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By Raïssa Robles

Halo-Halo2-webNow that it’s officially summer, what better time to revive “Halo-Halo”, my gossip column about everything and anything.

First off, the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) had an unexpected invitation from US Ambassador Philip Goldberg to see him and his embassy staff for cocktails last Thursday.

I must say, I did not expect Goldberg to place everything off-the-record. I guess I had been spoiled by previous invites from the ambassadors of France and even from China before (notably Ambassador Liu Jianchiao) who has long been transferred to Indonesia.

Since I can’t talk about what Ambassador Goldberg told us, let me share my first impression of him. He’s a thin, wiry man, shorter than the average white male American. I mean, he’s just a few inches taller than I am and I’m shorter than the average Filipino.

While he was talking I was wondering why he reminded me of someone else. And then it hit me. He looked like one of my dad’s favorite TV characters – Eliot Ness in the Untouchables, played by actor Robert Stack.

Here’s the ambassador, together with FOCAP colleague Aricel Saludo-Garcia of Fuji Television.

And here’s Robert Stack.

From what he told us about his activities in the Philippines, Goldberg seems to pack a lot of energy.

I wished though that I had done more homework on the ambassador before the cocktails since he has such an interesting background, as pointed out to me by Joshua Young @josh4everyoung on Twitter. I could have asked him some naughty questions.

In 2008, Goldberg was sent packing by Bolivian President Evo Morales for allegedly “fomenting civil unrest” there. Goldberg is fluent in Spanish.

Then for two years, the career envoy sat it out in Washington as the Department of State Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research before being sent to Manila.

Now, he’s in Manila in the middle of a noisy political transition from one administration to the next. Good timing.

Here’s a short video I took of our cocktails just as Goldberg announced he was placing everything off-the-record. The tall man beside him is Kurt Hoyer, the US embassy information officer.

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I am fascinatedly watching the deadlock in Makati between the acting Mayor Romulo “Kid” Peña and the elected but suspended Mayor Erwin “Junjun” Binay. The latest news is that the employees of Makati donned black shirts last Friday to protest the situation.

If the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court does not come to Binay’s rescue, in 11 days’ time the loyalty of the Makati city hall employees will be sorely tested.

A long public holiday is coming up and employees will need to get their salaries to enjoy the long Holy Week break. If the former Makati Vice Mayor Ernesto Mercado is right, city hall employees’ salaries are still disbursed in cash and not sent electronically to their ATMs.

Unfortunately for Mayor Binay, the Department of Interior and Local Governments is trying to make sure he won’t have access to cash. The DILG has already told the Land Bank not to honor Binay’s signature for any disbursements.

If the acting Mayor Kid Peña announces that the salaries would be made available at the old Makati City Hall where he is now holding office, what would the protesting employees do? Troop to where Pena is holding office?

Or mark Holy Week in the new city hall?

And if the courts don’t come to Binay’s rescue, the young mayor faces the prospect of spending Holy Week in his office.

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As for Mayor Binay showing the media that he sleeps on a sofa inside his office, reporters, please ask him to show you the secret bedroom of his office inside the new Makati City Hall building.

His father, Vice-President Jejomar Binay, told me in a 2010 interview he had a bedroom installed there, too.

Here is the pertinent excerpt from my interview with the elder Binay:

Me: Sir, tatanugnin ko sa inyo, a. Huwag kayong magagalit. A long time ago actually, you showed me the room of Yabut (the mayor of Makati just before VP Binay).

Binay: Ah, when we had that new building so I had to leave that place.

Me: So yung office nyo ba, Sir, may nagtatanong, meron pa bang bedroom sa office nyo?

Binay: Meron siyempre.

Me: Meron pa?

Binay: Hanggang ngayon yung bago kong opisina may bedroom.

Me: Doon kayo natutulog?

Binay: Pagka nandoon ako. Tanghalian. The only time I think I slept there nighttime was when we were under siege. 2006.

Me: 87?

Binay: No. 2006 yata.

You can listen to that excerpt of the interview by clicking here.

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What also intrigues me about the Makati City Hall standoff is the total absence of protesters waving red banners of, you know, the left-wing affiliates.

It would seem that even they have distanced themselves from the Binay family.

Comments

    • So funny ni saxnviolin! Inggit na me!

      Sana visit nya us here! Can’t wait na me, nakiliti nya us!

      Please copy naman post nya, para happy us here naman!

      :)

      • PNoy and Kris text exchanges inspired Saxnviolins to concoct a script of PNoy and Napeñas texting each other. It’s hilarious:

        Noy to Napenas: I have tampo to you. You did not make me pansin. I said coordinate.

        Napenas to Noy: I did. I made hingi artillery and Hueys. You have atraso to me. You ordered tayo baba.

        Noy to Napenas: What tayo baba.

        Napenas to Noy: Stand down. What’s wrong with your Tagalog?

        Noy to Napenas: You made loko to me. You and Allan.

        Napenas to Noy: You made loko to us. You said proceed, but you made areglo with those war freaks.

        Noy to Napenas: You made sabotahe my Nobel Peace Prize.

        Napenas to Noy: Make asa pa you. Didn’t you make basa that
        Pope Francis is a nominee?

        Noy to Napenas: I can make talo him. He is a war freak. He said he will make suntok whoever insults his mother.

        Napenas to Noy: Asa pa you again. You are a gun freak. How can you win the Nobel?

        Noy to Napenas: You do not make basa history. How about Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat?

        Napenas to Noy: Good you made banggit Arafat. You should make takip your kalbo like him.

        Noy to Napenas: No need. I have new syota. She likes me like this.

        Napenas to Noy: Poor taste that girl.

        Noy to Napenas: Damn you’re so inggit.

        Kudos na to SaNViolin! Visit naman us, so that you make us tawa more!

  2. For people to ask the President to step down, or be impeached, for the debacle in Mamasapano, yet not ask other politicians to do the same for more serious offenses, such as for massive graft and corruption, then the motivations of those people are suspect to say the least because of their silence, or unpatriotic to say the worst because they are contributing to the attempts by others to destabilize our government.

    • Yvonne,

      Ang tinuran mo eh dalawang bagay!

      1. Pagtuligsa sa Hypocrisy o pangkunwaring banal ng mga kalaban ng Presidente Aquino sa Pulitika at gustong agawin ang gobyerno at hindi sa pamamagitan ng BALOTA.

      2. Kung may rason nga bang may Kriminal na Responsabilidad si Aquino?

      Importanteng himayin ang dalawang isyu kasi baka matabunan ang pangalawang nabanggit ko.

      Minsan madaling ibalik ang batong ipinukol ng ibang tao sa kanila, pero di nangangahulugan na nagkaron ng aral sa isyu! Ang tawag sa atakeng yan ay Argumentum ad hominem! Eto ay mahinang argumento dahil kung ito ang batayan eh di lahat na lang di natin mapapansin dahil pare-pareho naman sila marumi at kurap! Naalala nyo si Corona, sabi nya di naman daw sya greedy? Naalala nyo si Jinggoy at Bong, sabi nila bakit kami lang?

      Ang masasabi ko, ang importante ay ang pangalawang isyu na kung talaga bang may pananagutan si Aquino sa Pilipino dahl sya ay may nilabag na batas? Ang unang isyu h pulitika lang, ang pangalawa ay hustiya at yan ang dapat na pag-usapan dahil ang iba ay secondary lang!

      • Eto ang pagkakaibang nakikita ko:

        Una (pun intended) marami riyan ang may mabibigat na kaso na sa Sandiganbayan pero ayaw magbitaw, at walang sumisigaw na magbitaw sila. Si Junjun Binay nga sinuspindi na ng Ombudsman pero ayaw pa rin umalis sa Makati City Hall.

        Si Presidente Aquino naman ay wala pang findings na may administrative or criminal liability siya. Yun ngang report ng Senate nasa preliminary stage pa lang. At kung meron man siyang magiging liability ay wala pa akong narinig na may impeachable offense siyang nagawa. Pero marami na ang sumisigaw na maimpeach siya, o magresign sa pagiging Presidente.

