Update: Garcia’s P128 million now ‘beyond reach’
Naala-ala nyo ba noong 2009, nabalita na itinakda ng korte sa Amerika ang $2milyon (P92,000,000) na piyansa para sa dalawang anak ni Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia na si Ian Karl at Juan Paulo na nahulihan ng $100,000 sa San Francisco airport na hindi nila na-declare nang pumunta sila sa Amerika noong Pebrero 2003?
Ang tanong ng marami ay sino ang nagbayad noong $2 milyon na yun? Sobrang malaking pera yun. Naka-freeze ang mga bank deposits ng mga Garcia sa America.
Ngayon na nagkaroon ng plea bargain agreement si Garcia at ang Ombudsman ma maari na siyang lumaya basta magbayad lang siya ng P143.45 milyon sa kanyang ninakaw na P303 milyon (yun lang ang nakita ng pamahalaan. Posibleng meron pa), bumabalik na naman ang tanong na yan.
Ganun pa rin ang opinyun ng marami:hindi maa-aring nagawa ni Garcia na comptroller ng Armed Forces of the Philippines ang pagnakaw ng pera para sa mga sundalo na mag-isa. Hindi rin maa-aring walang tumulong na malakas na malakas kay Garcia ngayon para makakuha ng deal sa Ombudsman na inaprubahan naman ng Sandigan. Ang tanong sino kaya ang padrino ni Garcia?
Kaya siguro balik tayo sa nangyari noong 2009, kung sino ang nagbayad ng mga piyansa ng mga miyembro ng pamilya ni Garcia. Tatlo ang anak ni Garcia sa Amerika. Maliban kay Ian Karl at Juan Paulo, nandiyan rin si Mark na nakulong rin at nakapagpiyansa. Iba yan sa $2 milyon para sa kanyang dalawang kapatid.
Nakulong rin ang asawa ni Garcia na si Clarita at nakapag piyansa rin. Hindi ko lang mahanap sa mga report kung magkano naman ang kay Mrs. Garcia.
American citizen kasi itong si Mrs. Garcia at ang kanyang tatlong anak. Kaya pabalik-balik sila sa Amerika noon. Bongga ang pamumuhay. May apartment sa Trump Tower ang anak niyang si Mark na fashionista at publicist ng Marc Jacobs, isang sikat na fashion designer, sa New York. Mga mayayaman ang nakatira sa Trump Tower.
Nasa balita na kaya hindi nadeclare ng dalawang anak ang dala nilang $100,000 dahil sa tulong ang kanilang Nanay noong nagpi-fill up sila ng customs declaration form. Tingnan mo nga naman. Nakalusot sila sa Pilipinas. Doon naman sila dinale sa Amerika. Mahiwaga talaga magmani-obra si Lord.
Kinasuhan ang dalawang Garcia anak conspiracy to commit bulk cash smuggling. Dito naman sa Pilipinas, kasama sila sa kasong pandarambong o plunder na isinampa sa Sandiganbayan.
Sino nga kaya ang nagbayad ng $2 million na piyansa ng dalawang anak ni Garcia? Sabi ni Garcia nagtulong-tulong daw ang kanyang mga kamag-anak. Lokohin niya lelong niya.
Ang suspetsa namin, isang taong makapangyarihan at maimpluwensya dito sa Pilipinas lalo pa noong 2009 na may kaibigan na may malaking dollar deposit sa Amerika. Kailangan tulungan ng maimpluwensyang tao si Garcia dahil nakabenipisyo siya sa mga perang ninakaw ni Garcia sa pondo ng military. Ang iba doon ay galing sa Amerika at sa United Nations para pambayad sa sweldo ng mg Pilipinong sundalo na peacekeepers sa ibang bansa. Kailangan tulungan ng taong ito si Garcia dahil kapag mainis ito sa kulungan, baka makapag-isip ito kumanta.
Maraming pera itong makapangyarihan na tao ngunit hindi siya makapagpadala mula dito sa Pilipinas dahil mahalata ng mga Amerikano ang paglipat ng pera. Malalaman na sa kanila galing ang $2 milyon na piyansa. Kaya ang kaibigan niyang malaki ang pera sa Amerika ang nagbayad. Dito na lang niya sa Pilipinas binayaran ang mayaman at mabait niyang kaibigan.
Dapat matunbok itong padrino Garcia.
Meron akong hinala kung sino. Pero di ko pwedeng sabihin dahil hinala lang at walang pruweba. 😛
Habang hot issue pa itong Garcia case, ang tanong ay natigil na ba ang pangungulimbat ng mga pera ng mga sundalo? Sino na ngayon ang AFP comptroller at dapat siguro ay ma-life-style check.
May mga balita na planong ibenta ang dalawang kampo (Aguinaldo at Crame) sa EDSA at ililipat daw sila sa Clark. Ang tanong, sino nanaman ang makikinabang ng malaki sa pagbenta ng dalawang kampo?
