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For his humor column this week, Alan decided to take a closer look at crime-busting:

Task Force Martilyo, On the Job

Hot Manila – by Alan Robles

Last week, hammer-wielding crooks smashed the glass cases of a jewelry shop inside a Manila mall and escaped with the contents. Stung into action, our police announced their dramatic initiative for catching the bad guys: go to hardware stores and investigate all customers who are buying hammers. And also heavy wrenches — because, you know, they can also, uhm, shatter display stands?

We can guess the police immediately formed elite investigation groups, probably called “Task Force Martilyo” and “Task Force Liyabe.” Who knows, just to be on the thorough side, they might even also have set up a “Task Force Medyo Malaking Bato.”

Let’s imagine how this well-coordinated operation must be going:

Inside a hardware store

Policeman: Excuse me sir, yang bang binili ninyo ay martilyo?

Customer: Ay, hindi po ser, acetylene blowtorch lang, para sa bank vault.

Policeman: Ah, okey

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  1. SENATOR SOTTO, ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION?

    The New York Times reported February 5, 2013 that German Education Minister Annette Schavan resigned her Cabinet post after the Heinrich Heine University revoke her doctorate.

    The Minister was accused by an anonymous blogger of having lifted from other publications without proper attribution passages that she included in her dissertation. That accusation resulted in the revocation of her doctorate.

    Schavan said she would try to win back her doctorate but in the meantime would resign her Cabinet post for the greater good.

    “First the country, then the party. Then yourself”, she said.

    Schavan’s resignation came after Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg was forced to step down as German defense minister over plagiarism charges in 2011.

    Senator Sotto, “first the country, then the party, then yourself.” Are you paying attention?

  2. TIPS on whom to VOTE for…candidates!

    1. talkative, no sense, promises are so BIG, does not talk much walang alam yan + Do Not Vote.

    2. dami ang advertisements – radio, TV, Cine, atbpa- mayaman yan. Ibig sabihin, wala alam din, ang pera lang nya ang gumagalaw. = Do Not Vote.

    3. maganda ‘o guapo, puro polbo ang mukha, always smiling, does not say much, ibig sabihin kulang ng IDEA, ang utak kaka-UNTI ang laman. = Do Not Vote.

    4. pa sayaw-sayaw, kanta-kanta, walang marami sinabi, taas forefinger at middle finger for V sign. Walang kwenta. = Do Not Vote.

    5. mahaba mag salita, walang direksyon ang talumpati, putol putol ang topic, kulang sa liwanag ang punto. Wala alam ito. = Do Not Vote.

    6. identified na TRAPO! Walang nagawa sa PUESTO na tagal. Nothing at all. = Do Not Vote!

    7. may kamag-ANAK na KANDIDATO rin, walang alam yun kamag-anak, kundi SAKAY lang sa puesto ng KAMAG-anak, daming PERA lang, popular sa KAWAT KAWAT. = Do Not Vote.

    8. mahilig mag balimbing sa panahon, i-iyak sa sitwasyon na gipit, ‘di magaling mag salita, puro posturing lang ang kilos. = Do Not Vote.

    9. tahimik pag ang mga kasama may gawa ng labag sa TAO BAYAN, papasok sa hospital may sakit daw, ayawa sumagot sa maganda tanong, “No Comment” daw, ito konsintidor sa mga masamang gawa ng KASAMA NIYA. = Do Not Vote.

    10. tumatangap ng X’mas GIFTS, lahat gastos personal kukuha sa KABAN NG BAYAN, matagal na sa puesto, kiling balimbing din, sobra ang isip mag salita,nasa LANGIT and BUWAN ay tungo. = Do Not Vote.

    11. tama daw ang ginawa niya maski maling-mali, ayaw makinig sa TAO BAYAN, pilit ang masamang gawa, sinungalin ang lahat na salita, atras-abante ang DATING, nakaka HILO ang punto. = Do Not Vote.

