Huwag sanang magkamali si Pangulong Aquino na balewalain ang rekomendasyun ng Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) na siyang inatasan niyang mag-imbestiga sa nangyaring panghu-hostage ng mga turistang galing Hongkong noong Agosto 23.
Kung mangyari yun, kini-kinita ko, panibagong krisis ang haharapin ni Aquino. Dapat nyang malaman na ang taas na ng frustration level ng maraming sumuporta sa kanya noong eleksyun.
Sa kabila ng maraming palpak ng kanyang halos mag-isang daan araw ng kanyang administrasyon, hindi pa sya iniiwanan ng umaasa ng reporma sa pamahalaan dahil kumakapit pa rin ang marami sa kanyang pangako na matuwid na daan ang tatahakin niya.
Ngunit hindi bulag ang taumbayan na susunod lang sa kanya kahit lumilihis na siya ng daan at mukhang pumupunta sa baku-baku na daan. Baka dumeretso pa ito sa bangin.
Maliban sa trahedya ng Agosto 23, ang dalawa sa mga sangkot doon ay nasabit rin sa mainint na isyu ng jueteng. Ang aking tinutukoy at ang kanyang matalik na kaibigan na ginawa niyang undersecretary ng local governments na si Rico E. Puno at ang kakaretiro lang na hepe ng Philippine National Police na si Jesus Verzosa.
Sa halip na magalit dahil sa kahihiyan at kakabawas ng tiwala sa kanyang administrasyon na dinala nitong dalawang opisyal noong Agosto 23 at ang jueteng , parang mahirap tanggapin ni PNoy ang katotohanan.
Nang tanungin siya tungkol sa expose na ginawa ni retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz kung saan sangkot ang dalawang taong malapit sa kanya, kung sino-sino ang pinabalingan niya ng sisi.
Sinakyan niya ang tanong ng isang reporter na baka raw demolisyun job sa kanya itong mga expose sa jueteng. Sabi niya: “Pwede ho yun. Sabi ko, isa rin kailangan nating bantayan diyan itong mga taong nung kami ay nasa oposisyon na pinag-iinitan kasama na natin. Sumama sa lahat ng paghihirap na dinaanan namin. Alam naman po ng iba na sobrang lapit sa atin nitong mga ito, kung matatangal lahat ng taong malapit sa atin at papalitan ng mga hindi kasing-lapit o baka naman iyong susunod na grupo niyan ay kalaban. Paano naman natin maasahan na tutulong sa gusto nating baguhin na lipunan, mga sistema, mga institusyon so conscious po tayo diyan. Kaya naman ho kung meron akong loyalty na inaasahan sa kanila, may loyalty din naman ho tayo sa lahat na bibigyan naman natin sila ng tamang mga proseso at hindi tayo magpapadala sa haka-haka o sa suspicion lang po, sa allegations na mga wala naman base.”
Ano ba yun? Porke’t loyal sa kanya si Puno at Verzosa, hindi totoo ang pagkasangkot sa kanila sa jueteng?
Naniniwala akong matalino si Pangunlong Aquino. Ngunit bakit mukhang pinaiikutan siya nitong dalawa?
Nakakapagtaka nga kung bakit hindi matinag ang paniniwala ni Pnoy kay Puno at Verzosa sa halip ng problemang dulot ng dalawant ito sa kanya. Sabi ng iba, nakuha daw ni Verzosa ang tiwala ni Pnoy nang sinabi niya bago mag-eleksyun na hindi susunod sa ilegal na utos ni Arroyo. Siyempre naman, ilegal yun eh.
Hindi ba nya naiisip na hindi prinsipyo ang nagtulak kay Verzosa para i-ibandona si Gloria Arroyo? Nakita nila ang suporta ng sambayanang Pilipino kay PNoy kaya sumakay na lang sila.Gawaing oportunista yun. Maliban sa pagsuporta sa kanya, may pagbabago bang ginawa si Verzosa sa PNP?
Lalong nakakapagtaka naman ang sibrang bilib ni PNoy kay Puno na subok namang sablay sa dalawang maiinit na isyu ng hostage at jueteng.
Kahit naman gaano kalalim ang kanilang samahan, kung interes na nag taumbayan ang nakasalalay, dapat alam ni Pnoy kung alin ang bigyan ng ng prioridad.
Klaro ang report ng IIRC. Si Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim ang may pinakamabigat na panagutan. Kaya ang reokmendasyun ay sampahan ng kasong kriminal at administratibo.
Sinabi rin ni ng IIRC na kasuhan ng administratibo sina Puno, Verzosa, Police Chief Supt Rodolfo Y. Magtibay; Police Director Leocadio Santiago Jr.; Vice Mayor Francisco “Ishko Moreno”Domagoso, Police Superintendent Orlando Yebra, at Police Chief Inspector Santiago Pascual III. Maliban kay Moreno, pinapa-imbistigahan ng IIRC ang anim sa posibleng criminal na pananagutan.
Bakit kailangan pang i-review ng mga abogado niya sa Malacañang? Hindi ba siya naniniwala sa ginawang pag-imbistiga nina De Lima? O masyadong mabigat para sa kanya ang rekomendasyun?
Ano ngayon ang gagawin niya, ibaba ang rekomendasyun sa mga taong malapit sa kanya? Tatanggapin ba yan ng miyembro ng panel ng IIRC? Tatanggapin ba yan ng taumbayan na naniwala sa kanyang pangakong “matuwid na daan”?
