Kaya naman pala inis na inis si Pangulong Aquino sa travel advisories ng limang bansa na iwasan ang Pilipinas dahil sa banta daw ng mga terorista. Umiiyak na raw ang mga Philippine tour operators sa mga kanselasyon ng package tours galing Hongkong at China, tapos dadagdagan pa nitong travel advisories, talaga ngang nakakabahala.
Kaya lang sa halip na mainis sa ibang bansa na nagpu-protekta lang ng kanilang mamamayan, dapat ayusin natin ang pamalakad dito sa atin at iyan ay dapat manggagaling kay Aquino. Ang problema lang hindi nakakabigay ng kumpyansa ang kanyang mga aksyun at sinasabi.
(Click here for the interview of Aquino by Ted Failon on terror threat: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/11/04/10/terror-report-raw-unverified-noynoy-1-1-ted#ooid=hvMXhzMTrHxTB7iLpEMl4REPPznJGFEb)
Ang bansang United States, Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand at France ay nagpalabas ng babala sa kanilang mga mamamayan na iwasan ang ilang bansa na may impormasyon silang baka umatake ang mga terorista. Isa sa kanilang listahan ay ang Pilipinas.
Ang babala ay ipinalabas ilang araw madiskubre ang isang naudlot na operasyon ng Al Qaeda na magpasabog ng mga bomba sa mga synagogue (simbahan ng mga Jews) sa Chicago. Galing daw ang mga bomba sa Yemen, kung saan aktibo ang Al Qaeda.
Bahalang-bahala siguro si President Aquino dahil sa halip na hayaan niya ang kanyang mga tagapagsalita ang magsabi, siya mismo ang bumatikos sa mga bansang nagpalabas ng travel advisory. Sabi niya sa interview kay Ted Failon sa TV:
“So unverified pa at raw reports, kumikilos na sila kaagad. So ang problema natin dito, tayo ang nabiktima. Kung tiningnan natin yung information that eventually pinasa…pati plausibility yung planong gagawin and what these groups used to do are so different. Pati classification of the information is being questioned. Our tourism and business are affected.”
Apektado nga talaga ang ating turismo. Ngunit hindi dahil sa travel warnings. Sa general assembly kamakailan ng Philippine Tour operators sinasabi nila na pinuputakte sila ng tanong ng mga Hongkong operators kung ano ang ginawa ng pamahalaan para mapanagutan ang nangyaring trahedya noong Agosto 23. Mula daw nangyari ang panghu-hostage, mga 50 hanggang 60 bawat buwan ang nakanselang tours.
Akala kasi natin hindi na kumibo ang Hongkong at China sa ginawa ni Aquino na pagpapa-gaan ng pananagutan ni Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, pagwa-walang sala kina dating Philippine National Police Chief Jesus Verzosa at Undersecretary Rico E. Puno ng Department of Interior and Local Government, okay lang. Binabalikan tayo sa ibang paraan. Pero tahimik lang sila.
Ngunit hindi rin maintindihan itong si Aquino. Nainis siya na nagpapalabas ang ibang bansa ng hilaw na impormasyun. Nagdagdag naman siya. Sinabi niya na may bantang pagpatay daw sa dalawang ambassador sa Pilipinas. Pero ayaw niya magbigay ng detalye.
Ay naku.
Travel advisories? How about this?
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20101107-301851/Terror-alert-22-nations-join-Robot-Olympiad-here
Travel advisories don’t prohibit nationals travelling to countries against which the advisories have been issued. The term is self-explanatory.
The problem is not with a few hundred folks who won’t heed travel advisories issued by their governments; this bunch will do what they want to do, advisory or not advisory. The problem will be with those who might be planning to travel to the target country and will now have second thoughts about going ahead with their plans.
(Sadly, RP, which boasts of some of the world’s best holiday spots, has been accumulating travel advisories since Erap’s time and so by way of tourism destination, many holidayers who can afford to go to far-flung Philippines have simply erased Pinas from their list of places to see; they say, “I want to go on holiday and not to have to worry about whether I’d be killed or kidnapped.”)
