join crusade to change justice system in rp
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VOL. I NO. 23 NOVEMBER 16 - 22, 2009
OH YES!DR. PAC-MAN
Landbanksubsidiary
in scam
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CALL him “Dr. Manny ‘Pac-Man’ Pacquiao.”
Of course, Doctor of Box-ing!
Einstein defined energy(E) as E = mc2.
Pacquiao redefined it asE = m(P)2 , where P =Pacquiao or Pac-Man.
But this is not yet the
Cotto was at the receiving end as Pacquiao unleashed abarrage of punches during their WBO welterweight clashat the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada
WITH the many reports of financial irregularities thathave already been put out by Dyaryo Magdalo con-cerning the Land Bank of the Philippines, the wellspringof improprieties seems flowing endlessly from this state-owned bank.
This time, what is involved is its subsidiary, LBPLeasing Corporation (LLC), organized for the purposeof engaging in the business of extending direct leasesor financing facilities for car acquisitions.
It also engages in direct lease or financial lease of alltypes of other personal properties and of real properties.
And in prosecuting its business, it extends creditfacilities to government and private individuals and cor-porate entities.
As the president and CEO of the Landbank, Gilda E.Pico is the chairperson of the board of LLC.
By REPORTORIAL TEAM
story.Now that the Filipino’s
greatest boxer of all time hastaught all the cynics andMiguel Cotto the definitionof “World’s Pound-For-Pound King,” that it means“surrender or you’ll die,” willManny “Pac-Man”Pacquiao decide to losehundreds of millions of pe-sos? Or will he choose tograb at least Two Billion Pe-sos more?
JOIN CRUSADE TO CHANGE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN RPWE seek to establish a jus-tice system whereby it isthe people themselveswho exercise the power tosay who must be arrestedand brought to trial andwho exercise the power tojudge if those brought totrial are guilty or not.
The power to say whoshould be tried in court isnow exercised by theprosecutors in the Philip-pines. So that if the onebeing accused of rape,murder or corruption isinfluential, which is mostlikely, the prosecutors can
easily be intimidated orbought. BUT if we put thispower in the hands of aGrand Jury, usually com-posing 23 persons selectedby raffle from a voters’ listand whose names andfaces are kept secret, we areforeclosing any opportu-nity for the influential crimedoer to use his power,money and influence. Therole of the fiscal shall be lim-ited to the presentation ofevidence in court. TheGrand Jury is vested withthe power to compel intimi-dated or bought witnesses
to speak up or he will bejailed until they agree tospeak up by the power ofcontempt; law enforcerswill be compelled to gatherevidence or they will beheld in jail in contempt un-til they agree to work asdetectives.
Now, the power to saywhether an accused is guiltyor not is exercised by onejudge in the Philippines;may be of a regional trialcourt or a municipal trialcourt. As we know or hear,the powerful and rich ac-cused can easily influence
or buy decisions. BUT if weplace this power in thehands of a Trial Jury, a groupof 12 ordinary persons cho-sen at random from the vot-ers’ list and whose faces andnames are kept secret, weare also foreclosing any op-portunity for the decision tobe bought or influenced.Here, ordinary persons aretasked only to know what istrue and what is false; theapplication of laws shall bethe duty of the judge who islearned in law.
The fact that we are fore-closing opportunities for
tampering with justice, weare sure that the abusiveand corrupt shall learn to toethe line and observe the ruleof law.
The vision here is wesee everybody to be“PATAS SA BATAS.”With jury, all laws can
now be implemented. If wehave laws against discrimi-nation by one tribe againstanother, or by Christiansagainst Muslims, or by therich against the poor, we cansay that rebellions (by NPAand MILF) will die becausethe root that is discrimina-
tion is being attacked bythe Jury Systems.
With all corruptionlaws assured of implemen-tation, the usually corruptofficials will be compelledto stop stealing people’smoney. The swindlers willstop because they knowthe long arm of the law willsurely reach them.
Businessmen will dealfairly with the consumersbecause the assurance ofimplementation of the lawskeeps them at bay.
Sign up at http://philjury.ning.com.
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Actually, the world hasspun off a thousand and oneanalyses, discussions anddebates as to who can beatPacquiao. The most brag-gart of them all—and acheat—Floyd MayweatherJr. has taunted the Filipino’slegend with all bric-bratsthat he alone can beat theFilipino diamond. The father,Floyd Sr., blurted out theaccusation that Pacquiaouses steroids.
In all those runaroundsin search for an answer towho can beat Pacquiao,they have just probablyfound the answer.
Who else?Pacquiao.All reports show historic
sellout tickets and pay-per-view purchases. All indica-tions have shown that an-other thing is certain: thatPacquiao has proven to bethe biggest-ever crowd-drawer of all time in boxing.
But Time magazine,which made Pacquiao theonly boxer in decades to landon its front page, reportedfears among the leaders ofthe boxing industry.
The sport has shownsigns of a dying professionuntil Pac-Man came along—and gobbled them all.
No doubt he is the mostmagnificent, most dazzling,most explosive, most power-packed punches from leftand right, and all other“mosts” one can think of.
They all now fear that
when Pacquiao decides tocall it a stop for anotherchapter of his life, they haveone problem.
Their problem: There isonly one Pacquiao.
Yes, no one among theprizefighters, past orpresent, can come close tohim. Not even Floyd Jr. Noteven Mike Tyson. Not evenMuhammad Ali. Not EvenJoe Frazier or George Fore-man. Not even Julio CeasarChavez Sr. Not even RockyMarciano. Not one of themin more than a century ofboxing.
That is: only Pacquiaohas won the most numberof weight divisions: sevencrowns in seven weight cat-egories, from 106 pounds to145 pounds.
All boxing leaders fearnow that when Pacquiaoleaves the ring for good, itwill be a dessert for boxing.It is facing the biggest threatfrom Ultimate Fight Cham-pionship (UFC).
Indeed there is only onePacquiao.
And Floyd Jr. is notPacquiao.
Yes, all the dreams mayhave been fulfilled forPacquiao. Like what“pakyaw” means in Tagalogor Visayan, or like the firstcomputer game big eater“Pac-Man,” the living heroand living legend monopo-lized all money one boxercan dream of.
Pacquiao puts one more inbetween the eyes of thealready battered face ofCotto.
By RONALD B.HERICO
NOVEMBER 16 - 22, 20092
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Landbank subsidiary in scam
The subsidiaries’ otherboard officers are: SilvestreM.C. Punsalan, Jr. as thevice-chairman; and CeciliaC. Borromeo as a directorwho is also an executivevice-president of the state-owned bank.
Other big guns of LBPsitting in LLC board are:Julio D. Climaco Jr. as amember who is also theLandbank senior vice presi-dent; Francisco C. Rola as amember; Haron P. Alonto asa member; Rodrigo B.Supeña as a member who isformerly SVP of theLandbank; Roger V. Ariendaas a member; Manuel H.
Lopez as a member; andAlbert C. Balingit as a mem-ber who also serves as aboard member of theLandbank.
LLC’s executive commit-tee is composed of: AlfonsoB. Cruz, Jr., formerly seniorEVP of Landbank, as a mem-ber; Silvestre Manuel C.Punsalan Jr. as a member;Manuel H. Lopez as a mem-ber; Cecilia C. Borromeo asa member; and Haron P.Alonto as a member.
LLC’s corporate officersare Manuel H. Lopez as thepresident and general man-ager; Felix L. Manlangit asthe corporate secretary whois also assistant vice-presi-dent of the Landbank; Jo-
seph H. Reyes as the chieflegal counsel and the assis-tant corporate secretary;Rovi M. Peralta as the AVP/risk management officer/compliance officer; Riza M.Hernandez as the treasurerand ASG head.
In the 2007 annual reportof Landbank, Atty. Jesus F.Diaz assumed as the newpresident and general man-ager of LLC. Diaz was for-merly executive vice-presi-dent of the Landbank andhe retired a few years ago.
Despite the retirement,Diaz is occupying govern-ment positions of theLandbank subsidiaries. Heis the president and execu-tive committee chairman of
LBP Insurance BrokerageInc., the vice-chairman ofMasaganang Sakahan Inc.and a board member of LBPRealty Development Corpo-ration.
Under the Civil ServiceLaw, on retirement, govern-ment employees could onlyreturn to service after fiveyears of retirement. Diaz as-sumed his posts immedi-ately after retirement in LBP.
No public bidding ofP24.495 M vehicles
In its 2008 report, theCommission on Audit(COA) found that LLC pur-chased eight motor vehicles
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CAN Mindoro people, theMangyan tribesmen in-cluded, strike Atienza out?
