If Filipinos are a confused people, it is because their leaders have confused
them. If Filipinos do not follow the law, it is because their leaders are the
first to violate them. If Filipinos have lost their moral footing, it is because
their leaders have chosen to compromise. Economic depression for the majority of
Filipinos is matched by moral bankruptcy.
read...
http://opinion.inquirer.net/viewpoints/columns/view/20090828-222347/They-Were-Be
acons-Not-Shadows
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
http://culion.weebly.com/
the stigma
Culion, sharing same dreams and vision,
working for a common mission of finding cure and new identity..
Until stigma and discrimination are gone,
the fight against leprosy will not be over.
Ignorance and misunderstanding result in prejudice and discriminatory attitudes
that remain firmly implanted as custom and tradition.
We call on people all over the world to change their perception and foster an
environment in which leprosy patients, cured persons and their families can lead
normal lives free from stigma and discrimination...
......
I agree with you. But we can not always blame our leaders. Some of them
became who they are now because of some people who bribed them to do
favors for them or voted for them in exchange for money or favors. Am I
right? I am glad you mentioned this John because I have some questions
for you and for the other members.
I have an unfortunate experience at the airport that I can't forget. It
happened when I came back for a visit in 2006 during our centennial
celebration. I saw the guy ahead of me gave the lady some money whose job
was to check and stamp the passport. Why did he give her some money for
doing her government job? Are any of you one of those people who bribe
some government officials? So when it was my turn to have my passport
stamped she immediately asked for money saying "meron ba tayong pamasko
diyan, hindi ko na binuksan ang maleta mo?" Why would some ordinary
Filipinos ask for pamasko when it's not even Christmas? I was tempted to
reply "why don't you open and check my luggage then" to make a point. But
I had to consider the long line of other passengers who were anxious to
get out of the airport just like me. I also know that it was not her job
to open and check the luggage, an excuse she used to extort money. She
was also lying because it was not her job to check and open the luggage.
I just passed the staff who does the opening and checking but did not
check my luggage. Yes, I gave her some money against my belief because I
was afraid what she might do to me, detain me for some reason and cause
trouble for me, and she could be in cahoots with other government official
there who gets a "cut" from her. How will you stop this kind of behavior
in our government? What would you say to her in a nice way to stop it?
What would you have done if you were me? Give what she asked for? If so,
when is this going to stop?
Kung tayo ay magkakaisa, mga balik bayan kababayan at huwag magbigay ng
kahit anuman sa taong nagsisilbi sa ating gobiyerno sa airport or kahit
saan branches (unless she/he is your good friend or relative that you
intended to give to), hindi ito lalala sa ating lipunan. Kaya tayo rin
ang dapat sisihin kung ang ating opisyal ay mga "crook"
This woman who is working for our government was possibly a good and
honest employee in the beginning (just giving her the benefit of the
doubt). But because of some people like the guy in front of me in line at
the airport who wanted to bend the rules in his favor, started giving her
money made this woman corrupt and she started making extra money out of
her government job. Some Filipinos are not confused, some bend the rules
to benefit them which in turn creating a "monster" in the government.
Then again, there are some government official who are really corrupt to
begin with and people are afraid of them for fear that they will be killed
or something if they don't comply to the wishes of the corrupt official.
Again there are those good and honest government official who don't stay
long in their position, just give up because some Filipinos see that they
can not bribed, then when election time comes they don't get elected by
bad corrupt citizens. Honest official don't stay long in the government
because their peers intimidated them and they gave up to protect
himself/herself and their families from any dangers. So we can not put
all the blame on our leaders or the economy entirely. This is a vicious
cycle. When is this going to end?
If or when any of you get elected to our government, what will you do to
"clean up" the violators? You have to compromise at some point but how
will you compromise without losing your integrity and honesty?
Ate or Tita Meldy
Hawaii, USA
...
aloha...
WOW!
great thesis indeed
i have nothing to argue
the message has all the facts of life
and sad situations and experiences... as encountered face to face.
but would you believed
it happened to me one way or another!!
at the very airport of our country called philippines too
and i can't believed it myself
cause i fight back even risking my own life...
i called the attentions of any officials even the guards
or managers around in all my stupidity even shouting at them
in order not to compromise...
