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Hi guys,

I just thought I’d tell you before I lose Internet access again.

Yesterday, I visited St. Francis’ basilica in Assisi – where his remains are buried.

I made an offerta – a mass offering – for all the members of Cyber Plaza Miranda, along with my family, close relatives and friends in Facebook.

His feast is coming, you see. And he is my favorite saint, perhaps because he lived life so simply but delivered a very complicated message to the world.

I just wanted you all to know we are in this journey together – to build a better country and community together. I’ll post pics when I return. Hard pala to post when you have no PC.

– Raissa

 

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        • Hahaha! Wag ka ng umasa. Gagamitin nila yon to pay for lawyers to keep on delaying the processes of the case kung maisasampa nga. Mas makakatipid pa siguro bansa kung lahat silang mga kurakot ay sa ibang bansa na lang manirahan. Hindi pa magsusuweldo ang taong bayan sa mga palpak nilang pagtatrabaho sa kanilang mga posisyon kuno.

    • @Kalakala…good timing di ba? Why leave now? Christmas is around the corner? The check-up is not something they can’t do in Jan 2014. Lump is not life threatening. The trip could be a “run to the border”? With 250M or more, the “run” is worth everything. Just asking…Next runner please!…

      • agree ako sa yo, kajames. lump could be lession filled with liquid and need only to be aspirated (suck out) with syringe. it’s common and the procedure takes only 30 minutes, then the patient can go home, no need for patient to stay longer in hospital. if lump is cancerous, it should be treated soonest. dilly-dallying and going around asking for 2nd opinion will only give cancer chance to metastasized, or break off, and travel to other parts of the body where it can spread and start secondary site. cancer must be contained at once, isolated and treated. not allowed to break off and start new colony somewhere in the body.

        I think lump was only lession and has been aspirated, missus now safe. jinggoy just dont want to face napoles, or maybe he wants to transfer dollar accounts to places like the dominican republic where no one can trace them. the missus’ condition was just an excuse.

  2. KISS in Bohol – Keep it short and simple the RELIEF BROUHAHA IN BOHOL.

    Daming lumalabas na anggulo at opinyon sa pagitan ng Maribojoc Mayor at ng Red Cross sa tulong parang sa mga nasalanta. Kung simplihin ganito ba ang suma tutal:

    Mayor: Ibigay ninyo sa office of the mayor yang mga relief goods or cash, kami ang bahalang mag distribute niyan. Kami ang autoridad diyan.

    Red Cross: Meron kaming kakayahan at kaalaman, kami na lang diretso ang magdi-distribute ng mga pagkain, damit at ibang tulong.

    Mayor: Kung ayaw ninyong sumunod, hindi kami interesado sa tulong ninyo, umalis kayo, inyo na ang tulong ninyo.

    MGA opinion at anggulong politikal:

    Ayon kay Easton: “Politics is the authoritative (kapangyarihan) allocation (mamahagi) of values (yaman, cash and goods relief) in the society (lipunan).” Kung saan o kanino mapupunta ang badyet or mga proyekto ay desisyon ng gobierno local.

    Sa mga tao o organisasyon gustong magbigay ng tulong or kawanggawa diretso sa gustong bigyan, di dapat hadlangan ng gobierno.

    Ang sambayanan ay may sapat na kaisipan upang iwasan ang karanasan na ang tulong sa kalamidad ay kinukurakot ng mga politico at kanilang alipores.

    Ang mga tao kanino ba dapat meron mas tiwala, sa mga trabahador ng Red Cross na sanay palaging namamahagi ng tulong o sa mga trabahador ng mas sanay mangulekta ng donasyon or contribution.

    Ang importante at kailangan pag meron kalamidad ang gobierno local ay tumulong sa lahat ng individual o samahan para mapabilis ang tulong sa nasalanta, walang angkinan. Ang kapangyarihan ng autoridad sa pamamahagi dapat sakop lamang lahat ng tulong galling sa kaban o badyet ng bayan. Jung galling sa pribadong bulsa dapat magtiwala sa pantay-pantay (fairness and honesty) pagbibigay ng tumutulong na organisasyon.

