MRT/LRT FARE HIKE IS UNACCEPTABLE…

A personal friend has just asked me what makes the increase in MRT and LRT fares unacceptable to a growing number of people.

First: PNoy’s government CANNOT PRESENT ANY DOCUMENTARY JUSTIFICATION for it – no computations, no studies, no explanation or breakdown of where revenues are going, no explanation on if the Arroyo Administration managed to keep the fares steady for some 6 or 7 years, WHY CAN’T THEY?

The only justification PNoy’s government has given so far is the purported savings than can be generated from government subsidies for MRT and LRT commuters. Savings for which they have already, SHAMELESSLY LIED ON.

Last Dec. 21 in inquirer.net, Transportation and Communications Sec. Joeph Abaya was quoted as saying that the P2 billion subsidy savings from the higher MRT fares will fund development projects and relief operations.. A little more than a week later, he declared that the subsidy savings, which HE LOWERED FROM P2 BILLION TO P1 BILLION, will go to the escrow account for private owners of the MRT

All these WITHOUT any detailed explanation.

Second, practically NO IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN DONE in the case of the MRT3. Among others, BROKEN TRACKS are increasing and experts have PUBLICLY WARNED that it is an ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN.. Comfort rooms STINK in various stations. Until a few weeks ago, it was reported (by the office of Sen. Grace Poe if I’m right) that 10 out of 46 escalators are not working. I ride the MRT at last nce a week and believe  me, people, the airconditioning system is getting HOTTER as time passes, regardless of what tme of day it is.

All these despite the fact that a company identified with relatives of former MRT General Manager Al Vitangco,was awarded a P50-MILLION PLUS MONTHLY MIANTENANCE CONTRACT. And NO EFFORT has been made by PNoy’s government so far to compel that firm to explain.

Third: In the 2014 and 2015 national budget, HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS of pesos will go to the rehabilitation and repair of the LRT and MRT. In the P22-billion supplemental budget which the PNoy government hurriedly asked for before 2014 ended, several billions more were allocated for the same purpose.

Pero sa kabila ng lahat ng ito, GUSTO pa rin tayong PAGDUSAHIN ng gobyerno ni PNoy. Para tayong ALKANSIYA, ANUMANG ORAS NA GUSTO NILANG KUNAN NG PERA, PUWEDE at hindi na kailangan ang paliwanag.

Ang tumanggap pa rin ng ganitong klaseng pagtrato ng gobyerno ni PNoy sa ating mga mahihirap at ordinaryong mga mamamayan,  HINDI ALAM ANG IBIG SABIHIN NG SALITANG DIGNIDAD. 30   

MRT/LRT FARE INCREASE HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE!

The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has a lot to explain in detail on the forthcoming increase in fares for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3 to almost double their current rates.

The DOTC itself admitted that the last fare increase for LRT-1 was in 2003. That means previous administrations have managed to keep the fares affordable despite the government’s subsidy.

For MRT-3, fares have never been raised. Instead, it was even reduced from the original range of P17 to P34 in 1999 to P 12 to P20 in 2000 to the current P10 to P15. So if past governments can do it, why can’t the Aquino administration?

According to the DoTC, LRT-2’s fares, on the other hand, have never been increased. For MRT-3, fares have never been raised. Instead, it was even reduced from the original range of P17 to P34 in 1999 to P 12 to P20 in 2000 to the current P10 to P15.

Second, how was the fare increases arrived at? The DOTC must come out with the computation in public, including the identity and qualification of the person who did it for the people to see for themselves if the added fares are justified.

Third, DOTC Sec. Emilio Joseph Abaya said with the fare increase, some P2 billion will be saved from the government’s subsidy for development projects and relief operations in other parts of the country. He has been saying this since the DOTC’s first attempt to raise the LRT and MRT fares.

Pero hanggang ngayon, wala syang maituro kahit isang particular na proyekto na paggagamitan ng mamemenos mula sa subsidy ng gobyerno. Wala siyang masabing lugar,  sino ang makikinabang, sino ang gagawa, para saan at iba pang partikular na detalye. All that Sec. Abaya can claim is that the P2 billion is good enough for 8,240 classrooms, 82 kilometers worth of farm-to-market roads, or 11,440 hectares’ worth of irrigated farmlands.

Anybody can issue this kind of claim anytime, anywhere without providing details.

Fourth, with oil prices on the downtrend, electricity costs will expectedly be on the decline as well. So why must LRT and MRT fares be raised to astronomical levels when its most expensive need which is electricity is getting cheaper.

Under the fare increases, the full MRT-3 route from North Ave. to Taft Avenue will cost P28 from the current P15. From the Cubao station to Ayala Ave. , the fare will go up from P12 to P20.

Fifth: Where do LRT and MRT3 earnings go to? How come practically no improvements were ever made since the Aquino Administration started? There’s supposed to be a P517-million maintenance contract to PH Trams which is controlled by the relatives of the wife of former MRT General Manager Al Vitangcol. 

That translates to more than P1 million a day. But from broken tracks, to stinking toilets to non-working escalators to the decreasing number of running trains, everything’s deteriorating in the MRT3. 

Why did this happen and why did the DOTC ignore all these mess?  I’m not against an improved mass rail transit system but let’s be vigilant, people. There’s more than meets the eye here. 30

A VERY SWEET, AND FREE, CHRISTMAS GIFT!

Dec. 21, 2016

SWEET, AND FREE, CHRISTMAS GIFT!

Four days to go before Christmas and all of us are either rushing or frantically thinking what gift to give, especially if we’re low on budget. Here’s an excerpt from my CD compilation of 53 blogs on various topics about Love. I hope this will help. Have a truly merry and blessed Christmas, everybody

For those who still don’t have money for a gift for their spouses, sweethearts or special someone, here’s something FREE but VERY SWEET that you might want to consider giving as a Christmas present: A SONG.

Hold the hands, look straight in the eyes and sing from your heart, or with all the feelings you have deep inside. Sing with or without any accompaniment, and whether or not you’re in tune. Your sweetheart or spouse will listen, and is interested, in your voice, not the instrumental background. Choose an appropriate song, and not just anything you can think of.

