In celebration of the People Power anniversary, which many people seem to have swept aside because of the standoff in Sabah, my hubby Alan wrote the following humor column.
It’s nostalgic for him in a way because he began writing humor columns during the dark days of Martial Law, when laughing about the dictatorship was the only way to ease the pain –
A short history of Martial Law, version whatever
Hot Manila – by Alan C. RoblesMartial Law? What Martial Law? What Marcos dictatorship? Never happened! Go home.
Ha ha, just kidding. OF COURSE Martial Law happened. In fact, that’s what we’re here to talk about. You see it seems more and more Filipinos are beginning to forget about that period
To address this problem, we’ve put together this short summary using highly reliable sources such as Wikipedia, elementary school textbooks, FB sites and random kids walking around our neighborhood .And, what do you know, it’s about that time of the year when we celebrate whatchamacallit, People Power. A good time to recall, uhm, what was that again? Oh yeah, Martial Law. Here goes:
To read the rest, please click on this link.
zamera says
My siblings and I were born because of martial law. Our parents were held and had met each other in the detention camp. One of the few good things done by ML for the ordinary citizens, at least for the parents, and us children, hahaha! :)
Alan says
that would make a great story. I think there should be a book, or at least a documentation center, that collects and compiles stories like this
Mel says
Or perhaps, a simple guide for choosing and electing candidates during political elections.
And why not a Call Center to ask candidates’ profiles for those voters too busy, or preoccupied to bother with dubious campaigning, false advertising or skewed marketing candidate’s platform. Less noise and hype.
Another BOP service for Global Democracies.
Troubleshooting Philippine democracy
Alan says
thanks for posting Mel, I can tell you I’m half inclined to take your suggestion of such a Call Center seriously. I’m sure the CPM can conceptualize some kind of resource for voters
Mel says
@Alan, it’s a good idea actually.
When ‘stars align’, I’ll touch base with you someday.
Ang mga kababayang Filipinos ay nasa iba’t ibang panig ng mundo.
Citizens, residents or TNTs at their adopted countries, mayruong adhikain, karunungan at impluwensiya ding nina-nais sa kanilang napiling bansa, dag-dag o liban sa kanilang inang bayan.
Alan says
Yes please, this forum is a good place for pooling ideas that will empower and enlighten frustrated citizens
moonie says
why were the parents in detention center, what have they done?
zamera says
@allan Thanks, there should be some compilations of these stories. There are sad and horrible stories during that time. However, some “benefited” too, and it’s not exactly monetary gains. The good stories, though probably much fewer than the bad, deserve to be heard as well.
@moonie Father was an activist. Mother was not, but she was picked up because her companions, her fellow representatives from her high school during a journalism conference she attended were activists. They were both students that time. I don’t remember where exactly they were detained, they both did not talk much about those times. Except when I was maarte and mapili as a teenager, and I get lectured that I should be in a situation wherein 20 something people had to share 1 cup to use for drinking water.
Martial Bonifacio says
Dinky: ‘Agitators’ deceived typhoon victims
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/02/28/13/dinky-agitators-deceived-typhoon-victims
Out of 200k victims of pablo who patiently waits and follows the instruction to list their names. While 300 people ransacked the dswd instigated and encouraged by party list groups.
Pinapatunayan lang na masmadami pa din ang Pilipinong marunong sumunod sa patakaran at naniniwalang hindi dahilan ang kalam ng sikmura upang gumawa ng masama tulad ng pagnanakaw.
jeproks2002 says
@alan, i look forward to reading your version of the EDSA revolution particularly the “untold” story of the RAMboys, Gringo and JPE. This version at http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/395034/untold-stories-1986-edsa-people-power-revolution#.US8_3HPvjgQ
just seems off to me.
It reeks of someone’s memoirs that change with time.
Any CPMers care to share their versions of THE story?
raissa says
me, me, me.
jeproks2002 says
yes yes YOU!
Alan says
I can tell you jeproks2002, EDSA I was the best time to be a journalist. I was running both on the adrenaline of a sensational, historic story unfolding, plus the electrifying realization it concerned my country
jeproks2002 says
I just hope that in my lifetime the truth will be known. I hope we find out what JPE and his boys had really planned. Did they decide to seize power from Marcos out of love for the country and the people? Did they really intend to give power to a civilian leader if they had succeeded in their coup? Or were they fearful of Marcos’ evident fall from power as civil disobedience had been gaining momentum and they thus schemed to ensure their survival? Are they heroes or just rats scampering out of a sinking ship?