  3. Manila Times ‘news’ – today

    “The Supreme Court has found Judge Santiago Soriano of the La Union Municipal Trial Court guilty of gross inefficiency and gross ignorance of the law.

    In a ten-page decision issued a few days ago, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio wrote “the unreasonable delay in deciding cases and resolving incidents and motions [by the judge], and his failure to decide remaining cases before his compulsory retirement constitutes gross inefficiency which cannot be tolerated.”

    The offense was committed in 2006, and that’s what bothers us. The decision excoriating the judge for the delay in the disposition of cases is also delayed—for seven years in fact. The judge has been fined P40,000, an amount that will be deducted from his retirement benefits.

    Who will fine the Supreme Court?”

    Is this true? OMG! Less 1 year for SC to decide, still it took them also 6 YEARS to finish this case! OMG!

    Maybe the justices overlooked the dates. I would not affixed my ‘concurring OPN’ on this matter. I would be ashamed! Or subjecting myself to a self flagellation.

    Justiis !

  4. For potential threats to public security, health and all ‘donuts’, just cancel for all places their Passports except for:

    1. Kandahar, Afghanistan
    2. Dasmascus and Baghdad
    3. Panmunjong, N. Korea
    4. Somalia, and
    5. North & South Poles

    At least if not caught in any of those places, ++++++ takes place in the end.

    • It wasn’t clear from all news items on Napoles’s latest medical emergency if Renato Corona’s son-in-law, @plumbermd, treated the urologic problem of Janet Napoles.

    • napoles is lonely daw, nagiisa at walang kausap. her lawyer is asking someone be with napoles, a friend or a relative to keep her company. well, she can have man’s best friend, a dog, loyal, mapagbantay and will alert her of strangers lurking around by barking. a dog to cuddle and play with and keep her company, not someone who is going to go crazy listening to napoles’ rantings about how life suddenly turned upside down for her.

    • Britanya – ibinigay ang Sabah sa Malaysia instead sa Sultan ng Sulu
      China – at the height of scarborough shoal and when Pnoy discontinued to extend the JSMU they said that “The PH have surrendered its sovereignty under JSMU.”

      Can we really trust both of them? Ayon pa nga sa balita from inquirer:

      “Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla said the talks between London-based Forum Energy plc and China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC, were at a preliminary stage.”

      Ang dating pa sa akin is ang naguusap lang regarding the deal is UK and China, what about the Philippines? Hindi ko talaga maintindihan ang biglaang pag U-turn ng administration na ito.

      • A Filipino-British company ( it could be a joint venture ) closing in a prelimenary stage a drilling exploration at RECTO BANK –it was very clear a COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT between CNOOC ( China owned company ) under Philipppine Laws …So PNOY doesnt want to compromise Philipppine Sovereignty over the AREA …What he wanted was to have a joint mineral exploration under Philipine Laws.

        Financially it is too EXPENSIVE for the Philipppines do UNDERGO oil exploration alone, so we really need a joint ventures….within our sovereignty as PNOY said.

    • Here is something to think about… understanding ‘literally’ may really cause so many disputes with Philippines and China –

      ‘Subject: Beijing English In A Hotel Brochure In China

      (Obviously translated literally from word for word from Mandarin to English)

      Getting There:
      Our representative will make you wait at the airport. The bus to the hotel runs along the lake shore. Soon you will feel pleasure in passing water. You will know that you are getting near the hotel, because you will go round the bend. The manager will await you in the entrance hall. He always tries to have intercourse with all new guests.

      The hotel:
      This is a family hotel, so children are very welcome. We of course are always pleased to accept adultery. Highly skilled nurses are available in the evenings to put down your children. Guests are invited to conjugate in the bar and expose themselves to others. But please note that ladies are not allowed to have babies in the bar. We organize social games, so no guest is ever left alone to play with them self.