        So nasaan ang fairness, kung fairness din lang ang pag-uusapan?

        • Freedom of speech at the same time expected attacks from his enemies!

          Ang sagot dyan eh ipaliwanag kung bakit hindi sya criminally liable para malaman ng mga Pilipino kumbakit at maiitsa yung mga gusto syang ma-impeach.

          Humihingi ka ng fairness sa mga taong unfair? Nasan ang logic don? Siempre mga gago yun at yun kanilang maitim na plano na mag power grab!

          Sa kapangyarihan ni Aquino, yung mga kalaban nya ay takot lang yan pag nagsimula na namang banatan sila ni Aquino sa mga imbestigasyon, pero dahil ang mga sagot ni Aquino ay mga paiwas at di makumbinsi ang Taumbayan sa ngayon eh kailangan pag-aralan talaga ng team ni Aquino kung papano maibalik ang nawalang tiwala sa usaping Mamasapano.

          Sabi ko nga, self inflicted yung tama ni Aquino, kaya dapat matuto syang maging sensitibo sa damdamin ng tao dahil nababawasan ang tiwala sa kanya.

          Pero mukhang merong pagbabago si Aquino sa pakikitungo sa Taumbayan sa mga nakaraang araw at nag-effort na maibsan at maunawaan ang kanyang responsabilidad sa pagkamatay ng SAF 44…

          Sana meron silang comprehensive crisis management plan dahil kung wala eh manganganak ang usaping Mamasapano at mabawasan pa lalo ang tiwala sa kanyang administrasyon at ang magbenepisyo eh sila Binay at kanyang mga kampon ng mga kurap!

          Isa sa suggestion ko eh madaliin na ang pagkaklaro sa usapin sa Makati at kung talagang masususpendi si Junjun! Tanggalin nya na rin si Jojo sa kanyang Gabinete para MALINAW na di sya namamangka sa dalwang ilog! Pag yan ay nagawa nya ay sigurado ako na babango ulit sya at tatankilikin na may angking liderato at talagang kampi sa Taumbayan sa usaping kurapsyon ng mga Binay!

        • Tama ka rin jorge, dapat walng sinasanto kahit na sa darating na viernes santo!

          Merong lalabas na kontrobersya sa darating na Mahal na Araw! Meron daw ipapako pero sigurado ako na di sya si Hesukristo kundi katulad noong dalwang katabi ni Kristo noong ipako sya sa krus!

          Abangan…

        • . . . gumaya yun isa sa yun isa kaagad pinatawad.

          ‘Ako, Lord!’ . . . sabi nya. Lord sabi . . . ‘Ikaw ba yun nasa kaliwa ko?’ Si Kaliwa . . . ‘Opo.’

          . . . Tanong si Lord: ‘Nasaan yun kinawat mong mga pera?’ Si Kaliwa: ‘Nasa PampaFAMILYA ko Lord.’

          . . . ‘Aha! ‘ Sabi ni Lord: ‘Dynasty ka pala! ‘ Si Kaliwa: ‘Kumakati na kasi Lord yun braso ko sa pako at tali. . .!’

          ‘Aha’ Taga Makati ka!’ Sabi ni Lord.

          hayyyy :-)

        • Chu-chu!

          Chu-chu na kayo mga empleyado sa Makati!

          Chu-chu na kayo tulad ni dating Vice Mayor Mercado!

          Chu-chu at umangkas sa locomotive ng pagbabago!

      • The President is not liable for numerous reasons.

        1. He has prerogative powers. It involves a decision taken by him based on his interpretation of his constitutional powers, by his own initiative.
        It gives him the power to choose the person to consult when he makes plans. Calling the shots in combat mission is one of his tasks. The moment he and his field commanders decide to start to carry out a mission, they have to do it without hesitation or no looking back, it’s always final because there is no such thing as “wait a minute” in the battlefield, regardless of whether their judgment is perfect or imperfect.
        Even if his “prerogative powers” is subject to constraints by other branches of government, he could overcome it because the outcome of the mission is beyond his control and cannot be changed. That said, the doctrine of partial separation of power must be applicable in this case.
        2. Hindi massacre ang naganap sa Mamasapano kundi encounter.
        3. Every soldier is bound by an oath to perform his duties.
        4. At di naman dapat ipalagay na ang Commander-In-Chief ay mayroong leverage sa pag command sa field in the same way as the Field Commanders.
        5.No nation in this world has made military officials answerable for a mission that resulted in the loss of lives of some of the troop members.

    • As can be seen in the past, Parekoy trys to project superiority. This is insecurity. Because a secure person will not try too hard to show he is good. It will just come out. Parekoy is an insecure person.

    • sana naisalin mo Sa Tagalog,daming OFW dito Sa mga Cruiise ships na malaking influence. Sa kanilang relatives. Sa pinas,sending news & their pananaw tungkol Sa pinas.

    • Thanks for your post. The following paragraph of the mentioned article is, indeed, very comforting to most Filipinos:

      “Bloomberg said the Philippines is a leading Asian tiger economy. An economist of multinational Deutsche Bank AG considers the Philippines the brightest economic star in Asia, when asked where the best place to be in the Asia-Pacific region.”

    • @vander,

      Yuong GDP growth na yan ay hindi importante sa amin. Mas-importante sa aming mga aktibista at kritiko ay ang “apology” ni Pnoy. Yun lang, pagka ang GDP growth eh bumagsak at dahil duon mahirapan tayo kumuha ng investors, mahirapan tayong makahiram ng pera para ma modernays ang infrastactura, at nagka-lokoloko ang ekonomiya at malaki ang pagtaas ng presyo, iiyak din kami. Sasabihin namin pagka nangyari yuon — kasi hindi nag bigay ng “apology” si Pnoy kaya ang GDP growth bumigay.

    • Is that page 2 news in the Inquirer and back page news in the Manila Times if at all? i’ve not checked yet but would not be surprised at all.

    • Vander,

      Being praised for the growth is only half of the equation and sometimes misleading of the true health of the economy of our Nation!

      Ang importante ay kung:

      1. Marami ba sa mga Pilipino na dating walang trabah eh nagkaron ng trabaho?

      2. Ano ang kahirapan, may pag-unlad bang nadarama ang mga maralita at marami na bang mga dahop na Pilipino ang kumakain ng talong beses sa isang araw. Ano ba ang pagkain nila, nabawasan na ba ang umasa sa mga Pagpag at noodles?

      3. Ano ba ang parte ng growth, yun bang nakinabang ay mga Taipan lang at mga negosyante at ang karamihan sa atin ay dahop pa rin?

      4. Ano ba ang middle class, dumami ba ang bilang?

      5.Kumusta naman ang agwat ng sahod at total take home pay ng mga CEO at mga karaniwang empleyado? Nabawasan ba ang agwat? Bakit dumami ang bilang ng mga Bilyonaryong (Sa US Dollar) Pilipino sa listahan ng Forbes, pero wala ata tayong nababalitaan na ang mga karaniwang Pilipino sa bansa na hindi OFW eh umangat ang antas sa buhay?

      Kahit sa America, ang growth daw ng ekonomiya ay bumalik at umundalad pa, pero karamihan ng Amerkano eh nananatiling di nararamdaman angsinasabing recovery at ang benepisyo ay doon lang sa mga mayayaman na nas 1% (porsyento). Tuamaas na ang mga bilihin pero yung trabaho eh kakarampot at pag nakakuha ka naman ang sweldo eh di pa tumataas kundi bumaba pa kumpara sa mga nakaraang dekada!

      Ang summary ay kung nararamdaman ba ng ating mga kapatid ang pag-unlad na sinasabi ng Bloomberg at di lang eto eksklusibo sa mga may-ari ng negosyo at mga Taipan?

