“Collusion for No-El and TRG”
Who can forget the former nemesis of Sen Panfilo Lacson that almost placed the solon’s career into a stalemate for a bunch of handcuffs? Blanquita Pelaez hooked Lacson on a 3 million dollar tug against the Alameda County court where she also revealed multi-million mansions listed under Lacson’s name. Interestingly, this caboodle between Pelaez and Lacson happened during the Estrada administration which the “good” senator claimed was riddled with anomalous transactions.
The agenda behind the Pelaez-Lacson collusion includes exonerating the senator’s name so as to make it acceptable for the people. Pelaez, as a former adversary who had entangled Lacson with the controversial anomalous handcuffs’ purchase in 1996, is now coming “clean” by retracting her former allegations to actually perpetuate mass’ confidence on Lacson. The pa-pogi image of the former 2010 presidential contender who readily left the race just as the Dacer-Corbito murders was about to drag his name is apparently intended to feed his way to Malacañang through an unconstitutional takeover. Pelaez would actually be queued on Lacson’s pre-planned stunt to make him politically “untouchable”.
Nailing the Estradas on the Dacer-Corbito kidnap slay was all part of Lacson’s discrete acquittal from the case. As he demonized Erap, the contentious 2000 crime is almost “case closed”. Besides, Erap had the utmost motive to carry-out the toll order of killing his PR man in fear that Dacer would sold him out. Whatever knowledge Dacer had at that point should have been viably detrimental on the weakening Estrada administration. This angle was cooked well in Lacson’s privilege speeches. But of course, that would not eventually end there. Lacson needs substantial proof to lure public’s favor on him especially as the courts scrapped his petition to prohibit the conduct of investigation on him.
If Lacson will not win the tribunal, he will have it by public’s “mandate”. As Pelaez clears his Lacson’s name on the PNPN handcuffs acquisition mess, the people is left to speculate on Lacson’s “heroism” and unstained career. This will quell the qualms on Lacson’s reputation and will earn him political merit. This is how TRAPOs win the election in the country; through nice propaganda and tricks.
But Lacson is not merely sweetening his name for popularity in the electorate. He needs them to absolve him in the Dacer case and supposedly for the grounding of his masterminded transition council. By mid of September last year, the 12-paged Transition Revolutionary Government prompting the active AFP and PNP units to stand against the Arroyos was rumored propelled by Lacson’s camp. The proposition is actually instigating the need for revolutionaries that would help install a caretaker government the minute Pres. Arroyo vacates her position. Under the said temporary government, a Council where administrative powers emanate would elect a Head of State likely crafted for Lacson.
Before the establishment of TRG, a critical scenario must first ignite public uproar. This is best done by propaganda or diversionary armed commotion. This is why the bombings this August was linked on the group called “August Moon”, a supposedly disgruntled faction out to bomb distinct locations in Metro Manila which would later be blamed on Arroyo so as to grant her emergency power. The idea of an emergency rule minding the nearing election would actually push people on the streets and wonder over a possible Martial Law rule. An escalated mobilization coupled with a coup d’etat would be the bedrock of an ad hoc military rule that would be closely followed by a “Council” that would determine the provisional “head” under a Transitional Revolutionary Government.
This is what TRAPOs are after. And apparently, Lacson is one of them. Blanquita Pelaez serves the first salvo of a possible Lacson headed transition rule.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
A CONCEALMENT OF DICTATORSHIP: NO-ELECTION SCENARIO TOWARDS CARETAKER GOVERNMNET
A threatening political ploy is set to obliterate our besieged governmental system, that is in turn, suggests transitional political powers from one to the other. This is what Rep. Ed Joson’s House Bill 3194 is al about- “mimicking” the seditious Transition Revolutionary Government (TRG) from no less than the good Senator Ping Lacson, who now plays the “lesser evil” to dignify himself within the “plotted” caretaker government.
The aforementioned political schemes, which imply a shadow leadership that would rule in an indefinite period of time, also trigger instability especially on the rumored no-election scenario. Accordingly, the Bill suggests the creation of a caretaker government once electoral processes fail next year and therefore covers up the establishment of a deceptive regime. In fact, the transitory ruling as explained in the Bill that includes the ascension of 2007-elected senators to an “executive council” where the Head of State will then be selected runs similar to the Lacson’s TRG plot of having a shadow-led administration. This is probably the very reason why Joson is also linked in the possible take-off of said “legitimize” takeover of Malacaňang.
Having stated aforementioned facts, it could then be deduced that Joson’s HB 3194 is a more finesse and “legalized” version of Lacson’s TRG which has been designed to attract unsuspecting public attention. Obviously, the good solon did not draft such a bill without expecting “something” in return, less it was drafted out of good faith. His was a showmanship derived from ill-fated self interest which Lacson so ensembles.