BUT in my great awe of surprises
nothing seem to happened in my very face & eyes
full of frustrations and disbelief!!!
i don't need to tell the whole story
it's simply repley's "believe it or not"
but i feel i've done the very thing they might say stupidity
as everybody was staring at me or even laughing out loud inside their heads of
what i've done of risking and courageously going out and bend my own comfort
zone...
i was crying inside me when i went away home
passing by the places where millions being spent for trips of our leader/s only
to compromised and lie to death :(
but this is the very system that i will continue to quest & conquer
a depression or even despair matched by moral decay...
i know i'm getting judgmental
so be it
because i believe in truth and justice...
there must be!!
in this sphere of human desideratum
yet i wish i could be like noynoy or cory.. lol
yes
these situations or discourses are highly debatable
but there's undebatable when it comes to realized our situations of confusion
and abysmal bankruptcy...
i know it's so easy to write here or said than done
or when you encounter it face to face depending on the real situations
...sorry po, so tired of all these.
then (maybe)
i can just sacrifice. or be the laughing gas to everyone
and continue to risk to death..
because that's all i :(we): can do...
then religion will be truly nonsense as the atheist said. lol
(of course it's a joke)
thank you po Tita Meldy
tunay, mabuhay po kayo
jong ;)
culionaire
please pray for me po
maybe i am just mystify...
prayers more
...
Aloha, John,
I'm glad I was not the only one who had a bad experience at the airport.
You were brave and "gutsy" to risk your own life in order not to
compromise. Thank you John for sharing your experience. Luckily my 2008
visit was okay because we (Sister Emelita, SPC and I) were met by a friend
who happens to be the chief supervisor of Custom at the airport. Our time
at the check out baggage was minimized. I forgot to ask her what to do or
how I can avoid such predicament if it happened again. I just remember
this friend is here visiting her family in conjunction to their mother's
80th birthday celebration. If I remember I will ask her about my
experience, what to do next time it happens.
Opps! got to go. Aloha a hui hou!
Meldy
...
Tama ka dyan atie meldy. Naka imberyina talaga dyan sa airport! I also had the same experience but this time departure. Two of my co-teachers were held by the immigration purportedly kulang daw ng papers. But when my colleagues slipped $100 each! lusot na kaagad sila. Ano ba yan?!
...
Thanks Jesus for sharing. Wow $100.00 each is a lot. In my case I was
lucky to have a small bill. $5.00 is what I was forced to give the woman.
Kung meron akong $1.00 I probably would have given that to her instead.
I wonder how often they do this tactic to extort money from other
Filipinos, parang everyday negosyo nila yata. There is always a question
of, "What can we do to stop this? It's also a matter of "How or who can
we report these corrupt government employees?"
ate/tita Meldy
Hawaii, USA
...
The problem with the airport issues " we are tolerating and enabling this to happen". I go home every year sometimes twice a year but never na ma experience ko na mag lagay sa kanila. Kahit na ang dala ko ay mga cooler I will let them open it and let them enjoy the experience of looking at the contents of my baggages.
I will only give money to the porter who assist me with loading and unloading my heavy padala's but not the people who sit there and look like vultures waiting to bite you. Don't let them intimidate you! If they want to look at your belongings let them and wait for them patiently till they are satisfied but do not give them any money. Anyway, ang mahalaga safe kayong nakarating sa pinas and you are on vacation you have all the time in the world. Just relax and chill.
Rachelle Delacruz
Culion Palawan
...
"trapo"
ne word probably best captures the substance of politics in traditional 'TRAPO'
societies like ours — patronage... (but) Modernity..the complex challenges of
our times, move us hopefully in the direction of greater democratization in our
national life. The struggle for good government has to be understood in these
terms, rather than in the simplistic terms of a moral crusade against evil
"trapos."
READ :p
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20090905-223615/Hopes-f
or-modern-politics
actually this is one great example of patronage in the airport encounters of
(ripley's 'believe it or not') the web connections to porters, guards etc 'til
the manager to the institution called 'customs' BOC...
hoping we can transform all those rugs.... :(
...
"Modern man listens more willingly
to witnesses than to teachers,
and if he does listen to teachers,
it is because they are witnesses"...