Kung nanaisin, kaya naman ma-trace kung sino ang padrino ni Garcia. Malaking pera ang US$2M at meron naman sigurong karapatan ang Pilipinas na tanungin ang US gov’t kung saan nang galing ang $2M na ‘to.
Simple lang. Tanungin sa husgado sa Tate. Public trial naman yan, so tiyak na may records kung sinong nagbayad.
Yun ngang piyansa ni Julius Assange alam ng lahat, pati yung contribution ni Michael Moore (Hollywood director) na 20,000.
SNV, kahit sino ba pwede o may karapatan na makita ang records ng US court? O dapat yung may kinalaman lang sa kaso?
Noon ko pa sinasabi sa aking mga past blob. Na hindi kay Garcia ang kinurakot na yaman. Ginamit lang si Garcia & family para makurakot ang yaman ng Pinas. Hindi ako ipinanganak kahapon para hindi ko ma analyze ang katotohanan. Kahit you will multiply to ten times ang power ni Pnoy to eradicate ang kurakot sa Pinas ay malabo. Ang kailangan sa Pinas ay isang madugong rebulusiyon at ibitin sa luneta ang mga tiwaling gov’t officials.
Spiderguy, meron ka sigurong punto sa sinabi mong kailangan ng isang madugong rebulusiyon pero di siguro mangyayari yon. At least not in our lifetime. Pero kung sakaling mangyari yun aalis muna ako at mamumundok nalang. Pag tapos na ang rebulusiyon saka nalang ako babalik. 😛
Kidding aside, di tayo sigurado sa scenario na gusto mo. Ok lang kapag ang mga rebulusiyonaryo na tapat sa bansa at gusto ng tunay na pagbabago ang magwagi. Eh kung matalo at mapunta ang kapangyarihan sa mga katulad ni Gloria at ni Garcia. Lalong lagot. 😛
# 7-huwag padalos-dalos, walang nananalo sa hina-hamon o hamon mo, kahit na basahin ng ma-igi ang mga history of revolutions sa buong mundo. Ang di pa na-susubukan o gina-gawa ay ” innerself-revolution “,..rebulusyon na peaceful, na na-uukol sa pag-babago ng utak ng tao. Dapat lamang yata dito ay pag-aralan ang components or stages, kung papa-ano magkaroon ng “transformational-innerself revolution “, benevolent, di madugo, ngunit, epiktibo. Bakit, di natin pag-isihin ang mga “mystical-spiritual revolutionary evangelists, at masubukan-malaman ang mga sekrito nila, baka, sakali nandiyan ang lunas o kasagutan.
Mayroong mga nag-lalakad at guma-gawa ng paraan,kung papa-ano subukan ang JURY SYSTEM sa Pilipinas. Baka, sakaling, isa ito sa mga gamot o lunas sa gobyerno ng bansa, bago yang hamon ni spiderguy ay ilatag. Sina Atty ToTo Causing, NPC, atty Marlowe, at OFCI, Dr. Nelson, ay mga haligi, na masubukan ang batas na JS, sandata ng mamamayan o mga “boss” ni Pinoy, para ipa-bilango ang mga mapag-samantalang politiko-opisyales ng ano mang sangay ng gobyerno. Nagtataka lang bakit bina-baliwala itong batas na ito. My food for thoughts.
Sino ba ang may ganyang damakmak na pera na nakaw kaya madaling pakawalan para hindi kumanta ang dummy? Your guess is as good as mine. At sino ang may loyal na tauhan na maraming konek sa Sandiganbayan o kay Sandoval mismo? Tanungin natin ang matandang ermitanyo…
Sino ba ang may ganyang damakmak na pera na nakaw kaya madaling pakawalan para hindi kumanta ang dummy?
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chi, sa tingin ko yung matabang mama na nawalan ng malaking pera nung nagsara ang yung malaking bangko sa tate kasama dyan…
…buhay nga naman…kahit wala pang truth commission, mukhang sisingaw at sisingaw ang baho ng mga to…
jug, wala ng iba, sya na nga! 🙂
O course, kasama ang kanyang bitch!
Teka..teka…mga kapatid (kung puede ko kayong tawagin non, kahit na half-bro niyo na lang ako puede na o kapatid sa labas, okay na rin) bago ako masiraan ng bait sa kaiisip ng malalim kung sino ang “mamang mataba” at “bitch”, and tinutukoy niyo ba eh si Mika “Babuyan Native” Arroyo at si Glorilla na dating illegitimate President? ;8)) Pakiklaro plis!
Doon naman sa kung sinong nagpiyansa sa kanila, tama na naman si idol SNV, nasa recuerdos publico nga kung sino. Calling the attention of CA bloggers (would that be Madame Chi?) pakitingnan naman doon sa records diyan sa SF kung sinong nagpiyansa o. Para ma connect agad agad ang dots! ;8)) Salamat nang many many!
