What do you expect from the Malacañang-controlled House of Representatives? The Daily Tribune’s report on the harrassment of Mike Arroyo of Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano:
By Dona Policar
Where before, in at least two impeachment bids against President Arroyo, administration congressmen quickly dismissed these complaints on technicalities and saying they were lacking in form and substance, the presidential allies in the House of Representatives yesterday found the complaint of First Gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, his congressman-brother, Ignacio and two sons, Rep. Juan Miguel and Diosdado, who is also gunning for a congres-sional seat, meeting the requirements of form and substance, paving the way for the investigation against Deputy Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano that would lead to his expulsion from the House.
Cayetano (Taguig-Pateros) yesterday lost the first round of the many battles raised against him by the very influential figure from Malacañang, the presidential spouse, as the allies of Mr. Arroyo went all out to lay the groundwork for their colleagues’ expulsion, with their instant cognizant of the complaint filed by the First Gentleman against Cayetano before the House ethics committee yesterday.
The committee through a vote of 33 against 10 validated the two complaints as being sufficient in form and substance, which would eventually warrant a full-blown investigation and hearing.
The committee chaired by Rep. Roberto Cajes (Bohol) has accepted the two complaints filed separately by the First Gentleman, Rep. Ignacio Arroyo (Negros Occidental), son Juan Miguel (Pampanga); and the First Gentleman’s youngest son, Diosdado “Dato” Arroyo against Cayetano.
The Arroyos are seeking the expulsion of Cayetano, whom they have accused of improper
conduct.
The first complaint was filed on Sept. 6 while the complaint filed by First Gentleman’s youngest son was filed on Oct. 12.
Prior to the determination of the complaint’s validity, the committee at the same time junked efforts of the members of the minority to question the jurisdiction of the committee over the cases filed against Cayetano.
The members of the minority questioned the jurisdiction over the complaints filed against Cayetano given the fact that there is a pending case against the opposition congressman filed in a regional trial court.
Prior to the filing of the complaints against Cayetano before the committee, the First Gentleman had already filed a P30 million libel case against the Pateros-Taguig legislator.
The complaints filed, according to house minority leader Francis Escudero, were actually a verbatim reproduction of the complaints filed before the prosecutor’s office.
Cebu Rep. Clavel Martinez believes the committee is barred from entertaining any complaint against any member of the House of Representatives unless the jurisdictional requirement has been complied with.
This was echoed by partylist Rep. Loretta Ann Rosales. She said that before the committee tackles any particular case, “we have to know if we have the jurisdiction over this.” stressing that “we have to determine the jurisdiction first and once we determine it, then we can determine if the compliance (as to form and substance) has been met.”
This was rejected by the administration committee members.
Ironically, this was the argument used by the administration house allies to quash the pro-impeachment group’s position that the evidence by way of the election documents should be presented. The allies then said the Justice committee was not the proper forum for this, as jurisdiction was with the Presidential Electoral Tribunal.
Upon the opposition’s objection on jurisdictional basis, administration congressmen Harlin Abayon (Northern Samar) and Baguio Rep. Mauricio Domogan invoked Section 17 of the rules that the committee should take immediate action of the complaint filed, and determination of jurisdiction should only follow.
“We can raise at all times the issue of jurisdiction but only after the question of validity is settled,” they said.
The chairman ruled that section 17 takes precedence over section 2, to which, minority members Gilbert Remulla (Cavite) and Joel Villanueva (partylist Cibac) appealed for reconsideration.
The appeal, however, was junked through a vote of 31 against 9.
The complaints filed against the opposition congressman were triggered by Cayetano’s claims that the presidential family has kept secret dollar bank accounts with Hypo Vereinsbank in Germany.
Mr. Arroyo went to Munich Germany and secured a negative certification from the bank, to the effect stating that the presidential husband has no account in that specific number mentioned.
It was however noted that the account number in the certification had one too many number seven. Also, reports were clear that the alleged bank account was not in the name of the First Gentleman but allegedly in the name of his son, Juan Miguel.
Another administration congressman, Luis Villafuerte (Camarines Sur) suggested that Cayetano should not resist the decision reached by the committee and instead asked him to file his comment in a period of 10 days.
Alan needs not worry. This is his last term as congressman. If he is expelled by these goons in the Congress, he gains more sympathy from the people. And this will assure his victory in the coming senate election. He can start preparing for his candidacy and work closely with the opposition. It could turn out to be a blessing in disguise. As a good Christian, Alan believes the Lord is on his side.
No way he can lose. Let them kick him out of Congress and he may yet top the coming elections.
What a crap! So what if he loses at the Philippine Tongress. At least, he can say that he is not part of it, because he is the real Macoy—real Congressman. Everybody knows what the Bogus Couple has done to the Philippine system—a mechanism of graft and corruption.
By the way, in case you do not know, there is now a movement to indocrinate Filipinos that there is no Opposition but representatives of the people versus the representatives of the Malacanang Mafia! 😛
well!! what do we expect from this tonggressman,the like of mr villafuerte who is so corrupt and a lick bootter of GMA and FG,he will always protect this illegal president and her spouse for more money..this allies of GMA are so evil that they think they will be there forever fooling and toying with the filipino people.your time will soon come to an end..how i wish that it will come sooner so you will taste the wrath of the filipino people,look at andaya.the name itself really stand for that..just to have more pork barrel,his giving his constituent a bad example..his letting the son of FG dado to run unoppose in his place as representative of the house knowing that dado is from pampanga and not in bicol.what are this people think about the filipinos that they can do all this nasty things on us..they are not only evil and criminals,they dont have any conscience at all..mga kapal muk`s!!
Isn’t that a better result. I mean, there would be full blown investigation and hearing, so truth will come out. Cong Cayetano can then present his evidence about the $500M German account which he didn’t had the chance during impeachment proceedings. Hope we’ll see a final outcome of this and will not result as a ‘ningas cogon’, or a case of ‘golpe de gulat’.
In an earlier thread, Anthony Scalia asked if there was a “Hold Departure Order (HDO)” order for me. Beause he said, if none, I could have just left for that Pakistan trip.
There was no HDO for me but since I’m out on bail, my lawyer said if I leave without permission from the court, it would be jumping bail. I could be arrested when I get back and my passport would be confiscated.
Fencesitter explained this in an earlier thread.
I thought the trip was not worth all those risks.
Partly, it was my fault for not knowing the basics of judicial process. This is a learning experience for me.
This morning, I was arraigned and I pleaded “NOT GUILTY”. Of course!
We are asking that my case be consolidated with that of the eight others in this particular case. (BG: I and Tatad were dropped by the prosecutor from the charge sheet last year. But Arroyo petitioned that we be reinstated. Which was granted last month.)
Tatad, on the other hand, had a different legal strategy. He is pursuing the line that the case has prescribed because it was filed after the article was published on May 19, 2004. It was rejected by Manila RTC Branch 26 Judge Silvino Pampilo Jr. yesterday. Tatad is appealing it to the CA.
Cheers to Allan ! You can do it. And get those fat asses out of their rut and specially those gma and fg allies in the house of tongress, Pichey, villafuete, datumanong, and the list goes on with these tongressman, People of the philippines when election comes please remember these tongressman allied with the fakes NOT to vote for them, ibasura lahat ang mga yan, kapalmuks! walang nga lugar yan lalu na sa pagsilbihan ang taong bayan, they only care about their own pockets. Allan bring out everything against these people and hidden wealth out in the open, so people will know about it, spread the gospel truth !