THANKS TO ALL, especially to fr. Javy
for being martyr - greek word for witness
in very many special ways...
the new fr. Ola of culion now
wow!
the big question again is
can we find it in our SB & LGU or adviser of mayors
who can only make 'patalbugan' cheque este blues
in terms of martyr and witnessing
but instead we find bouncing intelligence witnesses? lol!!!
again sorry for my judgmental postings
we'll see them anyway in surprises
together with hello imelda in gloria of fertilizer & swine nbn
while the lazarus' wounds being leak a la carte by the swine itself...
..
go go go for true development
bantay at sagip kalikasan
ako ang simula...
Saturday, September 5, 2009
"..Isinusuka na kayo ng taumbayan, mahirap man sumuka ang gutom.."
"..Isinusuka na kayo ng taumbayan, mahirap man sumuka ang gutom.."
'...Sa bandang huli, "may araw din kayo" buti na rin lang at ginawa n'yo 'yung
magpasasa sa P1 million dinner habang lupaypay ang bayan sa kagutuman—di lang sa
kawalan ng pagkain kundi sa iba pang bagay—at pagdadalamhati sa yumaong Ina ng
Bayan. Binigyan n'yo ng mukha ang katakawan. Katakawang walang kabusugan.
Mukhang di nakita ng masa sa usaping NBN, mukhang di nakikita ng masa sa usaping
SAL. Mukhang nakita lang ng masa dito sa ginawa n'yong ito. Sa pagpapabondat sa
New York habang naghihinagpis ang bayan.
Isinusuka na kayo ng taumbayan, mahirap man sumuka ang gutom...'
...
Sana nandoon kayo para alam niyo ang totoo nangyari, Century Tuna canning and other canneries from the Philippines contributed, WWF was also there nag contribute din for the dinner. In Washington, the Filipino Community paid for thier dinner, may bayad bawat plate, I did not attend kasi nga may bayad at marami kami ginagawa. Sino ang nagpakalat ng balita, isipin niyo na lang.
Bakit si GMA lang ang nakikita ng tao kasi siya ang nasa puwesto Ganyan ang ugali ng ibang Pilipino mahirap man aminin pero iyan ang totoo. Bakit si Binay ayaw din bumaba sa Makati, Palit palit din sila ng puwesto sa Makati pero hindi nakikita ng taga Makati kasi nakatingin sila sa iba. Sino bang Presidente ang nagustuhan ng mamayan sa umpisa lang gusto pag hindi napagbiyan ang gusto galit na sa Presidente.
Ang reporter na Fiipino humihingi ng sobre bawat i-cover nila, pagwala sobre pangit ang balita sa iyo kahit wala ka ginaw masama, pag may sobre ka binigay maganda ang balita sa iyo kahit may ginawa ka masama. Saan ka ngayon maniniwala. Dapat timbangin lahat ng binabasa sa periodiko.
...
Agree ako dyan kuya noel, kailangan may maibabalita ang news men ntin at kung may intriga mas gusto ng YONIP, negosya ang newspapers they are more after profit. sa mga tumatanggap ng envelop ang tawag duon envelopmental journalism.
Sana sa COG concentrate muna tayo sa local affairs dito meron tayong maitutulong.
Mabuhay ka Kuya Noel B.
Orly
Pto. Princesa City
...
But the tragedy with the Arroyo government is that it is leaving office under a
storm of controversy, like the political turbulence that heralded her second
term. Many of these controversies were caused by LAPSES in judgment. In many an
assessment of the legacy of the Arroyo presidency, the concrete achievements in
the economy and infrastructure development are diminished by the glaring
downsides in the areas of governance, human rights violations, and abuse of
power.
the President has walked the stage of history like a heroine in a Greek
tragedy...
click:
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20090819-220949/Flawed-
judgment
http://opinion. inquirer. net/inquireropin ion/columns/ view/20090818-
220801/The- Aquinos-in- our-life
ArROYO IS THE ONLY pRESIDENT WITH more than 10 FEeT BELOW nEGATIVE RATINGs...
why the reports are like that?
because we cannot afford the dinner... lol
yes let's help binay
he's also arroyo
and full of manipulations and distorted freedoms
who likes binay then?
mabuhay kayo!!!
thanks for balancing our situations
...
Well said Noel!
...
Matapang tayo noon, duwag tayo ngayon...