Malaki rin ang kutob ko na may mga kasangkot ding matataas ang puwesto sa loob ng AFP. Baka sila na nga ang mga kinatatakutan ng Sandigan kaya yon yes agad sila sa plea baratillo.
Sori Guido, nasa East ako… nag-Pasko lang sa CA. 🙂
Klaro naman ang hula mo a! hahaha! Sila na nga at wala ng iba! Meron silang loyal na tauhan na siyang konek sa Sandiganbayan, pwede bang wala e naipwesto nga nila lahat ang tao na kailangan nila para takpan ang kanilang kababuyan…
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Yes, puwedeng tignan, dahil wala namang privacy concerns sa records ng judiciary, maliban sa testimony on rape. In fact, nasa Saligang Batas ng Tate, na kinopya natin, na ang criminal case ay isang public trial.
Kunin ang case number, at mag-rquest for info under the FOIA (freedom of information act), at sabihin public interest ito sa Pilipinas, kung saan nagmula ang pera. Kung si Ellen o ibang periodista ang gumawa, lalong madali ang sagot ng hukuman.
Oops, # 6
Oh heto na si Pamaran:
Tanda. The Rules refer to the offended party – that is the AFP. The complainant is one who initiates the investigation. It may be the Ombudsman, motu propio, in a corruption case, it may be the police in a case of homicide, where the body is not claimed by any relative. But certainly, neither the Ombudsman nor the police are the offended parties in the said cases.
Ang offended party yung nanakawan, or yung namatayan.
Kalimot ba yan? Or an attempt to confuse the issues?
Re: Padrino ni Garcia
Why was this not investigated before? ABS-CBN, GMA7? Hello?
Not too sure in the States, but I also believe that there are surety companies that will put up the bonds for an accused on bail for a fee…just like an insurance premium taking the risk or if a “bailee” jumps bail may hire a bounty hunter to bring back the fugitive to get his surety money back…so it’s is not really the total $2 millions the accused Garcia’s breeding’s had to put up.
But on the issue of Pamaran opinions I would just consider it just like anyone’s else…some two cents, but maybe its a lot for him, we just never know.
Teka muna.
If Garcia pleaded guilty, even to a lesser offense, then dapat sentencing na. So what is the purpose of bail? Bail should only be granted if the accused is going to trial, or if he appeals. But one who pleads guilty, presumably will not appeal. And even if he does, it is only with regard to the length of the sentence.
This is too flagrant. I don’t know why there is no move to disbar the Specious Prosecutor, and the justices of the Sandiganbayad.
Grabe talaga tong si Pamaran…kulang na lang sabihin niya “tapos na yan, wala na kayong habol!”
…kung gaano kakapal ang mukha ng illegitimate president, ganun din mga tao niya…
…this is too “flagrant” nga as SNV says…
…re generals, I couldn’t help it, I can’t figure out what GMA had on Senga enough to make him sell out Lim at the time? what did GMA have on all those generals? was its just the rewards she dangled or she held them by the balls?
#21. If Garcia pleaded guilty, even to a lesser offense, then dapat sentencing na. So what is the purpose of bail? Bail should only be granted if the accused is going to trial, or if he appeals. -atty sax
Nangangamoy imburnal ang deal na ito! Atty sax, sino dapat ang mag-initiate ng disbarment against those hinayupaks?
Ang mahalaga ay kung ano ang gagawain ni penoy sa kasong ito? Hindi ba isa sa mga pangako niya ay linisin ang gobierno laban sa mga magnanakaw? Magandang pagkakataon ito para sa kanya na gawaing halimbawa, na hindi maaring madaling lumusot ang mga kurakot.
At kung malaman man kung kanino galing ang pera, so what? Puwede bang kasuhan yun, o kakasuhan ba ng pamahalaan, O isa na naman intriga na wala namang hahantungan?
Let’s not delude ourselves, kung si Versoza e pinagtangol pa niya, papaano pa itong si Garcia?
unbelievable talaga si putot…may anting anting ni Luci…
kung sino man ang padrino niya ay tiyak ang pera ay galing din sa pagnanakaw..kung sariling pera at pinagpawisan talaga bago makuha ay hindi makakaya ang ganun na magpiyansa..ano siya sinisuwerte..ang pagiging magkaibigan ay puwedeng masira dahil sa pera…….pero kung ang pera ay ninakaw talaga at sobra sobra na ay okey lang iyon na gamitin pagpiyansa..