Alan says
It’s easy enough to guess the answer to those questions: these lowlife plotters were torturers, murderers and looters under Martial Law who never expressed any remorse for what they did. Furthermore you can get a pretty good idea what their real motives were when you look at the series of bloody coup attempts they proceeded to mount against the Cory government. It is richly and hilariously ironic to contemplate that one coup attempt was probably thwarted because the group of colonels who had seized a tv station couldn’t stop themselves from posing in front of the camera, preening and trash talking. Government used the time they spent making papogi to rally troops and blast the rebels back
vander anievas says
@jeproks2002,
sa 7 o 8 coup attempts, kaylangan mo pa bang itanong yan”Did they decide to seize power from Marcos out of love for the country and the people?”?
alam kong pareho lang ang sagot natin.
hanggang ngayon, nasa pwesto pa rin sila. katulad ng anay. nakakain nila ang laman ng kahoy at naiiwan ang balat. ganyan ang Pnas. balat na lang pero ayaw pa nilang tantanan.
pasalamat tayo kay pnoy, muling nagkakalaman. wag na tayong pumayag na patuloy nilang anaying ang laman ng kaban…
Yvonne says
@jeproks2002, to find out the roles of the RAMboys. Gringo, JPE, Marcos, Jr. , etc during the EDSA I People’s Power revolution, please see my post @#12 below.
pinay710 says
@jeproks2002, eto na naman ako. noong nangyayari ang revolution abala kami naghahanda para magtago dahil ang balibalita ay may magaganap na rebolusyon ng mga tao laban sa pamahalaan. ito ang tanong ko sa iyo. sa nangyari ngayon sa senado kay enrile ano ang nasa isipan at pagkilala ni honasan kay enrile? sangayon ba sya sa mga ginagwa ni enrile. wala kasing anuman reaction si honasan. marahil ay pinakamalaki ang bonus ni honasan kay enrile. kaya wala imik si honasan sa mga pinaggagawa ni enrile sa senado? paki liwanag nga.
bfdtranscriber says
I run across this website Angela Stuart Santiago about the Edsa 1 Revolution – hour by hour account of what transpired during that time.
If you want, please check it out…
http://www.edsarevolution.com/
jeproks2002 says
There is no doubt that JPE and Gringo are brilliant legal and military strategists. If they had planned to oust Marcos, was it for the people or for themselves? We may never know. But they do and it is now between them and their God. Despite their brilliance, they could not have anticipated the outcome of the People Power Revolution. Many years after their plans of a coup d’etat against Marcos had failed, the people have continued to give them the mandate to lead our country. They have been time and again given the opportunity to rectify the wrongs and ills of society. Must they wait until they are in their deathbeds before they do right?
@pinay710, we have the same questions. I can only hope that they not waste again and again the opportunity and privilege to be in the Senate. The way things are going, our politicians do not waste this opportunity by “giving” it to their children or family.
pinay710 says
@jeproks2002, parang yung kasabihan na SURVIVAL OF THE WEALTHIEST (FITTEST) ELIMINATION OF THE POOREST & WEAKEST (UNFIT). kaawa awa tayong mga maliliit na Pilipino.
sa election ano ang ilalaban ng mga walang perang kandidato laban sa mga maraming nakurakot na magkakamaganak na politiko?
sa saranggani wala naglakas loob na lumaban sa apelyedong PAQUIAO dahil alam ng mga gustong kumandidato na sa pera pa lang ng PAQUIAO wala na silang panalo. kaya halos buong maganak na PAQUIAO ay kandidato sa saranggani.
ang buwis na pianghirapang ibayad ng pangkaraniwang emplyeado ipinamimigay lang ng kung paano sa mga senadores at gastahin nila kung paano nila gusto. samantalang ang karamihan ng mamamayan ay nakalamidad at nagugutom sa mga liblib na lugar. ITO BA ANG BAYAN KONG SINILANGAN? LUBLOB NA SA HIRAP NA LALO PANG PINAHIHIRAPAN NG MGA NANUNUNGKULAN?