As explained by both the TRG and HB 3194, the one with the least issues of “anomalous leadership” is best suited to be the Head of the State. And this is why Lacson has been “trying to redeem” himself from the Dacer-Corbito double murder case by hammering down Erap Estrada through his so called “privilege speech” in the senate, which apparently makes him appear the “good boy” in the public’s eyes. Admittedly, voters would be choosing the side of the lesser “evil” which Lacson now claims to be. If by any chance the public stay gullible, the former PAOC-TF Chief who until now is implicated with various cases of bloody abuses could seem to taste liberty at the expense of justice.
Action speaks louder than words as they say, and Lacson’s current political maneuvering is by far the obvious tactic TRAPOs are doing time and again. His supposed pull-out from the presidential race stemmed from a great cause which later own spells his political victory – to invade the present administration and perpetuate himself to power.
This is obvious fact- sedition! TRG and HB 3194 is an excuse for dictatorship And our government is actually ornamented with political figures whose integrity rots with selfish and dreadful principles. They want us in this self-created fiasco and eventually these “good-for-nothing” schemes become part of our country’s history, which sadly we all have to live with.
Our righteous electoral participation next year means so much in saving our starving democratic foundation. Let us not be blinded by the things which are obviously covered with devious political gimmick and white-lies- such as the malingering of Lacson and all his idiot cronies.
The aforementioned political schemes, which imply a shadow leadership that would rule in an indefinite period of time, also trigger instability especially on the rumored no-election scenario. Accordingly, the Bill suggests the creation of a caretaker government once electoral processes fail next year and therefore covers up the establishment of a deceptive regime. In fact, the transitory ruling as explained in the Bill that includes the ascension of 2007-elected senators to an “executive council” where the Head of State will then be selected runs similar to the Lacson’s TRG plot of having a shadow-led administration. This is probably the very reason why Joson is also linked in the possible take-off of said “legitimize” takeover of Malacaňang.
Having stated aforementioned facts, it could then be deduced that Joson’s HB 3194 is a more finesse and “legalized” version of Lacson’s TRG which has been designed to attract unsuspecting public attention. Obviously, the good solon did not draft such a bill without expecting “something” in return, less it was drafted out of good faith. His was a showmanship derived from ill-fated self interest which Lacson so ensembles.
As explained by both the TRG and HB 3194, the one with the least issues of “anomalous leadership” is best suited to be the Head of the State. And this is why Lacson has been “trying to redeem” himself from the Dacer-Corbito double murder case by hammering down Erap Estrada through his so called “privilege speech” in the senate, which apparently makes him appear the “good boy” in the public’s eyes. Admittedly, voters would be choosing the side of the lesser “evil” which Lacson now claims to be. If by any chance the public stay gullible, the former PAOC-TF Chief who until now is implicated with various cases of bloody abuses could seem to taste liberty at the expense of justice.
Action speaks louder than words as they say, and Lacson’s current political maneuvering is by far the obvious tactic TRAPOs are doing time and again. His supposed pull-out from the presidential race stemmed from a great cause which later own spells his political victory – to invade the present administration and perpetuate himself to power.
This is obvious fact- sedition! TRG and HB 3194 is an excuse for dictatorship And our government is actually ornamented with political figures whose integrity rots with selfish and dreadful principles. They want us in this self-created fiasco and eventually these “good-for-nothing” schemes become part of our country’s history, which sadly we all have to live with.
Our righteous electoral participation next year means so much in saving our starving democratic foundation. Let us not be blinded by the things which are obviously covered with devious political gimmick and white-lies- such as the malingering of Lacson and all his idiot cronies.
DOLE 12 Intensifies Campaign against Child Labor and Trafficking
Child labor has been an extensive predicament all over the country for many years. Although the government has increased efforts to address it and provide laws for worker rights, child labor and trafficking were still a serious problem.
Here in Region 12, the government intensified its campaign against child labor and trafficking through the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) which has launched a series of career guidance and counseling caravans in the different schools particularly in Tacurong City last week. This is in part of their region-wide advocacy drive in a bid to reduce the increasing number of child workers and cases of trafficking involving women and children. They have tapped the Public Employment Service Office Managers Association in Sultan Kudarat province (PESO-MASK) to help in its advocacy campaign in the area.
The program already covered more than 800 students, who were mainly apprised on the salient features of Republic Acts (RA) 9231, or the law on the elimination of the worst forms of child labor and RA 9208 or the law on anti-trafficking in persons. She said other topics discussed during the advocacy sessions, which is also supported by the United Nations Children’s Fund’s Sixth Country Program for Children, were child pornography and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS). Tango said they focused the program in Sultan Kudarat province as it is reportedly considered the source of women and child trafficking in the region.