Ang nakikita na lang nating katapangan ngayon, at talaga namang laganap na, ay
katapangan ng APOG. Ang katapangangang yon ay wala ring pinipiling kampon,
babae, lalaki o bakla. Equal opportunity, ika nga. Tapang ng apog ang kumikitil
sa bayan, tapang ng apog ang pumapatay sa bayan. Tingnan mo ang mga nasa poder
ngayon at tanong mo sa sarili kung may makikita ka ring katapat nila sa ganyang
katapangan.
Pero yo'ng totoong katapangan, nasaan na?...
read:
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20090820-221118/Teyktu
...
"...Bakit alangan? Malamang di ka nagbabasa ng balita, o di lang talaga
nagbabasa, kung hindi ay nalaman mo 'yung ginawa ni Barack Obama at Joe Biden
nitong nakaraang Mayo. Galing silang White House patungong Virginia nang
magtakam sila pareho ng hamburger. Pina detour nila ang motorcade at tumuloy sa
unang hamburgerang nakita nila. Ito ang Ray's Hell Burger, isang maliit at
independienteng hamburger joint.
Tumungo ang dalawa sa counter at sila mismo ang nag-order, hindi mga aides.
Nagbayad sila ng cash na galing sa sariling bulsa at kagaya ng ibang customers
ay pumila para sa turno nila.
Ito ay presidente at bise presidente ng pinakamakapangyarihang bansa sa buong
mundo. Kung sa bagay, 'yung amo n'yo ay hindi naman talaga presidente. Di lang
makita ang pagkakaiba ni Garci kay God kaya nasabing "God put me here." Pekeng
presidente, pekeng asal presidente.
Tama si Obama at Biden: Sa panahon ng recession, kung saan nakalugmok ang mga
Amerikano sa hirap, dapat makiramay ang mga pinuno sa taumbayan, di
nagpapakapariwara. Sa panahon ng kagutuman, na matagal nang kalagayan ng Pinoy,
at lalo pang tumindi sa paghagupit ng Typhoon Gloria....."
> it's just a question of sensitivity
> how come they can't afford it... lol
> well said... mabuhay po kayo
>
>
>
> --- In Culion_Palawan_Online@yahoogroups.com, "romeo_montanasky"
wrote:
> >
> > Well said Noel!
> >
>
pwede ba tigilan na tin itong mga bangayan, yung ginawa ni Barak, luma yan dito sa atin, maraming politician ang nakikikain sa squatters, kamayan style to get votes,
I suggest we concentrate on local issues on Culion, duon kaya nting pumapel na hindi lang salita, we can contribute financially and it can make difference sa lugar natin. Just like duon sa coop na binubuo where some would be members ay walang kakayahang magbigay ng fee, duon tayo pumapel, hindi yung tatanungin pa natin kung pwde
tayo mag member. hayyan na natin yun para sa kanila.
our Library project nahinto na, pero marami pang kailangan,
duon pwde pa din tayo magdonate kasi maliit lang na shelf ang nagawa, dagdagan natin ang gawa sa locality ntin. hindi panay puna pero wala namang tangible contribution.
Orlando R. Colobong
Pto. Princesa City
I'll be in Culion Last week of August and I'm eager to meet the Culion COG member.
...
papel ng pakitang-tao at bangayan...
o baka naman puro pakitang papel lang yan
everything we do have to be real as said
obama's action was very different from our politicians
kasi siya may paki...
we're just balancing things
what ever we do is a matter of truth...
or we're just empty clanging cymbals
cause what we're all doing will all be empty
when our deeds are the opposites of our life
as what happening to many... to our politics.
the challenge is there we don't need to boast it out
we're just awakening our true services
not just to 'papel' or 'pakitang-tao' as mentioned
doing in squatters... yan ang tinatawag na katapangan ng apog.
ganon na lang ang tingin natin sa mga sarili natin
what a shame!
the fact that they can't afford the dinner is already a sign of insensitivity to
the millions of squatters around cog.. lol
..Ninoy states the obvious: "I could have opted to seek political asylum in
America, but I feel it is my duty, AS IT IS THE DUTY OF EVERY FILIPINO, to
suffer with his people especially in time of crisis." looking forward for the
anniversary.. power to the people!! AND A PITY TO THOSE na walang- paki!
(:lol:))
read pls:
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20090818-220801/The-Aqu
inos-in-our-life
http://www.quezon.ph/2009/08/12/le-circus-freak/
filipino is worth dining for
............