    12. puro pangaKO pangAko PANGAKO,. = DO NOT VOTE.

  3. Sen. Angara says netizens should be check using Internet!

    How about senators should also be CHECK for X’mas gifts receiving…”Boss, X’mas”!

    Who’s worst, netizens or senators? Who gets P1.6M? Not the netizens. SENATORS!

    Porky Barrels? Not the netizens. SENATORS! Congressmen!

    So, SINO ang dapat ma CHECK? SILA ! Araw-araw at GABI, check natin! Sobra abuso sa PERA ng TAO BAYAN.

    http://www.philnews.com/headlines/2013/headline_news_0207ac.htm

  4. Pano ba nakakapasok ang mga kawatan o ang mga di kanais-nais na elemento hindi lang sa malls, maging sa LRT/MRT. and other public places na may security guard naman. Sino ba nagdala ng baril sa loob ng SM dati, babae di ba?

    Ayoko namang maging sexist o maging discriminatory pero pumunta ka lang sa mga nabanggit kong public places at pagmasdan kung bakit ang daling magpalusot sa mga guardia:

    1. Maluwag sila sa babae lalo na sa matatanda. Pag me matandang babaeng nagsimangot o ayaw magbukas ng bag, palalampasin nila yan, no question ask tapos pag nakalampas na, pagtatawanan nila yung matandang babae na di nila binody search o kinapkapan ng gamit;

    2. Pumorma ka – pag ganda ng suot mo ke lalake o babae ka tapos ganda’t gwapo ka o ingglesero ka, di ka rin kakapkapan. Pero kung mukha kang sanggano kahit nababalutan ka na ng pabangong binili mo sa Divisoria, todo kapkap sila sa yo.

    3. Kumarga ng sanggol, pass.

    4. Magpakulay ka ng buhok, magpaputi ka, pass. Kasi pag porendyer ka, di ka nila kakapkapan, ganyan din sila kahit sa airport, hospitable nga tayo di ba? Tirahin mo na kapwa mo Pinoy wag lang ang bisitia kaya sa airport, terible sila sa mga Pinoys na nagkalat sa airport pero sa mga ALIENS iwas sila. E kung mag-inggles nga naman ang paalisin nila.

    You think this is funny but this is so true. The following day after that incident in SM Megamall, I was in SM Manila. True enough, the security was so tight (remember when there was a shooting incident in SM North, ganyan ka tight) the queue outside was so long an elderly woman went to the MALE entrance (because the line was shorter) to get in. When the security men refused, she just warded them off and barged in. So what do you think happened next? Several women tried but were refused. So I asked bakit yung matanda pinayagan? Ang sungit Sir was the reply. E baka si Lola na ang kuryer di ba?

    • Ang ‘procedure’ ‘di maganda, ‘o more guards to screen during peak hours is needed, kulang ng ‘orientations’ ang mga guards. Lack of interests to do their work. Kulang ang sweldo siguro pa! Poor security agencies din. Kulang, kulang, kulang!

      KULANG-KULANG ang atin mga SECURITY AGENCIES! *%$^&(#!

  5. Mga samut-saring pananaw:

    – Dito kasi sa Pinas, masyadong bibo ang press. Akala yata lahat ng news ay showbiz news, kailangan sensational at una sila sa scoop. Lahat gustong i-report ng live. Ang kailangan lang gawin ng kawatan ay manuood ng TV at makinig sa radyo at malalaman na nila ang bawat kilos at saloobin ng mga pulis at imbestigador. Kaya bago mahuli ang suspek, nakapagtago na o kaya ay naunahan na sila ng riding in tandem.

    – Nagsagawa ng random tests ang kapulisan sa isang mall sa QC. Nakalusot daw ang mga plainclothes policemen na nagtago ng baril sa kanilang croth area (sa may ari). Aba eh, ano naman gusto nilang mangyare ngayon? Na bawat papasok sa mall eh kakapain ang pundilyo? Nakup! kalaswa naman yata at baka mapatagal ang kapaan, este kapkapan kung may masalat na matigas….