Its another case of the congress changing its rules to suit their interests. Now unless they change their rules again and prevent Cayetano from presenting evidence, ibang usapan na yan. I think this is the reason why the fatso jumped the gun and went to Germany. Time and again he insists that there’s no better evidence than the certification by the German bank. I suspect the majority to make a mockery of this proceedings. They will move heaven and earth to prevent Cayetano from presenting anything and take the fatso’s assertions as gospel truth. Nalagyan na ang mga yan.
it would be the start of allan cayetano’s dark days in congress. with almost all the maka kaban ng bayan tongressmen allied with the magicians in malacanan, one can expect a “cooked” decision of the unethical committee.
Yes Schumey, i agree that they can make and change rules to favor them. Would it not be too obvious though that even when there should be 2 sides to a case, only the Fatso can present his evidence and not Cayetano? Unbelievable, but possible (with these tongressmen)! My thinking is that Fatso only filed this complaint with the thought that Cayetano will be cowed, but the latter chooses to fight it out, hence, the committee concerned was forced to act on it.
Ang taong masaya sa katimawaan ng kanyang mundong kayamanan
Ay di matuturing mayaman dahil sa mga naimbak niyang kasaganaan
Iparis mo sa ibang dukha na may sapat lamang makakain sa araw araw
At sa pananamit dala hanggang sa kanyang puntod,
Na kahit ang ating Diyos ay makakayang maihandong.
Ang bunga ng lahat ng pagdadahas at pang-aapi, pagnakaw at pagdaya
Ay isang mabagsik na kamandag na kamatayan sa sinuman.
May mga mayaman na dalisay at may mga malupit
May mga dukha na mabait at may mga masama
May mga matalino na dakila at may mga dahas
May mga mangmang na marikit at may mga mabagsik
Saan tayo papanig, sino ang ating maasahan at pagkakatiwalaan !!
Di ba’t sa ating wagas na paniniwala sa banal na kaugalian.
Itong banal na paniniwala at walang kupas na tunay na katotohanan
Na tayong lahat na may paniningdigan dito ay di magbabago
Ng kahit ano man katumbas ng mundong kayamanan at kapangyarihan !!!
Ang taong may dalisay at banal na paniningdigan sa buhay at sa kapwa
Ay di kailanman magbabago at mababago ng kahit anumang bagay
Ngunit ang mundong kayamanan at kapangyarihan ay laging nagbabago
Sa mga taong huwahawak at sumasaklaw nito sa araw araw.
Lahat tayo ay mga anak ng Diyos, at lahat tayo ay may karapatan
Na mabuhay sa munting mundong hinadong ng ating Amang Diyos.
May mga sinilang na mayaman at may mga sinilang na maralita.
May mga naging mayaman at may mg naging maralita
Dahil sa takbo ng buhay na punong puno ng kapalaran
Kapalaran na lahat tayo ang may kagagawan mabuti’t masama man.
Kung ang nais natin matamasa ang katahimikan at kasaganaan.
Dapat magsamasama tayo’t magtulungan para sa lahat ng kapakanan
Walang mayaman o mahirap, walang matalino o mangmang
Walang kapangyarihan lakas, walang panglilinglang, dahas o pang-aapi.
Mag-samasama tayong lahat ilabas ang ating Gintong-Puso at kadakilaan
At iahon natin ang buhay ng lahat sa lahat ng sulok ng Pilipinas at daigdig.
Kung ako ay Mayaman tutulungan ko ang mahihirap para guminhawa sila
Kung ako ay Mahirap gagawa ako ng kabutihan para bawas ang kasamaan
Ang pagkakamkam ng kayamanan ang dahilan ng kahirapan sa buhay
Ang paglaganap ng dukha ay paghiwatig na lumalaganap na kasamaan.
Tayong Mayayaman,
paginhawain ninyo ang mga dukha nang lumaganap ang kabutihan
Tayong Mahihirap,
Gumawa ng mubuti sa lahat ng kapwa at sa lahat ng panahon
Tayong Lahat,
Magmahalan tayo at magmalasakit sa isa’t isa
Ito ang tulay na matatawid natin patungo sa katahimakan
Ito ang bangkang magtatawid sa atin sa pangpang ng kasaganaan.
Ito ang sanggalang magkakalasag sa lahat ng kasamaan.
Diyos ang ating Tagapagtanggol
Ang Alab ng Kanyang AWA ay umaagos na
Mabubuhay ang mga TAPAT sa KANYA
Maglalaho ang mga SUWAIL sa KANYA
Nasa DIYOS ang AWA
Nasa tao ang gawa
KAIROUS KAI KROUNOUS
Ano naman ang sa inyo ….. mga PINUNO ng PAMAHALAAN ng Pilipinas,
Lahat kayo ay mga BATAS ….. BATAS ng kasamaan, Batas ng PANG-AAPI, Batas ng Magnanakaw at Korakot, Batas ng Mapagsamantala, Batas ng Manlulupig.
Dahil sa kawalang-katarungan at kasamaan sa araw-araw nilang paghuhukom,
sa kawalang-katarungang ginagawa upang makamkam ang kayamanan;
sa panglilinglang sa sahod ng mga manggagawa;
sa tusong paggamit ng kapangyarihan para sa kasiyahan at karangyaan;
sa paghatol nila ng kamatayan sa mga taong walang-laban;
sa lubos lubusang kasamaan lumalagablab sa ating buong kapaligiran.
Binihag at ginapos ninyo ang Kabuhayan ng ating Bayan
Sila ay bihag ng kahirapan, kasamaan at paghihikaos
Dahil sa inyong katiwalian, pagbababaya at kalupitan.
Ang kanilang kaunting pananamit ay inangkin pa ninyo.
Ang kanilang kaunting pagkain ay inagaw pa ninyo.
Ang kaunting kaunting karapatan nila ay inyong
nilapastangan at tinapakan.
Ang kanilang kaunting pangangailangan ay inyong pinagdadamutan.
Dahil sa inyong katiwalian lahat sila ay naghihikahos.
Ginawa ninyong pugad ng kasamaan at karahasan ang ating bansa.
Naging pugad na rin ito ng kalaswaan at ng gutom na patutot.
Naging pugad na rin ito ng mabagsik na krimen at kamatayan.
Hanggang saan pa ninyo ito paabutin. Kailan ito matitigil.
Ang pag-uulayaw ninyo sa mundong kayamanan
At ang pagka-uhaw sa mga sariling karangyaan
Ay umuudyok ng paghimagsik di lamang sa tao
Kungdi pati na rin sa atin Panginoon Diyos
Dahil wasak na wasak na ang mga kabuhayan
sa walang-tigil na kasamaan at karahasan
Pinangungunahan pa ninyo, mga watak-watak na Pinuno
Pahiwatig na isang bulok at sawing pamahalaan.
Kahit limpak limpak na salapi ang pumapasok sa Bayan
Naghihikaos pa rin ang atin sanbayanan
Dahil puno ito ng katiwalian at kasamaan
Ang bulsa ng ating kasaganahan ay BUTAS
And Banga ng ating katiwasayan ay may BASAG
Ang bangka ng ating kaunlaran ay PALUBOG.
Kung bukas ang inyong mga mata, taynga at isip ng inyong puso
Malinaw na makikita, mapakikinggan at mauunawaan ang mga ito.
Di na natin kailangan pa maghirap o mag-away-away
Para guminhawa ang ating kabuhayan.
And Diyos ang nagbigay sa ating lahat ng kasaganaan
Ngunit ano ang atin sinukli sa lahat ng Kanyang pagbibiyaya
Lahat ay nakalimot sa Diyos at lumalabag sa Kanyang utos.
Lahat ay nagtatamasa ng kamunduhan aliw at kayamanan.
Kaya masdan ninyo ang ating Bayan at ang ating kabuhayan.
Ang Kagandahan, Kagalakan, at kasiglahan sa
lahat ng ating kapaligiran ay naglalaho at pumapanaw
sa bawat araw at panahong lumilipas. Sa libo-libong
araw na lumipas na pawang isang saglit lamang umudyok.
