The swearing-in of Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. last Sunday as permanent representative to the United Nations in Cebu in the midst of Asean activities is causing a lot of concern among foreign service officers.
They sense something sinister. Davide’s appointment, despite his being past 70 years old, has already caused demoralization in the foreign service corps.
In a letter to Arroyo today, Michael G. Macaraig, president of the DFAPA (Department of Foreign Affairs Personnel Association), asked “Bakit? Dahil po ba na walang kwalipikadong tao na dito sa aming sangay manggagaling?” (Why, is there no one qualified from the DFA?)
Macaraig said of the more than 2,300 foregn service corps, 78 hold the position of chief of mission.
He said in the military, Arroyo would not dream of appointing someone oustide of the armed forces to represent the institution abroad. “Ang ipinagdadamdam namin dito sa aming hanay ay bakit kami baliwala sa aming Pangulo?” (We feel hurt tha we are being taken for granted by our President.)
Here’s Sen. Rodolfo Biazon’s take on Davide’s appointment:
I would say that the appointment is ad interim, meaning he can already perform the functions, this happened to me after my retirement from the AFP when I was nominated 2x by former Pres Cory Aquino to be ambassador to Russia but I was rejected 2x by the Commission on Appointment, and at the second appointment as a matter of fact, there was issued agreement by the Russian govt, meaning I was accepted and I could already perform my duties, but I refused to go to Moscow without the confirmation and true enough I was rejected by the Commission on Appointment and probably because I got mad I ran for the Senate, and that is why I am here.
In the case of Davide, he can perform, he can go there, IF there is a need for an agreement from the UN for his posting, I do not know if there is such a requirement. I think we should avoid what happened to Ambassador Bolton of the USA, he was not confirmed and yet he occupied his post in the UN without confirmation, and now that the Democrats won in the Legislature, there is a great possibility that He would not be confirmed. That is why I think he had to resign and another one had to be appointed by Pres Bush..I hope this does not happen to our Ambassador appointee because we might have a new composition of the 14th Congress.
The sessions will end June and there might not be enough time for the confirmation of Justice Davide to the UN post. This would be a decision of the chief justice. I hope what happened to Bolton would not happen to Davide. If Davide is not confirmed by the CA, what kind of presentation will you be able to provide being a representative of our country to the UN. This will decrease his effectiveness
Text from Alan Paguia: “Davide’s nomination is contrary to public policy which limits foreign service to those below 65 years of age. Davide is more than 70. Thus, he cannot be validly nominated or appointed. In case the CA confirms, that confirmation would be invalid for the same reason.”
A little out of topic lang po: Nakakahiya itong food poisoning sa Cebu lalo na kung may nangyari sa foreigners. The Arroyo family should have been among them.
Summit food downs 103
By Angelo S. Samonte and Francis Earl A. Cueto, Reporters
One hundred and three people, many of them dancers due to perform at a gala at the close of the Asean summit in Cebu, were treated at different hospitals for food poisoning Sunday, health officials in Cebu reported.
The poisoning victims included beauty queens Melanie Marquez and Gemma Cruz-Araneta and Gerard Salonga, the brother of international artist Lea Salonga.
About Davide’s appointment, like what I opined in the other thread, he doesn’t have even a bit of delicadeza. Sinira na niya ang magandang pangalan ng Supreme Court, ngayon naman sisirain din niya ang United Nation.
mandirigma, wala tayong magagawa, sira din kasi ang ulo ng pekeng presidente kaya ganyang puro kasiraan ang nangyayari sa bawat sulok ng kanyang administrasyon. ipinagmamalaki pa!
If the Foreign Service really believes that a wrong was committed by Gloria’s swearing in of judicial coup leader Davide, why don’t they rise in unison and go on strike!
Goddamit,short of doing that, they can’t expect anybody to back them up.
They should stop moaning, whining, whimpering and do the right thing!
I would like to think that people making up our foreign service have not lost their sense of honor and their courage.
Six years ago this Saturday, then Chief Justice Hilario Davide suddenly appeared at a religious Shrine in Mandaluyong City, from out of nowhere, mounted a stage and for some still unexplained reason, suddenly swore in the Vice President, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, as President. He could not have been validly acting as Chief Justice, since there was no CASE that could have conceivably brought him there. But the crisis he spawned by that singular act of brazen violation of the Philippine Constitution is still ongoing. There was, on that fine Saturday morning of 20 January 2001, no case before said Chief Justice Davide, other than a Presidential Impeachment Trial, which, for some reason, he abandoned though it was validly being held in the Senate of the Philippines under completely proper Rules. Instead, the Chief Justice, was a co-conspirator in the demolition of Philippine democracy as we know it.