I suggest an appropriate Christmas carol, like “You’re All I Want for Christmas.”  If you’re in a misunderstanding, you can try “Give Love on Christmas Day” or your theme song as lovers, or his or her personal favorite. Whatever song you choose, just be sure to sing it properly, and seriously. Your song will be another proof/manifestation of your love.

If you make fun of the song, or belt it without feeling, it will mean nothing to your sweetheart or spouse. Instead of admiring and loving you more, you’ll just turn him or her off, believe me.

When you finish singing press both hands, keep the eye-to-eye contact and, in the sweetest way you can, whisper “I love you.” Then seal it with a truly tender smack. If your sweetheart or spouse really loves you, trust me, you’ll melt his or her heart and get the tightest hug and the sweetest kiss you’ve ever had since you became lovers. Love is the sweetest, and best, gift anyone can ask for. Not just for Christmas but every single day of the year.

But if your sweetheart or spouse will not appreciate your singing, and worse insult you for failing to give something material instead, then he or she doesn’t really love you. It will be proof that you’re wasting time with a material girl or material boy. A situation that MIUST END, IMMEDIATELY. 30

PEMBERTON CASE DOUBLE NATIONAL HUMILIATION!

Three words best describe the Pemberton case: DOUBLE NATIONAL HUMILIATION.

It’s all over the Internet now that according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Philippines will not appeal the US refusal to grant Pemberton’s custody to our authorities.

The Visiting Forces Agreement accords the US that privilege.

UNANG PAMBANSANG KAHIHIYAN: Kahit PABALAT BUNGA man lamang ay HINDI IPAGLALABAN ng gobyerno ang karapatan nating tayo ang dapat humawak kay Pemberton.

KABABAYAN natin ang pinatay ni Pemberton, DITO SA ATING BANSA. Kaya’t SISTEMA NG GOBYERNO AT BATAS NATIN ang dapat umiral. HINDI ANG KAGUSTUHAN NG AMERIKA.

Kumbaga sa ama ng tahanan, tayo ang namatayan pero ang pamillya  ng pumatay ang MASUSUNOD KUNG PAANO SIYA TATRATUHIN. Ni hindi siya pumalag. MASAHOL pa tayo sa ASO NA NADUWAG.

Second national humiliation: Even a high school kid can READILY REALIZE that the privilege is both INSULTING AND DEMEANING to our dignity, both as a country and a race,.

And yet, we included that in the VFA, had the agreement approved and now upholding it to high heavens WITHOUT EVEN A WORD of protest or caution of its being GROSSLY UNFAIR for the Laude case.

I still would like to think that our VFA negotiators are smart guys who were NOT STUPID ENOUGH not to realize the DEGRADING effect of the privilege.

So as I’ve said in my preceding blog, our VFA negotiators owe the people, among others, a DETAILED EXPLANATION on the following points: WHO thought of the privilege, why was it included in the VFA in the first place, and did they do anything to have it deleted?

These must be answered so that in case another American soldier KILLS 10 OR 15 civilians or more for whatever reason and the US still gets their way in handling the killer, WE WOULD KNOW WHOM TO BLAME among our officials

KunG NASISIKMURA ng ilang opisyal natin na MAGMUKHA TAYONG mga ASONG BAHAG ANG BUNTOT o mga ROBOT na SUNUD-SUNURAN lang sa Amerika ng walang tanung-tanong, HINDI natin sila dapat TULARAN.

At pagtiwalaan, pati na ang mga ikakampanmya nila pagdating ng 2016.

Dahil BINENTA NILA ang malaking bahagi ng ating dignidad sa pribileheyong tinatamasa ngayon ni Pemberton sa ilalim ng VFA. 30

VFA NEGOTIATORS MUST BE PROBED!

The negotiators to the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) must be QUESTIONED AT ONCE for the NATIONAL HUMILIATION we are now going through in the murder case against US Marine Private Joseph Scott Pemberton.

The negotiators owe the people an explanation on the VFA provision which allows the US to retain custody of its soldiers even if the crime involved is a capital one like murder.

And if they can’t give a moral justification for it, I sure hope THEY CAN BE CHARGED AND JAILED as well.

Kababayan natin ang pinatay ni Pemberton, si Jaime Laude. Sa bansa natin siya pumatay. Pero dahil sa VFA, HINDI TAYO ang may hawak sa kaniya kundi ang Amerka, ang kaniyang bayan.

Sa halip na sistema ng hustisya natin ang tanging masunod, may karapatan ang Amerika na huwag ibigay sa atin si Pemberton. Kababayan natin ang namatay pero sila ang masusunod kung ano ang gagawin dito.

BINABOY at INISULTO ng probisyon na iyun ang DIGNIDAD NATING MGA PILIPINO. MASAHOL PA TAYO SA ALIPIN na puwedeng agrabyaduhin anumang oras at ang nangagrabyado ang masusunod kung paano siya TATRATUHIN.

Pero NASIKMURA ng mga negosyador na imasama ito sa VFA. 

Kaya’t DAPAT MALAMAN ng Sambayanan kung SINO AT BAKIT naisipan ng may pakana ang probisyon na iyun.

Hindi naman siguro ganun KATATANGA  ang mga negosyador para hindi maisip na MALAKING INSULTO AT KAHIHIYAN ang idudulot ng probisyon sa aating bansa.

We must find out who gave the final approval for the inclusion of the provision in the VFA talks and why.

If our negotiators will claim that the provision came from their American counterparts, the question is did they object to it? If yes, how vigorous? What exactly did they do?

If NO, WHY NOT?  How did they have the STOMACH to disregard our national dignity with the provision> Did they do it on their own or were they ordered not to, by their superiors? Then don’t be surprised

If PNoy’s Government won’t be able to get custody of Pemberton, don’t be surprised, guys, if God forbid, more Laudes will follow. And we will be the laughing stock of the whole world when it comes to our justice system.30

 

TUWID NA DAAN FOR INCOMPETENCE Part 1

Findings of an informal survey by the office of Sen. Grace Poe on the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3) proved one DESPCABLE TRUTH about the PNoy government – it is THE TUWID NA DAAN FOR INCOMPETENCE.

