Screenshot from my Facebook last May 7, 2010, The caption is added by the author.
So Noynoy made another stupid move last week. When will he ever learn?
Noong isang araw lang ay sinibak niya si Dr. Nilo Frisco bilang hepe ng PAG-ASA dahil daw sa mga naging maling forecast nito. Ito ay hinggil sa forecast nila na ang Bagyong Basyang ay hindi tatama sa Metro Manila pero ang nangyari dumaan nga ito. Pero muling nagpalabas ng panibagong dahilan ang Malakanyang - kaya daw sinibak si Dr. Nilo ay dahil sa umano'y di pagkakaunawaan nito at ng kanyang 'immediate superiors.'
Ano man ang sinasabi nilang dahilan, hindi tama na pagbuntunan ng sisi at galit si Dr. Frisco Nilo o ang PAG-ASA. Hindi naman nila kasalanan kung lumihis man ang bagyo dahil sa 'natural occurence' ito. Hindi naman sila Diyos para sabihin sa bagyo na dito ka dumaan dahil iyun ang forecast nila. Wala kang kontrol sa kalikasan. At kaya nga forecast o 'pagtaya' sa panahon - hindi ka 100% sigurado na tutugma o tama ito.
Hindi rin kasalanan ng PAG-ASA kung pumalpak man sila dahil na rin sa sobrang kalumaan na ng kanilang mga kagamitan. Dati ko pa naririnig ung pagnanais ng PAG-ASA na bumili ng Doppler Radars para mas maging accurate ang kanilang forecast. 1998 pa sila humihingi ng badyet para sa kanilang modernization plan. Pero dumaan na ang malalakas na bagyong Loleng, Frank, Milenyo, Ondoy at Pepeng na kumitil ng libu-libong buhay at sumira ng ilang bilyong pisong pananim at ari-arian - wala pa ring nangyayari.
At biruin niyo, kailangan pang mamalimos ng PAG-ASA sa JICA at ibang pang foreign agencies para humingi ng grant upang makabili ng mga Doppler radars na ito.
Ang bukod tanging nangyari ay ang paglisan ng mga weather forecasters ng PAG-ASA papunta sa ibang bansa.
Gusto ni Noynoy na mawala sa gobyerno ang katiwalian. Pero sa pagkakaalam ko, hindi naman nagnakaw, tiwali o abusado sa kapangyarihan si Dr. Frisco Nilo. Pero bakit siya ang pinagdidiskitahan? Baka naman dapat niyang unahin eh ung palpak na paghahanda ng NDCC. Nagbabala ang PAG-ASA na may darating na bagyo, hindi ba dapat eh naghanda na agad ang NDCC at hindi nila hinintay ung pagtama ng bagyo?
Iilan na nga lang sila na nagtitiis at buong pusong naglilingkod sa bayan sa kabila ng mababang pasahod at lumang kagamitan tapos gaganyanin pa sila ni Noynoy? Hindi na ako magugulat kung malalaman natin na may magandang offer na sa kanila ang foreign weather agencies para magtrabaho dito. Hindi na rin ako magtataka kung sa susunod, magigising tayo na wala na ang lahat ng naglilingkod sa PAG-ASA.
At doon sa ilang panatiko ni Noynoy na natutuwa sa ginawa ng boss nila, magiging maayos na ba ang forecast ng PAG-ASA kung maaalis si Dr. Frisco Nilo? Kung iyong US nga na may modernong kagamitan ay pumalpak sa pag-forecast kay Hurricane Katrina, hindi ba mas magaling di hamak ung mga forecasters natin dahil sa kabila ng kakulangan, pinipilit at nagagawa pa rin nilang makapagbigay ng pagtaya sa panahon?
Nakakaawa sila. Ito pa ang kanyang nakuha sa kabila ng sakripisyo nila.
At lagi-lagi, ang mga maliliit na tao ang kinakawawa. Sila lagi ang pinagbubuntunan ng sisi. Pero iyung mga abusado at tiwali, malaya pa rin at ayun nga, nagrereklamo sa Kongreso kung bakit daw siya masyadong pinagsasalitaan ng masama.
Ito ba ung ipinangako ni Noynoy na 'daang matuwid'? Sa isa lang ako nakakasiguro, ito ung binotong presidente ng 15 milyong Pilipino - walang kamuwang-muwang sa mundo.
Akala mo kung sinong may nagawa.
More Links:
http://www.ellentordesillas.com/?p=12352
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100721-282272/Disturbance-24-PAGASA-specialists-lose-hope-leave-RP
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/105959/dost-pagasa-in-advanced-talks-with-jica-for-3-doppler-radars
It isn't enough for us to wait for Noynoy to tell what he plans to do for us. We should let him know what WE want him to do for us. Whether you voted for him or not, he is now our president and we should assert to him what the real needs of the people are.
Sa darating na July 26, 2010. Walang [pa]pasok dahil ang lahat ay magtutungo sa SONA ng BAYAN upang sama-sama nating ipahayag sa administrasyong Noynoy Aquino ang tunay na lagay ng bayan at ang kanyang mga dapat na gawin upang bigyang lunas ito.
Ang tunay na pagbabagong panlipunan ay magsisimula sa sama-sama nating pagkilos.
May pasok ka sa Lunes? Ang isang araw na pagliban sa klase ay maaaring isang malaking kawalan sa iyong attendance o grade. Pero magagawan naman yan ng paraan. Maaari ka pa na bumawi lalo na kung mag-aaral ka ng mabuti.