The final resolution of the conundrum he put the Constitution into is not yet in sight and can only be guessed at, even as he mounts the World Stage with his Barrio-class mind imagining that thinking people don’t know what a Derelict he is of Sacred Duty, what a traitor he is to that quintessentially necessary condition for Justice to be done: the cold neutrality of an impartial Judge.
Davide simply chucked out the entire section of the Constitution on Presidential Succession and Public Accountability. He is a complete disgrace as a Judge and a Justice of the High Court.
Davide is a faker now, hoping to leave for foreign climes, where his exposure will naturally await its domestic efflorescence.
But he cannot escape History, because his decisions are the Gordian Knot in Philippine history, with Erap and GMA tying us all up in knots of illegitimacy and irresolvability.
Eventually it will become obvious to all how Davide destroyed democracy by Judicial Putschism six years ago.
He cannot escape that judgment.
Filipinos who don’t rise to oppose the Davide confirmation shoulld are complicit in the bastardization of Philippine laws!
Dean,
Extraordinary that Filipinos should allow Gloria and Davide to commit another coup!
I’m thinking of changing my name “Mandirigma” to GodSaveDUnitedNation. Davide’s appointment really makes me sick. Nakakasuka na talaga.
Just how often the Constitution had been violated by the very people sworn to uphold it? The SC, the last bastion of Justice was the perverter of the contitution by its justices laying the laws into their hands or simply don’t know what they are doing.
Davide as a Chief Justice, in one stroke got carried away by his personal emotion and interest and forgot that Justice has no feelings and emotions and also blind, but deliberate on the points of law with the independence above that of ordinary dinezens and with that decision had perverted the Constitution beyond redemption. And it take only one person to do it and destroy the whole Democracy and the Process and Being rewarded by another Pervert (don’t know which is the bigger of the two) to do more pervertion on the other field we have known as the United Nations. May he got exposed and disgraced among the better men and women..
Violating the Constitution is the favorite sport in the Philippines.
If I were a betting man, I would wager (and win) the Philippine Constitution will be thrashed a few more times this year!
What gall ! This is too much already ! How much more can we, the people, take of GLORIA’S VIOLATION OF THE LAW ? Each time Gloria violates the law, or the Constitution, she is SPITTING at the face of every Filipino. I agree w/ Anna de Brux that “Filipinos who don’t rise to oppose the Davide confirmation..are complicit in the bastardization of Philippine laws!”
We already know the USUAL REPLY OF MALACAÑAN, “Go to the Courts.” Kung ihampas nalang kaya natin ang mukha ni Gloria sa pader ng Korte ? !
Hahahah! Yeah, right on Chabeli!!!!
“Kung ihampas nalang kaya natin ang mukha ni Gloria sa pader ng Korte ? ! “
How could the Foreign Service allowed itself to be prostituted by two fakers, Glueria and Davide?
Instead of just airing complaints, the better FDA officials and employees should tell the bogus president to her face that her illegal appoinment of “ninong” Davide is illegal and not acceptable.
Kesa puro “alburuto” ay kumilos naman kayo! Glueria is taking advantage of the situation that FDA boss Romulo is nothing but a yes man! Glueria rules! Ayy naku, kawawang bansa!
Hahahah! Chabeli. Kung hindi magawa ng FDA na ihampas ang mukha ni Glueria sa pader, dito sa blog ay symbolically kaya natin! Kabooooogggggg, baaagggggg, kabbbaaaaam!!!
Ka Vic, the basis for Davide’s decision on President Erap and legitimizing Arroyo were a verse in the bible and Angara’s diary. Can you imagine that? Tapos, ganyan klaseng tao ang ginawang kinatawan ng RP sa UN.
Madulas sana si Davide on the sidewalks when New York is freezing cold!
Yehey, Chi ! Even if in our imagination only, it feels good !
“Kung hindi magawa ng FDA na ihampas ang mukha ni Glueria sa pader, dito sa blog ay symbolically kaya natin! Kabooooogggggg, baaagggggg, kabbbaaaaam!!!”
Anna de Brux,
Maybe we should ask some of our “friends” in New Yawk to “welcome” Davide ? Hee hee hee.