There will always be some negative effect on the tourism front on the country against whom advisories are issued.
Incidentally, one of the drawbacks of “defying” a travel advisory is that traveller will find it hard to obtain insurance for his/her travel. Another drawback, corporations will just issue blanket order to their employees not to travel to that country.
All these things put together ultimately affect the country’s tourism industry.
Yemen bomb is a hoax!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcGdRW6r18M&feature=player_embedded
@henry90,
I guess Ellen’s point is our local tour operators feeling the effects of August 23 in the form of cancellations of package tours from China, plus our president’s illogic.
Yemen bomb is a hoax, part 2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19Mh_Fx391A&feature=player_embedded
When Dick Gordon was newly installed tourism industry chief, had a small meeting with him (he called for it). He was asking for help on how to combat the negative image RP had.
We spoke about tourism — he knew that tourism could be a truly major dollar earning industry for RP. I told him about what the 1998 world football cup did to a moribund and econiomically depressed France at the time.
I told him that if he could get international football hero Zinedine Zidane to come to the country (Zidane had retired from football at the time) and organise some kind of football seminar and promote football as a potential national sports, the gimmick could draw positive press reports worldwide. (And his fans who basically are the salt of the earth when it comes to holidaying would just love to know about Pinas.)
Gordon loved the idea and asked me if I would be willing to do something to help him organise this. I said, sure, but it would cost you a great deal of money and not speaking of only 1 million dollars — talking here of probably several millions. I recommended that he engage the services of a PR firm in France (someone I knew) to check out the possibilites. Gordon was excited about it. Hooked them up but Gordon never followed it up. He wanted everything for free and I told him, just ain’t possible Mr Secretary.
NFA Rice:
Food for thought – http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20101107-301881/Blindsided-by-allies
Sorry, meant 1990 World Football Cup, not 1998.
@henry90,
??? What does the failure in sharing intelligence reports between those 5 western countries and the Philippines got anything to do with August 23 and subsequent drops in the number of Chinese tourists?
On a second thought, maybe there is a common feature.
Ano naman kaya ang pinagkaabalahan ni Presidente kung bakit wala siyang alam sa terror alert galing ibang bansa? Busy ba siyang nakipag-coordinate sa ibat-ibang tanggapan niya?
Ano naman kaya ang pinagkaabalahan ni Presidente kung bakit wala siyang alam sa terror alert galing ibang bansa? Busy ba siyang nakipag-coordinate sa ibat-ibang tanggapan niya kaya hindi siya makontak ng Amerika, UK, New Zealand, France at Canada?
Is this connected with the VFA review?
Tawag diyan “seeding the jury”.
VFA! VFA! This Will All Go Away! hahaha!
So who are we going to please? Anglos or Chinos?
NFA Rice:
Heto pa uli. Magulo sila eh. 😛
UK clarifies travel advisory, says it’s not significant.
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=627938&publicationSubCategoryId=200
@henry90,
Ah, that’s fine. How I wish now that the Chinese tourists will keep on coming.
Sax,
I have a suspicion the VFA review might just have something to do with the US-prodded travel advisory.
But as ever, we cannot discount foreign intel to the effect that there were planned terrorist attacks on RP, after all the world knows that US troops are stationed in RP combatting terrorists.
Iba kasi ang pinag-gagawa nitong si Noynoy … puro date ang ina-atupag. Ang ka-date ay mas bata sa kanya ng sabihin na lang natin 20 yrs. Para siyang Balikbayan na mag-aasawa ng Nene. 🙂 🙂 🙂 Puweeeeee!!!!!!!
Hindi nababahala itong si Noynoy dito sa Bansang Tsino dahil iisa lang ang dugo nila …. mag-usap lang sila oki oki na. Pero itong mga Kano … mabubulol lang siya.
Is the MILF going to act up again? Then issue a disclaimer saying it is rogue elements within their ranks who did it?
Where is Victor Corpus? May tinitimpla na naman?
Kung maglakad pala itong si Noynoy ay parang si Erap. Bakit kaya? Dahil ba napuruhan sa yagbols nong inambush sila? Nagtatanong lang po ako …..
