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December 27th, 2010, 06:37 AM

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PNoy to have P1.2-B in unaudited intel funds
KAREN TIONGSON-MAYRINA, GMA News Research
12/25/2010 | 10:52 PM
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Leading an administration championing transparency and austerity, President Benigno Aquino III has authorized at least P1.2 billion in unaudited confidential and intelligence expenses (CIE) in his government’s first national budget, which he signed on Monday morning.

CIE is the term now given for discretionary funds over which the President has full discretion in using for whatever lawful purpose but which the Commission on Audit does not audit, thus making it nearly impossible to determine if the purpose was actually lawful.

Shining a light on the use of CIE was an advocacy of the President himself when he was still in Congress.

As Tarlac representative, Aquino filed resolutions at the House of Representatives seeking the creation of a congressional oversight committee on intelligence funds to study the use of CIE and ensure that the allocated funds are used for the purposes they are intended for. Aquino filed the resolution in 1998, 2001, and 2005 but these were never adopted.

When he got elected Senator, Aquino filed the Budget Impoundment Control bill, which sought to strengthen legislative oversight over executive spending.

Now by an ironic twist of fate, Aquino can spend the same substantial amount of government funds beyond the controls and oversight that he had demanded as a congressman.

More intel funds for justice department and BIR

Aquino initially asked for P1.425 billion in CIE in the 2011 national budget. Senator Franklin Drilon pointed out, however, that that amount was bigger than what his predecessor former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo got, which was P1.346 billion. Aquino then slashed P250-million in CIE from the Office of the President.

The President seems to be putting the nation's money where his mouth is, by ensuring significant changes in CIE allocations based on his avowed priorities. (See Chart 1a.)

Chart 1a.
(Blue bars represent items in Aquino's 2011 budget, while red bars represent items in Arroyo's 2010 budget.)
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One notable change is the doubling of the amount of CIE for the Bureau of Internal Revenue — pursuant to the Aquino administration’s tax collection campaign.

Aquino also took away entirely the CIE given to state universities and colleges which used to receive those under Arroyo’s administration, but gave the Public Attorneys Office almost three times that amount unlike under Arroyo’s regime when the PAO got none at all.

The CIE of the Department of Justice also got increased considerably. Up by a third of its budget in 2010, the CIE of the Witness Protection, Security and Other Benefit Program will be P150.7 million next year.

In all, 22 departments, agencies, and offices got the President’s go-signal to dispense with at least P1.2 billion in confidential funds in the coming year.

The total amount is actually bigger, considering that some CIE also go to government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) and local government units (LGUs).

Besides national agencies, LGUs also receive CIE for “peace and order efforts" but these should not exceed 30 percent of the total annual amount allocated for such efforts or 3 percent of the total annual appropriation, whichever is lower.

GOCCs also get a yet-to-be-determined amount of CIE.

For surveillance and intelligence gathering

Apart from the seven major items, however, Aquino’s general set of CIE priorities remains not much different from the CIE beneficiaries of Arroyo’s last national budget. (See Chart 1b.)

Interestingly, the largest CIE allocation remains that of the Office of the President. The next biggest CIE funds belong to agencies with clearly basic intelligence functions, such as those that administer the armed forces, the police, drug operations, and investigative bodies.

Chart 1b.
aquinoarroyobudget

Compared to the P1.6-trillion national budget next year, Aquino’s P1.2 billion in confidential and intelligence funds allocation — less than 1 percent of the budget — may seem paltry.

Still, the amount is bigger than the P1.1-billion budget for 2011 of the Office of the Ombudsman — an office designated under the 1987 Constitution as “protectors of the people."

The combined budget for CIE is also higher than those allotted for the Department of Education School Building Fund, for the Civil Service Commission, and for the Commission on Human Rights.

The beef on the CIE is not that it overshadows the allocations given to these government agencies, but rather that CIE are the “VIPs" of government funds; CIE do not pass the scrutiny of regular auditing by the Commission on Audit.

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) defines intelligence expenses as “expenses related to intelligence information-gathering activities of uniformed personnel and intelligence practitioners that have direct impact on national security."

On the other hand, DBM’s National Budget Memorandum No. 105 — which outlines policy guidelines and procedures in the preparation of 2011 budget proposals — defines confidential expenses as “expenses related to surveillance activities in civilian department/agencies that are intended to support the mandate/operations of the agency."

The secrecy attending the management and use of CIE is complemented by the fact that the President has the sole prerogative on the release of the funds.

Despite allegations of misuse, there has yet to be a proven case of CIE abuse, probably because its use and liquidation are shrouded in secrecy.

Presidential prerogative

University of the Philippines economics professor Benjamin Diokno says the President “is involved every step of the way" where confidential and intelligence funds are concerned. Diokno served as the budget secretary of then President Joseph Estrada.

“The President’s power to reject requests for the use of the CIE funds is absolute.
His power to authorize the use and release of savings to augment CIE funds is specific," Diokno says.

He cites as an example the special provisions in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) applicable to the AFP, which state that “use and release of savings to augment said [CIE] funds are subject to prior approval of the President of the Philippines upon recommendation of the Secretary of National Defense."

“As a matter of policy, the agency head will not submit a request for the use of the CIE funds without clearing it with the Office of the President," Diokno says. “An agency head would normally clear the use of the CIE with the President before a formal request is submitted."

More than a decade had passed since the 10th Congress created in 1997 the Senate Select Oversight Committee on Intelligence Funds, Programs and Activities. This committee continues to function up to the present Congress, looking into the use, disbursement, and expenditures of CIE.

But during deliberations in the 13th Congress in 2005, then Senator Richard Gordon, who sponsored the resolution creating the committee, admitted to Senator Juan Ponce Enrile that the committee had yet to produce any report.

DBM records, however, could have provided the committee with plenty of material for discussion and scrutiny.

Former President Arroyo had allowed agencies to spend more CIE than what had been budgeted during most of her nine-year term.

This means that the actual amount spent had always exceeded the amount authorized by the General Appropriations Act. (See Chart 2.)

Chart 2.
aquinoarroyobudget3

“Actual expenses may exceed budgeted amount for CIE. This is not surprising. That the actual exceeds the program in all cases is surprising, however," Diokno says. “It suggests that agency heads are not spending within their budget. Or that agency heads find the use of CIE more convenient than the use of other items in the budget."

Actual figures found in the Budget of Expenditures and Sources of Financing (BESF) are based on the agency report given to the DBM as part of the budget preparation process. The numbers are assumed to be consistent with the financial report for the agency as prepared by the Commission on Audit.

In at least two years, 2007 and 2008, the Arroyo administration exceeded the GAA-allowed CIE by more than 90 percent — equivalent to a more than P1.2-billion increase for each year.

The biggest increase took place in 2007, an election year when CIE soared by 98 percent. From the proposed P1.2 billion in the 2007 GAA, the actual amount spent went up to P2.5 billion.

‘Liquidation by certification’

Under COA Circular 2003-02, all cash advances chargeable against the CIE of all departments, bureaus, and offices of the national government, as well as GOCCs and self-governing bodies, should be liquidated by the accountable officer concerned.

The liquidation report should not be coursed through the agency’s auditor. It should be submitted in a sealed envelope with a visible label “CONFIDENTIAL - For COA Chairman Only" directly to the COA chairman’s office.

The liquidation vouchers should be supported by a photocopy of the paid disbursement voucher of the cash advance being liquidated and a certification of the agency head concerned for the use of the CIE.

The certification, signed by the project/accountable officer and attested by the head of the agency, must state that the amount was incurred for that project, and that the project was a “highly confidential operation/mission, the details of which cannot be divulged without posing a threat to national security."

It notes that details and supporting documents are in the agencies’ custody, kept in their confidential file, and “may be audited if the circumstances so demand."

The certification also affirms that the funds were not used to pay salaries and wages of employees or any elected official and for the purchase of equipment.

Senator Drilon calls this “liquidation by certification," noting that COA can examine the documents but cannot question it. He suspects this system is often abused.

But Diokno pointed out that this is not exclusive to CIE; noting that even some committee funds in the Senate and the House get liquidated by mere certification.

Augmented CIE

BESF records show that for the year 2007 Arroyo augmented the CIE allocated for the Armed Forces General Headquarters by more than P1 billion, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency by P51 million, the National Security Council by P49 million, the Air Force by P41.6 million, and the Office of the President by almost P30 million.

CIE was also increased by P10 million each for the Department of Justice – Office of the Secretary, the Department of National Defense – Office of the Secretary, and the Army. The Office of the Ombudsman’s CIE was raised by P5 million, while those of the Office of the Vice President and the National Police got an additional P3 million each.

Also in 2007, Arroyo gave CIE to eight agencies that were not among the original recipients in the 2007 GAA. These included the Philippine Information Agency with P25.4 million, the Commission on Elections with P10 million, and the Optical Media Board with P5 million.

But four agencies authorized to get CIE were however not given the amount. The Presidential Commission on Good Government, for one, did not get its P5 million in 2007.

Five other agencies had their CIE reduced. The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) Office for Transportation Security suffered a P5-million cut, while the Bureau of Immigration’s CIE shrunk by P3 million.

CIE increased in 2008 due to a significant rise in those used by the PNP (more than P200 million added); the Office of the President (P167 million added) and the AFP General Headquarters (almost P111 million added).

CIE-loaded agencies

Since 2001, the CIE for the Office of the President was pegged at P650 million, with P500 million going to the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission.

In 2001 and from 2004 to 2009, the actual amount spent by the Office of the President was more than what was appropriated for it.

The Office of the President spent P595 million in 2002. The figure for 2003 was not considered because the CIE was lumped with extraordinary and miscellaneous Expenses.

In 2004, an election year when Arroyo ran to remain President, a total of P930.2 million in CIE was spent by the Office of the President.

The P400 million given to the President’s offices was the biggest CIE allocation, bigger than that of the Armed Forces and the National Police. Of the amount, P300 million went to the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force.

The AFP — consisting of the General Headquarters, Army, Air Force, and Navy — got its biggest CIE in 2007 with almost P1.2 billion and its lowest in 2001 at P52.5 million.

The National Police got its highest CIE in 2005 at P827.9 million and its lowest in 2001 with P61 million.

The National Bureau of Investigation, another agency involved with intelligence-gathering has been getting P18 million since 2002.

The National Intelligence Coordinating Agency got P443.544 million in 2009, nearly half a billion. But in 2007 and 2005, NICA got only P31.244 million.

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency got P54 million in CIE in 2009.

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Sen. Franklin Drilon have proposed that Congress allocate intelligence funds only to the military, the police, the NBI, the Bureau of Immigration, and the NICA since these are all engaged specifically in intelligence activities.

They said civilian offices such as the Office of the Vice President, the DILG, GOCCs, and government financial institutions should not get CIE.

Diokno shares this sentiment, saying agencies that do not have any security or intelligence-gathering functions should not be given CIE.

“The proliferation of confidential and intelligence funds should be discouraged. A government that is committed to transparency and fiscal accountability should have specific and well-defined use for intelligence funds," he said.

Still, Diokno said he is indifferent on CIE of the Office of the President: “Under a benevolent, well-meaning President, a limited amount of CIE may be justified. But under a tyrant and corrupt President, it is ill-advised."

SUCs with CIE

Arroyo, during her term as President, had granted confidential and intelligence funds to entities which clearly have nothing to do with intelligence-gathering or surveillance. She gave CIE to 19 state universities and colleges, many from Western Visayas. All of them were not included in the GAA.

While the amounts run mostly to tens or hundreds of thousands of pesos, in 2008 the CIE given to 11 SUCs totaled P1.6 million. The bulk of this went to Carlos C. Hilado Memorial State College, P338,000; Iloilo State College of Fisheries, P262,000; Negros State College of Agriculture, P239,000; and Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College, P208,000.

Arroyo also provided multimillion-peso CIE to the Philippine Information Agency (PIA): P25.4 million in election year 2007 and P10 million in 2008. These were not allocated in the original national budgets of those years.

Also missing proper allocation was the P6-million CIE given to the Philippine Racing Commission in 2006.

On the other hand, Arroyo had rejected the Commission on Audit’s request for P5 million in CIE that would enable state auditors to properly investigate government spending. BESF records show COA received its last CIE in 2002, worth P4.658 million.

BESF data also show that the Bureau of Fire Protection got its last CIE, worth P3 million, in 2001 despite it having fire intelligence and investigation activities.

Drilon, a member of the Senate oversight committee, wants to realign the CIE as regular items in the budget instead of lump sums so these can be subject to audit.

“With this, we can properly monitor if the intelligence funds were actually used for security purposes," he said in a statement last November.

But Diokno said doing so would go against the nature of confidential and intelligence funds. What he instead favors is limiting the existence of CIE for agencies that “truly need the use of CIE funds."

Malacañang itself has announced that it will review the use of confidential and intelligence funds, as well as determine whether the Office of the President should give up its CIE. It is, after all, a practice the present administration inherited from previous ones.

But as of the last budget process, CIE allocations look like a legacy that the new resident of the Palace intends to keep, for now. – With data by GMA News Research and graphics by Mark D. Merueñas, MRT/JV/HS, GMANews.TV

kalbongdad

December 27th, 2010, 07:44 AM

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
:rofl::rofl::rofl:
:applause::applause::applause::applause:

may earth moving accomplishment na ba sa pnoy aside from sa budget...yung budget....output yun ng congress being the one holding the power of the purse....wala talaga ako maalala na substantive output ng mama....no offense....may treaty na ba...o new economic policy o infra...the things of the sort....sana naman ngayong 2011 ay meron na...

crappypants

December 27th, 2010, 08:00 AM

you pick a president because of a knee jerk emotional reaction(mother dying) that's what you get, business as usual.

kalbongdad

December 27th, 2010, 10:47 AM

you pick a president because of a knee jerk emotional reaction(mother dying) that's what you get, business as usual.

ngayon lalo akong nanghihinayang kay gibo....what if....:)

absinthe_888

December 27th, 2010, 05:11 PM

If you read the article more carefully it is obvious that the American brands are being singled out. I didn't mention European brands since it's not common to see these being used by government in official car capacity.

However, the following vehicles are still exempt, they are considered better than average for most users in the Philippines:

Thus, expect to see a lot of Toyota Fortuners and Mitsubishi Montero Sports SUVs still being bought by government, but limited to the following variants: Mitsubishi Montero Sport 2.5 GLX @P1.28-1.48M and Toyota Fortuner 2.5 G Diesel @ P1.349-1.479M. Also a handful of Hyundai Grand Starex which ranges from P1.25 to P1.7M (all HARI variants use a 2.5 diesel variant, whether TCi or CRDi). Even the smart ones can skirt the rule by going for Hyundai Santa Fe and Tucson, which are SUVs and are all 4 cylinder for the diesel variant (which are actually more expensive than the gas variants).

My preference would to have all government vehicles standardized under one or two vehicle brands, e.g. ONLY Toyotas or Mitsubishis. That way they could save on repair/CASA costs (since they have to deal with only 1 or 2 instead of many), get fleet/government discounts plus even have a database with the distributor so it's easy to do inventory and the like. Just like the way many US government agencies buy GM or Ford vehicles only.

Best vehicles for government employees are what their constituents use --- so that will be the Toyota Innova, Mitsubishi Adventure and Isuzu Crosswind low to mid range versions, and the large vans of Toyota (HiAce), Nissan (Escapade) and Mitsubishi (L300 FB or versa van).

Or they can try and save more money and follow the lead of Taguig City --- which uses Chana. :lol: Wonder how long those things will last :nuts:

IIRC, nagagawan ng loophole yan. Ang ginagawang definition ng luxury car ng ay yung minimum P2M.

Nakakakita na nga ako dati na red plate na latest Honda Accord. Take note, yung V6 model pa.

mwg12a

December 27th, 2010, 06:12 PM

you pick a president because of a knee jerk emotional reaction(mother dying) that's what you get, business as usual.

Can we blame some who are all tired of seing corruption when there is this entity offering to help clean up the government? Come to think of it, it's the root cause of all poverty in the Philippines, the excessive amount of corruption from the smallest branches of the government up to the highest seat of the office. Arroyo was truely a promising and ideal president, it however, stained with alot of accussations of corruptions plus the fact that inspite of all the good economic report, poverty is very much felt all over the country. It would have been nicer if Gibo or Gordon won the election because they are strong willed, firm and has provided a good portfolio, ideal to be presidents. I do believe Gibo lost inspite of all his credential because of his affiliation with the Arroyo administration and Gordon with his past with the Marcoses. That is sad but I don't blame those who voted for Aquino, not because the death of his mother but because the legacies both his mother and father carried. Democracy and corrupt free(almost) governance.

FlashCollider

December 27th, 2010, 11:13 PM

Paawa epek naman ngayon. PNoy naman mahiya ka naman sa balat mo, pakalalake ka naman. Di ko man lang nakitaan ng ganyan ang maliit na ale dati noong pangulo sya, mahiya ka naman ba. Napakawalang buto mo naman. Tama na yang pagngawa mo, kung may ebedensya ka gamitin mo ang tamang proseso sinabi ng hindi pwede so manahimik na at magisip ng ibang paraan.

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Noy: Supreme Court singling me out (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=643240&publicationSubCategoryId=63)
By Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star) Updated December 28, 2010 12:00 AM Comments (80)

MANILA, Philippines - President Aquino yesterday lamented that the Supreme Court (SC) was “singling out” his administration, compared with his predecessors, in putting legal obstacles in his reform program.

In a chance interview at the Rizal Hall after signing the 2011 national budget, Aquino cited the case of deposed President Joseph Estrada and even former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who both created commissions for particular tasks during their respective terms of office.

The President was obviously still disappointed with the way the SC, with 14 justices appointed by Arroyo, has voided his order creating the five-member Truth Commission that was supposed to investigate unsolved anomalies in the past administration.

“When my mom started in office, there was PCGG (Presidential Commission on Good Government). It’s still existing. It was not declared unconstitutional. During President Estrada’s time, there was a Saguisag commission to study a particular act of President (Fidel) Ramos,” he said.

The Saguisag commission tasked to investigate the (1998) Centennial Expo had not “been considered unconstitutional,” according to him.

“Ms. Arroyo herself had set up so many commissions investigating particular subsets of our society. None of them were deemed unconstitutional,” Aquino pointed out, referring to the Melo and Zeñarosa commissions, among others.

“I think it’s in the same vein as what they have done. I think it’s only ours that is being singled out as unconstitutional. So, that will have to be the biggest challenge that we face,” he told Palace reporters.

“The greatest difficulty, I think, has been no secret – it has to do with the judiciary.”

The President cited the legal setbacks his government had suffered in the judiciary, among them the looming approval of the plea bargain of retired Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia, the one percent conviction rate in drug cases, and the voiding of the Truth Commission.

Carandang: SC is an Arroyo court

Secretary Ricky Carandang, on the other hand, said the SC, notoriously touted as the “Arroyo Court,” was determined to nullify the creation of the five-man Truth Commission, regardless of how many legal luminaries had helped craft the presidential edict.

“If you believe that that was a political decision, then I think you would ask yourself, regardless of how that EO was written, that would have been struck down anyway,” Carandang declared over radio dzRJ.

In an interview with anchor former Senate president Ernesto Maceda, Carandang took note of the dissenting opinions of Justice Antonio Carpio – who, although an Arroyo appointee, had a falling out with the Arroyos in 2006 – and newly appointed Justice Lourdes Sereno, the first appointee of President Aquino in the high court.

“If you read the dissenting opinion of Justices Carpio and Sereno, they said that the SC ruling on EO1 was an absolute prohibition on the investigation of the Arroyo administration,” he said. There were five dissenters in the majority opinion.

“Those are not words from the administration, those are words from two very respected SC justices who disagreed with the majority opinion,” Carandang said.

He, however, acknowledged that the nullification of the panel that was to be headed by former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. was among the “setbacks” the Aquino administration suffered after the hostage crisis and defective presidential orders.

“In the SC case on EO1, we came in pledging to fight corruption, we should investigate the last administration to the extent that EO1 has been nullified by the SC. Definitely that was a negative,” he related.

Already, Malacañang had sought a reconsideration of the ruling, arguing that the scope of the commission’s mandate was not limited to the nine-year term of Arroyo that ended last June.

The Office of the Solicitor General, in filing a motion for reconsideration, clarified that “the language of (the) executive order shows that there is no intent to unfairly discriminate against the previous administration.”

“The Truth Commission does not single out specific individuals but refers to questionable transactions in the administration of Mrs. Arroyo, and there is no invidious classification of the transactions during the previous administration since this is based on substantial distinctions that make for real differences,” it stated.

Enrile: Charge Arroyo in court

Meanwhile, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile has called on Arroyo’s critics to bring possible graft cases against her to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

“I cannot understand why they (Malacañang) could not use the Department of Justice. If the purpose is to investigate the past activities of a previous administration, then why not the Department of Justice?” Enrile said.

“If I remember correctly, the jurisdiction of the Ombudsman is for people in government, if they commit venalities. The former president is no longer in the government although she is a member of Congress but you’re investigating her acts, not as a member of Congress but as a member of the executive,” he explained.

He said the Palace cannot apply the ruling of the Supreme Court’s position in connection to the Truth Commission as a basis to deny the DOJ from investigating Arroyo because it is mandated to investigate any crime committed in the country.

Enrile said he still has some legal questions raised about plans to tap the PCGG to investigate alleged cases of illegal wealth of the former president.

“PCGG can be a vehicle to investigate that aspect of the case (ill-gotten wealth). But suppose there are corruptive activities that happened that did not entail accumulation of ill-gotten wealth?” the Senate president asked. – Christina Mendez

FlashCollider

December 27th, 2010, 11:24 PM

OSG, AMLC alerted months ago about Garcia plea bargain (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=643275&publicationSubCategoryId=63)
By Michael Punongbayan (The Philippine Star) Updated December 28, 2010 12:00 AM Comments (4)

MANILA, Philippines - The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) knew of the plea bargaining agreement between the Office of the Special Prosecutor and former military comptroller Carlos Garcia, reliable sources told The STAR.

Quoting court records, the sources said the two agencies did not tell Malacañang about the deal.

Pursuant to the Dec. 16 agreement, Garcia, accused of plunder, would plead guilty to the lesser crimes of direct bribery and facilitating money laundering so he could post a P60,000 bail for his temporary liberty.

The STAR learned that the OSG and the AMLC had to ask a Manila regional trial court to lift a freeze order on Garcia’s bank accounts that they themselves secured as they were building a forfeiture and money laundering case against the former military general.

Sources said the freeze order had to be lifted as it was in conflict with a Sandiganbayan order for banks to transfer Garcia’s accounts to the government.

Since the OSG and the AMLC had applied for and secured the freeze order, they themselves had to file a motion with the court to lift the order.

Former ombudsman Simeon Marcelo and former special prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio had written a letter to President Aquino to inform him that the OSG can still stop the deal through a motion to intervene and a motion to annul at the Sandiganbayan.

Under the plea bargaining agreement, Garcia would be allowed to plead guilty to lesser offenses in exchange for surrendering real and other properties to the government, including bank accounts here and abroad worth over P135.4 million.

STAR sources said the Sandiganbayan wanted Garcia to first transfer his assets to the government before a decision on the lesser offenses of direct bribery and facilitating money laundering is promulgated.

The anti-graft court twice scheduled a promulgation of judgment but both were deferred supposedly because not all of Garcia’s cash stashed in banks have been surrendered.

