Pulse Asia: Arroyo’s approval and trust ratings drop anew

To be fare to all, surveys should not only be conducted in Metro Manila. People in the provinces cries foul. Like election, the survey should be conducted fare and square. Not paid up by politicians.

gma and ninoy’s sister lupita kashiwahara ( also ex wife of charo santos’ hubby), think they can counter gma’s image problems with photo ops by the bay and cabinet members walking with gma.

all i can say is kahon! guinoo. ninoy must be turning in his grave.

Do Filipinos really care about the results of the survey, in the midst of the economic crisis and poverty, the human tendency is to make a living and make both ends meet for their families
If she made a “lapse of judgement”, and members of her family are “tainted with corruption” then resign out of respect for the position of presidency.
History will be kinder to her

a survey is only a survey. but it looks like mahilig ang noypi sa simplified version of searching for truth.
the sample population of the survey is so small that it can not give the pulse of the people.
nagpapabola kasi ang marami.

[...] Inside PCIJ is reporting the perhaps predictable news that Philippine President Gloria Arroyo’s approval ratings are plummeting. What’s interesting is that the approval ratings of her family are even worse. [...]

As expected her approval ratings are going south. For me Luli arroyo made a very valid point when she said “Matuto na tayo, ang kailangan natin yung taong magdedesisyon ng mahirap pero kailangan, hinde porke’t maganda ka at magaling na actress e puede ka na presidente”. How does she expect the people to believe her Mom if she could’nt discern which is ethical and morally right by calling a comelec commisioner whom she appointed and who has a very tainted reputation, napaka simpleng desisyon lang naman wag mo tawagan di nya pa nagawa, ano pa kaya yung magdesisyon siya for 80million filipinos.

Kahit walang survey, the majority are tired of gloria including those in the provinces.Sa Visayas at Mindanao pa lang ang taas na ng unemployment rate, saan yung 1M at 6M jobs na pinangako nya? Di ba kasinungalingan? How much more this gloriagatescandal? lalo nya pang dinagdagan ang kanyang kasinungalingan.

Can we blame the masses of airing their sentiments? Some offer that they are manipulated by vested interest but i say it’s a crap. Will the masses survive with a minimum wage incorrectly paid against the increasing prices of commodities? Minimum fare at Php 7.50 ? A kilo of galonggong plays between Php 70 to 90 a kilo? A cup of cooked rice between Php 7 to 15? An internet rental of Php 25 an hour just to blog their sentiments against gloria?

gloria is suppressing the freedom of expression. No permit, no rally daw pero pag maka-gloria okey lang. Then you talk about AFP/PNP being neutral?

It’s about time to leave the comforts of our electric fan-dominated offices and join the rally at Ayala.

If we need to walk, let’s walk. If we get hungry then be it. May tubig pa namang pampamanhid ng sikmura.

S O W H A T ? ?

Popularity does not necessarily mean competence.

Erap was a popular president but he was the most utterly incompetent.

Popularity means something only during election time. The only reason why popularity has become such a continuous and ubiquitous concern among chattering Pinoys is because we have become a nation of FIESTA REVOLUTION, where presidents can be arbitrarily removed from office ANY TIME by lynch mobs and text messages.

In TRUE democracies, what matters IN BETWEEN ELECTIONS (where real democracy REALLY happens) is the quality of the services dished out by their INSTITUTIONS.

Just keep our vigilance FOCUSED on ensuring that GMA keeps to her word of submitting herself to the impeachment processs (a.k.a. DUE PROCESS in case Filipinos need to be reminded) to account for her transgressions.

If it is shortcuts and instant results that we want, then let’s just revert back to a dictatorship — so that we can go back to the more efficient practice of throwing people into jail without having to sit through DUE PROCESS.

http://www.getrealphilippines.com

“..History will be kinder to her”

Yes. This is something she should at least give some consideration. Kundi magigi syang isa sa mga super villain sa history ng Philippines. ^_^

Sa mga mahilig tumambay sa kalye diyan:

Check out this news bit from the INQ7.net:

http://news.inq7.net/express/html_output/20050712-43231.xml.html

Politicians back track or move forward depending on public sentiment. It highlights the facts that:

(1) Nobody really knows what they are talking about; and,

(2) Actions are based on herd mentality rather than on issues and clear thinking.

Kaya yung mga pa-resign nang pa-resign diyan: MAG-ISIP-ISIP kayo. Maraming legal na tsanel diyan para patuparin ang inyong mga layunin. Wag tayong parang mga inutil na tatakbo na lang kung saang may malakas humirit.

Mag-ISIP tayo mga kabayan. GAMITIN ANG KOKOTE, dahil ang mga bagay na hindi ginagamit ay NAMUMULOK.

http://www.getrealphilippines.com

The people in the Visayas and Mindanao are fed up with what the people in Manila have been doing against the government. It seems that the people in Manila are the only ones dictating the future of the country without even considering the voices of the people in the rest of the country.

If the people in Manila cannot follow the Constitution, then there is no more reason for us in the provinces to follow this Constitution. It might be a wise move to form and draft our own Constitution.

^ Bakit noong 2001 ay “pumayag” ang Visayas at Mindanao sa pagpapatalsik kay Erap ng “Imperial Manila”? Ang BUONG Visayas at Mindanao ba noon ay SUMANG-AYON sa EDSA II?

When Manila did not follow the Constitution in 2001, bakit di kayo nagalit? Dahil ba si ERAP kasi noon ang pintalsik (and I am assuming that you were ANTI-ERAP then) at samantalang ngayon e si GMA naman ang nasa bingit ng alanganin (and I am assuming also that you are PRO-GMA)?

Why the double standards?

Lavinia
Can you say the same thing if we go back to the events before Edsa 2? The case of Estrada fits your argument not Gloria .During the election of 2004 I was assigned in South Cotabato ( Tampakan Mining Area) and in the borders of Columbio, Sultan Kudarat and as far as the boundary od Davao del Norte coordinating with the locals. Majority of them the Christians, Moslems and the Lumads we talked to told our group that they would go for FPJ come election day. Then came the counting….zero votes for FPJ manipulated by the locals and corrupt elements of military. The question here is about morality and decency and not partisanship. The constitution is not also the problem, the problem is GMA

lavinia, ull never scare us w/ ur secessionist card play. the same way the so called “intelligence” of pgma’s top dogs are harping abt bombings in todays rallies. Luma na yan scare tactics nyo.
Want us to follow the constitution? Cge lets impeach her right now b4 the old trapos succeed in their cha-cha.
Noli who the hell are ur advisers? The trapos are pushing cha-cha already, EVEN UR PARTNERS DONT WANT YOU TO SIT AS PRESIDENT. You think they will vote you Prime Minister? Are u really stupid? Its JDVs chance to be on top, with his yoda appearance (sori master jedi) Jdv has no way of being voted to the top except thru his peers. Make a deal already to whoever you think will be friendly to you. ur ratings are dipping the more you stick out w pgma. Act before you become irrelevant.
See you all at ayala

Just arrived from Mindanao and Visayas.

It is of no surprise that the sentiments of the people in those geographical areas against gloria were the same as that of Manila.

Their “only” problem : they cannot blog just like we do.

Sugarcane workers and dependents are slowly dying of hunger both in Negros and Iloilo. The Government at this very moment is still clueless where to find a market for the sugar produce.

But how about the “ethanol” thing that gloria thrumpeted a few weeks ago in San Carlos? Pure gimmick, I say. If one still remember the ALCO-GAS being marketed decades ago, then he/she will obviously know if there is a difference.

Ordinary wage earners in the said regions are still hoping that they will be paid right by their employers, who are also being made to face the prospect of bankruptcy.

Where is gloria then? where is her expertise? where is her promised reforms?

While I pay my taxes correctly at the national and local levels —whether I am in Manila,or in Visayas or in Mindanao for official business or family functions. I also expect the National Government as well as the local ones to deliver the basic goods and services as mandated upon by law including proper accountability and disclosure.

gloria miserably failed in her governace. Worst, she violated the constitution not only once but twice.Does it make manilans, visayans and mindanaoans, violators too ? Of course not.

If the people of manila are exercising their constitutional right to free expression including the right to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances, are they not following the organic law? Thus, It is not only erroneous too for some,if not sheer ignorance, to generalise that the people in Manila cannot comprehend the basic mandate of the organic law.

It is also preposterous for Duterte and Dominguez to generalise the sentiments of Mindanaoans in the same vain as what some politicians have done in behalf of the Visayan people.

To them I say : Hear the voices of your people first before you speak.

“I think we have to point out that we have to explain to the people that of all the millions of Filipinos, more than 80 million, only 300 were interviewed. Tingnan po natin kung wasto po iyong pagkakapili dito po sa sample na ito (Let us see if this sample was chosen correctly),” Bunye said. bakit nung nagsorry si GMA ginamit pa nya sa linya na pati sa survey panalo sya last election then now d na sila naniniwala sa survey???

Galing sa isang ordinaryong manggawa sa Pilipinas
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Lagi na lang sinasabi ng mga pulitiko: Ipaglaban ang masa! Tulungan ang masa! Mahalin ang masa!