Kaya minsan hindi ko nami-miss ang aking idol na si Erap. 🙁
Yong ex pala ni Noynoy na si Shalani ay magiging co-host pala ni Willie Revillame. heheheheeheheheeh
I believe the travel advisory is connected to VFA. It’s under review and the US wants to make sure that her soldiers continue to stay in our soil. Unfortunately, the VFA review happens during the new Noynoy Administration. If it was during Arroyo’s administration, same thing would have happened.
The US is known to resort to pressure to get what she wants. Ang hindi ko lang maintindihan ay kung bakit pati ang ibang mga bansa ay gumaya sa advisory ng America. It even looks like a conspiracy to me. We all know that the US is the leader of these countries.
You might have learned about that Chinese who disguised himself as an old man to enter Canada by air. Iyan ang mas nakakatakot pero wala tayong narinig na reklamo mula sa America at kanyang mga kasamang allies.
2blask1,
Allow me this input…
You are not entirely wrong when you say, the US is (or acts) as leader of major western powers.
Reliance on the USA is well based due to shared intelligence assets – both ground based listening and space based surveillance. In fact, this is a real weakness for the UK as UK has no assets of their own to speak of and rely 100% on the USA (and I wonder whether Tony Blair might have made a different decision over Iraq if he had had his own intelligence sources). While Australia is very busy and omnipresent in RP, they are still heavily reliant on the US for solid intel info, idem with regard to New Zealand.
The only country, one might say, as being independent of the US in terms of intel is France advisory) but despite this independence, France nonetheless exchanges intel with the US and if after consultations with allies they believe US intel has basis, then they follow suit (which is one reason why they were the last of the big nations to declare travel).
Germany, on the other hand, has become independent (much like France) of US provided intel in the 90s. It is notable that Germany had to rely on the USA for intelligence in the Balkan conflict of the 1990s and realising this huge downside, immediately launched their own space based intelligence programme – SAR LUPE.
In other words, America must have submitted “serious intel” (overkill perhaps in our view but credible enough to warrant serious consideration) that the UK, Australia and New Zealand, and to France, to push these nations to issue travel advisory.
America’s motivation might be “personal” to go for the overkill and I highly suspect VFA review has something to do with it.
# 16
Yeah. Especially since they usually are the terrorists’ paymasters.
Read “Reset” by Stephen Kinzer, it tells you about these paymasters and their “employees”.
Very well said. I absolutely agree with you. Canada is also highly dependent on US. As for France, no wonder this country was the last among the giant western nations to issue travel advisory. UK and US are always partners in everything.
So anything the US does, UK follows. The only question I have for now is why pick the Philippines when other countries are more violent and have history of terrorism? This goes back to our suspicion that VFA is connected to it. With China’s growing influence in the Pacific, the US should continue her presence. Her allies like Japan, South Korea and of course the Philippines demand for her continuous presence. Only a balance of power would deter China’s military adventurism inasmuch as China now is acknowledged as an economic power edging the US and Japan.
PeNoy’s inconsistency is becoming more and more apparent. His ramblings more and more a concern. His credibility continues to suffer. If he does not correct himself or if none of his supposedly loyal subjects tell him about this serious problem, it won’t be long before his credibility is lost.
Spot on! So the US needs to up the pressure — Pinas cannot and should not review VFA. They need to station more troops if necessary and in case of conflict, should be able to launch a beachhead to the Malacca Strait (to protect sea lanes of communication/SLC)
Incidentally, the Spratlys issue was something a member of the RP delegation to a very recent defence forum raised with someone from NATO.
SLOCs (not SLC)
In other words, we cannot blame Aquino completely, if we follow the premise that this negative travel advisory was issued against RP because of the tabled VFA review.
Sigh… not exactly the right way to treat an ally, a major non-NATO ally, one might say…
if ANYONE in government bothered to check the advisory, it has not changed except for the update of Section 2 which in part states and I herein quote:
1. RECENT UPDATES
The level of Travel Warning in this report has not changed.
Section 2 has been updated (attacks could occur at any time in places frequented by foreigners).
2. WARNINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Philippines
Exercise normal security precautions Exercise high degree of caution Avoid non-essential travel Avoid all travel
Canadians should maintain a high level of personal security awareness at all times and avoid any protests, demonstrations, political rallies and large gatherings.
Continuing reports suggest that there is an ongoing terrorist threat to Westerners and Western interests in the Philippines. Bomb attacks could occur at any time in Manila and other key cities. Targets could include places frequented by foreigners such as large shopping malls and convention centres. Visitors can expect to be subject to frequent security checks at public and private facilities, including shopping malls and public transportation. Travel at night outside of metropolitan areas should be avoided.
for the whole and complete text of the advisory you may check the Foreign Affairs and Trade Website…
http://www.voyage.gc.ca/countries_pays/report_rapport-eng.asp?id=239000
Vic, idem for France — contents may not have changed but it was “Updated” with the following note “this advisory was posted on xxx date and will remain in force until further notice…”
Hence, travel advisory is effectively issued against RP (whether contents changed are or not from last one, eg., last year’s.)
Absolutely negative advisory — someone who is thinking of holidaying in Pinas might just get scared 🙁
This is France’s advisory which not at all that negative — my translation in italic. I think there might be an over-dramatisation of the travel advisory in RP media 😛
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/conseils-aux-voyageurs_909/index.html
Nag over-react lang pala si PNoy. Tama si Ellen.
Nagtaka din ako dito:
Yes. As usual some are making mountains out of molehills…while the moled one moves about unperturbed, consolidating her forces…abangan…
The most costly advisory about Pilipinas is that Pilipinas air carriers are not certified safe. For the past many many months, many tours to Boracay and other beaches have been cancelled because European Tour groups can not get travel insurance. Again — Pilipinas air carriers are not yet certified as safe.
Forget rude stewardesses — airlines that are not yet certified as meeting international standards are being boycotted.
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Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) . … cannot assess the safety of any Philippine carriers operating within the Philippines or to other countries. On 30 March 2010 the European Union imposed an operating ban on all carriers licensed in the Philippines. The European Union (EU) website has a list of airlines that are subject to operating bans or restrictions within the EU.
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through its foreign assessment program focuses on a country’s ability, not the individual airline, to adhere to international standards and recommended practices for aircraft operations and maintenance established by ICAO. The FAA has determined that the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) is not in compliance 👿 with ICAO safety standards for the oversight of Philippine air carrier operations.
Ever since Noynoy and his band of “best friends” entered Malacanang, and for the last 4 months of GMA administration, the European Union has an operating ban 😐 on all carriers licensed in the Philippines. Phuket beach-business has gone up and Boracay/Palawan has gone down. Not good!!!!!
I hope Noynoy has put re-certification on his “New Year’s Resolution”. For 2011, not for 2012. 😀
That is what i was worried about, a Noynoy Presidency would mean a very immature leadership considering he does not have experience in being an executive.
Sayang at pinilit lang ng yellow army at elitist media kasi. The guy obviously is not prepared for the job.
Noynoy didn’t realize the effect of his clearing of his friends during the hostage crisis. Now are tourism is suffering because of this immaturity.
I wonder what perl , henry and jug can say about this. Probably, its the fault of the travel agencies they will claim.
Andres:
Magbasa ka muna para naman may natutunan ka kung paano tayo pinaglalaruan nang mga mauunlad na bansa:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/11/08/10/us-ambassador-i-feel-safe-here.
Pag nabasa mo yan, malalaman mong 7 years na pala ang advisory na yan at inaupdate lang.
Well don’t you find it odd henry90 that your president himself claimed that two ambassadors are unsafe?
VFA is only a smokescreen. Noynoy overreacted. Case closed.
Nfa Rice:
Can u copy/paste that portion na sinabi nya yun? Di ko makita sa transcript eh. Thanks.
Bill doesn’t agree with the travel advisory of his own country?