Alan says
As far as Gringo is concerned, people should never forget that the strutting macho colonel plotter was caught by govt forces hiding under the bed of a woman who was not his wife. His actual wife was not pleased
pinay710 says
aha!! honasan UNDER THE BED while enrile OVER THE BED not their wives bed. hihihi iARTNERS IN CRIME talaga sila. no wonder!!!
DannyG says
A little appeal:
Please , Sultan kiram III of Sulu, don’t denounce your Filipino citizenship and abandon the plan to rrealized a long lost dream of ours in having the Sabah back to the Philippines and give it to the Malaysian government, just because of the stupidity and absurdity on the part of some of our national leaders who seems to be don’t know how to comprehend the current Sabah situation. If you allow it, and we really honestly felt right now your sentiment, then, your supposed to be a lasting legacy to our Nation and its people will forever be lost. And we will also blew away our only hope, you and your claim amply documented, in pursuing our valid and just cause. Keep going on, a one step backward, two steps forward? Surely, somehow, a patriotic and brave leaders of our country will emerges and rekindles the fire that’s burning within us all. Nakalulungkot lang na ang solusyon ng pambansang pamunuan sa bawat problema at krisis na kinakaharap ng ating bansa ay puro paninisi at pag-amin ng kahinaan at katalunan. Dito sa ating bansa, kung alin pa yung mga state witness, whistle blower at real freedom fighter ay siya pang kinakawawa at napapahamak. Kailan ba tayo matuto at tatapang ?
Martial Bonifacio says
Correct me if wrong but:
1.Datu Punjungan Kiram – father of Jamalul Kiram III & Imail Kiram II (standoff)
– Exiled himself to malaysia due to family dispute and was not confirmed to be the next sultan.
– He was the younger brother of Sultan Esmail Kiram I
– After learning that the Sultan Moh. Mahakuttah A. Kiram (son of Sultan Esmail Kiram I), will be recognized by the bichara (village elders), he came back to sulu to challenge it.
Kaya ngayon mahirap malaman kung sino ang totoong Sultan of sulu its either the son of Sultan Moh —> Sultan Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram. or Jamalual Kiram III.
Kaya tulad mo im waiting for Raissa kasi ang gulo gulo ng family tree nila dahil madaming claimant to be Sultanate of Sulu, hindi pa kasama diyan yung mga malaysians kasi may mga claimant din dun na anak daw lol :)
baycas says
Relevant article and ICJ files on Sabah claim:
http://alpha.propinoy.net/2013/02/27/its-about-self-determination-not-historic-title/
http://www.mpil.de/ww/en/pub/research/details/publications/institute/wcd.cfm?fuseaction_wcd=aktdat&aktdat=201010200400.cfm
http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/102/7712.pdf
baycas says
Malaysian point of view prior to October 2001 ICJ Decision…
http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/102/10809.pdf?PHPSESSID=5c19dbe8e80c861d3384398fb1043fca
raissa says
Thanks, Baycas.
Martial Bonifacio says
Eto yung info graphic from ABS-CBN:
http://cdnimages.abs-cbnnews.com/topics/tvpatrol/2013february/LineofSuccessionoftheSultansofSuluoftheModernEra.jpg
Tama lang din yung ginagawa ni Pnoy pagaralan muna kung sino ang totoong heir sa title na Sultan of Sulu kasi ang dami nilang claimant.
moonie says
dapat idaan ito sa tamang proceso. there are paperworks to be done and sorted out, to be studied as well. the sultan ought to present documentations proving he truly is the legally designated sultan, not some fake ones. and if we are ignorant about sabah, the sultan whoever he is, ought to educate us about sabah, teach us about sabah, and not at a point of a gun with threats and innuendos.
dont dangle the riches of sabah to us, we’re not that greedy. the people of sabah themselves are poor and needed all the help they can get. I hope the sultan denounce his filipino citenzenship soonest and be sabahan, and help the sabahans improve their lives, not plunder them. once the sultan become malaysian citizen, there’s no point for us to negotiate with malaysia then. if he’s that smart, and not as stupid and absurd as our national leaders who you say do not comprehend the situation, why cant the sultan negotiate the claim himself? it does not pay to insult the people whose help you want.
