He was brought to Quirino Memorial Hospital where he expired. It happened minutes past 7 a.m.
Retired Navy Commodore Rex Robles said he talked with Reyes yesterday noon. He sounded worried. He said Gloria Arroyo called him up recently.
1. She wanted to know who was the mistah of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV who delivered his (Reyes) letter to the senator asking him to reveal who was behind former military comptroller Carlos Garcia.
2.Arroyo also wanted to know why Robles was attacking Paranaque Rep. Roilo Golez.
Robles said he was with Reyes two nights last week.
Related article by Glenda Gloria in the Comments section.
Health Secretary Enrique Ona who was at the hospital gave the official medical bulletin that Reyes was pronounced dead officially at 8:32 am.
Ona said that Reyes was Dead on Arrival from a single bullet wound in his heart. it ws about 7:45 a.m. He had no blood pressure, cold and clammy, no vital signs, no longer breathing. But doctors tried to revive him for 45 minutes.
The past weeks, Reyes has been embroiled in the issue of corruption in the military after he was named by retired Lt. Col. George Rabusa, former AFP budget officer, as having received P50 million as send-off money upon his retirement as AFP chief in March 2001.
Rabusa also said Reyes was receiving P10 million a month as allowance. His wife was also getting travel and shopping expenses from him.
Reyes’ name surfaced in the congressional investigation on the controversial plea bargaining agreement forged between the office of the Ombudsman and retired military comptroller Carlos Garcia.
Reyes was AFP chief from July 1999 to March 2001. His abandonment of his commander-in chief, the elected president Joseph Estrada in January 2001, led to a change of administration and the installation of Gloria Arroyo, then the vice-president as president.
Under the Arroyo administration, he was held various cabinet positions: defense, interior and local government, environment and energy. He tried to enter the House of Representatives via a sectoral group of transport operators, 1-UTAK but was disqualified.
According to the memorial park caretaker, Reyes with his aide and four members of his family arrived past 7 a.m. at the grave of late secretary’s parents – Pablo and Purificacion Reyes. The day before, the caretaker said Reyes was also there.
DZMM showed a blood-splattered tombstone of Reyes’ mother. Also found where Reyes’ fell was a pocketbook, “The Art of the Deal” by Donald Trump.
Towards the visit, when his companions were walking towards their vehicle, the park caretaker said, Reyes asked for private moments in front of his mother’s grave. He saw Reyes sitting. Then he heard a deafening gunshot. Police recovered an empty shell of a .45 calibre pistol.
DZMM was able to interview Rabusa, who is Reyes’ kumpare, expressed shock and grief. He said, “Nalulungkot ako. Hindi ko akalain na mangyari ito.”
Communications Secretary Ricky Carandang said, “The Palace condoles with the family. We ask the public to respect the family’s desire for privacy. Give them time to grieve.”
Carandang said President Aquino is scheduled to meet the cabinet security cluster today and the Garcia plea bargaining agreement was inthe agenda. He said Reyes death would surely be included in the discussion.
Robles, who said he was Reyes’ “yearling” in the Philippine Military Academy, declined to comment on Reyes’ death at the moment except, “I’m so happy now that Golez got what he wanted.”
Golez has been a strong critic of Reyes.
Reyes’ life in capsule; Information sent by his lawyer, Atty. Bonifacio Alentajan :
I. Personal Background
A. Family Background
Father : Pablo P Reyes
Mother : Purificacion Tomas Reyes
Wife : Teresita Pernia Reyes of Minalin
Children : 5 sons- Pablo, Angelito, Marc, Carlo and Judd
Birthday : 17 March 1945
B. Educational Background
* High School- Valedictorian -Cubao High School, Quezon City
* Baccalaureate Degree-Philippine Military Academy-Class 1966, Top 10 (#7)
* Master in Business Management (Mgt.)-Asian Institute of Management (AIM)
* Master in Public Administration-Harvard University-Kennedy School of Government, Massachusetts, USA; * Trust Operations Mgt. Course (Topnotcher)
Ateneo Business School (Program of Trust Officers Association of the Phil-TOAP)- Trust Operations Management Course
Northwestern University, Chicago Illinois, USA (TOAP Grant for graduating number 1 in Trust Operations Course)- Logistics Management Course
Naval Post-graduate School, Monterey, California, USA,* Command and Staff Course (Topnotcher)
AFP Command and General Staff College Class 37- Counter-Subversion Course
II. Key Positions Held in the Government/Military
* Secretary, Department of Energy (DOE) (01 August 2007-March 2010)
* Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
(15 February 2006- 31 July 2007)
* Secretary, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)
(12 July 2004- 14 February 2006)
* Secretary, Department of National Defense (19 March 2001-29 August 2003)
* Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
Oh my God!
OMG! Was he murdered or he killed himself? An autopsy will confirm this. What a way to go…For more than a decade, he took advantage of a rotten system and got all the juicy positions and millions to boot. Now he is dead. May this be a lesson to those who have yet to find the straight path. Crime really does not pay. Someone may kill you or you simply opt to kill yourself because if you will be alive, it will be a gruelling ordeal. I wonder what is going through Mrs Reyes’ mind now. If only they can turn back the time, they probably would not do the same thing they did.
Ano kaya ang nasa isip ni midget ngayon? Hmn.
That’s what real soldiers do. Gen. Garcia should follow his example.
But i won’t expect the same thing from the Arroyos.
Wow, isang bala lang tapos na ang lahat ng problema ni General Reyes. So, si Dara at mga anak niya na ang magpapasan ng mga kasalanan niya. Kung sabagay tumangap din naman si Dara at nakinabang din ang mga anak ni General sa kurakot, at the expense of the pinoy pipol.
Kawawa din naman, nakunsensya din naman pala.
Sino susunod?
Unbelievable ! Not the kind of Angie who would kill himself. His behavior and arrogance in the past make me wonder if indeed he committed suicide. How could he shoot his heart? Why not his head? Many questions need to be answered.
Kung tutoo man nagpakamatay siya, lumalabas na talagang may kasalanan siya. Hindi na niya makaya. Sinira niya ang PMA. I would like to believe it was a hit to silence him. There were some powerful above him who also benefited from the corruption. Until his last breath, he still was protecting his boss. No difference from Neri and Abalos.
The question is what comes next. Titigil na ba ang Senado sa pag-investigate? Paano na ang asawa niya na kurakot, si Ligot, si Garcia, Pichay? If Angie killed himself because of his guilt and conscience, he should have revealed everything at least in writing.
Anyway, may he rest in peace.
I was just about to say that I hope he left a suicide note with all the facts of where all the loot went. But before this expose explodes, all his immediate family should find shelter in a place where they can be secured. My wish is for Mrs Reyes to turn a state witness to expose all those who took advantage of the system. Tuloy tuloy sana ang mga investigations. While dapat nakikiramay tayo sa family ni Reyes, we too should not let our guards down.
Sayang super talino pa naman itong si Reyes. If only he used his brains and his capabilities to build his country, instead of sucking the country dry, he would not have ended his life this way.
Yung mga ibang buwaya dyan, magmuni muni na kayo bago mahuli ang lahat. Save yourself before it is too late!
Tsk,tsk, tsk.
Maybe he committed a harakiri, knowing that he would be pinned down. The evidence spilled by Rabusa is strong, according to Enrile. I think Reyes knows his end is near.
