tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59606922011-10-27T12:15:10.240-07:00The Philippines' Ship of State is the only Ship in the World that Leaks from the Top. If Ignorance is Bliss, Malacanang must be Paradise! LCBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01220724889092808040noreply@blogger.comBlogger801100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5960692.post-1122512514660584902005-07-27T17:35:00.000-07:002005-07-27T18:01:54.666-07:00

BUTCH PICHAY, THE TROGLODYTE OF SURIGAO DEL SUR - Surigao Representative Prospero 'Butch' Pichay brags about becoming #1 senator in the 2007 elections. Then, his fellow cave-dwellers say the man will run and win for President in 2010.But why not? Eddie Gil ran.But there is a remarkable difference between Pichay and the other nuisance candidates. We are told that he has three airplanes he offers

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'LIE-TOTING BUNYE' - Press Secretary Ignacio "Toting" Bunye has reportedly rejected all calls for him to relinquish his position due to his reprehensible conduct at the height of the Gloriagate controversy where, using the podium of the Malacanang briefing room, he shamelessly kept on mouthing an endless string of lies to his "captive media" that were intended to preserve the credibility of his

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MIKEY'S MILLIONS, KATAS NG JUETENG? - New Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Chief Jose Mario Bunag (a GMA Cabalen?) now inherits the unpleasant job of reviewing the tax liabilities of uncle and nephew/ partners in crime Iggy and Mikey Arroyo.A report from the House of Representatives charts Mikey Arroyo's assets from zero in 1992 when he entered government service as a Legislative Staff Assistant

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FRANK DRILON, THE S.O.B. SENATOR - Quite recently, Senate President Franklin Drilon, concurrent Liberal Party big boss urged Gloria Arroyo to transfer Malacanang to his beloved Iloilo, in a fawning display of "affection" before his "hakot" kasimanwa.Yesterday, he and his Liberal Party switched, in a sanctimonious display of political opportunism, calling for the resignation of his favorite

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BUTCH PICHAY, THE VEGETABLE SOLON - Surigao del Sur Rep. Prospero 'Butch' Pichay, the bogus president's hatchetman has come up with an interesting proposition. Pichay has promised to name opposition figures mentioned in the three-hour tapes who also called COMELEC Commissioner Virgilio ' Garci' Garcellano to cheat for them.Pichay is in effect saying, both GMA and opposition candidates are equally

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6.1 PERCENT GDP! REALLY?? - Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is shouting "Yahoo!" again because our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 6.1 percent in 2004. But Moody's rating service is asking a valid question -- why is GMA's government collecting only PhP700 billion in revenues from a PhP4.777 trillion economy? Again, the obvious answer: We have a grossly incompetent and a highly corrupt

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GLORIA'S "YAHOO!", PINOYS' "BOO-HOO!" - Only in these 7,107 islands called The Philippines is there a Head of State who openly displays public her joy and exuberance by shouting "Yahoo!" over the passage of new tax measures imposing new burdens on her constituents, whose welfare she is mandated to protect. It would have been more appropriate for Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to show some sympathy since

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GLORIA'S PROGRAMS FOR THE POOR ALL FOR SHOW - The neglected poor in Lito Atienza's City of Manila are reeling from the dirty water coming out of Maynilad faucets. Yellowish in color and foul-smelling, Manila residents from Sampaloc to Tondo are forced to buy expensive bottled water for their daily needs. This is living proof that the Arroyo regime has failed once again to deliver a basic service

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PRESIDENT ARROYO'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN HER SO-CALLED "STRONG REPUBLIC" - President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has set records no other Philippine President has ever achieved before. The lowest Peso exchange rate: PhP56.45 to US$1; the highest unemployment rate: 13.8%; the highest debt total: PhP5.3 trillion; the highest annual deficit: PhP220 billion; the biggest election spending: a low of PhP20

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SEC. RAUL GONZALEZ SEES MALACANANG'S CORRUPTION THEN DECLARES, "NOTED!" - President Arroyo was reportedly dismayed at Erap's eulogy during the FPJ necrological services. With the 'bulong' and 'gatong' accompanied by so-called intelligence reports, Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Raul Gonzalez admitted seeing active and retired generals and colonels of the AFP and a city mayor from Mindanao