Hindi ba nya naiisip na hindi prinsipyo ang nagtulak kay Verzosa para i-ibandona si Gloria Arroyo? Nakita nila ang suporta ng sambayanang Pilipino kay PNoy kaya sumakay na lang sila.Gawaing oportunista yun. Maliban sa pagsuporta sa kanya, may pagbabago bang ginawa si Verzosa sa PNP? – Ellen
Swak mo Ellen! Kumabilang bakod lang si Verzosa, matinik ang kanyang alibi, tumimo kay PNoy!
Lalong nakakapagtaka naman ang sobrang bilib ni PNoy kay Puno na subok namang sablay sa dalawang maiinit na isyu ng hostage at jueteng.- Ellen
Ang kanilang pagkakaibigan, nakatimo hanggang bone marrow, hahaha!
How clean was some of the monies used in the election campaign of Noynoy? My question is directed to best pal Rico E. Puno. That’s a ridiculous question, wala nga palang evidence….soweee!
Yung kayang paglipat ni Verzosa ay walang basbas ng dating Boss?
Ngayon kung totoo ang jueteng talks, at sila Pineda ang nagbabayad, then they have the goods on Verzosa. That is a non-bailable offense (I’m sure, cumulatively, may 50 million na). And since the offense is “in connection” with his office” (he looked the other way to allow it), then it will be handled by Merci. So ang tunay na Boss niyan ay yung babae, hindi yung MacaPuno.
“…hindi bulag ang taumbayan na susunod lang sa kanya kahit lumilihis na siya ng daan at mukhang pumupunta sa baku-baku na daan. Baka dumeretso pa ito sa bangin.” –
Pasalamat pa nga sila at meron pumupuna. Mga puna lang yun, in the end he is the elected president, sundin ang gusto nya. Hindi lahat ng kritiko o puna ay nangangahulugan na ayaw kay PNoy kundi nagbabakasali lang na mapansin ang mga puna at makapag-isip si PNoy kung tuwid pa nga ang kanyang daan at maiwasan ang bangin.
Sa akin, ang mga tunay na puna, kilala ninyo kung sino-sino sila dito, ay pagpapahayag ng concern sa bansa, sa kapinuyan at sa pangulo. We wished Noynoy all the luck at the start, we are still wishing him all the luck for a better Pinas. Ciao, ciao for now.
atty sax, matinik na teorya yan a!
Kung si P.Noy will not act against the recommendations of the IIRC, this will make or unmake his kind of leadership. I do agree that the reason or reasons for P.Noy to entrust the IIRC report for review to his legal advisers in Malacanang was just to delay the implementation of the recommendations dahil nga nagmamadali siya sa kanyang misyon in going to the U.S. Let’s hope that P.Noy does not make a major, major blunder here.
I’ll still respect whatever his decision will be…if breaks his leadership or not, its a good way of removing he chaff from the grain…those who are with him will be with him, those who are willing to destroy the country to prove a point or to put forward their own agenda, will be exposed…
…so be it, lets get ready to rumble…
If its a crises some people want, then a crises they’ll get…the worst case scenario would be that the administration will have to resort to drastic measures to protect itself and get things done…it might not look pleasant, we still get the same noise like the during Gloria’s time but then again, as long as he has the support of the powers of the state, plus loyalty of the PNP (mutual respect)…its going to be the same thing all over again…only this time around there will be no more coups, no more stand offs, no more people power, what else is left to do? can you really see disgruntled people stopping work to show disgust? or more indifference and apathy?
…I sympathize with the president, I too, will not sacrifice my friend just because he has become a liability because of hearsay or innuendo…or anyone else for that matter…I will not solve an injustice with another injustice…let due process be the order of the day…
Ngayon kung totoo ang jueteng talks, at sila Pineda ang nagbabayad, then they have the goods on Verzosa. That is a non-bailable offense (I’m sure, cumulatively, may 50 million na). And since the offense is “in connection” with his office” (he looked the other way to allow it), then it will be handled by Merci. So ang tunay na Boss niyan ay yung babae, hindi yung MacaPuno.
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hmmmmmm….i’m pretty sure lawyers don’t think like this, oh, its called punditry…seems more like conspiracy theoristics to me…good luck on your day job, you’ll be needing it big time! 🙂
well…the president should get used to that fact that he will never be well loved by the press and the industry will milk all controversies to the bone, its the nature of the business…
…when the going gets tough, i’m pretty sure the tough will go with him…on the one side will be bishop cruz, who when cornered for facts will recant everything he said just like the case of atong ang…too bad…and i’ll be there with clean towels for you guys to wipe the eggs off your faces…its the least i can do 🙂
I keep challenging people this…”put your money where your mouth is…”
…the problem with most people when push comes to shove, they walk – as they say, bullshit walks…too much talk…
By Solita Collas-Monsod
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 21:51:00 09/24/2010
ANOTHER COMFORTING sign coming out of the P-Noy administration: It looks to be putting its money
where its mouth is.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20100924-294154/P-Noys-Reform-Budget
“So ang tunay na Boss niyan ay yung babae, hindi yung MacaPuno.” …. sax
Napaka-bobo namang Macapuno yan kung hindi niya na-amoy o naramdaman man lamang …. sabagay …. hanggang ngayon medyo bobo at uto-uto pa rin yata.
Puno and Versoza on Pnoy? I don’t think so. Since Pnoy became president I thought that he together with his cabinet members are doing what needs to be done. Di lang perfect but they are doing something to have a government deserving of its people. I’m happy with Sec. De Lima very professional and credible in the justice department. We have an MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino who knows how to communicate with his peers Mayors of every city in metro manila. They are doing something about clog esteros, clean-up work againts Dengue to name a few. The main thing is the feeling of peace long lost for quite sometime dahilan na rin sa pagkukulang ng previous administration na walang ginawa kundi konsintihin ang talamak na pamamahala, nakawan at kawalan ng hustisya! Randama pa nga ngayon ang bangungut na ito. Sana magsisi na si pandak at tigilan ang kasinungalingan na si ms. Horn (sungay!)