      Ang kalusugan ng bansa eh nasusukat kung ang karamihan ng tao ay nakikinabang; kumakain ng tatlong beses sa isang araw; mas marami at matatag ang tinatawag na middle class, dahil ito ang tinatawag na indication na pangmatagalan na kakisigan ng ekonomiya at bansa!

      Muni-muni ng isang ordinaryong Pilipino…

      Parekoy

      03-26-2015

      • If this is true then it partly answers your concern.

        “The Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Tuesday that one out of four Filipinos, or 24.9 percent of the population, was still considered poor, based on average incomes as recorded by the agency in the first semester of 2013. This was down from 27.9 percent of Filipinos below the poverty line in the same period the year before.

        “The remarkable improvement in the poverty incidence… is evidence that the Philippines’ development strategies are heading in the direction of inclusive growth,” Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said of the PSA report.

        Read more: http://business.inquirer.net/169283/poverty-number-down-in-1st-half-of-2013#ixzz3VRsoT4WU

        • @Rene-Ipil, I have no doubt about the statement of the technocrat Balisican on the poverty incidence. But will you kindly tell me if my impression of the following study is correct? (You seem to have a feel for this; am too lazy today to do some googling.)

          I seem to have come across a study which says that in a country’s march to GDP growth, the alleviation of poverty lags considerably behind until a certain period of continuous GDP growth is achieved. Based on Balisican’s statistics, we may have the beginning of the real decrease in poverty incidence. Having made that pronouncement, I am sure NEDA have their eyes focused on this ball, among others. I hope this is not the case of “one swallow does not a summer make.”

          HOORAY FOR STATISTICS SCIENTIFICALLY DONE.

        • The World Bank says that inclusive growth is the “rapid and sustained poverty reduction… that allows people to contribute to and benefit from economic growth.”

          According to the Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) a sustained gross domestic product (GDP) growth of up to 8 percent, among other factors, is needed to attain inclusive growth.

          http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/445645/economy/business/phl-needs-to-grow-8-a-year-to-achieve-inclusive-growth-foreign-biz-chambers

        • My reply is in moderation. I posted this report from GMA network:

          “economy/business/phl-needs-to-grow-8-a-year-to-achieve-inclusive-growth-foreign-biz-chambers”

        • I read your reference. Wow, the enumerated parameters for “inclusive growth” and “rapid and sustained poverty reduction” is a rather high hurdle. Again, I will wait for your note. Thanks again.

        • Philippine economists has a history of overpromising and fudging statistics to prop up their president’s economic policy.

          Hype and exaggeration and changing the metrics to suit the desired outcome, especially in alleviating poverty!

          So I take that with a grain of salt until there are actual families who could testify about the claim!

        • In his paper written in 2010 “An agenda for high economic and inclusive growth” Cielito Habito cited tax revenue (TR) and infrastructure investment (IFI) as key factors, among other concerns, vis-a-vis the gross domestic product (GDP) in achieving inclusive growth.

          For an inclusive growth Habito required about 17% of GDP for tax revenue (Habito did not mention about IFI to GDP ratio but Malaysia and other developing countries allot 6% of their GDP for IFI). In 2010 our TR and IFI were about 12% and 1.8% of GDP, respectively. In 2014 it was about 14% and 3%, respectively. The government aims to achieve 14.5% and 4%, respectively, this year and more in 2016.

        • Awaiting moderation again. I wrote:

          In 2010 our tax revenue and infrastructure investment were about 12% and 1.8% of GDP, respectively. In 2014 it was about 14% and 3%, respectively. The government aims to achieve 14.5% and 4%, respectively, this year and more in 2016. Goal for inclusive growth is 17% and 6% for tax revenue and infra investment, respectively.

        • TAX REVENUE AND INFRA INVESTMENT AS PERCENTAGE OF GDP

          2010 — 12/1.8
          .
          .
          .
          2014 — 14/3
          2015 — 14.5/4 ?
          2016 — ?

          TARGET — 17/6

          Within “spitting distance”? If one is a good spitter, that is. Makes this old man dream while having his afternoon coffee.

          HOORAY FOR KIM HENARES!

      • As can be seen in the past, Parekoy trys to project superiority. This is insecurity. Because a secure person will not try too hard to show he is good. It will just come out. Parekoy is an insecure person.

  4. yahooooooo!!!Peña won’t sign pay checks of Makati councilors, staff
    As acting mayor of Makati, Romulo Peña says he can no longer discharge the functions of a vice mayor – which includes signing the payrolls of city councilors and staff.
    Uy said Peña declined to sign two checks: one amounting to P927,545.20 for the salaries and Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (PERA) of the councilors and staff, and another for P144,500 as representation allowance of the councilors.

    ibig sabihin nito ay babayaran muna ni mamasabuilding itong total amount of 1,072,045.20 pesos. sasabihin ng mamasabuilding camp na chicken feed lang yan. NO one million is only PUGO FEED lang yan sa mga b-anay.

    • Si Pena ang malalagay sa alanganin kasi yung Makati employees makakasweldo pero yung Makati legislative side hindi.

      • imo pinasahod kaagad ang taga city hall to put pena down. kung baga pampainggit iyong taga city hall to add fuel to the burning hearts of makati city council and staffs. implemented as planned

  5. Senator Miriam Santiago backs the ombudsman in immediately implementing the preventive suspension order on Binay and on maintaining such suspension despite the TRO.

    In Gobenciong versus Court of Appeals the Supreme Court ruled:

    “The foregoing considered, the matters of the issuance by the CA of a TRO bearing on the implementation of the preventive suspension in question and Gobenciong’s unacted contempt motions have become moot and academic, for the preventive suspension had been served and the CA had, for all intents and purposes, denied the said motions.”

    http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2008/march2008/159883.htm

      • We may disparage Sen Santiago oftentimes because of her histrionics every time she speaks before the the media camera, but we must admit she knows the law, and seems so in this one.

        She cited reasons why the two mayors want to to be mayor for six months — under-the-table money for a mayor and the politics of the 2016 election (for Makati Mayor).

        Although implied in her citation of the Gobenciong versus Court of Appeals case at the SC — IMO, the equally important or important item is the tampering of records. Thus, even if the courts including the SC rule in favor of the Ombudsman, the delay in the effective implementation of the suspension order may have already achieved at the very least some tampering of the records. (The lawyers of Binay most probably know an unfavorable ruling, but the delay gave time for Binay to do the dirty work of tampering, IMO).

        • CA justice peralta of 6th division is the brother of makati city administrator Vissia Peralta Aldon

        • may conflict of interest yata si peralta at hindi lang naman nag-inhibit, went on to award junjun binay tro. ngayon, nagmumukha yata na mati-tro ang tro ni peralta, he, he. return to sender.

        • My reply is awaiting moderation. Justice Diosdado Peralta – not Justice Eduardo Peralta – is the brother of Vissia Peralta Aldon.

        • We have then to be careful in attribution. Which PERALTA we are talking about. Funny though. The Peralta name seem to have some franchise on the “Justice” business. Just joking — considering that the surname Peralta is rather common.

        • I am sure they are not siblings by their name alone. Eduardo B. Peralta, Jr. and Diosdado M. Peralta, Jr.

        • CA Justice Eduardo B. Peralta, Jr. is a different person from former SB and SC Justice Diosdado M. Peralta, Jr who is the sister of Vissia Peralta-Aldon.

        • MAKING CLEAR THE RELATIONSHIP TREE

          @kalakala, @Rene-Ipil,

          Let us make clear the BITS OF FACTS here:

          * SC Justice Diosdado M. Peralta, Jr — brother to Vissia Peralta Aldon
          * Vissia Peralta Aldon — Makati City Administrator
          * Binay Jr — Suspended (?) Makati City Mayor
          * SC now in the thick of things re Ombudsman vs CA

          NOT MAKING ANY INSINUATION HERE; JUST MAKING SURE MY BITS OF FACTS ARE STRAIGHT.

