by JP Lopez
Malaya
ZTE star witness Rodolfo Noel Lozada Jr. yesterday confirmed that former Elections chair Benjamin Abalos Sr. bribed former Planning Secretary Romulo Neri with P200 million in exchange for approval of the $329 million national broadband network deal with China’s ZTE Corp.
During his Senate appearance that lasted for almost eight hours, Lozada told Senate President pro-tempore Jinggoy Estrada that Abalos was apparently pleased that the negotiations with ZTE people were proceeding smoothly that he told him that the P200 million would be released in advance.
The offer was supposedly made at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Mandaluyong city last September.
“I was assuring kasi mga taga-ZTE that the project is moving forward. Natuwa po ata sa akin si Chairman Abalos. Nung papunta na ako sa locker room, inakbayan niya ako ng ganito tapos sabi niya sa akin, ‘Wag kang mag-alala Jun, basta ma-approbahan na ito ng NEDA, yung 200 million ninyo, ia-advance ko na. Hindi ako katulad ng ibang kausap ninyo na maghihintay pa ma-release ung loan bago kayo mabigyan’,” Lozada said, quoting Abalos.
Neri had told the Senate last September that Abalos offered him P200 million.
Lozada said he never presumed that the offer was for him but for Neri.
“Baka po makiki-balato na lang po ako kay Chairman Neri kung sakali man,” he said in jest.
He said ZTE officials already paid Abalos in advance for brokering approval of the project.
Earlier in the hearing, Lozada, the broadband project’s technical consultant, said Abalos wanted a $130 million commission.
He recalled Abalos thumbed down his recommendation for a build-operate-transfer (B-O-T) scheme and instead insisted on a loan package.
Lozada said Abalos called First Gentleman Mike Arroyo after he informed Abalos that it was not possible to get a separate loan agreement from the Chinese government for the national broadband network project since China had already facilitated a loan for the Cyber-Education project.
A day after the conversation, Lozada said he received a letter from the Chinese ambassador Li Jin Jun that there was an available loan facility for the NBN project independent of the CyberEd project.
Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Lozada has established the involvement of President Arroyo in the anomalous deal when she flew to China last April to witness the signing of the NBN-ZTE deal.
“Paano nangyari yun. The project would not be approved if not under the BOT scheme. Would the President overturn herself? Malinaw na na-establish ni Lozada ang involvement ni GMA dito,” Lacson said after the hearing.
Lozada’s testimony corroborated the statements of businessman Jose “Joey” de Venecia III linking Abalos and the presidential spouse to the ZTE deal.
Lozada said he met the First Gentleman several times in Shangri-La Makati where the NBN deal was discussed.
He said he was tapped by Neri, then director general of National and Economic Development Authority, to study De Venecia’s build-operate-transfer proposal and Abalos’ loan agreement proposal for the NBN project.
He said Neri’s specific instruction was to use the BOT proposal for the NBN project.
He said he proposed that De Venecia’s BOT proposal be funded by Abalos’ loan agreement proposal for the NBN project.
Lozada said he was surprised, however, when Abalos agreed with the proposal on the condition that he would protect his (Abalos’) $130 million cut in the project.
I told him: “Chair, bubukol po yan. Napakalaki po niyan. $65 million pupwede pa.”
Lozada, who broke down in tears several times, said it was during this time that Neri told him to “moderate the greed” of the proponents of the NBN deal.
Lozada recalled that when Abalos insisted on a loan package, he refused, prompting Abalos to repeatedly threaten him.
Lozada said the last straw was on January 18 when Abalos called him again as he was his way to Dumaguete City, as part of his work as president of the Philippine Forest Corp, that he had contacts in the military and police.
Lozada alleged Abalos mouthed profanities at him.
He said it was at this point that he decided to quit his consultancy because “this was not something worth risking my life for.”
Sen. Mar Roxas applauded him for his willingness to come out.
“We’re glad you’re safe. All across the nation we were worried about your well-being. This is not an inquisition. Just relax. We sympathize with your predicament over the last weeks, months,” he said.
LAST WILL
Lozada revealed he executed a personal affidavit or some kind of “last will and testament” about the telecommunications project and made arrangements for its release should anything happen to him.
Lozada refused to elaborate when pressed by Sen. Loren Legarda on the contents of the affidavit. “I have said enough and I want to retain something on my person,” he said.
Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago tried to discredit Lozada by asking him about his alleged illegal actions as president of Philippine Forest Corp.
Lozada admitted to signing a lease agreement – both as PhilForest official and Transforma Quinta Inc. official – for 50 hectares of land in Antipolo.
He also admitted to possibly giving away contracts – ranging from P81,700 to P19 million – without public bidding.
“Mea culpa. I have done things that have made me lose respect for myself. I don’t want to lose my soul,” he said.