Ngayon nakatanggap ang pinas ng $430 Million na tulong mula sa US Millenium Challenge Fund. Malaking pera ito. Humigit kumulang 21 Bilyon pesos! Sana naman gamitan sa mga bagay na ikakaunlad ng bansa ito. Daming gustong kumupit dito kaya siguro kaliwat kanan ang batikos kay pnoy. Ito dapat ang bantayan kung pano gagastusin ng admin ni pnoy!
Jueteng..daming masisirang tao nito. Gawin na lang kasing legal (di yung rekomendasyon ni braganza na 24% tsk tsk). Gawing legal sana na yung mismong mga gambling lord ay kasali sa usapan para matigil na at yung proceeds ay gastusin ukol sa pangangailangan direkta sa bayan kagaya ng ospital, tauhan sa ospital (di yung walang item na walang bayad), mga gamot, family planning, edukasyon, eskwelahan, trabaho, atbp. para sa nakakarami anyway sila naman ang tumatangkilik nito e di ibalik sa kanila!
kailan kaya tayo makakarinig na magandang halinbawa sa iba pang gabinete ni pinoy? hopefully mas maganda pang balita! Tahimik ata yung dating bumabatikos kay pnoy na ngayon ay Chairwoman ng Human Right Etta Rosales. Kung talagang iba ang intensyon ni pnoy bakit si etta pa? Let’s have faith and pray na magiging maganda ang pnoy admin. 15 million ang sumuporta! sumuporta sa ina na si Cory. Dapat lang pag ayusin ni pnoy at tayo naman ay makipagtulungan..di para sa kanya kundi para sa bayan!
…all i ask is for those who are batikos nang batikos to “act” on their convictions…so many times in the past some patriotic foolhardies get left alone in the street waiting for the support that never came…puro kiaw, kiaw lang…and they are still languishing…
…jueteng? if the governor/mayor will order the pnp official to stop it – it can be stopped dead in its tracks cold turkey…”if?” …but if the PNP official will tell the governor/mayor that he will stop it and the former disagrees (usually secretly) – the PNP official is relieved…and most of the time these type of governor/mayor are very much loved by their people because of their generosity, madaling lapitan, maraming nagawa, etc, etc….you’re literally fighting city hall…thats a fact of life…deal with it or leave the country like so many smart batikos machines here… 🙂
RE: Ano ba yun? Porke’t loyal sa kanya si Puno at Verzosa, hindi totoo ang pagkasangkot sa kanila sa jueteng?
Anak ng Weteng…di na dapat tayo manibago sa hilatsa ng mga lingkod-bulsa sa ating gobyerno.
Paano titino ang Pinas…alam naman ng lahat na ang Weteng e iligal na sugal, so ngayon…bakit ito nageexist pa? Ibig sabihin, mayroong protector nito at walang iba kundi ang mga lingkod-bulsa sa tulong ng mga Otoridad.
Magmamalinis pa sila, even si PeNOY alam niya na ang Weteng e patuloy na namamayagpag sa ating bansa. Ang problema nga lamang kaya mayroong nag-iingay kasi nga po ang isyu e partihan ng milyones na koleksyon at kung sino dapat ang magkokontrol nito.
Walang Weteng…kung walang protektor mula sa itaas either lingkod-bulsa or otoridad.
Mas lalong walang Weteng lord kung walang mananayang Pinoy 3x a day, kasi nga wala silang makokolekta upang ito e bolahin 3x a day?
Simple, ibig sabihin walang isyu tapos ang problema!
That’s why it’s suggested to be legalize. Many are dealing with it! What we cannot deal with is the end results if this is left the way it was…corruption of local governance! now national! This is a tax free enterprise it just need to be regulated!
Problem is, most who are against legalization of jueteng in general are the ones receiving payola from it!
If Noynoy stands his ground and keeps Puno and even gives DILG to Versoza…I’m really dying to see the massive uproar, the rallies, bishop Cruz, and all his supporters, hand in hand with Gloria and her minions, Villar, Jocjoc, Cayetano, Lagman, etc, etc…what a sight! Gloria and in hand, elbow to elbow, with the people who were shouting “Gloria resign!” just fairly recently. Now that would be funny… 🙂
That’s why it’s suggested to be legalize. Many are dealing with it! What we cannot deal with is the end results if this is left the way it was…corruption of local governance! now national! This is a tax free enterprise it just need to be regulated!
Problem is, most who are against legalization of jueteng in general are the ones receiving payola from it!
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true! the pnp officials (or at least the ones I know) can live without it, seriously…but can the mayors? governors? now thats another story…si congressman pa?
thats a fact of life…deal with it or leave the country like so many smart batikos machines here… 🙂 – jug
what can one expect from a former military guy! dahhh!
…and outside all these political upheaval of sorts, I’m also pretty sure Erap will be the only one not passing judgment on Noynoy…just a “I told you so…” and “welcome to the club you can use my tanay resthouse!” 🙂
This is what it takes to have a Good Government! Deal with it!
olan,
before, with gloria, i had a serious bone to pick, she cheated the elections and imprisoned friends arbitrarily…so you end up having friends on both sides of the spectrum, one following their constitutional duty to preserve the chain of command and the other questioning the legitimacy of the leadership…
…there is no such scenario now, its a lot simpler, everyone will do the constitutional duty of preserving the chain of command…wala pang away, walang debate, everything is clear…simpler…
…yes…like real life, we have to deal with it, its not always fair…most of the time we just suck it up and hope for the best, but prepare for the worst…
All I’m saying is there’s benefit on jueteng and it can be done. If Gloria got her way of cheating and stealing with the help of many why not address the issue of jueteng head-on now that pnoy admin have the mandate and followers. Hit it hard when it is at its weakest! Surely after all those years..nine with Gloria those mayors, governors, congressman and senators, etc. ay nakaipon na and more likely will not complain too loudly or face the full might of the law!