I don’t think those other kurakots will do a Reyes. They would rather kill other people who criticize or oppose them.
What’s Gloria thinking now? That’s a good question.
Happy Birthday, President Benigno Simeon Aquino III! Yan muna commment ko.
What’s Gloria thinking now? Minus 1 loose end. Unfortunately for her, there are many more remaining.
Lately, there was a suggestion to investigate and call the Generals’ mistresses. During the hearing, it was learned some contractors used pretty women to corner contracts and they were dealing with AFP Chief of Staff.
Sana sumunod na sina Climatu, Villanueva at iba pa. What happened to Reyes is similar to Mafia killing one another or committing suicide to keep the secret code. I’m sure some people close to Reyes who he trusted knew the secrets. Reyes could have shared some info with them when he planned the suicide. It was not just a spur of the moment. He went to his mother’s grave to confess and ask for forgiveness. Kung tutoong nagpakamatay siya, hanga na rin ako sa tapang niya. But that’s cowardice. Naipakita niya ang tapang niya kung nagtapat siya at sinabi ang buong katotohanan.
Meron kayang mga witnessess na nagpakamatay siya?
Sabi ni putot, “good riddance”! This is very insensitive to say but, since she was the head of the mafia, what else is there to say?
Tongue, greeting ng mga mafia yan ah bago nila patayin ang kabaro nila.
Sabi ni Gen Limot, este Ligot pala, “bakit mo ako iniwan?”
You are very observant, psb. 😉
Nabubwisit na naman ako dito sa anak ni Cagas. Pati na yung mga alipores ni Pandak sa House. Nagmotion yung mga taga-Mindanao na i-adjourn yung hearing ng isang linggo sa Plea Bargaining Agreement ni Garcia. Para raw kay Angie Reyes.
Baket? Nakalkal na kasi yung isyu tungkol sa dating katropa nila sa Mindanao block na si Pichay, aba e baka umabot sa kanila ang padulas ni Rabusa. Palamigin muna raw ng isang linggo, baka sakaling makalimutan. Buti na lang defeated ang motion 16-5.
Mga ulol!
Please don’t think I’m being insensitive. Could it be his dead mother was so mad at him that her spirit grabbed his gun and shot him?
Yes, who was or were the witnesses who saw him shot himself? Kung walang witness, anong evidence na nagpakamatay siya. At this point, it’s all speculations. But we should not discount the possibility that he was shot by someone else. Puwede din utos sa kanya ng Mafia Boss na kailangan magpakamatay siya dahil sasabit ang buong grupo. Kung hindi, uubusin nila ang pamilya ni Reyes.
Once the Police declare it as suicide and the case is closed, we won’t hear from it anymore. Ganyan din ang nangyari sa pagkamatay ng anak ni Miriam Santiago at asawa ni Ted Failon.
These are going to be very turbulent times for Aquino, I pray that will be blessed with courage, fortitude, and wisdom to lead us through these troubled times.
If all goes well, the presidency will have been liberated from this age old stranglehold of powerful men and genuine civilian authority will rule.
May Reyes’ soul rest in peace. “when bells for us are rung and our last taps is sung, let generations see our country free.”
… gives another meaning to “Death Before Dishonor”.
Question: Do people of Reyes’ stature carry firearm despite having bodyguards? Ang alam ko ang mga VIP hindi na nagdadala o may sukbit na baril. May mga bodyguards sila na laging nakadikit. If his sons and aides saw him carried his gun for the first time, that should have aroused suspicion. Lalo kung hiniram ni Reyes ang baril ng isa niyang tauhan at pinaalis lahat.
When all is said and done, I feel pity for the man. His was a twisted take of the Code of the Bushido – Death before Dishonor. But all that is water under the bridge now. May God have mercy on his soul.
Gloria arrives at Quirino Medical Center. To make sure?
Maraming pinoy ngayon nagtatanong, kailan kaya magpapakamatay si Gloria? Wishful thinking! Walang kakonse-konsensya yung bansot na yun.
Ngayon naiisip ko nga kung sociopath ba talaga si Gloria. Walang remorse eh at mahilig magnakaw. She probably breathed a huge sigh of relief with Angie’s suicide.
You’re spot on, henry90. This case is a twist of the code. This one is Death after Dishonor. Forgive me, but no pity here.
# 19:
VIP’s don’t usually carry guns when they have bodyguards with them. But I’m sure they own several guns, especially Reyes who is a former soldier. And yes, they can and will bring with them their guns if they “need it” for something.
It won’t be too difficult to determine if it’s a suicide or not , i guess. We can leave that issue to the forensic experts. They will know whether he fired his gun or not.
Anyway, human nature would tell us that anyone who feels great shame would succumb to enormous pressure of humiliation and anyone whose conscience is clear would stand up and wage war against his accusers, albeit i would have to make an exception on this because there are people who are simply blind to their own faults. Mr Reyes could have done the nation a great favor if he left a a tiny book of revelation about this corruption in the military. All the same, suicide is still a selfish thing.
I’ve never been comfortable with death, my first encounter was when my best friend accidentally shot himself when we were hunting back in the 6th grade. Then grandparents, uncles, aunts, father, more friends, these past few years I attended wakes of friends who either got shot or died of heart attack…I don’t wish it on anybody even my enemies…
Question: Do people of Reyes’ stature carry firearm despite having bodyguards? Ang alam ko ang mga VIP hindi na nagdadala o may sukbit na baril.
May mga o may baril iyan. Dating AFP Chief, sigurado mayroong baril iyan. Sa bahay pa lang isinukbit niya na iyon sa hindi halata. Unless, hiniram nga yung baril ng isa sa mga aide niya o may ngapatumba talaga sa kanya.
Kung nagpakamatay nga siya, di pwedeng sabihing death before dishonor. Sabi nga ni AT4, “you have no reputation to protect.”
Hindi honorable sa mga sundalo yung malaman nila na ang kanilang boss chief ay corrupt. Binahiran niya ng nakakadiring dumi yung kanyang uniporme. May apat na estrella pa naman.
Sinaluduhan siya marahil nung mga sundalong natapakan dahil sa corruption kung inamin niya lang whole heartedly yung ginawa niya. Ang kaso, sino nga bang bigating kriminal ang umamin sa krimen niya lalo na’t ang pagkakilala sa kanya at projection niya ay isang marangal na tao.
I understand Tongue. I pity him because as a Catholic, I was taught that committing suicide is without forgiveness. Sensya na tao lang. Kahit gaano kadugo ang panlalait natin sa kanila dito sa Ellenville, we do so without personal animosity and rancor against them.
Toungue, open coffin ba ito? Napakadaling magpagawa ng “look alike” these days lalo na kung billiones ang pera mo. For all we know hindi si Reyes ang nasa coffin. I think I am just watching so many James Bond movies. Gaano ba katagal ang plastic surgery? For the real criminals, everything is possible, di ba?
Kung si Dacer at Corbito eh buto ng baka ang nakuha, daw.
parasabayan,
halatang napanood mo na ang “the tourist” or going back further “eraser”
Sayang ang tapang. Ipinagpalit niya na lang sa isang bala ng .45 calibre pistol na Php10 to Php20 ang halaga.
Kailangan niya sigurong protektahan yung mga pinagsilbihan niya para di magalaw ang pamilya niya. Yun nga lang, haharap siya sa lumikha sa kanya. Ano ngayong proteksyon ang gagawin niya? Alangan naman na magpakamatay siya ulit?