Ngunit ang pagkilos sa Lunes ay parang isang linya sa lumang awit: "..it's now or never." Habang nasa umpisa pa lang tayo ng rehimen ni Noynoy, mahalaga na agad nating maiparating sa kanya ang nais nating mangyari para sa ating bansa.
Kailangan ang nagkakaisa nating mga tinig upang talunin ang mga bulong ng mga trapo at oportunista na nakapaligid sa kanya. Dahil kung pababayaan natin na magpadala siya sa sulsol ng mga makasariling interes na ito, tayo na naman ang kawawa sa bandang huli. Mahirap nang bumawi.
Tapos na ang panahon para maging apathetic. Laos na ang mga walang pakialam sa mundo. Dahil kahit pilit mo mang iwasan ang katotohanang lugmok sa krisis ang bayan, sasambulat ito sa iyo kahit saan ka bumaling. Kaya't higit kailanman, ngayon ang tamang pagkakataon para tayo ay kumilos upang tunay na pagbabago nga ang manaig sa ating bayan. :)
Muli, SONA ng BAYAN. July 26, 2010. Pagtitipon ng kabataan sa may kanto ng Tandang Sora at Commonwealth Avenue. Para sa iba pang detalye, mag-email sa anakbayan.media@gmail.com o mag-text sa 09086123260.
Unang beses ko bumoto ngayong 2010. Six years ago, hindi ko malilimutan na todo-suporta ang ibinigay ko para sa nakaupong pangulo ngayon. Mabuti na lamang at hindi pa ako bumoboto dahil isa itong malaking pagkakamali. salamat na rin sa kanya, namulat ako sa kabulukan ng ating sistemang pulitikal pero kasabay nito ang pagkawala ng pag-asa na mababago ang lahat.
2006, noong nasa UP pa ako, sumama ako sa pagkilos noon laban sa TOFI, ang tanging partisipasyon ko sa isang rally. Hindi ko iyon pinagsisisihan. Dahil noong mga panahong iyon, sa kabila ng pagkabigo na mapigilan ang pagkakapasa noon ng 300% increase sa tuition ng UP, muling nabuhay ang aking pag-asa na mababago ang lahat.
2007, nakilala ko ang KABATAAN PARTYLIST. Mula noon, buo na ang aking pagsuporta sa mga adhikain at ipinaglalaban ng KABATAAN PARTYLIST. Hindi pa nila ako miyembro noon lalo't higit na hindi pa rin ako maaring bumoto noon. (At wala rin ako ni isa na kakilala noon mula sa KPL). Pero dahil sa pagnanais ko na makatulong ng kahit konti sa kanila, kinampanya ko ang KABATAAN PARTYLIST sa aming lugar. Hindi rin naman ako nabigo dahil marami din kahit papaano ang bumoto sa kanila dito.
Pero bakit ba nila ako noon napa-bilib at nagawa ko sila na suportahan sa pamamagitan ng pagpophotocopy at pamimigay ng printed na poster nila at pamphlets?
1. Consistent sa kanilang mga paninindigan. Noong una ko silang nakilala, sila ay tutol na sa patuloy na pagtataas ng matrikula. Noon din na nagbabadya ang pagtataas ng tuition ang UP, bukod tangi na KABATAAN PARTYLIST lang noon ang naaalala ko na grupo ng kabataan at isa sa mga unang kinundena ang pagtataas ng tuition sa UP. Kamakailan lang, naging matagumpay ang kanilang kampanya kaisa ng mga estudyante ng PUP upang pigilan ang 2000% tuition increase. Patunay rito ang isinampang House Bill No. 2440 kasama ang mga kinatawan ng Bayan Muna na naglalayong magtakda ng tatlong taong moratorium sa pagtataas ng tuition sa lahat ng antas at uri ng paaralan.
2. Backed by no one but the youth. Hindi gaya ng ibang partylists, ang KABATAAN PARTYLIST ay walang backer na mayamang pulitiko. Ang pondo nito ay galing mismo sa kasapian. Ang mga kasama dito ay hindi sumasama dahil may libreng pakain o may 'benefits' sila na makukuha. Ang mga kasama dito ay ang mga tunay na nagmamahal sa bayan at naghahangad ng makabuluhang pagbabago. Kaya nga ang pondo ng KABATAAN PARTYLIST ay talagang kakarampot kumpara sa ginagastos ng ilang partylist diyan. Umaasa lang ito sa suporta ng kabataan at sa sipag at dedikasyon na kanilang ibinibigay upang mangampanya sa bawat sulok ng Pilipinas. Ang utang na loob ng KABATAAN PARTYLIST ay tanging sa KABATAAN - wala sa mga mayayamang negosyante o mga pulitiko.
3. Progressive, militant, nationalistic and pro-people in words and actions. Marami diyan ang nagsasabi na makabayan sila at isusulong ang kapakanan ng mga Pilipino pero oras na mahalal, nagkakalimutan na. Ang KABATAAN PARTYLIST, mula umpisa malinaw kung ano ang kanilang paninindigan at kung sino ang kanilang pinapanigan - siyempre ang kapakanan at karapatan ng lahat ng kabataan! Marami din diyan ang nagsasabi na sila ay kontra-ganito, kontra-ganyan pero sa mga malawak na pagkilos ay nowhere to be found. Ang KABATAAN PARTYLIST lang ang bukod tangi na malinaw ang kanilang ipinaglalaban. Sa bawat isyung nakakaapekto sa kabataan, laging nakikisangkot ang KABATAAN PARTYLIST upang ipagtanggol, isulong at ipaglaban ang sambayanan.
