By Albert Del Rosario
Philippine Daily Inquirer
At the bishops-businessmen’s conference a few weeks ago, the possibilities of a declaration of emergency rule or an imposition of martial law were among the topics discussed.
In that regard, I am prepared to sadly confirm that our incumbent national leadership would indeed be capable of placing our democracy at great risk in pursuit of its survival.
The past week, our nation found itself deeply mourning the immeasurable loss of our beloved former President Corazon Aquino, who was responsible not only for ousting a dictator but also for restoring our democratic institutions.
As we quietly paid tribute to our one and only charismatic leader at La Salle Green Hills, I was overwhelmingly reminded that each of us has a responsibility to contribute to the defense of our democracy.
Having served as the Philippine envoy to the United States in 2001-2006, I decided that I, too, should contemplate how I could make my own contribution under the present conditions. This humble contribution, intended to guard our democracy, has been fully earned by the Filipino people under President Cory Aquino’s leadership.
I believe our people are fully entitled to know this with certainty if we expect to advance the concept of a proactive citizenship and to encourage vigilance at all times in the protection of our democratic freedom.
The facts as related would also serve to provide a momentary view of that quaggy place to public officials who may in the future be asked to advance a Palace agenda that is contrary to the national interest.
It was in 2005 during the “Hello Garci” controversy that the then Speaker of the House, Jose de Venecia Jr., came to Washington. He indicated that the Palace had empowered him to ask if we could defend for them the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus.
[When the privilege of the writ is suspended, a person can be arrested and detained without charges.]
Taken aback
Taken aback, I could only ask why. The Speaker responded that it was to be used against certain members of the political opposition.
As I contemplated the circumstance, the question was repeated. I replied in essence that what our people needed was good governance, and not a weakening of our democracy. I added that given our being the first republic in Asia, the scheme could result in our becoming a failed state.
With apologies, I expressed as succinctly as I could that the plan was not defensible, and that we could not defend it.
Late that evening, I dutifully reported what had transpired to Foreign Secretary Alberto G. Romulo, who looked favorably on our having taken a clear and firm position.
Emergency rule
Several days after the Speaker’s return to Manila, I received a call from him. He said he was contacting me from the Palace to advise that there had been a change of plan and that the proposal to suspend the writ of habeas corpus was no longer an option.
It was obvious to us that while the specific proposal had come under consideration, there were officials in our government who strongly opposed it.
Some weeks later, the Speaker called me once more from the Palace. He wanted to know if I could source a safe phone. My response was that there was probably no such thing in Washington.
Forceful stand vs media
He then proceeded to ask if we could defend the declaration of emergency rule. To my reactive query on why we were intending to do this, he answered that the government was preparing to take a forceful stand against the intransigent media.
I replied, without hesitation, that such a position against the Fourth Estate would bring upon us the condemnation of the international community. That, I said, was also indefensible, and we could not defend it.
Subsequently, the Philippine press began to publish articles on hypothetical situations fostered by the Palace regarding threats to national security, at the same time providing emergency rule as a constitutional means to address the threats.
With this apparent propaganda, we knew with near certainty that emergency rule would be declared.
US gov’t alerted
The US state department was also alerted by the press reports. When asked by them what we thought, I aired my opinion that there was an increasing probability of emergency rule being declared, that it was not good for the Filipinos and for the Philippines, and that we should discuss strategies on how the plan could be averted.
A review of the weeks prior to and during the declaration of emergency rule will show that the US government sent a procession of government officials to Manila, including Ambassador John Negroponte, who was then director of national intelligence.
The American visitors were to ostensibly share their views with our government about the lack of wisdom of such a declaration.
Emergency rule was nevertheless declared by the Palace on Feb. 24, 2006.
To justify unjustifiable
Since we could not justify what was unjustifiable, the Philippine Embassy in Washington limited itself to reporting factual occurrences in Manila, while expressing hope that the declaration would be lifted at the earliest possible time.
This, I thought, was the best course of action to at least preserve our reputation for credible representation in the United States.
On the sixth day after emergency rule was declared, Assistant Secretary Chris Hill—the US official then tasked to negotiate with North Korea in ending its nuclear program and now the new US ambassador to Iraq—visited the Palace.
By the ninth day, emergency rule had been lifted.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Albert del Rosario was conferred the Order of Sikatuna, with the rank of datu, by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2004. He received the Edsa II Heroes Award in 2001.
