Update: Escudero asks: why GMA’s interest in pushing Cyber Ed project?
Sa “Strictly Politics” noong Martes ng gabi, sinabi ni Rep. Teddy Locsin, na may palagay siya ang “impeach me” na sinumite ni Atty. Roel Pulido sa Kongreso noong Biyernes ay para talaga mabakunahan si Gloria Arroyo sa totoong impeachment complaint sa taong ito.
Hindi lang yun, sabi ni Locsin. Ito ay para masigurado rin nila na hindi na sila maaaring isabit sa mas malaking deal na Cyber-Education project. Ito ay nagkakahalaga ng $400 million, China na naman ang partner, at walang bidding rin.
Kasi kapag na-dismis na ang palpak na impeachment complaint ni Pulido na inindorso ng isang malapit sa Malacañang na kongresista, si Rep. Edgar San Luis ng Laguna, hindi na maaring magsampa pa sa hanggang pagkatapos ng isang taon na naman.
Sinabi noong Martes ni Arroyo na ituloy ang CyberEd project. Uutang na naman tayo sa China ng bilyon-bilyon na babayaran na naman natin hanggang sa ating kaapuhan. Wala siyang paki-alam sa mga batikos sa proyekto.
Sinabi noong Lunes ni dating Education Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad na hindi natin kailangan ang CyberEd. Ang kailangan ng edukasyon ay mas maraming guro, mas maraming schoolbuilding, upuan, libro at mga gamit. Hinalintulad ni Abad itong Cybered project sa isang taong, sa manggagawa na minimum wage ang sweldo ngunit gustong bumili ng Mecedez Benz.
Itong Cyber-Ed project ay parang televised classroom. Sa pamagitan raw ng satellite, makukunekta and mga classrooms sa buong bansa at magkaroon ng leksyon sa pamagitan ng telebisyon. Bilib na bilib sito si Arroyo at si Education Secretary Jesli Lapuz. Paniwala nila,sa pamagitan nito ay maresolba nila ang problema ng kakulangan ng guro at kawalan ng classrooms at aklat.
Lahat na naka-usap kung education officials ay walang bilib. Sabi ng isang opisyal, wala ni isang survey na nagpapatunay na ang televised lecture ay epektibo na paraan sa pagtuturo.Naniniwala ako diyan. Iba talaga ang personal na pagtuturo..
At isa pa, maraming lugar pa sa Pilipinas ang walang kuyente. Ano ang mangyayari sa kanila doon.
Marami ang nagsu-suspetsa na ang Cyber-Ed project ay pambawi ni Gloria Arroyo sa China sa pagkansela ng NBN-ZTE (ngunit hindi pa talagang patay ang ma-anomalyang proeject na ito sabi Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita). Di ba nakapag-advance na ng milyung-milyong dolyar ang ZTE na napunta yata sa mga bulsa ng ilang mga maswerteng nilalang?
Ang nakalungkot dito, edukasyon naman ng mga kabataan ang pinaki-alaman. Wala sa isip nina Arroyo na ang mas mahalaga na leksyon ay “Huwag magsinungaling”,”Huwag mandaya”, at “Huwag magnakaw.”
Hindi kailangan umutang ng $400 milyon para ituro yan.
Dapat masugpo kaagad ang kahibangan nitong si gloria bgo pa man tayong lahat ay lalong maghirap… yang pagtuturo sa pamamagitan ng telebisyon ay supplental lamang, iba pa din kung tunay na guro ang magtutuo. Ang mag-aaral ay nangangailanagn ng ibat-ibang pamamaraan ng pagsusuperbisa… at yan ay hinde maibibigay ng isang guro na nasa kahon lamang. Bobo yang gloria na yan, dapat jan balatan ng buhay.
$400 milyon translates to $5 million to each and every man, woman, child among the 80 milions pinoys … mabigat yatang dalahin yan para lang sa kapakanan ni gloria. That is P250 million or QUARTER BILLION for ONE PINOY to shoulder!
Good heavens! Alitaptap’s computation should be enough incentive for people to revolt!
And to think that 3.8 million people alone today in Pinas experience involuntary hunger, i.e., dahil walang makain, at itong punyetang Gloria na ito ay isiksik ang kanyang katarantaduhan sa mga taong bayan?
Ellen, natumbok mo naman ang tunay na issue. Gloria herself should know that having a televised classroom is not an all out method of educating children! If this method works , then US wouldn’t be hiring teachers from the Philippines to teach basic skills to their American children!
A Filipina, who who works as a pre-college teacher in a US base here in Germany, says they use televised materials in the classroom per relevance to the topic but not all the time. There is no substitute to a personal teacher-student learning process.
And Ellen is absolutely right! Teaching children lesson on HONESTY doesn’t need a televised classroom…Teaching by EXAMPLE is the best method anyone of us can do, starting from the highest Official of the land! But…as it is …now…Baka sasabihin pa ng mga school children…”Hindi kasi puwedeng ituro ni Ma’am sa amin ang linyang “Follow the leader”, dahil ang present leader ng bansa is a BAD LEADER!”
Prof. Fabella and the Dean of UP School of Economics already made a study on that broadband (NBN) project. They say, it’s a useless, worthless project that doesn’t make any economic sense. What else does Gloria and her DepEd puppet need to know? Why are they still working on that damned project, which is certain to become another white elephant? (Gloria recently proclaimed, “We are determined to pursue the CyberEd project.”). These leaders will only deliver Filipinos to perpetual poverty as they wallow some more into the debt trap.
And yet Gloria keeps on telling everybody that the Philippines will join the league of First World countries in 20 years?
What a hypocrite! Everything she says, she does something that cancels it out.
Re: Itong Cyber-Ed project ay parang televised classroom. Sa pamagitan raw ng satellite, makukunekta and mga classrooms sa buong bansa at magkaroon ng leksyon sa pamagitan ng telebisyon.
