Category: Benigno Aquino III

Ang tunay na rason sa pagkakabahala ni Aquino

Published by Ellen on November 7, 2010

Kaya naman pala inis na inis si Pangulong Aquino sa travel advisories ng limang bansa na iwasan ang Pilipinas dahil sa banta daw ng mga terorista. Umiiyak na raw ang mga Philippine tour operators sa mga kanselasyon ng package tours galing Hongkong at China, tapos dadagdagan pa nitong travel advisories, talaga ngang nakakabahala.

Kaya lang sa halip na mainis sa ibang bansa na nagpu-protekta lang ng kanilang mamamayan, dapat ayusin natin ang pamalakad dito sa atin at iyan ay dapat manggagaling kay Aquino. Ang problema lang hindi nakakabigay ng kumpyansa ang kanyang mga aksyun at sinasabi.

(Click here for the interview of Aquino by Ted Failon on terror threat: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/11/04/10/terror-report-raw-unverified-noynoy-1-1-ted#ooid=hvMXhzMTrHxTB7iLpEMl4REPPznJGFEb)

Ang bansang United States, Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand at France ay nagpalabas ng babala sa kanilang mga mamamayan na iwasan ang ilang bansa na may impormasyon silang baka umatake ang mga terorista. Isa sa kanilang listahan ay ang Pilipinas.

Mahirap maintindihan

Published by Ellen on November 6, 2010

Sabi ni Pangulong Aquino “taken out of context” daw siya sa sinabi niyang aalisin na si Secretary Jesse Robredo sa Department of Local Government at ilipat sa isang presidential commission para sa mga mahihirap sa lungsod na kanyang itatayo pa lang.

Kapag sinabi mong “taken out of context”, maaaring hindi ka naintindihan ng reporter, or nag-sensationalize ang reporter. Ibig sabihin nun, kasalanan ng media.

Napanood ko ang interview na ‘yun ni Ted Failon sa TV Patrol kay Aquino noong Huwebes ng gabi. Tinanong siya tungkol sa kanyang mga miyembro ng cabinet na kanyang isusumite sa Commission on Appointments dahil mag-kakaroon na ulit ng sesyun.

(Click here (http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/11/04/10/robredo-paje-will-remain-acting-secretaries#ooid=EyOXhzMTpCpQqBRBayqrfp6jbEvV0RS0) for the news report that included the Failon’s interview with Aquino.)

Nai-report na kasi dati na tatlong miyembro ng kanyang cabinet ay “acting” at hindi isusumite ang mga pangalan sa CA: sina Robredo, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz at Environment Secretary Ramon Paje.

Weder-weder lang

Published by Ellen on November 4, 2010

Update from GMA News: Nilo has left for Australia

Dr. Prisco Nilo, the former weather bureau chief disgraced by President Aquino, has been reported to have availed of early retirement.

The ABS-CBN report said quoted Agham party-list Rep. Angelo Palmones as saying that Nilo’s early retirement has something to do with his lack of Career Executive Service Officer (CESO) eligibility.

Under Aquino’s Memorandum Circular No. “2. All non-Career Executive Service Officials (non-CESO) occupying Career Executive Service (CES) positions in all agencies of the Executive Branch shall remain in office and continue to perform their duties and discharge their responsibilities until October 31, 2010 or until their resignations have been accepted and/or until their respective replacements have been appointed or designated, whichever comes first, unless they are re-appointed in the meantime. “

Tweets are forever

Published by Ellen on November 1, 2010

To control the damage wrought by her tactless tweets, Mai Mislang, President Aquino’s trusted speechwriter, has removed her twitter and facebook accounts.

President Aquino took note of that in defending her. He said, “Upon realization, she had tried to correct what she did wrong.”

Unfortunately, in the wild, wild cyberspace, once you post something it stays there forever. IT expert Victoria Gaerlan sent me the tweets that Mislang had taken down.

Meanwhile, someone also directed me to the photos by Bob Guerrero of Mislang performing with her rockband, Blue rats. Guerrero has given me permission to use these photos. He just asked to link the post to bhobg.multiply.com and http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhobg.

Here are the photos. Click to view them enlarged:

Gaerlan said those who think that because they post on twitter, it will stay on just with their followers in twitter are mistaken. She said there is such thing as syndication:”It blasts your tweet to several other sites and it does NOT get deleted even if you delete your original tweet. Why? Because when content is syndicated in another site, it gets stored on that other site’s database.”

Here are some of the tweets that Gaerlan recovered from http://maimislang.tweetboard.com:

Comparison of IIRC recommendations and the President’s decision

Published by Ellen on October 11, 2010

Please click here (VERA Files) to view in full the matrix comping the IIRC’s recommendations and the Palace action—or inaction—on the Aug. 23 tragedy.

Transcript of Q & A on Aquino’s decision on IIRC recommendation

Published by Ellen on October 11, 2010

Q: Sir, considering that Malacañang put a lot of time and effort in the piece decisions, do you expect the public, the people of Hongkong, the victims and the Chinese government to accept them?