      The Restaurant:
      Our menus have been carefully chosen to be ordinary and unexciting. At dinner, our quartet will circulate from table to table, and fiddle with you.

      Your Room:
      Every room has excellent facilities for your private parts. In winter, every room is on heat. Each room has a balcony offering views of outstanding obscenity! . You will not be disturbed by traffic noise, since the road between the hotel and the lake is used only by pederasts.

      Bed
      Your bed has been made in accordance with local tradition. If you have any other ideas please ring for the chambermaid. Please take advantage of her. She will be very pleased to squash your shirts, blouses and underwear. If asked, she will also squeeze your trousers.

      Above all:
      When you leave us at the end of your holiday, you will have no hope. You will struggle to forget it.’

      Possible? Could be.

      Btw, China will engage joint exploration on condition: Philippines recognizes China owns the whole Tse Bang! islands/islets.

      If not, China says ‘It can do all oil exploration alone!’

      There we are!

    • [email protected]

      Atty. Saguisag said that PNoy is a non-lying, non-cheating and non-stealing president.

      Have faith. The link you provided states:

      “President Benigno Aquino III said any such deal with China would have to conform to Philippine laws. The Reed Bank northwest of the Philippine province of Palawan lies clearly within his country’s exclusive economic zone, Aquino said.”

    • this maybe nothing, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. china could be going for law of adverse possession and might get us on technicality. I’ve previously commented on 170.1 (reply to taurusius at 170) my concern about those 75 concrete blocks left by chinese ships in scarborough shoal. PNoy thought the blocks pose no threat and did not remove them. I doubt if he has seen whether those blocks are anchored deep down in the sea bed, and could be the beginning of reclamation project, useful in the future in case china decides to grab the shoal under law of adverse possession. those blocks have already got “implied consent”, permission given, for them to squat and remain there.

      we recently voiced our concerns about china’s sneaky 9mile dash appearing in chinese made globes. the blocks are just as sneaky. the reason why china put them there could be very sinister indeed.

      • @moonie,
        hindi po ako abogado pero may naaamoy akong ganito: the scattered blocks shall be the silent manifestation of china’s occupation of the area as theirs without resistance from pinoys and later on will be called laches(pagpapabaya) against us.
        dapat po sana ay ipaalis ang mga iyon sa naglagay. kung ayaw nila ay ang CG mismo ang mag-pullout niyon…

        • hindi rin ako abogado. but I would not have left it to chance and leave the blocks as they are. I’d rather they’re all pulled out, shifted or moved, and not give china any untoward hold on us. kaso lang, few days ago, AFP released statement US naval forces daw ang naglagay at nagiwan ng mga yon, sabi nila the blocks were used as staging points in joint sea exercises with pinoy forces. weird ha? ngayon lang sila nagbigay ng statement, ngayong papalapit na ang hearing natin sa unclos, our maritime case against china will finally be heard.

          it would not hurt to have it confirmed whether those blocks are what AFP said they were prior to our case being heard. we dont want doubts thrown in our case or for our case to be thrown out because of technicality.

      • …those ’75 concrete blocks’ are “IEDs” touching ’em for 1 minute it EXPLODES!

        Don’t Touch ‘Em!

  7. Off-topic: Fisheries working group to be set up with Philippines

    http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/10/24/2003575266

    Hindi pa rin ito na pi-pick up ng PH media hopefully journalist will ask valte or carandang kung alam ba ito ng Malacañang or nagsosolo na naman si basilio.

    I wonder if the people from batanes and babuyan islands knows or have they been consulted by our own government action. Ngayon pa nga lang walang deal e patuloy pa din ang lantarang pagnanakaw ano pa kaya pag ginawa ng legal ng ating gobyerno?

    And through this deal we are accepting the notion of Taiwan that there is a overlapping exclusive economic zones. Sa atin na nga ipinamimigay pa ng lantaran gobyerno.

  8. PNoy won’t name anointed one for now

    by Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
    Posted at 10/23/2013 5:09 PM | Updated as of 10/23/2013 5:09 PM

    MANILA (UPDATE) – President Aquino declined to name who he would endorse in the 2016 elections as his preferred successor.