A story in abs-cbnnews.com quoted Poe as revealing in a Senate hearing, among others, the following: long lines were observed for most of the MRT stations, with queues forming at Ayala Station in Makati as early as 6 a.m.

Passengers at the Quezon Avenue station in Quezon City complained that during rush hour, it would take 30 minutes just to reach the first step of the stairs. In Ayala, it sometimes takes more than two hours to just get into the train.

Sa Quezon Ave., ang mga banyo ay madumi, hindi nagfuflush at mahina ang tubig. Passengers also complained that most escalators and elevators in variouis stations are not working and the airconditioning system was lousy.

If you will read the story, the MRT  officer-in-charge could not offer even a single justification for all these miseries, or what have they done  about it, if any.

Kahit si Department of Transportation and Communications Sec. Emilio Joseph Abaya, na siyang  ay WALA RING MASABI O MAIPAKITANG AKSYON hanggang ngayon para mabawasan kahit kaunti ang IMPIYERNONG DINARANAS g mga pasahero ng MRT, kablang na ako.

Dalawang bagay lang ang WALANG TIGIL kong naririnig mula sa mga kinauukulan tungkol sa kalbaryo sa MRT –  ginagawan na natin ng paraan at KAILANGANG TAASAN ANG PAMASAHE, NA DAGDAG PAHIRAP SA ATING MALILIIT.

           

Pero ni HINDI PINAGPAPALIWANAG NI PNOY SI ABAYA. WALA ring anumang  imbestigasyon na iniutos kahit kalian si PNoy.  MATATAG pa sa 10 DOBLENG ADOBENG PADER si Abaya sa kaniyang posisyon.

I also have not heard of any MRT or DOTC official or personnel who has been charged or even reprimanded for incompetence or any questionable act which could have contributed to the whole mess.

In short, WALANG PAKIALAM SI PNOY kung MALA-KANSER na ang nangyayari sa MRT. WALA RIN SIYANG PAKIALAM kung araw-araw tayong sumusuong sa kalbaryo sa MRT.

If this isn’t still a TUWID NA DAAN FOR INCOMPETENCE, for some, then God have mercy on our country. 30  

JINGGOY CASE INHIBITIONS SCARY, DEEP!

JINGGOY CASE INHIBITIONS SCARY, DEEP!

I am NOT SAYING, AND WILL never say, that Sen. Jinggoy Estrada is innocent of the plunder charges he is facing before the Sandiganbayan.

But the UNEXPECTED, SIMULTANEOUS INHIBITION of the three justices handling his case is a CHILLING SIGN that the justice system is UNDER ATTACK from VERY, VERY POWERFUL PEOPLE.

For the simple reason that only people or agencies more POWERFUL OR INFLUENTIAL can SCARE NOT JUST ONE BUT THREE Sandiganbayan justices all at the same time.

Not just into laying off Estrada’s case but in keeping quiet as well on their real reason for doing so.

This is how VICIOUS AND NOTORIOUS the situation is, boys and girls.

At isipin ninyo ito: Una: Ang patuloy na pagtanggi ng mga mahistrado na isapubliko ang tunay na dahilan ng kanilang pagi-nhibit ay nangangahulugan lamang na BUHAY O KAHIHYAN NILA ANG NAKATAYA kung hindi sila bibitiw.

Sapagkat kung hindi, WALANG DAHILAN PARA HINDI SILA MAGSALITA upang maiwasan ang anumang pagdududang maaaring makasira o makapagbigay duda sa kanilang reputasyon.

A reality which senor justices like them ARE SURELY AWARE OF.

But the justices  would rather risk their reputation than reveal the true reason behind their inhibition form Estrada’s case.

Second: The rules of court allow a judge or justice to inhibit himself from hearing a case in which he or his family has an interest, or in which he is related to either party within the sixth degree of consanguinity or affinity, or to counsel within the fourth degree.

It has been EIGHT MONTHS or so since the Estrada case started. It’s both IMPOSSIBLE OR RIDICULOUS for the justices NOT TO HAVE ENSURED right from the start that these three grounds would not be violated.

At kung sa anumang kadahilanan ay hindi lang talaga nila nalaman agad ang anumang paglabag, dapat ay NOON PA SILA BUMITIW sa kaso ni Estrada.

PASAMA NA NANG PASAMA ang nangyayari, mga kababayan.MAGMATYAG TAYONG MABUTI AT HUWAG PALLOKO O PABOBOLA sa dami ng press releases o komentaryo. 30

PNOY EMERGENCY POWERS : HYPOCRISY, ARROGANCE!

Whatever defense PNoy’s government puts up for the emergency powers he is seeking for the supposed looming electricity crisis next year, one thing is certain: They themselves have proven THEIR HYPOCRISY AND ARROGANCE.

HYPOCRISY because we have been having problems with our electricity supply for years, especially in Mindanao.

If you will recall, boys and girls, PNoy even sarcastically told our countrymen in Mindanao a year or two ago that if they want sufficient power to stop the hours-long brownouts they were suffering, they will have to pay a higher price.

THERE WAS NO RUSH IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER, to address the problem. Power plants that needed to be rehabilitated continued to deteriorate like, if I remember correctly, the one in Sucat in Paranaque.

PNoy DID NOT PUSH the House of Representatives or the Senate to do anything, like giving him the emergency powers he now INSISTS ON, to fast-track the resolution of the power crunch.

But now, PNoy and his spokespersons (or mouthpieces) are swearting to high heavens that their government is doing everything to avert a supposed power crisis in summer next year.

Take note, a supposed crisis for which THEY HAVE NOT YET PRESENTED EVEN A SINGLE PIECE OF PROOF up to now since they started SCARING THE PEOPLE with it  a month or two ago.

