Breaking news:
Former NEDA Chief Romy Neri told ABS-CBN he has decided not to go to New York with Gloria Arroyo when she leaves for the U.S. tomorrow evening.
Neri asked those who are coming to stage a vigil in front of his house in Quezon City not to proceed anymore (there are some who have started coverging in front of his house despite the rains) because he is not leaving for the U.S. tomorrow.
The name of Neri, who is now head of the Commission on Higher Education, was included in Arroyo’s party for the U.S. at the last minute by Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo to be at the briefing on the Millenium Challenge, an assistance program by the U.S. for underdeveloped countries.
Related story:
What they expect Neri to disclose by Jarius Bondoc
Naku, Ellen, dapat ituloy pa rin ang vigil to prevent last minute jitters, i.e., matakot siya at the last minute at humabol sa NY.
I think MIDGET is doing these things in purpose to project a “transparency in governance” image. First, she let most of the Cabinet Secretaries and Under-Secretaries leave their post to be “mirons” in the Senate (for people to think that she can let departments without head for a day just to be “transparent” to the issue). Second, the gov’t is saying that MIDGET needs Neri to help her in NY but she “advised” him to “attend” the Senate hearing instead despite of the supposed meeting in NY. How much more “transparent” can you get?..
Just like what Conrado De Quiros (one of my favorite columnist) of Inquirer imply, MIDGET’s think-tanks are good at their PR works.
As expected, Malacañang is scrambling to do damage control:
Another trick by this Impakta. Why asked him to go at the last minute? Apparently to prevent him from talking in Manila when she’s not around. More than ever, Neri needs the people’s support. Baka siya pa ang maging bayani sa tuluyang pagbagsak ni Impakta. With Neri and Joey at the hearing, it may work. Basta tibayin lang nila ang mga loob nila at huwag matakot. The nucleus of those who came out to denounce the “Hello Garci” must now come out to support the two. Cory, Susan, Black & White, Hyatt 10 at lahat na nag-ingay noon. Nasaan sila? Labas na!
Why did she have to tell him to stay behind, in the first place? He was never part of the original presidential entourage until late this morning.
Hehehehe! “As expected, Malacañang is scrambling to do damage control:”
Why are they making life so complicated when things could be simple. Pa damage damage control pa sila …
Talaga naman – itong si Gloria mahilig sa complication. So convoluted way of doing things when all she’s got to do is to follow the rules. Is that hard? No, it’s easy so why complicate matters? Ayan, nagkandatapilok pa tuloy sila.
Ellen, hindi ba obvious? After Neri refused to go kunwari si Impakta na ang nag-utos na mag-stay siya. It’s now Neri’s chance to tell all that he knows. The fact that he declined the P200M bribe offer shows Neri is a decent man. He signed it but did not receive any money. Let’s support Neri. But if remains mum and has no balls, wala na tayong magagawa.
It’s like many known criminals with brilliant minds – instead of using their brilliance to earn their living or to do the right thing, they use their intelligence to steal, cheat and whatever and end up doing things the hard way … pero what happens? Kulong din sila!
In the end, ang labas nila bobo dahil they get caught!
Re: “But if remains mum and has no balls, wala na tayong magagawa.”
Yes, yes… meron par ring magagawa – hound him to the bitterest end.
But who knows, he might just seize that one fatidic moment to be brave? Ako pessimist na ako sa kanya (can’t stand moral cowards!) but ever the optimist, sige lang ako – so, sige utoin na yan!
Talaga, ngkakandatapilok na sila.
This evening’s news was funny. In the first part, “I have to discs” Bunye said Neri was not part of the presidential entourage to the U.S.
In the later part of the news, Bunye said, yes Neri has been included in the presidential party by Foreign Secretary Romulo.
At the closing portion of the news, Ermita says Arroyo ordered Neri to stay behind.
Ano ba yun!!Imagine, three developments in a one-hour news!