Davide’s illegal oath taking administered by Arroyo was a replay of Arroyo’s illegal oath taking at Edsa by Davide.
Heh! That will just be sumpthin, Chabeli! Yeah… put banana peelings for a makeshift carpet.
I just received an e-mail from one of the most ardent supporters of Gloria.
She’s a former beauty queen from Cebu who writes, “Gloria is very disappointing. She’s misled us.”
Hah! I wrote back to her telling her, “That, my friend, is the understatment of the century!”
Chabeli and Anna,
OK, I’ll ask my redneck friends from Naw’lins to welcome Davide in New Yawk!
Anna,
Huh, it’s never too late for your beauty queen friend to realize that Glueria is only taking them for a ride. Buti naman at hindi siya nagpa-uto hanggang sa matapos ang mundo!
I will do same Chi as well as invite friends from Harlem to give them a hand!
Agree, Chi! Good she finally realized that Gloria ain’t worth her devotion.
Mandirigma,
Once again, Gloria is on pay-back mode. This time its for Davide. Daming utang ni Gloria no ?
“Davide’s illegal oath taking administered by Arroyo was a replay of Arroyo’s illegal oath taking at Edsa by Davide.”
What did Arroyo mislead you friend, Anna?
Is that beauty queen from Cebu Pilar Pilapil?
Ellen, she didn’t say but I have a hunch that she’s now realized Gloria is a jerk.
The thing that made me laugh while reading her e-mail was when she described Gloria as “being pure once…”
Almost fell off my seat laughing. Just don’t want to cause her more pain by sticking the knife in the wound coz she’s one of my close friends. Am relieved she finally discovered that Gloria is nothing but a whoring politician.
GSDC:
I agree with you 100%. It is ironic that the Chief Guardian of the Constitution was the first to trash it. I challenge anybody to read the Constitution and see if there’s such a provision as “constructive resignation” in it. He administered the oath to gma as president–illegally and unsconstitutionnally.
Now of course, he gets a big pay off for his act, no doubt a monumental case of quid pro quo.
He’s a failed politician, a failed Chief Justice and a disgrace to the nation in his appointment as Philippine Ambassador to the UN.
Integrity and intellectual honesty are alien to him.
I cry for you my beloved Philippines. I hope and pray I die not without seeing the dawn breaking upon you.
Right Adawning, “He’s a failed politician, a failed Chief Justice and a disgrace to the nation in his appointment as Philippine Ambassador to the UN.” but he’s gonna be rich without having to sweat it out.
Just ask Dean how much in salary and perks Davide, Chief craphead is entitled to as envoy to the UN.
Damn tan&è!àç(è)&! niya!
It can be inferred that Davide could not wait to dip his hands into $30,000 a month which includes $10,000 living allowance. That will put him in company with consul general Rebong enjoying her $10,000 month suite on the Trump Towers. Some people are just luckier than you and me.
Ako dito issue sabi,ikli lang.Ako gaya muna singkit.May kasabihan intsik-Long talk-Long mistake,Short-talk short mistake.Sabi kabisi,dinig n’ya usap Davide at Gloria.Ito sabi dalawa:I swear you,you swear me.Kurakot money tayo dalawa share.
Alitaptap,
Is the 10K monthly housing allowance on top of the 30K monthly take? That’s tax free take bearing in mind that if ever there are taxes to pay, Filipino taxpayers have to shoulder Chief Davide top crap expat’s taxes in the US…
What about the other perks like, transport, gazoline, etc.?
If you compute all those expenses, bloody hell, the frigging Davide’s landing with a golden parachute plus the fact that he can’t be touched by justice in Pinas if and when justice is ever served to the Filipino people.
How clever of the unano and her corrupt favorite legal jihadist!
2001, Jan.- Davide unconstitutionally or rather illegally sworn in the Great Switik to be acting president. I remember the supporters of this crook of a judge praising him in fact. I even almost quarreled with a fellow UP alumnus, a very good friend in fact, regarding the speech Davide made during the commencement exercise at UP that year with him praising himself for “a job well done.”
2007, Jan – The gesture was returned with the unconstitutional and/or illegal appointment to the UN by Davide. This time, my friend and I share the same sentiment that Davide should be sent to jail with all those who co-plotted the removal of a duly elected president and have cheated on Filipinos ever since.