There’s an existing government TV network, the People’s Television Network, Inc. (PTNI). PTNI is on a full satellite transmission nationwide since 1992 using PALAPA C2. Its flag station PTV-4, which is based in Quezon City, boasts of a 40-kilowatt brand-new transmitter sitting on a 500-ft tower. With its 32 provincial stations across the country, the network has extended its reach and coverage to approximately 85 percent of the TV viewing public nationwide. There’s no valid reason to acquire ZTE cyber education flatform since PTV-4 is already transmitting via satellite.
The government should improve the existing PTNI system. There are two sequestered TV Channels, RPN 9 and IBC 13 that can widen its nationwide coverage. Gloria Arroyo is pushing hard for the implementation of China’s ZTE cyber-educ project because advance payment kickbacks had been paid for. Gloriang Aksaya. Puro kickbacks ang nasa isip.
As Fr. Cruz said, better spend more for those basic needs, such as hiring more teachers, constructing more classrooms, providing good quality textbooks, buying blackboards, school supplies, etc. than introduce an expensive technology like this.
As Fabella argued, the last-mile connectivity problem (roads, bridges, electricity, etc.) should be addressed first before introducing a hi-tech formula like this. Their suggestion is plain and easy to understand. Gloria’s insistence on the CyberEd project is like jumping several notches up in the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs without complying first with the most basic, primordial needs.
Just a footnote to DKG. The private sector is already doing part of the job, it only needs additional support by way of policy and maybe some financial. For one, Ayala Foundation is currently engaed in an outreach project called GILAS (Gearing UP Internet Literacy and Access for Students), where it connects selected public schools to cyberspace thru the internet, and multimedia (esp. TV). As of yearend 2006, it already did that for 1,040 high schools benefiting at least half a million students across the country. Ayala Foundation’s goal is to connect 5,789 public high schools to cyberspace by 2010.
Gloria’s government need not spend $400 million for the cybered stuff. Just encourage more Ayalas from the private sector and give them tax holidays or some other incentive. Isn’t this the trend in today’s globalized world? Less government work, the better. Idiot!
HG,
Re: “Gloria’s government need not spend $400 million for the cybered stuff. Just encourage more Ayalas from the private sector and give them tax holidays or some other incentive. Isn’t this the trend in today’s globalized world? Less government work, the better. Idiot!”
Absolutely.
That’s how some technical colleges in France are started particularly for those kids or high school students who prefer not to go to university but take up some form of technical courses (2 years). Chamber of commerce and industry member companies contribute to the setting up of these educational institutions against tax holidays.
Ito palang gagong si Edgar San Luis ng Laguna ay golf buddy ni Dato Arroyo. Ha! Niyari na naman nila ang “impeach me” project sa golf course. Talaga naman itong mga Pidal ay sementado na ang mga mukha, walanghiya!
Ang ZTE ay niyari sa golf course, malamang ay ganito rin ang “impeach me”!
Paano gagamitin ang satellite education e ang mga bata nga sa malalayo at mahihirap na lugar ay walang baon at bakya, magcy-cyber ed pa!
Katarantaduhan sa kurakot nitong si Gloria ay hindi matapus-tapos! Isabit ang babaeng impakta sa satellite sa kalawakan at hayaang tamaan ng lintek!
Hindi pinag-aralan ang proyektong Cyber-Ed project kasi ay dahil lang naman sa kurakot at hindi sa progreso ng edukasyon sa Pinas ang binabalak na televised classroom.
Ang tanga ni Gloria at Lapus, paano ma-resolve nito ang kakulangan ng mga guro sa public schools samantalang kahit televised classrooms ay mas kailangan ang mga guro para ipaliwanag ang teknik at sagutin ang mga tanong ng mga bata. Additional personnel pa nga dahil kailangan ang technicians para sa mintini ng mga device and machines.
Chi,
Talaga naman! Priorities of this moral gnome are completely abrakadabra!
Hawaiianguy,
Diyan ba sa inyo ay konek ng Cyber-Ed ang mga public schools? Dito sa amin ay hindi.
Ang yabang talaga nitong si Kwin Korap, e mukha namang technology illiterate din. Baka ‘iyan ang puntirya niya na “legacy” kuno. Talagang legacy iyan para sa kanya dahil sa million $$$$ na komisyon!
Anna,
You pointed out an example of “good governance,” which is what 21st century governments must and really do, if they are to move ahead rather than step backward. Gloria’s, like any developing country worth its salt, must gear up on policy setting and providing directions, rather than taking up shovel work and digging the canals itself. Her government need not undertake a gargantuan project like the CyberEd to prove it is doing a spectacular job. With or without it, some are already doing this for Filipinos, not a single cent coming from the national coffers. USAID and Australia are already giving support for Phil. education. USAID alone appropriated some $30 million in 2005, another $30 million in 2007, and promised to give $190 million in the next few years, mostly for education in Mindanao.
Why doesn’t Gloria multiply these efforts and still be cost effective?
A statement from USAID: “Once one of the best in Asia, the Philippine education system has deteriorated in recent years. In response, USAID is training teachers and providing computers, textbooks, and other materials to schools. By supporting improved teaching of math, science, and English in Mindanao’s public schools, USAID is increasing access to quality education and livelihood skills in areas most affected by conflict and poverty.”
Chi, sa amin sa Mindanao, wala at hindi pwede sa maraming lugar dun, kasi wala pang kuryente kahit na andun mismo ang Napocor.
Yeah, tama ka. Yung “legacy” na sinasabi ni Aling Gloria ay legacy ng katiwalian, sa tutuo lang. Kelangan ay bigtime project para bigtime din ang kurakutan. Kasi kung maliit, barya lang ang mapupunta sa mga alipores. Siyempre, hindi payag sa ganun ang mga Favilas, Mendozas, Lapuzes, atbp? “No dice,” ika nga ni AdB.