Jug:
Parang bago ka sa serbisyo. Pag naging CS,AFP ka, you have at your disposal hundreds of millions in discretionary funds. Ang comptroller mo ang nagmamaniobra kung paano mo chop-chopin ang pondong ito para sa ibat-ibang releases sa mga units. Mababa na ang automatic na 10% cut sa mga malakihang release ng pondo. It’s not surprising therefore that Gen Garcia was able to amass that gargantuan fortune because of his long stint as comptroller. Sa GHO, next to the CS, ang comptroller ang sunod na pinakamalaking cut doon sa release sa mga dealers. Kalimitan, 4-5%. Ang procurement at logistics, 2%. Ang J2, 1%. Parang maliit tingnan di ba? Pero isipin nyo na daang million ang isang release. Hindi nagsisinungaling si Mrs Garcia ng sinabi nya na mayaman ang mister nya.
Ngayon sa mga hula-hula. I don’t think na involved si Putot o si Tabatsoy. Masyadong sisiw para sa kanila ang umeksena sa kalakaran sa AFP. Ang padrino? Isa o ilan sa mga dating CSAFP na pinagsilbihan ni Garcia. Angie Reyes, Abaya, Santiago, etc. Take your pick. 😛
Right on the dot, henry.
As I said in a previous post, the doctrine is that the CSAFP’s personal life and blood is dependent on his choice of comptroller, one who is greatly trusted by the CSAFP up close, the comptroller must be pliant, extraordinarily discreet, definitely low key (one who doesn’t go around socialising with traders, brokers, suppliers, etc outside of GHQ, can work the numbers with great dexterity and generally on “permanent house call” like a “personal doctor”.
The general principle is that a comptroller must always work for the commander first and foremost (literally, and I can pretty much say that this has been without exception for all sixes whether J-6, G-6, A-6, N-6, and other sixes in major units); the military unit virtually comes second if not third in line in terms of service…In other words, his loyalty first and foremost is to the CSAFP under whom he serves or if he works for a major service command, to its commanding general. The same tenet goes for major service chief commanders.
Again, draw Garcia’s career pattern and investigate the services where he’s worked as comptroller and most especially when he was assigned to AFP GHQ… Check out the wealth status of Reyes, Santiago, Defensor (although the latter’s stint was only for 75 days I believe so no material time to doctor books quickly), etc, and ask where they got their money from. With regard to Angie Reyes, he made loads of money from a major project which he was promised while he was SND and received even when he had left for another department.
With regard to Garcia’s “padrino”, easy to guess based on the “clues” provided in this article and the previous article to wit: a former top military man who served in Malacanang… There’s only really in my mind who served in Malacanang (all the others were in departments but not in Malacanang per se) — Ed Ermita.
Ellen,
Just read this: No air tight case against Garcia according to govt prosecutor
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20110110-313692/No-air-tight-case-against-ex-AFP-comptrollergovt-prosecutor
Good Lord! And why not? What have been doing all along? Can’t they not require the blasted gorilla to account for every penny of the milliosn he’s got in his accounts?
SnV recommended tax evasion charges and money laundering.
Are our govt prosecutors really so daft they can’t do anything right? They can pin down little crooks who steal a loaf of bread but they can’t pin down big time shit heads like this shit who steal hundreds of millions of pesos… Did Garcia offer to give them half of the stolen money in exchange for a case that’s not air tight against him?
Goddamn sonovabitches!
In the UK, an MP is going to be facing jail term for some 2000 Sterling pounds worth of loot he took from taxpayers…
While evidence of plunder, really no brainer, i.e., Garcia with hundreds of millions of pesos in account that he can’t account for (his can buy all the lotto tickets with his monthly salary yet will never yield hundreds of millions in winnings), and they say no air tight case against him, hence they went for a lesser offence?
Jerks! Those govt prosecutors must be hanged drawn and quartered along with Garcia. (I suspect bribery here too… naknampuchang jerks!)
Maguindanao massacre
trial resumes tomorrow http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan11/news4.html
I bet govt prosecutors will also say there is no air tight case against the Ampatuans so Ampatuans should walk free.
anna re # 32: it is rumoured that the Ampatuans are worth Billions and it unless this case is resolved sooner, the same could happen..either the witnesses will be disappearing or had not seen or heard anything and the prosecutor will say we have a very weak case…
There is no such thing as air tight case…every case has a defence against it, because one without is illegal…or unconstitutional…tell the goddamm prosecutors that reasonable expectations of conviction is enough to proceed with any case and in General Garcia’s case, there is more than enough expectation of conviction unless of course the court, the Sandiganbayan (who are seemed to be the defence counsels of General Garcia) has already made up their minds as to his guilt or innocence…as they said they already examoined the evidence…
follwing the reasoning of the prosecutors that they need to have an air tight case to proceed, then there will be no acauittal, no innocent, no not guilty verdict, but eveyone would be quilty as the case would be air tight..what kind of morons can tell that as an alibi? air tight your holes, maybe that is as air tight as you want…
They’re making monkeys out of us. Shoot them on sight.