moonie says
danny g, what lasting legacy you talking about? the sultan lost in the 2007 election, the people in mindanao dont want him, for a reason. he’s not popular with the sabahans too, and they dont want him there. he was told to leave.
moonie says
how about DNA test be done on the sultan? see if he’s direct descendant, not an impostor or someone’s by-blow, his DNA conclusive and perfect match from the DNA taken from the sample of the previous sultan of sulu, dead or alive.
leona says
From this link at Inquirer –
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/366167/h-for-honasan-c-for-corona-other-team-pnoy-bloopers
not a promising good one for LP line up. It appears there’s no solid attendance of their candidates. Some sick, some has to attend GMA interviews, some….?
To each his/her own schedules? ! And to some questions by Camp.Manager Drillon…. the answers appears a sign of confusion from the crowd…the people! C – corona ? H – Honasan?
Vote Wisely! No to anyone to political dynasty!
Rene-Ipil says
Philippine Daily Inquirer headline today:
COA: 3 senator’s pork went to bogus NGO.
JPE, Estrada, Revilla tied to P195-M scam.
curveball says
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/366117/coa-3-senators-pork-went-to-bogus-ngo
ito ang buong story ng news ni @rene-ipil
Nakakagalit talaga ang mga taong ito. Milyon milyon piso ibibigay sa “hindi alam” kung sino o ano klase kumpanya ang pagbibigyan?
Sabi ay may isang Tongresista na kasama Velarde ang apelido, anak daw ni Mike Velarde, totoo kaya ito? Kung totoo, asan ang malinis, matapat at maka Diyos na “halimbawa” ng ama sa anak? Di natakot sa kunsensya nya?
Imbestigahan daw nila…. sino? sarili nila?
Ang maraming milyong tanong…. mababawi pa kaya ang pera?
Mga magagaling na mandarambong!!! Pera namin mga nagbabayad ng buwis ang nilulustay nyo!!!!
Kawawa na naman kami nito! SCAM ito
Rene-Ipil says
Meaning that, if the report were true, most if not all of the 195M went to the pocket of the three senators because the beneficiary was bogus. If the intended project for the pork was real, the most that the same senators could get would be about 40%. The rest would go to the project itself and the pockets of other officials involved.
The scam happened just before PNoy became president. Kaya pala nuong impeachment trial, kahit na tambak ang ebidensya laban kay Corona ay pilit pa rin na isinasalba ito. Sabi nga ng iba ay para kang humuhugot ng bayawak sa lungga sa pag”convict” kay Corona. Kundangan nga lang na nag-“suicide” si Corona.
So, now I know why Jinggoy was vehement in destroying the prosecution during the impeachment trial. Jinggoy acted as the attack dog of JPE to insulate the latter. And JPE looked brilliant to many people including CPMERs. I tried to unmask JPE then in a number of my posts in our CPM because I never trusted him from day one.
Martial Bonifacio says
No wonder they stall the confirmation of Heidi Mendoza. Hindi lang pala si binay ang may issue sa COA, pati mga senators na pabor sa kanya.
3 years and still counting na ang confirmation……….
moonie says
last I hear, many of PNoy’s appointees are not confirmed namely: heidi mendoza, doj’s leila de lima, election commissionner grace padaca, ramon paje, dinky soliman from dept of social work, etc. CA, commission on appointments, is determined to slow down PNoy’s good governance.
Martial Bonifacio says
By the way Jinggoy is the head of Committee on Constitutional Commisssions and Offices. Mednoza’s appointment was deferred last december 2012 by the committee.
Then 2013 we still wonder why she is not confirmed :)
curveball says
Dahil alam nila na hindi sila hahayaan sa mga pandarambong nila at paglustay o pagbulsa ng pera nating pinaghirapan.
Yan ang opposition na gusto nila. Hindi upang check and balance kundi upang harangan at pahirapan ang bawat steps o gawain na magbubunyag sa mga kabulastugan nila.
Niloloko talaga tayo ng mga magagaling na mambubutas na ito!
leona says
@Martial B….I, too, shit wonder Heide is not confirmed!
zamera says
probably same reason too why the late dilg sec jesse was not confirmed!
