Are you going to heed her appeal for support?
by Jocelyn Montemayor
In the light of an expected backlash from the conviction of President Joseph Estrada for plunder, President Arroyo Wednesday night called on public and private leaders in positions of responsibility to stand by her.
“I am bound and determined to captain a steady ship,” she said at the launch of the forum for peace attended by Christian bishops, Muslim ulamas (preachers) and military and police officials in Malacañang.
Arroyo reiterated the people deserve a stable government and economic progress.
“The people are concerned about maintaining peace, order and stability,” she said.
The Presidential Security Group (PSG) lifted its red alert status yesterday afternoon.
Some 400 policemen were sent back to their mother units in Central Luzon and the Cordillera Administration Regions.
PSG commander Brig. Gen. Romulo Prestoza said the container vans, steel bars and barbed wires placed in all the streets leading to and out of the Malacañang complex have been removed.
The alert level was raised around Malacañang in anticipation of rallies, including possible attacks from supporters of Estrada.
Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said he does not foresee a destabilization move in the aftermath of the guilty verdict on Estrada.
“Well, all the military establishment and the whole government, we have to accept the judgment of the court and the rule of law. All of us in the executive branch and the Armed Forces accept that judgment,” he said.
Teodoro said his visit to the Army headquarters was not a loyalty check. “I’m sure they are professional and they are loyal to the chain of command,” he said.
On whether the verdict would heighten destabilization moves against the government, he said: “To me, I make no assessment on whether it will heighten tensions. Just suffice it to say, we are prepared for any eventuality.”
Teodoro discounted rumors that there is an ongoing recruitment of soldiers, specifically from the Army, for destabilization. “We have not monitored anything.” – With Victor Reyes
Manigas s’ya!
Hindi ako baliw para suportahan si Gloria Lucifera!
“I am bound and determined to captain a steady ship,”
Kaya ito sinabi ni Gloria kasi ay kabilis ng lubog ng barko n’ya!
Wala na siya malolokong matinong pinoy na bistado na ang kanyang split-tongue. Kung ano ang sinasabi niya ay ang kabaligtaran nito ang tunay na nangyayari!
Hala! Tulak pa mga kapatid at ating lalong ilubog si Gloria at ang barko niya hanggang lamunin sila ng abyss!
Maybe she’s pleading for “supot” not support. Her cabinet and the rest of her handpicked officials are all supot.
Talagang susuportahan ka namin hanggang sa huling hininga mo Panggulo Gloriak Garapal ArroyoTOH. Na ikaw ang pinaka magaling na magnanakaw, pinaka magaling na mandaraya, pinaka magaling magsinungaling, pinaka garapal ang pagmumukha, pinaka maitim ang budhi, pinaka magaling magpapatay ng tao.Kaawaan ka ng iyong budhi kung meron pang natitira sayo Gloria. Sa bawat halakhak mo meron katumbas yan Gloria magdiwang ka na ngayon. Hindi lahat ng tubig na iyong iniinom ay makakalis ng iyong pagka uhaw, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.”MAG INGAT KA SA TUBIG GLORIA PIDAL!”
May kasabihan na makikilala ang mga kaibigan sa oras ng kagipitan. Now that Erap has been convicted and all his money got confiscated, wala nang makikinabang sa kanya. Other than his personal endorsement, Erap has nothing to contribute to the politicians running in 2010. Noon may budget pa si Erap kahit papaano nakatulong siya sa mga ilang kandidato. From now on, those who don’t change and continue to support him are his true friends.
I meant “tunay na kaibigan”. Friends are many but the genuine are few. To Erap, what we can promise him is that we here in Ellenville will remain to be his true friends and supporters.
What support? The Filipino people are tired with her lies and double talk. M/V Gloria is fast sinking. Help or support is useless. General Assperon can give his ‘supot’ at all times.
“I am bound and determined to captain a steady ship”
Yeah, yeah, keep talking. Someday you might say something true!
Off topic: Mabuti pa si Joma, set free na, even if it is temporary. Yung mga “men of honor” nandun naka detain pa rin! Justice Filipino style talaga…stall, stall,stall! Justice delayed is justice denied.
Yung ship ni tiyanak ay yung Titanic, nakasakay yung mga mayayaman, elitista(katulad din noong panahon ng luxuty ship na ito) and she is stirring the wheel in unknown waters! Yun pala may malaking iceberg sa patutungohan niya at mayroong butas pala yung ship niya at may mga nakasakay na mga pirata! Tingnan nga natin ang gagawin niya! Heh,heh,heh…
“Are you going to heed her appeal for support?”
With pleasure Ellen!
I will heed her appeal for support – will provide her with all the support she needs to throw herself overboard while she’s sailing on shark-infested waters!