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/205454/clinton-visit-shows-phl-is-safe-aquino-says
😛
Heto yuing sinasabi mo NFA Rice about the purported plot against 2 ambassadors. Take note that Aquino was referring to the reports of other foreign countries of specific targets reportedly but are in fact raw and unverified. I repeat. This is not OUR report. This is, according to Aquino, one of the foreign holdings made as a basis for the adverse travel advisories against RP. Please read it for yourself and find out if there is any ambiguity with what the Prez said. Here’s the link:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20101105-301509/Travel-alerts-raw-reports-irk-Aquino
Haha! Ayan nanaman si Henry sa mga hirit niya na para bang siya lang ang may karunungan at karapatan, very yellow army ang thinking!!!
Pre may pinag-aralan din naman kami dito na di pabor sa Presidente mong medyo kulang-kulang. Ika nga ni Ellen tinimbang nguni’t kulang. Para sa akin, kulang na kulang talaga!
Tanggapin na kasi natin na isang malaking pagkakamali ang pagkakaluklok kay PeNOY!
Because only two ambassadors, and government security officials are the targets, it is not terrorism. Noy defines terrorism as “mass terror acts”.
Mukhang hair-splitting yung konti ang buhok.
In the Munich Olympics, twelve were killed, and it was considered a terrorist attack. In the case of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, only he was killed and it was considered a terrorist attack.
So ano ba ang qualifying number mo Noy?
Andres:
May sinasabi ba akong wla ka pinag aralan. Ang sinasabi ko lang basahin mo yung report. US Ambassador na yang nagsasalita. Babanggitbanggit ka ng pangalan ko e tapos kitang sagutin ang layo ng sagot. Sagutin mo lang ang issue. 😛
Tedanz – November 7, 2010 11:50 pm
Iba kasi ang pinag-gagawa nitong si Noynoy … puro date ang ina-atupag. Ang ka-date ay mas bata sa kanya ng sabihin na lang natin 20 yrs. Para siyang Balikbayan na mag-aasawa ng Nene. Puweeeeee!!!!!!!
naalala ko tuloy dating presidenteng nasipa dahil sa jueteng… ano nga ba pinagagawa at libangan no’n habang nasa malacanan? hehe
If you look at past incidents of terrorism committed here in our country, wala talagang pattern yan. Very random ang target selection, usually carried out against hapless civilians to highlight yung government helplessness to protect its own citizens. Ambassadors and government security officials are heavily secured. Ang chances na maging successful ang atake is significantly reduced. Not so when you target unarmed civilians in malls and in mass transit conveyances. Kada bansa, iba-iba ang signature ng mga terorista. Sa Pilipinas, either bus, train or mall lang yan.Using an unverified report of targetting 2 foreign ambasssadors as the basis for the issuance of a travel advisory, is to say the least, straining our credulity a little bit too far. Ambassadors pala ang target e, bakit yung mga citizens mo ang pagbabawalan mo? Dapat yung dalawang amba ang pagbawalang mag good time at maggagala para di matigok. 😛
natumbok mo henry..
bakit maglalabas ng travel advisory kung sa mga iilang foreign individuals lang nakaturo ang threat? tama lang na naglabas ng inis o protesta si PNoy.. at dapat magpaliwanag ang mga embahada ng mga bansang naglabas ng travel advisory against PHL…
@henry90, #46
And then? Raw report but he repeats it. It turns out that the “terror alerts” were mundane and Aquino went hysterical. Why did Aquino went hysterical? Read Ellen’s article once again. You don’t seem to get the point.
NFA Rice:
I think it’s you my friend who doesn’t get the point. Yung Aug 23, fait accompli na yun. Tapos na, if u still don’t get it. Damage has been done, ika nga. If you don’t understand na yung ipinagsisintir ni Aquino ay yung advisories ng ibang bansa na imbes nakakatulong ay may epekto pang palalain ang kalagayan ng turismo sa ating bansa dahilan nga sa kagaguhan ng isang pulis na nawala sa sariling katinuan. Whether people in the media agree with his decision regarding the conduct of the personalities involved, November na ngayon. Umaasa pa sila na babaligtad yung hatol kina Puno at Versoza?
Just stick to the discussion sa terror threats. Yan ang pinag-uusapan dito. Huwag mo na buhayin ang patay. Tapos na ang Undas. 😛
NFA Rice:
“It turns out that the “terror alerts” were mundane and Aquino went hysterical. Why did Aquino go hysterical?”
