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		<title>Inverted Philippine Flag at the US-ASEAN Summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the hostage taking fiasco, here&#8217;s another boo boo for the Aquino administration. The Philippine flag at the US-ASEAN Summit was inverted. The flag was placed with the red side on top which signifies &#8220;war&#8221;, even elementary students know that. They were even bragging that they hired a PR firm to fix all important details [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>After the hostage taking fiasco, here&#8217;s another boo boo for the Aquino administration. The Philippine flag at the US-ASEAN Summit was inverted. The flag was placed with the red side on top which signifies &#8220;war&#8221;, even elementary students know that.</p>
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<p>They were even bragging that they hired a PR firm to fix all important details for this trip but how did this happened?</p>
<p>But what&#8217;s more mind boggling is that we don&#8217;t see this news on the mainstream media, especially in the obviously biased ABS-CBN. We only learn this through Facebook Fanpages, internet forums and Youtube.</p>
<p>Why do we expect ABSCBN or TV5 to feature these types of news? Obviously they won&#8217;t because Gaby Lopez and Tony Boy Cojuangco are part of the Aquino entourage in New York. You can even watch a video of Tony Boy Cojuangco giving lectures on how the media should act.</p>
<p>In my own opinion, if Marcos had cronies like Danding Cojuangco; Noynoy Aquino has the Lopezes, Tony Boy Cojuangco, the Abads and the Kamag-anak Inc, the new breed of cronies.</p>
<p>Here’s the video from RTVM posted on Youtube:</p>
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<p>For more information, you can visit <a href="http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?t=471800" target="_blank">Pinoy Exchange forum</a>.</p>
<p>Pang-ilang palpak na ba to? Mukhang mas okay pa sa kanya si Erap Estrada ah. =)</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Here are some questions to answer:</strong></span></p>
<p>1. Kung nangyari ito sa panahon ni Gloria, paano kaya ito ibabalita ng ABS-CBN?</p>
<p>2. Mas news worthy ba ang pagkain ng hotdog ni Noynoy Aquino sa kalsada kesa dito?</p>
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		<title>Jude Law for Internet For Peace and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jude Law, the English actor, film producer, director and ambassador for Peace One Day, a non-profit organization founded by English documentary filmmaker and actor Jeremy Gilley, released a video supporting the Global Peace Day and the Internet nomination for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. Peace One day has led an initiative that resulted in the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_Law" target="_blank"><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Jude Law</strong></span></a>, the English actor, film producer, director and ambassador for <a href="http://www.peaceoneday.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Peace One Day</strong></span></a>, a non-profit organization founded by English documentary filmmaker and actor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Gilley" target="_blank"><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Jeremy Gilley</strong></span></a>, released a video supporting the Global Peace Day and the Internet nomination for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.</p>
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<p>Peace One day has led an initiative that resulted in the unanimous adoption by UN member states of the first ever annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on September 21 Peace Day. With the day in place Peace One Day is telling the world “We’re working to institutionalize Peace Day, to make it a day that is self-sustaining.”</p>
<p>The day has already been proved to save lives in areas of conflict and inspire young people around the world to become involved in the peace process.</p>
<p>Jude Law and <a href="http://www.peaceoneday.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Peace One Day</strong></span></a> are asking everyone, from governments through individuals to get involved. They are do it through music, film, education, sports and via the Internet through their website peaceoneday.org and social media. They believe that technology specifically the internet, is crucial to the success of their mission.</p>
<p>The internet is a powerful tool for the promotion of peace and freedom of expression. Digital culture has laid the foundations for a new kind of society and Peace One Day is leveraging the power of the internet to carry out one of the largest networking exercises in the human history.</p>
<p>You can view Jude Law&#8217;s endorsement here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/internetforpeace" target="_blank"><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Internet For Peace</strong></span></a> on Youtube</p>
<p>This blog <a href="http://ronaldredito.org/blog/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Making Money Online Philippines</strong></span></a> believes in the power of social media and I support Peace One Day’s cause. The Philippines as a country with issues on armed conflicts, it is better to have a similar initiative like this.</p>
<p>Ideas, anyone?</p>
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		<title>Ex-President Bill Clinton&#8217;s YouTube Interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former US President Bill Clinton answered citizen questions submitted through Moderator on YouTube in this special interview. This is a prelude to his sixth annual Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York, where he’ll bring together CEO’s, philanthropists, nonprofits, and political leaders all in once place to make “commitments” to fund ideas and organizations [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Former US President Bill Clinton answered citizen questions submitted through Moderator on YouTube in this special interview. This is a prelude to his sixth annual Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York, where he’ll bring together CEO’s, philanthropists, nonprofits, and political leaders all in once place to make “commitments” to fund ideas and organizations who are tackling some of the world’s biggest problems.</p>
<p>Philippines&#8217; former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will attend the same event. I wonder why Noynoy Aquino was not invited.</p>
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<p>Youtube&#8217;s News and Politics Blog, <a href="http://www.citizentube.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>CitizenTube</strong></span></a> conducted the interview. You can view the whole interview below:</p>
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<p>President Clinton on plans for mosque near Ground Zero</p>
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<p>President Clinton on the filibuster</p>
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<p>President Clinton on education in the developing world</p>
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<p>President Clinton on Cancer Survival Rates</p>
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<p>President Clinton on American hikers detained in Iran</p>
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		<title>Quirino Grandstand Hostage Crisis &#8211; Live Telephone Conversation Before the Bloody Incident</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Aquino government is once again playing it&#8217;s blame game over the failed hostage crisis. The communications group is releasing irreconcilable statements regarding the whereabouts of the President during the duration of the incident. The most stupid thing to do is to blame and drag the past Arroyo administration over this case. Clearly I can [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>The Aquino government is once again playing it&#8217;s <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>blame game</strong></span> over the failed hostage crisis. The communications group is releasing irreconcilable statements regarding the whereabouts of the President during the duration of the incident.</p>