He graduated from New York University with a degree in economics and has held positions in various companies including the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., Smart Communications, Metro Pacific Corp., Negros Navigation Co. and Fort Bonifacio Development Corp.
He has also been involved with the Philippine Cancer Society, Management Association of the Philippines and American Chamber of Commerce.)
In the headlines today, 22 soldiers dead and 20 Abus! Umpisa na ba ito ng gustong mangyari ni boobuwit?
katakot na! this gives me a chilling effect. mama ellen, hindi ka ba natatakot? whats your exit plan if ever magkagulo? will you immediately fly out of the country or magpapakulong ka sa crame? im scared…politics is really serious business…
ellen,
thanks for posting this. now we have confirmed what was really the evil plans of this administration.
well, i hope jdv reads this and add more, even if he was instrumental in all these. i am just skeptical, as he might deny some points raised by del rosario.
what ticks me off is this: these people who were privy like del rosario, why only now? they could have done more if this was brought out earlier.
well, sabi nga, huli man daw at may silbi, huli pa rin. let’s play the waiting-and-seeing game.
Kaya siguro inuunahan na ng mga kano si Gloria in case she insists on going through with her plan. Hindi pa man sira na siya.
Kaya hayan, buking dito, buking doon ang ginagawa ng western media ngayon. Magkakalakas na ngayon (sana!) ang mga critics ni Gloria na isulong ang pagpapatalsik sa kaniya, knowing that she failed apparently to impress Obama.
Yehey! I hope happy days are here now!
At ang GAGA, sabi niya sa kanyang SONA na hindi siya nag-declare ng martial law. Eh ano ang tawag sa ginawa niya noong Feb 2006?
Grizzy, the evil bitch will not give up easily. If she does she will end up in jail anyway. So she would rather see the Philippines in HELL first. Yan ang self worth ng bansot na demonyang dagang ito!
‘Naknamfootsa!
Wala na bang gagawin kundi batikusin ang pangulo NILA?
Pulitika lang ‘yan. Meron bang basehan?
Bring to proper forum.
File a case.
Lintok naman kasi HINDI PA BANGUNGUTIN ang letseng president Implant na ‘yan, eh!
he he heh heeeh!
parasabayan, bubuwit na nga, pinalaki mo pa pero ginawa mo munang bansot!
Ha! ha! ha! ha!
At ang GAGA, sabi niya sa kanyang SONA na hindi siya nag-declare ng martial law?
PSB,
Sa hilatsa ng pagmumukha ni gloria e plastik so mahirap pagkatiwalaan at magtiwala…di kaila na siya ang isa sa utak ng kudeta, “ang EDSA 2”?
A big big mistake, kailangan niya itong pagbayaran sa taong bayan not ONCE but TWICE tuloy natepok si FPJ sa sama ng loob.
Maging mapagmatyag tayong lahat, kung kinakailangang mamundok tayong lahat so be it.
Kailangang lipulin lahat ang mga kurap at traydor na yan sa ating Bayan, the more na they will stay in power or politics walang mangyayaring maganda sa ating bansa at lipunan.
Kailangan ang lahat ng tisod sa ating lipunan e bigyan ng leksyon o kaya punish them forever ng di na pamarisan pa.
Kung noon 1896 at 1944-45 e nagbuwis ng buhay ang ating mga ninuno at magulang ngayon pa…kung ito ang hinihingi ng pagkakataon nagawa nila na ibuwis ang buhay against foreign invaders itong mga traydor nating kababayang kurap at sinungaling.
Todasin lahat yan…sino sila kung nagawa ng mga ninuno at magulang natin na ibuwis ang buhay nila e tayo pa against these criminals?
Magmatyag tayo….be ready for any eventualities and circumstances. Tutal mostly naman tayong Pinoy e reserve kaya we have effort to form a group upang makibaka against these tyrannical regime.
Naknamfootsa!
Wala na bang gagawin kundi batikusin ang pangulo NILA?
LG, sagad na sa kawalanghiyaan ang rehimeng yan…pikit-balikat pa din ang karamihan sa bystanders nating kababayang Pinoy?