        • Sorry, I don’t know if Vissia is a woman.

          The RELATIONSHIP TREE note I posted above came from my reading of the immediately preceding posts.

        • Vissia is a woman because she now carries the surname (Aldon) of his husband. Her maiden name is Vissia Peralta.

        • @ Kalakala,

          Thanks for the information at Kalakala, maliwanag na mayroong conflict of interest diba? bakit kaya pumayag si Peralta? dahil siguro sa laki nang LAGAY/BAYAD at dahil dito nasusuka ako at nandidiri kay peralta kong totoo itong sinabi mo Kalakala?sana maimbestigahan at nang mapalayas mga walanghiya sa pagkakaupoupang hindi na pamarisan at magsilbing aral sa Lahat…je je je je…

        • We may be talking of a different Peralta, in fairness. Please see @Rene-Ipil note above.

        • Ano ba yan! For an appellate court Justice to ignore a fundamental responsibility – maintaining faith and confidence in the integrity of the judicial system – by not voluntarily inhibiting himself from a case involving the direct superior of a sibling smacks of the culture of impunity among a fast growing number of corrupt justices exemplified by ex CJ Corona.

          Sobrang nakakapikon na! Wala bang magagawa ang SC? Impeachment lang ba ang remedyo? Bakit walang motion to inhibit?

    • So to recap, there is settled jurisprudence that the CA 6th Division erred in even issuing a TRO because of the 2011 SC Samaniego case, and because the preventive suspension order was carried out before the TRO came out, the TRO itself and any contempt motions associated in not adhering to it are “moot and academic” according to the 2008 SC Gobenciong case. Given all these, why is the OMB still pussyfooting around and not issuing a warrant to arrest Binay for defying a lawful oder suspending him from office? It should also be immediately executory pending appeal and should relieve the deadlock in Makati.

        • tsk , tsk, tsk
          bwahaha.
          didnt know, moonie, you felt that deeply for what’s happening in makati

        • Raissa, there is so much confusion and so many different supposedly expert opinions on whether the CA or the OMB should prevail on the latters order for suspending Mayor Binay. There seems enough analysis of relevant laws and Supreme Court cases here to lay out what the legal issues are and what the likely outcomes are. Maybe the timing is right for a piece that can clarify the current confusion in layman’s terms? There is a very good chance that the SC will be called to review the CA’s role in this matter, or perhaps the Binay camp may appeal to the SC if OMB gathers enough evidence to decide on Mayor Binay’s guilt. What do you think?

        • I second this proposal of Caliphman:

          – It is important
          – It is timely (of course, there is the coming March 30-31? appearance of concerned entities in the CA 6th Division, which may change the timeliness aspect)
          – It is one of the national or rather Imperial Manila centers of attention
          – It relates to an obsession here at CPM — the Binays
          – The debate here at CPM can draw readers to the Blog.

        • @ moonie, use your water cannon on 06 March sa mga b-anays. some european countries observe WET MONDAY as national holiday. during wet monday, men sprinkle or even splash water (some add perfume) to wet fine ladies.

      • hinihintay pa ng omb ang lunes santo at martes santo…sumahod na daw ang taga makati city hall at sinisisi nila si oic pena dahil baka hindi makasahod iyong taga city councils & staff.

      • See Section 15(9), RA 6770 in relation to Rule 71 of the Rules of Court. Read also the Lastimosa case in G.R. No. 116801, April 6, 1995.

      • @ Calipman,

        Tama po kayo, Tahasang sinusuway ni NOGNOG binay ang Suspension Order nang Ombudsman bakit pinabayaan lang itong tumira sa Makati Parking Building na parang pag-aari nila? Sayang ang gastos nating kuryente, tubig, telepono etc. na hindi naman tayo sila dapat pagkagastuan… kapal talaga sa puwesto? Bakit nag-utos paang C.A, nang TRO gayon ni hindi nga ni NOGNOG binay sinusunod ang suspension order mula sa Ombudsman…dapat kong hindi na din pinakinggan nang C.A. ang apela ni NOGNOG binay pero dahil marahil sa laki nang lagay/BAYAd, sana magresign na rin si Peralta dahil nakakahiya at nakakadiri asalmo at nakakapag paGULO kalang.? para kang si VIDAL na Ulyanin at binasa lang daw ang pinabasa na maaaring binayaran din…..

      • @Caliphman,

        Mukhang nabasa ka ni Brenda! Yun, cited di si Gobenciong!

        Ako’y hanga!

        :)

  6. http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/680998/full-text-milf-report-on-the-mamasapano-incident

    View download the full MILF report on Mamasapano.Do not expect it to be unbiased or to admit any culpability on their part for the encounter, subsequent overkill, or the presence of Marwan for the longest time near their midst. The report is useful in providing information on MILF strength and movements in the encounter with 55SAC and the tortured reasoning for why no MILF was responsible for any SAF overkill.For example, the multiple shots on some SAF bodies were because these were used by their comrades as sandbags to shield against hostile fire; that just because the rifle of the SAF trooper who was executed in the video turned up among the MILF war booty returned to the PNP did not mean a MILF fighter killeded the trooper. Nevermind their alibi that the MILF forces had withdrawn from the encounter site after which the BIFF came in and overkilled the wou ded SAF troopers. So how then did the MILF fighter get hold of te executed trooper if he had already left te area??

    • A text message is circulating among Mindanaoans that the govt is he’ll-bent in pursuing the passage of BBL by allocating P200M for each senator and P50M for congressman before June 30, the money reportedly coming from Malaysia.

        • yeah, they’re trying again, the malaysian connection as though the crash of mh370 is not enough. malaysia ought to spend the money searching for the doomed plane and its missing black boxes and where in the watery world they are hiding.

          they’ve done if before though, tried to downgrade marwan’s status to that of worm (?) not dragon, and therefore, not worth bounty of 5million dollars. apparently, that gambit did not work, and so, they come up with another, this time having go at bbl. fat chance of that hitting the mark too. already their trick that the president had head injury tumalbog din, methink.

        • please, methink, is last world I wrote. kuro-kuro, mostly opinion from moi. though some segments are taken off from previous posts of other commenters here in raissa’s blog. too good not to recycle them. moi is too lazy to quote them one by one. too tedious.

      • May kutob ako na nabasa ng mga Buwaya yung report ng Unreliable Source ko tungkol sa P200 Milyon na consultancy fees kay Deles at Ferrer para maisulong ang BBL na ayon sa agenda ng Malaysia!

        Ayon, ayaw mabukolan at nagpaparinig din!

    • SCHOOL OF CHERRY PICKERS (SCP)

      Seems to me the Senate Report and the MILF Report on Mamasapano are the handwork of authors who graduated from the world famous School of Cherry Pickers . IMO, the author of the Senate Report only has a Bachelor’s degree from SCP, whereas the author of the MILF Report has a PhD from SCP. In addition, the latter did not take an elementary subject on How to Make Sense.

      • Well the reports are slanted to reflect the specific agendas of the senators and the MILF. For the senators, and especially for Poe, its purpose are the two p’s: to pander to the public and to score ‘pogi’ points with next year’s looming elections. Not that the ‘look and feel’, content, and credibility was anywhere near the quality of the PNP BOI report. The MILF was even worse but its main intent apparently is to serve as a negotiating document and not as an objective tool to inform the MILF central committee what went wrong on their side and how things can be improved, not only to serve their interests, but for their supposed goal of peaceful semi-autonomy within the GRP.

      • both grace poe’s report and milf report are fast appearing to be preliminary reports. they ought to be collated, aggregated, sifted again, and from them, comes a final and master report of what really happened in mamasapano.

      • sooooo true, @NHerrera. if the truth is inconvenient, disregard and relegate to the trash can.

        i’m surprised they did not get an unbiased, independent third party to do a proper and thorough incident investigation for this. i don’t think anybody even analyzed the timelines of the testimonies. kahit yung “post-it” method lang sana, that would provide a clearer picture of liabilities and reveal gaps in the different versions of events.

        for me, the senate report was insulting to the intelligence. it smacks of pandering and epal.