<p>The most stupid thing to do is to blame and drag the past Arroyo administration over this case. Clearly I can say that this government do not know the word &#8220;command responsibility&#8221;.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s the sense of running in the elections if you will just blame the predecessor everything that fails in your time? It will just reflect how ineffective his leadership skills are (if there are any). It will just show how incompetent Aquino as an individual. It will just open points of comparison between him and Gloria Arroyo.</p>
<p>As the previous spokesperson of GMA said, we have the same PNP who served under her administration; same training, same equipment and almost the same personnel. The only difference is the leadership &#8211; we have Noynoy Aquino as president today.</p>
<p>Leadership of Arroyo was proven in a number of similar situations like this such as the Oakwood Munity, Manila Peninsula seige, Taguig RTC hostage taking, Jun Ducat hostage taking and Ces Drilon hostage taking. If you can&#8217;t see the difference, then I guess you&#8217;re blind or you need to visit your doctor for serious check-up.</p>
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<p>Anyway, the Live telephone conversation with Rolando Mendoza (the Hostage taker ) from the radio partner of global news network, Radyo Mo Nationwide (RMN).</p>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Now ask yourself, what would Gloria do? =)</strong></span></p>
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		<title>Tourist Bus in the Philippines Held Hostage by a Dismissed Police Officer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dismissed police officer held a tourist bus with 22 Hongkong foreigners hostage in front of the Quirino Grandstand. The hostage-taker was identified as Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed police officer who was asking for reinstatement. SPO2 Gregorio Mendoza, brother of the hostage-taker was interviewed by the media nearby about the demands of his brother. Gregorio [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>A dismissed police officer held a tourist bus with 22 Hongkong foreigners hostage in front of the Quirino Grandstand. The hostage-taker was identified as Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed police officer who was asking for reinstatement.</p>
<p>SPO2 Gregorio Mendoza, brother of the hostage-taker was interviewed by the media nearby about the demands of his brother. Gregorio said his brother was dismissed from service by the Ombudsman without due process. Rolando was supposed to retire early next year because he was turning 56, retiring age for policemen.</p>
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<p>Hong Kong&#8217;s Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee told reporters authorities that none of their nationals were injured in the incident.</p>
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	<p class="wp-caption-text">The Hostagetaker: Dismissed Police Capt. Rolando Mendoza</p>
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<p>The hostage taker, Rolando Mendoza, is facing charges such as robbery, robbery-extortion, grave threats and physical injuries. Mendoza was formerly with the Manila police&#8217;s mobile patrol but was dismissed from the service due to charges of extortion and illegal arrest.</p>
<p>Mendoza previously received the 1986 Ten Outstanding Policemen of the Philippines award of the Jaycees International.</p>
<p>Mendoza reportedly became impatient while waiting for the resolution of his motion for reconsideration so he decided to take hostages.</p>
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		<title>CHR Commissioner Coco Quisumbing Worse Than Torture Video</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHR Commissioner Coco Quisumbing had gone ballistic over the media people who asked for an impromptu interview about the updates on the recent police torture video. The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is currently investigating the said issue. As a former media practitioner and as a daughter of former Supreme Court Justice Leonardo Quisumbing and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>CHR Commissioner Coco Quisumbing had gone ballistic over the media people who asked for an impromptu interview about the updates on the recent police torture video. The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is currently investigating the said issue.</p>
<p>As a former media practitioner and as a daughter of former Supreme Court Justice Leonardo Quisumbing and former CHR Chair Purificacion Quisumbing, she could have handled the situation better. The scene looked like a teacher scolding grade one pupils who cannot understand simple instructions.</p>
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<p>In my own opinion, it was worse than the police torture video itself (of course an exaggeration). But I just can’t imagine how a poor fellow would be entertained when he/she asks for assistance from the Commission on Human Rights, if its Commissioner is acting inhumane. I would definitely walk out if I was one of the mediamen in that press conference.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Being ill-tempered is not an excuse in the public service.</strong></span></p>
<p>Related articles:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/08/20/10/chr-commissioner-coco-goes-loco" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>CHR Commissioner Coco goes &#8216;loco&#8217;</strong></span></a></p>
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		<title>President Noynoy Aquino SONA 2010 Full Transcript</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s Noynoy Aquino&#8217;s First SONA Full Transcript Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Vice President Jejomar Binay; Chief Justice Renato Corona; Former Presidents Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada; members of the House of Representatives and the Senate; distinguished members of the diplomatic corps; my fellow workers in government; Mga minamahal kong [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Here&#8217;s Noynoy Aquino&#8217;s First SONA Full Transcript</p>
<p>Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Vice President Jejomar Binay; Chief Justice Renato Corona; Former Presidents Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada; members of the House of Representatives and the Senate; distinguished members of the diplomatic corps; my fellow workers in government;</p>
<p>Mga minamahal kong kababayan:</p>
<p>Sa bawat sandali po ng pamamahala ay nahaharap tayo sa isang sangandaan.</p>
<p>Sa isang banda po ay ang pagpili para sa ikabubuti ng taumbayan. Ang pagtanaw sa interes ng nakakarami; ang pagkapit sa prinsipyo; at ang pagiging tapat sa sinumpaan nating tungkulin bilang lingkod-bayan. Ito po ang tuwid na daan.</p>
<p>Sa kabilang banda ay ang pag-una sa pansariling interes. Ang pagpapaalipin sa pulitikal na konsiderasyon, at pagsasakripisyo ng kapakanan ng taumbayan. Ito po ang baluktot na daan.</p>
<p>GOV’T HAS LONG STRAYED TO THE CROOKED PATH</p>
<p>Matagal pong naligaw ang pamahalaan sa daang baluktot. Araw-araw po, lalong lumilinaw sa akin ang lawak ng problemang ating namana. Damang-dama ko ang bigat ng aking responsibilidad.</p>
<p>Sa unang tatlong linggo ng aming panunungkulan, marami po kaming natuklasan. Nais ko pong ipahayag sa inyo ang iilan lamang sa mga namana nating suliranin at ang ginagawa naming hakbang para lutasin ang mga ito.</p>
<p>RP’S PROBLEMS WIDE-RANGING; TRUE STATE OF THE NATION KEPT SECRET FROM THE PUBLIC</p>
<p>Sulyap lamang po ito; hindi pa ito ang lahat ng problemang haharapin natin. Inilihim at sadyang iniligaw ang sambayanan sa totoong kalagayan ng ating bansa.</p>
<p>PROBLEMA SA BUDGET</p>
<p>Sa unang anim na buwan ng taon, mas malaki ang ginastos ng gobyerno kaysa sa pumasok na kita. Lalong lumaki ang deficit natin, na umakyat na sa 196.7 billion pesos. Sa target na kuleksyon, kinapos tayo ng 23.8 billion pesos; ang tinataya namang gastos, nalagpasan natin ng 45.1 billion pesos.</p>
<p>Ang budget po sa 2010 ay 1.54 trillion pesos.</p>
<p>Nasa isandaang bilyong piso o anim at kalahating porsyento na lang ng kabuuan ang malaya nating magagamit para sa nalalabing anim na buwan ng taong ito.</p>
<p>Halos isang porsyento na lang po ng kabuuang budget ang natitira para sa bawat buwan.</p>
<p>Saan naman po dinala ang pera?</p>
<p>CALAMITY FUND</p>