Jug:
Sorry po. Nagkamali ng pindot. Magkatabi kasi. 🙁
TonGuE-tWisTeD : “Gloria arrives at Quirino Medical Center. To make sure?”
😛 😛 😛 😛 😛
mike,
unahan na kita, baka sabihin no na naman ako yung missing link at aminin ko na. hindi ako.
Marunong pala itong si Reyes … siniguro niya na hindi masira ang pagkagandang lalake niya hanggang kamatayan. Kanya’t ang pinuntirya ay ang puso … 🙁
Karamihan kasi ang nagpapakamatay lalo na sa pagbabaril ng sarili ay sa sentido o di kaya sa bunganga … pero siya iba.
May he rest in peace!!!!!
Talked with retired Commodore Rex Robles just now. He said he talked with Reyes yesterday noon. He sounded worried. He said Gloria Arroyo called him up recently. She wanted to know who was the mistah of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV who delivered his (Reyes) letter to the senator asking home to reveal who was behind former military comptroller Carlos Garcia.
Arroyo also wanted to know why Robles was attacking Paranaque Rep. Roilo Golez.
Robles said he was with Reyes two nights last week.
sana maraming marami pa ang sumunod sa yapak ni angie, ang galing.
Arroyo went to Quirino Memorial Medical Center. Also former Exec. Secretary Mike Defensor.
Reyes’ family, through spokesperson Patricia Paza, asked for privacy for the family. She said the family will issue a statement later.
From Newsbreak:
“Wala na ito pare. There is a program to eat me.”
The late Angelo Reyes would utter these words again and again to his longtime friend and Academy upperclassman, retired Navy Commodore Rex Robles, in the days following the first Senate testimony of Reyes’s former budget officer, retired Lt. Col. George Rabusa.
Reyes felt the die was cast, and that the ongoing inquiry would not just drag the military but his entire family down. “He was depressed,” Robles told Newsbreak.
The Senate hearing yesterday particularly singled out Reyes’s wife, Teresita, who was a close friend of another military wife, Erlinda Ligot. They were known ballroom dancing and traveling partners.
As someone who has his own intelligence network, Reyes knew that in due time, the investigation will bring out even “personal details” about his family, according to Robles.
After lunch also yesterday, Robles said Reyes got a call from former President Arroyo, apparently asking him about what he was planning to do in the wake of the investigation.
In particular, Robles said Mrs. Arroyo asked Reyes about a supposed letter he had sent to Sen. Antonio Trillanes last year, challenging the senator to name names and identify already the “man” behind former military comptroller Carlos Garcia. That letter was hand-delivered to Trillanes by a Trillanes classmate at the Philippine Military Academy, according to Robles.
It’s Robles’s theory that there is another “powerful Arroyo man” behind Garcia. But Trillanes has already said repeatedly it was Reyes.
Following Rabusa’s first appearance at the Senate, Reyes was “just gloomy” and refused to leave his home, according to Robles.
“Hawak nila ang lahat. Wala na ito (They control everything. I have reached a dead-end),” Reyes would constantly tell Robles.
Reyes and Robles go a long way. Robles, who graduated in 1965 at the Philippine Military Academy, was Reyes’s “yearling,” a PMA lingo for an upper class cadet assigned to take care of a cadet one batch younger.
Robles said he tried to put things in perspective for the retired chief of staff, reminding him of the book that Reyes himself had given to him titled “Gamesmanship.”
One option they discussed was for Reyes to call for an executive session, a closed-door hearing with the senators and congresspersons. But even that did not seem palatable to Reyes.
Robles said he told Reyes it would help if he considered this episode as a “game” and that “he should play along with it.”
“But I saw darkness, that he felt it was a dead-end for him,” Robles said. “He would always say, wala na ito, tapos na ito.” – Glenda M. Gloria
hindi susunod si putot…sa takot lang niya mamatay…she does not want to be cremated…at isa pa kung magpakamatay siya may mga ilan na kakanta ng “alleluia” at maging holiday sa Pilipinas..a big celebration…
..totoo na in the Catholic Church hindi acceptable ang suicide…pero para sa akin, God in His unconditional love for us all, Reyes may have the grace to say “Oh Lord, forgve me”..before he breathed his last.. hindi ba si Judas ay nagpakamatay din? ipagdsal natin siya at ang kanyang familia…
I really hope the authorities will conduct a “proper” and thorough investigation on this matter. By proper, I mean, they should focus on getting evidence and facts rather than just make a lot of noise. Noise will just breed so many theories and as convoluted these theories get, the more confused matters become, making it impossible to solve the case.
Philipine politics is an excellent proof of mockery of justice. The whistle blowers of these irregularities are victims, used by the very institution they serve and by the government they belong to. No investigations will be credible and conclusive, no matter how strong the evidence is against a corrupt official, or no matter how many whistle blowers appear and ready to talk, if the government or instituion itself is not ready for reforms.
Who said he is a dead man walking – Mirriam(?), ayan natuluyan. RIP na lang sa kanya.
#39, so inamin ni Reyes na totoo talga yung mga nakuha nyang pera thru pabaon system na ibinabato sa kanya.. pero sa plea-bargain deal… mukhang wala nga syang alam… hmm, sino kaya?
Let’s hope that the case does not die with Reyes. Robles knows a lot about Reyes. Robles might be the key to unmasking the highest. Why did Arroyo show so much interest in Reyes even asking what letter he sent to Trillanes? Since everyone knows the big boss is GMA, calling Reyes a couple of days before his suicide is suspicious. Siguro ang sabi niya: “Hoy Reyes, huwag mo akong isabit ha?”
Expect Reyes camp to blame his death on Jinggoy. It was Jinggoy who started all this thing. Now that Reyes is gone, Garcia must now tell everything.
Martina, baka isisi kay Miriam ang pagkamatay ni Reyes. Miriam is a sharp shooter.
One scenario could be Garcia and Ligot were the real culprits.
Even if Reyes was guilty of corruption, he might have no knowledge of everything.
Reyes was combative earlier during the hearings. The suicide came after former Rep. Pichay was implicated. Any connection?
hindi talaga solusyon ang pagpapatiwakal… masaklap nito, hindi pa natatapos ang problema ng pamilya reyes… mas lalong maiipit nito kung sino man ang mas mataas kay Angelo Reyes na involve sa corruption… madaling paaminin ang civilian lalo pat patanong-patong ang problema…
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/02/08/11/miriam-now-wants-reyess-wife-kids-probed
Truthseeker, come on, your wife goes to the US 42 times and owns quite a bit of properties there, hindi alam ito ni Reyes? Do not be so naive! Where did Mrs Reyes get all these monies?
Ingat ka Sen Sonny Trillanes coz the bansot is inquiring on the letter you received. She might shut you up too. Di ba nuong panahon ni midget eh motorcycle bandits are all over the Philippines?
I’m not naive. There are deeper things that you and I do not know. Even the toughest military officials become soft when it comes to their spouses. Pong Biazon is a tough guy. Hindi ka sasantuhin niyan kapag binangga mo. Pero isang sitsit lang ng asawa tahimik agad. For Reyes to allow his wife to live such an extravagant lifestyle, he might be soft on her. As the saying goes, behind a man’s success is a woman or wife. In like manner, we can say that behind a man’s failure and sins is a woman. Adam sinned because of Eve. Maaring na-confront ni Reyes ang asawa. Maaari din gusto nang umamin at kumanta si Reyes pero ayaw ng asawa. Dahil takot sa asawa, na depressed siya at sa huli nagpakamatay.
