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Sen. Chiz infuriates Marcos family

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By Raïssa Robles

USE THIS - 2016 Elections UPDATES June 8-15Only a block of cheese, er, Chiz stands between Sen. Bongbong Marcos Jr. and the vice-presidency.

Which is why, one political analyst told me, the Marcos family is infuriated at Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero.

Who is he anyway? Just the son of Salvador “Sonny” Escudero, a former alalay of their late patriarch, President Ferdinand Marcos.

And what’s the hurry? Sen. Chiz is only 46 years old, plus his term ends yet in 2019. While Sen. Bongbong is 58 and is “graduating” next year. Meaning, if he loses next year he will have to sit out at least three years to get back into another elective post.

The least that Sen. Chiz could do – to show some gratitude to the Marcos family – is to give way to Sen. Bongbong, and perhaps even endorse him. That way, Sen. Bongbong will have an easy shot at the vice-presidency. That’s what the Marcoses are trying to tell Sen. Chiz right now.

But Sen. Chiz is stubborn, at least for now. He is not dropping out. He has been topping all poll surveys for the vice-presidential race, with Sen. Bongbong now running a far second. In the 2010 presidential race, Sen. Chiz backed out at the last minute, joined the Aquino campaign. Yun pala, DPA for Mayor Jejomar Binay. LOL. Despite this, the LP still fielded Chiz as “guest candidate” for senator in 2013, along with Grace Poe.

You could say the LP created its own problems for 2016.

What’s the voter appeal of Sen. Chiz and Sen. Grace Poe? If you look at the video clips of their rally in Tawi-Tawi, they both look like kids waving to the crowd. And the voter profile is getting younger and younger.

How about Rep. Leni Robredo? How is she doing?

The analyst told me it may be “too late” for her to spurt to the head of the pack.

From what I have seen in previous elections, nothing is “too late” unless you think it.

My favorite analyst conceded so many unexpected things could still happen. “Mahabang sitcom ito.” he said.

Bring out the popcorn?

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  1. Publicity is good in any shape or porn,,, errr form, sorry wholesome pala image ko:) sabi ng inang ko.
    When Steve Harvey closes a door, another company opens a window.

    Miss Colombia offered $1M to appear in porn film after Miss Universe controversy
    Chris Jancelewicz By Chris Jancelewicz National Online Reporter, Entertainment Global News

    *_*

    After Miss Colombia (real name Ariadna Gutiérrez) had her crown abruptly taken away from her during the Miss Universe pageant on Sunday — then given to Miss Phillippines — she probably hoped she could put the highly publicized debacle behind her.

    Vivid Entertainment, a well-known pornography production company, saw an opportunity and pitched an idea to Gutiérrez in a letter, according to TMZ. The founder and co-CEO of Vivid, Steven Hirsch, wrote the letter himself, offering Gutiérrez US$1 million to appear in a sex tape. TMZ secured a copy of the proposal. In it, Hirsch writes:
    He then referred to other female stars who “enhanced” their careers with sex tapes, among them Kim Kardashian and Pamela Anderson. Hirsch even says that he would let Gutiérrez choose her partners and “the type of sex” she’d want to make. There’s also an option for her to appear in more than one movie if she so desires.
    The cherry on top? Hirsch offers Gutiérrez the very first Vivid Girl crown. “We will commission the making of the first Vivid Girl crown for you,” he writes. “And we believe it will be grander than anything Miss Phillippines will ever wear. :) Andrada , ano sey mo.

    WOW ,,, from ramp to tr—-p. How grander can it be?

    Merry XMAS and peaceful New Year to all!

  3. RA 9225 = Also known as “Citizenship retention and re-acquisition act”

    “Section 3. Retention of Philippine Citizenship – Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, natural-born citizenship by reason of their naturalization as citizens of a foreign country are hereby deemed to have re-acquired Philippine citizenship upon taking the following oath of allegiance to the Republic:

    “I _____________________, solemny swear (or affrim) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines and obey the laws and legal orders promulgated by the duly constituted authorities of the Philippines; and I hereby declare that I recognize and accept the supreme authority of the Philippines and will maintain true faith and allegiance thereto; and that I imposed this obligation upon myself voluntarily without mental reservation or purpose of evasion.”