DOLE Regional director Ma. Gloria Tango said that the advocacy is part of the agency’s continuing crackdown against the rampant employment of minors especially in high risking job and work places. “The Province of Sultan Kudarat has been one of the source and destination points of trafficked women and children in the Region,” she noted in a press statement. “But through the efforts of the agency’s Sagip Batang Manggagawa program, we had successfully rescued a number of child laborers and trafficked women and children that led to the filing of several cases in local courts.” Tango added. s
According to reports brought to DOLE, thousands of children were exposed to hazardous working environments such as quarries, mines and at docksides in order to earn their living. Other children were also getting involved in drugs as courier at a very young age. There were also reports of forced and indentured labor in some parts of the region and the use of under age workers in domestic servitude where children ages 17 years old or younger were already engaged in domestic works. Recruiters bring girls between the age of 13 and 17 to work in Manila or other big cities under terms that involved a “loan”, payment in advance given to their parents that these poor children are obliged to repay through work. Often times, these practices involving young females trafficked by recruiters fall into sexual exploitation.
DOLE Region 12 earlier placed the number of child laborers in the region at around 400,000. Most of the working children aged 17 years old and below in the region were reportedly employed as agricultural workers, laborers in warehouses and public markets, domestic helpers and street vendors. Not counting the reports of some minors who were into prostitution and laborers in small-scale mining activities in the region.
Here in Region 12, the government intensified its campaign against child labor and trafficking through the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) which has launched a series of career guidance and counseling caravans in the different schools particularly in Tacurong City last week. This is in part of their region-wide advocacy drive in a bid to reduce the increasing number of child workers and cases of trafficking involving women and children. They have tapped the Public Employment Service Office Managers Association in Sultan Kudarat province (PESO-MASK) to help in its advocacy campaign in the area.
The program already covered more than 800 students, who were mainly apprised on the salient features of Republic Acts (RA) 9231, or the law on the elimination of the worst forms of child labor and RA 9208 or the law on anti-trafficking in persons. She said other topics discussed during the advocacy sessions, which is also supported by the United Nations Children’s Fund’s Sixth Country Program for Children, were child pornography and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS). Tango said they focused the program in Sultan Kudarat province as it is reportedly considered the source of women and child trafficking in the region.
DOLE Regional director Ma. Gloria Tango said that the advocacy is part of the agency’s continuing crackdown against the rampant employment of minors especially in high risking job and work places. “The Province of Sultan Kudarat has been one of the source and destination points of trafficked women and children in the Region,” she noted in a press statement. “But through the efforts of the agency’s Sagip Batang Manggagawa program, we had successfully rescued a number of child laborers and trafficked women and children that led to the filing of several cases in local courts.” Tango added. s
According to reports brought to DOLE, thousands of children were exposed to hazardous working environments such as quarries, mines and at docksides in order to earn their living. Other children were also getting involved in drugs as courier at a very young age. There were also reports of forced and indentured labor in some parts of the region and the use of under age workers in domestic servitude where children ages 17 years old or younger were already engaged in domestic works. Recruiters bring girls between the age of 13 and 17 to work in Manila or other big cities under terms that involved a “loan”, payment in advance given to their parents that these poor children are obliged to repay through work. Often times, these practices involving young females trafficked by recruiters fall into sexual exploitation.
DOLE Region 12 earlier placed the number of child laborers in the region at around 400,000. Most of the working children aged 17 years old and below in the region were reportedly employed as agricultural workers, laborers in warehouses and public markets, domestic helpers and street vendors. Not counting the reports of some minors who were into prostitution and laborers in small-scale mining activities in the region.
Friday, October 30, 2009
NOW SHOWING: THE RESSURECTION OF TRANSITION REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT (LACSON’S POLITICAL FANTASY)
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson has by far showcased the funniest moro-moro ever during his time in the senate after he had plunged-off significant political figures implicating them with various accusations here and there; like that of his colleague in the senate-Senator Manny Villar and his former Chief Executive Erap Estrada. Could this be Lacson’s way of redeeming himself from his “soundless” responsibilities and intangible accomplishments in the senate? Or machinating a “magical” fiasco that would affect electoral activities in 2010?
Presently, Villar is facing an ethics probe at the Senate after he was accused by Lacson of double insertion in the 2008 national budget to finance a road project that would benefit the housing projects in Las Piñas and Parañaque City that he owns. After Villar, the good senator pointed out the ousted President as behind the principal suspect in the Dacer-Corbito double murder case, and just as to continue the fight from one to the other, Lacson had recently dragged Villar’s name accusing his fellow senator of conspiring to produce a new witness that would link Lacson to the Dacer-Corbito double murders.
It is this simple- such actions are obviously Lacson’s ploy of orchestrating a no election scenario in 2010. As sourced, Lacson is actually kicking off the other side of his plotted Transitional Revolutionary Government or TRG by igniting possible fiascos that could hammer-down one presidential contender to the next. This in a way sabotages the nearing elections by obviously riddling all-possible elected presidents with criminal liabilities that could altogether incapacitate their administration. More so, this could be a venue for another Senate-led inquiry that could only distance the president from its governed. If this had been the case, a caretaker government would no less be fitting excuse of Lacson to come into power.