Ellen,
Re “Ano ba yun!!” PANIC, OPERATION PANIC MODE na sila!
Everybody in Malacanang seems to be hitting the PANIC button and screaming, “where’s my life jacket, where’s my life jacket?”
Tulad ng pagkalat nina Mendoza at ibang Malacanang boys sa hearing noon, sila-sila din ang nagkakalat ngayon. They sure are in a panic mood. I bet you GMA will meet Mike somewhere abroad. Mag-uusap ang dalawa at plaplano na naman. She might even swing by Germany or Switzerland to sign some bank documents para makasiguro na hindi lahat ng pera mapupunta kay Mike. Aba, ayaw ni GMA na kaparte si Vicky Toh sa mga kinurakot ni Mike…
Nagkakagulo na n yta sila.. A while back, sbi ni Bunye, hindi ksama.. then binawi nya saying na kasama n si Neri.. then nag-refresh lang ako ng page ko, eto na ung news saying Neri was “advised” by MIDGET to attend the hearing instead.. Papano kya iwe-way ni Bunye to?..maglalabas kya uli sya dalawang CDs saying “one is original and the other one is edited?”…
If one were the captain of a ship like Gloria with two Ex-Os giving different orders, nakupo, tumalon na lang sila and save themselves – no use saving the ship, i.e., Malacanang…
Ay talaga menOK. Nakakatawa sila ngayon. I can just imagine how it is in Malacañang at this time.
Ang hirap din ng kalagayan ngayon ni Neri. Alam niya na maraming naka-spy sa kanyang mga kilos. Pero dapat ay matuwa siya na ang taong bayan ay kasamang nakamasid. Dahil kung ang mga tauhan lang ni Gloria ang nakatutok sa kanya ay pihadong LAGOT SIYA!
Let’s be cautious. People in panic tend to do the unthinkable. Nasaan kaya ang pamilya ni Neri? Huwag naman sanang mahostage…
Romy Neri is a bachelor.
Sana mag-“Fujimori” na lang sila. Huwag munang bumalik until i-extradite for criminal prosecution.
Baka naman na-‘SOFT-TOUCH’ na yung ibang miyembro ng pamilya ni Neri at hindi makakanta sa Senado ng tonong dapat niyang ikanta. Dito magaling ang sindikato ni Gloria kaya naman nasabi niya na “It’s the only way I can protect you from Abalos and Mendoza”. Ingat ka Mr. Neri, seek security from other sources like Senate and not from Gloria’s PSG. Baka maging isang bala ka lang! God Bless and protect you Mr. Neri!
Tumpak!…
I think tonight till tomorrow night will be very interesting… I hope eto na ung hinihintay nating pagbabayad ni MIDGET sa mga kapwa natin Pilipino… Kung nanjan ako, sasama ako sa lulusob sa Malakanyang at sasapak ako ng isa kay Esperon… Tsaka kay Mickey, iisa n rin ako.. chance of a lifetime n un eh!..
Ate Ellen,
Does Mr. Neri has any siblings? What about his parents? Where are they?
LVM, I don’t know much of Romy Neri’s personal circumstances.
Here’s his bio:http://www.hgc.gov.ph/prof_neri.html
Re: “Kung nanjan ako, sasama ako sa lulusob sa Malakanyang at sasapak ako ng isa kay Esperon”
Hehehehe! Laging may suot yan ng bullet proof at may praetorean guards yan – not only 2 or 3 back up cars siya (which used to be the case for other chiefs of staffs before him), ngayon, 5 back up cars of security na siya plus of course, the usual motorcycled cops 2 in front and 2 more behind for back up in case … duwag kasi eh!
The only major service commander I knew in the AFP WHO NEVER EVER HAD A BACK UP was Admiral Marcelo…NEVER! He said, his troops had other, better things to do!
Maganda pala ang credentials ni Neri. He’s not a politician.