    – Kamukha daw yung suspek sa SM robbery nung isang notorious gang leader na nakakulong na. Syempre pa todo tanggi nung warden. Eh ano pa ba nakakapagtaka dun eh dati na namang modus operandi yung magpakawala ng mga bilango para gumawa ng kabalbalan. Perfect alibi nga naman yung nasa loob ng bilanguan yung kawatan. Kaya lang ngayon may CCTV na, kaya sorry na lang si warden. Smile, you are on camera!

    Ayun oh!

    • #2 Ang pinagtataka ko dun is bakit hindi tumunog yung metal detector ng pulis? Sayang hindi natanong nung reporter :(

        • @ Martial
          dapat ang detector ay kayang makadetect di lang iron, pati Stainless steel, copper, bronze or silver he he he medyo mataas siguro ang radiation kaya siguro limitado lang ayon sa requiment ng Health department he he he

          dito sa Saudi Arabia, pag medyo alanganin ang puna ng security, complete body search hubo at hubad sa isang room, kaya walang makakaligtas na puslit whatever, drugs or weapons he he he

        • @macspeed….Paano ang ibang mga seksying babae mayroon sila mga ‘buretas’ sa ibaba…tutunog yan…hubo hubad sa kwarto din? para makita kung puede ma-alis ‘o naka tahi sa balatsying? Ano gagwain ng guardya sa Saudi? Sabi ng guardya….ARA! ARA! …BI Aaaaa!

    • I think, now I’m starting to understand why de lima wanted the journalists housed in the same building as her office be relocated. but the journos refused point blank. many times I wonder if the journos were responsible for the leaks of de lima’s reports that were supposed to be for the president’s eyes only.

        • I recall NBI did some investigation a while back, the result was given to de lima. she then decided to ask the journos to relocate, but they did not as they have always been housed in the same building as DOJ. you’re right, aside from NBI, journos do make investigations of their own, and also tried to police their own. sorry, I dont know what happen then. I could not find follow-up articles. thanks.

        • ops! last time I read NUJP, national union of journalists in the philippines, occupies a floor in DOJ.

  6. On a different topic entirely, ngayon na malapit na ang halalan-nais ko lamang magtanong. Ano na ang nangyari sa kaso tungkol ke Ram Revilla, Janelle Manahan at sa mga kapatid ni Ram na allegedly conspired to murder him? Bong Revilla doesn’t deserve to be re elected nor any of his kapamilya. Napakadami na nilang palamunin nang bayan.

      • hi ms. raissa,
        baka mayron ka ring info re: EDSA rehab. imho: milking cow in the process. on freeze by pnoy. but after election, might be on again. the money is so big that can be used to widen alternative routes during edsa congestion in peak hours.
        request lang naman. baka may stock ka dito. at malay natin, baka may mabuksan ka pang ibang items gaya ng walang humpay na asphalt over-laying na isa na ngayong lucrative milking goat…

    • 1. Ganun pala ang process sa Pilipinas. Nauuna muna ang paghanap ng suspect bago ang ebidensya according kay Atty. Roque (needs procedural reform).

      Sabagay he has a point parang yung si Ben Panday na nasa kulungan na ay nadawit pa dun sa kaso.

      In my opinion its best that our authorities (PNP) dont release press statement until they are 99% sure regarding the facts of the crime and criminals involved.

      2. Regarding naman dun sa mga nakatakas sa New Bilibid Prison. I wonder if its possible na ma lie detector lahat ng pulis sa bilibid (wardens etc.) voluntarily ng malaman kung sino yung mga kasagwat kaya nakakatakas yung mga criminal?

      Though this will infringe on their right.

      3. Dapat siguro magpatayo na rin si Pnoy ng mas malaki at makabagong kulungan ng hindi makatakas ang mga preso since ang tagal na ng bilibid. Sa congress naman dapat pala repasuhin nila yung 80 years old na batas ng maging akma sa panahon ngayon.