Ay naku, Anna. Gusto kong hugutin sa pangit na mukha nitong si Gloria ang kanyang malaking nunal! Cyber-ed, my foot!
21.5 percent of the population are hungry or minsan-minsan lang kumakain. How many of these are kids don’t know how to read and write? Tapos televised education ang ihaharap sa kanila, e wala ngang classrooms! Ano yun, sa ilalim ng puno ng mangga maglalagay sila ng computers/big screens for this project?! Ay mga tanga!
Hawaiianguy,
“By supporting improved teaching of math, science, and English in Mindanao’s public schools, USAID is increasing access to quality education and livelihood skills in areas most affected by conflict and poverty.”
Exactly, what are needed in the far-flung areas, and even in the city public schools, are good teachers of the 3Rs, not a televised classroom. With the knowledge of the basics, pwede ng sumagupa sa buhay ang mga bata when they become adults!
chi di ba magician si go liar? siyempre kapag natuloy itong cyber-project na to saka na naman sasabihin ng mga pidal n kulang nga ang classrooms para pag-dausan ng cyber-education, so ano ang mangyayari? di panibagong utang at kickback na naman mula sa china. bilib talaga ako s vision ng administrasyon na ito pagdating s pangungurakot pagsisinungaling at pandaraya. walang kapantay ika nga.
kaya pinagpipilitan ni glueria ang cyber-ed, kasi iyong kickback na nakuha niya diyan ay sobrang laki ay di na niya kayang ibalik,…kaya dami niyang problema ngayon tungkol sa mga kickback niya…Mga hayup kayo na kampon ng kasamaan..Samantalang ang Apo mo glueria ay mabubuhay ng marangya , samantalang ang mga apo at kaapo-apuhan namin ay magbabayad nang mga ninakaw niyo !
Paano iyong paunang bayad? Nabuko sila sa ZTE broadband mega-kickbacks kaya napunta sa cyber edu-kickbacks. Siguro gustong makabawi ang mga Instik.
Chi, agreed! A hi-tech solution to a lo-tech problem is a gross mismatch or “inappropriate medicine” (“monumental blunder,” in FVR’s lingo) to cure RP’s ailing educational system. It’s like putting cheese or salad dressing to boiled camote, when a little bit of sugar and lots of water are what you need for a complete or satisfying merienda.
Another Gloria ek-ekonomiks?
Bob: “kaya pinagpipilitan ni glueria ang cyber-ed..” eksakli! Ang pinagtataka ko rin ay bakit pumayag ang Tsina na kaladkarin ang kanilang magandang pangalan dito sa proyekto ni Aling Gloria. Partner daw ang Tsinghua University dito. Talaga namang may credibility at ibubuga ang universidad na ito (www.tsinghua.edu.cn). Yun lang 2 departments nila sa Info Science & Technology, tulad ng Electrical Engineering at Computer Science, 200+ ang mga professors nila na specialists sa ibat-ibang klaseng infotech.
Tanong: Alam kaya ng presidente at ng mga academicians nila na mabaho at suspetsado ang CyberEd project ni GMA? Alam kaya nila na ang magandang imahe nila ay ginagamit dito sa kalakalan ng basura at kurakutan?
HG,
“Why doesn’t Gloria multiply these efforts and still be cost effective? ”
For the simple reason that she doesn’t get kickbacks out of these efforts!
Hindi ba sa massive project na ito ay dapat may masusing pagaaral, o feasibility study or pilot projects para malaman kung magiging successful or not? Mayroon ba itong Cyber-Ed project na ito? Malamang wala, dahil ito ay isa sa mga ‘last hurrah’ ng mga Pidals at kailangan massive din ang kurakot nila dito. There is only one and only consideration sa the project na ito, their kickbacks. Pero naku po, kahit ibato natin ang buong kubeta kay Glue, no pakialam siya, kapalmuks!!
AdeBrux Says:
Good heavens! Alitaptap’s computation should be enough incentive for people to revolt!
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This is not the first time that pinoys are ‘sold’ like chattel. In the treaty of Paris is 1898, the pinoys were sold to Spain for $20 million or one dollar for every pinoy. So there was the CRY OF BALINTAWAK. This time, it looks like it’s gonna be TEARS FOR GLORIA … the pinoys will silently bear the burden for gloria’s GLORIFICATION. When will pinoys heed Longfellow’s call:
“Be not like dumb driven cattle
“Be a hero in the strife…. “
Martina: “dapat may masusing pagaaral, o feasibility study..” Tila may nakita ako na ginawa ng NEDA, pati ang returns to investment may mga figures na sila. Kya lang, ang problema ay tulad ng sinabi ni Neri sa senado. May desisyon na si Gloria na pirmahan na lang. So ganun din, niluto na nila siguro ang feasibility study. Dapat ay sina Fabella or kaya ay isang disinterested party ang pinagawa nun.
HW,
“Dapat ay sina Fabella or kaya ay isang disinterested party ang pinagawa nun.”
If there are disinterested parties, Gloria refuses seeing them dahil wala siyang kurakot! Kwin Korap is a real success instilling the culture of corruption among kapinuyan.
Imagine, more than 10 years under this demonya till 2010, at makakatiis yata ang pinoy na ang buhay ay pure ‘cycle of suffering’! I really don’t know what to make of it!
This Cyber-Ed Project will not reach many places in Antique..walang electricity. I met a young newly arrived teacher last week on my way to Baltimore..and she told me that she was hired by the City of Baltimore. She impressed me as an intelligent teacher..and she taught in Cebu..her field is on special education. Nanghinayang ako kasi instead of using her skills in the Phil. she had no choice but to leave..ang sabi niya sa akin sa salary niya sa Pilipinas hindi niya mapaaral ang kanyang anak sa college. Here she gets much more..Her one month salary here is more than what she would get back home..kasi mayroon siyang specialized skills.. sayang..