GUSTONG PALITAWIIN NG GOBYERNO NI PNOY NA KUMIKILOS SILA para lutasin ang problema sa kuryente, na HINDI SILA NAGPAPABAYA. 

Samantalang  kakaupo pa lamang nila sa gobyerno ay MAY PROBLEMA NANG MALAKI sa kuryentem tulad ng sa Mindanao at mga power plant na luma at sirain na.

Kung hindi pa KAIPOKRITUHAN ang tawag dito, kailangan na natin ng bagong Tagalog-English na diksyonaryo.

Why do I say ARROGANCE?

PNoy is practically COERCING OR PRESSURING the Senate to grant him the emergency powers IMMEDIATELY, as in now.

He even had the NERVE to point at once to Senate Committee on Energy Chairman Serge Osmena as the one to blame once the supposed power crisis strikes next year.

Osmena has expressed opposition to the grantig of the emergency powers.

SIYA ANG MAY KAILANGAN PERO SI PNOY PA ANG APURADO AT NANANAKOT. Mistula siyang HARI NA KAILANGANG MAKUHA AGAD ang anumang magustuhan.

Gayung WALA NAMAN SIYANG MAIPAKITA, o ang mga tao niya, na ANUMANG DOKUMENTADONG BASEHAN ng dagdag-kapangyarihang gusto nila.  

Na WALA silang ebidensiya kundi SALITA lamang nila.

Maniwala kayo, mga klababayan, MALALIM ANG PAGPUPUMILIT AT PAGAAPURA NI PNOY NA MAKUHA ANG EMERGENCY POWERS NYA.  Tungko doon ang susunod kong blog mamaya. 30

AMATEURISH PUBLICITY GIMMICK BY DPWH!

A story in inquirer.net says several politicians have allegedly defied the warning of Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Sec. Rogelio Singson against meddling in the bidding for public infrastructure projects.

My take: A CHEAP AND AMATEURISH PUBLICITY STUNT to divert public attention from controversies hounding PNoy’s government like the pending joint congressional resolution on emergency powers for him.

First: The inquirer.net story said some of the politicians “tried to influence some members of (the) DPWH bids and awards committee (BAC) in bagging projects.

If politicians were to influence anybody, it would HAVE TO BE SINGSON himself since he is the DPWH boss and can definitely pressure the committee. No politician in his right mind would waste time influencing mere members of the BAC whom they know would be more scared of Singson than them. 

Second: The story, supposedly revealed by DPWH insiders, DID NOT SAY ANYTHING ON HOW the alleged attempts to influence te BAC members were made, when was it done and where.

As in NO DETAILS WHATSOEVER.

Third: Singson CONFIRMED the story by claiming that “we have already warned them (the politicians).” But he DID NOT NAME the alleged politicians, who supposedly include a Bicol congressman, some members of a prominent political clan in Western Mindanao and a Cordillera governor.

And here’s the MOST IDIOTIC AND DAMNING part:

Singson urged bidders and civil society organizations, to file charges against abusive and corrupt politicians.

DEPARTAMENTO NI SINGSON ang tinangkang pakialaman kuno. Mga miyembro ng BAC niya ang sinubukang mpluwensiyahan diumano. Pero  HINDI SIYA ANG MAGDEDEMANDA. Taumbayan ang dapat maghabla.

MANLOLOKO at MAGPAPAPOGI na rin lang, BULOK PA ANG STYLE nitong si Singson.

If Singson or the DPWH will file charges against these supposed politicians, or even if he will admit to BEING SCARED TO DEATH of them so that’s why it’s the people who must sue and not him, I will be more than glad to correct myself.30

NON-STOP AT SAGARAN NA PANLOLOKO NG PNOY GOV'T!

NON-STOP NA, SAGARAN PA ANG PANLOLOKO na ginagawa ng PNoy government sa atin tungkol sa  sitwasyon ng kuryente sa bansa.

Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said over state-run radio station dzRB that the government is working to ensure enough power SUPPLY and prevent brownouts in summer next year.

Allow me to refresh your memory, people:

First: NO LESS than Department Energy (DOE) officials ADMITTED in a congressional hearing  several weeks ago that there is NO LOOMING POWER CRISIS OR SHORTAGE OF ELECTRICITY in summer next year.

I just can’t remember the date it came out in media and the Internet.

The DOE people declared that what can be expected, take note just expected and not yet a certainty, next year is a shortage IN POWER RESERVES, NOT SUPPLY. Meaning, the SUPPLY IS ENOUGH. And the estimated shortage is only approximately 31 megawatts, which can lead to only ONE-HOUR BROWNOUTS for more or less two weeks.,

Kaya PANLOLOKO AT PANANAKOT SA TAUMBAYAN ang sinasabi ni Coloma na kumikilos ang gobyerno nila para maseguroi ang supply ng kuryente. Tingnan man ninuman ang LAHAT NG DIKSYONARYO SA BUONG MUNDO, English  man o English-Tagalog, MAGKAIBA ANG KAHULUGAN ng supply at reserves.

Second: Energy Sec. Jericho Petilla, to date, HAS NOT declared the DOE admission of a looming reserves shortfall as wrong.

WALA PA RING MAIPAKITANG EBIDENISYA si Petilla --- analyis, computations, technical study or KAHALINTULAD NA PAPELES – ng WALANG TIGIL NIYANG PAGBABALA ng krsis sa kuryente sa isang taon.

TINATAKOT na tayo ni Petilla at ng gobyerno ni PNoy, GUSTO PA TAYONG GAWING TANGA. Itinuturing tayong mga WALANG ISIP na salita lang nila ay agad na tayong maniniwala ng walang tanong-tanong.

Third: PNoy told reporters in Busan, South Korea that the joint congressional resolution granting him emergency powers is intended to deal with expected forced outages due to El Niño next year. But PNoy DID NOT CITE ANY BASIS for this.

Kayo na ang tatanungin ko, mga kababayan: Kung sasabihan kayo ng isang bagay ninuman, pero wala namang maipakitang anumang ebidensiya o batayan tungkol dito, may iba pang maitatwag doon bukod sa PANLOILOKO?