      Out of curiosity mayroon bang small claims court ang pilipinas?

      • Dito sa Italy iba! Ikukulong ka muna and charged. Ang nakakulong ang bahalang magpaliwanag at i prove na wala syang kasalanan. Parang primitive law pero effective

      • Mayroon…up to P100th ang halaga. Walang ABOGADO doon sa trial and proceso. The Court personnel will help the complainant, etc. Ready Forms are available.

  9. Give me just a bit more time to finish my next piece.

    It’s very complicated and dizzying.

    The challenge is to simplify it.

    • nood kayo MMK, kaiyak story ng ama ni Alan Cayetano, hayyyy dami ko iniluha….pero relaksing after the show, it is different when you cry once a week….

  10. “Alan imagines how the police fight crime”. This is the title of this post by Raissa. Alan imagined about the creation of various police task forces to solve rampant criminalities. I am not sure if Alan considered the method allegedly used by the police below. Maybe it should be in another post entitled “Policing the police”.

    We all know that a number of criminal syndicates and organized criminal organizations will not prosper without the support or participation of policemen themselves. Now, there is a rumor that a group of idealistic cops are out to eliminate notorious policemen- criminals from their ranks. Meaning those involved in kidnapping, robbery, carjacking, rape and drug pushing. The police death squad employs riding in tandem tactics to accomplish their mission. Allegedly, the death squad already had its first victim – a Manila policeman – who robbed his victims in their homes. Here is the portion of the article written by Ramon Tulfo at PDI today.

    “I heard a rumor about a group of cops who don’t dispose of notorious criminals, but their own.

    “Policemen involved in kidnapping, robbery, car theft, gun-for-hire, rape and drugs are targets of this group, so the rumor goes.

    “The group, composed of cops imbued with idealism, has adopted the modus operandi of motorcycle-riding killers who ride tandem, approach a target and shoot them.

    “The group’s most prominent victim was reportedly a Manila policeman who robbed his victims in their homes.

    “The cop, who was with a female companion, had just come from the Southern Police District headquarters, where his administrative case was being heard, when two men on a motorcycle shot him in the head.

    “His female companion was spared.

    “As most rumors go, this one cannot be confirmed. But I was told the public will be hearing more from this group soon.”

    • The idea seem vigilantes. Cops, many do not act like cops anymore but like ordinary law breakers. They couldn’t even arrest Amalillo when this guy was here. Now, after fleeing, they ‘work’ hard kuno to get him back. Sorry! Wala na dito.

      When cops starts ‘killing’ criminals without due process, gov’t is in chaos. In the long run, they will abuse and innocent victims killed will be concluded as ‘killers’ too, by them.

      Lack of police leadership! No discipline in the ranks! Puro PAKIKISAMA ang gawain maski labag sa Batas! Ano ito?

      Arresting cops who violate the law is so SLOW, dami ‘due process’ applied, investigations here and there, and in the end, it dissipates to nothing. Abswelto or takas.

      Poor performance talaga. Never improves but only aggravates more and more.

      POOR LEADERSHIP AND DISCIPLINE! Corruption is the CAUSE.

      • this is my 2nd try, the 1st one got lost. so here it is: my boss at human resources said, I dont want questions, I want solutions! takot kami with his style of leadership. marami ang nanghingi ng transfer.

      • WHAT IS THE PROBLEM OF POLICE & MILITARY NOT SERVING VERY WELL? MONEY

        SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM: INCREASE SALARY

        SOURCE OF INCREMENT: BAWASAN PORK BARREL NG MGA SENADOR AT CONGRESSMAN PARA MAWALA ANG PAGNANASA NG PAGNANAKAW

        PRES NOY, PLEASE DO ACT NOW….