        • Yes, it as if the facts gathered from the hearing were written on post-its, then spread on the floor. After which they go through these and say — ok, this one, this one, etc, setting aside the others because they don’t support an earlier formed conclusion. My grand daughter can play that game. Hahaha.

      • I have to admit, I was a Cherry Picker! If I could count them all, I would say they woukd fit in a medium size basket!

        But now, I only pick up MILFs.

        I would venture to pick-up Mature if she is Monica Bellucci!

        • I remember a movie of Clive Owen with Monica Belluci. Quite a looker. Didn’t know you graduated from that world famous School of Cherry Pickers. Bachelor of Arts, Masters, PhD; or the School of Hard Knocks? Hahaha.

        • Like strawberries rather than cherries. Now those are strawberries and cherries, the fruits I am talking about. I don’t know of another kind. :-)

          Besides, it is the holy season. Banish the thoughts.

  7. Think and thinking FIRST about this –

    ‘“I want you to think about Mr. Manny Pangilinan for president of the Republic of the Philippines,” Santiago said when she spoke during the Maynilad Leadership Talk held at the University of the Philippines in Diliman.’

    But Mr. Pangilinan only said he thinks only of running in the marathon.

    So, what would it take to convince him to run for president? First he will have to think of his BUSINESS empire. He may have to do away with all of it as required by law. Will he?

    What would it take to make him run then? The poor plight of this country? The pitiful situation everyday of our people?

    Can he deal with Mindanao problems? The MILF? BIFF? ABS? How about the CORRUPTION? Can he clip it to the minimal? Will trapos like him?

    Who is the political party who will take me in? VP Binay? Di puede as the latter wants to run for P. VP wants MVP as his Vice P.

    Is MVP charismatic in the sense people voters will know him and vote for him? How will it be done that MVP will get their votes?

    If MVP did indeed run for P, can he convince the voters and many not to vote for VP Binay? Give the true reasons why? Suppose MVP fails to garner the seat, and VP Binay wins, what happens to MVP’s business empire? Will he be able to get it back and ran it smoothly again?

    Is MVP really a good choice for P and not VP Binay for 2016? But we have to know this is not an assurance or guarantee if MVP is elected and will be a good P for the country. But people have to take that chance or gamble on it.

    Once MVP is president, he is not into his business empire anymore. He becomes the highest elected public official. Will he be trust worthy? True to serve a clean and honest public service?

    Will he be safe and sound as to his security as president? Qualifications wise MVP is more than qualified for P.

    Why did Sen. Miriam endorse MVP? Will she take back this endorsement for some or any reason or reasons?

    Who is any other as good as MVP in the field running for P? MVP is and never is a TRAPO.

    Why did VP Binay think ahead to ask MVP to be his vice P in the next pres’l election?

    Think. Yes, think. Are we thinking on this? Political parties? Voters need to think – WHO IS MVP. . .

    Manny V. Pangilinan.

      • In national election, name recall is the name of the game and since he owns Smart, he could be a new boy in the block, together with Duterte.

      • mvp has no wife too. he is not likely to be prone to womanly whims and has no expensive 1st lady to pander, twisting his arm and demanding her family be taken into consideration like that princess (by marriage) in thailand who was fired, her son 1st in line to the throne. the princess’ family and relatives could not resist temptation and helped themselves to anything and everything available.

        also, business wise, mvp appears to be a problem solver. from top executive of his own business empire to being chief executive of the country, it would be like backflip for him. he cannot just make decision on his own or as he saw fit, but must 1st consult with people in his party and take their views into consideration, their views would temper those of his own, maybe contradict too. he could end up frustrated. plus, he would lose privacy. he will become the most photographed, most talked, most followed person in the country. lahat na gagawin niya naka-showcase. lahat na sinasabi analyzed and studied.

        • Moonie,

          Kinakasal na ngayon ang mga bading!

          Pano kung yung kanyang papa eh si Sen. kookie o di Kaya si SC Justice Ma L?

    • 1. Roberto Tiglao in his Manila Times columns wrote extensively about MVP, Salim and their empire. You might want to read them before entertaining further thought on MPV running for president.
      2. Grace Poe will have to prove that she is not only a natural born Filipino but also not a U.S. citizen if she wants to run for president.
      3. The loss of 44 SAF is really painful but we must believe that they did not die in vain. Thanks to their sacrifices the BBL, which was negotiated poorly by the government team, now has a chance to be reviewed seriously by some members of Congress. We should be wary of the inclusion of the clause “self determination”. Think of Scotland and England, Crimea and Ukraine… It would take only a referendum for the so -called Bangsa Moro to declare its independence or break away from the RP.
      4. For the seemingly lack of empathy from PNoy’s behavior, it’s chemistry! Perhaps he as well as many of us should take this pill:

      http://time.com/3753383/compassion-brain-chemistry/?xid=newsletter-brief

      Cheers!

      • for us, ordinary citizens, we can empathize anytime of the day and night with no further damage to us and to our status. but for for the president, empathy has string attached and if he empathized, he’d find that string looped around his political neck tighter than his collar. his enemies are waiting, the aktibistas are waiting too. well, the president can empathized later when his enemies are neutralized and less active, later when he is no longer president, better late than never, and the aktibistas have the newly elected president to harass.

  8. We did not offer/We did not asked

    Laudes asked for P21 M – Pemberton

    OLONGAPO CITY, Philippines – The camp of US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton yesterday denied offering a P21-million settlement to the family of Filipino transgender Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude.

    “I want to clarify and to put on record straight… it is an absolute lie, we did not make an offer… It was they who made the P21-million demand when plea bargaining was discussed,” Benjamin Tolosa Jr., one of the lawyers for Pemberton, told The STAR.

    Laude’s family earlier said they would not agree to a settlement in the murder case against Pemberton.

    THE GAME CONTINUES

    • Well, with Loopy Harry Roque representing the Laude Family, whilst taking a break from campaigning for Binay and inciting Germans to climb jailhouse fences, this trial is more interesting for the legal antics than the murder. Roque is like a bull in a China shop, charging about offending everyone, especially State prosecutor Santos who may have made the offer. The family wrote a letter that was in impeccable English prose, somehow mixing their grief with the VFA, a twist of plot that is as predictable as it is weird, with Loopy Roque undoubtedly supplying the legal propaganda. Forgive me if I am cynical about the whole production. I hope Pemberton is acquitted so I can see Roque inflate the size of a dirigible and figuratively explode over Olongapo, never again to turn courtrooms into places of clowns and buffoons and manipulated grief.

      • Hey, no fair! Just to see Roque squirm you hope Pemberton is acquitted?

        No doubt Roque and the left are using the Laude case to promote their cause(s) but to have Pemberton scot-free from any guilt/liability is just crap!

        • Let me rephrase that. If Pemberton is found guilty, he should go to jail. But in my fictional account, for the sake of beating Harry Roque about the head, Pemberton would be found innocent, on the evidence.

          That said, like most, I suspect he is guilty. But that is for the court to decide.

          Please excuse my literary exaggeration, for missing the mark.

          I also don’t want Roque to blow up, which is why I inserted the word “figuratively”. But I wish he would develop some ethical character.

        • Roque’s been at it for so many years and he still fools a lot of people with his so-called “pro-people” persona. I very much doubt he’ll change and develop a character, ethical or semi!

          Peace!

        • Hurry Harry calling himself pro-poor???????

          Ask him why he lawyered (one of the lawyers) for a politician declared as an American passport holder by the Comelec and the Supreme Court and not qualified to run for public office.

        • May kasabihan tayong mga Pilipino:

          Ang isda ay nahuhuli sa bunganga!

          As I suggested before that joeam should avoid commenting on this issue for he will be seen as biased for his fellow American, Pemberton and he would be seen as Ugly American!