Garcia is expected to be convicted and sentenced for direct bribery and facilitating money laundering, along with other accessory penalties.

Last week, the Sandiganbayan barred government lawyers and Garcia’s legal counsel from talking to the media.

However, officials of the Office of the Ombudsman and the Office of the Special Prosecutor said once the court sentences Garcia, all circumstances surrounding the plea bargaining agreement would be explained in detail to answer the allegations of wrongdoing being hurled against them.

Marcelo and Villa-Ignacio appear to have given Aquino wrong information that Garcia had filed a demurrer to evidence.

In a demurrer to evidence, the defense would ask the court to rule on the case based on the evidence presented by the prosecution on the belief that the government’s evidence is weak.

Records of the case show that no demurrer to evidence was filed because government lawyers have not rested their case.

The Sandiganbayan is yet to rule on its formal offer of evidence.

le Reine

December 28th, 2010, 12:57 AM

“When my mom started in office, there was PCGG (Presidential Commission on Good Government). It’s still existing. It was not declared unconstitutional. During President Estrada’s time, there was a Saguisag commission to study a particular act of President (Fidel) Ramos,” he said.

The Saguisag commission tasked to investigate the (1998) Centennial Expo had not “been considered unconstitutional,” according to him.

“Ms. Arroyo herself had set up so many commissions investigating particular subsets of our society. None of them were deemed unconstitutional,” Aquino pointed out, referring to the Melo and Zeñarosa commissions, among others.

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Meanwhile, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile has called on Arroyo’s critics to bring possible graft cases against her to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

“I cannot understand why they (Malacañang) could not use the Department of Justice. If the purpose is to investigate the past activities of a previous administration, then why not the Department of Justice?” Enrile said.Fist of all, anyone familiar with the commissions set up by previous administrations would also know why the SC now junked the Truth Commission. They may all be the same in name, but there are different background and mandates that these commissions have. And by those alone, anyone would understand the SC basis for nullifying EO1.

Also, I agree with Senator Enrile. The President is still in control of the DoJ, why not use it?

FlashCollider

December 28th, 2010, 01:39 AM

^^
Yan ang malaking tanong.
Wala sa bokabularyo ni PNoy ang salitang 'Pagaralan'.

What a whining president we have.

Animo

December 28th, 2010, 01:39 AM

This president is such a whiner and can't even understand what the heck he is doing.

Askal82

December 28th, 2010, 02:16 AM

Ewan ko lang. Hindi na kapanipaniwala ang justice system not just the SC. The Vizconde case is a prominent example. Obviously, the Webbs wanted to open up the case after the evidence were destroyed or gone missing. Galing! Where are the obstruction of justice and perjury charges to those people who maliciously destroyed the evidence?

It is not surprising why they junked the Truth commission although it creates redundancy for basically the same objective as the previous ones.

Just some thought experiment: If the Truth commission was indeed given the blessing of the SC, will it be successful considering that PCGG and other specialized investigative bodies created under executive orders were already considered failure?

Kintoy

December 28th, 2010, 02:38 AM

Only idiots would believe that the SC junked the Truth Commission for reasons other than to shield the person who appointed them

bitoy

December 28th, 2010, 04:24 AM

^^ baka kasabwat ng mga magnanakaw yung mga galit sa mga reklamo ni Pnoy in behalf of the entire nation laban sa justice system natin. :lol:

sangkatutak na ang mga ebidensiya ayaw pa paniwalaan ng batas. :D

KIqBJJ9tPzk

Eastern Dragon

December 28th, 2010, 04:30 AM

and those who insist on using the DOJ now clearly has no knowledge or experience on how our DOJ works or how clogged our courts and prosecutors office are.

kulang kulang nga mga prosecutors natin eh. kulang pa judges.

anyone who thinks that Corona, who used to be gma chief legal adviser is not protecting her is being blind pero pagdating kay noynoy tira ng tira.

hmm. selective criticism ba to mga parekoy?

jimPUNKZ

December 28th, 2010, 05:19 AM

Only idiots would believe that the SC junked the Truth Commission for reasons other than to shield the person who appointed them
and only idiots thinks the other way around,,,,,,,sadly,,,millions of millions of filipinos tend to become idiot because of the aquinos' love for our country,,,sumobra pa nga,,,,hahaha......:lol:
Can we blame some who are all tired of seing corruption when there is this entity offering to help clean up the government? Come to think of it, it's the root cause of all poverty in the Philippines, the excessive amount of corruption from the smallest branches of the government up to the highest seat of the office. Arroyo was truely a promising and ideal president, it however, stained with alot of accussations of corruptions plus the fact that inspite of all the good economic report, poverty is very much felt all over the country. It would have been nicer if Gibo or Gordon won the election because they are strong willed, firm and has provided a good portfolio, ideal to be presidents. I do believe Gibo lost inspite of all his credential because of his affiliation with the Arroyo administration and Gordon with his past with the Marcoses. That is sad but I don't blame those who voted for Aquino, not because the death of his mother but because the legacies both his mother and father carried. Democracy and corrupt free(almost) governance.

if i may recall,,,noy was not the cleanest among all candidates back then,,,,all the candidates were evils,but noy,the least evil??,,, i dont think so!!!:ohno: dahil lang sabi niya lalabanan niya ang corruption,,meaning,,malinis narin siya??? hindi nga niya nalinis bakuran niya eh,,pilipinas pa kaya???

if i may,,gibo was the least evil,but one thing is wrong about him,,he ran under the umbrella of GMA at,,hindi siya mahilig magpa-pogi sa media unlike noy,,ang hilig magpa-pogi,,,:ohno::ohno:
:):):)

BTW,,why had the filipinos chose a "better" when one of the choices was the "best",,gibo was the best,,,,,,:okay:

jimPUNKZ

December 28th, 2010, 05:29 AM

NOY,NAGDADALAWANG ISIP NA PALAYAIN MGA KAWAWANG MaTANDANG PRESO,,,,,:ohno: ano??? ni-hindi nga siya nagdalawang isip na palayain mga rebelde at mga mutineers!!!,,,:bash: tsk tsk tsk,,,ano ba naman yan,,,,,,, pag-chur oi,,,,hahayyyyyyy,,,:bash::bash:

johnmizer

December 28th, 2010, 05:58 AM

^karaniwan ata kasi mga babae yugn preso eh.. hehehe

kenken94

December 28th, 2010, 07:17 AM

Borrowings cap vetoed in budget
Monday, 27 December 2010 21:27 Mia M. Gonzalez / Reporter
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PRESIDENT Aquino on Monday signed the 2011 General Appropriations Act (GAA) and vetoed 13 general and special provisions in the 2011 budget, among them, the provision imposing on the Executive a borrowings cap of 55 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP).

“This will enable us to address the urgent needs of our people in a timely manner,” Mr. Aquino said in signing ceremonies at the Palace Rizal Hall.

He said that with the timely signing of the budget, the government now has “the means to fulfill our people’s aspirations for a government that pursues national development along transparent, accountable lines and with maximum efficiency.”

“This budget demonstrates our commitment to solving the problems of our people at the soonest time
. . . . I expect the Executive department to live up to the trust imposed by the people through Congress by adhering faithfully and thoroughly to both the spirit and the letter of the law,” the President said.

Budget Secretary Florencio Abad said the 2011 “reform” budget is the first with transparency and accountability provisions integrated within the GAA text.

“These general and special provisions require us to disclose key information on budgetary appropriations and releases using new information technology. This government has nothing to hide from the people,” Abad said.

He said the President had directed him to draft a “budget execution strategy and plan” for six big departments with a number of programs to implement—the Departments of Education, Public Works and Highways, Social Welfare and Development, Health, Transportation and Communications, and Agriculture.

“What we’re going to try to do is to commit the departments to certain targets on a quarterly basis and, in return, the DBM [Department of Budget and Management] will try its best to accelerate and facilitate the release of funds so that we can take advantage of the good weather in the last six months,” Abad said.

Debt cap ‘unduly restrictive’

In his veto message to Congress, the President noted that “the imposition of a 55-percent debt cap at this point in time and the prior legislative approval of borrowings exceeding this ceiling are unduly restrictive as they prevent the government from taking advantage of favorable market conditions.”

He noted: “The government should be given the flexibility to borrow responsibly whenever it needs to finance existing mandatory items or provide budgetary support, narrow the budget deficit, refinance existing obligations, and extend the maturity or retire expensive loans.”

Abad said the national government debt obligation currently stands at 57 percent of GDP.

“So limiting the ability of the government to borrow at 55 percent, realistically speaking, is not possible.”

“We want to maintain the flexibility of the government in its liability management program to take advantage of the positive environment where you have a strong peso, weak dollar [and] low interest rates so we can shift the profile of our liabilities to more peso-denominated debt, which insulates it from the volatility of the international foreign-exchange market,” he said.

In his veto message, Mr. Aquino offered, as an alternative, “burden sharing among the three branches of the government through the fiscal responsibility bill,” explaining that “the deficit-neutral mechanisms on both revenue and spending prescribed in the bill will fortify our collective stance toward a steady decrease in public debt and ultimately improve the fiscal position of our country.”

The President also vetoed the provision requiring legislative consultation in the release of all lump-sum appropriations in the budget, noting that this is an infringement “on what is clearly an executive function.”

“I wish to emphasize that under the Constitution, the Executive branch is primarily responsible and accountable for the enforcement of this Act,” he said.

For the same reason, he said, he vetoed the provision requiring the Department of Agriculture to consult with local governments, resident-farmers and fisherfolk, and representatives of concerned districts concerned in the identification by the DA of priority locations of farm-to-market roads (FMRs).

He said the DA can only “coordinate” with them as it “should be given enough latitude and discretion in the execution of FMR projects, to which it is ultimately accountable for.”

The President vetoed the proviso on the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program, which required that savings from the program be used to augment appropriations for basic education, maternal health care and immunization.

“It is enshrined in no less than the Constitution that the power to augment any item in the appropriations of the Executive branch is exclusive to the President. It is, therefore, axiomatic that this special provision effectively mandates the President to exercise his power to use savings from the [CCT] program by the end of the third quarter of FY 2011 to other programs and projects,” he said.

He directly vetoed the proviso prioritizing for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program those families residing in areas where there is an active insurgency, noting that the program is “not intended to be an anti-insurgency program.”

The President also “placed serious attention to a number of inappropriate provisions and provisos included in this general appropriations law,” which he felt “should not have found their way in this GAA, and should have been covered by separate substantive laws” as they do not relate to any specific item in the 2011 GAA.

The President subjected certain special provisions to conditional implementation, among them, on the retention of income by the Food and Drug Administration, the construction of FMR projects, implementation of the Educational Service Contracting System and educational facilities.

In line with judicious spending, the President “cautioned” against “the inclusion of predisaster activities, such as preparation of relocation sites/facilities and training of personnel engaged in direct disaster in the use of the Calamity Fund.”

He said, “While the purpose is laudable, the same must be weighed against the imperious need of maintaining sufficient provision under the Calamity Fund for actual calamities and prevent its full utilization for predisaster activities.”

“Moreover, I note that the provision for predisaster activities are embedded and subsumed in the programs and projects of various implementing agencies under this Act,” he said.

The President also directed the DBM to issue guidelines for the implementation of the special provisions related to Priority Development Assistance Fund to ensure that the projects and designation of beneficiaries conform to the priority list, standard or design prepared by the concerned implementing agencies.

“Preference should, likewise, be given to projects located in the fourth- to sixth-class municipalities and/or priority afforded to indigents identified under the National Household targeting System for Poverty Reduction, as the case may be,” he said.

He added that 50 percent of the allocation for each legislator and the Vice President shall be released in the first semester and the remaining 50 percent in the second semester.

The President declared that changes, increases, reductions and new budgetary items introduced by Congress in the 2011 GAA “shall be subject to the national government’s cash program and prudent observance of responsible fiscal management.”

These will also be subject to applicable rules and procedures during budget implementation, including Presidential approval pursuant to Section 25 (5), Article VI of the 1987 Constitution, and in accordance with the requirements of Section 35, Chapter V, Book VI of EO 292.

kenken94

December 28th, 2010, 07:18 AM

Palace issuing EO to float infrastructure bonds
Monday, 27 December 2010 21:19 VG Cabuag / Reporter
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MALACAÑANG is set to release an executive order (EO) that will facilitate the issuance of infrastructure bonds to be floated by the state-owned National Development Co. (NDC) aimed at funding the infrastructure projects under the Aquino administration’s public-private partnership (PPP) program.

At least P200 billion of the bonds will be floated by NDC, Finance Undersecretary Rosalia de Leon said.

“We would be issuing an EO to implement the NDC bonds. The subscription of these bonds would be limited to the four government financial institutions,” de Leon told reporters.

The institutions were state-owned Land Bank of the Philippines and Development Bank of the Philippines, and pension funds Government Service Insurance System and Social Security System.

Each of the institutions will shell out at least P50 billion, which would be made available as loans to companies that will join in the PPP initiative.

Proceeds of the bonds will also finance land acquisition for easement costs and other predevelopment needs as the government’s counterpart initiative to attract investors.

The seed fund, now being gathered by the Department of Finance, would be made available within the time frame set by the government for rolling out the infrastructure projects.

“The NDC bonds would stand for now while we are still working out a long-term solution. We are looking at the creation of a fund that would work for the long term, patterned after the Indian and Indonesian infrastructure-fund models,” de Leon said. 

The Indian and Indonesian infrastructure financing models involved the establishment of a separate entity tasked with providing long-term financing for infrastructure projects. 

PT Indonesia Infrastructure Finance was put up to provide long-term rupiah financing and advisory services to private infrastructure projects, while the Indian government has established India Infrastructure Finance Co. with almost the same goal. 

“We are in talks with the donor community over the possibility of them not only extending concessional loans to proponents of PPP projects but for them to also invest directly on these projects,” she said.

The listed 10 projects include Metro Rail Transit (MRT)-Light Rail Transit expansion, to cost P70 billion; MRT Line 2 extension, P11.29 billion; Panglao Airport in Bohol, P7.54 billion; Puerto Princesa Airport in Palawan, P4.36 billion; North Luzon Expressway-South Luzon Expressway link, P21 billion; Cavite-Laguna Expressway-Manila side section, P10.5 billion; Daraga International Airport in Albay, P3.07 billion.

Most of these projects are expected to break ground next year and to start construction between 2011 and 2012.

mwg12a

December 28th, 2010, 07:56 AM

and only idiots thinks the other way around,,,,,,,sadly,,,millions of millions of filipinos tend to become idiot because of the aquinos' love for our country,,,sumobra pa nga,,,,hahaha......:lol:

if i may recall,,,noy was not the cleanest among all candidates back then,,,,all the candidates were evils,but noy,the least evil??,,, i dont think so!!!:ohno: dahil lang sabi niya lalabanan niya ang corruption,,meaning,,malinis narin siya??? hindi nga niya nalinis bakuran niya eh,,pilipinas pa kaya???

if i may,,gibo was the least evil,but one thing is wrong about him,,he ran under the umbrella of GMA at,,hindi siya mahilig magpa-pogi sa media unlike noy,,ang hilig magpa-pogi,,,:ohno::ohno:
:):):)

BTW,,why had the filipinos chose a "better" when one of the choices was the "best",,gibo was the best,,,,,,

I beg to disagree on your comment on Kintoys. For one thing, I also got into thinking why PCCG during Cory's time and the two fact finding bodies created by the previous presidents were not nullified and tagged as unconstitutional. Noy Aquino do have the power over DOJ I am sure he knew these but why did he not use it? It goes to show he somehow respect SC and didn't exercise his authority over them.

As far as your reply on my comment, I have not recall any corruption connected to Aquino where he was amassing public funds, the only corruption that maybe connected with him is Hacienda Luisita, which somehow, if we look deeper into it, the Aquinos have the right to their own ancestral homes or properties. Other than that, I do not see any corruption he committed. Installing all his allies in the office can't be considered as corruption or nepotism because this is what most presidents do, surround them with their own allies, Obama and the democrats are a good example for these, they are the majority of the US senate.

Askal82

December 28th, 2010, 08:11 AM

Askal82

December 28th, 2010, 08:21 AM

crappypants

December 28th, 2010, 08:42 AM

ngayon lalo akong nanghihinayang kay gibo....what if....:)

it's not good to live in the past and what ifs . You have to accept the fact that so so Pnoy is the president now.

jimPUNKZ

December 28th, 2010, 01:43 PM

it's not good to live in the past and what ifs . You have to accept the fact that so so Pnoy is the president now.

right,,,that's what PNOY has been doing,,:lol:

jimPUNKZ

December 28th, 2010, 02:14 PM

I beg to disagree on your comment on Kintoys. For one thing, I also got into thinking why PCCG during Cory's time and the two fact finding bodies created by the previous presidents were not nullified and tagged as unconstitutional. Noy Aquino do have the power over DOJ I am sure he knew these but why did he not use it? It goes to show he somehow respect SC and didn't exercise his authority over them..

i understand because(according to SC) the said commision is singling out/targetting/longing to hunt a lone person/individual which is a violation on human rights(the right to fare justice/i forgot the correct words) while yung mga comission ni cory noon,it was not nullified because wala nang silbi para i-nullified kasi yung mga taong pina-iimbistigahan noon ay wala na(not sure though) or those were not nullified before because human rights policies or advocacies back then ay hindi masyadong active....(not sure though),,,,,,,,
whatever the reason behind,,,still it's not rightful for him to spend his entire term hunting GMA.he should leave that matter and start working harder.,palibhasa maganda dinatnan niya kaya pa-petiks-petiks lang siya ngayun!!!!:lol:

As far as your reply on my comment, I have not recall any corruption connected to Aquino where he was amassing public funds, the only corruption that maybe connected with him is Hacienda Luisita, which somehow, if we look deeper into it, the Aquinos have the right to their own ancestral homes or properties. Other than that, I do not see any corruption he committed. Installing all his allies in the office can't be considered as corruption or nepotism because this is what most presidents do, surround them with their own allies, Obama and the democrats are a good example for these, they are the majority of the US senate.

meron bang corruption issue si gibo or even any forms of issues againts him???
i think wala,,,,,ang issue lang sa kanya ay tauhan siya ni gloria,,,,,:ohno:

still,,,the people voted for noy not because he has the guts but because he is a son of cory and ninoy without thinking there were more qualified candidates........too bad:ohno:

kalbongdad

December 28th, 2010, 05:26 PM

right,,,that's what PNOY has been doing,,:lol:

gagi....you made me really laugh.....:lol:

mwg12a

December 28th, 2010, 07:53 PM

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meron bang corruption issue si gibo or even any forms of issues againts him???
i think wala,,,,,ang issue lang sa kanya ay tauhan siya ni gloria,,,,,:ohno:

still,,,the people voted for noy not because he has the guts but because he is a son of cory and ninoy without thinking there were more qualified candidates........too bad:ohno:

I'm not saying that Gibo was implicated in any anomalies or corruptions, but yes, it's definitely his affiliation with Arroyo that brought him down and since Nonoy is connected with his mother and father's legacy, he gained grounds in winning the previous election. As far as qualification is concern, Noynoy have the have these, it's his lack of solid background when we talk about achievements, it has always been in question as he is pretty much new in the political arena. This is why the foreign countries became hopeful of the Philippines because they knew he would carry his parent's legacy inspite of his lack of experiences and achievements. Corruption is the biggest culprit of poverty in and around the country, Arroyo is very smart but her reputation is a big question mark.

b_two

December 28th, 2010, 10:49 PM

^^

i don't think pnoy can be considered as "new in the political arena." just google his name and you'll see the ff:

- he is a 4th generation politician
- son of a political detainee, legislator, president, political martyr
- 3 terms as congressman
- elected as senator

Eastern Dragon

December 29th, 2010, 04:03 AM

its almost 2011 guys, stop being a bunch of whiners. you accuse aquino of whining, yet here you are, whining about Gibo, the lying bastard who claimed to have prosecuted gen. garcia and promised to retire from politics if lost the 2010 elections.

yep he lost big time. and back to his cheshire cat grinning lying ways, he will run in 2013 elections under the newly formed national unity party made up of old lakas stalwarts.

syempre idol ni kalbo yan, kasi parehong ilocano sila kalbo at si idol nya si Bigo, este si Gibo.

remember, its almost 2011. stop your whining and learn to live with it.

kalbongdad

December 29th, 2010, 04:33 AM

Eastern Dragon

December 29th, 2010, 04:39 AM

Bilib talaga ako sa ponggok na gloria na yun. hanep. economist pa naman. in almost 10 years, na pamumuno, galing talaga. naungusan lang natin uganda, bangladesh etc.

pero ang katabi natin thailand, more than times 10 and nakuha FDI. paano kasi, ang mga investors takot sa mga buwaya at buwitre na first family dati.

bilib talaga ako sa idol mo kalbongdad. pakisabi naman kay gma, tenk u sa 8.7 billion na FDI at .9% na growth rate sa 2009.

Philippines gets least amount of FDIs in SE Asia

By Michelle Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:52:00 12/28/2010

Filed Under: Investments, Economy and Business and Finance, Asia Australia - East Asia

Close this MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines cornered the least amount of foreign direct investments among seven selected economies in Southeast Asia in 2009, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its first global survey on FDIs.

Also, the country came in at the bottom 13 of the 72 countries surveyed, the IMF said in its Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS) for 2009.

The survey, which was released this month, revealed that the Philippines received $8.12 billion in foreign direct investments last year.

The figure paled in comparison with what its neighbors received during the same period: Hong Kong with $830.92 billion; Singapore with $339.79 billion; Thailand with $111.11 billion; Indonesia with $108.22 billion; Malaysia with $78.84 billion; and Macau with $12.08 billion.

On a global scale, the Philippines ranked 60th out of 72 countries included in the CDIS.

In that survey, the Philippines outranked Mongolia (with $399 million), Nepal ($442 million), Kyrgyz Republic, ($959 million), Botswana ($1.85 billion), Barbados ($2.39 billion), Uganda ($2.77 billion), Armenia ($4.02 billion), Bangladesh ($5.34 billion), Bolivia ($5.37 billion), Bosnia ($6.20 billion), Zambia ($6.27 billion) and El Salvador ($7.55 billion).
Earlier this month, the IMF sent a mission to the Philippines and learned that the country performed impressively throughout the global economic turmoil. The IMF noted in particular the country’s rising reserves of foreign currencies, healthy banking system and accelerated growth of the economy.

