The removal of Alberto Romulo as foreign secretary (to be replaced by former Ambassador to the U.S. Albert del Rosario), the first cabinet change in the nine-month old Aquino administration, is supposed to signal long-delayed reforms in the Department of Foreign Affairs. It is dampened, however, by reports that Romulo would be named the country’s permanent representative to the United Nations.
President Aquino is not confirming Romulo’s UN assignment. All he said was, “Bert Romulo is not a stranger to me. So, he still has contributions that he can make. It’s always the details that tie us up.”
The UN job is one of the positions being floated to be Romulo’s “golden parachute”, a term used in the corporate world of a clause in an executive’s contract specifying that he would be receiving large benefits in the event that employment is terminated or the company is sold.
There is no such thing as a golden parachute for government officials but they are entitled to the usual retirement benefits.
Earlier there were reports that Romulo asked for the chairmanship of the Commission on Audit to replace Reynaldo Villar whose term expired last Feb. 2. But Malacañang did not give it to him. In the light of the recent revelations showing government auditors complicit to financial shenanigans in the military, Malacañang is looking for a reformist for COA which Romulo definitely is not.
If it’s a matter of comfortable retirement, the emoluments due an ambassador to the UN is very, very good: a luxurious Manhattan residence (thanks to Imelda Marcos who facilitated the purchase of the property ) and compensation package of not less than $30,000 (P1.5 million) a month.
The career foreign service officers who had opposed Romulo’s continued service under the Aquino administration are happy that finally he would be replaced but are dismayed that an important post would be given to him.
As Philippine ambassador to the UN, he would be representing the country in multilateral meetings. Represent does mean just sit there as what he did in meetings as foreign secretary but he should find out in what area the Philippines can come in, not only to serve the interest of Filipinos, but for the country to contribute to the UN mandate of promoting global peace and prosperity. The job requires an energetic ambassador, which the 78 year old Romulo is not, because he would be doing a lot of networking with the UN secretariat.
A senior career officer, who has assisted Romulo in many international meetings said, “He is not capable of doing the job. He could not even conduct a UN meeting. Mahirap magpatay ng sunog dun. Hindi niya kaya yun.”
It has to be asked why was Romulo replaced. Incompetence was the issue raised by the career officers and they have been proven right by the failure of the Aquino administration to harness foreign relations in its development programs.
So, why would he be given the important job of representing the country in the UN?
If Romulo is named for the UN job, the next question is will he be made to undergo confirmation by the Commission on Appointments?
The career foreign service corps want to correct the perversion of the law that allowed former Supreme Court Justice Hilario Davide to assume the UN envoy position skipping the CA which he would not have passed with Sen. Jinggoy Estrada determined to block him.
Before Davide, all ambassadors to the UN passed through the CA as provided for in the Constitution and the Foreign Service Act (R.A. 7157): “The President shall nominate and, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, appoint ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to head embassies and permanent missions.” The UN is a permanent mission.
There is also the matter of age which Davide violated and would be violated again if Romulo is posted as ambassador. The Foreign Service Law sets compulsory retirement age for career officers at 65 and 70 for non-career chiefs of mission. Romulo is eight years past the maximum age limit.
Aquino has promised to lead the country through a “matuwid na daan” in contrast to the previous administration that was known for its impunity. Romulo is not the face of a reformist and law-abiding government that Aquino wants to convey to the world.
Good Lord! Why does our govt insist on giving away plum diplomatic posts to corrupt or incompetent people, eg., Davide followed by this nig nog?
If Aquino wanted to show gratitude for this nig nog’s early support for him, keeping him in the post despite his stupidity surely is enough measure of his gratitude. This time, it would be good to think of self-respect, eg., what would other nations think if we send an idiot out there as face of the country’s foreign policy.
C’mon, wake up Mr Aquino! This is madness!
Ano ba’t baklang-bakla si Pnoy dito kay Alberto ?
Foreign policy molded at the time of Romulo revolved around slowly drifting towards China and away from the US. This policy is still in holdover mode even after Noynoy’s ascension.
Look, Manila had always been a peacemaker and usually sways to the music of Capitol Hill, but for the first time, we boycotted a Nobel ceremony for a Chinese pro-democracy dissident. The Washington-Taipei-Manila alliance had also been broken, this time when we deported Taiwanese criminals to the Mainland. I wonder what the US Embassy felt against its next-door neighbor in Roxas Blvd.? Over the years, we raided several shabu labs run by the Chinese and not one, it seems, are still in our jails. As the designated (and only) MAJOR non-NATO ally in SEAsia, and the undeclared cheerleader of American interests in the region, we are not acting in accordance with our “role” that Big Bro has assigned to us.