Three more Catholic bish-ops are joining 14 otherMangyans staging hungerstrike against EnvironmentSecretary Lito Atienza overhis issuance of an environ-mental compliance certifi-cate for a Norwegian firm tomine in 11,288 hectares ofwatershed area spread overfour towns within the prov-inces of Mindoro Orientaland Mindoro Occidental.
Atienza issued the ECCdespite the ordinances fromtwo provinces banning min-ing, despite the resolutionsof the councils of the townsaffected, despite the protestmarch and other mass ac-tions, despite the expressedopposition of four Catholicbishops, and despite the re-ality that this action willcause a big destruction tohis run for mayor of Manila.
Fond of wearing flower-designed polo, Atienza hasbeen known to have soldevery available Manila prop-erty, including the parcels oflands where public elemen-tary schools were housed fordecades.
It is also a fact that heknows he is running formayor of Manila againstMayor Alfredo Lim andformer general AvelinoRazon and being an adeptand “expert” politician hewill never commit politicalblunders in his last days inhis job if it will only clearlydestroy his candidacy.
But why did he proceedin issuing the much-op-posed ECC to Intex Re-sources?
Money in commissions?Probable. But it is not so
compelling for him to com-mit this very clear politicalblunder because he hasbeen perceived to haveenough war chest in termsof money to fight to get backthe City Hall from Lim.
So, somebody must bebehind him. This somebodymust have been one he can-
Will Mindoro strike Atienza out?By JAIME PILAPIL not refuse.
Is Gloria Arroyo behindthis brouhaha?
Very much possible, con-sidering that there areenough manifestations con-sisting of big-ticket proper-ties being rushed by heradministration for sale orlong-term-lease-amounting-to-sale deals in other fronts.
To name one, we havethe historical property inFujimi, Tokyo, Japan for aP6-billion lease of 50 yearswith P3 billion as an initialrelease.
There are also these plansto sell the 103-hectare of FoodTerminal Inc. (FTI) in TaguigCity, big premises of NationalPenitentiary in Muntinlupa,National Center for MentalHealth property inMandaluyong City, the 24%shares of the governmentwith San Miguel equivalentto P57 billion, the P11-billionstake in PNOC ExplorationCorp., and others.
The timing that thesebig-ticket planned disposi-tions of government assetsare being rushed now thatthe elections for 2010 arenearing negates the officialreasons of Gloria’s adminis-tration that the push forthese deals were meant toarrest deficit in the govern-ment budget.
Given these apparent“necessity” to push with allthese plans, there is no clearindication that Atienza willback down from the pres-sures put on by the moral-ists.
After all, if it were Gloriawho is behind him, she doesnot care for she is not run-ning for a re-election any-way.
The anti-mining grouphas been staging a hungerstrike in front of the Depart-ment of Environment andNatural Resources (DENR)along Visayas Avenue inQuezon City.
The Mangyans were ledby Bishop Warlito Cajandigof Calapan.
They are set to get fullsupport from Bishop Anto-nio Palang of San Jose,
Mindoro; Laoag BishopSergio Utleg, head of theCatholic Bishops’ Confer-ence of the Philippines’(CBCP) Commission on In-digenous Peoples and Ma-nila Auxiliary BishopBroderick Pabillo.
The mining site spansthe towns of Victoria, Polaand Socorro in OrientalMindoro and Sablayan inOccidental Mindoro.
It was estimated to pro-duce 100 million to 120 mil-lion tons of ore in 20 years.
If based on Solid WasteAct as to the issue of issu-ing ECC for a landfill, the actof Atienza in issuing clear-ance to the Norwegian firmis illegal.
Under this law, it is pro-hibited to issue ECC for alandfill to be found in a wa-tershed area or in placeswhere there is a water tablebeneath.
Additionally, this solidwaste statute requires thatsocial acceptance amongthe peoples to be affectedmust be considered.
But Atienza may arguethat he is issuing an ECC notfor a landfill but for a miningapplication.
There are differences butthere are similarities as well.
While landfill is for stor-ing and piling garbage, amining operation produceshazardous garbage, whichcan also produce leachateslike landfills that would de-stroy the water tables be-neath the soil.
Atienza may also arguethat he is drawing powerfrom Republic Act No. 7942which the Supreme Courtalready ruled as constitu-tional.
The mining proposal hasbecome not only an issueof legality but also socialdisplacements, moral degra-dation on the part of publicofficials, and environmentalconcerns.
Additionally, the advo-cates against this miningproposal gained supportfrom Alternative LawGroups (ALG).
Starting Tuesday (Nov.
17), ALG will hold a two-daycapability seminar. On thethird day (Nov. 19), a gen-eral assembly will unfold.The venue is Meralco De-velopment Center inAntipolo City .
The law group is slatedto review its accomplish-ments for 2009 and to planits targets for 2010.
ALG is a coalition oftwenty (20) legal-resourcenon-government organiza-tions.
It has thrown its supportfor the passage into law ofthe Alternative Mining Bill.
“We are alarmed at theworsening state of miningpractices in the country andthe scale through which thegovernment pushes for therevitalization of the miningindustry,” it said in its Website.
“We have witnessed thedestructive effects of min-ing on human and other lifeforms—violations of
peoples’ rights, fish kill, en-vironmental destruction,pollution, and effects onhealth including HIV andAIDS—which are glaringlyillustrated in the cases ofCanatuan in Zamboanga delNorte, in the communities inBenguet and in the wastedrivers of Marinduque,” itadded.
ALG also works withfarmers, fishermen, indig-enous peoples, women and
A protest rally (upper photo) had been staged by the people of Mindoro condemningDENR Sec. Lito Atienza over his issuance of an ECC to a Norwegian mining firm. Oncethe project gets going the indigenous people (top photo) will be the ones who will begreatly affected.
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WHILE there is no morehope in sight to save GloriaArroyo’s failed leadershipfrom dying, for the Cha-Chaattempt for us to shift to aparliamentary governmentfailed, for the Con-Ass bidhas become an impossibledream, for the bid to sabo-tage 2010 elections appearsdistant as the sun, all forthe purpose of prolongingher hold to power, she hasgone to a desperate sellingspree.
And to hide the evil in-tention she let loose herdog—Presidential Commis-sion on Good Government(PCGG) CommissionerRicardo Abcede—to sell ill-gotten wealth in fast-trackmode.
Among these ill-gottenwealth being rushed beforeelections day or before herterm expires on June 30, 2010are the following:
1. Food Terminal Inc.complex, a 103-hectare prop-erty, being sold now by ne-gotiation for P13 billion af-ter three biddings havefailed;
2. Philippine National OilCompany Exploration Corp.shares of 40% for P11 bil-lion;
3. The 24% shares with
Why sell history—in a rush?
By TOTO CAUSING
San Miguel Corp. entrustedin the government’s handwhile the ownership issueis being determined, whichshares are worth about P57billion;
4. Two radio stations inIligan and Bicol; and
5. The RC Mapalad prop-erty on Roxas Blvd.,Baclaran, Parañaque City,worth P278,622,000 and thebidding was scheduled onNovember 26, 2009;
Other properties beingsold by Gloria governmentare: (a) the National Centerfor Mental Health propertyin Welfareville Compound inMandaluyong City; (b) Pre-mises in National Peniten-tiary in Muntinlupa City; (c)Home for the Aged inQuezon City; and (d) thePhilippine Postal Corp.
The official justificationsgiven for these mad-rushsales are to arrest the bal-looning Arroyogovernment’s budget defi-cit feared by Finance Secre-tary Margarito Teves andthe low tax collectionrecords of the Bureau of In-ternal Revenue.
Not contented with theplot to sell these pieces ofproperty, the Arroyo admin-istration also set for bidding
the Philippine preciousproperty in Tokyo, locatedin Fujimi district.
The planned bid-out ofthe Tokyo property wassaid to be meant only as alease for a period of 50 yearsand was projected to fetchup to P6 billion.
Senator Aquilino Q.Pimentel warned Gloria’sgovernment against thisselling spree, which he pro-tested on the major groundthat these are being rushedwhile the 2010 elections aredrawing near or about sixmonths away.
The senator suspectedthat this is being done toraise campaign funds for thecandidates of Arroyo,whose anointed presidentialbet is resigned DefenseSecretary Gilberto TeodoroJr.
What the Mindanaosenator failed to say is thatthese rush sales may havebeen another “work of art”of the Arroyo plot to amassas much wealth she can fromcommissions while her of-fice officially expires on June30, 2010.
Arroyo selling out“blood” property of
the Filipinos
But the main focus ofthis story is the said prop-erty in Tokyo by reason ofits priceless historical impor-tance to the Filipino people.
