Senator Noynoy Aquino visited Legazpi City and other places in Bicol last Sunday, October 25, 2009 and we had the chance to attend the multi-sectoral forum at St. Agnes Academy gymnasium. This is part of his presidential bid next year.

We had our lunch at Jollibee Albay hoping to catch Noynoy for the LP-Sorsogon Oathtaking Ceremony officiated by LP Deputy SecGen Henry Bacunay as per Tita Chris Ojano’s advice but the senator did not drop by. But I was fortunate to meet our fraternity brother, Mayor Jesse Robredo of Naga City (recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service, 2000) also member of the Liberal Party.

Mayor Jesse Robredo and Ronald Redito at Liberal Party Oath Taking

Senator Noynoy stayed only for a short period in the forum called “People’s Agenda for Change”. Different sectors from the Bicol region were given a few minutes to discuss problem/issues of concern. Sectors included the farmers, fisherfolks, urban poor, women, senior citizens and NGOs. Issues raised included agrarian reform, coconut levy, marine pollution, excessive mining, fish kills, illegal fishing of foreigners, disaster preparedness, education, housing and relocation.

The senator was given time to answer and to lay out his plans if ever he would be given the chance to lead the country but the broad answers sparked no enthusiasm from these various sectors because of the lack of concrete plans for their problems.

Noynoy Aquino in Legazpi City

Noynoy Aquino in Bicol 2009

As a summary, Senator Noynoy Aquino said he would need the total support of the people in order to solve the problems we are facing. It is not enough to just seat him in power and leave the rest to him. He said he will need the full support of everyone in the entire duration of presidency (if elected) to resolve the numerous problems we are facing. People should be vigilant to curb corruption in the government. Prioritization of budget will be implemented to give attention to the needs of the people.

Muntinlupa Rep. Rufino Biazon, Akbayan party-list Rep. Risa Hontiveros, Bukidnon Rep. TG Guingona and Mayor Jesse Robredo of Naga City were also present.

Jesse Robredo, Ruffy Biazon and TG Guingona

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Maraming Salamat!

Ronald Redito

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Update:

In the spirit of fairness, I am taking down my blog post as per the original author’s request.

Martin Cervantes' Apology

I also thank Raul for bringing in the side of our good Senator.

Here’s Mr. Cervantes apology from Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/note

Again, I humbly apologize for the confusion.

I too have added to the confusion.

But is it really right to make people wait for the relief goods for hours?

Just a thought.

For comments and violent reactions, please feel free to share below.

Update: NOW in the News!

Now featured at:

http://www.gmanews.tv/

http://blog.trendmicro.com/

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/

“I guess I am the first to blog about this and there are a lot who doubted my intent. Now I have proven you that this is REAL!”

In a statement, Trend Micro Senior Threat Analyst Joseph Pacamara found several malicious websites that when visited, will take the user to other landing websites that contained the executable file “soft_207.exe”.

This file contains a hidden Trojan called TROJ_FAKEAV.BND, which masquerades as a fake antivirus application.

- newsinfo.inquirer.net

Below is my original post:

Hey guys,

This is a warning! I know how important internet is in the current time. We can get instant updates wherever side of the planet you are in.

The latest search trends in Google that we may have are:

1. Ondoy Flood

2. Ondoy Update

3. Ondoy Typhoon

because of the storm that recently hit Manila and left thousands of families homeless, devastated and some even got killed.

In this regards some people with crooked minds have grabbed the opportunity to spread malwares, trojans and viruses. And take note, THEY ARE ON THE FIRST PAGE of Google search results.

If you Google the above-mentioned terms, you may be directed to harmful sites. See screenshot below.

Ondoy Virus

I’ve been victimized so please spread the word. Please check first if the one you are visiting is an authority site (reliable sites).

It’s better if you have a good antivirus installed or purchase one that is reliable. Thank god I have this installed. Scan your computers now before it’s too late.

Hope you find this helpful. Kindly share to your friends in Twitter and Facebook to warn them.

I don’t know why there are kinds of people who take advantage of situations like this. We need your help! Let’s all pray for the victims of this unfortunate event.

Ronald

Disclaimer:

I don’t claim that the above scanner can remove the virus. It’s just the one installed on my PC since April 2009. And I am not in anyway connected to whoever made the virus. I am a UP Manila Pol Sci graduate and a complete idiot on software stuff. It’s just that I am the first to discover the said issue.

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