Lt. Col. Noel Buan!
Gloria’s legacy will be the “perfection of faking”!
Beheaded na ang mga marines ay niloloko pa ng tambalang Gloria at Asspweron!
Offensive? My foot!
‘Yan pala ang close-up ng tanke sa likuran ni Col. Parcon.
No wonder, ang mga mortars ay dud! Mukhang hindi rin gumagana ang tanke na ‘yan. hahahahahh!
Anong world war ginamit iyan bago pinahingi ng mga Kano sa Pinas? heheh!
chi, wala pang world war gawa na yan ! hahahhaha…
ellen, believe me, the game in basilan remain in a deadlock standing ! wala na ng katapusang extension yan !
walang isang salita talaga si gloria !
sino kaya ang mga huhuliin nila? ellen, ginagawa naman tayong mga tanga ni gloria at essperon ! nakaka bwisit na talaga!
sabi ni anna doon sa kabila ay WWII pa inilabas ang ganyang klase ng sasakyang pandigma.
sa palagay ko ay modern version ‘yan ‘nung ginagamit nina hitler sa pagpapatrol. ‘yung motor na may side car. pinagmukha lamang nilang parang tangke upang maging kasindak sindak pero ang hindi nila alam ay mamamatay ang kalaban sa walang tigil na halakhak!
Mrivera:
gumagawa sila ng sariling bersyon ng panlaban sa takaschiquito castle 😛
tamang ganito tayo. sa kabila ng inis at ngitngit, nakukuha pa nating maging masaya dahil na rin sa kanilang mga kapalpakan.
huwag lamang natin silang tatantanan at baka sa pagkalingat natin eh makatakas dulo tuloy ay mawawalang saysay ang ating pinaghirapan.
alam ko ang tamang tawag sa tangke na ‘yan ni espweron.
‘yang ang armored pedicab!
No investigations made, basta bintang lang ng bintang. Yuck! I am beginning to believe that the beheaded soldiers, and the others killed were among the soldiers marked for killing to stop the soldiers from starting to be giddy about the present AFP with their leaders mostly in jail. Bakit hindi nila iyang imbestigahan? Anong ginagawa ng NBI? Useless agency na ba iyan ngayon?
BTW, over in Japan, the opposition also won in the election last Sunday. The main issue was the Terrorist Act that Abe wanted passed during his reign. Apparently, majority of the people of Japan oppose it because of the lessons of the military rule prior to WWII when similar severely restrictive laws were passed and implemented. Active participation in US wars is also opposed.
Ngayon nanginginig na ang puwit ni Abe. I wouldn’t be surprised in fact to hear him commit suicide for his present falling from grace. Sana ganyan sa Pilipinas!
di na talaga mapigil ang kasikatan ng tangkeng eto ! baka nasa “you tube” na rin yan mrivera! chek mo nga minsan!
Magno,
Heheheh! Kumontik na akong himamatay sa tawa dito, “upang maging kasindak sindak pero ang hindi nila alam ay mamamatay ang kalaban sa walang tigil na halakhak!”
adebrux, di kaya kasa-kasama ni mrivera sina dolphy noong kapanahunan ng sampaguita films? bakit ang dami nyang alam na kalokohan !
kayo nag-umpisang pagtawanan ‘yung armored car na de padyak tapos ngayon ako ang pagbubuntunan ninyo ng kung ano anong kalokohang sinasabi?
sinusundan ko lamang naman ang sinasabi n’yo, ah!
kesa naman matigok tayo sa inis sa pagkabuwisit sa kambal salot na sina ass-glo.
E kasi naman, tingan nga ninyo ang itsura ng armored pedicab na ‘yan, patang pinagtampuhan ng tadhana!
Tapos ay nasa background ng one of the two true medal of valor awardees na si Col. Parcon…hindi bagay!
Dapat ay iyang crap tanke na ‘yan ang palaging nakasunod kay Crapolita Gloria, pwede kasing gawin niyang kubeta in times of emergency! Bwahahaahah!
Dapat nga bumilib kayo sa tangkeng yan. Nakaka-sampu na ang napapatay niyan.
Dalawang driver na ang nalunod diyan nung umulan. Napuputol kasi yung paa ng kahoy na bangkô na tinutuntungan palabas.
Tatlong gunner ang naputulan ng ulo ng matapilok yung tangke, tanggal sa leeg!
Lima ang nasagasaan, tinawanan lang dahil magaan pa daw sa lata. Ayun na-tetano, patay!
Tongue;
hehehehe!Sutil ka rin ano,hinahunting ka na ni Esperon dahil sa tanke na iyan.May balita ako na ang makinang ginamit d’yan ay ang makina ng VW bettle 69 model aircooled at walang radiator kaya naka save ng space para maging tatluhan ang sakay.The driver,the gunner and the spoter.
Kayo talaga.
baliw na nga ang mga kasama ko dito.
nahawa na sa akin.
hehehehehehhhhh!
pati ang maybahay, hindi makuhang magalit dahil nangungunsumi na sa inis sa nangyayari sa paglilitis sa mga mararangal at magigiting.
ang inaalala ko lamang, pinipigil ni ellen ‘yung pagtawa. dulo tuloy, baka atakihin ng kabag.
he he he heeeh!
si chi, lumalbas dn ang toilet humor dahil nasasama sa mga nsisiraan ng tuktok.
tama lang ‘yan. sila salubong na ang kilay sa pag-iisip kung paano pa tayo magogoyo samantalang pinagsasayahan natin ang kanilang mga katawatawang kababalaghan.
Unfinished Revolution
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