Update: SC threatens Jake Macasaet with contempt over bribery report
Last week, Malaya publisher Jake Macasaet ran a series of items in his column “Business Circuit” about Cecilia Muñoz Delis, a member of the staff of Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, who got a surprise of her life when she opened a box intended for her boss and found P10 million. Click here (Sept. 18), here (Sept. 19), here (Sept. 20), and “>here (Sept. 21)
Macasaet never mentioned the name of the Supreme Court justice. Newsbreak and TV Patrol, in their stories today, identified the lady justice as Consuelo Ynares-Santiago.
TV Patrol said Santiago herself asked the high court in its en banc meeting tomorrow to take up the alleged payoff.
The story is that, the gift-wrapped boxes, the size that can contain of two dozen milk cans were delivered for the jusrice last March at different dates. Delis would pick up the box at the guard house and give it to the justice.
The day the fifth box arrived, the justice was absent. Thinking that the contents were perishable, she opened it and lo and behold, she saw wads of money.
She informed the justice about it. Soon after she was fired.
Newsbreak and TV Patrol reported that Delis executed an affidavit saying “I had nothing to do with, nor did I have any knowledge of such alleged attempted bribery,” Delis said.”
Macasaet said “I learned from some lawyers that the bribe money given to a lady justice came from a Chinese-Filipino businessman who has been criminally charged.
“It is funny that the delivery of five boxes of money coincided on the day the lady justice, obviously acting as ponente, acquitted the prospect.”
Supreme Court Spokesman Midas Marquez confirmed that Ynares-Santiago terminated Delis in March. He said that Delis was found out to have used the office telephone to make overseas calls, particularly to Japan. Ynares-Santiago supposedly discovered this about October last year and gave Delis until December to look for a job. However, Marquez said, Delis asked for more time thus she stayed on till March this year.
Delis, however said she voluntarily resigned.
Malaya’s story today:
High Court takes up reports linking member to payoff
by Evangeline de Vera
The Supreme Court will tackle in its en banc session today reports that Associate Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago accepted a payoff, an allegation that the magistrate categorically denied.
The report first came out in the column last week of Malaya publisher Jake Macasaet that an unnamed lady justice at the high court allegedly fired her secretary in March after the latter mistakenly opened one of five gift boxes of money amounting to P10 million delivered to the magistrate, thinking that it contained some perishables like food.
Newsbreak yesterday named Santiago and the secretary as Daisy Cecilia Munoz-Delis. It said the alleged payoff may have to do with two cases which Santiago penned: the dismissal of the criminal case against Henry Go, former chair and president of the Philippine International Air Terminals Corp. (Piatco); and the Maysilo land dispute case.
Court sources have said Chief Justice Reynato Puno was compelled to include the report in today’s agenda upon the urging of four other lady justices in a bid to clear their names.
In a statement, Santiago said the reports that came out were “blatant lies clearly aimed at smearing and maligning my character and person, and the integrity of the judiciary, which I have been faithfully serving for 34 years now.”
“I highly suspect that these are parts of concerted attempts to influence the high court in deciding a big land dispute in Quezon City now pending before the SC. Nevertheless, I leave the determination of these to the investigation I have requested. I also reserve my right to file the appropriate criminal charges against those responsible for these malicious accusations,” she said.
SC spokesman Jose Midas Marquez said the reports were “disturbing” and “damaging the court’s relentless efforts to cleanse the judiciary.”
Marquez said Santiago felt she was the one being alluded to in the reports because she was the only lady justice who has had a secretary named “Cecilia,” so she had asked that an investigation be conducted.
“We don’t know how the en banc will react but everything will have to be taken into consideration. This is definitely very harming as it appeared in a national newspaper. This is bringing the entire SC down, which is not very good,” he said.
Marquez said the story was “unbelievable because a supposed bribe giver would not likely leave P10 million in the guard house to be picked up by a court staff.”
He said that Delis even went to see Santiago yesterday afternoon to personally belie the allegations.
The court spokesman did not say if Delis was forced to resign, but he said Delis had problems with her employment after she incurred huge telephone bills for overseas calls that she supposedly made during her employment.
Delis, a judicial staff officer of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal detailed at the office of Santiago and a niece of the late Associate Justice Cecilia Munoz-Palma, has issued an affidavit denying that she was fired for opening the gift. She said she voluntarily resigned from her post last March 15.
Delis said she felt she was the one being referred to in the articles because she is the only niece of Palma with the same first name to have worked at the SC with a lady justice as final employer.
She said she has written a letter to Macasaet dated September 21 attesting she was not fired from her job but voluntarily submitted her resignation. She did not specify in her affidavit her reason for resigning.
She said she executed the affidavit to allow Santiago to defend her honor before she was actually named in the articles of Macasaet, which appeared in Malaya from September 18 to 21.
“I had nothing to do with it, nor did I have any knowledge of such alleged attempted bribery,” she said.
In her letter to Macasaet, Delis said if the bribery attempt was made last week when Santiago did not report for work, she could not have witnessed it as she had already resigned.
Delis added that as a matter of procedure, she would not have been tasked to receive the boxes as it was the job assigned to their male utility personnel.
“It is highly unlikely for something as blatant as that bribery attempt to have been done right in the front doors or the Court, with its increased security and teeming with people – both employees and the general public. In other words, the scenario you painted and continue to print is improbable and could only have emanated from a polluted source, who unfortunately, chose me to be part of this fictional charge,” she said.
Sorry, by mistake, this post was closed for comment. It’s a good thing Turning Point called my attention in another thread.Okay na.
Ellen,
For a moment there I thought you didn’t want us to post because after reading this, we all might all yell things that are libelous – Hehehehe!
OMG, if this is true, shame on Associate Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago. I’m looking up to her pa naman as one of the better SC justices…I’m soooo disappointed!
Walang matino talaga sa kanila, all of them can be bought if the price is right!
I think I clicked on the wrong box last night. All these corruption allegations in the highest level of government are driving us crazy also.
Frankly, this almost didn’t come as a surprise after what I’ve been hearing these past so many years, rumours i.e., Lucio Tan bribed his way to the SC because bribing them hundreds of millions is still cheaper than if he had to pay up his tax arrears, and also from this friend of mine who said she paid the judge 10 million so he would rule in her favour as well as Tony Leviste having paid the judge to grant him bail, (also first hand info)…
Justice in Pinas? Nah, it’s a joke!
This case, if true, reminds me of the textbook payola during Estrada’s time when the suppliers’ agent delivered money in Malacañang (at the Mabini bldg where the executive secretary and the budget secretary used to hold office) in SM plastic bags.
If I won in the Lotto, I’d buy Judge Pimentel to make a favorable decision on Trillanes case. Lahat silang bwisit ay bibilhin ko!
We have stories of TROs for sale.
From Tikbalang in another thread:
Brewing scandal at the SC:
Pati ba naman pag comment kailangan mag lagay pa sa Brewing scandal at the SC. Wala po akong pang lagay na 10 million, mag babasa na lang ako libre pa he he he he he he he.