WALANG TIGIL ang pagbababala ng gobyerno ni PNoy ng krisis sa kuryetnte sa 2015 ngayon pa lamang kaya HINDI RIN AKO TITIGIL sa pagpapaalala sa inyo, mga kababayan: WALANG NAKIKITANG KRISIS ANG DOE. I PETILLA LAMANG ANG NAGPUPUMILIT IKONDISYON ang utak ng Sambayanan na mayroon.

I already have a follow-up blog for this, ladies and gentlemen. But let me point out one thing this early: If indeed there will be no brownouts next year, WALA RIN TAYONG DAPAT TANAWING UTANG NA LOOB sa gobyerno ni PNoy.

Lalo pa kung IPAGMAMALAKI NILA ITO O GAGAMITIN sa anumang paraan sa eleksyon sa 2016 para sa kanilang magiging kandidato sa pagka-presidente.

Sapagkat DAPAT LAMANG NA magawa nila to DAHIL TRABAHO nila ito. Trabaho na halos LIMANG TAON NA NILANG DAPAT NAGAWA NOON PA. HINDI NATIN UTANG NA LOOB na gawin nila ang dapat nilang gawin para sa taumbayan. 30

PAANO AKO NAGING TAO NI BINAY?

I have been accused by a handful of being a paid writer of Vice-President Jejomar Binay following my preceding blog “THERE’S MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE IN BINAY CIRCUS!”

Despite my CATEGORICAL statement that I do not work for Binay in any manner whatsoever and ANYBODY CAN VERIFY THIS ANYTIME, ANYWHERE AND FROM ANYONE.

I repeat those words. And allow me to add the following, ladies and gentlemen, sa Tagalog para mas lalong maintidihan:

HINDI KO SINABI KAILANMAN na inosente si Bise-Presidente Binay sa mga paratang laban sa kaniya. Nasabi ko na minsan na HANGGANG NGAYON, WALA PANG MAIPAKITANG EBIDENSIYA NA HINDI NA MAIKAKAILA ni Binay ang sinuman.

Pero HINDI AKO NANAWAGAN KAHIT KAILAN na itigil na ang pagdinig nina Senador Koko Pimentel. Alan Cayetano at Antonio Trillanes 

Kaya paano ako naging tao ni Bise-Presidente?

Sa ayaw at sa gusto ninuman, isa tayong demokrasyang bansa na ang BASEHAN NG KATOTOHANAN AY EBIDENSIYA, HINDI SALITA LAMANG O DAMI NG PRESS RELEASE ng isang panig.

Ngayon, tulad ng sinabi ko sa blog ko tungkol kau Trillaes bilag isang publicity seeker, siya at sia pimental at Cayetano ay nasa Senado HINDI LAMANG para kay Binay.

Nasa Senado sila para sa mga karapatan at kapakanan ng BUONG SAMBAYANANG PILIPINO.

Subalit mula nang simulan ngtatlong senador ang pagdinig sa mga akusasyon laban klay Binay, WALA NA TAYONG IBANG NABALITAAN O GINAWA NILA kundi ito.

Itama ako ninuman kung mali ako. Pero Isipin  ninyo ito, mga kababayan:

Isang taon na ang TULUY-TULOY NA PAGHIHIRAP ng daan-daang libo o milyon pang biktima ni super bagyong ‘Yolanda.’

Kailan ninyo nabalitaan o nakita ang snuman kina Pimentel, Trillanes at Cayetano na nagsalita tungkol sa kung paano matutulungan ang mga biktima? Kailan ninyo nabalitaan na kahit  minsan ay personal na nagtungo ang sinuman sa tatlong senador sa mga biktima ni ‘Yolanda’ upang makiramay at ibigay ang anumang maitutulong  nila?

Ako WALA sa parehong katanungan. Kung mali ako ay itama ako ninuman.

Kahit minsan ba ay nabalitaan na ninyo ang sinuman sa tatlong senador na nanawagan ng pagsisiyasat sa DAP, PDAF at iba pang anomalyang diumano’y kinasasangkutan ng mga kakampi ng gobyerno ni PNoy? Ako, kahit minsan hindi.

Pero dito sa mga binigay kong halimbawa, DAAN-DAANG BILYONG PISO at millyun-milyong ang halaga at bilang ng tao na naapektuhan o nagdusa. Na MAS MALAKI AT MAS MARAMNG di hamak sa mga halagang sinisiyasat kay Binay at sa populasyon ng Makati na wala pa raw isang milyon.

Pero HINDI HALOS PINAPANSIN ng tatlong senador.

Panatiko na lamang ni PNoy o santo ang hindi pupuna sa ganitong sitwasyon. Sayang, hindi ako santo. 30

THERE'S MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE IN BINAY CIRCUS!

It’s getting clearer that there’s more than meets the eye in the circus that is the Senate sub-committee probe of alleged corrupt acts of Vice-President Jejomar Binay.

With no less than PNoy and Senate Presiident Fraklin Drilon as the latest artists, apart from subcommittee members  Senators Koko Pimentel, Antonio Trillanes and Alan Cayetano.

Again, this is not in defense of Binay. And I am not working for him in any manner whatsoever and anybody can verify this anytime.

After encouraging the Senate investigation since it started, here comes PNoy suddenly calling for its termination and the presentation of all pieces of evidence against Binay.

But ONLY AFTER Binay backed out from his debate with Sen. Antonio Trillanes.

In asking for the termination of the probe, PNoy pointed out the piecemeal presentation of proof against Binay in the subcommittee.

But it has been the system since the probe started. Why did he wait for Binay to withdraw from the debate first before asking the sub-committee to stop its inquiry?

And without any apparent serious consideration, Pimentel replies faster than lightning that PNoy should not meddle in the probe, the Senate and the Executive which the President heads being co-equal branches of government.

Now, the sub-committee probe has not yet proven anything against Binay beyond reasonable doubt. The Ombudsman s already conducting a similar investigation,

So one can’t help but wonder what makes it so difficult for Pimentel as sub-committee chair to stop the probe and leave it to the Ombudsman.