RE: Jueteng..daming masisirang tao nito. Gawin na lang kasing legal (di yung rekomendasyon ni braganza na 24% tsk tsk).~ Olan
Pahirit naman ka Olan ha ne…sino ang nagsabi na madaming Pinoy ang masisira ng Weteng?
In layman’s word, “Ang Weteng ay sugal ng pangkaraniwang Pilipino…but thru the initiative ng mga maimpluwensya sa ating lipunan maging sila man e nakapwesto sa gobyerno o mga untouchable na kinauukulan na protektado ng nga mga Otoridad o Lingkod-bulsa.
Ginawa na itong pangkabuhayan ng mga Pinoy na walang matrabaho sa buhay o walang sapat na pagkakitaan kasi nga ang ating gobyerno e bangkarote at baon sa utang.
Walang maibigay na trabaho at kapos ang pagkakaloob ng pinansyal na tulong para sa mahihirap nating kababayan.
Kaya nga po, sa simpleng pag-unawa…pinagsasapalaran ng mga mananayang Pinoy ang kanilang pera upang magbakasakali na manalo ito.
Syiempre, natural na may pakinabang ang nagpapaweteng…para magpatuloy ito kasi nga ilegal e kailangan mayroon para kay TAGA.
Aba e marami ang nakikinabang ng Weteng like as; Kobrador, Kapitang Barangay, Mayor, Kapulisan, Gobernador, Tongresman, Senatong, Lingkod-bulsa, Weteng lord at pati na ang mga Obispo.
Milyones ang usapan sa Weteng business…at di kaila na ko mo easy money, kaya nilang paikutin sa kanilang palad ang gustuhin nilang mangyari sa ating lipunan.
Kaya maraming Pinoy ang sunod-sunuran sa dikta ng kapangyarihan ng Weteng…tama ka maraming buhay ang winasak at nawasak ng dahil sa impluwensya ng easy money coz’feeling rich sila kaya sunod ang layaw sa buhay.
Surely after all those years..nine with Gloria those mayors, governors, congressman and senators, etc. ay nakaipon na and more likely will not complain too loudly or face the full might of the law!
– Olan
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…my sentiments exactly Olan…I’m just too familiar with local politics, remember the last time a president went against jueteng seriously (legalizing it)? he got booted out of office…ganun katindi yan…it can chew you up and spit you out…it can buy loyalty, buy the senate, buy the congress, buy the media, buy public opinion…and as Joker said “tapos ka na…”
ang pinakatumbok talaga si balweg…kung biglang magising tong mga tumataya dito na kalokohan lang to, na pinagkikitaan ang kanilang katangahan – at bigla na lang silang huwag nang tumaya – talagang tapos and boksing dito! 🙂
ka balweg, i meant credibility. The peoples confidence on our system of governance. Jueteng is both destructive and beneficiary, kailangan lang talagang i-regulate.
Isa pa income ay taxable. Kita sa jueteng ay dapat taxable. kaya nga nag pasa ilalim ang kapinuyan sa ating gobyerno at tayo naman ay binubuwisan in many forms. Yung jueteng libre. At yung tumatanggap ng payola ay di nag babayad ng buwis in general, tapos tayo ang umaako ng kakulangan kapag nagigipit ang gobyerno. Yung iba nakukulong pa o nakakasuhan kapag di nakabayad ng buwis. Marami pang isyu alam mo yun kaya nga gawan na ng paraan para maiiwas ang lokal at national na pamamahala sa di magandang epekto nito.
…basta ako, palagi kong sinasabi sa ma anak ko, mag-aral kayong mabuti at mag si abroad kayo, mahirap ang buhay dito sa Pilipinas…
ng pinakatumbok talaga si balweg…kung biglang magising tong mga tumataya dito na kalokohan lang to, na pinagkikitaan ang kanilang katangahan – at bigla na lang silang huwag nang tumaya – talagang tapos and boksing dito! 🙂 – jug
I wish its that simple! I’m for it myself. Reality is the other way around!
Ginawa na itong pangkabuhayan ng mga Pinoy na walang matrabaho sa buhay o walang sapat na pagkakitaan kasi nga ang ating gobyerno e bangkarote at baon sa utang.
Walang maibigay na trabaho at kapos ang pagkakaloob ng pinansyal na tulong para sa mahihirap nating kababayan.
Kaya nga po, sa simpleng pag-unawa…pinagsasapalaran ng mga mananayang Pinoy ang kanilang pera upang magbakasakali na manalo ito.
– balweg
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tama! parang sinabi ko na rin to noon a? nagpakatotoo lang naman tayo…
…my sentiments exactly Olan…I’m just too familiar with local politics, remember the last time a president went against jueteng seriously (legalizing it)? he got booted out of office…ganun katindi yan…it can chew you up and spit you out…it can buy loyalty, buy the senate, buy the congress, buy the media, buy public opinion…and as Joker said “tapos ka na…” – jug
The mafia profited and the US government received it’s fair share. what’s not to like? Kaya nga the government should do it not one person pnoy! Congress should act collectively on it else, the problem is not pnoy but our own representatives!