I will not quarrel with your definition of what is mundane or not. You might be more knowledgeable than us about the subject of terrorism, but I have serious doubts about that already,judging how you easily dismiss official foreign travel advisories as “mundane”. But hysterical? Naglupasay ba si Aquino at nagsisigaw? Naghamon ng away? Ang alam ko yan ang naghehysterical. 😛
asahan mo na… yang Aug 23/Mislang issue na yan… magiging Hacienda Luisita… palaging pilit iko-connect.. paulit-ulit mababasa yan… walang kamatayan… palibhasa.. wala silang ng makitang issue…
Henry, whether you like it or not, Aquino’s mishandling of Aug 23 will continue to haunt him. You may want to forget it because it’s unpleasant but it doesn’t mean it will go away because that bad decision has repercussions. He was warned about it. He went on with his decision. He is president. We just have to cope with it together with its repercussions.
How do we cope with it? You see it through the comments.
Karen Cardenas’ sober analysis, “Cutting of your nose to spite your face”, on travel advisories is a must read.
Here: Cutting Off Your Nose to Spite Your Face
Mam Ellen:
I understand that. It’s par for the course. But that doesn’t mean that the world will stop rotating in its axis because of that incident. Are his critics expecting Aquino to continue flogging himself saying, ‘Mea Culpa’? Akala ko ba gusto nilang magtrabaho ang Pangulo? Be that as it may, this latest observation by Nestor Burgos Jr of Inquirer,(he happens to be Nat’l President of NUJP by the way, if I’m not mistaken) about the state of tourism in Boracay in the aftermath of Aug 23, is a whiff of fresh air amidst the poisoned atmosphere.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20101109-302205/Boracay-unaffected-by-terror-warnings
Heto pa:
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view/20101108-302076/Lapu-hotels-unaffected-by-travel-advisories
It makes me wonder kung updated din ba yung information ng Philippine Tour operators na yan. 😛
Henry re #60, of course. Advisories have been here since time immemorial. Nobody minds travel advisories. Read my article.
That’s why the President should have ignored that. That’s read why my article carefully. Read Karen Cardenas article.
The question I raised was why did he react so vehemently. He didn’t even let his spokespersons do the talking. He himself, the President!
You are asking how updated my information on Philipine Tour operators? Last week. We are talking here of operators of Hongkong and Chinese tourists. We will be writing more about it later.
Yes, I read it several times. Pati na yung interview ni Ted Failon. And sorry that I don’t agree na ipagkibit-balikat ng Pangulo yun. Coming on the heels of reported failed attacks in the US, France, UK and Greece, the issuance of the adverse travel advisories against the Philippines can’t be cavalierly dismissed with the shrug of a shoulder. Would we have heard of a clarification from the UK Home Office and recently, the US Ambassador himself, had the President not insisted that they review their advisories na 7 years na pala in existence? I used to be in the information gathering business, but I didn’t even know that these countries are just recycling these info whenever the red flag is raised. Inaupdate lang daw depending on the latest threat. Update my mouth! Last time I heard, pinutakti si Mai Mislang for being rude to the host country. If this is not blind-siding your ally, then I don’t know what to call this apparent faux pas. No wonder the US Ambassador is tripping all over himself trying to undo the US State dept’s knee jerk reaction. Pabalik-balik daw siya sa Mindanao para ipakita na di siya takot. Nag isip tuloy ako, baka siya kaya ang isa sa 2 amabssadors na binabanngit sa raw report ng isang bansa(not RP and definitely did not come from Aquino as some people in this thread understand it), na target of the terroristic attack.Don’t get me wrong Mam Ellen. I respect your opinion but I just have to disagree with you on this one. Thanks.
“The question I raised was why did he react so vehemently. He didn’t even let his spokespersons do the talking. He himself, the President!”