At least ang Masang Pinoy e ginawa ang aming magagawa upang bawiin ang Malacanang sa mga kurap/singungaling/ganid sa kapangyarihan, but ang masakit dito yaong mga impostors na tayong simbahan, evil society, leftist, afp/pulis-patola, some elitista, businessman e walang ginawa at that time kundi pulaan, alimurain, pagwikaan, tudyuin, ano pa?
Ngayon sila naman ang nag-aalsa balutan pero wala silang magawa sapagka’t base at ayon sa aking analysis e mayroon silang vested interest at wala doon ang sincerity ng pakikibaka.
Ang Masang Pilipino…ang tangin ipinalalaban e yaong dignity ng kanilang boto at protektahan ang ating konstitusyon, but itong mga nabanggit kong sektor e karamihan diyan ay accountable din sapagka’t kundi sa kanila e matiwasay ang ating pamumuhay sa kabila man ng worldwide economic problems.
Ito ang fruit ng kawalanghiyaan ng marami nating kababayang Pinoy…di marunong gumalang at magpahalaga sa Masang Pilipino?
Tutal di pa naman huli ang lahat sapagka’t marami na ang nag I am Sorry? So, ngayon e magsibawi sila at singilin nila si gloria upang muling ibalik sa Masang Pilipino ang ginawa nilang paglibak noong EDSA 3.
Para muling magkadaop-palad ang lahat sa isang adhikain, protektahan at ipaglaban ang tunay na demokrasya…di tulad ng pinangangalandakan ng arroyo regime, “ANG LINGKOD-BULSA”.
Mana si Gloria sa nunong traydor kaya ganyan ang ugali,mana kay juan at lazaro macapagal,matagal nang ginagawa ng mga ninuno ni gloria itong mga pagtratraydor na ito nakakasuka.
saan pa ba magmamana ang mga iyan kundi sa mga ninuno nila. problema ay nagkalat na ang mga iyan kung mula pa noong panahon nila bonifacio nag umpisa. kailangan mawala ang mga genes niyan sa pinas.
Dapat lang nang di na pamarisan pa!
Tidbits Folks! Beg you Pardon, but this is the root of our suffering right now and then?
Erap admin had highest net satisfaction rating — SWS
Erap admin had highest net satisfaction rating — SWS
THE abbreviated Estrada presidency enjoyed the highest net satisfaction rating among Filipinos compared to the Aquino, Ramos and Arroyo administrations, according to a comparative table released by the Social Weather Stations last August 10.
The table, which charted the Aquino, Ramos, Estrada and Arroyo presidencies from 1989 to June 2009, showed the Estrada administration setting the highest net satisfaction rating of +36 percent in December 1998.
Source: http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2009-08-13&sec=4&aid=100459
Sa lagay ngayon ng LAHING TRAYDOR SA MALAKANYANG, kahit ano gagawin niyan para di na maalis dahil kulungan ang bagsak nila pagkatapos ng termino ni pandak!
Palagay ko ay may isang Bonifacio na lalabas pagnagkataon….tiyak ito base sa kasaysayan ng mundo!
ABANGAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!
From the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines
Arroyo regime is enemy of press freedom
Now it can be said. We were right all along.
This regime, the administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, is THE enemy not only of press freedom but, it now appears, all the freedoms and rights enshrined in our Constitution.
Former Philippine ambassador to the US Albert del Rosario, in a personal account published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Thursday, August 13, confirms that the state of national emergency Arroyo declared on February 24, 2006 – ironically as the country was commemorating the 20th anniversary of the uprising that restored democratic space – was meant to muzzle media.
As Del Rosario recalls it, then speaker Jose de Venecia informed him the reason for the state of emergency was because “the government was preparing to take a forceful stand against the intransigent media.”
If true, and the events then – the raid on the Tribune, the troops sent to the major broadcast networks, the barefaced warnings of government taking over media outfits that did not follow its “standards, including one hurled by then Cabinet secretary Ricardo Saludo against a network even as he was being interviewed live in that network’s studios – leave us no reason to doubt, it appears the regime’s claims that it was defending itself from an alleged “Left-Right” power grab was nothing but a badly laid down smokescreen.
Never since the dictator Ferdinand Marcos shut down the Philippine media, replacing it with his crony-owned mouthpieces, has an administration attempted a wholesale muzzling of the press.