It was purchased withthe people’s lives, blood,the women who were rapedand the children who werekilled by bayonet duringWorld War II.
Former president Jose P.Laurel Sr. purchased thisproperty on March 21, 1944after he fled from the Philip-pines at the end of the waragainst the Japanese Impe-rial Army.
It was purchased fromthe family of Baron Yasuda,the grandfather of YokoOno, widow of Beatles’ JohnLennon.
After the killer earth-quake of 1923 flattened the
Tokyo City, this propertywas built in 1935 on thesame foundation of the mini-castle built by the baron,from whom Ono’s father,Eisuko, descended.
Ono grew up in theFujimi property, recalling herfondest memories of herchildhood in this sprawlingmansion.
When her father returnedfrom the USA to Japan in1937, Ono enrolled atTokyo’s Gakushuin, said tobe one of the most exclusiveschools in Japan.
Ono’s family moved backto America in 1940. Beforethe war broke out, she wentback to Japan.
This property was seizedby the US forces and Laurelwas tried for treason. AfterAmerica granted indepen-dence to the Philippines onJuly 4, 1946, the Fujimi prop-erty was given to the Philip-pines.
Since then, this 5,219-square-meter real-state lo-cated in a prime mixed resi-dential and commercial dis-trict in Tokyo became theofficial residence of the Phil-ippine ambassador to Japanand his staff.
Protests to the govern-ment planned sale of theproperty are led by Filipinosin Japan, Filipino-Japanesedual citizens and Japanesecitizens who valued theshared historical signifi-cance of the property.
Leading the Japanesechallenge is Ono, citing thefact that her royal ancestryhad made the property sen-timental as one of the mostimportant for the Empire.
Evidence of falsity ofArroyo assurance the
sale is not election-related
The spokespersons ofArroyo reacted to Pimentel’scharges that the sale ofFujimi property is a part ofthe scheme to raise fundsfor the campaign of her can-didates for the 2010 elec-tions.
This is so becauserecords show that there wasa first attempt to sell thisproperty, which attempt oc-curred just before the 2004elections where she ranagainst the tremendousforces of the late FernandoPoe Jr.
In 2004, Ono first ex-pressed her disagreement toany plan to destroy her an-cestral home.
Additionally, the samegroups that are expressingthe present protest alsowrote in 2004 a petition tostop the sale of the sameproperty.
The said letter was ad-dressed to then SenatePresident Manny Villar butit was not acted upon, al-though the Arroyo boys didnot push through the plotdue to the contrary publicclamor and obvious fears ofGloria that it might be usedby FPJ’s camp as a potentissue against her.
The present proposal tobid it out occurred at a timewhen the 2010 elections aredrawing near.
Last November 8, pro-testers barricaded the offi-cial residence of the Philip-pine ambassador and hisstaff to block the biddingout of the property.
The facts of the dates ofoccurrences of the plans tosell are proofs of the pur-pose of earning big commis-sions to be used to financethe candidacy of GiboTeodoro.
It has been argued thatonly the presidency ofTeodoro can save the neckof Arroyo from all criminalcharges set to be filedagainst her when she stepsdown from power.
The commission fromthis P6-billion transaction isexpected to be more thanOne Billion Pesos.
Nevertheless, the fundsthat may be generated fromthe present bid to lease itout for 50 years may also beused to advance the agen-dum of Arroyo to become acongresswoman of
Pampanga and to force thetransformation of the gov-ernment into parliamentaryto allow her to become theprime minister.
Protest vs bid-out ofFujimi property mounts
Commentators of differ-ent leading newspapers andradio stations expressedstrong opposition to theplan to bid out the property.
It was learned that oneproposal from a Japanesefirm shows that it wanted tolease the said property for50 years.
In return, the said firm willbuild three tall structuresand it will lease the samefrom the Philippine govern-ment, with provisions thatin one of the buildings thebottom floors shall housethe Philippine Embassy andthe top floor or the pent-house shall be the officialresidence of the ambassa-dor, his staff and his consu-late.
The leading protestersare as follows: (1) YukoTakei, spokesperson of Cru-sade for the Protection ofPhilippine Patrimonies inJapan; (2) Agalyn Nagase,national chairperson,Kalipunan ng mga Filipinona Nagkakaisa (KAFIN); (3)Cesar V. Santoyo, missiondirector, Center for Japa-nese-Filipino Families(CJFF); (4) Cora Kasuga,national chairperson,Filipina Circle for Advance-ment and Progress (FICAP);(5) Roland Tolentino, pro-fessor of the University ofthe Philippines Film Insti-tute and visiting researcherof the Center for SoutheastAsian Studies, Kyoto Uni-versity; (6) Jocelyn Hasumi,leader, Saitama Chapter, thePhilippine Women’s Leagueof Japan; (7) Virgie Ishihara,executive director, FilipinoMigrants Center (FMC); (8)Epifania M. Kyo, Associa-tion of Filipino Wives ofJapanese, Chiba, Japan; (9)Margie Ieda, chairperson of
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Collusion
THE legal rationale putforward why the State isvigorously and consis-tently protecting the insti-tution of marriage is that astrong marriage results ina strong family; and astrong family means astrong republic.
This is a fallacy yet it isstill pervasive in our soci-ety even in today’s digitalage. Thus, in our country,it is difficult to have a mar-riage annulled or declarednull. The state apparatusoperates against anymove to dissolve or tovoid any marriage. Thepresumption is heavy in
favor of keeping the maritalknot.
This also explains whyyou have to prove to thecourts that your case is meri-torious. Notwithstandingpatent and obvious reasonsor grounds that your spousecannot comply with essen-tial marital obligations, youand your counsel shouldprove to the court facts ofyour case and grounds yourelied on for your petition.
If one raises Article 36 ofthe Family Code as a causefor nullity of marriage peti-tion, the State has a “safe-guard” to guarantee thathusband and wife do not
conspire with each other inending their marriage tie.
Under A.M. NO. 02-11-10-SC, which is the Rule onDeclaration of AbsoluteNullity of Marriage andAnnulment of VoidableMarriages, specificallyParagraph (3) of Rules 8, ifthe defendant spouse doesnot answer the complaint fornullity of marriage or annul-ment, the prosecutor is re-quired to conduct a hearingto know whether the personseeking to end marriageconspired with his wife orher husband.
In ordinary civil cases,there is such a thing as “de-fault” if the defendant failsto answer. But in a case forannulment or nullity of mar-
riage, the Rules of Courtsays there is no default evenif the respondent or defen-dant spouse fails to answer.
In doing his job, the pub-lic prosecutor concerned isrequired by the same Ruleto investigate why the de-fendant spouse is absentand failed to file an answer.After that, the prosecutorshall file a written report tosay whether the partiescolluded with each other toobtain the declaration ofnullity of marriage.
To expedite your case atthis stage, I ask you to re-member five “asks”:
1. Ask your counselwhen was the Petition filed;
2. Ask your counselwhen was the summons
THE tandem of GILBERT TEODORO alias “GIBO” andEDUARDO “EDU” MANZANO alias “DOODS” asPRESIDENTIAL and VICE-PRESIDENTIAL bets ofLAKAS – KAMPI has formally been proclaimed.
Many were surprised by the announcement that theyexpressed, “HA?!”
This surprise took place when the faces of GIBO andDOODS appeared in the boob tubes whose hands arebeing raised by DILG Secretary Ronnie Puno.
Yes, it is true that it is difficult to underestimate GIBO,considering that he is a grandson of the owner of ANGTIBAY Shoes who is Toribio Teodoro, the original ownerof Manila Grand Opera House.
The seniors of Caloocan told me that only Toribiocan wake up Marcos during those days. That’s howstrongly-connected Gibo’s lolo was to FM.
Toribio was the only businessman based in Manilawho had members of the military as bodyguards.
That was how heavyweight the LOLO of GIBO. Inthe same way they were so strongly connected to themilitary.
For this, we should not wonder why the youngTeodoro is so daring in taking the challenge of runningfor president.
Saying otherwise, Gibo had endless string to pullthat he is so daring in plunging into the presidentialcontest that requires billions of pesos in campaignmoney.
When I say “string,” it means money, friends, sup-porters of the administration and, of course, those whohave debts of gratitude to his grandfather.
As to DOODS, what do you think he could help totheir tandem?
PROJECT OF PASAY CONG. LITO ROXAS?
The name of Pasay Cong. LITO ROXAS is written so
big there at the FOOTBRIDGE near the old Manila Do-mestic Airport (MDA), pronouncing he was the one whoconstructed it.