Isang katotohanan sa ating buhay na di dapat kabulaan
Pagkat lahat din tayo ay lalaho at papanaw sa mundong ito.
Kung mamasdan natin ang buhay ng tao
Silang lahat ay pumapanaw pawang winawalis
Tulad ng mga damong tumutubo sa umaga, sariwa’t namumulaklak
At sa init at ihip ng hangin, nalalanta’t bulaklak naglalagpakan.
Ganyan ang buhay nating lahat dito sa ating munting mundo.
Kaya kayong mga makapangyarihan at mayayaman
Buhay masigla’t malakas namumulaklak ng Kasaganahan at kagalakan
Ngunit sa init at ihip ng buhay ito nalalanta’t naglalagappak.
Ang lahat ng kabutihan ay nagmumula sa PINAKATAAS-TAASAN na kabutihang umaagos at umaapaw sa DIWA ng DIYOS na Banal. Ang kasiyahan, katahimikan, katiwasayan, kagalakan, kaunlaran, kasiglaan at ang lahat ng kabutihan ay bunga ng DIWA ng DIYOS. Kung lahat tayo ay nagnanais makamtam ang kabutihan nito dapat lang natin isakatuparan ang mga bagay bagay na magbibigay na tunay na halaga sa DIWA ng MAYKAPAL nang sa gayon ang ating magiging kapalaran ay walang hangganang kabutihan. Gisingin natin ang ating mga diwa. Dalisayin natin ang ating mga kaisipan. Ito ang simula sa pagkakakilala natin sa ating sariling at Kabanalan na biyaya ng ating Dakilnag Diyos. Dalisayin ang ating kaisipan para mabigyan ng tamang pagpapatnubay sa ating mga kasakiman na damdamin. Ito ang uudyok sa atin na sumulong sa lahat ng mabuting gawain at pawiin ang lahat ng masama at magnasa sa tuwid at banal na kaalaman, at ipuksa ang malupit at masidhing damdamin na nagbibihag sa ating Diwa at kaisipan para na sa gayon makamtam natin ang tunay na KALAYAAN. Kalayaan sa ating sarili, kalayan sa ating paghihirap at sa lahat ng pagdadalamhati. Kalayaan sa kadiliman. Kalayaan para sa ating lahat.
MABUHAY ang PILIPINAS.
MABUHAY ang PILIPINO.
KAIROUS KAI KROUNOUS
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I’m not really sure if psychological and psychiatric tests are exact science that could be used as one of the qualifying tests for the position of SC chief justice, but anyone who maybe suffering from delusion or grand illusion can always mislead or defeat such test. Miriam has proven that she can spin around just about anything. I don’t believe she is that intellect, daring maybe, but ambitious and self -centered sure she is.
What happened to the Republicans will also happen to these administration crook politicians. If there’s no rampant cheating next election, the opposition will get most of the posts. Americans have spoken. Filipinos will soon speak.
ystakei, I like “representative of the people”, may authority to represent ordinary people’s sentiments.
ocayvalle,
“Andaya letting the son of FG dado to run unoppose in his place as representative of the house knowing that dado is from pampanga and not in bicol.”
Parang freezing the brains of the pinoys na ito, ah! Maryosep, pati ba naman si Dado ay isinisingit sa hindi niya lugar. Tapos ay sasabihin ni Luli(bye) na walang singitan! Hypocrites!
“This morning, I was arraigned and I pleaded “NOT GUILTY”. Of course!
Ellen, you can’t lose this libel case, you have a good heart that Mike Pidal does not possess…his is a cold metal one. Dito pa lang, panalo ka na :).
I don’t believe she is that intellect, daring maybe, but ambitious and self -centered sure she is.
vic, BULL’S EYE!
“Andaya letting the son of FG dado to run unoppose in his place as representative of the house knowing that dado is from pampanga and not in bicol.”
ay! dakila!!!!
the majority we have in congress is composed of puppets, cash blindfolded and cows tied in their nose heading where their masters in malacanan want them to.
Rep. Cayetano should take it as a compliment that the TONGressmen want to kick him out of the Bastusan! Who would want to mingle with such a breed? Although there are a few goodmen, it is sad that today, being a Congressman does not add to one’s prestige anymore, on the contrary, it makes one stink! Unless, one enjoys being MABAHO, one does not hang out with the BASURA crowd of the Midget and the Pig. Being identified with them are for the DESPERADOs.
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Npongco,
I agree with you a 101% that “What happened to the Republicans will also happen to these administration crook politicians. If there’s no rampant cheating next election, the opposition will get most of the posts. Americans have spoken. Filipinos will soon speak.” After all, I have heard it said that “when America sneezes, the Philippines catches the cold.”
Pati Tongress, Mrivera, gustong gawing family corporation. Biro mo kung lahat ng mga kamag-anak ng mga halimaw na iyan patakbuhan sa lahat ng probinsiya tapos bayaran ang mga boboto gaya ng ginawa sa Bacolod para maboto iyong kapatid na mukhang tatanga-tanga pero magaling ding magsinungaling dahil may right of privacy kuno—justice Philippine style—susmalosep, patay na ang Pilipinas. Baka sabihin na talaga ng mga intsik kanila ang Pilipinas gaya ng sabi ng mga ungas doon na lahat daw ng isla na nasasakupan ng China Seas ay kanila!!!
Ang gusto ngang gawin angkining kanila ang Pilipinas kaya nga ipinagpipilitan na apo si Bansot ni Lakan Dula na taga Maynila at hindi naman may-ari ng Luzon, tapos ang sabi naman noong Tabatsoy, lahat daw ng Marikina dating kanila! Kaya pala ang lakas ng mga aklasan doon noong circa 1920~1940 dahil sa landgrabbing. Magtanong ka sa mg taga Marikina na matatanda, sasabihin nila sa iyo kung papaano nawala ang mga lupa ng karamihan doon. Hanggang ngayon gawain ng mga descendants ng mga landgrabbers, mas malala pa kasi power grabbing naman ngayon!!!
Sabi nga ng mga nakausap naming mga members ng Diet dito kasama si Cong. Satur Ocampo, para daw bumalik sa feudal ages!!! 😡
BTW, talo ang Republicans sa Congress ng US. My family is traditionally Republican, but I’m happy about the outcome of the election there this time. Suya kasi ako kay Dubya. Isa pang aroganteng gunggong!
I met Congressman Ocampo too here and he’s the living proof that there’s nothing wrong with the Philippine Communist Party. Given the chance, they can all become perfect middle class people.
Re: “Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago will have to undergo psychiatric and psychological tests”
Heheheheh!
Sira din ang ulo nitong si Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez, ano?
Dapat silang dalawa ni Miriam ang i-commit sa lunatic assylum.
Past mid-life crisis na dapat ang dalawang ito, ah! Talaga naman na parehong merong “brain damage”. Susunod na ang tianak kung wala pa :).
Nobody was surprised when Alan lost the “first round.” Expected na ‘yon, di ba? Matanong lang: Ilang rounds ba ‘to? Di ba parang “Boxing” ang labas dahil sa first round , talo..Eh, ano? may second, third pa naman, kaya? At saka, for all Alan cares, because sa totoo lang, hindi bagay si Alan sa mga berdugong nagsisitabaang baboy sa Kongreso! But we can’t blaim them, guys. Sa kanilang AMONG lalaki pa lang, “Do I hear somebody shouting: in dis korner, weighing 500,000 lbs…not $$$$ in Hypovereinsbank….., But as I said, and my word to Alan: “Macht nichts, es gibt noch die Zweite Runde. Da gewinnt der Beste!!!” Der Beste is none other than you., Alan Cayetano…and the place is the SENATE! My prayers for a good public servant like you!
