Whistleblower Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada urged Filipinos tonight to demand from the Arroyo government an accounting of the $1.4 billion loans it obtained from China last year.
Speaking at around 6:30 p.m, Lozada said the $329 million NBN deal financed from a loan from the Chinese government was just the tip of the iceberg. The government, he said, borrowed from China last year a total of $1.8 billion.
Lozada had earlier told a Senate inquiry the contract was overpriced, with former Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos supposedly seeking a $130 million cut with the Palace’s knowledge.
In his 10-minute message, Lozada repeated in Filipino his famous line that truth is his defender and urged a receptive crowd to continue the pursuit for truth and justice.
But he said, “Ang pagkilos na ito ay hindi dapat pagkilos na dala ng galit at pagkamuhi.”
He said Filipinos should be motivated instead by their love of country, as well as a genuine concern for the rights of victims of corruption and oppression, many of whom, he said, live in subhuman conditions.
“Ang adhikain ko po ay makita na magbabago ang kalooban ng bawa’t isang Pilipino ukol sa nabibiktima ng corruption,” he said.
Seeking the crowd’s forgiveness for his lapses when he was still president of the government-run Philippine Forestry Corp., including the awarding of contracts to relatives, Lozada vowed to tell the truth despite government’s repeated attempts to shut him up since he arrived back in Manila from Hong Kong early this month.
He lamented that police’s successful attempt in stopping protesters from other parts of Luzon in joining today’s interfaith rally.
Lozada closed his message by asking the crowd: “Kayo ba ay naniniwala na kumita si GMA and Mike sa NBN-ZTE deal? Sasamahan nyo ba ako tapusin itong atin inumpisahan?”
“Oo,” the protesters thundered back.
Ah, finally, the much awaited report… Thanks, Ellen!
Noong early 1980s, ganyan din ang mga tao; martsa dito, rally doon. Ilang taon iyon hanggang tumalsik si Makoy. Noon parang malabong mawala sa kapangyarihan si Makoy pero nag-milagro at ang strongman ay na-exile sa Hawaii. Sige lang bayan, martsa dito, rally doon. Pasaan ba at magmimilagro din iyan at si black magic woman ay pupulutin sa kangkongan.
For thousands of years, religion and its numerous clones have been forever looking for the elusive Truth until now. Even those cults on trimedia would mention the word truth so many times as if their world depends upon it. But for us, truth is found through our new friend, Mr. Lozada. Its no longer important if theres still the damning lie covering a thousand lies more. One Lozada is enough.
3 cheers for Lozada! Hep, hep hurrah! God bless you, Jun, for your efforts! You’re great!
Who cares what Luli and her brigades try to spread around as your sins, which if you do have, we are not the ones you are answerable to but to the Lord above? Pero siguro naman mas malaki ang mga kasalanan noong mga namimintang sa iyo!!!
Sa kanila patama iyong sinabi sa Bible, “And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?” (Matt.7:3; Luke 6:41)
From: WE, The People of the RP
To : evil bitch
You might think you had succeeded in fending off…. It’s a temporary relief…. Take heed…. Not for long…. When the light finally shines through…. Where will you hide…. Spain? China? Or to a place you richly deserve? Like in a cell amongst jailbirds!
cc: FG and not FGI
Finally, this blog is up….
Jun Lozada, Hindi ka Nag-iisa!
What is up with that no fly zone? ano sa tingin nila yong Makati? Iraq? baka merong mga dala yong mga nagrally ng RPG nakatago sa mga streammers nila. thats bull crap, ayaw lang nilang ipakita sa buong Pilipinas kung gano kadami ang taong dumalo sa rally.
samantalang doon sa pro-glo rally nila nabasa ko ay 1000 na katao lang at binayaran pa, yong iba sumama lang dahil gutom na.
Buti naman at nag-recite daw ng 2000 Hail Mary’s ang mga pro-Gloria. Nailipad ang dasal nila sa interfaith rally sa Makati while they stayed in Welcome Rotonda.
Chi,
Ano? Nagdala ba ng pre-fabricated ng chapel sa Camp Crame? Nampucha! Akala siguro niya si Queen Catherine de Medici siya (laging may bitbit na pre-fab chapel/tent)!