Another plan is “nipping- the bud- tactic by way of aligning himself with the so-called “love of the crowd” in the person of no less than the LP standard-bearer, Sen. Noynoy Aquino. With this, abandoning his former presidential plans and muster the courage to endorse another candidate instead of pursuing his own ambitions was all for a show. This would in a way make him indispensable to Noynoy’s future political career once he bags presidential race.
Apart from attacking strong presidential wanna-be’s and devising a no-election scenario in 2010, Lacson could seem to be so tireless in lambasting the current administration with his personally ill-motivated issues purposely to cast President Arroyo out of Malacañang. If this happens, a caretaker government believed to be ruled by members of the military would assume leadership. This was part of the 2008 TRG proposal believed written by an influential Opposition solon where a certain Transitional Council involving Lacson as a shadow-head.
The political drama Lacson is currently portraying as the lead-actor could somehow bag him the best actor title, just as his “fans clubs” would grow in numbers. But he has yet to act realistically. Juan Dela Cruz truly knows the true essence of government and what it stands for. Government isn’t a castle in the sky. It is a truthful leadership and selfless social responsibility that does not put the welfare of its citizenry to peril.
Presently, Villar is facing an ethics probe at the Senate after he was accused by Lacson of double insertion in the 2008 national budget to finance a road project that would benefit the housing projects in Las Piñas and Parañaque City that he owns. After Villar, the good senator pointed out the ousted President as behind the principal suspect in the Dacer-Corbito double murder case, and just as to continue the fight from one to the other, Lacson had recently dragged Villar’s name accusing his fellow senator of conspiring to produce a new witness that would link Lacson to the Dacer-Corbito double murders.
It is this simple- such actions are obviously Lacson’s ploy of orchestrating a no election scenario in 2010. As sourced, Lacson is actually kicking off the other side of his plotted Transitional Revolutionary Government or TRG by igniting possible fiascos that could hammer-down one presidential contender to the next. This in a way sabotages the nearing elections by obviously riddling all-possible elected presidents with criminal liabilities that could altogether incapacitate their administration. More so, this could be a venue for another Senate-led inquiry that could only distance the president from its governed. If this had been the case, a caretaker government would no less be fitting excuse of Lacson to come into power.
Another plan is “nipping- the bud- tactic by way of aligning himself with the so-called “love of the crowd” in the person of no less than the LP standard-bearer, Sen. Noynoy Aquino. With this, abandoning his former presidential plans and muster the courage to endorse another candidate instead of pursuing his own ambitions was all for a show. This would in a way make him indispensable to Noynoy’s future political career once he bags presidential race.
Apart from attacking strong presidential wanna-be’s and devising a no-election scenario in 2010, Lacson could seem to be so tireless in lambasting the current administration with his personally ill-motivated issues purposely to cast President Arroyo out of Malacañang. If this happens, a caretaker government believed to be ruled by members of the military would assume leadership. This was part of the 2008 TRG proposal believed written by an influential Opposition solon where a certain Transitional Council involving Lacson as a shadow-head.
The political drama Lacson is currently portraying as the lead-actor could somehow bag him the best actor title, just as his “fans clubs” would grow in numbers. But he has yet to act realistically. Juan Dela Cruz truly knows the true essence of government and what it stands for. Government isn’t a castle in the sky. It is a truthful leadership and selfless social responsibility that does not put the welfare of its citizenry to peril.
THE PELAEZ-LACSON STORY: ENEMY TURNED LOVERS?
Political dramas invade Philippine politics as it also harbors political figures whose principles and their so called “political authority” have been tainted with rotten injustices and integrity issues.
Blanquita Pelaez, who dragged the good Senator Panfilo Lacson on a 3 million dollar anomalous handcuffs purchase in 1996 against the Alameda County and subsequently revealed multi-million mansions listed under Lacson’s name, wittingly came out into the open and dubiously clean Ping’s name into such a scam. It could be recalled that such a caboodle transpired during the tenure of Lacson’s former Chief Executive –ERAP, which he later on claimed with raucous transactions and credibility issues.
Is this a simple drama or just a deceitful electoral ploy? Whichever the case may be, political spotlight has yet again earned Lacson another milestone in perpetuating himself into power. The agenda behind the Pelaez-Lacson collusion is obviously orchestrated to clear the good senator’s name from countless scams so as to make it acceptable for the people. Such a “political cleansing” would inevitably charm the public which is apparently intended to feed his way to Malacañang through an unconstitutional takeover. Pelaez would actually be queued on Lacson’s pre-planned stunt to give him political immunity. Henceforth, the 1996 fiasco is over; and Pelaez who was Ping’s “enemy” thirteen years back has apparently realized her “worth” in this kind of controversy, and whatever it is, only the two “enemy-turned-lovers” know pretty well.