    Speaking at a forum with the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP), Aquino said he wants to spare his “anointed one” from attacks of political enemies.

    “If I answer your question, I’ll just have this guy…guy or girl, have a bulls-eye painted in his forehead and saying, ‘Please attack me for the attack almost three years.’ So I think I will spare this group of people.”

    Asked what qualities he would want to see in his successor, Aquino said he wants to see the accomplishments of his administration improved upon.

    “At the end of the day, I think they will have to address that which has all already been asked of me, ‘What will happen after you step down?’ Then obviously, you’d want somebody not just to continue but perhaps, improve on what has already been accomplished. In effect, we’re asking them to step up higher given that they’ll be starting at a higher plane,” he said.

    Parang pinangalandakan ni PNoy sa buong bansa na hindi si Binay ang kursanada niyang papalit sa kanya. Binay in 2011, has already declared that he is a presidential candidate, and been under attack by the netizens since.

    • It was not yet clear who PNOY wanted to be as his anointed one . He only didn’t want to make a mistake like her MOTHER CORY DID in anointing TABACO RAMOS. Nakaw dito , nakaw doon pero takot lahat para kalkalin ang kanyang mga kasalanan at ninakaw HANGGANG NGAYON….

        • If PNoy can’t be our president in 2016, possibly he could run for a vice president – similar to Gloria who run as congresswoman of Pampanga- with Grace Poe as president .

          The common tao has devastating habit of voting for a candidate who is popular, famous, celebrity or anyone who is makamahirap whom they can relate with. The best example is Nancy Binay who is elected as senator just because she is the daughter of Binay.

          Grace Poe has the asset of being the daughter of Fernando Poe, whom she shares her father’s passion to serve and desire to help the poor. She sees the need to focus the poverty alleviation efforts on the family as a basic social institution. She wants government to take a more active role in helping the children of the poor families. She believes that the future of a nations depends on the kind of citizens these children will become.

          She is a newcomer to politics but not to public service. For government experience, she proved her leadership as chair of the MTRCB under PNoy admin. She had engaged COMELEC and other relevant agencies on major policies in the elections, helped unite various forcwes opposed to electoral fraud, educated voters via press releases, assemblies and internet and helped promote awareness among Filipinos in the need to protect and uphold their right to choose their own leaders in government.

          Mar Roxas as president candidate is not popular even here in England. Between Roxas and Binay, Binay is the sure winner.

          My best bet is Grace Poe, beinbg the daughter of Fernando Poe who is makamahirap, mabait at matulungin.

        • I hope against hope PNoy would run in 2016 as vice president with Grace Poe as president wherein both could continue all the programs and projects undertaken by PNoy as president before for the growth, development and betterment of the philippines.

          For the sake of the country and the Filipino people, PNoy has to consider running as vice president with Grace Poe as president.

        • Tama kayo kung si M.Roxas ang tatakbo at kalaban si Binay, masakit man tanggapin may pagkatalo sya.

          Dahil sa walang malaki na kaso na trinabaho (ang huweteng issu sa pangasinan) ang natapos.

          Hindi makamasa ang image nya kahit ano pa gawin nya.

          Kaya mas may pagasa na maituloy ang daang matuwid kung si G.Poe o si L. Robredo ang itatapat kay Binay.

          Dahil alam ng marami na di pa sila mga trapos tulad ng marami

      • What I tried to impart here is that PNoy has already shown his card on the table for everyone to see…that Binay has fallen from grace completely in the eyes of PNoy.

        Bold letters are written between the lines.

    • PNoy wont name anyone…’cause HE DOESN’T KNOW WHO?

      …but he’s thinking IT WILL BE HIM!

      …ilikethat!

  9. STOP, LOOK, THINK non-CPMers . . .

    Took me days looking for these thoughts, which MAY HAVE been moderated out of this blog pages. So I am reposting in the light of persistent irrational clamor from certain clueless population to ABOLISH Pres Aquino PORK BARREL (kuno). WHICH DID NOT EXIST NOR WAS POCKETED BY THE PRESIDENT.