        • Unfortunately, Joeam can swim freely at his own pool, but here in CPM, a lot of sharks will just eat him like sardines in a second!

          Sorry Joeam, this site has no sacred sardines here and if your reasoning and logic are weak, consider yourself inside a shark tank and a sardine like you is just our appetizer!

        • As can be seen in the past, Parekoy trys to project superiority. This is insecurity. Because a secure person will not try too hard to show he is good. It will just come out. Parekoy is an insecure person.

      • May kasabihan tayong mga Pilipino:

        Ang isda ay nahuhuli sa bunganga!

        As I suggested before that joeam should avoid commenting on this issue for he will be seen as biased for his fellow American, Pemberton and he would be seen as Ugly American!

        • Maybe better an ugly American than a fake woman preying on drunk young US soldiers on a night out? If you play with fire you might get burned? Dont mean to say that murder is ok but a dangerous life has been lived by Jeffrey Laude.. peace…

        • no murder.

          Homicide or hate crime if we have any, depending on the caliber of Laude’s lawyers…

    • De Lima: Nothing wrong with P21-M offer to Laudes

      MANILA, Philippines – Justice Secretary Leila de Lima sees nothing wrong with the reported P21-million settlement offer to the family of slain transgender Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude for a plea bargain deal in the murder case against US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton.

      “We have to remember that in preliminary conference or pre-trial, plea bargaining is allowed – subject to agreement of parties,” she told reporters.

      Mom Julita: Harry, ………21 milyon pisos ……….kalahating milyon dulyars diba?

      Harry: Cool lang po kayo diyan Mrs. Laude , ako ang bahala. We’ll hold out for more,…..para kay judge at sa mga attorneys sa kabila.

      Jeffrey’s Mom: Isingit mo na rin yung green card para kay Marilou

      Judge joking joking lang

      • The best compromise is to let Pemberton pay civil damages (P21 milyon) but still be incarcerated for a charge of homicide or its equivalent since he did not plan to kill Laude but out of burst of the moment violence.

        Greencard is on the table too like the one who was raped by the Americans.

  9. ( Pause )

    Just my insight about this article

    From PDI editorial today “Still Unapologetic”

    As Lee wrote in his memoirs, “[Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos] sent his minister for trade and industry, Bobby Ongpin, to ask me for a loan of US$300-500 million to meet the interest payments. I looked him straight in the eye and said, ‘Will never see that money back’.”

    Just look and decipher the great statesman late Singaporean Prime Minister Lee’s statement on the supposed loan ( I do not know if the loan was ever granted ) to our country back then. IMHO, his statement ” Will never see that money” clearly showed that he has already an opinion of what kind of a president Mckoy was.

    Bongbong is still dreaming and hoping that someday he can cleanse somewhat his father’s atrocities both economically and humanely ( especially for those “disappeared youths” during martial law )..

  10. Breaking news.

    SC stops P268.8-M Smartmatic deal
    mbdotcomdotph

    Comelec:SC TRO to adversely affect preparations for 2016 polls
    newsinfodotcominquirerdotnet

    Sabi ng Comelec, malamang daw balik sa manual counting ng balota kung hindi agad maresolve ng SC ang mga katanungan hinggil sa “contract for refurbishing PCOS machines.

    Sabi ng ibang sector, midnight deal saw ito ni Brillantes.
    Masaya na naman ang mga operators pagnagkataon.

    Mamasamano-mano na pagbilang ng boto.

    • SC TRO to adversely affect preparations for 2016 polls…possible.
      baka magkagulo.
      “Mamasamano-mano”, paktaylo tayo.
      maraming side effects iyan.
      mamasadagdag,
      mamasabawas.
      mamasadaya,
      mamasamasa na ang mga mata ko.
      nakakaiyak. huhuhu!

    • I do not trust those PCOS machines! Monkey with it and the MONKEY WINS!

      One has great difficulty QUESTIONING the numbers coming out from those MACHINES!

      Voting is by law SECRET. Those machines results are ABSOLUTELY SECRET from others. Only the monkey knows the secret.

      Damn those machines! I can wait for 15 days to know the final election results.

    • doquemarino, baka tutuong midnight deal iyon ni sixto brillantes, the refurbishing of the pcos machines. since he okayed it, he must have a good look and knew when and how the machines can be tweaked, and also knew people who can be called on to be tweakers. and together, they can ensure the candidate they supported will be president come 2016 election, though that may come with a high price maybe in the billions. already, brillantes is siding with binay in the makati fiasco, tama raw si junjun.

      • i’m sorry @ moonie. i didn’t finish reading your above post before sending mine

        • that’s okay, kalakala. my point is, sixto brillantes may well gift binay the knowledge of how to tweak pcos machines, make binay next president.

  11. I just finished reading Yvonne’s “ARE ANTI-AQUINO FORCES PLAYING INTO THE HANDS OF CHINA IN THE MAMASAPANO DEBACLE?” in Joe America’s Blog site.

    It is a nice read; and I recommend CPMers to read it if they have the time.

    • I likey

      I likey too on how……………………Verbosious PIE got JoeAm’s goat’ ee! LOL

      The guy must have been through a solitary confinement for a long time.

      • Ahahahaha, I was losing it, so I turned off my computer and went outside and whacked at the badminton birdie as if it were an OFW with an attitude . . .

      • Didn’t doubt that for a moment; SOLITARIES cause verbal excesses, verbal runs, di ba ????

      • I like PEI (Pi) because it is an endless irrational number, as PiE is to his endless arguments. LOL!

        Calling @NHerrera, I need your help. I’m into a new hobby of finding a fractional equivalent of Pi.

        :-)

        • Pi is defined as “a number that consists of a whole number and a decimal.”

          Pi is 3.1416.

          Pi in fraction is 1/3.18309.

        • Oh, what I’m working on is to find an exact fraction of Pi. Pi has an endless decimal component just like the endless decimal:

          .33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333…….

          which can be represented in a simple fraction of 1/3.

          Been working on it for a long time now. LOL!

  12. MILF submits Mamasapano report

    The report concluded that the retaliation of MILF’s Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF) was justified as they were being fired upon by members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) in Mamasapano, Maguindanao.

    The report noted that the BIAF had to fire back as two of their men were killed on the spot during the assault of the SAF.
    The MILF insisted that there is a liability on the part of the government troops for violating the ceasefire agreement.

    The report further claimed that the SAF, particularly PO2 Christopher Lalan, committed human rights violations for killing four MILF men who were asleep and were in no position to defend themselves.

    • Reminds me of a classic Japanese movie.
      One same incident but the players giving conflicting perspectives. And the universality of truth now put into question.
      The MILF claimed they cannot be faulted as they saw the incursion of SAF as ceasefire violation. They said they have to defend themselves.
      The government said it was a police action of serving warrant to an international terrorist.
      Government political opponents claimed that the botched operation was PNoy’s fault as the commander in chief.
      PNoy said that it was the fault of Purisima who in turned blamed Napenas who in turned blamed the military.
      The BOI report claimed that PNoy violated the chain of command and the palace insisted that there is no chain of command in the first place.
      The Senate report echoed the BOI report but the report was subjected to criticism of lacking in depth and politically suspect.
      No ending yet, I think.
      As truth is relative.

      • rashomon, is it? the black and white classic japanese movie which is must for psychology students. gives them insight into truth.

        • someone now ought to put the boi and milf reports side by side, and do a good post mortem on them, work out what is what.

        • I think, from the boi report and milf report, one final and comprehensive report ought to come out of them, one that is not biased and not politicized, one that is factual.

    • I don’t read the MILF report news – only the headings. Similar to senate hearings, they seem to be the righteous all the time, aided by the govt peace panel.

    • . . . MILF fired back as they were fired upon, HMMM

      . . . in that viral VIDEO. . . How about that SAF commando who was wounded already and finished OFF BY MORE SHOTS – 2 shots to the HEAD? Was that poor SAF wounded commando still firing?