Right! Remember that…but was that during Estrada’s term? Wasn’t it during the time of Rocco’s time when he was secretary of education or am I terribly mistaken here?
One of my friends was a supplier for the Dept of Education – she said that she had to quit because it was getting to a point that she was losing because graft at that department had reached unheard of proportions and the ladder was from first man to the highest man.
Finally, I’m able to post my comment here. The whole country is infested with corruption, so why be surprised if some of the SC Justices are as corrupt? Puwedeng idaan sila sa pera or some other forms of rewards. Huwag tayong magtaka kung ang dating Chief Justice Davide ay tumanggap din ng lagay. Notice that after what he did to Erap, he got lots of benefits including his current post in UN. Most of the current SC Justices are GMA appointees. Since GMA is corrupt, it’s likely some of her appointees are corrupt too.
“Huwag tayong magtaka kung ang dating Chief Justice Davide ay tumanggap din ng lagay. ”
Right on penchanco! A former commenter here in Ellen’s blog (one of the first ones) explained the golden parachute of Davide.
It seems that Delis is afraid of someone, binusalan din yata para baguhin ang tunay na kwento ng pera sa kahon.
Well, the SC has to salvage it’s image, medyo bumabango na sana e! I won’t be surprised if nothing comes out of this investigation, sila-sila lang naman e!
Remember Davide!
Yes, it was during Estrada’s time. One of those the suppliers used as middleperson was the American citizen cousin of Estrada, a certain Cecilia de Castro.
One of those allegedly involved and later cleared was Ronnie Zamora’s deputy, Tingting de la Serna (former congressman of Cebu).
If we talk about Supreme Court, Davide’s name will always be connected. He caused the greatest damage to that institution.
In a way, I partly blame Erap for appointing him as SC Chief. Ironically, the same Davide stamped Erap’s ouster. Balita ko ang padrino noon ni Davide si Lucio Tan. Si Tan ang nakiusap kay Erap na gawing SC Chief si Davide. Kaya pala during Davide’s term, hindi sumulong ang mga tax cases ni Tan. How many boxes of millions of money did Davide receive from Tan? Unfortunately, there was no Delis to open the box. We’ll never know how much.
Medyo kinabahan talaga ako that something went wrong and suspected that the thread has been deliberately blocked or something.I have an advanced copy of Tony Abaya’s column in Manila Standard and it says there that his emailed column reached Malacanang ahead of the Standard’s editors.
Very interesting. Meron na palang BREWERY sa high tribunal. Yan bang sinasabi ko na accessory to intoxication of power.
Now it’s complete..from the Executive to the Legislatures and now to the Judiciary. That, folks cover just about the whole system. They are Independent (supposed to be) from one another, but they all have one thing in common, they are the weakest of all humans. Easily tempted with a few millions there and here and now not only lost their dignities, but their souls and along the sufferings of Millions. Beyond redemption..
I recall that during the early days of the Estrada presidency, binanatan niya ang judiciary and called some judges “Hoodlum in Robe” dahil nagkakabayaran daw. He got the ire of the Supreme Court justices then.
Re: ““Hoodlum in Robe”
At least Estrada was telling the truth.
Gloria can’t even begin to tell the truth. Puro panloloko ang alam ng walanghiyang iyan.
What has happened to this country that people who are the guardians of legal truth and rule of law should also be corrupt?
Ako naman akala ko na-hack na naman si Ellen. Whew!
saan pa ba magmamana ang mga yan kundi sa puno? kumpleto na ang scandal sa entourage ni gloria.
ang natatanging obispo na nagsasalita ngayon laban kay gloria ay si cruz. yung iba? nabusalan na yung bibig! selective critics.
Trial judges = envelopes?
Court of Appeal judges = shopping bags?
SC judges = Milk carton boxes?
Pidals = (Project your prediction)
Vic: Now it’s complete..from the Executive to the Legislatures and now to the Judiciary.
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Ito din matagal nang alam ng lahat. Lumang tugtugin na. Hindi pa ba sawa ang mga pilipino?
On the other hand, pag nakita mong iyong mga matitino at hindi mga kurakot ang nakukulong as the situation is now, you know something is wrong. Saklap! Lalong nababoy dahil doon sa mga baboy na Pidal!
AdB: Remember that…but was that during Estrada’s term? Wasn’t it during the time of Rocco’s time when he was secretary of education or am I terribly mistaken here?
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Yup, I remember this one, too. Alam ko panahon ni Roco iyon under na ng regime ni Pidal. Remember si Roco ang Education Secretary ni unano when she first grabbed the presidency?
Puede maipost dito yung SC Justice(s) nagbigay ng decisions in favor of Lucio Tan, etc. Kami naman sa labas tumutulong din sa ating bayan at malaking tulong ibinigay para umahon ang PAL, muntik ng lumubog few years back. Iyon lang.
Holy Banana!
Benevolent dictatorship, anyone?
AdeBrux, what exactly do you propose?
A Lee-kwan Yew style Singapore model?
I guess it’s time we ask for the names of the Arroyo appointees in the SC and see who among them do NOT receive this kind of boxes, and check if this is exactly what they were promised they would get when they were approached to be in the SC to help the kwin korap stay in power. Kakasuka na talaga!
Where was the Rule of Law when Erap was deemed to have “Constructively resigned”? It was whelmed by the ubiquitous rule of “for the boys”. Smart lawyers are made not because they know the law but because they know the judge.
For all his faults, Estrada (Erap, if you will) had the guts to defy the “hoodlums in robes” a major factor that sealed his fate. The excruciatingly painful irony: Erap appoints Davide Chief of SC and is reciprocated with the “Constructively resigned” verdict.
cocopilot, dagdag ko lang:
Pidals – container vans
(could be the reason why there are so many container van around Malacanang when there are full alert status. Naisip ko lang, baka yon ang pinaglalagyan ng nakukulimbat)
Yuko, the textbook scandal was under Estrada’s time. I’m sure of that because I was the one who exposed it and I covered all the hearings. The testbook agent was Mary Ann Maslog.
“Judicial corruption means the voice of the innocent goes unheard, while the guilty act with impunity.”
These hoodlum in robes must completely stop. Everyone loses when justice is corrupted, in particular the poor. If money and influence are the basis of justice, the poor cannot compete for sure.
There has been a sharp decline in the public interest in the Supreme court over the years.
These cartons of butter for Santiago reveals the incapacity of our justice system. Hope it bring any powerful and influential person to book of a precedence for atty: wannabe to debate in law school.
In short, Ellen, hindi pa rin natapos, and it was extended up to the time of Rocco because I remember the textbook scam being still talked about during Rocco’s tenure as Sec. of Ed. Kaya poor fellow, sick as he was had, had to quit before he could really make any improvement in his department.