    The main reason for reposting is the news that the President after the BOHOL EARTHQUAKE, is that he doesn’t have now (AFTER Zamboanga) enough EMERGENCY or Calamity funds to help Boholanos and Cebuanos in DIRE need of assistance. Here it is

    August 27, 2013

    This is my TAKE on the PORK BARREL of the President . . . .

    ONE –originally for members of Parliament or Congress only, Pork Barrel is irrelevant to lawmaking, is for patronage, for the benefit of low—or middle life–lawmakers, devoid of iota of statesmanship, popular but unqualified, incompetent, mostly ignorant of their sworn duties, and needs extra income from projects, needs money, lots of cash for their electoral campaigns; Of the present generation, Think of General Lacson, Atty. Joker, and Dr Flavier as possible exceptions.

    Two – technically and by origin, no matter how big or how much, those funds of the President ARE NOT Pork Barrel. Call it inteligence fund, social assistance fund, calamity fund, emergency fund, a leaders’ pocket money or petty cash for 100 million people. Funds Ready any minute for their protection or unforeseen huge requirements. Especially needed
    in case of war or insurrection like the recent Zamboanga attacks by the country’s own nationals, home grown terrorists the US government might classify them.

    THREE — These whatsama-call-‘em funds no matter how much MUST be retained for the President PROVIDED, repeat PROVIDED authorized expenses are ONLY those defined and detailed by Congress for the fiscal year which are not similar in nature and magnitude of projects undertaken by all or any of the departments or agencies of the government PROVIDED FURTHER that the unexpended portion or balance MUST revert back (returned) to the National Treasury at the end of the fiscal year;

  10. PNoy defends DAP, smells conspiracy

    by Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News

    Posted at 10/23/2013 7:53 PM | Updated as of 10/23/2013 7:53 PM

    President still wants to allow lawmakers to propose projects

    MANILA (UPDATE) – President Aquino defended the Disbursement Acceleration Plan (DAP) anew, saying that it should not be likened to the much maligned Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).

    Speaking before the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP), Aquino said that DAP was launched by his administration as a stimulus program to induce spending.

    He said that funds under the DAP went to projects that benefitted the people such as other road projects, health and education programs for the poor, the program to relocate informal settlers, TESDA’s training for work scholarship program, and sitio electrification program, among others.

    He also cited legal provisions that he said give him the authority to realign government savings.

    He said that while legislators were allowed to propose projects under the DAP, this only comprises “nine percent” of the program.

    “I was perplexed to hear that some people equated the DAP with PDAF, when, simply, it was a program that strategically allocated funds to agencies that had already proven the capacity to implement projects and programs rapidly and efficiently. The legality of such a process has never been in question. As clearly stated in Executive Order 292, or the Administrative Code of 1987 amongst other laws. It is difficult to fathom how one could equate this program with PDAF,” Aquino said.

    “The only thing one could remotely relate to PDAF were those projects undertaken through consultation with our legislators. After all, just as we engaged regional offices, local partners, and civil society in identifying projects, was it not also appropriate to hear the proposals of the elected officials of the land? Taking this into account, such projects by the legislators made up a mere nine percent of the program. Why, then, is the DAP being made an issue?”

    Aquino described DAP as a “successful” program which was able to contribute to economic growth.

    Aquino hinted that his political enemies may be behind attacks against the DAP, the bonuses being given to the Social Security System (SSS) board, and plan to reform the Bureau of Customs after charges were filed against politicians over the misuse of pork barrel funds.

    “Since I am in a room full of journalists, perhaps I can leave it to you to connect the dots: All of these attacks came after plunder cases, among others, that were filed before the Office of the Ombudsman against a few well-known politicians. And perhaps, again because I am in a room full of journalists, I do not need to remind you of the true issue that has seemingly been drowned out by all the background noise. And so I ask you: Let’s keep our eye on the ball,” he said.