‘E Mr. Congressman, are you not feeling ashamed ofthat?
Gibo-Dudes ‘este’ Doods,will this sell?
You know that the money used in constructing thatbelonged to the government but you are claiming it to beyours. When you proclaim, it is as if the money used inconstructing that footbridge came from your pocket.
Tsk tsk tsk ...Congressman ROXAS, your honor, let me remind you
that it was the MONEY OF THE PEOPLE that was usedthere. So that the public must thank the people and NOTYOU!
By the way, how much was spent for that footbridge?Did it come from your pocket?
‘E, it is very clear that the money used in constructingthat footbridge came from the MONEY OF THE PEOPLE!
Intiendes?
WHITEBIRD STILL REIGNING,MAYOR JUN BERNABE!
I am PERSONALLY calling on Parañaque City Mayor
JUN BERNABE.This is because until now WHITEBIRD CLUB is still so
open and so lighted yet it is run by a WEIGHTY “BADING”and “MATRONA.”
I am wondering why it continues to roar despite theLEWD SHOWS and BAR FINES for male prostitutes thatare just not minded by Parañaque City Hall.
Mayor Jun Bernabe, there are reports I received thatcostumers of this club are getting hit by illnesses. Havethe male GROs and macho dancers there been checked byyour health inspectors?
Please investigate them, Mayor Jun Bernabe.This WHITEBIRD is not afraid of COLONEL VALDEZ.Baka po sakaling, MATAKOT at MAHIYA sa inyo?!
REACTION SA LUISITA LAND SCAM
P83m ang kinita ng Cojuangco-Aquino sa LuisitaLandscam.Pero P1 lang ang dividends n binigay sa farm-ers ng hacienda.Paano kang di yayaman kung P8 perday din ang sahod ng magbubukid sa hacienda?Bakitayaw hawakan ng PCIJ, VERA Files,ABS-CBN angkwentong ito?09163995738
FEEDBACK FROM AN AVID READER
Hi Jerry...read ur comment juz now...nov.12, 2009...Maybe we need d2 sa pinas ay Grand Jury 0 jury sys-tem tulad ang nilulunsad ni kapatid Toto Causing! Paramga nasa puwesto if need humarap sa hukuman theyhave 2 explain or defend themselves! 0 why nawala d2sa pinas ang case...unexplain wealth? Tulad mgaiba...ie.. barangay..mayor, congressman, governor..senators...puro nagpapayaman sila! Kaya mga ibangkababayan wala ng trust sa mga hinahalal ng tao!So far ang daming scam ng nasa puwesto 0 mga aliporesnila...billions ang nawawala sa taong bayan! Na sananeed now sa kalamidad. Then nanjan mga nasa puwestopunta sa USA panoorin ang laban ni Paquiao di maramipala silang pera na sana napunta sa mga taongnangangangilangan?Jerry sana ituloy mo angkampanya mo sa mga kurakots! morepower!!<[email protected]
SINO SI YOLLY ONG?
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served on the respondent ordefendant;
3. Ask your counselwhen the sheriff submitteda return or a report of theservice of summons;
4. Ask your counselwhen the Office of the So-licitor General (OSG) re-ceived a copy of the peti-tion; and
5. Ask your counselif an answer has been filedby the respondent or defen-dant spouse.
Then remember the four“inquiries”:
1. Inquire from yourcounsel whether he filed amotion to order the publicprosecutor to conduct hear-ing on non-collusion be-tween parties;
2. Inquire from yourcounsel whether the courtalready issued an order di-recting the prosecutor toconduct non-collusion hear-
ing;3. Inquire from
your counsel whether theprosecutor already issueda “Prosecutor’s Report”saying there was no col-lusion between the par-ties; and
4. Inquire fromyour counsel whether healready filed a motion toset the case for pre-trial.
In following these sug-gestions, please be re-minded that a client-law-yer relationship isfounded on trust.
So, you must alwaystrust your lawyer becausehe knows what is best foryou.
There are two types ofclients lawyers don’t liketo have as clients. Onewho is very ignorant andone who thinks he issmarter than his lawyer.
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Filipina Circle for Advance-ment and Progress (FICAP-Nagoya); and (10) FrancisYu, architect, Tokyo, Japan.
Their voices gainedmoral strength when Onojoined the protest.
Pimental added voice totheir protest.
Senator Miriam DefensorSantiago, to whom thesegroups addressed their let-
ter asking help to block theFujimi plot, has so far beenquiet about the issue.
Santiago’s attention hasbeen focused to the RoadUsers Tax scandal involvingresigned Department ofPublic Works SecretaryHermogenes Ebdane andRoad Board chair DodiePuno, brother of Interiorand Local Government Sec-
retary Ronaldo Puno, herchief enemy whom she haspinpointed as the one whodoctored the 1992 presiden-tial elections that saw herlead tumbling overnight inthe counting.
Also, the petition onlinelaunched during the time ofVillar as the Senate presi-dent still is running on theinternet and the public may
access it at http://www.petitiononline.com/fujimi/petition.html.
Selling out history
From the narrated circum-stances, there is no doubtthat what the Arroyo gov-ernment is doing with theFujimi property is like sell-ing out the Filipino history
due to her greed and arro-gance that have consumedher fake presidency sinceshe ascended in 2001 fol-lowing the illegal ouster ofthen president Joseph“Erap” Estrada.
The motive to sell is ob-viously strong knowing thecircumstances.
Right now, her greatestfears are the criminal
charges of plunder and ev-erything over a series ofgraft and corruption to thedegree of revolting to con-science.
She saw how Estradasuffered in jail over thecharges of corruption in histime and she does not wantto see this happen.
By the degree of monies
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Why sell history—in a rush?
5NOVEMBER 16 - 22, 2009
RP’s property in Fujimi cannot be sold or leased
Prominent politicians transferringto Villar; Irregularities in Pagcor
PrivilegedSpitsBy TOTO CAUSING
By JOEY GALICIA VENANCIO
Police Posts
By TOTO FETALINO
The LastMohican
WHAT THE POLITICAL ADS SAY
I AM writing this columnin the hope that Mr. TotoCausing is not yet closingall the pages of DyaryoMagdalo. My hopes arehigh because the Pacquio-Cotto fight was not yetstarting as I write this. AndMr. Causing is definitelywaiting for the result of thematch before finishing thenew issue.
I hoped Pacquio winsand he did. If not, DyaryoMagdalo may not seeprint this week. You see,Mr. Causing is an avidfan of the peoples champ.He didn’t report for workin one paper we both
used to write for whenPacquio lost. He was verysaddened.
But almost everybodywas betting on Pacquiao, soI might as well hurry up withthis column because I betmy balls this paper’sscreaming headline when itcomes out is all aboutPacquiao’s victory.
Pacquiao must win orhe’ll break the heart of theentire Filipino nation.
* * *I enjoy watching the TV
campaign ads of MannyVillar. They have quality andthey sure catch the atten-tion of the viewers. This is
not surprising. Millions ofpesos are being poured intothese ads.
These expensive ads areworking for the benefit ofManny’s presidential bid. Idon’t see any other reasonwhy his rating is high exceptfor these ads. So I believemore money would be usedby Manny’s camp for thiskind of campaign to furtherimprove his rating.
In fairness, Manny’scamp is doing well for reallygoing all-out to promotehim. They really spend tomake people believe thatManny should be the nextpresident.
One question: Whathappens after the spendingis all over and Manny is al-
ready in Malacanang?* * *
I almost mistook the TVad campaign of NoynoyAquino for the latest stationID of a network.
I only realized it was hispolitical ad when he and tal-ents of a rival network ap-peared.
The appearance of somany TV personalities in thead shows how dependentwould Noynoy be on theworld of showbiz led by noother than his sister Kris.
This is not good forNoynoy whose perfor-mance record as a congress-man and senator is beingquestioned. The people arestarting to ask if Noynoycan really do something on
his own.I am not a political ad
maker but i think the campof Noynoy should havecome out with one that al-lowed Noynoy to expresshimself as a future leader.What did the ad reallywanted to say whenNoynoy gave that peculiarsmile behind an army ofshowbiz personalities?
* * *I almost fell from my seat
laughing when a friend com-mented that Gibo Teodorolooked like a demon-pos-sessed man in the closingpart of his ad.
Gibo is already goodlooking from any angles.But why make him pose theway he did at the end of the
ad? It looked like he waspossessed by an evilspirit.
The government is re-ally full of people drivenby bad spirits. Next year’selection will provide ourpeople a chance to replacethem with public servantsdriven by a genuine desireto bring development tothe country and eradicatecorruption in public of-fices.