These are functions under the DFA and these acts are sooo not Noynoy at all. Our relationship with China is a one-way affair Noynoy is now chiding his China counterpart for “reciprocity” in the case of Pinoys in Beijing’s death row. Like HK’s Donald Tsang, his calls to Hu Jin-Tao, according to him, remain unanswered. That may be the last straw, and the ineffectiveness…ok, the incompetence of Romulo at the post is suddenly too glaring to let pass.
Romulo will not accept the UN post if he were really a brilliant diplomat. He knows all his moves will be watched by the Americans, he cannot just piss Uncle Sam like that then move around Manhattan like a first-time tourist everyday. I’m sure he knows that already.
On the other hand, he may just live up to his reputation as permanent dork in the UN living the good life at the expense of Juan dela Cruz.
Tongue, it’s not really a case of “policy.” The Aquino government has no foreign policy. It’s more of stupidity and allowing ourselves to be pressured.
Re UN post, it’s not a question of not accepting. In the first place, will it be given to him?
I think possibility is high that it would be this:On the other hand, he may just live up to his reputation as permanent dork in the UN living the good life at the expense of Juan dela Cruz.
The lack of foreign policy in Noynoy’s government allowed Romulo to carry-over that which was prevailing at the time of Putot. It was still Gloria’s objectives and principles that is being pursued by embassies and missions worldwide.
I guess he has now recognized the folly of his sisters’ choice it was now up to him to decide. And by all means, craft a new foreign policy, so that all the other diplomats will be guided accordingly.
Para walang nangangapa, walang nakikiramdam lang.
Foreign relations is one of weak points of this administration and they don’t even realize that because the subject is foreign to them. It’s not only PNoy.Same is true with people close to him.
Re UN post, it’s not a question of not accepting. In the first place, will it be given to him?
I’d say, Noynoy will prove to be more stupid than Romulo if he does that. He will just be feeding him to the lions. He should give him instead an adviser position if he’s really indebted to the geezer.
…the subject is foreign to them.
I believe so, too. Albert Del Rosario, hopefully, will change all that if appointed.
We’ll be back in the fold of Uncle Sam and easy on the China thing.
Johnny Santos, who is now SSS chair, would have been a better choice for the DFA. Not identified with either of the two superpowers and younger than those two.
But, as we all know, the sisters gave the position to “Tito Bert.”
As of now, the DFA people just want Romulo out. From there they are hoping the department would move forward.
Why do I get the feeling that China will allow clemency on the 3 death row convicts? The way it is being played up in yellow media reminds me of our telenovela scripts, the finale scene is upcoming and the drama is building up for the climax.
But this was the same feeling I had during Flor Contemplacion’s time.
Really, mas bata si Johnny Santos kay del Rosario? I saw Santos’ photos during the Mai Mislang scandals (drinking spree at Abad’s beach house) and he is old. I haven’t seen Del Rosario for decades though.
So how is this guy del Rosario compared to old fart Romulo? Hope he is a better choice.
The UN would be a perfect place for Alberto. It is a good dump site for political appointees. What harm can he possibly do at the UN? Saling pusa lang pinas dun. Can he actually do damage to pinas image at the UN? Let’s face it, what kind of image does pinas have? Penoy kissing Chinese ass and still get kicked.
Now, whether berto deserves to be there because he is smart is another question.
Re appoint Romulo! Why not.
re the re appoitnment or continuation of Romulo’s service
the bad choices are many and the good choices for P NOY are few and limited:
Bad Choices Not a choice at all:
One: NEVER any cabinet post or departmental headships or any government corporation board chair or membership; or any constitutional body like the COA, Civil Service or COMELEC;
Two : NO DFA positions, Ambassadorial levels. Why not in the
UN? Big dollars for peacekeepers; bad influence to PHL NY City Consul and consulate staff
Few Remaining Limited Choices:
Only One: Adequate Honorarium as Presidential Adviser or Consultant on Floating status. His required output will only
Be written work verbal advice on any problem assigned by P NOY. That’s more than a Golden Parachute for a public servant deemed incompetent and perceived to be generous, helpful, honest in ways and manners alien to real public service.
Ellen about the lack of foreign policy, that was a right hook that knocked down to the count of eight P NOY and his DFA.
Decisions and actions or behaviour at the individual level are based on principles. Unprincipled behaviour is often taken as primitive or due to lack of education or plain civility. At the level of nations a foreign policy that will govern a nations relations (defense, diplomacy and commerce) is the syntheses of principles. Lack of or reactive foreign policy can be the result of incompetence or negligence and not the lack of individual principles.