SINONG “SILA”? EH DI MGA MGA TAMBAY NA PILIPINO NA MALUSOG ang KATAWAN PERO HINDI NAMAN NAGTRATRABAHO AT HINDI NAGBABAYAD NG TAX, MGA MAYAYAMAN AT ARTISTANG TAX EVADERS, PATI MGA AKTIBISTA, NPA AT IBA PANG IDEOLOGICAL GROUPS NA HINDI NAGBABAYAD NG TAX PERO PANG-GULO!!!

Teka SINO BA TALAGA ANG BUMUBUHAY SA BANSANG TO?

SAAN BA GALING ANG PANGPAGAWA NG MGA TULAY AT KALYE? SAAN BA GALING ANG PORK BARREL?

KAMI NA MGA MANGGAGAWA AT MIDDLE CLASS NA BAGO PA MAKUHA ANG SWELDO BAWAS NA - KAMI ANG BUMUBUHAY SA BANSA NA ‘TO!!!!!!!!!

BAKIT YANG BANG MGA MASANG YAN NA LAGI NA LANG SENTRO NG PLATAPORMA NG MGA PULITIKO EH NAGBABAYAD BA NG TAX ???!!!!

KAHIT ISA SA MGA NAG-RA-RALLYING MGA SQUATTER NA YAN, KAHIT SINGKO HINDI NAG-RE-REMIT YAN SA BIR! PERO PINAPAKINGGAN BA KAMI NG GOBYERNO?

LAGI NA LANG OPINYON NG MASA ANG INI-INTINDI NG GOBYERNO. KUNG SINO ANG NAG-RA-RALLY, SA EDSA, SILA ANG NASUSUNOD. KUNG SINO ANG MAS MALAKAS SUMIGAW PERO WALA NAMANG ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION,
SILA LAGI ANG FOCUS PAG MAY PROBLEMA.

SILA LAGI ANG BIDA.

KAMING MGA ORDINARYONG OFFICE WORKERS, OFW’S, LABORERS AT IBA PANG NAG-TRA-TRABAHO AT NAGBABAYAD NG TAX - KAMI ANG NAGPAPAKAHIRAP PARA BUHAYIN ANG PILIPINAS. KAMI ANG MGA TUNAY NA BAYANI NG BANSA!!!

Tuwing nakikita ko ang payslip ko, nag-iinit ang ulo ko at gusto kong maiyak sa inis. Napakalaki ng tax na binabawas sa akin pero ginagamit lang sa walang kwentang bagay ang perang pinaghirapan ko. Lahat ng pagtitipid ginagawa ko para suportahan ang sarili ko, pamilya ko at ang bansang to. Ni hindi ako makabili ng chicken and spaghetti meal sa Jollibee kahit gutom na gutom na ko. Nag-tya-tyaga ako sa waffle na tig-P10, o kaya pag may konting pera, junior bola-bola siopao sa Mini-Stop sa halangang P20.

Eh kung yung pera ko na pinapangbabayad sa tax sa kin na lang napunta, eh di sana nakakapanood pa ko ng sine at least 2 beses sa isang buwan. Nakabili na sana ako ng bagong rubber shoes. Nakapagpagawa na sana ako ng sarili kong
bahay.

Yung tax na binabayad ko, pinapangsuporta sa mga mahihirap. Saan ba galing ang pera pangpagawa ng housing at pagtulong sa mga mahihirap, di ba sa mga manggagawa na nagbabayad ng buwis! Pero karamihan ng mahihirap, kung umasta kala mo inaapi sila ng sobra.

SA TOTOO LANG NO, KAYA ANG MGA MAHIHIRAP LALONG NAGHIHIRAP KASI MGA TAMAD!

Ang daming mga tambay sa kalye na walang trabaho pero ang laki ng katawan. Eh kung sila ba nagkargador sa pier eh di sana may pera sila.

TAPOS WALA NA NGANG PERA, ANAK PA NG ANAK!
LALO NYO LANG PINAPADAMI ANG TAMAD AT TANGA SA MUNDO!!!!!

Naaawa ako sa mga batang pakalat-kalat sa kalye at namamalimos. Imbes na nag-aaral, dumadagdag lang sila sa bilang ng mga future criminals sa Pinas. Hindi ako magtataka na yung batang nakita kong namamalimos sa Cubao, pagkatapos ng ilang taon cellphone snatcher na.

YUNG MGA MAGULANG NAMAN DYAN, COMMON SENSE LANG! HIRAP NA HIRAP NA NGA KAYO SA BUHAY, MANGDADAMAY PA KAYO NG IBA?! PAPARAMIHAN NYO PA LAHI NYO!

Palibhasa walang mga trabaho at walang pinagkaka-abalahan, kaya nagkakalabitan at nagsusundutan na lang maghapon, magdamag. Sa totoo lang, nakakabilib. Kasi kahit sa ilalim ng tulay o sa kariton lang, nakakabuo pa rin ng bata! Ibig sabihin, maabilidad ang mga Pinoy. Kung gugustuhin, gagawan ng paraan. Kahit sa makipot, mabaho at maduming lugar - SOLVE!

Isa pang mga grupo ng tao na nakakainis, yung mga aktibista, NPA at kung ano-ano pang ideological political groups. Sabi nila, mahal na mahal nila ang Pilipinas kaya pinagpalalaban nila ang kanilang mga adhikain.

EH HINDI RIN KAYO NAGBABAYAD NG TAX! ANG KAKAPAL RIN NG MGA MUKHA NYO!

MGA HIPOKRITO! MAHAL DAW ANG PILIPINAS AYAW NAMAN MAGBAYAD NG BUWIS!

WALA DIN NAMAN KAYONG MGA TRABAHO! KUNG MAY TRABAHO TALAGA KAYO, HINDI KAYO MAG-RA-RALLY DAHIL SAYANG ANG SWELDO NYO PAG ABSENT KAYO!

PAANO NYO MAIPAPAKITA ANG PAGMAMAHAL NYO SA PILIPINAS KUNG WALA NA KAYONG GAWANG MATINO KUNDI MAG-RALLY AT MAMUNDOK??!!!

ISA PA YANG MGA MAYAYAMAN AT MGA ARTISTA, NA NANGDADAYA AT HINDI NAGBABAYAD NG BUWIS. ANG KAKAPAL NG MUKHA NYO! ANG DAMI NYO NA NGANG PERA NANGDADAYA PA KAYO SA TAX!!!! HINDI NYO NAMAN MADADALA SA IMPIERNO YANG MGA KAYAMAN NYO. MASUSUNOG LANG DUN YAN.

KAYA LALONG BUMABAGSAK ANG NEGOSYO DITO SA PILIPINAS, KASI MGA NEGOSYANTE MANDARAYA. PATI SHOWBIZ INDUSTRY, BAGSAK NA DIN. KARMA ANG TAWAG DYAN. MGA BALASUBAS KASI.

Sana magkaron ng POLITICAL AND NATIONAL CLEANSING.
At higit sa lahat, dapat tax payers lang ang pwedeng bumoto!

Kung kinakailangang magka-giyera para magtino ang mga Pilipino, ayos lang. Masyado na kasing matigas ang ulo ng mga tao dito. Gusto ng kalayaan, pero hindi naman handang panagutan ang responsibilidad ng pagiging malaya. Meron daw pinaglalaban na prinsipyo at adhikain pero takot namang mamatay para
dito.

Hangga’t hindi nagkakaron ng radical change, patuloy na walang kwenta ang Pilipinas at patuloy na magiging tanga ang majority ng mga Pilipino.

Sa dami ng nag-mi-migrate na Pilipino sa ibang bansa, dadating ang panahon na minority na lang ng population sa Pilipinas ang may utak. Yung mga magagaling na Pilipino, mal amang maubos na. Sobra na kasi silang na-fru-frustrate at na-de-depress sa mga nakikita nila.

Alam ko marami pa ang umaasa at naniniwala sa pagbabago. Good luck and God bless! Sana tama kayo at mali ako.

if people in the provinces have heard the tapes and still conclude that gma is not guilty of cheating then they should form their own airhead country.

And the same tax that we are paying to the government is the same money the government is using to steal elections, create scenarios ( like seccesion movements, bombing in the rallies? , pr money). How much money is being distributed everyday by the govt just to survive? Ang sulat ba na iyan ay naka address din sa simbahan na hindi nagbabayad ng tax pero nakikialam sa kalakaran ng gobyerno?

ipagdasal na lang natin si lavinia (ang kontrabida sa Princess Sarah) na sanay maliwanagan sya….Ang nangyayaring ito sa ating bansa ay isang pagpapatunay lamang na ang hustisya ay para lamang sa mayayaman, “matataas ang pinagaralan”, at mataas ang estado sa buhay…NASA SA ATIN NA ITO…Wag na nating alalahanin kung isang projected “mangmang” ang papalit sa isang “Hoya”…..Walang problema kung isang milyong edsa ang mangyari…ang dapat manaig dito ay ang TAMA…mas lalo tayong pagtatawanan ng buong mundo kung hahayaan natin ang isang mandaraya ang namumuno sa ating bansa.