At gaya ng KABATAAN PARTYLIST, mayroon na din tayong maaasahan na mga tunay na makabayan na handang dalhin ang ating mga ipinaglalaban sa SENADO: sina Liza MAZA at Satur OCAMPO.
Kabi-kabila ang mga paninira sa kanila ng kanilang mga katunggali. Ngunit hindi nito masisira ang ilang dekada nilang paglalaaan ng kanilang buhay para sa paglilingkod sa sambayanan. Mula noong panahon ng kanilang pakikibaka laban sa Martial Law hanggang sa kanilang termino bilang mga kinatawan ng Bayan Muna at Gabriela, sila'y laging para sa masa at sa pagsusulong ng ating mga karapatan. Habang sila'y nasa tungkulin laging kapakanan ng bayan ang kanilang ipinaglalaban at hindi ang pagpapayaman ng kanilang mga sarili.
Sa kabila ng kanilang dinanas na pandarahas at panunupil sa ilalim ng administrasyong ito at sa patuloy na panggigipit na ibigay ang kanilang Countrywide Development Fund o Pork Barrel mula noong 2005, hindi ito naging hadlang upang gawin nila ang kanilang tungkulin bilang mga mambababatas.
Ilan sa mga batas na kanilang naipasa ay ang:
Anti-torture Act (RA 9745)
Rent Control Act of 2009 (RA 9635)
Tax Relief for Minimum Wage Earners Act of 2008 (RA 9504)
Public Attorney's Office Act of 2006 (RA 9406)
Abolition of Death Penalty (RA 9346)
Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003 (RA 9189)
Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 (RA 9173)
Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 (RA 9208)
Anti-Violence in Women and Children Act (RA 9262)
Magna Carta for Women (RA 9710)
Simple lang naman kung bakit ang KABATAAN PARTYLIST at sina Satur at Liza ang gusto kong iboto: alam nila ang mga problema ko bilang kabataan at handa nilang ipaglaban tayo upang bigyang solusyon ang ating mga problema. Hindi sila nangangako ng dagliang solusyon sa mga problema ng kabataan at lipunan, ngunit kung magkakaisa tayo sa sama-samang pagkilos, kasama nila, tiyak ang pagkamit natin sa tagumpay.
Isang boto lang ang maari nating ibigay para partylist. Labindalawa para sa senador. Ibibigay mo ba ito sa mga 'hindi pa subok sa laban at wala pang napatunayan?' Ako? Hindi. Dahil ang isang boto ko para sa partylist ay ibibigay ko sa KABATAAN PARTYLISTT. Hindi ko rin sasayangin ang dalawang boto na maibibigay ko sa pagka-senador. Ibibigay ko ito kina Satur OCAMPO at Liza MAZA.
Para sa tuloy-tuloy na magandang simula. I-shade ang oval sa tabi ng #152 sa kanan ng ating mga balota para sa KABATAAN PARTYLIST!
At sa mga SENADOR ng BAYAN, i-shade ang oval sa tabi ng #33 para kay LIZA MAZA at i-shade din ang oval sa tabi ng #37 para kay SATUR OCAMPO.
PILIPINO para sa PAGBABAGO. PAGBABAGO para sa PILIPINO. Iboto ang ating mga kandidatong MAKABAYAN!
Get to know my candidates more:
KABATAAN PARTYLIST - http://www.kabataanpartylist.com/
LIZA MAZA - http://lizamaza.com/
SATUR OCAMPO - http://satur4senator.com/
NPA front daw ang MAKABAYAN Coaliton (Bayan Muna, Gabriela, ACT Teachers, Anakpawis, Kabataan, Katribu), Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza? Read our response here: http://bit.ly/cGGuji
Some people are quite crazy about NoyNoy these days. No, not crazy. Insane would be a much better word. Sa Filipino, mga baliw. They've completely lost their minds attacking people who goes against their belief that their Benigno "NoyNoy" Simeon Aquino III should be the president of this country. Attacks aimed at destroying the credibility of that person. Lately, we have heard how Pia Magalona had been harrassed by Noynoy fans in her blog because she supports Richard Gordon.
What's even worse is that if his fans talk about why they will vote for Noynoy, they cannot give out a clear answer (see samples here: 1, 2, 3). They are instead busy on lambasting his opponents and giving out crazy reasons on why they won't vote for them.
Even their candidate is out of his mind. Ang kapal ng mukha niyang sabihin na kung 'di siya mananalo, mananawagan siya ng People Power. Tsk. Could someone close to him slap his face so he could wake up in his own world?
These things alone give me enough reasons not to vote for him. But I'm going to give you five more reasons why I'm not voting for Benigno "NoyNoy" Simeon Aquino III so just maybe, ponder upon your choice of president.
1. Noynoy is not Ninoy or Cory for that matter.
For the first time in our history (or maybe not), we're going to elect someone as president just because his mama and papa are Ninoy and Cory Aquino. Ok these two people are great. I look up to them as my heroes. But please, can we have better reasons why we should vote Noynoy? Can it be because his sister is a 'great' game show host?
People keep on telling us that because he has good parents, he must be good too. I can be somehow sure that Noynoy is a good son to his father and mother. But if he had been able to live up to the example of his parents, that would be a big question.
If he is really a good son, then he should have espoused the ideals of his parents. He should have been very active in Congress and Senate. He should have authored bills that would benefit the people. He should have called for justice and condemned every single act of repression committed by the State because how his father suffered in prison is one glaring example of how ruthless Martial Law is and how can the State abuse its power to silence dissidents.