“His (Lozada) story is very gripping, it has all the ingredients of a blockbuster: there is a lot of money, there is a lot of corruption involved. But the problem is he has no evidence to back up all his assertions,” Santiago said at the end of the first part of Lozada’s testimony.
“It makes me doubt very much whether I should take his testimony at face value because he is accusing other people of violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act when he himself admittedly is guilty of such violation,” she said.
But in the view of Santiago’s majority colleagues, Lozada is a credible witness.
Senate President Manuel Villar said it would be “very hard” to doubt Lozada’s testimony. “Maliwanag, detalyado, mahirap pagdudahan ang kanyang testimonya,” Villar said.
He also described Malacañang as already “running scared” when it called for a press conference Thursday while Lozada was giving his statements before the senators.
CONSCIENCE DECISION
When Sen. Rodolfo Biazon asked why he decided to appear in the Senate inquiry, Lozada said it was a conscience decision and that he was not forced by anybody to divulge what he knew about the project. “I never imagined myself to become a hero, Mr. Senator.”
“Mayroon pa nga akong mga permissible zones di ba? Hindi ako pwedeng maging hero,” Lozada said.
Lozada also said that one of the factors that led him to reveal what he knew was that he feared for his life.
He explained that his father was a poor immigrant from China who told him to love the Philippines and “pay this country back for all the good that it has done for him and his family.”
In between sobs, Lozada believed that working in government and putting up businesses is his way of helping the country.
“So if you’re asking me I guess I am just giving honor to my father and paying this country back,” he said.
Lozada said he had received death threats before. “For someone like me who has no political connection, no social pedigree, nothing, those things are very, very serious,” he said.
He said he expects that charges will be filed against him for his revelation on the scrapped multi-million dollar project.
“Yes. I am expecting they will throw everything back at me including the proverbial kitchen sink. They would try everything. Sabi nga nila sisikip ang mundo ko. Ini-expect ko na po iyun. It is sad but it is the reality I have to face,” said Lozada.
DEAR FRIEND
Under questioning, Lozada described Neri as a “dear friend” but admitted that the chairman had “chosen a side.”
“I know (Neri) cares for me but in this particular instance he has chosen a side,” he said.
He refused to describe the “side” Neri has chosen.
On insinuations by Sen. Jamby Madrigal that he has “intimate relations” with Neri, Lozada said “my relation with Secretary Neri was purely professional.”
Lozada also said he was with the First Gentleman in China to check the X-ray machines that the government would procure for Philippine ports.
Senators had stumbled on a $150 million deal for X-ray machines for container vans purchased by the Bureau of Customs under a $1.109 billion government-to-government loan agreement with China.
Lozada also revealed that the SouthRail project rehabilitating the railway system from Manila to Bicol is overpriced by $70 million.
Lozada said the proponents of the SouthRail project told him that Palace officials had allegedly benefited from the deal.
He said the government’s procurement system is defective because it is not tailored to fit the needs of the state but the interests of suppliers’ “patrons.”
Lozada said government procurement contracts often go to suppliers who are close to officials handling the projects.
“The procurement system doesn’t really work. The process of procurement is tailoring the process to the supplier. We don’t look for the best supplier. It should be needs-driven, but now it is supply-driven. Also, there’s no check and balance,” he said.
The Senate has summoned PNP chief Avelino Razon, PSPO officials and NAIA security chief Angel Atutubo when hearings resume Monday.
Please allow me to post this excerpt from the editorial of the Daily Tribune:
From the testimony of resigned Philippine Forest Corp. chief Rodolfo Noel Lozada. Jr., the crucial witness to the ZTE National Broadband Network (NBN) project that is being probed by the Senate, it is clear that Malacañang and its aides are into abductions, coercion, suborning perjury, issuing death threats, wiretapping, lying, massive graft and corruption, getting billions of pesos in kickbacks for projects and other criminal activities, along with covering up for the crimes the Palace committed.
All agencies in government are into these criminal activities, which are big-time and which continue to this day.
Hindi ako tutol sa pagsaklolo ng mga Madre at Pari kay Lozada. Bilang isang debotong Katoliko, karapatan ni Lozada ang humingi ng tulong sa simbahan at tama din naman na tulungan siya ng clergy. But considering the very low credibility of the Catholic Church herself and many of their spiritual leaders, hindi magandang tignan na napapaligiran si Lozada ng mga Madre at Pari na akala nati’y si Kristo. Sorry but that’s how I feel. Puno ng mga Madre at ilang Pari ang Senado nang nag-hearing. Some people are again questioning the role the church plays and separation between the state and church. But on the other hand, okay na din kasi wala talagang matakbuhan si Lozada.