Just what we need. A whole bunch of airhead countries infesting Asia.

http://www.getrealphilippines.com

ang sumisira sa bansang ito ay ang mga taong MAKASARILI, mga taong NAWALAN NA NANG PAG-ASA dahil sa kalooblooban nila’y WALA NAMAN TALAGA silang pakialam… ang mga taong nagtatago at ayaw makialam. na ayaw intindihin at wala nang oras para umintindi. sa mga taong di naniniwala na puede pa ang Pagbabago…

di umuusad ang bansang ito dahil sa dami nang matatalino at WAIS… di ganun kadaling utuhin na lang ang mga pilipino, kaya’t walang di tayo nag kakaisa. patay na rin ang nationalismo. at masyado nang hilo at lito ang IDENTITY natin bilang PILIPINO. ang ibang south east asian countries, sunudsunuran ang mga tao kaya’t mas angat na sila ngayon. matatalino ang mga pilipino, di nga lang nila maintindihan ang pagka pilipino.

you talk of due process and constitution pero ang presidente mo mismo ay ginawa na tong TRAPO.you show love for your country by feeling HOPELESS and getting SICK of your fellow filipino. you relate nationalism with abandonment and KILLING OF a nation’s pride because you decided we’re better off if we FORGIVE AND FORGET… the most unethical and unconstitutional atrocity A FILIPINO president has ever commited..?.

kung may paki ka, eh ano ngayon? kahit anung solusyon pa meron ka, kung uupo ka lang. wala. (addressd to no one in particular po plz.)

Kung mag sasarili ang mga probinsya matutuwa nyan si GOV CHAVIT tuloy na ang ILOCOS REPUBLIC eh di legal na ang JUETENG at SMUGGLING NG MGA MOTORBIKE sa Ilocos. At sa DABAO REPUBLIC legal din ang salvage diba MAYOR DUTERTE? Ang dapat lecturan ng CONSTITUTION si Gloria diba bawal mandaya sa election?

GMA’S FATHER MUST BE STIRRING IN HIS GRAVE FOR THE CHEATING CORRUPTION THAT SHE HAS DONE AGAINST THE INNOCENT AND POOR PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY.
iN SPITE OF ALL THIS, I BET SHE STILL SLEEPS SOUNDLY EACH NIGHT AS HER MAIN GOAL AS A PRESIDENT IS TO STAY ON EVEN IF HISTORY WILL AHOW THAT SHE IS THE WORST OF ALL OUR PRESIDENT WITH A LEGACY THAT NO ONE CAN BE PROU OF.

STAY ON GLORIA!

ANYONE PLEASE!!!

Where can I buy PERSONALLY, the new i-report “Queensgambit” of PCIJ. National bookstore and magazine stalls in SM does not sell the said mag. BTW, I dont want to purchase it online.
Thanks.

saan ba nanggagaling talaga ang kayamanan ni chavit? balita ko he gambles in a private plane as it circles around. air casino ba. mahjong ata ang nilalaro. we dont need people like him. we can cut him off and we will be so much better for it.

Can you say the same thing if we go back to the events before Edsa 2? Yes, definitely!

First thing first, I am not pro-ERAP, I am not pro-GLORIA, and I am not pro-FPJ. I am one of the million Filipino who are working hard to earn money to fed themselves and their family, and who pay taxes so that our country might live another day.

I have to correct Lavinia. It is not the people of Manila but the so-called “MASA”, backed by the so-called “HUMAN RIGHT ACTIVISTS”. These people have nothing to do but creating chaos in our country. These people are not paying taxes because they do not have a job in the first place. Economically, they are not contributing but problems.

Majority of us Filipinos belong to this class. That is the reason why the like of ERAP won in the presidential election. They are the one who voted for ERAP. Ironically, they are the one also who stormed EDSA during the EDSA 2, to force ERAP to resign.

Awa? Yes, naaawa ako sa kanila. But please, do not let them dictate the future of this country.

MASHA, nakabili ka na ba nung special issue ng i-report? wher can i buy one? thanks

I agree 100 percent! Becoming federal as proposed by JDV and Tabako will only mean that lahat ng region natin magkakaroon ng warlord at jueteng lord and mas magiging powerful pa sila. Mas lalong lalakas ang patronage politics. Di ba kayo nagtataka na lahat ng mga trapo e sang ayon sa ganitong position???

Can you say the same thing if we go back to the events before Edsa2? Yes definitely!

First thing first, I am not pro-ERAP, I am not pro-GLORIA, and I am not pro-FPJ. I am one of the million Filipino who are working hard to earn money to fed themselves and their family, and who pay taxes so that our country might live another day.

I am from Mindanao and I have to correct Lavinia. I think it is not the people of Manila but the so-called “MASA” backed by the so-called “HUMAN RIGHT ACTIVISTS”. These people have nothing to do but creating chaos in our country. These people are not paying taxes because they do ot have a job in the first place. Economically, they are not contributing but problems.

Majority of us Filipino belongs to this class. That is the reason why the like of ERAP won in the presidential election. They are the one who voted for ERAP. Ironically, they are the one also who stormed EDSA during the EDSA2, to force ERAP to resign.

Awa? Yes, naaawa ako sa kanila. But please, don’t let them dictate the future of this country.

ANYONE? SAAN BA NAKAKABILI NG special issue ng i-report? rexjayson@yahoo.com thanks

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. –Such has been the patient sufferance of the FILIPINO PEOPLE. LETS BATTLE THE TRADITIONAL POLITICIANS AND DECLARE OUR INDEPENDENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I searched in Avenida Rizal. Wala sa newstands. Calling PCIJ.
hinaharass ba ni meyor atienza? There are many popular newstands there. That’s where I usually get my magazines.

Even National Bookstore is shying away from carrying I-report.

D bale, I’ll try and get it sa Popular timog. good luck guys.

rexjayson, please refer to this post.

masha, what do u mean cut him off? huwag at magagalit ang mga gf niya. maganda nga iyong panukala nyang ilocoslovakia. plano ni makoy yon noong edsa 1 ngunit dinaya cya ng mga kano at dinala sa hawaii. remember meron cyang malacanang ti amianan. si gloria me malacanang sa cebu - kaya alam nyo na kung saan cya dederetso kung successful ang people power ninyo. afterwards ang mga pro-gloria naman ang magkacutoff ke president rez cortez

Diba yung survey random sampling lang yan ng mga tao and it could reflect the sentiments of the people… Kasi may calculations naman yan kung ilang kelangan na respondents out of a certain population para magkaroon ng significance….

Ok lang na gumawa ng Republics yung mga TRAPO na leaders na yun… Basta tingnan muna nila yung TOTOONG sentiments ng mga tao sa lugar nila bago sila pagawa-gawa ng Republics nila….

Si Duterte naman puro “Talk shit” naman yung pinagsasabi niyan…Pro-GMA daw mga tao sa Mindanao… Hello? 17 years ako nakatira sa Mindanao at alam ko na twuing elections, majority of the areas in Mindanao ay nilalampaso si GMA….. Kaya Duterte mag-sisp isp ka muna..tingnan mo yung KULAY mo…alam ko yung pinagagawa mo sa Davao… Buti sana kung puro drug lords lang yung ginaganon mo, diba di naman???

Bago ka magsalita na sinusopportahan mo si GMA, tingnan mo muna yung skeletons sa closet mo!

these surveys dont mean nothing, dpba obvious na hinde na nga popular si glo? nung elections, pinangunahan nila un popularity vote, which in effect mightve had an effect on the vote or the rigging of it thereof, dahil napangunahan na nangunguna si glo sa pop vote. and now, obvious naman na dba? well duh.. is this just a save face to validate that their surveys are indeed accurate?

glo is going down, sa performance plng e, sa questionable political appointees, halata na wla sya puso to truly lead us out of this problem we have, if so she shldve done what she could during her first term, resluts are evrything, what she did during the elections was to give, land etc,, to ppl. is that her main perrogative. will that generate more jobs? its the worse ive seen of her, thats why i changed my opinion of her since then and didnt vote for her., she who swore to not run again for precidency. and later went back on her word.. wlng isang salita. wlng righteous will to lead, dahil kng meron man, why is taht that she couldnt pull the people together with her. they say u can see a persons sincerity in their eyes, but watching her ads and her apology, its all make do.. fake!! hinde natural un dating nya, the expressions restrained, the eyes look blank as if u cant see any soul in there.

Chihiro said,
July 13, 2005 @ 9:47 am

^ Bakit noong 2001 ay “pumayag” ang Visayas at Mindanao sa pagpapatalsik kay Erap ng “Imperial Manila”? Ang BUONG Visayas at Mindanao ba noon ay SUMANG-AYON sa EDSA II?

When Manila did not follow the Constitution in 2001, bakit di kayo nagalit? Dahil ba si ERAP kasi noon ang pintalsik (and I am assuming that you were ANTI-ERAP then) at samantalang ngayon e si GMA naman ang nasa bingit ng alanganin (and I am assuming also that you are PRO-GMA)?

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CHIHIRO, lavinia is from CEBU. and she is just speaking her own sentiments. The problem of LAVINIA is dinadamay niya ang sentiments ng ibang tao sa VISAYAS and MINDANAO.

tao yata siya ng mga OSMENA.

the truth is people in VISAYAS and mindanao are already fed up with PGMA. that is the truth.

that is based on statistics. BASED on logic as derived from MATH. based on probabilities as expressed in statistical surveys.

kaya nga mga tao from VISAYAS and MINDANAO nag exodus sa manila to find jobs eh di ba. KC walang trabaho don.

ganoon lang yon.

and the truth is, sawang sawa na mga taga probinsya kay GMA…. sa totoo lang taga VISAYAS ako at constant contact ako sa VISAYAS. although i am now in MANILA still i know whats going on in the visayas island.