The IMF said that, to improve its competitiveness in the region, the Philippines would need to implement measures that could sustain robust economic growth

kalbongdad

December 29th, 2010, 04:49 AM

Eastern Dragon

December 29th, 2010, 05:03 AM

mukhang kinapos ang highlight mo....ituloy natin ng konti......from the report you quoted yourself...dapat lang na magpasalamat ka kay little evil gloria....dahil kung hindi sa kanya baka kung saan kangkungan na pinulot ang pinas.....kung mahihinang lider ang nakaupo sa panahon na yon.....na puno ng ligalig...... o siguro naman hindi bias na observation yan....dahil hindi galing sa akin yan...at yan pa mismo ang ginamit mo.... :)

binasa ko naman lahat yan. yep, the global recession which has been plaguing the US up to now. :lol::lol:

mahina ba intindi mo, visit was done early this month. rising reserves was reported recently. sino ba presidente the past 6 months, si gloria pa ba? pampalubag loob lang yan, which is standard in all reports. pero, hard facts?

pero galing talaga ng economist na yun, tinalo natin uganda at bangladesh noon 2009 :lol::lol:

jimPUNKZ

December 29th, 2010, 05:35 AM

all this discussion is brought about by pipol's disappointment with pnoy....he performed way below expectations.....:ohno: well...ngayon malalaman ng mga bumoto sa kanya...na his being the son of ninoy and cory does not mean that sure ball na ang performance nya....more than six months and still nothing.....budget pa lang ang kauna unahang batas na pinirmahan....and he finds cabinet meetings unproductive....:ohno:
tama ka daddy,,,he showed us a very dissapointing performance,thats why "educated people" kept criticizing him while uneducated people kept praising him!:lol:,,,,budget??? should we consider that achivement??? hahayyy:ohno:
actually,,hindi naman ako anti noy,,,kaya lang,,wala talagang dapat purihin sa kanyang mga pinag-gagawa...,,instead,,,napakaraming dapat tuligsain,,first in the list is his cabinet secretaries,puro amateur.dapat palitan niya mga yun!!!si delima lang ang may guts,,,:lol:
binasa ko naman lahat yan. yep, the global recession which has been plaguing the US up to now. :lol::lol:

mahina ba intindi mo, visit was done early this month. rising reserves was reported recently. sino ba presidente the past 6 months, si gloria pa ba? pampalubag loob lang yan, which is standard in all reports. pero, hard facts?

pero galing talaga ng economist na yun, tinalo natin uganda at bangladesh noon 2009 :lol::lol:
sir,do you think madaling magpaangat ng lubog na bansa??? nagawa ni gloria yun kaya dapat tayung magpasalamat. at yang mga paglago ngayun,,bunga yan ng mga nagawa ni gloria,,,,ang mga bunga ni PNOY hindi pa makita,,,,,right exactly in the middle of the sea of nothingness:lol::lol::nuts:

jimPUNKZ

December 29th, 2010, 05:42 AM

binasa ko naman lahat yan. yep, the global recession which has been plaguing the US up to now. :lol::lol:

mahina ba intindi mo, visit was done early this month. rising reserves was reported recently. sino ba presidente the past 6 months, si gloria pa ba?

yun na nga sir,,,six months palang siya!!! should we give the credit to PNOY???? six months is too short,and even a six years term,,,:ohno: how can he do such things within six months??? curious lang po ako,,,hindi po kasi ako economist!!:D:D

Eastern Dragon

December 29th, 2010, 05:44 AM

sir,do you think madaling magpaangat ng lubog na bansa??? nagawa ni gloria yun kaya dapat tayung magpasalamat. at yang mga paglago ngayun,,bunga yan ng mga nagawa ni gloria,,,,ang mga bunga ni PNOY hindi pa makita,,,,,in the middle of the sea of nothingness:lol::lol::nuts:

magpalago? :lol: .9% in 2009.

around 4.% average during her term. deficit of 320B. ano dapat ipasalamat ko sa kanya? zte at pagnanakaw ng pamilya nya?

you call that bunga when we are just better off than uganda, yet our asean twin, managed more than 100B in investments despite the political upheavals sa kanila.

why do you think that thailand managed to get more investments compared to us in 2009 when they have had political squabbles?

Eastern Dragon

December 29th, 2010, 05:49 AM

yun na nga sir,,,six months palang siya!!! should we give the credit to PNOY???? six months is too short,and even a six years term,,,:ohno: how can he do such things within six months??? curious lang po ako,,,hindi po kasi ako economist!!:D:D

six months is a long time for investors to decide.

study the investments which came in after may 2010 when it was almost assured that aquino will win.

why do you think that we only manage 8B in whole of 2009 and yet in the few months of aquino, we have already seen positive impact?

simple, investors are scare of thieves masquerading as politicians.

Philippines' FDI post net inflows in Sept.December 10, 2010, 4:10pm
MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - Foreign investments continue to pour into the country in September, posting a net inflow of 66 million U.S. dollars, according to local media Friday.

The net inflows, a turnaround from the 54 million U.S. dollars net outflow recorded in the same month last year, were driven mainly by reinvested earnings and other capital which compensated the net outflows recorded in the equities, Philippines' Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.

jimPUNKZ

December 29th, 2010, 06:12 AM

magpalago? :lol: .9% in 2009.

around 4.% average during her term. deficit of 320B. ano dapat ipasalamat ko sa kanya? zte at pagnanakaw ng pamilya nya?

you call that bunga when we are just better off than uganda, yet our asean twin, managed more than 100B in investments despite the political upheavals sa kanila.

why do you think that thailand managed to get more investments compared to us in 2009 when they have had political squabbles?

gloria tried to decentralize everything(which i think is the key para umunlad tayu) through her super regions and charter-change(in the first place,our current system is the one that is defective),,yun nga lang,wrong timing kasi ginawa niya yun during her last days in office triggering the people to speculate she's longing to extend her term.:lol:.our neighbors has been decentralizing for almost a long time now thats why they're ahead of us.despite that,we managed to grow,we all know,manila getting the largest share of the pie and i dont think PNOY will do something to decentralized our country.,,,:ohno:

haha,,i think PNOY needs an economist,....in other words,,s.he needs her,,............GLORY..:D:lol:

Eastern Dragon

December 29th, 2010, 07:06 AM

gloria tried to decentralize everything(which i think is the key para umunlad tayu) through her super regions and charter-change(in the first place,our current system is the one that is defective),,yun nga lang,wrong timing kasi ginawa niya yun during her last days in office triggering the people to speculate she's longing to extend her term.:lol:.our neighbors has been decentralizing for almost a long time now thats why they're ahead of us.despite that,we managed to grow,we all know,manila getting the largest share of the pie and i dont think PNOY will do something to decentralized our country.,,,:ohno:

haha,,i think PNOY needs an economist,....in other words,,s.he needs her,,............GLORY..:D:lol:

decentralization has little to do with investment decisions since decentralization deals with more with administrative supervision and not economic decisions.

this reasoning is so far off and not responsive to the question on why we only received 8B whereas thailand which is a lot like phi received more than a 100B.

there is nothing, i repeat nothing to be proud of being lumped in the same group as bangladesh and uganda. :lol:

r0mm3l

December 29th, 2010, 07:37 AM

back to this bad dreams again???wew

Eastern Dragon

December 29th, 2010, 07:41 AM

back to this bad dreams again???wew

for a country blessed with natural resources, we have not been blessed with good humans. :lol::lol:

damn, we are lumped with all these countries. Mongolia (with $399 million), Nepal ($442 million), Kyrgyz Republic, ($959 million), Botswana ($1.85 billion), Barbados ($2.39 billion), Uganda ($2.77 billion), Armenia ($4.02 billion), Bangladesh ($5.34 billion), Bolivia ($5.37 billion), Bosnia ($6.20 billion), Zambia ($6.27 billion) and El Salvador ($7.55 billion).

Uganda, barbados, armenia, bangladesh? :lol::lol: I actually never believed it and have been in self denial these past couple of years. but IMF can't be lying. :lol:

nice, after almost 10 years with gloria, we are no. 2 in most corrupt countries and ranked in the same group as freaking fuicking uganda. :lol::lol:

r0mm3l

December 29th, 2010, 07:50 AM

for a country blessed with natural resources, we have not been blessed with good humans. :lol::lol:

damn, we are lumped with all these countries. Mongolia (with $399 million), Nepal ($442 million), Kyrgyz Republic, ($959 million), Botswana ($1.85 billion), Barbados ($2.39 billion), Uganda ($2.77 billion), Armenia ($4.02 billion), Bangladesh ($5.34 billion), Bolivia ($5.37 billion), Bosnia ($6.20 billion), Zambia ($6.27 billion) and El Salvador ($7.55 billion).

Uganda, barbados, armenia, bangladesh? :lol::lol: I actually never believed it and have been in self denial these past couple of years. but IMF can't be lying. :lol:

nice, after almost 10 years with gloria, we are no. 2 in most corrupt countries and ranked in the same group as freaking fuicking uganda. :lol::lol:

yes.., bad for us..., but i would like to update about the most corrupt countries.., currently wla na tayo sa listahan..,

http://www.einfopedia.com/most-corrupt-countries-or-nations-rankings-2010-of-the-world-highest-corrupt-governments.php
-click this..,:)

jimPUNKZ

December 29th, 2010, 08:09 AM

decentralization has little to do with investment decisions since decentralization deals with more with administrative supervision and not economic decisions.

this reasoning is so far off and not responsive to the question on why we only received 8B whereas thailand which is a lot like phi received more than a 100B.

there is nothing, i repeat nothing to be proud of being lumped in the same group as bangladesh and uganda. :lol:
i beg to disagree,,,i think it has to do with investments decisions,,what i meant was the decentralization of everything not just the supervision,,.how can the investors invest in other parts of the country if the distribution of wealth concentrates in the capital alone? this country should start decentralizing!!........or else,,,,,vietnam shall surpass R.P:ohno:
for a country blessed with natural resources, we have not been blessed with good humans. :lol::lol:

damn, we are lumped with all these countries. Mongolia (with $399 million), Nepal ($442 million), Kyrgyz Republic, ($959 million), Botswana ($1.85 billion), Barbados ($2.39 billion), Uganda ($2.77 billion), Armenia ($4.02 billion), Bangladesh ($5.34 billion), Bolivia ($5.37 billion), Bosnia ($6.20 billion), Zambia ($6.27 billion) and El Salvador ($7.55 billion).

Uganda, barbados, armenia, bangladesh? :lol::lol: I actually never believed it and have been in self denial these past couple of years. but IMF can't be lying. :lol:

nice, after almost 10 years with gloria, we are no. 2 in most corrupt countries and ranked in the same group as freaking fuicking uganda. :lol::lol:

the philippines paled in comparison with its neighbors interms of investments because investors had less confidense towards the admin that time due to corruption allegations,but,that did'nt meant gloria mismanaged the economy.only in the aspect of investors confidence and has nothing to do with her guts. kay noynoy naman,nakatanggap nga siya ng malaking investments dahil tingin ng mga investors malinis siya,pero wala itong kinalaman sa kanyang kakayahan dahil wala naman siyang kakayahan:D

the fact is,,under gloria's term,,the philippines showed good performance in the middle of the economic turmoil,accept that sir!,,,,at maganda tingin ng mundo sa pilipinas in terms of economic performance and in many other ways,well, except corruption aspect!:D:lol:
well in noyNOYs case,,malalaman palang natin yan sa mga susunod na taon kung ano ang mga gagawin niya,,,,,i hope hindi mapahiya mga avid noy noy!!:lol:

r0mm3l

December 29th, 2010, 08:16 AM

in six months in power, one of the achievements daw, ay investors confidence in our country .., hmmmm.. it seems totoo.., yup! lets see and wait.., malapit na 2011! wohooo!

mwg12a

December 29th, 2010, 09:54 AM

^^ I believe it, because the transition of power was smooth, peaceful and legal. A good sign if you look at foreign investor's perspective, then there is this magic words "promise of clean governance and transparency" which is attractive, but, you're correct, the fruit for this labor can't be appreciated without having the first bite of that sweet fruit, if it is infact, sweet. Hopefully it won't be bitter or sour. However, don't expect that in 2011 things would look really bright and flowery, we have to take in consideration the international financial crisis and the US recession since it is where the Philippine do most of its trade and businesses, you know? BPOs and such.... This is why the Philippine government needs to play it's card right with China and perhaps India which is the Philippines' biggest competition in the outsourcing industry.

r0mm3l

December 29th, 2010, 10:04 AM

oh! hindi pa pla naka move on ang US sa recession??? thats bad.., especially for us.., tama nga ang sinabi ng prof. ko na dapat ay sa china na tayo tumitingin ng opportunities than us.., ^^

bitoy

December 29th, 2010, 10:23 AM

for a country blessed with natural resources, we have not been blessed with good humans. :lol::lol:

damn, we are lumped with all these countries. Mongolia (with $399 million), Nepal ($442 million), Kyrgyz Republic, ($959 million), Botswana ($1.85 billion), Barbados ($2.39 billion), Uganda ($2.77 billion), Armenia ($4.02 billion), Bangladesh ($5.34 billion), Bolivia ($5.37 billion), Bosnia ($6.20 billion), Zambia ($6.27 billion) and El Salvador ($7.55 billion).

Uganda, barbados, armenia, bangladesh? :lol::lol: I actually never believed it and have been in self denial these past couple of years. but IMF can't be lying. :lol:

nice, after almost 10 years with gloria, we are no. 2 in most corrupt countries and ranked in the same group as freaking fuicking uganda. :lol::lol:

Mag in-denial na lang muna uli... :lol:

Pero, Barbados? isa yan sa gusto kong puntahan... diba mayaman ang Barbados?

kalbongdad

December 29th, 2010, 11:34 AM

no point discussing with the blind followers....of pnoy.....let them be...they are in for a big disappointment....:)

Eastern Dragon

December 29th, 2010, 11:48 AM

no point discussing with the blind followers....of pnoy.....let them be...they are in for a big disappointment....:)

:lol::lol:. ano napala nyo nga sa idol nyo GMA and Giboo.:lol::lol::lol:

ano napala ng bansa natin. naks, kung big disaappointment si noynoy, ano tawag natin sa pamilya arroyo? :lol:

kalbongdad

December 29th, 2010, 11:52 AM

love mo na mga arroyos ano....sinusundan mo buhay nila hanggang ngayon....ako ng na bilib sa capabilidad ni little evil gloria as a lider....ay nde ko sya....iniintindi...:)

Eastern Dragon

December 29th, 2010, 12:07 PM

[QUOTE=jimPUNKZ;69675391]i beg to disagree,,,i think it has to do with investments decisions,,what i meant was the decentralization of everything not just the supervision,,.how can the investors invest in other parts of the country if the distribution of wealth concentrates in the capital alone? this country should start decentralizing!!........or else,,,,,vietnam shall surpass R.P:ohno:

:lol::lol::lol:, understandble of you kasi estudyante ka pa. again, jim, you are wrong on all points. investment decisions has little to do with decentralization as investors have to go through proper channels all of them based in Manila.

BOI/PEZA/BIR/DTI/DENR. All of these agencies and other regulatory agencies have to grant proper licenses before a foreign firm can operate.

decentralization refers only to police power of the state as delegated to LGU's. it has no bearing whatsoever to investment decisions as the aforementioned agencies are national agencies. with scope and authority down to the local level.

case in point, a mining firm may get a business permit from its host community, say tacloban but a mining license is granted by the DENR.

granting a mining license is not within the scope of the power of cities or provinces, much less a barangay and hence, any decentralization that you speak of has no bearing.

in this case, the investment decision by a company will rest on its ability to get a mining license from the DENR and not a mundane business permit from the lgu.

for a better example, oil exploration in palawan. all exploration permits and licenses were granted in manila with DENRI concurrence, ECC etc. the host community will get a share of it just like the extraction of sand. but the investment approval emanates from Manila.

why is it centralized, well, these investments are granted tax holidays say 4-5 years that is why investors come in, especially in capex heavy industries like mining and manufacturing compared to BPO's.

problem is, this is where corruption comes in especially when politicians come in. in fairness, dealing with people from PEZA have been very above the table. :lol:

the philippines paled in comparison with its neighbors interms of investments because investors had less confidense towards the admin that time due to corruption allegations,but,that did'nt meant gloria mismanaged the economy.only in the aspect of investors confidence and has nothing to do with her guts.

how do you mismanage the economy? by ripping extorting from investors and scaring them away so that all of them will go to HK, thailand, singapore and macau. for gods sake, singapore and macau with the limited land area that they have.

the fact is,,under gloria's term,,the philippines showed good performance in the middle of the economic turmoil,accept that sir!,,,,at maganda tingin ng mundo sa pilipinas in terms of economic performance and in many other ways,well, except corruption aspect!:D:lol:

if the world indeed sees the philippines as goo in terms of economic performance, they would have done so. yet, your idol gloria managed to land us in the company of botswana. :lol::lol:

good performance? if you know your economic theory well, you will laugh at GMA and his cohorts claims. it was more of luck that we are not as badly hit as japan. precisely because our economy, is not as interwoven with that of europe and america. it was not as interwoven because of economic policies of your dear gloria, but because investors from asia, europe and america were scared to deal with gloria and the 40 thieves.

yep. thailand has 110B. philippines has 8B. hello fuicking botswana.

do you know anything about botswana and uganda?:lol:

b_two

December 29th, 2010, 12:08 PM

Eastern Dragon

December 29th, 2010, 12:10 PM

love mo na mga arroyos ano....sinusundan mo buhay nila hanggang ngayon....ako ng na bilib sa capabilidad ni little evil gloria as a lider....ay nde ko sya....iniintindi...:)

pare, pakisabi tenk you sa leadership capabilities na idol mong bansot.

ayun, sa sobrang galing nya, botswana at uganda na ang tingin sa atin ng mundo. :lol::lol:

bilib talaga ako kay gloria. lider. tulad ni ali baba right. :lol:

Eastern Dragon

December 29th, 2010, 12:12 PM

0.9% in 2009 is good (how i wished it could have been better) considering the state of the world economy during that period.

i am looking forward to 2011... ppp projects and economic policies of pnoy.

in a consumption driven economy, yeah, lets be happy. but we will always be stuck because were thinking were better off the others.

and yet, thailand received more than $110B in FDI in 2009 compared to us who received $8B.

tell me. in the coming years, who will benefit in the long term. :lol:

NTprime

December 29th, 2010, 01:30 PM

in a consumption driven economy, yeah, lets be happy. but we will always be stuck because were thinking were better off the others.

and yet, thailand received more than $110B in FDI in 2009 compared to us who received $8B.

tell me. in the coming years, who will benefit in the long term. :lol:

Because we are in a consumption driven economy, the money just goes around from one pocket to another here in the Philippines. If it were not for external inputs like the remittances from the OFWs, then this country would have a serious problem, just as Eastern Dragon is saying.

Imagine, less than 1/10 the FDI of Thailand? That's shameful if we try to catch up with their high end NIC status. Where are the FDIs if these don't go to infrastructure and activities that contribute to serious growth? And to think that there are almost 30 million more Pinoys than Thais?

Has anyone really checked the FDI per capita? If this is done, then I am sure most of us will know the reason why we were dumped with those countries mentioned in the report E.D. cited.

xxxriainxxx

December 29th, 2010, 02:06 PM

Parchie

December 29th, 2010, 03:33 PM

decentralization has little to do with investment decisions since decentralization deals with more with administrative supervision and not economic decisions.

I beg to disagree. Part of investors' decision-making menu is to do some environmental scanning of a prospective location (location, location, location. . ) If the LGU is given a broader responsibility when it comes to local decisions, LGU's can provide private investments a "lot" of protection which translates into "competitiveness" of the said location, hence investors will give a positive note when deciding to invest there!
When people in the government don't know how to monetize these effects (protection of private investments by local or regional units), they usually say ill with regards to decentralization!

Even though we're not yet "decentralized, look what happened to the open-pit mining ban being passed by the provincial board in South Cotabato which impacted on the mining investment in the area! That doesn't agree with the "has little to do" thing that you have been espousing, does it?

Bosnyboy

December 29th, 2010, 03:43 PM

kalbongdad

December 29th, 2010, 04:11 PM

Just heard over the radio, Pres noy just declared a self impose vacation from dec 28 to jan 4. This means he wont be doing his job as president for 1 week except for the wreath laying ceremony at rizal park tomorrow morning. Incidentally the report also said that the annual wreath laying ceremony tomorrow morning cost P3million, the most expensive ever. Flowers must be made of gold.

And oh has anyone seen the ANC show Strictly Politics last nyt hosted by pia hontiveros? She had 8 guest panelists, all campaign supporters of noy during the last election. All of them voiced out their disappointment over the performance of the president. Although they all said they want the president to succeed but if nothing change in 2011, meaning the president management skills is still sub par, his appointments of officials limited to his friends and classmates, they will take to the streets again. Maybe the rumors regarding a coup is true hmmm... God forbids the prospect of a Binay presidecy is much worse, as much as i hate pnoy i hate the alternative more.

yeah i've seen that episode....mga true blue supporters ni pnoy....trying to make sense of his admin.... kakatawa....most if not all of them was commenting on his kind of leadership.....same comments as our comments here.....yung pangakong heads will roll....ano daw nangyari...he was exposed as a weak leader.....although most of them also is giving him a second chance this 2011 like most his followers here....:lol:

i also watch the show REPUBLIKA with Erik Espina....guest nila si gen now cong...palparan at yung anad congressman......they were talking about the release of the morong 43....its implications......mukhang naglipana na raw ang communist sympathizers sa congreso....to the point na ang pag privilege speech niya....pinostpone ng pinostpone hanggang hindi na sya makapag privilege speech dahil nalaman na ang speech niya ay atake sa pag release ng morong 43....and they were questioning the credibility of sec. de lima....coz the wife of joma sison pala ay de lima din.....they were questioning the haste with which the release of the 43 happened.....OMG these are big news of national security importance pero ni wala ka mababasa sa dyaryo about this.....pnoy should have learned already the lesson from Cory....pinakawalan mga communist hardliners...ano nangyari...nagkaron ba ng kapayapaan?.....gagamitin lang ito ng mga communist to regroup and strengthen themselves....nawawala na sa uso ang mga ito kung bakit pinulot uli ni pnoy.....we should be wary and watchful for these communist symphatizers specially you pipol here who are in government....

zephyr11

December 29th, 2010, 06:42 PM

Parchie

December 29th, 2010, 06:56 PM

Noynoy cannot sustain the workload required of a President. He needs to go on a break regularly and on these breaks he does no work whatsoever, That's from an insider. He had lofty goals but how do we get there? I guess not while you're on vacation doing target shooting and having coffee with your barkada.

Granting that your info is true (we have no way of verifying it yet), who's at fault now? The 15M voters or the person who presented himself as "the right person to be president" during the 2010 elections?

zephyr11

December 29th, 2010, 07:04 PM

Granting that your info is true (we have no way of verifying it yet), who's at fault now? The 15M voters or the person who presented himself as "the right person to be president" during the 2010 elections?

No need to verify. It is a fact. Don't ask where the info came from. It cannot be divulged for obvious reasons. And lastly, do not digress from the information I presented. That's that. The current President does not have the stamina for the work required in his position. He needs to shape up. FAST. No VERY FAST. God help the Philippines.

Sleepwalker

December 29th, 2010, 07:05 PM

Granting that your info is true (we have no way of verifying it yet), who's at fault now? The 15M voters or the person who presented himself as "the right person to be president" during the 2010 elections?

Noynoy's fault...If he sincerely evaluated himself, he should have known that he has, by any means, no capacity to hold such office.

I personally don't blame those who trusted their votes on Noynoy. They are just hoping that Noynoy might be the one. :)

Let Noynoy and those who manipulated Noynoy to summon the guidance of his parents. After all, his parents are the reason why people blindly trusted him.

zephyr11

December 29th, 2010, 07:05 PM

dessertfox

December 29th, 2010, 08:33 PM

Btw what happened to the LLDA project? It was an executive agreement kaya hindi kailangan ng bidding, this company was part of the 100 man Flemish business delegation who visited Manila, first time in 15 years. Organised by DTI in Brussels at that time.