Why is he still a bachelor? Sana hindi tutoo ang nasa isip ko ngayon. When I see a man without a wife or has never been married at his age, I think of something. Iba na ang may pamilya because one would learn to be responsible. Tingnan niyo ang mga Pari, irresponsible.
One day, Admiral Marcelo was summoned to Malacanang. As usual, he went in his car with only his ADC with him (no special trapping on the car to show that he was a senior military commander, just white lil ordinary car) – they were going very fast and at one point coz they were running late, he ordered his driver to jump the red light.
Na whistle tuloy sila ng traffic police so the car stopped. Of course, he just opened the window of his car and when the cop saw his 3 stars on his balikat, sige – ayun pinaalis na sila.
Natakot ang traffic police sa 3 Stars niya? That gives me an idea to wear a 5 Stars when I travel. Thanks, AdeBrux.
Ooopss, sobra ang 5 stars…hotel and nasa isip ko. Four Stars lang ang gagamitin ko.
Hah! A friend I know always put on his dashboard, a military cap given to him by Abadia with 4 stars. Minsan na-stop siya ng cop, ng makita daw iyong cap niya, pinaalis na lang siya. Hahahah!
Now, going back to Neri’s trip, is it really a no go or is it still maybe, a go…????
Can’t trust these guys in Malacanang anymore – they can’t seem to get their acts together so is Neri making habol to NY or isn’t he?
Am sort of ambivalent about believing Neri’s declaration that he’s not going. Until we see him in the Senate on Wednesday, difficult to say he’s taken both his balls in his hands and to be brave.
Penchanco
I know what’s in your mind and I was told about it by a friend who happened to be at Asian Institute of Management (AIM) with Neri for a while. Ang ikinatatakot ko, baka magkanda bohol-bohol si Neri kapag kaharap na sina Alan Cayetano at Chiz Escudero. Huwag naman sana. Baka mawala tayo sa topic.
TP,
You are right to point that out… ” baka magkanda bohol-bohol si Neri kapag kaharap na sina Alan Cayetano at Chiz Escudero.”
Dapat utoin na lang nila yan during question, quizzing, grilling time, baka maihi yan sa takot!
pechanco Says:
“Why is he still a bachelor? When I see a man without a wife or has never been married at his age, I think of something”.
I agree with you, I think ‘bloody clever’.
“Now, going back to Neri’s trip, is it really a no go or is it still maybe, a go…????”
Having flip-flopped thrice in less than half a day, mahirap talagang makatiyak. Who knows, Aling Gloria might just take Neri with her “like a thief in the night”.
Pagkakataon na ni Neri na ipakita ang tunay niyang paga Pilipino. Ito na ang panahon na ipamukha niya sa lahat na nagdududa sa kanya na siyang isang maginoo, isa siyang tunay na lalaki. Ibulgar na niya nang todo ang lahat na niyang nalalaman upang matuluyan nang matapos ang patuloy na pamamayagpag nitong pekeng panggulo.
Pero kung kakampihan pa niya si Gloria at ang mga alipores nitong gumagago sa atin tungkol sa ZTE, huwag na niyang hintaying may magsabi sa kanya na isa siyang BAKLA! Huwag na niyang hintaying may magsabi sa kanyang isa siyang BADING! Dito pa lamang, sasabihin ko na sa kanyang isa siyang BADAF!
Jairus Bondoc’s column:
Last Thursday Romy Neri was supposed to testify at the Senate on the hated ZTE deal. On the eve he noticed strange men casing his house in Quezon City. As a Cabinet member Romy promptly reported the security threat. Executive Sec. Ed Ermita dispatched a team from the Presidential Security Group. Romy failed to attend the Senate hearing due to bum stomach. The surveillants turned out to be police intelligence agents.