        • reason might be because for a very long time it has become almost a practice for many in the public service to do systemic kaulolan from top to bottom. people at the top are into it and stealing big time, many has made stealing into art form. naturally, the people at the bottom sort of gaya-gaya at nagnakaw rin. surprisingly, they got away with it. and continue to get away with it just like the people at the top. then president noy comes along and introduce changes, changes, changes, and is trying to stop the practice. people are being resistant though. they had it so good, why change now?

          president noy made public service, public service. he made them serve the public. it’s all about the public, the nation, and not their own pockets, their family, friends and relatives. I hope the prez will stay an inspirational leader that inspires confidence in others so that they may follow his example and directives.

        • When will all our soldiers and PNP cops get BULLET PROOF VESTS?

          20 years already this vests since its coming out, THEY DO NOT HAVE IT?

          Where is the money?

        • I’m not really sure, but I have read articles in abs-cbnnews.com a while back na in the time of gloria arroyo, pnp did get protective vests made in israel yata, only they were useless at napakasub-standard at hindi pweding gamitin dahil paper daw and padding ng iba. over priced pa naman. apparently, the money was all spent.

  11. Bakit si Jun Lozada ayaw tulungan ni PNoy ngayun?

    Bakit si Jun Lozada ay malamang may “Warrant of Arrest’ lalabas sa kanya?

    Bakit si Jun Lozada na migay ng mga LUPA sa mga kamag-anak niya noong prsidente siya ng Philippine Forest Corporation? Bakit siya may kabitching din noon?

    Bakit siya ayaw noong sumasa kay Nonoy kunin siya sa Hong Kong para mag testigo sa Senado noon NBN ZTE investigation? Bakit mas na kinig siya kay Aitenza mag tago sa Hong Kong wag mag pakita kay Nonoy?

    Bakit? Bakit? Bakit siya takot ngayun ma-aresto sa KASO niya?

    @Parekoy, ala sa yo ako rin. Pa’syensa ka na sa Tagalog ko.

    • Matanong ko lang, di ba crimen din ang pagkupkop sa taong may arrest warrant? Bakit di pd ma aresto pag nasa “safe haven” (heaven?) ng mga religious group? Kasama pa rin ba yan sa separation ng estado at simbahan?

      • ‘Di pa na ilabas ang warrant for enforcement. Ganon pa man, pag labas na ang warrant at ayaw sumuko, kup-kuppin mo siya, yan ang BAWAL na! Obstruction of justice, isa na yun. etc.

    • may “K” ba si jun lLozada na managhili kay grace padaca at magtampo kay pnoy dahil malamig ang huli(pnoy) sa pagtulong sa una(jun)?
      isa pang tanong: given na walang anomalya sa ZTE/NBN deal, at given na natuloy ito, may protection kaya ang P’nas upang hindi magamit ng Tsina ang maaaring makalap na mga datos o anumang dokumentong panloob ng ating bansa para sa kanilang mga pansariling kapakanan o balakin?

      • Kung nakuha na ang ‘datos’, walang proteksyon tayo!

        Remedy: baliktarin natin lahat ng STREET SIGNS!

        • or give them false information. I think there are already chinese sympathisers around, they’ll be the ones giving info. just like in the 2nd world war, there are pinoys who collaborated with japan.

        • even if we manually balikad street signs, google maps will still show the real streets signs in towns and cities, also their locations. gps and sat nav will also be beaming info. the chinese had better info tech than us. more modern too.

      • @ vander,

        Bakit magtatampo si jun lozada kay Pnoy? Wala siyang karapatan dahil iba nagsampa nang kaso at doon mo dapat patunayan, Dapat ay harapin na lamang niya ang kasong sinampa laban sa kanya at kapatid nito dahil talagang bawal ang ginawa nito at huwag siya magdamay nang kong sino para makaiwas at gawing dahilan… Saka bakit kailangan taga simbahan ang maglabas nang piyansiya at si senator lacson gayon mayaman naman itong si jun? Nagpapa AWA effect lang itong si jun lozada palagay ko?