Just a thought. What’s so significant about January? It seems that the Great Switik gets active in plotting all her acts against the Philippine Constitution, the Philippine nation and even the Filipinos in January as when she bragged about plotting the removal of Estrada “as early as January 2000,” her swearing in by Davide in January 2001 to coincide with the inauguration of the new US president to make it look that she had the blessing of America, and now, lo and behold, another slap on the Philippine Constitution, the inauguration of Davide as Philippine permanent representative to the UN!
Filipinos in fact can protest against this appointment especially if the members of the Commission on Appointments will dare insist on their rights, duties and responsibilities to uphold the law regarding this appointment. They should start making noise now before Davide flies to New York.
Another way to do this is to talk to some foreign journalists, who have written on the anomalies committed by Filipino diplomats in the UN. This can prove more potent in stopping crooks like Davide from sitting there at the UN unless of course the guy has a hide worst than a crocodile’s!
Remember, Anna, the British journalist who exposed Siason when he was UNIDO chief in Vienna? Some New York-based foreign or even American journalist can do the same with Davide although such may prove to be very damaging to the already rotten image of the Philippines diplomacy-wise despite expensive propaganda to make the Great Switik look good! It’s a sacrifice worth trying to do for the sake of restoring the rule of law in the Philippines.
From my article for PCIJ “Age rules violations have foreign service going gray.”
And just as I was swearing to the top of my voice na halos pumutok ang litid ko sa leeg when I heard yesterday that the bitch has sworn in this waste of space named Davide, the curtains in the main hall of the Supreme Court, (Yes the FIFTEEN MILLION PESO-curtains!) caught fire, causing water damage to the whole place. Of course, the P200,000-apiece chairs for the justices were soaked, too.
These items were part of the impeachment complaints filed by Congressmen Wimpy Fuentebella and John Michael Duavit which included among others, luxury cars, and 2 vacation homes for the justices which were purchased during this fake Chief Justice’s term.
Was it a mere coincidence, or a naughty job to remind us of Davide’s sins?
A nice link to refresh your memories:
http://www.philsol.nl/news/03/Davide-oct03.htm
I prefer to think it’s the latter, Tongue.
I don’t believe that the son and daughter of Davide who worked in the Supreme Court and one of whom (can’t remember which one) handling the funds is snow white pure.
No way!
By the way, sorry, Dean, call me a heartless bigot but I don’t agree that Davide can be accorded the precious presumption of innocence. He should rot in jail.
Even without a trial!
Cokecoy, huwag mong lokohin ang mga Intsik. Diyan sa Tate, lahat na gamit mo gawa ng China. Over in China (hindi over in Japan), grabe ang asenso namin. Hindi ko nga alam kung ano ang gagawin ko sa business empire ko dito. Ako lang kasi mag-isang nagmamanage.
Same reaction here, Tongue T, when I read the banner story of Tribune last night. I’m glad Ellen created this loop to get reactions to it.
Enough is enough. This creepy should be turned over to the police and sent to jail “even without trial” according to Anna since he is used to kangaroo courts anyway.
GodSaveDConstitution:
Most people would agree with your comments on the failures of Davide but to say “with his Barrio-class mind imagining that thinking people don’t know what a Derelict he is of Sacred Duty” is an insult to the people residing in Barrio’s, who really know what he has done is against the Constitution, your judgement of your ‘Barrio-class’ is rather pomposity to the extreem, don’t you think.
Wala na bang katarungan sa Pilipinas? Kahapon lang, yung meyor namin, si (pareng) Peewee Trinidad just as he was to re-assume his position after serving suspension (the suspension expires upon entering the election period) was barred by policemen, and together with his Vice and councilors, they were told that the Ombudsman has ordered their dismissal and also banned them as candidate for any elections. Rene Saguisag tried to intervene, calling for a dialogue, to no avail.
Namputa talaga! Naglungga ang acting mayor sa loob ng City Hall habang ang mga pulis pilit pinaalis ang grupo ni Peewee at mga supporters. Tangnang mga pulis ipinagtatanggol ang mga gagong mga kampon ni Gloria imbis na pagsilbihan ang mamamayan.
Ang mga 700 na empleyado ng City Hall ay tinanggal ni Acting Mayor Allan Panaligan at pinalitan ng mga doble-sweldo ngayong mga opisyal ng barangay na sumusuporta sa letseng may-ari ng sabungan sa Cementina St. na mas kilala sa pangalang Congresswoman Connie Dy. Tatakbong meyor si Dy sa Mayo kaya naman nagsampa umano ng bagong kaso ang mga barangay opisyal na ngayo’y empleyado ng City Hall laban sa grupong wala sanang katalo-talo sa susunod na eleksiyon.
