In its website, side by side with reports on the peacetalks that the Muslim rebel group is pursuing with the government and the death of its vice chairman for Military Affairs, Aleem Abdul Aziz S. Mimbantas, MILF deputy chairman of the MILF Committee on Information Khaled Musa said they are not taking sides on the ugly incident but commented that Tulfo, “has been given the dose of his own medicine.”
“Hurting is not only when one is attacked but the more stinging it is when the offended party is the whole community like the Moros. I wish he will stop insulting people now that he has been given the dose of his own medicine,” Musa said.
He added: “‘Truth is truth and it is not fair to say Ramon Tulfo or the Santiagos are guilty of starting the brawl. Let the facts of the incident come out soon.”
Luwaran described Tulfo as ,” an incorrigible critic of Moros in Mindanao.”
The news item further said that in his column in the Philippine Inquirer, Tulfo treat the Moros in Mindanao as “made of sub-race.”
The MILF website said, “Ramon Tulfo created so many enemies including the former First Gentleman, Mike Arroyo, and Senator Panfilo Lacson, who was tagged by him as ‘murderer’ and ‘adulterer’. Tulfo also did not spare the legendary movie king, Fernando Poe Jr., from his tongue-lashing even if the latter was already comatose.”
Earlier, Rep. Teddy Casiño of the leftist partylist Bayan Muna, put the blame on Cebu Pacific for the airport scuffle that has morphed into other issues life feminism, media ethics , and press freedom.
Casiño said Cebu Pacific’s incompetence of offloading the luggage of the Santiago couple and that of their friends without informing them was the root cause of the ugly incident.
Raymart and Claudine and friends, together with their children, came from Boracay. Due to overbooking, their luggage was put in Cebu Pacific flight from Kalibo. Claudine reportedly berated the Cebu Pacific ground personnel which caught the attention of Tulfo who arrived in another flight.
Tulfo tried to take pictures of the Claudine’s “pagtataray” with his cellphone which Raymart didn’t like. Raymart reportedly tried to get the cellphone of Tulfo and that’s when the scuffle ensued which resulted in the hard-hitting columnist/broadcaster being mauled and ending black and blue.
“In a way that’s the trigger of all this brouhaha – if Claudine and Raymart’s baggage were not left behind without giving them notice, Tulfo wouldn’t have the chance to be a `miron,’ (observer)” said Casiño who himself had experienced the airline’s incompetence.
To lighten the hostile atmosphere, Casiño suggested that Cebu Pacific provide the parties involved in the brawl to a free, round-trip tickets with a two-night stay in Boracay. “So they can mend fences and enjoy each others’ company in a less stressful environment,” he said.
That’s no longer possible because the fight has now dragged in the three other Tulfo brothers –Raffy,Ben,Erwin – who threatend Raymart and Claudine in their TV program “T3:Kapatid, Sagot Kita.”
Sympathy for Mon was greatly diminished with the brothers’ thug mentality in public display in their their radio and TV programs.
Even the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines which defended Mon Tulfo’s right to take pictures of the Claudine berating the Cebu Pacific personnel drew the line on the threats issued by the Tulfo brothers on air.
NUJP Chairman Nestor Burgos Jr. lauded TV5 for suspending the Erwin, Ben and Raffy Tulfo. “No amount of provocation warrants the uncalled for reaction especially from those who call themselves journalists and after Ramon Tulfo had already filed a criminal complaint against the couple. “
Things have taken a twist because TV5’s suspension of the three Tulfo brothers didn’t impress the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board which imposed a 20-day suspension on the program, “T3:Kapatid, Sagot Kita.”
TV5 went to the Court of Appeals crying violation of press freedom.
A feminist angle has also been introduced with writer Katrina Stuart Santiago (not related to Raymart) saying that Claudine’s pagtataray was “refreshing.”
She said: “That we fail to appreciate Claudine kicking ass the way she has? That is our bigger tragedy.”
Now, Commission on Human Rights Chair Etta Rosales has entered the picture supporting the Cebu Pacific personnel,Charice Bocboc , who was berated by Claudine.
Rosales said while Barretto had the right to complain, she was wrong in assaulting the dignity of the airline employee.
I’m surprised why Malacanang has not joined the fray.
Mga sanggano talaga yang mga Tulfo brothers. I hope this incident would prick Mon Tulfo’s ego.
Agree, Becky.
Mon Tulfo in particular has been abusing the concept of free press to the max. Buti nga sa kanya nabugbog!
