Lahore- The governor of Punjab, Lt. Gen. Khalid Maqbool (ret.), in welcoming visiting members of Philippine media, enumerated three features common between Pakistan and the Philippines that should move relations between the two countries from “warm and cordial” to vibrant and gainful.
The first common feature, the governor said, is the two countries’ adherence to democracy “haltingly but successfully.” Second is both governments’ reliance on employment of nationals in other countries. Third is our colonial past.
It is interesting how Pakistan and the Philippines, in their own peculiar ways, have dealt and are still dealing with these realities.
By the way, the members of media who are here on the invitation of the Islamabad Public Research Institute include Dante Francis Ang II of the Manila Times, Natalia Diaz of Inquirer, Lyn Resurreccion of Business Mirror, Fatima Parel of People Asia and myself. Gemma Cruz representing Manila Bulletin was with us in the first part of the trip but had to skip Lahore for an important commitment in Manila.
The governor welcomed us in his elegant official residence which reminds one of stately mansions and lovely gardens in Jane Austen movies.
As governor of Punjab province, Pakistan’s second largest, Governor Maqbool oversees a population of 86 million in area of 79,284 square miles that includes Lahore, considered the cultural and intellectual capital of the country.
The beauty of Lahore is in its being able to preserve much of the tangible elements of its splendid past. We visited Lahore Fort that existed in the 14th and 15th century which through its halls of special and public audience, show a mechanism of leaders’ consultation with the people, the essence of good governance.
There’s also the magnificent Badshahi Mosque, the second largest in the world.
We witnessed the fascinating flag-lowering ceremony at the Pakistan-India border of Wagha, 12 kilometers from Lahore. This tourist attraction shows how the two countries have been able to transcend their violent history and are now responsible members of the international community resolving differences through peaceful means.
We asked the governor how Pakistan is able to nurture their deep sense of nationalism despite having been colonized by the British. We notice this in their daily attire, the shalwar kameez and their use of Urdu as lingua franca.
Noting the colonization of the Philippines by Spain and the United States, the governor quipped, “I don’t know who was the better colonizer.”
He said their people are deeply embedded to the cultural foundation of Pakistan.”Pakistanis are quite accepting what comes out from the West while retaining our own religious beliefs, deep attachment to our own language, our own dress. We think we have a multicultural identity. We have a deep sense of history but we need to be part of the world.
The governor said there’s a big number of Pakistanis working in the United Kingdom, the United States and in the Middle East and they remit to their families about $5 billion annually. (The over 10 million Filipino overseas worker keeps the Philippine government afloat with their estimated annual $10 billion remittances.)
He said although there are a number of Pakistani professionals working in other countries, the bulk are unskilled. He expressed admiration how the Philippines have “successfully sent trained and skilled workforce” all over the world including Pakistan.
There are about 3,000 Filipinos working in Pakistan mostly in telecommunications, hotels and hospitals. Filipino domestic helpers are beginning to be deployed here. In Lahore, there are some 300 Filipinos, among them three chefs in the Chinese and Japanese restaurants of the five-star Avari hotel. We asked Gov. Maqbool how Pakistanis regard Filipino workers.
He said Pakistan is a growing economy and needs to be competitive. If an entrepreneur invests billions of rupees to put up a hospital and a hotel, they would require people who can give sophisticated and quality service.
He said Filipino workers in Pakistan is not an issue. “Actually we should not be getting people from outside. We are 150 million people. If we are not able to train nurses and hotel people, we are not doing a good job. ”
“I hope that if people from the Philippines come and work in hospitals and hotels, our people also need to work hard and become sophisticated. This will be an incentive for them to work harder and come up to the required standard.”
On the similarity of our political situation, a glance at Pakistan’s newspapers’ front pages supports that view. They recently had a parliamentary election that gave parties opposed to President Musharraf’s government a resounding victory. A coalition government was formed which elected Yousuf Raza Gilani as prime minister.
Newspapers report conflicting stand of coalition members on the re-instatement of the judges purged by Musharraf last November to pre-empt legal challenges to his questionable re-election as president. The bottomline in this issue is the independence of the judiciary.
Yesterday’s headline of “The Dawn” says the impasse on the May 12 re-instatement of the judges threatens the fragile coalition.
It’s like reading about Philippine politics.
Many failed to see one basic similarity between the Philippines and Pakistan…both start with the letter “P”…he, he. If Pakistan despite their poverty and chaotic government is now a Nuclear Power, why can’t the Philippines be one? Think about this…if the Philippines has nuke, our neighbors and the large countries would think twice before intimidating and challenging us. We do have good scientists.
Filipinos are not lacking in intelligence and education.
Ellen: just wondering..on the similitaries of the two countries..have you noticed any signs or talks of gov’t cheatings.. tongpats..greed…corruption…things that are the ills of the Phil.?