Lozada may know some aspects of the ZTE deal, that much is true…
if indeed this is the first time the opposition senators heard Lozada’s testimony – it seems strange to me that when i watched the interrogation and listened to it on the radio – it seems that the opposition senators already knew Lozada’s answers and was merely asking their questions for the benefit of the media….
then it occured to me…
Lozada was really meant to be portrayed as an innocent, Lozada was meant to be killed in order to precipitate chaos.. and hence be the basis for a shift in power.
perhaps those men who “abducted” Lozada at the airport in fact saved his life. if Lozada was ordered killed those men who “abducted” him had every chance to do so and make it look like an accident – or he could have been erased much like Bubby Dacer was. I dont think the “heat” of media coverage would be enough to divert such a kill order.
just my two cents.
It’s funny how Malacañang tries to manipulate everything and assume that we are idiotic enough to believe. Really absurd to underestimate us.
What Brownberry posted above reminded me of what Honasan said kanina:
He said something to Lozada that he has the “second best security in this planet,” which are the nuns and priests, because they are “shock proof, bullet-proof, anti-magnetic, low maintenance.”
And he added, ” I guarantee you also from my own limited experience that there are things worse than a physical death.”
its sad how the church is also allowing itself to be dragged into the political fray.
are they also naive enough to think that this whole fiasco is in search for the truth? for the good of all?
this whole thing is a power play.
if the govt wanted Lozada dead he would be dead.
Remember the last time?
Malacanan wanted Bubby Dacer dead – and he was easily killed and burned. note : no one was jailed for this.
Sikat na tao pa si Dacer. E relatively unknown si Lozada – if he was perceived as a liability, he wouldve been killed last year pa.
perhaps – he was the bait the opposition was laying for the administration. have Lozada killed and there will be public uproar. but Lozada was whisked away – thereby foiling any slay plot. again – let me reiterate – i am not pro admin – but from a strategic standpoint – it was a master stroke.
Trillanes was right all along.
Appy_gilmore, it is very clear from your comments and argument that you’re on the other side…the evil side. You seemed to be insinuating that Lozada was coached by some senators. If you watched the hearing from beginning to end, you would see how consistent the guy was. Most if not all what he stated were similar to what he said during the Press Conference at La Salle. Pareho sin ang karamihan nasa affidavit niya na nasa pangangalaga ng kanyang confessor-priest. Iyong personal at confidential na document niya na nasa Pari, nakasulat doon more detail and specific ang relationship ni Neri at GMA. Marami daw sinabi kay Lozada ang tungkol kay GMA. Lozada might not be a Saint; but no one including you can bring down an honest man like him who is willing to tell the truth!
It is high time NOW for all of us to unite and let the truth prevail!
Di ba gusto ng bawat isa ang tunay na pagbabago, at kapayapaan sa ating bansa, so we need to help those concerned fellows who open the truth of Arroyo gov’t corrupt practices.
Jose Pidal and co. are not above the law, kailangan litisin sila ASAP para matapos na ang pahirap nila sa bayan.
Calling to ALL idealists and nationalists Pinoy kailangang magkaisa tayong lahat para matapos na ito. Halos lahat na ng sektor sa ating lipunan eh apektado na sa katigasan ng kanilang mga ulo.
I was listening to DZRH for the live coverage at grabe talaga ang mga kickback ng gobyerno tapos aangal sila bakit kasama ang pinas sa most corrupt. Nakakaawa din si Lozada dahil after this hearing it will be just like the Jose Pidol case. Well, JDV said he will expose more corruptions next week. This government is so lucky kasi kung kailan mas may credible na tao doon walang people power but during Chavit suportado nila. Heto naman si Abalos kung magsalita akala mabait parang si Atty Santos na akala mo nakakaawa pero imagine Chairman ka ng Comelec na dapat independent malakas sa FG at kinakatakutan.
Pero kahit walang People Power Lozada somehow destroy the credibility of Gloria’s Govt(once again)!.
Mabuhay ka Lozada! Good Job BLUE RIBBON COM
happy gilmore said: “perhaps – he was the bait the opposition was laying for the administration. have Lozada killed and there will be public uproar. but Lozada was whisked away – thereby foiling any slay plot”.
If there’s an slay plot, then, who has the motive to silence Lozada? Who has the power and resources to kill Lozada in a secured airport? So, the alleged kidnappers are his God send savior. I don’t buy your argument.
RE: He said something to Lozada that he has the “second best security in this planet,” which are the nuns and priests, because they are “shock proof, bullet-proof, anti-magnetic, low maintenance.”
Deadpan: Sen. Honasan made this statement due from his experience against corrupt regimes and i second the motion, but please not to include those misled Bishops who still symphatazing and supporting GMA regime.
I know most of the Bishops from Mindanao block still adoring GMA, even our good Cardinal, a prince of the R.C.C. except Cardinal Vidal and fellow bishops who castigated Arroyo corrupt practices.
Kgg. Guererro, as in any crime, there are three elements that comes into play :
MOTIVE – who stands to gain the most from Lozada’s death? it is not the govt. Lozada would be hailed as a hero -an innocent who stood up for “truth” but was ruthlessly silenced. this scenario would have caused chaos.