If I’m not mistaken, the Comelec under disgraced chairman Ablos have computers and machineries intended for Automation lay rusting in Storage. Now we know why Abalos stuck his big nose in more IT businesses that was never his business. In any other projects like more books, decent classrooms, more well-trained teachers and upgrading of teachers skills, and reducing the size of class, there is no “may 200 ka dito Sec.”, ikaw JVD 3 mayroon ka $10 Big ones to Back up. So these Friendly China financed projects are now the source of the Sweet, $ laden pie and hope they all choke on it..
The reason why they have been pushing projects with existing parallel systems is they get to pocket the portion already accomplished by a previous project.
Example, the “Telepono sa Barangay” of the late 90s had significant accomplishments in terms of cables laid-in, enduser equipment installed, gateway facilities set up, etc. Had the NBN been allowed, they will utilize this portion, which now sits idly due to absence of maintenance funds, and whatever the savings are, it goes straight into the pockets.
This Cyber-ed will be no different. Instead of installing a whole new system altogether, the PTV-4 equipment as DKGuerrero enumerated, plus some new ones that will fill in the gaps will do it. But since it is covered by a sovereign loan paid direct to supplier, the full amount will be debited to the loan account. The supplier and the government mafia will split the loot afterwards!
Even the “Guaranteed Bill of Materials” clause in a contract may be circumvented. COA is not capable of auditing highly-technical projects and will most probably hire the services of a quantity surveyor to check the quantities installed versus the Guaranteed BM. The cheap cost of surveying makes it open to being party in the coverup. A surveyor who would charge, say TWENTY MILLION may be bribed with another TWENTY MILLION and end up confirming the Bill. The kickbacks are too big, they can spend huge amounts without any significant dents in their purses.
That is the very reason that they cannot hold competitive bidding. The more diligent bidders will surely alternately offer the system which utilizes existing assets which will cost government several times cheaper!
Any panel of independent technical experts assembled now in the fields of engineering, telecoms, and finance will surely debunk all of Gloria’s claims of this project’s benefits.
I’m willing to put my money where my mouth is. Kung mali ako, Ellen, may two hundred ka dito!
Mahalaga sa classroom ang INTERACTION between the students and the teacher. Lalo na kung may mga katanungan ang mga bata tungkol sa lessons nila na hindi masyadong naiintindihan. Paanong magkakapagtanong o interact ang estudyante sa isang televised lesson ng CyberEd. Ito bang Cyber Ed ay two-way communication o parang TV lang? At paano ang mga may laboratory experiments? Sa monitor na lang ba? Isang KAGAGUHAN itong CYberEd project na ito!
Vic, thanks for reminding. If I remember right, the third part of the election automation project, was the microwave transmission of election data to the Central Comelec Computer Network.
Does anyone know if the microwave equipment have been part of the items delivered by Mega Pacific and paid by Abalos?
If the microwave transmitters have not been ordered and paid by Abalos, my suspicious mind tells me two things:
1. The Mega Pacific microwave transmitters and towers were ordered by the Korean computer suppliers from China in anticipation of the award of the Comelec Data Transmission package, but now that the Supreme court has voided the automation deal, the equipment are gathering dust in a warehouse somewhere in China. This is most likely a government owned company and has no way of unloading such huge inventory (it covers the whole Philippines). Now, the NBN deal was to use WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) as the backbone. Go figure.
2. The kickbacks Joey De Venecia said he heard ZTE officials saying they advanced to Abalos may not actually be for the ZTE broadband project BUT for the transmission package of the election automation project. This may be the answer to everyone’s question, “What the hell is Abalos doing in a Telecoms deal?” The advanced commissions in the failed deal in vote automation had to be earned. It is only through a similar wireless communications project that it could be done, right?
There you go, Abalos needs to do the legwork so that they do not need to return his and his bosses’ commission in the Mega Pacific deal. He works with the Chinese, aha, broadband it shall be.
That is my theory.
Let’s put the sleuths to work.
Mas mahalaga na ang pagtatayo ng mga eskwelahan ang unang intindihin ng gobyerno. Saan nila ilalagay ang mga computer na iyan kung walang mga classroom? Sa ilalim ng punong kahoy na nakikita natin sa kanayunan na nagsisilbing classroom ng mga estudyante? Ni wla ngang mga kuryente ang ating mga probinsiya eh. Kasabay ng pagatayo ng mga classroom ay ang pag-eempleyo ng mga guro at pagbibigay ng mga textbooks at ibang school materials. Hindi na naman pinag-aralan kung ano talaga ang problema sa Edukasyon. Talagang gumagawa lang ng PAGKAKA-PERAHAN ang pekeng gobyerno ni Gloria. Kawawang mga Pinoy! Pinaglololoko ng mga taong dapat ay nagsisilbi sa bayan! TAMA NA! SOBRA NA! Hilahod na sa kahirapan ang bayan sa pagbabayad ng bilyong-bilyong utang! Kawawa naman ang aming mga apo, samantalang nakahirati na sa nakaw sa kaban ng bayan ang mga nakaupo sa pekeng gobyerno ni Gloria Dorobo!
Nagtataka ako kung bakit wala man lang tayong nababasa sa mga religious groups na comment tungkol dito sa mga isyu. Siguro dahil pare-parehas ang hinahanap nila …. KWALTA!!!!!
At least, ngayon may broadband na kaya mas madaling mabisto ang mga kabalbalan ni GLORC. Pero bakit walang aksyon para makulong ang ungas at mga kakutsaba niya. Nakakangiti pa nga ang ungas na parang nakakaloko. (Ang pangit ng litrato ngayon sa mga dyaryo!)
Like father, like daughter talaga. Iyang ama niyan, in fact, ang unang nagbaon sa Pilipinas sa utang. Sabi nga ni Prof. Agoncillo sa amin noon, iyong utang ng Pilipinas hindi mababayaran ng mga pilipino ng aming generation and the generations of Filipinos to come. Apparently, nagkatotoo ang sinabi niya! Mas lalong lumala pa nang makaakyat ang anak sa pamamagitan ng power grab.