Re: the comment of the governor on who is a better colonization.it seems to me that the British are better..
We discussed Gandhi’s book in our Non Violent Peace making class and his civil disobedience worked..I wonder if it would sa Phil.
On national pride and wearing of costmes..I attended an International Night to raise funds for the seminarians last night and to see people in their native costumes was simply beautiful..and it was really a testimony of the universality of the catholic church..many of the countries represented were basically “Spanish”..Bolivia, Equador, El
Salvador, Phil. and of course US and Ireland…each presented us with their dances and songs..and the food was also international..I congratulate the organizers of St. Aedan’s Church, JC their pastor Fr. Joseph Altarita and his assitant Fr. Sebastian for the success..I also met a seminarian from Mindanao..many of us came Filipiana..and while waiting for my ride in front of the bulding ang lahat na dumaan ay napahanga ko.simple kimona made in Antique..at nagsabi ang ganda daw..(hindi ako) kundi ang suot ko..just they wait and see when I wear a terno or the patadiong sa susunod..tatayo ako ng isang oras sa harap para makita ang “beauty” (hindi ako..I am only 4’11) ng ating sariling damit…
We dont see us wear the national dresses unless we attend occassions forced by the government sometimes with pocket money to go for public employes or when there is a wedding. But one thing sure we are developing a national uniform, the ukay-ukay.
Val: you are right..we only wear the national dresses to attend special occasions..pero come summer time the kinonas (not the fancy ones)..and the barong polo are very appropriate…once my nephew (who was at that time studying at St. Peter’s) modelled a barong nang hiram with sneakers on..he didn’t even know what goes with what..so during their Christmas break umuwi kami at ipinagawa ko siya ng ilang barong..He enjoyed his stay in the Phil. at ngayon had been asking “when are we going home”..mag iipon daw siya para makauwi sa 2009..gustong pumunta sa Boracay pero bago siya makapunta doon uuwi ko siya sa Antique..
pero na notice ko may kamahalan din ang mga native dresses natin..not so if we pay in dollars..pero sa karamihan mas mura ng di hamak ang ukay ukay..
There’s no question that Musharaff is better than Gloria who is in league with tyrant Mugabe.
Sharp difference between Pakistan and Pinas…the first P can afford to employ foreign maids as in pinays with just salaries; the second P can not afford to give employment even to it’s own citizens.
The first P is Prime Minister of Pakistan. The second P is Pandak and Puta of the Philippines.
Offtopic.
‘Hello Garci’ will haunt you, Querubin tells Esperon.
Asspweron, on the other hand, said “who are their witnesses”.
click: http://www.malaya.com
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Ang daming witnesses ulol!
Wala na ba si Ass? Sana ay magsalita na ng husto ang lahat ng senior and junior officials ng kanilang nalalamang personal at partisipasyon sa 2004 election cheating (ayon sa utos ni GloriaAsspweron) at kasuhan ang lintek na Ass.
Huwag tantanan hanggang sa ma-Munti ang Ass ni Gloria.
I have gone to Pakistan myself some years back. I went there with a group of Japanese NGO and visited an Afghan refugee camp in Islamabad that was less progressive than the sights Ellen and companions must have been taken to for the needed publicity on Pakistan prior to the Pandak’s visit there.
In other words, I have seen only the back-streets of Pakistan similar to those places shown in Angelina Jolie’s “The Mighty Heart” filmed in fact in India and infested with wannabe Pakistani terrorists. In short, I did not get to see any of the fantastic tourist spots in Pakistan as the usual glamourous tourist.
As for the colonial mentality, one thing I notice though is that a lot many of those occupied by Great Britain have not that much attachment to the British as the kind of adulation Filipinos feel deeply for the Americans.
I doubt if the Pakistanis have the same amount of gratitude to the British like some gratitude to God the Filipinos feel for Americans that one American I met even commented that he loved going to the Philippines because people there looked up to him as a god!
Up until the end of WWII, or the early and mid-50’s, there were a lot many Filipinos, especially the lolas, still wearing the “kimona’t patadyong.” Both my maternal and paternal grandmothers left a lot of their clothes that are now considered novelty and not daily wear as they did. In fact, the first terno I wore was a handed down from my maternal grandmother.
They retain national identity because unlike the Spanish, the British encouraged the retention of the identity of the peoples they colonized.
Similarities between Pakistan and the Philippines, viewed from US foreign policy perspective:
Pakistan’s location is strategic in the war against terror. Philippines’ location was strategic too for the war against communism before.
The Philippines has NPA and Moro rebellion, a concern to the US now and before.
Pakistan has Al Qaeda problems in the Northeast Frontiers, a serious concern to the US (serious enough for anti-Iraq Barrack Obama to say he’s willing to unilaterally send troops to Pakistan if Musharraf fails to deliver in the war on terror).
