"In societies where Robbing Hoods are treated like a celebrity it is but natural to expect political parties to act like a Mafia syndicate" Political Jaywalker "In a nation where corruption is endemic people tend to confuse due process with aiding and abetting criminals" Political Jaywalker "War doesn't determine who is right, war determines who is left" Bertrand Russell "You have just one flash flood of money, you keep your people poor. It's like a time bomb and it's scary" Philippine Lawmaker

Is Rep. Manny Pacquiao on the verge of TKO delivered by Aling Isidra Paglinawan?

Looks like our Pinoy pride and hero to those who worship him may have been given not just a black eye but a TKO and this is not even in the boxing ring.

Aling Isidra Paglinawan the elder sister of seven-time world champion in seven division who is probably poised to get into the hall of fame in the world of boxing may end up in the hall of shame, courtesy of Aling Isidra’s alleged operation of illegal numbers game called Masiao, better known as “last 2” illegal numbers game.
Well, he should have heeded our warning to stay out of politics way back before he lost to Darlene Custodio, this is clearly a WMD, no, not the kind that former US Pres. George Bush failed to find in Iraq but weapon of mass distraction. This is a very costly distraction that will distract him from boxing where he excels plunging into the unknown dirty territory of trapo politics.

As an elected public official he will now go under the microscopic scrutiny of the public with the unwelcome help and prodding of his well entrenched political dynasty opponent. They will of course not take it sitting down getting dislodged by of all people an outsider and a neophyte in an exclusive domain reserved for the elites and also those thinking elites, LOL.

I posted a link on the initial reports on Aling Isidra’s follies at Facebook and it seems most of the reactions are pointing to culpability are slowly getting validated as news of the raid in Aling Isidra’s house trickles in. As the police were conducting their raid at Aling Isidra’s house Manny Pacquiao shows up who was next door at his father’s house attending a party. His response during the raid at his sister’s house seems reasonable below:
Kung may kinalaman siya dito eh . . . kung may kasalanan siya, eh di parusahan. Ganoon naman ako, walang pinipili (If my sister was involved . . . if she was at fault, she should be punished. That’s me, I don’t take the side of anyone who is proved to have made a mistake).
Merit Salud thinks it’s not bad. Sounds like and if indeed he was sincere about letting the law take its due course unlike Tatang Pacquiao’s interview where he denied her daughters involvement in illegal numbers game operation. Tatang pacquiao’s is not exactly believable especially when he can’t explain the presence of bet collectors apprehended inside Aling isidra’s house and the seized gambling paraphernalia including P30K in cash.

Then it gets interesting when it turns out that one of the issues raised against Pacquiao was that his relatives are involved in Masiao operation. Looks like Louie Cheng our Feng Shui guru at our Facebook community was right when he raised the question of Gen. San. being a small town where nothing is a secret and that everyone knows all about this Masiao operation. So now the question that crops up is how can Pacquiao not know of this when the whole town seems to be aware of it? But then again he did not exactly say he is not aware of it, on the other hand that is a question that he will have to grapple with in the future.

For one his sister and the husband has no known stable source of income or stable job except probably dole outs coming from Manny. It has been known that Pacquiao is very generous, so did he knowingly gave her sister the capital to start illegal Masiao operation? Things really get iffy as the story unfolds. The jail sentence for this kind of offense is quite lengthy ranging from up to 6 years for allowing illegal numbers game operation in your house to 8 to 20 years for working or operating the illegal numbers game. So will Pacquiao let the rule of law prevail? What if he gets implicated as the capitalist since the funds most likely came from him? But that's another story the big question now is will he surrender his big sister who is now being hunted by the authorities?

Will this incident the beginning of the end for Pacquiao’s political career or will this make him a better politician? Only time will tell if he will learn from this or self-destruct courtesy of her sister out boxing world caliber boxers in seven world boxing divisions.

The bigger question here that is being asked by Leila Rispens-Noel is if there is a really a way to stop gambling since this has been with us for quite some time. Illegal gambling is definitely a magnet for corruption so legalizing gambling is probably the way to go. On the other hand there is also no assurance that it will be fraud or corruption free. Although it will depend largely on how it is regulated and the people tasked to monitor them will of course spell the difference in its success or failure.

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Pres. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III’s State of the Nation Address

STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS
Pres. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III
July 26, 2010, Batasan Pambansa Complex, Quezon City

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Vice President Jejomar Binay; Chief Justice Renato Corona; Former Presidents Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada; members of the House of Representatives and the Senate; distinguished members of the diplomatic corps; my fellow workers in government;

Mga minamahal kong kababayan:

Sa bawat sandali po ng pamamahala ay nahaharap tayo sa isang sangandaan.

Sa isang banda po ay ang pagpili para sa ikabubuti ng taumbayan. Ang pagtanaw sa interes ng nakakarami; at pagkapit sa prinsipyo; at ang pagiging tapat sa sinumpaan nating tungkulin bilang lingkod-bayan. Ito po ang tuwid na daan.

Sa kabilang banda ay ang pag-una sa pansariling interes. Ang pagpapaalipin sa pulitikal na konsiderasyon, at pagsasakripisyo ng kapakanan ng taumbayan. Ito po ang baluktot na daan.

Matagal pong naligaw ang pamahalaan sa daang baluktot. Araw-araw po, lalong lumilinaw sa akin ang lawak ng problemang ating namana. Damang-dama ko ang bigat ng aking responsibilidad.

Sa unang tatlong linggo ng aming panunungkulan, marami po kaming natuklasan. Nais ko pong ipahayag sa inyo ang iilan lamang sa mga namana nating suliranin at ang ginagawa naming hakbang para lutasin ang mga ito.

Sulyap lamang po ito; hindi pa ito ang lahat ng problemang haharapin natin. Inilihim at sadyang iniligaw ang sambayanan sa totoong kalagayan ng ating bansa.

Sa unang anim na buwan ng taon, mas malaki ang ginastos ng gobyerno kaysa sa pumasok na kita. Lalong lumaki ang deficit natin, na umakyat na sa 196.7 billion pesos. Sa target na kuleksyon, kinapos tayo ng 23.8 billion pesos; ang tinataya namang gastos, nalagpasan lang natin ng 45.1 billion pesos.