As for Trillanes, he might have an ax to grind against Reyes but he knows there are others higher than Reyes involved.
Reyes allegedly has a big mansion near Global City in Taguig. Can anyone confirm this? If true, how did he managed to build one when everyone knows that a generals salary is not enough to own one. Unless mayaman si misis. and yes, 42 times daw nakapag biyahe sa US na alam nating magastos.
@truthseeker, i quote your statement
“One scenario could be Garcia and Ligot were the real culprits.
Even if Reyes was guilty of corruption, he might have no knowledge of everything.”
there is no possibility that the scenario you mentioned above can happen. i worked with c6 and j6 before in some projects, the Chief of Budget and Chief of Accounting, considering the amounts involve, can not do it on their own the imprimatur or approval of Comptroller is a must
@ Jug, #34
Actually di ko naman naisip na ikaw ang missing link. But now that you mentioned it?! Hmmm….. 😛
bakit pag may mahalang occasion sa pamilya ni Pnoy, may nangyayaring hindi mganda satin… noong Aug 23 hostage taking (assasination of NiNoy), makati bus bombing (bday of Cory) and Now, bday of PNoy… sa feb 14, bday ni Kris… ano naman kaya mangyayari?
“Mikey Arroyo: those who demonized, embarrassed (Reyes) on live TV to up their political capital, they pushed him to his grave . Mikey Arroyo on those exposing against Angelo Reyes “to those who have not sinned, cast the first stone”. Reports say GMA sent letters to Reyes after the Congressional hearings. It was also reported that she also talked to Reyes the day before he took his life.”
Mikey is such a s@#$^*$ a- hole. Tumahimik ka nalang g@g@!!!
He had wealth, power and influence. In the end he was a sad and disturbed man.
It would have been more honorable to just tell the truth.
Sayang. He had a brilliant military career pa naman. Oh well another life destroyed by the evil bitch. Ilan buhay na ang sinira ni gloria?
mike,
easy ka lang. no need to get haert attack on account of mikey, talaga namang g@g@ yun.
triggerman,
hindi lang buhay kundi mga institution, multiply that number by the number of people under them…
hehe, hindi maintindihan kung kapalmuks o bobo yang si Mikey Arroyo… ndi ba nya alam sa ginawa nyang paninisi lalo lang maraming magagalit sa kaniyang pamilya at ipagdasal na ang mga arroyo na sana ang sumunod…
isa lang ibig sabihin nito sa pagkamatay ni Reyes… hindi mahalaga ang kapangyarihan o kayamanan kung inuusig ka naman ng iyong budhi… kapalit ng pansamantalang kasaganaan, karangyaan ay habang buhay na pighati at kahihiyan… daranasin hindi lamang nung taong gumawa, sampu ng iyong pamilya.. baka abutin pa ng ilang henerasyon…
It would have been more honorable to just tell the truth – triggerman
isipin mo na lang, kapag nagsabi sya ng totoo, kailngan nyang isabit si Gloria? so 2 beses na syang nagtaksil sa presidenteng kanyang pinaglingkuran… ang saklap di ba? mabuti pang magpatiwakal kesa pagtawanan at kamuhian sya ng kasaysayan… isang aral sa taksil at lapastangan sa bayan…
ito pa isa… minsan lang papasok.. tae pa:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/02/08/11/bong-revilla-wants-senate-pabaon-inquiry-halted
kaya tuloy iisipin nating baka ang mga kaalyado ni reyes ang may kagagawan ng kanyang pagkamatay para mapatigil lang ang imbesigasyon sa senado at kongreso…
I’m trying to convince myself na nagpakamatay siya dahil nakukunsensiya… hindi ko magawa. Hindi kasi lahat ng inilalabas sa media eh totoo. Yun iba sa mga balita eh smokescreen lang ng talagang totoo nangyayari. In case of Angelo Reyes, ALAM NA ALAM NIYA na may mga taong mas matitindi pa sa ginawa niya ang kasalanan sa taongbayan pero hindi makuhang makunsensiya…tapos eto siya na isang TOUGH GUY eh makukunsensiya ng ganun ganun lang na at the end eh bigla na lang magpapakamatay?
on one hand, I feel bad for his kids because what happened to their father will haunt them the rest of their lives. The next generation would ask them, “what happened to grandpa”? How will they answer? He killed himself amidst cases of corruption. Hindi magandang legacy.
Karma. That’s what I can say about Reyes. So, Miriam calls for investigation of Reyes’ wife. Well, good. But Miriam’s husband doesn’t come clean either. Sugarol at sabungero ang asawa. Where does he get all his money? From Miriam’s Pork Barrel ?
Sablay naman palagi yan si horsy. Huwag kang magalala horsy, darating din ang hustisya sa inyo.
jinggoy to anggie: sisiw ka pala eh!
grabe to si perl. palamigin mo muna ang bankay bago ka tumira, tomorrow sabay tayo.
Isang araw, kakanta din ang mga kabayo ni Mickey.
Reyes’ suicide is now the talk of the media. Pansamantala o tuluyan na matatakpan ang mga ibang mga kaso tulad ng pagpatay kay Doctor sa Palawan na ngayon ang itinuturo ang isa pang Reyes, si former Palawan Gov. Joey Reyes. In the meantime, pahinga muna ang mga Ampatuan. May magpapakamatay ba ang isa sa mga Ampatuan?
truthseeker,
meron siguro pero hindi ampatuan, yung abogado nila
sa tingin ko kung panahon na siguro ni mikey kahit naghihingalo pa lang sa er magsasaya na ang mga tao, baka nga walang magsabing rest in peace?
On the Ampatuans, walang magpapakamatay sa mga yan, puro halang ang bituka. Ang tanong, sino ang papatay sa kanila?
parasabayan,
hindi na pala ako dapat nalungkot sa nangyari sa truth commission, heto na nga, parang ulan na lang na bumabagsak, sahurin na lang ni Aquino.
Statement of AFP spokesman Brig. Gen. Jose Mabanta:
The Armed Forces of the Philippines,its officers, civilian employees, and enlisted personnel, we are shocked and saddened by the passing of Gen. Angelo Reyess, our former chief of staff, and the secretary of national defense.
We condole with the family of Sir Angie, this incident adds another dimension into to the ongoing investigation for members of the armed forces and the whole nation quest for truth and justice.
In the light of this incident, we hope that Congress and the Senate can expedite the proceedings to ensure enactment of laws in furtherance of good governance that will guide the armed forces and the dept of national defense.
Statement of Rep. Mikey Arroyo:
Those who demonized,embarrassed reyes on live TV to up their political capital, they pushed him to his grave.
He could have ended up smelling like a rose if he did a Rabusa. He could have rectified his sins by cooperating for the sake of truth, justice, and the cause of the men in uniform. He could have expunged the mud on his family’s name and honor. Because everybody makes mistakes. What matters is being man enough to admit and atone for those sins. He lost all opportunity to redeem himself and become a real officer and a gentleman. He died just an officer. May he rest in peace.
@Jug, #58
Don’t worry my friend, di ako mamamatay sa galit at inis kay Mikey. Di ako papayag ng ganun. Ang saklap naman nun mamamatay ako dahil kay Mikey??? No way!!!