The Philippines had the US bases, so we were important to the US before. The US was desperate not to let the Reds gain power.
Pakistan has nuclear power, so they are important to the US more than we were important to the Americans before. That’s why desperate not to let the extremist gain power in Islamabad.
US intervention in Pakistan is heavy. They support democratization to placate anti-Musharraf forces whose discontent might fuel further extremism, while supporting Musharaff, whose firm hand they need to contain the extremist.
The result: a divided government with Musharaff as president and a pro-democracy oppositionis as prime minister. Not bad for US policy and Pakistani democracy.
Speaking of National Dress:
Naalala ko si Quintin Tarantino.
Minsan, pumunta dito yan sa Pilipinas para dumalo sa isang pagtitipon ng mga batikang direktor at mga manunulat. Sumakay ng taxi pero dahil mabigat ang traffic, nainip at lumipat sa padicab. Tuwang-tuwa naman si Quintin.
Bukod dito, kapag mayroong pagtitipon sa America lalo na’t mga Gabi ng Parangal, suot niya yung kanyang Barong Tagalog na binili niya mismo dito sa Pilipinas nung pumunta siya dito.
Bakit nga ba ang mga Pilipino, hindi natutuwa sa kanyang pagkakakilanlan? Dayuhan pa ang natutuwa sa hindi naman bahagi ng kanilang kultura.
Ang ating ekonomiya ay hindi tinutulungan ng mga Pilipino bagkus mukhang dinuduraan pa. Hindi binibigayn ng pansin. Sabi nga ng isang ekonomista sa programa ni Jessica Soho, bumili ka ng banyagang produkto, ang tinulungan mo ay yung lakas pag gawa nila at higit sa lahat yung ekonomiya nila.
Nakakadismayang isipin na ang mga Pilipino ay naghahangad ng kaginhawaan pero di niya makita sa sarili niya kung saan o ano ang dapat niyan gawin para matamo ang mithiing ito. Hindi niya kilala ang sarili niya!
The Pakistanis, too, speak various languages, and though at present Urdu is considered the national language, there is now a movement to give Punjabi, Pushto, Sindhi, Siraiki and Balochi similar status as the national language(s) of Pakistan.
Yet, despite similar confusion as to which of the major languages there should be considered as the national language, never have the people of Pakistan heard of any head of their government clamor for English to be made as “the national language” unlike what the idiota now wants done, which is shelve the 1958 ruling re the adoption of Pilipino (based on Tagalog) as the national language, and replace it with English, the lingua franca when the US occupied the Philippines.
I really cannot understand why Filipinos would tolerate being treated as more inferior speaking their native tongue than when they speak a foreign language that they actually cannot fully comprehend nor consider their own.
Golberg,
Ang kaibigan naming university professor (puting ‘merkano) ay na-assign sa military service sa Cebu (1966-69, he said). Hangga sa ngayon ay suot niya ang singsing na hindi mamahaling bato/diamond kundi si Tandang Sora sa isang pera.
We met him five years ago at iyan ang unang ipinagyabang sa amin. Minsan ay nag-party ako, suot ba naman ay jusi na barong, pinagkaguluhan tuloy ang barong niya ng ibang puti.
Halos yearly din siya na bumisita ng Pinas at malaki ang contribution sa San Carlos U(Cebu). Malapit nang mag-retire kaya the past years ay kasama ang doktor na anak (lalaki) kung bumisita sa Pinas.
A year after Gloria stole the throne, our friend led a group of students to study developing countries. They were invited in Malacanang and he was too proud, nakamayan daw niya si Gloria. For many years, he was saying “I know Gloria Arroyo”. Ngayon, he says that he’ll visit Pinas again when Gloria is out, and “I regret the day I shook Gloria Arroyos’ COLD hands”.
J,
And as an undeniable result, both Gloria and Musharaff are well-loved by Bush.
Offline!
Esperon should be investigated or indicted now that he is a civilian and before he gets a new position. Otherwise we’ll be sorry we blew the only window of opportunity. Another rat sees the ship is sinking so he goes for the monetary board.
offline din!
As to Asspweron, agree with all my heart, Valdemar.
As to Bunyeta, this rat knows what to target. Tianak’s boys are assured of either life employment or wallow in ill-gotten wealth long after she’s gone.
Offline pa rin!
As expected, the bitch pardons Maestrocampo, Gambala and company.
Gloria, the fake president and also the Commander-in-Cheat of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, “told reporters she had approved the recom-mendation of outgoing military Chief of Staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. to pardon the nine Magdalo officers”. http://www.tribuneonline.org
Good for you ex-Magdalos. I wonder what better-paid jobs you hold now.
That easy ha. Palayain na rin si former Corporal Walter Francisco na ayaw lang ni Asspweron ang pagmumukha; at si 1Lt. Artemio Raymundo, Jr, na nakakulong dahil lang sa CD ni Erap…2 victims of gross injustice!