In order to save himself from the Dacer-Corbito double murder case, implicating ERAP would be the sweetest move for absolution sake. His so called “substantially crafted narration” on his former boss’ involvement in the double-slay case was for him an explosion to discredit the Estradas. Winning the hearts and minds of the people and especially the tribunal was his ultimate intention. But of course, that would not eventually end there. Lacson needs substantial proof to lure public’s favor on him especially as the courts scrapped his petition to prohibit the conduct of investigation on him. If Lacson will not win the trial, he will then have it by public’s “mandate”. As Pelaez clears Lacson’s name on the PNPN handcuffs acquisition mess, the people is left to speculate on Lacson’s “heroism” and unstained career as this will somehow earn him political merits.
All these and more are part of Lacson’s political tricks and propaganda moves. But his ultimate maneuver is his intention for power-grabbing through the seditious Transition Revolutionary Government (TRG) which accordingly came out mid of September last year. Accordingly, the 12-paged TRG urged the active AFP and PNP units to stand against the Arroyo administration and subsequently install a caretaker government the minute PGMA vacates her position. Under the said temporary government, a Council where administrative powers emanate would elect a Head of State likely crafted for Lacson.
But before establishing such a transitional council, a critical event through propaganda or diversionary armed commotion must happen in order to get public’s attention. It could be recalled that the August bombing in the metropolis Luzon was believed to have been perpetrated by the group called “August Moon”. Accordingly, said group is a disgruntled faction out to bomb distinct locations in Metro Manila which would later be blamed on Arroyo so as to grant her emergency power. Such scenario was a calculated move especially that the elections are nearing. The people will be left in no choice but to rally along the streets and wonder over a possible Martial Law rule. And the picture speaks so clearly: that the basis of provisional military rule is through an escalated mobilization coupled with a coup d’etat. The so-called “Council” shall come in to the scene and from the power takeover; they would eventually determine the provisional “head” under a Transitional Revolutionary Government.
This is what our political system looks like: struggling towards “perfection” but still nailed with several political figures with marauding ill-fated self-interests and devilish intentions at the expense of democratic authority in its truest sense. And Lacson is by far the obvious predator that eats our struggling democratic foundations.
Blanquita Pelaez, who dragged the good Senator Panfilo Lacson on a 3 million dollar anomalous handcuffs purchase in 1996 against the Alameda County and subsequently revealed multi-million mansions listed under Lacson’s name, wittingly came out into the open and dubiously clean Ping’s name into such a scam. It could be recalled that such a caboodle transpired during the tenure of Lacson’s former Chief Executive –ERAP, which he later on claimed with raucous transactions and credibility issues.
Is this a simple drama or just a deceitful electoral ploy? Whichever the case may be, political spotlight has yet again earned Lacson another milestone in perpetuating himself into power. The agenda behind the Pelaez-Lacson collusion is obviously orchestrated to clear the good senator’s name from countless scams so as to make it acceptable for the people. Such a “political cleansing” would inevitably charm the public which is apparently intended to feed his way to Malacañang through an unconstitutional takeover. Pelaez would actually be queued on Lacson’s pre-planned stunt to give him political immunity. Henceforth, the 1996 fiasco is over; and Pelaez who was Ping’s “enemy” thirteen years back has apparently realized her “worth” in this kind of controversy, and whatever it is, only the two “enemy-turned-lovers” know pretty well.
In order to save himself from the Dacer-Corbito double murder case, implicating ERAP would be the sweetest move for absolution sake. His so called “substantially crafted narration” on his former boss’ involvement in the double-slay case was for him an explosion to discredit the Estradas. Winning the hearts and minds of the people and especially the tribunal was his ultimate intention. But of course, that would not eventually end there. Lacson needs substantial proof to lure public’s favor on him especially as the courts scrapped his petition to prohibit the conduct of investigation on him. If Lacson will not win the trial, he will then have it by public’s “mandate”. As Pelaez clears Lacson’s name on the PNPN handcuffs acquisition mess, the people is left to speculate on Lacson’s “heroism” and unstained career as this will somehow earn him political merits.
All these and more are part of Lacson’s political tricks and propaganda moves. But his ultimate maneuver is his intention for power-grabbing through the seditious Transition Revolutionary Government (TRG) which accordingly came out mid of September last year. Accordingly, the 12-paged TRG urged the active AFP and PNP units to stand against the Arroyo administration and subsequently install a caretaker government the minute PGMA vacates her position. Under the said temporary government, a Council where administrative powers emanate would elect a Head of State likely crafted for Lacson.
But before establishing such a transitional council, a critical event through propaganda or diversionary armed commotion must happen in order to get public’s attention. It could be recalled that the August bombing in the metropolis Luzon was believed to have been perpetrated by the group called “August Moon”. Accordingly, said group is a disgruntled faction out to bomb distinct locations in Metro Manila which would later be blamed on Arroyo so as to grant her emergency power. Such scenario was a calculated move especially that the elections are nearing. The people will be left in no choice but to rally along the streets and wonder over a possible Martial Law rule. And the picture speaks so clearly: that the basis of provisional military rule is through an escalated mobilization coupled with a coup d’etat. The so-called “Council” shall come in to the scene and from the power takeover; they would eventually determine the provisional “head” under a Transitional Revolutionary Government.