<p>Naglaan ng dalawang bilyong piso na Calamity Fund bilang paghahanda para sa mga kalamidad na hindi pa nangyayari. Napakaliit na nga po ng pondong ito, ngunit kapapasok pa lang natin sa panahon ng baha at bagyo, 1.4 billion pesos o sitenta porsyento na ang nagastos.</p>
<p>Sa kabuuan ng 108 million pesos para sa lalawigan ng Pampanga, 105 million pesos nito ay napunta sa iisang distrito lamang.</p>
<p>ONE DISTRICT IN PAMPANGA GOT P105M; PANGASINAN ONLY GOT P5M FOR 2008 CALAMITY</p>
<p>Samantala, ang lalawigan ng Pangasinan na sinalanta ng Pepeng ay nakatanggap ng limang milyong piso lamang para sa pinsalang idinulot ng bagyong Cosme, na nangyari noong 2008 pa.</p>
<p>FUNDS FOR PAMPANGA GIVEN ON ELECTION MONTH, 7 MOS. AFTER “ONDOY”, “PEPENG”</p>
<p>Ibinigay po ang pondo ng Pampanga sa buwan ng eleksyon, pitong buwan pagkatapos ng Ondoy at Pepeng. Paano kung bumagyo bukas? Inubos na ang pondo nito para sa bagyong nangyari noong isang taon pa. Pagbabayaran ng kinabukasan ang kasakiman ng nakaraan.</p>
<p>MWSS</p>
<p>Ganyan din po ang nangyari sa pondo ng MWSS. Kamakailan lamang, pumipila ang mga tao para lang makakuha ng tubig. Sa kabila nito, minabuti pa ng liderato ng MWSS na magbigay ng gantimpala sa sarili kahit hindi pa nababayaran ang pensyon ng mga retiradong empleyado.</p>
<p>Noong 2009, ang buong payroll ng MWSS ay 51.4 million pesos. Pero hindi lang naman po ito ang sahod nila; may mga additional allowances at benefits pa sila na aabot sa 160.1 million pesos. Sa madaling sabi, nakatanggap sila ng 211.5 million pesos noong nakaraang taon. Beinte-kuwatro porsyento lang nito ang normal na sahod, at sitenta’y sais porsyento ang dagdag.</p>
<p>Ang karaniwang manggagawa hanggang 13th month pay plus cash gift lang ang nakukuha. Sa MWSS, aabot sa katumbas ng mahigit sa tatlumpung buwan ang sahod kasama na ang lahat ng mga bonuses at allowances na nakuha nila.</p>
<p>Mas matindi po ang natuklasan natin sa pasahod ng kanilang Board of Trustees. Tingnan po natin ang mga allowances na tinatanggap nila:</p>
<p>Umupo ka lang sa Board of Trustees at Board Committee meeting, katorse mil na. Aabot ng nobenta’y otso mil ito kada buwan. May grocery incentive pa sila na otsenta mil kada taon.</p>
<p>Hindi lang iyon: may mid-year bonus, productivity bonus, anniversary bonus, year-end bonus, at Financial Assistance. May Christmas bonus na, may Additional Christmas Package pa. Kada isa sa mga ito, nobenta’y otso mil.</p>
<p>Sa suma total po, aabot ang lahat ng dalawa’t kalahating milyong piso kada taon sa bawat miyembro ng Board maliban sa pakotse, technical assistance, at pautang. Uulitin ko po. Lahat ng ito ay ibinibigay nila sa kanilang mga sarili habang hindi pa nababayaran ang mga pensyon ng kanilang mga retirees.</p>
<p>Pati po ang La Mesa Watershed ay hindi nila pinatawad. Para magkaroon ng tamang supply ng tubig, kailangang alagaan ang mga watershed. Sa watershed, puno ang kailangan. Pati po iyon na dapat puno ang nakatayo, tinayuan nila ng bahay para sa matataas na opisyal ng MWSS.</p>
<p>Hindi naman sila agad maaalis sa puwesto dahil kabilang sila sa mga Midnight Appointees ni dating Pangulong Arroyo. Iniimbestigahan na natin ang lahat nang ito. Kung mayroon pa silang kahit kaunting hiya na natitira – sana kusa na lang silang magbitiw sa puwesto.</p>
<p>ROAD USERS’ FUND</p>
<p>Pag-usapan naman po natin ang pondo para sa imprastruktura. Tumukoy ang DPWH ng dalawandaan apatnapu’t anim na priority safety projects na popondohan ng Motor Vehicle Users Charge.</p>
<p>Mangangailangan po ito ng budget na 425 million pesos.</p>
<p>Ang pinondohan po, dalawampu’t walong proyekto lang. Kinalimutan po ang dalawandaan at labing walong proyekto at pinalitan ng pitumpung proyekto na wala naman sa plano. Ang hininging 425 million pesos, naging 480 million pesos pa, lumaki lalo dahil sa mga proyektong sa piling-piling mga benepisyaryo lang napunta.</p>
<p>Mga proyekto po itong walang saysay, hindi pinag-aralan at hindi pinaghandaan, kaya parang kabuteng sumusulpot.</p>
<p>Tapos na po ang panahon para dito. Sa administrasyon po natin, walang kota-kota, walang tongpats, ang pera ng taumbayan ay gagastusin para sa taumbayan lamang.</p>
<p>NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS</p>
<p>Meron pa po tayong natuklasan. Limang araw bago matapos ang termino ng nakaraang administrasyon, nagpautos silang maglabas ng 3.5 billion pesos para sa rehabilitasyon ng mga nasalanta nina Ondoy at Pepeng.</p>
<p>Walumpu’t anim na proyekto ang paglalaanan dapat nito na hindi na sana idadaan sa public bidding. Labingsiyam sa mga ito na nagkakahalaga ng 981 million pesos ang muntik nang makalusot. Hindi pa nailalabas ang Special Allotment Release Order ay pirmado na ang mga kontrata.</p>
<p>Buti na lang po ay natuklasan at pinigilan ito ni Secretary Rogelio Singson ng DPWH. Ngayon po ay dadaan na ang kabuuan ng 3.5 billion pesos sa tapat na bidding, at magagamit na ang pondo na ito sa pagbibigay ng lingap sa mga nawalan ng tahanan dahil kina Ondoy at Pepeng.</p>
<p>NAPOCOR</p>
<p>Pag-usapan naman natin ang nangyari sa NAPOCOR. Noong 2001 hanggang 2004, pinilit ng gobyerno ang NAPOCOR na magbenta ng kuryente nang palugi para hindi tumaas ang presyo. Tila ang dahilan: pinaghahandaan na nila ang eleksyon.</p>
<p>Dahil dito, noong 2004, sumagad ang pagkakabaon sa utang ng NAPOCOR. Napilitan ang pambansang gobyerno na sagutin ang dalawandaang bilyong pisong utang nito.</p>
<p>Ang inakala ng taumbayan na natipid nila sa kuryente ay binabayaran din natin mula sa kaban ng bayan. May gastos na tayo sa kuryente, binabayaran pa natin ang dagdag na pagkakautang ng gobyerno.<br />
Kung naging matino ang pag-utang, sana’y nadagdagan ang ating kasiguruhan sa supply ng kuryente. Pero ang desisyon ay ibinatay sa maling pulitika, at hindi sa pangangailangan ng taumbayan. Ang taumbayan, matapos pinagsakripisyo ay lalo pang pinahirapan.</p>
<p>MRT</p>
<p>Ganito rin po ang nangyari sa MRT. Sinubukan na namang bilhin ang ating pagmamahal. Pinilit ang operator na panatilihing mababa ang pamasahe.</p>
<p>Hindi tuloy nagampanan ang garantiyang ibinigay sa operator na mababawi nila ang kanilang puhunan. Dahil dito, inutusan ang Landbank at Development Bank of the Philippines na bilhin ang MRT.<br />
Ang pera ng taumbayan, ipinagpalit sa isang naluluging operasyon.</p>
<p>NFA</p>
<p>Dumako naman po tayo sa pondo ng NFA.</p>
<p>Noong 2004: 117,000 metric tons ang pagkukulang ng supply ng Pilipinas. Ang binili nila, 900,000 metric tons. Kahit ulitin mo pa ng mahigit pitong beses ang pagkukulang, sobra pa rin ang binili nila.</p>
<p>Noong 2007: 589,000 metric tons ang pagkukulang ng supply sa Pilipinas. Ang binili nila, 1.827 million metric tons. Kahit ulitin mo pa ng mahigit tatlong beses ang pagkukulang, sobra na naman ang binili nila.<br />
Ang masakit nito, dahil sobra-sobra ang binibili nila taun-taon, nabubulok lang pala sa mga kamalig ang bigas, kagaya ng nangyari noong 2008.</p>
<p>Hindi po ba krimen ito, na hinahayaan nilang mabulok ang bigas, sa kabila ng apat na milyong Pilipinong hindi kumakain ng tatlong beses sa isang araw?</p>
<p>Ang resulta nito, umabot na sa 171.6 billion pesos ang utang ng NFA noong Mayo ng taong ito.</p>
<p>Ang tinapon na ito, halos puwede na sanang pondohan ang mga sumusunod:</p>
<p>Ang budget ng buong Hudikatura, na 12.7 billion pesos sa taong ito.<br />
Ang Conditional Cash Transfers para sa susunod na taon, na nagkakahalaga ng 29.6 billion pesos.</p>
<p>Ang lahat ng classroom na kailangan ng ating bansa, na nagkakahalaga ng 130 billion pesos.</p>
<p>Kasuklam-suklam ang kalakarang ito. Pera na, naging bato pa.</p>
<p>ZERO BUDGET</p>
<p>Narinig po ninyo kung paano nilustay ang kaban ng bayan. Ang malinaw po sa ngayon: ang anumang pagbabago ay magmumula sa pagsiguro natin na magwawakas na ang pagiging maluho at pagwawaldas.</p>
<p>Kaya nga po mula ngayon: ititigil na natin ang paglulustay sa salapi ng bayan. Tatanggalin natin ang mga proyektong mali.</p>
<p>Ito po ang punto ng tinatawag nating zero-based approach sa ating budget. Ang naging kalakaran po, taun-taon ay inuulit lamang ang budget na puno ng tagas. Dadagdagan lang nang konti, puwede na.<br />
Sa susunod na buwan ay maghahain tayo ng budget na kumikilala nang tama sa mga problema, at magtutuon din ng pansin sa tamang solusyon.</p>
<p>IMMEDIATE STEPS</p>
<p>TAX EVASION</p>
<p>Ilan lang ito sa mga natuklasan nating problema. Heto naman po ang ilang halimbawa ng mga hakbang na ginagawa natin.</p>
<p>Nandiyan po ang kaso ng isang may-ari ng sanglaan. Bumili siya ng sasakyang tinatayang nasa dalawampu’t anim na milyong piso ang halaga.</p>