Wala na akong nakitang mas garapal pa dito. Sukdulan na pambababoy at paghamon sa katinuan ng mga tao ng Pasay. At sa buong bansa.
Maari bang tanggalin ang mga opisyal ng Ombudsman lamang? Maari bang i-disqualify ng Ombudsman lang ang kandidato kahit di dumaan sa korte ang kaso? Bakit si Jalosjos na nakakulong, pwedeng tumakbo? Wala namang kasong graft si Peewee, bakit pwedeng i-suspend kahit election period na?
Bakit yung konsehal na kasamang pumirma sa resolusyon, di nakasuhan, acting mayor pa? Ano ang soluyon sa ganitong hayagang pagbaluktot sa mga batas? Kaya pa bang masagot iyan ng hustisya sa Pilipinas?
O ibasura na lang ang batas at sistema ng hustisya?
Saan tayo kukuha ng katarungan, sa Diyos na lang ba?
Wow! Didn’t catch that barrio-class appelation of vintage Davide by Dean…
The truth is I didn’t read the post in its entirety coz I’d known what Dean stood for on the Davide front but he never once flattered Davide with having a barrio class mind.
Tsk, tsk! Now lots of guys from the barrios and the barangays will feel offended that their mind should be likened to crooked Davide’s.
My barrio upbringing is tells me to reject Davide as ‘being one of us!’
WWNL,
My barrio-class mind is in turmoil. Really now! How could Dean even begin to lump crooked Davide among us. Why, even the guys of the Smoky Mountain fame ain’t gonna be happy if they were lumped with crooked Davide. They work for a living in the most honest manner; they don’t go around stealing, least of all, they don’t go around willfully violating the Constitution.
Anna:
I’m lost for words that are polite, I spend most of my day will Barrio Folk, so I really know that they are insulted by such a remark, especially from a professional who is constantly scolding bloggers on this site for their choice of worded comments
I understand WWNL.
artsee;Nami-miss lang kita kasi ang tagal mo.Peace and smile na.
Retired chief justice Davide should not accept the position of United Nations permanent ambassador for the sake of delicadeza. His appointment violated Foreign Service Act based on age limit. As an ex-Chief Justice, he should uphold the law not deliberately violates it for the reason of self-interest. Bayad-utang ni Gloria wala ng iba.
Peace, or a piece of my mind!
One of the problems before us is that there is a devide of classes in the Philippines, don’t you see it! Whereas when you look around the world the class system is becoming out-moded. The only people holding on to their so called ‘class’ is the wealthy filipino. The phrase used by some ‘everyone is equal’ are only words, just words.
Davide and his actions are an insult to the people in the Barrio’s and all filipino’s are better to understand that.
What delikadeza? What law? These are not new in RP under this illegitimate president who doesn’t deserve an iota of respect from the Filipino people. Davide’s appointment – without the CA nod, and even violating the age limit for those in foreign service – is part of the great payback in 2001. What more do you expect?
Yes Dean, I’m “barrio class” and I feel insulted being aligned with Davide. In our barrio, honesty is a way of life.
Diego:
The staff in the Foreign Service at home and abroad should have the balls to tell GMA, to her face, that they don’t recognise Davide representing the country at the UN.
But if they complain their words are meaningless just like the YesArms the other week, remember they stated that they had, not one team, but three teams tracking Garci, saying that these guys had the experience of Jungle training, so what have they done so far, nothing!. Waaaaahha its a Laff!
The above reason is why I always say that we have no need to rely on the military, the people should do what they have to do on their own.
Davide & Davide are both FAKE anyway, so what’s the problem for these officers in the Foreign Service to tell both of them that they will not recognise his appointment to the UN.
Its time for them, the Foreign Service, to gain the respect of the International Community. If they don’t move to get that respect, then who is there to do it. Its the old age problem that they want someone else to correct it for them, but who!. The ball is in the Foreign Service Officers court and they need the guts to take action.
By-the-wqay I’m not putting all the military down, but reality is that the military with the balls to act are ALL under custody, and thats why they were placed under custody.