This is what our political system looks like: struggling towards “perfection” but still nailed with several political figures with marauding ill-fated self-interests and devilish intentions at the expense of democratic authority in its truest sense. And Lacson is by far the obvious predator that eats our struggling democratic foundations.
PANGANGAMPANYA NG MGA MAPAGSAMANTALA
Sa paghagupit ng bagyo Ondoy sa ating bansa, matindi ang pinsalang idinulot nito kabilang ang pagkawasak ng hekta-hektaryang pananim pang agrikultura, milyon milyong halaga ng inprastraktura at ari-arian at higit sa lahat, daan-daang buhay ang nawala. Hindi pa man nakakaahon ay isa na namang bagyo ang nagdulot ng mas matinding paghihirap lalo sa mamamayan. Sa ngayon, nasa “state of calamity” ang bansang Pilipinas dahil sa matinding pananalanta lalo na sa parteng hilaga.
Sa kabila ng pinsalang natamo ng ating bansa at ng mga taong lubos na apektado ng nasabing mga bagyo, ang senaryong ito ang naging dahilan upang ipadama ng bawat mamamayang Pilipino ang pagkakaisa at pagdadamayan lalo sa oras ng kagipitan. Marami mga kababayan natin ang nagsilbing bayani na hindi inalintana ang sinusuong na panganib sa malakas na agos ng tubig, mailikas at mailigtas lamang ang maraming buhay. Ang iba nman ay iminalas ang kanilang pakikiramay sa pamamagitan ng pag ambag at pangongolekta ng mga donasyon at pamamahagi ng pagkain, damit, gamot at iba pang pangangailangan ng mga nasalanta ng baha. Sa kabilang banda, may magandang naidulot ang nasabing trahedya sa iilan nating kababayan sapagkat nabigyan sila ng pagkakataon upang kumita sa gitna ng kahirapan gaya ng talyer at pagawaan ng mga nasirang kasangkapan. Ngunit may iilan ding mga taong nananamantala ng pagkakataon. Sa halip na tumulong ay nakuha pang pagnakawan ang mga naabandonang kabahayan na naapektuhan ng baha. Katulad ng mga ito ang mga politikong sinamantala ang kalamidad para sa pansariling kapakanan. Ginagamit ang pagkakataon upang mapabango ang kanilang mga pangalan sa mga taong kanilang inabutan ng tulong para sa darating na eleksyon.
Dahil sa papalapit na ang eleksiyon, dumarami ang hanay ng mga pulitikong nagnanais tumakbo sa darating na eleksiyon ang puspusang naghahatid ng tulong sa mga biktima ng trahedyang dulot ng mgkasunod na bagyo. Lingid sa mga taong kanilang tinutulungan, ito ay pagpapakitang-tao lamang at ginagamit lang ng mga mapagsamantalang politikong ito ang pagkakataon upang mapaganda ang kanilang imahe.
Hindi bat nakapanlulumong isipin na me iilan paring mga taong mas binibigyan ng prayoridad ang kanilang pansariling interes habang ang buong sambayanan ay abala sa pagtulong at pagdamay sa kanilang kapwa. May mga pulitikong nag abot nga ng tulong ngunit halatang may bahid ng pamumulitika ang tulong na iyon. Kung talagang taos sa puso ang pakikiramay at pagbibigay-tulong, hindi na kailangan pang ilagay ang pangalan sa nasabing tulong upang malaman kung saan at kanino nanggaling ang mga iyon. Hindi na kelangan pang malaman ng buong bansa ang nagawang kabutihan at pagmamalasakit sa kapwa.
Mayroon ding mga pulitikong nagiging abala na sa pangangampanya sa pamamagitan ng paglalagay ng mga banners, posters at iba pang mga campaign paraphernalia sa ilang probinsiya pagkatapos humagupit ang bagyong Ondoy at Pepeng. Ang mga ganitong gawain ay nagpapatunay lamang ng kanilang pagiging makasarili at kawalan ng pagpapahalaga sa kapwa. Hindi man lang nagawang isantabi ang sariling interes upang bigyang daan ang pag intindi sa kapwa na nagdaranas ng kahirapan sa panahong ito.
Katulad na lamang ni Sen. Noynoy Aquino na kung saan mayroong kumakalat sa internet na nagpapakita ng kanyang mga banners at posters sa ilang probinsya bilang pagkampanya sa darating na eleksiyon. Tila nga ba nawawala na ang pagpapahalaga ni Noynoy sa kanyang kapwa at nagiging makasarili na? Oo ngat may iniabot na tulong ang Senador sa mga nasalanta ngunit hindi ito sapat upang ipabatid ang kanyang pakikiramay. Sa halip nagiging abala siya sa pangangampanya at pagpupulong sa ibat ibang personalidad at kinalimutan ang mga taong higit nangangailangan sa kanya.