JUAN ESTRADA REVILLA says
Naku naman. Wala kaming kinalaman dyan. Hindi namin alam kung paano napunta ang pera sa bogus NGO na yan. Ang trabaho namin, maghanap lang ng projects. Pati ba naman sa mga projects na yan aabalahin pa kami? Busy kami sa paggawa ng butas…..este batas.
pelang says
why don’t they abolish this pork barrel which is the root of all evils? kaninong administrasyon ba ito nag-umpisa? we should campaign for its abolition. umpisahan natin with people’s initiative movement thru 1 Million signatures or more. kaya itong mga artista nag-a-ambisyong maging senador o congressman kahit walang ibubuga dahil ito ang sandalan nila pag laos na sila. bakit ka nga ba magpapakahirap mag-artista e, every year meron kang 200 million kahit kalahati lang ang mapunta sa bulsa mo, e, buhay ka na habang ang karamihan ng mamamayan na walang chance mag-artista o maging senador, naghihrap.
Mel says
Sen JPE’s attribution points to ‘as a Lost’ in a web of an old tune maze.
Kudos to COA. You have a mandate, No-Holds-Barred. Make no mistake, it would always goes back to you should your tasks (commission) falls short by omission(s).
Mel says
AND Estrada calls for probe into channelling of pork barrel funds to bogus NGO
The audit report identified Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada, Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr. and then Buhay Rep. Rene Velarde as the sources of the P206 million in PDAF for the Department of Agriculture that was released in several batches in 2009 and 2010.
Source: newsinfo inquirer net/366117/coa-3-senators-pork-went-to-bogus-ngo
Mel says
Erratum
—
AND Estrada calls for probe into channelling of pork barrel funds to bogus NGO
One tipping into an avatar fund (black) as obvious, but group dipping is a bamboozle.
Mel says
Mel says
jorge bernas says
@ Rene,
Ha ha ha ha , NAKAKAHIYA J.P.E.,Estrada @ Revilla Naloko nang tatlong bogus na N.G.O.? Paano nangyari yon? Kong sina Estrada @ Revilla lang ay maaring mangyari pero kay tatang JPE hindi ako naniniwala? Maaaring may sabwatang nangyari para makanakaw nang napakalaking PERA? Bakit sila nalusutan nang BOGUS na N.G.O.? wala ba silang tauhan na mag double check kong tama ang ginagawa nang milliones na ibinigay sa nasabing bogus na N.G.O.? UNBELIEVABLE???
NGAYON DAPAT IPAKITA NI JPE ANG GALING NITONG HANAPIN ANG FAKE NGO NA ITO AT NANG HINDI MAKAULIT? IPAKALABOSO NA RIN?
Martial Bonifacio says
Enrile, Estrada used pork for dubious NGO – COA
http://www.rappler.com/nation/22704-enrile-estrada-used-pork-for-bogus-group
Sorry Raissa but i cant help in posting this news. I wonder if they will do a senate investigation regarding this COA’s report. :)
Den says
Raissa, I think you should already make a post about the 2013 elections. CPM’ers are all over the place writing about the election and the candidates. Putok na putok na ang usapan at di na mapigil ang pagsisiwalat ng mga opinyon. Kung saan-saan thread na tuloy isinisingit yung mga election-related post. :)
Martial Bonifacio says
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMGuShxD5ag&feature=player_embedded
Listahan lang ng pangalan ang hinihingi ng DSWD ayaw pang ibigay or isulat. Papaano ma-a-audit ng tama nang COA ang DSWD kung walang list of beneficiaries?
At ngayon may mga balita na hindi naman talaga taga compostella valley yung mga nag rally bagkus hinakot pa sila sa ibang kadahilanan.
Mukhang may nag udyok na manggulo sa DSWD tignan nyo na lang yung mga bandila na kulay pula at mga nakasulat sa karatula.