My take. I agree na dapat sipain si Puno. Not because of jueteng though. Mahirap purbahan yang pagtanggap. Parang he said-she said lang yan. Dapat siyang tanggalin dahil bobo siyang sumagot. Si Versoza 100% tumanggap yan. lahat ng police naaambunan iyan. Pati AFP nakakatikim diyan sa jueteng. Navy nga na walang kinalaman sa panghuhuli ay may sobre e. Take it from me. Iyan ang trabaho ko noon. Di iilan sa mga tao ko sa intel sa area na may jueteng ang nakasahod din ang mga palad. Bakit? Kulang ang suporta e. Hayun kinaibigan ang mga lespu kaya kasama sa payola.
Sa usapin naman ng pagrereview sa IIRC, nagtataka ako kung bakit kinukwestiyon ang pagrereview ng findings and recommendations ng IIRC. Last I heard, committee nga e. ano ba ang trabaho ng committee? It was created by Malacanang. Why is it suddenly an issue na nirereview ang findings nito? Parang fiscal din yan. Puedeng isustain ng chief prosecutor ang findings ng investigating fiscal. Hell, the DOJ Secreary himself can even overturn the decision of the Chief Prosecutor. And while we’re atr it. Remember Gloria overturning Raul Goonsalez decision doon sa Alabang Boys? Hold your horses people. Di pa nga naooverturn e, nagwawala na yata tayo sa galit. Di ba premature ejaculation este speculation lang lahat ng ito?(premature na speculation pa). Ganun siguro katindi ang repression na naramdaman natin sa panahon ni Gloria no? After nang 9 years na walang nangyari sa kangangawa sa mga blogs sa pag atake kay Gloria, di ba parang we are bullying Aquino to conform to our way of appreciating the way the affairs of the state are being managed? Parang mob mentality ah. Dahil ba sa tingin ng iba e mahina si Aquino? Uh uh. You have another think coming if we underestimate the guy. Remember guys, we are not privy to all the information the President has. Tayo sunod lang sa gaos kung ano ang naibabalita sa media. What if somebody is indeed pulling the strings behind the scenes to oust Aquino this early? Hehehe. Masaya to. Gazmin has his work cut out for him. Let the fireworks begin. 😛
@henry90 #36
Iba naman yata yung kaso ng Alabang Boys. Yung IIRC ni De Lima merely confirmed what everyone knows, which malfunctioning officials and entities are culpable of negligence. Lim admitted his mistakes, Puno admitted he was not able to do anything.
Maybe Noynoy’s more reasonable excuse would be that he will be studying what punishment to deal those officials. Puno’s case is easy. If PNoy has balls (which I doubt), he could have fired Puno already without needing De Lima’s investigation.
Puno has a clear conflict of interest within the DILG. Even without the hostage disaster, he is still a damaged good.
It all depends on the president now, whatever he decides to do, we follow, he’s the president…besides, choosing between a trusted friend and media innuendo – simple, yo follow the “bro code,” the part that says “bros before hos.” 🙂
grabe ka henry, pinagkakantiyawan namin ang mga pulis tungkol dyan sa jueteng palagi pag nag beer busting, hindi ko alam naambunan din pala ang iba… 🙂
juggernaut: you calling Secretary de Lima a ho?
The problem with jueteng is that the people behind it are getting too powerful. They were able to remove a popular president, let an unelected president rule for 9 years and influence votes. Eventually, these gambling lords will be uncontrollable. They will have armies, fight for turf, turn policemen against each other. We might end up like gotham city with no superhero to defend law abiding citizens. It feels that way already.
I guess, we expected PNoy to become a revolutionary president and turn everything around instead it is politics as usual. He is always compromising. He should have taken corona and gutierrez out of office but conceded in the end.
Can it be said that jueteng has become so powerful that it can change and control people in government and maybe even the government itself? This is a terrible thought. Shades of the Mexican, Colombian and the like drug cartels, only, its jueteng in RP. We may just end up in the long term like Mexico and Colombia.
Anong hawak ni Puno at Versoza kay PNoy? I don’t think its loyalty. It something deeper and profitable to all of them I would think. Only, people like Bishop Cruz has derailed their timetable. In this case do I still trust Pres. Aquino III? Hmmm, there is still a little trust but it is fast waning. Have to see Pres. Aquino III do something significant to regain what trust has waned. Not the New York hotdog type but things positive vis-a-vis past events.
The media as a business has untintentionally/u\intentionally shrunk the timetables by which the government operates…in trying to outrun each other, the speed of relaying information to the public, who, may have become “reality tv” sophisticates, thanks to Big Brother, etc…believe that they know better…the expectations of speedy, dirty harry, judge dredd type of implementing justice has taken the place of circumspection…
Time, the mass media, and the presidency
By Randy David
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:17:00 09/25/2010
The speed and the scale in which today’s mass media relay information to the public have radically shrunk the time-horizon for decision-making. Government finds itself being rushed to produce decisions as fast as the media can produce new information. A public that presumes to know what happened expects instant action. It cannot appreciate the complex internal environment in which public officials must make decisions.
Whereas the mass media thrive in the ceaseless production of information, the other institutions of society take time to weigh the meaning and implication of every piece of information. Domains
like government and the courts, for instance, are much slower to make decisions or take action because they are required by their own codes to be more circumspect. To speed up their rhythms in order to keep up with the dizzying pace of the mass media is to court danger. Yet, this is exactly what they now find themselves compelled to do
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Just as it is the function of government to be circumspect in promulgating collectively-binding decisions, so it is the function of the mass media to “outrun” themselves in the effort to supersede yesterday’s news.