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GLORIA THE GREAT HYPOCRITE AND HER UNWELCOMED WREATH - The talk that President Arroyo has offered to bury Fernando Poe Jr. in the Libingan Ng Mga Bayani is not an act of kindness. It is simply an effort to appease FPJ's family and the millions of Poe fanatics. The Libingan Ng Mga Bayani was desecrated when then President Cory Aquino allowed the burial of a dog, with a 21-gun salute to boot. The K

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BUNYE PUSHES WEIGHT AROUND AT NAIA/MIAA FOR A BLOOD RELATIVE'S APPOINTMENT - Airport newsmen are vigorously resisting a manipulative move by Press Secretary Ignacio "Toting" Bunye to get a close relative, who used to be his media consultant years ago when he was still mayor of Muntinlupa, appointed as senior executive in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), whom they believe to be "

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RAMOS' BOYS LOSING THEIR JOBS FAST - Malacanang took note previously of Salvador "Jun" Enriquez, President Ramos' budget secretary, leading opposition activities. When Ramos issued a statement calling for a "new government without bloodshed", that was the final straw. Four Department of National Defense (DND) secretaries, Presidential Assistant on Political Affairs Joey Rufino (who is in the U.S.

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GLORIA DESPERATELY BEGS FOR MORE MONEY FROM OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS - In her desperation to raise more funds for her cash-strapped administration, Gloria has turned to begging for more remittances from abroad. This is an indication that her "Bayanihan Fund" has already failed miserably. Did the money find its way to their pockets once again? Predictably, the response to the fund is a showcase

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ALL TALK AND NO WORK MAKES GLORIA A DULL GIRL - Even the half-wits among us know that inflation is punishing everybody. But for Economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri to say that inflation beat Mrs. Arroyo in a survey is sheer effort to divert the minds of the people from the real problem. We all have seen galloping inflation in the past, but life was not as miserable and purposeless as it is

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MORE CHARACTERS IN ARROYO'S SINKING SHIP - Mrs. Arroyo is undecided on whether to submit the nomination of Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas to the Commission on Appointments. Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Emilia Boncodin has indicated her wish to get out of government. Cirio Santiago, a multi-awarded director and movie producer, and a

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WHY WON'T MALACANANG REVEAL THE LIST OF BIG-TIME SMUGGLERS TO THE PUBLIC? - Malacanang recently announced that the list of 300 big-time smugglers submitted by Customs Commissioner George Jereos will not be revealed but will be kept confidential. This is definitely not transparency and provides an opportunity for protection money in exchange for non-prosecution. Remember the weeks after EDSA 2

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REPORTERS BUMPED OFF TO GIVE WAY TO THE PRESIDENT'S JUNKETEERS - What do Erap and Mrs. Arroyo have in common? They just love Bangkok durian. Gloria can finish three in one sitting. Customs people send her the fruit regularly. No wonder she gets "plenty." The durian is known to be an aphrodisiac. Customs officials and big-time importers mention lawyer Erlinda Macapagal-De Leon, a cousin of Mrs.

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HER INUTILE CABINET KEEPS SWELLING - PhilHealth president Dr. Francisco Duque has been elevated to Cabinet rank. Why? When the Secretary of Health is the ex-officio chairman of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. and can speak for it at Cabinet meetings. Former HUDCC head Edgardo Pamintuan was elevated to Cabinet rank. Tesda chief Buboy Syjuco Jr., a bureau director under Department of Labor

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MR. BUNYE YOU ARE AS WRONG AND AS UNPOPULAR AS YOUR PRESIDENT - Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Bunye makes it sound that the President would rather be right than popular. He must be dreaming again as usual, for he is as wrong as his very own master. The truth is, she is unpopular because she is wrong. Period. She was gloating over the results of the election surveys showing her ahead

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GEN. ANGELO REYES' WIFE TERESITA, THE GREEDY GLOBETROTTING AND MONEY-LAUNDERING LADY - The House Committee on National Defense chaired by Rep. Roilo Golez will dig deeper into the "globetrotting" of Interior Secretary Angelo Reyes' wife Teresita. "The foreign trips may just be indicators or tell-tale signs of a wider web of corruption in the high echelons of the Defense-AFP establishments," Golez