Malalaman mo kung sino sino grupo :)
focusonmayelections says
i wholeheartedly support and re-post an earlier comment:
netty says:
February 26, 2013 at 11:09 pm
One of the easiest ways for the global pinoys to give back is to encourage their relatives and town-mates to elect political candidates wisely. Ba/-link-/Bayanihan Para sa Inang Bayan will make a huge change if one starts to make endorsements on their FB page, twitter, other social media links , pinoy overseas voters associations, to know your candidates. Say no to corrupt XMAS million peso senators candidates/re-electionist, say no to political dynasties, say no to actors and actresses, say no to those pogi points and concentrate on the magaling and credibility qualities.
thank you netty.
focusonmayelections says
however i believe that dynastiy candidates whose only qualification is their name and affinity to well known entity (nancy binay for example) are not the same as dynasty candidates who have accomplished a lot of positive things on their own and whose name or filial affinity should not be held against them. i wonder what others think on this issue.
focusonmayelections says
unless the name or affinity is marcos. i do not know when my bias against marcos name/affinity would ever be erased..
jorge bernas says
CONGRATULATION to All THE PHILIPPINE STOCK EXCHANGE OFFICIALS & EMPLOYEES for being cited as the 3rd BEST PERFORMING MARKET IN THE WORLD…by (W.F.E.).. MORE POWER & GOD BLESS PHILIPPINES….
Rene-Ipil says
I wrote earlier that Roxas is my best bet for the 2016 presidential election. I also said that there are now others who appear in the horizon aside from Roxas including Abaya, Trillanes, Guingona, De Lima, Henares and A. Cayetano. But three years can make a lot of difference and it is entirely possible that anyone amongst the above named could be a presidential bet in 2016.
PNoy was a non-performer in all those years before he became president while Roxas was already an achiever and a popular senator. In fact, Roxas topped the senatorial election once. And I believe that Roxas would perform better than PNoy if he would be elected president in 2016.
I think, however, that the people would not vote for Roxas as their president. He could not even get himself elected as Vice President. The people voted for PNoy simply because he is the son of Ninoy and Cory. And only a handful of voters would base their selection of Roxas on his being the grandson of Manuel Roxas and the son of Gerardo Roxas and Judy Araneta-Roxas. But there is still enough time for Roxas to prove himself worthy of the people’s vote especially in his position now as DILG Secretary.
Meanwhile, let us widen our horizon and start considering equally competent and honest people whom PNoy could endorse as president in 2016.
Martial Bonifacio says
“Meanwhile, let us widen our horizon and start considering equally competent and honest people whom PNoy could endorse as president in 2016.” [email protected] said
1. Except binay, he is already out in my list for 2016 presidentiables. Id rather vote for Sec. Jimenez of DOT or Sec. Purisima than the VP. I would even go as far as to say na mas credible pa si Kim Henares kesa kay binay kasi kahit mahigpit siya sa tax collection at least pantay pantay kahit si Manny Pacquiao or Renato Corona hindi niya inaatrasan.
Kahit sinabihan pa siya ni Jinggoy at Enrile na wag ng habulin dahil na impeach na yung tao.
2. Another reason why i dont like binay is because pinapalaki niya lahat ng small issues at pino-politicize. Tulad nung nabanggit yung katagang “black and white”. Pinalalaki pa yung issue thats its about his skin color daw. :(
jorge bernas says
@ Rene,
Tama ka Rene, Basta ako dahil sa napakagandang pamamalakad ni Pnoy sa Bansa natin ay susunod at pahalagahan kong sino man ang kanyang konteder na papalit sa kanya pagkatapos nang kanyang termino…
Martial Bonifacio says
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/02/26/13/pablo-victims-ransack-relief-goods
“Yan bang sumugod na yan sa Davao City ay talagang biktima ng bagyong naiinip na sa relief goods” – Kabayan Noli De Castro
Nagugutom na nga yung mga tao gagamitin pa natin. Kasi ang tanong ko pinky kung tunay na gutom at hindi na sila makakain, sino ang nagbayad sa kanila upang pumuna ng Davao City? -Sec. Soliman
My Comment:
The same question runs to my mind. Papaano malalaman ng DSWD kung totoong mga biktima ng bagyo itong mga nag barricade sa harap ng DSWD kung ayaw nilang pumirma o ibigay ang kanilang mga pangalan?