My condolence and sympathy to all!!!
ellen, bow ako sa sinasabi mo na hindi kailangan ang $400 milyon para ituro sa mag-aaral ang “huwag magsinungaling, huwag mandaya, at huwag magnakaw”.
dyan sa cyber project na yan babawi talaga dahil hindi na maisauli yung pera na pinag-advance. kapal talaga ni gloria, gusto pang lokohin ang mga tao, eh matagal na niyang niloloko.
istayl niya, bulok!
Ellen, with your indulgence I ask permission to quote some posts, particularly hawaiianguy, TonGuE-tWisTeD and Diego K. Guerrero for inclusion in my blog on broadband at Winks and Blinks.
Tongue, your theory is the most possible scenario. Pretty sure money had change hands, that’s why Abalos attempted to lie through his teeth even saying the so-called meeting with JVD didn’t happened, then just coincidence, until testimonies to the contrary.
I think also during election many candidates for the administration, who was promised reimbursement of their gazillions advanced expense is now wanting those promises, it it involves a number of winning candidates, and have not received their promise rewards, then they might defect and will put Arroyo impeachment a probability. That is why they are pushing for more projects. they don’t want to use their own already hoarded cleanly laundered money somewhere in foreign banks…
TonGue, DKG, HG, ang galing ninyo. TonGue mukha yata nag do-doble time sila sa perang kailanganin para sa nanalo hindi pa nabigyan. Pakiramdam ko nasasakal na sa mga pangako. Sana Senator M. Roxas basahin mo rin itong blog ni Ellen maraming kaso pa-imbestigahan ka.
Etnad,
Buti nga huwag nang makialam ang mga relihiyoso kuno para hindi sila nakakagulo. Nakakasira lang sila ng paniniwala ng mga tao sa Panginoon sa totoo lang. Kaya maging tungkol sa pagsamba, litung-lito ang maraming mga pilipino.
Dito nga, iyong mga dating Japayuki nakikilala ko, basta magkaroon sila ng perang ipapadala sa Pilipinas kahit anong simbahan pinapasukan. Doon nga lang sa simbahan namin na medyo ilang sila for some reason.
Kailangang pag-aralan na lang mabuti ng mga deboto kung papaano sila magpapakatino, and then, hayaan ang kanilang mga konsiyensa na nasurot sa mga pinaggagawa ng kanilang mga pinuno para tumbagin sila bilang mga matitinong mamamayan. Puede namang tumino sa totoo lang pero ang nangyayari tinatakot ang mga taumbayan na lalong gugutumin kung hindi nila itataguyod iyong mga halimaw.
Sa isang banda, ipinagdarasal ko rin na magkaroon sila ng lakas ng loob at tatag ng dibdib na labanan ang mga halimaw na pinaupo nila sa puwesto by power grab, eleksyon o kung anu-ano pang paraan na hinaluan ng pandaraya at kalokohan.
Ano itong kalokohan ni Donya Boba na cyber-ed daw? Gaga rin ano? Bakit mamamatay ba ang mga pilipino kung walang broadband?
Unahin muna niya ang pagbibigay ng edukasyon sa lahat at magandang trabaho sa mga pilipino para maging masagana ang pamumuhay nila sa sariling bansa nila, hindi mga trabahong dinarambong sa mga mamamayan ng mga bansang gusto niyang paglagyan ng mga hinihikayat niyang lisanin ang bansa nila at huwag nang babalik kung puede lang pero huwag na huwag kalilimutang magpadala ng mga remittances nila sa mga pamilya nilang naiwan kuno. Wow, ang utak impakta nga!
Dito sa Japan, ni hindi ko naririnig na ini-emphasize ang cyber-ed daw kuno, pero dahil sa masagana ang karamihan, bawat tahanan lalo na dito sa lugar namin, lahat may computer sa bahay at lahat nga ng mga apartment at condo dito nakakakabit sa broadband at ang gamit ay hindi na dsl kundi fiber optics na. TV nakakabit din sa Internet. Kani-kaniyang aral na kung papaano gagamitin ang Internet.
Ako nga 1993 nag-umpisang mag-blog sa cyberspace. Bumili ako ng computer, binaklas ko tapos in-upgrade ko dahil iyong unang nabili kong computer, DOS pa, tapos nag-upgrade ako sa Windows 3.1, at nang lumabas ang Windows 95, isa ako sa unang pumila sa Akihabara para makakuha ng kopya. Of course, binaklas ko ulit ang computer ko, at pinalitan ko ang motherboard at mga chips ng computer ko. Ngayon vintage na pero inabuloy ko sa mga nangangailangan sa Pilipinas. Ang mahal ng bili ko doon sa totoo lang. Ngayon, 10 percent na lang ang presyo ng bagong mga computer ko doon sa presyo ng computer ko noon, at tuwing may bagong labas, imbes na ako pa ang mag-upgrade at bumili ng mga chips, bumibili na lang ako ng bagong computer. Suki nga ako ng HP at Dell. Nasubukan ko na yata lahat ng brand.
Kaya anong kalokohan ang pinagsasabi ni Boba na unahin ang cyber-ed, e ni hindi nga mabigyan ng libreng edukasyon ang mga pilipino. Unahin muna niyang gawin libre ang eskuwela maging sa mga probinsya hanggang high school para hindi lang iyong may kaya ang nakakatungtong ng mataas na paaralan.
You bet, no believe ako sa ginagawa ni GLORC. Pasiglab lang sabay nakaw!!! Wow, ang galing!…sa mga katarantaduhan!
Nag good bye na ako last time, pero heto hindi makatiis.
Tawag pansin hindi akyen dahilan. Akong hindi makapasa sa Math 101 Pero meron pa rin sentido kumon: tignan ninyo:
alitaptap Says:
October 11th, 2007 at 1:22 am
$400 milyon translates to $5 million to each and every man, woman, child among the 80 milions pinoys … mabigat yatang dalahin yan para lang sa kapakanan ni gloria. That is P250 million or QUARTER BILLION for ONE PINOY to shoulder!