Being identified with Barrio is similar to what they used to call “bakya” or “Bakya Crowd”. Remember the 70s? Iyon ang mga panahon ng kasikatan nina Nora Aunor na ang mga tagahanga ay tinaguriang bakya crowd. Whey they sang Filipino songs, bakya ang labas. Today, class ka kung Pilipino songs. Ang nagbigay ng class tulad nina Martin Niviera at Gary Valenciano. Davide represents the barrio folk and he should be ashamed of being one. He’s a shame ot all the barrio folks. Ang dapat sa tulad niya gawing kalabao na pang-araro,
when in rome, do the romans do, follow the leader
WHEN IN PILIPINAS, DO THE MANILANS DO, FOLLOW THE LEADER
nelbar:
Maybe you haven’t given it thought, but what you just stated in your comment is deviding Manila with the rest of the country. Its a form of class barrier, its no better than saying ‘Barrio-class thinking’ which is not helpful to solving the countries problems, don’t you think.
16 January 2006
The name of the game, gloria is playing since she assumed her ilelgal presidency is to violate the constitution. Dont be suprised, the appoitnment of davide if payback for the support he has given to the empress of the encahnted kingdom.
I call on the DFA to show their disgusts to all illegal acts of the gloria and her minions
prans
“Barrio-class thinking”. Oopps gala pa mandin ng gala si joeseg ngayon sa mga barrios. I’m very proud of you joeseg!
prans:
What could stop the these officers to ‘withdraw’ their labour, over the Davide issue being illegal, anything?
Referring to the barrio ang pagkakaalam ko ay di na sila bakya ngayon.Kasi doon sa kuwento ng kaibigan ko,doon daw sa lugar nila nawala na ang mga dialect nila.Tagalog na raw ang mga salita kung minsan ay taglish pa nga.At saka iyong Inang,nanay-tatang,tatay–di na raw uso iyon.Mama at Papa na.kung sa bayan naman daw ay di na Mama at Papa.Mommy,Daddy.
Tongue-twisted, matagal nang hindi kilala sa ating bansa ang salitang “hustisya”, simula nang may mamahay na masasamang maligno sa Malakanyang. Kita naman natin, ang mga opisyales ng gobyerno na inihalal ng taumbayan, at hindi nila makontrol, inaalis na gamit ang batas daw. Samantalang iyong ugat ng lahat ng problemang ito sa ating pulitika, ayun astang reyna sa mga piging na ginaganap sa Cebu. Kung magsi-asta parang mga royal blood, magarbo ang mga pagtitipon, marangya at masagana ang mga pagkain at inumin na inihahain, samantalang sa Bikol hanggang sa ngayon ay naghihirap ang ating mga kababayan dahil sa halos mga NGOs lamang ang diretso sa pagtulong sa kanila. Ang gobyerno ay pulos pa-photo-ops lamang kapag nagbibigay ng limos.
At ang matandang huklubang si hilarious davide, matagal na niyang inaasam-asam ang pabuya ni gloria sa kaniya, kaya hayaan na lang muna natin, wala tayong magagawa kundi mapoot lang, baka ma-high blood pa tayo mauna pa tayo sa matandang iyan. Isang pirma na lamang naman inaantay niyan, biyaheng impyerno na rin naman siya.
Bing Rodrigo?
John,
Bing Rodrigo has passed away. I think two years ago.
Davide must have some delicadesa,he is more than 70 years old.the post he want to assume is not a joke.We have a lot of young foreign service qualified individual.Bakit siya lang ba ang marunong? Tapos na ang panunungkulan niya sa gobyerno,pensionado na siya, mayroon na siyang pampapagamot pag nagkasakit nasiya.Kaya nga retired. O, retarded na siya kaya wala siyang pakiramdam.Lolo Davide pahinga ka na, mamili ka ng rancho mo at magbakahan ka na lang tutal marami ka naman sigurong pera.Magsisi ka na sa mga kasalanang nagawa mo.
This is a classic “scratch my back and I will scratch yours” kind of a deal. The tiyanak has to pay Davide back for installing her into the bogus presidency.
But if the Filipinos do not like this act, they can flex their muscles again like they did when the tiyanak was pushing through with the charter change. Davide will have to take a lot of anti-aging nutrients to catch up with the energies of the younger diplomats. Kapal muks talaga si Davide.
Sana ma-frost bite si Davide sa New York. Manigas ka Davide!
i tried to understand dean’s barrio class but quite difficult. it could not fit to my understanding. simple which means not complicated but honest is the meaning i give to barrio class, whereas davide is definitely not simple and not honest.