If we really don’t have yet a foreign policy on particular issues, then we don’t know where we are which makes us: We don’t know where we are going. We are drifting in the open sea: in the China Sea or the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean. Who knows? Hello Congress! Lawmaking is also Policy Making.
Humus,
Good point. In other words, it’s time this administration put Pinas back on the map. 😉
Recycled na yang si Romulo wala na bang iba? We have lots of talented people why Romulo? Si Pnoy Para lang si Gloria.
“Bert Romulo is not a stranger to me. So, he still has contributions that he can make. It’s always the details that tie us up.”- Noynoy
The “details” is the hardest to crack! Sabi ni PNoy kay Pinoy: ‘Hindi ba kayo nakahalata na ng ako ay inyong iboto ay binigyan ninyo ako ng karapatan na anim na taon kong kasama si tito Bert?”.
‘Nga naman, di ba meron pang syang kodak with his useless tito, the first putot tuta making suway with his tunay na amo, by endorsing his favorite adopted nephew? ‘Hay naku Ate Ballsy, ikaw ang masusunod lagi when it comes to tito Bert’s future in my administration, mangisay sila sa inis.”
#14 Isagani. Nakapuntos ka dyan na walang image ang Pinas to protect overseas so the old fart Berto is really sukat na sukat in his UN chair. Wala ka na yatang nasisilawan na pag-asa na PNoy could improve Pinas image abroad? I’m with you there with Berto on board in UN na ginawang hospice ni PNoy, hehehe!
Too bad for the kapinuyan, “details” matters most with ‘Noy. Well, lets see next what happens at DFA with del Rosario at the helm, baka kaya nyang dagukan ang tito ng presidential siblings.
#11 Tongue. I’m having the same feeling. Mukhang patuwad na susunod at susunod ang Pinas sa China to save the three convicted drug mules/traffickers to gain positive points with superpower China after the unfortunate killing of HK tourists in the heart of Manila.
#4, Tonge: Romulo will not accept the UN post if he were really a brilliant diplomat. He knows all his moves will be watched by the Americans, he cannot just piss Uncle Sam like that then move around Manhattan like a first-time tourist everyday. I’m sure he knows that already.
E pipila at magpapapirma nga lang ng autographs sa celebrity world leaders besides kokolekta ng per diem. ‘Yan ang kanyang dalawang skills. 🙂 Suskoday!
Kawawang Juan de la Cruz pinapatay na ng husto ni sinto sintong Juan Tamad.
Nanginginig na sa takot o ne nerbiyos na ang buong mundo dahil nagkakaroon na ng food shortage sa China. Ano ang palagay ninyo ang mangyayari kapag nag umpisa ng mamili ang China ng maraming toneladang bigas at mga pagkain sa ibang bansa para pakainin ang isang bilyong intsik?
Nasaan na yang sinto sintong tamad na pekeng presidente ninyo at hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin kumikilos bago tumaas ng husto ang presyo ng bigas at iba pang produkto ng agrikultura?
Palagi na lang ang naririning ko kay sinto sintong Juan Tamad ay “not his priority.”
Wala pa akong narinig sa kanya kung ano ang PRIORITY nya? Ano ba ang priority mo sinto sintong Juan Tamad?
not only for outsiders (political appointees such as ex-generals, former senators) but also for career people in the DFA, the DFA is one giant travel agency for sending favored filipinos to rest and recreation destinations, at the expense of public money. is it legal? yes, and that’s why the best way to go abroad — it’s easy and comfortable and permanent, unlike the life of most expats, to mention the OFWs — is to join the DFA.
but the question now is, are those being sent qualified? in the case of outsiders, the answer is no, 99 times out of 100.
strongly agree that the pnoy administration has no foreign policy. not sure about domestic policy… is it primarily the eradication of corruption? foreign policy is supposed to be an extension of domestic policy. how then would anti-corruption extend into foreign policy?
the protection of migrant workers has become only lipservice. in the row with taiwan, the government has completely forgotten that beyond abstractions such as (an ill-formulated) one-china policy or “national interest” (in combatting transnational crime?), the most important consideration is the fate of OFWs.
if ledesma or de lima are not removed, the OFWs to be affected by the row with taiwan (80,000 OFWs, multiply that by their dependents; and $600million yearly remittances) may just be core group that would clamor for the removal of this incompetent administration.
bert romulo will definitely make kalat in the UN. but thats much better than having him head the DFA, where only those close to him (incompetent they may be) benefited these last seven years.
besides, to those who worry about bert’s pagkakalat, the UN is just a prestige post, no one in the diplomatic service takes this body seriously. it’s also been one giant scam for travels… until the generals found a way to make money out of it through peacekeeping forces.