Hi! @riain, if your referring to Laguna Lake Dredging project as well as other related proponents it was cancelled since day one of P-Noy’s admin. It was one of the first casualties of political maneuvering, as Gov. E. R. Ejercito claimed in the news. Since Rizal Governor is more closer to the current admin. they have the upper hand on the issues and probably their agenda will be at the forefront, like the Diking solution as endorsed by them. It seems they will be adding more from the original scope and may add PPP’s like sourcing potable water for Metro Manila, Coastal road along the dike, Reforestation and more, as added to the previous contract of Dredging, Reclamation, Ferry transport.

It seems all are quite for now, and could be some cooking going on. They are now having their slogan of “Usapang Marangal” for what ever reason. Expect that the project could be doubled or more in term of cost from the original 18 billions.

Since it is pet project of Gov. Ejecrcito, as he claimed, he’s doing his own move, which could be his cards to lay down in the negotiation.

Since they have just started their “Usapang Marangal” consensus gathering and not part of current PPP’s, it has to wait another “ Force Majeure” before they decide all over again as history tells since the time of Marcos, when World Bank first initiated due also to a devastating flood more 25 years when LLDA was created and until now did so little due to politics.

As you have stated even that was arrange by the say even the whole of Belgium it is useless at every turn of administration due to political Killing Fields. That’s how weak our bureaucracy is.

bitoy

December 29th, 2010, 08:50 PM

No need to verify. It is a fact. Don't ask where the info came from. It cannot be divulged for obvious reasons. And lastly, do not digress from the information I presented. That's that. The current President does not have the stamina for the work required in his position. He needs to shape up. FAST. No make that VERY FAST. God help the Philippines.

^^ :lol:

PNoy's activities are almost daily posted on http://www.ops.gov.ph/index.htm or the Presidential Website (http://www.president.gov.ph/photos/default.aspx).
Not like the previous administrations where no one knows what's happening daily or where the leaders are or when they'll have their junkets. :lol:

Aquino to lead Rizal Day rites (http://www.ops.gov.ph/today.htm#Aquino_to_lead)

President Benigno S. Aquino III will lead the nation in commemorating the 114th death anniversary of national hero Dr. Jose Rizal, who was martyred on Dec. 30, 1896, precipitating the Philippine revolution against the Spanish colonial rule.

The President will raise the flag and offer wreath in ceremonies at the Rizal Park in Manila Thursday morning.

On hand to assist the President are Education Secretary Armin Luistro, Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff Lt. Gen. Ricardo David, Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim and National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) Chairman Ambeth Ocampo.

Simultaneous flag-raising and wreath offering rites will also be held at Rizal monuments nationwide including his birthplace in Calamba, Laguna and in Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte where he was exiled in July 1892.

This year’s observance will focus on the theme “Rizal: Haligi ng Bayan.” It will be highlighted by the unveiling of the logo of the 114th anniversary of Rizal’s martyrdom signaling the kick-off celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of the national hero.

Born on June 19, 1861, Rizal became one of the country’s leading reformists and inspiration of the revolution particularly through his writings and novels such as Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. His works are now being taught in public and private schools to educate students about the concept of nationalism.

Imprisoned in Fort Santiago and tried by a military court, Rizal was convicted of rebellion and shot at Bagumbayan (now Rizal Park) at around 7:03 a.m. of Dec. 30, 1896.

Two years after his execution, Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo issued on Dec. 20, 1898 a decree designating Dec. 30 as the death anniversary of Rizal’s death and also a national day of mourning for other victims of the oppressive Spanish rule.

The directive emphasized that all national flags shall be hoisted at half-mast from 12 noon on Dec. 29 and all offices of the government shall be closed the whole day on December 30 as a sign of mourning.

kiretoce

December 30th, 2010, 01:11 AM

Post away folks! :colgate:

Link to Thread 6 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1145037&page=304) in the Archives. :okay:

kalbongdad

December 30th, 2010, 02:11 AM

mga activity ni pnoy mga walang katuturan....parang showbiz na dino document and nangyayari kay kris.... dapat ang ilagay....ano na ba nagawa nya ilan trabaho na ba ang nagawa nya.....meron set of objectives tapos tingnan natin kung ang nasa objectives nya ay isa isang nagagawa....but they have not done that knowing maybe na he is not capable.....physically and mentally.....kaya whining like a baby....na tinatarget sya ng SC what a loser yaya... presidente ka ...dapat i-assert mo poder mo.....hindi kyaw kyaw ka ng yak yak like an old woman...:lol:

bitoy

December 30th, 2010, 04:11 AM

^^ :lol: "Like an old woman?" langya rin mangilatis ka ng mga nilalang sa mundo ah! :D

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03vX07C8heaAS/610x.jpg

President Benigno Aquino III (C) reviews the honour guard upon arrival to celebrate the 114th death anniversary of Philippine national hero Jose Rizal at the Rizal Park in Manila December 30, 2010.

O' larga..larga.... :D

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/04a3eH80f7ec0/610x.jpg

President Benigno Aquino III, Vice-President Jejomar Binay, Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, Director of the National Historial Commission of the Philippines Emelita Almosara, and Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa raise the national flag as part of celebrations for the 114th death anniversary of Philippine national hero Jose Rizal at the Rizal Park in Manila December 30, 2010.

Eastern Dragon

December 30th, 2010, 04:25 AM

Eastern Dragon

December 30th, 2010, 04:40 AM

I beg to disagree. Part of investors' decision-making menu is to do some environmental scanning of a prospective location (location, location, location. . ) If the LGU is given a broader responsibility when it comes to local decisions, LGU's can provide private investments a "lot" of protection which translates into "competitiveness" of the said location, hence investors will give a positive note when deciding to invest there!
When people in the government don't know how to monetize these effects (protection of private investments by local or regional units), they usually say ill with regards to decentralization!

Even though we're not yet "decentralized, look what happened to the open-pit mining ban being passed by the provincial board in South Cotabato which impacted on the mining investment in the area! That doesn't agree with the "has little to do" thing that you have been espousing, does it?

parchie, ang hina talaga ng comprehension mo. binasa mo ba ng buo ang post ko?

environmental scanning?? you are talking out of your ass again. projects like these are granted typical mining license together with ECC (environmental compliance certificate). social, environmental and technical issues are threshed before the EMB (environmental management bureau) issues the necessary ECC.

the mgb (mines and geosciences bureau) is also involved in these types of project. kaya nga namention ko ang DENR in my original post.

the LGU's role is to issue the necessary business permit/development permit/PALC/Construction permit. It has no hand or at most limited say in environmental scanning as these are properly within the ambit of the DENR.

yung "location, location, location" and protection of investments is, honestly a load of crap. all words and no meaning. competitiveness of location? you are talking out of your ass again to try to impress the gullible in here.

competitiveness of location? the best way to do this is to locate in a PEZA registered location, or building. PEZA is a national agency who can grant income tax holidays as specified by law. sometimes to the detriment of LGU's, kaya nga may away minsan ang PEZA and LGU's is because a PEZA location, is issued a presidential proclamation, stating the exact boundaries and removing them from the tax jurisdiction of the LGU.

the LGU benefits from this because of job generation and hence, there is more money to circulate around.

the LGU's role is to pass a resolution endorsing the creation of a PEZA registered area but it has limited role in the investment decision ultimately of corporations.

the only role they have is a negative one, when politicians try to extort from investors payment for the issuance of business permits. that is why investors are scared of this country because they are fried even before they open shop.

look around the country and you will see that a lot of foreign investors are located in PEZA registered locations. eastwood. nuvali. greenfield. centris. PEZA buildings in makati, LTI.

all of them seek the protection of PEZA because PEZA is very above board and they get income tax holidays.

LGU's cannot grant income tax holidays because they are not empowered by the constitution to do so. so what protection and competitiveness are you speaking of?

intiendes?

Eastern Dragon

December 30th, 2010, 05:01 AM

Even though we're not yet "decentralized, look what happened to the open-pit mining ban being passed by the provincial board in South Cotabato which impacted on the mining investment in the area! That doesn't agree with the "has little to do" thing that you have been espousing, does it?

to further explain to you my original post on the primacy of national agencies when it comes to investment decisions. the only impact of LGU's is to scare off investors, and yeah on that point, I agree they have a lot to do with the invesment decision. :)

kaya nga sinasabi ko LGU's power is delegated only. no power to grant income tax holidays. no power to increase competitiveness etc. etc.

DILG says Cotabato open-pit mining ban illegal

Cotabato statute ‘inconsistent with Constitution’

By Daxim Lucas
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:39:00 12/09/2010

Filed Under: Government, local officials, Mining and quarrying

MANILA, Philippines—The prospects of the $5.2-billion Tampakan mining project received a boost after national authorities stressed the primacy of the 1995 Mining Act over ordinances passed at the local level.

Interior and Local Goverment Secretary Jesse Robredo said the provincial government of South Cotabato did not have the power to ban open-pit mining and should instead review its environmental code that prohibited such mining method.

“The Department of the Interior and Local Government adheres to and respects the principle of local autonomy as enshrined in and zealously protected under the Constitution,” Robredo said in a statement. “But a local government ordinance that is inconsistent with the Constitution must be struck down.”

According to Robredo, there was a need for the DILG to intervene because the provincial government of South Cotabato erred when it enacted an environmental code that banned open-pit mining.

“The Philippine Mining Act of 1995 does not prohibit open-pit mining,” he said. “A local government ordinance cannot undo an act of Congress.”

The Tampakan mine is considered as the biggest undeveloped copper-gold prospect in Southeast Asia and is one of the biggest foreign investments in the country.

It is owned by Australian mining firm Xstrata Plc while conglomerate San Miguel Corp. owns a minority stake in the project’s minority partner, Indophil Resources.

The mine is estimated to contain 13.5 million tons of copper and 15.8 million ounces of gold, but the estimated 2016 commencement of its production run remained in doubt because of the prevailing ban.

In a separate interview during his visit to the Inquirer last Tuesday, Robredo took note of the continued opposition of the South Cotabato provincial government to open-pit mining—despite his earlier pronouncement in support of the method—and said that the issue might eventually be brought before the courts, which will then rule on its legality.

According to the DILG chief, provincial boards “exercise only delegated legislative powers conferred to them by the Congress as the national lawmaking body.”

“Therefore, [they] cannot exercise powers higher than those of the national legislature,” he explained.

The DILG could not take a backseat and be passive whenever a local government unit under its supervision would commit an act contrary to law, Robredo added.

“We are neither in favor nor against mining,” he said. “We just have to follow the law.”

In a memorandum circular dated Nov. 9, 2010, Robredo directed the provincial government of South Cotabato to review its environmental code.

“As a reasonable and prudent act, the provincial government should immediately suspend the ordinance while it is being reviewed,” he said.

The country has mineral deposits estimated to be worth $1 trillion and the government says attracting foreign investment into sectors such as mining would boost growth.

Eastern Dragon

December 30th, 2010, 05:41 AM

Because we are in a consumption driven economy, the money just goes around from one pocket to another here in the Philippines. If it were not for external inputs like the remittances from the OFWs, then this country would have a serious problem, just as Eastern Dragon is saying.

Imagine, less than 1/10 the FDI of Thailand? That's shameful if we try to catch up with their high end NIC status. Where are the FDIs if these don't go to infrastructure and activities that contribute to serious growth? And to think that there are almost 30 million more Pinoys than Thais?

Has anyone really checked the FDI per capita? If this is done, then I am sure most of us will know the reason why we were dumped with those countries mentioned in the report E.D. cited.

NT, yan ang sinasabi ko. why should we be happy for a .9% growth, in a consumption driven economy?

yan ang spin nga mga pro GMA, look we are better off than our neighbors because we had .9% growth, totally disregarding fundamental strength, and those who don't know better lap this info up. I will explain it para mas madali maintindihan.

Think of Phi as a low ranked gov't employee living in QC, he earns a little above minimum wage. Malaysia and Thai are his multi billionaire neigbors. in 2009, because his neighbors are rich businessmen suffered business reverses and lost a couple of hundred millions each.

and for that year, they had negative growth compared to Phi which grew by .9% because of the additional 500 pesos allowance granted by his employer the national government.

and here comes the drumbeaters saying, man you are better off than your neighbors because they grew negatively last year. totally disregarding the fact that his neighbors are still multibillionaires while he remains stuck in a rut with no potential for growth.

and because of his neighbors investments, more investors/business partners (FDI) will come in by 2010 and 2011 translating to income to recover what he lost in 2009.

and Phi remains in a rut, earning a little over minimum wage and falsely thinking that he is better off than his neighbors because he grew .9%.

I would rather get thailand -2.2% growth rate and its 110B$ FDI rather than our .9% and 8B$ FDI.

yeah, lets be happy with .9%. so, should we start clapping about it?

kalbongdad

December 30th, 2010, 07:35 AM

bitoy

December 30th, 2010, 08:17 AM

^^ :lol: you really have a thing with old women... :D

Linguine

December 30th, 2010, 08:31 AM

Aquino says no to sending 116 bus siege witnesses to HK

PRESIDENT Benigno S. C. Aquino III on Thursday said he prefers the interview with the witnesses for Hong Kong's public inquest on the Manila bus hostage crisis to be held here.

Hong Kong has requested the Philippine government to send to the Chinese territory all 116 witnesses for its public inquest on the bungled rescue operations during the Aug. 23 bus siege which left eight Chinese tourists dead. The inquiry will start on Feb. 14.

However, Justice secretary Leila M. de Lima has recommended to Mr. Aquino that not all of the requested individuals would be sent to Hong Kong.

“There are some 100 [witnesses requested]. I don’t know if there is really a need to have that many and of course if it’s possible to hold the interview of the inquest proceedings here, I think it would be better for all parties concerned,” Mr. Aquino said in a chance interview this morning during the commemoration of the 114th death anniversary of national hero Jose Rizal at Rizal Park in Manila City.

The president has yet to receive Ms. de Lima’s formal recommendations on Hong Kong’s request but he said he already discussed the matter with her particularly on the issues of sovereignty and the protection of the witnesses.

“We have discussed the parameters where we agreed to cooperate. [The] issues of sovereignty and protection of our citizens are paramount,” Mr. Aquino said.

In her memorandum, Ms. de Lima stressed the need to apply the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) to ensure that the witnesses’ rights would be protected.

Mr. Aquino has earlier tasked an incident investigation and review committee chaired by Ms. de Lima to probe the hostage incident which involved disgruntled policeman Rolando D. Mendoza hijacking a tourist bus with visitors from Hong Kong. The hostage-taker was also killed during the incident.

After the investigation, Mr. Aquino ordered the filing of administrative and criminal charges against involved police and government officials.--Ana Mae G. Roa

http://www.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=23676

Linguine

December 30th, 2010, 08:33 AM

President's New Year's resolution: Exercise more

PRESIDENT Benigno S. C. Aquino III said his New Year's resolution is to exercise regularly so that he will be fit to face the challenging tasks of being the country’s chief executive.

“I’m taking up biking,” Mr. Aquino said when asked on his New Year’s resolution. "I hope to find the energy to have an exercise regimen that is regular."

To illustrate his demanding job, he said he would work on New Year's Eve to finish reading “foot-thick” state papers and yearend reports from his Cabinet secretaries.

He has read about a third of the reports and aims to finish the rest to come up with the necessary directives as soon as possible.

"I will spend New Year where I can have a quiet environment to catch up with the backlog,” Mr. Aquino told reporters in a chance interview Thursday morning during the commemoration of the 114th death anniversary of national hero Jose Rizal at Rizal Park in Manila City.

For 2011, Mr. Aquino wants to see the realization of his administration’s efforts toward improving the living condition of the Filipinos.

In particular, Mr. Aquino said the Department of Education will start the construction of 13, 000 classrooms and the hiring of more teachers. In the area of public health, he said the Health department is working to address the shortage of health workers in rural areas.

“We’re hoping that the economy really, really moves. [And] that disturbances in other economies will be mitigated and will have little effects on us,” he said.

In his New Year’s message, Mr. Aquino sought for continued support in his aim to eliminate corruption and reduce poverty in the country.

“Last elections, majority of the people chose the straight path and more have joined us after. Confidence has also been regained. That’s why in the coming year, we are hoping to accelerate our progress. We should strengthen our joint efforts to do what is right,” he said.--Ana Mae G. Roa

[I]http://www.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=23677

Kintoy

December 30th, 2010, 09:56 AM

OMG. environmental scanning! :wtf:

kalbongdad

December 30th, 2010, 01:22 PM

Parchie

December 30th, 2010, 02:11 PM

OMG. environmental scanning! :wtf:

Hindi mo alam yan ano? I-Google mo at nang matuto ka.

Kintoy

December 30th, 2010, 02:30 PM

http://dudehesthestallion.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/scanners.jpg

parang sasabog din ang ulo ko sa kakatawa

Parchie

December 30th, 2010, 02:37 PM

parchie, ang hina talaga ng comprehension mo. binasa mo ba ng buo ang post ko?

environmental scanning?? you are talking out of your ass again. projects like these are granted typical mining license together with ECC (environmental compliance certificate). social, environmental and technical issues are threshed before the EMB (environmental management bureau) issues the necessary ECC.

the mgb (mines and geosciences bureau) is also involved in these types of project. kaya nga namention ko ang DENR in my original post.

the LGU's role is to issue the necessary business permit/development permit/PALC/Construction permit. It has no hand or at most limited say in environmental scanning as these are properly within the ambit of the DENR.

yung "location, location, location" and protection of investments is, honestly a load of crap. all words and no meaning. competitiveness of location? you are talking out of your ass again to try to impress the gullible in here.

competitiveness of location? the best way to do this is to locate in a PEZA registered location, or building. PEZA is a national agency who can grant income tax holidays as specified by law. sometimes to the detriment of LGU's, kaya nga may away minsan ang PEZA and LGU's is because a PEZA location, is issued a presidential proclamation, stating the exact boundaries and removing them from the tax jurisdiction of the LGU.

the LGU benefits from this because of job generation and hence, there is more money to circulate around.

the LGU's role is to pass a resolution endorsing the creation of a PEZA registered area but it has limited role in the investment decision ultimately of corporations.

the only role they have is a negative one, when politicians try to extort from investors payment for the issuance of business permits. that is why investors are scared of this country because they are fried even before they open shop.

look around the country and you will see that a lot of foreign investors are located in PEZA registered locations. eastwood. nuvali. greenfield. centris. PEZA buildings in makati, LTI.

all of them seek the protection of PEZA because PEZA is very above board and they get income tax holidays.

LGU's cannot grant income tax holidays because they are not empowered by the constitution to do so. so what protection and competitiveness are you speaking of?

intiendes?

Bad argument there! It is not acceptable as a matter of fact citing newspaper items! Understandably, you cannot comprehend what decision-makers do because you were brought up to toe the line and follow orders! You act because you were told to do so. You know, people can't throw their lives away just because they got their heads banged up a bit, there are still chances for people to learn and learn you must, IMO.

Try reading the Local Government Code of the Philippines, there you will understand better. Unless you are that knowledgeable and so powerful to void that law enacted by Congress, your crappy ideas could hold water! Take it from a person with a lesser comprehension than you are!

Es tu cerebro trabajando tambien?

Kintoy

December 30th, 2010, 02:41 PM

parchie's ideas are like scanned documents: poor facsimile of the real thing

http://cdn.nexus404.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads2/2008/06/xerox-7600-ultra-slim-flatbed-usb-scanner.jpg

Parchie

December 30th, 2010, 02:47 PM

http://dudehesthestallion.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/scanners.jpg

parang sasabog din ang ulo ko sa kakatawa

Sabi ko na nga ba, eh! Hangin ang nasa loob kukote mo! Hahahaha! Environmental scanning, tapos ang post/reply - brain scanning!
You are way out of line, boy! Straighten-up, it helps you make your life better! There's no good smoking that stuff you have there! That's my gift to you!

Better still, keep silent and don't reply to posts you know nothing about, will ya?

Kintoy

December 30th, 2010, 02:57 PM

yes, i will just scan my environment first, ceteris paribus :D

Parchie

December 30th, 2010, 03:01 PM

yes, i will just scan my environment first, ceteris paribus :D

Oiiiist! Iwas pusoy si Kintoy! Tried skirting the issue but folks here now know how big his brain is!

Kintoy

December 30th, 2010, 03:06 PM

i guess you're too dimwitted to see the humor about my brain exploding because of your "environmental scanning"

Parchie

December 30th, 2010, 03:09 PM

i guess you're too dimwitted to see the humor about my brain exploding because of your "environmental scanning"

Harsh words cannot erase the fact that you know nothing about the topic being discussed! Sorry, I cannot go down to your level lest people here will believe I'm no better man than those who resort to name-calling as an exit!

Kintoy

December 30th, 2010, 03:16 PM

im not exiting

boypad

December 31st, 2010, 02:03 AM

Practice season is over for P-Noy :lol:

DEMAND AND SUPPLY By Boo Chanco (The Philippine Star)
Updated December 31, 2010 12:00 AM

We are a hopeful people. We don’t have a choice. It is a survival response mechanism. To lose hope would condemn us to a miserable life with no escape. Habang may buhay, our elders used to say, may pag-asa. Makakaraos din tayo.

I was not surprised with the survey findings of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) that more Filipinos are hopeful of the coming New Year. Not only that, the number of hopeful Pinoys was just two points off the 95 percent peak hit in December 2002. The Nov. 27 to 30 SWS poll had 93 percent saying they were entering 2011 with hope, up from 2009’s 89 percent. Those who said they would start the year fearful comprised seven percent, down from last year’s 11 percent.

SWS was also not surprised with the survey results. Filipinos’ optimism with the coming year has traditionally been high, the SWS said, starting at 87 percent when the survey research institution started a poll about it in 2000. The lowest point of 81 percent was hit in 2004 after which hopefulness rebounded to 85 percent the following year, stayed flat at 91-92 percent for the next three years and then fell to 89 percent last year.

According to SWS, optimism with the coming year is widespread across all areas and shared by all socioeconomic classes. It improved to 96 percent from 87 percent in Metro Manila; to 94 percent from 90 percent in the Balance of Luzon; to 97 percent from 88 percent in Visayas; and to 89 percent from 87 percent in Mindanao. By socioeconomic classes, hopefulness was measured at 97 percent from 91 percent among the class ABC; 95 percent from 89 percent among the class D or masa and 89 percent from 87 percent among the class E.

Now I am worried. Are we being optimistic because we are culturally good natured? Or are we being optimistic because after all these years, our expectations are rather low?

The optimism bug has apparently taken hold of Economic Planning Secretary Cayetano Paderanga Jr. In his yearend Press briefing, he told media that he sees our full year GDP growth will likely surpass the five-to-six percent target for 2010. “We expect GNP to grow by seven to eight percent this year,” he boldly predicted.

He was even more bullish about 2011. “We are hopeful that we will achieve the government interagency Development Budget Coordination Committee’s real GDP growth target of seven to eight percent and a real GNP growth target of nine to 10 percent.”

Paderanga did not say what he had been drinking or smoking lately to make him lose his usual inhibitions about bold predictions. And as if to reassure that he is sober enough to be aware of threats to growth lurking in the background, he admitted that global economic recovery was still quite fragile.

But banish your fears, he exhorted the faithful because with the right policies and continued confidence arising from the Aquino Administration focusing on improving the lives of Filipinos, they will be able to sharply reduce poverty incidence and increase per capita income and achieve high sustained growth. “We are also instituting policies that we hope will lead to higher investments in the future,” he added.