No, too drastic.
Just identify their cars. Throw nails under their tires. Splash shit on their windshields.
Where did the money come from? Is the AFP missing money? Will the AFP cooperate? All that the AFP will say is that they are NOT missing any money. Case dismissed. Garcia doesnt have to tell them where he got the money. If the prosecutor cant say where the money came from then there is no case.
Where did the money come from? Is the AFP missing money? Will the AFP cooperate?
-jake
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if anyone dares to investigate…or if someone questions…they would have to go through the chain of command…of course, if no one in the upper echelons will initiate it, what else? come to think of it, some officers did try to point to these issues – they got rewarded with career loss and some with free board and lodging for 7 years or so…
…if ever, it should come from someone in the senate or congress…honasan has been in the senate for quite some time already…or biazon…why don’t we push them to initiate a full scale investigation of sorts into the afp in aide of legislation…maybe they’ll get to the root cause and really accomplish the reforms they were talking about…
we seem to be lost the midst of a strange mumbo jumbo jungle, stumbling, crawling, and sometimes hacking our way out…falling into quicksands, traps set by these bloodthirsty, bloodsucking, soul less, ghouls – of the legalese kind…
“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers. . . .”
Henry The Sixth, Part 2 Act 4, scene 2, 71–78
Shakespeare
Ellen,
Incidentally, financial director of Alsthom UK has just been arrested by police for charges of briberies committed to win bids abroad. The poor guy was not even in contact with the guys abroad (govt officials and/or local guys who dealt with govt officials to win bids) but since he holds the key to the numbers, he was arrested.
The books of Alsthom are being examined minitiously and any amount over 20 pounds paid to a local “consultant” (in the country where company operates) must be explained. If unexplainable, company bossess as well as execs in charge of said country are liable to corruption charges under OECD anti-foreing corruption and bribery act. If found guilty, company bosses as well as the execs in charge of country face jail time and fines
OECD is biting hard. Rule is simple: Any European company dealing with a foreign govt is prohibited from even offering bribes or corrupting any public official in a country where a project is underway to corner a deal.
OECD means business. (My girl friend who is a judge with the OECD has told me that they have leads with regard to companies that operated in Pinas as well as locals they employed as agents, partners, etc.)
In the RP context this will mean that if the local traders/suppliers/brokers/consultants are alleged to have paid off any public official with bribes or corruption money to win a deal, or any person working for RP govt on behalf of a European company, the company will be responsible vis-a-vis OECD and their local Pinoy representatives; if they cannot be arrested by EU police because they are in Pinas, they will be barred from entering EU or face arrest if they land here.
If Pinas is serious about this, should require Mrs Garcia to reveal the names of the locals who paid her husband money and for which foreign company/supplier…
Govt prosecutors should not stop at mere acceptance of what Mrs Garcia is saying that local suppliers, agents, etc. gave her money or her husband received commissions — they should require her to reveal the names. They should not be squeamish! If they need help, or are not up to it, my dog can help them and can show them what to do…my dog will bite the butt of Mrs Garcia until she spills the beans.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-10/alstom-executives-challenge-u-k-arrest-searches-in-bribery-investigation.html
Corporate officials were arrested on suspicion of “bribery and corruption, conspiracy to pay bribes, money laundering and false accounting”.”
“…. Alstom has been investigated by officials in Switzerland for more than three years on bribery allegations, with offices searched in Switzerland and France. Reports have linked the investigation to contract wins in Asia and South America.”
(Highlights mine)
Anna,
Imagine my predicament here in Pinas. Doesnt help being employed by one of the world’s most ethical companies either. We cant even give gifts no matter how cheap…but you’ll be surprised, there are honorable businessmen still… Mostly with multinationals but still…i just bad my first meeting with rp govt dept last week, after more than 30 yrs this is the only time we actually tried to deal with the govt… Hope i dont get into trouble by trusting that there are still pinoys who can be trusted…
Jug,
Actually, am sure there are still good govt employees, i.e., not corruptible but difficult to find them.
Anyway, your company knows what OECD “rules are made of” (know it quite well) and you are right, it is a very ethical company.
Good luck with your dealing with RP govt — tee hee… won’t be easy. And I’m sure will be easy to detect if procurement officer wants something other than your submitted financial quote. 😉
Last Saturday, we held our usual rotating group dinner (all expats here) at a restaurant and asked a member of NATO (colonel rank only) to join because his children went to school with mine and because he had been on his own because his wife was back in the US caring for her sick father. My husband had been tasked with footing the bill this time but NATO fellow insisted on paying for his share despite protestations by group that he was a guest; that he was a friend of ours and that it was not a business dinner; just the same he said no, forbidden because dinner amounted to 77 euros a head!