HEllo lAVINIa. wake up gurl!!!

kayo naman hindi na mabiro. sobrang seryoso nyo sa mga political posturings. of course hindi mangyayari yong pabrebreak-up ng republic. paano na lang yong mga asawa/gf/kabit nila na tagaibang isla? di kukuha pa cla ng passport para mabisita. too much hustle yon. at saka jjc1384 hindi po kasya sa closet nya ang skeletons na nakolekta nya.

GMA will be doing all she can to survive her crisis. All she wanted was to keep intact the good name of her father, President Diosdado Macapagal, even to the point of sacrificing the very democratic existence of our country. She is now allied with trapos whose agenda is to perpetuate and augment their political power through a parliamentary government.If they succeed, we can throw all the gains our forefathers fought and died to have in order to attain a democratic republic - the first in Asia.

I call upon our dear president as I quote the words of U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar in 1986: “Its time to cut and cut clean.” Don’t wait for the choppers to extricate you out of the palace. Resign while there is still a space for your successor to save the republic; before the military makes its move and expunge our nation’s institutions.

pcij.

I have received the email from a friend many days ago. apparently it is making the rounds. I don’t know if it qualifies as SPAM. but lavinia is
reposting that. mukhang pangpagulo lang. is that really allowed?
I think, it is just a nasty email to foment class hatred.

A few weeks ago, Alecks reminded us of the Rules of this Blog.

Unfortunately, some bloggers are deliberately violating such rules.

It is apparent , then, that some advocates of “the rule of law” failed to grasp its entire concept and idea just like their idol, gloria.

Yes, Garcigwen. This has been reposted several times already in the blog. Will continue monitoring and take the necessary action. Thanks.

Hindi magreresign si GMA hanggang andoon pa ung mga ex-generals sa paligid niya. Hindi naman siguro magbackout ng supporta kay GMA yong mga ex-gererals kasi malaki ang pakinabang nila sa kanya. At si lomibao na head ng pnp ay sangkot ang pangalan sa garci tape. Hindi naman siguro gago si GMA na gustong matulad sa sinapit ni erap.
Kahit 99% na ang walang tiwala sa kanya at kahit ilang rally pa ang magaganap hindi pa rin yan magbibitiw.
Ewan ko lang kung uunsad ang impeachment sa kanya. Karamihan ng congressmen ay administrasyon.
Kawawa talaga ang mga Filipino.

IIlan lang naman kayo na puro “Resign” ang laman ng bibig.
Kung magbibilangan tayo, aba eh mas marami pa ang tao
ngayon na nasa Megamall kaysa sa mga tao na nandoon
ngayon sa kanto ng Ayala at Paseo de Roxas.
Kaya huwag na huwag niyong sasabihin na kayo lang ang
nakaka-alam ng tama at kayo lang ang tama ang pag-unawa.
Mas nakararami ang mga tao na tahimik lang at tuloy pa
rin sa pag-tratrabaho dahil alam naman nating lahat na wala
tayong inaasahang pagbabago kahit sino man ang naka-upo
sa puwesto.

if you really feel that way then why comment at all? do you want us all to not care about it anymore and go about our jobs na wlang pakialam? there are rallies because ppl who do care want change. if more ppl would not care anymore then that would be the end of this country. i think we are capable naman of learning from mistakes kya were wanting a lot of changes to be done. i may be an idealistic fool but better idealistic than a normal fool. sa mga tahimik laang, cge steady lng kyo, well do the work for you.

again very witty tabz. But still I do hope the impeachment will now start. People will be more aware of whats happening through impeachment.

Indeed… we will do the work for them.

Our laws and democratic institutions are only as good or as bad as those who dispense and man them. I believe benigO and lavinia know this.

jonathan, to cut somebody off doesnt involve mutilation of body parts. it’s just an expression na hwag nang pansinin ang isang tao for whatever reason.

kung gusto ng mga taong magtanga-tangahan, that’s their choice. pero ako, di ko palalagpasin at lagi kong kokontrahin ang tahasang pandaraya, pagsisinungaling at pagnanakaw lalo na ng mga taong sumumpang tayo ay paglilingkuran. ang tanggapin ang mga ito ay kawalan ng pagkatao.

gma is not concerned about the country. she’s concerned with herself and her pride. her husband, eldest son and brother-in-law are out to make the most of her position. iggy is worth at least 200M$ and is one of the richest in congress. e ang balita ko dyan, he was down and out a few years ago. where did that money come from? the tuason-arroyos were not that rich anymore. with gma, their net worths are in the hundreds of millions. grabe. imagine staying in the mansion at the mgm grand? 15K (20k net) a day. the mgm wouldnt give that accommodation to a husband of a president of a 3rd world country. those are for high rollers (1M$ credit line) and celebrities in the frank sinatra level.

by the way, what’s the official word on the property in SF in the name of the arroyos? ang mahal ng real estate property dun a. as in.

tanong ko pa. what happened to luli arroyo. kala ko ba siya ang matino one of the lot. di rin pala. pinaninindigan ang kasinungalingan at katiwalian. she’s soooo cut off.

i totally disaggree about the league of municipal mayors, vice mayors, governors, ets… that thier constituents stand for GMA. these local offials are standing only for themselves not thier constituents. hati naman ang sakop nila ah. hay buhay nalilito ako.

si gloria me malacanang sa cebu - kaya alam nyo na kung saan cya dederetso kung successful ang people power ninyo. by jonathan

-if gusto po ng cebu si gloria bat po di nalang sya tumakbo ng mayor ng cebu, doon nlang po sya ayaw po namin sa kanya dito sa manila-

i totally disaggree about the league of municipal mayors, vice mayors, governors, ets… that thier constituents stand for GMA. these local offials are standing only for themselves not thier constituents. hati naman ang sakop nila ah. hay buhay nalilito ako by agol

-I agree mga mayors, governors, etc etc lahat sila part ng kabulukan ng mga politicians natin. Kasi almost all of them sangkot sa jueteng. Isang utos lang ng boss nila na stop the jueteng biglang stop na. O di ba impressive?? Eh yung ibang presidents di mapatigil yung jueteng eh.Dyan ka bilib ke kingpin este gloria pla-

Kaya huwag na huwag niyong sasabihin na kayo lang ang
nakaka-alam ng tama at kayo lang ang tama ang pag-unawa. by tjmaxxx
-Were just excercising our right to voice our opinions. We are citizens of this republic. We we do care what happens to it. Most of us do work for a living and in this trying times we want to see that our hard earned money is used right and that person managing our money in trust use it to benefit us all and not just herself-

TO THOSE WHO ARE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH - jueteng allegations and wiretap
conversations

Mag-imbestiga at Alamin ang KATOTOHANAN!

KILALANIN ANG MGA PERSONALIDAD NA NAGBABATO NG AKUSASYON SA ATING ADMINISTRASYON AT HUMIHILING NA BUMABA SA PWESTO SI PGMA:

1. Wilfredo “Boy” Mayor * Jueteng witness who admits to being a former
operator of jueteng in the Bicol Region.

* He claims to have given Monthly Jueteng Payola to bagmen of Congressman Mikey Arroyo.

* He was an opposition candidate for Mayor in Daraga, Albay in the 2004 elections. He lost the elections.

*Mayor admits that he has no evidence to show that the money he cl aims to have given these bagmen went to Congressman Mikey Arroyo

2. Richard Garcia

* Jueteng witness who is a self-confessed former
operator of the illegal numbers game in the Bicol Region.

* He claims to have given Monthly Jueteng Payola to bagmen of Congressman Mikey Arroyo. He admits that he has no evidence to show that the money he claims to have given these bagmen
went to Congressman Mikey Arroyo

* A former member of the PC-INP and a known “asset” of Ping Lacson

3. Sandra Cam
* She claims to have personally given Jueteng Payola to Congressman Mikey Arroyo and Congressman Iggy Arroyo at the Congress Session hall(while Congress was in session). She claims to have deposited Jueteng Payola for former Region 5 Regional Director Gen. Restituto Mosqueda.

* Ran for Mayor in Masbate under Reforma in the 2004 elections and lost.

* Has a pending illegal recruitment case and pending large-scale estafa cases.

* Known in Bicol to have engaged in all possible illegal activities and to be “close” to generals previously assigned in the Bicol region. The staff of known hotels in Bicol would know this.

* Reportedly a lover of Governor Tony Kho

* linked to several election-related incidents, including dynamiting houses of political opponents, kidnapping and murder.

* In her testimony before the Senate, Cam admitted to being a supporter of Governor Tony Kho, who has been charged with masterminding the killing of Representative Tito Espinosa. The case is still pending in court.

4. Archbishop Oscar Cruz

* Says that it is his personal advocacy to stop Jueteng

* His name never came out during the 2000 impeachment trial where jueteng was a key issue.
If it is the archbishop’s personal advocacy to stop jueteng,why is it only now that Archbishop Cruz is coming out with all these witnesses and accusations ?

* Previously hugged the headlines when he accused Pagcor chairman Efraim Genuino of using female employees of Pagcor as GRO’s or Guest Relations Officer during a birthday celebration of
First Gentleman Mike Arroyo. This was denied by the Pagcor chairman and the female employees themselves who apparently were with their families during the said birthday celebration. Archbisop Cruz made an apology to the families of the Pagcor female employees.