Gibo could be one of thegood choices and hiscamp needs to show thisin his TV ad.
Yes, he’s intelligent. Sohe must be depicted thatway. Not in the way thathe looks like he is pos-sessed.
WHILE the deadline forthe filing of Certificates ofCandidacy is getting near,prominent politicians arecontinuously jumping tothe party of Manny Villar,the standard bearer ofNacionalista Party (NP).
Congressman EdZialcita of Parañaque andManila Vice-Mayor IskoMoreno took oath to Villar.
On November 12, 2009,Villar was with AdelTamano, the formerspokesman of Erap in theUnited Opposition, andSurigao del Norte Gov. AceBarbers. They were inLanao del Norte to admin-
ister the oath of local offi-cials there.
Gov. Bongbong Marcosof Ilocos Norte has also de-clared to run for senatorunder the ticket of Villar.Partylist Cong. SaturOcampo is also running forsenator under Villar.
Major politicians inBiliran and in Central Luzonalso took oath before Villar.
The “greatest politician”of Romblon, CongressmanBudoy Madrona, has alsobeen in NP.
It is expected that twoweeks before the deadlineof submission of COCs,Senator Villar will announce
his entire senatorial ticket.Lately, Loren Legarda
has agreed to be the vice-presidential bet of Villar.
Let us wait for the futureevents.
‘Irregularity’ in PAGCOR
I received a text messagefrom anonymous employeeof PAGCOR.
“Joey, isa ako satagasubaybay ng inyongkolum pati kay Jerry Yap.Nag-text po ako dahil gustoko malaman na purokasinungalingan angsinasabi ng maka-PAGCORna yan. Alam ko opisyal yan
na binubusog lalo kayapanay depensa niya kay(Pagcor official). Ngayon,kung alam lang niya angnasa loob empleyadoganito: Nasaan na pangakomo na dagdag sahod mula2001, isang beses lang. AngPAGCOR kumikita ngayon.Imbes kumita ang gobyernoginawa nyo 60/40 nakasabwat ang dummy.HANDS ON ang (opisyal)saan? Sa pondo 2004 kinuhanyo ang sakong pera saCebu ginamit nyo saeleksiyon, di ba Sir? Isapang SAGIP MUSMUSginagamit mo para sakandidatura mo. Pati
emplyeyado ginagamit mopa pati ang ipinamimigay mosa empleyado galing. Dahil papirmahin nyo ng YES orNO. Pag mag-NO galit kayo!Katulad ng pharmacy at angmga clinic ng Pagcor walanang gamot din. Asan na baang pondo, ha? Asan na?Alam namin aalis na kayopagkatapos ni Arroyo (sa2010). Kami ang kawawadahil baka maubos na angpondo ng PROVIDENTFUND! Yan si (opisyal)HANDS ON SA PONDO ngmga empleyado!
“Isa pa, ang annual medi-cal examination wala na rin.Sinasabi nyo nag-
bidding pa. Pero 1 year nawala pa! Gaano ba katagalmag-bid, ha Sir?
“Joey, wag nyo na pub-lish ang number ko. Em-ployee ako ng Pagcor.Thanks!”
I believe in this text.This Pagcor is really themilking cow of governmentofficials. The money fromhere has been used for ev-ery election. So, the offi-cials there, especially theChairman and the Presi-dent, must be investigated.
The question is: Whowill investigate them? It iselection again? Tsk tsktsk…
IT IS illegal for GloriaMacapagal Arroyo tolease out the Philippineproperty in Fujimi, TokyoJapan, one of the five par-cels of land given to theFilipinos as part of or re-lated to the terms andconditions for surrenderof the Japanese Emperorafter the World War II.
This property consistsof a 5,219-square-meterreal-estate, located in aprime district, bought byJose P. Laurel from Japa-nese Baron Yasuda whenthe former president fledthe Philippines in 1944,and where John Lennon’swidow Yoko Ono grew upbeing a granddaughter ofthe baron.
After Laurel was triedfor treason, the US gov-ernment gave it in 1946 tothe Filipinos, shortly af-ter giving independenceto the Philippines on July4, 1946.
This author does nothave any record fromwhich he can determinethe exact nature of thesaid property, whether ithas the same character asthe Roppongi property
that the Supreme Court saidcannot be sold because itbelongs to the Philippines’property of public domin-ion, as such it is outside thecommerce of men, meaningit cannot be sold.
In so ruling, the SupremeCourt said that Roppongiwas classified as govern-ment aspect of the repara-tions payment and beingone for public use as it hadbeen intended and used tohouse the Philippine em-bassy.
There are only twotypes of property in the Phil-ippines: private and public.Private properties includegovernment properties thathave been declared by lawas alienable and dispos-able, or lands that are be-ing used by the govern-ment for its transactionswith private entities.
Those that are beingused for public service,public use such as roads,parks and alleys, and thosenot yet declared by law asalienable or disposable bythe State are lands that be-long to the Philippines’ pub-lic dominion.
So that if we assume that
the Fujimi pro perty is forpublic use for it is actuallybeing used as the officialresidence of the Philippineambassador and his staff,there is no argument that itcannot be sold. That is, un-less the House and the Sen-ate passed a law signed bythe President convertingthe land to one that can besold.
Now, even assumingthat the Fujimi property isone that is a private prop-erty of the government thatit can sell, there are twomore requirements: a law au-thorizing Gloria to sell it andcompliance with the Fili-pino-First policy of the Con-stitution for properties thathave historical heritage ofFilipinos.
First, Arroyo needs aspecific law authorizing herto sell Fujimi. This authoris not aware of any law spe-
cifically authorizing her tosell it.
Neither can Arroyo claimauthority from Section 63of the ComprehensiveAgrarian Reform Law.
Section 63 merely saysthat lands to be distributedto the farmers may befunded by proceeds of thedisposition or sale of gov-ernment properties found inother countries. This lawdoes not specify that thePresident is being autho-rized to sell governmentproperties.
This is like Juan tellingPedro: “You can spend mymoney from the sale of myproperties.” If Juan’s prop-erty was not sold, canPedro say he will just sellany of Juan’s property forhim to have money to beused? Of course, Pedrocannot just sell any Juan’sproperty without asking
permission from Juan. Thisis because it is anotherthing for Juan to issue aseparate authority forPedro to sell first any ofJuan’s property.
Moreover, Article XII ofthe Constitution requiresthat in disposing or alien-ating or leasing out of anyproperty considered as na-tional patrimony, Filipinosmust be preferred. Thus, inFujimi’s case, Arroyo mustknow that leasing out orselling this property in-volves an act of givingpreference to which biddershould she sell or lease outthe said land.
So that even if there is alaw that allows selling theFujimi property, Arroyomust first announce to Fili-pino bidders whether theyare interested to bid. InFujimi’s case, the Arroyogovernment made the an-nouncement or publicationof notice only in Japan.Thus, the nine bidders thatparticipated were all Japa-nese firms.
This Filipino preferencerule is now a law because itwas so ruled by the Su-preme Court in Manila
Prince Hotel vs GSIS(G.R. No. 122156. Febru-ary 3, 1997) that for prop-erties of national patri-mony that are offered forsale, Filipinos must be al-lowed to match the offerof foreigners.
In this case, the Su-preme Court consideredthe Manila Hotel as aproperty of national pat-rimony because of the his-torical value it has to theFilipinos.
In the case of the Fujimiproperty, there is no issuethat it is historical.
First, the National His-torical Institute put a his-torical marker stating thatit was purchased onMarch 21, 1944 by Laurelfor the Filipinos. Second,it was given by the US tothe Philippines in recog-nition of the blood spilledby the gallant men fight-ing alongside the Ameri-cans against the Japa-nese, the women rapedand the children killedduring that bitter war.
Ergo, it is illegal for theArroyo government to sellor lease RP’s property inFujimi, Tokyo.
NOVEMBER 16 - 22, 20096
‘Thank God
for my
boobs’
Nina Jose was first seenas cover girl of FHM’sMarch 2008 edition, sharingthe honor with Hazel AnnMendoza. But Nina was thesolo cover girl in MAXIM’sFebruary 2009 edition.
Sexy Nina can get moreexposure as a calendar modelthan as a magazine cover be-cause calendars are dis-played and seen by muchmore persons for a year whilethe latter lasts only for amonth and fantasized by afew men.
Nina appears impressivein the pictorial for this calen-dar with her 36-26-37 figure,said to be a result of her bodydiscipline marked with herSouth Beach diet.
In an interview, Nina saidshe is proud of her eyes,nose, lips, and her boobs.