Ang budget po sa 2010 ay 1.54 trillion pesos.

Nasa isandaang bilyong piso o anim at kalahating porsyento na lang ng kabuuan ang malaya nating magagamit para sa nalalabing anim na buwan ng taong ito.

Halos isang porsyento na lang po ng kabuuang budget ang natitira para sa bawat buwan.

Saan naman po dinala ang pera?

Naglaan ng dalawang bilyong piso na Calamity Fund bilang paghahanda para sa mga kalamidad na hindi pa nangyayari. Napakaliit na nga ng pondong ito, ngunit kapapasok pa lang natin sa panahon ng baha at bagyo, 1.4 billion pesos o sitenta porsyento (70%) na ang nagastos.

Sa kabuuan ng 108 million pesos para sa lalawigan ng Pampanga, 105 million pesos nito ay napunta sa iisang distrito lamang.

Samantala, ang lalawigan ng Pangasinan na sinalanta ng Pepeng ay nakatanggap ng limang milyong piso (P5M) lamang para sa pinsalang idinulot ng bagyong Cosme, na nangyari noong 2008 pa.

Ibinigay po ang pondo ng Pampanga sa buwan ng eleksyon, pitong buwan pagkatapos ng Ondoy at Pepeng. Paano kung bumagyo bukas? Inubos na ang pondo nito para sa bagyong nangyari noong isang taon pa. Pagbabayaran ng kinabukasan ang kasakiman ng nakaraan.

Ganyan din po ang nangyari sa pondo ng MWSS. Kamakailan lamang, pumipila ang mga tao para lang makakuha ng tubig. Sa kabila nito, minabuti pa ng liderato ng MWSS na magbigay ng gantimpala sa sarili kahit hindi pa nababayaran ang pensyon ng mga retiradong empleyado.

Noong 2009, ang buong payroll ng MWSS ay 51.4 million pesos. Pero hindi lang naman po ito ang sahod nila; may mga additional allowances at benefits pa sila na aabot sa 160.1 million pesos.

Sa madaling sabi, nakatanggap sila ng 211.5 million pesos noong nakaraang taon.

Beinte-kuwatro porsyento (24%) lang nito ang normal na sahod, at sitenta’y sais porsyento ang dagdag.

Ang karaniwang manggagawa hanggang 13th month pay plus cash gift lang ang nakukuha.

Sa MWSS, aabot sa katumbas ng mahigit sa tatlumpung buwan ang sahod kasama na ang lahat ng mga bonuses at allowances na nakuha nila.

Mas matindi po ang natuklasan natin sa pasahod ng kanilang Board of Trustees. Tingnan po natin ang mga allowances na tinatanggap nila:

Umupo ka lang sa Board of Trustees at Board Committee meeting, katorse mil na. Aabot ng nobenta’y otso mil ito kada buwan. May grocery incentive pa sila na otsenta mil kada taon.

Hindi lang iyon: may mid-year bonus, productivity bonus, anniversary bonus, year-end bonus, at Financial Assistance. May Christmas bonus na, may Additional Christmas Package pa. Kada isa sa mga ito, nobenta’y otso mil.

Sa suma total po, aabot ang lahat ng dalawa’t kalahating milyong piso kada taon sa bawat miyembro ng Board maliban sa pakotse, technical assistance, at pautang. Uulitin ko po. Lahat ng ito ay ibinibigay nila sa kanilang mga sarili habang hindi pa nababayaran ang mga pensyon ng kanilang mga retirees.

Pati po ang La Mesa Watershed ay hindi nila pinatawad. Para magkaroon ng tamang supply ng tubig, kailangang alagaan ang mga watershed. Sa watershed, puno ang kailangan.

Pati po iyon na dapat puno ang nakatayo, tinayuan nila ng bahay para sa matataas na opisyal ng MWSS.

Hindi naman sila agad maaalis sa puwesto dahil kabilang sila sa mga Midnight Appointees ni dating Pangulong Arroyo.

Iniimbestigahan na natin ang lahat nang ito. Kung mayroon pa silang kahit kaunting hiya na natitira – sana kusa na lang silang magbitiw sa puwesto.

Pag-usapan naman po natin ang pondo para sa imprastruktura. Tumukoy ang DPWH ng dalawandaan apatnapu’t anim na priority safety projects na popondohan ng Motor Vehicle Users Charge. Mangangailangan po ito ng budget na 425 million pesos.

Ang pinondohan po, dalawampu’t walong proyekto lang. Kinalimutan po ang dalawandaan at labing walong proyekto at pinalitan ng pitumpung proyekto na wala naman sa plano. Ang hininging 425 million pesos, naging 480 million pesos pa, lumaki lalo dahil sa mga proyektong sa piling-piling mga benepisyaryo lang napunta.

Mga proyekto po itong walang saysay, hindi pinag-aralan at hindi pinaghandaan, kaya parang kabuteng sumusulpot.

Tapos na po ang panahon para dito. Sa administrasyon po natin, walang kota-kota, walang tongpats, ang pera ng taumbayan ay gagastusin para sa taumbayan lamang.

Meron pa po tayong natuklasan. Limang araw bago matapos ang termino ng nakaraang administrasyon, nagpautos silang maglabas ng 3.5 billion pesos para sa rehabilitasyon ng mga nasalanta nina Ondoy at Pepeng.

Walumpu’t anim na proyekto ang paglalaanan dapat nito na hindi na sana idadaan sa public bidding. Labingsiyam sa mga ito na nagkakahalaga ng 981 million pesos ang muntik nang makalusot. Hindi pa nailalabas ang Special Allotment Release Order ay pirmado na ang mga kontrata.

Buti na lang po ay natuklasan at pinigilan ito ni Secretary Rogelio Singson ng DPWH. Ngayon po ay dadaan na ang kabuuan ng 3.5 billion pesos sa tapat na bidding, at magagamit na ang pondo na ito sa pagbibigay ng lingap sa mga nawalan ng tahanan dahil kina Ondoy at Pepeng.