<p>Kung kaya mong bumili ng Lamborghini, bakit hindi mo kayang magbayad ng buwis?</p>
<p>Nasampahan na po ito ng kaso. Sa pangunguna nina Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, BIR Commissioner Kim Henares at Customs Commissioner Lito Alvarez, bawat linggo po ay may bago tayong kasong isinasampa kontra sa mga smuggler at sa mga hindi nagbabayad ng tamang buwis.</p>
<p>EXTRALEGAL KILLINGS</p>
<p>Natukoy na rin po ang salarin sa mga kaso nina Francisco Baldomero, Jose Daguio at Miguel Belen, tatlo sa anim na insidente ng extralegal killings mula nang umupo tayo.</p>
<p>Singkuwenta porsyento po ng mga insidente ng extralegal killings ang patungo na sa kanilang resolusyon.</p>
<p>Ang natitira pong kalahati ay hindi natin tatantanan ang pag-usig hanggang makamit ang katarungan.</p>
<p>TRUTH COMMISSION</p>
<p>Pananagutin natin ang mga mamamatay-tao. Pananagutin din natin ang mga corrupt sa gobyerno.</p>
<p>Nagsimula nang mabuo ang ating Truth Commission, sa pangunguna ni dating Chief Justice Hilario Davide. Hahanapin natin ang katotohanan sa mga nangyari diumanong katiwalian noong nakaraang siyam na taon.<br />
Sa loob ng linggong ito, pipirmahan ko ang kauna-unahang Executive Order na nagtatalaga sa pagbuo nitong Truth Commission.</p>
<p>PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS</p>
<p>Kung ang sagot sa kawalan ng katarungan ay pananagutan, ang sagot naman sa kakulangan natin sa pondo ay mga makabago at malikhaing paraan para tugunan ang mga pagkatagal-tagal nang problema.</p>
<p>Napakarami po ng ating pangangailangan: mula sa edukasyon, imprastruktura, pangkalusugan, pangangailangan ng militar at kapulisan, at marami pang iba. Hindi kakasya ang pondo para mapunan ang lahat ng ito.</p>
<p>Kahit gaano po kalaki ang kakulangan para mapunan ang mga listahan ng ating pangangailangan, ganado pa rin ako dahil marami nang nagpakita ng panibagong interes at kumpyansa sa Pilipinas.</p>
<p>Ito ang magiging solusyon: mga Public-Private Partnerships. Kahit wala pa pong pirmahang nangyayari dito, masasabi kong maganda ang magiging bunga ng maraming usapin ukol dito.</p>
<p>May mga nagpakita na po ng interes, gustong magtayo ng expressway na mula Maynila, tatahak ng Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, hanggang sa dulo ng Cagayan Valley nang hindi gugugol ang estado kahit na po piso.</p>
<p>Sa larangan ng ating Sandatahang Lakas:</p>
<p>Mayroon po tayong 36,000 nautical miles ng baybayin. Ang mayroon lamang tayo: tatlumpu’t dalawang barko. Itong mga barkong ito, panahon pa ni MacArthur.</p>
<p>May nagmungkahi sa atin, ito ang proposisyon: uupahan po nila ang headquarters ng Navy sa Roxas Boulevard at ang Naval Station sa Fort Bonifacio.</p>
<p>Sagot po nila ang paglipat ng Navy Headquarters sa Camp Aguinaldo. Agaran, bibigyan tayo ng isandaang milyong dolyar. At dagdag pa sa lahat nang iyan, magsusubi pa sila sa atin ng kita mula sa mga negosyong itatayo nila sa uupahan nilang lupa.</p>
<p>Sa madali pong sabi: Makukuha natin ang kailangan natin, hindi tatayo gagastos, kikita pa tayo.</p>
<p>Marami na pong nag-alok at nagmungkahi sa atin, mula lokal hanggang dayuhang negosyante, na magpuno ng iba’t ibang pangangailangan.</p>
<p>Mula sa mga public-private partnerships na ito, lalago ang ating ekonomiya, at bawat Pilipino makikinabang. Napakaraming sektor na matutulungan nito.</p>
<p>Maipapatayo na po ang imprastrukturang kailangan natin para palaguin ang turismo.</p>
<p>Sa agrikultura, makapagtatayo na tayo ng mga grains terminals, refrigeration facilities, maayos na road networks at post-harvest facilities.</p>
<p>Kung maisasaayos natin ang ating food supply chain sa tulong ng pribadong sektor, sa halip na mag-angkat tayo ay maari na sana tayong mangarap na mag-supply sa pandaigdigang merkado.</p>
<p>Kung maitatayo ang minumungkahi sa ating railway system, bababa ang presyo ng bilihin. Mas mura, mas mabilis, mas maginhawa, at makakaiwas pa sa kotong cops at mga kumokotong na rebelde ang mga bumibiyahe.</p>
<p>STREAMLINING PROCESSES</p>
<p>Paalala lang po: una sa ating plataporma ang paglikha ng mga trabaho, at nanggagaling ang trabaho sa paglago ng industriya. Lalago lamang ang industriya kung gagawin nating mas malinis, mas mabilis, at mas maginhawa ang proseso para sa mga gustong magnegosyo.</p>
<p>Pabibilisin natin ang proseso ng mga proyektong sumasailalim sa Build-Operate-Transfer. Sa tulong ng lahat ng sangay ng gobyerno at ng mga mamamayan, pabababain natin sa anim na buwan ang proseso na noon ay inaabot ng taon kung hindi dekada.</p>
<p>May mga hakbang na rin pong sinisimulan ang DTI, sa pamumuno ni Secretary Gregory Domingo:</p>
<p>Ang walang-katapusang pabalik-balik sa proseso ng pagrehistro ng pangalan ng kumpanya, na kada dalaw ay umaabot ng apat hanggang walong oras, ibababa na natin sa labinlimang minuto.</p>
<p>Ang dating listahan ng tatlumpu’t anim na dokumento, ibababa natin sa anim. Ang dating walong pahinang application form, ibababa natin sa isang pahina.</p>
<p>Nananawagan ako sa ating mga LGUs. Habang naghahanap tayo ng paraan para gawing mas mabilis ang pagbubukas ng mga negosyo, pag-aralan din sana nila ang kanilang mga proseso. Kailangan itong gawing mas mabilis, at kailangan itong itugma sa mga sinisumulan nating reporma.</p>
<p>Negosyante, sundalo, rebelde, at karaniwang Pilipino, lahat po makikinabang dito. Basta po hindi dehado ang Pilipino, papasukin po natin lahat iyan. Kailangan na po nating simulan ang pagtutulungan para makamit ito. Huwag nating pahirapan ang isa’t isa.</p>
<p>Parating na po ang panahon na hindi na natin kailangang mamili sa pagitan ng seguridad ng ating mamamayan o sa kinabukasan ng inyong mga anak.</p>
<p>FREEING UP FUNDS</p>
<p>EDUCATION</p>
<p>Oras na maipatupad ang public-private partnerships na ito, mapopondohan ang mga serbisyong panlipunan, alinsunod sa ating plataporma.</p>
<p>Magkakapondo na po para maipatupad ang mga plano natin sa edukasyon.</p>
<p>Mapapalawak natin ang basic education cycle mula sa napakaikling sampung taon tungo sa global standard na labindalawang taon.<br />
Madadagdagan natin ang mga classroom. Mapopondohan natin ang service contracting sa ilalim ng GASTPE.</p>
<p>Pati ang conditional cash transfers, na magbabawas ng pabigat sa bulsa ng mga pamilya, madadagdan na rin ng pondo.</p>
<p>PHILHEALTH</p>
<p>Maipapatupad ang plano natin sa PhilHealth.</p>
<p>Una, tutukuyin natin ang tunay na bilang ng mga nangangailangan nito. Sa ngayon, hindi magkakatugma ang datos. Sabi ng PhilHealth sa isang bibig, walumpu’t pitong porsyento na raw ang merong coverage. Sa kabilang bibig naman, singkuwenta’y tres porsyento naman. Ayon naman sa National Statistics Office, tatlumpu’t walong porsyento ang may coverage.</p>
<p>Ngayon pa lang, kumikilos na si Secretary Dinky Soliman at ang DSWD upang ipatupad ang National Household Targetting System, na magtutukoy sa mga pamilyang higit na nagangailangan ng tulong.</p>
<p>Tinatayang siyam na bilyon ang kailangan para mabigyan ng PhilHealth ang limang milyong pinakamaralitang pamilyang Pilipino.</p>
<p>LEGISLATIVE AGENDA</p>
<p>Napakaganda po ng hinaharap natin. Kasama na po natin ang pribadong sektor, at kasama na rin natin ang League of Provinces, sa pangunguna nina Governor Alfonso Umali kasama sina Governor L-Ray Villafuerte at Governor Icot Petilla. Handa na pong makipagtulungan para makibahagi sa pagtustos ng mga gastusin. Alam ko rin pong hindi magpapahuli ang League of Cities sa pangunguna ni Mayor Oscar Rodriguez.<br />
Kung ang mga gobyernong lokal ay nakikiramay na sa ating mga adhikain, ang Kongreso namang pinanggalingan ko, siguro naman maasahan ko din.</p>
<p>Nagpakitang-gilas na po ang gabinete sa pagtukoy ng ating mga problema at sa paglulunsad ng mga solusyon sa loob lamang ng tatlong linggo.</p>
<p>Nang bagyo pong Basyang, ang sabi sa atin ng mga may prangkisa sa kuryente, apat na araw na walang kuryente. Dahil sa mabilis na pagkilos ni Secretary Rene Almendras at ng Department of Energy, naibalik ang kuryente sa halos lahat sa loob lamang ng beinte-kwatro oras.</p>
<p>Ito pong sinasabing kakulangan sa tubig sa Metro Manila, kinilusan agad ni Secretary Rogelio Singson at ng DPWH. Hindi na siya naghintay ng utos, kaya nabawasan ang perwisyo.</p>
<p>Nakita na rin natin ang gilas ng mga hinirang nating makatulong sa Gabinete. Makatuwiran naman po sigurong umasa na hindi na sila padadaanin sa butas ng karayom para makumpirma ng Commission on Appointments. Kung mangyayari po ito, marami pa sa mga mahuhusay na Pilipino ang maeengganyong magsilbi sa gobyerno.</p>