PNOY: I’m hoping that, that will be the case. Again, we want to be fair to all parties concerned, processes were religiously observed and at the end of the day, there was an evaluation as to what can be preferred in terms of corrective action. I will ask them to also provide with you. Well, it will be posted in the gazette, but you can get and secure copies. There was a very lengthy explanation of all the legal concepts. The bottom line is, ….would not want to file charges, that one knows from the get go, will not prosper. That will just taking much of the courts time, which can be utilized to effect a better conviction rate for cases that can prosper.

Q: Doon po sa case ni Mr. Rogas saka ni Mr., Tulfo, you made a statement that you would be compelled to support a measures in Congress that restrict coverage. Can this be taken as a warning?

Aquino’s decision on IIRC recommendation: Puno, Verzosa cleared

Published by Ellen on October 11, 2010

Summary: Puno, Verzosa cleared. Mayor Lim, just administrative sanction care of the DILG

Statement of President Benigno S. Aquino III on the recommended actions to be taken after reviewing the report of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee on the August 23rd Quirino Grandstand hostage-taking incident

The Executive Secretary (ES) and the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel (CPLC) have completed their review of the recommendations of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC).

The review was undertaken within three basic parameters:

First, the facts enumerated in the IIRC report; second, the possible criminal, and administrative sanctions that could be imposed under the law; third, whether the cases to be filed will prosper.

The Review also defines concepts such as reckless imprudence, simple imprudence, criminal negligence, neglect of duty, simple neglect of duty, gross incompetence, mistake in judgment, that are offenses under the law and punishable, if proven.

This having been done, I am ordering that the following actions be taken:

PNoy gusto talagang isabit si Robredo

Published by Ellen on October 9, 2010

Why it would be difficult for President Aquino to let go of Rico E. Puno – Inquirer

Lalong lumalala ang relasyon ni Pagulong Aquino at Secretary Jesse Robredo,secretary ng Department of Interior and Local Government.

Nakahanap ng dahilan si Aquino na tanggalin si Robredo at ito ay ang Aug. 23 na trahedya. Inutusan niya ang kanyang legal panel na nagreview ng report ng Incident Investigation and Review Committee IIRC) na kung hindi malibre si DILG Undersecretary Rico E. Puno, kailangang isabit rin si Robredo.

Pinapa-alis na rin daw niya sa listahan ng may pananagutan ang kare-retire lang na Philippine National Police chief na si Jesus Versoza.

Inalis na rin daw sa pinakahuling draft ang rekomendasyun na kakasuhan si Michael Rogas, ang reporter ng RMN na nag-interbyu sa hostage taker na si Rolando Mendoza. Sa rekomendasyun kasi ng IIRC, hindi pinakakasuhan ang mga miyembro ng media. Sinabi lang na dapat tingnan ng Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas at ng organisasyun na nagbabantay sa media ang kanilang pglabag sa Code of Ethics.

Ostrich syndrome

Published by Ellen on October 8, 2010

by Amando Doronila
Philippine Daily Inquirer

President Aquino reported to the nation yesterday the “significant” accomplishments of his first 100 days in office, diminished by a 23-point slump in the satisfaction rating for his administration.

The Social Weather Stations had published on Wednesday the results of a survey conducted from September 24 to 27, a month after the August 23 hostage-taking debacle. The results showed that the President’s net approval rating dipped to +60 percent from +83 percent net trust rating just before his inauguration on June 30. The net satisfaction rating is the difference between the percentage of the satisfied and dissatisfied. The survey showed 71 percent of the respondents were satisfied with the President’s performance, while 11 percent were dissatisfied.

The survey came as a rude wake-up call and confirmed observations that the hostage fiasco has eroded the administration’s popularity more deeply than it would admit. The survey was the first taken within 90 days of the Aquino presidency. Although SWS described the net satisfaction rating as “very good,” it also discounted it, saying that President Aquino’s score is not the highest initial rating for a Philippine president.

Aquino’s 100th day message

Published by Ellen on October 7, 2010

first 100 days — At the La Consolacion College

Maraming salamat po, maupo po ho tayong lahat.

Vice President Jejomar Binay, members of the Cabinet, our host led by Sister Imelda, honored guests, fellow workers in government, mga minamahal ko pong kababayan, magandang umaga po sa inyong lahat.

Ang basehan po ng demokrasya ay mayroon po tayong mga politiko na naglalahad ng kanilang plataporma. Ang nanalo po ay obligadong ipatupad ang platapormang ipinangako.

Isandaang araw po ang nakalipas, nagpanata ako sa taumbayan: Hindi ko tatalikuran ang tiwalang kaloob ninyo sa akin. Ang nakalipas na isandaang araw ang magsisilbing tanda ng ating pong paninindigan.

Malalim at malawak po ang mga problemang minana natin. Nag-ugat ito sa isang gobyernong parang tatlong matsing na nagbingi-bingihan, nagbulag-bulagan, at gumawa ng sariling katotohanan.