MEANS – both opposition and admin have the means to kill through underground operatives.
OPPORTUNITY – again, both opposition and admin had the opportunity to kill Lozada.
However – the admin beat the opposition to the gun and whisked away Lozada. as i said – if the admin wanted Lozada killed – he wouldve been dead.
now that custody of Lozada rests with the opposition – they cannot allow any harm to come to Lozada or else they will be blamed.
MOTIVE – who stands to gain the most from Lozada’s death?
Sino-sino ba ang mga nakinabang sa ZTE broadband kickback? Whistleblower si Lozada. Alangan naman ang NPA o Abu Sayaff ang may pakinabang kapag tinodas si Lozada.
Kgg. Happy Gilmore,
I feel that you have some reservation about the people who sided either from the gov’t or opposition, but this is high time now to open ourselves in a very serious situation to find a win win solution from these problems.
We are discussing something critical about the wrong doings of most of our gov’t leaders, but still everybody have change to express and give our solicit advise to solve the present political crisis in our country.
Everybody knows kung sino ang ugat ng problema na ating pinag-uusapan at tisod sa ating lipunan. Dapat putulin ito at itapon sa siga upang sunugin ng hindi na magkalat ng lagim at makahawa pa sa iba.
Isang viral disease na sumisira sa katinuan ng kaisipan ng isang tao. Dapat kailangang puksain ng pinakamabisang gamot upang di na maghasik ng lagim sa lipunan.
Kgg. Balweg, malinaw na away ng mga may pera at kapangyarihan ito.
huwag tayong magpagamit.
let us stand by our institutions. i believe that somehow this will reach the Supreme Court. Let it be, so that the highest court in the land can render judgement.
Kgg. Guerrero – as i said – the only party that will benefit from Lozada’s death will be the opposition. Lozada will be hailed a hero , much like Ninoy was. We can look to history at what happened when Ninoy was killed. The opposition, led by Ninoy’s widow took power.
Mura lang ang buhay, dito pa sa Pilipinas. i maintain that if the powers that be wanted someone dead – they would be dead one way or the other.
With Lozada’s testimony corroborating earlier testimony of Neri, it is worthy to note that Abalos is still a freeman and not made accountable and pay for his crime. The senate is running a scripted political drama. It would have been better to start putting people in prison and see how far ones loyalty go when you serve time protecting the big fish.
Paaano maging ala-Ninoy si Lozada? Walang political followers. Sabi niya probinsyanong instsik lang siya. The death of Lozada will not trigger mass uprising.
The only party that will benefit from Lozada’s death will be the opposition. Lozada will be hailed a hero , much like Ninoy was. We can look to history at what happened when Ninoy was killed. The opposition, led by Ninoy’s widow took power.–happy gilmore;
Based on your analogy that the opposition will benefit on Lozada’s death ay mali ata.The oppositions wanted to unveil the truth on this scandals, kung patayin nila ang star wetness ay patay na ang kaso nila,simple as tha!.Kung mayroon mang gustong pumatay kay Lozada ay iyung nagtatago ng anomalya.
Huwag magpagamit? Tama, hindi nagpagamit si Lozada sa Malacanang. Ikaw gilmore, nagpapagamit ka ba kaya ka nandito?
Baka nagpapagamit ka kay Neri kaya sakang ka maglakad.
now that custody of Lozada rests with the opposition – they cannot allow any harm to come to Lozada or else they will be blamed.
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Nangangamoy ang kusina. Mukhang may niluluto ka.
What is the significance of Lozada’s testimony? Senator Santiago said of witness who perjured himself which can earn him time in prison. Senate is not interested in a justice system or to correct institutional or system failure. Rather, it is interested how far Lozada account, be he dead or alive, can generate political pressure to tip the hands of those protecting the power holders. It is all waiting game and will not change the status hold of the President in the House.
In short, senate will not have its death wish of impeachment court no matter how much dirt it can heap on the President until it can change the status quo in the lower house which the senate largely ignored.
dOdOng;
Which part of Lozada’s statements in the senate hearing that perjured himself? Perjury is not telling the truth under oath .Lozada was truthful and he even admitted that he too was involved in small scale of anomalies. So, what testimonies that he perjured himself?
This is the best time in fact to know how much faith the Filipinos have in God above. Sure, the dorobos must be praying to Him likewise to be saved, but do you think God, the god of all righteousness, etc. will protect them knowing that they have not done the country and people any good, and that many lives have already been sacrificed for them to be able to claim that they are now just too powerful to be removed.
Like Rose and others here, I am leaving it to the Lord above to take vengeance that is His for the sake of Filipinos, especially those who have not dared resist but continue to tolerate this bad regime, the worst with Gloria Dorobo surpassing Marcos as the most corrupt president of the Philippines, which is known all over as the country where the presidents are conceived to be robbers and thieves.