Why cops were spying on him, Romy doesn’t understand. News reports, meanwhile, quoted Armed Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon as associating the ZTE scam exposé to a plot to rock the Arroyo tenure. The military analysis echoes the old Marcos martial law trick of blaming legitimate dissent on communists and rightists. Did the surveillants suspect Romy of being among the imagined conspirators? Why do some officials seem so scared of what he might reveal about the $330-million government broadband deal with ZTE Corp. of China?
I have talked to Romy exactly ten times by phone and face-to-face ever since I started a series in Mar. on the ZTE scam. Each conversation was tense. On two occasions Romy swore me to secrecy. At least twice too he said his life was in my hands. In the last three talks, including Tuesday after I first testified about my exposés, I asked him when he would bare all. He repeated that there’s a time and place for everything. I told him of at least four pious groups that are praying for his safety. He assured me he would tell only the truth if made to take the oath. I said I anticipate the heavy sacrifice he would face if he does so; he sympathized with me for undergoing harassment, threats and false accusations. In our last talk, I told him I am honored he considers me a friend since 1987, when he became head of the Congress Planning and Budget Office.
I often review my notes of our first talk on the morning of Apr. 20, the day I wrote about the rush to sign the ZTE contract in Boao, China. From insider info, I had stated that the National Economic Development Authority, which he headed then, had approved the ZTE deal in a huff. He called to clarify that what NEDA had cleared was the concept for a national broadband network, not the company. Sorry, I said, but I drew my conclusion from the endorsement of Secretaries Leandro Mendoza and Ramon Sales specifying both Amsterdam Holdings Inc. and ZTE — just that it’s with the latter that Mendoza was signing a contract. I confided the tip that the NEDA didn’t like what it was doing.
Romy then rattled off many things he knew about the events leading to the scheduled signing of Apr. 21. I later learned that he had told at least three of our common friends the same things.
Some of the items have since been reported in broadcast and print. There was a supposed invitation from Comelec chief Benjamin Abalos to golf at the Wack Wack Country Club, during which Romy was offered P200 million to support ZTE. As the story goes, Romy turned down and told President Arroyo about the indecent proposal. Whereupon, she instructed him to not accept the bribe but ensure the NEDA approvals just the same. Romy has neither confirmed nor denied the reports.
Only God and Romy know if under oath he would confirm or deny the other items. I pray that he expound on them. He had told me on that morning of Apr. 20 and several other times that not only a Comelec official but an influential businessman too was inordinately lobbying for ZTE Corp. The businessman allegedly was responsible for the sudden rise of the ZTE tag price to $330 million days before the signing, when its original offer in Dec. to Feb. was $262 million. What was the $68-million difference for, I asked in subsequent talks. Romy said the businessman was assigned to raise campaign funds for an administration party during the last election.
I would understand if Romy balks in identifying the businessman. In a previous cocktail party at the residence of Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., he said, that man had cornered and threatened him for opposing a fishy pier project. That man reportedly also worked on Romy’s consequent transfer from NEDA to the Commission on Higher Education.
Romy in our talks implicated most of the persons Joey de Venecia has exposed under oath as thieving from the broadband purchase. But I get the impression that Romy knows much more than the heroic whistleblower who initially was bidding for the telecom project.
About ZTE executives, Romy also said he has never seen any group as aggressive as them in pushing for a contract. They were waiting outside the NEDA conference room while the Cabinet was deliberating about them.
More importantly, Romy said a very powerful official arm-twisted him to turn the broadband project from a safe build-operate-transfer plan to a risky outright supply purchase. It was for that reason, he told me on Apr. 20, that he almost resigned from the Cabinet the day before.
Grabe na to!! Dapat “the TRUTH shall set us FREE”
Re: “Romy said the businessman was assigned to raise campaign funds for an administration party during the last election.”
For Zubiri, Angara and Enrile?
and Joker?
I had already suspected that there was a Pinoy-Chinese businessman involvement in the ZTE deal. Wonder who that businessman is….