LORD!! when will this nightmare of the filipino people will be over..almost all alied of GMA are so evil,a cheater and so corrupt and they lied all the way to their bone..after every allied tongressman of GMA and FG from jdv,andaya and even to a wannabee trying hard tongressman uy and albano of isabela to sandoval of malabon who always make press realeases everytime their evil boss GMA and FG being exposed by media locally and internationally and even by the bishop and prelates or by the ngo`s on their wrong doing to the filipino people,now here come`s the other trying hard boot licker and defender of the evil minion`s who will do anything doing comedy and pretending to be a magician or ventroloquist when the last time he went on press using a certain drug craze tiongco claiming to be a communication expert saying that yes those voice is GMA but she`s not the one speaking!!now this time lying to the press and to the filipino people around the world that five senators is for cha-cha..what a lier and so corrupt!! the five senators lead by senate president villar denied all of this in media and in the press, and so with the other four senator..what a creep this bulilit defensor is..not a single ioata of truth everytime he speak on the press and being televised and shown all around the world..he is really a CHEAT of staff of GMA in malacanan.
PATIENT: The Republic of the Philippines/Bayang Pilipinas/Mga Pilipino
THE ORIGINAL DISEASE: Marcos & His Minions/Cronies/Puppies (Read: “Tuta”)
ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS DATE: September 21, 1972
REMISSION DATE: February 25, 1986
THE NEW DISEASE: The Coalition of Strange Political Bedfellows which is composed of a rag-tag motley crew of misfits such as:
The Marcos Family & Their Minions – The Apo Fanatics
The Cory Aquino & Buhayin-Natin-Ang-Diwa-Ng-EDSA-Dahil-Pumalpak-Kami-Noong-EDSA 1-But-No-Wants-To-Verbalize-It-In-Deference-To-The-Tita Group
Tatang Guingona (with the signature “I accuse!” stare)
Erap & His Porcine Sons (with the special participation of the EDSA Tres vandals)
Lacson & His “Kamay-Na-Bakal” Squad
Binay & The Hindi-Kami-Hakot-Talagang-Naniniwala-Kami-Sa-Pinaglalaban-Namin-Tungkol-Nga-Ba-Saan-Ang-Rally-Na-Ito-At-Kailan-Ang Pakain-At-Ang-Bayad Crowd
Satur Ocampo, Teddy Casino and the old Communists-Waiting-In-The Wings-For-The-Opportune-Time-To-Overthrow-The-Capitalist-System-In-The-Mean-Time-Let-Us-Join-Congress-And-Use-The-Pork-Barrel-To-Fund-Our -Terroristic Activities Command
Crispin Beltran & The We-Oppose-Whoever-The-Hell-Is-In-Power-As-Long-As-It’s-Not-Us Group
Francis Escudero & The We-Love-To-Criticize-Without-Providing-Any-Damn-Solution Team
Susan Roces & The FPJ Immortal-Beyond-The-Grave Followers
The Bishops & The Order of Holier-Than-Thou-Let’s-Propagate-Like-Rabbits-But-Let’s-Not-Do-Anything-About-Erring Priests
Gringo & His We-The-Military-Is-The-Moral-Force-Of-The-Nation Platoon
Hindinapinoy,
Nasaan si Gloria at ang asawa niyang dambuhalang magnanakaw? Di mo na include sa list?
Hawaiianguy:
Here is an item I googled: May 23 2006PGMA to visit Madrid in late June, eyes 100000 jobs for OFWs in Spain tourist industry. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced today that she will …
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Another one: Sun.Star Manila – Spain opens jobs for 100000 Pinoy health workersTomas, who accompanied President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in her trip to Europe, … (OFWs), saying they are the most hardworking people and that Spain needs …
anna, they are both the sum total of all combined. or you can say the current “title holders”,BIG mickey and glo.
hindinapinoy, i read your list twice, nag-Houdini yata si Glue at Mike Pidal sa iyong listahan. i wonder where they are.
ana, chi,
wala na ang mga hinayupak sa listahan dahil hindi na dapat sila makabalik. dalawang posibilidad lang na makabalik o manatili sila: 1) martial law 2)cha-cha
pero kung iisipin, mananatili pa rin sila by proxy. nasa politika na ang mga anak/kamag-anak ng arroyo at macapagal.
ANO? tatakbong mayor ng maynila ang anak ni imee marcos?
matuto na naman sana ang pinoy. wasak na wasak na nga ang pilipinas, sinisimot pa.
Congresswoman Marcos said her mother was able to convince her son, Borgy Manotoc, to run for the post since he has a lot to offer to the people of Manila particularly the youth.
The former First Lady will become Borgy’s campaign manager instead, Congresswoman Marcos said.
The lawmaker expressed confidence that Borgy could easily win Manila’s primary voting bloc, which are mostly composed of young voters.
Besides the former First Lady being the former governor of Metro Manila still has strong influence and charisma among the people in depressed areas in Manila, she said.
“With Borgy, it’s like having Imelda Marcos run as mayor of Manila,” the lawmaker said.
“Having my mom as Borgy’s campaign manager, he will definitely get a solid vote in Manila particularly in Sampaloc, Pandacan, Tondo, Quiapo, Binondo, Sta. Cruz, San Miguel and other barangay [villages] in the city,” she said.
pero hindinapinoy, mas magandang nakalista rin sila at ang modifiers to discribe Mr./Mrs. Pidal. Kasi lahat ng inilista mo ay may catching discriptions. Let’s be fair to everybody, di ba?
chi,
kung sabagay, tama ka. pero baka kulangin ng space itong blog ni ellen sa pag describe sa fat and thin tandem –
e’ heste fat and short pala (naaalala ko kasi ang tsampoy brand noon).
ang tingin ko ay kakayanin ng blog ni Ellen na ma-contain lahat ang description kay Mr/Mrs Pidal, masarap pang basahin 🙂
Mr. Pidal ..BIG!! on Nothing..
Mrs. Pidal..short on EVERYTHING!!
Filipinos are missing the point. Alan out of Congress means one less powerful representative of the people there. Gosh, walang interpolation basta na lang natatanggal ng mga binayaran ng inutang sa kung anong bansa. Noong isang araw lang nagrereklamo na si Nograles. Nalangisan na siguro ang mga ungas kaya ang tapang ng mga apog na walang suntukan kung bagay sa isang boxing, score out na ang challenger! Walastik ang kawalanghiyaan!
Anna, Satur Ocampo is scheduled to visit the Upper House of the Diet on Friday to get introduced to all its members and observe the interpolation especially on the issue of Japanese ODA to the Philippines as requested by concerned Japanese groups that the members of our Diet cannot ignore. Bakit walang ganyang malakas na lobby group na hindi binabayaran sa Pilipinas? Oo nga pala kasi either barilin ka o insultuhin ka, etc. depende sa kung kaya ka nila, at kung may padulas ka!!!
Nakakaawa di ba? Especially when you think of the many Filipinos now who are willing to sell one of what they have in pairs like their kidneys in order to survive. It’s pathetic! Golly, what can 150,000 pesos do when they cannot make good investment for such mean amount, and no guarantee of a lasting profit even when they can invest it in some sari-sari store or a jeepney?
I really feel sorry for the Filipinos. Parang gusto mo tuloy sabihin, “May they rest in peace!”
yehey vic….
o tingnan mo hindinapinoy, two short sentences lang, hagip na hagip kung ano si Mr/Mrs Pidal.
thanks vic, matutulog na ako :).
You bet, Chi, ang dami nga nating description sa mga ungas na iyan e. Ang dami pang palusot! Susmalosep! Nagugutom na nga ang mga kababayan nilang hindi na makakilos kasi wala ng mga kidney, iniinsulto pa!
More than a century ago, Rizal, in fact, defended Filipinos who were called insolent by the Spaniards, and he said that they were not insolent, just non-motivated, and in their confusion, etc. they had become extraordinarily plain, simple and docile.