I think GMA is up to something impish, what with the gmanews.tv report that the Palace is shopping for a jet worth P1.2B. Kung barely 10 months na lang ang kanyang term, bakit may balak pang bumili ng eroplano? Gagamitin niya bang U-Haul para sa kanyang mga kayamanan(uunti-untiin na ang paglilipat)?Whatever she intends to do, the jet is her plan B.Guguluhin niya muna tayo (failure of election, martial law,charter change), paglumusot prime minister ang labas niya, pagpumalpak, takbo kaagad sa hangar. Sana isang haka lang itong nasa isip ko.
Ang TAPANG NG HIYA ni ATTY. MAKALINTAL na magakusa ng immorality sa media.
Di ba mas immoral ang magtanggol ng isang talamak na mandaraya at magnanakaw???
MAGKANO KAYA SI ATTY MAKALINTA?????????
Ellen, that was in 2006. What’s fresh is that statement of the Arroyo lawyers shooting the messengers (media) to obscure the scandalous gastronomic splurges of the moral midget. They now blame media for blowing out of proportion what was supposed to be, according to them, a simple meal. With their personal lawyers spitting out such pre-cleared venomous drivel, it clearly demonstrates the contempt of this government of the basic rights and freedoms enshrined in the fundamental law.
I guess the conjugal gluttons are raring for a legal slugfest that’s why they are reinforcing the usual moronic mouthpieces with some legal logic. They are taking no chances with the now pikon spokesman making a monumental slip of the tongue that they may regret after June 30, 2010. I now see such a defensive strategy, the old issues have been sorted out much earlier and the latest ones should be handled carefully otherwise it will be detrimental to their defense of the new scandalous issues that seem to occur more frequently, in fact a new scandal is born daily.
The game is in the last two minutes, the underdogs have taken the lead for the first time after a series of unanswered 3-point shots. The opponent has been leading throughout the game but is now demoralized and in panic. It’s time to go for the kill!
I did watch the exchange of words between this “magaling-daw-na abogado” in Romulo Macalintal against the youthful but frank Anthony Taberna and you know what? Nagmukhang tanga at gago itong Macalintal na ito. Walang sense ang reasoning niya in defending Gloria’s lavish dinner worth about a million pesos. Mahirap talaga i-defend ang isang kasinungalingan at imoralidad.
So, that confirms JDV’s revelation about the Evil Bitch’s attempt to declare emergency rule. At first, people would not quite believe JDV for being also a liar in the past. But with this ex-Envoy to US who knew the in and out of Washington, we now believe it’s true.
GMA’s muzzling and muscling of the media plays a second fiddle . What is appaling is the subterfuge she creates by lying and she’s getting away with murder.What good is press freedom if the source of the news is a liar. There is no such thing as the freedom to report a lie.
There was never a time in the history of our country that the press, free as it is, has been so engrossed and preoccupied with speculation (even Manolo’s inferential menu was mistaken to be a matter of fact)and this is due to the subliminal distrust prevailing in the minds of reporters and journalists. I don’t know if the media knows this but GMA is cheapening and degrading the noble profession of journalists. Bina-baboy at pinag-lalaruan ni GMA ang mga mamamahayag.
Marcos created a cloud of fear, GMA is succeeding in creating a cloud of doubt.GMA is allowing the media to have freedom in its form but never in its substance.
The Rabbit con Pandak is afraid that London Bridge Is Falling Down Falling Down…
..papunta Sa Kangkungan
Inumpisahan na ni Gen. Dolorfino ang giyera sa Mindanao at mas marami pa yong sundalong namatay kaysa kalaban. Kawawang mga nilalang sana ay hindi sila “kolateral damayge”. Baka ito na ang hudyat ng pag-deklara ng Glorya’s Law lalo nat naiipit sila ngayon sa balitang magarbong paglamon nila sa Yo-Es-Ey at hindi maipaliwanag na pag-usbong ng yaman ng mga Arroyo.
Gloria Arroyo:After The Expensive Feasts,Comes The P1.2 Billion Jet
Me, Balweg, kahit isang beses di ko pinagtiwalaan ang animal na pandak. In fact, long before she grabbed power, nang president pa si Erap, we thought of helping him with his project with the poor. Sabi ko sa kaniya, puede kaming humingi ng pondo sa government namin para sa streetchildren sa Pilipinas. Sabi ni Erap, maki-coordinate kami sa SWD Secretary niya, si Pandak. Pero sabi ng swapang, maki-coordinate kami doon sa fundraiser niya, iyong KAMPI.