Thank God, Lozada, has taken courage to tell the truth. There are still a lot to be revealed n doubt and until they are spilled out, I know He will protect Lozada. If they still try to get rid of him, then, let the wrath of the Lord above be upon them all.
Sabi nga ni Lozada, handa siyang mamatay even just to clear his own name and reputation. He is not at all trying to be a hero, but save his honor and dignity when he has not done any wrong except distance himself from this mess that he did not expect to find himself in.
Whatever defense based on lies that Fatso must have beenn telling his lawyers and publicists to tell the press, he is doomed. Ganyan ba ang sinasabi niyang na-inspire daw siya ng Panginoon? See, parang nakakaloko pa ang walanghiya e bistado naman na. Puede ba paki-aresto na ang animal na iyan. Criminal ang ginawa, bakit hindi iyan arestuhin at imbestigan? Asawa lang naman iyan ni Gloria Dorobo, bakit iyan binibigyan ng immunity? Pambihira talaga!
Perjury is committed when he admitted to wrongdoing as corporate officer in violation of Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.
Cocoy – please read again Ellen’s account on Senator Santiago’s statements.
dOdOng:
Binago na ba ang legal definition ng Perjury? Ang pagkakaalam ko Perjury – When a person, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which to authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed, is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true.Talaga naman pati perjury ay dinadaya ang kahulugan.
Grizzy on, “Sabi nga ni Lozada, handa siyang mamatay”.
This is a typical human nature. But where was Lozada when his life was not in danger and enjoying his life pandering to the corruptions within and around him.
It is very obvious every congressman and senator knew the commission in all projects. It is the lifeblood of every politician in addition to pork barrel. Ex-president Estrada has commissions in his plunder case. Lozada’s testimony is not by any means a shock to the whole nation as if the Filipinos are naive of the whole political structure built on commissions.
The problem of epic proportion is how to convince the electorate Filipino voters that tong, commissions, etc are creating all these mess around us from paying under the table in getting licenses, permits, etc to selling your votes to the moneyed congress. “May kilala ako” and “bayaran” culture is hard to get rid of.
Perjury is committed when he admitted to wrongdoing as corporate officer in violation of Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.-dOdOng
Malinaw pa sa unaranyag nga bulan iyan ha!Ibig mong sabihin Perjury ang kaso if he admitted commiting wrongdoings?We are still on planet earth dOdOng and we are not in Mars.
Tama ka cocoy sa perjury. Ibig ko sabihin, Lozada incriminated himself, hindi perjury.
Tama ka, Cocoy, what perjury are the idiots talking about?
Lozada has been firm in his statements regarding the shady deals. He has been very emphatic about the direct involvement of the Fatso in this racket perpetrated by Abalos, whom everybody knows has been an errand boy of Gloria Dorobo from the time he was appointed Chief Commissioner of the COMELEC that should have been protested against by Filipinos.
Hindi nga makahirit si Brenda na dinadaan na lang sa expletives and namecallings ang pang-iinsulto kay Lozada at sa katotohanan. In the end, wala ring magawa to make Lozada retract his statements and make him take back the truths that he was spilling out. Ngayon nasa mga senador na ang desisyon na iutos nilang magtrabaho iyong prosecutor na ipahuli si Mike Bigtime Dorobo. Ganoon lang namang kasimple especially if they apply the Bible formula of one or two witnesses to establish a crime with the incriminating evidences. I bet you, makikipagtulungan din naman ang mga intsik diyan dahil hindi naman puedeng diktahan ni Gloria Dorobo ang gobyerno ng Tsina lalo na kung merong ayaw ibalik ang ibinayad na sa mga magnanakaw.
Tignan mo naman ang mukha ni Abalos sa totoo. Demonyo ang dating compared to Lozada who must have loved his country more kaya naging matapang na ipagtanggol ang katotohanan.
May his tribe increase! Ganoon din kay Joey de Venecia!
Lozada may have committed misdemeanor, but he is not the culprit in this case, not even an accomplice as he has stated. Napasubo lang, and his presence there was just routinary as in the case of Joey de Venecia. He is just supposed to be a witness, but to make him culpable in case he squeals the Fat Guy, inunahan na ng mga tuta ni Gloria Dorobo in the police.
Shooting two birds pa ang ginawa ng mga ungas sa totoo lang. They were trying to create a saga that would have two edges to the story whichever side of the fence the prying public are in. Kung kampi ka sa katotohanan, ipapalabas nilang Lozada is spilling beans to save his own hide para hindi siya kampihan.
Kung kampi ka naman kay Fatso at Gloria Dorobo, sasabihin nilang it was only for his protection that they took him away, but if he would insist, and the religious were not that fast to act, pihado na-salvage na siya at ibibintang sa mga komunista.