Goldberg: you are right sa observation mo.. mas ganado pa ang mga puti at pinagmamalaki pa ang suot na barong..doon sa pinuntahan kong International night, mabibilang mo ang mga nagsuot ng barong..madali kasi ang kimona kaya mas marami ang naka kimona. Kids from other countries wore their native dresses..pero wala akong nakita ni isang bata na Filipino na naka kimona halos lahat na kabataan ang mga suot ay yong uso ngayon na hindi mo mawari kung ano..gaya ba ng suot ni Gloria noong buisita niya sa Spain..ano naman kaya ang suot niya sa pag buisita niya sa Pakistan.
Come to think of it..Pambihirang pambihira nagsusuot si Gloria ng damit pang atin like kimona or short balintawak..lagi siyang nakapantalon..alam kong pandak siya pero..wala bang designer sa atin (local) na makadesign ng damit emphasizing our native dress on her..o baka impossible siyang design nan? si Imelda may Imelda doll..si Gloria kaya mag kakaroon ng gloria dull? pandikikok? si Lollipop hindi ko rin nakikita na naka Filipina dress..ok naman ang katawan niya..huwag lang siya tumawa at baka pagkamalan pa siya na “bug” bunny in a Filipina dress…
Chi: “gross injustice” sa matuod ang nangyayari sa mga hindi humingi ng “pardon” kay Esperon at Gloria..may nagsabi nga dio na ang justice ni Gloria at Esperon ay for many just tiis..but when will this end…dapat ngayon na retired na si Esperon at wala ng ass..
Gen. Yano…eh Yan..O give real justice..BTW taga saan ba itong si Gen. Yano? Pampanga?
rose,
Paano namang magsusuot si Gloria ng kimona or short balintawak e di katawa-tawa, hahaha! Imagine mo na lang.
Hindi ko alam kung ano ang lahing probinsya si Yan-O. Baka sina Klingon ay alam.
(Follow up to Ellen’s last two paragraphs.)
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Sharif’s party quits Pakistan government
By Kamran Haider htthttp://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080512/wl_nm/pakistan_coalition_dc
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif pulled his party out of Pakistan’s six-week-old coalition government on Monday, plunging the volatile Muslim nation back into political uncertainty.
Sharif, whose Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) was the second-largest member of a four-party alliance, made the announcement after failing to break a deadlock with its main coalition partner over the reinstatement of dismissed judges.
Sharif made the restoration of 60 judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf in November the main condition for joining the coalition led by the party of Asif Ali Zardari, the widower and political successor of the late Benazir Bhutto.
Rose,
When she was sworn in 2004, the idiota wore a terno. Golly, parang tinipid sa tela ang labas! Pangit! Walang ka-class-class ang itsura ng ungas, charged pa yata ang damit sa kaban ng bansa! Walang binatbat kay Imelda who made the terno famous.
Sipain na iyan! 🙁
Chi:
Dynasty din kasi ang mga Bhutto. OK iyong pamangkin ni Benazir na galit na galit sa kaniya. You bet, graft and corruption din. In fact, may pending case ang mag-asawa na dahilan kaya sila lumipad kung saan on exile.
The idiota pardoned the ex-Magdalo sundalong kanin? So what? Lumang balita na. Matagal nang balita iyan! Nothing new as a matter of fact.
Wala naman silang naloko sa totoo lang. Alam naman natin na iyon ang gagawin ni Pandak at ng boyfriend niyang civilian na ngayon para papogi. Problema, bakit pinababayaan ang ungas na iyan na tuwang-tuwa sa ginagawa nila. Alalay pa iyong pangit na boksingero. Yuck! Kakasuka!
Yuko,
Sa Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority daw idadala ni tianak ang kanyang Ass. Wow, meron na sila doon na top dog to protect their interests. Mas lalong tiba-tibang smuggling toh!
Marine Capt. Nicanor Faeldon said to Gloria:
“Today, the last of your Garci generals retires from the military. Keep him (Esperon) close for he is rare among us in uniform: An officer willing to prostitute his own institution just to keep you, a fake President, in power. Even if he has officially retired from the service, you have corrupted a once worthy officer into a personal guard dog. He has persecuted those who chose to serve the people instead of you”.
Faeldon charged that the honors and awards Mrs. Arroyo lavish on him may seem to prove that lying and stonewalling make for a rewarding career. http://www.tribuneonline.org
Off topic too: Bishop Yniguez pointed out a very important point, that is, ” ano kaya ang kapalit ng pardon ng 9 na Magadalo”? Expect a postdated, predated or dated the way the asspweron wants kind of affidavits against Sen. Trillanes, Gen Lim and the Tanay Boys. Asspweron plays “very dirty”! Or, since he will be assigned to the customs (from reliable sources) he needs some help with the continued “illegal acts” to protect his patrons. Now ass will be working more for the Fatso and his two hoodlum sons! Hindi matatapos and bayaran ng utang! The evil bitch has to make sure that asspweron will continue to be within her domain!