I guess Jesli Lapus is having the same problems, but unlike Rocco, he must have felt wiser to follow the adage, “If you can’t lick ’em, join ’em” crooks!!! Sayang, pati idealism, nasira!!!
I can’t understand it, really, Ellen, why a lot many people there in the government cannot be honest amidst the corruption. Kulang sa will power and determination more like it, I guess. Sobrang ambition, isa pa!
Kaya ako, gusto ko talagang paglingkurin na si Senator Trillanes and see how he will perform. Iyong oath-taking niya was very promising. Showed that he did not want to be the typical trapo. Iyan ang tunay!
BTW, Fukuda became officially the PM of Japan today. They are not talking of who will be in his cabinet. Abe came out yesterday and told the real reason why he quit. He was sick, and felt that he would not be able to fulfill his job as PM amidst the scandals, and all. Poor guy, nagkasakit because he was taking his job to heart.
Iyong mga Pidal naman nagsasakit-sakitan para makadenggoy. Sinusuka na ng mga pilipino ayaw pa ring bumaba. Si babae, pupunta pa ng UN para magpasikat. Gusto yatang ma-meet iyong Iranian president para utangang kasi madatong ang Iran ngayon. Tignan natin kung kakagat si Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Kwidaw siya, baka hindi siya makasama sa Texas.
…They are NOW talking of who will be in his cabinet…
Hindi naman nakapagtataka kung magkaroon ng katiwalian sa hudikatura, normal lang yan… simula sa mababang korte hanggang sa kaitasan. Ang mga walang sala ay napaparusahan at ang mga maysala ay nakakatakas. Hindi naman lahat… Ang punto ko ay kung ito ay nangyayari, ano pa baga ang suhulan, ika nga e… pera pera lang yan…. pag hindi nabuko parang walang nangyari, pag nabuko naman… yon … nandoon ang katakot takot na areglo, paliwanagan, debatehan, usapan, talakan at sigawan ng bawat isa. Subalit ang matingkad sa akin, pag ang nag-usap ay companero sa kapwa companero lahat ay puwedeng maareglo, lahat puwedeng maayos,,, 5 taon akong nagtrabaho sa isang law office at nakita at nasaksihan ng 2 malalaki kong mata, nadinig ng 2 kong harang na mga tenga, kung paano, kung saan, kung ano at kung bakit ang tao ay nananatili pa ring mahina pagdating sa datung kahit pa sabihin mo na siya ay isang huwes, abogado, fiscal, prosecutor, etc etc…. kahit pa nga nakaupo sa korte suprema… yang problema sa pera na yan, na sinasabi, mawawala yan pagdaan ng ilang panahon, hindi papayag ang asosasyon ng mga huwes na mabahiran ang kanilang linya, kahit sa ano mang paraan lilinisin nila iyan. Pusta ako kasama pati aso ng kapitbahay ko.
May kwentong barbero akong matagal ng gusto kong ipaglampasuhan sa madla, iiklian ko para medyo masaya,,,, Ganito yon: may tatlong lalaki na naaksidente , nadedbol, sa madaling sabi, yung kaluluwa, umakyat sa langit, siyempre , report muna kay san pedro… pangalan mo tanong sa unang lalaki, ronald po, trabaho, tanong uli, doktor po, sagot ni ronald, Ayon dito sa record mo abortionist ka, salbahe ka pala, pero dahil marami kang natulungan at nailigtas, sige sa purgatoryo ka muna, magsisi ka ng mga kasalanan mo, saka na kita ililipat sa langit, sulong…. Lapit ang pangalawa,, Sebastian po, hired killer at rapist po, ah, astig ang dating mo ah,, hindi ko na babasahin ang record mo, baka ma high blood pa ako sa yo,,, sa impyerno ka sulong, sabay tadyak sa puwit ni baste…. Pumasok ang ikatlo, Simeon Dimatanggal po, abogado…. hmmmm…teka… buklat si san pedro sa aklat, simeon … wala ka sa listahan ng naka schedule na madedo ngayong araw na ito,,, ano nga uling trabaho mo,,,,, abogado po.. paiyamot na tugon ni simeon,,, Ah… kaya naman pala eh, wala ka nga rito sa listahan dahil wala ka nga palang kaluluwa,,,,, bwahahahahhha… Kwentong barbero lang to mga kabayan, baka seryosohin nyo…. Hindi ko sinasabi na siya yung tumanggap ng 10 milyon… heheeheh
Conqueror;Tama lahat ng sinabi mo,ganyan ang sistima ng hustisya sa atin.
That is the fuss with our justice system, if someone is accused of a crime even they didn’t commit and they could not afford to pay for a lucrative lawyer to defend them, maybe they are lucky if a public defender comes to their rescue. Unfortunately, the reality for defense attorneys is bleak.
Lawyers in the public defender’s office are typically young, the ink was not dried on their bar card. They use this experience as a stepping stone to advance their careers where they will make more money, which is where novices in this position to start. Their first experience is that the bar exam plus death penalty certification for trying such a case even their client is innocent.
Public defenders handle more than double the cases a private attorney would take. Public Attorney may not be the answer they always plea bargain but, no choice, but could certainly improve their mental anguish. And most certainly no other way out and they would agree that when it comes to saving lives, lives of people that are possibly innocent or dealt with unjustly. Another innocent person sleeping on a cement in a crowded cell. When the convict is parole, the public defender who practiced his case in court his name is the forgotten one, He is already a congressman.
Journalistic ethics and standards where are thee. Some possible scenarios: The mentioned SC justice is taking bribes or the journalist is lying or taking bribes.
Pero kung tutuusin, sino ba ang mas kapanipaniwala? The judge who spent her life defending the constitution, or the journalist na puro chismis na wala namang ebidensya.
Isip po muna bago salita.
tama po kabayan, subalit ang punto natin dito, ay hindi natin maitatago ang katotohanan na ang tao ay likas na mahina pagdating na sa pinansiya. kaya ang argumento natin ay kung ang aregluhan sa mga kaso ay nagagawa, ano pa baga ang suhulan. nandoon ang merito ng argumento, hindi dahil sa ang isang huwes ay ginugol na niya ang buong buhay niya sa pagtatanggol sa konstitusyon ay hindi na masisilaw sa kinang ng salapi… Ang naging amo ko sa law office na pinagtrabahuhan ko taong 1995 hanggang Dec 1999 ay muntik ng madisbar, ang kaso niya, pinagbintangan siyang tumanggap ng suhol mula sa panig ng akusado, na naareglo naman sa kabila ng matitibay na ebidensiya at mga saksi, ang suhol na ito ay may kasama pang babae, matindi ang kaso ng amo ko, mawawalan yata ako ng trabaho, sabi ko sarili ko , siyempre pag na disbar siya,sara yung law office niya, pero himala ng mga himala, nalusutan po niya ito,,, Entonses, kung naging karanasan ko ito, hindi ba posible na naranasan din ng iba ito… Iyang mga peryodista ganon din po, may mga pagkakataon na ilan sa kanila ay nahuhulog din sa kaway ng maruming salapi. Minsan yung bulati ay nagiging sawa… kaya tama ka kabayan, isip muna bago salita,,, Pero ang mga karanasan ko ay hindi ko lamang nakuha sa salita, ito ay karanasan ko nakuha ko ng makahalubilo ko ang tribo ng mga companero y companera.