Then came the Americans who could not actually control the landgrabbers, etc. who were mostly sons and daughters of Spaniards, who settled in the Philippines, including the friars who sired a lot of them, and the Chinese being wiser to marry them, and thus, we see the emergence of these political dynasties with Chinese-sounding names.
Then came the Japanese whom the Filipinos resisted strongly because they looked like them especially when tanned by the sun, and suffering from some colonial mentality, they would not like to be under their fellow Asians, whom they would not tolerate to subjugate them, plus there was a war so assimilation was rather impossible.
Then, the war was over leaving the gap between the poor and the rich to become wider. The Americans seeing the great damage like the destruction of the US bases decades after by a dormant volcano made active again, decided to grant them independence but not total freedom that something Filipinos even now in fact have never learned its importance and significance.
Otherwise, they would not be satisfied with the pittance offered them by the crooks, family dynasties in fact, who have ruled them for decadesas like a few thousand pesos for their kidneys, etc. or even the menial jobs offered to them overseas!
Come to think of it, the Americans actually tried to provide jobs to the Filipinos during their occupation of the islands off the Pacific, but not inside the Philippines. They were brought to Hawaii or the West Coast to till the lands there.
But what lasting benefit did it have on the Filipinos? Nothing!
Same with the deployment of Filipino workers overseas now that is more human trafficking in fact, what good has it done to the Philippines but to finance the extravagance of the crooks who think they now own the Philippines!
Surely, Chi, the buck-toothed woman (pustiso yata iyong malalaking ngipin sa harap!) will go down Philippine history as the greatest pimp, and/or the greatest blunder the Filipinos have ever committed to torment themselves!
I agree with Ocayvalle, et al, it’s time to remove the crooks from the palace by the murky river—even at least to stop the Fatso from throwing his weight around like some evil Rasputin! Stop na ang pagpaparusa sa sarili gaya noong ginagawa ng mga fanatic kapag biyernes santos. PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
By the way, there is a very interesting article in The Independent (UK) about Imelda’s latest venture: trinkets.
The writer painted Imelda whose fashion sense is absolutely obnoxious and ostentatious in the extreme.
Here are excerpts: “Here, Ms Marcos is showing even Nancy Reagan a thing or two about status, entirely upstaging her although wearing a dress that matches the carpet is always risky. The style is flagrantly girlish when compared to the more understated bright, white attire of the American First Lady…”
“The footballer
The distinct impression in this instance is that Imelda Marcos is showing her true colours. With shoulder-pads that wouldn’t fit through the average doorway, she is more reminiscent of an American footballer or even (most unfortunately) Pat from EastEnders than a fairy tale princess. Don’t mess with Marcos!”
“There can’t be many women in the world privileged enough to have their name – and even position – printed on the inside of their footwear. Does Imelda Marcos do this to stop people stealing them? She need not bother because only very few people would ever want to wear this pair at least. The shoes are pink (but of course!) but also strangely ugly.”
“British reporters once watched in amazement as Mrs Marcos placed a jug of fake plastic roses on an exquisite Louis XV sideboard.”
I agree with the writer all the way. Mrs Marcos never developed a sense for good fashion. She smells and looks wealthy with what she puts on her back but by golly, there’s never been any class – she always looked the poor girl gone rich even with the trappings of her bling blings!
Poor woman – if only she knew how the people in the West had always looked down on her with definitive scorn, she’d hide!
And now we have a bulilit who is trying to match her for the title of the wicked queen – both without an iota of class!
Alan Cayetano may have lost the first round, or all the rounds after it for all I care, it must be Divine Will that wants him saved and out of that snakepit.
I could only envy how the polls in the US went, what with the American voters’ voices being heard loud and clear: “We condemn Bush and his policies”; “We detest the Republican Party’s corruption”; “We hate Bush and Rumsfeld for their lies”, and more. The Democrats have just regained their House control, and as it appears, the close Senate numbers may go the same way.
Here, the people’s voice is muffled, nay, stolen by an illegitimate usurper twice over. The most hated ruling party is not punished but rewarded in its corruption. The defense chief resigns not because he lies but because he spoke the truth.
As for Alan, the Congress will soon back out of this confrontation for whatever the outcome, Cayetano will emerge as the victor. If he is expelled, who cares? He gets more boost even if he is sure shot at a Senate slot. If he stays, the First Gentlepig, and his piglets all lose.
The wise decision is for the House to absolve him, they get their envelopes from the saint’s nephew, they shorten the mileage the opposition will definitely have advantage of in a full-blown hearing, and they save their skin from future backlash in case the power shifts to the other side.
Anna,
Between Imelda and Bansot, maganda pa rin ang sense ni Imelda. Sobra naman ang criticism sa kanya. Magandang magbihis ang aleng iyan sa totoo lang. Problem sa kanya ay iyong tipong keeping up with the Joneses. Ganyan naman iyong mga nasa high society sa Pilipinas, di ba? Kahit nga wala nang makain, pasikat pa rin!
Marami siyang sapatos kasi siya naman ang nag-promote ng shoe industry ng Marikina, di ba?
Inggit lang iyong mga badoy na people in the West. Kasi ayaw lang silang matabunan ng isang Asian lalo na pilipina. Ganyan din ang ginawa nila in fact kay Devi Sukarno.
OK amenado ako may deperensiya ang mga aleng ito, but these women are stunningly beautiful in real life. They have aged gracefully as a matter of fact.
Mas badoy pa ngang magdamit si Gloria Diaz as a matter of fact. But have we heard her being criticized for her way of dressing up? Wala, kasi pinili nila siyang maging Miss Universe!
Point is they should make sure Imelda does not do anymore anomalous activities. If she is honestly earning her keep, it is her privilege. She should be encouraged to reform! 😉
Yuko,
I don’t if the Westerners really feel scorn for her because she’s a Pinay… am not quite sure about that but I’ve seen her several times and she looks every inch the ostentatious queen.
There is no need to look like a Christmas tree to look classy. And Imelda is all that. She’s really ostentatious and I don’t believe that’s good fashion sense.
We have what we call the “bon chic bon genre!” One can be chic without overdoing it – Imelda is not all that.
My daughter who was then 12 met her once in Manila her first impression was, “She looks like an old giant barbie doll!”
Yuko, Anna, the good thing with Imelda is that she tries hard to put forward a positive image for her and the country and she does it so lavishly that foreigners either hate her or envy her. Or both.
Remember, “the good, the beautiful” – a phrase she uses almost exclusively to describe everything she is capable of, the reality behind it however, is a different thing.
Although to this day, many Manongs and Manangs blame her for the downfall of Da Apo, she was also instrumental in many of Marcos’ triumphs.
Pandak, however hard she tries, will never be seen near the likes of a Doris Duke or a Liz Taylor. She will have to be contented with the company of the Chavits and Pinedas.
luzviminda, chi: Di niya magagawa iyon. Pag nabasang isinama niya ang pangalan ng mag-asawang mangungupit, walang payslip. Hahaha!
Buking uli!
luzviminda,
ingat lang. sabi ni ma’m ellen walang personalan. walang husgahan na “MAKA-BAYARAN”.
tongue-
taga-hanga ka pala ni imelda. sa totoo lang nung tumakbo sila sa hawaii, ang daing ni imelda sa mga pilipino sa hawaii, wala silang pera, kaya ayun, marami ang nag-abuloy ng pera sa kanila. peks man, tanungin mo ang mga ilokano sa hawaii. kaya tayo pinagtatawanan ng mundo. 3000 sapatos samantalang naghihikahos ang bansa. the kurakot and beautiful siguro.
Tongue,
:), :), :).