      No. The MILF Report is balooney! Even, if it happened this way that the SAF 44 never fired at all, the MILF would have FIRED ON THEM for sure. Trigger happy lang itong mga walang ISIP na brutes.

      Damn the MILF Report! Damn that BBL biLL!

      DamBO HALA yan.

  13. Grace Poe: Pambansang Poek-Poek!

    Warning: Takpan na ang tenga ng mga bata at mga walang kiliti at goli!

    Kabit ng Admin at UNA- Poelitical Prostitute!

    Poek-Poek and tawag sa prosti diba? So sa kanyang nakaraan, eh masasabi natin na qualified yung paratang na sya ay Poeta or Poek-Poek sa larangan ng pulitika!

    Pero hwag nyong masamain dahil karamihan ng mga pulitiko sa atin ay mga Poeta at Poek-Poek din.

    Isa sa magaling na matabang Gigolo eh si Poerky Drilon! Kahit sino nakaupo eh laging nakakasiping ang Presidente! Di lang sa masiba kundi magaling din kumapit at sumipsip ang Poerky na ito! Di ako magtataka kung sa darating na panahon eh malitson eto dahil di na maitago ang kanyang mga isinubing yaman na galing sa pondo ng tao!

    Si Brenda ay isang Mahaderang Poeta oh Poek-Poek ng Kalye! Dahil matanda na at ng kanyang rePoetAsyon eh napababa, eh laos na kumbaga. Sabi kasi ng mga dating customers eh may tama na sa ulo may tama pa sa baba. Kailangan mo ng napakatinding Anti-biotics pag sya ay nakasiping mo sa Poelitika!

    Sila ang ilan lang na mga halimbawa ng Poeta sa Poelitika!
    *

    Hari ng Makating Poek-Poek

    Kahit na nga Poeta sya, pero sya yung High-Class! Di sya madada tulad ni Brenda! Kaya kahit na customer nya si Binay na Hari ng Makati, eh tiklop lang ang bibig nya! Sabi nga ni Juju, si Grasya Poek-Poek na ang napakagaling na nakasiping nya dahil kahit anong isubo mo sa kanya na makakapoentus sya sa poelitika eh lalong ilalabas kahit tiklop ang bibig nya at di nabubulunan. Kaya naman, talagang nililigawan syang maging VP ng Hari ng Makati para ang kanilang tandem sa darating na 2016 na halalan ay parang Sine noong 80’s: Hari ng Makating Poek-Poek

    Alam natin na pag nagtagumpay ang tandem na ito eh di lang tayo praang binayo ng kamalasan kundi para tayong dinaan ng sanglibong DisGraysa!

    *

    Martilyo de Poek-Poek

    Pero di rin lingid sa kaalaman ng madla na may bagong customer si Poek-Poek ! Si Roxas na kung tarugian ay Martilyo.

    Bale dream team ang tawag sa kanila dahil sa naipakita ni Graysa kung gaano sya kagaling mag Poek-Poek ! Pinuk-Poek nya si Purisima! Ayon nawalan ng Poeri dahil pati tumbong ni Poeri eh di pinatawad na Poek-Poekkin ni Grasya! Sabog ang tumbong ni Puri at nagsumbong kay PNoy na parang bagong nadonselyang bading na dumudugo ang poeso at wetpoe dahil sa matinding nerbiyos na nadama sa pag-gisa sa Senado!

    Pinuk-Poek nya rin si Aquino sa Senate Report ng Mamasapano Debacle, pero nakakuha sya ng katapat dahil nilatigo sya ng mahabang dila ni Aquino at yun nagka-ayos ata yung dalawa, kaya mukhang namumurong maging VeePEE ni Mar!

    Pag natuloy ang kanilang tandem, siguradong panalo! Isang MASO at isang Poek-Poek!

    Wala silang gagawin araw-araw kundi Masohin at Poek-Poekin ang mga Kurap sa kanilang termino!

    Pero duda si Korina na di lang sa araw gawin ni Mar at Grasya ang Masohan at Poek-Poekan kundi kahit na sa gabi eh sila naman ay magbayuhan ng mga ideya de Poelitika at magpatugtug ng lumang ponografiya habang sila ay nagpapalitan ng mga katas ng pampulitikang pag-iisip!

    Naku laking Grasya sila sa Pinas pero disGrasya pa rin kay Korina!

    Nagreklamo naman si Koring dahil sya raw ay may K rin sa pwedeng pagkapanlo ni Mar sa 2016! Sabi ng iba Marriage for convenience ang partnership nila, at sabi naman ng mga kalaban ni Mar, “convenient nga para sa amin!” Makikita natin sa 2016 kung yung Rated K ni Korina eh may tulong sa Martilyo ni Mar!

    Pagtatapos…

    Tayo lang ang may karapatan na tawagin sila ng Poeta dahil halos lahat ng Poelitiko eh sadyang pinanganak sa Pasay, Calumpang, Makati Ave, o Quezon Ave at sa iba pang lugar na may pulang ilaw tulad ng Alibangbang! Ang iba nga eh di lang sa Poelitika kundi pati na sa propesyon ni Magdalena!

    Pero sana bago mag Biyernes Santo eh may isang Poeta na magbago at tahakin ang Tuwid na Daan at iwanan ang kanyang paTuwad-tuwad sa Daan!

    Mapagpatawad si Kristo, pero kailangan sya ay taos poesong magbago! Sino ba tayo, kundi tao lamang na nagkakasala din? Pero may kundisyon: Di lang paghingi ng tawad kundi tunay na pagsisi at pagbabago ang kailangan!

    Kung sya ay magsisi at magbago at simulan nya na maging makatarungan at pantay na pag-akda ng Report ng Senado sa Mamasapano ay di ko na sya tatawaging Poeta , kundi Poeta (Poet) ng Senado!

    Ang Poetang bugaw ni Grasya D. Poeta,
    Poerekoy
    03-21-2015

    PS

    Dahil alam naman natin kung paano kainggit at kayabang si Kris at ayaw masapawan kailangan bigyan natin si Krazy ng pakunswelo de-boba para naman sya ay matahimik at huwag ng punahin si Mar at Grasya, kaya bigyan na natin si Kris ng Karangalan sa pagiging:

    Kris: Pamabansang KK

    Pambansang Kili-kili?

    Pambansang Kwin of Kataklesahan?

    Abangan ang kanyang kwento sa CPM…

    • dahil sa walang humpay na kapoe-poek-poek ni Poerekoy, hindi na nakayanan ni Raissa ang poerza at sagitsit.
      ayan, nai-release din sa pagkaka-frozen.
      hahaha!
      puro poek-poek-an pala ito.
      ang wakas, maso kita, poek poek moko!
      tandem sa 2016.
      dusa ka koring!
      di ka na mapo-poek-poek ng MARtillo…:)

    • parekoy, ayan pati pala txt ni pnoy to kris ay halos magkakulay kayo. nabasa mo na ba ito? What PNoy texted Kris on night of ‘collapse’ from abs-cbnnews posted at 03/24/2015

      excerpt: The text read: “This reminded me of you” then proceeded to tell a joke about what would happen if everyone in the Philippines talked “conyo.” The Spanish word, which is used for the female sex organ, is also used to describe how some students from affluent schools sometimes talk.

      KARPENTERO: Can I hammer na the pokpok?

      • Mar to Korina : Can I hammer na the Poek-Poek

        Korina : K lang, but save some energy so You can Pokpok more when you come back to our home!

    • As can be seen in the past, it is clear that Parekoy has a low emotional intelligence. I suspect he knows this but it is overpowering.

        • Inconsistent si Bing!

          A dangerous power vacuum in government helped cause the Mamasapano disaster
          February 13, 2015 277 Comments

          23.4.2
          Bing Garcia says:
          February 16, 2015 at 11:11 am
          I agree with you yvonne. I think Parekoy is too emotional.