Kung puro tsismis lang ang sinasabi ng mga journalists bakit sila pinapatay?
Dahil ba masakit makinig sa katotohanan?
Isip po muna bago salita.
sige nga, meron bang opisyal ng kasalukuyang administrasyon na hindi nadungisan ang kamay habang nasa puwesto?
kung hindi nga lamang sobrang manhid at kapal ng kahihiyan ng mag-anak na ‘yan meron kayang malalantad na katiwalian? ‘yun ngang hawak hawak na itinatanggi pa, ano pa kaya ‘yung naitago na?
bakit hindi muna patunayang walang bahid dungis bago sabihing puro paninira ang bawat katiwaliang kinsasangkutan ng sino man sa kanila?
Isip po muna bago salita:
Pwede bang magsalita na hindi ginagamit ang isipan? Pero ang mangungurakot lalo na sa kaban ng bayan ay hindi na pinag isipan pa. Lalo na kapakanan ng mahihirap wala na silang paki alam kung magutom o mamatay sila sa hirap ng buhay. Kahit lumubog sa utang ang bayang Pilipinas wala silang paki alam. Ang mahalaga sa kanila ay ang kanilang mga sarile kung papaano nila bubusugin ang kanilang mga bulsa. Tapos kapag nasilip ng mga journalists tsismis pa, ang buhay nga naman. Kung walang nakikita walang maibabalita yan lang po.
Re: ” The judge who spent her life defending the constitution,… ”
Did she defend the Constitution while it was being breached 6 years and a half ago?
May nagsabi na “sino ba ang mas kapanipaniwala? The judge who spent her life defending the constitution, or the journalist na puro chismis na wala namang ebidensya.”
Ang masasabi ko lang ay kung walang sunog walang usok. Ganyan lang kasimple yan kaibigan.
Sabi nga ni Sampot “Isip muna bago salita.”
Sinong may sabing tsismis ang balitang nalalagyan iyong mga kurakot sa SC? Gago din ano? Alam na alam ng lahat iyan sa totoo lang. Bakit di niya tanungin si Madame Marcos? Pihado magmamalaki pa si Meldy na binibigyan niya sila ng regalo like when she told us that she gave big donations to the great Sin!
Re: ” The judge who spent her life defending the constitution,… ”
Tama naman di ba? The Constitution is founded on the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Kaya lang, iba-iba ang definition ng happiness. For some, it is a good name; for others, it is a good brand name. Yung huli ang tumatanggap ng bribe.
Marami ang tumatamasa ng pera na hindi pinagpawisan. So this is the land of the free and home of the bribed.
diyos ko po! ano na nangyari sa ating bayan,halos lahat pala ay kampon na ng kadiliman.ang simbahan ma pa katoliko,inc,o anong mang secta ay na bayaran na ni mr and mrs pidal,wala na talaga tayong aasahan pa sa mga demonyong iyan mula sa SC,sa catholic church na pinamumunuan ngayon ni mr rosales,ang inc ni mr manalo maski ang mga pipitsugin na ang dating daan ni mr soriano,lahat ng ito ay na ambunanan na ng mag asawang pidal.tanging tunay na taimtim na pagdarasal sa poong may kapal ang kailangan natin upang mapa talsik na si GMA,kada misa me mga offer kami sa agarang pag papaalis kay GMA sa ano mang paraan!!
since we all witness how GMA and her evils thwart and obstruct all the legal impediment to oust her, it is now in our hand as citizen to move and oust her thru people revolt.it is the only way to oust her!!
All these corruption allegations are horrible. It’s like somebody opened a box & all the basura, worms, smut came down like an avalanche. Corruption has always been there. It’s high time we face it & smell the stink. Enough is enough. This is Gloria’s legacy. She will represent all that is ugly in the Philippines. The woman, to my mind, is a goner. To say that she is a lame-duck is an understatement.
Sinasabi natin na tumatanggap ng bribe ang halos lahat ng parte ng lipunan, ngayun daw pati simbahan tumatanggap din, can’t I presume na tumatanggap din ng lagay ang mga journalistang ito? Which is the worst scenario kasi they have the power of the pen, mighter than the sword ika nga.
Para sa akin it is important to be vigilant…not less to be naive and not more to be paranoid. Sa nababasa ko sa halos lahat ng comments dito, the Philippines maybe in a state of paranoia.
palagay ko hindi tama ang comparison ng judge at journalist when it comes to corruption.kung corrupt ang journalist ay hindi naman siya paniniwalaan ng mga bumabasa, samantalang kung corrupt ang judge, marami siyang mape perhuwisyo.ang trabaho ng judge ay mag interpret ng batas samantalang ang journalist ay magbalita, sa madaling sabi not comparable.ang whole population ng pinas ay siyang dapat tapag tanggol ng saligang batas dahil ito ang resulta ng trabaho ng kongreso.sa ating systema, ang kongreso ang gumagawa ng batas, and executive naman ang nag e execute or promulgate at ang judiciary ang interpreter ng law.kaya importante na ang judiciary ay beyond corruption dahil iyan na ang last resort para makakuha ng justice liban na lang sa street justice.
Agree with norpil entirely.
Chabeli,
“To say that she is a lame-duck is an understatement.”
Agree, Gloria is not a lame duck but a KAPUT(an)!
“can’t I presume na tumatanggap din ng lagay ang mga journalistang ito?”
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What is the basis of the presumption? Kung nagtukaan ang lalaki at babae, I will presume na lovers. Kung nagtukaan ang dalawang lalaki, I will presume bading. Kung yumaman ang maliit ang suweldo, I will presume (1) may minana, (2) may-naimbento (Windows software), (3) tumama sa lotto, o (4) may kinurakot.
“Which is the worst scenario kasi they have the power of the pen, mighter than the sword ika nga.”
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Not true. Politically romantic ek-ek yan. The gun has silenced many pens, both journalistic and judicial.
“the Philippines maybe in a state of paranoia.”
No, it’s not.
GMA and her cabal are. Muntik na ngang bitbitin si Neri papuntang New York, di ba?
So sinong paranoid?
Re: “Not true. Politically romantic ek-ek yan. The gun has silenced many pens, both journalistic and judicial.”
Max Soliven said the same thing. He said, “It is a fallacy to always believe that the pen is mightier than the sword.”
“I guess Jesli Lapus is having the same problems, but unlike Rocco, he must have felt wiser to follow the adage, “If you can’t lick ‘em, join ‘em” crooks!!! Sayang, pati idealism, nasira!!!”
Jesli has two sorts of idealism: to be in power and to be rich.