Pag-usapan naman natin ang nangyari sa NAPOCOR. Noong 2001 hanggang 2004, pinilit ng gobyerno ang NAPOCOR na magbenta ng kuryente nang palugi para hindi tumaas ang presyo. Tila ang dahilan: pinaghahandaan na nila ang eleksyon.

Dahil dito, noong 2004, sumagad ang pagkakabaon sa utang ng NAPOCOR. Napilitan ang pambansang gobyerno na sagutin ang dalawandaang bilyong pisong utang nito.

Ang inakala ng taumbayan na natipid nila sa kuryente ay binabayaran din natin mula sa kaban ng bayan. May gastos na tayo sa kuryente, binabayaran pa natin ang dagdag na pagkakautang ng gobyerno.

Kung naging matino ang pag-utang, sana’y nadagdagan ang ating kasiguruhan sa supply ng kuryente. Pero ang desisyon ay ibinatay sa maling pulitika, at hindi sa pangangailangan ng taumbayan. Ang taumbayan, matapos pinagsakripisyo ay lalo pang pinahihirapan.

Ganito rin po ang nangyari sa MRT. Sinubukan na namang bilhin ang ating pagmamahal. Pinilit ang operator na panatilihing mababa ang pamasahe.

Hindi tuloy nagampanan ang garantiyang ibinigay sa operator na mababawi nila ang kanilang puhunan. Dahil dito, inutusan ang Landbank at Development Bank of the Philippines na bilhin ang MRT.

Ang pera ng taumbayan, ipinagpalit sa isang naluluging operasyon.

Dumako naman po tayo sa pondo ng NFA.

Noong 2004: 117,000 metric tons ang pagkukulang ng supply ng Pilipinas. Ang binili nila, 900,000 metric tons. Kahit ulitin mo pa ng mahigit pitong beses ang pagkukulang, sobra pa rin ang binili nila.

Noong 2007: 589,000 metric tons ang pagkukulang ng supply sa Pilipinas. Ang binili nila, 1.827 million metric tons. Kahit ulitin mo pa ng mahigit tatlong beses ang pagkukulang, sobra na naman ang binili nila.

Ang masakit nito, dahil sobra-sobra ang binibili nila taun-taon, nabubulok lang pala sa mga kamalig ang bigas, kagaya ng nangyari noong 2008.

Hindi po ba krimen ito, na hinahayaan nilang mabulok ang bigas, sa kabila ng apat na milyong Pilipinong hindi kumakain ng tatlong beses sa isang araw?

Ang resulta nito, umabot na sa 171.6 billion pesos ang utang ng NFA noong Mayo ng taong ito.

Ang tinapon na ito, halos puwede na sanang pondohan ang mga sumusunod:

Ang budget ng buong Hudikatura, na 12.7 billion pesos sa taong ito.

Ang Conditional Cash Transfers para sa susunod na taon, na nagkakahalaga ng 29.6 billion pesos.

Ang lahat ng classroom na kailangan ng ating bansa, na nagkakahalaga ng 130 billion pesos.

Kasuklam-suklam ang kalakarang ito. Pera na, naging bato pa.

Narinig po ninyo kung paano nilustay ang kaban ng bayan. Ang malinaw po sa ngayon: ang anumang pagbabago ay magmumula sa pagsiguro natin na magwawakas na ang pagiging maluho at pagwawaldas.

Kaya nga po mula ngayon: ititigil na natin ang paglulustay sa salapi ng bayan.

Tatanggalin natin ang mga proyektong mali.

Ito po ang punto ng tinatawag nating zero-based approach sa ating budget. Ang naging kalakaran po, taun-taon ay inuulit lamang ang budget na puno ng tagas. Dadagdagan lang nang konti, puwede na.

Sa susunod na buwan ay maghahain tayo ng budget na kumikilala nang tama sa mga problema, at magtutuon din ng pansin sa tamang solusyon.

Ilan lang ito sa mga natuklasan nating problema. Heto naman po ang ilang halimbawa ng mga hakbang na ginagawa natin.

Nandiyan po ang kaso ng isang may-ari ng sanglaan. Bumili siya ng sasakyang tinatayang nasa dalawampu’t anim na milyong piso ang halaga.

Kung kaya mong bumili ng Lamborghini, bakit hindi mo kayang magbayad ng buwis?

Nasampahan na po ito ng kaso. Sa pangunguna nina Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, BIR Commissioner Kim Henares at Customs Commissioner Lito Alvarez, bawat linggo po ay may bago tayong kasong isinasampa kontra sa mga smuggler at sa mga hindi nagbabayad ng tamang buwis.

Natukoy na rin po ang salarin sa mga kaso nina Francisco Baldomero, Jose Daguio at Miguel Belen, tatlo sa anim na insidente ng extralegal killings mula nang umupo tayo.

Singkuwenta porsyento po ng mga insidente ng extralegal killings na nangyari sa maikling taon ng ating panunungkulan ang patungo na sa kanilang resolusyon.

Ang natitira pong kalahati ay hindi natin tatantanan ang pag-usig hanggang makamit ang katarungan.

Pananagutin natin ang mga mamamatay-tao. Pananagutin din natin ang mga corrupt sa gobyerno.

Nagsimula nang mabuo ang ating Truth Commission, sa pangunguna ni dating Chief Justice Hilario Davide. Hahanapin natin ang katotohanan sa mga nangyari diumanong katiwalian noong nakaraang siyam na taon.

Sa loob ng linggong ito, pipirmahan ko ang kauna-unahang Executive Order na nagtatalaga sa pagbuo nitong Truth Commission.

Kung ang sagot sa kawalan ng katarungan ay pananagutan, ang sagot naman sa kakulangan natin sa pondo ay mga makabago at malikhaing paraan para tugunan ang mga pagkatagal-tagal nang problema.

Napakarami po ng ating pangangailangan: mula sa edukasyon, imprastruktura, pangkalusugan, pangangailangan ng militar at kapulisan, at marami pang iba. Hindi kakasya ang pondo para mapunan ang lahat ng ito.