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YOU CANNOT FOOL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME! - The cat is out of the bag! President Arroyo has said several times in the past that since the oil industry is deregulated, she therefore has no control whatsoever over oil and gasoline prices. But at a recent Malacanang press briefing, no less than Mrs. Arroyo herself announced that she has agreed to allow "one last oil price increase for the year." This

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GLORIA'S AUSTERITY PROGRAM A HOAX - Of course, Budget Secretary Emilia Boncodin supports the big lie of President Arroyo that our country is out of the fiscal crisis. GMA is her boss. But she explained that this doesn't mean that the austerity program can be abandoned. This is another big lie. There is no austerity program in Arroyo's kleptocratic administration. If there is, then why should the

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THE PRESIDENT OF CEBU SAYS THE CRISIS IS OVER! - So, President Arroyo has reportedly ordered her cabinet to stop talking about the fiscal crisis. There is no more crisis! Thank you Gloria. But who believes that the fiscal crisis is over? She said that the government expects to collect PhP40 billion in new tax revenues from cigarets and liquor. That is her expectation. But let us assume that the

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WAS IT REALLY A CLOSED-DOOR MEETING? - Poor Tanny Rodriguez, station manager of Radyo ng Bayan. If the government station erred in airing the secret meeting of the National Security Council, there really is no one to blame but Malacanang itself. Never have we seen a Malacanang so disheveled and confused (and paranoid) as the one being presided over by President Arroyo. Snafus that very seldom

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WITH THE BLESSINGS OF SECRETARY BUNYE? (MALACANANG'S OFFICIAL LIAR) - The Office of the Press Secretary (OPS) is said to be lobbying with the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), which supervises operations of the 627-hectare Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) complex for the creation of a brand new position called "assistant general manager for media" in order to accomodate a

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THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION SHOULD DEPORT BILL LUZ - Romy Cayetano, an OFW from Saipan asks: "What has happened to the inquiry of Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. on the citizenship of Mr. Bill Luz of the Makati Business Club? The issue is a serious matter that should not be taken for granted, like the generals with US green cards, or is this just plain and simple politics?" Nothing has really

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GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO - HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW - Suddenly, President Arroyo has revived the proposal to form a government of national unity, making offers to former Vice-President Teofisto Guingona Jr. and Senator Edgardo Angara. It used to be only Speaker Jose De Venecia who favored and pushed for this. In the light of her statements threatening to use an iron hand against destabilizers and

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"SOMEONE CLOSE TO MALACANANG WANTS US$30 MILLION IN CASH!" - President Arroyo says she is shocked by the allegations of extortions claimed before a Washington arbitration committee by the German firm Fraport, the main foreign partner in the NAIA3 project with Piatco. Accused were former presidential adviser Gloria Tan-Climaco and the former presidential legal counsel and now defense secretary

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HIGH BLOOD AND BAD BLOOD SPILLS IN CONGRESS - The hearings on corruption charges against Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia have confirmed the bad blood between Paranaque Rep. Roilo Golez, former national security adviser, and Angelo Reyes, former secretary of the Department of National Defense (DND). Remember the Oakwood mutiny last year when young military officers called for the resignation of Secretary

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THE PRESIDENT'S 'FAUX-BONSHOMMES' - The "sincerity" of President Arroyo's campaign against corruption is best proven by the reputation of the men she appoints in office. Let's start with Celso 'Boy' Delos Angeles, CEO of the National Home Mortgage Finance Corp. (NHMFC) He was allegedly involved in some anomalies in a rural bank. But his PR consultant says he has been acquitted. Arroyo's regime

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PALACE PARANOID, AFP TOP BRASS IN PANIC MODE -Malacanang has reportedly released PhP50 million in "discretionary" funds to "silence" the media and the members of the Senate and Congress who have been actively pursuing investigations into corruption in the AFP, former Senator Francisco Tatad said recently. Tatad, who said he got the information from Palace insiders, failed to give details but said

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ANGIE REYES AND ASSOCIATES, KNAVES IN UNIFORM - Interior Secretary Angelo 'Angie' Reyes, former AFP chief of staff and defense secretary, has successfully evaded being grilled in Congress by leaving for abroad. But the focus is shifting to him, media wise. His statement of assets and liabilities have been examined to show a net worth of PhP8,339,771.63 as of December 31, 2003, including