Met him when he was Land Bank prexy and dealt with him while he was a congressman doing the bidding of Angie Reyes, his triple A classmate from AIM so he boasts; never liked him – will always be suspicious of what he says. On a personal level, doesn’t even have the guts to admit to his girl-friend that he will never marry her.
Attorney, maaaring ikaw ay malinis pero ang corruption ay hindi limitado sa mga mangmang at mahihirap. Mas malala ang corruption sa mga professionals tulad ng Hukom, journalists at mga abogado. Corruption and bribery have been in existence since God created us. Weren’t Adam and Eve corrupt? Sa Pilipinas, sabi nila ang lagay ay dinala ng mga Intsik at sila daw ang nag-umpisa. But what about the Spanish friars? WE’ve been colonized by Spain for over 300 years. While we respect and appreciate your opinions which are mostly legally based, we don’t necessarily agree with all your positions.
Totoong nangyayari din ang mga bribery sa mga journalists, but I believe na hindi kasama si Ate Ellen dyan. But bribes being accepted by a judge is one of the MOST EVIL that can happen to a democracy.
Sabi nga ni norpil, “kaya importante na ang judiciary ay beyond corruption dahil iyan na ang last resort para makakuha ng justice liban na lang sa street justice.”
The pen can encourage revolution, proven by no less than Jose Rizal. A firing squad was used to silence him. But the implication caused by a single pen ay napakalaki kompara mo sa ilang baril na ginamit sa pagpatay sa kanya. How many times should we be reminded? And now we dismiss it as a mere political ek-ek?
About the theory of presumption, to presume is merely to assume as true in the absence of proof. Kaya kahit wala kang nakikita, wala kang naririnig, wala kang pruweba pwede kang mag presume na totoo ang isang bagay gaya ng parating ginagawa ng karamihan sa mga journalists natin ngayun. All they do is presume, walang ebidensya ika nga.
Luz, ang mga media commentators at mga journalists ay mga corrupt din lalo na iyon mga nasa payroll ng Malacanang ngayon. I’m not afraid to mention one…Alex Magno. Even the Tulfo brothers are not free from suspicion. Sa lifestyle lang nila halata na.
Duren and problema ay hindi dahil sa walang prweba o walang ebidensya pero dahil walang sapat na katapangang moral ang mga nasa paligid ni Gloria upang mailabas ng mahusay ang prewba o ebidensiya.
Ang mga journalists ay kapareho mo rin na gumagamit ng pag-iisip. They collect their findings, colate them and then they describe the process by which these operations were done and formulate their opinion by using a language that could lead the readers at large – from all political spectrums – to look for those proofs and find the evidences.
Kung ika nga, you make presumptions and assumptions based on what you see, what you read and what you hear (as you are doing now), and it’s all in your honour because God gave you the brain to do that (hope you continue to use it wisely and intelligently) why can’t or shouldn’t journalists do the same who, like you, are gifted with a thinking process?
Seems like you’re my kapitbahay who likes to say: “I’m not sure Timbuktu exists because I’ve never been there!”
AdelBrux:“I’m not sure Timbuktu exists because I’ve never been there!”
Exactly my point! Benefit of the doubt ika nga. Hindi sya sure eh. Pero tama din yung sinasabi natin na hindi lang puro wonder, we investigate, we gather facts, pagkatapos nun, dun tayo mag ingay kasi baka meron, baka wala.
pechanco:
By maliit ang suweldo I meant the judges and military, whose salaries are small compared to their lifestyle. Maliit ang suweldo ng general; not enough to justify Garcia’s or Fabian Ver’s lifestyle.
Pati Pangulo maliit ang suweldo, compared to the private sector.
Puwes, kung maliit ang suweldo nila saan nila kinuha ang pera sa pag-sustain ng lavish lifestyle nila? Case in point is this Iggy Arroyo who could not even pay his house rent before being elected to Congress. Maraming mga pulitiko at mga officials diyan na wala naman negosyo o pagkakakitaan noon pero napakayaman na ngayon. In the meantime, the BIR and other agencies tasked to look after such unexplained wealth are sleeping. If ever there are those caught, these are small fishes.
Anong prueba mo? I, for one, can name names among noted Filipino journalists who are working for the likes of Gloria Dorobo and FVR.
I found that out when I worked briefly as a special correspondent for a Philippine news agency. When I asked for a raise, I was told that I should count myself lucky that I was paid a salary (minimal in fact compared to what I receive from a Japanese company I also accepted some jobs) whereas most of them writing for some politicians in the Philippines were nothing but paid ads agents—writing publicity materials to make the payees good to the public like those written on the Dorobo squatting at the palace by the murky river.
The sawsawista above may count herself as one as a matter of fact. Ellen is definitely not!!!
May Nagsabi na “Sinasabi natin na tumatanggap ng bribe ang halos lahat ng parte ng lipunan, ngayun daw pati simbahan tumatanggap din, can’t I presume na tumatanggap din ng lagay ang mga journalistang ito?” … wala ng presume presume pa korekek ka diyan. Ganyan ang gayuma ng kuwalta …
Pero di ba dapat kung may alam ka e di ba dapat sabihin mo. Kaya di tayo uma-asenso kasi kahit harap-harapan na ang nakawan … tahimik na lang tayo. Kailan pa tayo magbabago … ang galing natin tumingin ng pintas ng iba pero sa totoo lang mas masahol pa pala tayo. Pinoy gumising ka.
Etnad, halos lahat nga tumatanggap. Some in the form of money; some in kind and some in other way. Nasa culture na yata natin iyan. Halimbawa, a student helps his teacher checks the test papers. In return, the teacher allows the student to absent the following day. What is corruption? Kaya nga mga tinatawag na “corruption of the minor”. Dapat din may “corruption of the senior” (oops napalayo yata ako).
Anong walang prueba? Ang daming prueba ng mga kahayupan ni Gloria, et al. Ayaw lang ilabas. Pero nabibisto din kasi umaalingasaw sa baho!!! Kung puede lang ngang makialam ang mga pulis na hapon sa pag-iimbestiga kay unano e baka matagal nang nakulong iyan.
Sayang nga nasira ang mga pulis ng Pilipinas. Nabulok lalo under the kwin korap. Golly, iyong isang kaso ng pinatay na hapon for insurance, sinarado ang kaso ng mga bobo sa Pilipinas dahil tamad iyong mga pulis o walang utak, kaya nag-utos ang korte ng Japan na papuntahin ang mga pulis na hapon doon para mag-imbestiga. Humingi ng permiso sa embahada sa Japan at nagpunta sa Maynila ang ilang batikang pulis (kasama na ang dalawang kakilala ko). Base sa testimonia ng mga testigo—namely, iyong tourist guide at driver ng kotseng sinakyan ng biktima, nagpunta ang pulis sa mga lugar na pinuntahan ng biktima pati na ang lugar na doon natagpuan ang bangkay. May nakitang ebidensiya doon kahit na anim na buwan na ang nakalipas mula nang makuha ang bangka ng napatay. Meaning, hindi nag-imbestiga ang mga tamad komo dayuhan ang biktima. Nalaman ang mga kasangkot na mga pilipino. Nasampahan ng kaso ang mastermind na hapon din. Umamin sa kasalanan. Ang hatol? Bitay!!!