But my colleague in this newspaper, Alex Magno is not impressed. And this time, I agree with Alex. Indeed, whatever growth there will be, will still be consumer driven... in other words, OFW driven. I share his skepticism on the administration’s ability to bring out investment driven growth.

P-Noy has said just about all the right things to encourage investment. But there is little evidence on the ground that P-Noy’s words are being taken seriously by the rest of the bureaucracy, national and local. Thus, we are still not as market and investor friendly as those of our competitors in Asean.

For example, our rules remain a guessing game for investors. Red tape and corruption is still the norm. This is particularly true in the local governments where they are more focused on extracting as much bribes from those doing business with them.

It still takes months to get started with a business here compared with for example, in Australia, where it is possible to get a business permit online in a matter of minutes. We consistently fall among the least desirable in the list of countries in the matter of “the cost of doing business”. Corruption is institutionalized in our governance systems that allow a wide margin for bureaucratic and political discretion. Even a lowly barangay captain can cause a large investor to just give up.

It will take time to regain our competitive advantage in terms of well trained, English speaking workforce, thanks to the continued deterioration of our educational system. And “our labor force is less productive, highly unionized and more costly.” That’s how we lost the million or so jobs in the garments manufacturing industry, the once leftist firebrand Alex pointed out.

Then there is our unbelievable power cost, infrastructure gaps from traffic choked, poorly constructed and maintained roads to working water systems. These are very serious problems recognized by the Aquino administration in its pronouncements. What everyone is waiting for is visible evidence that P-Noy has what it takes to dramatically change the system.

It is not enough that we have a fired up true believer of an economic planning secretary. The Aquino Cabinet must show a sense of urgency as if there is no tomorrow. We honestly aren’t hopeful given the demonstrated competence of the guys around P-Noy. And if P-Noy continues to cover up for the shortcomings of his kabarkadas, there is little to hope for in 2011 or for the rest of his term.

It is sad that our international reputation, which influences investors, is nothing to be proud of. An article on Asian megacities I came across on the Internet (http://www.city-journal.org/2010/20_4_asian-megacities.html) had some rather harsh observations about governance in our National Capital:

“A good example is Manila, possibly Asia’s most disorderly city, which gets bigger by the day, shantytown after shantytown. Despite Manila’s obvious vitality, the ancient Spanish-designed central city has degenerated into a seedy slum, in part because the Philippines has known only weak, crooked governments.

“No corruptly elected official cares about, say, saving a historic district or planning infrastructure adequately. In Manila, it’s everyone for himself-and this is true not just of the politicians but also of the wealthy elite, who have decamped to a vast gated community, called Makati, located nearer to the international airport than to the older Manila.”

Failure in governance is the problem P-Noy must address. Otherwise, the SWS will likely measure lower levels of optimism among our people, this time next year.

The six-month practice season for the new administration is over. The incompetents around the President, you know who you are, should make it easy for the President by admitting their inadequacy and resigning their posts. Their sense of patriotism should overwhelm their new found sense of importance and newly bloated egos.

The overwhelming sense of optimism of the Filipino people needs a response from P-Noy and his administration that will not disappoint them. Specially for those who supported P-Noy in the last election, we are looking for good reasons to be proud of him. For many, they are ready to forget the early fumbles but please naman... show some competence from now on. Right policies are great but greater still are right forceful actions.

We have the capacity for good governance. There are many examples of competence out there, from Albay’s Joey Salceda and CamSur’s L-Ray Villafuerte. These are leaders who managed to produce positive results amidst the same difficult environment. If what they are doing on the local level can be translated into the same kind of competence in the national level, then we have reason to be optimistic.

Right now, all we can do is hope... hoping that the new year is going to be a lot better than the past.

crappypants

December 31st, 2010, 02:27 AM

How sad , but true. Lim should also read that article.
Imagine they keep reelecting him over and over again. that is really just pathetic.

kalbongdad

December 31st, 2010, 03:53 AM

r0mm3l

December 31st, 2010, 04:03 AM

LOL! may point ka.., ^^

Sleepwalker

December 31st, 2010, 04:18 AM

Philippines is becoming a government of the lazy people, by the lazy people and for the lazy people....:cheers:

mwg12a

December 31st, 2010, 07:25 AM

mukhang makapal ang make up ng lola mo....:lol:

^^ :lol: you really have a thing with old women... :D

Mapapakamot ka lang talaga ng ulo diyan kay kalbongdad. Kahit minsan, wala akong nakitang comment niyan na inteligente. Sorry pero talagang ang dating parang mga standby sa kalye na walang pinagaralan at ignorante. Saan ka nakakita sa buong mundo na isang corrupt o magnanakaw na leader, pinapalakpakan dahil sa kaunting report na tumaas ang credit rating at nag move ng kaunti ang economy samantalang kitang kita mo naman na marami pa ring walang trabaho and nadadagdagan ang OFW taon taon. 9 years ni Arroyo sa puwesto, hindi niya napababa ang dami ng OFW at unemployment sa bansa? BPO lang ang pinagmamalaki na pag ang may ari nito na base sa US nabangrupt dahil ang mamimiling americano ay naghirap. Sino pa kaya ang se serviciohin nila sa call center nila? Kung ang tecnology at export industry napalakas ni Arroyo at nagsimulang maging source ng trabaho ng mga filipino, mas be believe ako, pero yaan mga publicity tungkol sa credit rating na yan. Naku, ewan ko ba! Tama ang sinabi ni EasternDragon, masaya na sila sa .9 increase ng economy samantalang ang mga kapitbahay na asian countries, kahit kaunti ang andar ng economy, ayos lang sa kanila dahil mayamang bansa na sila to begin with. Asaan ang filipinas? Naguumpisa pa lang pero hindi pa 100% sigurado dahil asa lang sa BPO at OFW ang economy ng bansa. BY all means, hindi pinupuri si Aquino pero goodness Arroyo???

Linguine

December 31st, 2010, 09:54 AM

Palace-Joker 'word war' rages
By MARIO B. CASAYURAN
December 30, 2010, 5:11pm

MANILA, Philippines – The raging “word war” between Sen. Joker Arroyo and the Aquino administration continues, particularly on the Congress-imposed debt ceiling issue.

Arroyo said “the Student Council in Malacañang should, for a change, study and research first on a subject before making any pronouncement.”

Arroyo, the Executive Secretary of the late President Corazon C. Aquino in the mid-80s, fired his broadside at the Malacañang press office for “self-assuredly” stating that the debt cap issue was taken up during the late President Aquino’s term.

“What was taken up during President Cory’s (Aquino’s) term was Debt Repudiation, Not Debt Cap; of course, they are totally different concepts,” Arroyo said.

“The only ghost that we have here is the Student Council’s own – that is, its dicey track record,” he added.

Arroyo, a member of the Senate Minority group, had earlier labeled President Benigno S. Aquino III, son of the late President Aquino, as a virtual clone of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) in following her presidential veto on a 2011 budget provision imposing a 55 percent ceiling on debt borrowing.

In signing the 2011 P1.645-trillion national budget last Monday, President Aquino kept all appropriation items intact but vetoed 13 general and specific provisions in the budget, including the 55 percent debt borrowing cap.

“Right after EDSA, the new government of Cory Aquino was faced with a gargantuan pile of sovereign debts incurred during Marcos’ martial law government, which was tainted with scandalous corruption. So the issue arose: should the government repudiate those debts,” Arroyo said.

“The Cory Aquino Cabinet composed of the likes of Salvador “Doy” Laurel, Jovito Salonga, Juan Ponce Enrile, (Ramon) Mitra, (Roberto) Ongpin, Ernesto Maceda, Neptali Gonzales, Winnie Monsod, (Jaime) Ferrer, (Rogaciano) Mercado and others, engaged in a vigorous debate to settle the matter. One school of thought argued that justice and equity justified debt repudiation; the other discussed the risk of the country being considered a pariah in the international community in light of being declared in cross-default, etc.,” he pointed out.

Arroyo emphasized that the matter of debt cap was never considered.

“The President then was exercising both executive and legislative powers and the President could have so adopted the policy without need for congressional approval,” he said.

“The US is, in many ways, our model. There is a debt ceiling in the US President’s power to borrow money, but the US Congress would invariably increase the ceiling whenever it is justified by necessity,” he said.

“For the cause of fiscal prudence and transparency, why can’t we adopt the same?” he asked.

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/295632/palace

kalbongdad

December 31st, 2010, 10:44 AM

tito jOkEr talaga......nag Plagiarize daw si pnoy sa 2011 budget ni little evil gloria....ngayon naman clone ni evil gloria.....hmmmm mukhang the person pnoy hates most is the person he wanna be...:lol: .... well di na rin masama....based sa leadership quality ni little evil gloria....definitely he can learn a lot from her...:lol:

kalbongdad

December 31st, 2010, 10:51 AM

Happy New Year to all of you out there......a healthy, prosperous and safe new year for all of us........oo yup ikaw.....yes ikaw nga kasama ka sa greetings ko.....:banana:

whippersnapper

December 31st, 2010, 11:09 AM

happy new year sa lahat sa inyo. tama ng bangayan. sapakan na lang. joke heheh

NTprime

December 31st, 2010, 12:08 PM

NT, yan ang sinasabi ko. why should we be happy for a .9% growth, in a consumption driven economy?

yan ang spin nga mga pro GMA, look we are better off than our neighbors because we had .9% growth, totally disregarding fundamental strength, and those who don't know better lap this info up. I will explain it para mas madali maintindihan.

Think of Phi as a low ranked gov't employee living in QC, he earns a little above minimum wage. Malaysia and Thai are his multi billionaire neigbors. in 2009, because his neighbors are rich businessmen suffered business reverses and lost a couple of hundred millions each.

and for that year, they had negative growth compared to Phi which grew by .9% because of the additional 500 pesos allowance granted by his employer the national government.

and here comes the drumbeaters saying, man you are better off than your neighbors because they grew negatively last year. totally disregarding the fact that his neighbors are still multibillionaires while he remains stuck in a rut with no potential for growth.

and because of his neighbors investments, more investors/business partners (FDI) will come in by 2010 and 2011 translating to income to recover what he lost in 2009.

and Phi remains in a rut, earning a little over minimum wage and falsely thinking that he is better off than his neighbors because he grew .9%.

I would rather get thailand -2.2% growth rate and its 110B$ FDI rather than our .9% and 8B$ FDI.

yeah, lets be happy with .9%. so, should we start clapping about it?

Yeah, I like your analogy there! :cheers:

Agree, but what is really wrong with the way certain sectors present economic growth is that it is short-sighted. Sure, the Philippines performed better in 2009 compared to its neighbors, percentage wise, by you don't say your life has improved dramatically just because of a year. You look at it from a longer time frame...which is what I have been saying in the economy thread.

Again, are we really better off than where we were a generation ago? Is our life better now in 2010 than in 2000 (not 2009)? Comparing the first six months of PNoy to the last nine years of GMA is like telling a student he is a lousy student because he got a below average mark in the first quarter, not for the whole year. When are presidents judged? Not only in the present, but of course after many years after the end of their term. In fact, we should be really judging who among the presidents from Marcos to Estrada really caused what the last couple of generations of Pinoys have become. And we should get the opinion of those who were already alive during the term of the previous presidents, not those that we know only when we started work or that in the present.

Now, if PNoy's contribution to the economy is 0.9% growth for the next six years, (and his contemporaries in other countries do better) then there is indeed a problem. But to compare the past which cannot be changed anymore vs. the present and future which can be changed is a totally different thing.

So as we welcome 2011, let us learn from the mistakes of 2010 and previous years, and learn to discern based on long term trending, not short term gains or losses.

Happy New Year everyone! :cheers1:

r0mm3l

December 31st, 2010, 12:15 PM

HAPPY NEW YEAR! kalimutan muna natin yan..., 2011!!!!!!!!

kalbongdad

December 31st, 2010, 12:18 PM

Hapi nyu nyir....to ol.....umaasa ako na sa 2011 tumubo na ulit hair ko....:lol:

OtAkAw

January 1st, 2011, 10:26 AM

Practice season is over for P-Noy :lol:

This is very sad. In the first place, there shouldn't have been a "practice season" at all! :bash:

whippersnapper

January 1st, 2011, 01:20 PM

This is very sad. In the first place, there shouldn't have been a "practice season" at all! :bash:

ibahin mo si Pnoy hehe

r0mm3l

January 1st, 2011, 03:04 PM

hahaha! LOL! :lol:

kalbongdad

January 2nd, 2011, 05:51 AM

ay parang....game lang may praktis.....parang walang sinasabi sa batas na pwede pag praktisan ang presidency...:lol: la na tayo mgagawa dun....natapos na....let us just hope na maganda performance nya this 2011...

boypad

January 2nd, 2011, 05:56 AM

No Cabinet meetings in 3 months — Binay :ohno:

Manila Bulletin Online
By JC BELLO RUIZ
January 1, 2011, 7:32pm

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Jejomar C. Binay said that for the past three months, the Cabinet has not conducted any formal meetings.

But even without formal meetings, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma said there is a continuing flow of information between the President and his Official Family.

Coloma said it is up to President Benigno S. Aquino III if he would call a Cabinet meeting in the first working days of 2011.

“A month or two, we have not had formal meetings, mostly cluster meetings. The last that I attended was on the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). No formal meeting. We have cluster meetings with the Executive Secretary,” Binay, the Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers' Concerns as well as the government housing czar, was quoted as saying.

“It's up to the President, but even without formal meetings, there is a continuing consultation between the President and his Cabinet,” Coloma said in an interview over radio DZRH, speaking in English and Filipino.

“There is constant communication flow between the Cabinet and the President,” he stressed.

jimPUNKZ

January 2nd, 2011, 07:46 AM

^^as usual,,nagpapractice pa nga diba? why would they conduct a formal meeting in the first place kung practice pa lang ginagawa nila the past months/year?:ohno::bash::bash: :ohno::ohno:

amigo32

January 2nd, 2011, 07:51 AM

katamad:D ng pres natin. the exact opposite of the little evil.

chris_nigel

January 2nd, 2011, 10:16 AM

^^ tama si Glory every week ata meron kaya laging meron result agad sa pinagawa niya..hehehe sana baguhin na niya style niya this year

BULLDOG

January 2nd, 2011, 04:36 PM

In_til presidente natin...Happy New Year!!

boypad

January 2nd, 2011, 05:32 PM

Aquino back to work Monday; Cabinet meeting not yet set :lol:

Manila Bulletin Online
By GENALYN D. KABILING
January 2, 2011, 6:24pm

MANILA, Philippines – After recharging his batteries during the New Year holiday in the chilly city of Baguio, a revitalized President Benigno S. Aquino III returns to work Monday.

“The President will return to work on Monday,” Secretary Ramon Carandang of the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO) said over government radio Sunday.

Carandang said there is yet no schedule for a full Cabinet meeting for the new year and the Presidential Security Group (PSG) has refused to specify the President’s return date to Manila for security purposes.

“I was asking the PSG if the President is going back to Manila...(Monday). They refused to say the President’s travel plans for security reasons. Still, he (Aquino) brought many work papers even while on a vacation in Baguio,” he said.

The President, whose New Year resolution is to exercise regularly through biking, traveled to the mountain city last Thursday to celebrate and ring in the New Year.

“According to the people there who are with the President, whether he’s in Baguio or in Manila...(Monday) is a work day for the President,” he added.

No Cabinet meeting set Carandang said the President is aware of the need for a full Cabinet meeting “every once in a while” although there is no definite schedule yet of the first assembly for the new year.

Vice President Jejomar Binay earlier reportedly disclosed that there has been no full Cabinet meeting in three months.

Carandang explained that the President prefers to meet his Cabinet members in groups related to economy, peace, and social services for more efficient discussions of issues and concerns.

“If the full Cabinet meets regularly, the meeting tends to drag on for four to five hours. Other cabinet meetings who are not involved in some discussions, their time are only wasted,” he said.

“Having said that he does feel that there should be Cabinet meetings every once in a while to appraise other cabinet members about the other members are doing. I don’t know of a schedule for a full blown Cabinet meeting,” he said.

The President, meantime, was expected to spend some “family time” Sunday night at the vacation residence in Baguio City, according to Carandang. He said the President was expected to have dinner with his sisters and their husbands Sunday night at the Mansion.

“After the New Year, his sisters along with their husbands went to the Mansion House and they plan to have dinner tonight (Sunday night). The President will have family time,” he said.

Carandang said the President’s visit to Baguio was “mostly private,” citing closed-door meetings with local officials and bishops in the country’s summer capital.

He said the President was accompanied by his friends, Philippine Amusement Gaming Corporation Bong Naguiat and Energy Secretary Rene Almendras, during his visit to Baguio and outlined plans to boost tourism growth there.

“There were certain issues whether Pagcor should be funding that and the bishops didn't like that. Apart from that, it was mostly a private visit,” he said.

Palace: Aquino respects separation of powers

Carandang also said that Aquino does not have to take a crash course on the separation of powers among three branches of government despite a conflict with the judiciary on some issues.

He said the President respects the mandate of the judiciary, a coequal branch of government of the executive, and has not meddled with its affairs.

Carandang said the President merely made some appeals to the Supreme Court (SC) on its decisions affecting his reform agenda.

“The separation of powers is clear to us. We respect that separation that’s way all we can do is appeal to the Supreme Court to change its decisions that have become an obstacle to our reforms. We are not pressuring its,” Carandang said in Filipino over state-run Radyo ng Bayan.

“We very much respect the separation of powers and sometimes some members of Congress think they (Supreme Court) should be the one to respect the separation of powers,” he said.

He said when the court stopped the impeachment process against Ombudsman Merceditas Guitterez in Congress, many lawmakers were angry and claimed the Supreme Court should respect the separation of powers of the branches of government.

“For the administration, we really respect the separation of powers and we are doing steps within the legal processes,” he said.

Earlier, Aquino branded the judiciary as the biggest challenge of his administration last year following its rulings that affected his campaign against corruption.

The Supreme Court has declared the creation of the Truth Commission as unconstitutional, a pet project of President Aquino shortly after he assumed office.

The commission led by retired Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. was supposed to probe the corruption anomalies involving the Arroyo government. Mr. Aquino bewailed that other administrations had their own version of truth commission “but only our commission was singled out.”

A presidential directive nullifying the midnight appointments made by the previous government was also recently rejected by the Supreme Court. The President protested the SC decision and warned of an imminent clash between the two branches of government.

But SC Spokesman Midas Marquez reportedly claimed that the Palace legal team should explain to the President the separation of powers of the judiciary and the executive.

He said they should inform the President about “these simple nuances” amid his persistent attacks on the judiciary.

boypad

January 2nd, 2011, 06:20 PM

Aquino loses NAIA 3 case :ohno:

The Daily Tribune
By Ninez Cacho-Olivares Editor-in-Chief
01/03/2011

President Aquino and his government uncorked the champagne too early while announcing that he and the government lawyers had won the Ninoy Aquino International Airport 3 (NAIA-3) case filed by both German airport operator Fraport AG and Piatco (Philippine International Air Terminal Co.) against the Philippine government, to the point of even congratulating the Philippine lawyers, retired Justice Florentino Feliciano and then lawyer for the government, Lourdes Sereno, who he later appointed to the high court, as a reward for her winning the case for the government.

All told, the government lawyers charged the Philippine government a whopping $50 million, which was deemed excessive, and a waste of funds, after a final decision of an Ad Hoc Committee in Washington overturned the ICSID (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, a World Bank Group) Tribunal’s decision in its totality.

Business leaders, international chambers of commerce, along with the European Union have been calling for a resolution to the long-pending NAIA-3 dispute, but all these calls have fallen on deaf ears.

Government sources who have a handle on the government case told the Tribune during the holidays that these calls went unheeded by both the Arroyo and Aquino governments as they listened to the recommendations of Justices Feliciano, Sereno and the foreign lawyers to keep continuing with the now known unfounded charges against Piatco and its officers to justify the continued lavish spending of the Philippine and American lawyers.

“They (lawyers) traveled first class, stayed in Five Star Hotels and dined in very expensive restaurants, so much so that their spending habits must have made President (Gloria) Arroyo look like a poor country cousin,” the government source said.

“Calls were already made for President Noynoy (Aquino) to investigate and stop these anomalous transactions of the government lawyers, but again, these calls were unheeded. In fact, he (Aquino) even rewarded (Justice) Sereno with a posting in the high court, as an associate justice, even praising her for her winning the case against Piatco and its partner,” the source added.

It was learned from the same sources that interest groups are set to file charges of plunder against the lawyers who represented the Philippine government in the case in their misuse and overprice for legal fees amounting to $50 million.

The Aquino government is expected to have more losses with more cases filed against it, which is likely to come after the findings of the committee.

The Ad Hoc Committee in Washington nullified the ICSID tribunal’s findings that Fraport and certain Piatco officials violated the anti-dummy law.

As a result of this final decision which is no longer appealable, all claims of the government related to its having won the ICSID case are false.

The Aquino government has no choice but to return the NAIA-3 to its rightful owner, Piatco, along with its foreign partner, Fraport, or compensate them for the facility on the full extent of the Germany company’s claims.

To keep stalling the return of the air terminal 3 to its owners, or refusing to pay for it, will further keep big ticket investors away from the Philippines, sources pointed out.

The 10-year old NAIA-3 problem has created negative sentiments and has eroded investor confidence from Germany and the European Union, which have been calling for a settlement to the row.

The refusal of government to pay Piatco compensation for expropriating NAIA-3 has caused a setback in diplomatic relations between Germany and the Philippines, and investments from Germany have been few and far between.

Foreign investments have trickled in very slowly, since the Arroyo government expropriated the NAIA-3 without, however, paying the owners compensation. This has reportedly made investors shy away from investing in the country, not knowing whether perfected contracts are to be voided by the Philippine government.

An industry source told the Tribune that with this final decision, the Aquino government had better go slow on even exercising ownership rights in relation to the running of the NAIA-3, which was earlier expropriated by the Arroyo government without, however, paying the owners, Piatco and its German partner, Fraport, any compensation, dragging the row between government and Piatco for at least three years.

“They (Aquino administration) can even be taken to the cleaners, not just for exercising ownership rites, but also for defying the Philippine Supreme Court that already ruled that the government is barred from exercising ownership rights. This means that the government is not allowed to forge contracts for airport space with concessionaires and airline offices.

“It would be more sensible for government to stop the legal battle and settle the NAIA-3 problem. Government loses out anyway and even more, as it would keep on paying legal fees—with its lawyers making more money.”

Industry sources also said that the bottomline is that while the government continues to find fault with the NAIA-3 as constructed, it is also the same government that has been enjoying the use of the facility for at least three years without paying Piatco for its use and the business community and probable foreign investors are hardly going to trust the government with their investments, despite (Aquino’s) claims that under his new government, investors confidence and trust are on the uptick.

The truth is, President Aquino has been violating the law with impunity, they pointed out, since the SC had ruled that the government cannot exercise any acts of ownership. Despite this ruling, the Aquino government has leased out the concessions and has operated the airport facility with impunity, in clear violation of the high court’s ruling.

It was also pointed out that even Cebu Pacific which is using the NAIA-3 terminal for its flights, has benefited immensely from the government’s move to allow the airline the use of the facility. It was partly due to this benefit that allowed Cebu Pacific to increase its market share against Philippine Airlines (PAL).