    Natural born citizens of the Philippines who, after the effectivity of this Act, become citizens of a foreign country shall retain their Philippine citizenship upon taking the aforesaid oath.”
    ————————————————————————————————–
    Let me emphasize the difference between retention and re-acquisition.

    1. Citizenship retention – applicable to those who become dual citizens after the imposition of RA9225 year 2003. Those who swear allegiance to other nation(aside from Philippines) are deemed not to lost their citizenship thus retaining their natural born status.

    2. Citizenship re-acquisition – applicable to those who lost citizenship before imposition of RA9225 or year2003. Those who swear allegiance to other nation lost their natural born citizenship completely and only able to re-acquire their naturalized citizenship.

    So Grace Poe having lost her citizenship year2001 can not use RA9225 to claim she was natural-born. Its even questionable whether she was a natural-born in the first place for being a foundling.

  4. This deserves current page in the Comments section:

    BFD says:
    December 18, 2015 at 1:14 am

    Some say that foundlings should be given leeway when they’re running for the highest offices of the land, that it is heartless since it’s not their decision to be foundlings.

    On the emotional note, yes, that is commendable. But several Congresses went and gone but they have not addressed how foundlings should be treated by enacting laws that will protect their rights, most importantly the nature of their citizenship.

    Let us not muddle the issue with emotions. Let us even point our finger on the the present Congress for not passing a law that will protect foundlings, or better yet, let us ask Ms. Llamanzares why she didn’t pass a bill that will protect the rights of the foundlings since she was a foundling herself.

    Senator Revilla (the father) is much more commendable because he authored a law that protects the rights of the illegitimate children since he has so many children with so many women.

    Now, with the lady senator, why didn’t she author a law to protect the interest of foundlings? And how she’s using the foundling issue as an advocacy? Why only now?

    I believe Mary Grace knew all along that a Constitutional amendment is needed to make foundlings natural-born Philippine citizens.

    That’s why the only remedy for foundlings that she advocated is widespread registration of all births here in the Philippines. This is to ensure that all foundlings will be given legal status in the Philippines via the Foundling Certificate. This is different from giving them instant, outright, automatic natural-born status.

    • The foundling days of GPL may be over soon. A retired judge offers P300,000 to whoever my provide credible info on the biological parents of GPL.

      http://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2016/116443-retired-judge-bacolod-grace-poe-parents

      I am quite sure that a nurse, midwife or attendant helped in the birth delivery of GPL sometime in the last week of August or first week of September in 1968. And for sure she could recognize the mother of GPL if shown a picture today, if said mother was not yet known then.

      In the event of a cruel trick of nature where Duterte is disqualified and GPL is allowed by the SC to run as president, I am also sure that Binay or Roxas would dangle an amount ten times of 300K to bring out a witness who delivered or helped in the birth delivery of GPL – in the Philippines or abroad.

      Although it may be true that many observed the process and events that led to the creation and entry of GPL in her mother’s womb, only a few witnessed her exit therefrom.

        • I don’t think Susan was inside the delivery room. She is not qualified to get the 300K unless she helped a midwife deliver GPL.

      • Former Judge Rodriguez and his golfing buddies raised the P300,000 reward because they believe that GPL is NBFC.

        ““We have decided to offer the reward money to help find the biological parents of the senator and thus settle once and for all the questions about her being a natural-born Filipino, which we all believe she is,” Rodriguez said

        Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/748938/reward-offered-for-solid-credible-info-on-poes-biological-parents#ixzz3ukR6UFNl

        I also believe GPL is NBFC.

      • As reported, the retired judge said –

        ‘The retired judge added, “The reward is small compared to what we can all gain as Filipinos because the truth shall set us all free – free from speculations, unfounded allegations, and cruel personal ambitions.” ‘

        Speculations. Unfounded allegations. And cruel personal ambitions. Judge: Who is cruel here?

        The news report also said re the retired judge – ‘Rodriguez called on Iloilo and Bacolod residents in their 60s and 70s who may remember someone who was pregnant at that time.’

        Who was pregnant at that time in Iloilo and Bacolod? Was the ‘pregnant woman’ a known ‘resident’ in either of those places? Suppose the pregnant woman traveled to either of those places only to give birth?