If it’s not for the continued and lengthy media exposure, Pimentel had better have air-tight justification on what else is there that only the subcommittee can uncover or resolve in the accusations against Binay.

To put it simply, what makes Pimentel’s sub-committee SO INDISPENSABLE IN FINDING OUT THE TRUTH?

A story in inquirer.net quoted Drilon as saying that he cannot, and does not have the authority, to stop the probe.

Wow, Drilon’s the Senate BIG BOSS and he does not have any authority over the actions of his subordinates. ANO SIYAN G KLASENG BOSS or anong klaseng sistema meron sa Senado?

Believe me, people, there are a LOT MORE that we ordinary mortals don’t know about in the Binay controversy.

Whatever are these, one thing’s for sure”these will affect our political and daily lives in the days to come, all the way t the 2016 elections.  30

   

TRILLANES THE PUBLICITY SEEKER!

This is the picture behind the PUBLICITY HOUND, OR SEEKER, in  Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and the HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE TALES he comes out with just to land in the newspapers.

Trillanes now says that hen Makati Mayor, Jejomar Binay had conspired with his  Magdalo group of renegade soldiers in an attempt to overthrow then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2007.

In a story in inqurer.net, Trillanes alleged that Binay failed to produce a crowd of supporters for his group after they walked out of a court hearing to seek Arroyo’s ouster.

Trillanes claimed that in a meeting in the office of the trial judge, Binay promised to mobilize the employees of Makati City Hall, the urban poor, the students of the University of Makati, Makati traffic enforcers and police to support them.

But when they walked out of their trial, Trillanes said neither Binay nor his supporters were in sight.

Point No. 1:  Unless it could be proven that he was stupid enough to do so, Binay would not even dream of co-organizing a coup then against GMA because he knows he DID NOT ENJOY NATIONAL POPULARITY THAT CAN ATTRACT THE SUPPORT OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OR MILLIONS.

Point No. 2: Even high school students are aware that no one can successfully lead a coup with only the residents of just a medium-sized city like Makati

Point No. 3: Being in the Opposition then, Binay was surely aware that he did not have enough influence to escape criminal liability for a coup that was more likely to fail than succeed.

Point No. 4: Trillanes did not cite any reward or gain for Binay should the coup succeed. And no veteran lawyer-politician like Binay would dare join a coup without anything concrete in return.

Unless, as I had said earlier, Trillanes can prove that Binay was stupid enough to do so.  Anybody correct me if I’m wrong.

But consider this, ladies and gentlemen: Trillanes has been coming out in media NON-STOP with all sorts of allegations against Binay, and to date HAS NOT PROVEN ANYTHING BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT.

Neither has he presented any INDISPUTABLE PROOF of his claims. And one thing for sure, he’s not in the Senate just to attack Binay.

If Trillanes has the stomach this early to attack the reputation of anybody anytime he wishes to even without rock-solid evidence, what more if he would be elected to higher office?

I repeat, I am not trying to defend Binay. Neither am I working for the vice-president in any capacity whatsoever.  Anybody can verify this anytime.30

BINAY HAS JUST KISSED MALACANANG GOODBYE!

Vice-President Jejomar Binay has just KISSED HIS PRESIDENTIAL BID GOODBYE.

With his decision to back out from his debate with Sen. Antonio Trillanes, a confrontation  which  HE HIMSELF HAD CALLED  FOR,  Binay has JUST  LOST any and all sense of FIRMNESS IN DECISION-MAKING.

And along with it, SIINCERITY AND CREDIBILITY in his pronouncements.

Two of the MOST IMPORTANT QUALITIES any president must have if he or she is to rule the country.

I am NOT for Trillanes, or for any other possible opponent  of Binay.

But if Binay CAN’T STAND BY HIS WORD, on a simple debate, a challenge he himself had raised, HOW CAN WE EXPECT HIM TO BE FIRM in dealing with more sensitive matters of state like national security and sovereignty?

Or even with situations which will require ENCOMPASSING, TOUGH and LONG-TERM DECISIONS like governance or graft and corruption?

It is true that as a lawyer, he’s more trained and experienced in debates. But for him to use this as the justification in withdrawing from the debate is, to put it mildly, IRRESPONSIBLE.

For the simple reason that Binay knew it all along, and should not have called for the debate in the first place.  

Instead of generating a chivalrous image for him as he’s trying to project, Binay’s reason reflected RECKLESSNESS AND HASTE in the way he thinks, which is a ‘NO-NO’  if  one is to lead a nation.

Not only did Binay dig his own presidential grave, he has just TOTALLY ERODED THE MOST LEGITIMATE CHANCE he could have to prove his accusers of fraud wrong.

While giving his detractors a  mountain of ammunition to PULVERIZE his political ambition to tohe wind.

Mar Roxas must be smiling from ear to ear. 30

IPAGTANGGOL AT TULUNGAN NATIN ANG SANTO PAPA!

Ngayon pa lang,  IPAGTANGGOL AT TULUNGAN na natin ang Santo Papa laban sa PAMBABASTOS AT PANGAABALA na daranasin niya sa kaniyang pagbisita sa mga biktima ng bagyong ‘Yolanda’ kapag isinara ang Tacloban City Airport sa mga malalaking eroplanong tulad ng kaniyang sasakyan.

Taga-Taclobvan man o hindi ay mayroong magagawa.

Sa mga taga-Tacloban, ngayon pa lamang ay tulungan na ninyo ay pamahalaang lokal sa PAGHAHANAP NG IBANG MAAARING LAPAGAN ng eroplano ng Santo Papa.

Kung may makikita kayo ay agad ninyong ipagbigay-alam sa mga lokal na opisyal, at kayo ay tumulong sa anumang dapat gawin upang maihanda agad ang naturang lugar sa pagdating ng Santo Papa.

Mabigat man o magaan ang  magiging gawain.

Kung walang pagkakasyahan ang sasakyan ng Santo Papa, magplano na kayong lahat (mamamayan man o lokal na opisyal) kung ano ang alternatibong maari niyang sakyan na angkop sa paglalapagan.