Anna,
When I first saw Imelda, she must have better fashion adviser because she was stunningly beautiful in her simple terno and had only a pair of earrings on her ears and a simple broch to hold her alampay attached to the saya. And that was way back in 1968 when I went to Malacanang with a group of Pakistani dancers who performed in the palace and I was their guide.
The next time I saw her was in Hawaii when we visited my uncle, and she did not have anything on but her wedding ring, a wrist watch and her pair of earrings. She was mildly made up too, but she still looked beautiful despite her age. But then, of course, as they say, “Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.”
The eye sore for me was the golden statue of the infant Jesus that she carried where’er she went. I thought it was sacrilege but it was her religion and I could not totally blame her for it. I don’t believe in those statues, you see, and I think it is sacrilege to be praying to one that depicts Jesus as a child even when He died and resurrected when he was 33 years old, a very well grown up man indeed!
Kahit anong sabihin nila, maganda pa rin si Imelda. Her pictures lately look different, though. Matrona na ang itsura talaga. I know about the anklets of Imelda (never tried one myself), though.
But then, Anna, how many Filipinos do you know who do not go around with their jewelries hanging on their bodies? Dito nga may nakita akong pinay, may singsing pa sa mga daliri ng paa aside from the anklets on both feet! Believe you me! 😛 Dinala na lahat ang mga alahas niya!
So, out of curiosity I asked her why she would carry around all her jewelries hanging on her body, ears, arms and legs. Sagot sa akin, “Ate, hindi ko maiwan sa bahay kasi baka nakawin noong mga kasama ko. Kaya sinusuot ko na lang. Tutal wala namang magnanakaw nito sa labas na mga hapon. Kababayan lang naman natin ang mahilig magnakaw!” Susmalosep! 😛
Tongue,
Tama ka sa sinabi mo. Amenado naman silang maganda talaga si Imelda. Hindi na lang siguro photogenic ngayon. Magaganda din iyong mga anak. Hindi kailangan magpa-opera di tulad ni Bansot whom I remember to be very ugly when her father was president. Walang nagsabi kahit isang beses na kamukha niya ang tatay niya kundi ang nanay niya, pati sa ugali. Kaya nagulat nga ako kasi iba iyong mukhang natatandaan ko.
This reminds me of a story I heard about some ignorant Japanese tourists who went to Corsica in Italy. Corsica as you know was the birthplace of Napoleon the Great. When they got back to Japan, they were held at the airport and could not be cleared until they explained about the human bones they each have. When asked what they were, they said they were bones they bought from someone selling souvenirs to tourists in Corsica. The Customs officer was perplexed becauses there was nothing worthwhile about keeping some human bones and he found them too small for a grown up man until one of them blurted out and said, “Of course, they are not. They are bones of Napoleon when he was a child!”
Susmaryosep. Parang katulad noong Sto. Nino na galing din sa Italy!!! 😛
ystakei,
Noong wala pang blog si Ellen, I wrote her na kung pwede lang ay sabihin sa Malaya na huwag ilagay ang picture ni tianak sa first page kasi maraming nagkaka-heart attack. I tell you, all my friends had the same comments. I’m not kidding, but whenever I see the pagmumukha ni Pidal woman ay talaga namang dinadale ako ng psychosomatic illness, lalo na kung ngiting-aso. Ang sama ng pag-uugali ay nakadikit doon sa kanyang mukha!
Why are you guys insulting President Gloria Arroyo? What’s wrong with her looks? Do you know that she used to play the role of Virgin Mary in the school play?
npongco,
nagpapatawa ka na naman! Totoo ba yang Virgin Mary role niya?
Chi,
Tignan mo ang litrato ni Bansot sa Tribune, kitang-kita iyong sinabi ni Anna na yellow teeth niya, at saka ang itim ng gilagid! Never heard of such superstition among the Japanese but I find this case of the dark gilagid as a sign of bad character and corazon malo to be very applicable to the Bansot.
ystakei, even the pinoys say that huwag magtiwala sa maitim ang gilagid. i heard that first from my grandpa.
Chi,
Dito hindi sila tumitingin sa gilagid. They judge a person by his works! Magkamali ka dito, tapos ka na. That is why suicide is common among the Japanese. Mahirap kasing mabawi ang tiwala!
You bet, iyan din ang sabi ng mga ninuno ko! Ilan kaya ang maitim na gilagid sa mga naba-blog dito? 😛
BTW, Ellen, kung ako kay Miriam, I will find it an insult to being subjected to a psychiatric test that is not done to the rest of the judges appointed by the Bansot. Insultong malaki iyan.
If she allows herself to be subjected to such test, then we know something is really wrong with her, even her sense of right and wrong, and that will be bad for someone who is going to sit the highest judgment seat of the land.
I’m not impressed by this attempt of the Bansot to cajole and hoodwink the Filipinos after hearing initial reaction on this news. It is in fact nauseating!
Ystakei, The Great Pretenders, pero kung hindi naman maitim ang gilagid…baka ang budhi!
I should add, ang kapal din ng mukha n Miriam if she allows herself to be insulted this way by the Bansot and her cohorts.
As long as Brenda gets what she wants from the tianak, OK lang sa kanya. They’re just playing each other anyway. Both should be in a mental hospital. Wala na silang pag-asang tumino pareho. Birds of the same feather. Walang pupulot sa mga iyan pagbagsak.
bakit wala sa listahan si dadong “mister pur boy pram lubaw” macapagal? da oridyinal magnanakaw na tatay ng kasalukuyang magnanakaw at biyenan ng mala-baboy na kawatan? anpeyr ‘yan!!!!
Mrivera:
Contemporary ko si Gloria, at tama ka kawatan din ang tatay niyan. Nagkataon nga na puro kening burimo ang nakaupo noon. Alam ko iyong Mayor ng Manila na si Antonio Villegas may lahi din kapampangan at talaga namang nagpayaman pero ang bagsak din tagatinda ng mga kaldero sa SFO. Professor kong si Agoncillo panay ang bira noon diyan kay Dadong. Kawawa daw ang mga pilipino ng generation ko at susunod pang generation dahil hindi daw mababayaran ang utang ng Pilipinas kahit kanino. May natekwat pang mga reparations payments ang mga iyan sa Japan sa totoo lang.
Alam mo ba noong panahon ni Quirino, nakipag-away siya sa mga kano na dagdagan ang bayad ng Japan sa Philippines at gawin 2B dollars kahit na sa totoo lang ay pinakamalaki ang in-award sa Pilipinas.
Pero alam mo ba kung magkano na umabot ang utang ng Pilipinas na hindi pa nababayaran sa Japan? Ang sabi sa akin mahigit daw na 16B dollars. Tapos ngayon gusto pa ni Bansot na idispatsa lahat ang patrimonies ng Pilipinas sa Japan. Hindi ko nga malaman kung ito ay dahil sa ipasasakop na niya ang Pilipinas sa mga intsik kapag hindi pa siya mapaalis.
Maraming secret deals ang ungas sa totoo lang. Bakit pinapayagan iyan?
kapag si miriam naging chief justice dapat palitan na rin yung babaeng may hawak ng timbangan, bagay yung pormang sisa na nakalugay buhok at nakalupasay.
kapag si miriam na nga eh patay kang bata ka, malala na nga ang tambalang siraulo at mercedes de braso, nadagdagan pa, lalo na tayong magkakalintek-lintek niyan.
Siguro naman Valentin, kapag nangyari iyan e matauhan na ang mga pilipino at gaya ng inaasam nating lahat ay may mamuno na ng bagong KKK at maging katulad ni Andres Bonifacio, Diego at Gabriela Silang!