Kahit gaano po kalaki ang kakulangan para mapunuan ang mga listahan ng ating pangangailangan, ganado pa rin ako dahil marami nang nagpakita ng panibagong interes at kumpyansa sa Pilipinas.

Ito ang magiging solusyon: mga Public-Private Partnerships. Kahit wala pa pong pirmahang nangyayari dito, masasabi kong maganda ang magiging bunga ng maraming usapin (ukol ditto).

May mga nagpakita na po ng interes, gustong magtayo ng expressway na mula Maynila, tatahak ng Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, hanggang sa dulo ng Cagayan Valley nang hindi gugugol ang estado kahit na po piso.

Sa larangan ng ating Sandatahang Lakas:

Mayroon po tayong 36,000 nautical miles na baybayin. Ang mayroon lamang tayo: tatlumpu’t dalawang barko. Itong mga barkong ito, panahon pa ni General MacArthur.

May nagmungkahi sa atin, ito ang proposisyon: uupahan po nila ang headquarters ng Navy sa Roxas Boulevard at ang Naval Station sa Fort Bonifacio.

Sagot po nila ang paglipat ng Navy Headquarters sa Camp Aguinaldo. Agaran, bibigyan tayo ng isandaang milyong dolyar. At dagdag pa sa lahat nang iyan, magsusubi pa sila sa atin ng kita mula sa mga negosyong itatayo nila sa uupahan nilang lupa.

Sa madali pong sabi: Makukuha natin ang kailangan natin, hindi tatayo gagastos, kikita pa tayo.

Marami na pong nag-alok at nagmungkahi sa atin, mula lokal hanggang dayuhang negosyante, na magpuno ng iba’t ibang pangangailangan.

Mula sa mga public-private partnerships na ito, lalago ang ating ekonomiya, at bawat Pilipino makikinabang. Napakaraming sektor na matutulungan nito.

Maipapatayo na po ang imprastrukturang kailangan natin para palaguin ang turismo.

Sa agrikultura, makapagtatayo na tayo ng mga grains terminals, refrigeration facilities, maayos na road networks at post-harvest facilities.

Kung maisasaayos natin ang ating food supply chain sa tulong ng pribadong sektor, sa halip na mag-angkat tayo ay maari na sana tayong mangarap na mag-supply sa pandaigdigang merkado.

Kung maitatayo ang minumungkahi sa ating mga railway system, bababa ang presyo ng bilihin. Mas mura, mas mabilis, mas maginhawa, at makakaiwas pa sa kotong cops at mga kumokotong na rebelde ang mga bumibiyahe.

Paalala lang po: una sa ating plataporma ang paglikha ng mga trabaho, at nanggagaling ang trabaho sa paglago ng industriya. Lalago lamang ang industriya kung gagawin nating mas malinis, mas mabilis, at mas maginhawa ang proseso para sa mga gustong magnegosyo.

Pabibilisin natin ang proseso ng mga proyektong sumasailalim sa Build-Operate-Transfer. Sa tulong ng lahat ng sangay ng gobyerno at ng mga mamamayan, pabababain natin sa anim na buwan ang proseso na noon ay inaabot ng taon kung hindi dekada.

May mga hakbang na rin pong sinisimulan ang DTI, sa pamumuno ni Secretary Gregory Domingo:

Ang walang-katapusang pabalik-balik sa proseso ng pagrehistro ng pangalan ng kumpanya, na kada dalaw ay umaabot ng apat hanggang walong oras, ibababa na natin sa labinlimang minuto.

Ang dating listahan ng tatlumpu’t anim na dokumento, ibababa natin sa anim. Ang dating walong pahinang application form, ibababa natin sa isang pahina.

Nananawagan ako sa ating mga LGUs. Habang naghahanap tayo ng paraan para gawing mas mabilis ang pagbubukas ng mga negosyo, pag-aralan din sana nila ang kanilang mga proseso. Kailangan itong gawing mas mabilis, at kailangan itong itugma sa mga sinisumulan nating reporma.

Negosyante, sundalo, rebelde, at karaniwang Pilipino, lahat po makikinabang dito. Basta po hindi dehado ang Pilipino, papasukin po natin lahat iyan.

Kailangan na po nating simulan ang pagtutulungan para makamit ito. Huwag nating pahirapan ang isa’t isa.

Parating na po ang panahon na hindi na natin kailangang mamili sa pagitan ng seguridad ng ating mamamayan o sa kinabukasan ng inyong mga anak.

Oras na maipatupad ang public-private partnerships na ito, mapopondohan ang mga serbisyong panlipunan, alinsunod sa ating plataporma.

Magkakapondo na po para maipatupad ang mga plano natin sa edukasyon.

Mapapalawak natin ang basic education cycle mula sa napakaikling sampung taon tungo sa global standard na labindalawang taon.

Madadagdagan natin ang mga classroom. Mapopondohan natin ang service contracting sa ilalim ng GASTPE.

Pati ang conditional cash transfers, na magbabawas ng pabigat sa bulsa ng mga pamilya, madadagdan na rin ng pondo.

Maipapatupad ang plano natin sa PhilHealth.

Una, tutukuyin natin ang tunay na bilang ng mga nangangailangan nito. Sa ngayon, hindi magkakatugma ang datos. Sabi ng PhilHealth sa isang bibig, walumpu’t pitong porsyento na raw ang merong coverage. Sa kabilang bibig naman, singkuwenta’y tres porsyento. Ayon naman sa National Statistics Office, tatlumpu’t walong porsyento ang may coverage.

Ngayon pa lang, kumikilos na si Secretary Dinky Soliman at ang DSWD upang ipatupad ang National Household Targetting System, na magtutukoy sa mga pamilyang higit na nagangailangan ng tulong. Tinatayang siyam na bilyon ang kailangan para mabigyan ng PhilHealth ang limang milyong pinakamaralitang pamilyang Pilipino.

Napakaganda po ng hinaharap natin. Kasama na po natin ang pribadong sektor, at kasama na rin natin ang League of Provinces, sa pangunguna nina Governor Alfonso Umali kasama sina Governor L-Ray Villafuerte at Governor Icot Petilla. Handa na pong makipagtulungan para makibahagi sa pagtustos ng mga gastusin. Alam ko rin pong hindi magpapahuli ang League of Cities sa pangunguna ni Mayor Oscar Rodriguez.