Kung kinakailangan, mangako na ngayon pa lang ang mga mayayaman na ipagagamit nila ang  anumang alternatibong sasakayan na mayroon sila.

Kung kailangang magrenta, tumulong ang mga mayayaman sa lokal na pamahalaan sa gastusin at magdonasyon din ang sambayanan para mas mabilis na maipon ang kakailanganing halaga.

Sa mga hindi naman taga-Tacloban, tuluy-tuloy tasyong magmatyag at sumubaybay sa mga nangyayari sa mga biktima ni ‘Yoalnda’ at regular natin itong ipaalam sa Santo Papa.

Paano? Alamin natin ang website ng Vatican na siang tirahan at tanggapoan ng Santo papa sa Roma sa Italya. O kaya ay ang website ng kaniyang kinatawan dito sa Pilipinas, ang tanggapan ng Papal Nuncio.

Ms maganda, mga kababayan, kung ang maipapabatid nati sa Santo Papa ay masasamahan natin ng mga litrato blang ebidensiya.

Ngayon pa lamang ay dapat kumilos na ang lahat ng taga-Tacloban, pati na ang iba pang mga taga-Leyte.

Kailangang matiyak nila na makakarating doon ang Santo Papa at makakausap sila ng personal tungkol sa tunay nilang kalagayan matapos ang trahedyang idinulot ng ‘Yolanda.

Kabilang sa biyayang dala ng Santo Papa ay ang kaniyang pagbasbas at panalanging idedrecho niya sa Panginoon base sa mga katotohanang ipaaalam ninyo sa kaniya.

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HUWAG KAYONG PATALO SA KAPRITSO ng gobyerno ni PNoy na pagsasara ng inyong airport at  paglipat nito sa Palo, na KONTROLADO ng kaalyado ni PNoy

Lalo pa at PINASINUNGALIGAN na ng Japan International Cooperation Agency ang mga pahayag ng gobyerno ni PNoy na sa kanila  nanggaling  ang pagaarala na nagrerekoemna ng pagsasara ng Tacloban City Airport at paglipat nito. 30.

KABASTUSAN SA SANTO PAPA NG PNOY GOV'T!

Tanggapin man o hindi ng Malacanang, PAMBABASTOS SA SANTO PAPA ang plano nilang pagasara ng Tacloban City Airport at paglilipat nito sa bayan na kontrolado ng KAALYADO NI PNOY.

PAMBABASTOS hindi lang sa Santo Papa kundi pa na rin sa mga biktima ng bagyong si ‘Yolanda.’

ILANG BUWAN na ang nakalilipas mula nang makumpirma ang pagdating ng Santo Papa sa Enero sa isang taon.

Kasama na rito ang DERECHAHANG pahayag ng Santo Papa na GUSTO NIYANG MAKASAMA ANG MISMONG MGA BIKTIMA ni ‘Yolanda,’ at wala nang iba pa, sa isang kainan ss Tacloban City.

At kay PNoy na rin mismo galling na ang pagaaral na nagbibigay-katwiran para sa isang bagong airport ay nasa kaniyang mga kamay na PAGKATAPOS MISMO ng paghagupit ni ‘Yolanda.’

Pero makaraan ang isang taon, NGAYON LANG ISASARA ang Tacloban City Airport, kung kalian PARATING NA ANG SANTO PAPA.

Imbes na GAWING MAS MABILIS AT MAS KOMPORTABLE para sa Santo Papa ang kaniyang pagbisita sa mga biktima ni ‘Yolanda,’ HAHARANGIN O PAHIHIRAPAN nila ito.

Ng WALANG ANUMANG ALTERNATIBONG PARAAN O DAAN SILANG IBINIBIGAY. Itama ako ninuman kung mali ako.

WALA NANG BALAK GUMASTOS ang gobyerno ni PNoy para sa anumang dapat gawin Tacloban City Airport upang walang anumang maging sagabal o problema sa pagdating ng Santo Papa.

Pero handa silang GUMASTOS NG P12 BILYON para sa bagong airport sa bayan ng kaalyado ni PNoy. Kung hindi pa rin ito PAMBABASTOS sa Santo Papa  para sa mga panatiko ni PNoy, kaawaan nawa kayo ng Panginoon.

Taglay ng Santo Papa ang BASBAS AT PANALANGIN NA KAILANGANG KAILANGAN  ng mga biktima ni ‘Yolanda,’ pati na ng kanilang mga mahal sa buhay na namatay sa trahedya.

Pero WALANG PAKIALAM ang gobyerno ni PNoy.

Kaya’t isama na ninyo rito ang PATAK-PATAK na tulong at USAD PAGONG na rehabilitasyon at kung hindi pa rin ito PAMBABASTOS sa mga biktima ni ‘Yolanda,” mas lalo na sanang kaawaan nig Diyos ang mga panatiko ni PNoy.

Lalo na ang ating bansa. 30

P300B PNOY GOV'T CAN PLAY WITH, OR STEAL!

These are excerpts from a story in manilastandardtoday.com citing some of the highly questionable or unexplained last-minute insertions in the 2015 national budget which had been raised by my friend ABAKADA Rep. Jonathan dela Cruz:

P200 billion in un-programmed funds.

P2 billion for tablets for the departments of Health, Social Welfare and Development, Agriculture, Labor, Transportation and Communications and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process and other several agencies without any details as to how many would be the beneficiaries, what  are these for and how was the P2 billion arrived at.

Why should the DSWD be given tablets when it has not submitted audited reports on disbursements form the Conditional Cash Transfer program.

P3.281 billion for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings next year without a single explanation on specifically what’s the money for and how will it be spent.

Almost P1 billion for new positions in 12 government agencies without any list or justification that did not carry any list of how many positions were to be created per agency ad what for.

P118 billion in miscellaneous personnel services benefit funds for pensions, gratuity and retirement benefits of military generals,and for employees who would be displaced by the government’s rationalization program,  but both without any list of the beneficiaries.