GMA went to heaven:
GMA dies and goes to Heaven where she meets St. Peter. She notices that there are clocks everywhere. She asks St. Peter why are there so many clocks here. St. Peter tells her that each clock represents a person on earth and that every time a person tells a lie, the clock ticks off one second.
St. Peter explains that the one clock has never moved because it belonged to mother Theresa and she never told a lie her whole life. The next clock belonged to Abraham Lincoln and since he only told two lies his whole life, only two seconds had clicked.
GMA asks, “Where is FG Mike Arroyo’s clock?” St. Peter says, “Mike’s clock is upstairs in Jesus’ office. He’s using it as a ceiling fan.”
rose,
Yano comes from Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte. His first salvo parrots Asspweron…end the insurgency by 2010. It seems that fighting the reds is the continuing focus of AFP so that the US (na galit na galit sa reds) will not abandon Gloria.
Bitchevil, nasaan naman kaya yung clock ni evil bitch? Baka yun ang nag-gegenerate ng buong power ng Meralco!
I always love to buy clothes with a touch of our native designs! My colleagues at work (almost all races, dalawa lang kaming Pinoy American born pa yung isa)always admire the creations. We are so rich in almost everything in our country! We just happen to have a rotten political system and rotten politicians!
Chi, I am not expecting anything different in Yano’s term. Even before he was considered for the position, he already made it clear that he is going to keep the Mayuga from the public. Now he is even saying that he will be tough on the soldiers’ adventurism. This means that the Tanay Boys will be in incarceration until the evil bitch is gone for good. I hope SOON!
Chi/yuko: hindi ko talaga mawari kung ano ang hitsura niya na naka terno..hindi ko rin maimagine kasi baka mabangungot ako sa takot.noong bata pa ako takot kami sa aswang..gloria in terno with Lollipop it is a catastrophe..
bitchevil/parasabayan: kaya pala mataas na ang kuryente at segurado malaki ang tongpats nila..
..The ass in Subic? sabik na sabik pa seguro..in good terms ba sila ni Gordon? Hindi ba Smuggling City ang Subic?
rose,
Subic, Batangas ports, Cebu ports and Clark in Angeles are haven for the family of smugglers headed by the big fat one and his horsey.
Bagay na bagay si ass sa Subic. Maraming “buwaya” doon!
It does not really matter kung kasundo ni ass si Gordon. Malakas si ass kay madam! Ikaw ba naman ang pinagkakautangan ng pagkapanalo sa pagka “presidente”. Lahat ng gusto ni ass, sunod si eveil bitch. Kaya lang mukhang mas malakas ang “poging” si Teodoro kay evil bitch. Gustong gusto ni madam ang mga “guwaping”!
PSB,
Si Nani noong araw ay guapo no? Sa standard ni bitch, heheh!
Oo nga Chi, ngayon lumaki na ang tiyan ni Nani tapos nag-double chin na. Ayaw na sa kanya ni evil bitch. Heh,heh,heh. Tuloy pinaglalaruan na si Nani ni Chedeng sa Ombudsman. Ganyan talaga ang laro ng mga “players”. Kapag nakuha na ang gusto, sa “basura” ang lagpak!
Sino naman kaya ngayon ang gagamitin niya? Baka si ass. May vacation daw si ass baka magbubukas ng bank account sa Cayman Is o kaya sa Switzerland.
PSB,
Dapat ay matakot si Ass, baka ipatulak siya sa eroplano, hahaha!
Wala nang hawak si Ass sa militar at kung meron man ay so so na lang. Hindi na rin siya talagang kailangan ni bitch kaya malamang na siya ang susunod na gagawing basura o ganun na nga sa sinabi ko para forever zip the lips.
Chi, diyan dapat si ass matatakot kasi pwede siyang iligpit at all times. Then biglang sasabihing gawa ng mga nakakulong na Magdalo at Tanay Boys dahil sa atraso ni ass sa kanila. So ass can be a victim of his own making. Kung ano ang ginagawa nila sa mga perceived na kaaway nila, yun din ang posibleng mangyari sa kanila. Ingat lang ass! O hell, sige lang ass, mawala ka na sana para mabawasan ang “evil” sa Pilipinas. Nanginginig na siguro ang mokong na ito.
Baka yung mga Magdalong “pardoned” ang i-hire niyang bodyguard niya!
Kapag nagkataon Chi, magandang gawan ng movie si ass at ang title eh “Traidor Sa Bayan”!
The Ass was making a deal with the junior officers so they would not ‘touch’ him once he’s retired from the AFP. Para que na siya ay gagantihan ng mga junior officers e yun lang takot niya ay impierno na.