18 February 2011
Yahooooo! at last, his gone!. Maybe it’s high time that the new secretary, or maybe, before the new secretary assumes office to remove those overstaying ambassadors, officers and staffs in their assignment abroad.
Kasi nga nung panahon ni romulo malakas silang bumulong, and with this, they thought untouchables na sila.
I hope that the new secretary will act on this with utmost urgency.
salamat po.
prans
Let’s just hope & pray that the Aquino government would see the pros & cons of appointing Romulo to the UN. I used to admire this guy several years back but with the recent negative feedback affecting him (his peer relationships, competencies, working style, etc) it’s hard to trust again whether that position intended for him is worth for the filipino people.
AMADO P. MACASAET
Here is betrayed the lingering but now ebbing suspicion that President Aquino is inept, unfit and therefore unqualified. It may well turn out that among our presidents. P-Noy is the most qualified.
He performs the simple and easy task of giving justice to all. We cannot ask for more.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/feb18/edmacasaet.html
Jug, exactly what I said in the other thread. He is not a talker but a doer. Mas gusto ko yan. He may seem to be insensitive because unlike the bansot who kept telling the people what she wanted to do (but did the opposite anyway) Pnoy is kind of quiet compared to the bansot. He made a lot of mistakes but he is learning fast. He addressess the issues of the small people and I like this too. But most of all, he is addressing the corruption issues cropping up left and right. He still has a long way to go to get to the straight path but he sure is on his way there. More power to him. I can see that he has a good heart for the Filipinos and this is a good start.
Now, if only Ate Ballsy could let go of tito Berto, that would be ‘greater’. 🙂 🙂 🙂
I wonder if Tita Cory made habilin to Ate Ballsy to take care of tito Berto whatever happens until forever, hehehe!
ellen,
it’s not the sisters who kept tito bert. What I know is they favored him in the beginning but later on got wind of the complaints against him and so they stopped pushing for him. It was a powerful religious group that was able to persuade PNoy to keep him for a few months longer.
As to the UN post. Right now I believe PNoy is not too warm about that idea. Ask your sources why.
Anyway, I’m glad he’s gone. Whatever shred of sympathy I had for the guy disappeared when he tried to persuade PNoy to keep that slimebag Bobbi Tiglao as ambassador to Greece.
mb, thanks for that clarification. If PNoy can dismiss the church on RH bill, why can’t he on Berto?
Keeping his tito really gives him a very weak image as to foreign relation.
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive tr…eason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.”
– Cicero
chi,
keeping his tito gave him a bad image. BTW, it was the other church that clinched it for tito bert. But his tito is gone now. Thank our lucky stars. Let’s see his next pick. Hopefully, it will make him look good.
Oh, the other church, naningil pala… :). Thanks, mb.
Ano ba ni Berto itong si Carlos P. Romulo? anak? o Apo?
At any rate baka akala nitong Bertong ito mana niya kay Carlos…”My broter, American”? medio may pagka putot din itong mga Romulo…
..manuel: ang ibig mong sabihin mas malakas ang other church sa Catholic church? omigosh!
rose,
pareho lang yan mga church na yan. parehong makukulit kasi kayang manggulo. sa lahat ng pwesto meron silang kandidato. sa kadami dami ng hinihingi nila sa lahat ng nakapwesto sa gobyerno, nakakalusot yun ibang hinihiling nila.
si bert pamangkin ni CPR.
The Filipino people owes Bert Romulo nothing. Let’s be quite clear on that. He is an opportunist par excellence and, thus, could not be trusted. President Aquino should remember it’s the people’s money that pays for his every appointee. So, he would be doing the people, who he say “are my boss” a grave disservice if he rewards Romulo any position he does not deserve. Permanent Philippine representative to the UN? Heck, no! Romulo might just end up being an embarrassment for Filipinos there. PNoy should let Romulo retire for good. This would perhaps give him all the time time and leisure to reflect on what he has done — has and not done — as a long-serving government bureaucrat.
While we were busy bitching, some people were busy doing something that actually benefited real people!
critcs = 0 ; good guys = 1
“China suspends execution of 3 Filipinos
The Chinese government on Friday ordered a stay of execution for the three Filipinos convicted of drug trafficking. This came after Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay went to Beijing and held talks with Chinese officials to seek leniency for the three convicts.”