          Reply

          But nice try Bing, keep on trying

          You will find your voice eventually! Lacking intelligence could be alleviated through reading good comprehension, and application of logic!

          :)

  14. Just sharing:

    http://politics.com.ph/post/vp-binay-i-was-lee-kuan-yew-of-makati

    VP Binay: ‘I was Lee Kuan Yew of Makati’

    VICE President Jejomar Binay said he tried to be the “Lee Kuan Yew” of Makati City during his tenure as mayor of the once-impoverished local government unit.

    “His political will and pragmatic approach to governance was my inspiration in rebuilding Makati after the 1986 EDSA Revolution from a bankrupt municipality to the country’s premier city providing unparalleled social services to its constituents,” Binay said of Lee.

    • It was always been the “AYALA’s” who build the Makati not the Binay’s. Matuto naman sana niyang irespeto ang taong namayapa na (LKY). Pati ba naman ibang nanahimik na Asian icon gagamitin para sa kanyang kampanya for 2016?

      • how come even raissa said that binay is the experienced leader and has the best managerial capacity (i hope my memory is accurate) of the presidential hopefuls.
        madam raissa, what is your basis for ascribing leadership and managerial skills to binay. that makati is the richest city is not due to binay is it? that makati collects the highest revenue from all the corporations in makati is not due to binay, is it? that binay has the intelligence to discern that makati has vast potential to increase his wealth and the intelligence to device programs to enhance his robinhood image, we can certainly give him credit for that..

        • The leadership and managerial skills?

          The Binay way:

          1 for you 9 for me…1 for you 9 for me…1 for you 9 for me…

          Yung karamihan kasi ng mga Mayors eh 1 for you 99 for me!

        • “Binay is the most qualified presidential candidate when it comes to administrative capability and implementing poverty reduction measures” from raissa’s blog mar 18 on political mugslinging.
          would like to know your basis for above statement, ms raissa. thanks.
          have the sense that binay can present himself and people can perceive as administratively capable because of makati’s status. would like to know if this is a fair conclusion. i can accept that businessmen who come to do business in makati (develop properties etc) come to know very quickly that binay is “easy to deal with” (madaling kausapin). except for the ayalas. what is the administrative capacity here.
          poverty reduction measures refer to what?

        • Binay set up, managed, directed, and administered the most efficient and effective organizations and networks in his various roles as a public official to systematically line his pockets and those of his friends and accomplices across decades and generations. His experienced leadership manifests itself in recruiting, training, and developing members of his family and trusted friends to take over the helm of these hidden wealth building enterprises as well as successfully marketing get rich schemes to other cities and municipalities on a nationwide level.

        • Lest it be forgotten, Binay was unparalleled when it came to poverty reduction measures. Growing up, he was dirt poor and wore a dirty barong with holes in the cheap polyester fabric. Through the years, he was able to amass billions of pesos worth of condos and other properties for himself and family quietly and with reduced legal risk through the use of dummies and cronies. He was also able to use the economic phenomenon known as trickle down effect by sharing some of the money made from shady operations to buy the loyalty of followers and junior associates.

        • i’ll go out on a limb and do a @leona here:

          singapore has lee kwan yew. binay says he is the philippine version.

          the philippines has see kwat eww

        • or Lee Kuwan (ng kuwan ng pera ng bayan) or
          Lee Go Kulang (dahil sa korapsyon) or
          Lee Tong Lito (sa daming pera ng bayan)
          Lee Bag Poo Roh (puro libag sa dami ng anomalyang di maipaliwanag)

        • cheers, guys. bet, lky did not play rambotito, wearing military fatigue and carrying uzi on the shoulder. bet, lky did not shrink from debates too.

    • According to Wikipedia …

      “After the destruction Second World War had brought upon Makati, the town grew rapidly, and real estate values boomed. The first of the planned communities (in what are now the barangays Forbes Park, Urdaneta, San Lorenzo and Bel-Air) were established in the 1950s with the efforts of its landowner, Ayala y Compañía, and at the same time, Fort McKinley, then renamed Fort Bonifacio and the then Philippine Army headquarters, became the starting point for the building up of seven more communities this time by military families who worked in the base area, while the first office buildings began to be built on what is now the central business district. Since the late 1960s, Makati has transformed into the financial and commercial capital of the country.

      During the terms of town mayors Máximo Estrella, Rafael Bañola, José Luciano, Cézar Alzona and Nemesio Yabut, massive development of the town took place, and foreign and local investors were welcomed to what was tagged as the nation’s number one municipality at the time.”

      Ibig lang sabihin, hindi ni-rebuild ni Binay ang Makati dahil maunlad na ito bago pa siya ma-appoint na OIC Mayor ni Cory noong 1986.

      • I like to share a short past, very short past history of Makati (city later)…

        . . . a friend, much very senor, who when as a young man, used to GO FISHING in what is Ayala Avenue now. It was a vast SWAMP. He and his friends used some BANKA – small canoey, for this adventurous fishing.

        Also, he said that during WWII there was an AIR STRIP for military use in Makati. Not knowing that history, I was a bit surprised. We were together in a DOJ prosecution office and OIC Binay was then the high officer administering that place.

        Before EDSA 1, I did see him one early morning before 8.30 a.m. standing by the window at the City hall of another city, looking or staring into far beyond. His barong was brown faded. I asked one knowledgeable guy ‘Who’s he?’ The guy said ‘Atty. Binay.’ Another day, he was catapulted OIC of Makati.

        Wow! Later elected mayor. How one’s fate can be changed suddenly and fast. Suddenly and fast furiously.
        Meteoric talaga.

        Tightly held onto being mayor. After that built a long DYNASTY in Makati. Now, VP of the Republic. Come June 2016, it will be another fate. This time might be ferocious, curious and obnoxious. Will luck or fate still be with him? I do not know.

      • Hindi ba dapat aurora pijuan manotoc maging oic dahil siya lumaban kay yabut. Bakit naging oic si binay ng makati. Wala naman bayag iyan lumaban sa yabut. Pakitanong kay joker arroyo

    • I didn’t know that LKY was sooooo corrupt including his son, the present Singapore prime minister.

      • If I can one day meet one kind of son-of-gun like LKY who built Singapore from nothing sratch into a first class STATE as it is now, I love that kind of ‘corruption’ STYLE as done.

        Btw, the son of LKY can now be cut down by Singaporeans if they want to if he’s going back to old corruption style. Their choice.

    • @ VP Binay: ‘I was Lee Kuan Yew of Makati’

      Baka…..’Lun Kuan Nyo’………………. in Erap show biz jargon meant ‘Kulong Nyo’ .

    • Walang hanggan ang kaswapangan ng BASTOS na ito, pati iyong VIRTUES ng isang ASIAN icon, inaangkin niya !!!! DIABLO *#*#!!!!!!!!

  15. In his book “From Third World To First”, Lee Kwan Yew said:

    “The difference lies in the culture of the Filipino people. It is a soft, forgiving culture. Only in the Philippines could a leader like Ferdinand Marcos, who pillaged his country for over 20 years, still be considered for a national burial.”

    https://correctphilippines.org/lky_phil/

    I wonder why he didn’t write about another Philippine President (Estrada) who was convicted for plunder, pardoned not long after and almost won (he was second in the number of votes) in the presidential election that followed!

    • “I wonder why he didn’t write about another Philippine President ”

      Siguro of his uncertainity of the Filipino sense of humor and was being considerate in his book
      One Filipino Joke is funny enough…….Two Filipino Jokes are a bit too much!

      • Kung alam lang ni LKY na ang tunay na national anthem ng Filipinas ay;

        SEND IN THE CLOWNS

        • Anyway, the two (Marcos & Erap) are symmetrically the same, birds of the same feather, plunderer and philanderer! One was ousted by people power, the other by Congress power. I dread Estrada might stage a 2nd time around, thanks to the bobotantes!