Bishop slams Philippines President's $20k NY dinner
August 10- from Catholic News Headlines( Paulist Press)
Philippines Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez Jr. has called for an investigation into an “outrageous” $20,000 dinner for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her entourage at a posh New York restaurant.
“It is outrageous if it would come out that they used public funds,” Caloocan Bishop Iñiguez Jr., said, according to a CBCP Online report.
He added that the dinner showed “a brazen disregard of what we are experiencing right now during this crisis.”
“If it’s their money, it’s really up to them how to spend it. But then again, it’s totally needless to spend such a huge amount for just a dinner,” he said in an article posted on the CBCP Web site.
The US tabloid The New York Post reported that Mrs Arroyo and her “large entourage” were seen “enjoying the good life” at the Le Cirque restaurant.
Press Secretary Cerge Remonde confirmed that Mrs. Arroyo and her entourage had dinner at the Le Cirque but added that no public funds were used for it, GMA News adds. He said administration Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez foot the bill - a claim affirmed by Romualdez in a short statement.
“I am confirming the statement of (Press Secretary Cerge) Remonde regarding the dinner,” Romualdez, through his spokesperson Jun Pisco, said. He did not elaborate on how much the dinner cost and when it occurred.
Iñiguez said it is only right that a proper investigation would be made on the matter since $20,000 (more or less P960,000) could feed hundreds of poor and starving Filipinos across the country.
He did not say which body should spearhead the investigation.
SOURCE
Bishop pushes investigation of Arroyo’s $20k dinner in NY (GMANews.TV)
Bishop hits Arroyo’s lavish dinner in US (CBCP Online)
August 11, 2009 -- from New York Post Magazine
OUR little scoop about the $20,000 dinner Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo enjoyed last month at Le Cirque has blown up into a political firestorm in her homeland, where memories of Imelda Marcos' shoe collection are still fresh. Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay pointed out that the cost of the dinner for 25 could have fed "almost 3,000 hungry families with three square meals." A copy of Arroyo's tab, posted on several blogs, showed 11 bottles of Krug champagne were ordered at $510 a pop. The entourage -- who were charged $238 a head for the feast -- also devoured Osetra caviar at $1,400 for five ounces. An Arroyo spokesman said Leyte Province Rep. Martin Romualdez, part of the delegation, footed the bill. But Philstar.com quoted Binay, "What they did was deplorable, especially if taxpayers' money was spent. If they spent private money, what they did was in bad taste and again showed insensitivity to the millions of Filipinos who face hunger daily."
'...Sa bandang huli, "may araw din kayo" buti na rin lang at ginawa n'yo 'yung
magpasasa sa P1 million dinner habang lupaypay ang bayan sa kagutuman—di lang sa
kawalan ng pagkain kundi sa iba pang bagay—at pagdadalamhati sa yumaong Ina ng
Bayan. Binigyan n'yo ng mukha ang katakawan. Katakawang walang kabusugan.
Mukhang di nakita ng masa sa usaping NBN, mukhang di nakikita ng masa sa usaping
SAL. Mukhang nakita lang ng masa dito sa ginawa n'yong ito. Sa pagpapabondat sa
New York habang naghihinagpis ang bayan.
Isinusuka na kayo ng taumbayan, mahirap man sumuka ang gutom...'
...
Sana nandoon kayo para alam niyo ang totoo nangyari, Century Tuna canning and other canneries from the Philippines contributed, WWF was also there nag contribute din for the dinner. In Washington, the Filipino Community paid for thier dinner, may bayad bawat plate, I did not attend kasi nga may bayad at marami kami ginagawa. Sino ang nagpakalat ng balita, isipin niyo na lang.
Bakit si GMA lang ang nakikita ng tao kasi siya ang nasa puwesto Ganyan ang ugali ng ibang Pilipino mahirap man aminin pero iyan ang totoo. Bakit si Binay ayaw din bumaba sa Makati, Palit palit din sila ng puwesto sa Makati pero hindi nakikita ng taga Makati kasi nakatingin sila sa iba. Sino bang Presidente ang nagustuhan ng mamayan sa umpisa lang gusto pag hindi napagbiyan ang gusto galit na sa Presidente.