TonGuE-tWisTeD on:
January 16th, 2007 at 8:27 am
Wala na bang katarungan sa Pilipinas?
Meron bang katarungan sa Pasay?
Kwento ko na rin sa inyo.
Noong New Year’s Day na mapunta ako dyan sa Mall of Asia , napansin ko na marami na rin mga kolorum na sasakyan dyan na bumibyahe.
Iyong dating kulay ORANGE , ngayon ay kulay BLUE na!
Naitanong ko sa isang driver na sinakyan(byaheng LRT-Rotonda) ko at ang sabi ay bago na raw ito.
Grupo na raw ito ni Connie. Lugi raw ang mga lehitimong bumibyaheng sasakyan, may prangkisa at lumalaban ng parehas.
Samantalang ang mga kolorum ay wala sa linya kung bumiyahe.
Nailapit na raw nila ito noon sa abogado pero wala pa rin nangyari.
Kakapagtaka talaga dyan sa Pasay. Kasosyo na ba ang City Goverment of Pasay ang Mall of Asia?
Sa kapakanan at kaligtasan ng publiko sana ay mabigyan ng pansin ito.
norpil:
Maybe the word ‘snob’ and its definition of ‘somebody who looks down on others’ will give you greater understanding, or the word ‘pompous’ which is defined as ‘revealing self-importance’.
WWNL,
Re: ’snob’ and its definition of ’somebody who looks down on others’
Ironically, the real meaning of SNOB is “sine nobilitate”, “sans noblesse”, without nobility.
Personally, I would hate to be tagged a “snob,”, to me it’s an insult as many people I know would (take it as an insult).
wwnl: i think davide is more of an alzheimer candidate.
Gloria is the typical SNOB just like her mother was – she’s always loved to be called a SNOB from an early age (Butch Tuason and a former best friend of hers confirmed that); until today, she looks down on people thinking they are of the lower caste.
Uttering “Yuck” (utterly devoid of civility) when she met Ellen at the taping of a show was symptomatic of a real SNOB (sine nobilitate, sans noblesse, without nobility).
What she doesn’t realize is that by being so, people who matter and who know particularly from here, laugh at her in silence – they may not say it to her face but the thinking is there.
Gloria Mandaraya’s sense of values are totally warped. No wonder, she didn’t think it out of character to talk about Enchanted Kingdom. What a snob!
anna: & norpil:
My definitions were not describing Davide but intended to give reason why the author of the piece thought that way. Sorry guys, but my thinking was deeper than you thought, it was trying to determine why such a phrase was used to describe Davide.
“Barriotic” is a word I remember when describing a person from a barrio, which means simple, unsophisticated, pure and honest.
Glueria and Davide are complete opposites of these virtues. Sobra ang dunong ng dalawang ito sa katarantaduhan na insulto sa mga taga-baryo.
Bing Rodrigo? Was she the one who testified against Mike Arroyo in that Telecom scam? Noon kauupo lang ni Gloria Arroyo iyan ang isa sa mga unang scandals? Was she Gloria’s classmate at Assumption? Siya po ba? She already died? How and Why?
Chi,
““Barriotic” is a word I remember when describing a person from a barrio, which means simple, unsophisticated, pure and honest. ”
Heh! Thanks for the definition. In that case, Davide isn’t any of that.
He is a complex charlatan, he is thoroughly sophisticated in the ways of violating the Constitution, he is absolutely impure as in absolutely corrupt and worst, he is not only mentally dishonest, he is also a crook of the highest order.
Nothing barrio-class mind there in the real sense of barrio-class minded folks, “simple, unsophisticated, pure and honest.”
Wonder what Dean’s definition is of “barrio-class mind.”
Bing died of cancer. Check this out:http://www.ellentordesillas.com/?p=185
Forgiveness is a Christian virtue. But forgiveness should come with justice. Such familiar statement was often used by Cory Aquino against the late dictator Marcos. Hence, much more it should be applied to this Arroyo who did much worse than Marcos. Too bad Bing Rodrigo’s soul is not totally resting in peace. Tatahimik lang ang kanyang kaluluwa kung tuluyan nang mapatalsik si Arroyo. If we all want Bing’s soul to have everlasting peace, let’s hasten the removal of this Arroyo.