He was allowed to receive gifts worth some 20-30 US$ only… 🙂
Politicians in our part are allowed to receive gifts from Foreign head of State or dignitaries, but will turn it over to the Crown…that Playboy PM of Italy gave PM Harper a very expensive gift during the Leaders summit in Italy and the government had to take it away and now becomes the property of the Government…if it is Cash, just the same, but better not take, might tempted not to declare and the trouble will start.
maraming mga tao talaga na “bearing gifts” sa mga politicians…nasa politicians na kung tatanggapin nila o hindi…dito sa JC may kaibigan ako who run for councilor dito sa JC…may nagbigay sa kanya ng “regalo” $5,000…tinanggap niya and he was charged and accused of receiving “campaign funds”…he was found guilty and he was in jail for three years now…pero lalabas na siya in a month. he served his sentence…dito din sa JC may isang Filipino who abused his position as deputy mayor…nag “solicit” ng contribution kuno para sa Foundation niya sa Pagadian..he was sentenced and I think he served a prison term..compared to sa atin sa Phil…maliit na halaga lamang pero a crime is a crime…hindi lamang sa halaga but the act of doing wrong…ang buhay nga naman…the wheel of fortune goes turning around ang sabi nga…
corr: “he is in jail” not “was in jail”
Re #30. SnV recommended tax evasion charges and money laundering. -Anna
The Department of Justice filed I think two weeks ago tax evasion charges. SnV applauded.
The money laundering charges was one of those Garcia pleaded guilty of in exchange for the dropping of the plunder charge. Money laundering is bailable.
Re #37 Where did the money come from? – Jake Las Pinas
On this briefer (http://www.gov.ph/downloads/2011/01jan/20110105-briefer-the-case-against-garcia.pdf)prepared by Manolo Quezon, it says
re#32 I bet govt prosecutors will also say there is no air tight case against the Ampatuans so Ampatuans should walk free.- Anna
I think you are not far off, Anne. Harry Roque, counsel for a number of the media men, has gotten information that the old man Ampatuan and Zaldy would be walking free very soon.
Ay naku. We pray it’s not true.
Re 47 and 48. Wow, what admirable ethics. That’s unthinkable here.
(My girl friend who is a judge with the OECD has told me that they have leads with regard to companies that operated in Pinas as well as locals they employed as agents, partners, etc.) – Anna
Oh no. Just in case my name appears in that list, I have no doubt it will be cleared right away. We represented Alsthom exclusively for many years until the Basse Tension division was bought by General Electric mid-90s.
Moreover, we have intentionally avoided dealing with RP government since the 80s, especially after our experience with a Spanish supplier which confiscated the whole 20% bribe for a huge communications project in Ilocos Norte even if it was pre-cleared with them. They collected the full Letter of Credit value including the bribe from the correspondent bank but never remitted the money to us. These scammers later told us it was illegal in Spain to pay agent commissions over 10% of the total value of merchandise. Just the same, we didn’t get even the 10% allowable.
Alstom (as distinguished from Alsthom) – which deals in power plants and energy distribution – is represented locally by a Frenchman who holds office, guerilla-type, in his home in Bel-Air Makati. Not a big organization at all.
# 52
No point in granting bail if one pleads guilty. The court should have gone directly to sentencing.
Why was he released? Prelude to an escape?
Then again, maybe he is willing to do time, but he had to go out, to put his finances in order – for somebody.
For power/energy projects, it is safest to deal with the Americans. (We did just that with Westinghouse in Bataan’s NPP; was anyone able to subpoena Westinghouse’s records of the supposed bribes? Nada.)
It’s recent practice, that for a certain hurdle amount, your project managers can avail of free inspection trips right at their manufacturing plants. It’s not bribery, it’s called “test-witnessing”, hahaha. Some distributors go as far as sending favored repeat-clients, system designers, architects/owner’s reps to luxury cruises in the Bahamas, South America, and the favorite – Russia. Teenaged Muscovites twice as pretty but half the age of Victoris’s Secret supermodels “escort” you around the city – at night. If you can’t stand the snow, similarly-hot mulattas show you the beaches in Brazil, in their bootylicious bikinis hardly covering anything. Damn lucky engineers.
sax, saw it on TV this noon, Sandiganbayan says it has not approved the plea bargain. If this is so, why then was Garcia allowed to post bail? Why was he released? Why were his bank accounts unfreezed/unfrozen/thawed/whatever? Your suspicion (#57) could explain it.
This announcement was made after SB received the motion for intervention of the OSG on the matter of leaving out the aggrieved party, the AFP, in the agreement. Garcia and the OSP were given 15 days to respond. The SB even chided the OSG saying it’s a matter between the OSP and Garcia. That they were just there to implement whatever agreement there was between the two parties.
Naku, ha! Kumambyo na, naghugas kamay pa. Susunod nito turuan na. Masaya talaga pag nagkakabukingan.
#57, nangangamoy talaga!