She also said she is happyfor what God gave her, espe-cially her boobs which shesaid she inherited from herbeautiful mother.
She does not care that thecalendar will be posted ev-erywhere, including thoseweird and public placessuch as at the back of deliv-ery trucks, boarding housesof males, canteens and sari-sari stores. To her, the mostimportant is for her to beseen as a woman with a sexybody.
Nina is currently seen onABS-CBN’s Banana Splitand plays as “Charie” in theafternoon drama,“Nagsimula sa Puso.”
She is also part of theIndie film, “Dreamguyz,” andin the upcoming Metro Ma-nila Film Festival entry of Re-gal Film’s “Mano Po 6.”
Nina is considered as thenext sexy icon of the Philip-pine movie industry as shehas set herself ready for adaring role if suggested.
She was seen in a lovescene in the said Indie movieand had a kissing scene withDennis Trillo in “Mano Po 6.”
Despite these alreadysuggestive roles, she is notyet ready on a more serious
By OMAY E.RENTA
bare role.Born in 1988, Nina was the
11th placer of the first PinoyBig Brother: Teen Edition.Kim Chui won this contest.However, the former is cur-rently a contract actress ofStar Magic on KapamilyaNetwork.
Based on a Wikipediasearch, it was said she wassupposed to be the leadinglady of Richard Gutierrez inthe adventure movie“Zorro,” where she was sup-posed to play as “LolitaPulido.” But she turneddown that offer due to hercontract with ABS-CBN, sothat it was given to RhianRamos.
After the 2006 Pinoy BigBrother Teen Edition, Ninamade as guest actress in 2006Love Spell: “Pasko na, SintaKo,” 2006 “Komiks Pre-sents,” and in “Your Song:Akap.” All these were airedon ABS-CBN KapamilyaNetwork.
She had played the roleof “Marikit” in the two epi-sodes of the KapamilyaNetwork’s “Pedro
Penduko,” starred by herformer housemate Matthew“MATT” Evans.
Nina has also been seenon rival Kapuso Network’sshows, such as: “Maynila”where she played the role of“Mila,” comedy sitcom “FulHus” where she was a spe-cial guest, “All Star K theOne Million Videoke Chal-lenge” where she was aguest performer, and in thedefunct “Nuts Entertain-ment” where she was aguest. She also appeared onABC-5’s “Lipgloss” as aguest star.
Nina was included in threefilms: “Half Blood Samurai,”“Desperadas 2,” and “Shake,Rattle & Roll X.”
In 2009 movies, shestarred in “Sweet Papa” to-gether with Rufa MaeQuinto and Katrina Halili;and in the drama-fantasy-horror “Tarot” together withMarian Rivera, Dennis Trillo,Roxanne Guinoo, Glaiza deCastro, Rich Asuncion, AnaQuiambao, Gloria Diaz andCelia Rodriguez.
Upcoming for Nina Jose
are the 2010 remake series of“Agimat,” “Ang MgaAlamat ni Ramon Revilla,”“Ang Mahiwagang Daigdigni Elyas Paniki.” A fantasy-action-drama-romance-teensgenre will cast her togetherwith ABS-CBN’s talents JakeCuenca, Neri Naig and JorossGamboa.
During her stay as a housemate of PBB teen edition, Ninawas considered as the “Sosygirl na Assumptionista fromMakati City.”
Mary Clare Jose in reallife, Nina was only 17 when
she joined the PBB contest.Based on her profile
searched from the net, it wastold that Nina was born witha silver spoon in her mouth.She used to spend moneylike there’s no tomorrow un-til her grandfather died thatshe realized the importanceof money.
She was her lolo’s favor-ite granddaughter eventhough her mother was onlyan adopted child of her lolo.
Her mom, during the timeof her lolo, was busy for theirfamily business. But her
mother’s share of inheritancewas deprived by her lolo’sreal family.
She might be “sosyal” inoutside appearance but deepinside she hides a lonelypast. She witnessed how hermother became a batteredwife by her father. She alsowitnessed how her fatherpoorly treated her motherwhile she was growing up.
Her parents separatedand her father, she said, isnow living with anotherwoman. She has a half sisterby her mother’s side.
APART from the election next year, one of the much-awaitedby macho men is the release of the 2010 calendar of a popu-lar brand of liquor that will feature the sexy body of formerhousemate of the 2006 Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition 1.
The 21-year-old PBB First Teen Edition housemate hassigned a contract with the liquor company making her as itscalendar girl for 2010.
The liquor brand has been known for producing calen-dars featuring sexy poses of women. Among those whoappeared in the previous calendars were Katrina Halili, EhraMadrigal and Bangs Garcia.
NINA JOSE: 2010 CALENDAR GIRL
7NOVEMBER 16 - 22, 2009
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Will Mindoro strike...
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stolen from the governmentdue to improper and hid-eous transactions, there isno doubt that she fears allof these when the backlashcomes to collect paymentsfor her sins.
It has been reported thatwhat she stole from the gov-ernment is more than thecombined thieveries thattook place during the timesof Marcos, Corazon Aquino,Fidel Ramos and Estrada.
She contracted debtsmore than the combined to-tal debts incurred from thetime of Marcos to Estrada.
The number of murdersof journalists is the highestin her term, second only toIraq.
The number of politicalkillings also rose extraordi-narily high, where leaderssuspected to be leaning tothe left were killed in coldblood and haplessly.
The number of missingpersons also registered in-credibly high despite theabsence of martial rule dur-ing the time of Marcos.
In the case of Fujimi, shedoes not mind the amount
of blood poured by the Fili-pino forefathers who foughtalongside the Americans todrive out the invading Japa-nese imperial forces.
She did not mind thewomen raped by Japanesesoldiers.
She did not mind thethousands of children whowere killed by the Japaneseeverywhere.
She also did not mind thetens of thousands whomarched and died in the in-famous “Death March” fromCorregidor to Tarlac.
In the entirety, she hasridiculed history. She hasmoved the dates of histori-cal holidays. She also hasnot given importance to thePeople Power Revolution Ithat restored democracyand the People Power Revo-lution II that catapulted herto power in 2001.
It may be said: She hasmassacred all historicalevents, memories andthings.
And the fact that she isfast-tracking it now, she isselling Fujimi history in arush.
Why sell history—in a rush?
worth P24.495 million.These vehicles were in-
tended for two government-owned and -controlled cor-porations (GOCCs) under afinance or lease scheme.
These were consum-mated without the benefit ofcompetitive public bidding,contrary to Section 10 ofRepublic Act 9184, the newprocurement law.
For instance, the Pag-Ibig Fund acquired five ve-hicles through LLC for a to-tal of P14,625,000 consistingof two units of 34-seaterToyota Hi-Ace commutervan at P2,400,000 each andthree units of 34-seaterMitsubishi Rosa van atP3,275,000 each.
What is surprisingthough, LLC provided theNational Food Authoritytwo units of 34-seaterMitsubishi Rosa van pricedhigher than the same makeof vehicles provided to Pag-Ibig.
If LLC spent P3,275,000for each Mitsubishi vehiclegiven to Pag-Ibig, it spenthigher, P3,290,000 for eachof the same vehicle makeprovided for NFA.
Another wonder is theNFA vehicles were pur-chased at earlier dates.
LLC also provided NFAanother Mitsubishi Rosa.But this time, it is a 49-seatervan priced at P5,690,000.
COA noted arroganceof LLC to comply with
public bidding
Another notable note
children, labor and the localgovernments, saying thatmining is “NOT” the solu-tion to the economic andsocial woes of this country.
Members of ALG willhave also the opportunityto listen to renowned speak-ers like Atty. Hector Solimanwho will expound on humanrights-based approach toaccess to justice, Atty.Marlon Manuel who willecho the legal empowermentand the report of the com-mission on legal empower-ment, SC deputy court ad-ministrator Nymfa Vilcheswho will explain gender andjustice, Ateneo School ofGovernment Dean Atty. An-tonio La Vina on challengeof Climate Change, andAteneo Human Rights Cen-ter executive director Atty.Carlo Medina on 2010 elec-
tions, among others.The Mangyans’ other
ally is the fact that 2010 elec-tions are in the pipeline,hoping that their determinedcharge would constitute acompelling demand fromcandidates to heed the callsof conscience.
The voters, for their part,should make it heard to thecandidates they will not votethose who will act as accom-plices of foreign mining firmsraping the natural resources.
Of course, Atienza musthave also been aware ofthese collateral concernsbecoming the central issues.
So that with these con-tending concerns placedagainst the background ofmore spiritual voices goingagainst him, it becomes aquestion of whether thetribesmen will win againstAtienza.