Kung ang mga gobyernong lokal ay nakikiramay na sa ating mga adhikain, ang Kongreso namang pinanggalingan ko, siguro naman maasahan ko din.

Nagpakitang-gilas na po ang gabinete sa pagtukoy ng ating mga problema at sa paglulunsad ng mga solusyon sa loob lamang ng tatlong linggo.

Nang bagyo pong Basyang, ang sabi sa atin ng mga may prangkisa sa kuryente, apat na araw na walang kuryente. Dahil sa mabilis na pagkilos ni Secretary Rene Almendras at ng Department of Energy, naibalik ang kuryente sa halos lahat sa loob lamang ng beinte-kwatro oras.

Ito pong sinasabing kakulangan sa tubig sa Metro Manila, kinilusan agad ni Secretary Rogelio Singson at ng DPWH. Hindi na siya naghintay ng utos, kaya nabawasan ang perwisyo.

Nakita na rin natin ang gilas ng mga hinirang nating makatulong sa Gabinete. Makatuwiran naman po sigurong umasa na hindi na sila padadaanin sa butas ng karayom para makumpirma ng Commission on Appointments. Kung mangyayari po ito, marami pa sa mga mahuhusay na Pilipino ang maeengganyong magsilbi sa gobyerno.

Sa lalong madaling panahon po, uupo na tayo sa LEDAC at pag-uusapan ang mga mahahalagang batas na kailangan nating ipasa. Makakaasa kayo na mananatiling bukas ang aking isipan, at ang ating ugnayan ay mananatiling tapat.

Isinusulong po natin ang Fiscal Responsibility Bill, kung saan hindi tayo magpapasa ng batas na mangangailangan ng pondo kung hindi pa natukoy ang panggagalingan nito. May 104.1 billion pesos tayong kailangan para pondohan ang mga batas na naipasa na, ngunit hindi maipatupad.

Kailangan din nating isaayos ang mga insentibong piskal na ibinigay noong nakaraan. Ngayong naghihigpit tayo ng sinturon, kailangang balikan kung alin sa mga ito ang dapat manatili at kung ano ang dapat nang itigil.

Huwag po tayong pumayag na magkaroon ng isa pang NBN-ZTE. Sa lokal man o dayuhan manggagaling ang pondo, dapat dumaan ito sa tamang proseso. Hinihingi ko po ang tulong ninyo upang amiyendahan ang ating Procurement Law.

Ayon po sa Saligang Batas, tungkulin ng estado ang siguruhing walang lamangan sa merkado. Bawal ang monopolya, bawal ang mga cartel na sasakal sa kumpetisyon. Kailangan po natin ng isang Anti-Trust Law na magbibigay-buhay sa mga prinsipyong ito. Ito ang magbibigay ng pagkakataon sa mga Small- at Medium-scale Enterprises na makilahok at tumulong sa paglago ng ating ekonomiya.

Ipasa na po natin ang National Land Use Bill.

Una rin pong naging batas ng Commonwealth ang National Defense Act, na ipinasa noon pang 1935. Kailangan nang palitan ito ng batas na tutugon sa pangangailangan ng pambansang seguridad sa kasalukuyan.

Nakikiusap po akong isulong ang Whistleblower’s Bill upang patuloy nang iwaksi ang kultura ng takot at pananahimik.

Palalakasin pa lalo ang Witness Protection Program. Alalahanin po natin na noong taong 2009 hanggang 2010, may nahatulan sa 95% ng mga kaso kung saan may witness na sumailalim sa programang ito.
Kailangang repasuhin ang ating mga batas. Nanawagan po akong umpisahan na ang rekodipikasyon ng ating mga batas, upang siguruhing magkakatugma sila at hindi salu-salungat.

Ito pong mga batas na ito ang batayan ng kaayusan, ngunit ang pundasyon ng lahat ng ginagawa natin ay ang prinsipyong wala tayong mararating kung walang kapayapaan at katahimikan.

Dalawa ang hinaharap nating suliranin sa usapin ng kapayapaan: ang situwasyon sa Mindanao, at ang patuloy na pag-aaklas ng CPP-NPA-NDF.

Tungkol sa situwasyon sa Mindanao: Hindi po nagbabago ang ating pananaw. Mararating lamang ang kapayapaan at katahimikan kung mag-uusap ang lahat ng apektado: Moro, Lumad, at Kristiyano. Inatasan na natin si Dean Marvic Leonen na mangasiwa sa ginagawa nating pakikipag-usap sa MILF.

Iiwasan natin ang mga pagkakamaling nangyari sa nakaraang administrasyon, kung saan binulaga na lang ang mga mamamayan ng Mindanao. Hindi tayo puwedeng magbulag-bulagan sa mga dudang may kulay ng pulitika ang proseso, at hindi ang kapakanan ng taumbayan ang tanging interes.

Kinikilala natin ang mga hakbang na ginagawa ng MILF sa pamamagitan ng pagdidisplina sa kanilang hanay. Inaasahan natin na muling magsisimula ang negosasyon pagkatapos ng Ramadan.

Tungkol naman po sa CPP-NPA-NDF: handa na ba kayong maglaan ng kongkretong mungkahi, sa halip na pawang batikos lamang?

Kung kapayapaan din ang hangad ninyo, handa po kami sa malawakang tigil-putukan. Kayo po ba ay handa na din? Mag-usap tayo.

Mahirap magsimula ang usapan habang mayroon pang amoy ng pulbura sa hangin. Nananawagan ako: huwag po natin hayaang masayang ang napakagandang pagkakataong ito upang magtipon sa ilalim ng iisang adhikain.

Kapayapaan at katahimikan po ang pundasyon ng kaunlaran. Habang nagpapatuloy ang barilan, patuloy din ang pagkakagapos natin sa kahirapan.

Dapat din po nating mabatid: ito ay panahon ng sakripisyo. At ang sakripisyong ito ay magiging puhunan para sa ating kinabukasan. Kaakibat ng ating mga karapatan at kalayaan ay ang tungkulin natin sa kapwa at sa bayan.