And thanks to the Catholic Church for realizing early that Ong was not a man with a word of honor. They kicked Ong out of the seminary for not keeping the gentleman’s agreement for not giving interviews to press while in the seminary.

5. Alan Paguia
* He initially claimed to be the source of the audio tape

* Known to be a former lawyer of Erap and reportedly gets a monthly salary of 1 Million pesos a month from the detained former president.

* License as a lawyer was suspended by the Supreme Court

* His credibility and background was being questioned; and more critical, was his own admission that he made the annotation and thereby tampered with the original audio tape.

6. Samuel Ong

* Former NBI deputy director
* Came out on National TV on June 10 and claimed that he was the source of the original copy of the audio tape and that it was given to him by an Intelligence official (ISAFP) who was later
identified as Tech. Sgt. Vidal Doble. Doble claims that he was offered 2 Million pesos and his family was threatened by Ong.

* Ong had often organized mass actions to support his ambition to be director of the NBI.

* During the NBI investigation of the Dacer-Corbito murder case, the principal suspect Superintendent Teofilo Vina who could link Ping Lacson to the case was killed in Cavite in January 1993. It is known that Ong who was still influential then as deputy director
had a hand in this to get Lacson of the hook. During the 2004 elections, he was ordered by Lacson to join the FPJ camp to serve as Lacson’s eyes and ears.

- AND AFTER ONG WAS BYPASSED BY ARROYO FOR THE TOP NBI POST and chose Wycoco instead.

* He said that he fears for his life. One would wonder how these words would come fro m a person who once aspired to be an NBI director. He chose a career in the National Bureau of Investigation that entails agents to confront death threats on a daily basis. Was the media
presentation, with Ong almost crying out of fear for his life and character actor Rez Cortez beside him a mere “sarzuela”.

WE SHOULD TAKE NOTE THAT SINCE PGMA BECAME PRESIDENT, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A CASE OF AN EXECUTION OR PROLONGED INCARCERATION OF ANY OF HER CIVILIAN CRITICS INSPITE OF THE FACT THAT A LOT THESE CRITICS HAVE GONE OVERBOARD.

7. Jose Marie Gonzalez - “voice expert”

* Media’s so called electronics and communications expert who initially said that the audio tapes were authentic and not tampered. What audio tape was he referring to when Paguia’s version was (according to Paguia himself) recorded with annotation and thus was tampered. The other “so-called original” version was only released by Ong on June 10, 2004.

* A former congressman and well-known Erap supporter

* He slapped the house sargeant-at-arms in front of national TV during the transmittal of the impeachment complaint against Erap in late 2000. How uneducated and barbaric!

* Was given a house in Subic and a brand new red Lincoln Navigator during Erap’s presidency.

* Reportedly got 10 million from Mayor JV Ejercito for coming out with his “expert opinion” on the audio tape.

8. Senator Nene Pimentel

* Senate President during the Erap administration.

* resigned from then majority party when the envelope containing the Jose Velarde account was not allowed to be opened by majority of senate members.

* Held the Microphone during PGMA’s oath taking at Edsa 2.

* Went back to criticizing PGMA when he was not chosen as Vice President after EDSA 2.

* His No. 1 soldier is his long time ally in PDP Laban - Mayor Jejomar Binay. During EDSA 2, Binay brought in the goons to intimidate protesters from the business community in Makati.
Since then, Makati has been the site of destabilization attempts against PGMA namely the Coup/Mutiny in Oakwood and their planned EDSA 4 in San Carlos last June 11. Binay was one of the first people seen in San Carlos Seminary.

* Still has ambitions to be president.

9. Senator Ping Lacson
* He once said that he despised and he never wants to be a politician.

* He is on his 2nd term as senator and he ran for president during the 2004 elections

* has always portrayed a clean, incorruptible image. he always says that he never took a single centavo from illegal means, jueteng included. He has also boasts of not utilizing his pork barrel.

* Most generous when it comes to “envelopmental journalism”. Lacson has a pool of media personnel on a monthly payola. Lacson’s most effective media tool is mass-based publication
Abante where Ping Lacson writes in a regular column. Mr. Allen Macasaet, Owner of Abante, reportedly has been receiving 5 million pesos a month from Ping Lacson since 2003 . 37 year old Allen Macasaet, lives in posh Ayala Alabang and reportedly owns a Ferrari(worth 12 Million), a BMW 9 series (worth 11Million), a Porsche 911 (worth 10 Million), a Jaguar (worth 8 million), a Range Rover(worth 9 million), two Chevrolet Suburbans (worth 2.5 Million each), a Ford E150 Chateau Van, and a Honda Accord - all purchased brand new. Perhaps,his neighbors in Ayala Alabang can attest to Mr.Allen Macasaet’s ownership of these luxury vehicles. NO WONDER 95% OF ABANTE HEADLINES IS ANTI-PGMA. And what a good choice of newspaper… masang masa… could readily reach millions of ordinary filipinos.

* Now comes the Million Dollar Question ???? Where does Senator Ping Lacson (who boasts that he does not get his PhP 200 Million a year “pork barrel fund) get funding to finance a successful
senate campaign, a decent but unsuccessful presidential campaign, and still afford a very generous media payola ???

* He has been linked to kidnap-for-ransom of rich Fil-Chinese nationals, illegal drug trafficking, Kuratong-Baleleng massacre, Dacer-Corbito slay.

* In 1993, Ping Lacson reportedly was getting the biggest monthly payola from jueteng lord and convicted rapist-murderer Mayor Antonio Sanchez of Calauan, Laguna. Thus, the attempt to cover-up Mayor Sanchez’s crime by initially pointing to Kit Alqueza, son of general Dictador Alqueza, as the mastermind of the celebrated rape-slay of Aileen Sarmenta and boyfriend Allan Gomez. Ping Lacson was then head of PACC who presented the young Kit Alqueza to then vice-president Erap Estrada and media.

* Ping Lacson has had access to suppliers of wire-tapping devices as early as his PACC days. During a raid of the CIDG after EDSA 2, wire-tapping devices purchased during Ping Lacson’s term as PNP chief were confiscated from camp crame and stored in CIDG’s warehouse. Said confiscated devices remain stored in the CIDG warehouse until this day.

* With his seemingly infinite monetary resources and political clout as 2nd termer senator, it is highly probable that Ping Lacson himself owns the latest model of wire-tapping/ bugging devices.

* Even with the exposure of his links to people behind the audio tape, he was still the one who had the tape authenticated by a private australian firm.

* He came out with the results from the Australian firm on the night Friday, June 10. How could he have gotten a copy of the original when Sammy Ong (who claims to be acting on his own and says he does not know Ping Lacson)only surfaced with the so-called original copy on the afternoon of June 10? The previously claimed original was the annotated and tampered version
of Alan Paguia.

* Ping Lacson’s former men in the PACC that could implicate him in his criminal activities are either dead (Supt. John Campos, Supt. Teofilo Vina, Kit Mateo) or hiding in the US ( Michael Ray Aquino and Cesar Mancao). Lacson quickly points to his enemies as behind the execution of his
former trusted aides. If this allegation were true, why would Lacson’s enemies target his men instead of killing him (Lacson). Who ordered the execution and hiding of his former men before the May 2004 elections to make sure that no one could directly implicate Lacson in his criminal
activities. Perhaps Samuel Ong should fear Lacson as Ong is also a person who could implicate Lacson in the present destabilization moves.

* After the 2004 elections, Ping Lacson became supportive of PGMA’s government and even did not join the opposition’s protest actions during FPJ’s wake. He believed then that if he behaved this way, he would be a sure bet for President come 2010. However, he again started to be PGMA’s biggest critic recently. Perhaps PGMA’s illegal drugs campaign which has closed down the most number of Shabu Laboratories in recent years and anti-kidnapping campaign is already affecting Lacson’s treasure chest and he fears that by 2010, his funds would not be enough to run a successful presidential campaign against a popular Mar Roxas.

10. Erap, Jinggoy, Loi and JV Ejercito
* They clearly want one thing : to exact revenge on PGMA

* This is very evident at how Senator Jinggoy and Loi have been grandstanding during the senate inquiry on jueteng.

* Senator Jinggoy and San Juan Mayor JV Ejercito were one of the first people to join Sammy Ong ( who said that he was acting on his own and the he was calling on Ms. Susan Roces to join him) in San Jose Seminary. They were interviewed over ANC and both Jinggoy and JV
attacked PGMA and repeatedly said that the opposition had an executive committee, with ERAP as ex-officio chairman, that was ready to replace the administration in case we are “miraculously swept into power”..

- Boracay mansion?, Rest house in Rizal? Laarni Estate?, Couple thousand pesos worth of wine consumed by Erap daily?, extravagant and lavish lifestyle of Estradas? Luxury cars, Vans, Resorts, owned by them? Ganon ba kaguapo at kaganda ang katawan para maging action star si Jinggoy para kumita ng milyon milyon sa pelikula? Erap’s endless womanizing, morals, gambling, whose only legit earnings mostly came from showbiz? against an already known rich
family of the Tuasons and Arroyo’s? - Who’s probably more corrupt? Why not attack PGMA directly? Coz they can’t see any reason to attack? So they go attacking PGMA’s family coz they don’t know how to attack PGMA.