😛
@ truthseeker, #69
Correction lang po, Mikey po at hindi Mickey. Insulto yan para kay Mickey Mouse. Hehehe 😛
Trillanes not responsible for Reyes’ death, not sorry for feud
By Maila Ager
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 14:41:00 02/08/2011
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was not sorry about his feud with the late Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes as he did not also feel responsible for his untimely demise.
“No definitely not,” Trillanes told reporters when asked if senators should feel responsible for Reyes’ death after they grilled him in the Senate over the alleged P50 million send-off money that he received when he retired as chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
“Remember that General Reyes is a graduate of PMA [Philippine Military Academy]. He used to be the chief of staff of the AFP so he went through all the pressures necessary to survive those chapters in his life,” he said.
Trillanes did not also agree to Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan’s statement that Reyes was subjected to a trial by publicity that could have been one of the reasons why he committed suicide.
“No. I believe we’re not doing anything different,” said Trillanes.
“Remember, we also went through the same thing back in 2007 .We were subjected to even worse trial by publicity. We faced the government propaganda there and we were even incarcerated seen and a half years after and we’re still here. So maybe there’s another mission for us to accomplish and sad to say, that’s just life was meant to be for Secretary Reyes,” he said.
The senator was detained for the failed coup attempt against then President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. He was granted provisional release in December last year and was later granted amnesty by incumbent President Benigno Aquino III.
Asked if he was sorry that he had a bitter exchange of words with Reyes when they faced off in the Senate, Trillanes said, “No kasi sabi ko nga [like what I said] I’m the kind of person who would learn from lessons of life and we’d have preferred that things have ended in a more pleasant route but that’s just how life was meant to be.”
Asked about the reported phone call of Arroyo to Reyes at the height of the Senate investigation into the alleged military corruption, “Maybe that’s an angle that we could pursue after we have mourned the passing of General Reyes.”
@ Ellen, #75
Correction: It is they, the Pidal mafia who pushed Sec. Reyes to his grave. It is them who tolerated all the shenanigans of the AFP and which they could be part of. If not for their lust for power & money, all these investigations in both houses should not be necessary.
Why should Sen. Trillanes or other senators and congressmen who participated in the hearing be sorry about Sec. Reyes’ death. It’s their job to investigate in aid of legislation. The people who voted them expected them to do so. The one who should apologize are the Pidal mafia. They started this.
Heh,heh,heh, sige, gawin natin kay bansot, kay fatso at sa mga horsies niya yung ginawa ng congress at senado kay Reyes at tignan natin kung magpapakamatay din sila! Que bobito talaga! Kung si Trillanes nga eh pinakulong ni bansot ng pitong taon, hindi naman nagpakamatay. Pati yung ibang mga Magdalos at yung mga Tanay Boys. Bakit walang nagpakamatay sa kanila? Ang sana sabihin niya, dahil dinala ni Reyes ang lahat ng kasalanan ng mga buwayang kasama niya nuon, hindi na niya nakayanan. Ganyan siguro yung sanay na nakukuha niya lahat ang gusto, kapangyarinan at kayamanan, kapag mawawala na ang mga ito, hindi kaya ng tao. Meron din talagang hangganan ang kalabisan sa kahit na anong bagay.
Ang sana sinabi ni horsy, dahil sa asawa ni Reyes na palalo at yung mga kaibigan niyang palalo din, yan tuloy nagpakamatay si general.
Re: reported phone call of Arroyo to Reyes at the height of the Senate investigation into the alleged military corruption.
Probably a knight sacrifice to save his Queen Gloria.
No one really witnessed the “suicide”. The kids were like 50 meters from him and his bodyguard was about 5 meters from him according to the guard at the cemetery. They just heard the shot. It is sketchy whether or not he killed himself. Baka may nakasingit nuong umalis yung mga anak and the guard was not looking.
Ingat lang ang mga Chief of Staff na nagpagamit sa mga nakakataas at baka “ma-suicide” din kayo one of these days. Come to think of it, ano ang kapangyarihan ng mga comptroller para maglustay ng maraming pera. Sumusunod lang sila sa order ni CS at si CS, saan naman kaya ipinapasa yung pera?
i like the statement of AFP Spokesperson. Tagos sa puso.
Ano naman ang masasabi mo sa statement ni Mikey Arroyo?
jug,
sabi ng DOH sec Ona sa report, malamig na daw nung dumating sa ospital… sorry, medyo harsh.. pero yan talga nasa isip ko na baka iniisip din ngayon ng mga estrada… malaki ang kasalanan niya sa kanila…
tulad mo, hindi din ako kumportable sa “death”… hindi ko ikinatuwa pagkawala nya.. gusto ko silang magbayad sa mga nagawa nila sa bayan… pero hindi sa ganyan paraan…
may he rest in peace.
ellen, may comment na ko dyan: 🙂
perl – February 8, 2011 2:04 pm
naunahan lang ako ni Mikey , magwa-warning sana ko dito sa blog na huwag maninisi lalo pa kung manggagaling sa kampo ng mga Arroyo.. isang malaking pagkakamali yan…
ALL THIEVES, whether in the military or politics should follow his example, just one bullet in the head or the heart. Too bad most of these thieves are cowards but would rather enjoy their ill-gotten wealth.
Reyes was guilt ridden.
Admiral Jeremy Boorda, the only enlisted personnel to became Chief of Naval Operation in the U. S. Navy (will never be duplicated in my opinion), shot himself in 1996 for being guilt ridden about a single medal he wore which he never earned. To be clear on this, he earned the medal but the main issue raised by an Army Colonel was the letter “V” attached to his medal. Before the media vultures
were about to feast on this very hot expose, he wanted no part of the imminent charade. Admiral Boorda could have flipped the bird to the Colonel and retired…he was just guilt ridden.
“on one hand, I feel bad for his kids because what happened to their father” – psb
Never feel sorry for the offsprings of any thieving military and politicians, they’re living the good life. Just look at Garcia’s sons, and the donkey Mikey. Maaawa ka be dyan kung Papa Pig killed himself?
Sabagay TB. No crime is unpunished. And because Reyes is perceived to be corrupt, we do not know if we should be happy he is now gone.
Sabi ni Rose sa kabila, ano daw kaya ang nararamdaman ng Mrs niya ngayon? Sometimes, it is the women who are behind the success of the men. But is some instances, dahil nasosobrahan, the women become the demise of the men. Such is the case with the Reyeses, the Garcias and the Ligots.
Siyempre super lungkot si Mrs and maybe if she can undo what had been done she would but it is too late. Repentance comes last.
sa kabuuan hindi talaga mabuti ang ginawa ni Gen. if talagang nag pakamatay sya. hindi sya nagbigay ng magandang halimbawa sa mga kasundaluhan. Hinarap na lang sana nya ang lahat..na sayang lang ang pinag-aralan nya! duwag din pala.
Nakikiramay po ako sa mga naulila.
when sen mirriam santiago starts talking about the generals mistresses, that what worrried gen reyes..!! lalabas din yan, believe me..!!
when sen mirriam santiago starts talking about the generals mistresses, that what worrried gen reyes..!! lalabas din yan, believe me..!!
– ocayville
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true! if people knew who his mistress was, even I would do the same, she’s a relatively new socialite…Aling Dionisia.
alagadako,
hindi ah, subukan mo ngang tutukan ng baril ang sarili mo (loaded ha) tingnan mo kung hindi ka matatakot? mahirap din yung ginawa nya ha.