<p>Sa lalong madaling panahon po, uupo na tayo sa LEDAC at pag-uusapan ang mga mahahalagang batas na kailangan nating ipasa. Makakaasa kayo na mananatiling bukas ang aking isipan, at ang ating ugnayan ay mananatiling tapat.</p>
<p>Isinusulong po natin ang Fiscal Responsibility Bill, kung saan hindi tayo magpapasa ng batas na mangangailangan ng pondo kung hindi pa natukoy ang panggagalingan nito. May 104.1 billion pesos tayong kailangan para pondohan ang mga batas na naipasa na, ngunit hindi maipatupad.</p>
<p>Kailangan din nating isaayos ang mga insentibong piskal na ibinigay noong nakaraan. Ngayong naghihigpit tayo ng sinturon, kailangang balikan kung alin sa mga ito ang dapat manatili at kung ano ang dapat nang itigil.</p>
<p>Huwag po tayong pumayag na magkaroon ng isa pang NBN-ZTE. Sa lokal man o dayuhan manggagaling ang pondo, dapat dumaan ito sa tamang proseso. Hinihingi ko po ang tulong ninyo upang amiyendahan ang ating Procurement Law.</p>
<p>Ayon po sa Saligang Batas, tungkulin ng estado ang siguruhing walang lamangan sa merkado. Bawal ang monopolya, bawal ang mga cartel na sasakal sa kumpetisyon. Kailangan po natin ng isang Anti-Trust Law na magbibigay-buhay sa mga prinsipyong ito. Ito ang magbibigay ng pagkakataon sa mga Small- at Medium-scale Enterprises na makilahok at tumulong sa paglago ng ating ekonomiya.</p>
<p>Ipasa na po natin ang National Land Use Bill.</p>
<p>Una rin pong naging batas ng Commonwealth ang National Defense Act, na ipinasa noon pang 1935. Kailangan nang palitan ito ng batas na tutugon sa pangangailangan ng pambansang seguridad sa kasalukuyan.<br />
Nakikiusap po akong isulong ang Whistleblower’s Bill upang patuloy nang iwaksi ang kultura ng takot at pananahimik.</p>
<p>Palalakasin pa lalo ang Witness Protection Program. Alalahanin po natin na noong taong 2009 hanggang 2010, may nahatulan sa 95% ng mga kaso kung saan may witness na sumailalim sa programang ito.<br />
Kailangang repasuhin ang ating mga batas. Nanawagan po akong umpisahan na ang rekodipikasyon ng ating mga batas, upang siguruhing magkakatugma sila at hindi salu-salungat.</p>
<p>PEACE PROCESS</p>
<p>Ito pong mga batas na ito ang batayan ng kaayusan, ngunit ang pundasyon ng lahat ng ginagawa natin ay ang prinsipyong wala tayong mararating kung walang kapayapaan at katahimikan.</p>
<p>Dalawa ang hinaharap nating suliranin sa usapin ng kapayapaan: ang situwasyon sa Mindanao, at ang patuloy na pag-aaklas ng CPP-NPA-NDF.</p>
<p>Tungkol sa situwasyon sa Mindanao: Hindi po nagbabago ang ating pananaw. Mararating lamang ang kapayapaan at katahimikan kung mag-uusap ang lahat ng apektado: Moro, Lumad, at Kristiyano. Inatasan na natin si Dean Marvic Leonen na mangasiwa sa ginagawa nating pakikipag-usap sa MILF.</p>
<p>Iiwasan natin ang mga pagkakamaling nangyari sa nakaraang administrasyon, kung saan binulaga na lang ang mga mamamayan ng Mindanao. Hindi tayo puwedeng magbulag-bulagan sa mga dudang may kulay ng pulitika ang proseso, at hindi ang kapakanan ng taumbayan ang tanging interes.</p>
<p>Kinikilala natin ang mga hakbang na ginagawa ng MILF sa pamamagitan ng pagdidisplina sa kanilang hanay. Inaasahan natin na muling magsisimula ang negosasyon pagkatapos ng Ramadan.</p>
<p>Tungkol naman po sa CPP-NPA-NDF: handa na ba kayong maglaan ng kongkretong mungkahi, sa halip na pawang batikos lamang?<br />
Kung kapayapaan din ang hangad ninyo, handa po kami sa malawakang tigil-putukan. Mag-usap tayo.</p>
<p>Mahirap magsimula ang usapan habang mayroon pang amoy ng pulbura sa hangin. Nananawagan ako: huwag po natin hayaang masayang ang napakagandang pagkakataong ito upang magtipon sa ilalim ng iisang adhikain.</p>
<p>Kapayapaan at katahimikan po ang pundasyon ng kaunlaran. Habang nagpapatuloy ang barilan, patuloy din ang pagkakagapos natin sa kahirapan.</p>
<p>PANAWAGAN</p>
<p>Dapat din po nating mabatid: ito ay panahon ng sakripisyo. At ang sakripisyong ito ay magiging puhunan para sa ating kinabukasan. Kaakibat ng ating mga karapatan at kalayaan ay ang tungkulin natin sa kapwa at sa bayan.<br />
Inaasahan ko po ang ating mga kaibigan sa media, lalo na sa radyo at sa print, sa mga nagbablock-time, at sa community newspapers, kayo na po mismo ang magbantay sa inyong hanay.</p>
<p>Mabigyang-buhay sana ang mga batayang prinsipyo ng inyong bokasyon: ang magbigay-linaw sa mahahalagang isyu; ang maging patas at makatotohanan, at ang itaas ang antas ng pampublikong diskurso.</p>
<p>Tungkulin po ng bawat Pilipino na tutukan ang mga pinunong tayo rin naman ang nagluklok sa puwesto. Humakbang mula sa pakikialam tungo sa pakikilahok. Dahil ang nakikialam, walang-hanggan ang reklamo. Ang nakikilahok, nakikibahagi sa solusyon.</p>
<p>Napakatagal na pong namamayani ang pananaw na ang susi sa asenso ay ang intindihin ang sarili kaysa intindihin ang kapwa. Malinaw po sa akin: paano tayo aasenso habang nilalamangan ang kapwa?</p>
<p>Ang hindi nabigyan ng pagkakataong mag-aral, paanong makakakuha ng trabaho? Kung walang trabaho, paanong magiging konsumer? Paanong mag-iimpok sa bangko?</p>
<p>Ngunit kung babaliktarin natin ang pananaw-kung iisipin nating “Dadagdagan ko ang kakayahan ng aking kapwa”-magbubunga po ito, at ang lahat ay magkakaroon ng pagkakataon.</p>
<p>Maganda na po ang nasimulan natin. At mas lalong maganda po ang mararating natin. Ngunit huwag nating kalimutan na mayroong mga nagnanasang hindi tayo magtagumpay. Dahil kapag hindi tayo nagtagumpay, makakabalik na naman sila sa kapangyarihan, at sa pagsasamantala sa taumbayan.</p>
<p>Akin pong paniwala na Diyos at taumbayan ang nagdala sa ating kinalalagyan ngayon. Habang nakatutok tayo sa kapakanan ng ating kapwa, bendisyon at patnubay ay tiyak na maaasahan natin sa Poong Maykapal. At kapag nanalig tayo na ang kasangga natin ay ang Diyos, mayroon ba tayong hindi kakayanin?</p>
<p>Ang mandato nating nakuha sa huling eleksyon ay patunay na umaasa pa rin ang Pilipino sa pagbabago. Iba na talaga ang situwasyon. Puwede na muling mangarap. Tayo nang tumungo sa katuparan ng ating mga pinangarap.</p>
<p>Maraming salamat po.</p>
<p>For a detailed reaction paper, click here: <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://ronaldredito.org/blog/1601/president-noynoy-aquino-sona-2010-reaction-paper/" target="_blank">Reaction Paper</a></span></strong></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Benigno Noynoy Aquino III is expected to deliver his first ever State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 26, 2010 . As early as this week there are many speculations on what the focus will be on Monday. For SONA 2011 Main Topics: CLICK HERE GMA 7 and the obvious biased network, ABS-CBN [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>President Benigno Noynoy Aquino III is expected to deliver his first ever State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 26, 2010 . As early as this week there are many speculations on what the focus will be on Monday.</p>
<p>For SONA 2011 Main Topics: <a href="http://onlineknowledge.org/noynoy-aquino-sona-2011-main-topics/">CLICK HERE</a></p>
<p>GMA 7 and the obvious biased network, ABS-CBN will cover the first SONA of Aquino. But again as early as today, ABS-CBN is conditioning the minds of the public. They even had a news feature on TV Patrol surveying people on what their expectations are on the content of President Aquino’s speech.</p>
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<p>Do you think that’s fair? No! That is clear<span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong> mind conditioning and propaganda</strong></span>.</p>
<p>Speaking of propaganda, if you don’t have access to alternative media like the internet and other cable channels, chances are you are watching or reading biased reports from media and business owners pushing for their own interest.</p>
<p>Are you aware that Ricky Carandang is a propagandist of Noynoy Aquino. They are part of the team of image-builders who projected Aquino as the savior of the Philippines when in fact, he is not. Could you even think of Noynoy’s accomplishment in his 12 years as a legislator? None.</p>
<p>But you expect something from him? If yes, then you are a victim of a propaganda. They are very good at it.</p>
<p>Do you think my accusations are baseless and plain hearsay? Then, read this:</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>It&#8217;s out and official: Ricky&#8217;s a propagandist!</strong></span><br />