We wonder who this “mystery man” is. Will Neri’s testimony be a bomb or a dud? Who is grasping his yagbols? Wednesday is a long wait…anything can still happen. More flip-flops?
After reading Bondoc’s latest revelations, I went to read Marichu Villanueva.
At the beginning I thought she had something relevant to add to Bondoc’s revelations about the ZTE deal because she knew ZTE having joined Gloria’s junket trip to China but found that her article was no less than in defence of Gloria Macapagal and more importantly, I suspect of ZTE corporation!
It started with this: “However, the catch of this financial package is the fact that this is a “tied” loan or subject to conditions of the party extending this loan facility. In this case, the Beijing government exercised this authority to require projects funded by their loan package to go ONLY to contractors that are majority owned by Chinese firms. So this is the nature of the NBN “supply contract” that was awarded to the ZTE Corp. Since these DOTC projects were foreign-funded, they still went through the screening process of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Board headed then by Secretary Romulo Neri.”
What Marichu fails or refuses to fundamentally understand is this particular deal has virtually nothing to do with whether the financing was a loan by China govt or not, or whether the Chinese required that their loans be tied to a China supplier or not.
She is absolutely not only being mentally but clearly physically dishonest by pointing this particular “catch” as she calls it.
Marichu Villanueva must understand or must accept that the current ZTE broadband deal is being scrutinized and is causing public outrage not because of her so called China govt loan “catch” but because of two reasons:
1. suspicion aggravated by formal accusations that no less than the nation’s chief election boss stands accused of having fixed the deal (an election boss, particularly during election period has NO business, morally or legally to broker, fix deals with DoTC nor with any other Malacanang cabinet departments on behalf of a foreign group – Abalos’ turf activities start and end in Comelec!).
2. that there are bases to believe, and rightly so, that this deal was not only inked in haste, without proper evaluation but had gone from being a 262 million dollar deal to 330 million dollar government-backed sabotage of the treasury, all in a span of a few months
Lastly Marichu fails to understand that there have been enough evidence to show that there has been blatant disregard for rules and procedures in the crafting of this package showing her intellectual dishonesty by muddling the issues in favour of Gloria and ZTE.
Marichu has always been a Malacanang worm, a beggar for Palace hand outs, a stand-in for Gloria’s praetorean press guards, but good heavens, I’m glad I refused to continue working with her!
AdeBrux Says:
September 24th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Everybody in Malacanang seems to be hitting the PANIC button and screaming, “where’s my life jacket, where’s my life jacket?”
You got it right, Ans !!!
It was all to raise campaign funds for the last elections that’s why this ZTE was signed ignoring the bidding process, etc. Maliwanag yan. Gloria and her thieving cohorts knew that her candidates will get a sound thrashing and they thought that with plenty of money to buy votes, it can help turn the tide to their favor. But alas, dahil malas ang perang ninakaw, natalo pa rin ang kanyang mga kandidato. The voters accepted their money but voted mostly opposition senatorial candidates. And of course, we read of Gloria’s men bickering about the funds that were not released but pocketed. Saksakan ng mga swapang at ganid kapag pera ang pinaguusapan. Ngayon, lumiliit ng ang kanilang mundo.
Mr. Neri, sa iyo nakatutok ang mata ng madla. Base sa isinulat ni roland4u sa itaas, iladlad mo na ang tunay na kasaysayan na bumabalot sa ZTE.
This shows that Gloria is NOT highly regarded by big business:
“At 3:25 p.m., Arroyo will meet with officials of Headstrong and Merrill Lynch, this will be followed by a meeting with James Livesay, senior vice president, Divisional Executive Retail Bank Operations of Washington Mutual.”
Meeting her is ONLY A SENIOR VP in charge of a division for a company.
It is very telling – her staff must have been hard put trying to convince the biggies, eg., chairmen/CEIOs in NY to meet with her, that’s because she stinks. This latest financial-treasury looting deal must not have gone unnoticed in the business circles in NY city.