Yes, Gloria! I will support you to end all these madness!!!
Sige, dagdagan mo pa…hanggang sa ika’y sumuka ng katotohanan!
Subukan mong pumunta sa Mindanao na walang dalang battalion, ang mga tao naman ang magsasabi sa ‘yo…!ISANG LAPAD KA LANG MADAYANG UNANO!!!
This creep has been asking Filipinos a lot of things that they should by all means deny her because she is nothing but a CRIMINAL raging a reign of terror from day one she grabbed power from the duly elected president she now has managed to convict. No thanks to the stooges she has managed to appoint and place in positions in agencies most responsible in fact to convict more notorious criminals like her.
The decision in fact is in the hands of Filipinos now. They should no longer tolerate this nincompoop who has stolen from the Filipinos their pride and dignity by making them as objects she thinks she can discard that easy or sell overseas as part of some scheme to rid the country of those likely to oppose and block her plan to make herself queen and declare the Philippines as her personal property.
Filipinos should not allow this creep to abuse further. They should lock her and her cohorts in jail or mental hospital for they surely are suffering from some illusion of grandeur caused by too much greed and ambition.
God willing they will will the courage to do what they should have done long ago—remove the feign!!!
PSB:
I’m no fan of Joma but his being set free by the Dutch authorities, who must have been given wrong information and dossier, should be welcome by Filipinos, for he has no right to be tried or punished in Netherlands for crimes he is said to have committed in the Philippines. It is beyond the jurisdiction of the Dutch government to do that, or it can be construed as infringement in Philippine affairs and sovereignty.
In fact, what the Dutch could have done is deport or turn him over to the Interpol and have him turned over to the Philippine police so he can have his trial in the Philippines, but that I guess Joma would not want to happen knowing the kind of courts the Philippines has, and like Erap, he surely cannot expect to be given a fair trial and judgment, for under the piggy criminal, it is more like the Mafia mob getting rid of another criminal, guilty or not!
On BBC’s website: “Convicted Estrada’s tranquil jail” A must read!
Link: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6991417.stm
Tongue,
Mali yung link mo, ito dapat:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6991417.stm
Nagmamaka-awa si Gloria ng suporta. Hanggang ngayon kasi after demonizing Erap Estrada ay andun pa rin ang pagmamahal ng marami lalo na ng masa na hindi na kailangan pang bayaran at suhulan. Samantalang siya ay kailangan pang magnakaw sa kaban ng bayan para lang may pambayad at gamitin ang appointing powers para pansuhol sa mga taong handang ipagpalit ang dangal para makinabang at magsamantala! ASIDE FROM HER CORRUPT & SHAMELESS FAMILY, NO ONE GENUINELY LOVES HER!
What I find it strange is when Jinggoy said GMA is free to visit Erap in Tanay if she wants. Jinggoy further said that Erap is a forgiving person meaning Erap may still forgive GMA.
What’s Jinggoy talking about. Bakit iba ang tono niya ngayon?
Porke ba nakalaya na siya? I’m very concerned with Jinggoy’s statements and actuations lately.
Luz,
“ASIDE FROM HER CORRUPT & SHAMELESS FAMILY, NO ONE GENUINELY LOVES HER!”
What about Esperon? Just look at the list of acts to show Gloria how much he loves her: am sure he intimidated people, carried cash to pay off, helped steal votes.
Esperon fabricated charges against the best officers of the armies, he falsified evidences against them, he tortured men of honour, their familes, took the fathers away from their children, then to show that he loves her immensely, is now destroying the military institution even if it means being an absolute coward for (refusing to fight with the bandits in the south)…and most of all, prepared to murder Filipinos for her (witness the readying of the armies in case of restiveness during the Estrada verdict affair).
Whoa, if that ain’t love, don’t know what is… it might be the love of a dog for his master, but boy, that’s still called love.
Heh!
Pechanco,
Kung totoo yan, (means his father is prepared to forgive the punggok), there’s nothing we can do. Sorry, if that happens, then that’s a family that’s not worth fighting for.
Kung totoo yan, sabi nga walang dignidad…
Tongue,
Thanks for the BBC article. Kaya pala gusto nilang ipakulong na si Erap sa Muntinlupa dahil masarap pala ang buhay niya sa Tanay. Pero ang hindi nila alam, mas maganda ang magiging lagay ni Erap sa Muntinlupa dahil pihadong gagawin siyang hari ng mga nakakulong doon. Baka magsisisi si Pandak sa mga ginagawa niya. Hindi niya kayang ilubog si Erap. Kaya give up na lang siya.
akala ko ‘PLEADS GUILTY’
pechanco Says:
September 14th, 2007 at 7:02 am
What I find it strange is when Jinggoy said GMA is free to visit Erap in Tanay if she wants. Jinggoy further said that Erap is a forgiving person meaning Erap may still forgive GMA.
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mukha yatang may pinag-usapan na ah….
off-topic:
Erap names Paguia, Serapio new spokesmen – report
I am just so happy that Paguia was given a job again. Kasi napanood ko kasi ang taong ito sa GMA TV ng inalis sa kanya ng SC ang pagiging practioner niya bilang abogado. Nandoon lang siya sa isang school then kawawa naman he just using manual typewriter then yun ang naging trabaho niya. Parang
tumutulong na lang siya sa mga taong nangagailangan ng advice niya.
Glad he is back.
Jojo,
Alan Paguia is one of the people I admire in Pinas. He has intellectual honesty, a moral suasion that’s rarely present in people in public today.
Less than five feet want to captain the ship? We were dead before the ship even sank. She could not even sail to Basilan on the kumpit, how much more the Titanic, the largest and most luxurious ship in the world. It was designed to be unsinkable, with a double hull and fifteen watertight doors that, in case of an accident, could be closed almost instantaneously to seal off the ship’s compartments and keep her afloat. I will not be happy about being on her ship.
The M/V ARORO no way Paisano! The food are bad, the bed are hard and the crew were high on coke,.funny thing though on her ship is the kubeta, it looks like a golden arinola, bowl have several buttons, button for anal wide nozzle, button for dryer, button for massage, button for wax and a button for polish, aside from those sophisticated technology the computer engineer did not include a button for hand wash. The toilet was program by ZTE Broadband computer programmer, a token is needed to open the door, like buying an LRT tickets. M/V ARORO token machine only accept a hundred dollar bill not like the toilet in public school at San Pedro ihi-dos pesos, isbo-singko pesos.
Her ship is sinkable, they corrupted the budget on the construction. Abalos and Bedol were the chief engineer. Dagdag Bawas ang specs sa blueprint.
Yuko,
Papuputol ko ang dila ko, hindi, yung kay Apostol na lang, pag inilipat si Erap sa Munti. He will spend the rest of his days in Tanay, believe me. Tawag diyan sa billiards: preparasyon.
Kung mahatulan na si Pandak ng plunder, mass-murder, human rights violations, etc., papayag ba iyang makulong sa Women’s Correctional? Marami doon sa mga nakakulong asawa ng mga pinapatay niya. Tatadtarin siya ng tattoo doon na magmumukhang puwing ang bangaw niyang nunal! Araw-araw na gahasa ang aabutin niya. Teka, baka masarapan!
Susuka siya ng kuwarta sa loob para hindi siya parusahan ng mga kalabang gang. Pag-aagawan iyan ng mga mayora ng mga selda. O kagaya ni Sanchez at Jalosjos, may suwelduhang mga inmates na security rin nila. Mayor din ng selda ang labas.
Ngayon pa lang precedent-setting na iyan para sa pagdating ng araw niya. Malas niya kasi si Erap pwede pang lumaya after 14-34 yrs. Isang plunder case lang kasi. Yung kay Pandak, maximum penalty sigurado(830 political murders: 830 x 40yrs = 33,200 yrs!) yun pang plunder at human rights cases! Puti na ang Mars at may nakatira na at ang mundo self-contained na pagdating ng panahong iyon, nakakulong pa siya! (Kaya huwag nnyong ipagdasal na mamatay agad!)
Kaya lang, hindi siya malulungkot gaya ni Erap. Kasi, isasama natin si Taba, Mikey da Horsie, Dato Puti.
Si Luli, mag-isa na lang magba-blog dito kay Ellen!
pechanco: kahit seguro walang pera na si Erap kung panawagan siya sa taumbayan suportahan siya..Sen. Trillanes did and he won..mas lalo na ngayon..inapi siya at hindi siya nang api kahit kanino man..lalo na sa massa. mas marami ang tutulong sa kanya.
..hindi hihingi si GMA ng forgiveness kay erap..he is more christian than GMA and he will do what Jesus did..forgive the sinner but not the sin. if she ever does visit him publicity lang..
…talking of publicity Hookway of Wall St Journal wrote a glowing report of the recovering economy in the Phil. ginupit pa ni Fr. Larry para basahin ko daw..I told him I have a subscription to WSJ, pero hindi kobinabasa..free kasi. He asked where I get my news and sinabi ko kay ellen..hers is the true story not fantasies..take a look at the name..looks familiar? It was in yesterday’s WSJ
Tumatawa na ako uli, thanks to Cocoy.
Yang ganyang post mo naaalala ko si namayapang Yoyoy Villame. Smorgasbord ang dating.
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Dina,
May message ako sa iyo doon sa pinaglistahan mo ng top ten kleptocrats Kuno. I recommend you read this: http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/esp_sociopol_gold.htm#top
pechanco: tama ka she needs more supots..the more supots she has she has in her company the more money she makes…
neonate: you are experienced on this..SOS daw sabi ni capitana..take the wheel and sink it fast..
She certainly is full of SugarHoneyIcedTea. Mukhang bidet na puno nito.
Anna,
Kaya nga sinabi ko na only her corrupt family can GENUINELY love her, kasi yung mga followers niya ay mga bayaran at nasuhulan ng mga posisyon. Tulad ni Esperongot na nakinabang ng pera at posisyon sa pandaraya sa eleksyon. Yung mga matitino ay hindi kayang bilhin ni Gloria. She may be rich (even by illegal means) but she is very poor and miserable! Kaya panay ang tungga ng cognac!
Like lost time, missed opportunity never returns. At his inaugural, Estrada perorated, in cadenced prose ghost-written by Teodoro Locsin Jr., his flubbed chance: “This time, things will be different. What wealth will be generated will be equitably shared. What sacrifices are demanded will be evenly carried. This much I promise: for every sacrifice you carry, I will carry twice the weight to make freedom more meaningful.”
“My promises are made to be fulfilled in a working day,” he added. “They are hopes of ordinary Filipinos like myself… The common people have waited long enough for their day to come.
“That day is here. Now, power is with the people. One of their own has made it.”
He never made it. Instead, he failed to deliver. “Between 1997 and 2000, overall poverty increased from 25.1 percent to 27.5 percent,” the Philippine Human Development Report notes. “There were an estimated 3.3 million more poor Filipinos in 2000 than there were in 1997.”
Worse, “5K government” dominated: “kamag-anak” [relatives], “kaibigan” [friends], “kaklase” [classmates], “kumpadre” [bosom buddy] — and “kabit” [mistresses]. Dante Ang, Jaime Dichavez, Yolanda Ricaforte, Cecilia de Castro were his regime’s version of Ms Arroyo’s Joc-Joc Bolante, Virgilio Garcillano et al. They skipped town without leaving forwarding addresses.
Barely a third into its six-year term, a drunken corrupt-to-the-core Estrada regime was booted out by People Power II. He became the first Philippine president to be impeached.
The “Wowowee” tragedy, however, showed that show biz remains the opiate for many Filipinos. This is a nation where half of those between seven and 21 years don’t read even comics. “Will stardust from a movie icon blind an impoverished half-educated electorate and enable (him) to crawl back to power?” the Cebu Daily News asked.
Estrada II would inflict more of the same pummeling. It would prove our critics right: we, Filipinos, are gluttons for punishment.
Tongue,
Papunta raw ngayon dyan sa Pasay si Gloria. Ano kaya ang pakay? Ano sa palagay mo?
Tongue,
tagahanga ka pala ni makoy. $8 billion daw yun kuno. kaya abonado pa siya at kasama pa rin siya sa listahan.
research mo rin si rogelio roxas.
Talaga? Papunta akong Mall of Asia mamaya. Baka gustong ma-Maul of Asia!
Teka, sana pumunta sa Maricaban, doon sa kanto ng Tramo, may welcoming committee doon. Siguradong may fireworks.
O baka naman inspeksyunin yung Gambler’s Paradise Project sa Reclamation Area.
Baka babalatuhan si Peewee sa City Hall dahil hindi siya nagpadala ng “reinforcement” kay Binay nung Wednesday. Tuwing pupunta iyan sa Pasay, kwarta ag katumbas niyan. Kundi mangongolekta, mamumudmod.
Sana, makipagkamay sa mga tao, hehehe. Sana makamayan ko uli. Mahal na mahal siya dito, lalo na sa malapit sa Baclaran, yaypusin siya doon, sabay sigaw ng, Allahu Akbar…Bang!
DinaPinoy,
Basahin mo ng buo bago ka magcomment.
Some highlights:
Eto pa:
And:
Ang daming detalye dito, malulula ka sa figures. $8B kamo, yan yung nakabaon ngayon sa runway ng Fort Knox. Kulangot kung tutuusin dahil ang pinag-uusapan Hundreds of Trillions of dollars.
Tongue and Luz,
Thanks for the link to BBC. Yeah, the world doesn’t believe in Gloria. Talagang mabaho ang tingin sa kanya. I like the way the story describe Erap. Sino nga bang guardia ang hindi magmamahal sa kanya kung ang nakikita ay tunay na nagmamahal din sa kanila.
Anna & Chi, thanks for welcoming me here. I would like to send you a longer email but I could not print here due to limited space. Please tx me your emails & tels. to our office cell: 604-339-7989. And also Rose (kasimanwa)from the Garden State. I will soon be talking to you wherever you are. Again, salamat.
Rose, the self-designation of Ate Glue as Captain (or Master in maritime parlance) of the Ship (of State) is a figure of speech, a metaphor probably picked up from William Ernest Henley’s Invictus:
“Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.”
SOS is also maritime jargon telegraphed as distress signal in Morse Code (for simplicity and ease of transmission – 3 dots, 3 dashes and 3 dots) but passé. The modern version is MAYDAY adopted from French m’aide (help me). You did not hear the screams of m’aide?
my answer to this call:
both middle fingers up and a shout of GO TO HELL!
Hahahahaaaahaaah ! The reaction Gloria & her pigs expected after the verdict of Erap did not happened. It’s up to them to guess..
Yeah, Mrivera, I like that one !!! Says:
“both middle fingers up and a shout of GO TO HELL!”
neonate,
Xerox pa si Gloria, ano?! Hahahaah! Matagal na niyang ginagawa iyang mangopya ng linya ng mga famous speeches and poems, tapos ay pilit ipinakakain sa mga Pinoy! Hanep ang babaeng kagaw na ito!
Ang original lang sa kanya to perfection ay ang ‘how-tohs’ ng corruption, pandaraya, pagnanakaw, at pagsisinungaling!
Chabs,
Sabi ko nga ay naisnab sila ng masa! Hahahahah!
I beliebe in what Tongue said na mahirap mabasa ngayon ang masa. Sana ay dumating ang araw na bigla na lang tayong magugulat na nandun na pala sila sa Malcanang at dala na palabas ang ulong pugot ni Gloria!
Chi: dala na palabas ang ulong pugot ni Gloria!
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Iyan ang gusto ko. Makita ang pugot na ulo noong unanong talandi na tariray pa!!! Dapat kasama din ang ulo noong baboy na asawa!
Arroyo might be welcome in Tanay – JV Ejercito.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=88408
The Erap-Arroyo conspiracy is unraveling.
I know that those container vans are rented. But believe you me, they made a fast buck there. When all eyes and ears were glued on the verdict, container vans were taken to the Malacanan and hot cars were removed.
William Ernest Henley is one of the family’s favourite poets. A true Englishman.
A few days before the verdict, Norberto Gonzales went to Tanay and conferred with Erap.
Asked by media people what they talked about, Erap was mum.
Any guess?
“Iyan ang gusto ko. Makita ang pugot na ulo noong unanong talandi na tariray pa!!! Dapat kasama din ang ulo noong baboy na asawa!”
Yuko,
Baka pag-itinaas yung ulo ng baboy na asawa ay may kagat pa na mansanas. Hahaha! Parang yung litson sa handaan!
Luz: Baka pag-itinaas yung ulo ng baboy na asawa ay may kagat pa na mansanas. Hahaha! Parang yung litson sa handaan!
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That’s the idea kaya lang baka mawawalan ka ng gana! 😛
Tongue,
Noon pa sinasabi ni Imelda na gold trader si Ferdinand Marcos even before naging Senador. At nang mga panahon na iyon ay nakapagbiyahe na sa barko ng mga ginto papuntang Hongkong at Europe. Kaya ang mga malaking parte ng nakadeposito sa Switzerland at ibang foreign banks ay hindi galing sa panahon ng kanyang panunungkulan bilang pangulo. Dahil unang-una, walang ganoong kalaking pera ang Pilipinas! At ang mga nautang ng Pilipinas ay pinatayo bilang mga infrastructures, like San Juanico Bridge, LRT 1, reclamation and building of PICC–CCP-FolkARts (na hanaggang ngayon ay pinakikinabangan lalo na kung may international events), reclamation of the Dagat-Dagatan into a commercial residential area, (na noong araw ay bukid-sapa na lugar ng aming laruan), Heart Center, Kidney Center, Lung Center, PGH, at iba pa. Ang mas nakalulungkot ay karamihan ay naibenta ng ng mga nagdaang pangulo tulad ng Meralco, Petron, MWSS, at iba pa na sila lang ang nakinabang.
Yuko,
Mas maganda pa nga kung after na pugutan ng ulo ay ipakain pa sa mga buwitre pati na ang punggok na kawatan este katawan ni Gloria at masebong kawatan este (uli) katawan ni Mike PIdal.
Ellen: Arroyo reiterated the people deserve a stable government and economic progress.
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What progress, Ellen? Punta ka sa Tondo, or even Payatas, ang daming pilipino still using uling or firewood for cooking,
Iyong nga nilalagyan ko ng subtitles na mga interviews with people from the province of the baboy husband of the pandak, hindi pa yata nakakakita ng itlog at tuyo lang ang pinaka-special na ulam a ala-lechon dela carte. Sobrang poverty! Pati patis delicacy! Unbelievable talaga!
Puede ba bago magyabang si Pandak, siguruhin muna niyang walang sumasala ng gutom sa Pilipinas! Taragis, sila lang ang nakakatikim ng masarap. 🙁
“uling or firewood for cooking,”
But in theory that’s the best way to cook – grilled pa, walang oil so, healthy.
Kami nga here, we love cooking on charcoal and firewood.
Ang masama ay iyong wala silang sapat na iluto para kumain.
Di ko maintindihan itong hinayupak na si GMA…Nananawagan pa ng mga ”Supot” eh sa dami na ng mga supot na nakapaligid sa kanya…andiyan si Assperon na sobrang excess nang balat niya sa ari, eh puede niyo nang gawing maleta,at may libre pang coin purse…ano panama ng LV na bag ?
Isa pa yang si DOJ Gunggongzales ! bakit Kidney tranplant lang , dapat sinabay niya na pati Brain Transplant niya , dahil ma sira ang Brain niya…di ba sabi niya kailangan ni GMA ang utak niya ?
OFW remittances in 2006 reached $16Billion. That’s the data from regular channels [banks]. But what about those that are sent thru friends and unlicensed couriers?
If we can agree on $20Billion as the likely total OFW contribution to the economy, then it is this sector that is sustaining the National Budget last year alone.
If they can finance a government, why can’t the OFWs buy their own President?
Heheheh! In an ideal world, if the OFWs were a cult group, they would have bought their own president long time ago – just like the neo-cons have bought theirs.
Hah!
“Arroyo reiterated the people deserve a stable government and economic progress.”
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Pitong taon na s’ya sa nakaw na trono ito pa ang linya ni Lucifera! Nasaan ang pera ng bayan na dapat ay nasa sinasabi niyang mga programa na ito?! Hayop na Gloria, *&&^%$# bitch!
tongue,
heto pa ang ibang libro tungkol sa “yaman” ng idol mo:
Books
It says much about this subject that perhaps the most reliable ‘sources’ are fictional …
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (Arrow, 2000) £8.99
This SF novel zooms all over the world, careening back and forth between two time periods – World War II and the present. Our 1940s heroes are a brilliant mathematician and a gung-ho, morphine-addicted marine. They’re part of Detachment 2702, an Allied group trying to break Axis communication codes while simultaneously preventing the enemy from figuring out that their codes have been broken. All of this secrecy resonates in the present-day story line, in which the grandchildren of the World War II heroes team up to help create an offshore data haven in South-east Asia and uncover some of Yamashita’s gold.
Yamashita’s Gold by Tate Holt (Berkeley Hills Books, 1998). US edition only; may be available from online bookshops.
‘A trillion dollars in gold and precious artefacts – the greatest fortune ever amassed in the history of mankind – this is the force that drives this “business thriller”, which blurs the line between fact and fiction.’ A quest for treasure plundered from Asia’s temples and reportedly hidden in the jungles of the Philippines by Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita brings together an entrepreneur, a professional treasure hunter and a Philippine business man in a story of greed and violence.
Old Soldiers Sometimes Lie: What happened to Hirohito’s gold by Richard Hoyt (St Martin’s Press, 2002). US edition only; may be available from online bookshops. On 14 November 1947, two years after the war, General Douglas MacArthur met in private with Emperor Hirohito. They spoke for 90 minutes. To this day, there is no official record of what was discussed. Over five decades ago, MacArthur permitted General Tomoyuki Yamashita to be executed for alleged war crimes. Now, in this novel, Yamashita’s granddaughter is determined to clear his name, even if it means unravelling a web of deceit and corruption that may stretch back to the Emperor himself – and a secret pact between Hirohito and MacArthur.
The Yamato Dynasty: The secret history of Japan’s imperial family by Sterling and Peggy Seagrave (Corgi, 2000) £7.99
This book brings to light new evidence that points to the implicit involvement of Hirohito and other members of the imperial family’s inner circle in the war crimes of World War II. It also reveals for the first time the full scale of Golden Lily, the looting operation that removed many billions of dollars’ worth of gold, platinum, diamonds, art, religious artefacts and other treasures from a dozen occupied countries during the war, and the fate of these hidden assets after 1945.
Asian Loot: Unearthing the secrets of Marcos, Yamashita and the gold by Charles C McDougald (San Francisco Publishers, 1993). US edition only; may be available from online bookshops.
By the writer/treasure hunter interviewed in the documentary.
The Philippines under Japan: Occupation policy and reaction, co-edited by Ikehata Setsuho and Ricardo Trota Jose (Ateneo de Manila University Press/University of Hawaii Press, 2000). US edition only; may be available from online bookshops. This book about the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, written by Japanese scholars and a Filipino, attempts to provide the Japanese point of view, presenting new perspectives of the occupation based on Japanese and other hitherto unused primary sources.
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/i-m/lastdays4.html
Neonate: Thanks. Ang bilis nga nang paglubog ng Pilipinas but according to Hookway of the Wall Street Journal–fast recovery daw dahil kay GMA. Kung fast recovery how come she is asking for help? from whom? BTW “Invictus” was not my poem. Hindi kasi ako forceful.. My father made us memorize and recite poems and the captive audience naman were his relatives..Invictus and Friends, Romans Countrymen were for my brothers. “Be the Best of Whatever you are” was my sister’s and mine was I Shot an Arrow Into the Air..
Isaac H: are you from Antique too? And in NJ? Ellen has my email address..just ask it from her..If you are from Sibalom or San Remigio basi pariente ko pa ikaw..
Isaac: sorry hindi ako marunong magtext.
Rose,
Do you know that Gloria created an International Media Bureau to sell her anew?! Meron nga ba Ellen? Nabasa ko, don’t remember what paper.
Baka si Hookway ay unang natapalan! Wall Street Journal is biased to economists kahit peke tulad ni Gloria.
Recovery? Why, when did Pinas achieve economic progress under the ‘economissed’ Gloria?
Better for Hookway to come and research the truth about Pinas economy, and not rely on the drawings of Teves!
bullshit to gloria. granted the pinoys are tired of people power, there should be another way of ousting this tiny girl with a big appetite from her pedestal…
Rose, thank you. Ari lang sa Pacific boundary sang USA and Canada sa punta sang I-5(Interstate 5). Taga Iloilo ako pero matagal na rito. May i-konsulta sana ako sa inyo ni Anna & Chi bago ko isulat dito dahil election year ngayon sa US. Mga suggestions din ito ng mga Pinoy diyan sa States of Oregon and Washington and British Columbia Canada. Alam mo naman summer pa dito sa atin kaya pag weekend kaliwat-kanan ang picnic sa mga parks – kain, inom, madjong, etc. Sa pagiponipon lumalabas ang mga galing Pinoy. Sa nakikita namin titino ang Philippine government kung ang Filipino-American citizens and taxpayers will call the attention of their congressmen to relay the message to President Bush. It may or may not be possible but its worth trying. So iyon ang idea. Thank you.
Anna: Heheheh! In an ideal world, if the OFWs were a cult group, they would have bought their own president long time ago – just like the neo-cons have bought theirs.
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Kaya nga target ni Velarde at Manalo ang mga iyan e. Pero mas malakas makaloko si Velarde. Hopefully, something will come out of the lawsuit about his fraudulent prayer rallies. Pero kasabwat diyan iyong mga paring katoliko na takot na takot na mawala daw ang mga tao na nahihilig sa grupo ni Velarde who actually moves as a cult within an established religion para daw manatiling katoliko iyong mga katoliko calling themselves as “El Shaddai.” If this is not a deception, what is?
“And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.” (Matt. 24: 11)
“For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” (Matt. 24:24)
Chi: Do you know that Gloria created an International Media Bureau to sell her anew?! Meron nga ba Ellen? Nabasa ko, don’t remember what paper.
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Asawa niya ang pakulo niyan. Remember what I wrote about the lobby group that now operates in the US, Australia and Manila? Kaya sumama iyong mataba sa Sydney. May office sila doon.
I understand from my source that it is headed by IpDyi. Kaya dapat binabantayan iyan ng mga pilipino. Dito sa Japan, bantay sarado kami para ipasibak if we see something anomalous na puedeng pasukan ng mga authorities.
The gunggonzales undergoing a kidney transplant? Sabi ko na sa inyo e. Iyong kidney kinuha doon sa mga nakatira sa Baseco kaya nga pinapunta iyong military medic doon para tignan kung sino ang may dalawang kidney pa!
Diyos mahabagin!
“What progress, Ellen? Punta ka sa Tondo, or even Payatas, ang daming pilipino still using uling or firewood for cooking, ”
Yuko,
Totoo yan. Katunayan kami nga ay gumagamit din ng uling pangsubstitute sa pagluluto lalo na yung mga pagkaing medyo matagal lutuin katulad ng pagpapalambot ng karne. Kasi kung laging LPG eh masyado ng mahal. Cannot afford na ng budget. At pagkatapos ay isusunod ang pagpapainit ng tubig panlagay sa thermos para pangkape para di masayang ang init ng baga. Lahat ng pagtitipid ay ginagawa ng mga pangkaraniwang Pinoy. Pati budget sa pagkain ay bawas na. Totoo na minsan ay noodles na lang ang ulam dadagdagan na lang ng tubig para maraming sabaw. Pero yung mga ilegal na nakaupo ay puro pagnanakaw, pagwawaldas at pagsasamantala ang ginagawa. Peke ang economic growth ni Gloria. Pwede sila-sila lang ang lumalago ang bulsa at umaangat ang lagay sa buhay. Dahil yan sa korapsyon!!!
Luz: Sa Antique..many still use uling..kasi ang electricity not only is it expensive but we only have from 6:00pm to 6:am. They still use flat iron..At it is not unusual na ang rice is mixed with corn; or rice cooked with camote..And palayok ang ginagamit sa pagluto..
Isaac: that is indeed a good idea..unfortunately, however, hindi united ang Filipinos. Here JC, kanya kanya..I am a chartered member of the NAFAA..but I have not attended the
meetings lately..kung dito lang sa tabi tabi like DC, PA I don’t mind going…but farther than that..ayaw ko. At any rate we tried getting the Filipinos united but we failed kaya we don’t have a political clout..other ethnic groups like the Indians, Koreans, they are courted by politicians.Ang mga mayayaman na Filipinos..with businesses in the Phil. pro GMA or anybody incumbent..we have the Iloilo Society of America, purely for scholarships..but we can ask the individual members..let’s give it a try..incidentally, three years back siraulo graced a meeting
of ISA.. does Ellen have your email?..I can get it from her.
Isaac: I know most of the members of ISA..have been an officer since inception..23 years ago..at most of the officers are my compadre/comadre..I can link with your other friends and we can form a group…
Yuko, re new office to polish Gloria Arroyo’s international image, click here: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=87208
Rose damo nga salamat. Well, hindi ito idea ko. Alam mo ang Pinoy pagnakainom lumalabas ang galing. Baka may sumulat na sa California not sure kung sa district ni Speaker Pelosi. Tagalog na lang para mabasa rin ng ibang Pinoy ito. Ang suggestion nila, sa Pinas dapat ang magrequest sa mga relatives, friends, etc. na dito sa USA ang sumulat sa kanilang congressmen or senators. In 2006, the US Congress has 436 members – 233 Democrats, 202 Republican and 1 Independent and the Senate 100 members – 49 each party and 2 independent. Ang mga states na maraming Pinoy are California 53 districts, Texas 32, Florida 25, Illinois 19, New Jersey & Georgia 13 each, Penn 19 and Michigan 15. Karamihan diyan lamang ang Democrats. Kung ikaw Pinoy voter/taxpayer malamang tulungan ka ni President Bush kasi kailangan ng Republican ang iyong tulong dahil pag Domocrat president ang manalo sa Nov ’07, problema na sila starting January 20, 2008. Kaya sa Australia nakita mo si Bush lumalayo na kay GMA. Kung hindi man ito gawin ng mga kababayan natin may nagsimula na. Ako hindi man puede gumawa Canadian ako. Pero sabihin nila sa Pinas pakialam ang US sa internal problem ng Pinas. So bahala na sila mag-isip ng tama. Kasi kung rally ang gawin, ako hindi na puede baka asmahin pa ako, pero hindi ako Ask Mama,ha!ha!ha! Ano ang phone mo ? I will call you. May email ako kay Ellen pero ayaw kung sabihin dito. Tambak ang emails at milyon-milyong pera natutulog lang daw sa Africa naghahanap ang paglalagyan, pati ka kaday-a. TY.
Isaac: We had done writing our Congressmen and letting them know..on other issues like abortion, etc. We prepared the message in stamped postcard and ask people to sign & mail. But they are not all Filipinos.Ang problema dito sa JC many do not want to be bothered politically..either TNT, NPA or just don’t want to. The younger ones, however, are getting to be involved..May I ask Ellen for your email? We have a NAFAA org initiated by Loida Lewis and they have tried, still trying to get the Filipinos politically united to have a political clout.
Rose: Thank you. Hindi natin i-bother yung ayaw. Kung walang request galing sa Pinas para sabihin sa kanilang relatives, friends, etc. para sumulat wala tayong magawa. Baka sa Pinas marami rin ang may gusto sa patakaran ni Gloria. Ang US hindi makikialam kay Gloria or Philippine government hangat walang reklamo ang mga tao. Palitan man ng Democrat ang US President ganon din hindi rin yan gagalaw. So hangang kailan ganon lang ang sitwasion sa atin. Para sumulat sa members of US Congress, go to: http://www.House.gov/writerep/, then click the State and type zip code. Temporarily, please send your email here tvencer@ hotmail.com. Thank you.