  12. Tanong-tanong #3
    Mga Hoy! Hoy! ni Parekoy!
    ————————————-

    Hoy may Tanong?

    Mga Misteryo Sa Pulitika?

    1. Bakit inaaway ni Miriam si Gigi? Ano ang naging relasyon ni Miriam at ni Enrile noong Martial Law? May selos bang namagitan?

    2. Bakit gonon na lang ang pagkayamot ni Trillanes kay Enrile? Ano ba ang nangyari noong Oakwood, may nagka-onsehan ba sa pagpatakbo ng Coup?

    3. Bakit ganon na lang mag blush o mamula ang pisngi ni Loren pag napapadaan sila Enrile, Angara, at Joker. Bakit ang lagkit ng sulyap ni Loren kila Cuevas at sa miron na si Maceda noong impeachment trial ni Corona? Bakit kinikilig sya pag nadaan sa aisles ng supermarket pag may nakikita syang “Depends”?

    4. Bakit namumungay ang mga mata ni Koko, Chiz at Ping pag sila ay nagkakamay? Bakit lahat grabe ang lagkit ng tingin nila sa ma gwapong resource persons sa mga Senate investigations? Bakit mahilig sila sa mga gwapong Security Personnel? Bakit pinagtatalunan nila kung sino ang pinaka-guapo ssa mga Senador na si Honasan, Recto, Bong at Migz? Bakit lahat sila takot na umbagin ni Jamby?

    5. Bakit ayaw ni Jinggoy na makasama si JV sa Senado? Ano ang itinatago ni Jinggoy? Confused din ba sya sa kanyang pagkatao? Ano ang lihim ng pamilya Estrada? Bakit ang paboritong meryenda sa bahay ni Erap ay Mamon? Ano ang misteryo ng bigote ni Erap at ni Jinggoy? Bakit kailangan nilang magmukhang sanggano? Bakit pag Birthday ni Kuya Germs lagi si Erap, Jinggoy, at JV nag aattend ng Birthday Party. Bakit gusto niang ka-chicka si Vice Ganda at BB gandang Hari? Bakit ang paborito nilang movie ay X-Men?

    6. Bakit si Enrile mabilis kumuha ng mga files na may laman ng mga sikreto ng mga kapwa Senador? Bakit si Ping na dating Martial Law officer ay magaling din sa surveillance? Bakit marami rin si Ping na mga asabig sa ma kapwa Senador? Bakit magkakampi si
    Ping at Enrile na tirahin si Miriam! Bakit si Ping ay kampi kay PNoy ngunit kampi rin sya kay Enrile? AC-DC ba sya?

    7.bakit ang magkapatid na Noynoy at Kris ay parehong hilig? Bakit gusto ni Noynoy ng mga ala-Bomba at Bomba starlets? Bakit si Kris ay mahilig sa mga lalaki na mala-porno ang kargada?

    8. Bakit si Bam Aquino ay mahilig sa Quickie? Bakit sya mahilig sa Wam Bam Thank You Mam!

    9. Gold digger nga ba si Tingting o type nya lang ang mukha ng Komedyante na ka partner ni Dolphy?

    10. Bakit si Sotto ay nagpapanggap na magaling mag speech kung yung talent nya ay sa pag spoof ng mga kanta nong hindi pa sya Senador? Bakit hindi sya nagnanasa sa Coke pag sya ay uhaw?

    11. Bakit si Bong ay anti-RH? Bakit angbdami nyang condom sa bulsa nya? Mathematician ba sya dahil pag madaanan lang na chicks ay nag multiply na?

    12. Kapag binoto a ng tao ay bobo ay bobo rin sya? Bakit binoto nya si Lapid, Sotto, Bong, Jinggoy at Loren, kamagap-anak ba sya nila? Bakit nong binoto nya yung mga magagaling at matatalino, naging matalino din ba sya? O naging matalino na sya ng malaman nya na itong mva matatalino ay sila ang matalino sa pagkurakot sa gobyerno ng malakihan? Matalino ba si Enrile, Angara, Miriam, Joker, Drilon, Osmena, Bongbong, Cayetanos, Pimentel, Pangilinan at Villar? Mahilig ba sya sa baril-barilan at binoto nya sila Honasan, Ping at Trillanes? Anong klaseng Botante sya?