Kung tutuusin simple lang naman ang hinihingi ni Sec. Soliman ilista lang yung pangalan upang malaman kung sino-sino ang makakakuha ng mga relief goods. This will prevent yung mga doble-doble at yung mga nandadaya or mga nagkukunwari na taga compostella valley or victims ng bagyo.
Mahirap bang gawin iyon? Papaano pag nag audit ang COA at walang maibigay na pangalan o listahan ang DSWD edi sila naman ang mapagbibintangan ng corruption?
Bagkus may nakikita pa akong mga placards ng mga party list groups tulad ng Barug Katawhan at Kabataan party list. Campaigning while insinuating public disorder?
Nakakalungkot na binababoy at inaabuso ng mga bagong militante ang essence ng EDSA I. Proud tayong lahat sa tinaguriang “Peaceful Revolution”.
The new militant groups insinuate and encourage violence na pati minor de-edad ay ginagamit upang gumawa ng violence at ngayon pagnanakaw.
Kung naaalala ninyo few weeks ago yung pulis binugbog tapos ngayon naman DSWD ninakawan both caught on video.
Iyan ba ang iboboto natin sa congress upang maging representante ng mga “kabataan”?Huwag naman po tayong abusado :(
Martial Bonifacio says
“TAPOS NA ANG USAPIN TUNGKOL SA R.H. BILL AT BATAS NA ITO ” [email protected] Bernas said at comment # 11.4
My comment:
Hindi pa po tapos ang usapin sa RH law kasi may pending na kaso pa sa SC. Not to mention that if we ELECT the wrong persons in both senate and congress this 2013 and 2016 the law that was passed by the aquino government can be repealed
Thats why we need to support Pnoy and the people that he trust because if we elect people that will antagonize his reforms like (binay, enrile, erap, tiangco etc.) it will stall the progress of our country, worst case scenario mabalik tayo sa kangkungan :(
jorge bernas says
@ Marcial,
Tama ka Marcial, Dapat na patuloy tayong magmatyag, manindigan, at sumunod sa mga magandang progrAma ni Pnoy tungo sa TUWID na DAAN…at para masunod ito kailangan iboto/ihalal ang mga karapatdapat na kandidato na handang maglingkod nang TOTOO, NO TO DYNASTIES at higit sa lahat ay “HUWAG IBENTA ANG SAGRADONG BOTO”.
Mel says
netty says
One of the easiest ways for the global pinoys to give back is to encourage their relatives and town-mates to elect political candidates wisely. Ba/-link-/Bayanihan Para sa Inang Bayan will make a huge change if one starts to make endorsements on their FB page, twitter, other social media links , pinoy overseas voters associations, to know your candidates. Say no to corrupt XMAS million peso senators candidates/re-electionist, say no to political dynasties, say no to actors and actresses, say no to those pogi points and concentrate on the magaling and credibility qualities. Make a list , cross out the bad list and motivate your loved ones to do the same. I am doing mine at least I did something educating them for their own sake. There is no use admiring the old famous names in politics if there is no change. Voting for them is like using the same stinky rug/ trapo to clean up your kitchen or washroom leaving the dirt and bacteria still active and wild. Please heed.
rallie florencio says
Adding to your post, if I may recommend to really clean sweep the system inside our two houses, It may be a very huge task like to do and finding these days a really reliable leader is like looking for the needle in piles of haystacks.
Almost all if not all have very good refutations and idealism which we may even say worth the ballot we will cast to anyone.
However once seated, they become like spices and condiments being mixed within the cooking pot trying to have a taste of each as if wanting to be different from each other to a point where the taste becomes totally unpleasant and if ever it becomes tasty, the food is not that healthy.
The question is why this becomes the normal? A person we often find clean and honest falls to the same allegation of corruption and dirty works later on? Is it really the system of government or the influences coming from some very controlling factors that make their actions and decisions questionable?
netty says
Yes, it is OK to be uncertain and apprehensive when you put the fate of the country and the people in some people’s bad hands. No one has a crystal ball. I am not a citizen any more but living in another country opened up knowledge re political concerns and ache for a left behind birth country. We can just hope for the best and say to ourselves proudly at least I am more aware than before what’s happening and what these guys are doing.
No one has… “The ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.” This awaits our next judgement for we will know them by their work after, right?
Winston Churchill
On qualifications desirable for prospective politician. (web)