Yes, Anna.
Gloria hid her tiny self at Camp Crame. The bitch was “hapi” raw when she came out of her hole.
Teka muna, baka the exorcism ritual photo took place in a pre-fab chapel in Crame a. The photo was comedic! Hahaha!
Takot na takot ang gaga. Kunyari nagtapang-tapangan pero nang malamang libo-libo ang pumunta sa Makati, nagtatakbo sa Crame, and katakot-takot daw na “Hail Mary” ang dinasal. Vain repetitious prayers, di ba niya alam na ayaw ng Diyos iyan?
To prevent ABS-CBN to give an aerial view of the impressive rally crowd, estimated to be 50,000,the Air Transportation Office declared the Makati Business district a “No-fly zone”.
ABS-CBN has a sky patrol.Since their helicopter was disallowed, ABS-CBN instead posted their cameras on rooftops.
The “No-Fly Zone” order did not prevent teh Filipino people to know that thousands converged to demand truth and justice from the government and their disdain for Gloria Arroyo’s dishonesty.
Ellen,
I heard that she has also told her lawyers to study the possibility of defying SC ruling on her EO something. Who does she thinks she is? Above the law? Does she not know that any SC ruling is supposed to be taken as absolute and irrevocable? Tarantado pala ang bobitang iyan!
That’s a tons of money wasted in corruption.Palayasin na sila.
Cocoy’s Delight
According to Gloria Arroyo, she canceled the project only in September 2007, about five months after her visit on April 21 to Hainan province in China. If really cancelled, then, the government should have a written agreement of cancellation. Where’s the proof? There should be a penalty for early cancellation of the contract. Who paid the cancellation fee? How much?
That’s my own hunch, Ellen. That was to prevent Sky Patrol from live coverage of the size of the crowd. But cameras posted in either Enterprise Tower, Philamlife, or Ayala Triangle will do the same job.
I was also told cellphone signal jammers were in place long before the rally started but will only be activated once message traffic increase is detected. I didn’t have transmission problems yesterday, however.
Grabe ang hirap mag log in!
Masyado ng sikat ang Ellenville at nasasaktan siguro si Evil Bitch kaya na-hack! Pati yung kay Manolo Quezon di rin mabuksan ng maayos!
Ano ba solusyon talaga sa kurakutan na yan? Tanggalin si GMA? Pabalikin si ERAP? Makinig sa mga Senators etc..etc..etc.? Sino ba di kurakot sa kanila…? Pag ang ugat ng kurakot ang matatanggal, yun ang solusyon. Pano matataggal ang ugat ng kurakot sa pinas? Ang hirappppppppp! Kahit sino ang iluklok mo dun sa malacanang…uugatin na na di pa masusugpo ang kurakot na yan. Sila-sila gusto kumita…bakit? Dahil ang laki ng ginagastos sa eleksyon. Mababaliw na kayo sa kakaisip di pa ninyo masusulusyunan kung pano matatanggal ang UGAT ng kurakot sa Gobyerno. Kahit mabubuhay ang mga bayani natin na si Dr. J.Rizal, Anddress B. or si Ninoy…mababaliw na rin kung pano masusulusyunan ang KURAKOT na yan. Naku pano na ba talaga? Rally? People Power? Eleksyon? Di pa rin solusyon. Dapat siguro ilubog muna sa tubig ang Buong mundo….para mawala ang Kurakot na yan. Tindi di ba? Kahit batang paslit..nakakaranas ng suhol or kurakot…pano? Pag inutusan sya na bumili ng suka…may pahabol na ..anak bili ka ng suka sa iyo na sukli. Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! kahit magrali tayo ng magrali…nandyan pa rin ang kurakot sa gobyerno. PANOOOOOO..matatanggal yan??????????????