AdeBrux Says:
October 11th, 2007 at 1:39 am
Good heavens! Alitaptap’s computation should be enough incentive for people to revolt!
And to think that 3.8 million people alone today in Pinas experience involuntary hunger, i.e., dahil walang makain, at itong punyetang Gloria na ito ay isiksik ang kanyang katarantaduhan sa mga taong bayan?
Akyen abacus sabi:
Halimbawa $400 milyon para sa 400 milyong Filipinos
Bawat Pinoy tig one dollar lang. Pero 80 milyon lang tayo.
80 milyon Filipinos bigyan ng tig one dollar kailangan
$80 million dollars.(Bigyan ng tig one million dollars 80
Filipinos lang) Pag binigyan $5 bawat Pinoy kailangan
$400 milyon. Pag binigyan ng $5 milyon bawat Filipino
Kailangan mag-multiply: 80,000,000 X $5,000,000
Aba naku 14 zeros yan.
Calling Math bloggers, yun mga PhD diyan, mga economist
paki correct Naman ang sentido kumon, baka mali din.
Tama ba $400 trillion is needed to give each and everyone
of the 80 million of us $5 million each . Akyen sabi tayo ba
dedto sa Ellenville minsan suntok sa buwan?
Don’t get me wrong guys. For these corrupt animals
I’ll do the lethal injection, release the trap door or
Switch on the electricity even just for a few
Stolen dollars of the people’s money.
Mukhang bitin yata ang sinabi ni Teddy “Boy” Locsin. Wala iyong part kung in favor siya o hindi doon sa kaibigan niyang si Jesli Lapus who must have been flattered by the GLORC that if he will cooperate with the promotion of cyber-ed, it will be his legacy to the people during his reign as Ed Sec. Kaya ayon, may press release siya that he favors the promotion of cyber-ed. Tanong, can the Philippines afford it?
Common, Jesli, unahin mo munang itulak ang compulsory and free education para makapag-aral iyong mga batang pilipino at hindi na sila lalaboy-laboy pa sa kalye. At saka, please stop child slavery. Bago magsalita at mamintas si unano sa ibang bansa, pakitignan muna ang kawawang sitwasyon ng mga batang pilipino lalo na doon sa Negros, Payatas, etc. Tapos, magkukunyaring nasaktan ang amor propio sa mga bagay na hindi naman ginagawan ng paraan na maayos!
Mukhang nalagyan na rin yang si Jesli kaya ganyan ang stand niya. As everyone here in Ellenville knows, parang si Midas yang si GMA, kaso hindi nagiging gold ang malapitan o mahawakan niya, nagiging tatse. Pwe!
Isipin nyo na lang na kapag umabot ng 100,000,001 ang bilang ng lahat ng mga Pinoy, ang magkakalat ng iloveyou virus?
Pilipins ang pinaka-powerful na bansa sa whole world ng buong universe.
0.1 Billion plus 1 Filipinos.
j c:
dun sa pelikulang The Manchurian Candidate, meron dun na nag flash na 40 Trillion dollars.fyi lang friendship 🙂
ano’ng silbi ng cyber ed kuno na ‘yan, eh karamihan sa ating mga kabataang dapat na nag-aaral, kung hindi nagkakalkal ng basura dahil walang makain ay namamalimos sapagkat walang pagkunan ng itutustos ang magulang.
saang bansa ba nag-umpisa at napatunayang epektibo ang sistemang ito ng pagtuturo?
ayaw pa kasing aminin na KUWARTA LAMANG ang laman ng UTAK ng suwitik na huwad na umaastang presidente!
since usapan na naman ang impeachment (or “impeach me”) my 2 cents
how and when is impeachment initiated?
does all it take is a lozano or a pulido to file a verified complaint to “initiate impeachment”? Once na file na yan “initiated” na ang impeachment kay arroyo kahit na bulok ang complaint– and maam is immunized for another year?
pero tignan nyo yung 1986 CONCOM deliberations nina Commish Davide at Christian Monsod.
http://www.politicaljunkie.blogspot.com/2006/01/how-and-when-is-impeachment-initiated.html
Mr. Davide: “So the thrust of the report is really to relax impeachment as a process. I notice, however, that the proposal now requires a majority vote of all the members of the House to initiate impeachment…so if we are going to relax impeachment, we should retain the one-fifth requirement to initiate impeachment and perhaps even reduce the requirement for conviction.”
Mr. Monsod: “We were looking at the past where, in the 1973 Constitution, a vote of 20 percent of the membership of the House, and in the 1935 Constitution, a vote of two-thirds of the membership of the House were required to initiate impeachment proceedings.
(hattip former Sen. Rene Saguisag) Pages 375-76 Vol II, 1986 ConCom Record.
http://www.inq7.net/opi/2003/nov/10/text/opi_commentary1-1-p.htm
and here’s DJB’s latest on “impeachment bakuna” tactic being used by Arroyo.
http://www.philippinecommentary.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-supreme-court-set-up-silly.html
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btw, if some of the links I posted are already dead, you can access the complete articles or archive.org links here
http://www.politicaljunkie.blogspot.com/2006/01/how-and-when-is-impeachment-initiated.html
CyberEd..my foot! They can’t even manage the Telepono ng Bayan!
Ang T.V passive object of education. Maganda pa rin ang libro at effective teaching skills ng mga guro para matuto ang mga mag-aaral. Sa mga mag-aaral, dapat mag-aral ng mabuti hindi computer games ang inaatupag.
CyberEd? Ang dami na namang kickback diyan. Makuntento kayo sa tinatanggap ninyo. Maawa kayo sa mga taong walang makain, matirhan at pampagamot pero kayo lumalangoy o di kaya natutulog sa pera.