Sana sinabi ni Bing ang lahat ng alam niya tungkol sa Telecom scam at katotohanan bago siya namatay. I remember her retracting her statement after that scandal during the early years of Arroyo’s presidency. Hindi na kasi tinuloy ni Bing at tumahimik na lang. Kaya ayon, nawala na lang parang bula ang kaso ni Mike Arroyo. Ang masama pa, akala ng iba may aregluhan nangyari. I must admit I was among those who thought she reached a compromise with the Arroyos so she became quiet. Again, she should have revealed everything she knew before she died. Pero ganoon pa man, igalang na lang natin ang decision niya.
Mandirigma,
Bing is dead and that is a given. My take is that those who are alive had better do the right things rather than blame her.
You didn’t know her (so I gather from your posts) and know not what she said to her brother or to her close friends. So, leave her alone, will you?
Ang akin lang naman opinion lang, Ms. de brux. Huwag mo akong tarayan ng ganyan. When did I blame her? Binangga mo na ako minsan sana huwag naman uli. Hindi po akong tipong palaaway tulad ng iba. Kaunting respeto lang kahit na hindi kanais-nais ang opinion. Okay ba? Of course Ms. Rodrigo could have confided the truth to her loved ones and those close to her. But, the better venue would have been testifying in the court when she was still healthy and strong. It’s an undeniable fact that she was silent all of a sudden. As a result, nakalusot si Mike Arroyo. Again, that’s just my opinion and you’re not obliged to agree with me. God bless!
i think we should leave the dead in peace. there are enough people living to vent our ires on. one thing with dying is you never know when it will come.
Mandirigma asks, “When did I blame her?”
This was what you said: “Hindi na kasi tinuloy ni Bing at tumahimik na lang. Kaya ayon, nawala na lang parang bula ang kaso ni Mike Arroyo. Ang masama pa, akala ng iba may aregluhan nangyari.”
As I had suggested in the above, “You didn’t know her (so I gather from your posts) and know not what she said to her brother or to her close friends. So, leave her alone, will you?.”
I agree with Norpil, ” i think we should leave the dead in peace. there are enough people living to vent our ires on. “
Anna:
I learned of Bing Rodrigo’s death from her fellow Assumptionista. She died broken hearted and much maligned by the Great Switik. If you come from a decent family like her, the kind of treatment she got after exposing the bogus couple could really prove fatal. Iyan ang tunay na may delikadeza!
Someone should start a petition signing to bar this Davide from getting that highly paid position to the UN. This crook from the bundocks does not deserve to be paid that big amount of taxpayers’ money for cheating and conniving with the human traffickers manning the bogus government of the Philippines.
Filipinos, et al should make sure he does not get to New York even by exposing this crook to foreign media.
Ms. de brux, hindi lang tayo nagkaintindihan. I have the impression kasi na lagi mo akong tinututukan. Okay lang. Peace na. Let me put on record that I value your opinion. Magaganda karamihan ang mga points mo. Si Bing naman hindi ko personal na kakilala other than I think she’s the late Soc Rodrigo’s daughter. Maybe I wrote my opinion about her as if I was blaming her. Hindi po. If I respect the living like you, the more I respect the dead. Kung minsan hindi naman maiwasan ang pag-usapan ang mga tao kahit patay na. In the first place, how did her name appear in this blog? Si Marcos nga patay na ng matagal pero patuloy pa rin pinag-uusapan. Worse, his enemies continue to attack and blame him.
That’s your impression – and besides, am not in the least interested in your impressions so let go, will you.
If you really want to know, there is a huge difference: Marcos was a dictator which Bing was not.
You always say you’re not interested and yet are always at my back. I have said my piece mahal kong kabayan nasa ibang bansa. Iba na lang tarayan mo huwag na lang ako. Discussion board po ito hindi forum ng tarayan. Please don’t compel me to shift from impression to belief. One thing I learn from you is how to argue which is not my style. If only for that, I thank you kabayan.
Not interested in your rants. You remind me of the mulitple personality disorder fella who was expelled from Talsik.
Ano pong ibig sabihin ang multiple personality Ate Anna? Nasabi minsan ni Japayuko na kasalanan sa Diyos ang humusga ng kapwa. Sana sinabi mo na lang na doble personality o triple personality mas magaan ang kasalanan. Hayaan mo ate, magpapadala ako ng isang batalion na Kung Fu experts para makipagdimaan.
Mr. Art See, if you know a bit of psychology, those who keep saying the same thing are actually guilty of it. Kung sino ang laging nangbabanggit ng isang bagay, siya ang ganoon.