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http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20100925-294325/Time-the-mass-media-and-the-presidency
PNoy is not a messiah
September 26, 2010
By jayrcastillo
To those who see a messiah in Noynoy Aquino will be disappointed. He’s no messiah. Six years are not enough to change the Philippines and to clean up the mess that was created from the dark years of the dictatorship up to the last twelve years of incompetent leadership. If you’re hoping that corruption will be eradicated under the new Aquino presidency or that poverty will be gone, you’re asking for the moon folks. Yes, the Philippines have spoken and and answered resoundingly. A huge chunk of the population voted for the son of Asia’s two most prominent and respected democracy leaders to be the president of an impoverished nation.
Yes, the Philippines voted for change, albeit, briefly. If we look at the results of the national elections, it looks scary. I would like to think that it is the result of the declining level of education in the country and the lack of good influence on the voters particularly the youth. The country needs change, but not by piecemeal. It must be as a whole, a total overhaul. History tells us that the once second most prosperous country in Asia is now the sickest man in the region. The problem in the Philippines is that the culture of corruption is imbedded in all of us that the people became numb about it and just accept it as a way of life. Though we as citizens don’t want it, but deep inside, somehow we know that one way or another, the leaders we elect will commit corruption and other wrong things once he or she is in power.
http://kuro-kuro.org/index.php/archives/1610
In Defense of President Noy
September 24, 2010
By June Rey Laguna
I must confess. Had I been registered to cast a vote on the democratic selection of the next President of the Philippines, I would never waste this Constitutionally-given privilege over a candidate named Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. I never envisioned him to be the ultimate solution to our poverty-stricken nation. To think that he could mend the wounds our country has suffered from the faulty governance of previous administrations was simply an illusion to me. In other words, I thought of him as an incompetent fool who would completely destroy what were left damaged. I was never a believer of him.
In the list of aspiring candidates who were either brave or fool enough to shoulder the burden of being a President, I would have voted for Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro. Not only does he has an excellent track record on his career as a government official, he as well was a Bar Exam topnotch. I admired him, both for the intellectual and moral fibers he humbly displayed. But he lost the opportunity to bail us out of previous dispensation. “Thanks to the death of your parents Noynoy. You have now catapulted from being Kris’ brother to a President. Don’t you want to extend your deepest gratitude to the millions of Filipinos who have helped you secure your position? Out of their sympathy?” I asked in shadows.
I must confess further that I was extremely disappointed when Noynoy won the Presidential race. What President could he make when he hadn’t proven himself to be an efficient and effective public servant during the nine years he leisurely spent in the Legislative Department? What President could he become when didn’t have any prior political experience to govern a large bureaucracy of cynics and mobs? It was a despair I mourned during the first days of his proclamation. The light that the election projected in the height of all these dysfunctions in our political system had faded. Oust Noynoy.
But see? I have moved on. I just realized that to remain bitter and disappointed over Noynoy’s victory in Presidency will not do any good. It will not change the fact that Noynoy is, indeed, our President, and that he has become our new champion to combat poverty, corruption, and terrorism that for years have plagued us out. It will not alter anything of the truth that is right before us. He is our new hope amidst this morally and financially ravished lands.
I have now come to his defense against groups and individuals whose mouths could utter no better than a bullet shot from a pistol. Move on, people. Forget about your candidates who you think could make a better President than Noynoy himself. Forget about dreaming of a better place which you think your candidates could realize. Forget about everything that the national election has sparked anything but hope. Forget it all. Move on. Face what is in forward. Stop lingering in bitterness.
In a span of two months, Noynoy’s administration is mobilizing every unit under its control to bring about positive changes in our country. It is working hard to reestablish trust and support from the world that which the previous administration had harbored from us. But also, within this given period, the Philippines has suffered a great blow after the Manila Hostage crisis.
I have read a thousand words of disgust and malcontent in the way Noynoy managed the situation. They said that he pushed himself in shadows to let everything just unfold the way they should. They said he was a failure both in the name of his office and his title. They said he could have done better than fancily blowing heart-shaped smokes in the event of this. They said he could have cried than smiled. They said all these and those. But they said nothing about themselves. Who in the world is Noynoy? As I see it, he is a human titled as the Philippine President. He is a human susceptible to just about everything. Noynoy is a human. Not a superhero. Because if he was, he could had just walked into the bus, and smashed the madman with his iron fist. But no. Reality does not honor a wishful thinking. In reality, everything has to be carefully planned and implemented to manage a crisis like that. And believe it or not, that is not as easy as it sounds. Plans are subject to imperfections. After all, we are living in a world of imperfections. So how can anybody condemn someone for not being perfect?
And please. Be reminded that it was not Noynoy’s fault. It was not even a fault by the PNP/SWAT. Not even by the madman Mr. Mendoza. That crisis was not the fault of the aforementioned people. Blame it to our political system. For years, we have been victims even without realizing it. By now and then, as early as our children are born, they already are victims. We are victims of our political system. And that cannot be accounted in behalf of our newly elected President. Noynoy didn’t deserve all the words of hate both from the local and international people. They kept criticizing without really hearing what they were saying: a truth that condemns us of being too self-righteous.
Even by that, I never abandon Noynoy while he is in office. I believe that he can save us from all these turmoils that disturb peace, oneness, and nationalism. If you think he was/is a fiasco, give him another chance to prove his efficacy as a President. Besides, it has only been two months. You can not hope to see dramatic changes in our country within that period of time. Progress is a process that could take years to appreciate. Progress is a long-term goal that needs hardwork and support from all the subordinates, from us. All the wealthy countries were not founded as stable as they are now. They were once torn by poverty and corruption. And that fact serves as a proof that hope does not leave those who believe.