We Filipinos should investigate further why key people coming out with all these accusations and calls on PGMA to step down have in one way or the other been linked to leaders in the opposition like Ping Lacson or Erap. We should not take everything that media comes out with as absolute truths since it is already our country’s future that is being threatened by these people. During the wake of FPJ last year, it was already reported that the opposition was hatching a plan to bring down the Arroyo administration.

The opposition clearly wanted to use FPJ’s death to bring down PGMA. Susan Roces herself mentioned to a confidant during the wake that some opposition leaders then were convincing her to lead them in bringing down PGMA. If indeed the opposition had in its possession the audio tape that they claim to be a phone conversation made immediately after the May 2004
elections between PGMA and Comelec Commissioner Garcilliano, why did they not come out with the audio tape during the wake or burial of FPJ when millions of FPJ mourners were out on the streets ?

It could have easily resulted to an early end to the Arroyo administration. Perhaps they were still working on the tape with their “expert engineers” during that time.

The people behind the efforts to bring down PGMA have not succeeded in spite of the desperate moves they have made primarily because they have never been united. They have several leaders who all want to be acknowledged as the legitimate and the unanimous opposition leader.
There is Erap and his families who want to regain lost glory and power; there is a Ping Lacson who despises politicians and yet desperately aims to be president; and there is Nene Pimentel who still dreams of becoming president which he hopes would happen before his eye bags cover his face. All these destabilization moves is a result of the individual aspirations of these people to grab power.

Susan Roces has experienced this when the opposition could not even unite behind a strong FPJ during the 2004 elections. She experienced this during her husband’s wake and burial when public sympathy was there but again the opposition was not united. She experienced this
during the opposition’s planned call for an EDSA 4 last June 11 when according to her confidant, the opposition were still fighting among themselves even during the early hours of June 11 on what moves to take. At around 2:30 am of June 11, Senator Ping Lacson, Senator
Jinggoy Estrada, Senator Serge Osmeï?½a, Senator Jamby Madrigal and Mayor Binay were in Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati discussing their next steps but still arguing on the details as well as to who would be their leader when they succeed in bringing down PGMA. Susan Roces
was supposed to call for their supporters to March to the streets. According to her confidant, Susan Roces just decided to call for sobriety and just manifest her moral support for Sammy Ong out of disgust over the opposition’s squabbling. The opposition’s plan for another EDSA did not and will not succeed because the people know the opposition’s motives. Of the many witnesses paraded in the Senate Inquiry and media, not a single person would pass as a “credible witness”.

And why even calls for NOLI to resign also? Is Loren, who was teary eyed over the siding of Pimentel to the then opposition more popular to the masses, considering she was even rejected by the masses and even the opposition themselves when she decided to run as FPJ’s running mate (since GMA could not really choose another woman as running mate?)? Do you honestly think also that Noli cheated Loren? Oh, C’mon!

Who is their alternative? Who should lead us then? Angara and Lacson can’t unify… Pimentel and Enrile are also at odds… Abat? Lumbao? Bayan Muna? and other left wing party groups
who were present during toppling of ERAP? It seems like they are against every president. Just recently, they went on a presscon with the ESTRADAS joined hands? Is that what you
call unity?

According to the UP College of Psychology, the typical characteristics of a CREDIBLE WITNESS are :

1) The witness is close to the person being accused

* A good example given by the UP College of Psychology is Governor Chavit Singson who was part of Erap’s inner circle or “midnight cabinet”. He was very close to the Erap and practically knew the day-to-day activities of the former president which made him a credible witness in the impeachment trial.

2) The witness has an untainted moral background

* A good example given by the UP College of Psychology was Clarissa Ocampo who testified that Erap signed the name Jose Velarde in front of her. Clarissa Ocampo was then Vice President of Equitable-PCI Bank with an unblemished record of integrity and professionalism.

Now, lets say for instance that it is infact PGMA in the tapes, and it is Garcillano that she was talking to, MERON BA SIYANG SINABING MANDAYA!?! MERON BA SIYANG SINABING IBAHIN ANG RESULTA?

MERON BA SIYANG SINABING DAGDAGAN ANG BOTO NIYA? MERON BA SIYANG SINABING SIGURUHIN ANG PAGKAPANALO NIYA? It is very clear… SHE WAS ASKING QUESTIONS ANY POLITICIAN WOULD. And do you honestly think that none of the opposition candidates talked to commissioners, regional directors of the COMELEC to ask their standing? or to assess what was happening? PGMA merely asked if she was gonna still lead a million if so and so… and that if Biazon loses in an area, so and so… They we questions. NOT DIRECTIVES.

MAYBE IF THE OPPOSITION ARE NOT SO HUNGRY FOR POWER AND UNITED. MAYBE IF PING BRO EDDIE ETC ALL GAVE WAY TO FPJ… MANINIWALA PA TAYONG NANDAYA NGA SI PGMA…MAYBE IF ALL AND I SAY ALL OF THE SURVEYS PRIOR TO ELECTION TIME DID NOT
SAY PGMA WOULD DEFINITELY WIN, close but statistically significant lead.

MANINIWALA PA TAYONG NANDAYA SI PGMA…

MAYBE IF FPJ ANSWERED ALL INTERVIEW QUESTIONS DURING THE CAMPAIGN, ATTENDED DEBATES, ETC SO FILIPINOS WOULD KNOW HIS PLATFORM…

BUT EVEN IF YOU PUT ALL VOTES TO FPJ FOR ALL THE PRECINTS ELECTION RETURNS THE OPPOSITION WANTED TO BE OPENED DURING THE CANVASSING AND ZERO TO PGMA, PGMA WOULD STILL WIN BY 600T. AND NOW THEYRE SAYING “DI SILA PINAGBIGYAN NA MABUKSAN ANG MGA BALOTA”. Coz all they wanted was for congress NOT TO BE ABLE TO PROCLAIM a PRESIDENT by the 30th of JUNE when it should have so that everything would be in limbo since congress was already adjourned “SINE DIE”.

SO WHO REALLY WON? BRO. EDDIE WHO SAYS there were 2MILLION during his preelection rally? Roco who did not have a machinery? Lacson and FPJ whose votes were divided? OR GMA who was consistently top in the surveys, won in exit polls by GMA7 and ABS-CBN, DAILY INQUIRER, in an election that was pronounced “GENERALLY PEACEFUL AND CLEAN” elections by the CBCP, foreign governments, diplomats, international observers?

WHO LOST? NO ONE DID… Coz nadaya silang lahat… And which election in the philippines was 100% fraud free? It was the opposition led by ENRILE who started DAGDAG BAWAS… thats why Pimentel is at odds with him because he lost in previous senatorial elections…

DOES PGMA REALLY HAVE TO CONFIRM IS SHE WAS THE ONE IN THE TAPES? ITS REALLY UP TO HER. WHAT’S MORE IMPORTANT NOW? DEAL WITH WHAT SEEMS TO BE AN OBVIOUS DESTABILIZATION ATTEMPT (IN A TIME WHERE THEY KNOW PGMA WOULD BE VERY
VULNERABLE AND WEAK DUE TO VERY LOW RATINGS BROUGHT ABOUT BY HER UNPOPULAR BUT NEEDED PASSING OF VAT? INCREASE IN FUEL? ETC?)… OR FOCUS ON THE COUNTRY’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND PROBLEMS ON POVERTY???

THEY SAY THAT PGMA’S ADMINISTRATION IS SUPPRESSING BASIC RIGHTS… Yes its true that DOJ, NBI, LTFRB issued warnings against these tapes, BUT HAS ANY SINGLE PERSON BEEN ARRESTED FOR POSSESSING IT? Lima singko nga sa quiapo, internet. Pinamumudmod pa ng opposition. Halos lahat ng tv at radio stations, lahat ng news…. NARINIG NA NG LAHAT.
So bakit pa kailangang pakinggan sa congress? This is DEFINITELY NOT A CASE LIKE THE SECOND ENVELOPE. The contents of the envelope were NOT known to ordinary people, NOT known even to the senators, NO ONE… until just recently… BUT THE TAPES… everyone knows… SO MAYBE LET’S JUST USE THESE TAPES (which do not really prove fraud to begin with), TO USE AND PROVOKE THE POOR FILIPINOS ULTIMATELY UNSEAT PGMA SO THAT THE DISUNITED OPPOSITION WITH NO DIRECTION COULD ONCE AGAIN BE IN POWER??

MAG-IMBESTIGA AT ALAMIN NATIN ANG KATOTOHANAN !!!GAMITIN ANG TALINO… WAG ANG DAMDAMING PAMPELIKULA LANG! TAMA NA ANG MGA EXPERTO SA PANLILINLANG AT PAGARTE PARANG SA PELIKULA! WHAT THESE DESTABLIZERS ARE STAGING IS REALLY AN EXCELLENT SCRIPT THAT WOULD REALLY HURT ANY POOR FILIPINO’S HEART. TAMA NA ANG PAG-GAMIT SA MASANG PILIPINO.
PLEASE …SURIIN MABUTI ANG MGA NANGYAYARI…MAG IBESTIGA AT ALAMIN ANG TUNAY NA KATOTOHANAN.