But he's not. He's just plain and simple using the legacy of his parents. Ibang level ng gamitan 'to.
May nagsasabi pa na hindi naman daw niya kasalanan kung bakit niya naging magulang sina Ninoy at Cory. Yes, we cannot choose our parents. But just because his parents are Ninoy and Cory, we should vote for him? Hell no. It's just plain 'historical accident.'
2. Noynoy is craving for power.
This is just so disgusting. Some portray him as humble and sincere because he is a reluctant presidential candidate. Hindi raw siya atat at gahaman sa kapangyarihan. WTF. The presidency is not for those who are reluctant, it is for those who knows the implications of being a president and what can be done from that office.
But this had only been quite true from the start because I doubt if he was really sincere then in 'imitating' what his mother done before she accepted the call to run. Right now, we see him issue statements like if he doesn't win, he shall call for People Power. Yes he clarified that it is only if he had been cheated but as we all know, politicians in this country do not accept defeat. It's always either you win or you had been cheated. This kind of statements scares the hell out of me because he thinks that he should be president at all costs.
And please, Noynoy or anyone else for that matter does not hold the franchise for People Power. It belongs to the people. If Noynoy thinks that real People Power that would come from 38% of Filipinos who supports him. Hell no! He should remember that 62% does not like him.
3. Noynoy is not faultless, incorrupt or a 'clean politician as others would like to portray him.
His hands are bloodied by the victims of the Hacienda Luisita Massacre. Most people often see this as a black propaganda aimed at derailing Noynoy's 'victory' on May 10. It is not. But if it is all about Villar's C5 controversy and landgrabbing accusations, these are legitimate issues that Villar should answer. Why the double standard?
The Hacienda Luisita Massacre is one glaring example on how majority of our farmers are still fighting to get their piece of land from landlords such as the Cojuangcos. I can't believe how Noynoy answered this before. He said that he doesn't own much of the HLI so why should he care? Then, he went on to blame that some of these farmers are squatters and that militant groups had meddled in the issue. Then he issued a recent statement that the lands would be given out the farmers by 2014. All of which are only aimed to veer away public scrutiny from what really happened back then.
Aside from that, can his supporters ask Noynoy or anyone from his campaign team from where or whom do they get their campaign ads? They had been attacking Villar on using billions of pesos on his campaign but we are quite sure that its his own money and the hell I care if he spends them all. But how about Noynoy? Where does he gets all this money to air his commercials everyday?
4. Noynoy is plain incompetent.
Yeah his name was not involved in any corruption scandal during his term as a congressman and senator. I'll give it to Noynoy but oh my, twelve years as a lawmaker (nine as a Congressman and three as a Senator) and he hasn't passed or authored any major bill that would benefit the Filipino people? Houston, I think we have a problem.
Try to look at it this way: sinuwelduhan natin ang isang Congressman na hindi naman ginagawa ang kanyang pangunahing trabaho - gumawa ng batas. We've wasted our precious taxpayers' money for nothing. Wala itong pinagkaiba sa mga nangungurakot. Isn't this also a form of corruption? Getting paid for something that you don't do?
If he had not been able to perform his duties well as a lawmaker, can we expect him to do better if he's a President? I guess no. Here's an excerpt from an article published just last April 30 on the NoyPi blog:
If and when he becomes President, Noynoy can hire persons who are competent and with high standard of morality and unquestionable integrity to serve as members of his Cabinet. This will complement any deficiency in his executive ability or experiences.
O di ba, umamin din sila. :)
Doing nothing does not amount to doing something good.
5. Noynoy is clueless about the presidency.
This early, all of his statements or replies to issues are coming from his spokespersons and minions. Does this ring a bell? Very much Gloria Arroyo. He rarely answers questions himself. Unlike other candidates who talk to the media themselves most of the time. What does it tell us? If he's not even prepared to face the media, then how will he face criticisms once he become president? Maybe, he'll heed the advice of Risa Hontiveros.
Aside from that, he's clueless about almost everything. He doesn't know why the HL issue is related to him? (Or maybe he's just being plain stupid about this.) He does not know that by opening up our country more to foreign investors would only kill our local industries and make us dependent on them. He does not know that the main reason why a lot are jobless is not only because of job scarcity but because of repressive state policies like that one which allow companies to hire employees on a contractual basis. He does not understand that land reform is a central issue that needs to be addressed not by dull promises but by concrete plans and actions that would be in favor of the farmers. He does not understand.
Pero do we expect him to understand these things? No. Because the fact the he's an Economics graduate but does not even have a comprehensive, clear and concret platform on that issue, that alone makes him really clueless.
So who will I vote for President if I don't want NoyNoy, Villar, Erap and Gibo? Right now, I'm planning to skip my vote for the presidency but just so I can express my protest against these irrational people who will vote for Noynoy, I'm takng my pick among those who are at the bottom of the surveys. After all, these people are also legitmate choices. They even present a much better platform than this Hepa-guy. I won't settle for anything less.
If you want to see principled leaders, performs their duties as lawmakers and is consistent in its fight for the people in Congress, you need to know why you should vote for KABATAAN PARTYLIST.
In the mean time, let me share with you some people who will not vote for Noynoy too. No big fan of their websites but I agree with their points. Some of which are written long ago, after he announced his candidacy:
A Noynoy Aquino administration could be the modern-day version of the Marcos regime!
33 Reasons Why I Will Vote for Noynoy.. NOT
Why I will not vote for Noynoy Aquino?