    • Sagot sa #1 – si Gigi lang daw po kasi ang nakakapagtimpla ng kape para kay JPE. Tanging siya lang, wala ng iba pa. :)

      (Nabanggit po ito sa akin ng isa kong kakilala na dalawang dekada na atang nagtatrabaho sa Batasan at sa Senado rin kung kinakailangan. Pwedeng totoo, pwedeng hindi)

    • My side on #12, description of voters:

      1. If pinag-isipan mo kung sino iboboto at nanalo, at nag-perform manok mo ng maayos, magaling ka.

      2. If pinag-isipan mo kung sino iboboto at nanalo at nagwaldas ng kapangyarihan manok mo, naloko ka.

      3. If pinag-isipan mo kung sino iboboto at natalo, malas ka, lalo na manok mo. Try next time at samahan mo magartista sa pelikula or mag-host ng comedy show.

      4. If bumoto ka dahil sa name recall lang at nanalo, at nag-perform manok mo ng maayos, swerte bayan pero bobo ka pa rin.

      5. If bumoto ka dahil sa name recall lang at nanalo, at nagwaldas ng kapangyarihan ang manok mo, dapat bitayin ka. Wala kang silbi sa bayan.

      6. If bumoto ka dahil sa name recall lang at natalo, swerte bayan, dahil bobo ka na talunan pa. Bagay kayong magsama.

      Ngayon, ano dapat gawin ng botante para di mabansagan na bobo.
      Better yata naloko kaysa bobo

      • Yan yung word na ginamit nung Biology teacher ko ns mahilig sa Bagets. Sya yung nakauna sa akin, Salbahe raw pala ako. Sagot ko salamat Mam sa Anatomy lessons!

        :-)

  13. Results of latest Pulse Asia survey on Senate candidates:
    From Inquirer, Feb 9, Re-electionists dominate Senate race Poll

    The results, derived from interviews with 1,800 respondents nationwide, showed that if the election were held in January, Legarda (Nationalist People’s Coalition/Team PNoy, 58 percent) would have come out on top, followed by Escudero (Team PNoy, 54.3 percent), reelectionist Alan Peter Cayetano (Nacionalista Party/Team PNoy, 48.9 percent), Nancy Binay (UNA, 43.6 percent), San Juan Rep. JV Ejercito (UNA, 43.5 percent), reelectionists Antonio Trillanes IV (LP-NP/Team PNoy, 41.1 percent) and Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III (Team PNoy, 40.7 percent), Cagayan Rep. Juan “Jack” Ponce Enrile Jr. (NPC/UNA, 40.4 percent), former Las Piñas Rep. Cynthia Villar (NP/Team PNoy, 39.1 percent), former congressman Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri (UNA, 37.6 percent), Aurora Rep. Edgardo “Sonny” Angara (LDP/Team PNoy, 37.1 percent) and reelectionist Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan (UNA, 36.8 percent).
    – J. Aning, N. Bordadora

    This is how it looks:

    1. Legarda
    2. Escudero
    3. Cayetano, A.
    4. Binay
    5. Ejercito
    6  Trillanes
    7. Pimentel
    8. Enrile Jr.
    9. Villar
    10. Zubiri
    11. Angara
    12. Honasan

    Binay is no.4 !

    Also posted an analysis from Rappler but still awaiting moderation.

  14. On the Latest Pulse Asia Survey Of the Senatorial Slate:

    Senate Drama Hurts Re-electionists
    Rappler, Feb 8

    MANILA, Philippines – At face value, there’s nothing extraordinary in the results of the new Pulse Asia survey. Re-electionist senators Loren Legarda and Francis “Chiz” Escudero remain the topnotchers. There are movements here and there, but changes are always expected.