<a href="http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=595562&amp;publicationSubCategoryId=64" target="_blank"> http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=595562&amp;publicationSubCategoryId=64</a></p>
<p>Picture this, if President GMA is still in power, how do think the media will react with the death tolls in the recent Typhoon Basyang? How about this water shortages?</p>
<p>Yes. You imagined it right! <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>The blame will be at the Gloria</strong></span>… But do you see the same scenario right now? No! Because they are protecting their “puppet”. A puppet that will in return protect their business interests. Do you realize the power of Lopezes nowadays? They own the basic services: electricity, water, media, transportation.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Only in the Philippines</strong></span>, a president singing in front of reporters before a typhoon hits the country and scolds the weather bureau (PAGASA) for missed forecast.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>So you still expect something out of nothing?</strong></span></p>
<p>Expect the expected! You will hear lies on his first State of the Nation Address (SONA). Anticipate a <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>speech made by great propagandists</strong></span>. Good to hear but empty. Plain empty.</p>
<p>I believe many readers would hate me after they find this post on major search engines when they start searching for a reaction paper to President Noynoy Aquino’s first SONA. I am very sure that high school and college students will send me hate messages again like what happened with my published <a href="http://ronaldredito.org/blog/1536/reaction-paper-about-noynoy-aquino%E2%80%99s-oathtaking-speech/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>reaction to his inaugural address</strong></span></a>.</p>
<p>But this is the truth. <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Students should be critical</strong></span>. They should dig deeper on the intent of the information gathered from the mainstream media like TV and newspapers.</p>
<p>I am a political science graduate and I was once blinded by them. But not anymore! The true state of the nation is out on the streets. Poverty, unemployment, overpopulation and corruption remain.</p>
<p><a href="http://ronaldredito.org/blog/1619/president-noynoy-aquino-sona-2010-full-transcript/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>President Noynoy Aquino SONA 2010 Full Transcript</strong></span></a></p>
<p>For comments and reactions, feel free to write your thoughts below. <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>You can also share this article to the yellow, green, orange and blue army.</strong></span></p>
<p>You can also check out Lourd&#8217;s video:</p>
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<p>Or visit the critical idols, <a href="http://antipinoy.com/noynoy-sona/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>antipinoy website</strong></span></a>.</p>
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		<title>Maguindanao Massacre Revisited: 8 Months After</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 8 months, what has happened with the Maguindanao Massacre case? I know there should be due process for both parties involved but what are the progress? Are there any significant progress? I hope justice will be served. One poster caught my attention as I was looking for some updates regarding this matter. Awesome concept! [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>After 8 months, what has happened with the <a href="http://ronaldredito.org/blog/574/maguindanao-massacre-video/" target="_self"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Maguindanao Massacre</strong></span></a> case? I know there should be due process for both parties involved but what are the progress? Are there any significant progress? I hope justice will be served.</p>
<p>One poster caught my attention as I was looking for some updates regarding this matter.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Awesome concept! Two thumbs up!</strong></span></p>
<p>Simple yet with high impact.</p>
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		<title>An Open Letter to Noynoy Aquino by F Sionil Jose</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been 12 days when Noynoy Aquino assumed the highest position but until now we still don&#8217;t know his clear plans on how to achieve progress in the country. Presidency is not just about &#8220;wang wang&#8221;! We need are concrete plans. Sirens are insignificant compared to the bigger problems like poverty, overpopulation, unemployment, etc. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>It has been 12 days when Noynoy Aquino assumed the highest position but until now we still don&#8217;t know his clear plans on how to achieve progress in the country.</p>
<p>Presidency is not just about &#8220;wang wang&#8221;! We need are concrete plans. Sirens are insignificant compared to the bigger problems like poverty, overpopulation, unemployment, etc.</p>
<p>Does confiscation of &#8220;wang wang&#8221; solve any of these? No.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve read an open letter to Noynoy Aquino by one of the most widely-read Filipino writers in the English language, F Sionil Jose. I have read some of his works in college, I think one of my brods is a fan of him. In June of 2001, Jose was awarded the prestigious title of Philippine&#8217;s National Artist for Literature</p>
<p>F Sionil Jose supported Gibo Teodoro in the past elections.</p>
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<p>Here&#8217;s the article from <a href="http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=577469" target="_blank">http://www.philstar.com/</a> dated May 23, 2010:</p>
<p>&#8220;Dear Noynoy,</p>
<p>You are now swamped with suggestions and advice, but just the same, I hope you’ll have time to read what this octogenarian has to say.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>You were not my choice in the last election</strong></span> but since our people have spoken, we must now support you and pray that you prevail. But first, I must remind you of the stern reality that your drumbeaters ignore: you have no noble legacy from your forbears. It is now your arduous job to create one yourself in the six years that you will be the single most powerful Filipino. Six years is too short a time — the experience in our part of the world is that it takes at least one generation — 25 years — for a sick nation to recover and prosper. But you can begin that happy process of healing.</p>
<p>Bear in mind that the past weighs heavily on all of us because of the many contradictions in it that we have not resolved, whose resolutions would strengthen us as a nation. This past is now your burden, too. Let us start with the fact that <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>your grandfather collaborated with the Japanese</strong></span>. Your father was deeply aware of this, its stigma, its possibilities. He did not leave any legacy because he did not become president. He was a brilliant and courageous politician. He was an enterprising journalist; he had friends in journalism who can attest to his effulgent vision, who did not profit from his friendship, among them Nestor Mata, Gregorio Brillantes — you may consult them. I cannot say I did not profit — <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>he bought many books from my shop and when he was in Marcos’s prison, your mother brought books from my shop to him</strong></span>.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Forgive me for giving you this unsolicited advice.</strong></span> First, beware of hubris; you are surrounded by panderers who will tell you what is nice to hear. You need to be humble always and heed your conscience. When Caesar was paraded in ancient Rome before the cheering multitudes, there was always a man chanting behind him: “Remember, you are mortal.”</p>
<p>I say to you, <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>remember, the poor — some of them in your own hacienda — will be your ultimate judge.</strong></span></p>
<p>From your comfortable and privileged cocoon, you know so little of our country and people. Seek the help of the best — and the best do not normally want to work in government and neither will they approach you. You have to seek them.</p>