Inaasahan ko po ang ating mga kaibigan sa media, lalo na sa radyo at sa print, sa mga nagbablock-time, at sa community newspapers, kayo na po mismo ang magbantay sa inyong hanay.

Mabigyang-buhay sana ang mga batayang prinsipyo ng inyong bokasyon: ang magbigay-linaw sa mahahalagang isyu; ang maging patas at makatotohanan, at ang itaas ang antas ng pampublikong diskurso.

Tungkulin po ng bawat Pilipino na tutukan ang mga pinunong tayo rin naman ang nagluklok sa puwesto. Humakbang mula sa pakikialam tungo sa pakikilahok. Dahil ang nakikialam, walang-hanggan ang reklamo.

Ang nakikilahok, nakikibahagi sa solusyon.

Napakatagal na pong namamayani ang pananaw na ang susi sa asenso ay ang intindihin ang sarili kaysa intindihin ang kapwa. Malinaw po sa akin: paano tayo aasenso habang nilalamangan ang kapwa?

Ang hindi nabigyan ng pagkakataong mag-aral, paanong makakakuha ng trabaho? Kung walang trabaho, paanong magiging konsumer? Paanong mag-iimpok sa bangko?

Ngunit kung babaliktarin natin ang pananaw-kung iisipin nating “Dadagdagan ko ang kakayahan ng aking kapwa”-magbubunga po ito, at ang lahat ay magkakaroon ng pagkakataon.

Maganda na po ang nasimulan natin. At mas lalong maganda po ang mararating natin. Ngunit huwag nating kalimutan na mayroong mga nagnanasang hindi tayo magtagumpay. Dahil kapag hindi tayo
nagtagumpay, makakabalik na naman sila sa kapangyarihan, at sa pagsasamantala sa taumbayan.

Akin pong paniwala na Diyos at taumbayan ang nagdala sa ating kinalalagyan ngayon. Habang nakatutok tayo sa kapakanan ng ating kapwa, bendisyon at patnubay ay tiyak na maaasahan natin sa Poong Maykapal. At kapag nanalig tayo na ang kasangga natin ay ang Diyos, mayroon ba tayong hindi kakayanin?

Ang mandato nating nakuha sa huling eleksyon ay patunay na umaasa pa rin ang Pilipino sa pagbabago. Iba na talaga ang situwasyon. Puwede na muling mangarap. Tayo nang tumungo sa katuparan ng ating mga pinangarap.

Maraming salamat po.


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Is the SET really an independent body when the MagniFIXent Seven Dwarfs Thwarts the Peoples Will by Denying Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel, III as the Legitimate Winner?

There is no denying that the May 2007 election is one of the most fraudulent election held in the Philippines, second only to the 2004 Garcified backdoor operation of which Gloria Arroyo was implicated. Among the hot areas where Arroyo enjoyed a questionable mandate was in Maguindanao, the fiefdom under the stranglehold of the notorious and bloodthirsty warlord family of the Ampatuans, now incarcerated and accused of masterminding and carrying out the gruesome mass massacre of journalists and their political rivals. The Ampatuans boastfully delivered a 12 – 0 results in favor of the administration senatorial ticket under Team Unity in the 2007 election, where Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, is one of the victims and Juan Miguel Zubiri, is one of the beneficiaries. One need not be a rocket scientist to figure out that indeed election rigging in Maguindanao is irampant and is of common knowledge. Its notoriety is so widespread that the Mangyans in Mindoro might even be aware of this!

Pimentel filed his election protest before the Senate Electoral Tribunal ( SET) in June 2007,and Migs Zubiri’s counter protest, followed in August of the same year. Pimentel protested the results in 2,658 precincts, distributed in 7 Muslim provinces in Mindanao. SET’s required 25% of which is equal to 664 precincts. On the other hand, Zubiri claimed that he was cheated in 73, 265 precincts or 1/3 OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PRECINCTS IN THE PHILIPPINES! In otherwords, he is saying he felt he was cheated in one of every three precincts in the Philippines. And let us not forget at this point that Zubiri is one of the official candidates of the administration then in power and Koko Pimentel was an opposition candidate. Wow! And Zuburi’s SET-mandated 25% of which is 18, 366 precincts.

In Pimentel’s electoral protest, centering on Maguindanao, which took the SET almost 3 years to hear, he CLEARLY PROVED that he was cheated and was the winner on the 12th spot and not Juan Miguel Zubiri, who was declared by the, now notoriously infamous, COMELEC Chair, Ben Abalos, as the senatorial victor, supposedly “winning” by a mere margin of a little over 18,000 votes. Halalang Marangal in an ABS-CBN article dated 7/27/07 stressed the obvious on the statistical improbability of a Zubiri win. The SET started to look into Zubiri’s counter-protest after the tribunal came out with its resolution of June 17, 2008 finding prima facie valid cause in Pimentel’s election protest,

Last June 4, 2010, the heinous Maguindanao Massacre of 2009 was replayed. This time, it was not as bloody but equally gory in its effect. This time the victims were not innocent civilians and journalists but the whole Filipino nation. Unlike the victims of the Maguindanao Massacre, the victims here were not shot, mutilated, brutalized and killed but what was done to them are as odious and repulsive as those of the Maguindanao Massacre. The victims this time included not only Senator koko Pimentel, who was denied of his clear mandate from the people, but the whole Filipino nation as well. The nation’s dream to have someone of their choice to sit in that supposedly hallowed chamber of the Philippine Senate as one of their 12 champions was slain by the very people they so trusted and put into power, to protect and preserve their interest. What could be equally tragic, if not more, to the Maguindanao Massacre than to kill that ennobling desire of every Filipino, to have a leader of their own choice, by the very people whom the public put to power to protect and nurture that desire? The scene of the massacre this time was not some lonely, isolated Maguindanao provincial dirt road to Shariff Aguak but the RESOLUTION DATED JUNE 4 2010 of the SET. In that resolution, despite the TOTAL absence of proof on Zubiri’s allegations, the SET majority decided to give due course to Zubiri’s counter protest and gave way to the opening for review of the rest of his protested precincts! Once more selfish interest reigned over what is right and best for people and country.