Ang galing, pero sa dinadami na ng niligpit nila, lumang istorya na talaga. Bistado na sila, period. May naniniwala pa rin ba kay Gloria Dorobo? Magkano?
…Shooting two birds with one stone….
Balik na ulit ako sa tulog. Got to have the needed rest and see if I can go to our temple today. Gotta submit Lozada’s name for a special prayer for his protection. Si Miriam lang daw ang hindi naniwala sa kaniya. I’m not surprised. Bakit siya maniniwala at makakaintindi, e sira nga ang ulo? Sino bang mga loko-loko ring pilipino ang bumoto diyan in the first place. Ganoon na ba kadami ang inmates ng Mandaluyong?
‘Night, sleep tight!
Happy,
MOTIVE – Ang obvious na makikinabang sa pagkamatay ni Lozada e si Ben Abalos, Mike Arroyo, Leandro Mendoza, Lito Atienza, Gen. Razon, AGM Atutubo, SPO4 Valeroso, Q. dela Torre, Leo San Miguel, Ruben Reyes, Ermita’s Assistant and most of all, Gloria. Gusto mong palabasin, pag natanggal si Gloria dahil sa ZTE, opposisyon ang makikinabang. Maling-mali kang lalo dahil ang makikinabang si Noli de Castro!
MEANS – If one side can kill 800+ militants, farmers, fishermen, students, rallyists and priests, that side surely has the means!
OPPORTUNITY – Anybody has the opportunity kamo, pero in the six hours na iniikot ni Lozada ang Luzon, sila Arroyo lang ang may opportunity.
Turuan kita ng style ng mga pulis kung di mo pa alam. Samahan ko na ng lengguwahe ng underground.
Pag “ipinasyal” ka, at walang nakakita nang kunin ka, ang kasunod noon, pupulutin na ang “basura” bangkay mo sa talahiban.
Kung pwersahan kang kinuha at “ipinasyal” ka at siniguro ng mga kumuha sa iyo na alam mo kung sino ang gumawa noon, tapos ay pinalaya ka, ibig sabihin, manahimik ka na o tumigil sa ginagawa mo. “Pinitpit” ang tawag diyan.
Ang mga salita/katagang “Cavite”, “fertilizer”, “rarampahin”, “pauuwiin”, at “salvage” ay mga salitang iisa ang ibig sabihin – papatayin ka na. Nung marinig ni Lozada na papunta sila sa Dasmariñas, Cavite maaaring tama ang hinala niya, “raratratin” na siya kundi sa Southwoods, Carmona, sa Langgam, San Pedro, sa Rosario, Biñan, sa Molino, Bacoor o sa iba pang hindi mataong lugar sa paligid ng SLEX. Saka siya dadalhin sa Dasmariñas para gawing “fertilizer”.
Kung high profile ang biktima, tutunog muna ang mga kumuha kung “maingay” ba at kung sakaling natukoy ang identity ng mga pumik-ap. Kung “malinis” ang pagdukot, saka lang papatayin. Kaya anim na oras ang inikot-ikot nila ay inaalam kung nabisto ang mga dumukot. Sa puntong ito, “na-deliver” na ni Atutubo si Lozada sa isang “SPO4 Valeroso” na siguradong peke na puwedeng gamiting palusot ni Atutubo na naisahan lang siya. Nung maingay na ang media, lalo na yung mga kapatid at asawa, “tabla” o called-off na ang operasyon. “Ibinalik” na si Lozada at “na-deliver” sa La Salle.
Na-save kamo si Lozada ng mga kumidnap sa kanya? Bwahahaha. Ang maingay na media ang nag-salba sa kanya.
Tama si Aty36252, mabango ang amoy ng niluluto ni Happy, akin na ang puto-Biñan. Paborito ko ang dinuguan.
Akala ni Fatso okay na ang operations nila kay Lozada, na si Lozada ay gagawa ng statement na sasabihing hindi kasama sa ZTE scandal and magasawang DOROBO kaya bumalik na siya sa Philippines. VERY WRONG! Lumabas si Lozada at nagsabi siya ng totoong nangyari! HULING HULI na naman ang “BAD GUY DOROBO”.
No matter how bad this Fatso is, wala namang magagawa ni babaeng DOROBO kasi si Fatso ang gumawa sa kanya. According to some reliable sources, si Fatso ang gumawa ng lahat ng paraan para manalo itong babaeng DOROBO. Fatso was the one who distributed the money “daw” during the 2004 election campaign para ibili ng mga boto. Kahon kahon daw ng pera ang pinamumudmod ng Fatso all over the country. Kaya noon pa yan, marumi na ang record niya sa pera. He is never contented. He has to have his fingers in all projects. It even makes me wonder kung ano namang kababalaghan ang ginagawa niya sa Europe, siguro gumagawa na naman ng pagkakwartahan doon.