<p>Be the revolutionary your father wanted to be and don’t be scared or wary of the word “revolution.” It need not be always bloody. EDSA I was not. <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Your father wanted to destroy the most formidable obstacle to our progress — the Oligarchy to which you and your family belong.</strong></span> To succeed, you have to betray your class. If you cannot smash the oligarchy, at least strive to have their wealth develop this country, that they bring back the billions they stashed abroad. You cannot do this in six years, but you can begin.</p>
<p>Prosecute the crooks. It is difficult, thankless and even dangerous to do this. Your mother did not do it — <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>she did not jail Imelda</strong></span> who was the partner in that conjugal dictatorship that plundered this nation. Watch her children — they were much too young to have participated in that looting but they are heirs to the billions which their parents stashed abroad. Now the Marcoses are on the high road to power, gloating, snickering at our credulity and despicable amnesia.</p>
<p>You know the biggest crooks in and out of government, those powerful smugglers, thieves, tax cheats — all you really need is guts to clobber them. Your father had lots of it — I hope he passed on to you most of it.</p>
<p>And most of all, now that you have the muscle to do it, <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>go after your father’s killers</strong></span>. Blood and duty compel you to do so. Cory was only his wife — you are the anointed and only son. Your regime will be measured by how you resolve this most blatant crime that robbed us of a true leader.</p>
<p>And, finally, your mother. We loved her — she united us in ousting an abominable dictator. But she, too, did not leave a shining legacy for her presidency was a disaster. <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>She announced a revolutionary government but did nothing revolutionary.</strong></span> She promised land reform but did not do it. And most grievous of all — <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>she transformed the EDSA I revolution into a restoration of the oligarchy</strong></span>.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>She became president only because her husband was murdered and you became president elect only because your mother died.</strong></span> Still, you are your father’s son and may you now — for the good of this country and people — scale the heights he and your mother never reached.</p>
<p>I am 85 and how I despair over how three generations of our leaders failed! Before I go, please let me see this unhappy country begin to be a much better place than the garbage dump our leaders and people have made it. You can be this long awaited messiah but only if you are brave enough and wise enough to redeem your father’s aborted promise.</p>
<p>Hopefully yours,</p>
<p>F. Sionil Jose</p>
<p><a href="http://biography.jrank.org/pages/4741/Sionil-Jose-F-rancisco.html">F(rancisco) Sionil Jose Biography</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesse Robredo, the multi-awarded mayor of Naga City has been shortlisted for the 2010 World Mayor Prize. We are calling all Filipino readers of this blog to support our very own. Robredo is one of Bicol&#8217;s pride. He could have won a senate seat if he had decided to run in the recent national elections. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Jesse Robredo, the multi-awarded mayor of Naga City has been shortlisted for the <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>2010 World Mayor Prize</strong></span>. We are calling all Filipino readers of this blog to support our very own.</p>
<p>Robredo is one of Bicol&#8217;s pride. He could have won a senate  seat if he had decided to run in the recent national elections.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>His achievements in office include most recently:</strong></span></p>
<p>Most Cost-Effective City in Asia by the United Kingdom&#8217;s Foreign Direct Investment Magazine (2005);</p>
<p>Public Service Awardee for Local e-Governance from the United Nations Department of Public Administration and Finance (2004);</p>
<p>Women-Friendly City Award from the UN-Habitat and the UN Development Fund for Women (2004);</p>
<p>Model City for Government Procurement from the World Bank and Procurement Watch (2003);</p>
<p>CyberCity Awardee for its i-Governance initiatives from the United Nations Development Program (2002);</p>
<p>Dubai International Awardee for Improving the Living Environment from UN Habitat (1998).</p>
<p>Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (1996), and;</p>
<p>Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines.</p>
<p>He also received the Konrad Adenauer Medal of Excellence as  Most Outstanding City Mayor of the Philippines (1998) and the first ever &#8220;Dangal ng Bayan&#8221; Award of the Civil Service Commission.</p>
<p>In 2000, he became the <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Ramon Magsaysay Awardee</strong></span> for Government Service.</p>
<p>Robredo is also a member of <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Alpha Phi Omega</span></strong> fraternity.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alpha_Phi_Omega_members" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alpha_Phi_Omega_members</span></a></p>
<p>During the first round of <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>World Mayor 2010</strong></span>, held in late 2009 and early 2010, more than 118,000 citizens from around the world nominated some 840 mayors for this year&#8217;s World Mayor title. Based on the number and quality of nominations, the editorial board of City Mayors, the organisers of the contest, selected 25 mayors from across the world to proceed to the final round. Luckily, <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Jesse Robredo</strong></span> is one of them.</p>
<p>In 2006, Jejomar Binay, former Makati City mayor and the current vice-president ranked 4th. (<a href="http://www.worldmayor.com/results06/wm_winners06.html" target="_blank">http://www.worldmayor.com/results06/wm_winners06.html</a>)</p>
<p>I had the chance to meet Robredo last year at a forum in Legazpi City. Here&#8217;s a souvenir.</p>
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	<p class="wp-caption-text">Jesse Robredo with the Blogger</p>
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<p>You can show support for Jesse Robredo, click link below to VOTE:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2010/world-mayor-2010-nominations.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>http://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2010/world-mayor-2010-nominations.html</strong></span></a></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>You just need to Type in your:</strong></span><br />
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2. Email<br />
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<p>Make sure you click on the box for Mayor Jesse Robredo.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, you&#8217;ve read it right. Sarah Palin and Larry King discussed about the latest happenings in the Philippines especially about Noynoy Aquino&#8217;s victory and how the Filipinos decided whom to lead our country. Warning: For Filipinos: please don&#8217;t watch the video if you are onionskinned or &#8220;balat-sibuyas&#8221;. Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, author, [...]]]></description>
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<p>Sarah Palin and Larry King discussed about the latest happenings in the Philippines especially about Noynoy Aquino&#8217;s victory and how the Filipinos decided whom to lead our country.</p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Warning:</span></strong></p>
<p>For Filipinos: please don&#8217;t watch the video if you are onionskinned or &#8220;balat-sibuyas&#8221;.</p>
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<p>Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, author, speaker, and political news commentator who was the youngest person and the first woman ever elected Governor of Alaska. She served as governor from 2006 until she resigned in 2009. Chosen by Republican Party presidential candidate John McCain in August 2008 to be his running mate in that year&#8217;s presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party, as well as the first female vice-presidential nominee of the Republican Party.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin" target="_blank">Sarah Palin on Facebook</a></span></strong></p>