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MEDIOCRE APPOINTEES FOR GLORIA'S SINKING, STINKING SHIP - Look at GMA's appointments, and weep! Reynaldo Berroya as incoming chief of the customs police. Ferdinand Mahusay, Udong's older brother, as presidential adviser for region 9. And I thought we were into streamlining, downsizing, trimming the fat and all that bull. Wait till Udong becomes an assistant secretary assigned to Malacanang's

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RP'S EVIL, CIVIL SOCIETY - The civil society composed of rich and greedy people from the Makati Business Club is eerily quiet and pretending to be deaf and blind (and mute) to what has been happening to this country ever since they installed their ward Gloria Arroyo as president on January 21, 2001. They are all too indifferent to rampant corruption that have seeped into the military as well.

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ONE MILLION SIGNATURE DRIVE TO KICK OUT GLORIA LAUNCHED - While saying they can no longer bear President Arroyo's regime, dissapointed at her weakness in solving the country's problems, militant peasant groups all over the country have intensified their call for her immediate ouster from office with a campaign that would gather a million signatures to ensure that she steps down from Malacanang

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PALACE BACKTRACKS ON THE FOOD COUPON PROGRAM - President Arroyo has approved the six-year medium term Philippine Development Plan submitted by National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) chief Romulo Neri. The plan targets the reduction of poverty to below 20% by 2009. Before then, shall we issue food coupons for the next five years? In a recent television interview, Neri said, "But if

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785.3 MILLION PESOS IN UNLIQUIDATED CASH ADVANCES IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT! - The Commission on Audit (CoA), through Director Carmelita Carreon, wrote then Executive Secretary Alberto Romulo calling attention to the existing PhP785.3 million in unliquidated cash advances in the Office of the President. As in the past, a huge portion are cash advances for the numerous foreign travels of the

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WINSTON GARCIA'S GSIS AWARDS COMPUTERIZATION CONTRACT TO AN INTERNET CAFE? - Did you know that the GSIS once awarded the contract for computerizing its records to an internet cafe based in Cagayan de Oro? How a multi-billion government financial institution, the fiduciary of millions of civil servants' hard-earned and forced savings, could possibly deal with a penny-ante company is once again an

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"GLORIA ARROYO IS ASEAN'S WEAKEST LEADER, AND AN INGRATE TOO" - (AWSJ) - President Arroyo is at this time not only South-East Asia's top lameduck, but is also one who bites the hand of the United States that feeds her with bilateral aid. This double-whammy of a scathing portrayal of GMA was recently dealt by the Asian Wall Street Journal (AWSJ), delivering the blows through an opinion piece

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GENUINO'S GAMBLING + GARCIA'S GSIS + GLORIA'S GOVERNMENT = GRAFT - The dictionary defines graft as "the use of dishonest means and political influence or position to acquire personal gain." Jueteng, smuggling, gambling. These three words ending with a G have been in the news lately, and incidentally, three prominent names starting with a G are constant headliners these days -- Genuino, Garcia,

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STANLEY HO AND GLORIA THE HOE (A.K.A. THE LADY IN JUETENG) - There should be no objection to the plan to privatize PAGCOR. Neither should there be any objection if Stanley Ho, the gambling lord of Macau buys the operations, reportedly with some big-time partners from Las Vegas. Privatization will stop powerful people close to Malacanang from dipping their hands into the coffers of PAGCOR. The

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MADAME PRESIDENT, JUST TOSS A COIN AGAIN TO DECIDE ON GARCIA'S FATE - Senator Serge Osmena III is absolutely right. President Arroyo should not, as she has said she was doing, wait to see the people's judgment on Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) chief Winston Garcia before deciding whether to keep him or fire him. Serge explains that GMA is the appointing power and must show political

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LOST YOUR TONGUE MR. BILL LUZ? - When the peso sunk PhP55 to US$1 during Joseph Estrada's siege, the Makati Business Club (MBC) warned that our currency would sink further for as long as Erap remained our president. Cardinal Jaime Sin sinned when he pronounced Erap "guilty" without referring to his alleged "crimes." In a matter of days, Vice-President Gloria Arroyo was sworn in as the "