Ang reporter na Fiipino humihingi ng sobre bawat i-cover nila, pagwala sobre pangit ang balita sa iyo kahit wala ka ginaw masama, pag may sobre ka binigay maganda ang balita sa iyo kahit may ginawa ka masama. Saan ka ngayon maniniwala. Dapat timbangin lahat ng binabasa sa periodiko.
...
Agree ako dyan kuya noel, kailangan may maibabalita ang news men ntin at kung may intriga mas gusto ng YONIP, negosya ang newspapers they are more after profit. sa mga tumatanggap ng envelop ang tawag duon envelopmental journalism.
Sana sa COG concentrate muna tayo sa local affairs dito meron tayong maitutulong.
Mabuhay ka Kuya Noel B.
Orly
Pto. Princesa City
...
But the tragedy with the Arroyo government is that it is leaving office under a
storm of controversy, like the political turbulence that heralded her second
term. Many of these controversies were caused by LAPSES in judgment. In many an
assessment of the legacy of the Arroyo presidency, the concrete achievements in
the economy and infrastructure development are diminished by the glaring
downsides in the areas of governance, human rights violations, and abuse of
power.
the President has walked the stage of history like a heroine in a Greek
tragedy...
click:
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20090819-220949/Flawed-
judgment
http://opinion. inquirer. net/inquireropin ion/columns/ view/20090818-
220801/The- Aquinos-in- our-life
ArROYO IS THE ONLY pRESIDENT WITH more than 10 FEeT BELOW nEGATIVE RATINGs...
why the reports are like that?
because we cannot afford the dinner... lol
yes let's help binay
he's also arroyo
and full of manipulations and distorted freedoms
who likes binay then?
mabuhay kayo!!!
thanks for balancing our situations
...
Well said Noel!
...
Matapang tayo noon, duwag tayo ngayon...
Ang nakikita na lang nating katapangan ngayon, at talaga namang laganap na, ay
katapangan ng APOG. Ang katapangangang yon ay wala ring pinipiling kampon,
babae, lalaki o bakla. Equal opportunity, ika nga. Tapang ng apog ang kumikitil
sa bayan, tapang ng apog ang pumapatay sa bayan. Tingnan mo ang mga nasa poder
ngayon at tanong mo sa sarili kung may makikita ka ring katapat nila sa ganyang
katapangan.
Pero yo'ng totoong katapangan, nasaan na?...
read:
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20090820-221118/Teyktu
...
"...Bakit alangan? Malamang di ka nagbabasa ng balita, o di lang talaga
nagbabasa, kung hindi ay nalaman mo 'yung ginawa ni Barack Obama at Joe Biden
nitong nakaraang Mayo. Galing silang White House patungong Virginia nang
magtakam sila pareho ng hamburger. Pina detour nila ang motorcade at tumuloy sa
unang hamburgerang nakita nila. Ito ang Ray's Hell Burger, isang maliit at
independienteng hamburger joint.
Tumungo ang dalawa sa counter at sila mismo ang nag-order, hindi mga aides.
Nagbayad sila ng cash na galing sa sariling bulsa at kagaya ng ibang customers
ay pumila para sa turno nila.
Ito ay presidente at bise presidente ng pinakamakapangyarihang bansa sa buong
mundo. Kung sa bagay, 'yung amo n'yo ay hindi naman talaga presidente. Di lang
makita ang pagkakaiba ni Garci kay God kaya nasabing "God put me here." Pekeng
presidente, pekeng asal presidente.
Tama si Obama at Biden: Sa panahon ng recession, kung saan nakalugmok ang mga
Amerikano sa hirap, dapat makiramay ang mga pinuno sa taumbayan, di
nagpapakapariwara. Sa panahon ng kagutuman, na matagal nang kalagayan ng Pinoy,
at lalo pang tumindi sa paghagupit ng Typhoon Gloria....."
> it's just a question of sensitivity
> how come they can't afford it... lol
> well said... mabuhay po kayo
>
>
>
> --- In Culion_Palawan_Online@yahoogroups.com, "romeo_montanasky"
wrote:
> >
> > Well said Noel!