Although all these whistle blowers are only mentioning the Fatso, the fact that the DOROBO woman went to China “like a thief in the night” wika nga ng isang reporter habang ang asawa ay ioperahan sa puso, to sign the papers was reason enough to believe that this DOROBO woman knows about the overpriced deal. She is then as guilty as her husband!Palagi na lang natin sinasabi na si Fatso ang kurakot but who approves all the projects where the Fatso gets the cut? Hindi ba si DOROBO woman?
I think it’s about time to have a showdown between the alleged corruptors and the witnesses. Since the accused corruptors (High Ranking Government Officials)tends to be clean w/ all the alibi w/c contradicts the witnesses. For the enlightment and benefit of the Filipino People, they have no reason to be afraid to face anybody in the proper forum should they really be innocent of all the corruption charges. At para naman sa mga tagapagtanggol ng ZTE/NBN Scam, are you not tired yet of defending the project? Saka, bat sa media kayo nagpapaliwanag, bat di kayo umattend ng senate hearing para maging transparent lahat?
Salvador Panelo, lawyer of(COMELEC) chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr., said that his client will sue Lozada for libel, ABS-CBN News learned Friday.
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Wow. Ang sarap pakinggan. Ito ang hinihintay ni Chief Justice Puno.
Mga batang abogado, handa na. This is the case that will put your names in the law books. I would defend Lozada pro bono. I would file a motion to dismiss on the ground that the basis for the charge is unconstitutional.
Maaaring manalo o matalo kayo, pero tiyak, may dissenting opinion na lalabas. Yan ang pag-uusapan sa freshman law classes, pati sa labas, kapag nag-iinuman ang mga bata. Ask any old-timer like me, mas maraming bumilib sa mga dissenting opinions ni CJ Teehankee, kesa sa mga lackey ni Macoy.
Handa rin akong tumulong gumawa ng mga pleadings.
I’m sure L na L na si CJ Puno – listong listo na sa gagawing decision. Mukhang nalibog (confused in Bisaya) na si Panelo. Wala nang deterrent effect and libel, dahil fine lang ang penalty. You will just provide an opening to have it declared unconstitutional.
Atty. Salvador Panelo was a Marcos loyalist. If Abalos intends to sue Lozada, he might as well sue Neri and the others. Let him sue…it would be the Filipino People vs Abalos.
Anong Libel case ang pinagsasabi nitong atorni Panelo? Ampaw lang ang magiging kaso.Ulol! natural magsabi ng totoo si Lozada sa Senado dahil he is under oath.Para na rin sinabi ni Mendoza bakit daw alam ni Lozada ang mga transaction ay wala siyang mga pirma,Torpe! talaga, sinabi na nga ni Lozada that he only drafted the project na ang ibig sabihin siya ang draftsman at si Neri ang arkitekto at si Neri ang pipirma.Kailangan sa mga tulongis na ito ay mag-enroll sa Liars academy para mahasa ang mga utak nila sa pagsisinungaling.Otro pa rin itong si Apostol,liban sa baluktot ang dila ay racist pa.Sino ba ang tunay na dugong Pilipino baka si Lapu-Lapu.Asus! mag-aral nga ng history itong si Apostol para malaman niya na pinamulatan ng mga tribu ni Lapu-Lapu ang pugot na ulo ni Majilan.
Snoopy: Somehow, vindicated na naman si Senator Trillanes. Happy for the guy. Siguro naman those who bashed him for the standoff last November at least understand where his disgust for Malacañang comes from.
TougueT,
Tama ka, kaya ‘pinalutang’ ang spurious name na ‘SPOpot Valeroso’, (at na-nacheck nga na talagang walang ganun pangalan sa listahan ng kapulisan) ay may balak na talaga silang gawing fertilizer si Jun LOzada. At yung salitang ‘Dasmariñas Cavite’ ay hudyat na tutuluyan na siya. Buti nalang at nagpanic ang misis ni Lozada sa mga media kaya ayun nataranta ang mga Mafia gang. Mga kabayan, samahan natin ng dasal para matalo na ang espirito ng kadiliman na bumabalot sa ating bansa at mawala na ang mga kampon ng demonyo.
The stretch of the highway between Anabu and Dasma is noted as the throwing field of salvagings. Now you know who throws people there. Never expected Neri is a hatchet man.
Lagot si Atutubo. Tingnan natin kung a-attend sa hearing sa MOnday. Siya kasi ang nakakita kung ano ang itsura ni ‘SPOpot Valeroso’. At matatanong siya kung bakit naniwala siya na ang grupo ni ‘Valeroso’ ang dapat kumuha kay Lozada gayung alam naman na may legal order na Senate ang dapat umaresto.