Hindi kaya naiisip ni Asspweron na kung may gustong mawala siya ng tuluyan ay walang iba kundi ang kanyang amo at asawa. O baka naman iyan na ang nasa-isip niya kaya tinakot niya ang bitch sa ressurection ng Hello Garci. Unfortunately, it seems that the Ass is no longer needed. Dead end for Asspweron.
Hahaha! “Traidor sa Bayan”. I’ll watch it, PSB.
Abangan natin ang susunod na kabanata, Chi!
There is no substitute to a clean body and soul. Wala kang takot. But if you are downright dirty like the ass and his patrons, every minute must be hell for them. They are always on the lookout for an “assassin”!
One big difference between the Philippines and Pakistan is the tacit unity of the three branches of government in the Philippines after Estrada. They were one in persecuting him. They are one in making money. They sealed it with a MOA. The judicial process emphasizes the presence of proofs of evidence. Little by little they alter the laws to cover their foot trail. I wonder if the new bill of Angara included a diary as a good proof also.
PSB:
Maski ngayon puedeng gawan ng movie iyan. Kaya nga to prove that Erap is in league with these devils who pardoned him, he should make movies similar to those that Michael Moore has been producing to inform the people of the truth about the real state of the nation. He should ask his son, Jinggoy, to use his power as a senator to demand for facts about the rice crisis created by Gloria Dorobo and her minions. Diyan siya magaling, bakit hindi niya gawin iyan. Si Bush nga walang magawa sa ginagawa ni Moore sa totoo lang. Ipagpilitan din niya ang karapatan niya, ang karapatan niyang magsalita ng katotohanan. Ngayon pa na hindi siya puedeng kasuhan sa kaparehong kaso ng plunder with a presidential pardon—double jeopardy iyan kapag nagkataon.
Isa lang naman ang layunin ng pardon ng mga sundalong kanin—para mahikayat iyong mga matitigas pa na nasa loob na sumuko na rin and umamin na may kasalanan sila. Iyan ang corruption sa totoo lang.
Isusuko ang prinsipyo para lumaya, tapos gagawing pahamak at traydor gaya noong mga taga-Macabebeng kasama ng lolo ni Gloria Dorobo na siyang naging dahilan kung bakit tinawag na mga dugong aso ang mga kababayan nila sa Pampanga.
Hopefully, hindi ganyan ang natitira pang mga Magdalo sa kulungan at iyong mga pinagbibintangang nagtraydor kay Dorobo dahil hindi nila sinunod ang gusto niyang pagpapatayin ang mga nagproprotesta sa pamahalaan niya at doon sa ginagawa niyang loyalty check para sa kaniya na sinusuhulan ang mga sisipsip sa kaniya sa pamamagitan ng binabayad na buwis ng mga taumbayan at mga inuutang sa ibang bansa na babayaran ng mga pilipino ngayon at sa darating na henerasyon.
Madala naman makita sa totoo lang kaya iyong mga palaban na mga pilipino yata tinaboy sa ibang bansa para iyong mga matira sa bansa ay iyong mga hindi makalaban. At ang masama pa, inaasa pa sa mga kano ang pagpapatalsik sa mga ungas sa pamahalaan nila. Yuck! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Valdemar: I wonder if the new bill of Angara included a diary as a good proof also.
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Kaya nga gunggong din iyong Erap kung lovey-dovey siya sa isang pahamak na ito. Kawawang Pilipinas! Walang halos tulak kabigin sa mga ibinoboto ng bayan. Dadalawa o tatatlo lang halimbawa ang tunay doon sa nakaupo sa Senado, iyong isa, nakakulong pa at takot na takot si Gloria Dorobo sa kaniya.
Rose:
If you want to see Gloria’s photo in terno, search the internet for her inauguration as president in 2004. Hindi ko kasi tinatago ang litrato ng ungas except those with her panties exposed to use to show that this creep has no class despite her efforts to rub shoulders with the royalties of the world. Kung gusto niyang maging reyna, mag-aral muna siya sa isang finishing school and learn good manners and right conduct, etc.
grizzy: thanks..pero kung kamukha siya ng nanay niya..nakakatakot! mas grabe pa kasi hindi lang nakaka-takot nakakamuhi pa..at wala kaming daga dito sa bldg..maganda sana panakot sa daga…three generations of ngipas..
hindi ba may rain forest sa Subic? at maraming unggoy doon?
tama si ahassperon doon..kaya lang baka magalit ang mga unggoy..mainsulto sila..
Huwag naman sana siya pumunta sa Australia..baka aatras si
Pope Benedict..
correction..three generations of ngitpas.
Oooops, mali. It should be, “.Kaya nga to prove that Erap is NOT in league with these devils who pardoned him….”