# 59
Lame excuse – that statement about the matter being between the OSP and Garcia.
The criminal matter is between the prosecutor and Garcia.
But the matter of restitution is between Garcia and the AFP.
Tongue, is his family name same as the Italian car make? (Jus say yes or no… 😉
Tongue,
Which name? Tongue Twisted or Tounginanew? 😛
Ellen,
I recognise the principle that the executive branch of govt should not meddle with the judiciary but Pnoy has got to meddle somehow, i.e., give clear, crisp, precise instructions, draft no-nonsense policies with regard to how the DoJ should conduct themselves in matters pertaining to corruption and crimes committed by big-time individuals, eg., Ampatuans.
The conduct of a nation’s judicial branch or their perpheral agencies including the DoJ part of the executive is highly dependent on the determination and no-nonsense approach of the president to matters pertaining to graft, corruption, crime, lawlessness, etc.
He’s got to show that he means business and by that, I mean, if he needs to kick asses in the DoJ, its prosecutors, etc., he must. If he doesn’t, i.e., he waffles, these jerks will sit on their backside and continue to say, “Sorry, Prexy, there ain’t any air tight case against X, Y and Z, hence we’re letting them walk free…”
He was elected to lead! His position is what he makes of it — if he dilly dallies or is a complete do lally, the rest of the executive cabal branch and other members of govt branches will shit on his head and have fun doing it… He must show them that he’s got ’em goddamn solid balls to do it!!!
Anna,
Re:Alstom – No, not that Frenchman. The name is similar to “embrace”.
Re:list – neither. My real name of course, Ironman. B-)
Hmmm… the guy whose name is similar to “embrace” is from Brittany and is part of the European school (Lycée français et germanique?)
Ah, yes… Ironman (forgot about that one…nyahahahah…)
Beyond reach???
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20110112-313932/Garcias-P128M-now-beyond-reach
Damn idiots…Then make him account for every cent they seized from him; unexplained wealth could easily mean money laundering, tax evasion, etc., up to them to build up their case to eventually lead to plunder but by God our prosecutors need to get their brain cells in working mode!
Make life difficult for the goddamn thief which is Garcia!
Why can their counterparts in Europe pin down bleeding thieves and not in Pinas? Is it because their counterparts here have more brains? Is it because RP govt prosecutors weren’t fed the right milk when they were children and so their brain never developed?
I don’t believe RP prosecutors are equipped with less brain cells than their counterparts here — just that they probably never used it, having left it in their backside and sat on it and becoming fatsos along the wya. Either that or they were bribed!
Sonsovbitches the lot of them!
Anne, thanks for posting above link.
Yung condo daw ng anak sa NY leased lang.
Really now? It is possible that it was previously owned, then quit-claimed to a dummy, and leased back to the true owner.
How to find out? Ask a real estate lawyer in the East Coast.
Give me the details of the property and I will try to hunt it down.
I hope the Vera files will post details of all alleged real estate holdings in the US. Madali namang gumawa ng title search.
SnV,it’s in Trump Tower. The occupant is Mark Garcia.
Medyo up to our neck lang kami sa VERA Files with training. I also have a book project.
Ngayon ko lang nabasa ito. Don’t know if someone else posted this in another thread.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20110113-314122/Trillanes-Garcia-set-to-talk-but-got-scared
Ellen:
Timothy Mark and Clarita, in their notice to the District Court in NY, stated that they are co-owners of the condo unit.
There was also a stipulation by the Garcias and the US Attorney, for Timothy to preserve the unit and not to encumber or transfer title to the property. That stipulation was approved by the judge and became an order.
So it is not true that the unit is merely being leased.
Yang DOJ or OSG, papatay-patay. Natulo ang kaso sa Tate. Now there is a status order, for the parties to notify the Court of the status by January 12, 2011. Ang takot ko ba sabihing inaatras na ng NasPi ang forfeiture claim.
It may be true that the OSP cannot prove the criminal offense, but that should not result in the gifting of ill-gotten wealth to the Garcias.
What was that expression again? Hoy gising.
Check email Ellen.
Mula kay Trillanes mismo!
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Trillanes: Garcia just a front for somebody powerful
By David Dizon, abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 01/12/2011 1:46 PM | Updated as of 01/12/2011 1:46 PM
MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV believes there is someone powerful behind former military comptroller Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia, which is why he was allowed to enter into a plea bargain deal with the Office of the Special Prosecutor despite allegedly stealing P300 million from government coffers.
The senator said he and Garcia spoke and even played basketball together when they were both detained in Camp Crame.
The senator said Garcia himself will not deny that he stole money while in the military.
“It just shows the state of our judiciary…We need to question that deal. We need to direct our outrage on the Ombudsman herself because she was the one who allowed this thing to happen,” he said.