There were also earlier reports that the Gokongweis were interested in acquiring and operating NAIA-3, despite the clear SC ruling, and to the detriment of the NAIA-3 owners, who have not been compensated by government.

“This is really the concern of investors and businessmen,” Tribune sources said. “The government appears to do what it wants, and changes the rules—not just midstream but even after the project is completed. The government is also known to defy the Supreme Court, thus violating the law instead of upholding it.

“Such a behavior has caused deep concerns for investors coming to the country, which they see as a high risk venture. Government calls on you to invest, and after investors sink in their money, government revokes the contract and does not even pay compensation for expropriating the project.”

Aquino, just a month into the presidency, announced, in a state of the nation athat he was no longer going to honor the contract with a Belgian contractor for the Laguna Lake dredging, which may again cause concerns among probable investors.

The World Bank reversal may also mean problems for the contracts that are already on the pipeline for the improvement of NAIA-3.

Transportation and Communications Secretary Jose de Jesus had earlier listed projects supposedly to fast-track the full operation of NAIA-3 at a lower total cost of civil works and equipment citing government negotiations with Japanese contractor Takenaka to complete the unfinished work at the NAIA 3. Takenaka is the Japanese contractor of the NAIA 3.

In 2007, the Washington-based ICSID junked the claim of compensation by Fraport AG, Piatco’s German partner. NAIA 3 opened in 2008 after six years of being idle caused by a clash among the parties that put up the facility. The airport terminal was an unsolicited build-operate-transfer project undertaken by Asian Emerging Dragon Corp., a group of Chinese magnates, in 1994, before being awarded to the Piatco-Fraport consortium.

jimPUNKZ

January 2nd, 2011, 06:42 PM

Aquino back to work Monday; Cabinet meeting not yet set :lol:
.

bigyan natin to ng isang,,,,killer smile:D..........:lol:

Kintoy

January 3rd, 2011, 10:17 AM

Eastern Dragon

January 3rd, 2011, 10:24 AM

Aquino prefers Cabinet cluster meetings

abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 01/03/2011 3:03 PM | Updated as of 01/03/2011 3:03 PM

MANILA, Philippines - President Benigno Aquino III prefers to hold Cabinet meetings in clusters because the President believes it is more productive to meet officials on specific concerns rather than have officials sit through a meeting on concerns that do not concern them.

Presidential Communications Strategy Secretary Ricky Carandang said this does not mean that the President would no longer convene a full Cabinet meeting. Carandang noted that the Palace had already previously explained this particular aspect of the President’s working style

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/03/11/aquino-prefers-cabinet-cluster-meetings

which is more like ramos style. typical naman yan cluster meetings eh kasi mas substantive ang nagagawa at napapag usapan which is also typical in corporations.

unlike erap who had no experience in corporate set ups. kahit nga si gloria, paporma lang din sa mga meeting meeting. but full cabinet meetings are rarely done kasi sa dami cabinet level secretary, minsan mahirap magdiscuss ng isang bagay.

kaya nga natatawa na lang ako sa mga tao dito harping on that. halatang walang experience sa real world corporate practice.

i.e. ang DSWD ba may say sa fiscal policy or energy policy sa bansa natin. :lol::lol:

how I wish some posters here read and learn to analyse rather than just lap up what is fed to them by newspapers or their professors. :lol::lol:

Kintoy

January 3rd, 2011, 10:42 AM

bitoy

January 3rd, 2011, 10:47 AM

^^ pag walang kape at snacks yung meeting namin, hindi kami sumisipot, padadalhan naman kami ng memo kung ano ang napagusapan at dapat ayusin ... :lol:

Eastern Dragon

January 3rd, 2011, 11:24 AM

meetings are so unproductive actually., I'd rather have the cabinet secretaries send status updates via email than having to go to Malacanang and waste a day's work listening to other cabinet secretaries drone on about with the PowerPoint presentations.

pasensyahan nyo na ang mga mahilig sa meeting meeting dito. parang forum din yan puro lang satsat ang gusto, pero pag trabaho na.

ang excuse, andun nagmemeeting. :lol::lol:

man, i don't really understand why some people put too much value on cabinet level meetings.

cabinet level meetings naman ginagawa as a sign of political unity, or target setting or much worse, pag may giyera. :lol::lol:

junex

January 3rd, 2011, 11:28 AM

Ahahaha..natawa naman ako sa puro satsat..for now, puro satsat pa lang talaga nakita ko sa admin na to..i have high hopes for 2011

Eastern Dragon

January 3rd, 2011, 11:41 AM

Ahahaha..natawa naman ako sa puro satsat..for now, puro satsat pa lang talaga nakita ko sa admin na to..i have high hopes for 2011

:lol::lol:. ewan ko lang sa inyo, pero with the stock market on the upswing, our economy doing great, that is more than what i can ask for.

we need to kick a few asses from our government though, especially mga pulis scalawag at mga justices natin.

but ey, masaya naman karamihan sa takbo ngayon.

ang ibang hindi masaya, alam na natin lahat karamihan sa inyo pro-giboo or gordon dati.

so weather weather lang. :lol::lol:

whippersnapper

January 3rd, 2011, 12:15 PM

mukhang ung tatlo dito, sila ata ang nagmeeting meeting. kung walang kwenta ang meeting, bakit naisip o naimbento ang salitang "meeting". tamad lang talaga ang Presidentita natin..

BULLDOG

January 3rd, 2011, 01:28 PM

mukhang ung tatlo dito, sila ata ang nagmeeting meeting. kung walang kwenta ang meeting, bakit naisip o naimbento ang salitang "meeting". tamad lang talaga ang Presidentita natin..

Mismo :lol:

laging may regla si mama :nuts: :nuts:

BULLDOG

January 3rd, 2011, 01:33 PM

pero with the stock market on the upswing, our economy doing great,

Thanks to GMA na minana lang ni Pnay :lol: :lol:

Kintoy

January 3rd, 2011, 02:04 PM

mukhang ung tatlo dito, sila ata ang nagmeeting meeting. kung walang kwenta ang meeting, bakit naisip o naimbento ang salitang "meeting". tamad lang talaga ang Presidentita natin..

yung tae, wala rin namang kwenta, bakit nag-imbento pa ng salitang "tae"

amigo32

January 3rd, 2011, 03:10 PM

tangek, hindi imbento yun:D

kalbongdad

January 3rd, 2011, 04:15 PM

boypad

January 3rd, 2011, 06:36 PM

Bishop urges Aquino: Look beyond friends in strengthening Cabinet

By Jocelyn R. Uy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:07:00 01/04/2011

MANILA, Philippines—A Catholic bishop has called on President Aquino to replace the officials in his Cabinet with “very capable people” in order to effect real reforms in the country.

Butuan Bishop Juan de Dios Pueblos said on Monday Mr. Aquino’s plans for the country remained unclear because of the existing patronage system in the government.

“I am actually hoping and praying that he will actually exercise his presidency because right now it’s unclear where we are going,” said Pueblos over Church-run Radyo Veritas.

The prelate proposed that Mr. Aquino reshuffle his Cabinet and appoint members because of their skills, not because “they are his barkada (buddies) or they were loyal to his mother or father.”

The President is the son of the martyred opposition leader Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. and the late icon of democracy and former President Corazon C. Aquino.

“I think everybody would like to support him because there is such an aspect for change… but he should let the government be run by very capable people,” said Pueblos.

Other Church officials previously aired the same sentiments after Malacañang suffered setbacks with several executive orders it had issued, including one that created a truth commission to investigate anomalies in the administration of former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz pointed out that all the mistakes and glitches in the new administration were the fault of the “very incompetent” advisers in his Cabinet.

“He better reshuffle his Cabinet and get able ones,” Cruz had said.

But Pueblos said the creation of a truth commission would only be a waste of time and public funds as the job of investigating the corruption cases in the Arroyo administration could be conducted by the Department of Justice and the Office of the Ombudsman.

“There are a lot of other problems that the President must attend to, particularly the flooding that some parts of the country, including Mindanao, is experiencing,” he said.

b_two

January 3rd, 2011, 10:42 PM

yung tae, wala rin namang kwenta, bakit nag-imbento pa ng salitang "tae"

wala bang kwenta ang tae? subukan mong di tumae ng ilang linggo malamang dedbol ka. :)

Parchie

January 4th, 2011, 01:44 AM

wala bang kwenta ang tae? subukan mong di tumae ng ilang linggo malamang dedbol ka. :)

Hahahaha! Basic truth, and I couldn't disagree!
Anyways, it is a given that there will be people who cannot understand the existence of things in this world! They are losers on every argument and resort to uncouth tactics. Pati ba naman yang "t" word nasa kokote n'yan!
Methinks, it's best to switch to lurking mode!

Askal82

January 4th, 2011, 04:00 AM

oh my God anong nangyari dito....all the while halos ok na lahat sa panahon ni little evil gloria....and then.....ano ito....baka alam nila na pushover si pnoy.....kaya nangyari ito......lalo pa tayong napamahal.....:ohno:

Halata kung paano i word ng Tribune ang pamagat ng article. Sabagay the Daily Tribune is best at making tabloids. :lol:

Hindi sana mahantong sa ganito ang bangayan sa airport na yan kung walang anomalya na nagmula pa kay Ramos. :lol:

kalbongdad

January 4th, 2011, 05:39 AM

wala bang kwenta ang tae? subukan mong di tumae ng ilang linggo malamang dedbol ka. :)

naalala ko tuloy ang kwento tungkol sa parts ng body kung sino ang magaling......dun ko natutunan na sometimes you only have to be an ass to be a good leader....:lol:

anone

January 4th, 2011, 08:09 AM

yung tae, wala rin namang kwenta, bakit nag-imbento pa ng salitang "tae"

:doh:

may kwenta ang meeting kung ang namumuno sa meeting ay may kwenta din. sa meeting mo malalaman ng harap harapan kung ang mga tao mo ay alam ang mga nangyayari sa kanilang departamento o nasasakupan.

Parchie

January 4th, 2011, 08:53 AM

:doh:

may kwenta ang meeting kung ang namumuno sa meeting ay may kwenta din. sa meeting mo malalaman ng harap harapan kung ang mga tao mo ay alam ang mga nangyayari sa kanilang departamento o nasasakupan.

Tumpak! Baka naman ang "meeting" sa kanila ay tsismisan lang? O kakampanya uli sila?

FlashCollider

January 4th, 2011, 09:25 AM

^^
Ganito Usapan: PNoy: Oy mare balita ko pinapatawag kayo sa HK para sa public hearing?

Meetings are integral part of any project or any organization. If it is a waste of time the problem lies on the person who is conducting the meeting and not the meeting itself.

Di na nga nya alam ang nangyayari sa paligid nya hindi nya pa rin makita kahalagahan ng meeting. Talitaliwas na pahayag galing sa kanya at sa mga Dept Secretaries nya at hindi nya pa rin makita ang kahalagahan ng meeting. Haaayyyyyy

Kintoy

January 4th, 2011, 10:13 AM

wala bang kwenta ang tae? subukan mong di tumae ng ilang linggo malamang dedbol ka. :)

yung pagtatate ang may kwenta, hindi yung tae.

dessertfox

January 4th, 2011, 11:16 AM

:)Sorry off topic...Hope this will help us value shit and help environment! Thanks that some NGO's is now doing it in service of the local community.

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Objectionable questions are fired at you when you first introduce the concept to someone, and many persons leave the subject still thinking that a composting toilets is a old pit (outhouse) toilet, remembered unpleasantly from camping trips.

Well, composting toilets are far from being pit toilets! They range from simple twin chamber designs through to advanced systems with rotating tynes, temperature and moisture probes and electronic control systems.

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b_two

January 4th, 2011, 11:39 AM

yung pagtatate ang may kwenta, hindi yung tae.

kung wala kwenta ang tae e di sana di ka hihingan ng stool sample sa medical exam o kaya di na kakalkalin ng mga zoologist ang mga tae ng hayop para pag-aralan... haaayyy usapang tae... akala ko executive thread. :)

Kintoy

January 4th, 2011, 11:46 AM

di mamulot ka ng tae kung may kwenta sayo yun

b_two

January 4th, 2011, 11:52 AM

di mamulot ka ng tae kung may kwenta sayo yun

umpisahan mo susunod ako tutal ikaw nag-umpisa ng usapang tae.:)

wino

January 4th, 2011, 01:39 PM

Joker is 2009's thriftiest senator; PNoy, Jinggoy spent most on staff
By ROLLY T. CARANDANG
January 4, 2011, 6:57pm

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Audit (CoA) released figures Tuesday showing opposition Senator Joker Arroyo as the thriftiest member of the Senate in 2009 and Sen. Jinggoy Estrada and then-Senator-now-President Benigno S. Aquino III spending the most on their offices.

Arroyo maintained his being the “Scrooge of Congress” among the 23 senators in 2009 in the disbursements of office expenditures, including their staff salaries and benefits, according to the CoA report.

Arroyo, for the 19th straight year, was the thriftiest senator who spent only about P2.264 million in salaries and benefits for his staff in 2009.

Arroyo’s expenditures were way below the P11 million cashed out by then Senate President Pro-Tempore Jinggoy Estrada and Aquino.

The CoA report listed the top five spenders on salaries and benefits of their staff as follows: Estrada, P11.868-million; Aquino, P11.310 million; Sen. Gregorio Honasan, P10.545; Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla, P10.270; and Sen. Antonio Trillanes,P9.698-million Arroyo’s frugality was known even when he was in the Lower House where he had no staff, except for a driver and a utility man.

Even when he was elected as Senator in 2001, he maintains a skeletal staff of three persons only up to this day.

The CoA report showed that the itemized list of expenses of the 23 senators for 2009 totaled to P433,382,584 or a median of P18,842,719.48 for each senator.

The COA report showed that Arroyo spent P14,611,455.95 or P4,231,264.53 below the median, the thriftiest senator while Estrada spent the most at P21,799,573.90 or P2,956,854.42.

Estrada spent P7,188,118.95 or about 50 percent more than Arroyo.

Estrada was followed in the highest spenders category by Senators Gregorio Honasan (P21,649,606.67), then Senator now President Aquino (P21,552,295.67) and recently released former Magdalo leader and Sen. Antonio Trillanes ( P21,136,792.45), Bong Revilla (P21,046,876.06) and Francis Pangilinan (P20,720,010.09).

In the so-called P19-million club were Senators Alan Cayetano (P19.337-M), now Rep Rodolfo Biazon (P19.407-M); and Pia Cayetano (P19.579-M).

In the “kuripot” category, Arroyo was followed by then Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr, who spent P15,178,602.28. Pimentel also placed second to Arroyo in the 2008 frugality derby.

Since Arroyo joined the government in 1986 after EDSA as the first executive secretary up to the present, the senator said he has never travelled abroad using government money.

Senator Arroyo had chaired the powerful Blue Ribbon Committee, the Public Services Committee and the Justice and Human Rights Committee in the 12th and 13th Congress.

But the Senator opted not to chair any committee in the 14th and the present 15th Congress.

Surprisingly, some senior senators noted how Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV spent his budget when he was detained at Camp Crame until a week ago. He spent P21.136-million, or a whopping P57,909.02 each day for various expenses in his office.

In 2008, he also spent P17.2-million or about P47,000 a day while in detention.

In the lower median category of P16-million and P17-million in expenses, the senators from the least spenders to the higher spenders are Edgardo Angara at P16,421,151.05, Loren Legarda (P17,276.427.28), Panfilo Lacson (P17,516,733.88) and Mar Roxas (P17,673,348,30).

Still in the median list of P18-million expenses are Jamby Madrigal (P18,261,678.82), Richard Gordon (P18,322,650.14), Manny Villar (P18,343,298.25), Lito Lapid (P18,395,961), Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile (P18,409,189.82), Chiz Escudero (P 18,705,625), and Miriam Defensor Santiago (P18,759,403.69).

On the expenses of local travel of their staff, Sen Legarda topped the list spending about P4.5-million.

She was followed by Villar with P3.3 milion, Honasan P3.29-million, Pangilinan is P2.57-million and Sen Allan Peter Cayetano with P2.49-million.

Kintoy

January 4th, 2011, 01:43 PM

umpisahan mo susunod ako tutal ikaw nag-umpisa ng usapang tae.:)

walang kwenta sa akin yun. sa yo di ba, valuable yun?

kalbongdad

January 4th, 2011, 01:49 PM

b_two

January 4th, 2011, 02:21 PM

walang kwenta sa akin yun. sa yo di ba, valuable yun?

yup may kwenta sya sa akin. saan ka ba itatapon at pupulutin kita?:)

b_two

January 4th, 2011, 02:22 PM

at ng magamit na pataba sa lupa. :)

kalbongdad

January 4th, 2011, 03:05 PM

at ng magamit na pataba sa lupa. :)

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

absinthe_888

January 4th, 2011, 05:19 PM

This thread is hilarious! :D

kalbongdad

January 4th, 2011, 05:24 PM

si trillanes naka kulong na.....laki pa ng gastos....:lol: malamang hindi sya kurap ano...:lol: hay buhay pnoy......siguro malaki gastos ni trillanes sa loob ng kulungan....:lol:

b_two

January 4th, 2011, 06:19 PM

napanood ko sa 24 oras na binawasan ang budget ng mmda ng more than half, from P2.076 b for 2010 to P980 m for 2011. inirekomenda ng dbm sa mmda na magbawas ng kulang-kulang 2,000 empleyado para mapagkasya ang budget.

mwg12a

January 4th, 2011, 07:27 PM

^^yikes, that adds in the unemployment statistic. Can't blame the government but still sad this has to happen.

Mercato

January 4th, 2011, 08:17 PM

masaya dito Part II ... these threads made my day ... :lol::lol::lol:

b_two

January 4th, 2011, 08:24 PM

from manilastandardtoday.com (http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideNews.htm?f=2011/january/4/news1.isx&d=2011/january/4)

MMDA fires 1,800 after Palace cuts budget in half
by Rio N. Araja

THE Metro Manila Development Authority said Monday it will lay off 1,800 contractual employees after Malacañang cut its budget by half and it struggles with over P500 million in garbage bills that have been piling up since July 2010.

The layoffs will include traffic aides, flood control workers, street sweepers, drivers, painters, plumbers, welders, electricians and clerks who represent 50 percent of the agency’s 3,800 contractual workers, said Undersecretary Alex Cabanilla, who works under Chairman Francis Tolentino.

The Aquino administration cut the agency’s budget to P981 million this year, which is 52 percent lower than its P2.076 billion allotment in 2010.
Moreover, the Budget Department had yet to release P730 million of the agency’s 2010 budget, Cabanilla said.

The agency last year had operating expenses of P300 million a month, and of that P77 million went to personnel.

officials assured the public that the agency’s services would not suffer, but they did not say how they could do the same job with half their contractual manpower gone.

The agency has 8,000 employees, and of those 3,600 are contractual. The contracts for half of them will not be renewed this year, Cabanilla said.
Agency officials warned in December that the cut in its budget in 2011 would mean more traffic problems and flooding in Metro Manila.

In the wake of a high-profile smashup that killed a retired judge and his wife just before Christmas, a consultant for the agency said the lack of traffic enforcers was to blame for the 2,086 road accidents on the 12.4-kilometer Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City.

“More traffic enforcers, fewer accidents,” the consultant, Maximo Dillas, said.

“The purpose of visibility of traffic enforcers, even those on the night shift, is to reduce traffic accidents.”

But the cut in the agency’s budget this year should make such visibility unlikely.

Last month, Metro Manila was spared a garbage crisis over the holiday season after dump operators accepted an IOU from the MMDA for more than P500 million in arrears.

Philippine Ecology System Corp., IPM Environmental Services Inc., and International Solid Waste Management Integrated Systems Inc. agreed to allow the continued disposal of trash in three dumps: in Navotas, Rodriguez in Rizal province, and in Payatas in Quezon City.

At the time, the MMDA had appealed to the Budget Department and to lawmakers for more funds. The agency is also seeking more funds from the Office of the President.

But Congress passed the General Appropriations Act for 2011 with no increases in the MMDA’s budget.

The agency pays the three contractors P100 million a month to operate the Navotas landfill, the Payatas-controlled landfill, and the 19-hectare Rodriguez dump.
The three disposal sites receive an average of 1,450 truck trips a day, or about 25,000 cubic meters of garbage.

- imo some of the budget alloted for dswd's cct should have been reallocated instead to that of mmda's. ang mga taong ito na tinanggal sa trabaho ay mas may higit pang karapatan sa tulong na magmumula sa gobyerno kasi sila ay nagbabanat ng buto para magkapera buwan-buwan. pinagtratrabahuhan nila ang bawat sentimo na nanggagaling sa gobyerno!!! :ohno:

crappypants

January 4th, 2011, 11:23 PM

the mmda budget went to the doubled pork barrel funds and to the exclusive private discretionary spending fund of the president.

Eastern Dragon

January 5th, 2011, 04:34 AM

the mmda budget went to the doubled pork barrel funds and to the exclusive private discretionary spending fund of the president.

:lol::lol: any basis for this or just a piece of crap?:lol:

"exclusive private discretionary spending fund". hanep ah.

chief economist ka ba parekoy? :lol:

Parchie

January 5th, 2011, 05:20 AM

yup may kwenta sya sa akin. saan ka ba itatapon at pupulutin kita?:)

Ta_ ba sya? Taga saan ba ang ta_ng iyon? Ahehe!

crappypants

January 5th, 2011, 06:43 AM

:lol::lol: any basis for this or just a piece of crap?:lol:

"exclusive private discretionary spending fund". hanep ah.

chief economist ka ba parekoy? :lol:

what's it to you.. Are you butt hurt again..
I don't respond to die hard pnoy supporters here coz most of them have foul mouths and are overly sensitive. this is the last coz it will never end.

bitoy

January 5th, 2011, 06:44 AM

:lol::lol: any basis for this or just a piece of crap?:lol:

"exclusive private discretionary spending fund". hanep ah.

chief economist ka ba parekoy? :lol:

Maraming tinangal na MMDA ghost employees... :lol:

Mababawasan na yung mga ma-ngongotong at mga tamad.

Yung Filmfest ba, MMDA pa rin ang namamahala? dapat itigil na yan, ang sama naman ng mga pelikula natin, puro dubbing at palpak ang editing. :lol:

Eastern Dragon

January 5th, 2011, 07:34 AM

what's it to you.. Are you butt hurt again..
I don't respond to die hard pnoy supporters here coz most of them have foul mouths and are overly sensitive. this is the last coz it will never end.

:lol: nope, not butthurt, just eager to sift thru fact from fiction.

ang hilig hilig nyo kasi ng showbiz dito, gumagawa ng kuwento. :lol::lol:

Eastern Dragon

January 5th, 2011, 07:36 AM

Maraming tinangal na MMDA ghost employees... :lol:

Mababawasan na yung mga ma-ngongotong at mga tamad.