Bakit ko alam ang kasong ito? Ako kasi ang nag-translate ng documentary na ginawa para sa paglulutas ng kasong ito. Iyong mga ebidensiya, puedeng ilabas o ipalabas iyan kung gugustuhin. Kaso nga sa Pilipinas, mismong mga nakaupo, kriminal!
Kawawang bansa! Iyong unano, puede ba, pakisipa na nang malakas?
ystakei:Huminahon po kayo…sa hapon ( “chotto ochitsuketekudasai”)
In all fairness to Ms.Ellen, wala akong pinaparatang sa kanya. Eventhough I may not agree to most of her columns and opinions my regard for her as a respected journalist ay hindi nababawasan. We should always be open for constructive criticisms because there will always be room for improvement.
Nasa bansang hapon po ako, hindi ako katulong ni Pidal.
Ans, You’re right in saying that Jing “..doesn’t even have the guts to admit to his girl-friend that he will never marry her.” Poor Sandy.
The day the fifth box arrived, the justice was absent. Thinking that the contents were perishable, she opened it and lo and behold, she saw wads of money.
She informed the justice about it. Soon after she was fired.——
Assuming that the box is intended to Santiago, Is it enough to jump into a conclusion that she’s accepting bribe? Can be this use as an evidence to indict her?
I am not defending the judge, if they use this as an evidence, I think it will be inadmissable, it is illegally gathered and tainted. The judge can just denie it for the reason that it was corrupted. Opened by unintended recipient—-Delis should not open the box, period! If Delis reason that she opened it thinking it’s perishable, she has no business to make a judgement call at all. admissibility of evidence based on deontological ethics “Verification Needed”; that is, it is concerned with how evidence is acquired, rather than what the evidence proves. When an illegal action is used to gain any incriminating result, all evidence whose recovery stemmed from the illegal action;this evidence is known as ——–fruit of the poisonous tree——- – can be thrown out in court.Delis opened the box.No one knows,what happened after
hay naku po!!talaga namang napakasama ng mga alipores ni mrs pidal!! me plano daw i assasinate si GMA..
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20070926hed4.html
ang dasal nga ng lola ko!! sa di nama dame ng tinatamaan ng kidlat, bakit kaya hindi pa ang mag asawang eto!! si mr and mrs pidal..everyday, our prayers is that this nightmare should end the soonest.. and the soonest it is,is when GMA is ousted in whatever way!! she just be ousted!!
Chabs!!!!!!! Shhhhh….
Duren,
all in your honour to say “We should always be open for constructive criticisms because there will always be room for improvement. ”
but i am kinda dubitative… that word “constructive” has been used and abused no less than by some fellows in the SC.
Yuko, natatawa ako ng malakas sa request mo! Hahahahahaha!
“Kawawang bansa! Iyong unano, puede ba, pakisipa na nang malakas?”
Hahahahahah. Maski seryoso na ang issue, natatawa ako… sorry, not meaning I don’t take you seriously. Pero pag binabasa ko ng malakas, may punto pa, ayan tawa ako…
Di ko mapigilan ang tawa, tapos nabasa ko pa, “Ang tigas naman ng ulo mo. Kasasabi ko lang noong isa araw na babae ako!” Hihihihihihih
Pechanco,
Agree ako sa iyo. I also believe that Alex Magno is one of those Malacañang payee. Actually marami sila na nasira na ang idealism because of money and influence. Di ako nanghihinayang sa kanya kasi BOBO naman siya eh. Ang nakakahinayang ay yung mga journalist na may utak na nabili ng pekeng administrasyon ni Gloria.
Cocoy, you got a point. Why did the woman open the box when she did not do it in the past? Kung personal na nasa pangalan ng Justice, hindi niya puwedeng buksan at hintayin na lang bumalik ang amo niya. And why only now? What proof does she have that there was indeed money for the Justice? Dapat kinunan niya ng picture gamit ang cell camera niya. And if I were the briber reportedly to be a Tsinoy, why would I place that huge amount of money P10 Million inside a box and then hD it delivered to the Supreme Court office. And not just once but many times. Di ba mas dapat sa bahay ng Justice dalhin o somewhere free from public eye? Duda ako diyan sa bagay na iyan. I believe there are some corrupt judges and justices but this one looks a bit hard to believe.
Luz, duda na din ako dito kay Ducky Paredes. The only ones that I find to be more consistent in their position are of course Ellen, Herman Laurel, Lito Banayo and some others.
Bistado naman natin kung sino-sino sila eh. Si Ducky Paredes siguro eh medyo naguguluhan kung saan siya maninindigan. Minsan playing safe siya sa mga komento niya. O baka takot mademanda sa pagsasabi ng totoo!
pechanco;
You are a reasonable person and aware on what’s going on.Tama ka walang labis walang kulang.
Ah, Duren but Timbuktu does exist! This is also my point. Y
You see I’ve never been to Japan so do you think it is right of me to say, “I’m not sure Japan exists because I’ve never been there”?
Are you saying that I should be given the benefit of the doubt, i.e., that I could be right that Japan does not exist?
Luz, hindi playing safe si Ducky Paredes kundi playing golf. Cocoy, I agree with you that we should not immediately jump into conclusion kahit na may magreklamo. Ganoon ba kaburara ang Justice na iyon that she allowed the money to be delivered to the Supreme Court office? At sinong tangang magdedeliver ng ganoon kalaking halaga doon at sa loob pa ng isang box? I really don’t buy that story.
Mr. Macasaet should make sure that his source is telling the truth. The source maybe just trying to feed information just to implicate a justice, for a reason he is the only one who knows. It needs proof. If the money is delivered 5 times meaning 5 boxes, that means about 2 million pesos is inside the box. That also means about 20 bundles of 1000 bills every delivery. But one question is, why would the bribe-giver risk delivering bribes for 5 risky times? Would the story of the source be verified by the guards assigned on those dates? Mr. Macasaet’s reputation is also at stake here. So he better confront his source.
When one’s reputation is soiled, difficult to rebuild.
Same manner when Davide who pronounced the contructively resigned dogma against Erap, abetted by some of the brilliant legal minds, and then find that same ex justice on a permanent junket trip in the US (not to include the Lucio Tan case rumours and first hand reports by people you know are not in the habit of lying like that), one must admit, one can’t help but be hugely sceptical of the beyond reproach doctrine that goes with the robes that justices wear.
pechanco;
Bribery is hard to prove,unless the culprit is caught in the act.
Correct ka diyan, Cocoy. Furthermore, the briber is as guilty as the one being bribed. That’s why law enforcers often conduct buy-bust operations or traps to catch the bad guys. Kung wala iyan, mahirap patunayan sa korte. It would be one’s word against another.
