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Ambassador to Greece Rigoberto Tiglao has e-mailed me a nasty reply

July 9, 2010

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By Raissa Robles

Immediately after I had written about Bobi Tiglao, he e-mailed me his reasons why the Philippine Embassy website in Greece had not been updated at all.

He said:

Anyway, my side of the story and I really hope you correct your blog:

Our webmaster had blocked us out of the website, and refused to update it for several months already, and just allowed us to update it ONCE after I practically knelt down to beg them to update it for the Independence Day celebrations since our countrymen kept on asking us how to get photos of the celebrations.

The reason why they have blocked us out (and changed the passwords ) is that we have not been able to pay the webmaster for a year already, and my finance officer refused to sign the check for this, on grounds that he needed Manila’s authority to pay for it. Please contact my finance officer Mr. Leo Comaya ([email protected]) to confirm this.

Be as it may, I will tap my own small personal funds to pay our
webmaster so we could update our website.

He also said they had celebrated Independence Day on June 5, or days before the official proclamation of Noynoy Aquino as President:

Congress proclaimed NoyNoy June 9, and our celebration with fil
community was june 5. My staff also was focused on the Independence Day,
and as is the practice, govt cannot even refer to the new president
until he’s proclaimed.

However, something magical happened after Bobi Tiglao saw my piece on his website.

Overnight, he told the unpaid webmaster to update the website by paying him out of his personal funds.

I will not repeat here the nasty words that Tiglao wrote me. I will only point out three things to him:

First, this is my blog and I was not writing a news story. I indicate clearly when I’m writing a news story, just like those that Tiglao used to write for Far Eastern Economic Review.

Second, he faults me for not taking his side before uploading my blog entry. I believe in this case, the websites spoke for themselves. Tiglao said his webmaster had refused to update “for several months already and just allowed use to update it ONCE after I practically knelt down to beg them to update it for the Independence Day celebrations since our countrymen kep on asking us how to get photos of the celebration.”

And so I checked when Tiglao had last updated the embassy website. His several months was actually March 22 or under three months. Tiglao went out of his way to do a very, very extensive “staff written” update.

Here’s a sample portion below:

Ambassador to Greece Rigoberto Tiglao updated embassy website to post Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's accomplishments

After Tiglao read what I had written, he was suddenly able to update the official embassy website:

Ambassador Rigoberto Tiglao was able to update the Philippine Embassy website in Greece pronto

 

Now I’d like to ask anyone at the DFA: was poor Bobi Tiglao paid for this update of the website?

Pls. e-mail me at [email protected]

I’d like to know.

Comments

  1. jorge bernas says

    August 1, 2014 at 11:46 AM

    Thanks Raissa, Sana tigilan na ni Tiglao ang pagpaka TUTA at aminin nalang ang kalokohang ginawa at huwag nang mangatuwiran nang mali at kasinungalingan dahil puwede naman pala gawan nang paraan kong tutuusin. kaya hindi na ako bumabasa nang column nito dahil palagi one sided para bang binayaran at sino siya para patutuhanan at pabor sa bansa ang pandarayang ginawa ni GMA noon. kapag ginusto may dahilan kapag ayaw may paraan lalo na TUTA ka tuklao. sayang ka TUTA tuklao? nagmumukha ka tuloy PERA…

  2. annalissa valdez says

    November 9, 2011 at 12:49 AM

    your blogs are like lessons in history….i just recently discovered you, albeit accidentally, through Philippine Daily Inquirer…that was 5 days ago and haven’t stopped since…been losing sleep lately because of your blogs..

    the thing is i have to do my own research while reading yours…and frankly, i am impressed

    • raissa says

      November 9, 2011 at 9:34 AM

      Thanks.

      Keep researching.

      I make mistakes, too. And you can help correct them.

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  1. raissa robles Our political ambassadors to Athens & Canberra swiftly update embassy websites to show President Noy says:
    March 4, 2012 at 9:44 AM

    […] Here is the link to Tiglao’s e-mail and my reply. […]

  2. raissa robles | Our political ambassadors to Athens & Canberra swiftly update embassy websites to show President Noy says:
    August 25, 2011 at 8:51 PM

    […] Here is the link to Tiglao’s e-mail and my reply. […]

  3. raissa robles | Today was not the first time I wrote on ex-Ambassador Rigoberto Tiglao says:
    August 25, 2011 at 8:35 PM

    […] Ambassador to Greece Rigoberto Tiglao has e-mailed me a nasty reply  […]

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist Then they came fof the Trade Unionists, and I did not out speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me— And there was no one left to speak for me. —Martin Niemöller (1892-1984)

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