    PNOY: LET LAWMAKERS PROPOSE PROJECTS

    Aquino, however, is not in favor of totally doing away with giving legislators the privilege of nominating or proposing projects for government funding, saying that local politicians are expected to contribute in improving the lives of their constituents.

    “You tell them that they can no longer participate, even in identifying. When they go home and they are asked by their constituents–I was told by an older politician, ‘Who will remember you come election time?’ Those that you have managed to help find work, those that you have educated, those that you have helped to gain a medical attention,” he said.

    “Who do you expect to be in the session hall if they have not addressed their needs, to be able to face the constituents that they did something to improve their respective districts.”

    CONGRESS DISTRACTED

    Aquino expressed concern that Congress has been distracted by the controversies on the pork barrel, saying he needs Congress to pass important reform measures such as a law reforming the National Food Authority and the pension system of the AFP and the PNP.

    “Well, of course, I’m concerned. The legislature will necessarily be distracted by all of these issues and we, in turn, need certain laws,” he said.

    • It is refreshing to see President PNOY CONFRONTING HEAD on this obvious circumnavigation of the issues orchestrated by the politicians charged with plunder. They are grasping for straws to hang into so they would level up and put everIyone in a bad light. A president’s job is very difficult especially in our country where one is a close friend or a relative of one close friend and where one is an extended family meaning that you don’t touch me because I am also powerful, you owe me one.. or two.
      Don’t worry Mr. President, even the button nose COMMON PINOYS understand and feel your sincerity and more importantly smell the stink of what you smell. Even I am afar, I smell your genuine desire to uplift the situation of the nation. Don’t be ever destructed because that is evil at your doorstep, don’t ever let him get in for you smell glorious to the boss/people. Once you step down we are gonna be howling why we ever let you go.IMHO.

  11. PRESIDENT AQUINO SHOULD NOW REVISIT, GO TO BOHOL

    As Pres Noynoy has done in ZAMBOANGA, he should go
    NOW and spend days in Bohol, marami na amg nagugutom
    Nag uumpisa na ang nakawan ng mga relief money and relief
    Goods.

    Immediately After the earthquake, did it matter that the
    Boholanos have local government officials? As if there were no local officials according to news reports. Presence on TV and radio, they were there, but with the suffering people? People can’t and did not see them.

    Para matigil ang nakawan at taguan ng mga relief assistance, dapat
    Nandoon si PNOY para mahiya naman sila.

    • O M G, I was natutulog sa pancitan; I was suggesting it, and the President was already in BOHOL pala. Some people say they are happy to be wrong. It turned out I am one of them, please read on:

      AQUINO RETURNS TO BOHOL TO DISTRIBUTE RELIEF GOODS, TO STAY IN TENT

      BY CARMEL LOISE MATUS
      Inquirer Visayas 10:53 pm | Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013 0 8 0

      President Benigno Aquino III AP Photo/Malacañang Photo Bureau(file)

      LOON, Bohol, Philippines—President Benigno Aquino III was back in Bohol but chose to visit evacuees in Loon town instead of the adjacent town of Marijoboc whose chief executive was under fire for driving away Red Cross volunteers who had refused to hand over relief items to the local government.

      Mr. Aquino and some members of the Cabinet arrived in Loon “one of the worst-hit towns along with Maribojoc” at 5:45 p.m.

      They proceeded to Loon South Central School and distributed 180 packs of relief goods to 166 families who were staying in the evacuation center there.

      Although Maribojoc was among the worst-hit areas, the municipality was not part of the President’s iterinary.

      Maribojoc Mayor Lencio Evasco Jr., who belongs to the United Nationalist Alliance, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer that he was not told of the President’s visit in Bohol.

      But had Mr. Aquino decided to go to Maribojoc, next to Loon, he added he would have welcomed the President, saying he had not done anything wrong.

      He maintained that centralizing the distribution of relief goods in Maribojoc has been his way of maintaining order and ensuring that all 27 barangays received their share.