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MAYOR ATIENZA GODFATHER OF CASINO OPERATORS IN MANILA? - Congratulations to the Filipino-Chinese community in Binondo for protesting the opening of a casino at the Binondo Suites near the Binondo church. But why is former Bayanihan dancer Mayor Lito Atienza and a high-ranking official from Malacanang defending the operators of gambling parlors in Manila? And how about the slot machine joints

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A SEMI ANTI-SMUGGLING SUMMIT IN THE PALACE - President Arroyo convened an anti-smuggling summit in Malacanang recently. She appointed Customs Commissioner George Jereos as anti-smuggling czar, vesting him with vast powers to pin down smugglers. But one simple power was missing from the list of duties given Jereos -- that Jereos must report to GMA immediately and personally any presidential kin,

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GLORIA'S PSEUDO-ENVOY GOES TO GENEVA - Malacanang has broken another longtime policy on presidential appointments. It has been the rule and tradition that no new envoy should be assigned overseas without confirmation by the Commission on Appointments (CA). It would be so embarrassing if after presenting his credentials to the head of state or president of a country, he is recalled for

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GMA'S CHEAP, INSINCERE AND SICKENING LOOKS ON PRINT AND T.V. - President Arroyo has not stopped behaving like she is still on the campaign trail. So much precious executive time is put to waste on political sorties disguised as her desire to dialogue and be closer to the poor. Take for example that recent photo on several dailies (and T.V. clips) she had with bantam-brained Vice-President Noli de

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A THOUSAND AND ONE APPLICANTS FOR A BOARD SEAT AT SBMA! - There must be something attractive and beneficial to sit on the board of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), otherwise, the applicants for seats in the 9-man board would not be fighting tooth and nail for it. It's difficult enough, and expensive for that matter to move a family to Subic, although I would suspect that housing is

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SBMA = (S)MUGGLING (B)ECAUSE OF (M)ACAPAGAL - (A)RROYO - Ever wonder why the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is now claimed as the biggest port of smuggled goods in the country? It's because an Executive Order by former president Fidel V. Ramos expanded the list of items that an investor or investors in SBMA or in other special economic zones for that matter, may import, tax and duty-free

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IT'S GOING TO BE 60 TO 1 SOON UNDER GMA'S WATCH - The exchange rate has leaped to a high of PhP56.35 to US$1, and it seems that PhP60 to US$1 is not far ahead considering the ever-growing deficit. Expect the oil companies, MERALCO, importers etc. to cite this once more as reason for price increases. Are we going to hear Central Bank Governor Rafael Buenaventura and Finance Secretary Juanita

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THE PUNY PRESIDENT OF CEBU POCKETED THE MONEY FATHER - Archbishop Oscar Cruz of Lingayen, Pangasinan, taking note of the discrepancy in the PhP1 billion GMA's social fund received from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) and the amount of PhP3 billion released by PAGCOR, is rightfully asking for an explanation where the missing PhP2 billion went. PAGCOR chair Efraim Genuino

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CITO THE ARROGANT - Former Agriculture Secretary Cito Lorenzo has admitted spending millions in DA funds to pay for fuel used by a private jet for his travels. This is one area where costs can be cut. With numerous daily flights to Cebu, Davao and the rest of Mindanao and Visayas airports, the use of a private jet is pure arrogance and abuse of government position. And what about the National

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FAJARDO, BOLANTE, THE WORD IS 'DELICADEZA!' (EXCLAMATION POINT, ALL CAPS) - We are not impressed by the acceptance of resignations of GMA's key men in government, nor their dismissals and replacements. Pacifico Fajardo, CEO of the Light Railway Transport (LRT) has been replaced by motor-mouth, 'El-Shaddai' cult leader Mike Velarde's mouthpiece, Mel Robles. But he will take a more prestigious, if

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REP. IMEE MARCOS BARES PHP500 MILLION PAGCOR DEAL WITH CEBU HOTELS - Some individuals apparently got very lucky with very fast hands, as they allegedly milked the government of over half a billion Pesos on January 28, 2003 by simply raising the rental rates of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) casinos in two Waterfront hotels from PhP300/sq.m. to PhP1,200/sq.m. - an