TaroyCayetano1. mahaba-habang paliwanag ah… nag imbestiga ako at napag-alaman ko na

1. 7.50 na pamasahe sa jeep
2. simula noong maupo si GMA pinakababa na budget sa eduk
3. ang kapatid kong top notcher sa board exam ay sinuwelduhan lang ng gobyerno ng P1800 kada quincina
4. ang mga guro sa aming bayan simula noong maupo si GMA ay hindi na nakatikim pa ng increase sa sahod
5. number one ang pilipinas sa pinakamaraming journalist ang pinapatay
6. number one na ang pilipinas sa pinakakurakot sa mundo
7. narinig ko si GMA sa tape na nag hahanap ng 1milliong boto mula kay garcillano
8. at si CHAVIT singson ay isang gambling LORD
9. at napakahaba ng iyong isinulat na nasabi kong
8. aba nagsimula na ang taktika ni PGMA na pinamagatang: SAVE THE SINGKING SHIP

eto pa… hindi ko makakalimutang GMA kept mum for almost 15 days regarding the tape issue only to say “IM SORRY it was my voice on the tape”

TaroyCayetano1 narining mo ba ang sinabi niyang ‘YUNG DAGDAG, YUNG DAGDAG.

the GLORIAGATE tape is just the bomb that caused the explosion. pero sa totoo lang…

naku TaroyCayetano1 kung nakasalamuha mo lang sana ang mga nagbebenta ng mani at mineral water sa kalye… kung nakasalamuha mo lang sana ang mga jeepney driver… at kung nakakausap mo lang sana ang mga sikyu…

kung nakausap mo lang sana ang mga GURO.

At sana, wish ko lang, di ka kasama ng pekeng pangulo.

sayang yong boto ko… sayang…

Im glad that I finally found a group where most people share the same sentiments that I have. Junkadz, Timawang_batas, Chichiro, F1, Butsukoy, Masha, saludo ako sa inyo, you speak your minds very well. You were able to express the things that have been bothering me all along. Most of the people i get to talk to kasi eh mga pasosyal (ayaw kunwari maki side sa gusto ng masa) or nagbubulag bulagan/walang saring pag iisip (ang pinapakinggan lang ang sinasabi ng nanay nila or ng pari sa parish nila).

But I’m just a but disappointed that one person in this site took time to cut & paste a forwarded email thats been spreading like wildfire for 2 weeks already, ayaw ko sanang makisama sa kuyug but thats you Lavinia.

Masha, you’re asking about where Chavit gets all his wealth. Alam mo ba na right after Edsa 2 may binigay na lupa sa Pasig yang si Gloria kay Chavit, a sequestered property originally owned by the Ortigases. Pinapa lease nya yung lupa sa mga building owners, kumikita sya ng malaki out of doing nothing. And thats just one of the many reasons why he is that filthy rich.

TJmaxx, i work at the enterprise center, the twin towers in ayala cor paseo de roxas. You dont know what you’re saying when you compared the number of strollers in airconditioned megamall versus the number of people in the makati rally yesterday.

Everyone, lets continue to be vigilant, lets keep our eyes & ears open. Wag basta basta maniniwala sa mga politiko (i mean both na nasa administrasyon & opposition) dahil pare pareho lang silang may mga pang sariling interes. If more Filipinos will be as free-thinking and idealistic as you are, then theres still a flicker of HOPE for our country.

TaroyCayetano1 GMA never was a consistent survey topper… not until her own NAMFREL and her own COMELEC started the magic. not until her own NAMFREL started counting her votes in her bailiwicksbut not counting FPJ’s vote (in his bailiwicks).

hello… magising sa katotohanan. tulungan na ang bayan.. at huwag na pagamit sa mapanlinlang na pamahalaang hindi naman makatotohanan.

of course you know all of these… of course…

kaya nga ‘YUNG DAGDAG… YUNG DAGDAG”

TaroyCayetano1 = Mike Defensor????
just a theory…

enlightened_pinay said,
TaroyCayetano1 = Mike Defensor????
just a theory…

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puede… pero I”m more inclined to equate:

TaroyCayetano1 = iGNACIO BUNYE????

taroy cayetano 1, umiikot yan sa email bakit ni re recycle pa dito? pr ka rin ba ni ate glo?

ako pagnaglista, number one pa lang tapos na ang boxing.

for gma

1) mike arroyo - no description needed.

at kahit sino pa yang mga inilista mo di mo maikakaila yung tapes. pasensya na lang at ang amo mo ay nagpahuling nandaraya.

enlightened_pinay, kailangan kasi linisin ang cobwebs ng pag-iisip ng mga tao. let’s go back to the essence of the issue. totoo ba yung tapes? ang sagot, undeniably, yes. susunod na tanong , meron bang sinabi si gma na nagsasabing nandaya siya? claro. sa ginawa niya, karapat dapat ba siyang maging presidente? hindi. yun lang.

pinagugulo ang usapan ng marami sa mga options. i go for the consittutional successor. tiis tayo muna. pero ang tanggapin ang garapalang pandaraya, di ko kaya.

TaroyCayetano= MIKE ARROYO!

Kase wala lang siya magawa sa Tate kaya ayun ke haba ng sinulat.

TaroyCayetano1.
Hinde mo yata nabanggit sina;
1. Rosebud
2. Col. Corpuz
3. Ador Mawanay (this is a good one)
4. Sgt. Doble
5. Yung messenger na witness sa Pidal expose ni FGMA sa LTA
6. Jose Pidal
7. Mr. Noted (very popular during the canvassing sa congress)
8. William Gatchalian (plastic king)
9. Bong Pineda
10. Iggy Arroyo
..etc…..
1000. And the best of all is Chavit Singson.

(Share ko lang po, sa lahat ng mga PINOY)

Ang Malungkot na OFW

Ako’y isang hamak na OFW lamang.
Boses ko’y ayaw pakikinggan.
Marahil s’guroy kaliwa’t kanang iringan,
Walang humpay na batikusan.

Dapat sana ako ay masaya
Dahil ang pera kong ipapadala,
Lumalaking parang dambuhala.
Dahil sa peso’y bumaba na.

Sige, sige! Mag-rally pa tayo!
Nang lalong sumadsad ang Peso.
Nakararaming Pilipino’y
Ito’y namay gusto.

Hingi ko lang wa’g nyo po
Kaming kalilimutan
Dahil remittance namin
Ay bumubuhay sa Inang Bayan

Ilang beses na naming napatunayan,
Asian Financial Crisis
Ang Pinas ang di masyadong naapektuhan.
Kami bayani na dapat tatandaan.

Ako’y nalulungkot at nagdalamhati
Sa Pinas ayaw ng employer kung puti.
Pag-hire nila dito’y masama’t
Walang ikakabuti.

Tanong ko kung bakit?
Hindi naman nila sinabing dahil sa ‘Gloriagate’
At lalong hindi sa jueteng na ginigiit.
Sagot nila’y gulo ay laging nang-aakit.

Sayang ang Pinoy ang ambisyo’y makalabas,
Biktima sila sa gulong dinadanas.
Sabagay matagal na tayong bagsak.
Ikinalulungkot ko’y Pinoy rin ang nagpapa-unlak.

Malaking boses o hindi, ito’y di basehan,
Matalino ma’t mangmang ay wala sa usapan.
Ang malaking tanong ko’y ating pag-isipan.
Pinoy ano bang naitutulong mo sa ekonomiya
ng ating BAYAN?

ano ba yan. SPAMMING na nga FLOODING pa.

Hehehe! Sorry! Lapse in judgement lang po na na-spam at na-flood ko pa ang hinaing ko. I love you CHIHIRO!

i love you too carping pinoy!

Hi! Good evening po sa lahat! More power sa blog na ito! Lumalabas na ang dami pala nating matatalino sa bansang ito na nakibahagi sa kanilang mga pananaw.

Isa lang po ang tanong ko: Ba’t hindi tayo umaasenso?

I love you all!

On an economic standpoint the Masa (including the farm sector) has an equal weight and importance as to those needs of the middle class. In fact addressing the needs of the majority poor should be the primodal objective of the government and while doing that it would spur economic activity.

The economic growth of this country would greatly depend on the improvement of the living standard of the popular mass. The business elite and those in the Middle class sector are wrong to assume that they are the economic savor of this country. If we follow the argument and mentality of the few taxpayers-middleclass then that would be a hindrance to our economic growth (i.e. the middle-class would normally sneer to a pro-poor, pro-masa president).

Economic (journal) research concludes that the poor (including farm sector) are “Rational” when it comes to consumption and investments. Yes, my dear yuppies, the poor are rational investors just like the guy in barong or suits in Makati.

A mid-management guy who participate in the stock market (but would pretend that he understand the market itself and thus qualifying him a non-gambler and prefer to be called as speculator cum long-term investor) is no more risk averse (or risk taker) than a guy that would bet in Jueteng.

In terms of consumption and expenditure - look at CHINA for crying out loud. Do I have to explain that also to those educated / taxpayer who don’t want to participate in the GLORIA resign rally kasi panay jologs daw ang nanduon. Well baka nga kailangan explain sa kanila kasi yung; “Hello!! Garci!” and “yung, dagdag,yung dagdag” eh hinde nila ma-gets.

Lumalabas na ang dami pala nating matatalino sa bansang ito na nakibahagi sa kanilang mga pananaw.

Isa lang po ang tanong ko: Ba’t hindi tayo umaasenso?

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Simple lang carping pinoy, kasi hindi lang naman talino ang sagot para umaasenso, but moral integrity. Dean’s lister ka nga sa Georgetown, wala ka namang alam kungdi mandaya at manlamang ng kapwa pano ka aasenso.