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/02/18/11/china-oks-stay-execution-3-pinoys-death-row
wondering what concessions were made…
Look at my comment #11 above 😉
For one, we know that…
China needs iron ore for its massive steel industry
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/7982092-metals-imports-up-by-9-percent/image/60942220-china-needs-iron-ore-for-its-massive-steel-industry
OK, thanks, guys… fine if we sell them ore, just that I hope won’t be ZTE NBN deal again. Although that too would be fine if direct negotiations with govt and not through brokers lest we end up with another Abalos and co.
I hope too that we won’t be asked to make other more sensitive concessions as in giving up our claim to Spratley islands.
“Gloria’s boys” who said the impeachment process should be suspended until the ruling becomes final clearly suggests that these boys, meaning Gloria Arroyo and her supposed cohorts are more scared than the Ombudsman herself.” … Macasaet
Ibig sabihin itong Speaker of the House na si Belmonte ay tuta rin ni Arroyo? Kung tuta nga .. e di nag-aalaga pala itong si Aquino ng ahas.
😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 Didn’t know a dog could transform into a snake; must watch my own dog very closely 😛
😀 😀 😀
I hope this is the last time the gov’t would intervene for death row convicts. It sends a wrong signal to would be drug mules. Ililigtas naman ako ng gobyerno kapag nahuli ako sa ibang bansa.
Some say, they do it out of desperation but that’s not right. Illegal drugs/ drug abuse destroy not only the person who uses it but his whole family as well. I should know,a close friend is now in jail because of drugs. Now his young wife and 5 year old girl is suffering. 🙁
They usually say that they didn’t know that the package that someone asked them to bring with them to a foreign country contains drugs. Palusot nalang nila yun. They just couldn’t resist the “reward” promised them if the package was successfully delivered.
Sorry to say this pero dapat may ma-sampolan na mabitay para matakot yung ibang may planong magpagamit as drug mules. >:
# 48
The bigger wrong signal is the coddling of Chinese drug lords in the Philippines, by the prosecutors of RaulGon. The same guys who struck a deal with the Alabang Boys.
Note. The small-time drug mules will be executed in China, while the Chinese nationals producing here have the prosecutors in their pockets. Money talks, the Pinoy prosecutors listen.
Ang masasabi ko, at isang pananaw, wala na bang ibang magagaling na Pilipino na iba naman ang apelyido, Laging Romulo na lamang, mula pa sa panahon ni Quezon, at ngayon-PNOY. Marami naman dyan na “pag-asa ng Bayan, na Kabataan” sabi ni Dr. JPRizal. Itong nabangit na dating DFA Romulo, matanda na, uli-anin, nagkakalat ng foreign policy ng bansa, base sa mga records, ay di mapalitan. Baka naman nagpapakain ng “gayuma” o mang-gagayuma ang matanda, dahil kahit kaninong admin, matigas at nandiyan pa din.Mag-isip-isip naman sana si PNOY saka mga kapatid niya. Pagbigyan ang iba na magagaling, kabataan, malinis at marurunong.Sa KAYA NATIN MOVEMENT,ni Harvey Keh, marami diyan at iba pa.
Naka-ka-balsyt-naka-kainis tuloy ang issue tungkol ki Romulo. Gawin na lamang adviser ng 4-na babaeng kapatid ni PNOY, kung di mabiti-bitiwan si tandang Mulong.Just a commentary for a new Face, Change and better Hope of the Country. Although we know PNOY admin is trying his best, isama na si MULONG-Tanda sa pagbabago ng mukha ng gobyerno.
hindi ba siya puede maging care taker ng manila zoo??
salamat sa Dios at hindi na tuloy ang bitay. maalaala ko tuloy ang sabi ng Tio ko sa asawa niya…”Bakit mo binitay ang suit ko? ano ang kasalanan?” sabi kasi ng asawa niya “nasa kwarto ang Americana (suit) binitay ko”..
..patria: hindi puede kasi baka matakot ang mga tao at ang akala nag escape ang gorilla. I wonder if he ever went to the Bronx Zoo o kaya doon sa Museum of Natural History.. kasi baka mapagkamalan ma…
Ibang iba si Carlos Romulo talaga. When I worked at the NSDB in one of their special projects, I had the opportunity to sail in a boat with him (may mga kasama kami!). He was such a brilliant and funny guy. Maliit lang siya but he was a class act talaga. Kung nalahian man lang sana ni Carlos itong pamangkin niya mabuti sana but it looks like ibang klase itong isang ito.
Kapit patalim ang mga OFWs. They will do anything to be able to work abroad and make money for their family. Nakakaawa talaga sila. Part of the overseas employment bulletin should include these “BEWARE OF” etc, etc. These naive OFWs always fall prey because most of them never even travelled at all.