Sec. Nery
Tumapang ka lang – maraming mga Pilipino ang magiging matapang.
Ooops, “chairmen/CEOs in NY”…
Roland, you comment is Jarius Bondoc’s column, right. You failed to attribute it to him. I will.
In the spirit of full disclosure, it must be mentioned that Jarius Bondoc’s wife is a relative of House Speaker Jose de Venecia.
Neri was demoted to CHED (just like what Sec Alcala of DENR experienced when he was also demoted to CHED). Now is Neri’s chance to redeem himself and get back at this guy who pushed him to CHED. Just tell the damning truth!
Ellen,
Re spirit of full disclosure: it’s not farfetched to believe that Bondoc has known that Joey was batting for a contract with govt and that he must have known that there’s a provision in the law that stipulates, 1st degree relatives like Joey are NOT supposed to be lobbying for projects with govt. FULL STOP.
These members of Gloria’s cabinet are downright disgusting! How could they believe that national treasury is theirs for the looting and get away with it? How could they even begin to think that government projects are like spoils of war, theirs for the keeping?
How dare them behave in the most abominable way, with Gloria leading her troops to her so-called “moral high ground” saying that there is rule of law in one hand and turning around that rule of law because they are where they are!
There’s an interesting piece in The Daily Tribune what says that Gloria “..made it known that she had “advised” Romulo Neri not to accompany her to New York for the United Nations Assembly and instead appear before the Senate investigating bodies..But sources intimated that Mrs. Arroyo’s change of mind came only after being assured that Neri will not embarrass her when he testifies on Wednesday and that he would be toeing the Malacañang line.
Another source, however, claimed that word had gotten around to the Palace that the United States Embassy was mulling the cancellation of the visa issued to Neri, ostensibly to prevent him from leaving the country.
The US government is apparently interested in the unfolding probe into the Broadband deal. US Ambassador Kristie Kenney earlier advised the government to observe transparency in the signing of the deal with the Chinese firm.
US telecommunications supplier Arescom is a partner in Amsterdam Holdings, the company owned by Jose De Venecia III, the son of the House Speaker and the major source of allegations of multimillion dollar kickbacks in the deal that involved Commission on Elections Chairman Benjamin Abalos, Sr. and Mrs. Arroyo’s spouse Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo.
The source added that Mike Arroyo is already in San Francisco, California after he left the country for Hong Kong prior to De Venecia’s revelations before the Senate public hearing.”
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20070925hed1.html
Chabs,
“Another source, however, claimed that word had gotten around to the Palace that the United States Embassy was mulling the cancellation of the visa issued to Neri, ostensibly to prevent him from leaving the country.”
Hahahah!
That’s why siguro natapilok silang lahat in Malacanang…
Please allow me to post this this email I iust received:
NY Fil-Am women ready protests for Arroyo visit.
Filipino-American women affiliated with the Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment (FiRE) vowed to greet President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo with protests during her scheduled three-day visit to New York City from September 28 to 30.
FiRE believes that Macapagal-Arroyo is not a good role model for women worldwide. FiRE, which works closely with Gabriela, a progressive federation of women’s organizations in the Philippines, described Macapagal-Arroyo as “the No. 1 violator of human rights in the country.”
Thanks Ate Ellen for Mr. Neri’s Biodata. Atenista at UPian pala siya.
We seem to be getting closer to finding the TRUTH “in a more complicated way.”
I think more prayers should be offered for Neri’s enlightenment so he would realized how important will his testimony be for the whole nation, and thus finally decide to appear before the Senate! AND TRUTH, SHALL DELIVER US FROM ALL THESE EVILS!
Grabe na talaga ang mga nangyayari sa atin’
Gising mga kapatid!!!
Supporters of the movement to have this ZTE scam dealt with with a bang should still go to the house of Neri for a vigil. Mahirap na kasi baka sabihin kinidnap siya ng mga bata ni Joma Sison as the usual excuse of Palparan and Esperon. Mahirap magtiwala sa mga gunggong as a matter of fact.