Matagal ko na kasing nabisto ang ungas. Bago pa naging senador iyan. Taktika pa ng walanghiya ang mangalap ng tsismis para ipanira sa kakausap sa kaniya. Hindi nga ako makapaniwala noong una na tsismosa na intriguer pa.
Shit, gusto pang kurakutin iyong pondo makukuha namin kaya di namin itinuloy. Soon after, nang-agaw na nga ng puwesto. Galit na galit ako, not that I like Erap as president, pero at least, walang ebidensiya na nagnanakaw si Bigote kasi wala naman talagang nanakaw gawa nang nilimas na ni FVR.
Ang dami kong inaalis na trojan, etc. sa computer ko nang umupo iyong bruha at ako lang halos ang banat nang banat laban sa kaniya sa mga egroup. Sobrang sipag noong brigada nila noon, kahit na ngayon.
Iyan Macalintal na iyan ang kalaban ng mga OFW sa totoo lang tungkol sa OAV. Pero wais iyong amo niya. Kunyari endorser ng OAV pero iyong no. 1 critic ng OAV Law, abogado pala niya. Kaya sinong niloloko nila?
Baka naman luto na ang Cha-cha habang tayo ay nakatuon ng atensiyon dito sa mamahaling hapunan? Baka pumirma na sila Lapid at Revilla sa cha-cha. Baka pag nawala ang usok itong isyu sa kainan …. mag cha-cha-cha na tayo.
Tanggalin ang letrang L sa Makalintal…iyan ang klaseng tao itong abogado na ito dahil ang linta sumisipsip ng dugo. Itong si Makalintal sumisipsip ng pera sa mga Arroyo kaya kahit mali ginagawa pinipilit miyang gawing tama at inaatake ang media dahil may kasabihan na ” The best defense is offense” pero sa kasong ito palpak ang stratehiya niyang ito dahil ang unang nagbunyag nito ay peryodiko sa Amerika, ang New York Post at tungkulin ng mga lokal na pahayagan na ipaalam sa publiko ang mga balitang ito.
Alam ba ni Makalintal kung ano ang ibig sabihin ng freedom of the press at ang katagang transparency? Wala ni kaunti mang kahihiyan itong Makalintal na ito.
Ewan ko nga ba kung bakit kinuha ni Loren siya bilang abogado sa kanyang reklamo ng pandaraya laban kay Noli de Castro samantalang alam naman niya na abogado rin ito ni evil bitch. Siyempre kung nadaya siya ni Noli di nadaya rin ni evil bitch si FPJ. Hindi papayagan ni Makalintal na mangyari ito.
mga sinungaling talaga ang mga damuho!
matindi ang kapal ng apog at tibay ng sikmura ng mga tagapagtanggol ni queen gloria…sabi nga pera-pera lang ang katapat!
mga sinungaling!
NO TO TRAPOS 2010!
Isang difference ni Marcos na tunay na matalino doon sa nagdudunung-dunungang palalong magnanakaw na sinungaling pa ay never kong narinig na may inutusan si Marcos na mag-deny ng mga pinagsususulat ng mga western press noon tungkol sa kanila lalo na kay Imelda di gaya ni Gloria Dorobo na inuutusan pa para magmistulang bakla at inutil iyong mga deputy niyang gaya ni Demonde na for how much nagsisinungaling kahit bistado na.
In short, bakyang-bakya kahit na anong gawin niya para magmukhang mayaman at dugong maharlika siya. Nakakahiya!
malaki ang kita ni macalintal. mayabang pa.
huwag niyang sabihin na hindi ito totoo, dahil aktibo na siya noon pa sa comelec bilang abogago ng mga pulitiko.
mahal ang singil niyan siempre. magsama-sama na silang mga linta!
Caviar daw ang kinain. Ipinagmalaki kasi mga mayayaman lang daw sa Pilipinas ang kumakain niyon.
Asus! Iyan ang pinapakain ko sa pusa ng kapitbahay ko araw-araw sa totoo lang pag nadayo sa garden ko.
O baka may humirit na naman dito na kasingyabang ako ni Pandak, pero sa totoo lang, may binibilhan akong isang lata ng caviar, 92 cents lang (100 yen) imported pa sa Russia.