Pinakamahusay na Pangulo at iba pang Mito
Never Mind Hate Mail: 5 Reasons Why I Won’t Be Voting For Noynoy Aquino
Beyond the Amber Ribbons: A NO for Noynoy in 2010 Elections
Noynoy Aquino should Prove Himself to the People, Not Vice Versa
Noynoy Aquino, what change will you bring???
Disclaimer: I am not working for any presidential candidate. I am currently affiliated with KABATAAN PARTYLIST and though we are under the MAKABAYAN COALITION which has an alliance with NACIONALISTA PARTY, I will not vote for Manny Vilar. Currently out of my list for presidentiables are Noynoy, Villar, Erap and Gibo.
Image Credits:
Cory and Ninoy Photo Used on Image
Did it really happened? Or is it another ploy to discredit Noynoy Aquino who had been in recent weeks consistently topping all survey charts for the presidentiables? Is there a truth in what the militant groups are blabbering these past few days? Well, it did really happened. If you want to know how everything else happened 5 years ago, here is a documentary made a year after the Hacienda Luisita Massacre happened.
What you saw is just the first of four parts, you may see the remaining parts on YouTube by searching 'Sa Ngalan ng Tubo' to know how the strike by the workers of Hacienda Luisita ended.
We have heard what Nonoy Aquino stated regarding Hacienda Luisita: they will sell off their shares because after all they're not earning much from it. But Mr. Aquino, why not pressure the other owners to give up their hold on that estate and distribute it to the farmers who have tilled that land for many decades? After all, it should have been done a long time ago since the CARP was passed under the administration of your mother which was then considered as the centerpiece program of her administration.
Now, you're telling everyone else that it might not be the best solution (redistributing the land) since the ratio of farmers to the size of the land is disproportionate. But Mr Aquino, this would not have happened if your family (the Cojuangcos) will not intend to convert the land into 'commerical, industrial, residential and recreational parks.' From the very beginnning, you don't have any plans to give up the land but to displace the farmers one by one while you gain more profits from the new land use plan that your family had been planning ever since.
What the farmers had been asking from your family ever since is just to give the land that was rightfully theirs. It is no longer a question whether the ones claiming are legitimate residents of Tarlac or workers of the hacienda but it is a question of why can't you simply give up Hacienda Luisita for these farmers who had been tilling the land for you so that you may earn.
If you did nothing to resolve this issue once and for all, I guess it depicts what kind of president you will be once elected. By the way, I'm no supporter of any presidential candidate - whether it Villar, Estrada or Teodoro. In fact I don't want to see any of these three people to end up winning the elections. Actually, I had been toying with the thought that it could be you whom I will support but upon much deeper discernment and the way things are going, it seems to me that you've got no difference with them.
Yes, your family did not ordered these farmers to be gunned down to death which led to Hacienda Luisita Massacre - one of the most brutal crimes committed against farmers who never asked for anything else but to give the land that was rightfully theirs. But in the midst of what was happening then, your family did nothing but to even blame the militants for instigating the farmers to go on strike. Your family did not even tried to talk with those in the picket line. Your family chose to ignore them.
Well, it is not too late to do something about it, Mr. Noynoy Aquino. Show everyone else that you are indeed a beacon of hope and change in this wrecked land - not a son who had just been passed on the legacy of his parents. It is about time to make a stand on issues, to make a stand if you are indeed for the Filipino people.
More readings on the Hacienda Luisita Massacre:
- Bulatlat
- Inquirer
- Manila Standard Today
- Google Search Results
If you have read the major broadsheets last Monday, I'm very much sure that you've come across an ad by our 'dear President Arroyo' that enlists all, if not some, of the benefits that we had gained from all of her trips in the past eight years of presidency. Lately, her foreign trips are being criticized by the opposition because it cost us more than 800 million pesos to fund her trips. Maybe, that's the reason behind the publication of this ad - paid by taxpayer's money.
All in all, the ad contains "14 benefits" that we have gained for the following: job generation, infrastructure development, protecting Filipino concerns, energy cooperation and agricultural development.
At a first glance, you would be somehow quite impressed because our 'dear' president had been able to get this and that. Although for me, ads like this does not impress me anymore - especially if this was paid using our money.
Anyway, the question is: Did we really get something substantial from her trips that had benefited all of us - especially those who need it most?
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Some of the benefits listed are quite specific: $2.3 billion investment and job opportunities from South Korea, $2 billion investment from China, etc. But did those investments have actually flowed into the Philippines? Maybe not.
Let us take a look at 'Chinese investments.'
The President first went to China in 2004. If I remember it right, China had promised her more than $1 billion in investment for our country. But according to my little research, China had never been a 'top source of foreign direct investments (FDI)' for our country considering the number of 'infrastructure projects' that they are supposed to finance. Not even in a single quarter in the succeeding years (2005-2008) that they have been in the top spot. In fact, Japan is consistently our major source of FDI from 2004 till 2008. Taiwan would even sometimes land on the second spot as a top source of FDI for our country. But China, it never even registered a blip on our radar screens.
If you have doubts on my claim well you may check out the facts here at the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) website.
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But what was really quite noticeable about the 'benefits' listed is that some of them are not concrete benefits that would readily benefit us. For example, we have this 'potential agreement' with Russia on energy, defense, etc. By definition, it is just a likely event but there is nothing definite yet and could actually not happen in the future. Another one are the MOUs with Brazil and Bahrain; so now that we have 'understood' each other, what happens next? Do these 'promises, understandings and agreements' materialize for our benefit?