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stated by COA is that it la-mented that it already rec-ommended previously forLLC to comply with Section10 of RA 9184, the public-bidding requirement, yet of-ficials of LLC showed arro-gance.
LLC justificationshallowed
In its answer to COA, theLLC management issued thefollowing comments:
“a. The purchase of thevehicles subject of the ob-servations (by COA) were(sic) not intended for use ofLBP Leasing Corporation.As noted by the AuditTeam, these were for the fi-nancial leases for its clients,in this case, for the twoGOCCs. These were done inline with the normal busi-ness operations of the Cor-poration as a leasing com-pany.
“b. financial leases, byits very nature, were fi-nancing transactions doneat the instance of leases forspecific assets (type/brand/model/make/etc.)that said leases had identi-fied suit their particular re-quirements. x x x x x” “it wasnot feasible for LBP Leaseto undertake bidding forthese assets that might re-sult in a winning bid thatwas not exactly the prefer-ence of the lessee, which itcould refuse to accept.. Assuch, the Corporationwould be stuck with the as-set procured or face legalobligation if it refused to
honor the winning bid. x x xx”
To this, the COA auditteam countered:
The law, RA 9184, wasmade to be observed by allgovernment agencies, in-cluding GOCCs, in the ac-quisition of goods and ser-vices, whether under cashor finance lease.
Otherwise, the COAteam continued, a govern-ment agency as lessee andLLC as lessor may circum-vent the law, such that theacquisition of an asset un-der a finance lease agree-ment would be made an ex-cuse by both parties, fornot complying with RA9184.
These justifications ofthe LLC management arehallowed in the sense thatthe customers that it is re-ferring to are NOT privatepersons but also govern-ment corporations and agen-cies, such as the Pag-Ibigand NFA.
For these, the officials ofLLC must be prosecuted forplunder!
P2-million incentivesillegal
The COA also found thatLLC performance incentivepay (PIP) benefit to its em-ployees, officers and boardof directors violated Memo-randum Order No. 20 andAdministrative Order No.103.
These benefitsamounted to P475,000 in2007 and P1,420,000 in2008.
COA said that the grantof PIP was not approved bythe Office of the Presidentas required under the above-mentioned orders in sup-port of the government’sausterity measures.
Ship used as P20-M
collateral isdeteriorating
One more worry of theCOA team is its discoverythat LLC accepted a ship-ping vessel in a chattel mort-gage to secure a term loanof P20 million.
However, the vessel wasfound non-operational andin deteriorating condition,putting the interest of LLC(and taxpayer’s) at risk.
The P20 million, 5-yearterm loan facility was usedby a shipping company topay the ¥50-million loan bal-ance in the acquisition of asecond-hand fast craft val-ued at ¥110 million.
The fast craft was in-tended to operate commer-cially from the port ofCagayan de Oro toCamiguin, and vice versa.
The shipping vessel is a213-tonnage, passenger andcargo, roll-on-roll-off typeand was built in Japan in1976.
The state audit agencycommented that the reviewof the reports of the apprais-ers and the ocular inspec-tion of the shipping vesselon February 25, 2009 dis-closed that the existing loancollateral was already im-paired before the loanmoney was released byLLC.
Even after eight monthsthe loan was released, COAnoted, the defects of theloan collateral were still ex-isting and not yet corrected.
The COA is too subtle instating but the truth is thatthe ship used as collateralis a deteriorating ship.
LLC lost P75.299Mreceivables
The COA found out thatLLC failed to collect its re-ceivables amounting toP75.299 million but that was
already assigned to it by itsclient.
The failure was that thesaid receivables were al-ready assigned to LLC butthe client that assigned itproceeded in collecting theamount and pocketed thesame for its own.
This is therefore a crimeof estafa or swindling com-mitted against LLC.
It was noted that thisP75.299 million assignedcredit was so assigned bythe client to secure or guar-antee a loan of P43.075 mil-lion.
The assignment wascontained in the PromissoryNotes (PN) issued by theclient in favor of LLC.
To top it all, the loan ofP43.075 million remainedunpaid.
LLC doing nothingon the P75.299-M
collectibles
Despite non-payment ofthe loan, the COA observedthat LLC has not yet insti-tuted remedial measures tocollect such huge amount orto keep the account in cur-rent status.
The COA underscoredthe terms and conditionsstipulated in the PN ex-ecuted and signed by theclient-borrower, as assignorand LBP Leasing Corp. asassignee.
These particular termsand conditions are statedunder paragraphs 11 and 12of the PN which state:
“11. Basic Covenants –It is expressly agreed thatthis Assignment shall notproduce the effect of pay-ment except in respect ofand only to the extent of theamount collected or re-ceived by the Assignee andactually applied to the pay-ments of the obligations ofthe Assignor, with the As-signee, by virtue of or in re-lation to the rights and au-thority established in favorof the Assignee, under theDeed.
“The Assignor herebyappoints and constitute theAssignee as its true andlawful Attorney-in-Fact
and in its place, name,stead, without liability onthe part of the Assignee,should it fail to do so, todemand, collect, receive,withdraw or take posses-sion of any and all sums ofmoney or propertiesabove–mentioned, or theproceeds of the samethereof x x x x x” “ThisPower of Attorney ishereby declared to becoupled with interest, andas such is irrevocable, un-til all obligations of the As-signor, with the Assigneeare fully paid.”
“Duties of the Assignorx x x x x 2. Any and all pay-ments, including all post-dated checks made or to bemade by the Assignor’s cus-tomers to the Assignor orthe Receivables subject ofthis assignment from andafter the execution of thisDeed of Assignment Shallbe immediately remitted tothe Assignee, without needof any demand, pursuant tothe provision of the Dutiesof the Assignor statedherein.”
P32.336-M checks paidto LLC bounced
Likewise, the state audi-tor found that six post-dated checks amounting toP32.336 million issued bythe said client as paymentsfor the principal loanamount were dishonored byLLC’s depository bank dueto insufficiency of fund andclosed account.
The COA recommendedthat LLC review theborrower’s paying capacityprior to the approval andrelease of loans, particularlyloans secured by assign-ment of receivables.
The COA also advisedprompt remedial actions inhandling of past due ac-counts
The COA stressed thatthere must be imposition ofsanctions on the respon-sible persons for not prop-erly monitoring the accountand enforcing or implement-ing LLC’s rights provided inthe PN with assignment ofreceivables.
NOVEMBER 16 - 22, 20098
Despite this, everybodyknows there is only onething missing in him: to becalled “CongressmanEmmanuel DapidranPacquiao.”
To chase that politicaldream means also he mustspend even 200 million pe-sos to shell out to the vot-ers, all those who queue tohim, to all watchers, and po-litical officers and operators.Yes, this is chicken for him.
But Pacquiao also knowsthat he cannot do politicsand boxing at the same time.
Pacquiao also knowsthat if he earned at leastTWO BILLION PESOS fromhis fight with Cotto, it is notfar for him to earn—win orloss—THREE BILLIONPESOS if he chooses to fightFloyd Jr.
Pacquiao also knows
that if he decides to take ashot at an un-chartered andunconquered territory ofgiving doleouts for votes,he would be dividing histime between politics andFloyd Jr.
Of course, he can decideto choose both politics andFloyd Jr.
And if he decides so, hewill lose substantial amountof time—and maybe energyor strength—that he couldnot focus on a fight againstFloyd Jr.
Moreover, a realitycheck says that Floyd Jr.beat Marquez by a rout andhas impressed many to bestronger and better thanCotto.
Eventually, all us Filipi-nos have no choice ifPacquiao decides one wayor another. That is com-pletely his right—the rightto choose.
But the best decision byany bright but diligent mindis: one at a time.
Pacquiao may choose tofocus on politics first. There-after, win or loss, concen-trate on Floyd Jr.
This shows that onlyPacquiao can beat himself.
If he falls short of focus,he will beat his self. AndPacquiao beats his own, itmeans he loses out to anopponent. This, however,will happen only if Pac-Mandoes not diligently work outin his jog-and-gym regimenall day.
Of course, there is nodoubt why he was crownedlast year and why he stillkeeps the Pound-for-PoundCrown this year until nextyear.
Of course, Cotto andFloyd Jr. know now why theGolden Boy of boxing Os-car Dela Hoya surrenderedto the Filipino greatest prize-
fighter after the eighthround.
Of course, Cotto andFloyd Jr. know now whyRicky Hatton dropped on acanvass as if a missile bombhit him on the chin.
Of course, Cotto andFloyd Jr. know why EricMorales dropped sitting ona canvass like a man whohas been hit by a hammeron the head in the fourthround.