Researchers in CyberEd project did not do their homework. There is an existing domestic satellite (DOMSAT) network with its tracking & telemetry control center in Antipolo, Rizal which covers the whole Philippine archipelago using the PALAPA satellite.
It was first commissioned in late 1970’s with Col. Hechanova as the Project Manager. During that time, the government TV channel was using the satellite transmission in its TV broadcasting nationwide.
Most of the pioneers in that endeavor have left the company and are now working overseas in satellite transmissions.
So, why build another satellite network when there is an existing one?
Off-topic (on Manny Pacquiao):
Manny Pacquiao was wrong to snub the motorcade and reception planned for him by the City of Manila. Actually, when Mayor Alfredo Lim decided to continue the practice of a grand Manila reception that Pacquiao received every time that he returned triumphant from a boxing match abroad, the new mayor of Manila was kind enough to accept that the funds that former Mayor (now DENR Secretary) Lito Atienza spent on these receptions were proper official city expenses.
As it turned out, these funds must have been spent not for official but for personal business. Why else did Pacquiao refuse the city this time around and instead go to Atienza’s office for his official reception?
So, it was all a personal thing between Atienza and Pacquiao and was never an official Manila reception all along?
As for Pacquiao, how can he claim to be the people’s champion when he turns his back on Manila whose citizens have supported him all along?
Sports figures that play politics never end up well. Manny Pacquiao will not be any different.
As for Mayor Lim, his intentions were admirable.
…and as expected, pumunta sa Malacanang ang gago at tuwang-tuwa naman ang amo niyang impakta. Manny Pacquiao is not truly for the people…not for the Manilans or opposition territories…but certainly for Malacanang.
Frankly, am not expecting anything good to come out of this impeachment case. This is a Gloria Zarzuela one that is in extremely bad taste.
Re GMA’s Cyber-Ed plan, I was reminded of what a bureaucrat during Cory Aquino’s presidency said when he said, commenting on the growing poverty in the Philippines, “There’s so much hypocrisy here. … we are a rich nation pretending to be poor.” I don’t know why the guy (I can’t remember his name now) said that but he certainly has gone bonkers if he insists with his opinion.
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chi Says:
October 11th, 2007 at 3:54 am
Ay naku, Anna. Gusto kong hugutin sa pangit na mukha nitong si Gloria ang kanyang malaking nunal! Cyber-ed, my foot!
21.5 percent of the population are hungry or minsan-minsan lang kumakain. How many of these are kids don’t know how to read and write? Tapos televised education ang ihaharap sa kanila, e wala ngang classrooms! Ano yun, sa ilalim ng puno ng mangga maglalagay sila ng computers/big screens for this project?! Ay mga tanga!
Not quite chi. maybe sa mga sagingan, or sa mga bayabasan, or sa ilalim ng mga tulay…. hehehe…
Emilio,
“So, why build another satellite network when there is an existing one?”
Coz another sattelite network will mean another source of kickback.
Wow! computerized ang mode of teaching under Cyber-Ed. HIGH TECH! …. Uy! Sa ilalim ng mga puno at sagingan ang pinagtuturuan ng nga classes. NO TECH! what a joke!
This country should be re-named the BACKSHEESH REPUBLIC!
Galing kay Rod Pineda:
Palo ako doon sa sinabi ni dating DepEd Sec. Butch Abad na mas maraming paggagamitan ang $400M na imbis sa satellite educational program sa mga classrooms, mas makakatulong kung ipagpapatayo ng mga bagong silid paaralan, pambili ng mga libro, silya, lamesa at lahat ng gamit sa pagtuturo.Mas matututo ang mga mag-aaral kung may gurong umaalalay, nakikipagpalitan ng kaalaman at personal na gumagabay sa pangangailangan ng mga mag-aaral mapa edukasyon man or spiritual.
Mantakin nalang natin iyong mahigit na 18 Billiong piso ($400M) na para sa CyberEd. Napakalaking pondo ito para ipagpatayo ng kulang na silid aralan, karagdagang mga guro, mga bagong libro, palitan ang mga sira-sirang silya, lamesa at gamit sa pagtuturo. Isama na natin diyan ang ibili ng school bus ang mga mag-aaral sa mga eskuwelang nasa remote area. Imbis na paglakarin ang mga estudiyanteng ito, sunduin sila ng mga school bus patungo sa kanilang paaralan.
Ang siste kasi ng kasalukuyan mga nakaupo sa ating pamahalaan ay puro pangsarili lang ang inaatupag. Gusto sa isang kisapmata lang ay yumaman sila. Wala silang pakialam kung pera ng bayan ang kanilang ibubulsa.Kurakot doon kurakot dito, wala na ba tayong disiplina upang mapagbago ang ating mga sarili.
I’m not against this cyber ed program but really as Ellen says, we don’t have the structures, basic ed facilities and trained teachers to inject that kind of system in the learning. Why spend on a system that’s bound to fail for want of the right structures.
We cannot go from cavemen to high tech mode right away.
As everybody here says, we don’t even have classrooms and correct infrastructures so why insist?
Our govt priorities as ever are wrong. Puro yabang!
Country still suffers from brownouts doesn’t it?
Sa ibang lugar sa Antipolo lang, wala pang electricity… also what about technicians? Do we have enough of them to maintain a sophisticated system? There’s so much brain drain that I believe we have to train more people as technicians to maintain this kind of system.
Really wrong priorities. Kneejerk reactions to high tech ang gubyerno.
Anna,
“Sa ibang lugar sa Antipolo lang, wala pang electricity… also what about technicians? Do we have enough of them to maintain a sophisticated system?…”
Yes, we do have aplenty of electronic engineers and technicians and most of them are manning the sophisticated tracking and telemetry control satellite stations in the Middle East countries and Afghanistan. As you said so much brain drain and it will continue. The young generation’s aim is to get a college diploma leave the country and strive hard in the chosen country and improve their capacity to earn.