Sa ngayon, hindi pa man tayo lubos na nakakaahon sa pagkalubog dulot ng nasabing kalamidad, dapat nating isaalang alang ang tamang pagpili ng isang lider na mamumuno sa ating bansa. Huwag nating hayaang samantalahin ng mga mapaglinlang na mga politiko ang paghihirap na nararanasan natin sa ngayon. Sa panahong ito natin makikita at mapapatunayan ang sinseridad ng mga totoong nagmamalasakit at may pagpapahalaga sa kapakanan ng sambayanan. Hindi kailangan ng mamamayang Pilipino ang pinunong ganid at uhaw sa kapangyarihan bagkus isang pinuno na may pagmamalasakit sa kapwa at magbibigay ng magandang kinabukasan sa buong bayan.
Sa kabila ng pinsalang natamo ng ating bansa at ng mga taong lubos na apektado ng nasabing mga bagyo, ang senaryong ito ang naging dahilan upang ipadama ng bawat mamamayang Pilipino ang pagkakaisa at pagdadamayan lalo sa oras ng kagipitan. Marami mga kababayan natin ang nagsilbing bayani na hindi inalintana ang sinusuong na panganib sa malakas na agos ng tubig, mailikas at mailigtas lamang ang maraming buhay. Ang iba nman ay iminalas ang kanilang pakikiramay sa pamamagitan ng pag ambag at pangongolekta ng mga donasyon at pamamahagi ng pagkain, damit, gamot at iba pang pangangailangan ng mga nasalanta ng baha. Sa kabilang banda, may magandang naidulot ang nasabing trahedya sa iilan nating kababayan sapagkat nabigyan sila ng pagkakataon upang kumita sa gitna ng kahirapan gaya ng talyer at pagawaan ng mga nasirang kasangkapan. Ngunit may iilan ding mga taong nananamantala ng pagkakataon. Sa halip na tumulong ay nakuha pang pagnakawan ang mga naabandonang kabahayan na naapektuhan ng baha. Katulad ng mga ito ang mga politikong sinamantala ang kalamidad para sa pansariling kapakanan. Ginagamit ang pagkakataon upang mapabango ang kanilang mga pangalan sa mga taong kanilang inabutan ng tulong para sa darating na eleksyon.
Dahil sa papalapit na ang eleksiyon, dumarami ang hanay ng mga pulitikong nagnanais tumakbo sa darating na eleksiyon ang puspusang naghahatid ng tulong sa mga biktima ng trahedyang dulot ng mgkasunod na bagyo. Lingid sa mga taong kanilang tinutulungan, ito ay pagpapakitang-tao lamang at ginagamit lang ng mga mapagsamantalang politikong ito ang pagkakataon upang mapaganda ang kanilang imahe.
Hindi bat nakapanlulumong isipin na me iilan paring mga taong mas binibigyan ng prayoridad ang kanilang pansariling interes habang ang buong sambayanan ay abala sa pagtulong at pagdamay sa kanilang kapwa. May mga pulitikong nag abot nga ng tulong ngunit halatang may bahid ng pamumulitika ang tulong na iyon. Kung talagang taos sa puso ang pakikiramay at pagbibigay-tulong, hindi na kailangan pang ilagay ang pangalan sa nasabing tulong upang malaman kung saan at kanino nanggaling ang mga iyon. Hindi na kelangan pang malaman ng buong bansa ang nagawang kabutihan at pagmamalasakit sa kapwa.
Mayroon ding mga pulitikong nagiging abala na sa pangangampanya sa pamamagitan ng paglalagay ng mga banners, posters at iba pang mga campaign paraphernalia sa ilang probinsiya pagkatapos humagupit ang bagyong Ondoy at Pepeng. Ang mga ganitong gawain ay nagpapatunay lamang ng kanilang pagiging makasarili at kawalan ng pagpapahalaga sa kapwa. Hindi man lang nagawang isantabi ang sariling interes upang bigyang daan ang pag intindi sa kapwa na nagdaranas ng kahirapan sa panahong ito.
Katulad na lamang ni Sen. Noynoy Aquino na kung saan mayroong kumakalat sa internet na nagpapakita ng kanyang mga banners at posters sa ilang probinsya bilang pagkampanya sa darating na eleksiyon. Tila nga ba nawawala na ang pagpapahalaga ni Noynoy sa kanyang kapwa at nagiging makasarili na? Oo ngat may iniabot na tulong ang Senador sa mga nasalanta ngunit hindi ito sapat upang ipabatid ang kanyang pakikiramay. Sa halip nagiging abala siya sa pangangampanya at pagpupulong sa ibat ibang personalidad at kinalimutan ang mga taong higit nangangailangan sa kanya.