The last time he did not, kinuyog siya ng batikos for coming out with a statement too late in the day and for not being hands-on enough during the Aug 23 incident. Is being proactive what we want him to be? Maybe it’s high time that we make up our minds also on what we really want our President to do. Parang tayo yata ang nag flifli-flop eh. This is no indictment on a single person, Mam Ellen. Parang part of the national psyche na yata natin ang likas na mapagsuspetsa/mapanghusga sa kapwa. Just my take.
we’re in the middle of two gigantic terrorists…now who do we sleep with? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm….
tourism revenues from china/hk compared with us and europe origins… the figures are interesting…
…now that we have a president who speaks his mind against the US reklamo pa rin tayo? dati kasi when the VFA issue was touted, we got inundated with real estate juicy news from the US concerning the former presidential sons – tikom ang bibig ni goyang…ngayon, may mahanap kaya silang baho na pang blackmail?
…there is a thin line separating superpower from superterrorist…
and problema kasi sa atin, we are easy led to “terrorize ourselves” kesyo mapahiya sa mga kano, mga intsik, etc, etc, marami kasi yatang may colonial mentality pa…its high time we took a stand, my country with or wrong…marami kasing brown americans…
Have you heard about the working habits of the President? He only works till 7pm, and from what i was told, ang daming “private time” sa schedules niya! Kaya naman pala di matapos-tapos mapirmahan ang mga appointments at mga importanteng dokumento eh! Di daw makatagal ng 3 oras sa mesa niya!
Si GMA, kahit ano pa ang sabihin, ay hanggang gabi din kung magtrabaho.
Si Erap na inakusahan ng midnight cabinet, ang sabi kasi, ugali niya na ubusin anuman ang dokumento sa mesa nya kaya inaabot ng hating gabi.
Si PNoy naman, di talaga aabutin ng midnight kasi alas-7 pa lang private time na!
The way some people here are finding faults, you would think there’s a huge reward.
Maaga pa, four months pa lang…tiis pa ng kunti.
kawawa naman penoy dami pintas four months pa lang. ogag kasi matigas ang ulo dahil oklab. kung ganito kaaga at puro kasablayan ang ipinakikita hanggang matapos ganito nato lalo pang lalala parang yung cory govenrment..
To make things worse, PNoy appointed into key positions not the Kamag-anak Incorporated, but the classmates, co-gun enthusiasts like Rico E. Puno, etc.. instead of putting career or professionals.
Now, the apologists here will say, we are fault finders, and its only 4 months, if its this bad, will you just keep quiet?
Hahaha. . .pathetic. If a USEC in the DILG is already a key position for you, then palagay ko mataas din tingin mo sa position ni ASEC Mislang. . . O bigla kang napaisip ano? Sino pang naisip mo ang mas may mataas pa doon? 😛
Useec nga, direct to the President naman. Palusot ka pdyan Henry. You are the one who is sooooo pathetic. Parang kang lasing na sumusuntok.Lahat na lang basta not in praise of Aquino, destructive sa paningin mo.
You are soooo pathetic.
Ms Ellen please correct. USEC.
Usec who reports directly to the President. That’s the setup that Aquino created for his BFF. And we know why. He knows why. He didn’t want the CA to scrutinize his background. Besides, as Ms Ellen said, the DILG post was reserved for Versoza. Naudlot lang nga.
Carry on henry.
I’m with you on that, Al… the tree is a USEC na pinaka-astig kahit sa sama-samahin pa ang lahat ng cabinet members. That’s the truth and nothing but.
Why? Only PNoy and his Puno know. Sabi nga ni jug, PNoy knows about his government that we don’t. Tsaraaaaaring!
tru blue – November 9, 2010 3:56 pm
The way some people here are finding faults, you would think there’s a huge reward.
I think so.
Ang problema kasi… madami dito na hindi tinatanggap ang desisyon ng presidente.. at pinalalabas nila na mali…
yung pagabswelto kay Puno at Versoza… sinasabi mali…
nung hindi tinggal si Mislang… sinasabi mali…
ngayong lumalaban ang presidente sa mga higanteng bansa para ipagtanggol ang pinas.. sabihin mali pa din…
masama pa… ang layo ng issue.. ikokonekta sa Aug 23… hay naku!