As for Miriam, Joker, Uncle Johnny, Angara, et al, these crooks should be subjected to some scrutiny to find out how much they themselves must have received from the Fatso and his kwin korap to try to silence the key witnesses to this and other scams.
Time to expose these kurakots so those who voted for them will no longer vote for them ever even when in fact they would be better off resigning or retiring from politics and leave the running of the government to a new breed of idealistic Filipinos like Senator Trillanes for example. Out there are a lot many Filipinos who must have been inspired of God to try to make things bearable for their country and people even at the peril of their lives. Time in fact to try to free those who have been put in detention, and allow them to lead their people to freedom—from these crooks who have deprived them of their freedom, even their freedom NOT to be hungry and wanting!!!
Sipain na, now na! Bantayan si Neri para hindi maduwag!!!
Breaking news but is related topic: Bush approves $3.7 M for Jolo airport, water in Philstar
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
JOLO, Sulu – US President George W. Bush has approved a request of President Arroyo for a total of $3.7 million in assistance to modernize the airport and water supply on this island, US Ambassador Kristie Kenney announced here yesterday.
Mrs. Arroyo asked for the aid during a chat with Bush on the sidelines of the annual leaders’ summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum earlier this month in Australia, Kenney told The STAR.
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Isn’t this getting to be real vaudeville? Gloria the mendicant has the guts to beg for money while she loots national treasury?
How can one be so KAPAL?
Chabeli:
Frankly, the visa can be cancelled if there will be a group of Filipinos who will be bold enough to send a letter to the Consul at the US embassy with copies furnished the ambassador, head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the US Congress and Senate, etc. The embassy in fact can use it as a point of contention to any protest by the Philippine government versus the will of the majority of the people of the Philippines. Ganoon lang naman kasimple. Problema lang nga makapal talaga ang apog ng mga kurakot sa Pilipinas.
Over here kasi madaling tablan ng hiya. Tumatalon pa nga sa matataas na building kapag napapahiya. Tignan mo naman si unano, pa-display pa sa UN. Kung sa bagay, tamang-tama na makasama niya ang mga isinusuka sa mundong mga liders na kilalang mga demonyo although I have reservation about the leader of Iran now being thrown shits by Americans for being invited to a state university in New York. Talaga naman! Next time, baka ito naman si unano ang magpapa-invite sa NYC or Columbia U. Ingittera kasi ang animal. Nakakaalibadbad sa totoo lang. Ewwwwww!
RE contribution to this Jolo Airport, Dubya is looking far when he orders the war on Mindanao to get sole ownership of the island. Di OK na kung may airport doon.
Iniisip niya siguro hindi siya magugulangan ni Gloria. Siya ang manggugulang kay Gloria by pretending (?) to be dull and stupid!
Ito ang dapat na ipinapaalam sa mga Senators, et al sa US para ma-stop ang funding na ito. It is what we do now in Japan, make our parliamentarians be cautious and wary of the unano when they grant ODA to the Philippines.
Ellen, baka pwedeng manawagan tayo sa pamilya (misis, anak, kapatid, nanay, tatay, etc) ni neri na kumbinsihin na magpakalalaki siya at magsabi na lang ng totoo para hindi na niya pahirapan pa ang sarili niya. all he has to do is show in the senate and bare all! ganun lang naman kadali yun, lalo na at wala kang tinatagong kabulukan sa pagkatao mo.
pero kung urong-sulong siya, aba, ibang usapan na yan. sabi nga ni pechanco, to paraphrase, “ang hindi sumipot, supot!” hehehhehe
Dapat nawalan siya ng gana sa gobyerno in Glue nuong na-demote siya. Sa akin, isang kahihiyan ang ma-demote. Time for him to push them back to the wall.
namiss ko pala yung entry ni ellen na bachelor pa si neri. naku, ganyan naman palang wala siyang gaanong kompromiso personal, aba, manindigan na siya.
this is his chance to show that what those people who know him keep on saying that he is a decent man are really true.