Ano ba solusyon talaga sa kurakutan na yan? Tanggalin si GMA? Pabalikin si ERAP? Makinig sa mga nagpapapogi sa harap ng camera na mga Senators etc..etc..etc.? Sino ba di kurakot sa kanila…? Pag ang ugat ng kurakot ang matatanggal, yun ang solusyon. Pano matataggal ang ugat ng kurakot sa pinas? Ang hirappppppppp! Kahit sino ang iluklok mo dun sa malacanang…uugatin na na di pa masusugpo ang kurakot na yan. Sila-sila gusto kumita…bakit? Dahil ang laki ng ginagastos sa eleksyon. Mababaliw na kayo sa kakaisip di pa ninyo masusulusyunan kung pano matatanggal ang UGAT ng kurakot sa Gobyerno. Kahit mabubuhay ang mga bayani natin na si Dr. J.Rizal, Anddress B. or si Ninoy…mababaliw na rin kung pano masusulusyunan ang KURAKOT na yan. Naku pano na ba talaga? Rally? People Power? Eleksyon? Di pa rin solusyon. Dapat siguro ilubog muna sa tubig ang Buong mundo….para mawala ang Kurakot na yan. Tindi di ba? Kahit batang paslit..nakakaranas ng suhol or kurakot…pano? Pag inutusan sya na bumili ng suka…may pahabol na ..anak bili ka ng suka sa iyo na sukli. Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! kahit magrali tayo ng magrali…nandyan pa rin ang kurakot sa gobyerno. PANOOOOOO..matatanggal yan??????????????
expat-pinoy,
paano nga ba?
huwag kang manggalaite diyan. kung meron kang naiisip na solusyon at paraan upang manumbalik ang kaayusan at tunay na pagsisilbing bayan ng mga ilalagay sa poder ay sabihin mo na.
kung wala naman, puwede ba, MATULOG KA NA LANG?
Ang mga post ng mga “neutral thinkers” dito ay directly proportional to the danger felt. Noong unang NBN testimony ni Neri, the Pen, then Lozada.
Tahimik na naman ngayon, weekend, kaya dumalang ang “neutrality”. Dito pa lang sa blog ni Ellen may barometer na tayo ng level of comfort ni Guriang.
Bumaba na nga pala si Pidal Castro. Kailan naman kaya sisipain ang Pidal Nuestro.
May mas malaking budget kapag merong “danger felt”!
student activism just like in the 70’s,unti unti nagigising na tayo! Chairman Neri si Rustum umamin na ikaw kailan?
Who would believe that during the Makati rally, Arroyo went to Crame for a Command Conference to discuss about the calamity and other projects in the country? She was like an Empress surrounded by her evil soldiers….her Empire about to fall soon.
Neri? During his visit to the south, he was interviewed by a reporter asking him about his appearance in the Senate hearing. He hurriedly answered: “Whatever the Supreme Court and Palace ask me to do, that’s what I will follow.”
Totoo, kung ano ang utos ng Malacanang sunod-suran lang siya.
Alam ni Romulo Neri ang executive privilege ay hindi ginagamit para paktapan ang criminal activities ni Gng. Gloria Arroyo. Walang national security issue sa pandarambong ni Miguel Arroyo.
the BOTTOMLINE is How can they explain the LOAN from China. Everybody now knows that we have this amount let us see what is their answer. Let an independent Auditor look into this.
The Senate is the key to stop these anomalous deals.
Export-Import Bank of China Loans
The North Luzon Railways Project (NLRP) -$503 million
The South Luzon Railways Project (SLRP)-$885.4 million
The National Broadband Network (NBN) Project- $329.5 million
The Cyber-Education (CEPA) Project- $529 million
The Beijing Connection: During the Senate investigation on February 8, 2008, Engr. Rodolfo Noel “Jun” I. Lozada, Jr. revealed that he had been involved in at least three anomalous projects of the government, all funded by the Export-Import Bank of China: the South Luzon Railways Project, the Cyber Education Project, and the ZTE-NBN Project. If we are going to add up the controversial North Luzon Railways Project also funded by China –the government will have a total of four projects funded by a loan of $2.2 billion or P91.1 billion that must be considered illegitimate.
freedomfromdebt.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/chinese-eximbank-loans.pdf
Ang sabi ng mga lapdogs ni Evil Bitch, hindi daw totoo itong figure ni Lozada. Baka nga…dahil mas malaki pa ang tunay na figure na involved!
Sabi ni Jun Lozada moderate greed, 20% SOP komisyon ng $2.2 billion =$440 million. Laway lang ang puhonan.