Ellen, Chabs,
Just curious. Is Ricky Razon (the owner of the MlaStandardtoday) Fil Chinese or Fil Filipino?
Pechanco and Luz;
I am not in the state of wanting to know what Mr.Macasaet writing or his opinion. I only read Ellen. The simple thought. If Macasaet write saying a particular person is a crook then he can be charged with libel. If he have the facts and proof to back it up then his expression be ok, if not he is on dangerous ground.
While us bloggers are most often refer by scholars as an internet idiots group of people. While most of our post not only untrue it is also not defamation, is what they call an unindefinable group. We are the exception of that rules. We can all express our displeasure on high gears and without steeping on the brakes,that’s a good thing of being a bloggers;.we can curse, the president,Jesus Christ,The Devil and even God because we are only expressing our opinion on an article writen by the author.Kaya banat lang ng banat for displeasures.
Pechanco;
Yeah! You are talking about entrapment.
Entrapment is a good deterrent tools to catch bribery and extortion, however; Entrapment is either an illegal or a legal procedure that can lead to mistrials, is a tricky legal situation. Before engaging in legal entrapment; must include that the culprit has prior history of committing the same crimes that will lead the law enforcers to believe that the subject has shown probable cause of the crime in action. The suspect must show probable cause that he/she is mentally capable of committing and is probably contemplating or acting out the crime in question.
Right, Anna, nakakatawang nakakainis especially when one is used to efficiency and good service as you and I have experienced whether in Japan, France, Belgium, UK or US (I’ve backpacked to all these places, you know). Lalo na ako, sanay na sanay sa paglulutas ng mga krimen together with the very dedicated and efficient Japanese police.
Dito, wala pa akong narinig na politikong nabuking na nakakalusot. Lahat napaparusahan if they cannot have the nerve to leave their earthly existence. Kahit nga si Abe na walang ginagawang kabulastugan na katulad ng ginagawa ni unano, napilitang bumaba dahil sa eskandalo ng mga cabinet member niya. Pati nga iyong hindi niya pagsabing kaya siya bumaba dahil may sakit siya binatikos sa mga talk shows, etc. Hindi kasi pinapatawad ang mga manloloko dito!
Golly, ngayon, sa Pilipinas, konting palusot lang nakakaligtas ang magnanakaw na sinungaling pa. Worse, ang kapal pa ng mukha sasabihing improved economy ang Pilipinas pero baon sa utang! Komo siguro marami silang nakukulimbat ng asawa niya, improved economy sila lang!!! 🙁
Anyway, arya, Anna, banat! Meanwhile, tulog muna ako.
Cocoy, I don’t think it was correct for you to say we’re internet idiots here. Ikaw na lang o ang iba diyan…hindi ako kasama. As to the authenticity of the news report by newspaper writer, I think most of them have something to back up what they write. But legally, they have the right not to reveal the source of information. Kahit sino puwedeng mag-file ng libel tulad ng ginawa ni Mike Arroyo. At the end, anong nangyari. Nag-withdraw as a gesture of friendship and reconciliation…or no hard evidence?
Anna,
I like your Timbuktu argument. It was also my favorite allegorical place as in sending the criminal dwarf to Timbuktu, which BTW is a city in Mali (Africa). Parang kapareho yata iyan ng Marrakech in Morocco.
Namimilosopo pa ha, Anna, pero halata naman! Sige pa, banatan mo!
pechangco;
I think you misunderstood me.I did not directly said that we are internet idiots.I indirectly said it.This is what I have written;—-While us bloggers are most often refer by scholars as an internet idiots group of people—Smile!
Yes,that’s what I thought,any journalist will not write libelous if they don’t have a solid proof to back it up because they are inviting trouble.they are professionals in their field.
Okay. I accept your explanation, Cocoy. Sana tawagin mo na lang ako scholar. I don’t like internet idiot. If there’s such a thing as internet idiots, can I shout “Hey all of you are idiots!” if I enter an internet cafe?
Maganda nga sana kung scholar.Kaya nga na clone na ang blogers ng mga scholar dahil there are more idiots than scholars ang nasa internet.Even minors can access to an adult site.There are millions and millions of idiot sites than scholar.
What do you think about this site we’re into? Ganoon na lang…you and I are scholars and then the others bahala sila kung idiots o hindi. Cool ?
pechangco;
Of course! we are all scholars here.What do you think why I blog here? Have you visited another site?I did.I was not satisfied from others views and opinion,some mostly personal attacks.We are cool here.
What other sites? This is the only site I’m with. Can you share with me the other sites? Huwag lang government site. Thanks.
pechanco;
The site I visited once in a blue moon is Manuel Quezon.If you happen to read Benigno’s comment,you can find out what I mean.
Atty36252,
It’s rotten justice system where prosecutors, judges and parole board members can be bribed. It’s only in the Philippines where a person convicted of a crime for 203 years and given a presidential pardon without serving a single day in prison. Believe it or Not!
Gloria pardons grafter who never served a minute of 203-year jail term
A PRIVATE contractor convicted of 27 counts of graft and sentenced to 203 years imprisonment by two divisions of the Sandiganbayan did not get to serve a single minute of his jail term after he was granted a conditional pardon by President Arroyo.
Two sources at the graft court said the pardon for Jaime Ponce de Leon, granted by President Arroyo last April 12, was secured by a former House member who has a relative in the Arroyo Cabinet.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/sep26/news2.htm
I’ve had first-hand experience when you speak of high-profile kickbacks/bribery. One person very close to me in fact asked me to accompany him during some of the “deliveries” since I carried a licensed firearm and he didn’t trust the security guards the banks were lending him.
After withdrawing the 8-digit “payroll” from the bank, a bank clerk had divided the loot into small and big envelops per our list and a thick bundle of “loose change” in P100 denominations (ice cream money, he calls it, for merienda of clerks, even janitors, and other non-critical staff; he says the next time around, the processing of papers gets faster). We proceeded to the gov’t office.
Everyone greeted us with smiles and “Good afternoon, boss!” Absolutely everyone, from messenger to Chief went home happy that day.
The person told me that there are “5 Commandments” in grease:
1. Never, never issue a check. Neither should you insist that the recipient sign a voucher/receipt or risk being shot between the eyes, no one wants a paper trail.
2. Never hand it to underlings, some secretaries are authorized to open all incoming parcels and mails. Some accidents do happen.
3. Make sure everybody is happy with his share, prior agreement, even just implied or in passing, as to amount is extremely necessary. Noise is the last thing anyone would want after a successful deal. A postulate to this rule could be: never discuss with the others how much someone else is getting.
4. When speaking of percentages, always make sure you deliver to the last centavo, it’s “professional”.
5. Whenever possible, absolutely everyone gets a share. No one complains.
That’s the reason I’m uncomfortable with believing this SC bribery at the moment. People who are used to bribing do not just leave the evidence lying under the secretary’s desk, much more with the guard who, on any kind of suspicion (bomb, drugs, etc.), may justify opening the box at any time!