Or our dear President is very busy selling off our country piece by piece. I just hope that it won't be the case.
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It is really disgusting to know that in times like this, wherein the government's budget deficit is estimated to be at record high this year - a whooping 257 billion pesos - this government can still afford to place ads in major broadsheets, TV and radio. Ads worth millions of pesos funded by taxpayers' money that won't even feed a single hungry mouth in the slums.
Ads that tries to makes us look stupid not to know that such claims in their ads are just part of their fantasy.
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What also pisses me off is the fact that this government is trying to look like a slut (I apologize for my term) by begging off for scraps from wealthier nations rather than supporting and developing our own industries. For example, this government would rather have our agricultural sector be developed by Saudi Arabia! What could a country that is almost a hundred percent desert can do to 'develop' our rich agricultural resources? Does this also mean that once they had develop this land, they now own it?
Maybe that's why her morons in Congress are pushing for ChaCha.
Extend her term and sell our country piece by piece and pocket billions of pesos - if not dollars - from it.
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Take a look at the annoying ad below.
Have you noticed how the ad was filled with pictures of our 'dear President' handshaking with the leaders of the countries she had visited? So what is its significance? Maybe it could be much effective tool to deceive us if they had instead placed pictures of the projects that had been ongoing or completed because of her trips.
But maybe, they don't have anything to show because none had really materialized.
They should except that a lot would beat their asses off after the noon of June 30, 2010.
I can't wait.
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Republic Act No. 7079
An Act Providing for the Development and Promotion of Campus Journalism and for Other Purposes
Section 1. Title. — This Act shall be known and referred to as the "Campus Journalism Act of 1991."
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. — It is the declared policy of the State to uphold and protect the freedom of the press even at the campus level and to promote the development and growth of campus journalism as a means of strengthening ethical values, encouraging critical and creative thinking, and developing moral character and personal discipline of the Filipino youth.In furtherance of this policy, the State shall undertake various programs and projects aimed at improving the journalistic skills of students concerned and promoting responsible and free journalism.
Sec. 3. Definition of Terms. —
(a) School. — An institution for learning in the elementary, secondary or tertiary level comprised of the studentry, administration, faculty and non-faculty personnel;
(b) Student Publication. — The issue of any printed material that is independently published by, and which meets the needs and interests of, the studentry;
(c) Student Journalist. — Any bona fide student enrolled for the current semester or term, who was passed or met the qualification and standards of the editorial board.He must likewise maintain a satisfactory academic standing.
(d) Editorial Board. — In the tertiary level, the editorial board shall be composed of student journalists who have qualified in placement examinations. In the case of elementary and high school levels, the editorial board shall be composed of a duly appointed faculty adviser, the editor who qualified and a representative of the Parents-Teachers' Association, who will determine the editorial policies to be implemented by the editor and staff members of the student publication concerned.
At the tertiary level, the editorial board may include a publication adviser at the option of its members.
(e) Editorial Policies. — A set of guidelines by which a student publication is operated and managed, taking into account pertinent laws as well as the school administration's policies.Said guidelines shall determine the frequency of the publication, the manner of selecting articles and features and other similar matters.
Sec. 4. Student Publication. — A student publication is published by the student body through an editorial board and publication staff composed of students selected but fair and competitive examinations. Once the publication is established, its editorial board shall freely determine its editorial policies and manage the publication's funds.
Sec. 5. Funding of Student Publication. — Funding for the student publication may include the savings of the respective school's appropriations, student subscriptions, donations, and other sources of funds.
In no instance shall the Department of Education, Culture and Sports or the school administration concerned withhold the release of funds sourced from the savings of the appropriations of the respective schools and other sources intended for the student publication. Subscription fees collected by the school administration.
Sec. 6. Publication Adviser. — The publication adviser shall be selected by the school administration from a list of recommendees submitted by the publication staff.The function of the adviser shall be limited to one of technical guidance.
Sec. 7. Security of Tenure. — A member of the publication staff must maintain his or her status as student in order to retain membership in the publication staff. A student shall not be expelled or suspended solely on the basis of articles he or she has written, or on the basis of the performance of his or her duties in the student publication.
Sec. 8. Press Conferences and Training Seminar. — The Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall sponsor periodic competitions, press conferences and training seminars in which student-editors/writers and teacher-adviser of student publications in the elementary, secondary and tertiary levels shall participate. Such competitions, conferences and seminars shall be held at the institutional, divisional, and regional levels, culminating with the holding of the annual national elementary, secondary or tertiary School Press Conferences in places of historical and/or cultural interest in the country.
Sec. 9. Rules and Regulations. — The Department of Education, Culture and Sports, in coordination with the officers of the national elementary, secondary or tertiary organizations or official advisers of student publications, together with student journalists at the tertiary level and existing organizations of student journalists, shall promulgate the rules and regulations necessary for the effective implementation of this Act.
Sec. 10. Tax Exemption. — Pursuant to paragraph 4, Section 4, Article XIV of the Constitution, all grants, endowments, donations, or contributions used actually, directly and exclusively for the promotion of campus journalism as provided for in this Act shall be exempt from donor's or gift tax.
Sec. 11. Appropriations. — For the initial year of implementation, the sum of Five million pesos (P5,000,000.00) is hereby authorized to be charged against the savings from the current appropriations of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports. Thereafter, such amount as may be necessary shall be included in the General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 12. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following the completion of its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved: July 5, 1991
Source: Philippine Collegian.net
Gusto ko lang na ibahagi sa inyo ang aking nararamdaman ngayon matapos kong mapanood ang isang kahindik-hindik na dokumentaryo tungkol sa mga reporters na madalas na nagco-cover ng mga giyera. Pero higit pa sa mga napapatay na mga reporter mas nanindig ang aking balahibo sa mga larawan at video na ipinakita sa nasabing dokumentaryo.