Do you know how many years it would take to make a tree grow? And do you know how extra years it would take to bear fruits and flowers? That would be the years ahead of us if only we would believe that a seed would grow into a tree.
To all the critics of Noynoy who knew nothing but kill him with their words, I appreciate your democratic involvement in the regard of all this. To express concern in national issues is vital especially in our maturing democracy. But please, know your limitations. As much as I appreciate your concerns, please appreciate as well the fact that Noynoy could be our salvation. He is yet to make a legacy, may be not as a senator, but as a President. After all, 15,208,678 Filipinos believed in him. And that has to count for something.
By throwing words that express hate and disgust, and by demanding endlessly for the promised reforms in the country, let me ask you one thing. Are you becoming a part of the solution? Or a part of the problem? Think about it.
http://kuro-kuro.org/index.php/archives/1523
Now it will be a man’s victim of his own convictions,ang shows ng teleserye ng baliktaktakan.Ang dahilan paglala ng KKK{korapsyon,kriminalidad at kahirapan}ang mamayan sa pinas,ay dalawang uri,isa ang tunay na pinoy at PILIPIT’no,Ang tunay ipapain ang nag-iisang buhay upang kahit papano ay mabawasan ang KKK’s,PILIPIT’no ang mga piping,bulag at bingi saksi sa “LIPUNAN ng 3K”,maraming ng nagbuwis ng buhay ang tunay pinoy,subalit ang mga magagaling na PILIPIT’no,puro daldal at walang ginawang paraan upang kahit papano mapigilan ang ang paglala ng LIPUNAN NG 3K,sila ay kabilang sa mga nagtatamasa sa biyaya na galing sa 3K.
Sabi ng religious group huak kaw punta sa peking pastor at magpagamot dito lang sa amin may malaking diskwento at bonus offer dala ng biktima kalahati ang monthly dues.Bakit dumadaming ginagawa ang public park open air HOTEL CHECK IN,saan nagsimula sa Katamarand,medyo mali dahil kung sila ay di tumangkilik at sa kaunting halaga naiabot upang mapagbigyan ang mga magnanakaw,na ilagay sa kapangyarihan,ngayon nasa very uncomfortable condition dahil sa konting pamatid sa pagnanasa makatikim ng kaunting ginhawa.Kasabihan mahirap patayin ang masamang halaman kung tatabasin lamang ang dahon,lalong yayabong ang mga iyon,ang dapat bunutin ang mula sa puno hanggang sa kaugat-ugat at sunogin kesohoda kung maraming walang makakain,dahil kung pababayan pati ang susunod at susunod pang lahi ay wala na rin kakainin. Ano ang halaga ng buhay ng tunay pinoy,ay maraming mga “PILIPIT’no,katwiran mga maraming ma-aapektado pag-pinatay AT SUNuGIN ang mga masasamang halaman.KITID ang utak,he who dares nothing,put everything in risk.
President Noynoy Aquino — his reputation continues to grow, doesn’t it, that he is ubod ng bait sa kaniyang shooting buddies and college classmates?
Nice piece there by June Rey Laguna, whoever he is. Good he is a new convert to Pres. Aquino III’s side. From being opposed to him during election time to being his defender. The opposite is happening with Pres. Aquino III allies during the election campaign. Especially the volunteers who really served as the workhorse of the campaign. His words are hurting to them, thinking of them volunteers are his enemies now that they are critiquing his actions. I believe these people or the people themselves have earned the right to critic him be the criticism mild or harsh. Critiquing helps in establishing proper directions.
It is not good to ask whether if one is part of the problem or solution. I say for as long as you do not violate the laws, pay your taxes, do your job right with sincerity and truthfulness and abide by the pledge of allegiance then you have earned the right to critic the President. If you do the opposite – violate the laws…break your pledge of allegiance – then you have no right to criticize the President. He is President with enormous powers and resources entrusted to him by the people, he is and should be thankful of that. He can very well defend himself. Critics can only dispense with words good or harsh.
#51 On your right to criticize the President(of the PI): Good luck with that.
Any citizen has the right to criticize their president. In fact, any person has the right to criticize any one, particularly those who have control over their lives!
We should stay put where are,how many of productive manpower which mostly talented,hardworking individuals and some are expert in thier field,due to existing condition of economic and governance are impossible to live comfortably,seeking greener pastures in other parts of the planet.DO you think they are not involved in the 3K,from barrangay level up to they boarding the craft where they are heading.Could you imagine how many agencies milking them just to go where they wanna go.A PRODUCT can’t prosper if there no are available consumer,that’s why one is always victim of his convictions.Totally eradication are needed if all would suffer,let the course the its path to reach the point. just for the next generations.
May isa lang akong napuna sa comment ni June Rey Laguna, whoever you are, but welcome to this kingdom of Ellenville, that being a bar topnotcher nowadays does not offer any indication of being an effective leader. I know some of our Bar Exam topnotchers could not even defend themselves and argue in open courts elementary cases that would test their knowledge of the law unlike during the past. I could cite one example of an Ateneo graduate who topped the Bar Exam in the early 80’s who is the subject of numerous lawsuits here in the U.S. who was eventually disbarred but now I heard, works with a powerful politician in the South. Anyway, yes I agree with you that at this time we all should give and support P.Noy and we need to give him a chance to recover and be a part of the solution.
Just for fun.
Tanong;
‘Ano ang hawak ni Puno at Verzosa kay Pnoy?’