Ang dapat eh mabago ang kulturang pinoy na katulad ng katamadan, mahilig sa lagay at palakasan.

^ hear hear!

tingin ko naman kaya wala tayong asenso ay dahil walang respeto sa batas at mga patakaran ang mga tao at nangunguna na ang mga maykaya at mga nasa poder. this gives a bad precedent to everybody that the laws can be flouted. the result is walang disiplina. everybody thinks they can be an exception to the rule. pag nahuli puro pakiusap at kamot ulo. pag may ginawang mali, panindigan dapat. also, itong mga cabinet secretaries na pinangungunahan ni angelo reyes at raul gonzales, ay gumagamit ng wangwang para mauna sa mga tao sa daan. kahit si davide na 5 ang plaka ay di gumagamit nun. ang ginagawa nya ay umaalis siya ng maaga kaya 6:30am pa lang ay nasa office na siya.

ang pinoy na naninirahan abroad ay usually umaasenso dahil sa pagrespeto sa patakaran ng at nirerespeto ang mga patakaran sa bansang kanyang tinitirahan.

sa pilipinas, semi-anarchy.

zorros, oks na sana yung diskurso mo, kaso sinamahan mo ng ‘hello garci, jologs at yung dagdag’ nawala ang essence…

the reason why the poor are rational consumers is that they buy only the things they need for survival as those are the things they can afford. when your take is just enough to meet things ends, chances are you’ll make it a point that everything you buy will be worth the price you’ll pay…

china is like that and mind you, the laborers there are paid below what is perceived as minimum wage…they cannot complain (or they do it in private) because of the scarcity of jobs and the availability of new warm bodies who could easily take their place in case they fall short…the cheap labor they have attracts investors the most…

what’s ironic is that they are not as free as we are, they cannot send govt hitting blogs like we do and yet they prosper, at least to the news we read…news of human rights violations is quite high as well, though…

while i’m not advocating their form of govt, their discipline, hardwork and survival instincts did wonders for them…

minsan masyadong malaya ang pinoy, tumatanda tayong paurong…

If GMA has ‘image-maker’ in the person of Lupita Kashiwahara, she has also a lot of ‘image-destroyer’ in the persons of Raul Gonzales, Mike Defensor, Ignacio Bunye and Chavit Singson, Mike,Mikey and Iggy Arroyo to name a few.

If she is really sincere to purge her surrounding of undesirable individuals, then it is about time for her to
kick these people out of her sight.

And one of them as I mentioned is this guy Raul. He doesn’t help the president to survive. In fact he contibutes a lot to make her image not so very nice. He contributes a lot to her downfall. He is one of the reasons why GMA’s rating is very very low. He is one of the most undesirable if not the most undesirable persons that surround her.

If I were Gloria, I’ll kick him out before he gives a lot of damage on her credibility. And I’ll kick all these people I mentioned to show to the people that she is really serious to implement reforms.

TaroyCayetano1…Hi…Idol na kita ang husay mo…
bilib sana ako sayo kasi mukhang
pinag aralan at pinag isipang maigi(mukhang hindi scripted)
bakit di mo isinama sa mga sinaliksik mo(sa mga script)
Pls next time try to add this guys below:
1)FVR
2)JDV
3)Nani Perez
4)Montano Boys
5)at iba pa…

believe me after Glorias presidency
no more Macapagal will have a chance to enter into politics
love them or hate them ESTRADAS are here to stay
and still Filipinos will continue to believe in them and will continue to support them.

huwag ka sana magagalit kasi you are undermining the credibility
of the persons in your blog we respect your column
but the issue is the cheating president not them…
lets us not confuse ourselves and our own moral standards….

You sound like a PR man from Malacanang much lesser than that of Sec. of Justice Raul Gonzales.Malamang isa sa mga Idol mo
Ok lang sa akin kung sabihin mo na pakwala ako ng Opposition
peace bro….sana maliwanagan na tayo…

Medyo, napagod ako mag-type, kaya need to end it with the “Hello! Garci”

Anyway, on top of what you said about China, China is a humungous whopping nation of consumer. The money / investment is there not only of the cheap labor but also their appetite to consume (translated in numbers). Sa Pilipinas, a majority of our population which they called the Masa are in some retrospect a huge consumer base. By Improving their life by giving job, infrastrcuture, finance, and education we create a new set of middle class. But even if they don’t achieve middle class status yet they are still consumers. Kaya nauso yung mga tingi, like cigarillo and the sachet na shampoo.

I think by summarily dismissing their ideals and voices we end up ignoring their importance and tend to downplay their relevance in our political system. We always hear from the business sector and from the white collar workers make fun of them the Masa during rallies, during election (for voting Erap and FPJ), and for even making opinion. On the ethical ground, kaya siguro GMA thought that she can get away by a mere “sorry” to the current audio tape scandal. Mukhang minaliit nya ang kakayahan ng mga mahihirap. The point is we need leaders who can address the broad spectrum of our society – address the needs of the middle class by addressing the needs of the poor (paano kaya iyun?).

In any case, if GMA argues that she should remain indignant and should not resign because the country needs her (economic expertise, I would presume but definitely not moral guidance) then she is in a losing proposition.

With or Without GMA, Filipnos will still CONSUME food (lucky me, pan de sal, rc cola, diet coke, C2, rice, ludy’s peanut butter, fried chicken, balut, ice cream, tuyo, banana cue, tanduay etc…); BUY Consumer items (happee toothpaste, papaya soap, detergent, shampoo, trust, biogesic etc..); ACQUIRE the help of Professional / personal Services (physician, albularyo, barbers, beautician, banking, insurance, atm, cellphone repairman, massage etc..); Make USE of Infrastructure (telecom, cell phone, tv / internet cable, NLEX, SLEX, electricity, water, airport, housing etc…); AVAIL of Government Services (permits, SSS, birth certificate, etc.), all these translate to money. Hence, even though the “Poor” or the Masa does not pay taxes they are a major participant in the general dynamics of our economy.

Kung hindi lang takot na makulong si pandak,baka payag na siyang mag-resign.Kaya takot na takot siyang bumaba dahil sa bigat ng kasong haharapin pag hindi na siya presidente,kaya suma tutal ayaw niyang umalis sa pwesto niya di ba mga kabayan.
From: Jesse M. Sanchez

Bukas yata tuloy ang rally ng mga pro GMA sa grandstand,kaya ating abangan ang bagong pakulo ng gobyernong Arroyo.Sana maging maganda ang buhos ng tao para malaman natin ang mga perang ipapamudmod nila bukas.Kaya mga pare punta kayo at malaki yata ang bigayan ng mga pupunta doon sa rally bukas.Sayang ang makukuha nating kopnting barya para makatulong namanntutal lahat galing naman sa ninakaw ng mga sipsip na official ni Gloria at ang pamilia niya,lalo na si Mike at Mikey,Igi lahat sila yumaman at tayo naman ay naghirap sa buhay.

GMA’s trust rating have no way to go but down. She is blaming everybody for her trust rating except herself. Her cronies doesn’t want to hear the meaning of what Garcillano was telling GMA. Even if she is impeach which I doubt, she won’t be found guilty. She is willing to spend the people’s money to make sure that she survives this crisis. She has already release or due to release 600M for his cronie’s constituents. I wonder if this funds will really go to the poor people in the province who might not be aware of it or to the governors who will make sure that the people - except their cronies - will not hear about it.

Hours after releasing the results of a new survey
showing President Arroyo to be the least acceptable
leader, the website of survey firm Pulse Asia was
knocked offline.

The Pulse Asia website (http://pulseasia.newsmaker.ph)
remained inaccessible to Internet users from Tuesday
evening up to mid-morning of Wednesday.

No explanation was given on why the website was
offline, though political observers said the results
of the firm’s recent surveys have been unfavorable to
Malacañang.

The latest survey polled 300 residents in Metro Manila
from July 2 to 8, and indicated Sen. Panfilo Lacson is
the best choice to replace Arroyo.

Some 36 percent of respondents believed Lacson is the
best choice, followed by vice president Noli de Castro
at 15 percent. Former President Joseph Estrada was
third with eight percent, while Susan Roces and Arroyo
are tied at seven percent. Chief justice Hilario
Davide Jr. and former president Fidel Ramos were fifth
at four percent.

About 25 percent said Arroyo is not acceptable to lead
the nation, followed by Fortunato Abat (17 percent),
de Castro (12 percent), Davide (11 percent), Estrada
(9 percent), Roces (6 percent) and Lacson (5 percent).

Some 41 percent believe a snap election, the
resignation of Arroyo, or her impeachment, is the best
thing that can happen.

Last July 1, Pulse Asia came out with a survey
indicating that 61 percent of respondents favored life
without Arroyo. A week later, it came out with
another survey showing 85 percent of residents in
Metro Manila wants Arroyo impeached over the
Gloriagate scandal.

This prompted Malacañang to blast away at survey
firms, saying they should try their surveys in Visayas
and Mindanao where it said Arroyo enjoys much support.

It was not the first time that media outlets critical
of Malacañang were harassed or shut down for a time.

Iglesia ni Cristo-run radio station dzEC had been
jammed several times in recent months, while Malaya, a
critical newspaper, had its website vandalized last
month.

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