Yung Filmfest ba, MMDA pa rin ang namamahala? dapat itigil na yan, ang sama naman ng mga pelikula natin, puro dubbing at palpak ang editing. :lol:

one of the best things that aquino has done. parang mga mmda sa pasig, hindi ko maintindihan (this was around a year ago) bakit it had to take around 8 mmda people to man intersections along c-5. minsan sampung tao.

tayu tayu lang naman. :lol:

Bosnyboy

January 5th, 2011, 08:16 AM

:lol::lol: any basis for this or just a piece of crap?:lol:

"exclusive private discretionary spending fund". hanep ah.

chief economist ka ba parekoy? :lol:

Well thats true, its in the papers. The presidents intelligence fund is still 1.2B, the same fund pnoy used to criticized gma before for being funds that dont have to be audited. He also has a 2B fund for other uses. Congress' pork barrel has doubled this year, I guess as a reward for supporting pnoy. Kawawa basic services natin. You dont have to be an economist to know that just read the papers. This is reality. This admin is not as perfect as most yellow fanatics think that it is.

Bosnyboy

January 5th, 2011, 08:18 AM

Eastern Dragon

January 5th, 2011, 08:21 AM

no wonder these guys were trying to rush it under the noses of the new admin.
pera ng bayan. hanep talaga tong mga corrupt sa gobyerno.

Sandigan approval of Garcia plea bargain bared

By Leila Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 14:07:00 01/05/2011

Filed Under: Graft & Corruption, Military

MANILA, Philippines – The Sandiganbayan anti-graft court has issued a resolution approving the plea bargain between prosecutors and former Armed Forces comptroller Carlos Garcia as early as May 4, 2010.This information was contained in a motion to intervene filed Wednesday by the Office of the Solicitor General. The OSG asked the court to recall the resolution and nullify the agreement.

Eastern Dragon

January 5th, 2011, 08:29 AM

Mas ok ang mmda personnel compare to the local traffic deputies na walang ginawa kungdi mangotong sa sidewalk vendors at manghuli kahit walang kasalanan. Now that mmda has cut its workforce and an inept and lazy mmda chairman, we can expect a more chaotic and dirty metro from now on.

:lol::lol: kilala mo ba personal ang mmda chairman?

pareho lang naman ang mga yan, ma MMDA, ma manda, or ma pasig. pareho lang naman quality ng mga yan.

b_two

January 5th, 2011, 08:33 AM

Eastern Dragon

January 5th, 2011, 08:39 AM

Well thats true, its in the papers. The presidents intelligence fund is still 1.2B, the same fund pnoy used to criticized gma before for being funds that dont have to be audited. He also has a 2B fund for other uses. Congress' pork barrel has doubled this year, I guess as a reward for supporting pnoy. Kawawa basic services natin. You dont have to be an economist to know that just read the papers. This is reality. This admin is not as perfect as most yellow fanatics think that it is.

we all know that the president has those funds, ang mali sinabi nung isa is that the cuts from MMDA were diverted to the president which is all baloney.:lol::lol:

kung magsinungaling na lang kasi, gawin ng mahusay. presidents intelligence funds have been there since time immemorial. the only reason why gloria is being criticized is because we all know her record of honesty. :lol::lol:

or a gentle reminder in case you forgot. mikey arroyo expensive house in the US, on a congressman salary of 50k a month before tax. :lol::lol:

Eastern Dragon

January 5th, 2011, 08:41 AM

ang tinanggal sa mmda ay 1,800 out of the 3,800 contractual employees. may nagkeclaim na ghost employees ang mga ito... any facts to support this claim? ibig bang sabihin higit pa sa kalahati ang sinasahuran na di naman pumapasok sa mmda? :)

:ohno::ohno: b_two, reading comprehension naman.

sinabi ni bitoy na marami dyan ghost employees and he even said it in jest.

hindi naman niya sinabi na 1,800 are ghost employees.

ghost employees have been employed even by edsel lagmans son here in qc.

gawain naman ng mga politicians yan right. and tama lang kasi marami sa mga mmda wala na ginawa kungdi tayu tayo lang.

b_two

January 5th, 2011, 08:48 AM

:ohno::ohno: b_two, reading comprehension naman.

sinabi ni bitoy na marami dyan ghost employees and he even said it in jest.

hindi naman niya sinabi na 1,800 are ghost employees.

ghost employees have been employed even by edsel lagmans son here in qc.

gawain naman ng mga politicians yan right. and tama lang kasi marami sa mga mmda wala na ginawa kungdi tayu tayo lang.

ang sabi sa post nya ay "maraming tinanggal na mmda ghost employees." ang article ay tungkol sa 1,800 na tinanggal na mmda so what is not to understand about his post? pag sinabi nya ilan or karamihan sa mga tinanggal ay ghost employees then tama yung correction mo sa akin. tama ba o mali?

b_two

January 5th, 2011, 08:51 AM

from manilastandardtoday.com (http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideNews.htm?f=2011/january/4/news1.isx&d=2011/january/4)

MMDA fires 1,800 after Palace cuts budget in half
by Rio N. Araja

Maraming tinangal na MMDA ghost employees... :lol:

Mababawasan na yung mga ma-ngongotong at mga tamad.

Yung Filmfest ba, MMDA pa rin ang namamahala? dapat itigil na yan, ang sama naman ng mga pelikula natin, puro dubbing at palpak ang editing. :lol:

o di ba sweeping ang comment?

bitoy

January 5th, 2011, 08:53 AM

ang tinanggal sa mmda ay 1,800 out of the 3,800 contractual employees. may nagkeclaim na ghost employees ang mga ito... any facts to support this claim? ibig bang sabihin higit pa sa kalahati ang sinasahuran na di naman pumapasok sa mmda? :)

It was just in jest, dahil GMA's appointee promise to get rid of those employees on the MMDA that doesn't exist.
Napaalis ba ni former Chairman Oscar Inocentes yung mga ghost employees after he took over from Bayani Fernando? IF he did, then good for him. :D

Eastern Dragon

January 5th, 2011, 08:54 AM

o di ba sweeping ang comment?

sure, sweeping ang comment but you need to take that with a grain of salt. kaya nga nilagyan nya ng smiley yan. clearly he was saying it in jest.

hindi naman nya sinabi na lahat yon ay ghost employees.

Eastern Dragon

January 5th, 2011, 08:55 AM

It was just in jest, dahil GMA's appointee promise to get rid of those employees on the MMDA that doesn't exist.
Napaalis ba ni former Chairman Oscar Inocentes yung mga ghost employees after he took over from Bayani Fernando? IF he did, then good for him. :D

:lol: pinalitan na ata si innocentes ni atty. tolentino. after aquino took over and cleaned up some of the mess.

kasi populist approach ang ginawa ni gloria eh. hire contractuals, keep mrt fares very low. ayun, baon tuloy tayo sa utang, well except her and her family. :lol::lol:

b_two

January 5th, 2011, 08:57 AM

:cheers:

dessertfox

January 5th, 2011, 08:58 AM

Bad signs in time that the unemployment rate is still high, tourism which they expect to create jobs is not performing well due to current setbacks. Private sector is not yet in the mood to fill this gap because of the recession in the west. The government which usually is the shock absorber of employment problems is on belt tightening.

OFW deployment is in decline as alternative employement for skilled workers.

This MMDA retrenchment could be just tip of the iceberg since almost all government agencies has budget cut and those are the same poor people who will affected. Casual employment na nga lang nawawala pa, idagdag mo pa yong political casualty.

Kailangan na nga marahil isakripisyo ni P-Noy ang popularidad niya bago man lang bumulusok tuluyan ang populist rating niya mapakinabangan, kung may political will.

Mukhang leftist and rebels ang mga nakangisi ngayon.

bitoy

January 5th, 2011, 09:00 AM

:lol: pinalitan na ata si innocentes ni atty. tolentino. after aquino took over and cleaned up some of the mess.

kasi populist approach ang ginawa ni gloria eh. hire contractuals, keep mrt fares very low. ayun, baon tuloy tayo sa utang, well except her and her family. :lol::lol:

Baka me kamag anak si B_two na taga MMDA... :D

In case meron, alam naman niya na marami naman talaga (nuon) ... :lol:

I need to highlight that, baka hindi raw tutoo.. :nuts:

b_two

January 5th, 2011, 09:01 AM

^^
that smiley is for the previous post

Eastern Dragon

January 5th, 2011, 09:04 AM

Baka me kamag anak si B_two na taga MMDA... :D

In case meron, alam naman niya na marami naman talaga (nuon) ... :lol:

I need to highlight that, baka hindi raw tutoo.. :nuts:

sa totoo lang, bilib din ako sa tapang ni noynoy.

turned HK request down. suspended GOCC perks and privilige.

canceled a lot of contracts ng dating admin. budget ng mga departments at SC hindi tinaasan. cut mmda budgets.

he is creating a lot of enemies even with the SC. totoo nga sabi ng nakakakila nito. hindi man napa verbose compared to gordon or gibo, pero matigas talaga ang ulo nito si aquino.

hala sige laban, as long as the economy is doing great. masaya karamihan.

well, except ang mga talunan. . . . . . :lol::lol:

b_two

January 5th, 2011, 09:05 AM

i didn't say na walang ghost employees.

sa lahat yata ng sangay ng gobyerno marami.

at di lang noon dahil hanggang ngayon marami pa din.:lol:

b_two

January 5th, 2011, 09:08 AM

sure, sweeping ang comment but you need to take that with a grain of salt. kaya nga nilagyan nya ng smiley yan. clearly he was saying it in jest.

hindi naman nya sinabi na lahat yon ay ghost employees.

a sweeping comment is a sweeping comment kahit na anong klaseng smiley ang ilagay mo ganun pa din ang meaning. :cheers:

Eastern Dragon

January 5th, 2011, 09:19 AM

a sweeping comment is a sweeping comment kahit na anong klaseng smiley ang ilagay mo ganun pa din ang meaning. :cheers:

alam mo naman siguro ano purpose ng smiley right? :lol:

bitoy

January 5th, 2011, 09:27 AM

a sweeping comment is a sweeping comment kahit na anong klaseng smiley ang ilagay mo ganun pa din ang meaning. :cheers:

:lol: O sige na nga sweeping statement yun, dahil yun ang pagkakaalam ko, yang mga contractors ng MMDA na yan, madali nila padamihin ang mga trabahador nila sa isang project, kahit konti lang talaga ang nagtra-trabaho, pag singil nila sa gobyerno, lahat maligaya pati yung ibang taga MMDA. :D <--- tutoo yan.
Hindi tulad ng regular or full-time employees ng MMDA na nasa payroll na madali mabuko kung meron anomalya.

Kita mo yung ka batch ko, mayaman na siya, pero meron kaso. :lol:

b_two

January 5th, 2011, 09:31 AM

^^

e di lumabas ang totoo. :lol:

b_two

January 5th, 2011, 09:33 AM

alam mo naman siguro ano purpose ng smiley right? :lol:

wag na tayong magbolahan kasi wala namang kakagat sa atin sa mga ganyan. alam naman nating lahat kung ano ang ibig nyang sabihin. sabi nga itim kung itim. :lol:

bitoy

January 5th, 2011, 09:34 AM

^^ O e di tutoo pala na maraming ghost employees na natangal? :lol:

I'll get you the numbers if I could. :D

b_two

January 5th, 2011, 09:37 AM

^^ O e di tutoo pala na maraming ghost employees na natangal? :lol:

I'll get you the numbers if I could. :D

may nabasa ka bang ghost employees sa previous post ko na ni-quote mo? :lol:

bitoy

January 5th, 2011, 09:40 AM

^^ I don't need to quote you, dahil alam mo naman na meron at ang sabi mo pa, marami pa rin ngayon kahit saang sangay ng pamahalaan... :lol:

b_two

January 5th, 2011, 09:48 AM

^^^^

may claim ba ako na walang ghost employees sa pamahalaan hanggang ngayon? may sinabi din ba akong maraming ghost employees na natanggal? ikaw nagsabi na maraming ghost employees na natanggal ayon sa pagkakaalam mo. umiikot-ikot lang tayo sa usapan. basta ang factual ay 1,800 na mmda ang natanggal dahil ang budget ay kumonti. kung ghost employee sila o ang ilan sa kanila e yan ay ayon sa pagkakaalam mo.

Kintoy

January 5th, 2011, 09:56 AM

sure, sweeping ang comment but you need to take that with a grain of salt. kaya nga nilagyan nya ng smiley yan. clearly he was saying it in jest.

hindi naman nya sinabi na lahat yon ay ghost employees.

hayaan mo na yan. pagod siguro sa kakapulot ng tae sa lansangan. :lol:

b_two

January 5th, 2011, 10:02 AM

simple lang naman ang usaping ito, lumiit ang budget kaya nirekomenda ng dbm na magtanggal ng empleyado. period. kung anuman ang nakikitang kulay ng iba ay bahala sila sa sarili nilang interpretasyon.

b_two

January 5th, 2011, 10:03 AM

hayaan mo na yan. pagod siguro sa kakapulot ng tae sa lansangan. :lol:

di pa ako tapos kasi anjan ka pa. :lol:

b_two

January 5th, 2011, 10:07 AM

makaalis na nga at baka mag-usapang tae na naman dito. :lol:

bitoy

January 5th, 2011, 10:08 AM

Eastern Dragon

January 5th, 2011, 10:20 AM

^^ Sabi sa news ang susunod na sisibakin yung mga nakatambay lang na mga traffic enforcers... :lol: Bawat kanto ng crossing meron pares pares o higit pa... siguro naman, magtra-trabaho na ng matino ang mga ito.

ewan ko lang bitoy ha, but i sense a lot of opposition for reforms being done by this government.

from the SC, to departments. kung titingnan mo ng maayos, alam naman natin na tama ang hangad ng administration na ito.

we have seen a lot of gains. investments are pouring in. you see a lot of activities sa domestic corporations.

hindi ko maintindihan ano pinuputok ng butse ng ibang tao dito. we have the best investor sentiment since the asian crisis of 1997. ano ba gusto ng mga tao dito? :ohno:

bitoy

January 5th, 2011, 10:34 AM

boypad

January 5th, 2011, 11:09 AM

Is government on auto pilot? :ohno:

DEMAND AND SUPPLY By Boo Chanco (The Philippine Star)
Updated January 05, 2011 12:00 AM

I came across a most disturbing bit of information over the holidays. I was told that P-Noy has not called a single Cabinet meeting over the past three months. So don’t even think of a LEDAC meeting where the executive and legislative branches can coordinate. I suspected as much but was still horrified when I confirmed that the government is effectively on auto pilot.

I comforted myself with the thought that at least in the economic cluster, P-Noy’s Cabinet members can be left pretty much on their own. In fact, they have been holding their own regular cluster meetings, I am told. Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, Energy Secretary Rene Almendras and DTI Secretary Gregory Domingo, all have proven track records and have also been pretty much up to the demands of their tasks over the last five months.

DPWH Secretary Babes Singson, DOTC Secretary Ping de Jesus and DENR Secretary Ramon Paje have also been busy cleaning up the Augean stables they inherited. NEDA Secretary Cayetano Paderanga Jr. had similarly been working double time on the medium term plan. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima had shown her mettle and so has Health Secretary Enrique Ona and Budget Secretary Butch Abad.

The bottleneck is the Office of the President. Maybe if only P-Noy had a more capable Executive Secretary, the government can really be on auto pilot while P-Noy is busy searching for a First Lady. But then again, even the best orchestra needs a good conductor. Leadership must still be exercised by the man we elected President.

Last Sunday, I was hoping that P-Noy was also watching Fareed Zakaria on CNN. The topic was “How to Lead” and Fareed interviewed a number of personalities on the question of what it takes to be a good leader. Maybe his communications messaging group can request CNN for a copy of that program because it would do P-Noy a lot of good to watch it and put some of the lessons to heart.

There is so much to be done now that the practice season for the new President is over. Just so P-Noy gets an idea of the enormity of the task, he should read that thick book presented to him by the Joint Foreign Chambers entitled Arangkada Philippines. It has all the facts, figures and great ideas that amount to a road map for the Aquino presidency on how to make the country competitive.

The Joint Foreign Chambers of the Philippines launched “Arangkada Philippines” last December 13 and I browsed through it during the holidays. Arangkada Philippines is about creating a bright future for the Philippines, the world’s 12th most populous country. The Joint Chambers’ dream, and ours, is a better Philippines, one that has become “a middle-income economy with robust investment levels, better infrastructure, and higher government revenues to pay for social services, especially education and health.”

Arangkada Philippines also imagines a Philippines where “absolute poverty would be reduced by inclusive growth with less malnutrition, crime, and insurgency. With more rewarding opportunities at home, Filipinos would have less reason to work abroad.” Arangkada Philippines contains “471 recommendations from Filipino and foreign business leaders for building a more competitive economy, reform-by-reform, leading to high growth and millions of new jobs.”

The important thing is… we have a lot of catching up to do. Catching up and keeping up is an imperative, not a choice, Arangkada Philippines points out. “The Philippines has lagged for too long, losing competitiveness, despite its immense potential and location in the fastest growing region…”

Arangkada Philippines points out the irony that despite a dynamic population and a land blessed with natural resources, our economic progress has been slow. We have been slipping in our rank in most international surveys. We have not improved our competitiveness as much as others. Worse, we continue to slide despite recent GDP growth and rising per capita income (PCI).

To continue reading follow this link,

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=645277&publicationSubCategoryId=66

eonynx

January 5th, 2011, 11:22 AM

ewan ko lang bitoy ha, but i sense a lot of opposition for reforms being done by this government.

from the SC, to departments. kung titingnan mo ng maayos, alam naman natin na tama ang hangad ng administration na ito.

we have seen a lot of gains. investments are pouring in. you see a lot of activities sa domestic corporations.

hindi ko maintindihan ano pinuputok ng butse ng ibang tao dito. we have the best investor sentiment since the asian crisis of 1997. ano ba gusto ng mga tao dito? :ohno:

i'm no fan of pnoy but i have to admit he's doing well, especially recently. the belt tightening measures he's undergoing right now was borne out of and in reaction mainly to the huge fiscal imbalance he inherited from the previous administration. the previous government spent more and in fact, way beyond its means, especially in its last year in office.

the current administration has to take up the cudgels by way of steep budget cuts to try to have a fiscally sound position. it's a painful process and many non-essentials are not happy about it. but for the long term, that would benefit the country as those unproductive factors within the government and public bureaucracies are taken out.

the fact that the stock market had its banner year punctuated by a year-ending high performance is in no small part, attributed to the positive "perception" and unquestioned legitimacy of this current president. sustainability of this momentum is the key. i hope pnoy will still do well in the coming months and of course, in the coming years.

kalbongdad

January 5th, 2011, 11:27 AM

cgurado....contrabida si boo chanco sa mga pnoy fanatics......that's what we are saying here all along.......the president it seems is a laggard...kailangan itulak, hatakin or akayin para lang bumilis ang pag usad....parang wala syang self steam.....(iba ito sa self-esteem).... walang sariling palo.....ang news ngayon......ribbon cutting at launching na naman...sa parteng subic......yun ba ang kino consider nya na.....accompishment?....sinasayang nya ang oras nya sa mga ganyang ceremonyas....sa dami ng dapat nyang asikasuhin na mas importante pa dyan...and besides panahon pa ni little evil gloria ng gawin ang mga barkong yan....solusyunan nya ang mga tumataas ng fuel, toll fees pamasahe....at kung ano ano pa....ubusin nya oras nya sa pagiisip kung kulang sya nun....aba eh humanap sya ng marunong magisip para sa kanya....:ohno: all the while i thought 2011 will be different...:ohno:

boypad

January 5th, 2011, 06:35 PM

Noynoy, off to being RP’s biggest spender

The Daily Tribune
EDITORIAL
01/06/2011

If one goes by the spending record of Noynoy Aquino, both as congressman and senator, it can already be gleaned that as president and chief executive of the land, Noynoy will continue incurring big expenses without, however, anything to show for such huge expenses.

A Commission on Audit (CoA) report of 2009 on Senate expenditures, Noynoy, then a member of the Senate, was pegged as one of the top three big spenders among 23 senators, using up to close to P22 million for that year.

And to think the presidency was not even in the realm of his consciousness at that time.

In the CoA report on Noynoy’s expenses, P11.31 million went to the salaries and other benefits of his staff; P396,635 for meetings and conferences; P101,920 for rental of office space and equipment; P454,000 in extraordinary and miscellaneous expense and P9.1 million in other maintenance and operating expenses.

The amounts do not include his pork barrel, which comes up to some P200 million a year.

One can understand expenses incurred — as long as there is something concrete to show for such expenses. How instance, just how many offices does Noynoy have? Perhaps only one — his Senate office. Other senators have at least two to three offices apart from their Senate office.

Then too, just how many staff members did Noynoy have during his stint in the Senate, for him to have granted them P11.31 million in salaries and benefits?

Grant that he did have a big staff. But just what was their task? Research? Crafting bills for the senator to author? Receiving phone calls?

But Noynoy has nothing by way of a record of legislative bills authored by him while he was a senator. Neither does he have a record of having filed legislative measures when he was a member of the House of Representatives for three terms, or nine long years.

Paying his staff P11.31 million yearly in salaries and benefits certainly is incredibly extravagant, given the fact that he had nothing to show for it, to justify his expenses.

Then too, very questionable is the sum of P396,635 Noynoy was supposed to have spent for meetings and conferences, given the fact that, even as he is now President of the country, he believes even Cabinet meetings are a waste of time, as he is said to prefer cluster committee meetings, which he is also not known to attend regularly.

Obviously, as a member of Congress, whether the Senate or the House of Representatives, he wasn’t into attending meetings and conferences either and that again is too big a sum for such meetings that he considers a waste of time.

Even more eye-popping is the CoA report showing that Noynoy spent P454,000, or close to half a million pesos in extraordinary and miscellaneous expense, plus P9.150 million in other maintenance and operating expenses. Wow! Quite a big spender Noynoy is, that is, if the funds claimed to have been spent were spent at all, on what is stated in the CoA report — or perhaps “saved” somewhere else, such as in private bank accounts.

Half a million pesos in extraordinary and miscellaneous expenses as well as P9.150 million for maintenance and operating expenses?

What operating expenses and what maintenance expenses does a do-nothing senator of the republic really incur? Operating his office in the Senate with his staff already getting P11 million plus is certainly eye-popping, especially for a president who claims to be so frugal that he prefers hotdog and pizza lunches and dinners.

One can therefore expect Noynoy, as the Malacañang tenant, to also become the biggest spender in the country — and again, without anything to show for it.

As things stand, given his budget and his billions in intelligence and confidential funds, plus whatever savings are made by different agencies — especially the savings from the P21-billion Conditional Cash Transfer, one can be almost sure that so much of the public monies will be spent and wasted by Noynoy.

The last six months already shows that he is unable to show anything by way of achievements and billions have already been spent.

The thing with big spenders — and Noynoy appears to be one of them — is that they don’t care a whit about spending big — since it is not their money, but the people’s hard-earned money.

bitoy

January 5th, 2011, 07:59 PM

^^ :lol: Really? , para din yan yung balita nila na natalo sa NAIA case si PNoy... :lol:

Magbasa ka naman ng ibang balita or open you eyes to your surroundings.

Askal82

January 5th, 2011, 08:43 PM

Hanap butas mode. :lol: For me, as long as the people's and investor's sentiments are high, he's still doing something right along the line.