      During his visit to the Loon Central School, President Aquino allayed the fears of the evacuees who told him of the talks circulating that the entire province would eventually sink.

      Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/512943/aquino-returns-to-bohol-to-distribute-relief-goods-to-stay-in-tent#ixzz2iYg1AVKe

  12. THIS IS BAD NEWS,
    VERY BAD NEWS FOR BAD POLITICIANS
    WHO ARE REALLY BAD PEOPLE:

    OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA PORTAL SET FOR LAUNCH

    ABS-CBNnews.com
    Posted at 10/23/2013 6:48 PM | Updated as of 10/23/2013 6:48 PM

    MANILA – The government will launch its national open data website on November 27, the Palace announced Wednesday.

    The site, data.gov.ph, will serve as repository for public national government datasets that can be easily accessed by the public.

    It will be managed by the Open Data Task Force composed of Office of the Presidential Spokesperson, the Department of Budget and Management, and the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO).

    PCDSPO Usec. Manolo Quezon earlier told ABS-CBNNews.com that the site will use easy-to-access file formats such as plain text files and comma-separated values for spreadsheets, compared to PDF files that are difficult for data analysts to process.

    The task force has also announced a 2-day open data hackathon this November.

    The event, called #KabantayNgBayan, will be open to IT developers and designers interested in creating innovative mobile or web-based applications utilizing government data.

    It will be held in Sadoce, 12/F Smart Tower I, Ayala Avenue, Makati, on November 9 and 10, deputy Presidential spokesperson Valte said in a statement.

    Registration for interested participants in the hackathon has started at data.gov.ph.

    The event is open to groups of three to four with a mix of developers and designers, Valte said.

    “The data to be used for this hackathon will center on the national government budget. The challenge will be to build applications that will present new ways to increase public awareness and track government spending,” she added.

    The event aims to produce apps that boost government performance and encourage the public to participate in good governance, specifically in the areas of public financial management, Valte said.

    It is among events organized by the government leading up to the November launch of data.gov.ph.

    KUDOS to P Noy and the Genetic Quezon of our time.

  13. Maribojoc Mayor Leoncio Evasco Jr. – bojoc news! This mayor stopped the Red Cross at his town for reliefs distribution ’cause he wanted to do the distribution!

    When asked by the Red Cross if he has the list of names of the relief victims, he said ‘NONE!’

    Bojoc really is the mayor! Not only epal but KOAPAL!

      • mayor should have been friendlier and cooperated with red cross team, and help them distribute relief goods as well. established good rapport with them. hindi yong maghahari-harian, kala mo sa kanya ang buong maribohoc, his word is law. it’s his way or the highway. very territorial, at saka pinalayas ang taga red cross.

        mga tao rin ang makikinabang had mayor and the red cross team worked together. hwag yong ako and boss dito, what I say goes. mayor was more concerned of people hoarding relief goods daw, ayaw niya na people will have extra. okay lang sa akin if people have extra dahil marami sila sa pamilya, mga lolo’t lola, mga pamangkin pa, they have extended families. and are worried where the next meal is coming from, tomorrow is so uncertain, kaya, naghoard sila. hindi naman tinatapon yong nahoard nila, e, kinakain rin nila ang mga iyon at hindi inaaksya.

        if mayor is worried there might not be enough to go around, he should have thought of better ways of making it equal to all. hwag yong keeping the goods mainly for the use of his family, relatives and friends, then sell the rest. the people? they can wait for next arrival of relief goods, and wait again, is that it, mayor?

        • Mayor answers: Yup! That’s it.

          Why Mr. Mayor? Answer: Monday, there is Barangay elections. I want my candidates to win with ‘reliefs’!

          Is that it Mr. Mayor? Answer: Yup! That’s it.

          Mr. Mayor…you are really evaskong bonjoc!

    • @Leona: you’re absolutely right! Evasco is the father of all EPALS and KOAPALS. Why people elect the this idiotic politician is mind boggling.