        But why of all either places travel to ‘Iloilo’ or ‘Bacolod’? Did the pregnant woman have relatives or very close friends in either of those places?

        Why put the foundling inside a Church and not at the door-steps of the City Hall? Or at any orphanage building?

        Usual reason putting a foundling inside a Church is to ask forgiveness from God or let God take good care of the foundling through holy men/women.

        Who is the person who knows? There is now a reward of P300,000.00! PASKO na.

        Good Tidings on Christmas Day. Probably only a PAL flight passengers’ manifest could provide a lead of a pregnant woman/women not a known resident who took that flight. How many of them? Wala pang Cebu Pacific airlines noon.

        Pasko na. ‘Twas a Happy Flight. Mister or Miss or Mrs. sabihin mo na!

        Maligayan Pasko!

    • taktika ng adviser ni gpl ang hindi nito pagsusulong ng naturang bill.
      magiging obvious ang paghahangad niya sa mataas na posisyon.

  5. Are you a Pol, a Fool or Pulpol

    Poe – misLeading the polls

    Duterte – a fool Killing the pipol

    Binay – pulitikong Pulpol

    Santiago – When the bell tolls

    Roxas – uninspiring  pol

    Parekoy
    12-18-2015

  7. Ang mga kwalipikasyon sa Konstitusyon katulad ng kailangan na ang isang kandidato sa pagkapangulo ay dapat na ‘natural born citizen’ at may ’10-year residency’ ay inilagay upang masiguro na ang mga kandidato ay maglilingkod ng buong katapatan sa bayang paglilingkuran. Sa kaso ni Grace Llamanzares, bukod sa may mga tanong sa kanyang pagiging natural born citizen at residency ng 10 taon, hindi maikakaila na isa siyang Pilipino na sumumpa ng katapatan sa watawat ng Amerika. Sa isang yugto ng kanyang buhay ay itinakwil niya ang kanyang pagiging Pilipino. Maraming taon siyang ‘hindi naging Pilipino’ sa isip, sa salita at sa gawa.

    Kung ipipikit natin ang ating mga mata at puso ang pakikinggan, ang dating Amerikana ay walang karapatan na maging “Pangulo ng Pilipinas”.

    • Dapat talaga naturalized citizen na lang siya, so hindi kwalipikado. Ang pinagtataka ko, maraming nagsasabing natural born uli siya nang nag-Pilipino citizen muli. Simple lang sana ang batas, pero bakit ganun?

      • @Alfredo

        Ang dami kasi abogado dito sa Pinas, at kung gaano sila karami ganun din ang dami sa interpretasyon ng batas.

        Sabi nga ng, dapat “common sense” ang gamitin, but common sense is not common after all.

      • Malabo kasi ang pagkakasulat ng RA9225. Para sa akin bagama’t ang RA9225 ay nagbibigay ng pagkakataon sa mga Pilipino na ipinanganak na NBFC na maging Pilipino muli pagkatapos na tumalikod at maging mamamayan ng ibang bansa nang hindi rin nawawala ang pagkamamamayang ito ay mga “naturalized” Pilipino batay sa 1987 Constitution Article IV Section 2. Panibagong hakbang at panunumpa ang paggamit ng RA9225.

        THE 1987 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES – ARTICLE IV

        CITIZENSHIP

        Section 1. The following are citizens of the Philippines:

        [1] Those who are citizens of the Philippines at the time of the adoption of this Constitution;

        [2] Those whose fathers or mothers are citizens of the Philippines;

        [3] Those born before January 17, 1973, of Filipino mothers, who elect Philippine citizenship upon reaching the age of majority; and

        [4] Those who are naturalized in accordance with law.

        Section 2. Natural-born citizens are those who are citizens of the Philippines from birth without having to perform any act to acquire or perfect their Philippine citizenship. Those who elect Philippine citizenship in accordance with paragraph (3), Section 1 hereof shall be deemed natural-born citizens.

        Section 3. Philippine citizenship may be lost or reacquired in the manner provided by law.

        Section 4. Citizens of the Philippines who marry aliens shall retain their citizenship, unless by their act or omission, they are deemed, under the law, to have renounced it.