Asked if he will support a move to impeach the Ombudsman, he replied. “Yes. I can even give my vote now. It’s a no-brainer.” – abs.cbnnews.com
chi, di kaya si Ermita ang tinutumbok ni Trillanes?
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20110113-314125/AFP-honors-four-search-rescue-heroes
They did their duty and died doing it; for forfeiting their lives in the service of their fellowmen, they got 50K Pesos. They are the nation’s true soldiers.
MajGen Garcia, the military plunderer, got hundreds of millions of pesos for shitting about while wearing his star-studded uniform… Mr Garcia, you should bow your head in shame… crawl before these heroes, you scum!
Tedanz, alam mo pala e, sya na nga! 🙂
chi, dehins naman siguro pag-aksayahan ng mag-asawang Arroyo yan ….. ano sila tsipipay …. 🙂
Kaya wala na ngang iba …. noon pa naman wala na akong tiwala sa pagmumukha nitong si Ermita.
Tedanz, I believe PADRINO lang ang ermitanyo, de porsiento sigurado. 🙂
Mas masaya yung parinigan nila Trillanes at Joker.
“Lazy” sabi ni Trillanes kay Joker. “Mosquito” ang tawag naman ni Joker kay AT4.
I don’t know the exact numbers but Trillanes had the opportunity to refute Joker’s previous tirades on Trillanes being the “pinakamagastos na senador”.
Trillanes boasted of hundreds of bills filed with many being passed into law compared to ZERO for all of Joker’s nine years as legislator. He also said he has several people (I think I heard 40) working for his office while Joker only had FOUR.
ABS-CBN clarifed though at the end of the Karen Davila interview that Joker co-authored the law granting damages for human rights victims during Martial Law. Meron naman palang naisabatas si Joker – ISA! Note that each Senator has an annual P200M pork budget aside from millions in office expenses and more millions in committee chairmanships. Considering the total cost of our taxes that is used to keep Joker in the Senate vs. Joker’s legislative production of only ONE law, the human rights compensation law is worth billions in the making.
Sino ngayon ang “Most expensive Senator”, si Trillanes o si Joker?
A co-author usually does not do any work. An author, usually, to make his/her bill more persuasive, would ask other colleagues to sign. So yon lang ang ginawa ni Joker, sign somebody else’s bill.
In the Cory Senate, the Mindanao senators, Guingona, Pimentel, Rasul, and Tamano, used to ask each other to co-author Mindanao related bills, para mas malakas. The Muslim senators, Rasul and Tamano, used to sign as co-authors of each other’s bills.
Tongue, it was Joker who started the parinigan. He said Trillanes is “the most expensive senator.” (Actually he was the fourth when it comes to expenses.Third was then Sen. Aquino. I forgot the first two.)
Then Trillanes said Joker is “lazy”.
Trillanes also said these past 9 years, all Joker did was defend Gloria Arroyo, which makes him the most expensive defense lawyer of Arroyo.
People elect senators and congressmen to legislate, primarily. They provide a budget for that. That’s what Sen. Trillanes did.
Now, if you did not spend that budget for you to do your job as legislator, where did you use it? That’s a question that Joker should answer.
Statement of Paranaque Rep. Roilo Golez:
Former Chief of Staff and former Secretary of National Defense Angelo Reyes must be included in the deeper investigation of the Gen. Garcia case. Both of the AFP Comptrollers during his watch as chief of staff and as secretary of defense are facing hundreds of millions pesos of unexplained wealth and corruption charges. He cannot escape responsibility while those two former comptrollers are being skewered. Only a stupid superior can claim that he did not know the shenanigans and conversions that were obviously going on during his watch and Angie Reyes cannot claim stupidity being one of the smartest to hold said afp and dnd positions, smarter than others obviously. His wife was accused in 2004 of making 50 foreign trips in three years as shown by BID records, and until now the Ombudsman is still conducting a lifestyle check. 50 foreign trips should be a no brainer for the Ombudsman. Especially if the wife of the AFP comptroller was a frequent companion of Mrs Reyes during those 50 trips.
I believe Gen. Garcia has a long, colorful story to tell about a life of slush funds, conversions, bribes, moneybags and payolas, especially if the odorous plea bargain agreement is repudiated. He may turn out to be not the most guilty so he can still qualify under the witness protection program and tell us who was behind him.
naalala ko dati,nung 2004 sabi ni Angelo Reyes; ang taong maraming pera sa kanilang pamilya ay yung kanyang 100 year old na ina, at naka deposito sa kanyang account(ni nanay)….Dyos ko! pati ba naman ang “ina” ginamit niya pa para matago ang kanya milyon-milyon na nakaw na salapi!!!!!!!
And in all these public doubts and anger, here again is the slurpy-mouthed Supreme Court spokesman Midas Marquez with one of his nuggets: “…we (the SC) have confidence in the Sandiganbayan.”