I see this suicide as resulting from his moral weakness, nothing heroic about it. Although he was not the beginning of this corrupt system of pabaon, he turned a blind eye to it, and worse he betrayed the Constitution.
Mikey Piggy Arroyo Jr is an idiot! Angie Reyes demonised himself. If he has any brain in the right place, this idiotic moral dwarf should realise that Angie Reyes committed suicide after speaking to his mother. It probably was his mother who drove Angie to do the inevitable when Angie realised that he was now on his own. Piggy Arroyo himself should commit suicide and be done with it.
Friend rang me up this morning to ask me if I knew that Angie Reyes committed suicide (and of course, I didn’t know — hadn’t accessed Ellen’s blog yet) and asked me if Angie committing suicide was believable.
My answer: Yes because Angie was one man who always went over the top, a man who was always intensely on the edge even over the simplest of things, a man I’d say who was into dramatics.
By committing suicide, he perhaps thought he’d save his family from further embarassment and save the material riches he got for them.
Ellen,
Btw, how did he shoot himself? By putting the gun in his mouth, his head or somewhere else?
Agree with NFA. Nothing heroic in Angie’s final dramatic act.
Brave of him though to turn that gun against himself.
Ok, just read it… through the heart (didn’t want to damage his face.)
i beg to disagree, it was a heroic act – it rid the country of at least one big fish (you know, the ones people are always complaining about that never get caught?)
Excellent reaction by Trillanes!
Anyway, Honasan is an idiot.
Let’s not forget that the main issue in the congressional and senate hearings is Gen. Garcia and the plea bargaining with the Ombudsman. The problem is that Jinggoy and Trillanes used the senate to get back at Reyes. They exerted all means to pin down Reyes and make it appear that he was the force behind Garcia. They were successful in the sense that in our eyes Reyes is a villain. Mukhang nagamit si Rabusa dito ng mga bengatibong politico.
What Robles is saying is very logical. Was Reyes that powerful that the Comptroller can deposit and withdraw hundreds of millions from government and commercial banks at any given instance? May control ba si Reyes sa mga banko, Ombudsman at COA? It may be true na naambunan sya maski papaano but I don’t think he was the one calling the shots here. Kailangan pa bang sabihin kung sino?
Senator Trillanes must stay the course… Reyes committing suicide must not deter him from digging the truth. Let the axe fall where it will.
Come hell or high water, Trillanes must stay the course. Soldier on sailor!!!
Re #110, Kung na-ambunan siya, as you want to believe, siyempre alam niya ang nakakuha ng jackpot. Why didn’t he tell the people?
He brought to his grave what he knew and for that,he deprived the people of the truth. Up to the end, he didn’t serve the people well as what is expected of a PMAer.
Ellen,
Would be good to know what Edong Ermita has to say about all these happenings, including about Angie’s suicide.
Edong, being a military man and once undersecretary of natl defence, rising to the ranks as right hand man of Gloria naturally, had close links to military echelons.
# 81 Statement of Rep. Mikey Arroyo:
Those who demonized,embarrassed reyes on live TV to up their political capital, they pushed him to his grave.
Ito namang si Mikey, the horsie.Kayo, ang magulang mo, ang nagtulak kay ni Angelo Reyes sa masamang gawain dahil sa tinulungan niya ang nanay mo mang-agaw ng presidency. Kayo ang nangunang nagtulak sa kanya sa kanyang kamatayan.
Masaya ka ba sa mga sinira nyo na mga tao?
Al: In my earlier post i opined that it would have been more honorable if he just told the truth instead of “running away”.
I just hope that the quest for truth would not end with his death.
Yoong “pabaon” niya na P50M (at maramimi pang mga milliones) ay ibinaon niya hanggang libingan.
#112 He brought to his grave what he knew and for that,he deprived the people of the truth.
Interestingly, Romulo Neri also vowed to bring whatever he knows about gma and fatso to his grave.
I’m amazed sa tindi ng hawak ni gma sa mga tao nya. I suspect that gloria has dossiers about these people kaya may hawak syang alas palagi.
Ellen,
What could Rex Robles mean when he said, “I’m so happy now that Golez got what he wanted.” ?
Why do I think his suicide is without honor? It’s like he’d rather be dead than face the accusations, the ultimate form of injustice. That’s selfish to say the least.
From his example, I understand now why suicide is a grave mortal sin in the catholic church!
triggerman,
i suspect she has some of those sex videos ala hayden with she as the partner. anyone would rather die… 🙂
angie reyes: a wasted life.
NFA,
he was defiant to the end, short of saying kiss my a_ _ jinggoy and sonny t!
It is a paradox that with all the sterling educational background that Reyes had as detailed by his lawyer like a resume, he ended up like a thief in the night not being able to cope with the monster he created of himself unlike when he did when Gloria offered him what he thought was immortality and un-touchability. His strong credentials didn’t do him justice. He is guilty and he knows it ! Sorry, no pity here either. But may he rest in peace.
juggernaut: Sex video haha. She and Neri sharing the same man?
with all his credentials you’d expect someone smart enough, no, wise enough to admit he was wrong and try to make amends with the people he wronged – around 90 million or so.
if he already stole, lied, its not too far fetched to presume that he also cheated his way through life…
triggerman,
yuch! but i would watch the shit out of it just for laughs 🙂
Jug,
Agree! Not only defiant, he was arrogant to the very end.
Intelligent as he was, a superb tactician that he was, he knew (first shooting himself in the heart and not in the head or through the mouth, which would have made his death instantaneous, to keep his face intact) that by committing suicide, he was bound to retrieve a minimum of respect not only from the AFP but from the Filipino media whose psyche make up he knew damn well… that Filipinos are a forgiving lot and would refrain from attacking his person now that he’s dead.
A fitting epitaph:
anna,
and i don’t understand why in heaven’s name would the country give him full military honors and deprived mendoza (the hk hostage taker) the same thing? they both had an impressive medal collections?
Mikey statement is so irresponsible..what if the same is to be done to him, will it push him to his grave? well, why not?
Jug,
I was very surprised to read that too… Amazing! That’s perhaps why he didn’t shoot himself in the mouth. He knew the AFP would give him full military honours and wanted his face intact.
Sanamagan! Trust Angie to be the superb tactician to the very end.
vic,
mikey has been demonized, horsized, pigized, probably even made into a doll someone is even now sticking pins into – but he’s still up and about!
ana,
i don’t know…if he was really that smart, with all those millions – he could have just hired someone with the same weight and build, plastic surgeried the bejesus out of him, brought him to the grave site and had one of the bodyguards shoot the poor guy, who made sure that the gun was clean except for his fingerprints, no one would be the wiser.
the family invokes the right of grieving privately, the loser gets buried with military honors to boot.
while the real angel drinks a perfect frozen margarita somewhere and smiling at us poor losers…
🙂 🙂 🙂
Jug, poor thing wasn’t perfect.
Was brave of him alright to turn that gun to his chest but not enough courage to do the honourable thing, eg., face his detractors and accusers to the end.
Sa akin lang .. alam niya na may kasalanan talaga siya dito sa pagwaldas ng pera ng bayan na para sana sa buong kasundaluhan. Siya siguro yong klase ng tao na sabihin na lang nating matino o mabait pero dahil sa talamak na talaga nitong pabaon system na bago pa man siya ang Hepe ay kaugalian na. Kung tungkol naman sa milyones na ibinibigay sa opisina niya kada buwan ay siguro naman normal lang yan para naman sa pang-araw-araw na biglang gastusin ng AFP.