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TWO MORE PNOC EXECS ABANDON SINKING 'MV STRONG REPUBLIC' - Two more high-ranking officials of the Philippine National Oil Corporation (PNOC) have resigned from the Arroyo administration amid a full blown fiscal crisis that has caught the attention of international credit analysts who said that the on-going resignations have given an impression that the government is a sinking ship being

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GLORIA'S PRESIDENCY A CURSE TO RP - Filipinos above a certain age remember the "fifties" and the "sixties" as the "golden age of Philippine progress and development." The country lead the rest of South-East Asia in scientific research, education, business, the arts, and the practice of democratic governance. Filipinos then exuded an air of confidence and a purpose befitting a people in control of

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IT'S THE PRESIDENT, STUPID (GMA TO BE BLAMED FOR FAT CATS AND BIG PIGS) - Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. yesterday said that no head or executive of any Government-Owned or Controlled Corporation (GOCC) has beeen axed for disobeying GMA's three-year old order to cut their salaries and allowances. He said officials who have defied the June 2001 Memorandum Order # 20, which imposes "drastic" cuts or

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PAGCOR: "WE GAVE GMA 2.7 BILLION PESOS..." - Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) spokesman Dodie King yesterday said that the Casino remitted PhP2.7 billion to the President's Social Fund in the past three years. The statement was contrary to President Arroyo's earlier pronouncement that the fund summed up to only PhP 1 billion. Meanwhile, Archbishop Oscar Cruz of Lingayen,

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AND AS EXPECTED, ANOTHER UNDERSECRETARY QUITS - Finance Undersecretary Inocencio Ferrer Jr. has submitted his letter of resignation to President Arroyo saying that his departure from government was a decision he has made to specifically shield the Department of Finance from accusations hurled against him as chair of the Special Presidential Task Force 156 investigating tax credit scams at the One

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STILL ANOTHER RESIGNATION ... AND COUNTING - Another resignation has hit Malacanang yesterday while Bunye announces "movements" in the Palace. (LBM??) Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Chair Antonieta Ibe resigned yesterday after three years in office. Before joining the PRC, Ibe was a partner in the accounting firm SGV and Co., and chair of the Board of Accountants. Replacing Ibe is

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GLORIA THE UNGRATEFUL - The "Pangalagaan Ang Kalsada" program of GMA employed around 200,000 street sweepers/roadside cleaners six months before the May 10 elections. At five (5) voters per family, that totals to a million votes! It was a crude way of vote-buying, and sad to say, they were all laid-off right after elections. Now, 200,000 families are fuming mad at her, calling her ungrateful.

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DO-NOTHING NOBODIES - Malacanang yesterday sought to downplay criticisms that useless positions are being created to accomodate cronies and political supporters. Press Secretary Bunye said this was just perception and that, appointments, anyway are President Arroyo's prerogative. Just perception? Early in her administration, Arroyo named a fourth undersecretary at the justice department, one more

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DEPUTY PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESPERSON RIC SALUDO RESIGNS - Statement of Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye on Secretary Saludo's resignation: "With his increased work in overseeing Cabinet meetings, monitoring priority directives of the President as Cabinet secretary and his additional load as acting head of the Presidential Management Staff (PMS), Secretary Ricardo Saludo has been allowed by the

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SO WHO SAYS GOVERNMENT SERVICE DOES NOT PAY?? - The following is a partial list of the country's highest paid government officials with their respective positions and annual salaries furnished by the Commission on Audit (COA) for 2001 and 2002. (This is where taxpayers' money go) 1. Ma. Livia Singson-De leon - chair of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), PhP9.855 million in

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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES UNION REJECT UNDERSECRETARY - The Department of Education (DepEd) National Employees Union (NEU) recently asked President Arroyo to withdraw the appointment of Undersecretary Mona Valisno, stating that it was not in the spirit of austerity measures and streamlining government bureaucracy. "Ms. Valisno's appointment, and that of the other officials will eat up most

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NAPOCOR CHIEF RESIGNS AS MORE EXPECTED TO ABANDON GMA'S SINKING SHIP - Rogelio Murga, president of the state-owned National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) quit his post yesterday, a day after National Treasurer Mina Figueroa submitted her irevocable resignation to President Arroyo. Malacanang opted to downplay Murga's resignation, insisting it was a simple case of retirement. There was no