Tama ka PSB,marami ang kumakapit sa patalim,tapos ang baba pa ng exchange rates at mahal na ang bilihin sa atin.Ano ang mararating ng $400 monthly na sahod nila.
Tapos kinurakot pa ni Ligot at Garcia ang mga taxes nila.
30,000 pesos monthly ang sahod nakaipon ng mahigit 700,000 milyones.Mag overload ang calculator kung pano ang kuwentahan niyan.30,000 X 300 years equlas,equals to=. haayy mahirap kuwentahin.
Ayan tuloy,nagpunta si Pechay sa Senado at hinahanap niya ang 1.5 M pesos na pabaon niya dahil wala raw siyang natangap,hahahahaha! baka dinikwat na ni Garcia.
Cocoy, I watched the whole hearing again hanggang nakatulog na ako. Parang naniniwala na ako na si Garcia at si Ligot ang nagbulsa ng lahat ng pera ng AFP. Palagay ko, simula nuong nahuli si Garcia, iniba na ni bansot ang modus operandi niya. Hindi na katulad ng panahon ni Rabusa. Wala ng “conversion” at “pabaon”. Tinanggal na rin nila yung office ng comptroller. Ang naging uso ng panahon ni bansot ay “brown bag” na lang. Wala talagang paper trail. Kung baga, “tight lid” talaga. Kaya mahirap mahuli si bansot. Kung kakanta ka at ibubunyag mo ang masamang gawain niya, papatayin ka na muna o magpapakamatay ka dahil iipitin ka niya ng husto para hindi ka magsalita.
Nagugulat din ang mga generals after Reyes dahil wala daw silang natanggap na mga pera. Siyempre bakit nga naman ipamimigay ni Garci, Ligot at Reyes ang mga perang nasa kamay na nila.
Galit pa nga si Garcia sa iyo PSB dahil daw sa sinabi mong nagpasasa iyung anak niyang fashionista na naka-ankle brace sa garbong sout niya na naka pose sa internet sa ninakaw ng ama niya.Galit yata si Garcia sa mga comments ninyo dito sa Ellenville,Hala! ligot kayo.hehehehe!
Pag ako ang tatanungin nila,sasabihin ko “With due respect your honor! I invoke my right to self incrimination”
Or “I don’t remember your honor!”
Nakakasawa na ngang panuorin dahil yang dalawang yan lang ang naririnig mo sa kanila.
It was so shocking to learn that Ligot had those houses in the US and 700 million pesos to boot! Naluma yung fertilizer scam! kay Limot lang yan eh yung mas mataas na si Reyes? Just imagine!
Oo nga palagay ko mas marami kay Reyes,baka lahat ng mga kongressman ay may 1.5M pesos na di nila naibigay at dinikwat,mahigit 230 pa naman sila.
The bigger wrong signal is the coddling of Chinese drug lords in the Philippines, by the prosecutors of RaulGon. The same guys who struck a deal with the Alabang Boys.
Note. The small-time drug mules will be executed in China, while the Chinese nationals producing here have the prosecutors in their pockets. Money talks, the Pinoy prosecutors listen.
– snv
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snv has this uncanny ability to zero in on the root cause…
Jug,
Para sa akin hayaan na nating bitayin ang mga kababayan natin na mahulihan ng mga illegal drugs sa ibang bansa,bakit pa pag aksayahan ng pera ng taong bayan ang pagtatangol at iligtas sila? Ginawa nila iyun di magdusa sila.
Kung talagang sensiro ang gobyerno sa pagsugpo ng mga illegal na droga, i-salvage o summary execution na lang ang mga manufacturer, pusher na iyan… marami pang maliligtas na kabataan na nasisira ang kinabukasan dahilan lang sa illegal drugs na iyan.
Pag mahuli itumba na kaagada, kakasuhan pa iyan makapagpiyansa at tuloy-tuloy ang ligaya nila.
Biruin inyo inyong magulang na nagpapakahirap mag OFW na umaasa ang anak ay nag-aaral,tapos kabaligtaran pala ang nangyayari at pumapasok sa Shabu Tiange. Marami ang napipilitang magnakaw, magholdap,mag kotong para lang matustusan ang mga bisyo nila tapos pag high na sa droga pati batang paslit ni re rape at pinapatay pa.
Kung talagang sensiro ang gobyerno sa pagsugpo ng mga illegal na droga, i-salvage o summary execution na lang ang mga manufacturer, pusher na iyan… marami pang maliligtas na kabataan na nasisira ang kinabukasan dahilan lang sa illegal drugs na iyan.