Yong pagtanggap niya ng pabaon ay siguro akala niya ayos lang kasi nga yan na ang kaugalian nila. Ang siste ay ….. ibinuking (Tnks to Jinggoy and Rabusa) itong pabaon nong siya ang hepe ng AFP.
Dahil hindi siya siguro magaling magsinungaling na gaya nila Ligot at Garcia … kaya siya nataranta, natakot … hindi niya alam kung ano ang isasagot niya …. at kung aaminin naman niya … madadamay lahat ng mga naging Hepe mula pa sa term ni Ramos …. naging tuliro na … nagsumbong sa Nanay at Tatay niya at tinanong kung anong gagawin niya … ayon sabi nila siguro .. “sumama ka na lang sa amin mahirap ang problemang kinakaharap mo.” Kaya ayon sumama na siya.
Sumalangit sana ang kanyang kaluluwa.
Ah… Angie Reyes, you should’ve memorised this wonderful poem…
Anybody who would infer that Trillanes was responsible for Reyes death or should feel sorry about feud with Reyes should have his/her head examined.
Reyes did it to himself, not Trillanes, not media, not anybody.
rather than “lose face” he did a hara kiri…hindi niya kaya ang mapahiya…at least hindi siya gaya ni putot na walang hiya…sayang nga lang siya…para sa kanyang familia lalo na sa kanyang asawa…he did not leave you poor..marami siyang pabaon sa inyo..sana nag sorry siya sa Dios…before he breathed his last breath…he tried to be truthful…may he rest in peace…ano kaya ang damdamin ni putot…sa mukha niya nakita ko when she visited the hospital…she is just as stoic as she has always been…hindi natatalaban!
Tinawagan ni Gloria si Reyes para sabihin ang usapan nila na walang pipiyok at parang YAKUSA na pag nahuli ka ay kailangan mag pakamakatay ka para masalba mo ang iba. Si Gloria ang caller na parang si KAMATAYAN. Magaling talaga si bansot at Baboy ano.
On my friend’s Facebook wall:
Sa mga namuno na kurap at rABUSADO, mag-ingat na at LIGOT kayo. Dahil malapit kayo sa disGARCIA, ang pagtutuos ay agad na darating at maglalayo sa pangarap na GLORIA. May he REYESt in peace.
Merong sumagot:
Tuloy ang imbestigasyon, walang mag-iinhibit!
Nung araw, CHIZmis lang daw yang pabaon na yan. Na ang mga DEFENSOR ng bansa at mamamayan ay laging kulang daw sa pondo. Ang katotohanan pala, hindi lang bilyones kundi TRILLANES ang ninakaw ng mga kawatang mga ito sa haba ng panahon. Di na ninyo kami muli maji-JINGGOY.
thats hilarious tt, pakopya, text ko 🙂
go ahead.
😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
Si Gloria talaga ang ugat ng korapsyon! Bakit ba hindi pa makarma ang walang hiyang pandak?
Ang mga heneral ay ginamit lamang niya upang manatili sa poder.
Most VIPs wear bullet proof vest. Angie should have worn one. He might still be alive today.
Kapansin-pansin dito sa Blog at kahit saan forum na karamihan ay hindi nalungkot sa pagkamatay ni Reyes. Imagine if his former boss dies.
actually nalungkot ako kanina pero nawala nung nagsalita na si mikey dinagdagan pa nitong si daza
Imagine if his former boss dies.
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mabibingi tayo sa mga alleluya ni rose!
Reyes’ secretary at DOE, Patricia Daza, is acting spokesperson for the family. She requested the media to give the family a time to mourn. She also told reporters, those who wronged him in the recent events are not welcome to the wake, even bouquets will not be accepted. I think she mentioned some senators, congressmen, indirectly, Rabusa, and the 1-Utak Party List.
So he still carries a heavy heart as it pertains to his removal as party list representative of 1-Utak. Maybe he thought the House seat was to be his cloak of immunity and his removal made him fair game to all predators in the political jungle.
yep. too bad he didn’t plan his “end game” in advance, a contrived death would have been a good idea.
andres,
what is its the other way around, na kailangan alagaan ang mga heneral kung gusto mong magtagal sa poder? baka dalawang taon ka lang tsugi ka na?
saw this in facebook,
before there was hello garci, now its hello angie
One thing na alam ko about the harakiri that the Japanese employs or employed during their war years was that the Japanese official or officer exhaust all means possible and when all things are stacked up against him, then he commits harakiri.
With Angie, he has this chance to vindicate himself or at least defend himself against his accusers, but he chose suicide path. I don’t think this is harakiri in its noblest sense.
Now, the question is, Why??? Think about it….
Man enough to pull the trigger (or did he?) – Not man enough to face the music…???
I heard/read somewhere Reyes was a “southpaw”… and the entry wound is on the left chest exiting on the back left chest close to the armpit. I have little knowledge about guns but I think this angle should not be ruled out.
The recent call from GMA is another angle that should be looked at…
If it was not Harakiri, then it was Harakadiri. Nagpakamatay si Angie dahil nandiri siya sa kanyang ginawa.
Somehow, I believe Reyes has prepared a note he kept to one or some he trusted. Gen. Garcia also told a friend that if something happens to him, he has a prepared letter.
Sana bago mag pakamatay si Reyes ay nag salita muna siya kung sino ang mga kasama niya sa pag nanakaw. Para kahit papaano ay gumanda ng kaunti ang pag tingin ng taong bayan sa kanya. Then saka na siya mag pakamatay :). Sa ganitong bagay ang nag papakamatay ay masasabi mo na 95% ay totoo ang binibintang sa kanya. Hanep kayang kaya kumuha ng milyones pero hindi naman kayang harapin ang mga bintang sa kanya. Galing ni Bansot (CALLER) parang Satanas talaga at may bulong na pag pakamatay ka na Reyes para sa atin samahan ng mga magnanakaw. Sino kaya ang susunod Ligot, Garcia ??
Grave sin to commit suicide. Kaya hindi na nagsalita o nag-iwan ng mensahe si Angie tutal diretso siya sa impiyerno. Bakit pa niya isasabit ang mga iba kung walang kapatawaran ang suicide ayon sa paniniwala ng Katolika. Gets mo?
To all you rockers out there, here’s one of my favorite songs from Creed, for Reyes and those who wish to follow him:
“One Last Breath”
Please come now I think I’m falling
I’m holding to all I think is safe
It seems I found the road to nowhere
And I’m trying to escape
I yelled back when I heard thunder
But I’m down to one last breath
And with it let me say
Let me say
Hold me now
I’m six feet from the edge and I’m thinking
maybe six feet
Ain’t so far down
I’m looking down now that it’s over
Reflecting on all of my mistakes
I thought I found the road to somewhere
Somewhere in His grace
I cried out heaven save me
But I’m down to one last breath
And with it let me say
Let me say
Hold me now
I’m six feet from the edge and I’m thinking
maybe six feet
Ain’t so far down
(Repeat)
I like this:
The Warrior is a Child
“Lately I’ve been winning battles left and right
But even winners can get wounded in the fight
People say that I’m amazing
Strong beyond my years
But they don’t see inside of me
I’m hiding all the tears”
“They don’t know that I go running home when I fall down
They don’t know who picks me up when no one is around
I drop my sword and cry for just a while
‘Cause deep inside this armor
The warrior is a child”
“Unafraid because His armor is the best
But even soldiers need a quiet place to rest
People say that I’m amazing
Never face retreat
But they don’t see the enemies
That lay me at His feet”
“They don’t know that I go running home when I fall down
They don’t know who picks me up when no one is around
I drop my sword and and cry for just a while
‘Cause deep inside this armor
the warrior is a child”
“They don’t know that I go running home when I fall down
They don’t know who picks me up when no one is around
I drop my sword and look up for a smile
‘Cause deep inside this armor
Deep inside this armor
Deep inside this armor
The Warrior is a Child”
like a child, he sought his mother to seek comfort…to unload his heart.