Remember, there is always a limit to how much one can take. As they say in Tagalog, walang bigas na umaapaw na hindi kinakalos!!! Ang mahirap iyong nakikita natin ngayon lalo na sa military na “If you can lick ’em, join ’em” para hindi makulong o mapatay!!! 🙁
sabi ko na nga sa inyo, si anthonmy scalia ang best alternative natin sa darating na 2010 election, pero mas mabuting hikayatin nating kumandidato sa 2007 congressional o senatorial election para maumpisahan niya ang kanyang mga programa sakaling manalo at maumpisahan ang pagbabagong inaasam natin para sa pilipinas.
….anthony scalia……..
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA! ANG DAMING PAPALIT BAKIT IYONG PANG BAKA DEMONYO PA?
Yes, Chi. She played Mary’s role in school play but it was a grade school play. Then, she was booed by the audience. Many parents protested saying her role insulted the Mother of Jesus. It was her teacher’s fault. Her teacher played politics by giving her the role just because GMA happened to be the daughter of then President Diosdado Macapagal. Even today, the parents still remember that program. Whenever they meet and talk about it, some are not afraid to comment to say that was the ugliest Virgin Mary they ever saw in a religious play. One of the parents happen to be my aunt.
“Whenever they meet and talk about it, some are not afraid to comment to say that was the ugliest Virgin Mary they ever saw in a religious play. One of the parents happen to be my aunt.”
Hahahahahahah!
npongco, anna, ‘yan ang mas matindi pa sa blasphemy. biruin n’yong gawing mukhang lamang lupa ang ina ni hesukristo?
“lamang lupa”
I will borrow some of Yuko’s words, “KAWAWANG” Gloria!
Hehehe!
npongco,
Kagigising ko lang, ginawa mong breakfast ko ang katatawa (LOL). My husband wondered why, kasi nga naman I don’t usually laugh at the breakfast table. I let him read your post, at mas malakas pa ang tawa kesa sa akin.
The tianak has a face only her parents can love! Hehehehe. Masaya ‘to!
Pero di ba ipinatapon din ni Eva ang pandak na iyan sa Iligan ng bata pa?
Mrivera, ang tindi mo “lamang lupa”, hahahahha!
hindinapinoy: Hindi ako tagahanga ni Imelda. Gusto mo bang maging idol ang isang taong daan-daang kaso ang nasa korte? Don’t try to second guess me. Read my post again, or better yet, read between the lines. Aithough if I’m made to choose between Imelda and Gloria, I’d pick Imelda any day of the week, twice on Sundays.
Yung challenge ni chi ang sagutin mo. Pati ni Mrivera, hokey?
Nakita nyo ba sa news yung painting sa living room ng mga Macapagal sa Butuan, si Gloria nakahubo’t hubad na nakahiga? Subukan ninyo ngang pagpantasyahan!
Valentin, maganda yung image ng Lady of Justice na sinasabi mo pag naupo si Miriam sa SC, “bagay yung pormang sisa na nakalugay buhok at nakalupasay”. Mukhang ginahasa naman iyon. Para sa akin mas bagay yung babaeng naka-straitjacket at may hawak na .45 pistol.
Omigod, ang “lamang lupa’ nakahiga hubo’t hubad? Nagpapantasya na siya si Venusa. Ayyayay…sino naman ang painter niyan, baka nasuka!
Yuko, magaganda nga ang mga anak ni Makoy. Kasabay ko sa UP sina Imee at Irene. Pati na yung anak ni Enrile na si Katrina at yung dalaga ni Prime Minister Virata na dating equestrienne (nakalimutan ko na ang pangalan) – mga anak ng tatlong pinaka-makapangyarihan nung martial law regime.
Simple lang pumorma si Imee: Kabataang Barangay o plain white T-shirt and maong, heavy ang makeup sa mata. Si Irene araw-araw naka-Lacoste and maong, nakalipstick lang. Si Katrina nakapormang may lakad palagi, disco habitue kasi, siyempre pa naka full makeup . Yung anak ni Virata, pormang Irene Marcos din.
Ang tsismis sa UP, nagparetoke si Imee ng mata at ginawang parfect ang mata niya dahil hopeless na mabawasan yung haba ng chin. Ang punto raw ng surgeon, ilayo na lang ang atensiyon sa baba at magkaka-balance sa mukha niya. Tama ba iyon? Si Irene naman maganda talaga at may katawan pa. Si Katrina, malaki ang mukha at mukhang bakla (ooops!) pero tisay, mana sa ina. Si Virata, cute at napakakinis ng mukha.
Ikumpara ninyo kay Luli!
May natamaan yata sa ‘Maka-Bayaran’ term ko. Ang sabi ko ‘baka’, hindi ko tiniyak. Okey!
As per report, Cayetano is not a bit worried, in fact, he is happy to have the chance to cross-examine the fat guy, the son “Lion King” and the brother iggy “jose pidal” kuno. It now appears that his loss is a blessing in disguise, and the victory of the pidals will turn into a nightmare.
TongueT:
Hindi ko pa nakita si Imee nang lumaki na siya. Grade VI pa lang yata siya when I first saw her. Iyong kapatid na si Bongbong at Irene ang na-meet ko sa SFO dahil kamag-anak nga namin si Macoy at ang sister ko ang nag-lead ng movement nila sa Bay Area. Doon ko rin na-meet si Greggy na malayong-malayo rin kay Fatso dahil hindi mayabang. Simple lang.
You bet, maganda si Irene and most of all, hindi nakikialam sa politika. Hindi retoke ang mukha. So with Bongbong who got his mother’s looks but his father’s height, mannerism and what? Nakalimutan ko na.
As for Luli, kawawa naman. Nakuha ang itsura ng ina noong bata pa siya at bago yata nagparetoke na combination pa doon sa tatay niya. Marami naman na silang pera ngayon, puede na siyang magparetoke ng mukha niya kung gusto niya. Magandang magparetoke sa Japan sa totoo lang. Puede siyang gawing kamukha ni Elizabeth —Taylor, Ramsey, whatever mamili siya!
Tongue T,
Nalaglag ako sa upuan ko dito a: “Nakita nyo ba sa news yung painting sa living room ng mga Macapagal sa Butuan, si Gloria nakahubo’t hubad na nakahiga? Subukan ninyo ngang pagpantasyahan!” 🙂 🙂 🙂
ano? si rossana roces naman ang ginaya? nakahigang hubo’t hubad? susmaryosep!! pati ba naman sining, sinalaula na rin?
ystakei, ramsey na lang! insulto kay elizabeth taylor.
Mrivera,
On second thought, insulto rin kay Elizabeth Ramsey dahil hindi naman yata siya garapal! 😛
An input on Bong bong Marcos: In 1976, he came to Paris for a good time and frequented the well known private night clubs in the capital, i.e., Privée, Regine’s, etc. He dated one of my childhood friends, a Ms Philippines who was studying in Paris at the time and lemme tell you, she didn’t appreciate him at all.
He was quite mayabang, arrogant and to put it bluntly, quite rude most of the time. He ordered his aides around as if they were slaves. No finesse whatsoever. I put it to lack of real education or worse, lack of intelligence.
But Chi, I’m unlike one jerk here who’s too corny that makes me vomit at breakfast. I just have a sense of humor. I’m told that this Gloria was cute when she was small. Today, she has the accute disease that’s hurting millions of Filipinos.
Npongco, ‘yan ang sinasabi ko. Lahat halos ng pinoy, maliban sa kanyang sipsip brigada, ay nahahawa ng kanyang “accute disease”. What could be more hurting than this for us who care deeply for our families, friends and bansa. I believe that the only way to take her out of office (maliban kung ma-deadbol) is for us to tolerate each others shortcomings and bond together in thoughts and deeds to bring down the usurper.
More often, a person uses his own perceptions, which are not always correct (maliban ang perceptions kay Glue :), to form an opinion about something. But they are just perceptions, which if not proven thoroughly, stay as just mental images of persons or things. So, let’s not be misguided by the words alone, let’s go beyond it. We are responsible people here, kaya nga masaya.