Now, think about these, boys and girls:

These are not just simple lapses in the national budget. I’m a million percent sure that Budget Sec. Butch Abad and his people will not ADMIT TO INCOMPETENCE OR STUPIDITY in overlooking something as SENSITIVE AND HUGE as these HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF INSERTIONS.

These insertions have just OPENED THE GATES TO MASSIVE PLUNDER, THEFT or call it whatever you like of the HARD-EARNED TAXES and other PAYMENTS we will be making to PNoy’s government next year,

Since there are no justifications or other details on how these hundreds of billions will be spent or used, WE HAVE NO GUARANTEE WHATSOEVER that these will not be POCKETTED by government people.

The DEHUMANIZING AND INSULTING part is WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, WE WILL HAVE TO PAY THEIR GOVERNMENT these hundreds of billions.

WE CAN’T DO ANYTHING if they DON’T WANT TO JUSTIFY these hundreds of billions.  If we won’t pay, they can punish us in a hundred ways.

This is the kind of government which PNoy WANTS US TO KEEP in 2016 when he steps down as president. If HE’S NOT LYING, and a MAN OF HIS WORD.,

It’s up to us, people! 30

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MISSING CASH ADVANCES RISE TO P10B!

A report by gmanews.tv says that according to the Commission on Audit (COA), the UNLIQUIDATED cash advances of government agencies in 2013 totalled to some P10 billion..

Pero heto ang MALAKING KATARANTADUHAN, mga kababayan:

Ang P10 bilyon ay 25 DOBLE ng naitalang P400 MILYONG CASH ADVANCE, na PERA NG SAMBAYANAN, na HINDI MALAMAN kung saan napunta, noong 2012.

Sa halip na mabawasan, LUMAKI PA NG 25 DOBLE.

At ang PINAKAMATINDI, P6 bilyon o MAHIGIT KALAHATI ng P10 bilyong DI MAIPALIWANAG na cash advance ay napunta sa TATLONG AHENSYA LAMANG.

The gmanews.tv report said the Commission on Elections (Comelec) got the biggest share with more than P3 billion spent on its officials and employees, and for domestic and foreign trips.

Think about it, people: MORE THAN P3 BILLION, or P10 MILLION A DAY if you take the average at 365 days a year, just for trips and the staff alone.

The Department of Education recorded more than P2 billion in unliquidated cash advances. More than P1 billion was chalked up by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

Now, consider this boys and girls:

KILALA ang mga ahensiya ng gobyernong nakinabang sa P10 bilyong cash advance. Samakatuwid, may MGA RECORD O PAPELES din na nagtataglay ng mga PANGALAN ng mga pinagbigyan o humingi ng pera at kung para saan kuno ito.

BAKIT UNLIQUIDATED O HINDI PA MAIPALIWANAG HANGGANG NGAYON kung saan napunta ang pera? At bakit LUMAKI ITO NG 25 DOBLE kumpara noong 2012?

Kasama ang P10 bilyon sa mga buwis at iba pa nating PINAGHIRAPANG BINABAYARAN sa gobyerno ni PNoy, mga kababayan,

Keep this in mind, people, ESPECIALLY COME THE 2016 ELECTIONS!30

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SAPILITANG PANANAKOT NG MALACANANG!

SAPILITAN NA ANG GINAGAWANG PANLOLOKO AT PANANAKOT NG MALACANANG.

Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. has repeated a warning by PNoy that from P9 billion to P23 billion would be lost in the economy if the President won’t get emergency powers to avert an electricity crisis in 2015.

But  Coloma, like PNoy, DID NOT PRESENT ANY PROOF of that supposed multi-biion loss.

KAYA HUWAG NATING KALIMUTAN,  mga kababayan:

MGA TAGA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) NA MI9MO ang nagsabi sa isang pagdinig sa House of Representatives na WALANG MAGIGING KRISIS SA KURYENTE sa isang taon.

HINDI KRISIS kundi KABAWASAN LANG SA RESERBA ang mangyayari. Ibig sabihin, SAPAT ANG SUPPLY NG KURYENTE

The DOE people categorically declared that if ever there will be a lack in power supply, it will ONLY BE FROM 21 TO 31 MEGAWATTS, 10 TO 30 TIMES LESS than the 300 to 1,000 plus megawatts Energy Sec, Jericho Petilla keeps on warning about LIKE A BROKEN RECORD OR A PARROT.

And brownouts from this 21 to 31 megawatt shortage will ONLY BE ONE HOUR on a rotational system for ONLY TWO WEEKS, NOT MONTHS OR THE WHOLE OF SUMMER 2015 as the PNoy government insists on.

Hanggang ngayon, WALANG MAIPAKITANG PRUWEBA O BASIHAN ang PNoy Governmment ng IPINAGPIPILITAN NILANG KRISIS SA KURYENTE sa isang taon.

No studies, no analyses, NO NOTHING.

SALITA LAMANG NI PNOY AT NI PETILLA ang ebidensiya ng gobyerno ng power crisis na PINAGPIPILITAN NILANG PANIWALAAN O LUNUKIN NATIN.

Ganiyan KABABA ang pagtinigin ng gobyerno ni PNoy sa atin, mga kababayan. Para sa kanila, isang tambak tayong mga tanga o utu-uto na kahit na ano sabihin nila, maniniwala agad tayo ng wala nang isip-isp pa.

So keep ths in mind, people”

The cost of added electricity the government wants under the emergency powers will be from P6 to P12 billion in PUBLIC FUNDS.

Kahit na one percent na lang ang commission o finders’ fee, tumataginting itong P60 milyon sa P6 bilyon at P120 milyon naman sa P12 billion.  At higit sa lahat, TATAAS lalo ang halaga ng kuryente.

Pera na nga nating Sambayanan ang gagastusin, TAYO PA RIN ANG MAGDURUSA NG MAS MATAAS NA BAYARIN SA KURYENTE.

DOBLE-DUSA TAYO, mga kababayan. HUWAG nating kalimutan ito. 30