Well..tsk tsk tsk… nasayang yung mga accomplishments na nagawa niya….sinayang lang niya…kung wala siyang kasalanan bakit siya nagpakamatay…Dapat si Garcia ang gumawa niyan…kaya lang di gagawin ni Garcia na magpakamatay..sobra kapal ng mukha at wala nang konsiyensya…
Im thinking na kaya nagawa ni Reyes ang magpakamatay, naiisip niya na pag ginawa niya ito ay hihinto na ang imbestigation sa kanya, at yung mga natira niyang kulimbat ay magagamit na ng pamilya niya..tatahimik na ang lahat…
Ganyan din ang nasa isip ko, Bob. Tulad din siya ni Garcia. The relationship between Rabusa and Reyes is likened to that of Neri and Lozada. Sino pa ang mas nakakaalam sa kalokohan ng isang tao kundi ang matalik na kaibigan na minsan din sangkot sa katiwalian? That’s why Lozada and Rabusa are very credible witnesses. Hindi sila magigiba.
just wondering..sa burial niya will he be given military honors? will his coffin be draped with the Phil. flag? sa lingo ni putot “he died a hero” her hero..will he be given a 26 gun salute? (27 sana kaya lang ginamit na niya ang first gun salute). para sa akin..he should be given military honors…he served his country..his life was not all in vain…nagkaroon lang siya ng lapse judgment sa huli..burahin na lang natin ang ending ng buhay niya and let us just keep in his memory ang mga kabutihan na ginawa niya…
People usually don’t speak evil of a dead person. But this may be an exception. Angie died a coward without revealing the truth. As for GMA, we all can speak evil of her before she was born, when she was born, while she’s living and when she dies.
Angie attempted very hard to follow his boss’s footstep…avoiding prosecution. He failed to represent the U-tak Party-list. If he was a Congressman, he would still be alive today. Take note of what he mentioned: “Weather-weather lang iyan. Wala na tayo sa gobyerno.” Such statement showed his guilt and vindictive mentality.
Rose,
Payag ako sa 27 Gun Salute be given to Reyes sa isang condition…Live bullets at nasa harap at naka aim kila Gloria , Garcia at Ligot…..Para di masayang ang bala…!!!
Lahat na naging sundalo kahit na kurakot at may nagawang kasalanan sa bayan, may gun salute at sa Libingan ng mga Bayani ang tuloy. Why not the late Marcos who’s still in the North? Oo na, corrupt at masamang lider siya. But he was an Army Major. Dapat lang na ibigay sa kanya ang parehong trato.
It’s high time President Noynoy looks at this.
re-Marcos: hindi ba sa Hawaii ang kanyang bangkay? At the time he was in the Army..hindi ba joint-military ang relationship ng US at Phil.? puede din siya sa Arlington kaya? o kaya sa Corregidor…total the Japanese who died in Corregidor were given the privilege to be honored thee…thus the Memorial Park? seguro it is time for us to correct the wrongs done..late as it may seem but better late than never, ang sabi nga..oops mali ako..na sa North pa pala..per above..
BOB: ok sa akin na bibigyan si putot ng gun salute..ala firing squad sa Luneta pa…sana dalidalian lang para makauwi ako…at fiesta sa Luneta..maraming baboy ang ma litson…and the biggest pig would be tabbaboy..seguro isang linggong pakuluan ang katawan niya…a day of celebration..
At ang mga sundalo na babaril sa gun salute lahat ay dapat may nunal sa mukha. Kung baga’y elite gun salute team.
IN JAPAN “BUSHIDO CODE” ay death before dishonor,in pinas,ay “ABURIDO CODE”,DISHONOR UPON DEATH,kaya walang kang kawala sa mapanuring mata ng lipunan.
GMA has her own: Burado Code
Sa pangyayaring ito naalala ko tuloy yung minsangsabi ng mga Marines (US) sa katagan BRAVERY. “Bravery is not the absence of fear. But the will to overcome it.”
“Each night I go to Bed.
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
No ain’t looking for forgiveness.
But before Im six foot deep.
Lordf I’ve got to ask a favor.
An I hope You’ll understand.
Cause I lived life to the fullest.
Let this boy die like a MAN.
Staring down a bullet.
Let me make my final stand.”
He did not took a stand. But instead, he took a seat, sat down and shot himself.
Everyone has fear of something. It’s how to overcome this fear that counts.
I would like to reiterate that for whatever mistake or wrongdoing Reyes did all throughout his life, he’s better than other corrupt military officers.
157/158: Saw Reyes several years ago belting out some “oldies tune” on tv with some friends, maybe it was a karaoke gathering. A more apt song for Angie was an oldie sang by the Shirelles – “Mama Said, there’ll be days like these”. Well, that day finally came thru.
@gusa77, that is a nice one ‘ABURIDO’ code.
Reply to No. 173: That was the time when he was with a group whose name I forgot in preparation for the election. Was it in 2004? The rest were Joe Lina and Bayani Fernando.
canyon ang dapat gamitin sa gun salute kay putot..bakal ang pagkatao kaya maraming bala ang gagamitin…sayang lang ang mambili…hindi naman siyang puedeng sunugin kasi ang sabihin niya si Joan of Arc siya..ipakain na lang sa bulate..
Sorry Ellen and your patriots bloggers.
I believe in this as instituional remedy
to damaged institutions. So I like many
to read and think about it.
Let Corruption also Kill the Philippine Military Academy.
Abolish it and use its gargantuan budget to a start
A new life for the future officers of the Armed Forces.
Divide the PMA budget into three: Trillanes should author a law creating (1) the Philippine Army Academy (PAA); (2) The Philippine Air Force Academy (PAFA), and (3) the largest because the country is an archipelago: The Philippine Sea Forces Academy(PSFA),
( compose of the Philippines Navy, Marines and Coast Coast Guard The strategic Academy locations should be: PAA in Fort Magsaysay; PAFA in the Visayas, and the PSFA Cotabato or Zamboanga City.
The time is opportune and propitious. Funding may be augmented from foreign military assistance. The Armed Forces of the Philippines at the time after all those PMA graduates had retired can start on a clean slate. Let this idea be the start, the foundation and the building blocks for the straight way (patriotism) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines under P NOY.
If this will come to pass, General Reyes’ suicide will be mitigated by history.
153. humus – February 12, 2011 7:46 am
Organization theory is quite explicit.
New organizations are born to become
institutions because of extremis situations,
often times born out of calamities and
catastrophy.
Now is the time to have a few small
academies that can be focused and
effective to fulfill their doctrinal
role to the country. MONEY is of no
matter here.