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MALACANANG DETERMINED TO SHOVE IT UP OUR ASSES THIS YEAR! - The Palace has expressed confidence Congress will be able to pass this year a number of the proposed tax measures. "Based on my preliminary talks with some members of the House, it would be possible for them to prioritize four of Malacanang's eight tax proposals," Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said yesterday. Government is seeking

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PRISONS CHIEF GENERAL SANTIAGO RESIGNS TOO - Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director Dionisio Santiago, a former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), announced his resignation yesterday, after sending an irrevocable resignation to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. General Santiago, who headed the Bureau of Corrections under the Department of Justice (DoJ) opted not to make

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TRANSPORT GROUPS IGNORE PALACE DIALOGUE - Five major transport groups scheduled to meet with Malacanang officials to ask for a discount in Diesel prices did not show up at the Palace recently. The Philippine Confederation of Drivers Organizations - Alliance of Concerned Transport Operators (PCDO-ACTO), Federation of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines (FEJODAP),

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SIX MILLION PESOS A YEAR IS NO JOKE FOR A GUY NAMED JOC-JOC ! - The most influential undersecretary of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was asked to resign recently because of his allegedly authored mess reaching the Ombudsman and every newspaper editor in town. But for reasons unknown except only to GMA and her cohorts, Mrs. Arroyo gives him a juicy job as a trustee at the GSIS which brings

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GMA CAMP ASKED TO EXPLAIN P57 BILLION OVERSPENDING IN 2004 BUDGET - House Minority Leader Rep. Francis Escudero (NPC, 1st dist., Sorsogon) recently asked Malacanang to explain why this administration had so far overspent the reenacted 2003 budget by over P50 billion this year. At a press conference, Escudero said the overspending was discovered by some congressmen who were studying the documents

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PALACE ALLIES ABANDON GLORIA'S SINKING 'MV STRONG REPUBLIC' - President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is surely losing her allies one by one, with National Treasurer Mina Figueroa as the latest to bolt her government, submitting her resignation recently effective at month's end. Her resignation is said to have stemmed from policy differences with GMA herself who is grappling with the fiscal crisis

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HORROR AT NLEX - On the rainy Friday night of August 27, a group of three vehicles were on the way to the former Clark Air Base in Pampanga, when a jolting incident that happened to the occupants of the last of the three vehicles became a nightmare. The first two cars in the convoy of three had already paid their tolls, unmindful that the last had been scratched by a government vehicle with

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BOO TO BUHAIN AND HIS BUNCH OF BULLIES AND BUCCANEERS - In an environment which is supposed to showcase the epitome of physical fitness and good health, Buhain's board has approved the construction of a PhP600,000 smoking area pavilion at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (RMSC) right by the main gate and in full view of the sporting community and passersby. This is a clear sacrilege to the

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GUESS WHO OK'd BULLDOZING OF 10,000 YOUNG TREES IN QC? - The past is catching up with Environment Secretary Michael Defensor -- and environmentalists are not laughing. When he was Housing Adviser to President Macapagal-Arroyo, Defensor approved the development of a government property in Quezon City by a private contractor, whose crew recently bulldozed close to 10,000 tree saplings in a portion

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AFTER SELLING OUT OUR FISHING GROUNDS, WHAT'S NEXT? - We at Kilusang Mangingisda, a coalition composed of 14 national and regional federation of small fisherfolk, protest the joint fishing and oil agreement between the Philippines and China, which was signed by President Macapagal-Arroyo. It is a sell-out of our patrimony to a country that has historically ravaged our seas by using

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ARROYO'S FOLLY - It wasn't only her family that went on vacation last week; President Macapagal-Arroyo's sense of proportion also went on holiday. Her decision to bring her extended family-- her second son, her two daughters-in-law, and her grandchildren and their nannies-- on her state visit to China would have been eyebrow-raising in the best of times. But in the middle of a fiscal crisis?

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SENATOR FRANCISCO S. TATAD - "Injustice, not poverty, is the gravest social evil. We have too many laws but not enough justice. Too many justices, but not enough just men ..." ( Sen. Francisco S. Tatad, A Nation on Fire: The Unmaking of Joseph Ejercito Estrada and the Remaking of Democracy in the Philippines)

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FOOLED AGAIN?? - "Populus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur" (The public wishes to be fooled, therefore let it be fooled)

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