Eastern Dragon

January 6th, 2011, 04:46 AM

i'm no fan of pnoy but i have to admit he's doing well, especially recently. the belt tightening measures he's undergoing right now was borne out of and in reaction mainly to the huge fiscal imbalance he inherited from the previous administration. the previous government spent more and in fact, way beyond its means, especially in its last year in office.

the current administration has to take up the cudgels by way of steep budget cuts to try to have a fiscally sound position. it's a painful process and many non-essentials are not happy about it. but for the long term, that would benefit the country as those unproductive factors within the government and public bureaucracies are taken out.

the fact that the stock market had its banner year punctuated by a year-ending high performance is in no small part, attributed to the positive "perception" and unquestioned legitimacy of this current president. sustainability of this momentum is the key. i hope pnoy will still do well in the coming months and of course, in the coming years.

a post from a reasonable man. kahit LP supporter ako, we have our own misgivings about his leadership but for those who are old enough, totoo naman sinabi ko which was even highlighted by you na we have the best economic climate since 1997.

the belt tightening measures including the unpopular rise in toll rates and MRT fares are borne out of necessity kasi baon na tayo sa utang sa kakasubsidize ng government sa mga items na ito.

kung tutuusin, other regions in the country should complain about it because they are in effect subsidizing the transpo cost of people in NCR by the taxes being diverted to pay for the loans.

unpopular moves true but aquino had balls to implement them, especially early in his career.

Perseus II

January 6th, 2011, 09:48 AM

for those who are old enough, totoo naman sinabi ko which was even highlighted by you na we have the best economic climate since 1997.

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im also optimistic. Sa Clark na lang nakikita ko dumarami ang ang shuttle na naghahatid ng mga workers sa loob ng freeport.

pati mga container van in and out na sa freeport. Im not seeing these boom in activities before kaya nga Im pretty optimistic na we are at least moving forward.

oh baka naman sasabihin na naman nyan ng iba na Clark is not the Philippines :lol:

Eastern Dragon

January 6th, 2011, 10:24 AM

im also optimistic. Sa Clark na lang nakikita ko dumarami ang ang shuttle na naghahatid ng mga workers sa loob ng freeport.

pati mga container van in and out na sa freeport. Im not seeing these boom in activities before kaya nga Im pretty optimistic na we are at least moving forward.

oh baka naman sasabihin na naman nyan ng iba na Clark is not the Philippines :lol:

kahit saan ka pumunta syudad ngayon sa pilipinas, nakikita mo talaga umaangat.

sa baguio nga sobrang traffic na sa dami ng sasakyan.

Kintoy

January 6th, 2011, 10:58 AM

natutuwa kasi ang mga yan na ma-down ang Pilipinas, just so that they be vindicated about their hatred to Pnoy and their love for the dwarf.

Mercato

January 6th, 2011, 12:04 PM

wiljoe

January 6th, 2011, 03:11 PM

The Philippines is geared for take-off; only the Ombudsman, Supreme Court, GMA and her minions and a sprinkling of doomsayers are preventing us from soaring...The signs are everywhere; a very robust stock market, high satisfaction ratings, a huge dollar reserve, etc. Even mother nature is helping us with very few disasters hitting the country for the past 6 months.

Instead of nitpicking, let us help the government's efforts to improve our economy and reduce poverty. 2011 na, magbago na tayong lahat, tulungan natin ang Pilipinas umangat...

Kintoy

January 6th, 2011, 03:25 PM

^^ agree!

whippersnapper

January 6th, 2011, 06:02 PM

yung tae, wala rin namang kwenta, bakit nag-imbento pa ng salitang "tae"

eh anong itatawag mo dun kung hindi bibigyan ng pangalan... magisip isip isa dalawa tatlo

Noynoy, off to being RP’s biggest spender

The Daily Tribune
EDITORIAL
01/06/2011

If one goes by the spending record of Noynoy Aquino, both as congressman and senator, it can already be gleaned that as president and chief executive of the land, Noynoy will continue incurring big expenses without, however, anything to show for such huge expenses.

A Commission on Audit (CoA) report of 2009 on Senate expenditures, Noynoy, then a member of the Senate, was pegged as one of the top three big spenders among 23 senators, using up to close to P22 million for that year.

And to think the presidency was not even in the realm of his consciousness at that time.

In the CoA report on Noynoy’s expenses, P11.31 million went to the salaries and other benefits of his staff; P396,635 for meetings and conferences; P101,920 for rental of office space and equipment; P454,000 in extraordinary and miscellaneous expense and P9.1 million in other maintenance and operating expenses.

The amounts do not include his pork barrel, which comes up to some P200 million a year.

One can understand expenses incurred — as long as there is something concrete to show for such expenses. How instance, just how many offices does Noynoy have? Perhaps only one — his Senate office. Other senators have at least two to three offices apart from their Senate office.

Then too, just how many staff members did Noynoy have during his stint in the Senate, for him to have granted them P11.31 million in salaries and benefits?

Grant that he did have a big staff. But just what was their task? Research? Crafting bills for the senator to author? Receiving phone calls?

But Noynoy has nothing by way of a record of legislative bills authored by him while he was a senator. Neither does he have a record of having filed legislative measures when he was a member of the House of Representatives for three terms, or nine long years.

Paying his staff P11.31 million yearly in salaries and benefits certainly is incredibly extravagant, given the fact that he had nothing to show for it, to justify his expenses.

Then too, very questionable is the sum of P396,635 Noynoy was supposed to have spent for meetings and conferences, given the fact that, even as he is now President of the country, he believes even Cabinet meetings are a waste of time, as he is said to prefer cluster committee meetings, which he is also not known to attend regularly.

Obviously, as a member of Congress, whether the Senate or the House of Representatives, he wasn’t into attending meetings and conferences either and that again is too big a sum for such meetings that he considers a waste of time.

Even more eye-popping is the CoA report showing that Noynoy spent P454,000, or close to half a million pesos in extraordinary and miscellaneous expense, plus P9.150 million in other maintenance and operating expenses. Wow! Quite a big spender Noynoy is, that is, if the funds claimed to have been spent were spent at all, on what is stated in the CoA report — or perhaps “saved” somewhere else, such as in private bank accounts.

Half a million pesos in extraordinary and miscellaneous expenses as well as P9.150 million for maintenance and operating expenses?

What operating expenses and what maintenance expenses does a do-nothing senator of the republic really incur? Operating his office in the Senate with his staff already getting P11 million plus is certainly eye-popping, especially for a president who claims to be so frugal that he prefers hotdog and pizza lunches and dinners.

One can therefore expect Noynoy, as the Malacañang tenant, to also become the biggest spender in the country — and again, without anything to show for it.

As things stand, given his budget and his billions in intelligence and confidential funds, plus whatever savings are made by different agencies — especially the savings from the P21-billion Conditional Cash Transfer, one can be almost sure that so much of the public monies will be spent and wasted by Noynoy.

The last six months already shows that he is unable to show anything by way of achievements and billions have already been spent.

The thing with big spenders — and Noynoy appears to be one of them — is that they don’t care a whit about spending big — since it is not their money, but the people’s hard-earned money.

wow oh wow! kung magsalita akala moung kung sinong napakalinis... ang laki ng gastos gayong wala naman naipasang batas... ang kapal naman talaga ng buhok ng mama.. kala ko ba hindi importante ang meeting eh bat ang laki ng gastos nya nung 2009...

kahit saan ka pumunta syudad ngayon sa pilipinas, nakikita mo talaga umaangat.

sa baguio nga sobrang traffic na sa dami ng sasakyan.

tama ka umaangat...

toll fee sa mga expressways, pasahe sa taxi, mrt at lrt, mga bilihin etc..

Askal82

January 7th, 2011, 05:12 AM

eh anong itatawag mo dun kung hindi bibigyan ng pangalan... magisip isip isa dalawa tatlo

wow oh wow! kung magsalita akala moung kung sinong napakalinis... ang laki ng gastos gayong wala naman naipasang batas... ang kapal naman talaga ng buhok ng mama.. kala ko ba hindi importante ang meeting eh bat ang laki ng gastos nya nung 2009...

tama ka umaangat...

toll fee sa mga expressways, pasahe sa taxi, mrt at lrt, mga bilihin etc..

Naghahanap ng butas ang Daily Tribune kasi walang lehitimong mga iskandalo ang naibalita. :lol:

mwg12a

January 7th, 2011, 05:26 AM

eh anong itatawag mo dun kung hindi bibigyan ng pangalan... magisip isip isa dalawa tatlo

tama ka umaangat...

toll fee sa mga expressways, pasahe sa taxi, mrt at lrt, mga bilihin etc..

Si Arroyo ang pa subsidize ng pa subsidized at hindi punong binabayaran ang utang, kung baga tubo lang ang binabayaran, especially sa LRT issue na yan, kasalanan pa ba yan ni Aquino at minana niya ang problema na yan kay Arroyo, remember, projects ni Arroyo lahat ng sinasabi mo. Credit rating lang ng filipinas ang napabuti ni Arroyo, pero jobs na magpapabawas ng pagpapadala ng manpower na filipino sa ibang bansa, mga bilihin? Resulta pa rin yan ng pamamahala ni Arroyo, impossible na kagagawaan ni Aquino yan sa loob ng 6 mos niya sa puwesto.

Parchie

January 7th, 2011, 05:27 AM

eh anong itatawag mo dun kung hindi bibigyan ng pangalan... magisip isip isa dalawa tatlo

wow oh wow! kung magsalita akala moung kung sinong napakalinis... ang laki ng gastos gayong wala naman naipasang batas... ang kapal naman talaga ng buhok ng mama.. kala ko ba hindi importante ang meeting eh bat ang laki ng gastos nya nung 2009...

tama ka umaangat...

toll fee sa mga expressways, pasahe sa taxi, mrt at lrt, mga bilihin etc..

Napakasaklap na katotohanan para sa bayan!

Habang nagpasarap sa kanyang air-conditioned room, kaliwa't kanan ang pagwaldas ng pera ng bayan, pero wala namang output!
Sana magising na yan at nang makakita naman tayo ng "least spending"!

crappypants

January 7th, 2011, 06:34 AM

aren't you satisfied with the money he saved from eating hotdogs in Ny?

Panzer_18

January 7th, 2011, 06:37 AM

eh anong itatawag mo dun kung hindi bibigyan ng pangalan... magisip isip isa dalawa tatlo

wow oh wow! kung magsalita akala moung kung sinong napakalinis... ang laki ng gastos gayong wala naman naipasang batas... ang kapal naman talaga ng buhok ng mama.. kala ko ba hindi importante ang meeting eh bat ang laki ng gastos nya nung 2009...

tama ka umaangat...

toll fee sa mga expressways, pasahe sa taxi, mrt at lrt, mga bilihin etc..

^^pati tinapay aarangkada narin, anu pah kaya ang susunod na tataas...:ohno:

bitoy

January 7th, 2011, 06:43 AM

aren't you satisfied with the money he saved from eating hotdogs in Ny?

Compared sa presyo sa Le Cirque? Ang laki ng diperensiya... :D

Panzer_18

January 7th, 2011, 06:45 AM

pa.humble epek....:lol::lol:
@bitoy:oo nga noh mg.kano yung ginastos ni tita glory sa kanyang dinner buffet sa les cirque parang ang mahal yata yun

Askal82

January 7th, 2011, 06:53 AM

Napakasaklap na katotohanan para sa bayan!

Habang nagpasarap sa kanyang air-conditioned room, kaliwa't kanan ang pagwaldas ng pera ng bayan, pero wala namang output!
Sana magising na yan at nang makakita naman tayo ng "least spending"!

Ganon din si President Reagan ng Amerika. ;) Wala ring napasang batas.

Yun na pala ang naging batayan ng isang mabisang pinuno ng bansa. Padamihan ng mga naipasang batas. Nasusunod ba? Dapat nga bawasan ang mga yan. Yung mga hard criminals pinapalaya ng Supreme court na mga magagaling na mambabatas. :lol:

bitoy

January 7th, 2011, 07:05 AM

pa.humble epek....:lol::lol:
@bitoy:oo nga noh mg.kano yung ginastos ni tita glory sa kanyang dinner buffet sa les cirque parang ang mahal yata yun

Around $20K daw sabi ng waiter at yung bag-lady(Horn) siya ang naglabas ng cash from her handbag.

Ganon din si President Reagan ng Amerika. ;) Wala ring napasang batas.

Yun na pala ang naging batayan ng isang mabisang pinuno ng bansa. Padamihan ng mga naipasang batas. Nasusunod ba? Dapat nga bawasan ang mga yan. Yung mga hard criminals pinapalaya ng Supreme court na mga magagaling na mambabatas. :lol:

Nasa election mode pa rin yata ang ibang tao dito.... yung nasa congress naman natin, wala namang batas na pinasa na nagpaganda ng buhay ng mga mamamayan...karamihan palit ng pangalan ng kalye at mga gusali lang yata.. :lol:

Ay! si Lapid nga pala, yung butas niya na pinasa na tax break para sa mga abugago na magsilbi ng walang bayad sa mahihirap.... hanggang ngayon, nakakulong pa rin ang mahihirap...at nakalaya yung mga kriminal na mayayaman... :lol:

Parchie

January 7th, 2011, 07:07 AM

Ganon din si President Reagan ng Amerika. ;) Wala ring napasang batas.

Yun na pala ang naging batayan ng isang mabisang pinuno ng bansa. Padamihan ng mga naipasang batas. Nasusunod ba? Dapat nga bawasan ang mga yan. Yung mga hard criminals pinapalaya ng Supreme court na mga magagaling na mambabatas. :lol:

Ah ganun, nagpapasa pala ng batas ang presidente ng America! Hindi ko alam yon! Akala ko senador ang pinag-uusapan dito? Sori po! hehehe

"hard criminals" po ba, o "hardened criminals"? Alin ba talaga kuya?

Option: edit your post and don't click save until everything is checked. Mungkahi ko lang po iyan!

wino

January 7th, 2011, 07:12 AM

Naghahanap ng butas ang Daily Tribune kasi walang lehitimong mga iskandalo ang naibalita. :lol:

ang butas.... maliit or malaki man.. butas parin.

The PRESS is just exposing the man's hypocrisy.

crappypants

January 7th, 2011, 07:20 AM

Compared sa presyo sa Le Cirque? Ang laki ng diperensiya... :D

yeah he saved at least two thousand dollars the Filipino people should be rejoicing

Parchie

January 7th, 2011, 07:22 AM

ang butas.... maliit or malaki man.. butas parin.

The PRESS is just exposing the man's hypocrisy.

May tama ka!

Pero ang mas madaling maintindihan ay: "plastik"; hindi totoo; pagkukunwari; pagbabalatkayo

Bosnyboy

January 7th, 2011, 07:39 AM

Oh yeah I saw pnoy's convoy yesterday while i was on my way to the airport. Pnoy is no longer using his toyota land cruiser nor his bmw x5, hes now using a brand new lexus suv. New year means new car for him. That brand new lexus if bought from a local lexus dealer would cost at least 10mil each. I hope this was just a gift from kris or something and didnt come from his office's discretionary funds.

r0mm3l

January 7th, 2011, 12:58 PM

what??? ^^ ^^

emacademia1

January 7th, 2011, 03:32 PM

kalbongdad

January 7th, 2011, 03:33 PM

what??? ^^ ^^

pipol pipol....pokus....let the pnoy be....let him enjoy his cars...yun na lang ang sinasakyan nya lam nyo na mukhang zero lab layp....babatiin pa.......:lol:.....

Askal82

January 8th, 2011, 03:12 AM

Ah ganun, nagpapasa pala ng batas ang presidente ng America! Hindi ko alam yon! Akala ko senador ang pinag-uusapan dito? Sori po! hehehe

Well, taken from the context of your post, you are trying to associate the number of bills passed with the capability of that person to lead, which are two different functions and I made President Reagan as a glaring example. ;)

"hard criminals" po ba, o "hardened criminals"? Alin ba talaga kuya?

Option: edit your post and don't click save until everything is checked. Mungkahi ko lang po iyan!

I'm not wrong when I pick the term hard criminals because it means they were already criminals to begin with who committed heinous crimes. Hardened criminals pertain to criminals who became worse than they were. Does it matter anyway? ;)

Askal82

January 8th, 2011, 03:26 AM

ang butas.... maliit or malaki man.. butas parin.

The PRESS is just exposing the man's hypocrisy.

Well, I understand we are living in a democratic society where freedom of expression and grievances are protected. It could be one of the growing pains the country goes through as it becomes politically mature (hopefully) :)

Askal82

January 8th, 2011, 03:53 AM

Nasa election mode pa rin yata ang ibang tao dito.... yung nasa congress naman natin, wala namang batas na pinasa na nagpaganda ng buhay ng mga mamamayan...karamihan palit ng pangalan ng kalye at mga gusali lang yata.. :lol:

Ay! si Lapid nga pala, yung butas niya na pinasa na tax break para sa mga abugago na magsilbi ng walang bayad sa mahihirap.... hanggang ngayon, nakakulong pa rin ang mahihirap...at nakalaya yung mga kriminal na mayayaman... :lol:

If this is on Myth Busters, this definitely busted but wait, let Jaimie and Adam do the experiment for us. :lol:

bitoy

January 8th, 2011, 04:04 AM

If this is on Myth Busters, this definitely busted but wait, let Jaimie and Adam do the experiment for us. :lol:

Para ko nang nakikita sila J &A , sabay sabi "It's plausible" :lol:

..maraming nakakalaya sa salitang "Let's give them the benefit of the doubt"

...onli in Pinas, hindi pa tapos ang mga papeles ng mga preso na palalayain, nasa labas na kagad at namamasyal... :nuts:

boypad

January 8th, 2011, 04:09 AM

Noy sees better life for Pinoys in 2011

By Aurea Calica
The Philippine Star) Updated January 08, 2011 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino assured Filipinos of a “better life” this year under his administration, notwithstanding the challenges and uncertainties faced by the nation.

“There will be challenges ahead – from an uncertain outlook for the global economy, to a noisy minority who want to rekindle the malicious practices of the past,” Aquino said during the traditional vin d’honneur at Malacañang yesterday that was attended by members of the diplomatic community and political, business and economic leaders.

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An also attended the event.

Aquino said he would not fail his compatriots who had expressed optimism for the New Year.

Members of the international community also praised the smooth transition in the country’s leadership and the determination of the Aquino administration to resolve the problems of the Filipino people.

To read more follow the link...

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=646227&publicationSubCategoryId=63

kalbongdad

January 8th, 2011, 04:48 AM

sana nga dahil ang bungad ng 2011 puro pagtataas ng presyo....

whippersnapper

January 8th, 2011, 09:20 AM

Si Arroyo ang pa subsidize ng pa subsidized at hindi punong binabayaran ang utang, kung baga tubo lang ang binabayaran, especially sa LRT issue na yan, kasalanan pa ba yan ni Aquino at minana niya ang problema na yan kay Arroyo, remember, projects ni Arroyo lahat ng sinasabi mo. Credit rating lang ng filipinas ang napabuti ni Arroyo, pero jobs na magpapabawas ng pagpapadala ng manpower na filipino sa ibang bansa, mga bilihin? Resulta pa rin yan ng pamamahala ni Arroyo, impossible na kagagawaan ni Aquino yan sa loob ng 6 mos niya sa puwesto.

balik na naman kay gma at kasalanan na naman nya.ows talaga? project lahat ni arroyo lrt line 1 at 2? pati mrt? sa pagkakaalam ko nakatayo na mga yan bago pa sya umupo...sabihin na nating sa kanya nga.. ang laking tulong ng lrt at mrt sa taong bayan...isipin mo na lang kung wala lahat ng yan.. kung ngaun nga mala impyerno ang traffic sa metro manila, panu pa kung wala..may mas hihigit pa ba sa malaimpyerno na salita para maidescribe mo ang traffic..government projects mga yan para maserbisyohan ang mga mamamayan..parang karaniwang daan lang yan ng ginwa ng gobyerno, na pag dumaan ka, wala kang babayaran..pero sympre special ang mga lrt/mrt tulad ng toll ways na kung saan may babayaran pa rin ang mga gumagamit nito.. kaya nga nakakatawa si kim henares ng sabihing bubuwisan daw mga nlex at slex. eh ung toll fee un nga ang pinakabuwis nun...

Ganon din si President Reagan ng Amerika. ;) Wala ring napasang batas.

Yun na pala ang naging batayan ng isang mabisang pinuno ng bansa. Padamihan ng mga naipasang batas. Nasusunod ba? Dapat nga bawasan ang mga yan. Yung mga hard criminals pinapalaya ng Supreme court na mga magagaling na mambabatas. :lol:

d ko sinabing batayan ang dami ng naipasang batas para masabing magaling syang pinuno..he could be the best president kahit wala syang naipasang batas dati.. ang sinasabi ko, ngawa sya ng ngawa ngaun na kesyo ang daming winaldas na pera ng nakaraang administrasyon gayong sya rin naman ganun ginawa nya nong legislator pa sya... eh parang nagwaldas na rin sya..wow 9 years.. im just wondering ano kaya ginwa nya sa loob ng 9 years...hndi naman kasalanan ng mga mambabatas kung hndi nasususod ang mga pinasa nila. at least ginawa nila kanilang tungkulin.. ang lagay parang gusto mo palabasin ng ok lang kahit hindi magpasa ng batas ang mga senador at congressmen...

Para ko nang nakikita sila J &A , sabay sabi "It's plausible" :lol:

..maraming nakakalaya sa salitang "Let's give them the benefit of the doubt"

...onli in Pinas, hindi pa tapos ang mga papeles ng mga preso na palalayain, nasa labas na kagad at namamasyal... :nuts:
Oo nga palalayain.. magdalo soldiers, morong 43 pinapalaya.. kung kelan babasahan ng sakdal…tsk tsk

Noy sees better life for Pinoys in 2011

By Aurea Calica
The Philippine Star) Updated January 08, 2011 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino assured Filipinos of a “better life” this year under his administration, notwithstanding the challenges and uncertainties faced by the nation.

“There will be challenges ahead – from an uncertain outlook for the global economy, to a noisy minority who want to rekindle the malicious practices of the past,” Aquino said during the traditional vin d’honneur at Malacañang yesterday that was attended by members of the diplomatic community and political, business and economic leaders.

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An also attended the event.

Aquino said he would not fail his compatriots who had expressed optimism for the New Year.

Members of the international community also praised the smooth transition in the country’s leadership and the determination of the Aquino administration to resolve the problems of the Filipino people.

To read more follow the link...

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=646227&publicationSubCategoryId=63

baka naman better life for Pnoy lant nakikita nya.. kasi may bago sya sasakyan...

Nasa election mode pa rin yata ang ibang tao dito.... yung nasa congress naman natin, wala namang batas na pinasa na nagpaganda ng buhay ng mga mamamayan...karamihan palit ng pangalan ng kalye at mga gusali lang yata.. :lol:

Ay! si Lapid nga pala, yung butas niya na pinasa na tax break para sa mga abugago na magsilbi ng walang bayad sa mahihirap.... hanggang ngayon, nakakulong pa rin ang mahihirap...at nakalaya yung mga kriminal na mayayaman... :lol:

hindi mo naba kayang idipensa ang idolo mong pangulo kaya nandadamay kana ng walang kamalay malay na tao.wag mong ibahin ang usapan.kung gusto mo syang banatan, dun mo ilagay sa legislative branch thread. buti pa nga si Lapid may naipasang batas. eh sya wala kahit isa..kahit palit pangalan lang, batas pa rin un..at mahalaga din naman un... hindi rin kasalanan ni Lapid kung nakakulong pa rin mga mahihirap.. ateneo graduate pa man din tas 9 years as legislator tsk tsk