        Section 5. Dual allegiance of citizens is inimical to the national interest and shall be dealt with by law.

        The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines

        • RA 9225 says:

          ‘Section 3. Retention of Philippine Citizenship – Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, natural-born citizenship by reason of their naturalization as citizens of a foreign country are hereby deemed to have re-acquired Philippine citizenship upon taking the following oath of allegiance to the Republic.’

          Deemed to have re-acquired NBFC – natural-born C.

          Part of Section 3. – ‘Natural born citizens of the Philippines who, after the effectivity of this Act, become citizens of a foreign country shall retain their Philippine citizenship upon taking the aforesaid oath.’

          Shall retain their Philippine citizenship.

          Section 5 says – ‘Section 5. Civil and Political Rights and Liabilities – Those who retain or re-acquire Philippine citizenship under this Act shall enjoy full civil and political rights and be subject to all attendant liabilities and responsibilities under existing laws of the Philippines x x x’

          (Watch here) – ‘x x x under existing laws of the Philippines’ – it says. But read again SECTION 3 above, it also said –

          . . . ‘Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding’ – which or what law or laws now are ‘existing’ and ‘notwithstanding’?

          And the repealing provision on SECTION 7 says – ‘Section 7. Repealing Clause – All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.’

          What law or laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations ‘inconsistent’ with RA 9225? It does not give out.

          RA 9225 looks like it is the FIRST infirmity to Section 5 of Art. IV of the 1987 Consti.

          But Section 5 of Art. IV Consti says – ‘Dual allegiance’ – not ‘allegiances’. . . singular not plural. Is there such a thing as ‘dual’ allegiance’ or it should be about ‘dual allegiances’?

          Section 5 is not an INFIRMITY but it is a constitutional deformity.

          So, now we have a deformity that is an infirmity, or vice versa. What ugly ogre !

          he he

        • The enormity of the deformity as a result of the infirmity creates calamity, nay, enmity

          Sublimity needed, longanimity wanting, even amity

          Magnanimity may later be in proximity?

        • Ang bonus sa RA 9225 ay nagkaroon ng pagkakataon ang mga Pilipinong minsang tumalikod o nawala ang pagiging Pilipino na maging Pilipino muli nang rin hindi rin nawawala ang pagkamamamayan ng ibang bansa. Para hangarin pa nilang ibalik ang pagiging NBFC sobra na lalo na ang maghangad na maging Pangulo ng Pilipinas.

  8. Du30 says ‘Now, I will be presentable’ after Comelec administratively dischar. . . aha!, granted his CoC.

    Says Mang Fidel ‘Yan! From Mindanao! Presentable from Mindanao!’ Mang Fidel ‘How many CIGARS have you lighted?’

    :-(

  9. Mga kandidatong naka-kaumay at pet ng mga ina nila.

    Umay: wiki
    two related meanings- either full of_ or full of the same _
    “Sated simply means your hunger or thirst has been satisfied; it doesn’t indicate that you are simply “tired of eating the same food.”

    Eto Poe:

    GPL – aba lahat ng kahawig nya, baka ka- DNA nya daw ,,, pet ng ina nyang si Susan
    Binay-natikman nyo na ba yung sukang kinurap, ,,, pampalakas ng may umay,,,, pet ng inang Mulato
    Santiago-sometimes you see, sometimes you don’t,,,, pet ng ina nyang Waray
    Dutz-dila lang yata yung matigas o nagtitigas tigasan lang,,, pet ng ina nyang shotgun Mama
    Roxas-patigasin mo naman .. ang banat sa kalaban,,, eto talagang pet ng ina nyang si Mama Judy..

    Bongbong-gustung gusto ng rumampa sa Mala-kanya’ng,,,,pet ng ina niyang si Imeldific
    Cayetano-Cayet’ano na lang, basta sama siya,,,pet ng ina nyang Amerika’ na daw
    Robredo-walang umay , kasi nagpapawis ng libre sa kapwa… pet ng inang ko,,,

    PEACE, HOHOHO

    PS.
    Nakakahawa dito sa CPM,, lumalabas tuloy ang natural ko,, madaling maumay,, hohoho
    Sige, fill it in if I missed someone, umay na talaga ako.:)