      • kababasa ko lang sa inquirer that mayor used to be rebel priest, he went underground in the 70s, pinakulong ni marcos at pinalaya ni cory. mayor has previous link to npa daw and a suspected communist.

        once freed, mayor worked with duterte in davao and become trusted. may x-factor daw si mayor kaya popular. for mayor to suddenly show aggressiveness against red cross people – yep! leona could be right. looming election makes people do crazy things, rebels and priests included. down with the new kid on the block!

        inquirer also said mayor has cooled off and is now asking red cross to come back and have chat with him. in a yes, but, format.

        • He should apologize and after that, the Red Cross can ignore him!

          Continue the relief distributions please!

          Btw, this mayor will never learn. Vote him away next time PEOPLE!

  14. BIG NEWS! Sec. Abad says at the Senate hearing –

    “MANILA, Philippines – Congressmen were allocated P24.5 million each in 2014 for local infrastructure projects under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad told a Senate hearing on Wednesday.”

    If there are 270 congressmen, that’s P66.650 BILLIONS pesos! PNoy Adm cannot do away with this pork barrel unless shared with the congressmen! [ pls check my computation too].

    I PROTEST! If the Senate go with this – again I PROTEST! Very LOUDLY!

    Sec. Abad said ‘The funds, Abad said, were just realigned to five programs in five government agencies: scholarships under certain SCUs (state college universities) and the Commission on Higher Education, employment under the Department of Labor and Employment and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority , health under the Department of Health and government hospitals; assistance to persons in crisis under the Department of Social Welfare and Development, and local infrastructure projects under the DPWH.”

    The noose to hang us was ‘realigned’ not on our necks but around the mouth, nose, eyes, eye-brows etc., a bit higher from the neck! Dead just the same.

    I PROTEST again! Our heads will be decapitated from the neck upwards on that realignment! The same lynching for us.

    ‘“That’s correct,” Abad said.” Keep lynching the people!

    And he says ‘But the budget chief said the use of the funds were limited to specific projects only.’ Surely Mr. Abad will never know to what projects the money went! Nobody really knows, not even the COA auditors!

    He finally said ‘“I think this is more restrictive considering the experience Mr. chairman,” Abad said, referring to the controversy surrounding the use of the legislators’ pork barrel funds during the past years.” Restrictive? Restrictive! Yes, a new way how to lynch people.

    I PROTEST! VERY LOUDLY!

  15. According to Pulse Asia survey of September 14 to 27, 2013, amid the pork scam, PNoy’s approval rating jumped 6% to 79%.

    Starting September 14, PNoy stayed in Zamboanga to oversee military and civilian operations for more than a week. This means that the survey shows the positive response of the people towards PNoy’s handling of the pork scam and the Zamboanga crisis.

    http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/focus/10/23/13/pnoy-approval-ratings-go-amid-pork-scam-pulse

    Those who are now trying to influence the people’s mind against PNoy are forewarned.

    • He he tama ka dyan atty.., they were just trying to TWIST the mindset of our kapwa Filipinos that Pnoy was not doing hard towards TUWID na DAAN… Whatever they are doing it always BOOMERANG sa kanila ,lalo na sa group ni BNAY na UNA…he he

      • @ rene- ipil @ victin luz

        I absolutely agree with you two, that whatever brickbats his poiltical opponents throw at PNoy, it would all be in futile. It shows the general public are well aware of what’s exactly going on in the shenanigans of the bloody political scoundrels, that they can’t be easily misled by misinformation hurled against PNoy.

    • As Pres Noyny has done in ZAMBOANGA, he should go
      NOW and spend days in Bohol, marami na amg nagugutom
      Nag uumpisa na ang nakawan ng mga relief money and relief
      Goods.

      Immediately After the earthquake, did it matter that the
      Boholanos have local government officials? As if there were no local officials according to news reports. Presence on TV and radio, they were there, but with the suffering people? People can’t and did not see them.

      Para matigil ang nakawan at taguan ng mga relief assistance, dapat
      Nandoon si PNOY para mahiya naman sila.