Kgg Cocoy, Kgg Dodong,
perhaps the perpetrators of had two plans –
Assuming – Lozada gets killed and pins the killing on the admin. while it is true na hindi sikat noon si Lozada – during the time of his departure to HK, it was made sure that the media had full coverage of the search for him and the wait for his return. alam nyo naman ang pinoy – palaging kumakampi sa inaapi – the killing of Lozada would have made a picture perfect cause for the opposition to rouse the people to rally the “cause” that the “innocent” Lozada has died for.
Synonymous po yung situation where the senate forbade the opening of the famous second envelope (of the erap trials). the opposition (then) wanted to open an envelope WHOSE CONTENTS THEY KNEW FULL WELL WERE IMMATERIAL, luring the erap admin into the trap. once the senate forbade the opening of the envelope, within hours, millions flocked to edsa.
the current opposition wished to harness the same effect.
Killing Lozada before he could spill the beans would be tantamount to “not opening the second envelope”. the people would feel that they have been robbed of the truth and hence rush to the streets. However – LOZADA LIVED AND DID SPILL THE BEANS. therefore all that is left is to pursue this in the proper forum. I BELIEVE IN OUR INSTITUTIONS – WE DID PUT A PAST PRESIDENT IN JAIL FOR 6 YEARS.
do you honorable gentlemen seriously believe that the opposition is in genuine search for the truth? this is a power struggle gentlemen. the “truth” is just one of the pawns being used by those seeking power.
Re: perhaps the perpetrators of had two plans
Baka si Lozada pakawala ni Kabayan Noli De Castro. Siya ang direct beneficiary kapag tinodas si Lozada at mapatalsik si Gloriang Tiyanak. Ano ang say mo Happy Gilmore?
Diego, nang inikot nila si Lozada sa probinsiya…hanggang Los Banos, Laguna ay may balak talagang itumba siya. The Pidal Mafia aborted the plan due to media’s involvement. Kalat ang media sa airport at sa lahat ng air wave. I don’t know if Kabayan Noli is a direct beneficiary of Lozada’s liquidation.
Noli could be part of it but the one who would have benefited most was no other than GMA’s family and gang.
Over in the US, many say Obama might be assassinated if elected President. The fear does not only come from his supporters but from independent known personalities. That’s what I’ve long feared that would happen. Kaya nga hindi tumakbo si Powell noon.
K.K.K.????
Hindi natutulog ang Diyos kaya buhay pa si Lozada. Kung bakit, abangan na lang natin ang susunod na kabanata. Sabi nga ni Solomon, there is a time for everything. Habang may panahon pa, kayong mga nagpapagamit sa rehiming ito ay magsisi na at magbalik-loob kay Lord. Kawawa naman ang kapalaran ng ating bayan at kinabukasan ng ating mga anak. Kayo rin, hindi ba kayo natatakot na makulong sa hell?
Yes, Diego. Buhay na buhay pa rin ang White Supremacists sa US. Hindi papayagan ng maintream na isang Black o Minority ang mamuno sa Amerika. Obama is even in danger if elected Vice President. Kung makalusot si Obama as Democrat candidate, matatalo iyan kay Mccain o sino man candidate ng Republican. One reason why the Democrat race between Clinton and Obama is so close and unfinished could be they’re trying to boot out Obama. Kung nagawa nila iyan kay Gore noon sa Florida, bakit hindi ngayon sa primary election?
“do you honorable gentlemen seriously believe that the opposition is in genuine search for the truth? this is a power struggle gentlemen.”– happy gilmore
What if I say yes? How do you prove me wrong?
“do you honorable gentlemen seriously believe that the opposition is in genuine search for the truth?”
Sorry Mr. Happy, your Freudian slip is showing. Seems that you are not only RACIST, you are also SEXIST.
Didn’t you notice that most of Ellen’s bloggers are women? So, you assume that they don’t even exist here?
normal na pag galang ko lang ang gumamit ng “gentlemen”, without any intention of neglecting the “women”. sexist? of course i am. i know of no man na hindi sexist, nor any woman na hindi sexist.
kgg Diego – you may be right. Noli indeed is a potential beneficiary.
why am i adamant that it is the opposition that will directly benefit?
a) the death of Lozada would generate a public uproar.
b) the public uproar would be directed at the current administration.
c) in all likelihood – the loser, middle and upper class will unite to boot GMA.
d) the opposition will likely lead the assault and declare a revolutionary government. (in this scenario – even Noli will not benefit.)
so you see honorable bloggers – the opposition is the direct beneficiary of Lozada’s death.
also, honorable bloggers – you still have not answered the question:
If there was any intention to harm Lozada – why was he left ALONE in the back seat? why were there no other agents to his left and to his right to ensure that he could not escape – had the intention been to kill him?
also, honorable bloggers – you still have not answered the question:
If there was any intention to harm Lozada – why was he left ALONE in the back seat? why were there no other agents to his left and to his right to ensure that he could not escape – had the intention been to kill him?
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Sinagot na yan ni ace. Read.