Sa ngayon, hindi pa man tayo lubos na nakakaahon sa pagkalubog dulot ng nasabing kalamidad, dapat nating isaalang alang ang tamang pagpili ng isang lider na mamumuno sa ating bansa. Huwag nating hayaang samantalahin ng mga mapaglinlang na mga politiko ang paghihirap na nararanasan natin sa ngayon. Sa panahong ito natin makikita at mapapatunayan ang sinseridad ng mga totoong nagmamalasakit at may pagpapahalaga sa kapakanan ng sambayanan. Hindi kailangan ng mamamayang Pilipino ang pinunong ganid at uhaw sa kapangyarihan bagkus isang pinuno na may pagmamalasakit sa kapwa at magbibigay ng magandang kinabukasan sa buong bayan.
Why Am I Here???
Crowded makeshift shanties, flies and cockroaches, children whose faces are griming in pain with some of them can not even wash their faces, but their eyes seems to glow in the presence of these foreigners, children, parents and old constituents mostly women are smiling, all smiling because just a few meters away from their makeshifts houses are three (3) ten wheeler trucks loaded with rice, cooking oils and ready –to-eat noodles with canned goods. These are just a few sights I encountered during the recent visit of European Union delegations in different evacuation centers of IDPs in Maguindanao Province.
In the midst of this “Operation Tulong sa Bakwits” lies a big question among the delegation of the EU, “Why the IDPs are still in the evacuation centers”? and why does their numbers increased in-spite of the pronouncements from the MILF hierarchy of their “Suspension of Military Actions” (SUMA) and the AFP of the Suspension of the Military Operations” (SUMO).
In response to these questions, the representatives of the political leadership of the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao cited that, the IDPs prefers to stay in the evacuation centers because they (IDPs) can not hold on to the pronouncement of SUMO and SUMA, and that their houses were been burned by the operating government troops in their areas of origin.
This kind of irresponsible media pronouncements/responses coming from our very own local government officials put the AFP and the government in general in bad light, it seems to me that the AFP units deployed in the war-torn areas were responsible for the IDPs not returning home, but if we just analyzed and dig deeper into this problem, there is something fishy about it, first and foremost, most if not all of these evacuees/IDPs were families and relatives of MILF regulars. Since the skirmishes began between the government forces and the MILF, there were no reported burning incident done by the military, however, feuding families who are both elements of 105th and 108th Base Commands of the MILF burned about 10 shanties in the outskirts of Talayan, Maguindanao sometime in the month of March 2008. Secondly, the pouring-out of donations and cash from donor countries seem to-be “sobra-sobra” in which case, some of these relief goods are being sold-out to public markets surrounding the evacuation centers. Thirdly, some politicians are making good money out of these evacuees, kung baga eh pinakikinabangan nila ang presensya ng mga bakwits bakit nila ito pauuwiin? Ano ba yan???
I understand that there are peculiarities in the areas dominated by the MILF however, this question remains in my mind, “Are they used to easy money? Or it is just a part of their culture of being lazy? Letting the government feed them? Or its just a plain and simple manipulation of the rich over the poor inhabitants surrounding the Liguasan Marsh ? ? ?
In the midst of this “Operation Tulong sa Bakwits” lies a big question among the delegation of the EU, “Why the IDPs are still in the evacuation centers”? and why does their numbers increased in-spite of the pronouncements from the MILF hierarchy of their “Suspension of Military Actions” (SUMA) and the AFP of the Suspension of the Military Operations” (SUMO).
In response to these questions, the representatives of the political leadership of the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao cited that, the IDPs prefers to stay in the evacuation centers because they (IDPs) can not hold on to the pronouncement of SUMO and SUMA, and that their houses were been burned by the operating government troops in their areas of origin.
This kind of irresponsible media pronouncements/responses coming from our very own local government officials put the AFP and the government in general in bad light, it seems to me that the AFP units deployed in the war-torn areas were responsible for the IDPs not returning home, but if we just analyzed and dig deeper into this problem, there is something fishy about it, first and foremost, most if not all of these evacuees/IDPs were families and relatives of MILF regulars. Since the skirmishes began between the government forces and the MILF, there were no reported burning incident done by the military, however, feuding families who are both elements of 105th and 108th Base Commands of the MILF burned about 10 shanties in the outskirts of Talayan, Maguindanao sometime in the month of March 2008. Secondly, the pouring-out of donations and cash from donor countries seem to-be “sobra-sobra” in which case, some of these relief goods are being sold-out to public markets surrounding the evacuation centers. Thirdly, some politicians are making good money out of these evacuees, kung baga eh pinakikinabangan nila ang presensya ng mga bakwits bakit nila ito pauuwiin? Ano ba yan???
I understand that there are peculiarities in the areas dominated by the MILF however, this question remains in my mind, “Are they used to easy money? Or it is just a part of their culture of being lazy? Letting the government feed them? Or its just a plain and simple manipulation of the rich over the poor inhabitants surrounding the Liguasan Marsh ? ? ?
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