    Compare it, however, with the previous Pulse Asia survey conducted in November 2012, and you’ll be in for a major surprise. Something big happened.

    Escudero dropped 19.8 points. Legarda dropped 11.3 points. Sen Alan Cayetano dropped 11.2 points. Sen Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III dropped 9.5 points. Sen Gringo Honasan dropped 8.1 points. 

    The only re-electionist who didn’t suffer a beating is Sen Antonio Trillanes IV. He dropped 2.1 points, but it’s insignificant considering the error margin of 2 points.

    Pulse Asia president Ronald Holmes and chief research fellow Ana Tabunda cited lower fill-out rate as explanation. More and more voters are choosing fewer than the 12 candidates they are allowed to vote for.

    It makes a case for widespread disillusionment among voters. “There’s a lower fill-out rate, doubling of undecided or refused to name choice,” said Holmes. 

    When they were surveyed in January, only a third of the voters (34 %) had a complete senatorial slate. Tabunda said voters have a mean and median of 8 candidates. Those who will not vote for any of the candidates represent 8.6% of voters. 

    In the November 2012 Pulse Asia survey, 39% of voters had a complete senatorial slate. 

    Only plausible explanation

    But is there a lower fill-out rate? 

    One explanation could be the the events that happened during the survey period of Jan 19-30, 2013. Voters must have been turned off by the exposé on the Senate President’s “cash gifts” to select senators amounting to P1.6 million each, and the drama that followed.

    Only 4 senators did not receive those “gifts,” which Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile drew from his office’s savings from 2012: his critics Miriam Santiago, Alan Cayetano, Pia Cayetano, and Antonio Trillanes IV.

    On January 23, the word war between Senate Minority Leader Alan Cayetano and Enrile turned really ugly when Cayetano sought an ethics probe on the Senate President. (Read: Enrile, Cayetano in ugly word war). This caused the resignation of Enrile’s longtime chief of staff, Jessica “Gigi” Reyes, once romantically linked to him.

    The latest survey of another polling firm, the Social Weather Stations (SWS), was conducted from January 17-19, and did not capture the height of the Senate drama.

    The other major events within the survey period were related to the activities of the Commission on Elections, the probe on the alleged shootout in Quezon province and other shooting incidents, and the damage inflicted by a U.S. naval vessel to the Tubbataha reef among others.

    Relatives suffer, too

    Is it also coincidence that senatorial candidates related to incumbent senators suffered as much?

    San Juan Rep JV Ejercito, half-brother of Senate Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada, dropped 13.5 points from the November 2012 survey. Cagayan Rep Juan “Jack” Ponce Enrile Jr, son of the Senate President, dropped 12.8 points. Former Las Piñas Rep Cynthia Villar, wife of Senator Manuel Villar Jr, dropped 13.1 points.

    The exception is Aurora Rep Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara – son of Senator Edgardo Angara. He also dropped but not as significantly as the others – 3.7 points.

    Even some former senators suffered. Former Senator Jamby Madrigal dropped 7.6 points. Former Sen Jun Magsaysay dropped 5 points. Former Sen Juan Miguel Zubiri dropped 2.9 points. The exception was former Sen Richard Gordon whose numbers increased a minimal 0.3 points.

    Gainers

    It is this massive plunge of the re-electionist candidates and their relatives that allowed vice-presidential daughter Nancy Binay to jump to Rank 4 in the survey. 

    Binay only gained 2 percentage points. It’s statistically insignificant considering the error margin of the survey. But she is the only one in the Magic 12 who gained additional support.

    The biggest gainer is independent candidate Grace Poe, who belongs to the administration ticket. She gained 6.2 percentage points. Presidential cousin Bam Aquino also gained 3.5 points.

    The senatorial elections is 3 months away. With voter behavior this erratic, it could still be anyone’s ballgame. 

    -Carmela Fonbuena, Rappler