Yes, there is indeed a very vibrant “freedom” of expression and of the Press that it is about time to put some reasonable limits to the rights and freedoms with checks and balance prescribe in law that can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society…one of them check is the libel and slander law as a Tort and making it mandatory for every media practitioner to be covered by sufficient Liability Insurance Just In Case…See, I belong to a “shooting club” and we can not join in without paying the mandatory insurance premium coverage of $3 millions just in Case. It is the same with every professional practitioner and trader…(plumbers, contractors)
Other than that, each profession and practice should also police their own…Like this Tulfo brothers…as even the MILF been complaining of their “racist” attitude towards the Muslims and the Moro and yet nothing is done to even investigate their motives or if they have broken any law or provisions of the Constitution or Human Rights provisions
or the ethical code of conduct for Journalism…and for the Airlines, they also need to review their service protocols as it is known that they are sorely poor…and for the Celebrities and Elites..they need to undergo some Anger Management therapy to control their egos…it maybe good for national recognition, but bad attitudes is not good for the young generation to see and emulate…
The Tulfos like sensationalizing everything they say. For them, it’s just their “hook” to grab readers’ and viewers’ attention. I think they love controversy for the sake of controversy.
Feminist angle?
Since when is it feminist to berate another woman for an error committed by somebody else miles away? So yung atraso ng taga-Kalibo sisingilin sa taga Maynila? And never mind if the other woman is just some lowly cog in the corporate machine; never mind if she is a victim of the Boss’ machismo, giving her low pay, maybe leering at her and sexually harassing her. It is still kick-ass and feminist for the rich and famous woman to berate this poor destitute woman employee.
It would have been truly feminist if she looked for the Boss (probably a man), and kicked that guy’s ass. It would still be feminist even if the Boss were a woman, to kick the Boss woman’s ass for the benefit of the harried rank and file woman.
I thought that the swagger produced by power, whether muscular, in the old days, or produced by money (a weakling like Bugsy Siegel ordering his thugs to beat up a rival) is what feminists dislike in the macho. So the woman who swaggers with the power of her fame and money is no better than the old-school macho she criticizes. So what is feminist about that?
At gagawin pa tayong tanga niyang Raymart na yan. Asthma medications daw ng bata nasa bag. Gago bakit checked in ang bagaheng may gamot? That should have been in the carry-on luggage. Obvious na palusot.
Katrina Stuart Santiago is not related to Raymart 🙂
Katrina Stuart Santiago is no feminist. 😉
Si Tulfo binugbog ng babae, nakakahiya sa mga macho ang ganyan..
Pinagtulungan ang 65 year old ng anim na mga bata? Hardly qualifies as kick ass. Tinulungan pa ng isang pa-sosyal na palengkera pala.
Want some kick ass female to warm your feminist hearts? Here is ten-year-old Natsumi Gomi sending Vladimir Putin’s KGB ass flying in the air.
Yan ang kick ass.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/911383.stm
Uttering Physical threats whether carried or not is a Criminal Offense in this part of town…and I don’t know if it is under the Criminal code of the Philippines…If it is, the cops could just pick up the Tulfo brothers and charge them for uttering Threats and at least if convicted they will have criminal records under their names and can not get passport clearance…that is enough to get turned back at the Borders (how the US finds out, think it has access to the records) until getting pardoned…about 3 years after conviction and after serving the sentence if there is one.
The headline almost sent shivers to my spine. MILF at first glance though to have meant Claudine based on that popular American Pie movie series.
Claudine = MILF? no thanks.
All parties involved have their own faults. Walang innocente.
Where does this lead to? To the same old Filipino way of handling social issues, idadaan sa limot.
Walang mapaparusa. This case would end up going all the way to the SC to be decided by (assuming he gets away with his own fight this week) Corona and team!
Yehey.
If I was the authorities, all parties would have been heavily fined or be facing public disturbance charges. Magsuntukan sila sa parking lot but not in a highly sensitive area that is the airport.
BTW i think the best tweet i seen on this issue was: https://twitter.com/#!/AmandoDoronila/status/199494010782498816
I still question why the Press Club nor the NUJP does not call for punishment, sanctions, disassociation, disgust, or a public apology from the Tulfo brothers in this case.
Mon Tulfo may claim (still a question to me) he was on the clock when he got involved in the incident; which Journalist groups quickly demanded some sort of defense to that Tulfo; pero when the other Tulfo brothers cussed and showed their machismo in TV, nasan ang Journalist groups? Criket, criket.
Then TV5 also went on to define journalism as not to ban a show when its highly rated, even if it reeks of below professionalism; but rather, just suspend it (like i said, idaan sa limot).
This was confirmed by Mon Tulfo when he said T3 was not going to be junked, because ratings eh.