Gusto ko nang maniwala doon sa kaibigan kong hapon na nagtraining sa WHO sa Manila na maraming bakla sa Pilipinas. Tawag ng mother ko sa mga iyan, alanganin kasi alanganing lalaki at alanganing babae.
I wonder kung iyong pagka-alanganin ni Neri ay pagpapatunay na alanganin din nga siya kaya walang asawang babae! Susmaryosep!
We’ll know about that tomorrow. Pag dumating siya sa Senate, and he spills out the beans without fear and favor, then alam natin hindi siya alanganin! 😛
I just wonder what kind of hold the unano has on him that he would utter those silly words about whatever “his president” says he needs to follow and abide by! Bakit hindi niya alam na ang boss niya ay hindi si Gloria kundi ang taumbayan dahil in principle, pareho lang silang public servant ni Gloria Dorobo. At least, siya legal pa even when he is appointed by an illegitimate president who is by virtue of the law should have been declared officially as a criminal.
I pray that Neri will have the balls to attend the Senate hearing. Otherwise, he should be reprimanded and penalized for ignoring such summon.
Oo nga Anna, reminds me of Trillanes. Pati boldstars nga noon patay na patay sa kanya, hindi naman kaguwapuhan. Women siguro are attracted to this kind of machismo, no?
May sex appeal si Trillanes. Kung bagay animalistic appeal na gusto ng mga bold stars. Di gaya ng mga tauhan ni GMA na hanggang animalistic lang pero walang appeal.
Tongue,
Heheheheh! Of course, if ever Neri starts singing the right tune as in the truth about the scam, the bribery offer, the shortcircuiting of procedures, etc., he will look brave and to many women, bravery is synonimous to handsomeness and sexiness.
I have deleted personal, uncalled for comments on Romy Neri. The guy has done nothing to deserve those insults. What his personal circumstances are, are irrelevant to his role in the ZTE expose.
I think we should check ourselves and be careful that we don’t hurt innocent people.
As I said, let’s wait for his testimony. We judge him after that.
Sorry, Ellen, couldn’t help being disrespectful, but sometimes, we need to be cruel to be kind—parang kanta ha!
I don’t know, but I have this mentality of being unforgiving to people like these guys who say yes to serving the criminal and her husband. Kahit kapatid ko, kung may ginagawang kalokohan, I don’t tolerate as a matter of fact. At saka, alam namin nilang nagbe-break ng batas, why do they still want to be in her administration and then make such silly excuses when trapped that they want to serve “their president” but not their people, whom they are duty-bound to serve, they being the public servants!!!
Taragis, takot na takot mawalan ng trabaho kaya kahit na laitin, siksik pa rin. Kaya itong criminal, she can afford to act the way she does because there are people who answer to her beck and calls. Ang lagay kasi!
i was also quite negative to neri when i first read the story about him, abalos and gma.but after reading his cv, i think i will give him the benefit of the doubt. academics and paper workers are not so fast when it comes to understanding the outside world, but when they do they tend to have good judgement.
Ystakei, I didn’t know that visa cancellations can be done by, say, “a group of Filipinos who will be bold enough to send a letter to the Consul at the US embassy with copies furnished the ambassador, head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the US Congress and Senate, etc. The embassy in fact can use it as a point of contention to any protest by the Philippine government versus the will of the majority of the people of the Philippines. Ganoon lang naman kasimple.” (September 25th, 2007 at 4:25 am). We learn something new everyday. Thanks for your comments.
Chabeli:
Of course, they grant the petition after a thorough investigation to be fair. Pero most likely, they follow the people’s Will based on the democratic principle that a democratic government is a governmnet OF, FOR and BY the people.