Bakit ako mag-aaksaya ng 1,000 dollars isang meal? Tama na sa akin ang Fillet o Fish salad set sa MacDo sa totoo lang lalo na’t may MacDo kahit saan maski sa Beijing o kahit na yata sa war zone Iraq, etc.
Kaya pala ang taba-taba ni Gloria nang bumalik ng Pilipinas. Nagmukhang baboy tapos takbo na naman doon sa nagreretoke ng katawan niya para tapyasan siya ng taba paid with taxpayers’ money, ganoon ba?
eddfaji,
natawa rin ako nung marinig ko yung interview ni Anthony Taberna kay Makalintal at Mayor Lim kahapon. Sa ending ng segment niya, sinabi niyang (nakalimutan ko ang eksaktong mga salita pero ganito ang takbo) “alam nating ang trabaho ng isang abugado ay upang linisin ang pangalan ng kanyang kliyente, pero sa kasong ito, ISANG TRAK NA BASAHAN ang kailangan nila”.
BWAHAHAHAHA! Ang galing!
#16: Mabini, walang kaduda duda, gagamitin sa paghahakot ng mga nakulimbat at sa pagtakas sa far far away land ang bibilhing jet. Obvious na desperte move na ito, do or die, ika nga. Isang option ito, kung hindi martial law.
Marami sigurong cash on hand na naimbak, (in pesos and dollars, undeclared sa SALN) na nakatago ang mga Arroyos. Biro ninyo, cold cash ang mga bayad sa mga restos. Posibleng hindi nila iyon madala in one travel, kaya kailangan ang sariling jet, at sa sobrang dami, baka kaya maraming alalays sa foreign travel ay mga taga bitbit sila ng pang deposit sa foreign banks. Nag ri ring na sa kanila ang “Last two seconds’ kaya bilis bilis na sila.
Remember Second Lt. Rolly Joaquin, valedictorian of the Philippine Military Academy Class 2004, who was kicked out of the US Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, after he was caught shoplifting in an Army commissary? Joaquin has stayed on in the service and is now a first lieutenant despite his shameful deed since stealing is a crime involving moral turpitude.
Twenty or so years from now, Joaquin will become a general and probably even become the AFP Chief of Staff for being a model soldier. A model for staying in the service despite strong pressures for him to resign, just like his commander-in-chief.
It’s so sad considering that smartness and high IQ runs in his family. His younger brother, Philippine Air Force 2LT Bernard Roderick A. Joaquin graduated salutatorian of PMA Class 2008. I hope honesty and good moral character also runs in their family. Otherwise, the rotten leadership we have now is destined to continue in the coming years.
hindi malayong matuloy ang martial law, ang kapulisan at kasundaluhan kung sa kanilang suweldo lang umaasa ay submissive sa mga utos kahit illegal, dahil madaling i-harass. ito ang kalakaran ang gawing tiyope ang PNP at AFP para sunod-sunuran lang. ano ang ipanlalaban mo sa kasuhan eh ang batas natin lalo na ang administrative law ay flexible puwede mong iliko left and right.
Oscar, hindi naman sa kinakampihan ko si Lt. Rolly Joaquin pero minalas lang siya sa kaunting kalokohan. He had the money to pay but just thought of changing the price tag just for fun. His arrest was a very drastic act. Hindi naman puwedeng sabihin na totally shoplifting ang crime niya. Binayaran naman niya. But then, kasalanan ay kasalanan…malaki man o maliit. I do agree with you.
Malapit na ang katapusan mo bogus president…pagbaba mo sa nakaw mong puwesto, kinabukasan ay susunduin ka na at ihahatid ka na sa tanay, rizal para makulong sa salang plunder, corruption, treason, election cheating, human rights abuses/violations, ill-gotten wealth, lying, betrayal of public trust, etc… bwahahaha! susunduin ka na ni satanas kasama si jose pig pidal
Malaki ang kita ni macalintal. mayabang pa?
Sinabi mo pa Ms. Myrna…sa hilatsa ng face nitong si Macalinta eh PISO lang ang importante sa kanya.
Ang dami talagang abugago sa Pinas, akala nila engot ang mga Pinoy…wala akong believe sa taong yan. Kita mo kung magsalita akala mo ang galing-galing, e malayo sa reyalidad ang NOTA.
matindi ang kapal ng apog at tibay ng sikmura ng mga tagapagtanggol ni queen gloria…sabi nga pera-pera lang ang katapat!