> >
>
pwede ba tigilan na tin itong mga bangayan, yung ginawa ni Barak, luma yan dito sa atin, maraming politician ang nakikikain sa squatters, kamayan style to get votes,
I suggest we concentrate on local issues on Culion, duon kaya nting pumapel na hindi lang salita, we can contribute financially and it can make difference sa lugar natin. Just like duon sa coop na binubuo where some would be members ay walang kakayahang magbigay ng fee, duon tayo pumapel, hindi yung tatanungin pa natin kung pwde
tayo mag member. hayyan na natin yun para sa kanila.
our Library project nahinto na, pero marami pang kailangan,
duon pwde pa din tayo magdonate kasi maliit lang na shelf ang nagawa, dagdagan natin ang gawa sa locality ntin. hindi panay puna pero wala namang tangible contribution.
Orlando R. Colobong
Pto. Princesa City
I'll be in Culion Last week of August and I'm eager to meet the Culion COG member.
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papel ng pakitang-tao at bangayan...
o baka naman puro pakitang papel lang yan
everything we do have to be real as said
obama's action was very different from our politicians
kasi siya may paki...
we're just balancing things
what ever we do is a matter of truth...
or we're just empty clanging cymbals
cause what we're all doing will all be empty
when our deeds are the opposites of our life
as what happening to many... to our politics.
the challenge is there we don't need to boast it out
we're just awakening our true services
not just to 'papel' or 'pakitang-tao' as mentioned
doing in squatters... yan ang tinatawag na katapangan ng apog.
ganon na lang ang tingin natin sa mga sarili natin
what a shame!
the fact that they can't afford the dinner is already a sign of insensitivity to
the millions of squatters around cog.. lol
..Ninoy states the obvious: "I could have opted to seek political asylum in
America, but I feel it is my duty, AS IT IS THE DUTY OF EVERY FILIPINO, to
suffer with his people especially in time of crisis." looking forward for the
anniversary.. power to the people!! AND A PITY TO THOSE na walang- paki!
(:lol:))
read pls:
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20090818-220801/The-Aqu
inos-in-our-life
http://www.quezon.ph/2009/08/12/le-circus-freak/
filipino is worth dining for
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Bishop slams Philippines President's $20k NY dinner
August 10- from Catholic News Headlines( Paulist Press)
Philippines Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez Jr. has called for an investigation into an “outrageous” $20,000 dinner for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her entourage at a posh New York restaurant.
“It is outrageous if it would come out that they used public funds,” Caloocan Bishop Iñiguez Jr., said, according to a CBCP Online report.
He added that the dinner showed “a brazen disregard of what we are experiencing right now during this crisis.”
“If it’s their money, it’s really up to them how to spend it. But then again, it’s totally needless to spend such a huge amount for just a dinner,” he said in an article posted on the CBCP Web site.
The US tabloid The New York Post reported that Mrs Arroyo and her “large entourage” were seen “enjoying the good life” at the Le Cirque restaurant.
Press Secretary Cerge Remonde confirmed that Mrs. Arroyo and her entourage had dinner at the Le Cirque but added that no public funds were used for it, GMA News adds. He said administration Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez foot the bill - a claim affirmed by Romualdez in a short statement.
“I am confirming the statement of (Press Secretary Cerge) Remonde regarding the dinner,” Romualdez, through his spokesperson Jun Pisco, said. He did not elaborate on how much the dinner cost and when it occurred.
Iñiguez said it is only right that a proper investigation would be made on the matter since $20,000 (more or less P960,000) could feed hundreds of poor and starving Filipinos across the country.
He did not say which body should spearhead the investigation.
SOURCE
Bishop pushes investigation of Arroyo’s $20k dinner in NY (GMANews.TV)
Bishop hits Arroyo’s lavish dinner in US (CBCP Online)
August 11, 2009 -- from New York Post Magazine
OUR little scoop about the $20,000 dinner Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo enjoyed last month at Le Cirque has blown up into a political firestorm in her homeland, where memories of Imelda Marcos' shoe collection are still fresh. Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay pointed out that the cost of the dinner for 25 could have fed "almost 3,000 hungry families with three square meals." A copy of Arroyo's tab, posted on several blogs, showed 11 bottles of Krug champagne were ordered at $510 a pop. The entourage -- who were charged $238 a head for the feast -- also devoured Osetra caviar at $1,400 for five ounces. An Arroyo spokesman said Leyte Province Rep. Martin Romualdez, part of the delegation, footed the bill. But Philstar.com quoted Binay, "What they did was deplorable, especially if taxpayers' money was spent. If they spent private money, what they did was in bad taste and again showed insensitivity to the millions of Filipinos who face hunger daily."
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