Una ay ang World War I at II. Ito ang dalawa sa pinakamalaking digmaan sa buong mundo na kinasangkutan ng maraming mga bansa. Alam natin ang nangyari na Holocaust o ang sinasabing "The Final Solution" ni Adolf Hitler para lipulin ang lahat ng mga Hudyo. Pero hindi natin nakita kung ano ang nangyari doon sa Japan, lalo na ang Nagasaki at Hiroshima nang bombahin sila ng 'atomic bomb.'
Ipinakita ba sa atin ang mga video na kung saan madaming mga tao ang naputulan ng paa at kamay, ang mga bata na sunog na sunog ang mga balat, ang isang lalake na nabutas ang tiyan at lumabas ang bituka. Nakita din ba natin ang mga taong halos natunaw at nagkadikit-dikit na? Umpisa pa lang iyan.
Sumunod ang Vietnam War. Walang kaalam-alam ang mga mamamayan ng Vietnam sa kung anong nagawa nila at bakit sila inaatake ng Amerika. Kitang-kita sa mga video kung paano sinira ng mga pambobomba ng mga Amerikano ang mga palayan, mga gubat, mga kabahayan at pati ang pambobomba sa mga sibilyan na lumilikas lamang palayo sa gulo. Kitang-kita mo kung paano magkalasug-lasog ang kanilang katawan.
Isa pa sa maituturing na hindi isang giyera kundi sobrang paninikil sa karapatang pantao ay ang Tianmen Square Massacre sa China noong taong 1989. Libu-libong mga estudyante ang noo'y matahimik na nagpoprotesta nang bigla nagpadala ng mga sundalo ang Chinese gov't upang supilin ang nasabing kilos-protesta. Ang mga sundalo ay kung saan-saan bumabaril at kita mo kung paano bigla na lamang bumubulagta ang mga nagpo-protesta habang patuloy sa pagpapaputok ang mga sundalo. Wala namang magawa ang mga estudaynte kundi tumakbo. Imbis na tumigil pa ang mga sundalo sa pagbaril, hinabol pa nila ang mga ito at parang mga laruang pinagbabaril.
Ang isa pa sa isang 'di ko malilimutan sa dokumentaryo na hindi pa namin natatapos ay ang digmaang sibil na nangyari sa Rwanda. Isang genocide na ang nangyari kung saan nag-uubusan ang dalawang lahi sa bansang ito. Kitang-kita mo ang mga bangkay na nagkalat sa daan. Ang mga batang nalaslas ang tenga habang tumatakbo. At ang mga sundalo, imbes na pigilin ang nasabing kaguluhan, may kinampihan din sila at siyempre ito ay ang kanilang sariling pinanggalingang lahi. Nagba-bahay bahay sila at pinapasok ito at doon pinagbabaril nila ang mga nakatira doon, walang ititira ni-isa.
Hindi pa namin natapos ang dokumentaryo pero naging sapat na ang mga napanood namin para talagang kamuhian ko ang digmaan. Sa aking pagmumuni-muni, sa mga halimbawa ng giyera na nasa taas, halos lahat ng ito ay sinimulan ng mga Kanluraning bansa.
Unahiin ko na ang Rwanda. Ayon sa aming propesora, ang mga bansa talaga sa Africa ay wala iyan noon. May mga iba't ibang kaharian doon na may sarili nang pamahalaan. Nang dumating ang mga Europeo, gumawa sila ng mapa at pinaghati-hatian ang mga lugar dati at gumawa ng mga borders. Itong Rwanda ay bansa na binubuo ng dalawang tribo. Dati sila ay namumuhay ng tahimik. Hindi sila nagkakaroon ng digmaan. Ngunit sa pagdating ng mga Europeo pinagsama sila bilang isang bansa at ang inilagay nilang pinuno ay nagmula sa isang tribo at halos lahat ng nasa pamahalaan nila ay galing sa tribo na iyon. Ngayon ano pa ang inaasahan mo kung hindi siyempre mas pabor ang mga namumuno sa kanilang pamahalaan sa kanilang pinanggalingang tribo. Doon nagsimula ang away.
Ngayon, sa kwento ng bansang Rwanda. Sino ang naging ugat ng matinding hidwaan na nangyari sa kanila? Ang mga Kanluraning bansa. Sila ang gumulo sa mundo. Gumawa sila ng sinasabi nilang New World Order pero ang 'order' na ito ay naging sobrang pabor para sa kanila. Sila lamang ang nakikinabang. Habang tayo na mga bansang naghihirap, patuloy nilang ginagamit tayo para sa sarili nilang kapakanan.
Ginagamit nila ang mga mahihirap na bansa bilang 'stage' upang ipkita sa lahat ang kanilang military power gaya ng nangyari sa Vietnam. Nanahimik ang mga mamamayan doon. Wala silang kaalam-alam kung bakit may giyera sa kanila. Sinasabi nga na ito ang pinaka-baboy o napakaduming klase ng digmaan sa buong mundo sunod sa WWII. Mga inosenteng bata ang biktima. Mga likas na yaman ay niyurakan.
Magaling din ang mga bansang ito na pagtakpan ang mga kababuyan na kanilang ginawa. Palagi silang may dahilan sa bawat ginagawa nila kahit na hindi naman talaga balido ang dahilan nila.