Korek ka diyan Kgg. Iwatcher2010…hay naku mga sinungaling lalo na yang mga abogago ng rehime like Macalinta, Matandang Santos (not Ramon) et. al.
Ang kakapal ng apog, akala mo ang gagaling kung manalita pero wala namang substance puro yabang lang sa kasinungalingan.
I’m not pro-GMA but I still don’t buy the MARTIAL LAW BOGEY. Nowhere in our present constitution would allow any president of our country to declare martial law without the approval of congress. It’s all hush hush being used by politicos for their 2010 ambitions since anti-GMA sentiment is quite high.Granting for the sake of argument that she will declare martial law, GMA is an astute political operator and she’s not that dumb I think that an emergency rule in the Philippines could last a day longer without the support of allies such the United States and our Asian neighbors unless of course if she wants to do a KIM JONG IL-isolated from the rest of the world!
kaibigang oitphil…
just wait for what worst evil they can do just to stay in power and just to remain in power
they have accumulated billions of pesos and they will dispose the said billions just to stay in power by manipulating again the 2010 election and aim to win the majority of congress and in preparation for a parliamentary system of government and the re-emergence of queen gloria as prime minister.
malacanang mafia and arroyo corrupt-poration are too sinister and too evil, and have already prepared the worst-case scenario plans in case they will not succeed in a coup-me scenario and transition government idea by the stupid secretary of national security…and the worst is yet to come…
if they will push for the said plan, we cant prevent bloodshed and public outrage…the only solution is to participate in the 2010 election and defeat the admin candidates and to remain vigilant.
NO TO TRAPOS 2010!
Kagaya ng makatang si Atty. Jesus Santos na binigyan pa ng board seat sa GSIS, malaki din ang talent fee ni Atty. Macalinta. Parang linta ang kapit niya sa Malacanang. These crook lawyers are enjoying materially while the criminals are in power. After 2010, wala na lahat ang mga clients nila.
kaibigang dodong…si atty jess santos pala ay board member na din ng gsis? talaga naman! konting sepsep lang, konting trabaho lang hayun nakapuwesto na pala ng maganda…di ba balita din ang “garapalang paggamit sa pondo ng gsis” sa luho at kung ano-anong gimik(tongpats) ni winstong garcia?
si bunye,sarap na din ng puwesto, si mightymouse bosing na naman ng pnr…sana mabulgar din ng pcij mga kaduda-dudang appointments ni gloria lalo na sa mga cash-riched govt corporation, mga appointees sa dpwh, deped, doe, denr, dpwh at iba pa na kung saan daming consultants na di naman qualified pero kumpleto sueldo at benepisyo$$$$$
parang naisip ko tuloy,parang hari at reyna talaga kung umasta at inangkin na ang ‘pinas na kanilang kaharian….
NO TO TRAPOS 2010!
On vacation kami ngayon but news coming from our country never escape me!
Ang lintik na presidente d’yan parang walang umaga kung gumasta samantalang namamatay sa hirap ang pinagkukunan niya ng panggagasta! Kailan pa ba wawalisin ang walanghiyang ‘yan? Sobra na talaga!
Que horror!
P1.2B para kay jetsetting Putot and the flying Pig? Huwag na silang gumastos ng pera ng bayan.
SAGOT KO NA! Ibibigay ko ng libre ang jet. Hindi ko sila sisingilin, pero sa isang kundisyon, akin din ang piloto, maliwanag?
Nagpasadya na rin ako ng parachute para sa mag-asawa. Gawa sa balat ng lumpiya.
Sa basketball, kapag last two minutes, kung anu-anong magic shots ang ginagawa, para lang maka-score. Last two-minutes tongpats ba yan?
It will benefit the other presidents daw. So let him/her buy the plane. After all, kailan magiging effective ang budget, sa isang taon. Sa isang taon pa yan magagastos, at hindi siya ang sasakay. So why spend?
Unless, nandiyan pa siya sa isang taon. Yan ba ang pahiwatig ng mga gastusing iyan?
Using basketball as an example, the score is 50-0 in favor of the opposing team. Wala pang score ang Malacanang. Pilit nilang maka-score bago man lang matapos ang laro.
I think Del Rosario is telling a story telling a lie. Why? He should have given back that medal.