Rose, kaya nga, “La Whore, Pangitstan” e…:-P
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Kakatawa ka, Rose. I’d love to meet you when I go to NYC.
I found a long-lost cousin, who lives in PA, and we plan to have a reunion when I visit the US again late this year in NYC. I’ll get hold of Ching Valdes, too.
I’m thinking of visiting UK likewise from there. I promised my son I’ll take him to Oxford and ask my professor there for a recommendation for my son to enter Oxford. I was there in fact long before my son was born. He’s 23 now.
I told him to go to UP, pero ayaw. Mainit daw. UK will be good for him kasi hindi masyadong mainit. Sensitive ang balat kasi sa pawis. Kundi daw Oxford, OK na siya sa SFO because my folks are there, and it is always cool there.
BTW, Rose, I am campaigning for Obama here. I don’t like Hillary since the Lewinsky scandal just so she could stay in the White House. I thought she was worse than Imelda, et al. Now, the more I listen to hear, the more I see a woman difficult and fearful to scorn. Walang pinag-iba kay Dorobo as a matter of fact. Gosh, napupuno na ang mundo ng mga kurakot na leader.
One of my sisters is now a Democrat as she does not like McCain. Puede pa raw kung si Romney ang tumakbo, but I guess Romney was advised by members of our church to quit as it was not doing him any good when he would make statements that would jeopardize even his own faith and principles in life.
There is a town in Japan named Obama, and he is surely getting a lot of publicity there.
Binabati ko si Gen. Ass sa kanyang pagreretiro. Enjoy your retirement sir. Go around the world and visit beautiful places like Paris, New York, London. Barcelona, etc. till 2010. Don’t forget to see our kababayans too in Iraq, Afganistan, Lebanon, and Pakistan. If you will not be given any executive position in the government.
To General Yano, it is nice to dream the imposible dream. But keep dreaming sir, it makes us all happy.
The “Hello Garci” operators continue to reap the rewards. Bello is just appointed to a cabinet position. Talaga naman!
Sorry ang bilis ng kamay. This should read, “the more I listen to her(/b> (Hillary),
Isa sa mga legacy ni Major General Hermogenes Esperon ay itong pagkakaroon ng mga think tank sa blogosphere.
Ito na yung envision noong nakaraang dekada ni FVR na maisasakatuparan bago pa sa panahon ni Erap, o Philippines 2000.
Ang isa sa mga palpak noong mga nakaraang dekada ay itong pagkakaunawa ng karamihan ng mga kabataan(mula sa That’s Entertainment Generation at Ang TV Generation), sa KBE – Knowledge-Based Economy.
Karamihan sa nabanggit na henerasyon, patuloy parin na ang kanilang talent o skills ay ibinibigay sa ibang bansa imbes na ialay ito sa Pilipinas.
Over at the Senate, GMA’s gang and attack dogs came in full force at the Senate Power Hearing. The Joint Committees led by number one GMA defender Miriam Santiago and son Rep. Mikey Arroyo didn’t have the delicadeza to inhibit themselves considering that the power crisis is getting to be a battle between the Lopezes and Malacanang. GMA’s gang in the Senate was complete: Santiago, Joker, Enrile. Even though we believe that Meralco has a lot to explain about the very high power rate and we understand that the Lopezes are businessmen out to gain profit, we should not ignore the fact that Malacanang is actually hitting ABS-CBN that has become a torn for Malacanang in her media and public image. Let’s see how the Lopezes handle this matter. Let’s see if they are brave enough to stand up against the evil regime just like they did to Marcos. If they give in, then we could say the Lopezes are also a bunch of BS…
Kawawa naman iyong anti-Dorobo na pareng katoliko ng Dagupan. Unbelievable din ang pagkabastos noong gunggongzales. Kung ako iyong pari, I will recommend an excommunication of the Dorobo and her kurakot staff.
Bastos din ang mga inutil. Hindi na ginalang iyong alagad ng Diyos sa simbahan nila! Gabaan sana sila. Walastik ang arte ni Dorobo. Ala-Henry VIII. Baka balak pang magtayo ng sariling kulto niya, at ideklara niyang sugo siya ng Diyos sa mundo. Ano siya masaya?
‘Tanay boys’ rule out seeking pardon
BY VICTOR REYES (www.malaya.com)
KEY leaders of the alleged power grab attempt in February 2006 yesterday said they are not going to ask for pardon from President Arroyo.
“I cannot see that we will reach that point. I know we are not guilty. If you ask for pardon, you must first accept your guilt,” said former Marines commandant Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda at the sidelines of court martial proceedings against him and 27 other Marines and Army officers.
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Yano will have a difficult time dealing with the case of the Tanay boys. He knows deep in his heart that the case is just a drama of Asspweron to please and make happy the fake commander-in-cheat Gloria.
Mabuhay ang Tanay boys!