Piliin ang sagot sa mga sumusunod;
a] hawak sa balls
b] hawak sa neck
c] hawak sa nose
d] hawak sa ears
e] hawak dahil loyal siya
f] all of the above
“If you’re hoping that corruption will be eradicated under the new Aquino presidency or that poverty will be gone, you’re asking for the moon folks.”
Thats what we expect, thats why PNOY was elected. Villar and Estrada didnt win because they are perceived to be corrupt and Gibo will just be an extension of the previous corrupt administration. He wasnt a better politician but he is not tainted. He has been in office for four months only so its still to early to tell if we voted for a warrior or a wimp. Next Year will be different.
Baka naman itong si Versoza at Puno ay may hawak na hindi magandang dossier sa pres kaya hindi nya mabitawan. Wag sana. Kaya lang nakapagtataka na ayaw bumitaw sa katungkulan lalo na itong si Puno na strike two na.
@henry90 #36
Iba naman yata yung kaso ng Alabang Boys. Yung IIRC ni De Lima merely confirmed what everyone knows, which malfunctioning officials and entities are culpable of negligence. Lim admitted his mistakes, Puno admitted he was not able to do anything.
Pards,
If that’s the case why create a committee in the first place? Aquino could have instead ordered the DOJ to file the case in court. Kaya nga fact-finding eh. I myself agree with the recommendations basing on the investigation conducted. Ang ipinagtataka ko lang, wla pa namang aksyon ang Malacanang, bakit parang may gumagatong na? Ang trabaho ng Pres’l Legal Counsel at ng Executive Secretary is to review ang findings and recommendations ng IIRC. The same goes through with the thousands of documents that need the President’s signature and approval. Kung di tayo bilib kay Ochoa and De Mesa dahil unknown variety daw, ay labas na ako doon. Sino gusto nyong ES? Si Ermita? Angara? Zamora?
Uh uh. Bilib ako sa mga yan. Matatalino. Magagaling. Walang sabit ang mga EO na ginawa. Pulido. EO 464 comes to mind. Galing di ba? Ano nagawa ni Angara at Zamora na tulong kay Erap? Umangal ba si Edong na diary niya pa ang ginamit na ebidensya sa Constructive resignation kuno ni Erap. Pipiliin ko pa ang pamali-maling ES tulad ni Ochoa kaysa ‘magugulang’ na ES tulad ng tatlong itlog. At least may nakikita tayong dokumento at nahihimay. Noong nakaraan, lahat puro nakatago.
The President has the sole preorogative to approve or disapprove the recommendations of the Committee he created. De Lima knows that. Kahit sinong naging boss dito sa atin alam natin yan. Or would u rather have the situation na walang action na gagawin ang Malacanang? Stonewalling na lang a la Gloria hanggang magsawa tayo sa kababatikos? Right or wrong, a decision has got to be made. Acceptable or not, he alone will answer for it. Teka, one term lang pala siya di ba? 😛
PNoy have said before that after the IIRC report is done and submitted to him, heads will roll. Wala pang ulong gumugulong ni isa. 😛
Implementing a state run lotteries like STL or numbers game are not applicable in PINAS,take PCSO for one,bakit ito ay pinagkakakitaan ng gov’t entitiies,at NGO kuno pero pag-nag audit saan nakaturo sa PULITIKO at HIGH OFFICIALS ng PAGCOR,at DOH,DSWD requesting assistances,para kang nagbigay BLANK CHECK pirmado ni johnny d’poor.Pag-nasilat pasok CHR titignan kung tama ang pagtrato PANTAO,pero noon nilalaspag ang kaban ng bayan at para sa “tao”ay kailangan pang-dumaan sa isang masusing pag-aaral.Kaya pag-dumating ang kalimadad ay parang Piesta,pati Barrangay TANGHOD malaking selebrasyion,maski si Cong,YORME at Gob.bukas naman ang pintuan ng CALAMITY FUND house ganoon din ang MANGYAYARI sa collectable taxes sa legalized numbers game.parang ni-legalized ang pandarambong.It’s power will of the citizens to eradicated completely any games of chance at any means if force are needed go with it.Ang lahat galing sa mga ating ninuno,pinabayaan tumubo ang isang puno,makakasira sa ating bakuran at nagkalat ng lagim at basura sa sumunod na lahi,eto si kaawaang Pedro panay walis at dakot sa kalat,pero di naman sinusunog,hinayaang lumipad sa ibang bakuran ng GOBIRNO at naging disbursment offices ng PD,RD,CoP ng mga bayan,sina YORMEatkagawad pati si GOB. thru means constant supply of materials or support on thier extended family{kabit},para walang paper trace at walang publicity sa tsismosong reporter.Tignan ang kakaunti lang mga elected ang sabit,Basta may illegal sa bayan may basbas at nakikinabang ang bawat isa,pati barrangay TANGHOD,authorized agent ng STL kuno w/ tenghwe sa side,pabola pa ni kagalanggalang chairman.Huwag intindihin ang sikmura ng ilang libong mamayan,pagtuunan ng pansin ang milyon buhay nasisira sa korapsyon dahil sa numbers geme.
The President has the sole preorogative to approve or disapprove the recommendations of the Committee he created. De Lima knows that. Kahit sinong naging boss dito sa atin alam natin yan. Or would u rather have the situation na walang action na gagawin ang Malacanang? Stonewalling na lang a la Gloria hanggang magsawa tayo sa kababatikos? Right or wrong, a decision has got to be made. Acceptable or not, he alone will answer for it. Teka, one term lang pala siya di ba?
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Snappy! squat thrust, volleyball, pingpong! 16/60 (ano kaya yun?)
Jug:
Wala ang chun? Complied na eh. lol