O sige, tapos na ang klase ng waswit at manunood muna kami ng “Borat”, hehehe–hahaha!!! Oy, sine ‘yan, box office hit here!
Yup, Chi, narinig ko iyan movie na iyan. Tawa nga ng tawa ang Mr. kong marunong mga bastos na salitang tagalog. Sabi ko sa kaniya hindi borat sa Tagalog, “Borat” sa Mexicano ba?
Anna:
The Bongbong I met in 1988 was very matured, pangiti-ngiti lang. Are you sure you have the right Bongbong? But then, even Bongbong has admitted he was “spoiled brat” when he was younger but uncouth? I doubt!
Here’s an article written by a distant relative of mine on Bongbong for the Inquirer in Ilocos FYI:
Ilocos Norte Gov. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. still talks his father’s language in the world of politics. But Bongbong is the first to admit that he now lives in a different reality. He is, after all, no longer the spoiled son who would whistle-stop in the province only to play on its pristine beaches.
Now 48, Bongbong has been governor for seven uninterrupted years, thanks to a family name that many Ilocanos still revere and a style that constantly reminds them of the ousted president. Bongbong wears the same short-sleeved barong and black pants in official functions that his father was known for. In public appearances, he often quotes his father.
At one media briefing where he was asked whether he owned businesses in Ilocos Norte, for instance, Bongbong said he follows his father’s rule that he shouldn’t make money where he gets his votes.
Bongbong wouldn’t mask his sullenness over EDSA, though, describing it once as “nothing but a political power grab.” He had paid a steep price for it. “To be taken from the heights of privilege into exile and in the manner that we were treated [like a devil’s agent], of course, it changes you,” Bongbong told NEWSBREAK. “You have to grow up very, very quickly. Whereas you lived in one world before, suddenly you are in another world with a new set of rules and circumstances.”
Married to a bright lawyer, Louise Araneta, Bongbong is now a doting dad to three sons—Ferdinand Alexander, 11; Joseph Simon, 10; and William Vincent, 8—all born post-EDSA. The two youngest sons live with their parents in Laoag City while Ferdinand Alexander studies in England, where his dad lived for many years as an exile.
EDSA forced Bongbong to give up his privacy, live a less carefree life, and embrace politics, something that he never took seriously when his father was still in power. “When he came to Ilocos for a quick visit [before EDSA], either he was always in his van or he walked around with heavy security,” recalls veteran local journalist Juliet Pascual. On his first term as governor in 1998, he had to show that he could be taken seriously. He went to office every day and managed provincial affairs hands-on. But many say he has returned to his old life—preferring to stay home or travel abroad, leaving day-to-day affairs to his staff. “I seldom see him in the capitol,” says a Laoag politician.
His ambivalence toward a politician’s life notwithstanding, retirement is out of the question for now. His term ends next year and he is said to be eyeing Congress. In turn, his sister Imee, who will end her term as congresswoman, will run for governor. This is Marcos country, after all.
—with reports from Cristina Arzadon in Laoag City
http://www.inq7.net
May mali sa article. He was not on exile in UK. He was a student there. I did not meet him there, though, when I studied there, too.
Hindi magtatagal, barkada na ng mga Arroyo sina Drs. Calayan at Vicki Belo – top makeover docs ngayon dito. Pag Sinuswerte, baka ma-appoint pang Usec. Diba yung dentista nga e Chairman ng Prof. Reg. Comm. (PRC)? Kung ako kay Gloria, sisipain ko na iyang si Rosero sa PRC, di dahil sa nursing leakage kundi dahil sa itsura ng bunganga ni daughter dear! Nyihihi!
Ellen, kasama rin sa mga contemporaries ko sa UP si JB Baylon na colleague mo sa Malaya. Pati na rin sina Congs. Boying and Gilbert Remulla. Tambay din sa Palma Hall lobby sina Loren Legarda, Ces Oreña (Drilon), Tony Velasquez na puros taga – ABS-CBN.
BTW, tuloy na sa Sunday ang fashion show ni Monique Lhuillier sa Makati Shangri-La. Di ako pupunta kahit mahal ang bayad, di ako bagay makihalo kina Dung at Inday.
TongueT,
Thanks for the tidbits about UP. Those were the days. I went to see the Diliman Campus in 2004, nadismaya ako. Ang sikip na. Pinag-iinteresan kasi ng mga non-UPian ang lupa doon.
Frankly, despite the propaganda that the Pandak got her PhD at UP, I don’t consider her an alumna of UP especially if I believe the hush-hush that it was obtained by devious means. (Anong say mo dito?)
Iyan ang pinagmamalaki niyan at iyong stint niya sa Georgetown na wala namang credit. Hindi binabanggit that she took her undergrad diploma from Assumption and M.A. I think from Ateneo U, where she taught. Kasi kahit anong sabihin niya and attempt to dissolve UP, iyan lang ang kilalang Philippine university worldwide.
Anna:
Bongbong is Eton bred. He should have been corrected of his uncouthness whatever there. Otherwise, pilipino pa rin pala!
Hindi ako magtataka. Mayaman, mahirap sa Pilipinas wala namang pinag-iba unlike in UK or Japan where there is a clear distinction between the matino and the bastos!!!
Tignan mo nga si Pandak kung makaupo! Nakita pa ang ngalangala niya. Kung walang salawal (kulay pula daw sabi ng kaibigan ko para sabihin nireregla pa siya), nakitahan na. Ang pangit siguro! 😛
Will send the picture to your email addy later.
Yuko,
I didn’t know that he went to Eton because I thought he went to La Salle.
To be Eton-bred he’s got to have been at Eton immediately after prep school and until the final year and preferably prepared in a prep school of the English public school category.
He did, Anna. He went to Eton. ‘Taka nga ako noon kung bakit sa UK pa. I did not even realize then that the value of the sterling was double that of the dollar until I, myself, went to UK to study.
At least, in my case, I was not paying on my own but a grant from the British Council. Kaya nga sabi ko, sobra naman bakit hindi pa sa Pilipinas na lang mag-aral to save the Philippines unnecessary expenses because of the tendency of Filipinos to charge such extra expenses that should have been personal as government expenses like what the Filipinos on foreign assignments actually did and still do.
Irene went to study in England, too, I understand, and why she looked dignified. I had the same impression of Bongbong as a matter of fact. When I saw him as an adult, he was 30.
Yuko,
Is that so? Spent all of junior and senior school years at Eton?
What I really meant was that to be called ETON-BRED, technically, he’s got to have been educated at ETON immediately or RIGHT AFTER prep school or from Form 6 or 7 and ideally, should have come from a similar public school (preferably from an English public school) of the same repute (although the two Windsor boys went ‘only’ to community or state-run prep schools and not to the classic English public school prior to going to Eton but heck, they were Windsors!)
Actually, if you compare Eton’s tuition costs to those on the continent, tuition fees at Eton and at two other reputable English public schools like Harrow or Wellington, are almost not more expensive than the usual international schools on the Continent which charge non-boarders 26,000 Euros for a year’s tuition fee alone for Form 11 and onward.
To Imelda and Ferdie even then, that would have been peanuts!
(Anyway, it’s quite surprising that he didn’t develop the English public school boy accent…)
Anna,
It was in fact when they reported in the newspapers his going to Eton that I first heard of it as it was long before I, myself, was able to go to UK, and I had only US orientation at that time. How long he stayed there, however, to develop the public school boy accent, I don’t know.
But then, look at FVR, who is said to have finished schooling at some military school in the US. Ang sagwa ng accent!
Considering the condition the Philippines was when Marcos took over the reins of government, anything triple or quadruple the price of the peso, Anna, was expensive for me. Besides, why go overseas when there were equally good schools in the Philippines especially then if not for the yabang?!