By the sheer humongous size (I/3 of the Philippine overall precincts) of Zubiri’s contested precincts, Pimentel’s motion for reconsideration points out the palpably dilatory character of Zubiri’s counter-protest. What are the chances that Zubiri will be able to prove his allegations when those that were previously opened up failed so miserably to reach even the 50% threshold on fraud required for its continuance? And speaking of hiding behind the law (a well trodden route of the Rule by Law and a favorite fast tract lane used by a recently despised regime), is Zubiri so comfortably unmindful in spending an additional P70 Million of the PEOPLE’S MONEY to open up, examine, and count the ballots of the precincts under his protest at a very conservative estimate of P1,000/precinct, while untold numbers of Filipinos are still having PAGPAG for breakfast, lunch or dinner? Is this really about his “noble pursuit for truth” or is it because it will take another 6.8 years to go through the futile process enough for the contested senate term to expire?

The electoral protest filed by Pimentel, upon recount of the pilot precincts, indicated that the result of the election in Maguindanao was fraudulent and that he should have been the winner to land at the 12th spot and not Zubiri. SET chairman Justice Antonio Carpio’s dissenting opinion on page 4 illustrates, as clearly as the stars, this point when he says:
In Zubiri's pilot precincts, consisting of 18,227 precincts, he was able to recover only 11,948 votes, subject to adjustments, translating to 0.66 average vote recovered per precinct. His projected total recovery is only 33,794 votes in his remaining 75% counter-protested precincts.

On the other hand, Pimentel's net recovery in all his protested precincts is 257, 401 votes. Even if we deduct the number of votes contained in the fake ballots, Zubiri's projected net recovery can not successfully overcome the net recovery posted by Pimentel.
Justice Carpio’s opinion on page 4 below should have been enough to declare Pimentel the legitimate winner but instead the SET came up with a midnight-appointment like resolution, fashioned after GMA’s illegal appointments, to proceed with the expanded electoral counter-protest of Juan Miguel Zubiri:
It must be pointed out that in the main protest, the results of the initial revision and appreciation proceedings showed that the 14 May 2007 election in certain designated pilot areas was characterized by proven irregularities. Thus, it is understandable why In Resolution No. 07-27 2, the Tribunal held that "the election protest case deserves further proceedings."

In Zubiri's counter-protest, however, the election irregularities were merely alleged but not proven. In other words, Zubiri's counter-protest dismally failed to show that he has a prima facie valid cause of action, warranting further proceedings by the Tribunal.
Again, Justice Carpio, on proven facts and figures that can’t be disputed, neatly penned a clear declaration of what is true in this case, Yet , the magniFIXent seven dwarves, relying only on their sheer majority (seven as against two,Justice Carpio and Sen. Pia Cayetano) and the literal application of the law, came out with their conclusion of TRUTH without any factual basis and gave due course to the expanded electoral protest of Miguel Zubiri despite their utter failure to show a prima facie valid cause and amidst a clearly mathematical impossibility for Zubiri to overcome Pimentel’s lead in the recovery of votes. Once more, Justice Carpio’s even-keeled mind leads us to the obvious and shows his fealty to the rule of law when he observed and held that, to continue on page 4 – 5:
It took the Tribunal almost (3) years to examine the ballots in 20,885 contested precincts. The revision of the ballots in the remaining 52,380 non-pilot precincts, representing 75% of the total number of contested precincts in Zubiri's counter-protest, will surely take more than six (6) years assuming the same pace of revision. This defeats the very purpose of designating 25% of the contested precincts as pilot, that is, to dismiss the protest or counter-protest if the results of the 25% pilot precincts shown an improbability to overcome the opponents lead.

Accordingly, I vote to DISMISS the counter-Protest by filed by Juan Miguel F. Zubiri.
Why is it that none of the majority of the SET saw what Justice Carpio did in this case? Did the Senatorial Electoral Tribunal (SET) conspire to deny Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel's rightful senate seat? Congress has been and always will be known for using the numbers game like a congregation of the Mafiosi mob, but to see the Senate getting involved in this lowest of the low numbers-game is simply unthinkable. Having done that however, has it added obscenity as one of its collegial trait?

If there was anything spurious, it was definitely not in the range of 50% according to Justice Carpio on page 2 of his dissenting opinion. Quoting Justice Carpio, he writes:
First, contrary to the majority's assertion, the appreciation reports for Quezon City, Manila, Batangas, and Bulacan show that the number of fake or spurious ballots in these areas does not constitute "more than 50% of the ballots" contested in the particular city or province. In fact, the spurious ballots constitute a mere 2.2% of the total contested in Quezon City, Manila, Batangas, and Bulacan. Incidentally, the fake ballots do not necessarily translate into a net recovery of votes in favor of either Pimentel or Zubiri, as such ballots could reflect votes for either Pimentel or Zubiri or both.
How then did the magniFIXent Seven Dwarfs of the SET majority, namely Senators, Kiko Pangilinan, Juan Ponce Enrile, Richard Gordon, Lito Lapid, Edgardo J. Angara, Loren Legarda, and Justices Presbiterio Velasco, and Teresita J. Leonardo-de Castro arrive at 50% as the basis for proceeding with Zubiri’s counter-protest? Is it because the only thing that is spurious is how they count?

Perhaps, they saw what Justice Carpio also did when he observed that:
In Quezon City, only 50 out of the 1,265 precincts or 3.95% of the number of pilot precincts yielded fake ballots. In terms of ballot count, 2,017 out of 167,664 ballots, representing 1.20% of the total ballots counted were found to be spurious.
but by some stroke of unkind fate or ill luck or some temporary human lapse, they were confused, or worse, were influenced by some increBedol mathematical wizardry and mistook the right figure and concluded that 50 is one and the same as 50%.