So the US Ambassador to the Philippines crows before Pinoy media that he feels secure, and would travel many times to Mindanao.
So what? Americans do not read Pinoy media. The advisory is still on the US Embassy website. There is really no way to appeal a country’s message to its own people. That is their business.
Pathetic???
Who is patheic?
I think the reasoning of Henry, True Blue and Perl are the ones which are pathetic! So illogical already. Kapag di pabor kay PNoy pathetic na daw.
Your reasonings are pathetic!
I fully agree with Mam Ellen that the Aug. 23 incident and the bad decision of PNoy to exonerate his friends and associates certainly have a bad long term effect on tourism.
This is immaturity. He didnt realize that the bad decision would have an effect like this.
@saxnviolinx #76,
The US amabassador telling the Philippine media that the wine served at Malacanan sucks? That’s unthinkable.
Hohohoho. . .pasensya na sa tawa, magpa Pasko na kasi. . mahirap sa di man lang nanungkulan sa gobyerno, babaw ng alam. ASEC/USEC ka man, ang tawag sa yo presidential appointee pa rin. Karamihan sa mga yan, Presidente mismo ang naglagay sa puwesto. Ano ngayon ang nakapagtataka kung reporting directly si Puno sa Presidente? Kaya nga siya nilagay doon para eyes and ears ng Pangulo sa PNP para di umubra yung ispirikitik ng mga taga Crame. Ang boss ko noon sa Navy(kilala ni Anna), USEC for field opns ng DENR, reporting directly kay Tabako yun. Trabaho nya matyagan lang yung mga Reg’l Directors para di mabulag ang Palasyo sa mga anomaliya nila sa areas of assignment nila. Ganun din yung papel ni Rico Mambo sa dahilang kilala nya lahat ang likaw ng bituka ng mga heneral sa PNP. Kahit sinong nakaupo na Pangulo meron nyan. Pinakarami nga lang ng panahon ni Glue. Sus. Magtanong naman muna kayo kasi. Tsk.
“So what? Americans do not read Pinoy media. The advisory is still on the US Embassy website. There is really no way to appeal a country’s message to its own people. That is their business.”
So what din? Do u think that Aquino’s message is addressed to the Americans? No sir! Sino ngayon ang nagmukhang tanga sa media in justifying the basis for the adverse advisory na recycled pala? I can’t recall a President in recent memory who stood up to the Americans’ bullying ways. On the other hand, if Malacanang just kept quiet, oh, his detractors would again be shouting themselves blue to their faces why Aquino never defended Philippine interests. A case of damn if you do, damn if you don’t? So who’s really pathetic? 😛
Sipag mo man. The comment was not aimed at your Noy, but the Am Ambassador.
His PR to Pinoys is useless, because the left hand takes back what the right hand giveth. His reassurance that he feels safe in the Philippines does not reduce the effect of the website’s continued travel advisory.
@ #’s69 and 77:
After one year, and the level of playing does not improve with same players; I’m with you, sabunotan natin si PNoy. At this point, you and other anti PNoy are just fixated on his appointments; let’s give him time to fully repair and assemble his team. And NO, I’m not an apologist for PNoy.
I’m pragmatic.
Who’s reading the embassy’s website travel advisory? The Noypis? As of now, thousands of noypis that are US citizens are buying round trip tickets in droves as we speak, to visit the motherland during the holidays. Young and old foreign sex maniacs and pedophiles can’t be detered by this travel advisory. They will march forward to a rewarding holiday.
“Hohohoho. . .pasensya na sa tawa, magpa Pasko na kasi.” – henry90
Long time ago when I was still employed, I was passing thru cubicles of state workers one December morning and I moderately yelled “ho ho ho!” A middle aged black stood up and said “I’m not a ho!”
Cheers!
“A middle aged black woman”
“His PR to Pinoys is useless, because the left hand takes back what the right hand giveth. His reassurance that he feels safe in the Philippines does not reduce the effect of the website’s continued travel advisory.”
Why, thank you Mr. Ambassador! At least we now know na paminsan-minsan, hindi lang pala Pinoy ang puwedeng maging tanga. . . 😛