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		<title>UP Alpha Phi Omega Testimonial Dinner for Jejomar Binay</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, we&#8217;ve witnessed the inauguration of our new President and Vice-President. But there are still a small portion of the Liberal Party (LP) who can&#8217;t believe that their VP bet was defeated by Jejomar Binay. I can&#8217;t blame them but they have underestimated the number of sectors that supported Binay&#8217;s candidacy. Aside from the fact [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Yesterday, we&#8217;ve witnessed the inauguration of our new President and Vice-President.</p>
<p>But there are still a small portion of the Liberal Party (LP) who can&#8217;t believe that their VP bet was defeated by Jejomar Binay. I can&#8217;t blame them but they have underestimated the number of sectors that supported Binay&#8217;s candidacy.</p>
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	<p class="wp-caption-text">Vice President Jojo Binay with APO Brods and Sisses</p>
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<p>Aside from the fact that it is <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">&#8220;easy to sell&#8221;</span></strong> Binay&#8217;s name because of his accomplishments in Makati, one major force that contributed to his victory was his <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://ronaldredito.org/blog/1431/jejomar-binay-attributes-victory-to-alpha-phi-omega/" target="_blank">(our) beloved fraternity, the Alpha Phi Omega</a></span></strong>. As early as 2007-2008, he had announced his willingness to run for the top position of the land. However, a change of plan was made because of certain factors that made him decide to run as vice instead.</p>
<p>The fraternity in the whole country, with established alumni associations and college residents, has pledged its full support in whatever plans he had in the national elections.</p>
<p>He was the only candidate who was not ashamed to declare the name of his fraternity when in fact it could mean loss of support from rival fraternity members. But he has even earned the respect of some rivals and became hardcore campaigners.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">And the rest was history.</span></strong></p>
<p>I just want to share this short clip of the testimonial dinner tendered his Batchmates and Brods from the University of the Philippines in Diliman also known as Eta Chapter. The affair was held at the Metropolitan Club in Makati June 17, 2010.</p>
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		<title>Reaction Paper About Noynoy Aquino’s Oathtaking Speech</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, June 30, 2010, majority (because it was declared a holiday) have witnessed the inauguration of our new President, Benigno Simeon Aquino III. Many had the chance to watch the oathtaking from their homes because almost all TV stations were covering the event. I am also sure that high school and colleges students also tuned [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Today, June 30, 2010, majority (because it was declared a holiday) have witnessed the inauguration of our new President, Benigno Simeon Aquino III. Many had the chance to watch the oathtaking from their homes because almost all TV stations were covering the event.</p>
<p>I am also sure that high school and colleges students also tuned in because a reaction paper will be required by their professors. Am, I right?</p>
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	<p class="wp-caption-text">Noynoy Aquino Inauguration</p>
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<p>The said event gathered mixed reactions from social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, the top 2 social networking platforms in the country. #noynoy and #aquino have become top trending topic on Twitter for hours. But is it something to be proud of?</p>
<p>Despite pleasant promises, a number of people are still doubtful if Noynoy Aquino can really deliver. His campaign slogan of “Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap” is questionable.</p>
<p>Madaling sabihin ngunit mahirap gawin. He has even admitted in a previous interview that he cannot solve the country’s problem in his 6 years term contrast to his stand when he was just campaigning. Did he say that just to get the votes of the masses?</p>
<p>Majority of people are disappointed.</p>
<p>Yes, there might be flocks of people who attended at the Quirino Grandstand but that does not represent the whole population of the Philippines.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">People are disappointed because we witnessed a concert, instead of a formal event.</span></strong></p>
<p>People are disappointed because we are afraid that government will become a sight of entertainment.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">People are disappointed because we heard rhetoric.</span></strong></p>
<p>People are disappointed because we heard promises ripped off from previous administration.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">People are disappointed because we witnessed a lousy president’s speech with a “prompter”.</span></strong></p>
<p>People are disappointed because we heard a platform of division instead of unity.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">People are disappointed because we did not hear concrete plans on how to achieve their goals.</span></strong></p>
<p>And most importantly, people are disappointed because we have no choice but to listen to a <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://petitionagainstabscbn.info/30/tv-patrol-is-pro-noynoy/" target="_blank">biased media network</a></span></strong><a href="http://petitionagainstabscbn.info/30/tv-patrol-is-pro-noynoy/" target="_blank"> like ABS-CBN</a> who’s obviously protecting their business interest. They have successfully installed a president, now it’s <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">payback time</span></strong>.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the video:</p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.thepoc.net/breaking-news/politics/8244-transcript-pres-noynoy-aquinos-inaugural-speech.html" target="_blank">Complete Transcript of the Speech CLICK Here</a></span></strong></p>
<p>For additional reactions, please visit the most credible source on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/antipinoy">http://twitter.com/antipinoy</a></p>
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		<title>President Arroyo (PGMA) Farewell Speech June 23, 2010</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week before formal transfer of power to president-elect Noynoy Aquino, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (PGMA) made her last speech as president of our country. Although not a hardcore supporter of Arroyo, I commend her accomplishments which saved us from the ill effects of the global financial crisis. Truly there are a lot of projects [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>A week before formal transfer of power to president-elect Noynoy Aquino, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (PGMA) made her last speech as president of our country.</p>
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<p>Although <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>not a hardcore supporter</strong></span> of Arroyo, I commend her accomplishments which saved us from the ill effects of the global financial crisis. Truly there are a lot of projects that helped our economy in which her detractors cannot fully discredit.</p>
<p>Here’s her Farewell Speech aired on June 23, 2010 at 7pm.</p>
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<p>I doubted her capability to handle our nation but I was wrong. But now is different.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>I am scared. </strong></span></p>
<p>We were given an alternative in the person of Gibo Teodoro but the “bakya” crowds have chosen the incompetent.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>God bless the Philippines.</strong></span></p>
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