It is clear to every one and all, that 50 is not 50% and it concerns only Quezon City, yet the majority might have taken it to mean that with this, Zubiri might have met his legal burden under the SET rules on his pilot precincts and have signed their dishonorable errr honorable names in concurrence to the questioned resolution, as if it was a fill in the blank school room test, where everyone tries to copy everything written including someone’s wrong answer. But then, of the seven, we think only Lito lapid, could convincingly raised that excuse without any objection from the public at large. LOL.

What also amazes is when Miguel Zubiri complains why the SET majority decision was "leaked" to the press. Why treat this SET majority opinion as if this is a state top secret or some very private and personal issue when it is of utmost public interest? We admit that it is a decision that favors Zubiri, so why does it have to be kept from the public, if there is nothing to hide? Is it because it was indeed a conspiracy, after all, not to ferret out the truth, but just a ploy to delay the proceedings enough for Zubiri to finish out the senate term of Pimentel?

On page 9 of the majority SET opinion, Sen. Pia S. Cayetano concurred with Justice Antonio T. Carpio in a scribbled note below her signature:
I concur with the dissenting opinion of Justice Carpio. Rule 79 provides for a speedy & accurate process. The decision of the majority will result in further delay, effectively thwarting the will of the people.
But what is truly intriguing to us is the note scribbled by Ate Shawie errrr Sen. Kiko Pangilinan on the same document, to quote:
I concur in part and dissent in part as explained in separate attached opinion.
Since he concurred with the majority, we inquired from Sen. Kiko Pangilinan in our attempt to see our way through his concurrence and dissent at the same time. We were furnished the separate opinion, which, no matter how many times we read it, it really escapes us where he dissented although it is clear and there is no denying that he stands with the majority opinion, including on their allegation on the 50% fraud. And not being different from the majority, he came out with his concurring conclusion, and like the majority, such conclusion was without any factual legs to stand on. He merely restated the law as he understood it and failed to show the factual basis of his conclusion! Sa madaling salita, iningles lang tayo ng isang ito! And no decent, law abiding Filipino, who was able to maintain his sanity and loyalty to decency after 9 years of rule by GMA, could not help but compare the scandalous position of the MagniFIXent Seven Dwarfs with Justice Carpio’s well supported arguments and figures for the dismissal of Zubiri’s counter-protest. Habits are indeed hard to change. Lalo na daw pag BAD HABITS, like cheating!
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A sample scenario, OFNs proposal on shifting external hard currency debt into peso bonds

Let us assume that today (July 2010) we have targeted to shift 1 billion dollars of maturing external debt in three months time say October 2010 into OFN held peso bonds. The bureau of the treasury would need to have about 47 billion pesos (in dollars) to pay off the debt by October.

Assuming the decision is to issue 1000 peso denominated zeros with a required rate of return at 8 percent per annum redeemable in 10 years.

Such an instrument would have a value of 463 pesos on a straight annual discount of 8 percent. Factoring in equivalent coupon rated bonds bearing the same 8 percent rate at a semi-annual payment, the instrument would only have a value of 456 pesos (a difference of 7 pesos per bond). The lower amount is what the BT will receive from the ODF (456) while the higher amount (463) is the price of the bond that will be passed on to the subscribers in OFN organizations. The ODF in this example makes a margin of 7 pesos per bond.

To raise 47 billion pesos BT will issue 105,264,000 bonds (1000 peso par). By printing different denomination values (100 bonds, 500 bonds, and 1000 bonds in one sheet) the number of physical bearer instruments can be reduced to about 222, 000 pieces. These bearer instruments get consigned to the ODF as needed. For the whole period of July and August the ODF get commitments and escrow of funds from OFO's (overseas Filipino organizations). By September when the whole issuance had been physically printed, physical transfers are made to the individuals in the OFO's and their escrowed dollars or hard currencies are transferred to the account of BT. Upon accumulation of the 1 billion dollars BT settles the debt with the external creditor. If the buy down process of negotiations during this period yields a payment of 70 cents on the dollar then BT saves 300 million dollars and proceeds to apply this to the next maturing debt or try to use the amount to buy externally held Philippine debt papers in the secondary market.

For this issuance the ODF and the OFO's will have earned 736,848,000 PH Pesos or roughly $16 million. i.e. $ 8 million for the ODF and $8 million to the OFO's. It is up to the OFO's on how to compensate those individuals in their organizations that are active in promoting these bonds but the bottom line is that the subscriber to the bonds will not pay more than 463 pesos for each bond. 736 million pesos represents 157 basis points of the bond proceeds and only 79 basis points of the bonds redemption value in 2020.

If the bonds included a sticky feature like a 100,000 peso monthly winning for the ten year duration then the ODF will have to deposit in escrow (with the PCSO which will handle the lottery) the equivalent of 12 million pesos plus projected lottery cost (hopefully to be covered by interest earnings of the escrowed amount) from which fund the monthly 100,000 peso will be paid out to the bond lottery winner. The minimum odds of winning here every month would be 100/105,264,000.

The denomination breakdowns of the 222,000 pieces of bearer instruments are as follows:
100,000 with 100 bonds
52,000 with 500 bonds

70,000 with 1000 bonds
This means that the minimum buy in amount for a subscriber would be approximately 1,000 dollars; the next denomination about 5,000 dollars; and the largest would be 10,000 dollars. Given an approximate cost of printing at 10 pesos per unit, cost of printing on currency grade security paper would be approximately 2 million pesos. It is expected that worldwide road shows will be conducted as well as other advertising and promotional expenses. A net margin of about 4.7 million pesos is expected for this issuance after staff salaries and other compensation for the period are accounted for.

Since the bonds are bearer instruments and can be sold in the secondary bonds market the sticky features are designed so that the Bonds would tend to stick with the first buyer up to maturity. However these sticky features would be carried over to the current bond holder when such bonds are indeed released into the secondary market. However an OFO or individual must have 100,000 dollars worth of bonds in par value at the current exchange rate when executing a nomination vote of a particular prospective director in the ODF.

So for this first hypothetical issuance we need a maximum of 222,000 individuals to participate. About a hundred thousand with a thousand dollars; 52 thousand with five thousand dollars; and about 70,000 with ten thousand dollars. 222 thousand is about 2 percent of 11 million overseas Filipinos.

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