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I agree with you there, but we all know the PDEA has been arresting and raiding shabu labs, wala nga lang malalaking isda na nakasuhan. Snv was right on the money when he mentioned “government prosecutors” yung mga tauhan ni gungungzales na nababayaran. Bago natin malinis ang ating bansa, bago magkaroon ng peace and order – kailangan muna malinis ang gobyerno, SC, Ombudsman, DOJ, AFP. PNP, etc…how can we expect the DOJ to do its job right kung may mga anay pa dyan, ang AFP, PNP, lalo na?
Itong mga manufacturer at smuggler ng droga sa atin ay mga chinese nationals naman – kung papatayin ng china ang mga kababayan natin na drug mules, eh ganun din dapat ang gawin natin sa mga manufacturer na to. Problema, nababayaran kasi ang mga tauhan ng gobyerno na pinas.
jug#43,it was not”ORE”,that those slant eyes need from us,it was a land base,for thier LAB,how many singkit lab been discovered and as source of illegal substances for international use.That’s why death penalty were been eliminated’cause way back during MACOY era,one of the singkit face a firing squad in our land,because manufacturing droga.para maiwasan deadbol ng mga drug czar inialis ni Pandak ang death penalty.Sabi ng Tsekwa,ako gawa droga,pero huwag balik dito sa aming lupa,paktaylo ka pag-huli, maraming laboratoryo dito sa atin,pero ang mga chemist kuno ay di nahuhuli,pati ang illegal substances na pagawa ng droga. nakakapasok ng libre.dalawa ng mata ng otoridad,isang mata nakapkit,habang pumamasok at nagagawa ng droga ang mga singkit,ang isa naman ay nakadilat upang sigurihin na tama ang bilang ng datong.
I got this book from National Bookstore, its a must read for those who want to understand…
Alfred McCoy’s “Closer Than Brothers”
“McCoy also endeavors to correlate and rationalize the coup d’états made by PMA Class 71 with the values, education, and ideas that they learned during their stay and after their graduation from the academy. The book also underscores the importance of military socialization during the formative years of a PMA graduate and how this military socialization would have an enormous impact in shaping the ideologies, values, beliefs, and aspirations of a future military officer.”
http://www.vibalfoundation.org/filnetblog/?p=248
Kung talagang di maiiwasan ni PNOy na ipwesto si tandang Alberto Romulo dahil malaki ang utang na loob, eh dun sa bansang di masyado ang mga Pinoy tulad ng AFGANISTAN! Makikita kung may ibububuga pa nga ang dapat ay retiradong matanda. Di na dapat pinag-aaksayahan yan ng pera ng bayan.
“Good Lord! Why does our govt insist on giving away plum diplomatic posts to corrupt or incompetent people, eg., Davide followed by this nig nog?”
Anna,
PeNoy has a lot of UTANG na Loob na dapat pagbayaran. Kailangang mabawi yung mga ini-invest ng mga taong ito. Or else baka magaya siya kay Erap.
PeNoy speaking out and making good sense!
From Inquirer.net: “Aquino: Charge prosecutors involved in plea bargain”
Hope action follows and not just a sprinkling of saliva.
Kapag may nahuling Chinese national na pusher o manufacturer, ipadala nalang sila sa Davao. Bahala na si Duterte sa kanila. 😛
I’ve heard of incidents na bigla nalang may nakikitang lumulutang sa isang ilog sa Davao ang ilang Chinese nationals na involved sa drugs. Di naman daw nagreklamo ang Chinese gov’t.
hanggang hindi maayos ang ating justice system walang mararating ang ating bayan sa pagbabago…I am not in favor of capital punishment pero kailangan matuto ang mga tao…hindi ba noong pahonan ni Jesus..ang mga nagkasala ay pinapako sa cruz like the two thieves…si Jesus ay walang kasalanan pero by public demand he was nailed…also during that time tumanggap ng pera si Judas para ituro kung sino si Jesus…pero nagpakamatay siya…mga pangayari 2010 years
nauulit sa mga nangyayari sa atin ngayon…and next month Lent na…time to think of what we can do para sa pagbabago..each one of us say “ako ang simula ng pagbabago”…let’s begin the begin…huli man daw pero maabot din..
President Aquino is not confirming Romulo’s UN assignment. All he said was, “Bert Romulo is not a stranger to me. So, he still has contributions that he can make. It’s always the details that tie us up.”