No amount of ratings should superseed professionalism. Lalo na sa mga Journalist who we give more privilege and access than the ordinary Juan.
Authorities should set an example to this. The Tulfo brother show should be fined heavily. I support the MTRCB’s move on this.
Oh just in case people think Mon is a sample of victim; here’s his confession about his intentions:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/05/13/12/tulfo-i-wanted-get-my-gun
He prefer to slug it out like the wild wild west, instead of reporting this matter to airport police and security personnel.
Yan ang “victim.” So no wonder why certain group and people detest this man.
These are the people we talk about in our lives. These are the people our children see and analyze, say so if this guy can pull this off, maybe when its my time, ako din.
These people should be facing charges and fines if you ask me so our children know what the right thing to do.
“…….Oh my, where will this lead to?”
abah! eh, saan pa kundi sa pagpapataasan ng ere lalo na ‘yung mga taong mahilig makialam sa hindi dapat pakialaman at ang hanap ay pansin ng ibang hindi na namamansin sa kanila.
‘ayan na nga at pumasok na naman ang commission of human rights violators na kahit hindi nila sakop ay pilit pinapasok.
e-ta rosales, hindi lahat ng isyu ng tinatawag mong human rights violations ay dapat panghimasukan ng iyong opisina. pigain mo muna ang ugat ng nangyaring gulo at doon ay makikita mo kung sino o alin ang dapat mong kondinahin.
napakahaba na ng listahan ng kabulastugan ng cebu pacific, HINDI mo ‘yun nak8ikita?
paano na ang karapatan ng libolibong pasaherong kanilang pinerhuwisyo mula noon hanggang ngayon?
ms. e-ta rosales, bakit hindi mo subukang gumastos mula sa sarili mong bulsa at samantalahin ang promong pagsasamantala ng cebu pacific sa kanilang mga pasahero? para naman maranasan mong mabuhay sa katotohanan, aba.
masarap sumakay mula sa maynila papuntang cebu subalit maglalanding ka pala sa gitna ng dagat pasipiko**.
(**masarap bumiyahe nang halos libre sa gastos subalit nakakangitngit ang pagpapasan ng walang hanggang dusa kapag nakita mong ang magagandang pangakong serbisyo ay matatakpan ng kawingkawing na perwisyo!)
o, ano pang hinihintay mo, madam? lipad na!
ang magkakapatid na Tulfo (T3) ay dapat sampahan ng kasong terorsismo, hindi lang grave threats, dahil sinindak at niligalig nila ang buong sambayanan…
#13. May dala bang baril si Mon? Ang intensyon nya kung ganyan ay pumatay. My golay, kung ganyan ang mentalidad ng tao ay dapat talaga ang gun ban.
Why looking for his gun na-poke lang ng buntal ang kanyang ego? Dapat idemanda talaga si Mon dahil sa statement nya, nandun ang intensyong pumantay kahit hindi natuloy.
Mags, nakikisawsaw na naman si Eta for propaganda kasi walang naso-solve na kaso ang kanyang opisina. Sa halip na tutukan si Mon at Claudine-Raymart, dapat hinahanap nya si Jonas Burgos.
Pasalamat lang wala ang mga bodyguard ni Tulfo. Kung naroon lang malaking gulo at baka may nabugbog na artista. Kung naging mahinahon lang sana si Claudine para sa bagahe niya ay hindi sana siya mapapansin ni Tulfo. Karapatan ni Tulfo na mag picture o video sa nasasaksihan niya na abnormalidad kasi siya ay nasa media. Lalo at ang pangyayari ay nasa isang airport. Sila ay artista kaya dapat alam nila na konting pagkakamali ay maaari silang maintriga.
Wala sa linya ng trabaho ni Tulfo ang kumuha ng litrato. Isa siyang opinion columnist, di niya kailanagang i-picture yung panenermon ni Claudine para isulat sa Inquirer. Nakakita ka na ba ng litrato sa comumn niya?
Ang kuha niya sa cellphone ay ibebenta niya sa kung sinong news editor para pagkaperahan.
chi/chijap, naku ha, tapang-tapangan na naman si Mon Tulfo. Merong baril kaya dapat siyang katakutan. Wow nakakatakot ha.
Naaalala ba ninyo yung post ko dito na tinutukan siya ng snubnose (.38 cal) ni Atong Ang nung 2010? Sa isang party sa Corinthian Gardens, he was being his old asshole self, biniro niya si Atong ng matinding biro, e parehong nakainom, isinuksok ni Atong sa butas ng ilong ni Tulfo yung revolver saka ikinasa, walang nakapigil akala ng lahat katapusan na ni Tulfo.
Iniuwi si Atong noon ni Chavit para tumestigo kay Erap a few years earlier kaya laking gulat ni Tulfo bakit may baril si Atong gayong pagkakaalam niya nakakulong ito. Nag-iiiyak si Tulfo sa column niya for months, kesyo papatayin niya si Atong kaya lang nasa kotse daw yung baril, etc.
Meron kunong baril (me badigard pa raw) pero laging wala kung kailangan, hahaha.
Natawa ako dun sa magkakapatid. Si Raffy mura ng mura ng P.I. ka, P.I. ka. Si Erwin kesyo magtatagpo pa naman daw sila sa mall o airport o kung saan, di pa sila tapos. Ang natawa ako kay Ben, ang pagkakasabi, “Isang bodega…nakakandado…tayong dalawa lang…one-on-one. Last man standing.” hahaha (ganun nga ba pagkakasabi?)
Paulit-ulit pang “Aikido blackbelter ang kuya namin kaya lang napagtulungan”. Namfootah, Aikido blackbelter pala bakit nung nasakal ni Raymart di na nakatayo pa.
Ang di nila alam, Taekwon-do blackbelter din si Raymart. Kasama yan noon sa team ni Monsour Del Rosario doon sa inter-scholastic meet na inorganize ni Master Hong Sung-Chong sa San Agustin. La Salle sila Monsour. 70s memories, hehehe.
#22. “Aikido blackbelter ang kuya namin kaya lang napagtulungan”. Bakit hindi ginamit ng kuya nila ang power ng sound, naitapon sana si Raymart. Aray lang yata ang narinig buhat sa bibig nya. hehehe.
Chi/Tongue – Mon actually lied.
Sabi nya noong una, he was in a hurry dahil nagaantay yung driver nya at gutom na sya. Yun pala he was in a hurry to go pickup his gun, after realizing he’s in a fight na of which he has some form of fault in its making.
I remain steadfast demanding why Journalist groups and the Press Club does not admonish (hehe parang si Cuevas) Mon Tulfo as well.
Apparently the Tulfos are gods in the journalism world. Whatever they say or do, its tolerable.
kung talagang aikido blackbelter si mon tulfo dapat alam niya ang kilos ng kanyang kaharap kahit pa martial artist din at hindi niya hahayaang madikitan siya’t mahawakan.
‘yung lock na lang ni raymart (kahit taekwon-do blackbeleter pa siya) sa leeg niya ay hindi mangyayari kung HINDI mas mataas ang yabang at pagiging arogante ni tulfo sa kanyang nalalaman sa aikido.
nakalimutan ni mon tulfo ang turo ni o’sensei: aikido is the universal harmony expressed through the human body. it (aikido) was created to promote world peace and not violence contrary to tulfo’s and his brothers’ arrogant actuations and expressions.
higit sa lahat, ang itinuturo ng aikido ay humility o pagpapakumbaba at hindi pagmamayabang at panlalamang o pananakot sa kapuwa.
balikan niya ang aikido creed para matauhan siya!
pinoy na pinoy ang dating ng mag-asawang raymart at claudine – may kaya, ayun, basura ang tingin sa kapwa.
pinoy na pinoy ang mga tulfo brothers. mayayabang at butangero.
susmaryosep. madasalin pa naman ang mga pinoy kuno.
lahat ay wala sa NAIA noong maganap ang kaguluhang atin ngayong pinagpipistahan. hindi natin alam kung SINO talaga ang tunay na naunang nagsimula ng pananakit na nag-ugat sa (kung totoo ngang) paninigaw ni claudine sa walang malay na ground crew ng cebu pacific na nasaksihan ni mon tulfo na walang sabi sabing lumapit at ni HINDI nagpakilalang isang taga media at basta na lang kinunan ng litrato ang una sabay talikod (hindi naman bastos, hane?).
sa ganang akin, MALI si raymart sa pananakit kay mon sa tulong ng kanyang kasamahan gayon na rin ni claudine (batay sa huling huling kodak sa itaas) sapagkat una, walang malulutas na gusot kapag naunahan na ng pagbubuhat ng kamay. imadyin, tae-kwon-do blackbelter pala siya kontra sa matanda nang aikido blackbelter na walang nagawa dahil angas ang nangibabaw na tinalo ng kapwa hindi marunong magdala o gumamit ng depensang pinag-aralan.
kung ako ang tatanungin ay dapat parehong tanggalin sa listahan ng kanikanilang martial arts club ang dalawang ito.
Mon’s side of the story:
youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lQHaHSXjNQw
He is full of himself huh. Assuming even if all he say is the truth.