Yano was once the president of the court martial panel so he should know the case very well. He knows too that the case was just asspweron’s case against the Tanay Boys. Asspweron was involved in the election rigging of 2004 which brought about the demoralization of the AFP. Yano, I was told is a very religious man. I hope that the Holy Spirit touches him and he would make the best decision for everyone, keeping the families of the detained and their careers in mind and not just the political whims of a few. Two of the detained(Querubin and Parcon) are medal of valor awardees. Meaning in defense of their country, they were selfless while they went to war. It is time for Yano to respect these men and restore them the freedom they so deserve!
NBN-ZTE is back in the headlines again! I guess the evil bitch has a lot of enemies inspite of her “deodorizing” tactics. To the evil bitch I would say, you can not forever hide from your sins. One of these days, you will have to answer for all of them!
Jun Lozada has the intention of going abroad if the ZTE hearing goes nowhere. FYI…Jueteng witness star Sandra Cam is now abroad working as OFW. We’re losing so many credible witnesses. In the meantime, the criminals are still in power in Malacanang.
I can not blame Lozada for leaving the country at this time. Every which way he turns, he hits a wall. The legal system is so corrupt. It just knows one face, that of the evil bitch! Once this bitch is gone, let us get all these witnesses in droves and put the bitch and her family all in jail!
Lozada has to think about his family above himself.
Unfortunately, the Evil Bitch is preparing to stay in power beyond 2010.
The evil duo were golfing in Shenzhen, a few meters from the ZTE office according to the “new” witness. After the golfing, the couple(evil bitch, fatso and abalaos) went for a meeting at the ZTE building. The evil bitch and her bulldogs may again say that the picture was just digitally put together. Bunye will no longer be in Malacanang soon kaya wala ng magsasabing “may dalawang larawan” just like the “two disks” on the “hello Garci”. Kahit na anong gawin ni evil bitch para pagtakpan ang tongpats nila sa ZTE, lalabas at lalabas din na silang dalawang magasawa ang “utak” ng nakawan sa ZTE!
Wanna bet? The Pidal Mafia is now tracing and hunting down this new witness. And when he appears, he might say things that favor the Mafia instead of making damaging statements. It happened before and would happen again…
Someone in this blog mentioned about Filipino body cleanliness. I think that’s one thing that differs them from the Pakistanis. 😛 I don’t know but I got a lot of headaches when I was in Islamabad and the border of Afghanistan.
Terible ang anghit sa totoo lang! Napilitan tuloy akong maglagay ng gauze mask para mabawasan ang amoy na hindi ko matiis, and pretend that I had a cold. Sabi ko na lang na sa Japan, pag may sipon kami, naglalagay kami ng mask para hind makahawa at kung taglamig mabuting pangsangga sa ginaw. October kami pumunta noon kaya medyo maginaw-ginaw na kaya lusot. Mahirap na kasing maka-offend.
Was it the time when the glorified yayas were in the party to China? Lets ask those yayas what transpired. Possible sila doubled as GROs, too.
Why can they not copy the procedure in UK, Japan, etc. where the head of the state is questioned on policies that affect the lives of the people who vote for them representatives in the country’s legislative branch? It is not enough that the idiot deliver the same lies over and over again, year after year about the SONA. Tignan natin kung papaano mambobola si Gaga without her ghost writer to tell her what lies to say as she will be forced to answer questions extemporaneously.
Hindi puede iyong mga interviews na pinipili pa niya kung ano ang sasagutin niya that renders any interview with the idiot as useless as it is talking to a monkey! Someone should challenge the idiot to appear in Congress or Senate to answer unanswered questions regarding the many utang she has incurred since 2001 in the name of the people of the Philippines.
Her telling the likes of Neri for instance to ignore summons for senators to grill them should in fact be taken as admission of guilt, and the creeps be made legally responsible for all anomalous activities that they fail to clarify and justify. Ang dali naman gawan ng kaso sa totoo lang. Problema nga lang iyong dapat na mag-prosecute sa mga ungas kakutsaba noong nag-appoint sa kanila, a privilege in fact that should have long been cut off since EDSA 1. Ang bobo naman!
The Pidal yayas sure have lots of stories to tell. I agree Valdemar, they might have doubled as GROs. Ayan, nasaktan ang mga Pidal at finger printed na si Archbishop Cruz. Nagwawala na si Gloria.
Why don’t they charge Soc Villegas or even this Cardinal Rosales who played a role in kidnapping witness Doble from the seminary at the height of the Garci tape scandal?
RP, Pakistan increasing trade relations
By Lyn Resurreccion
Opinion and Science Editor
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/0516&172008/headlines06.html
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—The Philippines and Pakistan are working on increasing trade relations with the drafting of a memorandum of understanding establishing a joint economic commission to lay down a mechanism to review bilateral economic relations.