Hanggang kailan tayo magpapagamit? Hanggang kailan tayo magbubulag-bulagan? Hanggang kailan tayo maniniwala sa mga pinagsasabi nila? Hanggang kailan tayo maniniwala sa FOX News, CNN at mga Western media companies? Hanggang kailan tayo maniniwala sa mga magiging Pangulo ng Amerika?
Ako. Hindi na naniniwala sa kanila. Ikaw?
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Hmmm.. Mukhang medyo dumadami na ang aking supporters.. hehe..
Dahil iyan sa aking report sa PolSci 11. Ganito kasi ang nangyari.
Ang aming irereport ay tungkol sa Charter Change. I-pipresent namin ang dalawang sides ng issue na ito. Napagkasunduan namin na parang debate ang gagawin namin pero hindi iyung sagutan. Iyung ipipresent namin ang aming side at paninindigan ito. Ang side ko ay ang Anti- ChaCha.
Sinimulan ko ang aking presentation sa pagsasabi ng aking napakapersonal na dahilan kung bakit ayaw ko ng ChaCha. Sabi ko, pangarap ko kasi na maging Pangulo ng Pilipinas. Iyun lang sinabi ko iyon at pagkatapos ay kung tumingin na sila ay parang ang laki ng expectation sa akin.
Tapos ginatungan pa iyan ni Joemar, iyung ka-group ko. Sabi niya sa opening statement niya. "Ladies and gentlemen.. you have just heard the speech of our future president.."
Nung kinahapunan na, nakasalubong ko sa aking paglalakad ang isang kong kaklase. Itago natin siya sa pangalang "Via." Nang makita niya ako, eh bigla na lang ba nagsisigaw na "Uy, si Pangulong Dennio!" For the pers taym sa UP, me tumawag sa akin na ganun. Parang naiskandalo ako noon dahil ang daming tao dun sa lobby at parang tinitingnan at hinahanap nila kung sino iyung Dennio na iyun. Anyway, nilapitan ko na lang para medyo matahimik. Me kasama pa pala siya nun. Sabi niya "ayan may isang boto ka na."
Oo nga pala, dun din sa Comm3 class namin nasabi ko na iyun.
Wala lang na-ishare ko lang.
Ako nga pala si Pangulong Dennio.
Walang kokontra.
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Wow..
Pupunta tayo ng Batasan..
Exciting..
Iyan ang mga bagay na iniisip ko noong unang binanggit sa amin ng aming mga block handlers na magkakaroon kami ng Congress Visit. Sabi nila they have been doing this annually. Then they told us that Cong. Francis Escudero was an alumni of their org which is APSM (Association of Political Science Majors.) Then I thought, finally.. I would get to meet one of my fave politicians and I think one of the best we have. So they've told us that we are going to visit him. Hindi na nila sinabi ang ibang details. Surprise daw.. and I was surprised.
Finally, yesterday.. the long wait is over. August 9, 2006. At exactly 3:53 P.M., I finally stepped into the North Wing of the Batasan Complex. Pero medyo disappointed ako. Kasi, as we all know, busy si Cong. Escudero sa impeachment and at that very moment nandun siya sa Plenary Hall, which we have also visited, at nakikipagdebate.
Instead, we met Cong. Christian Seneres of Buhay party list. And as his surname says, he is the son of the very controversial Ambassador Roy Seneres. Anyway according to his staff, to date he is the youngest congressman to be in position since he became one in 2001, beating the record of Ninoy Aquino.
Then we had a little talk about so many things. The goals of their party and what had they been doing lately. I was sitted right infront of him and I felt somewhat nervous, but the color of the room made me ease a little. It was maroon and green, the colors of UP, and so he said that all of his staff are UP grads and the one who decorated his office was from UP.
Anyway, it was also sad that last year he was one of those who signed for the impeachment but this year he didn't. His reason was its a total waste of time. He said that there are so many bills that needs to be passed. He is in favor of a unicameral system but not for federalism.
Anyway again as he talk, we were given free Lipton Green Tea. Hehe..
After that we went to the musuem at the basement of the Congress. The good congressman himself toured us around and told all about the history of Congress, how we came to have 2 chambers, the feud between Quezon and Osmena, the Batasang Pambansa, and the 1986 ConCom, the symbols used and the proper decorum when inside the Plenary Hall.
So after that, we went to the Plenary Hall. Wow, its the first time that I am going to this place and watch those congressmen 'doing their work.' Contrary to what we see on the television, it was not that big. I guess its just the angle of the camera that makes it big. And for those who study in UP, the UP Theater is quite bigger than the Plenary Hall. Some of us were not allowed to enter because slippers and shorts are not allowed. Luckily, I was the one of those who entered. And so we got to seat on the front row. Much close to the comittee hearings going on down there. Oh, i forgot to mention that we've seen congressman Noynoy Aquino and Imee Marcos. Imee Marcos looks 'suplada' at nung parang me isang grupo ng mga students na gustong magpapicture sa kanya medyo parang ayaw niya at biglang eskapo agad. Si Noynoy naman ay iniinterview ata sa radyo.
Sa loob naman nung Plenary Hall nakita ko sina Cong. Way Kurat Zamora, siyempre Si Cong. Escudero, Remulla, Datumanong at Lagman. Sila lang iyung nakita ko dun na kilala ko by name iyung iba sa mukaha ko lang kilala.
Anyway we stayed there for 20 minutes and just watched.
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Project Dennio by Jose Dennio Lim Jr. is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