Of course, Cotto andFloyd Jr. know why MarcoAntonio Barrera surren-dered in the eleventh roundafter having been knockeddown twice earlier.
Of course Cotto andFloyd Jr. know why JuanMiguel Marquez gotknocked down at least threetimes in one game.
This enumeration is long.But there is only onePacquiao: Dr. EmmanuelDapidran Pacquiao.
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Oh yes! Dr. Pac-Man
TELLING a story that just-crowned welterweight cham-pion of the world, Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao, defeated hisbiggest opponent thus far,Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico isan understatement.
But telling how he defeatedCotto is the substance of it all,telling how gracious Cotto wasin defeat is the icing.
And the substance is all toldby looking at Cotto alone: thebig swollen face and the obvi-ous fight for survival of thePuerto Rican to reach the end ofthe bell in the 12th round.
However, he did not boxanymore in the 12th and justback-pedaled all the time throw-ing some token jabs.
About 50 seconds into thefinal round, Pacquiao caughtCotto anew with five combina-tions of machine-quick straightsfrom left and right.
At 55 seconds into theround, referee Kenny Baylessquickly jumped in between tostop the Philippines from com-pleting the “massacre” ofPuerto Rico.
Literally and figuratively,Philippines quickly reversed thefortunes of Puerto Rico.
The Puerto Ricans criedwhile the Filipinos rose in cel-ebration punching fists in theair and thumping feet on thefloors, grounds and bleachers inpay-per-view public screens.
The Republic of the Philip-pines glittered with “R.P.” Onthe other hand, Puerto Rico suf-fered in the dark with a desper-ate “P.R.”
It was a night that will hauntCotto for the rest of his life. Itwas also a night that spelled thedoom of the career of this great-est pride of Puerto Rico.
Cotto was like a carabao de-voured from the second roundup to the last by a piranha thattook all the bites on his face.
It may be a little of a David-vs-Goliath story pictured outprior the fight night. And by de-sign David would win.
It was also a night of speedoverpowering strength. It wasa night when history was des-tined to be written. And it wasso written by a man who barelylearned English, a man whodropped out from high schoolat 14 years old due to poverty.
It was also a night whendreams overpowered respect.Pacquiao was seeking his dreamto become the boxer to win themost weight classes: seven titlesin seven weight categories, from106 pounds to 145 pounds.
That night also made a per-manent imprint for Pacquiao asthe world’s pound-for-pound
king in boxing.Cotto was too gracious in
defeat, though. He huggedPacquiao after waiting for theFilipino to finish the prayer ofthanks to God.
“I didn’t know from wherethe punches were coming,”Cotto recalled in an interviewafter the fight.
A barrage of artillery fire hitCotto at will from all over, allangles that he could not knowwhere the bullets were comingfrom.
It was aptly billed as “Fire-power” for Pacquiao, almost incomplete contrast to “Dire-So-ber” performance of Cotto atMGM Grand Garden Arena inLas Vegas on Saturday (Sundayin Manila), a place where Pac-Man has devoured all enemieshe has found.
That was a clear proof whatcan unite all the Filipinos—atleast even for a little more than33 minutes. That also provedthat this kind of superb boxingis the best effective weaponagainst crimes. The Philippinesregistered a zero crime in thosespan of minutes.
Pacquiao began his career asa light-flyweight, nine divisionsbelow welterweight, making hisachievements all the more ex-traordinary.
In the past 20 months alone,
Pacquiao has boxed in four divi-sions: from super-featherweightto welterweight. His career hasbeen one big challenge after an-other. He fought and performedin each of those fights in dis-tinct thrilling style.
“I always tell myself that Iam just an ordinary fighter, butI have to beat the best fightersand sometimes I can,” he said.
Even in Pacquiao’s presentstature, his modesty has got-ten over him. He did not haveany crap that has crept into hishead.
There was a false startthough. It looked in the firstround that Cotto was adjudgedas the one controlling the ac-tion with sharp jabs and accu-rate punches, hitting Pacquiaoby a left to the head and half ofthe 16,000 fans in attendanceroared.
The two fighters clinchedas the round neared its end andCotto missed with an upper-cut that would have made a dif-ferent story had it found itsmark.
But Pacquiao was, he wouldsay later, just testing Cotto’spower. He had no problemwith the idea of mixing it upwith the big puncher. But hefirst wanted to see just whathe was getting into.
In the second round,
Pacquiao’s speed began to dic-tate the tempo. Cotto appearedmesmerized by the bomb shotscoming from everywhere.Cotto, responded well, ham-mering back hooks as Pacquiaofired off combinations. But hispunches cannot even shakePacqiuao. The round went toPacquiao, 10-9.
“Just look out for his lefthand,” Cotto’s trainer, JoeSantiago, told his fighter. “It’sall he’s got.”
It was a bad advice from thecoach.
Less than a minute into thethird round, a one-two combi-nation of a left straight to thebreast and a right hook on theleft check threw Cotto crum-bling to the canvass. It was thefirst knockdown.
Cotto got up in time but hadto receive the referees’ count.He tried to battle back from anobviously weak body, legs andposition.
The fourth round came big-ger for Manny. His left hookcaught Cotto by the chin, send-ing the Puerto Rican again tothe canvass. It was the secondknockdown.
Cotto never recovered fromthere. Pacquiao converted thewhole of the ring as his terri-tory. Cotto endlessly received ahard beating, sending blood
flowing down the PuertoRican’s face, staining his whitetrunks.
In the ninth round, Cottocontinued taking discipline ses-sions of old by a father on atoddler. This sight sent his wifeand young son up from theirringside seats and left the arena,unable to watch the horriblepunishment received by theirman.
Pacquiao did not just beat aworld-class fighter. He system-atically dismantled him. He didit in his usual—and very un-usual—style: bouncing in andout and throwing punches fromall angles in a frenetic style neverseen before in boxing.
“He’s the best fighter I haveever seen and that includes Ali,Marvin Hagler and Sugar RayLeonard,” Bob Arum, his pro-moter, said. “Who would havebelieved that when he was fight-ing the likes of [Marco Anto-nio] Barrera and [Érik] Moralesthat he would be fighting allthese big guys and destroyingthem?”
“I’m still proud. I’ve foughteveryone, but Manny’s one ofthe best boxers of all time,”Cotto said.
And the lumps on the bril-liant Puerto Rican’s face weretestament to just how greatPacquiao is.
“Manny doesn’t know whathe has achieved, he’s not a his-torian of the sport,” FreddieRoach, his trainer, said. “He isthe greatest fighter of his era.”
It could be that we are livingin an age of two all-time greats.The easy-going grace and ever-present smile of Pacquiao con-trast heavily with the flashy andbig talk of Floyd MayweatherJr. But with both now occupy-ing the same weight division, amatch — which would mostlikely be the biggest of all time— could be too big to avoid andtoo strong to resist.
Talks between Pacquiao’spromoter, Bob Arum of TopRank, and unbeaten FloydMayweather Jr. have been fly-
ing high. If that happens, thatwould be the next mega-fight inPacquiao’s parade of excellentboxing.
But things are getting com-plicated further. Pacquiao in-tends to run for Congress inMay next year.
Arum has spoken aboutwanting him to box on March13, possibly in Dallas, but thatcould be too soon for a promo-tion the size of Pacquiao vsMayweather.
Pacauiao opened the finalround by assaulting the badlybattered and bruised formerWBO welterweight champion.
It was a merciless beatingand it was a merciful interrup-tion by referee Bayless, stop-ping the fight when it was toopoetic to say Cotto there wouldstill be hope for glory for him inthe last two minutes.
He looked to land one bigshot but his punches had loststeam and he was far too behindon the scorecards for it to makesense to continue. Judges had itoverwhelmingly in favor ofPacquiao with scores of 109-99, 108-100 and 108-99.
Dyaryo Magdalo scored thebout 109-99 for Pacquiao.
The trio of Jonalyn Viray,Aicelle Santos and MaricrisGarcia, collectively known asLa Diva, set the tone for thenight with their beautiful rendi-tion of the National Anthem.
Hopefully the guys fromthe National Historical Institutewould agree with me that it wasthe best rendition to date.
Pacquiao entered MGMGrand walking his way to hisquarters with wife Jinkee andWowowee host WillieRevillame in tow.
Among the spectators werebaseball’s Derek Jeter,basketball’s Magic Johnson,football’s Brandon Jacobs, en-tertainers Mario Lopez, WillFerrell, Sean Combs, MarkWahlberg, Joe Pesci, MickeyRourke and Jeremy Piven andboxers Shane Mosley andTommy Hearns.
ByRONALD B.
HERICO