Money this big (was it ten million per box?) are either delivered in neutral territory (restaurant, parking lot, blind alley, etc.) or directly to the recipient’s house.
Thirdly, you are courting trouble when you do this under the very noses of the recipient’s colleagues. Suspicion opens cans of worms, nay, sewage tanks!
If this bribery story is real, I can only think of the following scenarios:
A. The bribe-giver intentionally wants a sting, if this was the last “installment” and he had already received the favors he sought for.
B. Justice Yñares-Santiago is so stupid and gullible she allowed the previous deliveries in the same mode.
C. The justices are so brazen they don’t care who gets to know or see such activities as long as it didn’t reach media.
D. Everybody else is part of it.
Would the last one, “D”, be the most appropriate one, in this case?
Tongue;
To justice-by your letter “D” the division was not right.The pie was cut unevenly.Or someone is craving for the smell.
DKG,
“Two sources at the graft court said the pardon for Jaime Ponce de Leon, granted by President Arroyo last April 12, was secured by a former House member who has a relative in the Arroyo Cabinet.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/sep26/news2.htm”
Jaime was a Congressman, a former active church leader, and people respected his facade. Money, palakasan, injustice rule the day!
The circle of corruption in the government would not be complete without the devils supplying milk cartons to sin.
Yeah, Valdemar, Milk from Pork is the Legislature’s Modus, Milking the Treasury is the Executive’s, now this milk, literally, by the Judiciary.
Everyone’s a milk-loving crook.
But corruption comes in many forms. When you succumb to that is corruption. Sabi nga nila “ang lalake daw ay natural lang na mambabae”. Totoo iyon KUNG pinapayagan ng may katawan na mangyari iyon. The same is true with corruption. Hindi lang naman sa pera ang tao nagiging corrupt. Ang mga kabataan natin na nalululon sa mga masasamang bisyo, pangungurakot sa gobyerno, breakdown of the most basic value, of self-respect. Ang mga taong gumagawa ng labag sa tamang prinsipyo, sa tungkulin sinumpaan (may bible pa sa ilalim ng kamay, sus’ hindi na mga kinilabutan) ay corrupted din. Hangga’t walang renewal of values, kulelat lagi tayo. There are still good natured people in government even in the NGO. Bakit sa ibang bansa, pag may nagawang pagkakamali sila or involved in anomalies, they resign and accept defeat. Does it mean that their morals are far superior than ours. I find it hard to accept even being a Fil-Am that not only that we are kulelat economically compared to our neighbors, but are we also heeded to moral bankruptcy? Who is going to save the Filipino people? Not the United Nations or Uncle Sam for sure. Pinoy pa rin ang magbibigay ng solusyon sa Pinoy na problema. Ang tanong: Kailan pa?
I would take D. The delivery was made to the Offices to make sure if every shipment has to be divided among the apostles, everyone will get it. If it is delivered at a specific home, some others may find out and start the backstabbing. I also opined that The Lady Justice is not an exception to the rule, if it is true, everyone in the Game..
OCAYVALLE: Im a silent reader here and i admire all the bloggers for their unquestionable desire to get this country out of its deppressing state thru this site, but then Im saddened about you mentioning the INC being bribed by the Pidals because there is no way the INC will resort to that. JUST NO WAY!
Hindi kaya naman intriga lang ito kay Justice Santiago? I agree with Tongue, money this big should not be left on someone’s desk. Di ba dalawa ang gustong ipwesto ni tiyanak from the Sandigan Bayan justices( those who convicted Erap)? Based on the justices votes, there are 8 anti tiyanak and 7 for the tiyanak in key cases. If Santiago is one of the 8, it is no brainer, tiyanak has to replace two of these anti tiyanak justices so the scale will tip to the other side. The money may have been planted by no other than the mafia running our government right now. Maybe the secretary was even told by the delivery guy to open the box and so she did.
I would give Santiago the benefit of the doubt. This may again be one planted evidence to discredit an anti tiyanak justice( if she is one). And if she is one of tiyanak’s justices, I would say, what do we expect, kung sino ang puno, siya ang bunga! Tiyanak’s justices can be as corrupt as she is! It is SOP(standard operating procedure) in tiyanak’s kingdom!
It is SOP in tiyanak’s kingdom to be corrupt, that is!
How about a background check on this judge? If she has been in conflict with the Fatso family, then, she deserves the benefit of the doubt.
If not, I want to believe what my friend told me about the judges of the Philippine SC (the folly of leaving the appointments there in fact to the members of the most corrupt Philippine government as a a matter of fact), and that is, that ALL, and no exception to the rule, are corrupt, and accept bribes from those who want to go scotfree!!!
And if she is, she should go to jail, and maybe, we’ll see her paying her fellow judge(s) with the bribes that she has been reported to have received!!!
“Judge not that thou shalt not be judge,” so says the Holy Scriptures, but it is not judging that we do here. It is more an attempt to expose these crooks and let the Filipino people judge with perhaps some inspiration and promptings from Up Above.
Frankly, I believe Ellen to be heaven-sent. It’s her gift in fact for actually coming near to meeting her Maker, and I’m grateful that she is using her gift well and good.
kakatuwa naman ang comment ni miriam. hindi daw kapani=paniwala ang pagdeliver ng suhol, kasi usually daw, based sa pagkaalam niya nung nasa immigration pa siya, iba daw ang tatanggap, at ang tagpuan, sa mga hindi class na kainan. hahahha…. talking from experience ba yun? 🙂
…”Judge not that thou shalt not be JUDGED”… Sorry, I should have checked the error before clicking Submit!
Myrna:
Sinabi mo pa. Iyan ang sinasabing “caught by the horse’s mouth” or “straight from the horse’s mouth.” Daldal kasi ng daldal, hindi niya naiisip na binibisto na niya ang sarili niya. Kung sa bagay, isa pa itong magaling magpalusot! Patik kasi!!!
ang taong sanay at gumon sa katiwalian lalo’t sangkot ay pera, salapi, kwarta at datung ay maraming alam na palusot at dahilan subalit hindi nila alam na sila rin ang nahuhuli sa bitag ng kanilang hukay!
kung hindi ba naman, bakit alam at ni walang kisap matang nabaggit ni brenda ang mga paraan kung paano hindi matitiktikan ang suhulan?
dahil siya mismo ay dumaan din sa ganito at patuloy na nagkakamal ng salapi sa BULOK na paraan!
Good observation, PSB. I remember now, it was Erap, a close friend of the Yñareses of Binangonan, Rizal who appointed Yñares-Santiago to the Court. Yñares-Santiago consistently decided against Malacañang on EO 464, PP1017, and Calibrated Preemptive Response. So with Piatco and Comelec.
Is that right Tongue? In other words, someone might be trying to frame her?