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I am glad to know that this is not a done deal yet and hopefully Prez Noy will just allow (force?) Pamburol to fade away otherwise the Pagbabago slogan will turn into a Pagbabaho! SALAMANGAN!!!
hindi naman pala done deal ang situation…sana magkaisip na lang si Romulo ma hindi tanggapin ang offer sa kanya at total retarded na man siya ..oops sorry na dulas ang mga daliri ko..ang ibig kong sabihin..total puede na siya mag retire..maging maginoo pa ang dating sa mata ng madlang people…sana..who knows…makaisip siya ng matino….
Si Davide at si Romulo; si Gutierrez at Corona mga BAD politics ni P NOY. Kunti lang pero matindi. Papano naging bad politics?
Naisulat ko dito sa Ellenville, during his term P NOY perforce by his oath determines the kind and quality of our politics because politics being not only the art of the possible is also the “authoritative allocation of values in the society.” P NOY being the #1 authorized allocator of values (tangible wealth or intangible morals), if he does good it is good politics. Bad politics if P NOY bungled it. Similarly, politics is also the authorized distribution of benefits and removal of disbenefits. Distribution and removal done fairly is also good politics ending in good governance.
P NOY allocated by appointment valuable positions to Davide and Romulo, spending people’s money on what people perceived as bad investments, water drained and wasted in bottomless baskets. Bad allocation is bad politics. People won’t see it any other way.
Politics too is removal of disbenefits to society, tangible factors inimical to the pursuit of social justice and the pursuit of happiness. Gutierrez as ombudsman and Corona as Chief Justice had been perceived not by their enemies but by the significant public to be disbenefits to society. To allow them for whatever reason to be part of Philippine politics is bad politics.
To put good politics into action P NOY must know and understand the two faces (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide) of politics which are disbenefits and benefits; specifically how one can undermine the other. In the merciless world of politics both will always be present, one always trying to cancel the other. In past administrations disbenefits to society became the total embodiment of politics. The allocation of values was in very large measure inimical to public interests.
No need for P NOY to bow, kneel and fulfill before political debts.
P NOY need not be bothered by Utang na loob to individuals or religious organizations, unless, and that’s a big UNLESS they voted for him and has put him in office for the wrong reasons. Which of course is the reality that P NOY must change. Payback is the arsenic that burns the entrails of public service.
The spirit and intent of the constitution shout loud and clear. Six years with no re election to cancel out politicking. Allocation of favors (values and wealth) shall not only be judicious but also judicial. Not as investments for future votes. That particular provision is the bullet proof vest of statesmanship. Which also means governance is not strictly the business of seeking, promising, buying then selling favors for profit or future electoral votes. I repeat — Payback is the arsenic that burns the entrails of public service.
More than assumption the honest expectation of individuals and religious sect must be that as per the provisions of constitution, their elected President will treat everybody fair and square, equality before the law and before God. That’s the theory and ideal; the principle that spells out every action of P NOY, of all individuals and religious sects. If they don’t and won’t accept, like in the past, then they can maintain their claim of success in turning the framers of the constitution into stand up comedians and jokers.
Ayan, naka-indefinite leave na si Lolo. Magku-quit na rin si Villar ng COA, ii-impeach na si Merci at marami pang kasunod. Kung gnayan ng ganyan, wala muna akong reklamo, hehehe.
Tongue, laking tuwa ko na nag-leave na itong si Mulong. Baka naman i-reassign siya sa isa pang ambassadorial position. Huwag naman sana.
sana ipadala siya sa Timbuktu..kung hindi puede ang Libya..huwag sa Egypt baka sumakay ng camel at magpuesto sa pyramids…
Palagay ko ang nangyari dito kay Romulo ay lumapit sya kay Noynoy at sinabi nya na alisin sya bilang DFA secretary dahil nakita nya ang problema sa Egypt. Hirap na hirap ang DFA na mag evacuate ng OFW sa Egypt samantalang mga 30 katao lang ang na evacuate nila doon tapos pumotok pa yong revolution sa Libya e libo libo ang OFW doon di lalo ng hindi nila kaya e evacuate yon. Kaya nagmadaling umalis si Romulo sa OFW para hindi sya sisihin sa problemang pag evacuate ng libo libong OFW sa Libya.
Kaya nagmadaling umalis si Romulo sa DFA para hindi sya sisihin sa problemang pag evacuate ng libo libong OFW sa Libya.
Tapos ang pinalalabas na propaganda ng yellow media ay para ma reform daw ang DFA patungo sa matuwid na daan…..hahahhahha
This guy, this shithead, this nig nog is soooooo kapal!!!
He doesn’t have the slightest shred of delicadesa: