Update:PNP now in search of ‘Makapili’ among reporters
PNP admits it has no goods against lady reporter
Since when has a journalist interviewing a person involved in a situation a crime?
The RPN-9 video that was supposedly the PNP “smoking gun” to discredit media in connection with the Nov. 29 Manila Pen incident just showed Dana Batnag, reporter of Jiji Press, a Japanese news agency, talking with Marine Capt. Nicanor Faeldon, who was one of the Magdalo officers who walked out of their hearing at the Makati Regional Trial Court, proceeded to the Manila Pen and called for the ouster of Gloria Arroyo’s illegitimate government.
There was nothing in the picture as described by no less than the justice secretary and the PNP chief that showed a “female reporter helping Capt Nicanor Faeldon escape by giving him a press ID.”
There was nothing in the picture described by PNP spokesman Nicanor Bartolome as a female reporter “may inaabot” (handing him something).
Is that rebellion as threatened by Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez?
This latest incident involving government lying shows the frustration of the Arroyo’s minions over media, that is seen now as the remaining democratic institution that Arroyo has not fully broken and tamed.
It’s Dana on whom they are now focusing. Earlier it was me, Ces Drilon and Charmaine Deogracias of NHK.
Newspapers accurately described the PNP’s operation as witch hunt.
Wikipedia describes a witch hunt “as a search for witches or evidence of witchcraft, often involving moral panic, mass hysteria and mob lynching, but in historical instances also legally sanctioned and involving official witchcraft trials.”
The term is often used to refer to similarly panic-induced searches for perceived wrong-doers other than witches. The best known example is probably the McCarthyist search for communists during the Cold War.
In the 1950’s, American Senator Joseph McCarthy accused many American citizens of being Communists or Communist sympathizers, and hearings were held by anti-Communist committees, panels and “loyalty review boards” across the United States. These hearings, later deemed unconstitutional, resulted in ostracism, ruined careers or even imprisonment for tens of thousands, and represent a major breakdown in civil liberties and civil discourse.
One of those that McCarthy tried to destroy was broadcaster Edward Murrow of CBS. In the movie, “Good Night and Good Luck”, there’s a passionate quote by Murrow which should inspire us as we battle the evil designs of Arroyo and her minions to destroy our democracy.
Murrow said: “We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law.
“We will not walk in fear, one or another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men – not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend courses that were, for the moment unpopular.”
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We should send this text message to Arroyo, all officials of Malacañang, PNP chief Avelino Razon and to the military:
Stop destroying our sacred institutions. Defend the PRESS and STOP all forms of harassment.
The political system has been corrupted, the military and police have been divided, the courts and the church have also been compromised.
Now, the Fourth Estate, the last bastion of democracy is under attack. Let us unite and stand together to defend press freedom.
Related stories:
Read Ninez Olivarez’ piece “For shame, for shame”
Are their faces red!
First, they talked nothing but a coup plot to be launched by a leftists-rightists-politicians combine anywhere between Jan. 19 to 22 to topple Gloria and her government.
The days came and went, and there was not a single whiff of a destabilization, much less a coup d’etat.
Click here for the full article.
Statement of Sen. Francis Pangilinan:
Kiko to PNP: Put Up or shut up
Senate Majority Leader and Independent senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today criticized the Philippine National Police (PNP) for floating unsubstantiated information regarding a journalist who allegedly facilitated the escape of Marine Capt. Nicanor Faeldon during the Manila Peninsula siege.
“Bakit ayaw ilabas ng PNP ang pangalan ng sinasabi nilang taga-media na nagpatakas daw kay Capt. Faeldon? Dahil ba wala silang sapat na ebidensya? Kung wala silang sapat na ebidensya, manahimik na lang sila. Pang-iintriga ang gingawa nila at hindi pangiimebestiga upang alamin at isiwalat ang katotohanan, At kung may ebidensya sila isampa ang reklamo hukuman” Kiko said.
Police authorities earlier claimed Faeldon was able to sneak out of the Manila Peninsula through the help of a journalist.
Kiko explains that this scenario being painted by the police is highly unlikely, considering that battalions of law enforcers were able to contain and secure the area. But assuming for the sake of argument they are correct then the proper thing to do is file the necessary charges. It is the height of unprofessional behavior when those in the national police force resort to innuendo and the sowing of intrigue to present their case to the public.
“Kung mayroon mang nagkamali o pumalya sa pagkatakas ni Capt. Faeldon, ito ay ang mga rumesponde sa lugar. Huwag silang magtuturo, at manisi ng ibang tao ng walang sapat na ebidensya,” Kiko ended.
“Huwag silang magtuturo, at manisi ng ibang tao ng walang sapat na ebidensya,” – Kiko Pangilinan
Ayan ha, coming from one of Gloria’s backbenchers yan!
From Inquirer: Razon insists he is not peddling fiction.
What script and who are the characters in his next episode of lies?
Ayyy, huling-huli na si Kiko. Sumeguro muna na hindi totoo ang bintang ni Gunggong at Razon sa media!
Kiko, sa susunod ay pumasok ka sa kainitan ng isyu ha!
Razon must be eying Boy Abunda’s slot in The Buzz or Joey de Leon’s in Star Talk. The AFP and PNP have once again evolved. They are better than farmers at “planting” and better at baiting than “fishermen”. What’s next? They’ll be tailors, good at sewing lies.
witch hunt? kaya ba ang sabi ni siraulo ay Bisaya? sa amin sa bisaya pag maingay ka ang ikuon kanimo…abi pungko ka lang dian kag mag hipos. Ay Mr. Death of Justice secretary…pungko ka lang dian kag mag hipos..in other words just sit down and shut up…hindi ron pag sabad..
Aba, pumapapel si Kiko ha! May permission ba siya mula kay Sharon na magsalita ng ganyan? Whatever Kiko does today doesn’t make people forget what he did during the canvassing of votes in Congress. Of course he has ambition in 2010…balita ko gustong mag-Vice President. But, Kiko’s name shall always be identified with “Mr. Noted”. Wala ka na, Kiko. Bagsak na ang political career mo kahit tulungan ka pa ng tabatsoy mong Megastar.
Stop the Witch Hunt? Why still hunt for the witch when the biggest witch is there at the Palace?
Do we think that the EK regime will stop their witch hunting gimmickry? I don’t think so coz’ they are really sucking the blood of every Pinoyzki and trying to destroy the foundation of democracy in our country.
It’s now time for all of us to wake up and we need to stand united against these sorcerers who witch-hunt to victimize innocent people or whoever they wanted to be a fall guy in their quest in their evil deeds.
Ka BB,
I’m not Sharonian at lalo na di ako believe diyan kay Mr. Noted. Ka dugo yan ni EK, kaya mahirap pagkatiwalaan…baka ibenta ka pa niyan.
Di ba isa yan sa may atraso sa 11M Pinoyzki? Akala mo ang galing-galing niya pero wala namang guts, at nanalo lang yan sa Senado dahil kay Shawie. Dapat nga eh si Shawie na lang ang ibinoto dahil ang epa niya eh oppositionist at pro-Erap noong nabubuhay pa.
Ka Rose,
Sang-ayon sa Merriam-Webster 10th edition, witch-hunt means, the searching out and deliberate harassment of those (as political opponents) with unpopular views.
But if we will apply this word in laymans word, di ba popular ang issues na ito kaya inis-talo yang EK at kung anu-ano ang pinaglululubid na tsismis para lalong lituhin ang Masang Pinoy at sirain ang image ng taga-Media.
Balweg, the late Pasay Mayor Cuneta was also a Marcos loyalist until the end. Kahit na hindi popular sa mga anti-Marcos groups ang paninindigan ni Cuneta, at least may paninindigan siya. Hindi balimbing. Deep inside Sharon’s heart, she’s pro-Erap and opposition from the beginning. I can say the same thing with Gov. Vilma Santos. But then, just like other people they are overcome by political interests. Ang kanilang mga asawa uto-uto lang naman. Notice Kiko these days…kahit ordinaryong show ni Sharon nandoon siya para lang makunan ng camera. But Balweg, pinatawad na din ni Erap si Kiko. Lahat yatang nag-traidor sa kanya except si Singson pinatawad na niya. Mukhang siga pero may pusong mamom itong si Erap. Kaya siya patuloy na minamahal ng mga tao.
Hi Schumey have a nice day to you,
RE: Razon must be eying Boy Abunda’s slot in The Buzz or Joey de Leon’s in Star Talk.
Buti pa ng magclick siya doon, kasi nga eh laging bokya sila at isama na niya si sickretary Gonzales. Tutal mahilig sila sa tsismis eh at gumimik. Gawin na nilang sidekick si Bartolome.
I predict a sudden cooling in the ardor of media over this incident. I predict that the Big Media Moguls, the owners and bosses of those reporters and photographers, will be thinking twice about their stake in all of this. And whether, as the shrillest are claiming, Press Freedom really is under attack, or whether as the Public sees it, Media was at fault.
It may yet occur to the real decision makers in the Big Business that is Mass Media that really, what happened was, their people made a mistake, a bad decision, got all caught up in the situation….So, let a few heads roll or apologize, make peace with the Cops, quietly, let bygones be bygones and keep the Franchise safe.
Given that there is no “outrage” even among the media itself, who I think know the mischief their colleagues got into at the Pen, and with the Supreme Court unlikely to grant amparo to ten employees of the country’s largest media conglomerate, (fer cryin’ out loud!)==I bid you all a fair good night! (I mean, howz that gonna look on Puno’s resume for some big job in Geneva, amparo-ing Gabby Lopez?)
BTW, I am not concluding anything from this fact from Bill Billig (the Igorot Blogger). It seems that Dana is quite a famous young lady. Won a song writing contest of Roger Whittaker that’s used by Unicef. She’s from Besao, Mt. Province, long a liberated area of the New People’s Army.
Re: “She’s from Besao, Mt. Province, long a liberated area of the New People’s Army.”
Do I detect innuendo there?
schumey Says:
They are better than farmers at “planting” and better at baiting than “fishermen”. What’s next? They’ll be tailors, good at sewing lies.
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Hey schumms,
You can be thankful if they are tailors for now. Let us keep up our vigilance before they become butchers. Considering the smokescreen foisted on the media, it is highly probable that they have butchered Faeldon already. His lawyer doesn’t even know where he is.
My fellow Bloggers in Ellensville, should we be jubilant about this news or what ?
The Star reports that “Esperon’s term extended”
Here’s the link to this story:
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080124174
Chabs,
Your favourite Babe must have lobbied on all fours for his extension… I’m livid with anger!
Esperoni extention is thier business, so why we bother if EK granted his long stay in the AFP. Let’s see and wait, the action of disgruntled military hierarchy to revolt and express their disappointment about this matter.
Tabako insinuated to extend Esperoni retirement due to the fact that he is the most trusted Garci boyz and have capable to pin down all forces against EK.
Rule of law still manipulating the sanctity of all institutions under her command. Dapat huwag papayag ang buong Sandatahang Lakas ng Pinas sa mga ganid na nagmamanipula sa ating bayan.
Kailangang tapusin na nila ito sa madaling panahon,once and for all!
As I said in the other thread…From my own perspective as against that of DJBRIZALIST, Media at the Pen was “NOT THERE TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE”, but rather to “PREVENT INJUSTICE”. And this is a RIGHT and a RESPONSIBILITY of every citizen, whether media or not.
I am not so much bothered by Media “cooling off” after this incident, as what DJBRIZALIST has predicted. What concerns me is more are the lying, cheating and stealing that is “heating up” just so Gloria Esperon stay in power.
Gloria Esperon Razon are the “newsmakers” and Media provides the news they make to its viewers and listeners. Unfortunately, all the news that Gloria Esperon Razon et al make are about cheating, lying and stealing. The actions of these thieves, cheats and liars won’t pass muster even to the most irresponsible reporter.
Hanggang ngayon nanghuhula pa rin ba sila kung paano nakatakas si Capt. Paeldon? Bakit di nila itanong kay Gwapings Senador Trillanes? Bakit nga ba sya bumaba at umikot sa lobby ng Manila Pen na sinusundan naman ng mga nagkakagulong media kabilang na ng mga Pulis na tutok na tutok ang mga mata habang gumagala ang magiting nating senador sa lobby?
Ka Ellen, bakit nga ba bumaba sa lobby si Senador?
Si Capt Paeldon ay isa lamang sa mga magigiting nating sundalo na kayang panindigan at lumaban gaano man karumi ang uri ng labanan.
I told you, matatakot ang mga ignoramuses kapag nalaman nilang bigatin ang Jiji Press na pinapasukan ng hindi nila kilalang journalist na si Dana Batnag.
Iyan ang mahirap sa mga matapobre na akala nila komo walang pangalan sa Pilipinas ay wala nang ibubuga! Hindi nila alam na walang binatbat iyong advertising agency na binabayaran ng Dorobo government para bumango ang pangalan niya sa ibang bansa sa information cartel na Jiji Press na siya lang nakapasok na news agency sa Tsina sa totoo lang. Baka gusto nilang tuluyan nang bumagsak si Gloria Dorobo at tuluyan nang mawala ang palabigasan nila?
Sabi ko nga sa inyo, next lilitaw ulit iyong E. T. na inimbento ng mga ungas na tumulong daw at girlfriend pa ni Faeldon.
Subukan nila at pagdi ko sinumbong kay Spielberg ang mga walang mga yagbols na iyan. Puedeng kasuhan ni Spielberg ng pagnanakaw ng copyright niya for E. T. sa totoo lang. Sabi nga ng mga kapampangan, “Subukan pamu para mabalu!” 😛
Puede ba pakisabi kay Razon, Gunggonzales, et al, ilabas na nila si Faeldon, pati na sina Jonas Burgos, iyong dalawang UP students, et al. Bistado na sila, ayaw pa raw pahalata!
Tanong: Kailan ba gigising ang mga pinoy?
DJB: “Given that there is no “outrage” even among the media itself…”
What newspaper have you been reading, Sagad?
Sulbatz:
Huwag mo nang pansinin si Bocobo, who, judging from yours and other posts replying to his posts, is trying hard to be just a fortune teller now.
Also, gusto lang niyang i-dampen ang spirit ng mga pilipino para makalibre din ang mga mahal niyang mga kano ng pagpasok muli sa Pilipinas.
Bakit natin siya pakikinggan? Let’s just pulse our own selves, true feelings and sentiments for bayan sinilangan. Isa lang naman ang tanong diyan sa totoo lang, “Gaano ang pagmamahal natin para sa Pilipinas?” Kasi kung tunay na may pagmamahal sa bayan sinilangan, I bet you, makikita at makikita ang kapalpakan ni Gloria Dorobo.
Noon nga kay Marcos, marami pang unfounded bintang sa kaniya. Ngayon lantaran na ang pagnanakaw, wala pa ring tumitinag kasi nalalagyan at ayaw mawala ang grasya nila na galing sa pagnanakaw ni Gloria Dorobo, et al.
As for the journalists cooling off, I doubt. Marami lang wala talagang means gaya noong mga tumatambay doon sa kapihan na malapit sa Manila Hilton. Palakasan din kasi. Kaya marami ang labas advertising agent ng mga makakabayad sa kanilang politikong pulpol, et al.
grizzy: “Tanong: Kailan ba gigising ang mga pinoy?”
Gising naman, duwag lang.
And for my alternative title to this thread “Stop the witch hunt”, I dedicate this to Razon and Gonzales: “Stop the bitch, cunts!”
For every discipline or career, a certain qualification applies. Or a monkey is always a monkey no matter what. The police hierarchy is supposed to be staffed with at least a lawyering stuff. Parttime defense counsel or trial judge advocate or court martial member stint is not adequate experience to meet the intricacies of legal battles. We must remember that law is not a science. Kung sa military nga ibibigay, sayangs lang. Legal manners is absent in military science. Karina is very correct sa kanyang conclusion. Square pegs should not go to round holes. Marami tuloy butas sa mga batas ng mamang police. They should be hunting down established criminals. Not hunting and seeking fame in witch ko lang.
I guess what most people on this thread really don’t see is the entire corpus of the Mass Media and how it is a Bigger Business than agriculture or industry, considering how truly little of the latter we do. Our production of slanted news and weird views is much greater than the Malampaya gas production. We make more editorials and erudite opinions than electronics. The Right to Know is reckoned higher than the Right to Live or the right NOT to know. Yet organized journalism as an institution make no mistake about it, is a commercial, for profit enterprise.
Electron for electron Wowwowee is still much more profitable than any oil company or electric utility. Radio, TV, print is a major industry serving the masses, employing millions. Media is the industry of the Filipinos, unless they are insurgents or the guys running after the insurgents and cheating the elections.
The newspapers, after killing hundreds of trees daily and blasting them with toxic chemicals to make them whiter then spreading them all over the place, are mainly hawkers of telecomm load and gossip. Without the sensationalistic wrappers called The Front Page, really, who would buy them?
It’s one of our most established and oldest industries, the Mass Media. Which makes you wonder whatever happened to the Right to Know and why the Public is still always in the dark, or worse, the bright lights of commercialized journalizm.
Since the well of knowledge is known to be infinite, it is not enough for journalists to claim the Right to Know is what they are serving. For the truth is, they’re making a living just like the police and govt officials. The truth is, their work is no more honorable or worthy or possessive of more rights than that of the police or the general public.
And so, like in so many other clashes with the media, it’s to do with their own inflated concept of their importance. Which is huge, but dispersed, sacred but shared by all, not just the journalists!
Still without these pot boilers stirred and churned by the Mass media itself, how could they sell papers and satisfy the public’s right to know what Simm to buy this week, or which teen starlet got pregnant last night.
Sulbatz:
Huwag mo nang pansinin si Bocobo….Bakit natin siya pakikinggan?…..(Grizzy)
Grizzy,
Much as I want to heed your advice, I subscribe to a line in the poem DESIDERATA….”listen to others even the DULL and IGNORANT. They, too, have their own story.” Bulok nga lang ang istorya nya.
However, the same poem admonishes us to…”speak your truth quietly and clearly…..” I’d say that we “SPEAK OUR TRUTH LOUDLY AND CLEARLY” for the benefit of the dull and ignorant. I don’t really know how it would affect those who PRETEND to be dull and ignorant but are actually cowards.
Tongue: I dedicate this to Razon and Gonzales: “Stop the bitch, cunts!”
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Bwhahahahahaha! Salamat, Tongue! Naalis ang init ng ulo ko. BTW, Tongue na lang ang tawag ko sa iyo dito. Masamang pakinggan iyon TT pag nilakasan ang sabi! 🙂
Sulbatz: …who PRETEND to be dull and ignorant but are actually cowards.
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Iyan din ang sabi ni Tongue. Mga duwag! O talagang tanga lang? Taragis ginugutom na sila ni Dorobo, sabi pa ng marami, “Aalis na lang kami ng ‘Pinas. Ganoon din. Pare-pareho lang magnanakaw!” Or, “Kapag tinapunan ako ni Gloria ng grasya, tatanggapin ko!” Yikes!
Off topic: Mabuti pa yung Italian Prime Minister at nag-resign na following the defeat in senate. Yan ang tunay na leader hindi katulad ng DOROBO na kahit na ayaw ng mga tao sa kanya, sige pa rin ang suhol niya sa lahat so her tenure will be prolonged. Iba talaga ang mga leaders ng “first” world countries dahil marunong silang mahiya. Dito sa Pilipinas,we will always be a “third” world country kasi “pakapalan” ng mukha ang umiiral sa ating political system-no accountability, corruption lang in all forms prevail! Itong si DOROBO na isinusuka na eh ayaw pang umalis sa ninakaw niyang pwesto! Matindi talaga ang “apog” ng isang ito!
Yup, stop the witchhunt! Ilabas si Faeldon!
Like Chi, I would not like to think that the sundalong kanin got him. Kung nakatakas talaga siya, sasabihin ko pang, “Hallelujah! Patnubayan siya ng Panginoon”
Parang katulad siya ng mga na-incarcerate sa Fort Santiago noong WWII na nakatakas at sumama sa mga guerrilla. Kaya sinong may sabing harboring fugitives kung tumulong ka sa kaniya?
Bakit legal ba ang paghuli sa mga Magdalo soldiers? OK, they threatened to blow up the criminals running the government if they would not step down. Anong masama noon? Pero di ba nagkaroon naman ng negotiation at pangakong their grievances would be heard? O nasaan na iyong pangako at bakit ngayon they are treated as ordinary criminals? Mas kriminal iyong mga squatters doon sa palace by the murky river na hindi marunong tumupad ng pangako at salita. Masamang halimbawa sa kabataang pilipino!
Ilabas nila si Faeldon, Jonas Burgos, et al! Iyan ang dapat na isigaw ng bayan!
PSB: Mabuti pa yung Italian Prime Minister at nag-resign na following the defeat in senate.
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Duly elected naman kasi iyong Italian Prime Minister, PSB, kaya may delikadesa. Si Gloria Dorobo naman wala. Ilegal ascendancy na noong una, nakaw pa sa pangalawa!
“I guess what most people on this thread really don’t see is the entire corpus of the Mass Media and how it is a Bigger Business than agriculture or industry, considering how truly little of the latter we do. Our production of slanted news and weird views is much greater than the Malampaya gas production. We make more editorials and erudite opinions than electronics. The Right to Know is reckoned higher than the Right to Live or the right NOT to know. Yet organized journalism as an institution make no mistake about it, is a commercial, for profit enterprise.”…DJBRIZALIST
I think this is what you mean DJB…
I guess what most people on this thread CLEARLY see is the entire corpus of MALACANANG AND ITS BRAND OF POLITICS and how it is a Bigger Business than agriculture or industry, considering how truly little of the latter IT DOES. MALACANANG’S production of FALSEHOODS and WEIRD STATEMENTS is much greater than the Malampaya gas production. IT makes more PRESS RELEASES and erudite CLAIMS than electronics. The Right to DIE is reckoned higher than the Right to Live or the right NOT to BELIEVE. Yet organized GLORIA-STYLE POLITICS as an institution, make no mistake about it, is a commercial, for profit enterprise.
Itong gimmick nila Dorobo at mga BFs niya sa AFP/PNP lumang tugtugin na. Kung baga sa pelikula, nilangaw na pinagpipilitan pa rin.
OK lang batikosin kasi kundi baka na-frame up na kung sinong akala nila kaya nila. Wow, talaga ang incompetence, pagkabobo, clumsiness at lahat-lahat nang pintas that make them look more like criminals, hoodlums and shenanigans worse than real criminals! Sabi nga ng kaibigan ko, ang alam lang mamuki!
grizzy Says:
si Bocobo, who, judging from yours and other posts replying to his posts, is trying hard to be just a fortune teller now
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grizzy – TH (trying hard) na pala ngayon si Bocobo? I noticed that he set up his crystal ball shop at ellenville
Wow naman itong si Saludo. Media pa raw ang nag-trial by publicity sa sarili nila. Their twisted/perverted mind is really amazing.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080125-114652/Palace-Media-conducting-trial-by-publicity-against-PNP
“Our production of slanted news and weird views is much greater than the Malampaya gas production.”
Dean, you might be reading and listening too much on those Gloria controlled newspapers, radios and TVs.
Witness the French Revolution of 1789; serialized stories were published by underground newspapers; writers were led by Voltaire and Rousseau among others.
And as Dean knows very well, such things have happened right in America. Remember that US press magnate William Randolph Hearst used the power of the press to manipulate American public opinion, hence the Cuban revolution. Remember Watergate! Two enterprising journalists opened a can of worms and toppled the American president.
Dean knows the power of media and he is so afraid for Gloria who has become his heroine of late. Hence his vitriols agains media… I am just gobsmacked. What happened to you Dean?
OOOps, Intro missing: Dean knows how dangerous the media can be… History shows us that revolutions were stirred by revelations….
Remember too that Fatso Mike Arroyo used the press to convene the people to watch his wife’s coup d’état in 2001 when Fatso admitted in an interview with Graphic Magazine that he bought ONE MILLION COPIES of a local newspaper and distributed them to people…
Fatso said ” We bought one million and a half million copies of Pinoy Times to give away so the public could read about the Erap mansions and bank accounts.”
So Dean is wary of the power of media.
But hey Dean, let’s be philosophical about it: what’s good for the goose is good for the gander!
Gabriela:
Palusot lang iyan kasi alam nilang hindi sila nakaloko gaya ng akala nilang kaya nilang gawin. Inis na inis ang mga gunggong sa ginawa nilang pagbisto sa mga sarili din nila. Naglabas pa ng ebidensiya, palpak pa. Yuck!
Kung baga kay Gloria Dorobo, burara din ang mga ungas. Biro mo mag-iimbento din lang hindi pa believable. I bet you, si E. T. ang pagpipilitan nilang nagtakas kay Faeldon. Saan mo nga naman hahanapin siya sa mundong ibabaw kung inilipad na siya sa outerspace, err…guniguni nila!
Sinong slanted, Chi, ang sabi noong little brown American? Mas slanted nga ang mga views niya kaya wala akong tiyagang magbasa. Magbabasa na lang ako ng Biblia. May matutunan pa ako. Bet you, one of these days, may regalo na siya mula kay Gloria Dorobo!
I just talked to a friend in the media here, and asked about Dana Batnag. Golly, sikat pala siya! Nakiki-cooperate pa pala siya sa iba’t ibang foreign media syndicates like the Washington Post, etc. Baka mapahiya si Gloria Dorobo and company!
Arya Dana! Ipakita mo ang galing mo! Walang sinabi iyong unconfirmed injustice secretary who is now apparently engaging in gossipmongering kasi wala naman yatang alam sa trabaho sa DoJ. Same with those tsismosos in the AFP/PNP. ‘Kakakahiya!
Sulbatz,
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Thank you (~wink). Yeah and I used to spend a lot of time in “Ellenville.” You never know … I could stick around a lil. My bandwidth is your bandwidth. No Blog is an island. All threads are in the Tapestry. Besides, I like the sound of Scream Therapy. Reminds me of Bedlam.
Yuko,
Gloria, Razon, Gonzalez, at ang mga sin cojones sa gobyerno ni punggok pinagtutulong-tulungan nila ang ISANG tao — what they don’t reckon with is people ain’t dumb.
Galawin nila si Dana, tignan natin kung hindi mag earthquake… The pen is mightier than the sword (DJBRizalist is just so aware of the saying hence his hystrionics…)
OK, gotta hit the sack and get some beauty sleep… have to take my lil doberman out for a walk yet and it’s almost 4 AM… (but will be up in no time at all, 7 AM as usual)
Ciao folks, see you after work. Keep up the good fight…
FOCAP pala si Dana Batnag and a Carlos Palanca Memorial Awardee.
Kaya siya tinirya nang walang makitang ebidensiya laban kay Ellen kasi nakalista si Dana doon sa listahan yata ni Gungonzales, Razon, et al, as Gigi Press staff. Wrong spelling pa kaya akala nila kagaya lang ng Hustler ang news agency niya.
O loko, nalamam ng mga unggoy na hindi Gigi Press (non-existent) kundi Jiji Press connected si Dana. O di natakot sila lalo na hindi nila puedeng diktahan ang Jiji Press na mas magaling naman di hamak doon sa tsismis machine nila sa PNP/AFP.
Para sa kaalaman ng mga walang alam, information cartel ang tawag sa Jiji Press dito!
Anna: Galawin nila si Dana, tignan natin kung hindi mag earthquake… The pen is mightier than the sword (DJBRizalist is just so aware of the saying hence his hystrionics…)
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Sinabi mo pa, Anna. Baka ma-sensationalize na si Gloria Dorobo for what she is—fake president who cheated her way to the palace by the murky river. Pag hindi pa siya natanggal niyan, ewan ko na. Baboy na baboy na ang Pilipinas sa totoo lang.
“The pen is mightier than the sword”
Aba parang co-incidence, yung mga journalists na gumagamit ng pen as weapon eh sa Manila Pen napalaban! Parang feeling ko malaki ang magiging partisipasyon ng media(Press people) sa napipintong ending ni Gloria. Laban fourth estate!
I think DJB would rather have a media that connives with the government like what the US have, they connived with the government inorder to justify their SHOCK AND AWE importation of violence. Too bad they got burned, now they have successfully imported the sub prime woes – bringing down the whole world with them down the drain.
I believe the media has become our LAST LINE OF DEFENSE already, all other instituions have been compromised!
Sorry, I meant all other INSTITUTIONS, 🙂
djb is doing what the PNP has been trying to do all this time – discredit the media. Sorry, CREDIBILITY is needed for that move to succeed.
SULBATZ,
Relax. Don’t let DJB get your goat. Just imagine him squat thrusting in the hallway in bathrobe and towel, hehehe!
Goodbye eveyone, I will be heading to the land of singkits already, if I can still blog there you’ll be hearing from me till next week – keep up the good fight!
“Besides, I like the sound of Scream Therapy. Reminds me of Bedlam.” – djb
I just couldn’t ignore this comment. Yes, this blog has been called many things, before I joined I really had the impression that the inhabitants were foaming in the mouth, raving mad anti-Gloria types, or as what I was led to believe. Its been called CIRCUS, SCREAM THERAPY, and now BEDLAM (nuthouse). Well, its probably the only blog that has the most proximity to the true sentiments of the Filipino. The language used here is straight to the point, no beating around the bush with high falluting words cahracteristic of pseudo intellectuals you’ll see in other blogs that look at Ellensville as a bedlam of sorts. The excessive use of the Filipino language even gave others the impression that we’re commies for pete’s sake.
In the language of the people in the street – MGA TOTOONG TAO kami, not pretentious, oblivious, inhabitants of an ivory tower, who in their isolation to the country, to the people, blog to their hearts content all the products of their introspection. Come down from your ivory tower and be with the people, the smell might not agree with your taste but I assure you its real.
“The newspapers, after killing hundreds of trees daily and blasting them with toxic chemicals to make them whiter” – DJB
hahaha! This only shows your ignorance! Local newspapers are printed on newsprint which are made from recycled wastepaper. We just reuse old paper really, with deinking enzymes (organic), for optical brighteners minimal chlorine is used (within allowed levels) and lately some newspapers are using the soya ink (made from soy beans) so its organic and lead content if any is extremely minimal already. If the newspaper you’re reading is not using soya ink, please tell them to contact Newspaper Paraphernalia, Inc. (NPI), they produce it locally in Print Town Complex in Laguna. Need the number?
Paper is my business. 🙂
Ka Juggernaut: Enjoy your stay there and take care. God Bless you!
Juggernaut
Dean Bocobo’s blog is so dull and boring, he always come to Ellenville to scream for his own therapy. Ito ang blog na pang masa at puro may katuturan ang mga isinusulat ng bloggers. Gusto niyang dito makisawsaw para may matutunan katulad ng uri ng papel na ginagamit in printing newspapers.
Ka Luzviminda,
Nagka-onsehan lang ang mga iyan? Di ba sila-sila din ang karamihan diyan na nag demonized kay Erap para pabagsakin sa pwesto.
Kung sasariwain natin ang 2001 & 2004, di ba identified kung sinong media practitioners ang kritikal kay Erap at napagamit sila sa EK till now.
Ibig sabihin some of media people are playing with fire, yang ABS-CBN, PCIJ, PDI at iba pa eh kapural yan sa pagpapabagsak kay ERAP ngayon bakit tinatalikuran na nila si GMA.
Di ba naging bahagi sila sa EDSA DOS, ngayon nagbabagong puri sila at si GMA naman ang tinitira nila.
Ang hamon ko sa mga taga-Media eh magpakatotoo sila at dapat yon lang maykatotohan ang kanilang ibinabalita at binigigyan ng pansin. Ang hirap sa ibang kinauukulan eh may kahalong showbiz intriga din, nahaluan na rin ng pulitaka ang kanilang hanap-buhay.
Dapat maging ulirang halimbawa nila si Hon. Marcelo Hilario del Pilar. Was a celebrated figure in the Philippine Revolution and a leading propagandist for reforms in the Philippines. Sumikat sa taguring Plaridel, he was the editor and co-publisher of La Solidaridad. He tried to marshal the nationalist sentiment of the enlightened Filipino ilustrados, or bourgeoisie, against Spanish imperialism.
Sa panahon natin, iilan lang ang may guts tulad ni Plaridel! Kaya hamon ito sa kanilang sinsiridad sa pamamahayag, dapat ang negative constractive criticism eh maging tulay sa pagbabago ng lipunan….pag bumanat sila, pero marami sa kanila ang kasamang yumurak sa ating Konstitusyon.
Pangalanan mo silang lahat at ikaw na ang bahalang mag-analisa sa kanilang loyalty sa Konstitusyon o sa institusyon na kanilang pinagtatrabahuhan?
I think it has already been mentioned here that Dana wrote the lyrics of “I am but a small voice”, a song that won in a Unesco songwriting contest.
Jug: In the language of the people in the street – MGA TOTOONG TAO kami, not pretentious, oblivious, inhabitants of an ivory tower, who in their isolation to the country, to the people, blog to their hearts content all the products of their introspection.
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Sinabi mo pa, Jug. Truth is I am septilingual–not just bi– but I’d rather use Tagalog when talking to Filipinos or Ilocano if I am talking to an Ilocano, etc. Spokening England although when in California I revert back to my American English that my foster Mom in UK really abhorred.
I don’t like Gloria Dorobo’s English. Masakit sa tainga. It’s actually how all the Assumptionistas I’ve met talk. Ang sagwa talagang pakinggan.
Hindi komo nagta-Tagalog ang isang tao, hanggang kalye na siya. Marami sa atin dito may M. A. and DPhil din, and graduates of universities like Sorbonne, Oxford, etc. like Anna, HG, et al. Sinong sabing wala kaming pinag-aralan.
Bok jug,
Sabi ni DJB na-flatter ko raw sya. Now I know what you mean. Hahahaha
Ako graduate lang ng Mt. St. Andrew Law School (Mababang Paaralan ng San Andres Bukid)…hehehehe
I also recylcle newspapers especially those with photos of Gloria Esperon Razon. It’s better than “tabo”. Try it and savor the feeling….hehehehe
…I just couldn’t ignore this comment…
jug
Bok, DJB is getting your goat too. Hahaha
Honestly, I like the presence of DJB in Ate Ellen’s blog. He affords us with a view from Gloria Esperon Razon’s perspective. The more he talks, the more Gloria’s credibility sinks. Hehehehe
Sulbatz: I also recylcle newspapers especially those with photos of Gloria Esperon Razon. It’s better than “tabo”. Try it and savor the feeling….hehehehe
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Siguruhin mo lang hindi mo ipa-flush sa kobeta mo dahil sigurado magbabara. Patunay na destructive talaga si Gloria Dorobo! Bwahahahahahaha!
Ka Grizzy: RE:Hindi komo nagta-Tagalog ang isang tao, hanggang kalye na siya.
Diyan nagkakamali ang mga Kababayan natin, ibig sabihin kung magaling ang isang Pinoyzking mag-Ingles eh uunlad ang Pinas o kaya magiging isa siyang Bilyonaryo?
I disagree 101% doon sa mga kinauukulan na minamaliit ang ating kababayan na di kayang mag-spokening dollar!
Paki sabi nga sa kanila na ang group of 9 industrialize countries eh 3 lang ang English speaking at yong isa eh unus-unos pa.
Isulat ko uli ang mga ito kasi marami ang bopol sa katotohanang ito eh such as listed below:-
1) USA – English but no official language sa kanilang Constitution.
2) Canada -English, pero gustong humiwalay ng Quebec kasi Frech fries ang gusto nila.
3) UK – English, but ang scottish wisky at Welch Red Grape Juice eh maysariling identities.
4) Japan – Neponggo, see their look halos ang Toyota ang makikita mong sasakyan sa kalye sa Middle east at USA.
5) Germany – German, sabi nila sila ang superior race sa mundo, kaya ang England eh sa tribung Angles + land
6) France – French, galing pa rin sa tribung Frank ng German.
7) Italy – Italian
8) Russia – Russian
Kita nýo marami lang sa mga Pinoyzki ang sobra ang hangin sa katawan, ko mo natutong humabi ng Ingles eh akala nila sa kanila na ang Pinas.
Hoy magsigising kayo baka nananaginip lang kayo ng dilat ha!
Kaya Grizzy wag silang magmataas sapagka’t ang mahirap pag natuto at yumaman eh wala silang panama.
Ang Ingles ng UK eh hiram sa mga Aleman noong panahon pa ni Sabel at itong si uncle Sam magaling mag fishing kaya halos lahat ng words na wala sa english dictionary eh inilagay lahat. So, ibig sabihin sila eh napakagaling mangodiko.
Yon ngang bundok natin eh isinama na sa dictionary nila eh, ano pa?
Yag ipagyabang ang Ingles nýo kasi lalong paurong ang Pinas sa lahat ng bagay, ok!
Ka Grizzy: Group of 9 countries eh ang pang siyam daw eh Pinas yan ang dream ni EK, kaya kapit-tuko sa pwesto. Tutal libre naman ang mangarap eh bayaan na natin yan kasi baka manakit pa, ok!
OK lang mag-blog si Bocobo kahhit saan. Kahit magwala siya OK lang huwag lang siyang mag-zero in kahit kanino sana at huwag siyang umastang akala mo siya lang ang nakatapos ng pamantasan. At least, ako tuwid ang tagalog ko. Ingles, OK rin. Bilib nga iyong kanong na-meet ko sa isang funeral parlor sa SFO nang yabangan ko siya ng Oxford English ko. O, kapit, mga ka-blog! Hindi ko na kasalanan kung malipad kayo!!! 😛
Juggernaut, i concur with your observation at 11:44am. I’ve mentioned before in Manolo’s blog that i think Ellen’s blog has the pulse of majority of the Filipinos.
http://www.quezon.ph/?p=1456#comment-548428
Balweg: Group of 9 countries eh ang pang siyam daw eh Pinas yan ang dream ni EK,
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Naniwala ka naman? Una pa nga doon sa unang 9 na bansang malapit nang matawag na 4th world country! Sobra naman ang kahibangan niyan. Papaanong magiging G-country iyan e tao lang ang produkto! Kundi pa nga katulong, pinagpuputa pa!!!
Iyong ngang katulong ni Heath Ledger, pinay din. Golly, nakarating na ng Tate, katulong pa rin ang trabaho! OK walang masamang maging katulong. Trabaho din iyon, but my golly, wala na bang mas magandang trabaho na hindi iyong trabahong walang pinag-iba sa mga alipin?
Balweg:
I tried to study German, too, kasi nga sabi nila kamag-anak ng ingles, pero hindi ako natoto. Mahirap ibigkas lalo na iyong parang dumadahak na wala naman sa ingles. Thus, I think English developed on its own, walang kinalaman sa German.
My mother is part British, lahing Celtic na sabi nila kapareho din ng mga umakupa sa Espana sinakop ng mga Normans. Kung sabagay ang pagsasalita ng ingles ng mga taga-London walang pinag-iba sa bigkas ng salita sa espanol na kung ano ang spelling siyang bigkas. Kaya nga sabi ko sa nanay ko huwag siyang mahiya sa Ilocano accent niya. Sabihin na lang niya doon sa mga walang alam na Scottish siya! 😛
Ka Sulbatz: Tutal may freedom of speech at press tayo eh ipakita natin kay DJB na tayong mga Pinoyzki eh marunong gumalang at sumunod sa batas, kaya sana iparating niya sa iba pang mga kababayan na patuloy na lumalabag sa karapatang pang-tao.
Dapat ang Konstitusyon eh igalang ng lahat at wag gawing boba ang Masang Pinoy, ok!
Grizzy: Ang modern English eh nanggaling yan sa old English at kung ilalalim natin ang pag-aaral ng history ng lenguaheng ito.
English is a West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain by Germanic settlers and Roman auxiliary troops from various parts of what is now northwest Germany and the Northern Netherlands.
Initially, Old English was a diverse group of dialects, reflecting the varied origins of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of England.
One of these dialects, Late West Saxon, eventually came to dominate. The original Old English language was then influenced by two waves of invasion. The first was by language speakers of the Scandinavian branch of the Germanic family; they conquered and colonized parts of Britain in the 8th and 9th centuries.
Only refreshing our world history subject! Nothing else.
DJBRIZALIST,
I checked where those trees are cut. The trees are harvested from plantations, cut to pieces and hauled by woodchip carriers to the paper makers then sold as newsprints to the publishers who employ the print media. Whats your problem now. Are you worried if they copy comic books like Rizal?
I did a lot of touring when I was a student in UK, Balweg. I made it a point to go on a trip at leat once or twice a month, kasama na ang research because I studied in fact historical linguistics over there. I met a variety of Brits who spoke the same language with a variety of accents and pronunciations enough for me to have enough confidence in my own capacity to express myself in English. I tried speaking Gaelic, too, but without practice, nawala.
True there are words here and there of English in German for instance and vice versa, but one does not and cannot learn German just because he can speak English. Hindi kaparis nang nag-aral ako ng French. When I studied German, I did not experience the same ease I had when I studied French or Italian with my basic knowledge of Spanish (I had 24 units of it when I was at UP) that is why linguistically speaking, IMHO, English and German are not the same.
I know old English. It’s the English of the old King James version of the Bible or the language of Shakespeare, but still I don’t see how one can master German with basic English. Para iyan iyong wika ng Malaysia at Indonesia na kamag-anak (hindi kapareho) ng wikang Pilipino.
….at least once or twice a month,
My Take:
DJBRizalist has a time-sensitive dilemma!
Frustrated and wondering what else needs to be done to eventually be accepted by GMA and to finally be showered with people’s money from the National Treasury before 2010.
My advice to DJBRizalist: You might want to use the likes of Gonzalez, Singson, Abalos, Puno and foremost, GMA as your role models.
Or otherwise, forget about it!
By the way, spending time on this blog will not advance your plight!
All the best, DJBRizalist!
corruption is never out of topic in ellenville.
From ABS-CBN interactive:
“DND nullifies helicopter contract due to irregularities
Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro on Friday ordered the nullification of the P1.2 billion ($296 million) contract awarded to Asian Aerospace Corp. for the procurement of six attack helicopters.
Teodoro said the contract has been nullified after an investigating committee discovered that the original specifications for the helicopters had been altered without his knowledge.”
Comment: this is the third time different newspapers had reported that $296 million equals P1.2 billion. At P41 to the $1, $296 million is equal to P12136 million or P12.136 billion. Or am I dumber than million of Pinoy readers, bloggers? 12.136 minus 1.2 equals P10. 936 billion. That makes for a million suckers.
The point? If you own the Philippines you can steal by the millions of US dollars and stash billions of pesos. You can buy royalty titles in England and Spain. You don’t even have to pay that much to buy Congress, the Bishops, and the Justices. Just appoint them, help them cheat in the elections, give them power and money for life and of course, a few loose change for the bishops. The wolves and vampires are not salivating for the presidency after 2010 day one. They want to own the Philippines.
Balweg, mas type ko ang mga taong sumusulat at gumagamit ng Tagalog at English, a combination of both. Hindi iyon puro English na lang. I can understand non-Tagalogs being hesitant to speak Tagalog because of the accent; but in writing no one hears you say it. People like grizzy and many of you are the kind of bloggers who I think fit into my preference when it comes to writing style. I admire those with language skills meaning one who knows how to speak two or more languages. That’s an asset in this highly competitive world.
Regarding Esperon, matigas talaga ang ulo nitong si GMA. Kung ano ang reklamo at ayaw ng mga tao, iyan naman ang ginagawa niya. Why did she still extend his term? And almost everyone disagreed except FVR. Biro mo itong FVR lang ang kaisa-isang former President na nag-comment in favor of Esperon’s extention. Sobra ka naman halata, FVR. Alam namin bata mo iyan pero why make it obvious? Are you telling us that what Esperon did, all the crimes against the people he committed, and whatever he does have your consent and permission? Ikaw ba ang nag-uutos sa kanya? I hope there’s going to be a revolution so that you (FVR) and Esperon can be lined up and executed by firing squad.
By the way, Manero has been released from prison. Here is one man who was convicted of murder and set free. There is Trillanes and the rest who did not hurt anyone but are in jail. And they call this country a democratic one? BS !
Jay Cynikho,
RE: The point? If you own the Philippines you can steal by the millions of US dollars and stash billions of pesos.
Kaya nag e invest ang marami nating kababayang Pinoy sa pulitika, para malaki ang tubuin nila. Maka 3-years ka lang sa kongreso o kaya sa senado for sure mucho denero ka. Sino ba ang mahirap sa Kapulungan ng mga trapo/balimbing na pulitiko? Noon si Waykurat, pa duda pa na bisikleta lang ang gamit pag-attend sa session.
Ang tanong? Magkano ba ang sweldo ng mga iyan? Pero kung magsiasta eh para sa kanila ang Pinas, tama ka pinaglalaruan lamang tayo ng mga iyan…pag mayroong kumontra eh ang pangsuhol ay lolipop tahimik na Pinoy.
Si GMA nga eh sa the most expensive na hotel tutuloy Dubai, pero ang daming nakatira sa estero at pagsinama pa sunog o kaya pagtripan ng mga MMDA.
To grizzy:
I beg to differ. I found German easier than Spanish and French. I read and write both; German, I have no practice, but was able to communicate when I went to Frankfurt.
Balweg is right, German, English, Dutch and Danish are related. After all, Anglo-Saxon comes from Angles (the tribe that became the later day English) and Saxon, from lower Saxony in Germany. The British isles were invaded by the Angles (from Angeln, in northwestern Germany), the Jutes (from Jutland in Denmark) and Saxons, from Lower Saxony, Germany.
Pasensya na. I had a pretty classmate in History, so I had to bone up, para ma-impress. These are remnants of that learning from ages ago, kasama nung kaalaman ng mga Ostrogoths and Visigoths (the commandants called us that in ROTC); CMT na ngayon, sa kabataan.
I do not dispute your experience with the German language, but other people have the opposite experience, as to its ease, if one knows English.
Ako din Ka BB, mas inspired ako kapag ang Pinoy eh nagpapakatotoo sa sarili. Do you know na marami sa kababayan natin eh akala mo sila lang ang marunong mag spokening dollar.
Kahit na kausap mo eh ingles parin ng ingles, marami dito niyan mga naturalized Pinay Canadian. During my school days ayaw na ayaw kong magsalita ng ingles pero i love it, ang elective subject ko nga noong HS eh journalism.
But yong mga American Pinay/Pinoy ay low profile naman, magaling makisama at sumabay sa agos ng panahon, pero yong iba eh obvious naman ang diction ng ingles nila.
Sa pagiging nationalistic ko eh napabasabak ang ingles ko dito sa abroad…mahirap din pala kasi kailangan mong mag-adjust kasi halos iba-ibang lahi ang kausap mo eh.
Imagine, almost everyday ang kausap ko eh Managers, Directors, Associate Executive Directors, General Directors, Assoc. Deputy Exec. Directors, executive directors and military officers ang iba dito like captains, majors, colonels, and Generals pero bakit ba nagkakaintindihan naman kami.
So ibig sabihin nito ang pag-iingles eh sa tamang lugar at panahon, di ba. Sa Pinas naman eh dapat kung saan madaling magkaunawaan ng mga Pinoyzki, ang dami diyan paingles-ingles pa wala namang nangyayari sa Pinas, buti pa mga Tsinoy sila ang yumayaman at mga corrupt politicians.
Many thanks Hon. Atty36252: I love history since my elementary days… top 1 ako pag ito ang pinag-usapan sa klase kaya almost everday during my skul days eh laman ako ng library and also i love too the current events and religion et al.
A refreshing thought!
Only in the Philippines, Ka BB! Obvious di ba. Kaya ang daming namumundok eh dahil sa kawalang paggalang sa ating batas.
Ang isang mahirap na Pinoyzki kapag gumawa ng kasalang 101% kalaboso ang bagsak at after sometimes pag minamalas pa eh aabutin ng mahabang panahon sa kulungan. At ito ang siste, nang litisin na ang kaso eh not guilty pala…hay naku bopol talaga ang nagpapatupad ng batas sa atin.
Eh kung rich naman ang nakagawa ng kasalanan, pag may PISO out of order ang timbangan ni sickretary DOJ at ni JS Puno. Pag known personality naman, eh bungal ang hustisya kaya kuno magbible study sa kulungan at prop na maging Pastor hayon palalayain.
Paano ngayon masasawata ng mga naggagaling-galingan nating Generals ang problema ng mga No Permanent Address,hayon madadagdagan pa ng mga squatters (akalain mo may nakahalo pang professional squatters sa hanay nila).
Wala sa wika ang kidlat at kamandag, kundi sa diwa. Kaiigat kayo sa ganiring usapin, mga katoto. Maraming tinik at butas malalalim, kaya madaling matuntong sa personalan. Ngunit ang pikon talo’t itapon sa balon!
Pinay Canadians, English ng English? Bakit, Balweg? Siguro dahil malamig sa Canada. Sigaw ng mga Pinay Canadians “Oh…da wider es beri kuld.” Ka Balweg, based ka ba sa Canada? Tell me, which country is better to immigrate, Canada or US? Balita ko maraming taga-Saudi at sa Pinas ang pumunta ngayon sa Canada. And do you know Canadians are allowed to travel to Cuba by the Cuban government but not Americans?
Atty:
My practical experience differ from yours, apparently. Truth was my foster family in England had an au pair from Germany when I was there.
She was hired for a little fee and in exchange for some lessons in English. She actually spoke very little English and when she spoke German, nobody in the house could understand her except me with my little knowledge of German that I did not find easy to learn the way I found French to be with my knowledge of Spanish.
That is why I know they are not the same even when the language of England may have belonged to the same language family as German just like when they describe Pilipino as belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian language group.
Di ba malamig din sa Tate pero polite naman ang mga Pinoyzki doon, unlike sa Canada…feeling matangos din ang kanilang ilong? Kahit na pagbabaligtarin natin ang mundo eh Pinoy pa rin tayo unless magkaroon ng breeding sa mga banyaga.
Observation ko lang ito, pero i’m not pinpointing anybody kasi nga kanya-kanya ng diskarte yan sa haybol! I live somewhere around the globe Ka BB.
Ka Grizzy,
Hoping one of this day, eh magkadaop-palad tayo sa UK. I’m happy to see you in person kasi plano ko to visit my sister living in UK, but no tentative date yet.
Why that distinction between Fil-Canadians and Fil-Americans, Balweg? Sa palagay ko naman pareho…nasa tao na iyan. In fact, I’m told Canadians are friendlier and nicer than the Americans. So, we could also say that Pinoys in Canada behave similarly if not better than those in the US? Anyway, what language is the most difficult to learn and speak in the world, if there is one?
Ka DJB: I agree with you! Idol ko kasi si Gat. J.Rizal coz’ginamit niya ang talino at pagmamahal para sa Bayan. Ang kaso Pinoy parin ang umutas sa kanyang buhay.
Kaya heto balik-aral uli tayo sa mga kaganapan nangyayari ngayon sa ating bansa.
Pasasaan ba at makakaraos din tayo sa mga unos na ito at may panahon na itinakda sa lahat bawat bagay at buhay ng tao.
RE: Why that distinction between Fil-Canadians and Fil-Americans, Balweg?
Ka BB, both of them have the same common denominator, except ang FilAm eh may pagka cowboy syiempre naman si uncle Sam eh tubong Texas, but ang FilCan eh may pagka-royalty ang dating.
Tutal eh mag recess muna tayo, kasi baka pagalitan tayo ng mga klasmayts natin na out of topic ang tsikahan natin. Join naman kayo kasi pag nagstart na uli ang klase eh stop na tayo.
Balweg: Di ba malamig din sa Tate pero polite naman ang mga Pinoyzki doon, unlike sa Canada…feeling matangos din ang kanilang ilong? Kahit na pagbabaligtarin natin ang mundo eh Pinoy pa rin tayo unless magkaroon ng breeding sa mga banyaga.
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Di mo naabutan iyong panahon na iyong mga pilipino sa Tate ayaw nang magsalita ng pilipino at feeling brown American talaga. Ngayon na lang iyong nagsasalita sila sa sariling wika nila nang dumami iyong mga hindi naman talaga bihasa sa ingles.
Kami naabutan namin iyon kaya hindi ako mahilig um-attend ng mga pakulo ng mga pilipino doon. Mas gusto ko pang manood ng parada ng mga intsik sa Chinatown sa SFO. Buti pa nga iyong mga intsik, pati puntong intsik nila, di nila nakakalimutan!!!
Kaya ako bangas na bangas ako diyan kay Gloria Dorobo na matapobre sa totoo lang. Kundi pa nagparetoke ng mukha sarat din, punggok pa!
Mas grabe iyong mga tsismosong bobo na insultador ng kapwa nila pilipino. Diosme, ang daming palusot. Kasalanan pa daw ngayon noong mga bumatikos sa kanila kung bakit sila nagkamali ng pagbintang kay Dana. Wow! Inutil!
Di ko inabutan yon Ka Grizzy kabilang ako sa youngster generation at that time eh, kaya wala akong masabi about them, bali sa ngayon lang ang aking observation. Buti ka pa inabutan mo ang dekadang yon.
Sumatotal eh dapat wag makalimot ang mga kababayan nating migrante sa Tate at Canada. Pagtulung-tulungan nating isalba ang Pinas at someday ang ating mga anak o kababayan ang makikinabang dito.
May inferiority complex kasi ang maraming pilipino, Balweg. Tingin nila sa sarili nila mababa lalo na kung purong pilipino sila.
Meron akong pamangkin lumaki sa Pilipinas. Nadala na lang sa America noong 11 years old siya. Nadiscriminate yata ng mga kapwa din mga pilipino sa eskuwela dahil sa ingles niya noong una, aba ayaw nang magsalita ng Tagalog at ayaw makipagkaibigan sa mga pilipino. Masisira daw ang ingles niya na wala namang pinagkaiba doon sa pananalita ng mga nognog sa Oakland. Inis na inis ako.
Remember that Korean immigrant in the US who killed lots of students in the campus. Ang matinding dahilan daw ay nakaranas siya ng discrimination mula sa teacher at mga classmates nang maliit pa siya at bago sa US. When he was asked to speak in the class and recite, the teacher made fun of him. Yelling and asking him: What? What are you talking about? And his classmates were laughing. Alam niyo naman ang mga Koreano kung mag-English. Dumaan ang mahabang panahon naging introvert siya at anti-social. He kept that hatred in his heart until that tragic day when he decided to commit suicide by killing the students and teachers.
Hanga ako sa mga ipinanganak at lumaki sa ibang bansa pero magaling pa rin mag-Tagalog at kumakain ng lutong Pinoy. One good example is this Vincent Bueno from Austria whose parents are pure Pinoys. He was born and grew up in Austria. He recently won the popular Music competition in Austria. He speaks English, German as well as Tagalog fluently. Sa bahay daw kumakain siya ng kanin at pagkaing Pinoy kaya siya magaling umawit. Nakita niyo? He’s coming to the Philippines to be the guest of ABS-CBN and do some joint concerts with the likes of Gary Valenciano who’s his idol. Watch out for this Vincent Bueno. Magaling kumanta ala-Broadway, sumayaw at umarte sa stage. Pogi na, magaling na…Pinoy pa!
Iyon isa naman si Regine Velasguez, magaling kumante pero English ng English…pa-social. Alam niyo ba kung saan nagmula iyan? Sa probinsiya, laking tabing-dagat. Isang Promdi na sinuwerte sa Manila. Natuto lang ng kaunting English eh puro English na kahit Tagalog ang gamit sa interview niya. Naku, maraming Pinoy ang ganyan. Hanga nga ako kina Gary Valenciano at Martin Nivera na laking Tate pero pilit na nagsasalita ng Tagalog. Eh si DOJ Sec. Gunggonzales naman…Narinig niyo na bang magsalita iyan ng Tagalog?
The real reason for Esperon’s extension is that Gloria needs someone loyal like him to ride herd over the restive military. It’s an insult to those in the list of likely successors, including Esperon’s designated heir, Army chief Lt. Gen. Alexander Yano, but why should Gloria care? Her singular concern is how to stay in power until 2010, and possibly beyond.
Of course, Esperon can’t very well stay for two-and-a-half more years. But in the meantime that he’s there, Gloria will have the time to put to a test the loyalty of the would-be successors.
To mix up our imagery, we can already see the monkeys going through the hoops to prove their canine loyalty.
http://www.malaya.com (editorial)
DJB, the fortune teller according to Grizzy, is trying hard (TH) to be anti-media and thus be different, just so he can have his 5 seconds of fame
My alternative title for the thread, and capping today’s scream therapy session I dedicate this to Dean Bocobo: “Slap the bitch, grunt!”
BB:
Iyong anak ko, born and bred in Japan, papunta-punta lang sa Tate, pero marunong mag-Tagalog na natutunan sa nanay ko. Gustung-gustong ituwid ang Tagalog niya kaya nagpabili pa ng aklat (libro) sa akin. Tapos iyong mga nagmamagaling na pilipino sa Tate, pinagtawanan ang pananalita niya. Ngayon nahiya nang magsalita. Sayang!
Hindi niya maintindihan ang ugali ng pilipino na sila-sila ingles ng ingles di tulad ng mga hapon na mahal ang wika nila. Pumupunta kami sa mga pagtitipon ng mga hapon sa SFO, kung galing naman sa Japan ay hindi nag-iingles sa kapwa hapon. OK lang iyong mga tubo at laking Amerika na hindi makasalita ng wika ng nuno nila. Kaya nga nagpupunta din sila sa mga ganoong pagtitipon para ma-savor nila ang sarap ng pagsasalita ng wikang hapon. Bakit walang ganyang damdamin ang mga pilipino?
Nice to hear that, grizzy. Nasa pagpapalaki na din ng anak iyan ng magulang. If the parents themselves don’t speak the language and be proud of it, why would the children? You just set an example for them to follow.
OK, balik sa topic. Napapag-usapan lang namang ang mga kahibangan ng mga deprived na pilipino. Pati pagmamahal sa sarili, na-deprive din. Tapos mababalitaan mo ang mga ganitong kapalpakan ng mga kasabwat sa kawatan ni Gloria Dorobo, lalo tuloy hindi mo maipagmalaki.
I agree with Ellen, tigilan na, tama na! Bistado na sila pero mukhang balak pa rin yatang pagbintangan si E. T. (Extra-Terrestrial)!
I admit and I apologize, at first I almost was tempted to believe that it was Ellen they were referring to. I based it on what they said: Someone with a letter “T” and with a Visayan accent. Siguro si Ellen ang gusto nilang idiin noon pero hindi sila nakalusot. Hindi lang si Ellen ang pumalag kundi ang sambayanang Pilipino. Teka, where’s Ellen? I know she’s checking this blog but she now seldom writes here. I hope she’s fine. Pasyal ka naman dito at mag-hello, Ellen.
Who says Canada is the most peaceful country to live? Any Fil-Canadian here? A Pinay was killed in Calgary. Please read:
A man has been arrested and is being questioned by Calgary police in connection with the murder of a woman whose badly mutilated body was found last week near a Calgary LRT station.
BB, please provide link.
FYI, this news just came in: Justice Melo was named head of Comelec. Anyone knows who this guy is?
Test case for ex-justice Melo’s impartiality: Investigating the Hello Garci political scam and Maguindanao fraudulent 2007 special election. He is a Comelec outsider and probably knows how to count. Dapat hindi siya atras-abante katulad ni Commissioner Sarmiento baka ma-marshmallow ang Comelec.
Gago ang sistema no doubt. Bakit ba appointee ang nilalagay sa COMELEC? They should abolish this agency if it is as useless as it is in keeping elections in the Philippines clean. Aksaya lang ng taxpayers’ money ang ginagawa.
Since their video turned out to be a dud, the PNP is now looking for “Makapilis” amoing reporters. Click here.
Makapili? Are the police trying to rouse hostile sentiments against the Japanese?
Disgusting in the extreme that they can’t even be a bit more imaginative — why do they insist on dividing the Filipinos?
As it is, the nation is already so fragmented, what do these shitheads of the nation’s police hope to achieve by prodding Filipinos to be traitorous to one another. Next thing they will be doing is setting up posters Wanted dead or alive for so much and so little!
It’s not by shitting with media and not doing anything by way of search will they find their “rebel”!!! Shitheads of the camel and pig variety!
Incredible dracula mentality!
And DJBRizalist insists on supporting this Klu Klux Klan mentality of the police?
Har! Har! Har! I was wondering when they would come out with the old VICTIMOLOGY card. But really, to put themselves in the role of heroic guerillas being pursued by the Japananese is like pouring holy water on themselves. But it dishonors the true memory of the anti-fascist struggles of the 20th century. It is not so well known that many of the Makapilis were actually mothers or grandmothers whose children were threatened with torture or death by the Kempetai if they did not turn in the members of the underground resistance. But if one is looking for mendacious souls for sale, one is defintely looking in the right place among Filipino mass media practitioners.
What that has to do with the investigations into the alleged aiding and abetting the flight from Justice of rebel putschists, is lost in the Sturm Und Drang of defending sacred Press Freedom, that change of subject being precisely the point of this new wrinkle.
For a bunch as rambunctions and FREE as the Philippine Press however, it will be hard for even liberal fascists to impose a Rule of Omerta amongst their ranks. It’s no secret after all that some in so called impartial Media are actually partisans and actively if furtively support the insurgents of Left, Right or Backwards. That is in fact their right because there is no requirement upon Journalists to be neutral. None. However, the Big Businesses that employ them often find it useful for marketing purposes to claim “objectivity” and ought to have a moderating effect.
What in fact it boils down to, is that we, the People, fully expect the police authorities to investigate the crimes committed at Manila Pen, to discover the perps, arrest and prosecute them. No matter who they are.
The Media have the right to know this: they are citizens like everyone else, equal, no more and no less. Just because they are pedlars of information does not give them license to break the Law. Not even the parking regulations.
Certainly not the laws called Franchise that governs all broadcasting. Certainly not the Media Uber Alles philosophy of normally sane folks like Vergel Santos, who claims that Freedom of Speech is higher than the Right to Life (of the police of course!)
As Fr. Bernas asserts, and I agree, a Journalist has no more Freedom of Speech than anybody else!
Makapili? Meron silang makikita niyan sa press dahil alam ng kapulisan na maraming jukebox reporters.
Divide and Rule!
Ellen,
Is that so? I thought they were going to look for E. T. Ngayon Makapili naman! Ano ba ‘yan? Bilisan nila kasi iyong mga dating Makapili malapit nang mamamatay. Matatanda na kasi!
chi Says:
Makapili? Meron silang makikita niyan sa press dahil alam ng kapulisan na maraming jukebox reporters
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Ano ang makapili? is that a fruit?
Ano ang jukebox reporter? Is that a reporter who loves to sing “My Way” ?
Divide and Rule!
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How about Davide and Rule.
Pati pa ba ang salita ay prejudicial sa atin? Eh, ano kung may ividensiya. Let us remember that right in california, the wetbacks cannot speak fluent english. In fact the job advertisements require that english is not necessary, but must know spanish.
Hello guys, the free wifi here in HK airport is unbelievable!
Anyway, I’m deeply perturbed why some people (DJB, et al) seem to be more concerned about alleged putschists and imagined media supporters when all of us should focus on the REAL ISSUES, massive electoral fraud, corruption, abuse of the rule of law, etc? When we are concerned about the plight of our country, these people are taking pot shots at those who actually had the guts to bring all these in the open and the media that worked so hard to let the people know whats going on in real time (without being edited by the powers that be).
I wonder where they’re coming from? What would they rather have? If humanity obeyed all the laws ever made in history, there would still be slavery in the US, we could still be under Spanish rule, and we would probably still be under distatorial rule. Even as we speak, we are already under a dictatorship disguised as a democracy where the oblivious still don’t get it.
Its either extreme NAIVITY or worst – MISDIRECTION! So beware!
There are hundred thousands (a million already) of Filipino seamen going all over the world, many got stuck in so many places also. But language is never a problem. And to think not one of those seaman went to those prestigious colleges and universities here and abroad. Filipinos are gregarious. They understand easily tagalog, ilonggo, bisaya, ilocano that those foreign natives specially women of most ports use to communicate with them. I suspect Rial was the first Filipino seaman. His wall at Calamba is plastered with the girls in every port…he learned so many languages.
Brownberry,
I also cant understand justice here. Here is Manero overstayed his time in prison. For seven more years, imagine the fears among the other inmates na mapulutan ang kanilan bato. Where is justice for rehabilitated persons. Presidents never lifted a finger for him. While other death row convicts in other lands, the govt move mountain to set them free. Di bale si Trillianes, di pa nagsawa ang kanyang mga upperclassmen sa pagbugbug. Extension lang ng hazing yan. Its for him now to author a bill removing hazing in schools and even in the home.
Witch hunt?
Pambihira! Witch hunt sila ng witch hunt e wala namang witch dito.
Punta sila dapat sa Siquijor. Dun maraming witch. Doon sila dapat mag hunt. Baka may mapala pa sila. Son of a gun!
This attempt of the PNP to mudsmear genuine and serious journalists like Ellen or Dana is really pathetic. The more these sundalong kanin now playing policemen talk, the more it becomes evident that these soldiers should be confined to their barracks and not meddle in police work and maintaining peace and order in what they claim to be a democratic society.
Bakit hindi iyan nakita ng mga lawmakers (daw) in the Philippines? Why did they allow the police to be headed by graduates of the PMA and not some police academy that should have been under some police commission manned by civilians and retired policemen. Puro pagnanakaw lang kasi ang nasa isip ng mga ungas, puro pork barrel na tuloy-tuloy sa bulsa nila.
Tignan ninyo naman ang mga kapalpakang ginagawa na hindi pa nahihiya! Kilalang-kilala sa ibang bansa ang kababuyan ng Philippine police sa totoo lang.
Hindi ba sa Panay ang Siquijor? Taga-Panay si SiRaulo Gunggonzales, di ba?
juggernaut Says:
Anyway, I’m deeply perturbed why some people (DJB, et al) seem to be more concerned about alleged putschists and imagined media supporters when all of us should focus on the REAL ISSUES,
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Is DJB (da jukebox blogger) ? because he likes to sing “My Way” ?
“…Its either extreme NAIVITY or worst – MISDIRECTION! So beware!” —–Juggernaut
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Jug,
Here and there, or even occasional missteps is perfectly considered excusable, given this blog’s unmistakably candidness.
But when an ideologue is consistently misplaced in his aggression towards those who are actually working—-walking the talk for the betterment of our people, in my book is much as a suspect of befuddling issues with the end-gain of misdirecting people from the real culprits.
History tells us, that charlatans are found even among those who can pronounce the correct political shibboleth.
grizzy,
Panay is in Western Visayas with Aklan, Capiz, Iloilo, and Antique as political subdivisions.
Siquijor, is an island off Cebu (an island in itself), part of the Central Visayas.
(In)justice Secretary Goonzales is from Iloilo City.
Panay, btw, is the 3rd largest island after Luzon and Mindanao…
Zen2 correct ka sa atleast you know that Panay is part of Visayan region, do you know na ang Panay people ang isa sa mga nagpanalo kay GMA last 2004 eleksyon?
Hoping di mo siya ibinoto, but in reality ang taga-Panay at Cebu ang nagpanalo kay GMA…so anong say mo about this matter.
Ngayon ba still ang mga kababayan natin sa Panay eh todo suporta pa ba sa EK, IN or OUT?
Isa pa Zen2, si GMA eh half-breed Bisaya kaya halos karamihan sa EK eh from Visayan regions. So, ang buhay nga naman weather weather lang! Di ba si Vice-Gob ng Iloilo na dating Kongresman eh kritiko ni GMA, may guts di ba pero sina Drilon, Mirriam at iba pa eh playing safe naman kasi nakikipag-laro sa EK.
Buti pa si Maám Ellen idealist and nationalist Pinay, may prinsipyo at paninindigan sa Katotohan….dapat sila ang maging inspirasyon ng mga nakararami nating Pinoy para ipaglaban ang tama at totoo lamang.
Ang dila kasi ng tao eh ang hirap disiplinahin, paggusto eh siya ang masusunod.
Ayan si Gunggong mukhang witch. Pati si Brenda, mukha rin witch. Bakit hindi iyon ang huntingin nila? Kung sino sino ang nakikita.
balweg: Ellen is from Antique. Of the four provinces of Panay..Iloilo, Roxas (Capiz), Aklan (which was once upon a time part of Capiz, and Antique. Antique is the poorest..it is a narrow strip of land..mountains on one side and water on the other. Ang karamihan sa Antique ay magsasaka (but they don’t usually own the land) and mangigisda. Thus they go and work as migrant workers sa haciendas sa Negros..or seamen sa barko..or as domestic helps sa ibang lugar. As a matter of fact, just this morning sa bus..may nagsabi sa akin..ang katulong namin, namatagal na sa amin taga Antique..Sibalom. I am not at all offenced..kahit papaano naghahanap ng trabajo..and most are honest, trustworthy, traits that rarely exists now.
..bal? cont..taga Sibalom ako. BTW na mention mo na si Rizal pinatay ng Pinoys..si Hesus din ay pinatay ng kalahi niya..kaya I am not at all surprised that siraulo ay tinarget si Ellen..hindi ba may kasabihan na “the prophet is not appreciated in his own place?
..correction re above: I am not at all offended.
..karamihan sa amin ay nagsasalita sa ingles kasi that was the only way we can communicate with the rest from Luzon or Mindanao. I was not an advocate of “speak English” rule noong araw..and it was because of this na ipinadala ako sa Manila in High School..and promdi ako..and I struggled to learn..Ang problema lang many of our teachers were not Pilipino nationals (Belgians) kaya nabasabak ako sa ingles..but in a sense now I am quite happy with my ingles..
discrimination in the states? yes there is..ever read the book “America is in the Heart” or stories of the first wave of Pinoys? kahit ngayon..lalo na sa mga JAPs (Jewish American Princess). I had been asked where I learned American Literature and I would simply say..”I went to School:..once this particular person (a JAP) asked after I came back from a trip how I could travel..simply I said just like you I have the money (siempre hindi ko sinabi na nagtipid ako)..many times it bothered me to be treated this way but now..I learned to live with it and gained their respects.. Mahirap manirahan sa hindi mo bayan..kaya ako
“mauli gid takon sa Antique”?
..somebody mentioned ROTC and CMT. Ano ba ang ibig sabihin ngayon..ROTC (Robbers Of The Country) and CMT (Corrupt Magnanakaw Talaga).
..sorry folks hindi ako nakalabas ngayon…TGRRR GRRR manong!
Thanks, Zen2. I’ve actually confused Capiz with Siquijor, where an occultist movie was made a year or two ago.
Nanalo nga ata si Gloria sa Antique…why? si Boy Ex Javier na congressman kaklase ni Mike Arroyo (if I am not mistaken High School and College sa Ateneo) and the father of Sally Zaldivar Perez (the governor) was Pres. Diosdado Macapagal’s Executive Secretary who was later on appointed as Justice of the Supreme Court..kaya may pinagsamahan sila and I am surprised the least bit if they worked for goria..
Balweg: Isa pa Zen2, si GMA eh half-breed Bisaya kaya halos karamihan sa EK eh from Visayan regions.
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Dadong Macapagal was from Pampanga, and Eva Macaraeg was from Pangasinan. Kapitabahay pa nga daw ng mga kamag-anak ni Bulusan, the Filipino writer in the U. S. Papaanong naging half-breed Visayan si Dorobo? Dahil ba sa isang tsismis about the nature of her birth? Pero sabi nga ng marami, for sure, she is her mother’s daughter! 😛
..Mike Arroyo traces his roots sa Iloilo..and Bacolod, Negros..pero si Gloria, paano naging half breed Visayan? Didn’t she spend her early childhood sa Mindanao? There are
many Visayans who migrated sa Mindanao..
..grizzy: I have personally seen Diosdado Macapagal (gwapo) and his wife, Eva..(ano ang hitsura?) kamukha ka ni Gloria ang nanay niya..surrounded siya ng mga Visayans sa EK..siraulo, si Miriam at mga kaibigan niya si Drilon, but I doubt kung may dugo siyang Visayan..
half breed Visyan? ano mestizang hilaw?…kung baga sa prutas ay isang hilaw, mabaho at maasim? the ugly fruit?
come to think of the ugly fruit…minsan ko lang nakita sa tindahan walang bumili kasi sa hitsura lang mangdidiri ka na..
Who says that the Philippines is a democratic country? I don’t think so. How can it be democratic when majority of Filipinos are shackled and chained in poverty, and their only way out is to leave the country and risk their lives, honor and dignity overseas as what has happened to a lot many Filipinos now waiting to be executed or languishing in foreign jails.
And who says that this attempt to make a criminal of a genuine and first-class journnalist is democratic? Golly, there is already the accusation, not just suspicion, and attempt to have this journalist tried by publicity even before they can establish whatever crime they say she has committed. Is that fair?
Frankly, over in Japan, journalists do not join rallies if they are going to write about them, because it is going to be conflict of interest unless of course they are commissioned to write about their own experience. Otherwise, if they are just supposed to write a report, they need not be involved emotionally, physically and otherwise. I do not think a first-class journalist like Dana will dare break this rule.
Also, over here, majority of respected journalists are known to be left leaning and anti-establishment. It can’t be helped, I guess. One tends to end up being so when he sees the truth sans rose-colored glasses.
One thing sure is that over here, no one is called names like what Bocobo tags crusading journalists like the staff of Malaya. Commies daw! Bwahahahahahahaha! Nakakatawa ang pagka-ignorante!
…Is that fair and democratic? Sa guniguni, no doubt!
Hindi sinabing nanalo, Rose. Alam naman ng lahat na dinaya especially in provinces where the Pidals released millions and millions of public funds, including the funds paid by and for the OFWs. Remember how the OWWA funds were squandered for the Dorobo’s victory (daw).
Kawawang Pilipinas!
Off topic: What a hypocrite this DOROBO is! She is asking Burma anew to release the datained opposition leader samantalang sa sarili niyang bansa pinapapatay o ikinukulong niya ang mga lumalaban sa kanya!
PSB,
Di ba may salawikain ang mga pilipino na “Ang magnanakaw at galit sa kapwa magnanakaw”? Siymepre naman palusot lang iyan para huwag siyang mahalata. Kailangan lang nga may magbibisto sa ungas kahit na tumanggap ng suhol!!!
I welcome the extension of Esperon. It means that the longer he is extended, the next thief will be from deep selection, bypassing so many by a much younger idealistic plebe who wont be in a hurry to amass riches and infamy.
RE: Who says that the Philippines is a democratic country?
Not me ha Ka Grizzy! Ang mga taga-EK lang ata ang nagpapantasya na may demokrasya sa Pinas? Sobrang kalayaan sa pagsupil sa karapatang pang-tao at pagwaldas sa kabang-yaman ni Mang Juan.
Malaya talaga ang Pinas kasi nag-eenjoy ang mga corrupt at totoo nga kasi 800+ ang tinodas? Nagtuturuan kung sino ang maysala?
Tama yan, Laski.
The fake government of Gloria the Witch is being run by NUTS and Jukebox kings!
The PNP nuts will base their actions/surveillance on Faeldon “woman” from makapili journalists’ words who refuse to sign affidavits?!
Gloria d’ Corrupt has succeeded turning Pinas into a nation of nuts!
Rose, bago pa man ang CAT ang tawag ay PMT. Huli na ang CAT na para sa high school. Sa college naman ay ROTC. Do you know that even within the ROTC in schools puro corruption din?
There were students who for a fee did not have to attend the military training and passed. Mga school commandants ang tumatanggap na galing sa AFP. Kahit na mga student cadet officers tumatanggap din. That’rampant in schools like UE, FEu, Arellano, Adamson, Lyceum…wait, even expensive schools like San Beda, Letran…mas mataas lang ang lagay dahil maraming may kayang students.
Press statement
Loren to cops: End witch-hunt vs media
Sen. Loren Legarda has urged Camp Crame to abandon its harassment of the media in connection with the Nov. 29 Peninsula Manila hotel standoff.
“We’re afraid nothing good and constructive could possibly come out of this witch-hunt,” said Legarda, a former broadcast journalist.
“This is definitely upsetting. Our sense is, some quarters in government want to use the Peninsula Manila incident as an excuse for tougher actions against the media later on, in similar crisis-situations,” Legarda warned.
Sabi nga, Ellen, kahit huli nahahabol din. Dapat lang naman na tumulong si Loren sa mga threatened members of the media. Dati niyang teritoryo iyan. Kaya nga siya naboto. I hope she is doing it for the sake of truth and justice and not for politics.
How many weeks before these politicians issued statements asking for the witch-hunt end?
I think the media can do very well to fight for itself without their much delayed response. In fact, Ellen, Ces and Dana already proved it!
Perhaps, if these kabilanin pulitikos know how to read the signs of the hours, respetuhin ko pa sila!
Sa uulitin, magbigay kayo ng support sa tamang panahon, hindi iyong tapos at talo na ang kalaban!
Yes, Loren’s call came a bit too late but that’s okay. Ang gunggong talaga itong si Kabayan Noli na nag-umpisa at sumikat sa media. Do we hear from him? After six years, ngayon lang natin nakita siyang nag-iikot sa probinsiya at namimigay ng mga regalo sa mga mahihirap. Has he come to the rescue of the media against the PNP’s harassment? Wala.
The most important and crucial moment and place are the HERE and NOW.
“Aanhin mo pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo”!
Correct statement. Aanhin mo ang kabayo kung patay na ang damo. But do you know our country’s democracy and constitution have long been dead since this GMA got to power.
More than six years nang patay. I think what we need is resurrection. The resurrection of constitution and democracy.
How? Get rid of the cancer.
Isingit ko lang itong item for the benefit of Fil-Canadians and those planning to move to Canada:
Suspect charged for killing of Pinoy mom in Calgary
A suspect in the killing of Filipino worker Arcelie Solbrito de Laoagan in Calgary, Canada had been charged with first-degree murder.
The Calgary Herald reported on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) that 21-year-old Christopher James Watcheston, a steelworker from Ontario, has been put behind bars and charged for Laoagan’s death on Jan. 19.
Laoagan, 41 years old, immigrated to Canada in 2004 after working as a nanny in Hong Kong for two years. She was returning home late Thursday night from her second job as a scanner operator at Western Canadian printing company when she was attacked near a train station.
Her roommate reported her missing Thursday night after she made a frantic call to a friend that she was being attacked, then the phone went dead.
Her blood-soaked body was found behind the Grace Baptist church Friday morning. The Calgary Police took time identifying the body as Laoagan’s because her face was mutilated beyond recognition, but her two sisters and a brother who had flown from Toronto on Jan. 21 were certain it was their sister.
Reports said Laoagan was taking two jobs because she wanted to save money and take her five children aged eight to 19 and husband to live with her in Calgary, a city in Alberta.
According to a report on Calgary Herald, Watcheston, who went to Calgary last year after losing a job in Fort McMurray, boarded the same east-bound commuter train that Laoagan took from work.
He reportedly visited his brother who was renting a basement suite in a Raddison Heights on the night Laoagan was killed. The house is a few minutes away from the Franklin station where Laoagan’s body was found the next morning.
Police searched Watcheston brother’s apartment for steel-toed boots, work coveralls and other evidence.
A neighbor said Watcheston frequently visited his brother and live-in girlfriend, but wasn’t living with them. A few days ago, he was fired from his job as a steelworker working near Beddington Trail last week, the Herald reported.
Watcheston is on trial for assault stemming from a Banff brawl last year. He had been arrested breaking into a North Hill Mall shop.
He was arrested on Thursday inside a friend’s home.
Laoagan’s remains are being prepared for repatriation to the Philippines.
According to kaigorotan blogsite, Laoagan was born in Naguilian, Isabela and lived in Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur with her husband and children.
She had a degree in commerce but entered Canada as a nanny.
Greener pastures Ka Brownberry remember! Kung pwede lang halos lahat ng Pinoy eh magwork sa abroad, di ba since then ang dami nang naging biktima ng illegal recruiters para lang maka-abroad.
Worldwide na ang mga wondering Pinoyzki at praise GOD, 90% of them are successful in life at extended pa ang pagtulong sa kapamilya sa Pinas.
Mahirap kasing e asa sa mga kurap nating pulitiko ang ating kapalaran, look gaanoon kadami ang mga urban poor na pati sa ilalim ng tulay o creek eh nakatira. Pagminalas pa sure 101% wala silang ligtas kay Bayani.
During Apo Macoy era, we had only 3 classes of lives in our country (Rich/Middle/Poor) noon, but this time mayroon nang classification like A, B, C, D, E. Ibig sabihin ang layo na ng gap between A and D class.
Nagpapatunay lamang na kung kailan pa naging edukado ang Pinoy eh naging pauurong ang Pinas, buti pa noong mga mangmang halos di naman magkalayos ang agwat ng mayaman sa mahirap.
Dahil po na ang mahirap pagyumaman so class A citizen na siya, pero ngayon kung nasa Class E ka, aba ang dami mong hahakbangan to reach Class A society di ba.
Hoping na magising na ang marami nating Kababayan at ibalik ang BATARISAN! Isa para sa Lahat at Lahat para sa Isa….Magtatagumpay tayong lahat sa anumang adhikain sa buhay.
Ka Balweg, naitanong ko na ito and I’m asking you again, are you based abroad? Where? You sound like you’re a bit in favor of Apo Macoy’s regime. Tutoo iyan, hindi kasing hirap at sama noon. Ngayon, baka may mas mababa pa sa Class E. Baka may Class F na. But if you compare the Pinoys naman to other poorer countries in Africa, parang mas okay naman ang Pilipinas. Sa probinsiya, mabubuhay ka kung may tanim kang gulay at alagang manok at baboy. Most of those who are seriously suffering are those who moved to urban areas and Metro Manila.
How I helped Faeldon, et al. -Aldrin Cardona
http://www.Tribune.net
Thanks Chi for the lead on Cardona’s article. Very witty! How about if I say, I helped Faeldon because I have curly hair (natural curly hair)! Gago talaga ang mga ungas ano? Halatang nangangamote and not doing their homework. Iya da!!!