Talagang puro yabang lang gobyerno ni Blinky Kwin.
Emilio,
Exactly! There’s so much brain drain that there’s virtually not enough staying at home to do the things that need to be done so what will happen to a sophisticated system when there’s not enough technicians left?
O diba talagang walanghiya si gloria! Kung hindi ba naman walanghiya… Bakit pilit na ipasok ang cybered para makakuha ng malaking pondo nanaman! Kasi nga wala siyang ipapalit sa pag antala ng kanyang broadband. Uto-uto ang china! O di kaya takot si gloria magbalik ng perang nakurakot dahil ipinamudmod na niya ang iba sa mga kampon ng kadiliman, na kanyang mga tauhan.
Ang kailangan ng ating mga magaaral ay mga magagaling na guro, mga libro, at mga paaralan.para sa magandang pagtuturo at asal na ibabahagi sa buong kabataan. Tulad ng sabi ni rizal (ang kabataan ang pagasa ng bayan) paano pa maging pagasa ng bayan eh! Si gloria mismo ang nagtuturo ng pang loloko, pagsisinungaling, pangdaraya, panguumit, panglalamang, pagaalis ng karapatan, pagpapatay sa mga nagsasabi ng totoo! Kaya marami nanaman ang maging katulad ni gloria at esperon, ermita, at ang ibang kabinete niya.
cegav,
ang hirap basahin ng post mo! After 3 or 4 lines I give up dahil mahirap sa mata.
please stop using all caps.
Anna,
Companies which gave trainings in maintenance and operations of the equipments to new hires compelled them to sign contracts. Once they have completed the training they have to stay otherwise they are forced to pay for the equivalent amount of the expenses during the training period. Usually the duration of these trainings lasted from three to six months.
It will be a continous training for the company as a preparation for employees leaving for greener pasture.
Cegav,ilang beses ko na sinabi, please huwag gumamit ng all caps. Hindi maganda basahin.
Pinalitan ko ulit ang iyong comment. Napapagod na ako.
Tingnan mo ang comments na lahat.Small letters lang o sentence case. Mas maayos basahin.
From Leona Pigon:
ano na ba ang nangyayari sa ating bansang Pilipinas? pakiramdam ko nahihilo na ang lahat ng mga Pilipino dahil sa ginagawa ng ating Presidente. kami dito sa probinsiya paano naman kami pagdating sa CyberEd na yan? paano naman kami kong natuloy ang NBN-ZTE Project? ang school namin dito hindi maayos maraming kulang, sira-sira pa.
alam niyo mas ayon ako kay dating secretary Florecio Butch Abad. bakit nga ba hindi mag pagawa ng school Building si President Gloria para magamit ng mga bata at magkaroon ng trabaho ang mga guro? bakit hindi siya mag pagawa ng mga tenement building kahit na studio type lang ang mga unit para naman may matirhan ang mga sa lansangan? “President Gloria, pakiusap naman, pagbigyan mo naman ang mamamayan, huwag naman na puro lang Ikaw, Kayo!, sana KAMI naman”.
Kung si Mayor Binay nga ng Makati, kahit luma na ang tenement na project niya napakinabangan ng mga taga Makati at malaking tulong sa kanila. sana naman makapag-isip naman ang ating Presidente ng para naman sa kabutihan ng mga mamamayang Pilipino.
ellen, tamang-tama ka nang sinabi mong pambawi sa naudlot na ZTE deal ang cyber-ed kasi mas malaking pera ang papasok sa bulsa ng mga gahaman na Arroyo pangunguna ni “Big One” mike arroyo at si “Small One” unelected president Gloria Arroyo. kaya dapat ang GMA ang ibig sabihin ay “Mga gahaman angkan”
Kung may Chedeng saan naman ipaparada iyon, hindi ba dapat may appropriate na garahe para may protection ito? Kung mga computers ang involved, hindi ba dapat may mga air-conditioning units ang mga kuwartong paglalagyan niyan para hindi magoverheat ang cpus?
Mabilis ang changes sa technology, kaya ang mga machines or computers madaling maging obsolete. Anong bansa na ba ang may ganitong cyber-ed, para may comparison ang Pilipinas how it goes over there. Dito kasi sa amin, ang mga schools may kanya kanya silang website, na pwede mong ma-access anytime thru the world wide web or www, in other words internet. Ano ba ang cyber-ed, TV ba o internet, malabo sa akin ang concept nito sa ngayon.
Nabasa ko pala sa Tribune ay $100 milyon ang original cost ng project, ngunit naging $450 million, wow, ang laking dagdag. Dapat uriratin natin ang components nitong contract na ito at tingnan natin ang mga presyo, at specs ng mga machines.
Ellen,
If only to prove their good faith, Gloria and Lapuz ought to be a bit more clever. Why doesn’t this govt seek other foreign offers to compare to the figures that they have of their CyberEd?
So simple, so easy to do…all Lapuz has to do is to write to the different foreign embassies in Manila. The embassies will then forward the request to various companies in their respective countries.
All Lapuz has to do meanwhile is to sit back and relax because the embassies will be doing the contacting for him and if those who wish to participate believe that this project is a good project, the companies themselves will lobby with their respective govt for support, i.e., loans, grants, etc.
It doesn’t take much to do the right thing. What is incomprehensible is why Gloria and Lapuz should be so admant about doing it their way when following rules is so easy to do.
Martina: “Ano ba ang cyber-ed, TV ba o internet, malabo sa akin ang concept nito sa ngayon.” Dito sa amin, pareho at magkasama. Pero ang internet ay una sa lahat, dahil ang ibang TV educ programs ay naka online din. Kaya nga nag object ang NEDA dun sa NBN tsaka sa CyberEd dahil dun sa overlap, na malaki ding gastus.
Hawaiianguy, nag-umpisa ang cyber sa bansang Siberia (cyber for short).